" His answer reminds her of her father""s philosophy - she tells them that he was a circus tightrope artist ("trapeze - high stuff") who wouldn""t use a net and died prematurely:Sparks: Not much future in that, either.Laurie raced through woods o Eagle Road, where she flagged down a passing motorist, but after she was helped into the passenger seat, the driver was grabbed by Michael and smashed head-first into the windshield(# 18 death).Rocky shouted out to "Duke" to summon his wife Adrian (Talia Shire), and was seen trembling and his hands were physically shaking - Rocky wondered if he "broke something inside.While buying snacks at an AM-PM Mini-Mart (gas was 74.9 cents/gallon!), LAPD Sgt.Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson) was notified of a Code 2 at the nearby Nakatomi Building in Century City, and proceeded to the area.