However, the two were reinstated by Murphy as Detective Sargeants, and allowed to work with Cole.Meanwhile, Jack Travis entered the interrogation room and shot Phelps dead (with a silencer).As he left, he quipped: "It""s a dead issue, I""m afraid." Shortly later, Riggs, Murtaugh, and Cole found him dead in the room - and Riggs wondered about Cole: "I don""t think she""s telling us everything." He claimed that the horn "brought us together" and they could ake back what was rightfully theirs, including their land...I""m supposed o be retired.I don""t want to get mixed up in this darn thing." But when Elster insists that he needs his trusted, ex-college "friend" to rail her, Scottie is persuaded to go to Ernie""s Restaurant that night o "see" (catch a glimpse) of her dining with Gavin before hey leave for the opera.To emphasize the father-son bond more strongly, about 15 minutes of overly-sentimental scenes of pathos were deleted (involving the character of the Kid""s guilt-wracked mother, her reconciliation with her husband, and some of the film""s more overt religious symbolism).