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[Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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This is where they make
those pretend T.V. shows.
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The spontaneous questions
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they'll be asking us
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have been pre-scripted.
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And that is an infomercial.
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They started peddling books along with
ginsu knives.
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Join the Hartley murder of the month club.
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Bring me a gin and tonic. Cup of coffee.
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Whoa, whoa. Matt?
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I'll just order us some dinner.
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You haven't been home before 3:00.
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You're out of your mind.
I feel physically threatened.
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Aah!
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He may have suffered a fatal reaction.
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[music playing]
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[music playing]
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[music playing]
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[orchestra music playing]
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[orchestra music playing]
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[man chattering on P.A.]
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Well, wish me luck, old buddy.
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Hey, stewart, the law's on your side.
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Man, I hope you're right.
It'd be a nice time
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to see the good guys win for a change.
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[choking]
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[jazz music playing]
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[man] Come on, people! Help me!
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Anybody seen my script?
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How many times do I have
to tell you the same thing?
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First of all, get those trees out of here!
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We are going for the talk show feel,
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not the Forest primeval.
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Sara!
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Sara.
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I managed to break free for dinner.
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Tom, I don't think so.
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I told you, it's in work.
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No, look, I'm-- I'm sorry.
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I know. I know.
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There just hasn't been--
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You know, a good time to tell her.
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Okay. Come on, Tom, not here.
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Tom, uh...
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your wife wants to see you, in her office.
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Miss Ogilvie...
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uh, have you got an extra script?
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I seem to have left mine someplace.
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Ah, got it.
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All right, has Mr. Hollywood
finally shown up?
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Yes. He's in make-up.
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He needs make-up to rehearse?
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He says the air on the red-eye
fades his suntan.
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She's claiming mental anguish? Oh, please!
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Let me tell you something
about mental anguish, bubbie.
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Between the four or five really
nasty phone calls every day,
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and the threats by fax and e-mail,
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I haven't been able to meditate in weeks.
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Hell, I'm so-- I'm so wired up,
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I doubt I could even get
into the lotus position.
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Five minutes, okay?
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Sid, she's having me followed,
for god's sake.
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I feel physically threatened!
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Yeah. Okay, Sid.
You're right, you're right.
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You're always right.
I should've signed the prenup.
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Okay. You happy now?
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Good! So fix it.
That's what I pay you for.
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[dial tone] Sid? Sid!
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That's right! Only four easy payments
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of 19.95 each,
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and the veggie-nator
will change your life,
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letting you show your love for your family
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with fresh, vitamin-packed,
mineral-filled drinks.
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Call now. Operators are standing by...
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And that, in a nutshell,
is an infomercial.
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One of those beauties you see
listed on the TV page
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as "paid programming".
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Figures, doesn't it, Jessica?
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It was only a matter of time
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before they started peddling books
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along with ginsu knives
and teeth whitener.
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[laughs] Listen, if that replaces
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those long cross-country
promotional tours,
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you won't hear any argument from me.
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[Larry] Oh, ours is gonna
be a really soft-sell,
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emphasizing all the elements that
make mystery novels so popular and why,
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and, of course, featuring
the authors themselves.
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Even if they aren't writing anymore?
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Well, that sounds pretty terrific to me.
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Want some coffee? It's fresh?
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Well, that sounds pretty
terrific to me, too.
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You must be very pleased, Larry.
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Oh, massively insecure
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describes it better, Jessica.
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If this thing doesn't play,
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the Buck stops right here.
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And I'm beginning to think
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the odds are stacked against me.
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[door slams]
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[sighing]
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Mr. Hartley figured
if we included reissues
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of mat Matthews' old stuff
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in the first murder of the month offering,
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well, it might give him...
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impetus to write?
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I hope it does.
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You know, when mat was
at the top of his game,
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his "old stuff" was right there in a class
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with Raymond Chandler
and dashiell hammett.
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You've got that right, Jessica.
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I practically teethed on his stuff.
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That's why I was totally floored
when Mr. Hartley asked me
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to be a part of this with you and mat.
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Hey, I read homicide
at the alexandria lighthouse.
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You have nothing to be ashamed of.
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Thanks. I just hope I have
a second book in me.
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[chuckles] I remember feeling
that way after my first.
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Really? You've got six more
wonders of the world
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to have murders take place in.
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You're onto a dynamite series
if ever I saw one.
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Thanks.
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Not only that, you haven't been home
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before 3 a.m. in a week and a half.
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And do you think if I'd been
there all those evenings
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instead of in the editing room,
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it would make any difference
in our relationship?
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[bell ringing]
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I gotta go out to stage floor, okay?
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Just a minute.
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Perhaps you care
to explain this $450 charge
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on your credit card last Thursday?
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The Grand Plaza hotel?
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Oh, man. Irv Hayes--
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You know, Mr. Veggie-nator--
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He wanted to spend an extra day in town,
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see a musical,
show his wife a good time, okay?
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Oh, hi! There you are.
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Listen, I just want to remind you people
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that my Tailor gets his
own card on the end credits.
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And a "Wade Foster's wardrobe
by Lorenzo of Beverly Hills."
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Yes, Mr. Foster, I did notice that
on your contract,
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but, uh, this isn't
a T.V. show or a movie.
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Hartley publishing has authorized us
to pay you $50,000
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for your appearance
on their infomercial...
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flat. No frills, no fringes.
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I'm afraid you'll have to take it up
with them.
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Really?
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[groans] It's so annoying.
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Oh, yeah, just one other thing.
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I believe my agent talked to you about
beefing up security.
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Yes, he did. We've taken care of it.
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Oh, splendid, splendid. 'Cause you know,
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there's so many stargazers
and nutcases out there.
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It's just unbelievable.
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You're gonna earn your money on this one.
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[chuckles] Really.
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One bad T.V. movie and a busted pilot
in ten years.
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Wouldn't you think it would bring on
at least a hint of humility?
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Tom? Yeah?
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you can tell your little
friend Sara for me--
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We're gonna not pay for any more overtime.
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your next book?
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oh. no, no.
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it just came in the post
from some woman in lackawanna.
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Funny. Lackawanna always makes me
think of railroads.
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hmm.
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And rotten winters in lackawanna pines.
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oh, I don't usually read
unsolicited manuscripts,
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but, uh, well, the cover letter
sort of grabbed me,
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and then I read the first page,
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and it's really very impressive.
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I hope it holds up.
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[door opens]
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[indistinct chatter]
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give me a mineral water
and ice, would you?
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And make sure it's sodium-free, huh?
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get it yourself.
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Ha! You don't know who I am, do you?
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haven't the foggiest, pal,
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but you do have a definite
flair for mind-reading.
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And you're a drunk slob.
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Whoa, whoa! Mat!
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Mr. Foster, I think they're
ready for us on the stage.
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[scoffs]
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Mrs. Fletcher!
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Well, detective Henderson.
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Oh, and it's lieutenant fogel, isn't it?
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Harry, to you, Mrs. Fletcher.
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It's been a long time.
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I have to tell you,
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you're the last person in the world
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I expect to find in this den of commerce.
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are you here on business?
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uh, sort of. yeah.
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Lieutenant Gelber's up in the catskills
with his wife.
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the captain assigned me
to lieutenant fogel.
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temporarily.
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I usually work alone.
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I remember. Something to do
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with being an only child.
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yeah.
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well, Henderson,
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this is where they make
those pretend t.v. shows
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you're so hooked on.
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he buys this junk like
it's going out of style.
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All they gotta do is tell him how
wonderful it's gonna make his life.
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Henderson, come here a second.
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Oh, lieutenant come on, show her.
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[chuckles] The veggie-nator.
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I gave blood last night
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for a vitamin-packed garden salad.
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-Now can we drop it?
-Sure.
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Actually, I'm here doing a favor
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for a friend of mine in buffalo P.D.
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they had a homicide up there.
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young fellow by the name
of stewart Murphy.
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Age 26, found strangled in an alley a
couple of nights ago.
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It could've been a mugging, his wallet
was missing.
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but there are no leads.
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Except in the victim's apartment.
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They found "telesales inc., manhattan"
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scribbled on a notebook.
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Does Murphy ring a bell with you?
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can't say it does.
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Well, there's no reason it should.
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he was a single guy,
worked in a warehouse.
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According to his Landlady,
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he wrote poetry and stories at night.
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Didn't you once say that's about half the
people in the United States?
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[laughs] Sometimes it seems that way.
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[man on P.A.] All Hartley publishing
people, on stage b, please.
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That means me. I'll call you
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if anything leaps to mind.
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Oh, please do. Good-bye.
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hey, lieutenant.
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take a look at that.
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That's very funny, Henderson.
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[Tom] And that will be the end
of the first segment.
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now, after you've finished
interviewing the authors,
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you'll invite questions from the audience.
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Audience? Whoa! Hold it, hold it.
Time out.
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See, guys, I'm a film actor.
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I only work on closed sets.
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somebody give me a break.
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Wade, it isn't a real audience.
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They're extras we've hired. Oh.
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I believe the "spontaneous" questions
they'll be asking us
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have actually been pre-scripted.
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Yes. That's right. [bell ringing]
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Okay, five minutes, everybody.
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[man] Back on the set in five.
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We need to hang a light.
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that is not what I need.
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Uh, mat-- Mr. Matthews--
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I don't think that's a great idea.
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Yeah? Look, kid, judging from this circus
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you're running here,
I don't think you're the guy
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to tell me what's great and what isn't.
259
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I just hope you've laid in
a little gin and tonic.
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I'm the guy who suggested him
to Mr. Hartley.
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What am I gonna do, Jess?
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He could bring this whole thing
down on my head.
263
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then I suggest you get him
to go easy on the sauce,
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and fast.
265
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Mr. Foster, I am such a fan of yours.
266
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Oh, how nice for you.
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Sweetheart, will you be an angel
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and run my cue cards with me?
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Sure. [phone ringing]
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Wait a minute. Sara, you wanna get that?
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hey! I need her.
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[phone continues ringing]
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telesales. sound stage.
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it's for you.
275
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Hi. I'm a friend of Jason Bayer saxon.
276
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you remember that name?
277
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Yeah. Well, we've gotta meet.
278
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you pick the place.
but it's gotta be soon,
279
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and you gotta talk to me, or--
280
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hello? hello?
281
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Okay, you want trouble, you got it.
282
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[Mat] Hey, Joellen, let me tell you
something, sweetheart.
283
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no matter how hot you get,
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sooner or later,
the public will desert you.
285
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You know my "Nick Hanna" series?
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of course.
287
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Printed in six different languages.
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Waiter! Bring me a gin and tonic.
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Over nine million copies sold.
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And if it weren't for our dear old
Ted Hartley's
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questionable wisdom up until this week,
292
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all out of print.
293
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-Really? Isn't that unbelievable?
-Waiter.
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[mouthing] Cup of coffee.
295
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I've always loved your books. Oh, wow!
296
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It really is the three of you together.
297
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I'm sorry. Arnold Wynn.
298
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You won't believe this, but I've read
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everything you guys have ever written.
300
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Except for you, miss Waller.
301
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I guess you could call me
302
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sort of a murder mystery groupie.
303
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Or a masochist. Sit down, kid.
304
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thanks.
305
00:13:35,398 --> 00:13:38,527
you probably don't
remember me, Mr. Matthews,
306
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but I was in your...
307
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mystery-writing class up in buffalo.
308
00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:47,118
you gotta be kidding.
I don't recall your face.
309
00:13:47,202 --> 00:13:50,413
but then there's not very much
about buffalo I do recall.
310
00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:53,667
well, it was a great class,
and you were real encouraging.
311
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I love this guy!
312
00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:57,254
No, no, no. Two gin and tonics.
313
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-I'll buy you a drink.
-Oh, no.
314
00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:00,966
No, thanks. Thank you.
315
00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:03,760
um, Mrs. Fletcher,
316
00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,596
I managed to find this up by union square.
317
00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:09,432
it's your first effort.
would you mind signing it?
318
00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:11,393
I'd be happy to.
319
00:14:11,476 --> 00:14:14,271
Mr. Matthews, I've got you in paperback.
320
00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:17,190
but in english.
321
00:14:17,274 --> 00:14:19,609
I just read a great review
of your book, miss Waller.
322
00:14:19,693 --> 00:14:22,487
it sounds like a real winner.
323
00:14:22,571 --> 00:14:25,991
but then, 24.95 is a bit
steep for me right now.
324
00:14:26,074 --> 00:14:28,785
hey, you could get it
325
00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:32,289
and two best-selling mysteries
by world-famous authors
326
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for only one dollar
327
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when you join the Hartley
murder of the month club.
328
00:14:37,085 --> 00:14:38,670
how's my spiel?
329
00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:44,342
Hi, Fran, good to see you again.
330
00:14:44,426 --> 00:14:46,052
hey. good to be working.
331
00:14:47,512 --> 00:14:49,306
Arnold Wynn.
332
00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:52,434
Um, is this your first time with us?
333
00:14:52,517 --> 00:14:53,768
right there.
334
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[phone ringing]
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stage b.
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name, please?
337
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stage b.
338
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name, please?
339
00:15:06,197 --> 00:15:08,700
look, Sara...
340
00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:13,455
Gina handles the books, okay?
341
00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:15,123
But I'll see that you get paid,
342
00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:16,791
even if it comes out of my own pocket.
343
00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:19,044
Tom, this isn't about the money.
344
00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:21,838
This is about how stupid I have been.
345
00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:25,759
Will you stop? Look, I care about you,
346
00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:28,511
about us. I really do. You've gotta
believe that.
347
00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:30,180
[thumping at door]
348
00:15:32,641 --> 00:15:34,100
who the hell are you?
349
00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:35,810
I got lost.
350
00:15:35,894 --> 00:15:37,354
Where does the audience sit?
351
00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:38,438
stage b.
352
00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:41,232
right. sorry.
353
00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:51,826
come on, come on.
354
00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:53,953
Tom, I can't.
355
00:15:54,037 --> 00:15:57,082
Oh, for god sakes! Sara--
356
00:16:01,586 --> 00:16:04,547
And, mat, back when they decided to do
a major movie
357
00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:07,842
based on your hard-boiled detective
character, Nick Hanna,
358
00:16:07,926 --> 00:16:10,845
you have no idea how badly I wanted
that part.
359
00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:12,305
[all laughing] Well
360
00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:15,392
oh, that's me, that's me.
361
00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:19,688
"Wade, you would've made
a great Nick Hanna."
362
00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:21,898
[murmuring]
363
00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,942
"Thank you, mat. Jessica, how--"
364
00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:27,237
"thank you, mat. Jessica,
how did the killer
365
00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,197
"commit the murder in your exciting
366
00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,991
Hartley murder of the
month club selection?"
367
00:16:32,075 --> 00:16:33,743
I'm afraid if I answer that,
368
00:16:33,827 --> 00:16:36,579
we may lose a reason to join the club.
369
00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:37,956
[all laughing]
370
00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:39,332
touche.
371
00:16:41,376 --> 00:16:44,379
well, I wonder if our studio
audience has any questions
372
00:16:44,462 --> 00:16:46,506
for our distinguished authors. Yes, ma'am?
373
00:16:46,589 --> 00:16:51,594
Miss Waller, I hear that hollywood
just made you a big offer
374
00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:53,722
for homicide at the alexandria lighthouse.
375
00:16:53,805 --> 00:16:55,473
Where'd you come up with such a cool idea?
376
00:16:55,557 --> 00:16:57,225
I didn't write that question. Shh..
377
00:16:57,308 --> 00:16:59,144
well, um...
378
00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:01,354
it didn't come overnight,
I can tell you that.
379
00:17:01,438 --> 00:17:04,733
there were about five years
of rejection slips,
380
00:17:04,816 --> 00:17:08,153
and teachers who told me,
"give it up, girl."
381
00:17:08,236 --> 00:17:09,863
[audience laughing] Speaking of which,
382
00:17:09,946 --> 00:17:11,614
I had a lot of time to teach,
383
00:17:11,698 --> 00:17:13,908
'cause I sure as hell wasn't writing,
384
00:17:13,992 --> 00:17:16,453
except I.O.U.'s to bartenders.
385
00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:20,582
Okay, okay. Stop tape. [bell ringing]
386
00:17:20,665 --> 00:17:22,292
We're running into overtime, anyway.
387
00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:24,002
excuse the audience extras.
388
00:17:24,085 --> 00:17:25,837
We'll start up again tomorrow. Thank you.
389
00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,715
I'm sorry, pal. I won't be here tomorrow.
390
00:17:28,798 --> 00:17:30,216
or the next day.
391
00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:32,427
Mr. Matthews, you have a contract.
392
00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:34,429
Never hold up in court, kid.
393
00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:36,598
It referred to me as an author.
394
00:17:39,642 --> 00:17:41,269
What else could go wrong?
395
00:17:41,352 --> 00:17:42,896
try everything.
396
00:17:47,692 --> 00:17:48,943
[music playing]
397
00:17:49,027 --> 00:17:51,070
[sirens wailing in distance]
398
00:17:52,697 --> 00:17:54,491
[indistinct chatter]
399
00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:05,752
hello, mat.
400
00:18:06,836 --> 00:18:08,922
the kid call you?
401
00:18:09,005 --> 00:18:11,424
You're wasting your time.
402
00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:16,095
In the taxi coming over here
403
00:18:16,179 --> 00:18:18,765
you know how a writer's mind works
404
00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:20,809
all sorts of plots and scenarios
405
00:18:20,892 --> 00:18:22,435
were running through my head.
406
00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:24,854
I can't say I recall that phenomenon,
407
00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:27,065
but I'll take your word for it.
408
00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:29,108
[chuckles]
409
00:18:29,192 --> 00:18:32,028
I figured that trying to make
you feel guilty wouldn't work.
410
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:34,864
Well, Larry already had a shot at that.
411
00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:36,533
Then I thought of flattery.
412
00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:38,868
Nah. I'd see right through it.
413
00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:41,246
I know. ha!
414
00:18:41,329 --> 00:18:43,790
and I knew that I couldn't
ask you to come back
415
00:18:43,873 --> 00:18:46,125
and finish the infomercial for my sake
416
00:18:46,209 --> 00:18:49,420
and still keep a straight face.
417
00:18:49,504 --> 00:18:51,881
Even if you could, I wouldn't buy it.
418
00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:53,842
And you're not about to tell me
419
00:18:53,925 --> 00:18:56,177
I am a self-pitying, washed-up has-been,
420
00:18:56,261 --> 00:18:59,138
because even if it's true,
421
00:18:59,222 --> 00:19:01,933
judgmental is not your style.
422
00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:04,227
no. no, it isn't.
423
00:19:06,437 --> 00:19:08,731
Mat, I'm sure you remember
424
00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:11,943
that when you're really
getting into a book,
425
00:19:12,026 --> 00:19:14,237
the characters talk to you.
426
00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,614
I mean, they tell you
if you write something
427
00:19:16,698 --> 00:19:18,199
that they wouldn't do.
428
00:19:18,283 --> 00:19:19,617
yeah.
429
00:19:19,701 --> 00:19:23,997
Well, I realize that you're going
430
00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,291
to keep on doing what you're doing,
431
00:19:26,374 --> 00:19:28,918
no matter how badly I or anyone else
432
00:19:29,002 --> 00:19:31,087
would like to rewrite you.
433
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,047
That's it? Mm-hmm.
434
00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:36,551
You know, Jess, you disappoint me.
435
00:19:36,634 --> 00:19:39,345
I thought you'd be more
inventive than that.
436
00:19:39,429 --> 00:19:41,014
well, to quote something
437
00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:44,058
you taught me a long time ago,
438
00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:47,437
"it's the best I can do at the moment."
439
00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:51,941
good night, mat. I hope
things work out for you.
440
00:19:57,655 --> 00:20:00,199
Sid, all I know is that my soon-to-be-ex
441
00:20:00,283 --> 00:20:02,285
has found out I'm in town and working,
442
00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:03,870
and she's been sending me messages,
443
00:20:03,953 --> 00:20:05,705
lots and lots of messages.
444
00:20:05,788 --> 00:20:07,332
Next thing I know, she's gonna be
coming down here,
445
00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:09,709
demanding half my fee.
446
00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:12,921
Sid, the point is, how do I bury this?
447
00:20:14,255 --> 00:20:16,674
Would you hold on for a second, Sid? What?
448
00:20:16,758 --> 00:20:19,135
I know you. Didn't you used to be on T.V.,
449
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,678
like, a long time ago?
450
00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:22,472
oh, for god's sake.
451
00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:24,349
Don't tell me! What was it?
452
00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:27,060
Uh... philip manners, P.I.
453
00:20:27,143 --> 00:20:28,645
anyone? help me.
454
00:20:30,021 --> 00:20:31,773
Is there a problem, Mr. Foster?
455
00:20:31,856 --> 00:20:33,608
Yeah! Do I have to wear nose glasses
456
00:20:33,691 --> 00:20:35,818
in order to get some privacy around here?
457
00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:38,154
I just wanted an autograph.
458
00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:40,156
I'd like this guy out of here. Come on.
459
00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:42,158
Hey! I'm an extra, damn it.
460
00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,535
Just on my way to the studio.
461
00:20:46,454 --> 00:20:50,541
sorry about that.
462
00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:52,293
Sid, you still there?
463
00:20:52,377 --> 00:20:55,171
I don't believe this.
464
00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:58,466
Gina, there is no way you can Ace me out
of this company.
465
00:20:58,549 --> 00:21:01,135
Wrong. Apparently, you've forgotten,
466
00:21:01,219 --> 00:21:04,347
but, out of gratitude for my putting up
the money,
467
00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,474
it was you who insisted on making me
468
00:21:06,557 --> 00:21:10,228
the majority stockholder and C.E.O.
469
00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:12,146
well, darling,
470
00:21:12,230 --> 00:21:14,774
as of the close of business tomorrow,
471
00:21:14,857 --> 00:21:17,777
you're unemployed, along with Sara--
472
00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:20,446
Your little helper of the moment--
473
00:21:20,530 --> 00:21:25,284
unless you agree to
a brand-new set of rules
474
00:21:25,368 --> 00:21:29,497
which are outlined in appendix a.
475
00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:32,750
you're out of your mind.
476
00:21:32,834 --> 00:21:35,712
you're probably right.
477
00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:37,463
I still love you.
478
00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:42,844
Anyway, think about it, Tom, huh?
479
00:21:44,220 --> 00:21:46,139
I hear it's very cold out there.
480
00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:56,816
[bell ringing] That's lunch, people.
481
00:21:56,899 --> 00:21:59,610
One half-hour. Try the cafeteria.
482
00:21:59,694 --> 00:22:03,322
Make sure the audience is back from
lunch in a half an hour.
483
00:22:03,406 --> 00:22:05,783
my apologies for the
makeshift lunch, folks,
484
00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:07,744
but we're in a real time-crunch.
485
00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:09,454
Thank you for bearing with us.
486
00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:11,497
How's the manuscript holding up, Jessica?
487
00:22:11,581 --> 00:22:13,875
I've only gotten into it
a little bit further,
488
00:22:13,958 --> 00:22:16,085
but I must say, so far, I think
it's terrific.
489
00:22:16,169 --> 00:22:18,254
It'll fall apart by page 50.
490
00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:20,798
People like this, they get fixated
on one or two scenes
491
00:22:20,882 --> 00:22:23,676
they can see so vividly
they can almost taste 'em,
492
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,137
then they don't know what to do
with the rest of the book.
493
00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:28,347
Sadly, that is very often the case.
494
00:22:28,431 --> 00:22:30,433
Turkey's yours, Mrs. Fletcher. Thank you.
495
00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:32,393
-Larry's ham and cheese.
-Yes.
496
00:22:32,477 --> 00:22:34,520
I'm tuna.
497
00:22:34,604 --> 00:22:37,273
Mr. Matthews...
498
00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:38,858
here you go, Gina.
499
00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:40,443
thank you.
500
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:43,988
Sara, this looks like roast beef.
501
00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:47,575
Oh, great. This is supposed to be tuna,
502
00:22:47,658 --> 00:22:49,285
it's salami and cheese. I believe this is
yours, Mr. Matthews.
503
00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:51,287
[Mat] Well, I hope so.
504
00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:53,539
ahh! this is mine.
505
00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:58,169
Oh, I seem to have somebody's invitation.
506
00:22:58,252 --> 00:23:02,048
Does anybody know a Jason Bayer saxon?
507
00:23:02,131 --> 00:23:04,342
I mean, did anybody order roast beef?
508
00:23:04,425 --> 00:23:07,720
Well, I did. This must be your Turkey.
509
00:23:07,804 --> 00:23:10,932
Well, perhaps this is yours, too.
510
00:23:11,015 --> 00:23:13,267
I don't think so.
511
00:23:13,351 --> 00:23:16,896
Anybody seen my ham and cheese? Sara?
512
00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:21,692
well, thank you.
513
00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:25,822
You want what? Uh, cash.
514
00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:28,116
See, my contract calls for me to be paid
515
00:23:28,199 --> 00:23:29,659
after tonight's taping.
516
00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:31,410
And I would be forever grateful
517
00:23:31,494 --> 00:23:33,538
if you could possibly pay me in cash.
518
00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:37,166
$50,000? Wade!
519
00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:41,295
Wade, we keep records, file w-4 forms,
520
00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:43,256
so if you're looking to, no no, no!
521
00:23:43,339 --> 00:23:47,218
it's my checking accounts.
see, they're kind of tied up.
522
00:23:47,301 --> 00:23:50,179
if it's a woman, you're
asking the wrong person.
523
00:23:50,263 --> 00:23:52,014
no, it's not a woman.
524
00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:54,100
it's definitely not a woman.
I can assure you of that.
525
00:23:54,183 --> 00:23:56,561
Mm-hmm. It's my manager, actually.
526
00:23:56,644 --> 00:23:59,522
I'll see what I can do. Thanks.
527
00:24:01,149 --> 00:24:05,403
[Wade] Once again, that's 1-800-555-clue.
528
00:24:05,486 --> 00:24:07,822
And on behalf of all our Hartley authors,
529
00:24:07,905 --> 00:24:12,994
this is Wade Foster wishing you all
mysterious reading.
530
00:24:13,077 --> 00:24:14,579
[applause]
531
00:24:14,662 --> 00:24:16,455
okay. stop tape.
532
00:24:16,539 --> 00:24:18,708
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is a wrap.
533
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,918
Audience, you've been wonderful.
You can all go home.
534
00:24:21,002 --> 00:24:23,379
Wade, I'm gonna need you
and the primary cast
535
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,590
at 9 a.m. tomorrow for pickups.
536
00:24:25,673 --> 00:24:28,259
Congratulations, Larry. Looks like you
found yourself a new career.
537
00:24:28,342 --> 00:24:30,344
Thanks. What about you?
538
00:24:30,428 --> 00:24:32,930
uh...severance pay.
539
00:24:34,223 --> 00:24:36,058
wanna help me spend it?
540
00:24:39,103 --> 00:24:41,147
Jessica! Oh, thank you.
541
00:24:41,230 --> 00:24:43,649
success to crime.
542
00:24:43,733 --> 00:24:45,067
Funny you should say that.
543
00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:46,986
Hello, Jessica. Hello.
544
00:24:47,069 --> 00:24:48,738
Mr. Matthews, I got a couple
of questions for you.
545
00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:50,615
homicide, up in buffalo.
546
00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:53,743
turns out that the victim--
Mr. stewart Murphy--
547
00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:55,953
was a student of yours
a couple of years ago.
548
00:24:56,037 --> 00:24:57,788
A writing class that you taught
549
00:24:57,872 --> 00:25:00,583
at East buffalo community
college. is that right?
550
00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:06,088
Murphy. Murphy. I have absolutely no
recollection of him.
551
00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:07,882
In fact, I was telling Jessica
552
00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:10,635
I have very little
recollection of buffalo.
553
00:25:10,718 --> 00:25:12,178
it's true, lieutenant.
554
00:25:12,261 --> 00:25:14,138
Okay. Maybe you could remember something
555
00:25:14,222 --> 00:25:15,848
a little more recent like uh,
556
00:25:15,932 --> 00:25:17,600
your whereabouts the night before last,
557
00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:19,352
when Mr. Murphy was killed.
558
00:25:19,435 --> 00:25:21,062
I can help you there.
559
00:25:21,145 --> 00:25:23,648
a nice little place
on 39th and seventh avenue.
560
00:25:23,731 --> 00:25:26,859
Ordonio's. Great linguine.
561
00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:28,736
we'll check it out.
562
00:25:28,819 --> 00:25:30,780
gee, Mrs. Fletcher,
563
00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:32,698
this book club of yours looks
pretty interesting.
564
00:25:32,782 --> 00:25:34,951
Bite your tongue, will you, Henderson?
565
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,745
[sighs] They ought to make an infomercial
pushing a cure
566
00:25:37,828 --> 00:25:40,081
for people who order stuff
from infomercials.
567
00:25:40,164 --> 00:25:41,624
[laughing]
568
00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,380
you're a prince, my man.
569
00:25:47,463 --> 00:25:49,215
You tell Gina "thank you" for me.
570
00:25:49,298 --> 00:25:51,300
yeah. listen, Wade,
571
00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:53,636
I expect to be heading out your way
pretty shortly,
572
00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:56,597
you know, to the coast, and I was hoping
that you'd, uh,
573
00:25:56,681 --> 00:25:58,891
introduce me around, you know,
to the players.
574
00:25:58,975 --> 00:26:03,354
Uh-huh. Really?Well, you call me,
by all means, okay?
575
00:26:03,437 --> 00:26:04,814
yeah.
576
00:26:09,819 --> 00:26:11,779
[sighs]
577
00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:18,828
[door creaking]
578
00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:20,413
you?
579
00:26:20,496 --> 00:26:22,373
I've been reading up about you
580
00:26:22,456 --> 00:26:25,001
and your ex-wife in the tabloids,
Mr. Foster.
581
00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:27,586
She sounds like big-time bad news.
582
00:26:27,670 --> 00:26:29,588
How long have you been in here?
583
00:26:29,672 --> 00:26:31,924
One of the stories told about all the
fights you've had
584
00:26:32,008 --> 00:26:34,302
over that co-op you owned
on riverside drive.
585
00:26:34,385 --> 00:26:36,262
Said she wouldn't get out.
586
00:26:36,345 --> 00:26:38,097
Okay. What do you want?
587
00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:39,557
I guess she'd really like to know
588
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,267
you were paid in cash.
589
00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:43,519
[sighs]
590
00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:49,567
there, you little creep.
591
00:26:50,985 --> 00:26:52,695
ha!
592
00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:54,697
You're looking to hide $50,000,
593
00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:57,408
and I'm supposed to keep it a secret
for a lousy 200?
594
00:26:57,491 --> 00:26:59,618
I can't believe how well
the infomercial turned out.
595
00:26:59,702 --> 00:27:01,037
I owe it all to you, Jessica.
596
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:03,164
I was very happy to be part of it.
597
00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:05,541
Me, too. I thought it was so exciting.
598
00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:08,169
[Wade] And if you tell her,
I'll sell you for parts!
599
00:27:09,587 --> 00:27:11,922
good heavens!
600
00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:18,220
Arnold? Are you all right?
601
00:27:18,304 --> 00:27:19,847
I guess so.
602
00:27:19,930 --> 00:27:21,223
for god's sake, Wade!
603
00:27:21,307 --> 00:27:22,475
he attacked me!
604
00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:24,143
come on.
605
00:27:24,226 --> 00:27:26,562
I've got a first aid Kit in the office.
606
00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:29,523
Hey, are we still on for dinner?
607
00:27:29,607 --> 00:27:33,361
Sure. I'll just go get my purse.
608
00:27:49,627 --> 00:27:51,712
[elevator bell dings] Who's there?
609
00:27:51,796 --> 00:27:53,964
it's Larry Shields.
610
00:27:54,048 --> 00:27:55,925
And Sara. We're just heading out, Ernie.
611
00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:57,510
all right. good night.
612
00:27:57,593 --> 00:27:58,677
aah!
613
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,439
It's Arnold Wynn. Oh, my god.
614
00:28:15,736 --> 00:28:17,196
I'd say it was around 10:00.
615
00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:19,240
Your shift started at 8 p.m.,
616
00:28:19,949 --> 00:28:21,951
found the body about two
hours later? Yeah.
617
00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,994
Okay. Thank you. Sure.
618
00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:27,415
Well, Jessica, from all accounts,
619
00:28:27,498 --> 00:28:29,125
the decedent Arnold Wynn
620
00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:31,377
had no business
on the premises last night.
621
00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:33,170
It could be he was robbing the place,
622
00:28:33,254 --> 00:28:35,297
but the thing of it is,
except for the nosebleed
623
00:28:35,381 --> 00:28:37,591
and a little bruise, there was no sign
624
00:28:37,675 --> 00:28:40,010
of the kind of violence
that would indicate murder.
625
00:28:40,094 --> 00:28:43,472
Sara and Larry and the guard
found the body around 10:00?
626
00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:45,224
right, right.
627
00:28:45,307 --> 00:28:47,601
but, you know, there is
another possibility.
628
00:28:47,685 --> 00:28:49,562
a boxer, right?
629
00:28:50,104 --> 00:28:51,480
Gets knocked down in round three,
630
00:28:51,564 --> 00:28:53,941
but he gets up, finishes the fight,
631
00:28:54,024 --> 00:28:56,944
goes home, and dies from the blow
later that night.
632
00:28:57,027 --> 00:29:00,406
You said that what's-his-name--
the actor--
633
00:29:00,489 --> 00:29:02,700
Punched this guy about 6 p.m.?
634
00:29:02,783 --> 00:29:04,618
Wade Foster. mm-hmm.
635
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,165
Jessica? Jessica?
636
00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,333
Excuse me, lieutenant.
637
00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:14,795
I'm afraid this has thrown us completely
off-schedule.
638
00:29:14,879 --> 00:29:17,423
Would it be possible for you to
come in for your pickups tomorrow?
639
00:29:17,506 --> 00:29:19,967
Well, I think I can arrange my time. Yes.
640
00:29:20,050 --> 00:29:21,510
Oh, Jessica, there you are.
641
00:29:21,594 --> 00:29:23,179
Would you tell them, please?
642
00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:24,722
You saw me leave with Joellen, didn't you?
643
00:29:24,805 --> 00:29:26,474
When was it, about 6:15?
644
00:29:26,557 --> 00:29:28,476
Yes. That's quite right. There, see?
645
00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:30,603
He states that he and a Joellen Waller
646
00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:32,605
took a cab uptown to his hotel.
647
00:29:32,688 --> 00:29:34,565
yeah. she'll tell you.
you can talk to the cabby,
648
00:29:34,648 --> 00:29:35,983
you can talk to the doorman.
649
00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:37,526
What about the rest of the night?
650
00:29:37,610 --> 00:29:39,945
uh...lieutenant...
651
00:29:40,029 --> 00:29:43,782
I'd really rather you
discussed that with ms. Waller.
652
00:29:43,866 --> 00:29:46,577
all right. well, this is
pretty academic, anyway.
653
00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:48,537
There was no sign of foul play here.
654
00:29:48,621 --> 00:29:50,873
Unless, of course, the coroner decides
that the guy died
655
00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:53,375
by a delayed reaction
of you punching him out.
656
00:29:53,459 --> 00:29:55,127
At which point, the worst we're looking at
657
00:29:55,211 --> 00:29:56,921
is probably manslaughter.
658
00:29:57,004 --> 00:29:59,131
manslaughter? lieutenant,
I barely hit him.
659
00:29:59,215 --> 00:30:01,592
Harry, Arnold didn't appear groggy.
660
00:30:01,675 --> 00:30:04,220
I mean, that blow wasn't that severe.
661
00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:06,680
Oh. That's okay with me.
662
00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:08,807
Only do me a favor and let's play it safe.
663
00:30:08,891 --> 00:30:10,809
Don't leave town till I say "okay".
664
00:30:10,893 --> 00:30:12,102
okay?
665
00:30:12,186 --> 00:30:13,729
[scoffs]
666
00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:15,731
better be soon.
667
00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,608
[mocking] "Better be soon."
668
00:30:17,691 --> 00:30:19,568
I guess they don't call 'em
actors for nothing.
669
00:30:19,652 --> 00:30:21,612
lieutenant, I don't know
how important this is,
670
00:30:21,695 --> 00:30:23,489
but this extras list--
671
00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:26,825
It turns out Mr. Wynn wasn't in the union.
672
00:30:26,909 --> 00:30:29,078
well, then, no one knows
how he got the job?
673
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:32,831
Mm-mm. From his wallet, we turned up a
home address in buffalo.
674
00:30:32,915 --> 00:30:35,584
Buffalo? I got his number from
the phone company.
675
00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:38,254
A machine answered. Buffalo P.D. is
checking him out for us.
676
00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:40,548
I suggested they check
into the possibility
677
00:30:40,631 --> 00:30:43,676
of Mr. Wynn's being connected
to the late stewart Murphy.
678
00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:45,261
well, that's good work,
Henderson.
679
00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:47,096
thank you, Sir.
680
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:50,307
Lieutenant, there's something I'd like
you to see.
681
00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:53,894
For what it's worth, Arnold mentioned
682
00:30:53,978 --> 00:30:56,021
that he'd taken writing classes up there,
683
00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:58,357
including one with mat Matthews.
684
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,569
So both this guy and the murder victim
in buffalo
685
00:31:01,652 --> 00:31:04,154
studied with Matthews,
and you didn't tell me?
686
00:31:04,238 --> 00:31:05,823
Well, until Arnold turned up dead,
687
00:31:05,906 --> 00:31:08,075
it would've just seemed
like a coincidence.
688
00:31:08,158 --> 00:31:11,287
Harry, this note--
689
00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:14,456
This came with my sandwich by mistake.
690
00:31:14,540 --> 00:31:16,292
Now, I'm not a handwriting expert,
691
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,503
but notice the "a" and the "r".
692
00:31:19,587 --> 00:31:21,880
They seem to match the "a" and the "r"
693
00:31:21,964 --> 00:31:25,467
in Arnold's name added to the extras list.
694
00:31:25,551 --> 00:31:27,928
yeah. bag it and tag it,
will you, Henderson?
695
00:31:28,012 --> 00:31:30,764
you never know. so...
696
00:31:30,848 --> 00:31:33,767
we've got I.d.
697
00:31:33,851 --> 00:31:37,187
that says the corpse
was named Arnold Wynn.
698
00:31:37,271 --> 00:31:39,023
only he writes a note
699
00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:42,776
referring to himself as Jason Bayer saxon.
700
00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:45,529
Now, what do you suppose that's all about?
701
00:31:45,613 --> 00:31:49,199
Well, if it was Arnold who added his name
to this roster
702
00:31:49,283 --> 00:31:52,411
I mean, that may explain
how he got the job.
703
00:31:52,494 --> 00:31:54,580
Or it could've been someone else entirely
704
00:31:54,663 --> 00:31:56,915
that wrote Arnold's name and the note.
705
00:31:56,999 --> 00:31:59,043
uh, detective Henderson,
706
00:31:59,126 --> 00:32:01,170
may I see that list that you read earlier,
707
00:32:01,253 --> 00:32:03,255
the items you found on Mr. Wynn's person?
708
00:32:03,339 --> 00:32:04,965
sure thing.
709
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:08,719
Here we go. Thanks.
710
00:32:08,802 --> 00:32:12,306
Wallet with $16, backpack with two books,
711
00:32:12,389 --> 00:32:15,851
a notebook, and some
writing course pamphlets.
712
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:18,228
That's it. No, no.
713
00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:21,190
There was an odd-shaped key.
714
00:32:21,273 --> 00:32:24,652
And there was something else. What..
715
00:32:24,735 --> 00:32:27,071
your handcuffs. A bracelet.
716
00:32:27,154 --> 00:32:29,114
An id bracelet, that's what it was.
717
00:32:29,198 --> 00:32:30,324
No id bracelet.
718
00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:32,284
anyway, Jessica--
719
00:32:32,368 --> 00:32:34,244
Jessica?
720
00:32:34,328 --> 00:32:36,497
And money. There were a couple of bills.
721
00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:38,248
Hundreds, I think they were.
722
00:32:38,332 --> 00:32:39,833
they apparently fell
out of Arnold's pocket
723
00:32:39,917 --> 00:32:41,669
when he was struck
by Wade Foster.
724
00:32:41,752 --> 00:32:43,545
I remember he picked them up.
You didn't find them?
725
00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:45,839
no, ma'am. they'll probably
turn up at his hotel
726
00:32:45,923 --> 00:32:48,300
or wherever he was staying. We still don't
know where that was.
727
00:32:48,384 --> 00:32:50,094
Jessica, what happened?
728
00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:51,929
Why don't you tell 'em, Jessica.
729
00:32:52,012 --> 00:32:54,598
And, by the way, good luck on
your infomercial.
730
00:32:54,682 --> 00:32:58,852
Let's just hope Henderson never gets
a chance to see it.
731
00:33:07,778 --> 00:33:10,864
[background music intensifies]
732
00:33:19,540 --> 00:33:22,042
Hey! What do you think you're doing--
733
00:33:22,126 --> 00:33:23,669
oh, Mrs. Fletcher.
734
00:33:23,752 --> 00:33:25,379
I'm sorry, I thought everyone was gone.
735
00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:26,505
I was just leaving, Ernie.
736
00:33:26,588 --> 00:33:27,798
I'm sorry.
737
00:33:27,881 --> 00:33:29,216
I must be a little jumpy.
738
00:33:29,299 --> 00:33:30,718
finding dead people
739
00:33:30,801 --> 00:33:32,136
isn't exactly my idea of a good time.
740
00:33:32,219 --> 00:33:34,054
Well, at least it wasn't a murder.
741
00:33:34,138 --> 00:33:37,099
I wouldn't be too sure that it wasn't.
742
00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:38,392
What's that?
743
00:33:38,475 --> 00:33:39,893
[Fogel] A bracelet belonging
744
00:33:39,977 --> 00:33:42,646
to the late Arnold Wynn. So?
745
00:33:42,730 --> 00:33:44,440
That is a medic alert bracelet.
746
00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:47,609
and it says that he was
allergic to quinine.
747
00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:49,862
As in tonic water. So why are you
telling me this?
748
00:33:49,945 --> 00:33:51,613
Listen, Mrs. Fletcher, lieutenant,
749
00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:53,741
I gotta get this stuff
to the post office by 5:00.
750
00:33:53,824 --> 00:33:56,243
Hold it, will you, Henderson?
751
00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:58,537
Arnold's nosebleed--
752
00:33:58,620 --> 00:34:01,415
He may have suffered a fatal reaction.
753
00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:04,084
Funny you should say that, Jessica.
754
00:34:04,168 --> 00:34:07,588
It's right here in the M.E.'s report.
755
00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:09,506
Blood they found on the victim's nose
756
00:34:09,590 --> 00:34:11,425
didn't come from an earlier punch,
757
00:34:11,508 --> 00:34:13,051
but from an internal hemorrhage.
That's right.
758
00:34:13,135 --> 00:34:15,679
he had this kind of
rare pathologic reaction
759
00:34:15,763 --> 00:34:17,389
to the ingestion of quinine.
760
00:34:17,473 --> 00:34:19,433
listen, I really gotta
get to the post office.
761
00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:21,101
will you hold it, Henderson?
according to this,
762
00:34:21,185 --> 00:34:22,811
it destroyed the blood platelets.
763
00:34:22,895 --> 00:34:25,147
Okay, so what do you figure, Jessica,
764
00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:27,399
he was allergic to quinine
and killed himself?
765
00:34:27,483 --> 00:34:29,610
A suicide by quinine water?
766
00:34:29,693 --> 00:34:31,904
Harry, that doesn't make sense.
767
00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:33,071
she's right.
768
00:34:33,155 --> 00:34:34,656
with all due respect.
769
00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:37,534
Okay, maybe he took it by accident.
770
00:34:37,618 --> 00:34:39,536
at the lunch,
771
00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:42,873
Arnold winced at the prospect
of a gin and tonic,
772
00:34:42,956 --> 00:34:45,959
and he had the sense
to wear this bracelet.
773
00:34:46,043 --> 00:34:49,129
No, he was much too careful about it
774
00:34:49,213 --> 00:34:52,341
to have made that kind of a mistake.
775
00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:54,134
You know, I believe that he was murdered.
776
00:34:54,218 --> 00:34:55,344
[watch beeps] Oh, boy!
777
00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:57,095
what is it, detective?
778
00:34:57,179 --> 00:34:59,264
That's the stuff he buys from
the infomercials.
779
00:34:59,348 --> 00:35:01,642
And I'm getting him to take most of it
back in 30 days
780
00:35:01,725 --> 00:35:03,268
so he can get a refund.
781
00:35:03,352 --> 00:35:05,103
I'm trying to save him from himself.
782
00:35:05,187 --> 00:35:07,147
well, the 30 days
on this batch just elapsed,
783
00:35:07,231 --> 00:35:08,732
along with my money.
784
00:35:08,816 --> 00:35:10,400
okay, Henderson, business.
785
00:35:10,484 --> 00:35:12,194
Got it, lieutenant. I'll get them
786
00:35:12,277 --> 00:35:13,821
to secure the telesales offices
787
00:35:13,904 --> 00:35:15,531
until we can get
a forensics team down there.
788
00:35:15,614 --> 00:35:17,866
I hope they can still find something.
789
00:35:22,996 --> 00:35:24,832
I don't get it, Jess.
790
00:35:24,915 --> 00:35:26,458
You figure this kid took a bus
791
00:35:26,542 --> 00:35:28,085
all the way down from buffalo
792
00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:29,711
to meet someone on this infomercial,
793
00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:31,505
and then that someone murders him?
794
00:35:31,588 --> 00:35:33,715
It wasn't necessarily the same person.
795
00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:37,135
Hard to figure. No obvious motive.
796
00:35:37,219 --> 00:35:40,973
unless you count his getting
slugged by Steve stunning.
797
00:35:41,056 --> 00:35:44,810
and then there was that
murder up in buffalo.
798
00:35:44,893 --> 00:35:48,438
And both victims apparently in my class.
799
00:35:48,522 --> 00:35:51,692
And there's, um Jason Bayer saxon--
800
00:35:51,775 --> 00:35:54,361
Whoever he is. Sounds literary.
801
00:35:54,444 --> 00:35:56,280
Oh, speaking of literature,
802
00:35:56,363 --> 00:35:59,491
that over-the-transom manuscript you've
been reading?
803
00:35:59,575 --> 00:36:01,034
fall apart yet?
804
00:36:01,118 --> 00:36:02,494
well, no...
805
00:36:02,578 --> 00:36:04,621
Jessica.
806
00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:06,623
I was hoping you'd still be here.
807
00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:09,835
Harry, detective Henderson.
808
00:36:09,918 --> 00:36:11,753
for starters, why don't you
put a sock in it
809
00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:13,463
before you get in even deeper?
810
00:36:13,547 --> 00:36:16,508
What the hell are you talking about?
811
00:36:16,592 --> 00:36:19,094
The murder of Arnold Wynn. Harry?
812
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:22,264
we found a rap sheet
on Mr. Matthews, here.
813
00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:24,975
Buffalo-- assault in a bar
814
00:36:25,058 --> 00:36:27,311
against the very same Arnold Wynn--
815
00:36:27,394 --> 00:36:29,187
No saint himself, incidentally.
816
00:36:29,271 --> 00:36:31,481
Wynn was charged with extortion,
attempted extortion.
817
00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:34,026
Several arrests, one conviction,
suspended sentence.
818
00:36:34,109 --> 00:36:35,694
not a nice person.
819
00:36:35,777 --> 00:36:37,905
Lieutenant, I had nothing against Arnold.
820
00:36:37,988 --> 00:36:41,074
And like I said, that whole year
in buffalo...
821
00:36:41,158 --> 00:36:42,951
was a blur.
822
00:36:43,035 --> 00:36:45,162
was last night a blur, too?
823
00:36:45,245 --> 00:36:47,539
Say, between 8:00-ish
and midnight?
824
00:36:47,623 --> 00:36:50,918
Mat, he's right. Perhaps you shouldn't
say any more.
825
00:36:51,001 --> 00:36:52,836
I've got nothing to hide, Jessica.
826
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,713
I took a long walk up fifth avenue,
827
00:36:54,796 --> 00:36:56,256
past the metropolitan,
828
00:36:56,340 --> 00:36:58,383
and I sat for a long time
829
00:36:58,467 --> 00:37:01,219
on a bench opposite the guggenheim.
830
00:37:01,303 --> 00:37:03,138
alone, no doubt.
831
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,098
Well, you see, Mr. Matthews,
832
00:37:05,182 --> 00:37:07,184
we found a drinking glass at telesales,
833
00:37:07,267 --> 00:37:09,311
and it had traces of quinine in it,
834
00:37:09,394 --> 00:37:11,772
and two sets of fingerprints--
835
00:37:11,855 --> 00:37:14,524
Mr. Wynn's and yours.
836
00:37:14,608 --> 00:37:17,277
now, that's not
your dead-bang smoking gun,
837
00:37:17,361 --> 00:37:18,862
but it's a hell of a start.
838
00:37:18,946 --> 00:37:21,365
I have a car waiting outside.
839
00:37:21,448 --> 00:37:23,200
[handcuffs clicking]
840
00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:32,584
Has anyone seen our Emcee?
841
00:37:32,668 --> 00:37:36,213
I would like to get these pickup shots
sometime this month.
842
00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:38,340
[chuckles] Oh, god!
843
00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:40,676
Jessica, even if we can shoot around mat,
844
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:42,094
if it turns out he's guilty,
845
00:37:42,177 --> 00:37:43,845
the Hartley book of the month club
846
00:37:43,929 --> 00:37:45,847
is gonna be dead before
it takes its first breath,
847
00:37:45,931 --> 00:37:47,766
and Mr. Hartley will be out a quarter of
a million dollars.
848
00:37:47,849 --> 00:37:49,601
Larry, it's not an absolute certainty
849
00:37:49,685 --> 00:37:51,269
that Mr. Matthews killed Arnold Wynn.
850
00:37:51,353 --> 00:37:52,813
No, it isn't. Morning, everybody!
851
00:37:52,896 --> 00:37:54,731
[phone rings]
852
00:37:54,815 --> 00:37:57,609
yeah, yeah, yeah. I got
caught in an ex-wife jam.
853
00:37:57,693 --> 00:37:59,152
it was ugly.
854
00:37:59,236 --> 00:38:01,321
telesales. sure.
855
00:38:01,405 --> 00:38:03,281
Jessica, it's lieutenant fogel.
856
00:38:03,365 --> 00:38:05,075
Oh, thank you. Excuse me.
857
00:38:06,743 --> 00:38:08,578
thanks.
858
00:38:08,662 --> 00:38:10,330
yes, Harry?
859
00:38:10,414 --> 00:38:13,291
Jessica, you wanted a progress report.
860
00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:16,712
here goes. first off,
861
00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:18,755
Arnold Wynn's Landlady up in buffalo
862
00:38:18,839 --> 00:38:21,008
gave us an address in yonkers,
863
00:38:21,091 --> 00:38:22,592
just North of new York city.
864
00:38:22,676 --> 00:38:24,302
Mr. Wynn's aunt.
865
00:38:24,386 --> 00:38:27,055
Arnold was staying with
his aunt in yonkers?
866
00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:29,224
That's correct. But that isn't
where we found
867
00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:31,018
those missing hundred-dollar bills.
868
00:38:31,101 --> 00:38:32,936
They turned up in mat Matthews' apartment
869
00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:34,563
on East 79th street.
870
00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:36,356
You're sure those are the same bills?
871
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,275
Oh, they're in the same number sequence
872
00:38:38,358 --> 00:38:40,569
Gina Powell withdrew from the bank
to pay Wade Foster.
873
00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:42,863
The same ones Foster admitted
he laid on arnold
874
00:38:42,946 --> 00:38:44,489
when the kid shook him down.
875
00:38:44,573 --> 00:38:47,034
And that odd-shaped key? What about that?
876
00:38:47,117 --> 00:38:50,412
Oh, there's no key. But I'm afraid
it looks like
877
00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:52,622
we've got enough to charge your friend
Matthews.
878
00:38:52,706 --> 00:38:55,000
I wish I had better news
for you, Jessica.
879
00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:57,461
Keep me posted. Sure, I'll
keep you posted.
880
00:38:59,421 --> 00:39:01,256
Are you sure about this one, lieutenant?
881
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:03,800
I mean, your teeth look
kind of yellow to me.
882
00:39:03,884 --> 00:39:05,552
All it takes is about 200 hours
883
00:39:05,635 --> 00:39:07,763
with these little trays in your mouth...
884
00:39:07,846 --> 00:39:11,391
okay, everybody, listen up.
885
00:39:11,475 --> 00:39:13,518
I just spoke to Ted Hartley.
886
00:39:13,602 --> 00:39:15,937
He regrets to say he's Pulling
the plug.
887
00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:17,272
damn! I knew it.
888
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:18,774
bummer.
889
00:39:18,857 --> 00:39:20,192
I mean, he's right. There's no reason
890
00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:21,526
to throw good money after bad.
891
00:39:21,610 --> 00:39:24,154
well, I'm out of here, people.
892
00:39:24,237 --> 00:39:26,698
if I hurry, I can catch an
earlier flight to l.a.
893
00:39:26,782 --> 00:39:29,284
ciao, everybody. Bye, Wade.
894
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:30,827
Hey, Tom, is there any way
895
00:39:30,911 --> 00:39:32,370
we can piece together an infomercial
896
00:39:32,454 --> 00:39:34,122
with what we've got, cut mat out of it?
897
00:39:34,206 --> 00:39:36,917
Not really. We'd come up short on time.
898
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,460
He's pretty much locked into it,
899
00:39:38,543 --> 00:39:40,337
the way you wrote the script.
900
00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:42,130
It's a question of coverage and--
901
00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:44,257
the script.
902
00:39:44,341 --> 00:39:47,302
the question.
903
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,387
Tom, would you excuse us for a moment?
904
00:39:49,471 --> 00:39:51,056
yeah, sure.
905
00:39:55,185 --> 00:39:58,188
Larry, we need to take a look at a tape
906
00:39:58,271 --> 00:40:00,107
of what they've edited so far,
907
00:40:00,190 --> 00:40:01,525
and quickly.
908
00:40:01,608 --> 00:40:03,485
miss Waller...
909
00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:06,321
i hear that hollywood
just made you a big offer
910
00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:08,782
for homicide at the alexandria lighthouse.
911
00:40:08,865 --> 00:40:10,700
Where'd you come up with such a cool idea?
912
00:40:10,784 --> 00:40:12,953
[Jessica] That's it, Larry.
stop it right there.
913
00:40:13,036 --> 00:40:16,414
Now, you said that you didn't write that
question yourself?
914
00:40:16,498 --> 00:40:17,791
No, it wasn't in the script,
915
00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:19,167
but we decided to leave it in.
916
00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:24,422
Then I think I know who murdered Arnold.
917
00:40:24,506 --> 00:40:27,050
the key I saw--
918
00:40:27,134 --> 00:40:29,803
It wasn't in his backpack
when they found him.
919
00:40:29,886 --> 00:40:32,722
Now, that has to be the key.
920
00:40:32,806 --> 00:40:34,474
Quickly, Larry, see if you can track down
921
00:40:34,558 --> 00:40:36,518
that girl who asked the question.
922
00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:39,938
What city? Yes.
923
00:40:40,021 --> 00:40:41,982
The area code for buffalo, please.
924
00:40:42,065 --> 00:40:43,233
one moment.
925
00:40:43,316 --> 00:40:45,068
I hope we're not too late.
926
00:40:45,152 --> 00:40:47,028
[male Announcer]
Bus number 10 from manhattan,
927
00:40:47,112 --> 00:40:50,740
arriving yonkers, is delayed five minutes.
928
00:40:55,328 --> 00:40:57,205
[mail box closing]
929
00:40:57,372 --> 00:41:00,250
Express service for saratoga springs
930
00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:02,502
now boarding at gate 2.
931
00:41:02,586 --> 00:41:05,130
Found what you're looking for, Joellen?
932
00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:07,174
What you murdered Arnold Wynn for?
933
00:41:07,257 --> 00:41:10,093
Uh, I don't know what you mean.
934
00:41:10,177 --> 00:41:12,888
That key--You took it from his backpack
935
00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:15,098
after you poisoned him.
936
00:41:15,182 --> 00:41:17,726
But until you heard me mention yonkers,
937
00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:21,938
you didn't know which bus
station lockers to try.
938
00:41:22,022 --> 00:41:24,482
Oh, Jessica, you're mistaken. I--
939
00:41:24,566 --> 00:41:26,151
may I?
940
00:41:26,234 --> 00:41:29,070
It's addressed to Jason Bayer saxon
941
00:41:29,154 --> 00:41:31,448
from stewart Murphy.
942
00:41:31,531 --> 00:41:33,992
And both have the same address.
943
00:41:34,075 --> 00:41:36,870
My guess is, it's an original manuscript
944
00:41:36,953 --> 00:41:39,247
written by stewart Murphy
under the pen name
945
00:41:39,331 --> 00:41:41,499
of Jason Bayer saxon.
946
00:41:41,583 --> 00:41:44,294
So stewart Murphy protected his manuscript
947
00:41:44,377 --> 00:41:46,546
by sending it to himself registered mail,
948
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:48,423
and then he kept it sealed.
949
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:51,801
and I suspect it's what
Arnold Wynn killed him for.
950
00:41:51,885 --> 00:41:54,054
It became the basis of your novel--
951
00:41:54,137 --> 00:41:57,015
the one stewart Murphy
realized you stole from him.
952
00:41:57,098 --> 00:41:59,142
So Arnold killed stewart,
took the manuscript
953
00:41:59,226 --> 00:42:00,685
and tried to blackmail you.
954
00:42:00,769 --> 00:42:02,729
But I was with Wade Foster
955
00:42:02,812 --> 00:42:04,147
when Arnold was killed.
956
00:42:04,231 --> 00:42:05,732
Wrong. A little while ago,
957
00:42:05,815 --> 00:42:07,525
he admitted that your capacity for wine
958
00:42:07,609 --> 00:42:09,110
was far greater than his.
959
00:42:09,194 --> 00:42:11,321
And he was pretty embarrassed
960
00:42:11,404 --> 00:42:13,657
to have to confess that he fell asleep
961
00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:15,825
while you were with him
in his hotel suite.
962
00:42:15,909 --> 00:42:18,995
This is crazy. Arnold Wynn--
963
00:42:19,079 --> 00:42:22,499
Well, I met him at the restaurant,
Jessica, when I was with you.
964
00:42:22,582 --> 00:42:25,502
No, Joellen. You met him
and stewart Murphy
965
00:42:25,585 --> 00:42:28,171
when the three of you took
mat's fiction writing class
966
00:42:28,255 --> 00:42:31,091
at the East buffalo community college.
967
00:42:31,174 --> 00:42:33,051
Their registrar confirmed it.
968
00:42:33,134 --> 00:42:35,971
So, basically, miss Waller, we have enough
to convict you
969
00:42:36,054 --> 00:42:39,015
three, maybe even four times.
970
00:42:43,353 --> 00:42:45,939
it didn't Dawn on me
till a little while ago
971
00:42:46,022 --> 00:42:48,942
that you were familiar
with the buffalo area.
972
00:42:49,025 --> 00:42:52,195
I recalled what you'd said when
we started the infomercial.
973
00:42:52,279 --> 00:42:55,365
it just came in the post from
some woman in lackawanna.
974
00:42:55,448 --> 00:42:58,868
Funny. Lackawanna always makes me
think of railroads.
975
00:42:58,952 --> 00:43:01,955
And rotten winters in lackawanna pines.
976
00:43:02,038 --> 00:43:05,041
Lackawanna is only a few
miles from buffalo.
977
00:43:05,125 --> 00:43:07,502
Then I remembered that one of the
audience questions
978
00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:09,004
that was addressed to you
979
00:43:09,087 --> 00:43:11,381
had deviated from the script.
980
00:43:11,464 --> 00:43:13,508
the tape showed that the
young woman who asked it
981
00:43:13,591 --> 00:43:16,052
was seated next to Arnold Wynn.
982
00:43:16,136 --> 00:43:18,221
It turns out that Arnold Wynn
gave her the question,
983
00:43:18,305 --> 00:43:20,890
probably to needle you,
throw you off balance.
984
00:43:20,974 --> 00:43:23,393
as he intended when he came
up to us in the restaurant.
985
00:43:23,476 --> 00:43:25,645
That's where you saw the locker key,
986
00:43:25,729 --> 00:43:28,356
when he dumped his
belongings on the table.
987
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:29,816
And the note that showed up in
Jessica's sandwich--
988
00:43:29,899 --> 00:43:31,234
that was meant for you.
989
00:43:31,318 --> 00:43:33,862
In mat's class,
990
00:43:33,945 --> 00:43:37,032
stewart Murphy gave me his story to read.
991
00:43:37,115 --> 00:43:39,492
he could really write.
992
00:43:39,576 --> 00:43:42,620
I photocopied it and stuck it in a drawer.
993
00:43:42,704 --> 00:43:46,166
and after endless rejection
slips on my stuff,
994
00:43:46,249 --> 00:43:48,918
I got desperate. On an impulse,
995
00:43:49,002 --> 00:43:51,296
I changed the title
and signed my name to it
996
00:43:51,379 --> 00:43:53,590
and sent it off to Hartley publishing.
997
00:43:53,673 --> 00:43:55,717
And bingo, you had a hit on your hands.
998
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,970
Arnold told me he was contacting me
on stewart's behalf.
999
00:43:59,054 --> 00:44:02,932
I agreed to buy stewart's original
manuscript for $30,000
1000
00:44:03,016 --> 00:44:04,893
and met him at telesales,
1001
00:44:04,976 --> 00:44:06,686
but he showed up without it.
1002
00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:09,522
He said he needed it for insurance.
1003
00:44:09,606 --> 00:44:12,859
Well, that's when I decided he had to die.
1004
00:44:12,942 --> 00:44:15,236
I remembered his allergy to quinine.
1005
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,238
Back in buffalo, Arnold had told me
1006
00:44:17,322 --> 00:44:20,867
the lethal effect even simple tonic water
could have on him.
1007
00:44:20,950 --> 00:44:23,370
so, I suggested a drink
to seal our partnership.
1008
00:44:23,453 --> 00:44:25,830
He wanted whiskey and Ginger ale,
1009
00:44:25,914 --> 00:44:28,041
and I slipped in quinine water.
1010
00:44:31,795 --> 00:44:35,673
Here's to a long and mutually-beneficial
arrangement.
1011
00:44:39,135 --> 00:44:42,180
I wiped my fingerprints off
the bottle of quinine water
1012
00:44:42,263 --> 00:44:45,433
and off my glass and followed him out.
1013
00:44:45,517 --> 00:44:49,979
I knew it was only a matter of time until
the quinine took effect.
1014
00:44:54,567 --> 00:44:57,237
[grunting]
1015
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,531
I took back my money
from the little slime,
1016
00:44:59,614 --> 00:45:01,908
but I still had to find the manuscript.
1017
00:45:01,991 --> 00:45:05,203
I found the $200 from Wade
and the locker key,
1018
00:45:05,286 --> 00:45:07,288
and figured he had hidden the original
1019
00:45:07,372 --> 00:45:09,290
of stewart Murphy's book.
1020
00:45:09,374 --> 00:45:11,793
I wanted to take the medic alert bracelet
1021
00:45:11,876 --> 00:45:14,170
so no one would know how he died,
1022
00:45:14,254 --> 00:45:17,132
and then I heard the guard
coming down the hall.
1023
00:45:20,844 --> 00:45:22,178
I had to get away.
1024
00:45:22,262 --> 00:45:24,431
And the glass Arnold drank out of
1025
00:45:24,514 --> 00:45:27,058
happened to have mat's fingerprints on it.
1026
00:45:27,142 --> 00:45:29,018
When I heard about that, I--
1027
00:45:29,102 --> 00:45:32,105
I talked mat's super into letting me into
his apartment,
1028
00:45:32,188 --> 00:45:34,816
and I planted the hundred-dollar bills.
1029
00:45:35,483 --> 00:45:37,735
I tried that damn key in every airline,
1030
00:45:37,819 --> 00:45:40,155
railroad and bus terminal in town!
1031
00:45:40,238 --> 00:45:42,740
If you'd known he'd gotten off
the bus in yonkers,
1032
00:45:42,824 --> 00:45:45,201
you might have gotten away with it.
1033
00:45:51,708 --> 00:45:54,669
And now, with my promotion
to head of marketing,
1034
00:45:54,752 --> 00:45:57,172
two people can live off what I make.
1035
00:45:57,255 --> 00:45:59,215
Thanks again for lunch.
1036
00:45:59,299 --> 00:46:00,967
good luck.
1037
00:46:01,050 --> 00:46:05,305
And, Jess... thanks for this.
1038
00:46:05,388 --> 00:46:07,682
you have only yourself
to thank for that, mat.
1039
00:46:09,809 --> 00:46:12,187
by the way, I was--
1040
00:46:12,270 --> 00:46:16,900
Well, I was wondering if you ever
got through that manuscript
1041
00:46:16,983 --> 00:46:18,985
from the lady from lackawanna?
1042
00:46:19,068 --> 00:46:21,779
Oh, I did. You certainly called it.
1043
00:46:22,947 --> 00:46:24,491
yeah.
1044
00:46:24,574 --> 00:46:27,535
it was very derivative.
well, that figures.
1045
00:46:27,619 --> 00:46:31,539
Derivative of vintage mat Matthews,
1046
00:46:31,623 --> 00:46:34,292
but with a maturity and freshness
1047
00:46:34,375 --> 00:46:36,294
that just took my breath
away from page one
1048
00:46:36,377 --> 00:46:38,338
clear through to the very end.
1049
00:46:38,421 --> 00:46:40,965
yeah. well, I--
1050
00:46:41,049 --> 00:46:42,592
what did you say?
1051
00:46:42,675 --> 00:46:45,470
I'm saying that only one person
1052
00:46:45,553 --> 00:46:47,555
could've written that book.
1053
00:46:47,639 --> 00:46:50,099
mat Matthews himself.
1054
00:46:50,183 --> 00:46:54,729
Yeah. Well, I figured if--
1055
00:46:54,812 --> 00:46:58,483
If you knew that was my stuff, you might--
1056
00:46:58,566 --> 00:47:01,778
Well, you might shine me on.
1057
00:47:01,861 --> 00:47:05,031
but then I forgot.
1058
00:47:05,114 --> 00:47:07,408
That's not your style, either.
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