All language subtitles for Diagnosis Murder s04e03 Murder on Thin Ice

I hope you don't mind being here.

No, it's fine.

I know you'd rather be at a taco stand
at your lunch hour, wrapped around a

double beef burrito with a yahoo. What
is that, the stereotypical police lunch?

You know what I mean. I practically
forced you to sneak me in here.

We're not sneaking, and you didn't force
me.

But the constant badgering and the faxes
were very effective.

Do you have a pass?

We won't be long.

Oh, look how graceful.

Oh, it's beautiful.

I'm so glad I'm here. I'm so excited.

I can't believe you're so excited about
ice skating.

See, from the age of 6 to 13, I lived on
the ice. My bedroom walls were

plastered with Dorothy Hamill, Peggy
Fleming, Ty Gavilonia. Oh, my God.

Julie, man, I guess Julie's going to
have the hottest thing on ice today.

Oh, I knew that.

We got about an hour or so.

Enjoy your backstage moment. Go see if I
can find me a couple burritos and a

Yahoo. Julie, you haven't skated against
Debbie Monroe since she defeated you

last year in the World Championship.

And I've counted every second until I
could compete against her again.

You could have skated head -to -head
with her at the Innsbruck competition in

January, but you sat that one out.

I had the flu.

If I could have gotten out of bed, I
would have skated.

How do you feel about this promotional
game that's going on?

Promotional game?

It's pretty well known that whoever wins
the competition by the end of the

week... Could have her face on a cereal
box.

Or an ice show billboard. Or be signing
a seven -figure endorsement contract.

Right now, the only thing that matters
to me is skating the best I can.

Well, best of luck to you, Julie.

Thank you.

How we doing?

Look who's on the ice.

Mm, yeah.

Ice skaters.

That's Debbie Monroe.

She's brilliant.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Mm, great hot dogs.

Ty, Randy, you were great out there.
Thank you. Thank you very much.

Good

luck.

Please, please, I'm a doctor. Sir,
please.

Police! Hold it!

You're under arrest.

Let me see here.

Okay. I need an ambulance right away,
please.

I'll call 911.

Did you hear her?

Let me see.

All right. Okay, darling.

Come on, Julie.

Everything's going to be fine.

I just don't understand.

I don't think anybody does.

But the guy who did this is in custody,
and we will find out soon enough. I just

want to know when I can skate again.

How we doing?

Well, we're all stitched up.

Superficial cut, thank God.

How are things with you?

Well, she took a nasty fall, but the
good news is there's no sign of internal

injuries, no concussion.

What about her knee?

Well, it hit the hardest right there,
didn't it? Yeah.

Well, it's going to be a while before we
get the results of the MRI, but the x

-rays are pretty encouraging.

There's no broken bones or anything.
There is a periosteal hematoma.

What's that?

Well, it's the swelling of the membrane
around the bones. Not serious. Think of

it as a very big, bad bruise.

See, I told you not to worry.

We'll give you an ice pack for the
inflammation, some medication for the

You should be up and around in no time.

But will I be able to skate tomorrow
night?

Well, it's going to take a few days for
that swelling to go down.

You'll be able to skate again, but
whether you can skate tomorrow night...

going to depend on your own tolerance
for pain, all right?

I'm an athlete, Dr.

Sloan. If it doesn't hurt, I'm doing
something wrong.

Are you thinking about skating tomorrow?

Come see for yourself.

I'll leave you both tickets at the door.

It's the least I can do to thank you.

Don't thank us. Thank your guardian
angel. If you hadn't blocked that knife

way you did, there's no telling the
damage that could have been done.

What are you going to say to Julie when
you see her? Are you disappointed that

you can't skate against her?

Julie,

that's all.

Did you know your ex -manager was going
to attack Julie Miller? Did Sean Farlow

tell you that he was going to do this? I
don't know what you're talking about.

No,

what are you saying?

Please,

Miss Monroe is here to see a patient and
visiting hours are almost over. Please

excuse me.

Is anyone interested in hearing about
Julie Miller's condition?

Are you all right? They really bombarded
you there.

I don't understand what's going on.

Sean Farrell's been taken into custody.

Sean attacked Julie?

No. Why?

Well, the police are questioning him
now. We'll probably know a little more

later. Oh, my God. This is awful.

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

Julie Miller!

Julie!

Julie, can't you walk?

I can.

but the hospital won't let me it's
hospital policy we even do it for

tonsillectomies but can you skate if i
can walk i'll skate do you still think

you can beat debbie i sure want to she's
a terrific skater we'll see how the leg

holds up how do you feel about debbie
knowing her ex -manager did this to you

you want to know how i feel

Over here. Nice smile.

I do. Mark gave me a ticket.

Nachos? No. No, I didn't know you were a
date lover.

Well, I wasn't until it became a contact
sport.

How about a weenie? How did you get off
anyway? Don't you have rounds tonight?

Clemper's covering for me.

Herb Clemper?

Since when are you two so tight?

I'm not. Believe me, it's just Mark put
a little pressure on me. He wanted me to

check on Julie's knee. Did you?

Not yet. I couldn't find her.

I see you had no problem finding the
concession stand. Hey, Steve was not

kidding about the food here. I know.

What's with you people bringing the TVs?
We're here, Jesse.

Yeah, but your best shots are still on
camera. You get replays and announcers.

Check this out.

Welcome back to the continuing coverage
of the Pan American Figure Skating

Trial. Tonight was supposed to be the
first face -off between two longtime

rivals, Julie Miller and Debbie Monroe,
in the short program.

But that match has been postponed, maybe
indefinitely, by a vicious attack on

Julie Miller.

In a scenario that's become
frighteningly familiar.

A former manager of Debbie Monroe
yesterday attacked Julie Miller.

Debbie denies all knowledge of the
attack.

Did Sean Barlow tell you that he was
going to do this?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Caught by the press following his
release on bail, Sean Barlow has this to

I did it for Debbie.

Oh, I don't believe this.

Did you break the whole antenna?

Hey!

Hey,

hey,

check it out. What's wrong? Check it
out.

What is she doing out there touching?

I'd say milking it.

Debbie Monroe.

You're getting closer.

You might actually learn to do it again.

What are you doing here?

I made bail.

Not that hard in a simple assault
charge.

Do you know what would happen if some
security guard saw us together? There's

nobody here, Julie. You know it and I
know it.

What do you want?

I'm going to jail for assault.

But I want more than 50 grand when I get
out.

We already agreed on the money.

Yeah, well, that was before your
touching moment with Debbie in front of

camera in the country.

I ought to guarantee you a spotlight on
the escapades.

I can't help it if America loves me.

It also guarantees that no jury's going
to let me off with less than the

maximum.

All right.

I'll double what I already paid you.

I want one million dollars.

You gotta be kidding me.

One million, or I tell the press,
police, whoever wants to listen to me.

And you really think they'll believe
you?

Maybe just enough to keep you out of a
million dollar endorsement deal.

I could have beaten her, you know.

Well, that's why I came up with this
plan, right? Because you were so

Hell, I can't believe they even let you
on the same ice as her.

Shut up, Sean.

Do I get my million?

I never should have trusted you.

Picked the wrong man to get in bed with.

Hey, it was just a figure of speech.

But, uh, maybe you might want to throw
that in on the deal.

You make me sick.

I got your number, little girl.

The little slap isn't going to stop me.

You son of a...

Come on, Julie, think.

How's the Mustang running?

You can ask the guys who stole it. Last
week. Right out of the police garage.

I'll tell you.

So, what do you got so far?

Well, the Zambini driver.

Zamboni.

He resurfaced the ice about 11 o 'clock
with a big snow cone machine over there.

Looks like he missed a spot.

Or somebody was skating after the driver
left.

Well, there was someone known song.

Andy? Could you get a shot of these
marks over here for me?

So, no witnesses. What else?

Well, we think the victim got hit over
there by the gate and fell under the

We found a couple of drops of blood by
that bench just behind the glass there.

Any sign of a murder weapon? No.

Detective, I think we can help you out
there.

We did a two -block perimeter search.

Found this in a dumpster down the
street.

Well, I think you just helped me out a
whole lot.

Are you sure it's Debbie?

Locker room attendant said so.

A couple other skaters.

But the clincher, when I showed it to
Debbie, even she said it was her.

Incriminating herself?

Doesn't exactly sound like she's
covering up, does it?

Alibi? Sleeping at the motel. And she
swears she didn't even know the skate

missing. Or how it got in the dumpster,
or who would have taken it.

But it's hers, Dad.

I just can't believe she'd do something
like that.

A lot of steak.

She wins that championship.

Turns pro, the next day she's the
international spokesperson for breakfast

cereals, sporting goods, soft drinks.

She gets her own clothing line. It's
worth millions.

Where is she now?

She's down at the station. I brought her
in for questioning.

I'd like to talk to her.

I think you should.

Dr. Sloan.

Debbie, I hope you don't mind I wanted
to see you. No, not at all.

It'll be nice to talk to someone who
isn't a lawyer or a policeman.

Do you know when I can leave?

Legally, they can keep you for 48 hours.

Libby, where were you at midnight last
night?

I told them.

At my hotel, sleeping.

And I'm certain of that time. My phone
rang.

Really? Who would call you that late?

I don't know.

They hung up.

Do a lot of people know where you're
staying?

No. We can be bothered. You know, fans,
newspapers, TV.

Oh.

So it would have to be someone directly
involved with the competition, wouldn't

it? They all know where the skaters
stay.

Why? Is this important?

Well, it's interesting.

Dr. Sloan, they think I did this.

That I killed Sean.

I couldn't.

I didn't do that.

Then... But I hear.

Well, scary, I admit that, but nothing's
been proved.

Tell me how you know Sean.

I met him right after I won my first
national.

He knew all the skaters, was a real
hustler.

Said he could make me rich.

I told him I just wanted to skate.

But he kept after me.

We were pretty much together for a
while.

The next thing I knew, he started
telling everyone he was my manager.

Do you think maybe he attacked Julie to
help make you rich?

What do you say?

Well, I understand there's a lot of
endorsement money involved with this

competition.

They think I put Sean up to this for
money?

Well, that's one theory.

You don't know much about me, do you,
Dr. Sloan?

My dad worked 16 -hour shifts putting
bumpers on cars just to keep a roof over

our heads.

I was this ugly little kid who came home
from school and sat in my room all day

until I got my first pair of skates.

I wasn't ugly on the ice.

I was happy for the first time in my
life.

Skating isn't about money for me, Dr.
Sloan.

It's my life.

You became a champion.

Do you know what it takes to make a
champion?

My old coaches used to tell me only one
thing.

Beating the best.

I must beat Julie.

Or she must beat me. On the ice.

That's the only way we could know.

I would never hurt her.

Because then I would never know.

In here.

Would you have beaten her, Demi?

All I really know right now...

I don't belong here.

Well, if that's true, we'll get you out.

All right, that's it. Great.

Beautiful.

That's it.

Enough. There we go.

Dr.

Sloan. Hi.

Don't let me interrupt you.

Oh, that's okay. I need to take a break
anyway.

Oh.

I just thought I'd drop by and see how
that knee's doing.

It's 100 % better. Oh, good.

You know, I talked to Dr.

Travis. The crutches were kind of a
surprise.

I thought maybe if that injury was worse
than we expected, you might need

something for the pain.

Oh, well, I'm usually very good at
following doctor's orders.

But to be honest with you, it was my
manager's idea. You know, public

and all.

I felt pretty stupid.

Old spin control, huh? Yeah.

So what's all this about?

Well, they won a publicity shot. They?

Agents, managers.

And I have about a dozen endorsement
packages on the table.

Congratulations. I just hope it's not
out of sympathy.

Oh, I'm sure it isn't.

You heard about Debbie?

Yeah. I can't believe that sweet girl
could be involved in any of this. I

believe it either.

But they found her skate, right?

Yeah, they did right outside the rink,
which is... Pretty clumsy of her. I

you'd think she'd be more clever than
that.

I don't know. I mean, if she did do it,
maybe she just panicked.

Yeah, yeah, maybe.

But, you know, say she didn't.

What if somebody was trying to
deliberately point the finger at her?

Why would someone want to do that?

I don't know.

How much do you know about Sean Farlow?

Just that he's insane.

That's what Debbie said. He's a very
unsavory character, all about greed.

That's why I think probably the attack
on you had something to do with money.

Like? Well, somebody was in on it with
him, maybe paying him off.

Oh, not necessarily.

I mean, what if he put a bet down? You
know, like in Vegas, that Debbie would

win.

Gambling? That's very good, Julie. I'll
check that out.

That's all pretty strange.

I just hope you'll let me know if you
figure it out. Oh, I will.

We're ready for you, Miss Miller.

I'd rather get back to it.

Thanks for picking up on me. All right,
Jeremy.

Last reading.

All right.

All right.

All right.

There we go.

Great. Where did you get this? I used to
date the sports anchor on Channel 6.

Oh, that guy with the weird eyebrows.

He doesn't have weird eyebrows. It was
the earlobes I couldn't get past.

Where does it fall?

It's coming up.

Hey.

Hey. What are you watching?

I had a world championship from last
year.

Yeah, where Julie fell and lost to
Debbie.

Did you have a look at Sean's apartment?

Sure did.

Very interesting.

What'd you find? Absolutely nothing.

Very interesting.

No, I mean the apartment was totally
empty.

Sean packed up everything and put it in
storage two weeks ago.

Let me guess.

He paid the storage unit in advance for,
what, two, three years?

Yeah, how'd you know that?

It's just about the amount of time he
would have served for assault with a

deadly weapon.

Okay, here's a move.

See, she was accelerating for the triple
axle.

Amanda, roll that back.

It's slow motion, can you?

Okay.

What is it, Dad?

Motive. What?

Motive. Where are you going?

To the hospital. There's an MRI I want
to see.

Okay, Julie.

Rolling. Speed.

All right, now.

Right at the camera.

Cut it, cut it, cut it.

Julie.

All right, everybody take five. Five
people.

Julie. What happened out there? Look,
whoever decorated these stupid skates

should have watched the edges. I'd look
like a fool.

Honey, I don't know much about skates,
but if you need something, let's get it

fixed. We've got soda pop to sell.

Then could somebody please have the
skate shop sharpen my blades correctly?

I'll get it done for you.

Thanks. I'll bring the others over
myself.

Guess they have to be sharpened just
right, huh?

That's a phone.

What a surprise.

What are you doing here? Well, I do a
little more follow -up work on the Sean

Farlow case. You are interested in this,
aren't you? Well, this time it's kind

of official.

I don't think I told you I work for the
police department as a homicide

consultant.

Really? Mm -hmm.

Although I think most of the time I give
them more problems than solutions.

Right now I think they'd like to put
Debbie in jail and throw away the key.

Isn't that what they're doing?

Well, actually, I'm trying to talk them
out of it.

I really think she's innocent.

You always have.

You changed your mind about her?

Look, I want to believe she's innocent.

With everything they're saying about her
in the papers, I'm just... Well, you

know, actually, the police are having a
hard time placing her at the scene.

You zeered there that night, did you?

Me?

No, why would you ask that?

Well, I heard that after that fall you
took to the world championship, you

started some, uh...

Private practice? Night sessions?

Oh, sometimes I do, but I wasn't there
that night.

Hmm. Well, I just thought I'd ask.

How's the hip, by the way?

My hip?

Yeah. That was a bad fall you took at
the world, you torn flexor.

You know, I'm surprised that you can
skate at all, let alone the incredible

things you do.

Yes. Well, it healed up just fine.

Hmm.

You never told anybody, did you?

It's not something I really wanted my
competition to know.

Well, I'll tell you, speaking as a
doctor, I can't believe that you're

recovered from something like that. It
must be pain.

As a champion, you have to be able to
skate through some pain, doctor.

Even getting through a triple axel?

Yes, even a triple axel.

Boy, all of that body weight coming down
on your right side with that injury.

I saw the MRI.

You certainly aren't a champion.

And, of course, only champions get the
big contracts, right?

That's right.

Being number two doesn't make it in this
business.

Hmm.

It's funny, isn't it? You had a small
injury that kept you out of the

competition, and yet you win these big
contracts.

One of life's ironies.

It certainly is.

Well, I'm glad the leg's better. If you
need anything for that hip pain, let me

know.

Thank you, doctor.

I've got to run these to the skate shop.

Oh, okay.

Well, I'll check with you later.

Great. Bye. Bye now.

You do your rounds already?

Yeah. Smith passed the stone.

Morton's spleen is shrinking.

And Porter, William, and Michelson are
all resting comfortably.

Good. So come on, tell me, what do you
want me to do? I want you to get a hold

of a pair of Julie Miller's ice skates.

Uh -huh. A couple of pair, if you can.

All right, where are they? They're at
the ice palace in the skate shop.

Wait a minute.

If this is investigation stuff, then why
doesn't Steve just get a warrant and

get them that way? I spoke to Steve.
He's going to try.

But he said it would sound so flimsy
going to a judge to get a court order to

seize a bunch of ice skates. Even if
they're the murder weapon?

Well, that's the point. The police have
the murder weapon.

Right.

So then why do you want these skates?
I'll be able to tell you a little better

when I see them.

How am I going to do this?

I don't know, Jesse. Get Amanda.

You think of something.

Hello.

Hey, what can I do for you?

My friend needs a date.

Well, as they say, you came to the right
place.

Hockey or figure?

Figure.

Hockey? Yeah, hockey.

Well, let's get your size.

Eight.

So you're a hockey player?

Yeah. Well, yeah, I used to play a lot
back in college, and I'm just kind of

looking to get back into it.

Really? You should check out the league
here. They've got some pretty good

players. Yeah, maybe I will.

Remember up the old muscles, huh?

So what position do you play?

Oh, uh, right puck guy.

How do those feel?

Great. Here, stand up and see how you
like the sport.

God, the port is perfect.

No!

Eric, I'm in quite a regular around
here. Oh, hi.

I have something here that I think
belongs to you.

My skates.

I reported them stolen.

No, I probably should have asked. I have
a feeling you wouldn't have given them

to me.

You took them?

Yeah, you know, I noticed how important
it was how your skates are sharpened.

I see that the blades are concave with a
channel running between the edges.

And I also found out that the deeper the
channel, the more speed, and the

shallower, the more control.

I know all this, Doctor.

Oh, of course you do.

You also know that Debbie's a control
skater.

Your routines require a little more
speed.

Funny thing is, though, the blade on one
of your skates was cut to control

specs. And the one that killed Sean
Farlow was cut to speed specs.

There are dozens of skaters who have
their blades sharpened for speed, Dr.

Sloan.

What are you doing?

I'm removing this blade.

It was really very easy just to remove a
few screws and it's off.

You know, you want to put on a new
blade, switch blades maybe, a few

you're done.

And what are we proving by this stupid
demonstration?

Well, like I said, the blade on the
skate that killed Sean Farlow didn't

Debbie's sharpening pattern.

So I think it was switched.

With one of mine?

Who would have done that?

You knew you couldn't win without that
triple axel. And with that hip injury,

you couldn't do it.

That's not true.

If you couldn't beat Debbie, then the
endorsements, all of it, would go to

Debbie. I don't know what you're talking
about.

You made a deal with Sean Farlow to
stage that phony attack.

That way, you didn't have to compete,
and then Debbie would be disgraced.

Then what happened?

Sean won more money?

This way, I'm supposed to break down and
confess everything?

Let it help.

Not going to happen, Doctor.

Everybody knows that the guys in the
skate shops are idiots.

Hair switch blades is not a case.

Nor is my having a hip injury.

As we say, Doctor Sloan, it's awfully
thin.

Julie, I have your motive.

Skates are your means.

I'm starting to build a case.

Keep after me and I just might have one
too.

Slander. Or how about harassment?

I'm a rich woman now, doctor.

I can hire some very expensive lawyers.

And don't think for a minute that I
wouldn't.

Oh, I know you wouldn't.

Look, we know she did it.

She has motive and a weapon. I say we go
in there and rattle her cage.

And get hit with a harassment suit from
that army of lawyers she just hired. All

right, so we get hit with the harassment
suit. We're talking about exposing a

murderer here. Jesse, we don't have
opportunities.

No, Steve's right. If we can't place her
at the scene of the crime, the DA won't

touch it. But she doesn't have a
corroborated alibi. We need to place her

scene of the crime.

Well, here's our scene.

Dad, I went over to that arena with a
fine -tooth comb.

She didn't leave her wallet behind?

Jesse, I'm not in the mood for a comedy
club right now. Gotcha.

She didn't leave her wallet behind, but
she did leave her signature.

What are you talking about?

Been right in front of us the whole
time.

Aren't you supposed to be in jail?

Dr. Sloan explained to the police about
the skate blades being changed.

And they just let you out. They think I
was framed.

They?

Meaning Dr.

Sloan convinced the police you're
innocent.

I am innocent.

Show your ideas.

Just remember that the next time you're
on the ice.

What do you mean?

Don't be surprised if your fans throw
something other than bouquets at you.

They won't do that.

Give it up, Deb.

It's over.

You don't want me to skate anymore.

Did I say that? You're afraid of me. Oh,
please. Why don't you just say it,

Julie? You're afraid I can beat you any
time I want.

Look.

You got lucky once, but you're still
second best.

I know about your injury.

You don't know anything.

And I know that without your triple, you
can't win.

What am I supposed to do, applaud?

No.

You're supposed to understand that I
know I'm a better skater than you.

your triple axel, you're just like any
other skater.

Well, now I'm going to show you
something that's going to shut you up

for all.

You really think I'm afraid of you?

Now you tell me, who should be afraid of
whom?

You reversed it. You landed on your left
foot. I retrained myself.

Learned to land it on my other foot in
six months. But if you could do it, why

did you compete?

You know, if I could have done the
triple a week ago, I think I just might

You were afraid. I was smart.

I got what I wanted, Debbie. I got the
million dollar endorsement.

And now you know you would have never
beaten me.

Because I'm the only woman who can do a
triple axel.

That's absolutely true.

You know, Julie, in a way, I kind of
admire you.

Your first instinct was to fight through
the pain, and that must have been

excruciating. Then you had an idea to
reverse the landing on your triple axle.

That's what they call it, isn't it?

You know exactly what it's called.

Well, actually, Debbie has been kind of
giving me a course on all the spins and

turns. What are you doing here, Dr.
Sloan?

Try to solve a murder.

You know, it took incredible athletic
ability and determination to execute

move. I'll take that as a compliment.

Oh, absolutely.

I understand you're the only one who can
do it.

I mean, you said that yourself.

Nobody's done it yet, that's true.

Then that proves you killed Sean Farlow.

What the hell are you talking about?

Uh, was this it, Debbie?

Yes.

Okay, Steve, you got that?

Yeah. You want to help me out?

The approach is here.

All right. Now, an axle makes a very
distinctive mark, doesn't it?

I suppose so.

And the landing is right here. Now, this
is not exactly a fingerprint, but it is

very definitely your distinctive
landing.

And that makes me a murderer.

I don't know, but I think that this
does.

Take a look at this right here.

It'd be hard to spot if they hadn't left
the ice so smooth. They tell me they

zamboni it every night in case somebody
wants to come and practice after hours.

They have a nice, clean rink.

The night that Sean was murdered,
someone was using this ice after hours.

one, Joey.

That was you.

Because nobody but you would make this
mark.

And this mark, throwing a triple axel on
the opposite foot.

You were here, Julie.

It was you.

I didn't mean to kill him.

You have the right to remain silent.
Look, I didn't mean to do it!

Congratulations.

I hope you enjoy being on top when
everybody else knows I'm the best.

Oh, wow. That was absolute perfection.

And I tell you, after what Debbie has
been through, she has to be on cloud

right now.

That was a snow cow. Right.

Hot dog?

I'll pat.

Nachos? No, thanks. Loops? Mm -hmm.

Popcorn? Told her. No.

Did it was? No, I was talking about the
popcorn.

What about it?

Can we just watch the skating?

We were.

I really think even with the low scores
in her short program, if she can finish

cleanly, she's got a shot at the title.

Anyone can take this away from her. That
was one of the most inspired

performances that I've ever seen on the
ice.

She's done it. She's done it. Absolutely
amazing.

There's your new champion, the newest
and brightest star.

Oh my goodness, what a performance.

And listen to this crowd.

Thank you, Doctor. I'll never forget
what you've done for me.

Can

an

angel help one man let go of his anger?
I don't want your prayer book. I don't

want your God. And another find peace.

My family is like broken China. I would
like to see it put back together.

Before it's time to say goodbye. I can't
make my peace with him. It's too late.

It is never too late. Touched by an
angel after 60 minutes.