All language subtitles for Diagnosis Murder s07e09 The Mouth That Roared

I can't believe you said that. Okay, no,
wait. Denise, hold on.

For everyone out there in America right
now who may not know this, the three

people that may not know this, you have
a nationally syndicated radio talk show,

right? Yeah, in 35 major markets. But,
you know, who's counting? And you just

throw it out there that you are
desperately searching for your birth

desperate.

Desperate, but... How about pathetic?

Pathetic is good.

Okay, wait a minute. Let me get this
straight. Anybody who knew her, knew

she gave you up for adoption, could just
show up on her doorstep, right?

Yeah, and your point is what? What about
her right to privacy?

Well, what about my right to know?

Hello?

How did you find me?

Why can't you leave me alone?

Let the past stay in the past.

Yes, I heard you.

Okay, Denise, what about this? What if
you find out that your birth mother

nothing to do with you?

All right, wait, let me see if I
understand this. She wants nothing,

Nothing at all, nothing at all. The
daughter that she gave up at birth?

She wants nothing to do with her.

Well, then I would have to kill her.

What do you want me to do?

I'm serious.

Well, so am I. Oh, please. This from a
woman who is never serious. I mean,

chocolate.

I just don't think I would have any
other choice. I would have to track her

and kill her.

And then you'll leave me alone?

Hey, Mark.

Yo. Hey, I'm glad I caught you.

Which one of these jackets make me look
more like a doctor?

This one.

Oh, hey.

Which one of these make me look more
mature?

I've got to be somewhere in 20 minutes.
With this traffic, I'm not likely to get

out of the garage by then. Yeah, me too.
You know, I've got to go pick up my mom

at the airport in an hour.

Your mom?

You must be thrilled she's coming to see
you.

Hey, getting back to the jacket's
just... Off the top of your head. I

should wear the one you like the best.

And Jesse, trust me.

Oh, thanks a lot.

You know, Jesse, I don't think your
mother's going to care what you wear.

going to be so happy to see you. You
don't know my mom. She can be very

opinionated. She's a little bossy, and
she gets what she wants by being really,

really nice.

Oh, how terrible.

Wear the blue one.

Yeah. I'm late.

Remember, just because I'm conservative
people doesn't mean I am not a sexy,

sexy, girly thing.

Oh, baby.

Come on, baby. Lucas just walked into
the studio.

My doctor and our guest for the next
hour, Dr. Mark Sloan.

Before we go to commercial, I just want
to put out one last plea for information

on... The search.

for Denise Steiner's mom.

If you gave birth to me, give me a call
here, will you? 1 -800 -555 -BABY. And

now, here's a word from the people who
helped me pay my exorbitant rent.

I am late. I'm afraid you weren't going
to show up.

Hey!

Hello, hello, both of you. Steve, this
is fabulous.

Mondo, we need another set of
headphones.

Oh, no, no, no. I'm just here for the
moral support of my father.

But look at you. You look great. Oh, big
compliment. The last time you saw me, I

was 12 and I had braces.

I'm so happy for you. Look at this.
You're out in L .A. You got your own

show. We're back in 10.

Oh, okay. Why don't you guys take a
seat, be comfortable.

We'll start.

Don't forget your headsets, guys.

Okay, we are back with the handsome and
debonair Dr.

Mark Sloan, who has worked with the LAPD
in catching many dastardly criminals,

right? So tell our loyal listeners, how
did you get involved in murder and

mayhem? Well, Denise, as you know, my
son's a homicide detective.

Yes, I do know that. And gorgeous, I
might add. In fact, I'm seriously

about committing a crime just so he'll
handcuff me.

So tell me, what is your secret? How do
you go about catching a criminal?

Well, you know, solving a crime is very
much like making a medical diagnosis.

You look for evidence, of course, and
you try to put all the clues together.

And then you go through the process of
sorting out things that don't seem to

fit.

And if you're lucky, you've got yourself
a disease or a murder.

Wow. I usually rely on dating to do
that.

Before we get into your mostly imaginary
love life... Hey. There's a call on

line three. She says she's your mother.

Oh, wow. This ought to be good.

Yes, you were on the air with Denise. I
was abandoned as an infant's diner.

Denise? Yes, you have 30 seconds to
convince me you're my mom. Ready? Go.

much i want to tell you oh sorry you
lose okay let's get back to chatting

dr sloan

was the one person who not only knew who
Elise ate, but that she was allergic to

peanuts. And that narrowed the list of
suspects down to one person, her sister.

Well, I guess sometimes it pays to be an
only child, huh?

Oh, Jen is telling me to wrap it up.
We've run out of time.

Dr. Sloan, you are fantastic.

Promise me you'll come back.

Well... You heard him, folks.

Thank you for listening. I am Denise
Steiner. This is my show, and don't you

forget it, because I am... Denise
Steiner, the mouth.

that roared.

And we're out.

Doctor, you were great. Nice meeting
you. You too, Mundo.

I meant what I said. You were fantastic.

You make anybody look great. Well, thank
you for doing the show.

You know, I'm curious about one thing.

Yeah. You know that lady who called us
that she was your mother?

Oh, yeah. The 175th I'm Denise's mom
call.

How did you know she was a phony?

Oh, I don't know. Just a feeling.

Explain it to him, Steve.

Well, I have no idea. You didn't let her
get two words out.

She just wanted her 15 minutes of fame.
I promise you I will send her a I'm

Denise's mom T -shirt and she'll be a
big celebrity in her geriatrics yoga

class.

Dr. Sloan? Hi.

Stephanie Miller. You probably recognize
me from any one of my failed TV shows.

Yes, I think so.

I just heard you on Denise's show. You
were great. Thank you. You know, I come

on right after, Denise. Back off.

He's mine.

Follow me, gentlemen.

Fake nature.

That woman gets on my last little note.

Hey, hey, hey.

Hey.

You got a fax from that fakey mother
caller, Joanne Lombardi? No, send it to

legal. Now, you might want to take a
look at this.

So, the truth?

Well, well.

The part about the birthmark is true,
and I did have a heart valve problem.

It was corrected when I was two, but I
had it when I was born.

It's kind of weird, isn't it?

I mean, how would she know about
something like that?

Unless she really is your mom.

Please, get real. I mean, there's just
someone who knows I have a birthmark and

a heart valve problem when I was born. I
mean, there must be hundreds of people

who... Know the two things I've never
told anybody before in my life.

You've never told anybody?

Oh, well, except for you, of course, and
Ricky Hawkins, my fifth -grade

boyfriend. Have you been talking, Mondo?
No.

I mean, except for that small little
tiny ad I placed in the L .A. magazine.

So are you going to go and see her?

Jesse never once told me what a
fantastic hospital this is. I mean,

am so impressed. Well, thank you. We're
proud of it.

What you people are doing here, it's
like you're a field surgeon. You know,

you're getting in there and you're
saving people's lives.

You know, I never thought of it that
way, but I think you're right. Well, of

course, you know, my own practice is in
a private hospital.

You earn a lot more money, but you don't
get anywhere near the challenging

cases.

Challenging is exactly how I would
describe it.

Challenging and rewarding.

Well, I'm sure you've got good pension
plans and vacation time. Oh, yes, of

course. At St. Paul Memorial, they make
us take six weeks off a year.

Six weeks? They make you?

Or they fine us.

Isn't that silly? I really wouldn't know
what to do with six weeks off. No, me

neither. Oh, trust me, it gets old fast.
I mean, going to the opera, taking

trips to Europe, writing those articles
for the AMA Journal.

It gets old fast.

Exactly.

Yeah? I'm looking for Joanne Lombardi.

Oh, my God, Denise?

It's you. Oh, wait.

I can't believe it.

Oh, let me look at you.

Oh, my gosh. I can't believe it's really
you.

Can I come in?

Oh, yes.

I was 16, still in high school.

I was so afraid.

It was different back then.

I guess.

I made this for you when I was pregnant.

And then I couldn't give it to you
because I was so ashamed.

Oh, no, please don't.

They told me you were going with a good
family.

I was. I did.

It's the only thing that kept me from
the awful pain of thinking I'd never see

you.

You did the right thing.

Yeah. Yeah.

You want a cup of tea?

Yeah.

Okay, that would be nice.

I have a lot of catching up to do.

her like a bazillion questions, and
she's answering every single one of

She answers for all of them, and I'm
sitting there, and I am talking to her,

I'm thinking, oh, my God, you have my
nose.

Do my ears deceive me, the cynical
Denise Steiner sentiment?

Excuse me. I am part human.

Okay? Let's take a call.

And it is Tara. You are on the Denise
Steiner show.

I had a package delivered to your
studio. Did you get it?

A package?

Honey, I get a hundred packages a day.
All right.

I get maybe one or two. Okay, I don't
get any. What? I sent it overnight,

personal.

Okay, I'll look.

Um, uh, ah, well, here it is. Is this
it? Yes, it's addressed to me, Denise

Diner. Open it.

You know, before I do, I feel obligated,
uh, Tara, to ask you a question.

Are you in any way related to...

Open the package.

Okay.

Excuse me. In case you missed it, this
is the Denise Steiner show, not the

Woman Caller show.

I decide what I do and what I don't do,
okay?

Hello? Hello?

She hung up.

She actually hung up just as I was going
to bucket her. You know what? I'm going

to do it anyway.

This is for you, Tara.

And we'll be right back after this.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, we're not supposed
to be a commercial.

Don't ask me.

Find the news from outer space to run if
she's not back by the end of the

commercial.

Hey, yo, Denise.

Joanne?

Jen called me. Everybody's worried about
you. You all right?

Yeah, yeah, fine. I just, you know, had
a one -day flu.

Caught the radio show.

Met your birth mother.

Yeah.

Would this one -day flu have anything to
do with that?

Someone sent me this.

She sold me.

I was just merchandised.

All that talk about how she didn't want
to give me up and her pain was just...

Well, these are just newspaper articles.

About buying babies.

Well, nothing about you or her.

Oh, look. Look at this note.

One of these babies was you. Ask her.
She'll tell you.

Now, anyone could have written this.

Did you talk to her about it?

No.

What about your adoptive mother? Talk to
her?

Please, I haven't talked to her in three
years.

Look,

I have to get dressed. I have to go to
work.

Honey, I'm not sure you're in any shape
to go to work.

I have to.

I'll call you later, I promise.

All right. Okay.

We'll give you a ride.

That would be great.

Thank you.

Let's try this one more time.

First, you said the woman had short,
dark brown hair, and now you're saying

was long.

I don't like the way these girls cut
their hair these days, do you?

I mean, I think a woman's hair is her
crowning glory.

Why chop it all off?

Her hair should be long.

Yes, well, you are certainly entitled to
your opinion, but I need to know what

the woman's hair looked like in reality.

Can you tell me that?

It should be long.

All right, look, maybe we should just
give this a rest.

I'll drive you home. We can try it again
tomorrow.

Oh, I'd love to, but I have to be home
by two for the guiding light.

I used to be in pictures, you know.

That doesn't surprise me.

So today's topic will be people we'd
rather see dead.

Well, I'll warn legal. We're bound to
get sued.

I never forget a face. Anyone will tell
you that. Oh, sometimes I forget

someone's name. Someone I've known 40
years, but a face.

Oh, my goodness, there she is.

The girl who ran away. Over there at the
bus stop.

Are you sure?

That's her, all right. I'd know her
anywhere.

The one with the baby?

No, that's her on the sign. On the sign.

I know that you were all expecting my
very own honest -to -goodness birth

to be on the show today. I'll be there,
my pretty, and my little dog, too. Yeah,

well, that's not going to happen because
it's not a cold day in Haiti. Can I say

that on the air, Jen? Hades?

Because that's where my very own honest
-to -goodness birth mother appears to

be. Did she take her kidney with her?
Well, she promised to meet me at the

studio today, but just like that other
oh -so -important time in my life, you

know, the time of my birth,

She seems to have taken a powder, ladies
and gentlemen.

So, I'm going to ask you all a question.
Have you ever come to the conclusion

that someone near and dear to your heart
is just, I don't know, better off dead?

You're not taking me alive, Warden.

And now we're going to go to commercial.

Steve?

I'm sorry, Denise, but I'm here to
arrest you for the murder of Joanne

Mondo, will you finish up the show for
me?

You know, when Jesse said that he was
investing in a barbecue place, I thought

he was talking about some big old
restaurant, you know, part of the chain.

Well, it is sort of small, but the ribs
are delicious.

Mm -hmm.

Well, what do you call the decor here?

Primitive? Mrs. Trouters, Jesse's
accomplished an awful lot.

Oh, I know. I'm really very proud of
him.

In fact, I was going to wait, but what
the heck. I'm going to follow my son's

example and throw caution to the wind
here.

Attention!

I would like to propose a toast to my
son, Jesse.

who left the family fold and forged a
wonderful life for himself in a strange

new land.

To Jesse.

Thanks,

Mom. I'm touched.

And I also want to make an announcement.

Now, I was going to talk to you about
this alone, but seeing you here,

surrounded by all these wonderful people
who love you, well, I wanted you all to

know. that I am offering Jesse a full
partnership in my practice back in

Minneapolis, St. Paul.

Now, don't forget, that also includes a
six -week paid vacation every year.

Now, of course, I don't expect an answer
right away, but I am certainly hoping

that when I get back on that plane to
Minnesota, my wonderful, accomplished

will be coming with me. So, a toast to
the future.

Welcome to the future.

All right, this doesn't have to be all
bad. I could do a remote broadcast from

jail. Think of the ratings.

They aren't going to let you back on the
air until after you've cleared your

name.

They're going to give Stephanie Miller
my time slot, aren't they? They wanted

to. My life is over.

But I convinced them to let Mark Sloan
fill in just for a couple weeks.

You did?

You're a goddess.

That's known.

Denise, I have to ask.

I didn't kill her.

I didn't. So why did you run? Why didn't
you call the police? I don't know. I

don't know what I was thinking. All I
know is that I said on national

that I would kill her, and then there
she was, dead.

I didn't know what else to do. I just
ran, and then I thought if I said I

seen her, who would know?

You help Mark with my show?

He's a natural.

Good afternoon.

You're on the air with... Not on the
air.

What?

I'm sorry.

Hello,

I'm Wayman. I think I disconnected the
call.

That's a record. Eight in a row.

Hello,

Dr. Sloan?

Hello? Am I on the air? You're on the
air. Oh, can you hear me? Yes.

We're out of time.

But be sure and tune in tomorrow.

It's the Stephanie Miller Show.

This has been the Denise Steiner Show.

The mouth that rolls.

That's a wrap.

Good show, Mark.

It was a disaster.

Hey, don't worry.

Everybody has an off day once in a
while.

Well, there is some good news.

The station agreed to post Denise's
bail.

So, yeah, they just called me while you
guys were on the air. Oh, that's great.

You know, I was just wondering, do they
tape these incoming calls?

No, we tape over them.

Well, not for a week.

Why? Well, you remember those newspaper
articles sent in by that caller?

Yes. Well, forensics reported that only
my fingerprints and Denise's

fingerprints were on there.

You know Denise.

She's got a million nutball fans.

Conspiracy wackos who believe they're
being monitored by black helicopters.

Yeah, they probably wear gloves 24 -7.

Yeah, I suppose that's true.

But you know, it could be a frame.

A frame?

Well, you know, they never thought of a
murder weapon.

Yeah, but lots of people get convicted
without a murder weapon.

Yeah, that usually depends on the
strength of the circumstantial evidence,

though.

What I was thinking is... Maybe I could
listen to those tapes. I could find

something in there that'd help Denise.

Well, I'll find it for you.

Now, I'm going to take off.

I promised Denise that I'd drop by some
books and stuff from her place.

Catch you later. Catch you tomorrow.

Um, Mondo and Denise are good friends,
aren't they?

Yeah, they used to date.

Denise met him at a station in El Paso.
She's actually the one who brought him

here. No kidding.

You know, sometimes I just wish they
would get back together because they are

much nicer than the losers they each go
out with.

Oh,

tapes. Yeah, I'll get them for you.
Thank you, Jen.

What kind of witch?

Did we murder for the homicide of her
birth mother, Joanne Lombardi? How did

they get this stuff out so fast?

I do not know.

I should have Lombardi's autopsy
finished by early afternoon.

Great. You know, her brother's
requesting that we ship her body to

Texas? That's where she's from, El Paso.

Hey, Dad, got your page.

Hey, man. Oh, Steve, good.

Had the tape analyzed.

What tape?

You remember the woman called us at the
newspaper articles to Denise?

Yeah. Had a sound man run through it.

Guess what he found?

Nothing.

Nothing. I mean, no stray noises, no
ambient sound of any kind.

You think the call came from a sound
studio somewhere? I think it could have

been from a radio station, which would
narrow down the list of suspects.

Yeah, possibly the women that work at
the station.

If she was framed.

I think that this tape, combined with
the fact that there were no fingerprints

on any of those newspaper articles, is a
pretty good case.

Dad, we found a murder weapon.

In Denise Steiner's house.

A White House letter opener.

Which would be consistent with the size
and shape of the wound.

Denise's initials were on it, and the
luminol turned up micro -traces of the

victim's blood.

Why would she hold on to the one piece
of evidence that could send her to jail?

Wouldn't be the first time someone held
on to incriminating evidence.

You know, I tell a couple of people
there's no murder weapon, and suddenly

magically appears.

Strike you a little convenient?

Coincidental, but not relevant.

Well, does this sound relevant to you,
that one of the suspects is from El

Texas? The victim was from? Dad, lots of
people are from El Paso. I mean, Denise

lived there herself for a while.

Oh.

I'm sorry, Dad. I want to believe her,
too.

Call me when you get the autopsy report?

Yes. See you.

Where were we going?

Staff meeting, fourth floor.

Jesse?

You all right?

Yeah, yeah. I was just waiting to talk
to Mark.

Oh, he just left.

What? Yeah, he went to do the Denise
Steiner show, but he'll be back in the

morning. That's great, except I have to
give my mom an answer tonight.

Why don't you call down to the radio
station?

That's a good idea. Air my dirty laundry
in front of thousands of strangers.

It was just a suggestion.

Look, I really don't know what to tell
you.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Our topic for today is this.

If there's one thing you did in the past
that you could go back and change, what

would it be? I should have never kept
those gifts because I am not a crook.

And we have Billy Bob from Dallas.

Hello, you're on the air with Dr. Sloan.

Yes, hi there, sir.

You know, I wouldn't change anything
about my past, but I do have a question

about the future.

All right.

You see, my mama, she owned. a big old
cattle ranch in Oklahoma.

Dr. Travis to radiology. Dr.

Travis to radiology.

Uh, do I know you?

No.

Anyway, you see, uh, she wants me to
come on back there and help her run it.

-hmm, and what do you want to do?

Well, see, I don't want to disappoint
her, and I don't want to hurt her

feelings, and I certainly don't want to
move back to Oklahoma neither.

I understand.

So, um, what should I do?

Well, of course, that's your decision to
make, Billy Bob.

But I can tell you this. If you do
something that's not right for you...

regret it, sweetheart.

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but
someday soon.

And you'll regret it for the rest of
your life.

Jesse?

I gotta go.

Who was that?

Nobody.

Look at the time.

So, you're not coming back to Minnesota
with me, are you?

How'd you know?

I heard you on the radio. A cattle
ranch?

You knew that was me?

I just wish you had come out and told
me. Instead of broadcasting it to half a

million strangers.

Okay, look, Mom.

I have got a cab waiting.

I'm on my way to the airport.

Ma 'am, an appendectomy is something
that definitely should be done by your

physician. Don't!

Thank you.

And that's it for... The Denise Steiner
Show.

The Mouth That Roars.

Good show, everybody. And I mean it this
time.

Hey, I'll see you tomorrow.

Hi!

Great show.

I was kind of wondering, are you going
to be doing this on kind of a, you know,

permanent basis?

Because I'm... You can forget the time
slot, Stephanie. Denise is coming back.

Oh. That's good news, then.

Mondo, all those voices you do are
great.

Your family back in El Paso must be very
proud of you.

My family's in Guadalajara, man.

Mexico. Oh, I was looking at your bio in
the manager's office and I thought that

said El Paso. Well, born in El Paso, but
raised in Guadalajara.

Oh, I see.

I'll see you.

Mondo. You remember that tape Jen gave
me?

The nasty woman got away. Yeah, that's
the one.

It looks like that call was made from a
sound studio.

And I was just thinking, isn't there an
empty sound studio around here

somewhere?

Yeah. Yeah, there's one.

Follow me. Good.

See, sometimes they store stuff in here,
but that's about it.

Well, I suppose one of the women who
works here could have slipped in here

made the phone call.

But who?

And what would be the motive?

Well, you know, people have their little
resentments, you know.

Like what?

Oh, man, this is hard. These people are
like family to me.

Oh, sure, I understand.

But, you know, somebody's trying to
frame Denise.

It could be anyone from the studio.

The receptionist.

Who knows?

Anybody could have slipped in here and
made that phone call. Yeah.

You know, there is one little problem.

There's no phone in here.

Sloan. Oh, that's great news.

Yeah, I'll meet you at the hospital.

Denise is out on bail. Oh, great, great.

Somebody could use a cell phone in here.

Yeah.

Do you have a cell phone by any chance?

Yeah. Doesn't everybody?

Yeah, I guess you're right. Everybody
does.

Okay. Thanks a lot, Mondo. All right.

Good to see you. You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just, you know,
thrilled to be out of there.

So, my lawyer tells me they have a bogus
case against me, yes?

No, they've got a pretty solid case.

But I have a hunch that might help us.
What?

Can you think of any reason that Mondo
would want to kill Joanne?

Mondo?

No.

My God, I mean, Joanne was my mother. He
knows how much I wanted to find her. He

would never do something like that.

He...

He loved me. He asked me to marry him.

Oh. You turned him down.

Excuse me, Mark. I need to talk to you
about the autopsy.

Amanda, this is Denise Steiner.

Denise, this is Dr. Amanda Bentley.

Hi. Hi.

Joanne Lombardi's autopsy.

Yes, Denise, I'm terribly sorry, but
Joanne Lombardi was not your mother.

In fact, she wasn't anybody's mother.
She's never given birth.

And my guess is Mondo knew that the
whole time.

Hello?

Yeah, Dad. I talked to my buddy at INS.
You were right.

Yeah? Mondo Arriaga's family was
deported from El Paso, Texas, back to

Mrs. Arriaga, his mother, died there.
You want to take a guess at who turned

in?

Joanne Lombardi.

Yeah.

I was afraid of that. There was more.

When she turned in the Arriaca family,
she also reported almost a hundred

undocumented workers.

A hundred?

She was working for a man running for
state representative.

Got him elected.

Apparently, a lot of people swear they
get even with her. My guess is that's

she eventually left the state.

I see.

Thanks, Steve.

I'm afraid to respond, though.

Oh, no.

15th birthday, I had a fight with my
mom, my real mom, the one who raised me.

I told her she wasn't my mom.

I yelled at her, and then I ran out the
door before I even blew out the candles

in my cake.

I can see how that could happen.

She said she got over it.

We never really did, either one of us.

I never celebrated another birthday with
her again. It was just too painful.

Well, then I met Joanne Lombardi, and
there I am thinking, she's the one.

the real one. She's got my nose.

I mean, she's a complete stranger, yet I
am convinced that, I don't know, blood

is thicker than chicken soup, I guess.

You see, we believe what we want to
believe.

Well, I can't help thinking if I hadn't
made such a big deal out of finding my

birth mother advertised on national
radio, maybe Joanne Lombardi would be

today. Honey, you didn't kill her.

Maybe I helped.

Why don't you get some sleep?

I've got to get home to my kid.

And thank you for the tea.

Denise, you might think about calling
your mom and telling her what you just

told me.

Good night.

Good night.

This is Jesse. Could you pick up, Mom?

Okay.

Look, I'm sorry that you left without
giving us a chance to talk.

I'm sure you're disappointed.

But I just wanted you to know that I
love you and that I am going to

stay here in L .A. This is where my
career is. My life is here.

But I do love you, and I guess how you
feel about me is up to you.

Okay.

Bye.

I hope we've been some help with your
problem. Anyone else out there that has

any information on male -patterned
baldness, give us a call. And we'll be

right after this.

Listen, I just got this audition for
this huge national spot, but they need

see me like five minutes ago. I know
it's an imposition, but... No, go.

Twenty minutes left on the show. Be
fine.

All right. You're the greatest, Doc.
Jed, see you.

Mando, I loved your audition tape, baby.

Hey, thanks, man. Yeah, the commercial's
animated, so we want to play around

with a bunch of different voices. Okay
with you?

Cool, babe. That's what I do.

All right, good.

Let's start with an accent.

Maybe like Hispanic or whatever. Okay
with you, babe?

Just open the package and smell the
mighty aroma.

That's great.

Let's try... This is wild. If you can't
do it, don't worry about it. But how

about... How about same accent, only
this time we're a female?

Just open the package and smell the
mighty aroma.

Oh, that's fantastic. Really good. How
about Dame Boy, no accent?

You know, no accent always, they say.

Just open the package and smell the
mighty aroma.

Hmm. How about with a little edge of
anger?

Just open the package and smell the
mighty aroma.

All right, more anger.

Just open the package and smell the
mighty aroma.

Hey, I think that's the one.

Let's play it back.

Just open the package and smell the
mighty aroma.

You know, I think we have that voice
already on tape.

Just open the package.

We got it from the radio station.

You pretty nearly carried it off.

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

We're talking about a kid who blamed
Joanne Lombardi for the death of his

mother.

You've always thought she wouldn't have
died if she hadn't gone back, haven't

you? This is crazy.

So you tracked her down and started
threatening her?

No, no.

At the same time, the woman you loved
dumped you, and you just had to get

Then you came up with your brilliant
plan. If you could just get Joanne to

impersonate Denise's mother, you could
kill two birds with one stone.

Joanne went along with it just to get
you to leave her alone.

She had no way of knowing you were going
to kill her.

How could you do that, Mondo?

I wanted you.

I loved you.

All right, let's go.

You got the right to repeat, sir.

The Denise Steiner Show.

The mouth.

that roll. This is Denise Steiner, and I
am out of the slammer, and I could not

be happier to be back on the air, being
abused by my callers, of course, after

my cushy stay at the county rest home,
and of course, I am here with my dear,

sweet Dr. Mark Sloan. Who is more than
happy to turn the microphone back over

you where it belongs.

Thank you.

Yo, Bones, got a call for you, line two.

Bones, that's me.

Well, hello, you're on the air with Dr.
Mark Sloan. Uh, Dr. Sloan.

I want to thank you for a call you took
the other day with my son.

What you said to him about living his
own life.

Well, after that call, he stood up for
himself.

To me.

Maybe for the first time.

I want to tell him I'm proud of him.

And I love him, too.

That is so sweet. That is so sweet. And
you all know what I think of sentimental

claptrap.

Man,

I am gone a week. I was only gone a
week, and the Saffron Squad takes over.

Oh, speaking of that, Denise, we have a
little surprise for you.

Really?

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, dear Denise.

Happy birthday to you.

Well, that is incredibly thoughtful.

They brought me a cake.

But completely misguided because in case
you forgot, my birthday is until next

August. Yeah, well, we know that. But,
you know, it kind of is your birthday

because, well...

Mom? Happy birthday, honey. Mom!

Oh, my God.

You called my mom?

Somebody had to.

For those of you who don't have
television simulcast, which I guess is

everybody, Denise Steiner, the mouth
that roared, is now hugging the woman

adopted her, raised her, and who she
thought she would never see again.

Denise brought you candles.