All language subtitles for Simon & Simon s05e01 Love and or Marriage

Do you, Angela, take this man to be your
husband and have him to hold

from this day forward for better, for
worse, for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health?

Are you sure about this fellow?

I mean, I've known him for years. We
didn't think he'd ever get married.

And his mother, she comes with the deal.
You realize that?

Okay, then.

Love, honor, and cherish forsaking all
others till death do you part.

I do.

The ring, please.

I now pronounce you

husband and wife.

Another free man bites the dust.

Yep.

Always cry at weddings.

You're not crying.

Keep it inside, town. Don't want to
upset the troops.

AJ.

Yeah, you almost had a fumble on the
handoff there.

Hey, come on. We scored.

No, no. AJ, the bride and groom score.

Best man goes home after the ceremony.

Who's Liz? Anybody seen her?

She likes to be here for the throwing of
the, whatchamacallit. She never catches

it, but she likes to see it.

Great catch.

Uh -huh.

You know what the rest of my day is
going to be like? Oh, yeah.

Excuse me while I get a head start on
some invasive tactics. Bob and Weave,

and Weave, stay away from the right.

Rick, you met Mrs. Kaplan? Yes, hi, Mrs.
Kaplan. Oh, hi.

Isn't it a lovely wedding? Yes, ma 'am,
it sure is. Maybe it'll give you some

ideas. Yes, Rick, when are you and A .J.
going to settle down?

Probably makes you feel like settlement
in a bottle.

Rick just hasn't met the right girl yet.
Really?

Have you ever met my daughter Brenda?
Yes.

Oh. I'm not going to be able to make it.

I've got a wedding, a friend of my
wife's.

I can't. I can't just leave her here.

She's already asking questions.

I'm not trying to stall. I just need a
little more time, that's all.

Tomorrow.

I promise.

The only thing that charges need is a
decent pass brush, don't you think?

I'm thinking about a honeymoon in South
France.

That works for me. When I can afford a
honeymoon in South France, we'll get

married. Well, money shouldn't come
between us. I mean, especially since I

so much of it.

That's why it keeps coming between us.

So, just because your male, macho ego
won't allow you to share in my good

fortune, I got a way for a honeymoon in
France?

Listen, I heard Escondido is beautiful
this time of the year. You can find her

anywhere.

So as I was saying, if the charges pick
up... Well, these flowers could wind up

on your grave.

Hefty, hefty.

Swedish meatballs always taste better at
weddings.

Where else are they served, Swedish
meatballs?

But I know what you mean. It's sort of
like hot dogs at the ballpark, right?

Yeah, like that.

Hi, Rick Simon.

Hi.

Not D. Rick Simon.

Well, that kind of depends on what
you've heard.

Oh. Probably all lies. Oh, I see.

Unless it's good, then it's definitely
all lies.

I don't think your mother would lie.

I've known Cecilia for years.

We served on the same committee for the
library fund drive.

She's always talking about her sons,
private detectives.

What, that she told me about you?

No, in all this time she hasn't told me
about you.

Mom, Mom, I don't know if you can leave
yet.

Yeah, I guess so, honey.

Chris, come here.

I'd like you to meet Mr. Simon.

Hey, Chris.

Well, it was a pleasure meeting you,
Mrs. Brooks.

Thanks.

Don't eat too many.

I love

you.

I just called.

I know that it would be a very difficult
time for you.

Here he is.

You didn't tell me you'd met a
prospective client at the wedding.

I didn't know I had.

Hi. Hi.

I hope you don't mind my coming in like
this. I started thinking after we

talked. Not at all.

What's the problem?

Mrs. Brooks thinks that her husband
would be having an affair with another

woman.

Bill's been working late.

Sometimes he doesn't come home at all.

Well, that could be anything.

I've also picked up the phone extension
and heard him talking with another

woman.

But it's not just that. It's how he is
with me.

We've handled quite a lot of these
investigations, Mrs. Brooks.

Things aren't always what they seem.

Sometimes they are, but in this case,
let's hope you're wrong.

Yeah, there is one suggestion that we do
always make in a case like this, and

that is go home and think about it.

Make up your mind.

Sometimes a client decides it's better
not to know at all.

Well, that won't be necessary.

I've made up my mind, and if it's true,
I intend to leave him.

Funny. Yesterday a wedding and today a
divorce.

Does it ever bother you?

I mean, you know that you and I
chronicle the fall of human

Okay, you're talking about our bread and
butter here.

Hey, look, all's fair in love and
basketball. Both games need referee.

It's depressing.

I'm not depressed.

You and I have seen lying.

cheating, deceit, and that's just the
way.

Look at the Krellmans.

Right on.

Married 30 years.

And one day, Bud goes to the dry
cleaners, picks up some little

it's all over.

Now, if that wasn't a solid marriage,
what is? Bud and A .D. Krellman stayed

together for 30 years just to spite each
other.

You can find a little happiness if the
dry cleaner's more power to him. Bet you

can't name me one successful marriage.

I can name ten.

Ten?

Every year the national tattletale comes
out with its Hollywood's ten best

marriages list. I bet none of them ever
won two years in a row.

Actually, one of the actors did win
twice.

Two different wives, of course.

Someone we know.

You're going to make this tough, huh?

All right.

How about Frank and Christine?

They're in counseling.

All right.

John and Beverly.

You didn't hear? Hear what?

Beverly cleaned out their joint bank
account and disappeared with the kids

Tuesday.

Okay, unqualified success, Larry and
Suzanne.

Just got married yesterday.

And they said it wasn't the last. All
right, you made your point. It's real

tough to make a marriage work these
days. That's what I told Liz.

Is that what we're talking about here?

The marriage vows got her all upset.

She doesn't think I'm ever going to
marry her. Yeah?

What do you think?

I think he's leaving I can see that he's
leaving

Separate cars.

Neutral meeting place.

Dark glasses.

I don't pattern.

Better.

Well,

she

looks like an expensive habit.

It could turn out to be more expensive
than you think.

Good bottle of wine.

Nice candlelight dinner.

A little illicit romance.

What,

we got a little trouble in paradise?

What did he say, your lover's quarrel? I
guess so.

No,

no, no, no, no.

You've got it all backwards. First you
get the guy to marry you, then you

Well, it's always that.

I guess the fight took the edge off the
evening.

How sad for them both.

We followed her to an art gallery in La
Jolla.

The place was closed, but she had a key,
so I guess she works here.

You know anybody who works in an art
gallery?

No.

Went back to the construction office.
Your husband was there.

I suppose he took a cab.

A man with two mistresses.

A woman and a job. Not much time for the
wife and son.

St. Christopher to his grandparents at
night.

Black? Yeah.

AJ will have the photos out of the lab
in a couple of hours, but stuff we got

today is not the kind of hard evidence
you can take into court.

You mean I need photographs of them
together in the act?

That's the way it's usually done, yeah.

It's up to you if you want to take it
that far.

I don't want to ever have to see the
pictures. Is that possible?

Yeah.

I better go.

Oh, talk to me.

Could you just stay and talk to me? I
just don't want to be alone.

Look, I know your husband. I said he
wouldn't be home until late. Bill hasn't

been home before 11 in over a year.

He just waits till he thinks I'm asleep
so he doesn't have to face me.

I think you know how you're going to
react when you find out for sure.

I mean, your mind plays it over so many
times, you know, you're tired of hearing

it.

But it's one more time, right?

I really didn't think I'd fall apart.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay. Carl, your client.

No, no.

Just the human ones.

Well, there really hasn't been a
marriage in so long.

I've just been hanging in there for
Christopher's sake, you know. And Bill

really isn't a very good father, you
know.

If I stay here, I probably will be.

I don't understand this. We've never had
trouble like this in our neighborhood.

Well, these weren't kids. These guys
were older.

Ah! Ooh, that's cold.

It's good, though.

Hello?

Bill, where are you?

Well, I need you here.

Because somebody just smashed all the
windows in my car, and I'm frightened.

When are you...

Great.

Out of town for several days. No
explanation, no nothing.

What?

It's just the bad boys outside and your
husband calling.

Odd timing.

You don't think Bill saw you following
him, do you? No, no, not a chance.

Must have been vandal things.

It doesn't make any sense. I mean, the
power wagon's okay.

None of the other cars on the block were
hurt.

I'm just glad you were here.

Yeah, me too.

Oh, that feels good.

Revel scars.

Yeah, well, I've been pretty well mapped
and carried.

No, come on, Liz.

Darling,

we've always been able to talk.

Well, why can't we come to some sort of
arrangement? I mean, something like... I

don't know.

Getting engaged to be engaged.

We could... Hello?

You know, A .J., when we moved into this
neighborhood, I told you we could count

on some bum wandering in off the street.

He's on the run. He's got an irate
anchorwoman after him. I wouldn't say

too angry.

She just called me every hour on the
hour all night long.

Didn't say a word, just hung up.

Well, then, how do you know it was...
Ah.

What's the matter with you?

Oh, I just had a minor disagreement last
night with some guys who were trying to

remodel Carol Brooks' car.

The car got hurt worse than I did.

Doesn't sound like your average divorce
case.

No. No, something just doesn't feel
right about it.

What are we missing?

Do you think the husband has anything to
do with it?

Well, turn that around.

Maybe this has got something to do with
him.

Someone trying to scare him?

These guys were pretty scary.

About half an hour later, Brooks called
home, said he was leaving town on a

business trip.

That's scared.

Excuse me.

Okay, you got it, fellas.

Bill Brooks around?

No, he's out of town for a couple of
days.

Out of town? What, are you kidding?

I'm the foreman. I don't kid.

All right, well, I'm Andy Simon. I'm
with Grand Republic Insurance, and Bill

I were supposed to get together today to
discuss his proposal for the new Grand

Republic Towers.

I'm sorry to hear that. It must have
slipped his mind.

Slipped his mind.

The Twin Towers of Grand Republic,
signature of the San Diego skyline, just

slipped his mind.

I'm sure he tried to contact you.

Well, I'll tell you what. Why don't you
do Mr. Brooks a favor and tell me how I

can get in touch with him?

Wish I could.

Talked to the boss this morning, said he
couldn't be reached.

What the hell happened here?

Found it like this this morning.

Probably one of those damn street gangs
who hang around here at night.

So the working assumption is that he is
hiding from someone somewhere for some

unknown reason.

We're making a lot of progress here.

I still think the girlfriend's hiding
him out someplace.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, honey.

We got to start somewhere.

Might as well be her art gallery,
speaking of which... Ta -da!

I found them behind the chicken wire in
my garage.

I took a couple of messages for you.

Oh, yeah?

From Carol Brooks.

Ah. Anything urgent?

No. She just said, call her whenever you
can.

She's a client, Mom.

Yes.

Ah, original Marlowe's. Told you they'd
be worth saving.

along with a four -foot box of rubber
bands, your collection of chewing gums

from around the world, and a dead turtle
which is still in my garage.

The turtle died?

Boy, he just wandered in there about 20,
25 years ago.

Been looking for him.

Oh, hi, Marlo.

Hey, no, come on, get off of there.
Maybe he just wants to reach out to you.

Come on, Marlo. Good boy, good boy.

Yes, we've done some... Very beautiful
restorations of oil paintings.

Custom framing, of course.

Why don't you come in and let me take a
look at it?

My name is Samantha Blake.

May I help you?

Oh, my.

No, just browsing.

Isn't it lovely?

It's a steal at 10 ,000.

I'll say.

Lady, lady, lady, I am thanking you so
much. In all of my life, I will never be

able to thank you enough.

Anatole's life is your life. I don't
understand.

Ah, America, it's wonderful to be here.

My country, it is of thee, sweet land of
Libertine. You got a beer?

Who are you, and what are you talking
about? I am sending you paintings from

Bulgaria. You are sending from Bulgaria
for me. Come, America. America, my

country, it is of thee.

There is no mistake. You see, I am
sending you everything.

These I go on the boat on the way over.

You see, these are much better than
paintings I sent from Bucharia.

It's a rough voyage.

Yes, I can see that.

Mr... Anatole.

Mr. Anatole. No, no, no, no. Not Mr.
Anatole. Simply Anatole.

I am not the one who sent for you.

What? I am not the one who sent for you.

My name is Samantha Blair.

Yes.

That is the name on the telegraph. Well,
then it's going to be enough.

How many Samantha Blakes could there be?

Hey.

Oh, hey, these are nice. You are liking
this?

Oh, very much. You buy direct from
Anatole, I'm giving you wholesale price.

For real?

Absolutely. You betcha you got yourself
a deal, hotshot lady. I am thanking you

so much from the bottom of my heart.
Yes, thank you.

Bye.

Hey, Chris.

Who's winning?

The North.

Again, huh?

You know, I got a whole collection of
soldiers in my house.

Oh, yeah. I don't play with them too
much anymore. You want them?

Sure.

Honey, why don't you go outside and play
for a while? Mr. Simon and I have some

business to discuss.

I'll bring him by tomorrow, okay?

I must have fought the Battle of
Gettysburg a hundred times a day.

The way I did it, we always won.

Listen, Carol, we, uh... We don't think
your husband's having an affair, after

all.

What?

No.

He's in serious trouble.

What kind of trouble?

The, uh, the woman in the pictures is a
loan shark.

And Bill owes her almost a million
dollars.

At an interest rate of about 10 % a
week.

That kind of money has got to be tied to
some serious crime syndicate.

Last night's date must have been his
last -ditch effort to...

extend the loan.

Well, the construction on the building's
been delayed several times.

Yeah, well, I...

I think the bad boys last night must
have been delivering a past due notice.

Well, can you help him? Can you get him
out of this?

Maybe.

If we get to him before they do, if he's
willing to cooperate with the police.

Try, okay?

Yeah.

Rick, it doesn't matter if he's having
an affair.

Marriage is over now, I know that.

Carol, I don't want to break up a
family.

We're not a family.

I told you that.

Bill's never needed us.

Look at this!

He's involved in organized crime and I
didn't have the first notion!

You're falling in love right now.

I didn't want any of this to happen.

You want me to let you out, Thug? Forget
it.

I'm so happy now.

I'm falling in love with you, Rick.

And if you can stand there and tell
me...

Tell me honestly that you don't feel
anything for me. It's still not going to

save my marriage.

And you might be real sorry for the rest
of your sad lonely nights.

Been meeting with Don Diablo behind my
back. We were out of lighter fluid.

Besides,

Don's not a bad listener.

Yeah, I get a little noisy in the
morning.

Of course, I'm holding a story or two
myself in my time.

You love her, A .J.? Then do it.

If I don't, I'll lose her.

Then do it.

Strange advice coming from the old
prospector.

Yeah, well, I've kind of been
contemplating the same thing myself.

You what? Who?

Carol Brooks.

No.

She's a client.

She's a married client.

That's breaking all the rules.

I'll drink to that.

Carol Brooks, huh?

Yep.

Probably a monkey's uncle.

I certainly hope not.

You know what this means, don't you?

Yeah, I think so.

You just leave the same person every
night?

It'll be all right. Tomorrow I'll move
over a little bit. It'll work.

It means community property, insurance
policies, sharing the bathroom.

It means you'll have to move.

Al, I've only been sticking around here
because you need looking after. When you

hit you up with Liz, I won't have to do
that anymore.

You're right.

I'll do it.

I'll do it.

I'll propose to Liz.

You know, if we time this right, we
could have a double wedding.

Mom's heart would never stand the
strain. That's true.

Well, here's to all the girls we leave
behind.

Something I can do for you, sport?

Is Liz here?

Yeah, but she's just getting out of the
shower and we're in sort of a hurry.

Well, I'm in sort of a hurry myself. You
want to tell her that A .J. Simon is

here and would like to talk to her?

You're not selling magazines, are you?
Look, fella. Okay, sport, just take it

easy. Just take it easy. I'll tell her.

I'm afraid she doesn't want to see you.

She doesn't want to see me?

That's the way I heard it.

I'll wait.

Look, sport, you're embarrassing her.
You're embarrassing me.

But most of all, you're embarrassing
yourself.

You had your chance, now it's mine.

So why don't you be a good sport, sport,
and just go on home?

Tell her I'll call...

Thanks, Bruno.

Oh, yeah, that's exactly what I needed.

Uh... No, I wouldn't feel right about
that, Bruno.

No, see, A .J.'s very attached to that
sweater.

Well, see, my mom knitted that sweater
for him.

Oh, sure, she'd love to.

Oh, yeah.

Knitting's her favorite pastime.

Okay, Bruno.

Yeah.

All right.

Thanks again.

Bye.

I never knitted A .J. a sweater. I hate
to knit.

Yeah, well, you got to understand how it
is with Bruno, Mom. You can't give up

anything too easily. Otherwise, he feels
cheated.

Dad was prepared to give him A .J.'s
sweater before I started.

Oh, I'm sure A .J. will appreciate that.

Is he here?

No, he just went out for a small errand.

Good. I wanted to talk to you alone.

A mother's intuition.

I know what I'm doing, Mom.

How serious is it?

Serious.

For her, too?

I've known for some time that the
marriage was in trouble.

Marriage is over.

It's never over till it's over.

Thank you, Yogi Berra.

Be careful, honey.

Didn't see her, huh?

Not at home?

I'll... I'll call her later.

Where am I driving to?

Oh, it's a motel in Granville. Got it
from Bruno.

There was one call yesterday and then
another one this morning. Only two toll

calls to the construction office in the
last two days. Got to be Brooks.

Bruno take much in trade?

Nah. Nothing important.

Good.

Last time I talked to him, he tried to
bargain me out of my best cashmere

sweater.

We're not the only ones who have a
friend in this bum company.

Get in!

Brooks, get in!

Come on, we work for your wife. Get in
the car.

Go.

An affair?

I wish it were that simple.

When we fell behind scheduling the
construction, it looked like we were

lose everything.

The banknotes were due.

It was either bankruptcy or Samantha.

Unfortunately, I chose Samantha.

I knew as soon as the building was done,
I could pay her back.

Well, then why the sudden pressure to
pay up?

Because once you take their money, they
want more than your interest.

They want your soul.

She was pressuring me to replace my
contractors with some of her friends.

And I presume that her friends'
reputation for quality work was somewhat

questionable.

Substantive materials, cutting corners,
ignoring building codes. I couldn't

stand there and watch people going into
my building. My building!

And never know for sure if they were
safe.

So I told Samantha the answer was no.

I need you now.

Wasn't sure you'd come.

Don't be silly.

He needs me, Rick, for the first time.

I'll be all right.

I know you will.

I mean, we can still be friends, you
know.

I want to be back in your arms after
five minutes, just like I do now.

I'm not exactly sure how to do this.

Just say goodbye.

to do a job. It's all over.

Rick.

Thank you.

Mr.

Brooks?

Thanks.

We're in business.

I know.

Just a question.

I'll talk to you later, okay?

Somebody told you I was here? We've been
keeping an eye on this place while

you've been away.

Just to take our investment.

We have nothing to talk about, Samantha.

Bill, you're making this a lot harder
than it needs to be.

Look, I have to answer to people, too.
You can understand that. Look,

Bill, we want to go ahead with our
contact.

I know your feelings about that.

We're willing to make a good -faced
gesture, say a presented point off the

And if I don't agree?

You'll never finish this building.

I can live with that.

We'll be on.

I don't think it counts.

Don't give me much choice.

What do you want me to do?

That's what I like to hear.

It makes it so much easier.

He's wearing a wire.

That made it.

You have the right to remain silent.

Everything seems to be under control
here.

Dinner waiting on the table.

Happy ending at the Brooks house?

One husband signed and sealed.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

So am I.

Well, aren't you going to say it?

Say what?

It's all for the best. You'll get over
it.

No. I'll drink to that.

What are you drinking to?

The error of our ways.

Which one?

I finally talked to Liz.

She turned me down.

You dialed the right number and
everything?

Yeah.

She said she didn't believe me.

She said she didn't believe I was ready
to make a lifelong commitment to her.

Uh -huh.

Maybe she's right.

Yeah.

She'll get over it.

No.

No, she broke it off permanently.

It's all for the best. You'll get over
it.

I'll drink to that.

Well,

look at it this way, A .J.

Still got me.

I'm trying to get it.

Hello.

This is Rick.

Margie.

Margie!

Margie. The yoga instructor from the
health club down Mission Bay. Hello,

Margie. I could use a good yoga
instructor tonight.

Love to.

I could use a bad yoga instructor
tonight.

No problem. Got the perfect guy for you.
Yeah, yeah, my brother. You remember

short guy, good looking?

Your cousin Annabelle from Albuquerque.

Sounds interesting.

Yeah. She's not the chunky one, is she?