All language subtitles for mannix_s03e25_once_upon_a_saturday

That's good, Charlie.

Who's the cool -looking chick?

My mother.

Hi, Bev.

That wasn't funny.

Where'd you pick them up?

I didn't pick them up. They picked me
up.

Well, get them out of here, will you?
I've enough to worry about with the

carnival opening. If you can't be of any
help, stay out of the way.

Look out!

Won't be much longer, Toby, honest.

Oh, here are the papers. Oh, thank you.

Peggy, I'm sorry I had to drag you out
on a Saturday morning.

You know I don't mind.

It's just that Mr.

Longface is a bit hard to take.

We were going to go to a movie.

Toby?

Yes, sir?

I know how you feel. I mean, Saturdays
are supposed to be a day for having fun,

right? Right.

I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

I'm going to make this day up to you.

Okay?

Bev.

Bev Miller. Hi, Joe.

It's been years.

Oh, this is my secretary, Peggy Fair.

Hello.

Her son, Toby.

This is Beverly Miller.

Hello, Toby.

Hi.

You're looking great. Come on in.

What have you been up to?

Oh, well.

Now tell me, what brings you to
California?

Well, I finally got what I always
wanted.

Oh, no.

You know better than that.

I only wear rings here where they don't
pinch.

I've got my own carnival at last.

King Beach.

You're kidding. Now that's great.

You can count me as your first customer.

Sit down.

Tell me, how's Susan?

Oh, too old to spank, but my hand's sure
it's just a try.

She's home from school. She's a rebel.

Oh, now that sounds like Bev Miller's
kid.

When is the carny open?

Tomorrow.

I hope.

You hope?

Joe, I think somebody's trying to kill
me.

Yesterday, a truck slipped its brake.

I was yanked out of the way just in
time.

Well, that sounds like it could have
been an accident, Bev.

Like the fire in my trailer last week.

I would have been asleep when it broke
out.

Lucky I was called to a late meeting of
the Carney crew.

We found a delayed fuse.

Hmm.

Did you, uh, go to the police with this?

People won't bring their kids where
there's trouble.

Any other tries?

One, about four months ago.

I was still at the road show and we were
repairing the roller coaster.

Crane was lifting half a ton of rails to
the top.

Cable snapped.

And you were below.

I don't like to push the panic button,
Joe, but three accidents in a few

Anyway, will you come out to King Beach
to take a look

around?

Well, now, Bev, you know I've always
been a corny man at heart.

Thank you, Joe.

Oh, uh, Bev, are your rides operating
yet?

Sure, we're having dry runs all day.

Well, uh, have you got anyone lined up
to try them out?

No, I sure wish I did.

Yeah.

Toby!

Yeah?

Well, how about it?

You really mean it, Mr. Max?

Well, of course I mean it. Now, a
promise is a promise, isn't it?

Nope. I was right here when the truck
crashed the fence.

Beth Miller says she saw you at the
bottom of the hill.

She's wrong.

That was earlier.

Look at these horses.

They haven't been worked in a year.

Forty -eight of them I gotta clean up,
not count the spares.

Uh, what about the, uh, fire in the
trailer? Accident?

Sure. Why not?

Bev seems to think maybe it was a little
too convenient.

Huh. Women get funny ideas.

Take the merry -go -round.

Kid falls off a red horse, mother gets
superstitious about red.

You think that she's in no trouble.

Not if the crowd show up tomorrow.

Try your luck, mister.

Everybody wins.

Three bullseyes.

Gives you that beautiful cupid doll to
take home to your sweetie.

Well, it's probably too easy for you,
huh, man?

Go ahead.

It's on the house.

You're real.

Best sell the wrong car to a man on the
circuit.

Bev tells me you were with her on the
road show.

When the cable snapped on that crane.

Yeah, top of the roller coaster. Saw the
whole thing happen.

The rails almost got her.

How'd it happen?

Accident.

You're sure?

Sure.

Accident. What else?

She's only a child, my love.

I see a trailer in an empty parking lot.

It's a very dark night.

Suddenly there are flames. I see
somebody running.

Can't tell whether it's a woman or a
man, or maybe just a shadow.

How am I doing?

Pretty good, Mr. Mannix.

You're Donna.

That's right.

You reported the fire in Ben's trailer.

That's right.

Weren't you supposed to be at a carny
meeting that night, along with all the

others? I was on my way. I had to do
something first. It held me up.

Any idea how the fire started?

No.

It just, um, happened.

Maybe the genie could tell us.

The crystal ball only tells the future.

And the fortune teller?

The fortune teller only knows what she
sees, and she... Knows nothing.

You see, you're a fortune teller, too.

Nothing to it.

Oh, I'd keep that crystal ball on tap.

I might need it.

There is no end to your talents.

Every carny worker has to have
electrical know -how in case of

How's it coming?

Well, it isn't. Nobody seems to have any
answers.

Or they're just not talking.

Hey, Bev, what do you know about the
people working for you?

My foreman and I hand -picked them.

We've worked with most of them for
years. There's nobody better in the

carny circuit.

And they're slaving around the clock for
me. When you applied to the city for

this franchise,

Was there anyone else after it?

Who'd risk it except me?

Place had been closed for over a year.
They were going to tear it down, make it

a parking lot.

Panel board backstage belongs in a
museum. Wouldn't light up a Christmas

Antiques need special handling.

This whole place is junky. I'll go take
a look at it.

My foreman, Rick Griffiths, Joe Mannix.
Howdy.

Oh, by the way, the wiring's okay. You
can finish putting the bulbs in.

Bev's told me a lot about you. Oh, well,
we're old friends.

If you got any questions, ask away.

Hey, now, that's a refreshing change.

Well, if you get anything I know, Bev's
already told you.

So shoot.

Were you around the other day when that
truck slipped its brake?

Would you say it was meant for Bev?

That truck was ancient, like everything
else around here.

How about the fire in the trailer and
the crane? They just happen?

Listen, accidents are part of Kearney.

Bev's been around them all her life.

Rick, you're the foreman. You and Bev
have the top crew in the carnival

business.

Hand -picked, hard -working, loyal.

Yet everyone I talk to knows nothing,
saw nothing.

They act as if they were hiding
something.

Joe, this is a carny.

You're a fuzz.

It's bad luck. Bad for business.

So are accidents.

Bev's sunk every penny she's got into
this carnival. It's a risk.

Bigger than she thought.

I've known Bev a long time.

I've never seen her like this.

Running scared.

I can't imagine Bev being scared of
anything.

Nothing falls harder than a tower of
strength.

are interested in magic, Mr. Mannix?

I've developed a great respect for it.

You're Armando.

I am.

I'm especially interested in sleight of
hand. For instance, where there appears

to be nothing, there really is
something.

You too are a magician.

You hide your tricks in words.

Allow me to show you the Mignon cabinet.

Your eyes will tell you it is quite
empty.

What? You are suspicious, huh?

You're expecting to see what?

Voila!

Forgive me.

But as you and I both know, accidents
can happen.

Still, one must go on.

Such is life.

Speaking of hiding tricks in words,
they're not bad.

I got the message.

Of course, I'm not buying it, but thanks
for the show anyway.

You are in no danger.

I never miss.

I'll try not to worry.

You're a knife thrower. Have you ever
known him to miss?

Never. Not even in rehearsal.

It figures.

What can you tell me about Armando?

Nothing to tell.

He's tops in his job.

Yeah, he's good, all right.

Maybe too good a magician to be in a
carnival sideshow.

Yeah, I was lucky to get him.

It's probably just marking time.

He'll quit if something better comes
along.

Which it will if we make it.

Where is he from?

All the specialty acts are from Colonel
Lee's Circus, San Antonio, Texas.

Colonel's getting old. The outfit's
going broke.

And the fortune teller?

Donna came built in with Armando.

Oh, Rick, what's wrong now?

Big trouble, Bev. Like what?

Well, uh, word's going around. If you
don't call him off, they're all gonna

quit.

I don't care if they all quit.

I call the shots around here. I'm the
boss, and this carnival's gonna open on

schedule if I have to run it single
-handed.

You know, I'll bet she could do it.

Yeah, she's quite a woman.

Yeah, I've thought so for a long time.

All she ever thinks about is Susan.

What are you trying to prove?

I like you.

Okay?

What's bugging you Susan?

Well I don't know.

All of a sudden I'm mad at everybody.

I just want to stand up and yell.

Crazy huh?

How'd you get to bum around the beach?

I just took off.

What did your parents think?

I'll find out when I get home.

My folks are okay.

They know I gotta do my thing sometimes.

Then I'll make the thing, you know, go
to college and hope it.

They sound great.

They are?

My mother's a groovy person, too.

She really is.

It's just that...

Sue, would you check out these bills of
lading?

Sue?

I asked you to check the bills.

You didn't ask me. You told me.

I don't have time for this right now.

I know.

You're too busy wearing yourself out,
giving me an education.

All the things that you never had.

Is that what I want?

Have you ever asked me?

No.

It's what you want for me.

You bet it is.

You've already shown me you're not ready
to be turned loose.

Throwing yourself around like a... Like
what, Bev?

Like an easy pick -up for any beach bum
that happens to come along?

One of those beach bums happened to save
your life. Jimmy.

I like him.

A lot.

I'm sorry, Susan. Why are we always
fighting? Why can't we... I knew that I

lonely.

We talked about things.

He listened to me.

It's more than you ever do. You don't
care what I think or feel.

You don't even know me.

Susan, when you're old enough... Old
enough?

That's a blast.

You were only 17, but nobody could tell
you what to do.

You wouldn't be tied down, not even by a
wedding ring.

You went ahead and had me anyway.

Like you, Bev, right or wrong, I've got
to live my own life.

I've got to be me.

This will make you laugh.

It's really funny.

You know all those fancy schools you
sent me to?

I hated them.

All I ever really wanted was to be home.

Here's the key to Bev's trailer. You can
make your phone calls from there, huh?

Right. Oh, uh, try downtown first. Find
out if anybody besides Bev was after

this franchise.

Today is Saturday, and anyone with any
sense is at home taking it easy.

Then check out the carnival employees.

Bev put the payroll sheet on her desk.

Oh, you can start with that theater
group.

Check them out through Colonel E. Circus
San Antonio, Texas.

Mr. Mannix? Yeah? There's trouble over
at the theater. Miss Miller wants you

over there. Got it?

Got it.

Come on, Toby. Gather up your loot.

Bev!

Bev!

She's not here, Mannix.

Hey, Fuzz.

You've been looking for accidents.

I thought we'd show you what happened.

Armando. Armando.

No. No is such an unpleasant little
word.

I've got something to tell you. Later.
About Mannix.

Charlie and Rio tried to beat him up.

Fools. More problems for everyone.

Armando, please, stay out of this.

I'm already in it, my love.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

Well, how'd you do?

There was someone else after the
franchise.

Miguel Vasco.

Yeah, who's he?

No information on him.

Well, if he applied for the franchise,
they must have checked him out.

No need to.

His application was too late.

They've already had the franchise, and
the city board wrote Vasco to that

effect. Now, what's his address?

Post office box 288, San Antonio, Texas.

Colonel Lee's circus.

Peggy, call Colonel Lee right away.

Meantime, I'll check with Bev and see if
she knows anything about our Mr. Vasco.

Okay.

What's the scene?

Oh, I'm making like the operator.

Hey, that's from me. I'm an operator.

Cool it, man. Break contact.

Hey, I don't want to break up the party,
but how would you guys like to try the

car and see if they'll work for the
paying customers?

Hey, great, man. Come on. Thanks.

Okay.

Bev, what do you know about a Miguel
Vasco?

Never heard of him. Why?

Well, it seems you beat him out of this
franchise.

Hey, we're going to go shoot.

Hey, we're going to take a right. I'm
not mad.

Hey, start the counter.

Well, it's no accident this time.

Look at that extra cabling. Yeah, it
runs from the master control to the

box.

Got any ideas?

Anybody in a car that could have rigged
this?

Round up that Texas group for me, will
you?

um

Take it easy, Joe.

You went for quite a ride.

All right.

How do you feel, Joe?

Scrambled.

People actually pay to ride on that
thing?

I'll get you some coffee.

What happened to Armando?

He got away.

So did the girl, Donna. We've got an APB
out for him.

How'd you do with Texas?

Our friend Armando has quite a
background.

Although he wasn't known as Armando in
Texas, the description fits.

He's wanted for questioning in a knifing
murder.

Where?

Juarez, Mexico, two years ago.

And one of his aliases just happens to
be...

Miguel Vasco.

The man who was after the franchise.

He must have sneaked across the border
illegally and then changed his name

again. We're questioning only others
about him. I've got the whole carnival

covered just in case.

A suggestion, Joe.

Stick to the merry -go -round.

it easy. Come on.

Where are all those high hopes?

Hit bottom, I guess.

Bev. Oh, Joe.

I don't know what to do. I don't know
what to tell everybody about the

You'd better tell them to get moving if
you're going to make the opening on

schedule.

The police should have the carnival
checked out by morning.

You got to take that chance, Bev, or
you'll lose everything.

You are a real carny man at heart, you
know that?

Nice, neat package.

What is?

The whole thing.

All the facts lined up like ten pins.

I don't get it.

As if the whole thing had been staged.

Okay, and cover the midway area, too.

Where is everybody?

We finished our questioning, Miss
Miller. They've been released.

I sent them home.

There's no sense pushing for the opening
now.

Why not?

Lieutenant, I lose my shirt if we don't
make it.

Those people are my responsibility. I
hired them. Do you think we can open

tomorrow?

I don't know why not.

You should be cleared by morning.

Bev, how can we?

I'll tell you how.

We dig everybody out of bed and put them
to work. Now we'll start with me, I

hope.

Oh, Susan, get out the stage drapes. Get
the rods from the basement.

I'm not telling.

I'm asking.

Okay. All right, Rick.

I'll check the trailers. You get the
hotel on the way back. Check the coffee

shop.

Peggy, if a man is in this country
illegally and wanted for murder, does he

apply for a franchise?

I mean, why would he risk a deal that
had to involve an investigation into his

background?

After two years of hiding, maybe he
thought he was safe.

No, not Armando. He's too good a
magician.

He'd never try a trick he knew wouldn't
work.

Or kill someone just to get a franchise.

Wait a minute.

Armando never meant to kill Bev.

I'm not with you.

Well, he knew Bev was too smart to take
a chance with electricity that she would

be wanting rubber shoes to insulate
herself.

Oh, I get it.

If she'd pull the switch, the controls
would blow, but she wouldn't be killed.

Yeah, the whole thing was planned to
look like an accident.

To scare Bev out.

Then King Beach would be available
again.

Get me Colonel Lee back on the phone.

I didn't exactly talk to Colonel Lee
before.

Now, what does that mean?

Well, I tried to call him several times,
and there wasn't any answer.

So I got my information from the San
Antonio police.

This time I want to speak to the colonel
in person.

Yes, sir.

Can't say I'd recommend anyone in that
group, Mr. Mannix.

Oh, it's not like the good old days when
I got started under the big top. We had

real performers then.

The human pretzel, the fat lady, the
coochie dancers.

I'm not going to hurt you. I just want
time to get away.

And how the folks love that medicine,
man. Do you know... Do you know that

they'd line up Pat to pay him a silver
dollar for a bottle of that snake oil of

his? Colonel, what do you know about a
magician who used to work for you? Name

of Miguel Vasco.

What? Nothing, sir.

Come to think of it, I don't think we
ever had a magician around here. You

have the wrong circus, Mr. Mannix.

You sure?

Of course, George, my name is Colonel
Lee, sir.

Well, uh, thanks, Colonel.

Susan?

If Armando didn't come from Colonel
Lee's circus, then who hired him?

There's only one other person in this
circus with the authority to hire or

anyone. I wasn't trying to kill Bev.

I only wanted to break her. To make her
need me.

You gotta believe me, Susan.

I love her.

The time, way back.

I thought there was a chance.

She's never loved anyone.

Except you.

I had to do this, Susan.

Then Beville had nothing left.

Only me.

I was a man once.

A real man.

Until she took over.

And everything was on her terms.

And I couldn't take it anymore.

That's when I met Armando.

Well, his record made him an easy mark.

He had to do what I said or I'd blow the
whistle on him.

I was going to be boss.

The whole operation.

How about that? Me, the boss.

Maybe I wouldn't have liked that.

You know, everything fits perfectly.

I had to kill Armando in self -defense.

After he killed you.

Please, please.

There's your man, Art.

You better check on Armando.