All language subtitles for Kim Delaney & Jack Scalia in Tall, Dark and Deadly (1995)

Maggie, I want you to have this.

That was your grandmother's. I couldn't
take that. No, I really want you to have

it.

Thanks.

Now, this thing is old, and it loses
five minutes every day, so you have to

remember to set it forward each morning.
Or you could set it forward 35 minutes

once a week. I like to do it on Sundays.
Okay.

I got it.

This is why you're leaving me, isn't it?

You're the one going to Mobile.

Remember?

What is it, Ben Harrison?

Yeah, it's me.

Come on in.

Okay, uh, everything going to Mobile is
marked Mobile.

All right, guys, be careful.

Margaret Springer?

Um, yeah.

Hi, um, everything on this side of the
room is mine.

Excuse me.

Here we go.

Mrs. White Dean I think you should leave

I redrew the south property line for the
county easements.

Here and here.

Good.

Yes?

These must be for a pitch to Adair.

Yes, they are.

Um, Maggie, I forgot to mention it to
you the other day, but Tony's going to

doing part of the presentation.

You don't have a problem with that, do
you?

No.

No, of course not.

Go on.

Let's get on with it, shall we?

You okay?

Am I okay? Of course I'm okay. Why is
everybody asking if I'm okay?

Whoa, Maggie, relax. It's me.

I just heard that Thompson let that
tramp muscle in on your presentation.

How could you let him do that to you?

He's the boss.

So you just roll over like a dog? What
am I supposed to do?

All right, wait. Let me see if I
understand this.

First you break it off with Sam, rather
than move to Mobile to protect your

career. But then as soon as he's gone,
you get all mopey and you let that

switch fly off with your job. First off,
Sam never asked me to go with him.

Would it have made a difference if he
did?

I don't know.

Things were just... whatever.

Look, Sam's been gone for three months.

Let's celebrate your independence.

Let's go over to Maxine's and get a bite
to eat.

I don't know.

Come on, look, it's packed. I love it.
We're going to have a great time.

Bring Felicia Ball.

So many things I could say to you, but I
know you've heard them all. And I have

way too much respect for you to play
that game, so let me just get right to

point.

You are the most beautiful thing I have
ever seen in my life.

I'm with someone.

We didn't order that.

No, it's a gift from a gentleman with
void health.

I'm sorry.

It's for her.

What's the thing, Maggie? I'm sure
there's some kind of mistake here.

No, no, I'm quite certain there's no
mistake.

Could you point him out for me?

I'm afraid I don't see him right at the
moment.

To my right.

Look over my right shoulder.

Keep going.

A little farther.

Right there.

Eight o

'clock.

Check out eight o 'clock.

That's exactly right. Excuse me. The
gentleman who sent the bottle is right

there by the door.

Thank you.

This was thrilling.

I mean, it was wonderful.

I haven't done this in a while. I mean,
go on a date.

I guess you can tell.

This was a date, wasn't it?

Maggie, uh... Yeah?

Why don't you relax?

This is supposed to be fun.

Right.

Good night.

I've decided to reroute the power lines
so they'll converge on the south side of

the buildings.

Why?

I talked HL &P into letting us tie into
their existing lines.

Great.

We'll save a fortune.

How will we do that?

We won't have to dig up any streets.

All right, of course.

Brilliant, Maggie.

Really top -notch.

Nice work, team.

That's it for today.

One moment, please.

There's a Roy Calvin on the phone for
you. He says it's important.

Oh, and don't forget, you and Sheldon
are doing building and safety in 15

minutes.

Hi.

They're beautiful.

Thank you.

I'll pick you up at 7 at work.

I don't think I'll be finished until...
See you at 7.

No, wait, wait, wait.

Make it 7 .30.

Hi. Honey, wake up!

Where are we going?

It's a surprise.

You'll see.

Wow, this is gorgeous.

Isn't it beautiful?

Come on, I want to show you something.

Come on, come on, come on, come on. What
are you doing?

Best table in the house.

Boy, I can't believe you did this.

I grew up all over the place.

Germany, Texas, Iowa, Guam,
Philadelphia.

Pretty much your typical army brat.

Left you with a nesting instinct and
strong aversion to men in uniforms.

You're not with the Boy Scouts, are you?

Hardly.

What do you do?

I work for the city.

Could you be a little more vague?

public relations.

Okay.

Let's try another subject.

Um, about your family.

Tell me about your parents.

Uh, my dad, he died a few years ago.

My mom, who knows, she, uh, she took off
when I was about five.

Well, it's been rough.

I got through it okay, but my dad, he
got bitter.

Being disappointed in love can do that
to you sometimes.

Sounds like you're speaking from a
personal experience.

No, not... Not really. I mean, I was
with someone.

We just broke up.

Well, not Kate. Next time I see him, I'm
going to have to thank him.

Tell me I have the look of the Irish.

Tell me you're not attached.

Well, I was with somebody.

But it ended.

To be honest, Maggie, I thought I found
everything I wanted in a woman.

But she couldn't take it where I wanted
it to go.

You see, I told her I wanted all of her.

And she couldn't handle that.

I don't know. I guess I just can't do
things halfway.

What happened?

She, uh, fell out of my life.

You ever see her?

Nope.

Not at all.

very busy the next couple of days, so
I'll give you a call, okay?

Renee, did you take any calls while I
was in morning meetings?

Yeah, there were a couple.

Kendall, the plumbing contractor's
lawyer on the Figgins job, called.

And your new landlord wants you to sign
and send back the lease. She sounded a

little mean about it.

Anybody else?

Nope.

Okay.

We'll be right back.

Roy, hi, it's Maggie.

I'm sure you're still crazy.

I just wanted to let you know how much
fun I had on your bike.

I'll talk to you soon.

Bye.

What time is it?

It's Maggie.

Leave a message.

Thanks.

Maggie? Are you there?

Maggie, it's Renee.

Look, Tony told me that you knew that
the Adair presentation was starting an

hour earlier.

I hope to be on your way.

By rerouting the power line, the new
electrical system will easily connect

the existing county lines.

And you know how much money that's going
to save you.

I see our associate, Margaret Springer,
has arrived.

Maggie, I assume you know everyone?

Any questions so far?

None.

You've got the job, Thompson.

You and this Miss Compton here.

Congratulations. Thank you. Now when do
we start working again? I'll get the

contract. That's all right. Thank you.

Hold on a second.

Now you come into a major meeting late.

A colleague of yours saves the day by
selling a client big time, and you want

to reprimand her?

I don't think so.

So where do I stand?

Am I off the account?

No, but Tony's on point now.

Adair likes her.

She may not be as smart as you, but she
knows how to read a watch.

Have a nice lunch.

What the hell do you think you're up to,
Tony?

What game are you playing, huh?

Why, Maggie, you're upset.

I was just trying to fill in.

I think I was competent.

No, the only thing you're competent at
is scheming, and you'll blow it.

Where did you come up with my drawings
for that meeting?

You weren't there, so I got them off
your desk.

I picked up the ball and ran with it.
Somebody had to. You didn't get them off

my desk. You're lying, just like you
lied about the time of the meeting.

What, am I responsible for your
schedule?

You can't outthink me.

It's working so far.

How could you be late for that meeting?

Have you lost your mind?

Tony completely set me up. She left a
message saying the meeting was at 10 o

'clock. Why didn't you double check?

Maggie, this isn't like you.

Get a grip.

Get Sam out of your head.

Sam? This doesn't have anything to do
with Sam.

Remember that guy who finished the wine?

Yeah.

I came back here the other night.

You little devil.

What's he like?

A sweet, romantic nutcase.

And he's got me so I don't know which
end is up. Yeah, end.

And he came over my house last night.

Margaret Springer.

I'm shocked.

Tell me everything.

He's great.

But I'm spinning out of control.

I love out of control.

When are you seeing him again?

I'm supposed to see him tonight, but I
can't.

Things are moving too fast.

Don't be coy with me.

What are you talking about?

So, did you slow it down with Roy yet?

No, I didn't get the chance to.

Thank you.

You mean you decided it could wait till
morning?

Something like that.

He's here, isn't he?

Yeah, I invited him to join us for
dinner. Just be cool.

Hi. Hi, Maggie.

Hey. Roy Calvin, Gloria Ballas. Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you.

Maggie, tell me you're the one
responsible for dragging her in here the

night, so you're going to have to think
of a way for me to thank you.

Okay, I think I could think of
something.

Uh -oh.

Look who's here.

I think we're about to get a visit from
the dragon lady herself.

Hi, Gloria.

Maggie.

I'm Tony Compton.

Hi.

Roy Calvin.

Very nice to make your acquaintance.

Thank you.

Tony's a colleague of ours from work.
Oh.

So we were just about ready to order.

Good.

Are you hovering for a reason?

Maggie, I don't feel right about what
happened yesterday.

We really have to talk.

Why don't we leave business in the
office?

Okay.

Fine.

But if you're going to be working
together, you really ought to declare

Bye. Burn it. Meeting you.

She is in here every night on the prowl,
you know.

I could strangle her. Not slow enough.

All it is, if you stop for a while and
then start again, I'd love to lock her

a room and force feed her.

In front of a mirror?

Yeah.

Okay, uh...

I give up.

Oh, office intrigue, nothing really.

Ah.

Maggie was about to get a huge promotion
when Tony, queen of the eating

disorder, steals her work and presents
it as a wrong.

That wasn't very nice.

No, a crime is what it is.

Morning. Morning.

Oh, you're spoiling me. I like to.

What time is it?

It's nine o 'clock. Nine o 'clock? I
slept through my alarm.

No, you didn't. I shut it off.

You what?

Why would you do that?

Because you were exhausted and I wanted
you to rest. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You can't do that. Maggie, you needed
it.

I mean, who's going to look after you if
I don't?

Huh?

Wouldn't it be nice if we just took the
day off?

You are such a little boy sometimes, do
you know that?

I have responsibilities.

Oh, come on, Maggie, Maggie, Maggie,
look. Why don't you just call your

tell them you're sick, and we'll play
hooky together.

You have to enjoy life while you can.

Good girl.

Renee. Yeah, good morning. Listen, um, I
am in the mother of all traffic jams on

the 610. No.

Just tell Sheldon and Patrick I'll be
about 45 minutes late.

Okay, thanks.

I'd love to spend every second of my
life with you, but I have a career.

Sure.

Sure, I understand.

You just go ahead. Don't worry about
anything. I'll stick around here,

straighten up, and do the dishes.

Is this Maggie Springer's house?

Yeah, she isn't home.

I see.

I called the office and they said she
wasn't there, so I just decided I'd drop

by.

I'm a friend of hers.

Sam Harrison.

Oh, well, uh... You just missed her,
Sam.

Oh.

Well... I'm Roy.

Roy Calvin.

Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.

I guess if Maggie's not here, I better
get going.

Would you tell her I dropped by?

I'd be happy to, Sam.

Hey, maybe sometime we can all get
together and have some dinner.

Okay.

Thanks. Take it easy.

surprised? No, I hate what you did.

How dare you go through all my things?

My letters, my pictures, my lingerie.
Maggie, I was just trying to help out.

Didn't you think even once I might be a
little upset walking in here and finding

everything I own moved around?

I thought you'd be touched.

No, no. In my world, people respect each
other's privacy.

Maybe that's the problem with your
world. I don't think so. The problem is

yours, not mine.

Maggie, I'm really sorry. I was way out
of line.

We need to talk this out.

Yeah.

And I understand how you felt invaded,
so I've come by to make a mess of things

again and put everything back in its
box.

Would you like to have a quiet dinner
somewhere?

I'd love to.

Um, I'm meeting someone who's in from
out of town.

Can I take a rain check?

Sure.

Be my pleasure.

Thank you.

You look great.

How's your new life?

Great.

Couldn't be better.

I sold a design for a 42 -foot catch to
a builder in Maine.

Really?

Hello, Sam.

Maggie, I have a confession to make.

I didn't come down here on business. I
came down here to see you.

I gave you up without a struggle.

And now I've come down here ready to
fight for you, and I have this feeling

about to find out it's too late.

What do you mean?

I met Roy yesterday.

He didn't tell you I came by?

I haven't seen him since yesterday.

Is he important to you?

By yourself.

I was hoping you'd get home early.

How was dinner?

Good. Yeah?

Come on in.

So who was there?

I told you, a friend from out of town.

Uh -huh.

Where'd you go?

What? Where'd you eat?

Italian.

Italian? Yeah.

At least you got that part right.

Excuse me?

I said at least you got that part right.

What do you mean by that?

What I mean is that you did have
Italian, and it was with an old friend,

didn't tell me that it was Sam.

You followed me?

Yeah.

And it appears I caught you telling a
little bit of a stretcher.

Now, you women, you know, you're so good
at that.

Wow. This is not working.

I want you out of here now.

I want you out of here. Get out.

You don't mean that, Maggie.

Yes, I do.

I'll call the cop. I swear I'll do it.

Yeah, I had a good time, too.

Sam?

Sam?

No, everything's fine.

Yeah. Listen,

it's not really a great time to talk
right now.

All right.

Okay, have a safe flight.

Okay, bye.

What are you doing?

Come on, Roy.

Let's not do this.

Right. Well, where should we go for
dinner?

I know a great place on the water.

If you like Thai food.

How about your favorite restaurant in
the whole world?

You'd have to take me to Paris.

No, let me think.

No, Paris is fine.

But first, I'd like a drink.

Vodka rocks.

Okay.

You sure?

You're not in a relationship with
Maggie, are you?

I mean, she's a really nice person and
all, but I have to warn you, she's not

very reliable.

I mean, I hate to speak so poorly about
a colleague, but there's just something

about that girl.

What?

Hold on.

What?

I'm waiting for Maggie.

What's going on?

I don't know, Thompson. I have to speak
to everybody before the weekend.

He's been in his office with a couple of
suits for the last two hours.

Really?

Okay.

Good morning, everyone.

I'm sorry to have to tell you this. I
have some terrible news.

What do you mean? I've done a deal.

Antoinette Compton was murdered last
night.

I know.

This is Detective Santos and Lieutenant
Petrillo. They're going to want to talk

to all of you.

It's horrible.

What happened? Was it a break -in or
what?

The police don't know.

It's awful.

Maggie, I'm going to need you to take
over the Adair project again.

Of course.

Good.

I know if you count on me.

We were working together on a
redevelopment project.

Did you socialize much outside work?

No, not at all.

To be honest, I didn't like Tony very
much. So we understand.

Your co -workers said they overheard the
two of you having quite an argument the

other day.

It wasn't that big a deal.

What was it about?

It's just a work thing.

People at work occasionally disagree.

Mr. Thompson tells us that you and Miss
Compton were both under consideration

for a vice presidency.

Yeah, that's right.

Miss Springer, we may need to talk to
you again.

Sure.

Whatever you need.

You may go.

This is so bizarre.

I think I just made myself a suspect in
there.

They make everyone feel like that it's
their job.

You know what I heard?

Tony was stabbed to death.

Tomorrow promises to be even hotter with
temperatures reaching 105 degrees. So

if you're working outside, drink plenty
of water.

And now an update on a local story.

Police are investigating the murder of
Houston architect Antoinette Compton.

Miss Compton was stabbed to death.

between 8 and 10 o 'clock last night
with what police characterized as a

significant knife.

So far, the murder weapon has not been
recovered.

You won't find it there, Maggie.

You may find this hard to believe at
first, but...

But I killed her as a gift to you.

You see, you lost faith in me, and I had
to do something to win you back.

That was Tony out of the way.

Things will go back to normal again at
the office.

And we can really concentrate on putting
our relationship back on the right

track.

I love you, Maggie.

And if you give me half the chance, I
can love you more than you ever dreamed.

I know this is a lot for you to take in
all at once, but I would counsel you

against going to somebody with this
because I've got that knife.

And that knife has your fingerprints all
over it.

You understand, don't you?

Um,

I'm beginning to.

I just need some time to think.

Good.

Now you look great.

I don't think I've ever seen you look
prettier than you do right now.

Where are you going, Maggie?

To the bathroom.

Maggie? Yeah?

Why's your stove off? I'll be right out.

Sorry, it was, uh, it was my mistake.

Very, very disappointed in you, Maggie.

Get up!

Stop!

Stop!

The more I'm gonna hurt you.

Stop moving!

Yes sir!

Okay, let's start this again.

Who do you wish to file a complaint
against?

Roy Calvin.

Is that the guy that locked you up?

Yes, but that's not why I'm here.

He killed Antoinette Compton.

Did you witness this murder?

No. He told me he killed her this
morning.

Maybe he was just trying to scare you.
You have no idea how crazy this man is.

Okay. Two detectives questioned me at
work.

Um, one of them was Santos.

She's out, but you can talk to somebody
up in Homicide. They can take your

statement there.

Top of the stairs, end of the hall, past
the filing cabinet, through the wooden

doors.

I need to speak to a detective.

Roger Keaton.

Roger Keaton.

One sound will smack your pretty little
neck.

Let's go have a talk.

You... You should have seen the look on
your face.

It was priceless.

What did you hope to accomplish by
coming down here, huh?

Roy Calvin doesn't exist.

If they find your knife, you'll go to
jail for a very long time.

What do you say we go home and discuss
this? Hey, you ready?

Hey, how's it going?

Okay. Softball Sunday? Yeah, sure, you
bet.

I gotta go.

What's happening?

What's happening?

That's a woman. Who knows?

You kill her, right? Yeah.

when you sent back the homicide?

What did she want?

She said her boyfriend chained her to a
sink.

Sounds kinky.

You take your statement.

Well, I started to, but she insisted it
was a homicide.

It's in the computer under Springer. She
said Santos was on it.

All right, I'm going to run up to
Santos.

You hear from her again, give me a call,
okay? Okay.

Ron, open up. I just want to talk to you
for a few minutes.

Maggie?

Chapman party?

Oh, yeah.

Let's go. I'm late for my flight.

Well, there's supposed to be two of you.

Oh, change of plans.

Come on. I can't miss my flight.

What are you doing here?

Um, Maggie said to meet her here.

She did?

Yeah, she, uh, well, her car is here.

Do you know where she is?

Isn't she inside?

I don't know. I knocked, but nobody
answered.

Maggie!

Maggie, you in here?

Well, someone was here.

Just called to hear your sweet voice. I
love you. Call me.

Gloria, it's Maggie.

You have to be very, very careful.

Roy killed Tony.

He's crazy.

He was at your house. Now just get out
of there.

Great. Where's Detective Keaton?

Over there. Thanks.

Morning, Ray.

Since when do you two work on a Sunday?
Since we heard the victim worked for

Antoinette Compton.

Who's that?

Our stabbing case from last Thursday.

Mind if we take a quick look around?

Be my guest, Santos. I always appreciate
a woman's point of view.

By the way, you look terrific today.
Thanks.

What's with all the cars?

Vehicle in the street is registered to
the victim, and the vehicle in the

driveway here came back registered to a
Miss Margaret Springer. Running a check

on her right now.

Detective Keaton? Yeah. You better take
a look at this.

The knife we found was used to murder
Antoinette Compton.

Blood type's a match, and the
fingerprint on the handle belongs to

Springer. That's got to be one angry
broad.

She's probably in Mexico by now.

Well, then we've got to get a search
warrant for her house now.

I'll handle that.

Here's her thumbprint and picture from
DMV.

No criminal record, not even a traffic
ticket, if you can believe that.

Right. The only laws that she breaks are
the big ones.

And I'm really glad to see you.

Sam,

I'm in serious trouble.

I'm in serious...

You get yourself a good lawyer, you turn
yourself in, you tell them exactly what

happened. They'll never believe me.

You don't know this guy.

He's clever.

He's ruthless.

He's a cop.

You know how they protect each other.

All right.

All right.

We won't go to the cops.

I know a really good lawyer in Mobile.

Hello, is Glory there?

Who is this?

It's Maggie.

Is this Jonathan?

What are you doing there?

I guess you don't know, do you?

What?

She was murdered yesterday.

My parents are here getting stuff
together for the funeral.

Can you come over?

I'm sorry, I can't.

Where are you?

Sorry.

Jonathan, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Listen, I'll call you later, okay?

I'll call you later.

She wouldn't tell me where she was.

It's okay, son.

You did great.

You did great.

Frankly,

the whole story sounds incredible.

Everything can be traced back to you,
including the murder weapon.

And the worst part of it is, you ran
away.

Ed, the guy's a cop.

What do you want her to do, stay there
until he kills her? I'm just trying to

tell you what the district attorney is
going to say.

But I'm innocent.

Congratulations. Even so, you are in a
nice, tight little frame that's going to

be very tough to get out of.

Well, what do I do?

Turn yourself into the FBI.

I'll raise such a big stink that Houston
PD will be forced to investigate this

Roy Calvin or Ray Keaton, whatever the
hell his name is, before they get a

chance to extradite you.

Are you sure?

Absolutely. Get some sleep.

See you at my office in the morning.
Okay.

Thanks, Ed.

What time is it?

It's after four.

Are you home?

I'm here.

I can't stop thinking about Maria.

Maggie, you gotta stop beating yourself
up about that.

I don't know how.

Let's just get out of here. Stay down.
I've got to get my car.

Sam Harrison 152 Gulf Road There's a
burglar here. He's got a gun

Hello

Maggie

Come on, Maggie. Fight, Maggie.

Fight. Fight, Maggie.

Fight.

Where's Sam now, huh?

Where's Sam now?

My deputy's found this flashlight, but
there's no trace of the guy.

He's not going anywhere today.

We got the distributor cap out of his
car.

You say you know this guy?

He was an old boyfriend.

Langston, you stay here and keep an eye
on things. He may come back.

The hell?

We'll catch the next one by 10 of the
29th.

You know, I've been thinking about
something.

When this is over...

I'd like to work things out between us.

I don't know.

I would try.

Hey, I got an idea.

Why don't we stop at Mobile and get you
some new clothes before the meeting?

I think you'll feel more comfortable.

What do you say?

Okay. Unless you're comfortable wearing
my clothes.

No, I'm fine.

I know a great store.

Run, Maggie!

Come on out, Maggie!

Maggie?

Come on out!

I got your boyfriend!

I got your boyfriend!

Run, Maggie!

Kill him and you know I will.

See that?

She cares more about herself than she
does you.

Well, I'm doing really good work you'd
be really proud of me Thompson's still

my case as usual I

Miss you I Miss you every day glow

So, my curiosity is driving me crazy.
What were you so intent to talk about

you had to fly all the way out here?

Well, I've been thinking.

Yeah?

No, it's not the right time.

Sam, come on. Finish your thought. You
know I hate that.

What would you think?

I mean, how would it be if...

I think we ought to think about getting
married.

What?

Was that supposed to be a proposal?

Yeah. It was definitely a proposal.

Oh, wow. Kind of abrupt.

You'll have to let me think about it.
Oh.

All right.

Sure.

Why not?

But wait, who's going to give up their
job, me or you?

I already gave notice.

You did?

Yeah, that felt great.

Actually, I was going to call you
tomorrow.

I love you.