1 00:00:19,660 --> 00:00:20,660 Barnaby Jones. 2 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:23,820 Starring Buddy Epson. 3 00:00:24,820 --> 00:00:27,600 Also starring Lee Meriwether. 4 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:33,520 With guest stars Belinda J. Montgomery, Christopher Stone, 5 00:00:33,980 --> 00:00:40,060 Dabney Coleman, Patricia Smith, 6 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,580 Peggy McKay. 7 00:00:46,620 --> 00:00:47,700 Tonight's episode. 8 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:49,460 Blind Terror. 9 00:02:24,260 --> 00:02:27,020 Say, do you know what Marcus Fitz is doing right now? 10 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:29,540 He's eating his heart out. 11 00:02:43,780 --> 00:02:45,680 It's never the babies who are scared. 12 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,120 It's only their mothers. 13 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:49,200 Hope I haven't kept you, Mr. Jones. 14 00:02:49,420 --> 00:02:50,420 Hello, Miss Benedict. 15 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:51,940 Lovely girl, your daughter. 16 00:02:52,590 --> 00:02:56,450 Of course, she realized that the way things are today, the police have their 17 00:02:56,450 --> 00:02:57,450 hands full. 18 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:01,530 Must be a lot of worried parents looking for missing daughters. Michelle is over 19 00:03:01,530 --> 00:03:02,530 18, isn't she? 20 00:03:02,810 --> 00:03:03,810 21. 21 00:03:03,990 --> 00:03:08,670 Mr. Jones, I'm somewhat of an authority on parents who panic, and I'm not one of 22 00:03:08,670 --> 00:03:09,589 them. 23 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,170 When is the last time you heard from Michelle? 24 00:03:11,930 --> 00:03:14,470 Friday. Well, there's only two days. 25 00:03:14,710 --> 00:03:16,290 She usually call in over the weekend? 26 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:20,130 Yes. I phoned her apartment. I checked with her friends. 27 00:03:20,910 --> 00:03:23,810 She didn't show up for work over the weekend, and she didn't go to school 28 00:03:23,810 --> 00:03:24,870 yesterday or today. 29 00:03:25,250 --> 00:03:26,250 Does she live alone? 30 00:03:26,330 --> 00:03:29,330 No. Poor Amy. It's her roommate. 31 00:03:29,850 --> 00:03:33,410 She had a terrible fall down the stairs, and she's in the hospital right now. 32 00:03:33,650 --> 00:03:35,930 Did you try to contact Amy about Michelle? 33 00:03:36,290 --> 00:03:40,030 The last time she saw Michelle was Friday morning in their French class. 34 00:03:40,250 --> 00:03:42,550 Now, all of this is just not like Michelle. 35 00:03:44,030 --> 00:03:45,030 Boyfriend? 36 00:03:45,230 --> 00:03:46,570 So many, I lose track. 37 00:03:47,630 --> 00:03:49,270 Number one right now is Eric. 38 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,600 Somebody. 39 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,640 Mr. Jones, I'm really worried half to death. 40 00:03:57,180 --> 00:04:02,440 Miss Benedict, when I was learning how to swim, I used to worry some fears 41 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,380 how deep the water was underneath me, how far it was to the bottom. 42 00:04:07,060 --> 00:04:10,520 But you and I know that that's nothing to worry about, as long as you keep 43 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:11,520 swimming. 44 00:04:12,740 --> 00:04:15,000 You're a very persuasive man, Mr. Jones. 45 00:04:15,940 --> 00:04:17,600 I just hope and pray you're right. 46 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,760 Oh, I'm sorry. You'll have to excuse me again. 47 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,420 Okay, okay. Come on. 48 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:30,940 That's it. All right. 49 00:04:31,380 --> 00:04:32,380 Easy. 50 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:34,280 Okay, go easy. 51 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:45,120 So the last time you saw Michelle was Friday morning at your French class. 52 00:04:46,580 --> 00:04:47,580 That's right. 53 00:04:48,090 --> 00:04:50,470 That's the only class we have together on Fridays. 54 00:04:51,170 --> 00:04:55,310 But you came home that night expecting to find her in the apartment you shared. 55 00:04:55,930 --> 00:04:56,930 Yes. 56 00:04:57,430 --> 00:04:59,110 For all I know, she was there. 57 00:05:00,310 --> 00:05:01,690 Didn't you go inside the apartment? 58 00:05:02,330 --> 00:05:03,330 No. 59 00:05:05,010 --> 00:05:09,310 I remember scrounging around in my purse for my door key as I was going up the 60 00:05:09,310 --> 00:05:10,310 stairs. 61 00:05:11,370 --> 00:05:13,590 When I got to the top step... 62 00:05:19,270 --> 00:05:20,590 I must have tripped or something. 63 00:05:21,270 --> 00:05:22,390 That's the last you remember? 64 00:05:23,610 --> 00:05:24,610 I'm afraid so. 65 00:05:25,190 --> 00:05:27,230 In fact, now I've lost my door key. 66 00:05:28,190 --> 00:05:29,450 In the fall, I guess. 67 00:05:30,350 --> 00:05:32,810 Michelle was dating a young man named Eric. 68 00:05:33,150 --> 00:05:34,150 Uh -huh. 69 00:05:34,270 --> 00:05:35,270 Eric Rome. 70 00:05:35,890 --> 00:05:38,410 Eric trains animals for TV commercials. 71 00:05:38,810 --> 00:05:42,490 He rents this old place from my uncle out in Saugus. 72 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:44,490 I'd like to talk to Eric. 73 00:05:45,050 --> 00:05:47,310 Michelle has his number in her address book. 74 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:51,000 She keeps it in a drawer under the television. 75 00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:53,700 You won't mind my going through your apartment, Amy? 76 00:05:54,620 --> 00:05:55,620 No. 77 00:05:56,340 --> 00:05:58,760 Mrs. Selby or her son Argus will let you in. 78 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:00,280 They manage the building. 79 00:06:03,220 --> 00:06:05,160 I guess you two can meet properly now. 80 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,060 This is Amy Partridge, Mr. Jones. 81 00:06:09,460 --> 00:06:10,460 Thank you. 82 00:06:11,460 --> 00:06:16,680 Amy... Would you say that this was a good likeness of Michelle? 83 00:06:26,890 --> 00:06:28,770 I guess nobody told you, huh? 84 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:34,310 I'm sorry. 85 00:06:37,970 --> 00:06:39,670 This is a real crack -up. 86 00:06:40,890 --> 00:06:42,010 Me, blind. 87 00:06:43,890 --> 00:06:46,250 I can't really believe it yet myself. 88 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,280 Barnaby Jones. I called... About the key. 89 00:06:58,480 --> 00:06:59,600 Yeah. I got it right here. 90 00:07:00,820 --> 00:07:02,860 Here, I'll show you the apartment. 91 00:07:04,540 --> 00:07:06,220 Left your door open. For the phone. 92 00:07:06,980 --> 00:07:07,980 Mother's gone shopping. 93 00:07:08,580 --> 00:07:10,760 Mr. Selby, I... Oh, Argus, please. 94 00:07:11,540 --> 00:07:13,140 It's a name I'm very proud of. 95 00:07:13,700 --> 00:07:15,200 It means a watchful guardian. 96 00:07:15,540 --> 00:07:16,540 From Argus. 97 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,360 The guardian with a hundred eyes. 98 00:07:18,780 --> 00:07:19,780 In mythology. 99 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:20,839 Greek, wasn't he? 100 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:21,840 You're right. 101 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,640 The guardian with a hundred eyes. 102 00:07:24,650 --> 00:07:26,750 You're the first person I ever met that knew that. 103 00:07:27,350 --> 00:07:30,810 Well, I had a friend who sold sunglasses during the Depression. 104 00:07:31,630 --> 00:07:32,930 He used to have this dream. 105 00:07:33,170 --> 00:07:35,650 He kept dreaming that Argus was his steady customer. 106 00:07:50,010 --> 00:07:53,950 Argus, you didn't happen to find any of Amy Partridge's keys, did you? 107 00:07:54,350 --> 00:07:58,050 A lot of things spilled out of her purse, and I replaced them. And the 108 00:07:58,050 --> 00:07:59,270 went to hospital with Amy. 109 00:07:59,550 --> 00:08:00,650 There's no keys, though. 110 00:08:02,510 --> 00:08:03,610 How long do I live here? 111 00:08:04,170 --> 00:08:05,170 Almost a year. 112 00:08:11,690 --> 00:08:12,690 Fine -looking girl. 113 00:08:13,450 --> 00:08:19,290 Well, I think Michelle is, uh... I don't know. She's too flashy. 114 00:08:20,430 --> 00:08:23,190 You know, it's terrible about Amy being blind. 115 00:08:25,230 --> 00:08:26,950 Wonder why it always happens to good ones. 116 00:08:28,930 --> 00:08:29,930 Do you like Amy? 117 00:08:31,270 --> 00:08:33,330 Well, we never went out or anything. 118 00:08:34,030 --> 00:08:35,030 Michelle? 119 00:08:35,690 --> 00:08:37,850 No, I never asked her. 120 00:08:38,990 --> 00:08:40,929 I mean, guys stand in line to take her out. 121 00:08:41,590 --> 00:08:42,590 Lots of guys. 122 00:08:43,789 --> 00:08:45,150 Maybe that's where Michelle is now. 123 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,580 Argus? Did the girls bring in anybody to do the cleaning? 124 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:08,680 No, they did it all themselves. 125 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,160 They really kept the place spotless. 126 00:09:11,420 --> 00:09:12,860 They vacuum it twice a day. 127 00:09:13,540 --> 00:09:16,160 It's funny, they vacuum it right past the shoelace. 128 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:19,440 It's not mine. 129 00:09:19,940 --> 00:09:21,260 I only wear slip -ons. 130 00:09:21,620 --> 00:09:22,620 You know, loafers. 131 00:09:30,060 --> 00:09:31,060 You know... 132 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:33,400 You know, there was never even a dirty dish in the sink. 133 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:35,660 I really have to say as much for Michelle. 134 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,600 You know, I've been thinking about going to visit Amy in the hospital. 135 00:09:41,820 --> 00:09:42,820 That's our phone. 136 00:09:43,420 --> 00:09:44,500 You make yourself at home. 137 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Find anything? 138 00:11:31,620 --> 00:11:33,300 This shoelace was broken. 139 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,120 It was new. 140 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:39,240 Well, guess who was nosing around the girls' apartment? 141 00:11:40,020 --> 00:11:41,180 Michelle's boyfriend, Eric. 142 00:11:42,340 --> 00:11:43,340 That's right. 143 00:11:43,460 --> 00:11:47,580 A car, fitting your description, complete with the number 47, belongs to 144 00:11:47,580 --> 00:11:48,580 Rome. 145 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:53,640 Information courtesy of the Apollo Car Club. He races on weekends in the 146 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:54,640 division. 147 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:56,660 Amy said this Eric... 148 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,880 Trains animals for TV commercials. 149 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,900 Yeah, he lives with his furry friends out in Saugus. 150 00:12:03,540 --> 00:12:04,540 Michelle's boyfriend. 151 00:12:04,900 --> 00:12:05,900 Small world. 152 00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:09,460 That's because you don't have to drive all the way out to the apartment. 153 00:12:10,780 --> 00:12:16,000 You know, this doesn't surprise me half as much as finding Amy's keys inside the 154 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 apartment. 155 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,560 You said she never even unlocked the door. 156 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,960 Yeah, she was pretty definite about that. 157 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:24,440 I wonder why. 158 00:13:38,830 --> 00:13:39,830 What do you want? 159 00:13:41,050 --> 00:13:43,010 I'm looking for Eric Rome. 160 00:13:43,310 --> 00:13:44,310 What for? 161 00:13:45,850 --> 00:13:51,330 I don't think we were properly introduced the last time. In fact, I'm 162 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:53,010 for Michelle Benedict. 163 00:13:54,050 --> 00:13:55,490 What last time? 164 00:13:55,970 --> 00:13:58,410 Can we talk about Michelle? 165 00:14:00,850 --> 00:14:01,850 Okay. 166 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:25,570 Should be a Mrs. Eric, you know, two for every species. 167 00:14:26,230 --> 00:14:28,490 There isn't. I thought you wanted to talk about Michelle. 168 00:14:28,890 --> 00:14:30,630 Why did you run away from Michelle's apartment? 169 00:14:32,210 --> 00:14:33,210 Because I'm a runner. 170 00:14:34,530 --> 00:14:36,230 Not a talker, I understand. 171 00:14:37,050 --> 00:14:41,590 If a talker had been compromised the way you were, he would have lied himself 172 00:14:41,590 --> 00:14:42,590 past me. 173 00:14:42,690 --> 00:14:44,550 That other guy spoke to you like you were a cop. 174 00:14:45,410 --> 00:14:46,410 I don't dig cops. 175 00:14:46,950 --> 00:14:50,910 I'm a private investigator, and you don't have to dig me, Mr. Rome. Just 176 00:14:50,910 --> 00:14:51,910 whether the book helped you. 177 00:14:52,110 --> 00:14:53,110 What book? 178 00:14:53,550 --> 00:14:54,550 Michelle's address book. 179 00:14:55,670 --> 00:14:56,670 I never saw it. 180 00:14:57,530 --> 00:15:01,070 Eric, I have reason to believe that Michelle is in serious trouble. 181 00:15:01,650 --> 00:15:03,570 Look, I got 28 animals I gotta feed. 182 00:15:03,850 --> 00:15:05,130 I don't have time to talk. 183 00:15:06,150 --> 00:15:10,550 Eric, you did go back and break into the apartment to tidy up. 184 00:15:11,190 --> 00:15:13,010 I was just trying to find Michelle. 185 00:15:13,590 --> 00:15:14,790 When's the last time you saw her? 186 00:15:15,190 --> 00:15:16,190 Thursday night. 187 00:15:16,930 --> 00:15:18,690 Listen, if I knew anything, I'd tell you. 188 00:15:19,190 --> 00:15:20,770 See, these last few weeks, well... 189 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:22,700 We really hit it off. 190 00:15:23,380 --> 00:15:24,400 Including Thursday night? 191 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:27,940 Especially Thursday night. 192 00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:31,060 No sign of her now for five days. 193 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,500 Thought she might be out with some other guy whose number would be in that book. 194 00:15:35,140 --> 00:15:36,340 Started calling the M's. 195 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:40,300 Why don't you get the book and leave that to me? 196 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:43,820 Look, she's my girl. I'm going to handle this my way. 197 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,720 You took that address book. 198 00:15:46,260 --> 00:15:50,840 Let's see, that's breaking and entering, possession of stolen property, 199 00:15:51,630 --> 00:15:53,750 Possible interference with a criminal investigation. 200 00:15:54,130 --> 00:16:01,050 Okay, okay Okay Thanks 201 00:16:01,050 --> 00:16:14,990 I'm 202 00:16:14,990 --> 00:16:16,830 glad I didn't have to go hunting for it 203 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:27,760 someone else's kitchen. 204 00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:31,760 Oh, I bet those roses could use some water. 205 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,440 Oh, 206 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:37,160 Amy's back. 207 00:16:37,780 --> 00:16:41,300 I was just going to knock. I was going to see if I could be of any help. 208 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,260 Sounds like a good idea. 209 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:59,510 Argus, the flowers are from you, aren't they? 210 00:17:00,390 --> 00:17:01,430 I hope you like them. 211 00:17:02,690 --> 00:17:04,630 I guess you got the key I had made for you. 212 00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:06,190 You're very thoughtful. 213 00:17:07,910 --> 00:17:10,510 Well, I just want to welcome you home. 214 00:17:11,310 --> 00:17:12,310 Thank you. 215 00:17:15,390 --> 00:17:16,390 Strange young man. 216 00:17:17,030 --> 00:17:19,869 Can we offer you anything, Mr. Jones? Oh, no, thank you. 217 00:17:20,869 --> 00:17:23,390 Any word yet on Michelle, Mr. Jones? 218 00:17:24,030 --> 00:17:27,770 Well, I'm afraid not, Amy, but I think I found something that you lost. 219 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:32,510 My door keys. 220 00:17:33,290 --> 00:17:34,870 Where on earth did you find them? 221 00:17:35,630 --> 00:17:40,910 Amy, are you sure that you didn't open your door that night, step inside, and 222 00:17:40,910 --> 00:17:45,170 then remembering something you left in your car, stepped out again, and then 223 00:17:45,170 --> 00:17:46,170 took your phone? 224 00:17:46,830 --> 00:17:47,830 I'm positive. 225 00:17:48,270 --> 00:17:50,070 How could I forget something like that? 226 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:57,900 Do you or Michelle have a pair of old brown shoes with laces? 227 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,580 It's hard to tell these days, but I would say men's shoelaces. 228 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:03,380 No? Why? 229 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,840 I found one in here, and it's kind of like finding a billiard table in the 230 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,480 honeymoon suite. You've got to wonder what it's doing there. 231 00:18:12,620 --> 00:18:14,780 Maybe Argus. He let himself in with the roses. 232 00:18:15,380 --> 00:18:19,080 Well, I've got to get back to work, and I've got that appointment with the vet. 233 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,800 We've got a very sick Doberman on our hands. 234 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:23,840 Go ahead, dear. We'll be all right. 235 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:25,720 Amy, 236 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:31,640 I just want you to know that you're going to have the best of care. 237 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,260 The finest specialists, whatever it takes. 238 00:18:37,020 --> 00:18:38,020 I know that. 239 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:39,600 Thank you. 240 00:18:39,820 --> 00:18:40,739 Bye -bye, honey. 241 00:18:40,740 --> 00:18:41,740 Bye. 242 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:43,820 Bye. Bye, Mr. Jones. 243 00:18:44,060 --> 00:18:46,440 Now, don't worry about us. I'll call you later at the office. Good. 244 00:18:49,780 --> 00:18:52,240 Amy, this lamp on the end table, how'd it get broken? 245 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:53,800 It isn't. 246 00:18:54,020 --> 00:18:56,280 I mean, that lamp's brand new, Mr. Jones. 247 00:18:57,220 --> 00:19:00,760 Well, there's a piece broken on the base here. Were you going to glue that back 248 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:01,760 in? 249 00:19:02,220 --> 00:19:06,260 If that lamp's been damaged, I just don't know how that happened. 250 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,800 Mr. Jones, what are you inferring? 251 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:14,320 Well, it's just possible that things went on in here that we don't know 252 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,320 about yet. 253 00:19:16,919 --> 00:19:19,700 Harvey told me how you teach those little ones to swim. 254 00:19:19,980 --> 00:19:21,660 That must be very rewarding work. 255 00:19:24,420 --> 00:19:26,960 I'm sorry you have to wait here so long, huh? 256 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:29,280 Let me see how he's doing. 257 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,400 The stain on this piece of lamp is blood, all right. 258 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,080 AB negative, the rarest. 259 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,420 That ruled out Amy. She's typo. What about Michelle? 260 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:52,000 Barnaby, Mrs. Benedict is so despondent already. I was afraid if I asked her, 261 00:19:52,060 --> 00:19:55,060 she... Well, we've got to know. 262 00:19:55,420 --> 00:19:56,420 The sooner the better. 263 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,400 I was kind of hoping you'd handle it. 264 00:20:05,340 --> 00:20:06,560 Well, did you find anything? 265 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,100 I'm sorry. I'm getting very anxious. 266 00:20:09,940 --> 00:20:11,820 Oh, nothing conclusive, Mrs. Benedict. 267 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:13,840 I meant to ask you. 268 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,340 Does Michelle have any scars, any identifying marks? 269 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,260 That's an ominous question. 270 00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:24,000 Oh, it is just for our fossil spiral. 271 00:20:24,980 --> 00:20:27,520 Oh. Well, yes, there is a scar. 272 00:20:27,820 --> 00:20:30,320 Michelle had a serious operation a few years ago. 273 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:32,960 Well, what was the nature of the operation? 274 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,540 She was in an accident. She suffered a ruptured spleen. I was very worried 275 00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:39,640 her. It was really touch and go for a while. 276 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,040 I suppose there was a lot of internal bleeding. 277 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:43,660 Did she have many transfusions? 278 00:20:44,330 --> 00:20:48,390 Yes, that's what made it so serious. Her blood type is very rare, AB negative. 279 00:22:58,730 --> 00:22:59,730 Okay, baby. 280 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,680 Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. 281 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:16,760 Now you see why I don't lock my door. 282 00:23:17,580 --> 00:23:19,020 It gets loose once in a while. 283 00:23:20,260 --> 00:23:21,260 Anything I can do for you? 284 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:23,640 I'll let you know. 285 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:31,360 Perfect match. 286 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:33,120 Take a look for yourself. 287 00:23:37,070 --> 00:23:38,450 See how the threads fit together? 288 00:23:39,290 --> 00:23:43,610 This means the shoelace that you found in Eric's shack... Matches the one that 289 00:23:43,610 --> 00:23:45,370 found in Michelle and Amy's apartment. 290 00:23:46,890 --> 00:23:50,190 Well, you can add to that what I came in to tell you. 291 00:23:50,570 --> 00:23:52,050 Lieutenant Hager returns your call. 292 00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:54,190 Eric Rome does have a record. 293 00:23:54,430 --> 00:23:55,430 Two counts of assault. 294 00:23:56,510 --> 00:23:58,050 That makes him a pretty good suspect. 295 00:23:58,830 --> 00:24:01,470 Yes, and he knows that, too. That's probably why he set the cat on you. 296 00:24:02,410 --> 00:24:07,120 Betty, that number in Michelle's address book... It didn't have a name attached. 297 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:08,700 Oh, yes. 298 00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:10,040 Valley Vista Motel. 299 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:24,100 When was that young lady last registered here? 300 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:27,620 Devious, Mr. Jones, the way you worded that question. 301 00:24:28,260 --> 00:24:30,200 The inference is that I have seen her. 302 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,100 And now you'll want to know when and how often. 303 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:36,660 Neat the way you avoided the question, Mr. Strather. 304 00:24:37,420 --> 00:24:39,340 You're more than just a concerned parent. 305 00:24:39,660 --> 00:24:40,660 Private investigator. 306 00:24:42,660 --> 00:24:46,980 We're a motel in a very romantic setting, Mr. Jones. 307 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,480 In my business, we have professional ethics. 308 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:51,960 And in mine. 309 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:56,960 We know how to honor our confidence. Now, I could plant myself in your lobby 310 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,680 down there in the pool and whip out this photograph and start asking all sorts 311 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:01,439 of questions. 312 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:02,460 All right, all right. 313 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,580 I've noticed her. What man wouldn't? 314 00:25:05,820 --> 00:25:06,820 Stunning girl. 315 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:07,839 Who was she with? 316 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,140 No one. She was alone. 317 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:11,120 You sure? 318 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:15,080 We always notice a stunner like that when she registers alone, Mr. Jones. 319 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:20,500 Well, couldn't somebody have come up and joined her in her room later? 320 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:22,220 It's possible. 321 00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:26,700 Mr. Jones, some of our guests use great discretion. 322 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:32,060 This is a community of thousands of familiar faces, and it's quite possible 323 00:25:32,060 --> 00:25:33,060 some... 324 00:25:33,310 --> 00:25:37,330 companion came to a room while she was here and left before she checked out. I 325 00:25:37,330 --> 00:25:39,850 have no idea who the gentleman was. Excuse me. 326 00:25:47,790 --> 00:25:49,210 Hello, Eric. What are you doing here? 327 00:25:52,810 --> 00:25:55,790 I've got as much right here as you do, Jones, so lay off, huh? 328 00:25:56,150 --> 00:26:00,590 I'd like to, but how do I know that anonymous visitor in Michelle's room 329 00:26:00,590 --> 00:26:01,399 wasn't you? 330 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,120 I came here for the same reason you did. 331 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:04,700 I told you. 332 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,400 I got through calling the M's in her book. 333 00:26:07,420 --> 00:26:08,640 I found this number in there. 334 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,600 I found something, too. 335 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,480 I found the other piece of this shoelace in a pair of your shoes in your closet. 336 00:26:16,940 --> 00:26:18,040 So what does that prove? 337 00:26:18,900 --> 00:26:21,500 It could prove that you were in the girl's apartment the night Michelle 338 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:22,500 disappeared. 339 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,080 Forget it, Jones. 340 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:25,900 I don't even own a pair of laces that color. 341 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:27,400 Then how'd they get in your shoes? 342 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:30,140 Somebody must have planted them there. 343 00:26:30,590 --> 00:26:33,090 My door's always open. You know, you wanted in, didn't you? 344 00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:34,610 Expect me to believe that? 345 00:26:36,810 --> 00:26:38,730 Nobody's ever called me a liar, old man. 346 00:26:39,590 --> 00:26:42,350 It's always the first time for everything, Sonny. 347 00:27:04,050 --> 00:27:05,530 Not unless it comes frozen. 348 00:27:06,610 --> 00:27:09,450 It's your favorite dish and you don't have half the ingredients? 349 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:13,310 Oh, I should have brought more groceries when I had your Uncle Paul here to 350 00:27:13,310 --> 00:27:14,330 carry them for me. 351 00:27:15,250 --> 00:27:18,730 Well, listen, it won't take me ten minutes to run down to that little 352 00:27:18,730 --> 00:27:19,649 the corner. 353 00:27:19,650 --> 00:27:23,010 You won't mind being alone for just a few minutes, Amy, will you? 354 00:27:23,610 --> 00:27:25,170 Might as well start getting used to it. 355 00:27:28,890 --> 00:27:29,890 Amy? 356 00:27:30,330 --> 00:27:31,930 Besides, I need some cream rinse. 357 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:33,930 I'll be shampooing while you're gone, okay? 358 00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:37,310 Well, I don't think you can drown in the bathroom sink. 359 00:27:38,710 --> 00:27:39,710 I'll be right back. 360 00:28:15,830 --> 00:28:16,970 Forget something, Aunt Ellen? 361 00:28:20,250 --> 00:28:21,250 Who is it? 362 00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:26,870 There. 363 00:28:47,210 --> 00:28:48,210 Who are you? 364 00:28:51,450 --> 00:28:52,450 What do you want? 365 00:28:56,510 --> 00:28:57,930 I know someone's here. 366 00:28:59,650 --> 00:29:00,650 Michelle? 367 00:29:02,550 --> 00:29:03,550 Is it you? 368 00:29:07,210 --> 00:29:08,210 Answer me. 369 00:29:32,140 --> 00:29:33,140 Unlock the door. 370 00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:37,040 Open it up or I'll break it in. 371 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:39,160 What's the matter? 372 00:29:39,380 --> 00:29:40,720 Someone was just here, I know it. 373 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,180 Anselm went to the market. 374 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:03,860 It's all right, Amy. He's gone now. 375 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,220 What's to keep him from coming back? 376 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:14,920 Amy. 377 00:30:16,540 --> 00:30:18,180 Just now you saw something, didn't you? 378 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:22,720 No. 379 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:25,360 Of course not. 380 00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:27,780 How could I see anything? 381 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,680 I heard Amy calling. I came to see if I could help. 382 00:30:35,540 --> 00:30:36,540 What happened? 383 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,980 It was exactly as though she saw the pistol. I mean, actually saw it. 384 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,380 Doctor, does that mean anything? 385 00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:59,280 A gun usually symbolizes jeopardy. 386 00:31:02,410 --> 00:31:04,730 Mr. Jones, you may have found the last piece of the puzzle. 387 00:31:06,090 --> 00:31:08,870 Does the term hysterical blindness mean anything to you? 388 00:31:09,390 --> 00:31:12,650 No, but I once ran across a case of hysterical paralysis. 389 00:31:12,950 --> 00:31:15,830 I had a client confined to a wheelchair. 390 00:31:16,110 --> 00:31:19,670 A parade of specialists could find nothing wrong with him. 391 00:31:19,930 --> 00:31:21,790 And one day the wheelchair broke. 392 00:31:22,030 --> 00:31:25,090 He started to roll down a driveway toward a busy street. 393 00:31:25,310 --> 00:31:28,490 And his power to walk suddenly returned to him. That's right. 394 00:31:28,690 --> 00:31:31,610 The traffic represented jeopardy. 395 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:33,660 Just as your gun did to Amy. 396 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:38,380 For one instant, self -preservation overrode her need to be blind. 397 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:40,440 That must be it, Mr. Jones. 398 00:31:41,420 --> 00:31:45,080 And it explains why we haven't been able to find any physical damage that would 399 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,080 account for her blindness. 400 00:31:46,340 --> 00:31:52,300 The way I figure, she saw something that frightened her, so she blocked out the 401 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:56,840 memory of what she saw, along with the sight that had enabled her to see it. 402 00:31:57,180 --> 00:31:58,180 Exactly. 403 00:31:59,370 --> 00:32:02,130 You think this relates in some way to her missing roommate? 404 00:32:02,570 --> 00:32:03,710 That's what I'm afraid of. 405 00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:09,570 It would explain, for one thing, why I found Amy's keys inside the apartment. 406 00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:16,870 I figure Amy unlocked the door, stepped inside, saw something, backed away, 407 00:32:17,090 --> 00:32:19,310 and took her fall. 408 00:32:20,970 --> 00:32:23,370 She may well have been blind before she fell. 409 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:28,020 It also explains the blood on the lamp, the broken light bulb, and the hurried 410 00:32:28,020 --> 00:32:30,380 attempt to make it look as if nothing had happened in that room. 411 00:32:32,020 --> 00:32:36,200 So you think she saw Michelle and some kind of a thing? 412 00:32:38,460 --> 00:32:41,420 I think that Amy saw something terrible happen to Michelle. 413 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,840 You add it up, Betty. There was a struggle in the apartment. 414 00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:47,020 Amy walked in on it. 415 00:32:47,940 --> 00:32:49,180 The intruder saw her. 416 00:32:49,620 --> 00:32:50,620 She saw him. 417 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:52,940 He has to make sure. 418 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,980 That she never gets a chance to identify him. 419 00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:00,940 If I'm right, he knows she's an eyewitness to whatever he did to 420 00:33:01,660 --> 00:33:05,540 Why is he risking coming back when he knows the eyewitness is blind and has 421 00:33:05,540 --> 00:33:07,200 blocked out all memory of what happened? 422 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:14,600 Because he knows that when Amy hears the truth, she will see and she will 423 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,840 remember. Is it that simple? 424 00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:19,700 No. No, it isn't. 425 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,960 Because Amy doesn't want to hear the truth. 426 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,680 And she will fight to keep from hearing it. 427 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,880 She'd rather be blind than remember the awful thing that happened to Michelle. 428 00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:31,660 Exactly. 429 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,040 Oh, Barnaby, I forgot. 430 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,380 The information you wanted on Argus Selby. 431 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:43,860 He spent 1970 and 1971 in a San Diego mental hospital. 432 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:48,560 He was committed by his mother after an attempted assault on a young woman. 433 00:33:55,210 --> 00:33:56,210 Isn't this interesting? 434 00:33:56,630 --> 00:34:00,590 From what you've told me of Argus, he hardly seems the type to have 435 00:34:00,590 --> 00:34:02,230 meetings in the Valley Vista Motel. 436 00:34:02,730 --> 00:34:03,730 Why not? 437 00:34:04,130 --> 00:34:06,190 Eric has his place out in Saugus. 438 00:34:07,010 --> 00:34:10,449 Argus can hardly entertain at home because he lives there with his mother. 439 00:34:11,090 --> 00:34:13,929 Well, then it's a good thing your aunt insisted that Amy move out to the beach 440 00:34:13,929 --> 00:34:16,350 house. At least those two women aren't alone in that apartment. 441 00:34:17,690 --> 00:34:22,070 If you hadn't scared off that prowler... You know, Betty... 442 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:30,380 Amy has all the answers It's my job to find the right 443 00:34:30,380 --> 00:34:31,380 question 444 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,720 When I've got a week on location with eight of my animals, it goes Monday. 445 00:35:09,020 --> 00:35:12,040 I'll be able to pay you all the back rent two weeks after that. At which time 446 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,420 you'll be another month overdue. 447 00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:16,940 Two or three lousy weeks is all I'm asking. Now look, I'll give you three 448 00:35:16,940 --> 00:35:18,600 weeks to come up with it, and that is it. 449 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,120 Who's following who today, Joan? 450 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:34,640 Eric, I want you to stay around a while. 451 00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:36,190 Yeah, why not? 452 00:35:40,030 --> 00:35:44,310 Mr. Jones, I told you exactly what happened the night I fell. 453 00:35:44,610 --> 00:35:45,610 I know that, Amy. 454 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:48,970 I wonder if you understand why I'm asking all these questions. 455 00:35:49,590 --> 00:35:50,590 To a point. 456 00:35:50,990 --> 00:35:54,650 But you seem to think that I know more about what happened to Michelle than I'm 457 00:35:54,650 --> 00:35:58,310 telling. It's just possible, Amy, that you know more than you realize. 458 00:35:59,170 --> 00:36:00,530 You're not making any sense. 459 00:36:01,350 --> 00:36:02,350 Amy, listen to me. 460 00:36:02,570 --> 00:36:07,510 If it sounds like... I don't believe you, or that I'm trying to trick you, 461 00:36:07,570 --> 00:36:14,250 please trust me when I say that my only interest is in finding Michelle 462 00:36:14,250 --> 00:36:16,530 and helping you. Will you believe that? 463 00:36:18,030 --> 00:36:19,030 All right. 464 00:36:20,130 --> 00:36:23,110 Now, how did you and Michelle get along? 465 00:36:24,090 --> 00:36:25,090 Great. 466 00:36:25,990 --> 00:36:32,830 She's a lot more aggressive and outgoing than I am, but I admire 467 00:36:32,830 --> 00:36:33,830 that in her. 468 00:36:34,140 --> 00:36:35,140 No big arguments. 469 00:36:35,540 --> 00:36:38,260 Mr. Charles, this is taking a rather bizarre turn. 470 00:36:38,980 --> 00:36:42,460 I'm trying to establish that Amy was very fond of Michelle. 471 00:36:43,340 --> 00:36:47,380 Now, let's go back to the night of your accident. You told me that you had the 472 00:36:47,380 --> 00:36:48,640 key to your apartment in your hand. 473 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:50,740 Yes. 474 00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:54,140 I think that you opened the door. 475 00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:56,340 I told you I didn't. 476 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:57,880 You stepped inside. 477 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,240 No, I was never inside. 478 00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:02,820 And you heard something, something that sounded like a struggle. 479 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,700 There wasn't. I didn't go inside. 480 00:37:05,980 --> 00:37:08,300 You were scared. Matter of fact, you were terrified. 481 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,280 That isn't the way it happened. 482 00:37:10,620 --> 00:37:11,620 You screamed. 483 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,040 You dropped the key where I found it. Oh, please stop it. 484 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:16,280 And then you turned and ran. 485 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,520 Make him stop, please. It's all lies. Please stop. 486 00:37:20,820 --> 00:37:23,000 Mr. Jones, you're going much too far. 487 00:37:23,300 --> 00:37:26,120 My wife is right, you know. I think Amy's going to another. 488 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:28,900 It's quite kind of rough, don't you, Jones? 489 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:30,800 Could we, uh... 490 00:37:31,470 --> 00:37:32,870 Go into another room, please 491 00:37:32,870 --> 00:37:56,310 Amy's 492 00:37:56,310 --> 00:38:00,490 reaction to my questions confirms what the doctor has already told you folks 493 00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:02,980 that her blindness is hysterical. 494 00:38:03,540 --> 00:38:07,280 I keep trying to bring the truth into focus, and she just won't face it. 495 00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:11,940 It seems to me you're exploiting our niece to solve your case. 496 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,260 Now, it does come off that way, Jones. 497 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,380 There may be a certain amount of truth in that, but I'd like to leave here with 498 00:38:17,380 --> 00:38:21,060 my case solved, but what's more important, with Amy's sight restored. 499 00:38:21,820 --> 00:38:24,000 It all sounds very far -fetched. 500 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,000 Your niece is in jeopardy. 501 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,580 Whoever it was hiding in her apartment. 502 00:38:29,130 --> 00:38:31,750 He didn't want to call off his plans just because you moved out here. 503 00:38:39,530 --> 00:38:40,570 There's someone out there. 504 00:38:47,110 --> 00:38:48,110 Argus Shelby. 505 00:38:48,230 --> 00:38:49,310 Were you expecting him? 506 00:38:50,230 --> 00:38:51,230 Heavens, no. 507 00:38:52,810 --> 00:38:55,570 Now he has the dogs upset, and one of them's sick. 508 00:38:56,390 --> 00:38:57,590 I'll take a look at the dogs. 509 00:38:59,859 --> 00:39:01,440 I'll go see what Argus is up to. 510 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:03,520 You come with me, Eric. 511 00:39:32,230 --> 00:39:33,410 I just thought I'd visit Amy. 512 00:39:37,830 --> 00:39:38,830 It's just me, honey. 513 00:39:40,690 --> 00:39:43,930 You startled me. I didn't hear you come in. 514 00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:46,050 Where's your aunt? 515 00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:47,390 Making some tea. 516 00:39:48,710 --> 00:39:52,690 Now, this has been pretty difficult for you, hasn't it, Pigeon? 517 00:39:53,810 --> 00:39:57,830 I just don't know what Mr. Jones wants me to say. Well, maybe we'll just call 518 00:39:57,830 --> 00:39:58,830 quits on him. 519 00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:00,030 Can we? 520 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,580 Now, when was I ever able to say no to you? 521 00:40:04,980 --> 00:40:06,960 You're the greatest uncle in the world. 522 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,360 Say, you know what does it for me when I've been through the ringer? What? 523 00:40:14,220 --> 00:40:16,320 A nice, long walk. 524 00:40:17,020 --> 00:40:18,420 Sounds like a wonderful idea. 525 00:40:57,740 --> 00:41:00,360 Miss Cleveland, do you know where Amy is? 526 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:02,820 No, I don't. I left her right here. 527 00:41:04,580 --> 00:41:05,840 I better take a look outside. 528 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,540 Uncle Paul, Mr. 529 00:41:35,780 --> 00:41:39,380 Jones said that the doctor had a long talk with you and Aunt Ellen. 530 00:41:40,580 --> 00:41:44,920 Yes. It helped us to understand what's happened to you. 531 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,480 It's called hysterical blindness. 532 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:50,940 Tell me about it. 533 00:41:54,380 --> 00:41:56,520 It's really kind of complicated. 534 00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:58,560 Please. 535 00:42:06,380 --> 00:42:12,080 The one thing I keep remembering is how your blindness may have been caused by 536 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:17,920 the sight of someone very near and dear to you doing something. 537 00:42:19,380 --> 00:42:20,660 Something that shocked you. 538 00:42:22,980 --> 00:42:25,240 Something that shattered your image in that person. 539 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,920 That would be Michelle. 540 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,280 According to the questions Mr. Jones keeps asking me. 541 00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:41,630 Michelle was very dear to you. 542 00:42:42,710 --> 00:42:44,910 I wish you wouldn't keep saying was. 543 00:43:12,940 --> 00:43:13,960 See it? Turn and look. 544 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,080 You saw the drop, didn't you, Amy? 545 00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:29,900 Just as you saw the pistol when I put it back in my holster. 546 00:43:31,420 --> 00:43:33,280 Your uncle led you to the edge, didn't he? 547 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:34,880 I don't know what you mean. 548 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:36,720 Did you know how close you were? 549 00:43:37,620 --> 00:43:39,720 No, I... Uncle Paul? 550 00:43:40,460 --> 00:43:41,980 You saw what happened to Michelle. 551 00:43:42,460 --> 00:43:43,680 No, that's not true. 552 00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,800 You unlocked your apartment door. You let yourself in. You dropped the key. 553 00:43:48,060 --> 00:43:51,020 Stop it. I didn't. That's not the way it happened. 554 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:52,700 Oh, please make him stop. 555 00:43:53,060 --> 00:43:54,060 You saw Michelle. 556 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:58,320 You saw a struggle. The apartment was in a shambles. You saw a man there. 557 00:43:58,560 --> 00:43:59,560 Michelle's killer. 558 00:43:59,740 --> 00:44:01,920 You saw him, Amy. 559 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:03,580 Just as you're seeing him now. 560 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:05,880 Was you. 561 00:44:07,380 --> 00:44:08,380 Was you. 562 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,080 You tried to make it look as if Eric did it. 563 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:13,400 You even planted the shoelaces on him. 564 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:19,660 Amy, she was going to stop seeing me because of that kid. 565 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:21,140 She'd fall in love with him. 566 00:44:22,220 --> 00:44:23,480 I couldn't let her go. 567 00:44:24,380 --> 00:44:25,980 She threatened to tell your aunt. 568 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:29,180 You killed Michelle. 569 00:44:58,990 --> 00:44:59,990 Or did you bury Michelle? 570 00:45:05,070 --> 00:45:06,070 In the woods. 571 00:45:09,310 --> 00:45:11,230 Take him to my car and stay with him. 572 00:45:17,970 --> 00:45:19,050 Let's go home now, Amy.