1 00:00:00,810 --> 00:00:01,810 It's a hoax. 2 00:00:02,130 --> 00:00:03,650 Elaborately planned hoax. 3 00:00:04,030 --> 00:00:05,730 It is not a hoax. 4 00:00:05,950 --> 00:00:08,750 Look, that is Michael's handwriting. 5 00:00:09,270 --> 00:00:11,270 Tonight, on Simon and Simon. 6 00:00:13,470 --> 00:00:14,470 Michael's dead. 7 00:00:14,670 --> 00:00:15,670 He's alive. 8 00:00:15,770 --> 00:00:19,030 It's like saying, I don't know my own husband when I see him. 9 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:25,170 If I don't get that money, I'm a dead man. 10 00:00:25,510 --> 00:00:29,350 You'll never see me again. She's gonna give it to him. 500 ,000 piglets. 11 00:01:58,730 --> 00:01:59,750 He's not on deck. 12 00:02:01,350 --> 00:02:05,650 Ouch, it's gone. He must have taken it out before this hit. Out of this storm? 13 00:02:06,710 --> 00:02:09,250 My God, we must find him. 14 00:02:09,509 --> 00:02:11,170 Ow! My God! 15 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,360 Margaret, it's Cecilia. 16 00:03:28,740 --> 00:03:29,980 Margaret? 17 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:14,880 Margaret? Margaret? 18 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,260 Seats, come here. Look, it's Michael. 19 00:04:17,860 --> 00:04:18,860 He's come back. 20 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:23,870 What did you say it was? 21 00:04:24,510 --> 00:04:26,190 Michael. It's a miracle. 22 00:04:26,570 --> 00:04:27,990 Margaret, Michael's dead. 23 00:04:28,510 --> 00:04:31,090 Oh, no, no, he's not. You just saw him. 24 00:04:31,310 --> 00:04:32,430 I saw somebody. 25 00:04:32,670 --> 00:04:33,870 You saw Michael. 26 00:04:34,390 --> 00:04:37,410 Oh, Cece, talk to me. He touched me. 27 00:04:37,650 --> 00:04:38,650 He's alive. 28 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,220 Aren't you afraid of losing a finger? 29 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,260 That's what your finger bowl's for. 30 00:05:03,740 --> 00:05:04,740 Come here. 31 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,260 I'll show you how you do it. 32 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:08,480 Okay. 33 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:15,520 Now, just keep the knife coming down the same place on the board 34 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,400 and push the food into the knife. 35 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:21,220 That's right. 36 00:05:24,780 --> 00:05:25,780 That's it. 37 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:27,420 Now we're getting somewhere. 38 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,160 Isn't your sauce boiling over? 39 00:05:31,380 --> 00:05:32,380 It certainly is. 40 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:36,720 Ah! 41 00:05:38,780 --> 00:05:40,580 You're right. It is boiling. 42 00:05:42,740 --> 00:05:43,740 Not to worry. 43 00:05:44,380 --> 00:05:45,720 I'll just put the milk in it. 44 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:48,040 I'll take care of that problem. 45 00:05:50,660 --> 00:05:53,220 Milk. Actually, half and half would be better. Where is that? 46 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,080 Here we go. 47 00:05:57,420 --> 00:05:58,420 Okay. 48 00:06:01,490 --> 00:06:07,770 Adam. Hey, babe. Would you... Cindy? 49 00:06:18,430 --> 00:06:19,470 Cindy? Cindy? 50 00:06:24,970 --> 00:06:30,300 No. I can tell that you're... New at this and probably inexperienced, so I'm 51 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:31,940 going to show you how it's done. 52 00:06:32,220 --> 00:06:39,140 First of all, you insert the index finger under the tab and then gently but 53 00:06:39,140 --> 00:06:41,760 firmly pull it toward your body. 54 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:45,920 Oh, is she with you? 55 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:50,920 Saved by the bell. 56 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:56,940 To Lucille Trek Bar and Grill. Short order specialty, no long wait, little 57 00:06:56,940 --> 00:06:57,940 people welcome. 58 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,620 Uh, hi, Mom. 59 00:07:01,460 --> 00:07:04,740 No, ma 'am, just, I was just fooling around. 60 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:08,120 No, I've got a date. 61 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:10,800 Mom always calls him. She likes him better. 62 00:07:11,060 --> 00:07:12,060 Is she okay? 63 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,080 Well, what happened? 64 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:19,840 Oh, yes, yes, I agree entirely. 65 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:23,560 Oh, no. 66 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:25,820 I'm sure he wouldn't mind. 67 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,820 In fact, I think he'll be glad to go over to Margaret's house. He was just 68 00:07:29,820 --> 00:07:31,160 saying he had nothing to do this evening. 69 00:07:32,540 --> 00:07:33,540 Telephone. 70 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:34,760 For you. 71 00:08:54,380 --> 00:08:55,380 Come on, Bill. 72 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,380 Ladies, would you care for me one? No, thank you. No, thank you. 73 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,180 I'll be right back. 74 00:09:39,689 --> 00:09:41,990 Yes. He's in some kind of trouble. 75 00:09:42,650 --> 00:09:43,990 He needs my help. 76 00:09:46,850 --> 00:09:47,850 Margaret. 77 00:09:49,510 --> 00:09:50,510 Michael's dead. 78 00:09:50,810 --> 00:09:52,430 He's been dead for four years. 79 00:09:52,710 --> 00:09:54,750 They never found his body. 80 00:09:54,990 --> 00:09:57,550 He was 13 miles offshore. 81 00:09:57,970 --> 00:10:00,410 I remember that storm as one of the worst I've ever seen. 82 00:10:00,770 --> 00:10:01,770 Well, he survived. 83 00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:06,650 Somehow. And simply disappeared for four years? 84 00:10:07,010 --> 00:10:12,380 Yes. I don't know where he was or what he was doing, but he seemed very 85 00:10:12,380 --> 00:10:13,580 frightened at the restaurant. 86 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,760 He wouldn't tell me what was going on. 87 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,720 I think he's trying to protect me from some kind of trouble he's in. 88 00:10:19,980 --> 00:10:23,280 Did he mention anything about money? 89 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:26,720 What if he did? 90 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,180 Margaret, it's a setup. 91 00:10:28,980 --> 00:10:29,980 It's a fraud. 92 00:10:30,140 --> 00:10:33,360 Someone is impersonating Michael trying to bilk you out of your savings. 93 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,700 He was not an imposter. He was my husband. 94 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,980 Look, Michael told me it was important that nobody knows he's alive. 95 00:10:41,620 --> 00:10:43,280 I shouldn't even be telling you. 96 00:10:43,580 --> 00:10:44,580 Well, you're forgetting something. 97 00:10:45,060 --> 00:10:46,120 We loved him, too. 98 00:10:47,060 --> 00:10:51,660 When Dad died, it was Michael who filled that hole inside me. Remember he used 99 00:10:51,660 --> 00:10:54,160 to go to all the ballgames that either one of us ever played in? 100 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,000 Taught me how to tune an engine. Taught me how to sail. 101 00:10:58,180 --> 00:11:00,500 We'd like him to be alive just as much as you would. 102 00:11:01,180 --> 00:11:03,560 He is, A .J., he is. 103 00:11:04,180 --> 00:11:05,840 Margaret, I want you to do me a favor. 104 00:11:06,330 --> 00:11:09,890 I want you to let A .J. and Rick stay here with you in the house for a few 105 00:11:09,890 --> 00:11:11,810 until we find out for sure what's going on. 106 00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:14,630 You think I'm crazy. 107 00:11:14,890 --> 00:11:19,610 No, we think that there's a chance that somebody is trying to swindle you out of 108 00:11:19,610 --> 00:11:20,329 a lot of money. 109 00:11:20,330 --> 00:11:22,670 Well, that's the same thing as saying I'm crazy. 110 00:11:23,530 --> 00:11:26,650 It's like saying I don't know my own husband when I see him. 111 00:11:27,930 --> 00:11:29,250 There is another possibility. 112 00:11:30,770 --> 00:11:31,950 Maybe Michael is alive. 113 00:11:32,990 --> 00:11:34,390 And maybe he is in danger. 114 00:11:35,310 --> 00:11:38,650 And if that's the case, you're in just as much danger as he is, no matter how 115 00:11:38,650 --> 00:11:39,870 hard he tries to protect you. 116 00:11:44,190 --> 00:11:45,190 Okay. 117 00:12:02,730 --> 00:12:03,730 Isn't that nice? 118 00:12:08,780 --> 00:12:10,660 Never seen such beautiful roses. 119 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,180 They're so pretty. Come on, Chad. 120 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,960 Balloons, balloons, catch your balloons. 121 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,240 If this were really Michael, Michael knows AJ. He wouldn't run away from it. 122 00:13:30,740 --> 00:13:31,740 Wasn't really him, was it? 123 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:34,900 I don't know. 124 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,580 I love it when you're so specific. 125 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:38,280 Rick is right. 126 00:13:38,420 --> 00:13:41,700 No matter what kind of trouble Michael was in, he wouldn't have run away like 127 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:43,440 that. No, wait a minute. What did you say? 128 00:13:44,260 --> 00:13:47,460 I said if it were really Michael, he would... No, no. Skip back to the first 129 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:48,099 part of that. 130 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:49,180 I said you were right. 131 00:13:49,740 --> 00:13:52,420 Thanks, Mom. That's the first time you ever admitted I was right about 132 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:54,700 ever. Don't let it go to your head. 133 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,600 Could we get back to the matter at hand? 134 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,000 Yes. Margaret, do you still believe it's Michael? 135 00:14:02,140 --> 00:14:03,140 Yes, I do. 136 00:14:03,740 --> 00:14:08,600 A .J.? Well, it looked a little like him. 137 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,040 Well, then this whole thing really doesn't make any sense. If it's really 138 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,560 Michael, why doesn't he just come forward and claim the money? 139 00:14:14,860 --> 00:14:15,860 Legally, it's his. 140 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:17,240 Half of it, anyway. 141 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:18,700 How much are we talking about? 142 00:14:20,580 --> 00:14:22,120 Has he told you how much he needs? 143 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:24,060 $500 ,000. 144 00:14:25,619 --> 00:14:26,619 Oh, well. 145 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,440 Dropped in a bucket. 146 00:14:42,780 --> 00:14:43,820 $500 ,000. 147 00:14:46,180 --> 00:14:47,920 You know what? She's going to pay those jokers. 148 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:49,920 Yeah, unless we stop her. 149 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:52,440 Go on out and use the phone in the hall, okay? 150 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:54,740 See if this thing works. 151 00:15:08,740 --> 00:15:10,700 Hello? Hello, Cindy. Rick Simon. 152 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,120 Well, hello. 153 00:15:12,340 --> 00:15:16,140 Listen, you remember the other night when I exposed you to the fine art of 154 00:15:16,140 --> 00:15:18,300 opening a can of beer? Oh, how could I forget? 155 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:20,740 Well, I just thought you might want a little refresher course. 156 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,580 AJ already knows how to open a can of beer. 157 00:15:25,980 --> 00:15:27,260 Speaking of the devil, here he comes. 158 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,560 I think maybe he wants to talk to you. Hang on just a second. 159 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,680 You're just jealous. 160 00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:34,180 I can't blame the guy for trying. 161 00:15:35,180 --> 00:15:36,180 Hi, Cindy. 162 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,040 You'll have to excuse my brother. 163 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:39,900 The whole family does. 164 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,000 Yeah. How are you? 165 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:46,240 I thought the mail already came. 166 00:15:46,940 --> 00:15:47,940 Oh, it did. 167 00:15:48,860 --> 00:15:50,900 This is special delivery. 168 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,160 Out from Randy. Oh. 169 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:57,200 Yeah, he, um, apparently needs some money. 170 00:15:58,060 --> 00:15:59,060 Who doesn't? 171 00:15:59,180 --> 00:16:01,100 I thought Randy was doing really well, though. 172 00:16:01,540 --> 00:16:02,459 Oh, he was. 173 00:16:02,460 --> 00:16:08,120 He, um, well, you know the stock market. Yeah. Up one day, down the next. Yeah. 174 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:11,020 He's, um, going through a down period. 175 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,020 Mind if I read it? 176 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,420 Yes, I do. 177 00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:31,089 See you Friday. 178 00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:32,090 We'll have dessert. 179 00:16:32,330 --> 00:16:33,330 Bye -bye. 180 00:16:33,810 --> 00:16:34,810 Hey, Chef. 181 00:16:34,850 --> 00:16:35,850 Yo. 182 00:16:36,570 --> 00:16:38,150 I think you better come look at this. 183 00:16:39,750 --> 00:16:40,749 What do we got? 184 00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:44,190 No, no, no. Margaret's and my fingerprints are already all over it. I 185 00:16:44,190 --> 00:16:45,710 think we ought to confuse the issue anymore. 186 00:16:46,210 --> 00:16:52,950 Dearest Margaret, I know this is hard to understand, but I simply can't talk to 187 00:16:52,950 --> 00:16:57,890 you when others are present, even if it's an old friend like A .J. 188 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:05,700 You must ask Rick and AJ to stay out of this. Their interference could put my 189 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:10,980 life in more danger than it already is. Send them home now before it's too late. 190 00:17:15,180 --> 00:17:16,180 Margaret. 191 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,240 The Hulk. 192 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:26,940 It's a cruel, vicious... 193 00:17:27,490 --> 00:17:28,870 Elaborately planned hoax. 194 00:17:29,130 --> 00:17:30,350 No. Yes. 195 00:17:31,010 --> 00:17:33,770 You're playing with your head, Margaret. That's the only way this thing figures. 196 00:17:34,330 --> 00:17:38,430 Now, whoever is behind this, they've just researched your entire background 197 00:17:38,430 --> 00:17:40,930 Michael's and then found somebody who looked like him. No. 198 00:17:41,230 --> 00:17:45,970 It is not a hoax. Look, that is Michael's handwriting. 199 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:20,500 Here we go. 200 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:26,000 Myron, this is Margaret Wells. Margaret, this is our associate, Myron Fowler. 201 00:18:26,540 --> 00:18:27,600 Glad to meet you. 202 00:18:28,260 --> 00:18:29,260 How do you do? 203 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:34,920 You guys have fun. 204 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:36,900 See you later. 205 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:40,360 Come on. 206 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Nice place. 207 00:19:11,590 --> 00:19:17,570 Just leave him alone and let him lick him and smell him and stick him up to 208 00:19:17,570 --> 00:19:19,230 ear and see if they whisper anything to him. 209 00:19:20,830 --> 00:19:22,090 I heard that, Mr. Simon. 210 00:19:22,470 --> 00:19:25,910 I would like for you to know that I am a handwriting expert. 211 00:19:27,550 --> 00:19:30,130 Not some asinine psychic. 212 00:19:32,010 --> 00:19:36,910 Excuse me, but in your professional opinion, Mr. Teitelman... No, no, no. 213 00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:39,730 Nobody calls me Mr. Teitelman. No. 214 00:19:40,490 --> 00:19:41,490 Just Siggy. 215 00:19:41,670 --> 00:19:42,870 Siggy, Siggy, please. 216 00:19:43,890 --> 00:19:44,890 Siggy? 217 00:19:45,850 --> 00:19:50,450 Siggy, uh, what we want to know is, were those two letters written by the same 218 00:19:50,450 --> 00:19:54,730 man? This is the letter that was recently received, and this is the 219 00:19:54,730 --> 00:19:57,530 written to the woman by her husband approximately four years ago, correct? 220 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:02,130 And you would like for me to tell you if both letters were written by the same 221 00:20:02,130 --> 00:20:03,130 man, huh? 222 00:20:03,230 --> 00:20:04,850 If that's not too much trouble. 223 00:20:06,050 --> 00:20:08,350 The answer is... 224 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,280 Yes. Yes. And no. 225 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:20,220 And no. That is, the character seems to have the same 226 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:26,740 flourishes and arcs. And the way he dots his eyes is definitely quite 227 00:20:26,740 --> 00:20:31,520 similar. And yet there's something not quite right. 228 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:36,080 Would you care to expound on that? 229 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:40,920 At your leisure, of course. 230 00:20:43,580 --> 00:20:48,920 This recent sample has a lot of stops and starts in it. 231 00:20:49,860 --> 00:20:54,740 If you'll notice, there's a slight ragged mark. 232 00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:59,600 And then there's a solid concentration of ink on the mark. And then you'll find 233 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,440 them within the word. 234 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:02,760 Isn't that something? 235 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:06,540 It's as if he had a lot of trouble writing this. 236 00:21:06,740 --> 00:21:09,310 You mean like he was... sick or under a lot of stress? 237 00:21:09,890 --> 00:21:11,610 No, no, no, not exactly. 238 00:21:12,090 --> 00:21:17,470 The letter from four years ago was written by a complex, precise, 239 00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:19,490 intelligent man. 240 00:21:21,850 --> 00:21:25,170 And the more recent letter seems to have been written by someone much less 241 00:21:25,170 --> 00:21:27,430 complicated. So, it's not the same man. 242 00:21:27,650 --> 00:21:28,650 I didn't say that. 243 00:21:29,390 --> 00:21:32,030 It is the same man. 244 00:21:32,270 --> 00:21:33,270 Ah. 245 00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:37,710 And yet, it isn't. It is. 246 00:21:40,260 --> 00:21:41,260 Yeah, yeah. 247 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,960 Boy, we got this one nailed right down, don't we? 248 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:47,500 Thanks, 249 00:21:48,820 --> 00:21:49,920 Siggy. Yes, yes. 250 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:57,860 Yes, me, Siggy's a little soggy. No, Siggy's an expert. 251 00:21:58,660 --> 00:21:59,660 He's one of the best. 252 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,540 Yeah, I can tell. I love the way he takes a stand on things. 253 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:09,160 My love, run this through your police lab and see if there are any 254 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:09,819 on it. 255 00:22:09,820 --> 00:22:10,820 Besides Rick and Margaret? 256 00:22:11,260 --> 00:22:13,000 AJ, I'm not a genie in a bottle. 257 00:22:13,580 --> 00:22:16,780 Ah, yeah, but listen, Janet, now, somebody's trying to take this woman for 258 00:22:16,780 --> 00:22:17,980 a million dollars. 259 00:22:18,460 --> 00:22:21,080 You're not going to stand by and let them do that, are you? 260 00:22:21,580 --> 00:22:23,060 Besides, we'll make it up to you. 261 00:22:23,380 --> 00:22:24,380 We will. 262 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:29,040 Just spare me, okay? We will. Hey, come on, when have we ever failed to make one 263 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:30,200 of these things up to you? 264 00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:31,420 Quick, 265 00:22:32,340 --> 00:22:33,540 before she changes her mind. 266 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,440 Let me interrupt you. 267 00:22:48,740 --> 00:22:50,000 No, no, that's all right. 268 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:52,060 I was tired of playing anyway. 269 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,160 It was beautiful. 270 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,700 Let me ask you, don't you ever get lonely? 271 00:23:01,740 --> 00:23:05,140 Sort of. I mean, living in here all by yourself. 272 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,100 Anyway, somehow... Yes. 273 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:15,740 And it's ever so much nicer since you brought the air freshener with you. 274 00:23:16,340 --> 00:23:17,340 Huh? 275 00:23:18,009 --> 00:23:19,290 Oh, you mean the cigar. 276 00:23:20,730 --> 00:23:22,130 You want me to put it out? 277 00:23:23,050 --> 00:23:25,070 I don't think putting it out would help. 278 00:23:25,770 --> 00:23:27,670 Maybe if you buried it in the backyard. 279 00:23:28,170 --> 00:23:32,230 No, really, if you want me to put it out, I... Excuse me, I think that's my 280 00:23:32,230 --> 00:23:33,230 phone. 281 00:23:38,890 --> 00:23:39,890 Hello? 282 00:23:40,030 --> 00:23:41,030 Hello, Margaret. 283 00:23:41,390 --> 00:23:44,330 Oh, Michael, I've been so worried about you. 284 00:23:44,670 --> 00:23:45,690 Are you all right? 285 00:23:45,990 --> 00:23:46,990 For the moment. 286 00:23:47,630 --> 00:23:48,630 Did you get my letter? 287 00:23:48,750 --> 00:23:50,550 Yes. Are they gone? 288 00:23:51,970 --> 00:23:55,690 Yes. Good, because this has got to be between just the two of us. 289 00:23:56,770 --> 00:23:58,510 Have you made the arrangements for the money? 290 00:24:00,050 --> 00:24:01,390 It's in the process now. 291 00:24:01,610 --> 00:24:05,210 I should be able to pick it up tomorrow, but... No questions. 292 00:24:06,530 --> 00:24:07,530 Please. 293 00:24:08,530 --> 00:24:10,590 You won't believe the mess I've gotten myself into. 294 00:24:11,430 --> 00:24:12,510 You've got to believe. 295 00:24:13,050 --> 00:24:15,950 If I don't get that money, I'm a dead man. 296 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,000 You'll never see me again. 297 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,720 Oh, you don't have to worry, darling. 298 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:22,740 I've made up my mind. 299 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,560 I'll do anything you ask. 300 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,600 Good. I'll call you tomorrow. 301 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,500 I love you, Michael. 302 00:25:08,910 --> 00:25:10,850 Well, it's about time you guys got back. 303 00:25:11,050 --> 00:25:12,050 Fine, what's up? 304 00:25:12,390 --> 00:25:13,289 Where's Margaret? 305 00:25:13,290 --> 00:25:14,290 She's upstairs. 306 00:25:14,450 --> 00:25:17,470 Cecilia's with her now. But I'll tell you what, Kat's on fire time a little 307 00:25:17,470 --> 00:25:19,910 while ago. What did you do to her? Me? 308 00:25:20,170 --> 00:25:21,790 I didn't do anything to her. 309 00:25:21,990 --> 00:25:26,190 I was just being my normal, pleasant self. And she comes in, yeah, and she 310 00:25:26,190 --> 00:25:27,550 in and tells me to get the hell out. 311 00:25:28,030 --> 00:25:32,030 Margaret? Yeah, Margaret. She told me she's tired of being watched over like a 312 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:35,650 three -year -old. And I politely told her that I couldn't get out until you 313 00:25:35,650 --> 00:25:36,650 got back here. 314 00:25:36,830 --> 00:25:38,650 Next thing I know, she's beating up on me. 315 00:25:39,150 --> 00:25:42,570 That's right. I tell you, it's a good thing your mom showed up. I would have 316 00:25:42,570 --> 00:25:45,730 to slug her or something. Margaret? Yeah, Margaret. She was out of control. 317 00:25:46,090 --> 00:25:47,230 What on earth set her off? 318 00:25:47,490 --> 00:25:49,150 I don't know. She got a phone call. 319 00:25:49,430 --> 00:25:50,430 Phone call? 320 00:25:51,210 --> 00:25:52,210 Where you going? 321 00:26:02,770 --> 00:26:05,590 There's a gap on this tape that Nixon himself would be proud of. 322 00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:07,380 You mean somebody erased it? 323 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:10,240 Hey, don't look at me. 324 00:26:12,140 --> 00:26:15,640 She must have come in here just before she came in there to tell me to get out. 325 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,100 How is she? 326 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,160 Oh, she's fine. 327 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,520 She wants us all to leave now. 328 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:24,240 And she means it. 329 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:25,520 I told you. 330 00:26:25,860 --> 00:26:29,360 Didn't I tell you she's going to do it? She's going to give it to him. 500 ,000 331 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:30,259 big ones. 332 00:26:30,260 --> 00:26:31,440 Dollars? Myron. 333 00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:32,700 Oh, wait a minute. 334 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:34,600 She's going to give half a million bucks away? 335 00:26:34,940 --> 00:26:35,940 To who? 336 00:26:36,610 --> 00:26:39,110 Myron, we won't be needing your services anymore. 337 00:26:39,530 --> 00:26:42,430 Oh, come on, fellas. This is just now getting good. 338 00:26:44,250 --> 00:26:46,130 I ain't leaving till you guys pay up. 339 00:26:46,410 --> 00:26:47,550 Oh, for heaven's sakes. 340 00:26:48,010 --> 00:26:49,190 $20 an hour, right? 341 00:26:49,450 --> 00:26:50,450 $25. $25? 342 00:26:50,730 --> 00:26:53,470 $25. All right, you got some money on you. I want that a single. 343 00:26:53,670 --> 00:26:57,810 Um, see, I got... Let 344 00:26:57,810 --> 00:27:02,630 me get my purse. 345 00:27:06,350 --> 00:27:09,890 I don't believe you two guys. I mean, my mother would tell me to take a phone. 346 00:27:11,070 --> 00:27:12,070 You want to get your money? 347 00:27:12,650 --> 00:27:13,730 Keep your mouth shut. 348 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,460 24 hours, $500 ,000 later. 349 00:27:58,760 --> 00:27:59,880 Yeah. Watch. 350 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,340 She'll get mugged. 351 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:23,400 What's happening? 352 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,040 She's heading down to the beach. 353 00:28:25,610 --> 00:28:26,870 Heading for an old rowboat. 354 00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:36,630 Uh -huh. Uh -huh what? 355 00:28:37,110 --> 00:28:39,010 Uh -huh she made the drop in the boat. 356 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:42,150 She's leaving and heading back. 357 00:28:43,050 --> 00:28:44,590 You just keep your eye on the boat. 358 00:28:47,490 --> 00:28:48,910 Let me know if anything happened. 359 00:28:53,770 --> 00:28:55,790 Nobody on the edge, nobody down to point. 360 00:29:12,850 --> 00:29:14,510 How about now? How about what? 361 00:29:15,430 --> 00:29:16,630 I don't believe it. 362 00:29:16,850 --> 00:29:17,850 What? What is it? 363 00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:19,990 Look, right over the rocks. Okay, okay. 364 00:29:20,710 --> 00:29:22,930 Okay. All right, let's go. 365 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:40,640 What did I think I was doing? 366 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,000 I don't know 367 00:32:25,290 --> 00:32:26,290 Where's the money? 368 00:32:26,330 --> 00:32:27,330 I don't have it. 369 00:32:29,590 --> 00:32:31,170 What do you mean you don't have it? 370 00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:37,550 Well, I was ambushed by those two friends of hers, the detectives. I 371 00:32:37,550 --> 00:32:38,550 get to touch it. 372 00:32:40,310 --> 00:32:41,630 I thought we'd done it. 373 00:32:42,690 --> 00:32:45,030 I thought we'd really done it. 374 00:32:45,550 --> 00:32:49,650 You, me, half a million. 375 00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:53,750 The old man. 376 00:32:54,330 --> 00:32:55,790 To hell with the old man. 377 00:32:56,030 --> 00:32:57,710 We still need him. What for? 378 00:32:58,230 --> 00:33:01,850 He obviously is not convincing his wife to behave. Now, as far as I'm concerned, 379 00:33:02,010 --> 00:33:03,230 Michael Wells is dead. 380 00:33:03,610 --> 00:33:04,650 You shut up. 381 00:33:05,630 --> 00:33:06,970 His name is Arthur. 382 00:33:07,790 --> 00:33:11,890 And the one thing we don't want to do is to let him think he is Michael. 383 00:33:12,810 --> 00:33:14,950 Now, Arthur is not going to give us any problems. 384 00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:18,010 But when the time comes, I will take care of him. 385 00:33:18,490 --> 00:33:21,770 Besides which, I've come up with a good idea. 386 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:33,560 If we can't get the wife to pay, why don't we get the detectives to do it 387 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:34,560 instead? 388 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,780 Nothing could wake up good old Arthur. 389 00:34:00,420 --> 00:34:01,780 You have no right. 390 00:34:02,220 --> 00:34:05,740 We kept you from throwing away half a million dollars, Margaret. There is no 391 00:34:05,740 --> 00:34:08,840 doubt in our minds that if you had turned this money over to them, you 392 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,580 have never heard from any one of them again. 393 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,300 Well, what about my husband? 394 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:13,820 What about Michael? 395 00:34:14,540 --> 00:34:15,540 Michael's dead. 396 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,880 Whoever it is looks just like him or has been expertly made up or whatever. 397 00:34:20,380 --> 00:34:23,699 And whoever's behind this obviously knew him pretty well. 398 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,420 Look, this is my money. 399 00:34:26,659 --> 00:34:28,560 My money and my husband. 400 00:34:29,020 --> 00:34:32,820 My affair, my concern, totally my business. 401 00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:34,460 You have no right. 402 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:35,800 Now look, Margaret. 403 00:34:36,420 --> 00:34:39,260 Everything that we have done, we have done because we are worried about you. 404 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,500 Because we don't want to see you get taken in. 405 00:34:41,860 --> 00:34:42,860 Oh, really? 406 00:34:43,340 --> 00:34:47,800 Well, maybe you've done all this because you see a nice little paycheck for 407 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,600 yourselves. Maybe you've already taken some payment. 408 00:34:50,980 --> 00:34:54,800 I'm going to count this and see if it's all there. Margaret. Rick, don't. 409 00:34:55,179 --> 00:34:56,199 Don't even say it. 410 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:57,920 We've done everything we can here. 411 00:35:12,180 --> 00:35:14,060 Come back. They've taken seats. 412 00:35:14,660 --> 00:35:15,660 What? 413 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:18,540 This is Rick Simon. 414 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,300 Rick. Mom. You okay? 415 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:23,420 Please be careful. 416 00:35:23,860 --> 00:35:27,900 And don't do anything. 417 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:29,500 Mom. 418 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,040 Mom? Good. 419 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,600 You recognize Mommy's voice. 420 00:35:36,940 --> 00:35:39,260 And you do exactly as I tell you. 421 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:45,600 And maybe, just maybe, she won't get hurt. 422 00:36:02,380 --> 00:36:03,380 Yes. 423 00:36:09,220 --> 00:36:10,400 Janet, I can't talk now. 424 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:12,080 What's wrong? 425 00:36:12,140 --> 00:36:14,660 Nothing. I'm expecting a call. I've got to keep the line clear. 426 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,240 Don't you want to know about this letter Rick gave me? 427 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:18,520 What letter? Letter. 428 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,000 Oh, yes, the letter. What happened? Did you get it back from the lab? 429 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:22,280 Yes, I did. 430 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,660 Rick's prints were on it, along with a woman's, I assume to be Mrs. Wells. 431 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,240 Yes. Was there anybody else? 432 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,640 Yes. There were a third person's prints all over it, as a matter of fact. It 433 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,880 looked like they were deliberately placed. 434 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:34,160 Could you match them? 435 00:36:34,540 --> 00:36:36,640 Mm -hmm. The prints belonged to Michael Wells. 436 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,160 Um, thank you very much, Janet. 437 00:36:47,260 --> 00:36:48,260 It's Michael. 438 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,000 He's alive. 439 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,200 What? Michael's prints were all over the letter. 440 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:56,000 Margaret, we owe you an apology. 441 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,198 Oh, no. 442 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,920 No, I just want him back safely. 443 00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:01,260 Narcissus in it, too. 444 00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:03,920 Why don't we just give them the money? 445 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,500 It's not worth two people's lives. 446 00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:09,260 The problem there is if we give them the money, they'll just... 447 00:37:09,730 --> 00:37:10,730 Kill them both. 448 00:37:13,650 --> 00:37:14,710 Wait a minute. 449 00:37:17,370 --> 00:37:19,590 Wait a minute. If that's Michael. What? 450 00:37:24,010 --> 00:37:25,010 All right. 451 00:37:25,290 --> 00:37:26,290 We're getting somewhere. 452 00:37:27,310 --> 00:37:29,090 Yeah. Where are we getting? 453 00:37:29,310 --> 00:37:33,730 On the phone. I could hear a motorboat with a bell clanging. So? This means he 454 00:37:33,730 --> 00:37:36,410 was calling from somewhere near Marina. That doesn't exactly narrow it down. All 455 00:37:36,410 --> 00:37:37,118 right. But. 456 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,080 The other night when I came over to check the house out, the first day that 457 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,260 Margaret saw Michael, somebody called. 458 00:37:42,540 --> 00:37:45,480 I answered the phone. It wouldn't say anything, but in the background I could 459 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,960 hear a boat engine and a horn sounding. 460 00:37:48,420 --> 00:37:49,420 You still own the yacht? 461 00:37:49,780 --> 00:37:51,700 No, no, I finally sold it. 462 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:56,020 I never was very much for the ocean, especially after Michael's accident. 463 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:57,760 Who is this guy? 464 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,440 Oh, that was our mechanic who serviced our yacht. 465 00:38:01,700 --> 00:38:04,640 His name is Hickman, Earl Hickman. 466 00:38:05,279 --> 00:38:09,180 Michael said he was very good, but I found him sort of cold. 467 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,280 Now, you guys kept the yacht in that little private marina north of the big 468 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:14,098 marina, right? 469 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:15,078 Yes. Why? 470 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:19,040 All right, let's say that Michael is behind this or somebody's forcing him to 471 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:19,598 it, right? 472 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:20,960 Where's a good place to hide out? 473 00:38:21,220 --> 00:38:22,220 Why not on a boat? 474 00:38:22,940 --> 00:38:26,100 I think we ought to talk to this guy. Rick, you're crabbing at straws. That's 475 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:28,960 what drowning people do. I think we ought to stay with the money and wait 476 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,680 the call. Okay, fine. You handle that. 477 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:04,860 I got a boat needs repairing. 478 00:39:06,140 --> 00:39:07,140 I'm back tomorrow. 479 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,000 I can't do that. 480 00:39:09,660 --> 00:39:12,060 I'm going out of town. I'm going to need the boat when I get back. 481 00:39:14,140 --> 00:39:15,380 What kind of a boat? 482 00:39:36,650 --> 00:39:39,730 I don't recognize that voice for the next 30 years. Now, where is she? 483 00:39:40,130 --> 00:39:41,130 What are you talking about? 484 00:39:42,890 --> 00:39:46,310 I'm two seconds away from justifiable homicide. Now, where's my mother? 485 00:39:54,690 --> 00:39:58,210 Yes? Shut up and listen, because I'm only going to say this once. 486 00:39:58,630 --> 00:39:59,630 Do you have the money? 487 00:39:59,950 --> 00:40:01,170 Yes. Is my mother all right? 488 00:40:01,510 --> 00:40:02,970 She's doing fine for now. 489 00:40:04,230 --> 00:40:05,950 Now, I'm going to give you a new drop point. 490 00:40:06,710 --> 00:40:08,870 Now, one of you is going to come alone. 491 00:40:09,710 --> 00:40:12,470 If I see two of you in the car, your mother dies. 492 00:40:12,850 --> 00:40:16,670 If I see any sign of the police around, your mother dies. Do you understand? 493 00:40:17,210 --> 00:40:18,210 Yes. 494 00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:22,210 Yes, I know where it is. 495 00:40:26,450 --> 00:40:29,730 Yes, I'll leave right now. If you don't show up within the next 30 minutes, 496 00:40:29,850 --> 00:40:30,850 don't bother. 497 00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:37,230 I'm on my way. 498 00:40:38,790 --> 00:40:40,690 It'll all be over in a little while, Arthur. 499 00:40:41,730 --> 00:40:43,070 As soon as we get the money. 500 00:41:16,170 --> 00:41:17,009 What do you think? 501 00:41:17,010 --> 00:41:18,730 I was right twice in the same week, huh? 502 00:41:19,690 --> 00:41:20,690 I'm sorry. 503 00:41:48,140 --> 00:41:50,280 Uh, it's Rick. What about Cease? What happened? 504 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:51,680 She's okay. 505 00:41:51,940 --> 00:41:56,440 Did you talk to Hickman? Yeah, I found out where the drop point is. AJ there. 506 00:42:30,670 --> 00:42:31,670 Keep moving. 507 00:42:33,210 --> 00:42:34,210 Hold it. 508 00:42:36,490 --> 00:42:37,890 Now, I know you're carrying a gun. 509 00:42:38,610 --> 00:42:43,130 I want you to reach inside, take it out, and put it on the ground. 510 00:42:49,490 --> 00:42:50,490 Easy. 511 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,080 Now walk forward a few feet. 512 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:06,800 That's enough. 513 00:43:16,980 --> 00:43:17,980 Where's my mother? 514 00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:19,240 We've got her. 515 00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:20,320 She's okay. 516 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,520 As soon as we're sure of a clean getaway, we'll let her go. 517 00:43:25,300 --> 00:43:26,400 You open it. 518 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:30,660 Well, come on. What's the matter? 519 00:43:31,940 --> 00:43:33,940 You want to see your mother alive, don't you? 520 00:43:35,140 --> 00:43:36,720 Show me there's money in that bag. 521 00:43:48,620 --> 00:43:49,620 Here you go. 522 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:51,080 Here's your money. 523 00:44:51,850 --> 00:44:52,930 Watch him, Rick. He's got a gun. 524 00:45:05,930 --> 00:45:11,050 Mom all right? Yeah, I found her. She's okay. 525 00:45:11,890 --> 00:45:12,890 Thank God. 526 00:45:12,930 --> 00:45:13,930 You all right? 527 00:45:23,630 --> 00:45:26,150 I've never been in this house before in my whole life. 528 00:45:27,370 --> 00:45:32,670 I'm not the Wells fella. My name is Bristol, Arthur Bristol. B -R -I -S -T 529 00:45:32,670 --> 00:45:37,110 -L. I wouldn't be too insistent about that if I were you. Yeah, see, because 530 00:45:37,110 --> 00:45:40,250 you're not Michael Wells, these guys behind you here are going to arrest you 531 00:45:40,250 --> 00:45:42,330 put you in jail for a long, long time. 532 00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:00,880 Oh, Michael. 533 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:03,060 I'm Arthur Bristol. 534 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:12,800 It's alright. 535 00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:35,120 I think Siggy was right. 536 00:46:36,460 --> 00:46:37,460 Thuggy Siggy? 537 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:43,600 The handwriting expert? He said it was the same man, but it wasn't the same 538 00:46:45,060 --> 00:46:47,500 Oh, don't worry. It's him. He just doesn't know it yet. 539 00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:50,260 I don't understand. 540 00:46:51,180 --> 00:46:54,400 Well, to understand, you have to go back four years to the night he disappeared. 541 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:58,580 Michael couldn't sleep. He took the launch. 542 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,080 The storm came up, capsized. 543 00:47:02,650 --> 00:47:07,670 He managed to hang on to something and make it back to shore, but when he got 544 00:47:07,670 --> 00:47:10,910 there, he wasn't Michael anymore. 545 00:47:13,850 --> 00:47:20,670 Amnesia? What happened was Hickman was visiting his sister in Albuquerque. 546 00:47:21,030 --> 00:47:24,550 He bumped into Michael on the street. Michael was little more than a vagrant 547 00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:25,550 that point. 548 00:47:26,510 --> 00:47:30,010 Michael didn't recognize him, swore up and down his name was Arthur Bristol. 549 00:47:31,370 --> 00:47:35,770 So that was when Hickman got together with his old army buddy and hatched a 550 00:47:35,770 --> 00:47:36,770 to swindle you. 551 00:47:37,470 --> 00:47:38,470 I'm sorry. 552 00:47:40,610 --> 00:47:41,910 I just don't remember. 553 00:47:43,190 --> 00:47:45,870 He needs some time and rest. 554 00:47:46,670 --> 00:47:48,050 It'll come back to him. 555 00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:21,040 That's helpful.