1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,880 Read between the lines. There are a lot of nuts out there, Mr. Simon. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,960 Yeah, and they all seem to have your address. 3 00:00:07,220 --> 00:00:08,940 Tonight on Simon and Simon. 4 00:00:09,540 --> 00:00:12,500 Let's not disturb the nest. Just wait and see who comes out. 5 00:00:13,780 --> 00:00:17,120 Satisfy yourself, but just don't do anything terribly cruel. 6 00:00:18,980 --> 00:00:23,120 I'm sorry, our menage a trois suite is booked. You guys are really hard up. 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:24,440 We on the air? 8 00:00:24,620 --> 00:00:26,120 Yeah, it's coming in loud and clear. 9 00:01:36,620 --> 00:01:39,900 Dear Kate, I'm at the end of my rope. 10 00:01:40,420 --> 00:01:45,340 I love her beyond belief, yet I know that our love can only end in tragedy. 11 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:48,660 Today she told her husband about our affair. 12 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:50,860 How cruel irony is. 13 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,920 They met at the same golf course where we spent so many happy hours. 14 00:01:55,660 --> 00:01:58,800 He went insane, just like I told you, Kate. 15 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,860 And now I'm afraid for my dear one's life. 16 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,140 Her husband threatened to kill her. 17 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:05,860 He will, too. 18 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:09,960 Must I watch helplessly? 19 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:18,620 Signed, Lovesick in La Jolla. 20 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,380 Mm -hmm. 21 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:23,960 I 22 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:31,580 didn't 23 00:02:31,580 --> 00:02:34,000 think you would do it. I honestly didn't think you would do it. Hey, Jim, will 24 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,420 you just relax on an hour? 25 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,080 You're going to be center court, munching on a hot dog, watching Dr. 26 00:02:39,300 --> 00:02:43,820 J. Just calm down. It's just a basketball game. Well, with town, 27 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:48,380 anything. Remember just a few beers and a movie last month? Hey, was it town's 28 00:02:48,380 --> 00:02:52,480 fault he spotted a wanted fugitive in the lobby buying jawbreakers? Okay, how 29 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:57,000 about just a quick stop on the way to the Chargers game? I mean, did you know 30 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,100 that Mexico was on the way to the stadium? Okay, but you've got to admit, 31 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:01,200 always gets good seats. 32 00:03:01,460 --> 00:03:04,080 Yeah, trouble is, by the time you get to the game, the season is over. 33 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:07,360 Well, nothing's going to go wrong tonight. I bought it in an extra hour. 34 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:09,620 Good. Must be in place. 35 00:03:10,900 --> 00:03:12,280 Nothing's going to go wrong. 36 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,160 He's working. 37 00:03:44,470 --> 00:03:46,150 Police! Hold it right where you are. 38 00:03:49,350 --> 00:03:50,350 I said police! 39 00:03:53,430 --> 00:03:54,430 Back off. 40 00:03:56,310 --> 00:03:59,410 Hey, there's a phone over there if you want to call the cops. I am a cop. 41 00:03:59,930 --> 00:04:02,290 And there are more cops on their way right this minute. 42 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:05,310 Okay. 43 00:04:05,940 --> 00:04:08,240 Look, my backup's a little late. Raise your right hand. 44 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:09,500 Are you joking? 45 00:04:09,780 --> 00:04:11,280 Raise your right hand. Come on, man. 46 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,620 Repeat after me. We're deputies. We're deputies. 47 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:16,640 We're deputies. Okay, which one do you want? 48 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,000 All of them. All of them? Oh, my God. You have the right to remain silent. 49 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,400 Looks like I got everything under control here. Yeah? Yeah. 50 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,920 So, you guys been off the streets lately? 51 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:53,800 A little much? Well, not anymore. 52 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,040 Got a case today. 53 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:56,500 Really hot. Start running tomorrow. 54 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,280 As a matter of fact, there's a well -known journalist. 55 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,440 You ever hear of Kate's Corner? 56 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:04,920 Kate Franklin Advice to the Lovelorn? No. 57 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:07,080 You guys are really hard up. 58 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:09,300 Why, you know. 59 00:05:09,620 --> 00:05:10,920 The whole department does. 60 00:05:11,140 --> 00:05:12,600 She heads our cry wolf list. 61 00:05:13,219 --> 00:05:16,500 Every time some poor wife writes she's afraid of her husband, Kate wants to 62 00:05:16,500 --> 00:05:17,540 the SWAT team on the guy. 63 00:05:18,380 --> 00:05:19,380 Overactive imagination. 64 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,520 Well, we'll only miss the first half. Say what? 65 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,260 We've got to go downtown and finish the paperwork. 66 00:05:25,780 --> 00:05:26,800 Paperwork? Wait a sec. 67 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,160 Yeah, your deputies. Wait, we're not getting paid for this. 68 00:05:30,620 --> 00:05:33,260 Of course you are. I'm taking you to the game, aren't I? Aw. 69 00:05:43,630 --> 00:05:44,630 That's all. 70 00:05:44,750 --> 00:05:46,890 Well, it could be, because that thing is highly illegal. 71 00:05:47,770 --> 00:05:49,670 Illegal? Uh, no. 72 00:05:49,970 --> 00:05:53,950 What? No, no. Now, Carlos is just waiting for the license. But you know 73 00:05:53,950 --> 00:05:55,330 backlogged the FCC is? 74 00:06:01,490 --> 00:06:04,870 Mrs. Franklin, when you said that you had already been to the police, you 75 00:06:04,870 --> 00:06:08,190 neglected to mention that that was 57 times. 76 00:06:08,590 --> 00:06:10,870 So they told you I had an overactive imagination. 77 00:06:12,770 --> 00:06:19,410 Well, they did mention something about a necktie strangler who turned out to be 78 00:06:19,410 --> 00:06:21,090 a harmless high school biology teacher. 79 00:06:21,430 --> 00:06:25,010 Well, what was I to think? The man mentions dissection in at least 50 80 00:06:25,330 --> 00:06:28,330 A leering reference to spore division. 81 00:06:28,770 --> 00:06:30,470 He was a ticking time bomb. 82 00:06:30,970 --> 00:06:34,230 We're not questioning your credibility, Mrs. Franklin. It's just that perhaps 83 00:06:34,230 --> 00:06:37,990 you're reading more into the situation than actually exists. 84 00:06:38,690 --> 00:06:43,650 Exactly. Read between the lines and hear the cries for help. I have spent 20 85 00:06:43,650 --> 00:06:48,550 years climbing this mountain, and with each step I find new crevices, deeper, 86 00:06:48,690 --> 00:06:50,550 darker corners of the troubled soul. 87 00:06:50,870 --> 00:06:53,570 There are a lot of nuts out there, Mr. Simon. 88 00:06:53,830 --> 00:06:55,610 Yeah, and they all seem to have your address. 89 00:06:56,010 --> 00:06:57,050 Well, they're a bright moment. 90 00:06:57,410 --> 00:07:00,310 You remember the plumber who walled up his wife in Chula Vista? 91 00:07:00,590 --> 00:07:02,330 Mike Collum tore that wall down. 92 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:05,370 They're reconciled living in a trailer in Lake Havasu City. 93 00:07:06,230 --> 00:07:07,570 You're not married, are you? 94 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:09,900 Me? 95 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,580 No, no, ma 'am. Yeah, I knew it. 96 00:07:13,820 --> 00:07:17,320 You sure could use a woman's eye picking out your clothes. Those colors are all 97 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:18,319 wrong for you. 98 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,820 Have somebody I want you to meet. Make a wonderful wife. 99 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:23,640 How about you? 100 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:25,820 No, thanks. I'm already married. 101 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,860 Here are the clips and the issues the letters appeared in. 102 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:35,540 One more thing. When these letters come in, are they... 103 00:07:36,460 --> 00:07:39,440 Published just as they're written, or do you, shall we say, edit them? 104 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:42,060 Look, I know how to grab a headline when I need one. 105 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,160 I'm a responsible journalist. 106 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:45,480 Sigma Delta Chi. 107 00:07:46,980 --> 00:07:49,680 Okay. I feel as guilty as lovesick. 108 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,620 I let this thing get out of hand. 109 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,560 I should have advised him to end the affair right away. 110 00:07:54,900 --> 00:07:58,580 But instead you milked it, and now you're afraid it turned sour. 111 00:07:59,220 --> 00:08:02,800 Now that we know we're all bottom liners, could we get to work? 112 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:05,180 Find the man who did this? 113 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:06,840 See if he's telling the truth. 114 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,740 Is the husband crazy enough to commit murder? 115 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:12,560 Here you go. 116 00:08:12,780 --> 00:08:13,780 Thanks. 117 00:08:14,380 --> 00:08:17,580 Doesn't look like anything Kate has right. There really is something weird 118 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:18,259 on here. 119 00:08:18,260 --> 00:08:23,000 Yeah, and we're the mules she's using to ride up some loony's fantasy mountain. 120 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:28,800 Now look, everything that the guy writes indicates that he's insane with love, 121 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:30,220 he's flamed with guilt. 122 00:08:31,020 --> 00:08:35,020 And he's scared to death. Wonderful. He'd make a great Johnny Cash. But why 123 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:36,020 we have to work? 124 00:08:36,260 --> 00:08:40,059 Each of the letters has been methodically typed and very carefully 125 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:43,539 Now, does the guy who's waiting to be shot worry about his spelling? 126 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:45,200 Maybe he's an English major. 127 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:47,280 The guy reads like a textbook gigolo. 128 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,400 Met her on the golf course. 129 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,480 Played her like a par three. 130 00:08:52,180 --> 00:08:55,580 I mean, he's let himself be whined and dined. She's bought him clothes. She's 131 00:08:55,580 --> 00:08:58,720 taken him to exclusive little Mexican hideaways. 132 00:08:59,580 --> 00:09:01,980 And we've got a great skeleton here. There's no meat on the bone. 133 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:05,720 Here's a little rib to know on. 134 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:12,040 She bought him, and I quote, a new Italian sports car for my birthday last 135 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:18,420 Tears were in my eyes as we rode up the coast and parked on the lonely beach 136 00:09:18,420 --> 00:09:21,160 with the top down so we could watch the stars. 137 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,760 Oh, I think I'm going to be sick. 138 00:09:28,170 --> 00:09:32,290 I can't believe there's seven people, including a nut, who own Ferraris. Well, 139 00:09:32,450 --> 00:09:33,490 that's La Jolla for you. 140 00:09:33,930 --> 00:09:34,930 Here's something. 141 00:09:35,110 --> 00:09:37,570 Mrs. Gavin Shelley, I read address. 142 00:09:38,710 --> 00:09:42,390 Personalized license plate, my guy, seven. 143 00:09:55,410 --> 00:09:56,430 Wrong place. 144 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,580 Kind of looks like we found both of them. 145 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:34,360 Try a little room service? 146 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,520 Ah, you know what kind of movies they show in these places. 147 00:10:39,020 --> 00:10:40,900 Nobody's allowed in after the first ten minutes. 148 00:10:42,030 --> 00:10:45,730 Let's not disturb the nest. Just wait and see who comes out. 149 00:10:47,710 --> 00:10:49,370 Oh, no. Oh, no what? 150 00:10:51,350 --> 00:10:57,090 Who is your favorite retired minor league pitcher turned sleazeball? Five 151 00:10:57,090 --> 00:10:58,090 eye. 152 00:10:58,170 --> 00:10:59,170 Manny Cucco. 153 00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:00,450 Would you know it? 154 00:11:13,580 --> 00:11:15,240 Ricky, what a surprise. 155 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,500 Manny, how's the platter? 156 00:11:21,820 --> 00:11:23,960 Good enough to brush you back, Cecil. 157 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:29,860 Are we on the job here, or just waiting for vacancy? 158 00:11:30,140 --> 00:11:31,280 Who are you working for, Manny? 159 00:11:31,580 --> 00:11:33,820 Funny, I was just going to ask you the same thing. 160 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,520 Great minds run in the same gutter. 161 00:11:54,510 --> 00:11:57,490 It's been nice looking at your toys. We've got to run. We've got to fish on 162 00:11:57,490 --> 00:12:00,050 line. Funny. I've got a couple on the line, too. 163 00:12:00,310 --> 00:12:01,310 See you, man. 164 00:12:02,730 --> 00:12:03,990 I think we can be yours. 165 00:12:08,270 --> 00:12:09,870 Make yourselves comfortable, guys. 166 00:12:11,530 --> 00:12:12,590 We're going for a ride. 167 00:12:43,750 --> 00:12:46,150 Just what he's doing. 168 00:12:46,830 --> 00:12:49,510 Keeping punks like you from trying to blackmail me. 169 00:12:49,870 --> 00:12:52,270 Just how much did you think you were going to get anyway, huh? 170 00:12:56,099 --> 00:13:01,600 much would you like me to take that golf now look look mr shelby if you don't 171 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,580 believe us why don't you just go on down to the paper and check it out kate 172 00:13:05,580 --> 00:13:09,360 franklin's been leading her column with that story for over a month besides we 173 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:14,420 weren't in that motel with your wife why lean on us because at last count i was 174 00:13:14,420 --> 00:13:19,660 worth a little over 18 million and i'm gonna keep it you understand my wife is 175 00:13:19,660 --> 00:13:23,520 38 and very dear to me we have an open marriage 176 00:13:24,410 --> 00:13:25,910 And I want her to enjoy it. 177 00:13:26,790 --> 00:13:30,010 Including having her fill of muscle -bound bunnies. 178 00:13:30,990 --> 00:13:33,950 You see, I have no illusions. 179 00:13:34,870 --> 00:13:39,350 Only my money and my good name. And you two clowns aren't getting either. 180 00:13:40,170 --> 00:13:41,330 Move the truck, Cuco. 181 00:13:41,730 --> 00:13:43,970 And tell my wife I can't play golf today. 182 00:13:44,230 --> 00:13:45,310 You know what I'm going to do? 183 00:13:45,590 --> 00:13:49,210 I'm going to find those papers you were talking about. And my lawyer and I are 184 00:13:49,210 --> 00:13:52,850 going to read them. And then he's going to give me ten ways to break your backs. 185 00:13:53,410 --> 00:13:54,410 Legally. 186 00:14:09,130 --> 00:14:12,590 Perfectly awful, man. My instincts were right on the button. 187 00:14:13,190 --> 00:14:20,190 Well, I mean, Gavin Shelley is a tough, vulgar, blustering nut, but that doesn't 188 00:14:20,190 --> 00:14:21,350 necessarily mean he's a killer. 189 00:14:21,770 --> 00:14:25,470 I mean, after all, he hired someone to watch his wife cheat on him and keep 190 00:14:25,470 --> 00:14:26,470 prying eyes away. 191 00:14:26,770 --> 00:14:28,390 He doesn't care what she does. 192 00:14:29,390 --> 00:14:30,770 Can't believe he's threatening her. 193 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:32,110 We can't just drop it. 194 00:14:32,350 --> 00:14:34,150 No, we'll talk to Stephen Lacey. 195 00:14:34,910 --> 00:14:37,990 We waited at his place for two hours. He never showed up. 196 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,440 We'll get him tomorrow. 197 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,800 Maybe he's just writing you letters for laughs. 198 00:14:42,020 --> 00:14:43,020 I don't think so. 199 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,660 Anybody else want another cup of coffee? 200 00:14:46,860 --> 00:14:47,900 No, thank you. 201 00:14:48,380 --> 00:14:51,100 Rick, next time you make it, try putting a little salt in it. 202 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:56,140 Salt? Didn't your wife ever teach you that little trick? My wife? No. 203 00:14:56,540 --> 00:15:01,620 No. See, because my wife doesn't drink coffee. 204 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:03,500 Maybe use a little less water. 205 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,000 I think it gives it a richer flavor. 206 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:08,120 Fine. 207 00:15:09,609 --> 00:15:10,609 Hello? 208 00:15:11,730 --> 00:15:13,330 Yeah, just one minute, please. 209 00:15:14,430 --> 00:15:16,030 It's for you, Kate, your editor. 210 00:15:19,110 --> 00:15:20,110 Hello? 211 00:15:25,930 --> 00:15:28,790 Why is it you never ask for a second cup of my coffee? 212 00:15:30,070 --> 00:15:31,070 God almighty. 213 00:15:33,110 --> 00:15:34,310 Laurel Shelley is dead. 214 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,400 They've arrested her husband for killing her. 215 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:51,320 Well, whatever they wanted, they sure wanted it bad. 216 00:15:52,380 --> 00:15:58,040 Who found it? The city editor. About 8 .30. He reported it, but I wanted you to 217 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,019 see it first. 218 00:15:59,020 --> 00:16:01,340 Kate, we don't want to touch anything until the police get here. 219 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,060 Now, is there anything that a thief might have been after? 220 00:16:04,740 --> 00:16:05,820 Nothing worth taking. 221 00:16:06,460 --> 00:16:11,380 Just my files and... Oh, sometimes people send me little things, you know, 222 00:16:11,380 --> 00:16:12,380 thank me. 223 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,720 It's nothing, really. 224 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:15,140 Okay. 225 00:16:15,540 --> 00:16:17,960 It's possible this has something to do with Laurel Shelley's murder. 226 00:16:18,260 --> 00:16:20,560 You remember I said the lovesick killer is innocent? 227 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,480 I mean, Gavin Shelley is innocent. 228 00:16:22,820 --> 00:16:26,180 You don't murder your wife after you know the whole city's following the 229 00:16:26,180 --> 00:16:27,059 in the newspaper. 230 00:16:27,060 --> 00:16:28,180 And the guy's smarter than that. 231 00:16:28,420 --> 00:16:29,560 He's been set up. 232 00:16:30,140 --> 00:16:32,720 And whoever did it probably wanted something in here. 233 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:34,240 What? 234 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:39,260 Well... We don't know, but we'll find out. I wonder how they got in here right 235 00:16:39,260 --> 00:16:40,760 under the noses of the night shift. 236 00:16:41,180 --> 00:16:42,280 Probably the same way we do. 237 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:31,239 I forgot. 238 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:32,019 I'm sorry. 239 00:17:32,020 --> 00:17:33,020 Honest to God. 240 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:34,360 Forgot what, Manny? 241 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:35,940 It's your blank. 242 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:37,640 Fill it in. I'm good for it. 243 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,460 Satisfy yourself, but just don't do anything terribly cruel. 244 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:47,020 Us? Cruel, Manny? 245 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,460 You're the one that travels around with a potato peeler. 246 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:53,240 As in the old days. 247 00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:59,280 What are you two comadrejas doing in my bedroom? 248 00:18:00,209 --> 00:18:01,209 Easy. 249 00:18:01,450 --> 00:18:02,710 That bat's irreplaceable. 250 00:18:03,110 --> 00:18:08,210 That is the very bat I used to bang a low slide out of the park off Mongo de 251 00:18:08,210 --> 00:18:10,550 Stasica. We took the pennant from Duluth 72. 252 00:18:11,610 --> 00:18:16,370 Someday, Manny, if you can still swallow, which I doubt, we'll buy you a 253 00:18:16,370 --> 00:18:21,490 beer and you will tell us the story of your life. Right now, however, you're 254 00:18:21,490 --> 00:18:24,310 going to tell us why you trashed Kate Franklin's office. 255 00:18:24,790 --> 00:18:26,450 Me? Why would I do that? 256 00:18:27,150 --> 00:18:29,370 Don't ask us, Manny. You're the one who did it. 257 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,500 Hey, Rick, come on now. Look, Manny's going to cooperate. Look, just be 258 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:38,600 with that thing. You can crush a man's skull with one of those. 259 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:39,759 Yeah, I know. 260 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,240 Rick, I think maybe it's a little too late to be civilized about this, you 261 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:45,260 Hey, what do you mean too late? 262 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:47,520 It's only noon. 263 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:49,600 Well, one. 264 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,100 You know, this bat has a very good feel to it. 265 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:55,300 Yeah. 266 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,980 It's a real long ball bat. 267 00:19:10,090 --> 00:19:11,630 Take it easy now, Rick. Take it easy. 268 00:19:12,210 --> 00:19:13,210 AJ. 269 00:19:15,050 --> 00:19:18,790 I got that old weird feeling coming over me again. I know. I think I'm going to 270 00:19:18,790 --> 00:19:21,390 do it. No, come on. No, Rick. Rick. No, no, no. 271 00:19:22,450 --> 00:19:25,230 Manny, when he gets like this, I can't stop him. Come on, please. 272 00:19:25,530 --> 00:19:26,590 I'm telling you the truth. 273 00:19:26,890 --> 00:19:28,190 I am no longer on the case. 274 00:19:29,690 --> 00:19:31,090 After Shelly talked to you, I quit. 275 00:19:33,250 --> 00:19:35,550 It started to get tricky. 276 00:19:37,490 --> 00:19:38,490 I've been here all night. 277 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,680 Manning didn't get out of bed all night. 278 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,460 Not a hunch. That's one of the Ten Commandments. 279 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:58,600 Only got one more man in the lineup. 280 00:19:59,220 --> 00:20:00,220 It's Eve Lacey. 281 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,820 Of course Calvin Shelley killed her. And the guy is a schizophrenic monster. 282 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:13,820 I've noticed what happened for months. 283 00:20:14,420 --> 00:20:15,820 Why didn't you stop seeing her? 284 00:20:17,020 --> 00:20:18,020 We were in love. 285 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:19,740 Why didn't she leave her husband? 286 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:21,420 She was terrified of him. 287 00:20:21,770 --> 00:20:23,310 Afraid to stay, afraid to go. 288 00:20:24,290 --> 00:20:28,670 We were so desperate, we... You're going to laugh at this. 289 00:20:29,490 --> 00:20:32,410 We wrote to one of those advice -to -the -lovelorn columns in the newspaper. 290 00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:34,350 Kate Franklin? 291 00:20:34,950 --> 00:20:36,850 All she could do was offer us platitudes. 292 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:39,210 I don't know what we expected. 293 00:20:40,170 --> 00:20:41,490 You told all this to the police? 294 00:20:42,070 --> 00:20:43,070 Yeah, they seemed to know. 295 00:20:43,630 --> 00:20:45,110 I mean, I signed all the letters. 296 00:20:46,270 --> 00:20:47,510 Love, Dick and La Jolla. 297 00:20:48,330 --> 00:20:49,750 I guess the pattern was obvious. 298 00:20:51,070 --> 00:20:52,070 Yeah, I read those. 299 00:20:53,850 --> 00:20:57,370 You wrote that Shelly threatened her. Now, were these actual physical threats 300 00:20:57,370 --> 00:20:58,370 from Shelly? 301 00:20:59,690 --> 00:21:01,090 Yeah, I don't know whether you've met the man. 302 00:21:01,730 --> 00:21:04,290 But all he has to do is arch his eyebrows and it's a threat. 303 00:21:06,890 --> 00:21:08,890 I'd say he snapped her neck like a chicken bone. 304 00:21:10,010 --> 00:21:11,330 I bet you he enjoyed it. 305 00:21:24,850 --> 00:21:28,710 Sergeant Brian, look, I'm going to be deeply undercover for the rest of the 306 00:21:28,710 --> 00:21:30,110 afternoon. Yeah, that's right. 307 00:21:30,570 --> 00:21:32,990 Oh, and Brian, would you call the racket club and tell them I'm going to be a 308 00:21:32,990 --> 00:21:33,889 few minutes late? 309 00:21:33,890 --> 00:21:34,890 Thanks a lot. 310 00:21:40,530 --> 00:21:44,390 Corruption, misfeasance, malfeasance. Can't trust anybody these days. 311 00:21:46,190 --> 00:21:49,830 Look at this. Playing tennis on the taxpayer's money. How do you do that 312 00:21:49,830 --> 00:21:50,629 clear conscience? 313 00:21:50,630 --> 00:21:51,630 I don't. 314 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:52,770 It's not a perfect world. 315 00:21:53,230 --> 00:21:54,290 Guilt's the thing you learn to live with. 316 00:21:54,510 --> 00:21:56,550 Are you going to get out of my way? I'm talking mixed doubles. Absolutely. 317 00:21:56,850 --> 00:21:57,850 First of all, I need a favor. 318 00:21:59,130 --> 00:22:01,090 You're rich, you hear? Of course you need a favor. 319 00:22:01,870 --> 00:22:04,490 Unfortunately, though, I've got all the life insurance I need, or as an 320 00:22:04,490 --> 00:22:05,710 encyclopedist. Cute. 321 00:22:06,090 --> 00:22:07,090 It's Gavin Shelley. 322 00:22:07,130 --> 00:22:08,130 Get me in to see him. 323 00:22:08,190 --> 00:22:10,370 I can't do that. I don't have anything to do with that case. 324 00:22:10,590 --> 00:22:13,550 You're quite right. You're a disinterested third party, plus which, 325 00:22:13,550 --> 00:22:15,010 here and argue with me, you're going to lose your court. 326 00:22:16,230 --> 00:22:19,670 Look, man, I'm not Houdini. I just can't snap my fingers and doors open. No, 327 00:22:19,710 --> 00:22:20,329 you're a cop. 328 00:22:20,330 --> 00:22:21,330 Infinitely better. 329 00:22:21,930 --> 00:22:23,630 Come on, town. How often do I ask? 330 00:22:24,170 --> 00:22:27,310 Rick, I got you into the Point Loma submarine, Pence. 331 00:22:27,550 --> 00:22:30,890 I got you into the Willie Nelson concert. About the only thing I haven't 332 00:22:30,890 --> 00:22:32,450 you into around here is the mayor's office. 333 00:22:32,670 --> 00:22:34,070 No, he did that, too. Remember the explosion? 334 00:22:35,370 --> 00:22:36,550 Oh, that's right. 335 00:22:37,470 --> 00:22:39,350 I'd actually tried to blot that out of my mind. 336 00:22:39,630 --> 00:22:40,790 All I need is half an hour. 337 00:22:41,630 --> 00:22:42,630 Fifteen. No, no. 338 00:22:42,730 --> 00:22:44,510 Ten minutes. Ten minutes? That's right. 339 00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:47,610 Left if you can manage it. Oh, come on, town. Now, just relax. Nobody's even 340 00:22:47,610 --> 00:22:48,610 going to look at me twice. 341 00:22:48,650 --> 00:22:49,529 The judge would. 342 00:22:49,530 --> 00:22:51,150 His instructions were crystal clear. 343 00:22:51,550 --> 00:22:53,390 Absolutely no business except his lawyers. 344 00:22:54,710 --> 00:22:58,150 Now, nobody notices lawyers. People actually try not to notice lawyers. 345 00:22:58,150 --> 00:23:00,430 kind of like, uh, laws. 346 00:23:02,530 --> 00:23:04,790 Judge is going to enjoy hearing your theory on jurisprudence. 347 00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:06,810 I'm not having to twist your arm real hard. 348 00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:09,970 You don't think Shelly did it, do you? 349 00:23:10,410 --> 00:23:12,190 Why is it you always know when I agree with you? 350 00:23:13,910 --> 00:23:14,910 Forget. 351 00:23:18,450 --> 00:23:19,470 Why are you here? 352 00:23:20,430 --> 00:23:21,430 Because you didn't do it? 353 00:23:21,770 --> 00:23:23,830 The way you put that, you must know something. 354 00:23:24,330 --> 00:23:26,270 People, they're not neat. 355 00:23:27,230 --> 00:23:29,610 But the frame around you was hung with a carpenter's level. 356 00:23:30,070 --> 00:23:33,470 If Kate Franklin hadn't hired us, the picture would be perfect. You'd take the 357 00:23:33,470 --> 00:23:34,449 fall. 358 00:23:34,450 --> 00:23:35,450 What's it to you? 359 00:23:35,730 --> 00:23:40,870 Well, last night, somebody went through her office like a 7 .7 quake. They were 360 00:23:40,870 --> 00:23:44,490 looking for something, and it wasn't her file on my husband likes to wear dog 361 00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:45,490 suit letters. 362 00:23:45,630 --> 00:23:47,790 Whoever framed you doesn't think their work is done. 363 00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:51,980 If we can figure out why, we can figure out who, and you can walk out of here. 364 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:53,680 I thought it was obvious. 365 00:23:54,940 --> 00:23:56,720 Stephen Lacey, you wrote the letters. 366 00:23:56,980 --> 00:23:57,980 What's he got to gain? 367 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:00,840 I'm out of the way. 368 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:03,080 Yeah. 369 00:24:04,180 --> 00:24:05,180 But she's dead. 370 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:11,540 I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord. 371 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,740 He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. 372 00:24:17,390 --> 00:24:20,630 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. 373 00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:26,750 For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our 374 00:24:26,750 --> 00:24:33,650 friend Laurel Shelley, we commit her body to the grave, earth to earth, ashes 375 00:24:33,650 --> 00:24:39,390 ashes, dust to dust, in the sure and certain hope that as she has borne the 376 00:24:39,390 --> 00:24:44,990 image of the earthly, she shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 377 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:01,300 It's Melissa Shelley. 378 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,880 Shelley's daughter by a previous marriage. 379 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:05,300 How old is she? 380 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,300 Uh, 20 years old. 381 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:08,560 Let's see. 382 00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:12,660 She's a junior at Rutledge College. It's a private school up north. She came 383 00:25:12,660 --> 00:25:13,619 down for the funeral. 384 00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:15,100 Hmm. She looks pretty upset. 385 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:19,500 Uh, a little too upset. 386 00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:23,560 Well, I overheard some of the relatives. They weren't buying her performance. 387 00:25:23,940 --> 00:25:25,880 And Laura Shelley was her stepmother. 388 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:27,220 Hmm. 389 00:25:33,230 --> 00:25:34,230 Oh, hi, Kate. How you doing? 390 00:25:35,310 --> 00:25:36,590 Hold on. 391 00:25:37,310 --> 00:25:39,870 Just hold on. Let me get AJ over here. 392 00:25:41,250 --> 00:25:44,870 I finally got around to yesterday's mail. There's another letter here from 393 00:25:44,870 --> 00:25:45,910 Lovesick in La Jolla. 394 00:25:46,550 --> 00:25:47,990 I mean, Stephen Lacey. 395 00:25:48,190 --> 00:25:49,750 It's postmarked two days ago. 396 00:25:50,170 --> 00:25:51,149 Anything new? 397 00:25:51,150 --> 00:25:53,310 A lot of it sounds like what he wrote before. 398 00:25:53,530 --> 00:25:55,430 The end of my rope, the tragedy. 399 00:25:55,850 --> 00:25:58,290 But there's this one part about a golf game. 400 00:25:58,610 --> 00:26:01,650 He says that Gavin and Laurel played golf that day. 401 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,580 Wait a second. He postponed that game. He never went. Are you sure it's 402 00:26:08,580 --> 00:26:09,720 postmarked the day she died? 403 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,380 Yes. How do you explain that? 404 00:26:13,220 --> 00:26:14,500 Maybe Stephen Lacey can. 405 00:26:39,379 --> 00:26:40,800 Lacey, Big Swan died. 406 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,400 Anybody see it? 407 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:45,480 You mean anybody give him a hand out the window? 408 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:46,880 We don't know. 409 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,240 Pretty big guy to handle. 410 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,040 I only know it wasn't Shelly this time. 411 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,700 Still a guest of the city. 412 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,480 Maybe he died of a broken heart. 413 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:02,600 Among other things. 414 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,040 Up here. 415 00:27:10,860 --> 00:27:12,060 Proofs I know it's in the typewriter. 416 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:25,260 Can't go on living without Laurel? Same typeface as the letters to Kate. 417 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,100 Guy his age. 418 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:33,180 Physical fitness freak. 419 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:38,380 I don't know, it's just... It's kind of hard to believe you'd want to bounce the 420 00:27:38,380 --> 00:27:39,920 body off the sidewalk like that. 421 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,740 Yeah, there was no sign of a struggle. 422 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,220 It would take a real big dude to overpower him and throw him off the 423 00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:47,940 Besides, the door was locked. 424 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,080 There's no bolt on the inside, Town. 425 00:27:53,460 --> 00:27:55,120 Somebody's going to slam that on their way out. 426 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,620 There's nothing here that doesn't say he just didn't take a short walk off the 427 00:27:58,620 --> 00:27:59,620 balcony. 428 00:28:28,020 --> 00:28:29,240 Hey, guys? Yeah? 429 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,040 Take a look at this. 430 00:28:32,220 --> 00:28:33,220 Here you go. 431 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:39,280 Why would a guy who's planning to walk off his own balcony leave his video 432 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:40,720 recorder on to tape an old movie? 433 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,740 Because he wasn't going to be here to watch it live? 434 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,940 What did I tell you? 435 00:28:59,020 --> 00:29:00,840 Arnold, you haven't told us anything yet. 436 00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:03,380 I haven't? Not yet. 437 00:29:03,740 --> 00:29:04,740 Why not? 438 00:29:04,940 --> 00:29:06,620 It's right here, everything we need. 439 00:29:07,140 --> 00:29:10,920 The suicide note and the letter from Mr. 440 00:29:11,940 --> 00:29:16,640 Sticklove. Whoever wrote these letters, he didn't write the suicide note. 441 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:17,980 How can you tell that? 442 00:29:19,060 --> 00:29:20,060 Look. 443 00:29:20,820 --> 00:29:21,820 You see? 444 00:29:22,740 --> 00:29:27,240 Everything typed on the same machine. Always the same correcting electric. 445 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,200 but always in the letters. 446 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:37,760 Under the microscope, you see M 447 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,520 and N's perverted. 448 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:44,920 Perverted? Yes. 449 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:52,320 He mixes up his M's and N's, this person hitting one when should be hitting the 450 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:53,780 other, so they go backwards. 451 00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:56,990 Then... Ping! He makes a correction. 452 00:29:58,550 --> 00:30:04,790 But under the microscope, the evidence from the mistake always remains on 453 00:30:05,030 --> 00:30:06,050 like a fingerprint. 454 00:30:08,010 --> 00:30:12,350 But in the suicide note, no such evidence. 455 00:30:12,750 --> 00:30:13,750 No. 456 00:30:14,210 --> 00:30:16,230 Which proves that he was murdered. 457 00:30:16,490 --> 00:30:17,490 By a giant. 458 00:30:17,670 --> 00:30:20,630 And the only giant in this case is in jail. 459 00:30:42,570 --> 00:30:44,610 It's from the Del Playa out on Vista Point. 460 00:30:45,030 --> 00:30:49,070 In the Kate Franklin Traveler's Guide, it's known as a three -star resort hotel 461 00:30:49,070 --> 00:30:51,490 with a one -star restaurant. Very exclusive. 462 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:55,170 Very expensive, I would imagine, for an aerobics instructor. 463 00:30:55,590 --> 00:30:58,110 Yeah, well, we ought to check it out. There's a whole bunch of these in his 464 00:30:58,110 --> 00:30:59,110 medicine cabinet. 465 00:30:59,510 --> 00:31:02,330 Looks like he was spending some rather serious time out there. 466 00:31:02,550 --> 00:31:06,570 Wouldn't surprise me. The Del Playa's known as a safe playground for the rich. 467 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:11,620 Laurel Shelley probably took Stephen there for private roping sessions, if 468 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:12,620 know what I mean. 469 00:31:23,940 --> 00:31:24,940 Okay. 470 00:31:26,260 --> 00:31:28,040 Making an Eldo convertible as well? 471 00:31:28,540 --> 00:31:29,540 Yeah. 472 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:39,500 Now, stand with us. 473 00:31:56,340 --> 00:31:57,920 Ah, excuse me. Yes? 474 00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,680 No? Let me guess. 475 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,700 Two rooms connecting doors. 476 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,640 No. I'm sorry, our Ménage à Trois Suites is booked till Christmas. 477 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,820 We don't want the Ménage à Trois Suites. 478 00:32:09,130 --> 00:32:10,130 I don't blame you. 479 00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:13,130 That crack will cost you half a star, pal. 480 00:32:13,910 --> 00:32:17,070 We're private investigators, and we're looking for... 481 00:32:17,070 --> 00:32:25,930 We're 482 00:32:25,930 --> 00:32:27,430 looking for information on this man. 483 00:32:29,490 --> 00:32:30,590 Uh, yes. 484 00:32:32,870 --> 00:32:35,850 He used to come here quite regularly with his wife. 485 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,400 Very beautiful young woman, very tall, long blonde hair. 486 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,020 Long blonde hair? 487 00:32:43,340 --> 00:32:44,199 Like this? 488 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:45,340 Ah, yes, that's her. 489 00:32:45,860 --> 00:32:46,860 Thank you. 490 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,280 Maybe she duped Lacey into killing her stepmother and framing her father. 491 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:52,700 Is that possible? 492 00:32:53,220 --> 00:32:56,100 Possible, yes, but it still doesn't tell us who killed Stephen Lacey. 493 00:33:00,780 --> 00:33:02,960 Come out, come out, wherever you are. 494 00:33:32,330 --> 00:33:37,010 It is just that we would feel more comfortable if we knew that you were 495 00:33:37,010 --> 00:33:38,010 with Mom. 496 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:42,910 It's very unfair of you to impose on your mother this way. No, you have to 497 00:33:42,910 --> 00:33:44,170 understand, we're not imposing. 498 00:33:44,530 --> 00:33:46,830 Really, truly. I mean, we do this all the time. 499 00:33:47,110 --> 00:33:48,550 Yeah, Mom's used to it. 500 00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:52,650 You should read the letters for mothers who feel their children take unfair 501 00:33:52,650 --> 00:33:55,650 advantage. Unfair advantage, yes. Don't be ridiculous. 502 00:33:56,460 --> 00:33:59,840 This one mother wrote her children were always in trouble, calling her up in the 503 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:04,020 middle of the night to have bailed her sons out of jail, embarrassing her in 504 00:34:04,020 --> 00:34:07,320 front of her men, Fred. Well, yeah, but I mean, you know, it's... I know that's 505 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:08,600 not you. What'd you tell her to do? 506 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,560 I told her to let them rot in the slammer next time, teach them a lesson. 507 00:34:13,340 --> 00:34:14,340 Sorry to hear that. 508 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:17,719 Of course, didn't do any good that they just moved here from Guatemala. She was 509 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:18,880 the only one who spoke English. 510 00:34:20,179 --> 00:34:22,300 Yeah, well, here, right this way. 511 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:38,040 I'm sorry. 512 00:35:09,580 --> 00:35:10,580 Twenty minutes. 513 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:13,900 Mom, it's Kate Franklin. Kate, this is our mom. How do you do? 514 00:35:14,540 --> 00:35:18,720 I was just chat -targeting your sons. We're imposing on you like this. Oh, 515 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:21,020 be silly. I'll be the toast of the Canasta Club. 516 00:35:21,580 --> 00:35:22,558 Hi, Mom. 517 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:23,560 Hi, Uncle. 518 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,120 Dr. 519 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,000 Luckowitz, please. 520 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,540 Dr. Luckowitz, please pick up your page. 521 00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:42,839 Marlowe? Marlowe! 522 00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:43,940 Marlowe! 523 00:35:46,900 --> 00:35:47,900 Marlowe, come here. 524 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:50,600 Marlowe, come here. 525 00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:52,400 Come on, boy. Come on, boy. 526 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:53,680 You okay? 527 00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:55,100 Huh? 528 00:35:55,780 --> 00:35:58,040 Geez, for a minute there, I thought you were on your way to that big kennel in 529 00:35:58,040 --> 00:35:59,040 the sky home. 530 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:05,500 My home is gone. 531 00:36:17,390 --> 00:36:18,990 Well, AJ, look at it this way. 532 00:36:19,190 --> 00:36:21,870 We're getting Bond to get rid of that lousy oil painting he had over there. 533 00:36:22,270 --> 00:36:26,630 Thank God you weren't in here and nobody was hurt. Oh, Mom, we're okay. We're 534 00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:27,970 okay. Hey, hey, come here. 535 00:36:29,190 --> 00:36:30,069 It's all right. 536 00:36:30,070 --> 00:36:31,070 It's all right. 537 00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:32,490 It's all right. 538 00:36:35,930 --> 00:36:36,930 AJ? 539 00:36:43,870 --> 00:36:46,530 It had to be radio control. I bet this beeper set it off. 540 00:36:48,420 --> 00:36:50,520 Remind me to write the good doctor a thank you note. 541 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:58,240 I think it's time we dropped the 542 00:36:58,240 --> 00:36:59,720 case. No, no way. 543 00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:05,920 Someone is going to be very, very sorry about all this. 544 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:09,660 I could never forgive myself if anything happened to the two of you. I don't 545 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:10,660 want anyone else hurt. 546 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:12,020 No, no, Kate, you don't understand. 547 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,420 See, we couldn't drop the case now if we wanted to. 548 00:37:15,780 --> 00:37:18,040 They're bringing the action to us because we're... 549 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:19,360 Too close to them already. 550 00:37:19,820 --> 00:37:21,680 None of that is safe till we make it safe. 551 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:30,800 But if I... I haven't meddled in the case in the first place, none of this 552 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,260 have happened. Kate, lots of people manage to get murdered every year in 553 00:37:34,260 --> 00:37:35,460 country without your help. 554 00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:38,220 I've been meddling in other people's business all my life. 555 00:37:39,940 --> 00:37:40,940 Now look. 556 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,060 I... Come on, come on. 557 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:45,520 Come on. 558 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,570 Kate? I want you to listen to me. Hey, will you listen to me? 559 00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:51,650 Okay? All right. 560 00:37:54,710 --> 00:37:59,370 Look, an awful lot of people in this world who are desperate for help. 561 00:38:00,210 --> 00:38:03,270 And most of them don't know where to turn or who to talk to. 562 00:38:04,470 --> 00:38:05,890 And you help those people. 563 00:38:06,190 --> 00:38:07,190 You do. 564 00:38:08,490 --> 00:38:11,350 Because you like listening to them. You like listening to their problems. 565 00:38:12,490 --> 00:38:13,970 You try to understand them. 566 00:38:14,750 --> 00:38:15,910 You put a little... 567 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:19,960 A little common sense back in their lives. 568 00:38:20,620 --> 00:38:24,760 On top of which, anybody who's willing to take on the awesome responsibility of 569 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,140 turning A .J. into a happily married, well -dressed man deserves a place in 570 00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:29,720 things of all fame. That's all there is to it. 571 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:36,620 I must admit, I hate to see A .J. lonely. 572 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,740 He is lonely, Kate, believe me. 573 00:38:39,980 --> 00:38:43,180 Lonely and restless and young. 574 00:38:43,580 --> 00:38:44,580 It's disgusting. 575 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,780 There's a decorator I know. Really? Oh, she's a lovely woman. 576 00:38:50,340 --> 00:38:51,500 AJ would love her. 577 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,240 And she could do terrific things with this room. 578 00:38:54,660 --> 00:38:57,780 Would you all mind if we talked about murder instead of love for a little bit? 579 00:38:57,780 --> 00:38:58,780 think I'd feel more comfortable. 580 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,880 Don't mind him. He gets testy when his house gets blown up. Happens every time. 581 00:40:40,549 --> 00:40:41,550 Hello. What do you got? 582 00:40:42,270 --> 00:40:48,350 Well, what are we doing? It's a receipt signed by Melissa and dated for the day 583 00:40:48,350 --> 00:40:49,510 that Laurel Shelley was killed. 584 00:40:49,910 --> 00:40:52,850 Huh? It's kind of smudged, though. I mean, the only thing I can read is the 585 00:40:52,850 --> 00:40:53,850 or not. 586 00:40:54,970 --> 00:40:55,970 Yeah. 587 00:40:56,490 --> 00:40:58,290 Can't tell what she bought or where she bought it. 588 00:40:59,370 --> 00:41:00,370 I can fix that. 589 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:41,360 Hold on. 590 00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:46,340 I hope you took good notes at Chaucer today. 591 00:41:46,660 --> 00:41:50,160 The wives' tale, wasn't it? You must have nodded off again. We did the wives' 592 00:41:50,220 --> 00:41:50,939 tale yesterday. 593 00:41:50,940 --> 00:41:52,320 Yeah, it's coming in loud and clear. 594 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:57,740 Bobby, I just can't do that. 595 00:41:58,380 --> 00:42:00,020 But Allison, I love you. 596 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,680 Bobby, I love you too, but I can't break it off with Billy. It would kill him 597 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,100 after all he's gone through this year. 598 00:42:05,620 --> 00:42:06,880 You could break it off with Max. 599 00:42:07,450 --> 00:42:11,490 Max has had a great year. Max and I have a strictly physical relationship and it 600 00:42:11,490 --> 00:42:12,590 shouldn't bother you at all. 601 00:42:13,070 --> 00:42:14,170 What about Norman? 602 00:42:14,490 --> 00:42:16,270 You think you could break it off with Norman? 603 00:42:18,090 --> 00:42:20,550 No. You could move in with me. 604 00:42:21,170 --> 00:42:22,170 How's it going? 605 00:42:25,590 --> 00:42:28,650 Well, so far I've heard plans for the weekend. 606 00:42:29,410 --> 00:42:31,190 Fights with Mommy and Daddy. 607 00:42:32,050 --> 00:42:33,490 Plato versus Aristotle. 608 00:42:34,620 --> 00:42:39,940 A really interesting conversation lasting about 45 minutes concerning Mick 609 00:42:39,940 --> 00:42:43,220 Jagger's lips, but so far no messages from Melissa. 610 00:42:43,820 --> 00:42:45,280 No, no campus either. 611 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,460 I checked her car. It's clean. 612 00:42:48,180 --> 00:42:50,780 You listen for a while. I got to take a break. 613 00:42:55,060 --> 00:42:56,060 Aha. 614 00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:58,420 Now we're getting into your surveillance specialty. 615 00:42:58,860 --> 00:43:01,620 Looking through binoculars into a sorority house. 616 00:43:02,250 --> 00:43:05,490 All in the cause of truth, justice, and the American way. 617 00:43:05,970 --> 00:43:07,550 Hey, listen to this. 618 00:43:10,530 --> 00:43:11,550 What about Norman? 619 00:43:11,810 --> 00:43:14,230 I don't care about Norman, you know that. 620 00:43:14,550 --> 00:43:15,770 I could never love Norman. 621 00:43:16,370 --> 00:43:20,630 So how come you go to bed with him and not with me? Because I love you, that's 622 00:43:20,630 --> 00:43:25,050 why. You won't even let me kiss you. Bobby, I can't talk about it now. 623 00:43:25,790 --> 00:43:27,550 Joey's coming over to help me with my chemistry. 624 00:43:27,770 --> 00:43:28,790 Joey? Joey? 625 00:43:29,030 --> 00:43:30,030 Joey who? 626 00:43:30,530 --> 00:43:31,670 Joey's just a friend. 627 00:43:35,220 --> 00:43:41,060 Well, the town says that Melissa was supposedly on campus when both murders 628 00:43:41,060 --> 00:43:45,120 committed. Of course, up until now, nobody's had any reason to check out her 629 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:49,580 alibi because we all knew we were looking for a large, powerful man. 630 00:43:50,620 --> 00:43:52,620 We had this kind of thing together. 631 00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:54,300 The three of you? 632 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,580 You don't have to make it sound so dirty. 633 00:43:57,260 --> 00:43:59,540 No, I didn't mean that. I'm just surprised. 634 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:09,680 Don't mind extra crispy. 635 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:11,560 Listen to this. 636 00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:13,940 Melissa got a call while you were out. 637 00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:17,500 Why have you been avoiding me? 638 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,720 I've been very busy, and I haven't had time to do anything but study. 639 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:24,420 You're trying to break it off, aren't you? 640 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,560 No, I'm not, but I think it would be a good idea if we didn't see each other 641 00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:29,920 a while, all things considered. 642 00:44:44,650 --> 00:44:50,050 get there about uh five o 'clock yep oh by the way i talked to uh marjorie she 643 00:44:50,050 --> 00:44:54,590 came through for us melissa bought a new voltage regulator the day laurel shelly 644 00:44:54,590 --> 00:44:59,350 was killed she bought it in san diego hello 645 00:44:59,350 --> 00:45:06,030 i'd like to know where you two got this melissa i think you're missing the point 646 00:45:06,030 --> 00:45:10,790 here you were in san diego the day your stepmother was killed you don't have an 647 00:45:10,790 --> 00:45:11,790 alibi anymore 648 00:45:12,220 --> 00:45:15,240 You are now facing a possible homicide charge. 649 00:45:15,580 --> 00:45:18,420 The fact that I was in San Diego doesn't make me a murderer. 650 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:22,260 The fact that you lied to the police proves that you have something to hide. 651 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:23,880 I wasn't hiding anything. 652 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:26,960 I was trying to protect our family name. 653 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,160 My mother's dead. Now, why should people have all this to drag through the mud? 654 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,760 Kate Franklin would love to write a story on a mother -daughter love 655 00:45:36,220 --> 00:45:38,940 We're talking about a triangle, all right, but it's got nothing to do with 656 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:40,440 You don't understand. 657 00:45:42,730 --> 00:45:43,730 Why don't you help us out? 658 00:45:45,230 --> 00:45:46,590 I was in San Diego. 659 00:45:47,470 --> 00:45:48,770 But I never killed anyone. 660 00:45:50,450 --> 00:45:53,630 Stephen Lacey killed my stepmother, then tried to blackmail me. 661 00:45:54,930 --> 00:45:56,570 Wally Luger then killed Stephen. 662 00:45:57,950 --> 00:45:59,090 Wally's the one you want. 663 00:45:59,730 --> 00:46:00,730 You liar! 664 00:46:03,150 --> 00:46:05,250 Hold it! Get out of the way! 665 00:47:36,940 --> 00:47:39,860 I appreciate the help, but I can do my own redecorating. Thank you. 666 00:47:40,500 --> 00:47:43,360 Perhaps you should consider taking your big brother's advice, AJ. 667 00:47:43,860 --> 00:47:46,000 After all, he is more experienced in these matters. 668 00:47:47,220 --> 00:47:48,220 Domestically speaking. 669 00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:50,920 You're right. 670 00:47:51,540 --> 00:47:53,100 You're absolutely right. 671 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:57,580 You know, I think it's high time that you met Rick. Why? How about it, Rick? 672 00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:00,440 When are you going to introduce her to the little woman? 673 00:48:01,180 --> 00:48:03,040 Rick's wife? What are you talking about? 674 00:48:03,620 --> 00:48:06,460 Oh, Rick, I really would love to meet her. 675 00:48:06,890 --> 00:48:08,270 Come to think of it, so would I. 676 00:48:09,030 --> 00:48:10,750 I'll arrange a little soiree. 677 00:48:11,110 --> 00:48:15,810 I've someone very special in mind for you, A .J. Oh, perfectly delightful 678 00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:18,830 lady. Very pretty, too, in spite of her appearance. 679 00:48:19,270 --> 00:48:21,110 I've even lined up someone for Cecilia. 680 00:48:21,530 --> 00:48:24,830 She's a bit older than you are, dear, but still quite vigorous, all things 681 00:48:24,830 --> 00:48:25,830 considered. 682 00:48:26,330 --> 00:48:28,410 I told him all about you. 683 00:48:30,250 --> 00:48:32,070 You might have to bring his nurse, though. 684 00:48:32,910 --> 00:48:34,090 How many does that make?