1 00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:04,140 Uh, Mom, that's a big enchilada, and don't you worry, we're gonna give you a 2 00:00:04,140 --> 00:00:08,860 nice big bite of it. Tonight, on Simon and Simon... Everything's unusual about 3 00:00:08,860 --> 00:00:10,620 this case. It's some kind of massive fraud. 4 00:00:10,980 --> 00:00:14,480 How would you like for me to personally stick this business card right in your 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,020 back pocket? Why are you in drag? 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:17,420 The term is undercover. 7 00:00:17,820 --> 00:00:20,500 Now, what does it mean? I mean, are we talking about murder by air 8 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:26,040 Brakes are dead. Engine's out. No back compression with freewheeling. Thanks 9 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,040 the rundown. 10 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,680 I said we would probably find a garage. I don't know this part of the world, 11 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,780 Carla. Then what are we doing in this part of the world, David? 12 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:04,840 David and I wanted to spend a weekend at an exotic primitive beach resort, 13 00:02:04,940 --> 00:02:05,940 Mother. 14 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:08,800 We're happy you decided to join us, but it is our vacation. 15 00:02:09,580 --> 00:02:11,160 We'll just all have to make the best of it. 16 00:02:11,900 --> 00:02:12,900 Wonderful. 17 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:30,800 Mother? Mother? 18 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:32,900 Dave, pull over. 19 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:34,640 Mom? 20 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:41,500 Mother? 21 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:42,680 Dave, hurry, please. 22 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,200 Dave, what is it? 23 00:02:46,380 --> 00:02:47,420 I think it's her heart. 24 00:02:47,940 --> 00:02:48,940 Let's get her out. 25 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:08,040 It must have been the heat. 26 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:48,440 It's the heat. 27 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 What's the word? 28 00:03:50,060 --> 00:03:51,060 No, I don't know. 29 00:03:51,380 --> 00:03:53,760 Come on, come on. 30 00:03:54,420 --> 00:04:00,200 I don't understand what you're saying. Just follow me. I parked it right around 31 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,920 the corner. It's right here. I parked it. 32 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:04,299 What the? 33 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:05,300 Oh, no. 34 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:07,920 I parked it right here. 35 00:04:08,820 --> 00:04:09,820 Oh, God. 36 00:04:10,890 --> 00:04:12,550 It's gone. It was right here. 37 00:04:17,850 --> 00:04:19,430 And that was almost two months ago. 38 00:04:20,070 --> 00:04:21,070 Incredible. 39 00:04:21,350 --> 00:04:22,850 What do you hear for the Mexican authorities? 40 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:24,630 They haven't been very cooperative. 41 00:04:25,230 --> 00:04:28,490 Oh, yeah, they have, Dave, but it's a big desert. You know, the car could be 42 00:04:28,490 --> 00:04:29,490 anywhere. 43 00:04:30,510 --> 00:04:31,510 Thank you. 44 00:04:32,890 --> 00:04:35,190 Your mother looks too young to have died of a heart attack. 45 00:04:35,670 --> 00:04:36,950 She's my stepmother, actually. 46 00:04:37,790 --> 00:04:42,370 When my dad died last year, Carla took out a big insurance policy on herself 47 00:04:42,370 --> 00:04:43,370 made Dave and me beneficiaries. 48 00:04:44,230 --> 00:04:45,230 How big? 49 00:04:46,770 --> 00:04:47,770 $800 ,000. 50 00:04:48,710 --> 00:04:49,710 $800 ,000? 51 00:04:49,930 --> 00:04:50,930 Why so much? 52 00:04:51,230 --> 00:04:52,470 It was for the business. 53 00:04:52,850 --> 00:04:54,650 Marie's father ran a small factory. 54 00:04:54,910 --> 00:04:58,610 Things have been going downhill for quite some time. With Carla gone, the 55 00:04:58,610 --> 00:05:01,730 business will definitely fold. Insurance money will help pay off some of the 56 00:05:01,730 --> 00:05:03,390 debts. Including back salaries. 57 00:05:03,810 --> 00:05:06,750 Yeah, but without... Pardon my saying this, but... 58 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:08,760 Without the body, they won't pay off. 59 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,660 At least not for a good number of years. 60 00:05:11,620 --> 00:05:15,860 Um, you know, you folks know how slim the odds are. 61 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:20,780 We know it's a long shot, and that's why we'd like to pay a flat rate, 15 % of 62 00:05:20,780 --> 00:05:22,100 the insurance money if you're successful. 63 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:24,380 That's over $100 ,000. 64 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:26,420 It's $120 ,000 to be exact. 65 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,200 Finally found a map of northern Mexico. 66 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,360 You've dissected our phone answering machine. 67 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:47,000 Yeah, you wouldn't believe that. 68 00:05:47,340 --> 00:05:50,820 Remember a little missing the first word on a lot of our messages. Just because 69 00:05:50,820 --> 00:05:55,140 your new friend Mindy does not have the intellectual capacity to wait for the 70 00:05:55,140 --> 00:05:58,860 beat. At least I have women who leave me messages. I can't remember the last 71 00:05:58,860 --> 00:06:02,380 time I heard good old Liz's voice asking you to give her a call, please. 72 00:06:02,620 --> 00:06:05,980 Liz and I have had a minor disagreement. That is all. 73 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,680 Inspector of marriage, raise its ugly little head again. 74 00:06:12,020 --> 00:06:13,300 What's so ugly about marriage? 75 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:16,780 Which side of this little disagreement were you on, anyway? 76 00:06:17,020 --> 00:06:20,560 Look, I just want the phone to work so we can both get our messages while we're 77 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,040 in Mexico. I don't know, A .J. Just have him think about it. We might wind up 78 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,360 with nothing more than a mouthful of desert sand on this one. 79 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,560 Yeah, well, maybe we'll get lucky. 80 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:33,820 I hope so. I'd like to see the plan. 81 00:06:34,140 --> 00:06:35,960 Well, I figure a 50 -mile radius tops. 82 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,220 I mean, you just don't go driving through the desert with a body in the 83 00:06:39,220 --> 00:06:41,020 for more than 50 miles. I mean, it just isn't done. 84 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,300 Now, there's only one hardtop road down here. 85 00:06:44,660 --> 00:06:48,220 Yeah, but that whole area is crisscrossed with little ruts and trails 86 00:06:48,220 --> 00:06:50,080 arroyos. Cash in on disputed claims. 87 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,360 Uh, just a second, Thatcher. Now, wait a minute. I know you're the kind of guys 88 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,120 who'd suck blood for a buck, but you gotta drop out of this one, cowboy. 89 00:06:57,460 --> 00:07:02,740 Mr. Thatcher, how would you like for me to personally stick this business card 90 00:07:02,740 --> 00:07:03,820 right in your back pocket? 91 00:07:04,030 --> 00:07:05,130 That's exactly what I need. 92 00:07:06,030 --> 00:07:07,530 I love to file charges. 93 00:07:09,190 --> 00:07:13,210 It isn't unusual for PIs to be hired by the claimant. 94 00:07:13,590 --> 00:07:16,650 Everything's unusual about this case. There's some kind of massive fraud. 95 00:07:16,990 --> 00:07:18,130 I've been a Morgan case. 96 00:07:18,630 --> 00:07:20,650 You just might wind up as accomplices. 97 00:07:21,290 --> 00:07:24,130 Like I said, I love to file charges. 98 00:07:25,130 --> 00:07:26,950 They make you take off your hat in court, cowboy. 99 00:07:27,810 --> 00:07:28,810 Oh, listen. 100 00:07:29,550 --> 00:07:33,250 You ever wonder why the mutual fidelity symbol is an eagle? No. Gee, no. 101 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:34,820 Well, you ought to. 102 00:07:35,060 --> 00:07:38,360 Because it just might swoop down and pluck out those private eyes of yours. 103 00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:45,740 Just point me to Mexico. 104 00:08:40,580 --> 00:08:41,580 What, 105 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:46,919 Coke? 106 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:47,920 Where's the water? 107 00:08:47,980 --> 00:08:49,800 Who needs water when you have gold? 108 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:54,540 Look here, senora. A dying bambolero gave it to my great -grandfather over 60 109 00:08:54,540 --> 00:08:55,540 years ago. 110 00:08:56,500 --> 00:09:00,620 We'll split 50 -50 when you find the gold, okay? You're just paying $20 for 111 00:09:00,620 --> 00:09:03,020 map. Sorry, no time for gold this trip, amigo. 112 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:07,680 Silver? Uranium? I know, we're looking for something more along the lines of a 113 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:10,200 char. I know where you can get the best deal in town. 114 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:12,219 Completely legal. 115 00:09:12,220 --> 00:09:13,920 How about something not quite so legal? 116 00:09:14,180 --> 00:09:17,120 Silver Mercedes stolen here about, oh, three months ago, huh? 117 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:18,680 Robert! 118 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,660 Good morning, sir. Good morning. Welcome to the field. 119 00:09:22,940 --> 00:09:25,620 I am Hector Rivera, the mayor of this town. 120 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,100 Ah, nice to meet you. Rick Simon? 121 00:09:27,340 --> 00:09:28,340 My brother, AJ? 122 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:30,040 The kid doesn't know anything. 123 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,940 The car with the dead lady. 124 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:35,820 It's not here. 125 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:38,460 I have searched wherever I want. I don't know find. 126 00:09:38,780 --> 00:09:39,539 What's that? 127 00:09:39,540 --> 00:09:41,360 He says it's not here. Look everywhere. 128 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:43,560 The whole area? 129 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,400 Ah, muchas gracias. 130 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,800 Si, senor. 131 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:48,520 Bye -bye. Si, senor. 132 00:09:52,330 --> 00:09:53,229 Mm -hmm. 133 00:09:53,230 --> 00:09:56,090 There are ways of learning things that the Alcalde does not know. 134 00:09:56,570 --> 00:09:57,549 Such as? 135 00:09:57,550 --> 00:09:59,490 Does the car have anything of value inside? 136 00:10:00,510 --> 00:10:04,290 I had the woman's luggage, jewelry, rings. 137 00:10:04,750 --> 00:10:08,350 Ah, then come with me. Do you have money? After we see results of me doing 138 00:10:08,430 --> 00:10:09,430 Come on, then. 139 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:27,160 of new shock absorbers. These are brand new. 140 00:10:27,420 --> 00:10:28,420 Just be kidding. 141 00:10:29,060 --> 00:10:30,700 What'd you do? Buy them from Carlos? 142 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:37,940 You bought shock absorbers from Carlos? As it happens, Carlos cornered the 143 00:10:37,940 --> 00:10:40,820 market and I'm carrying shock absorbers and I got a great deal on these. Well, 144 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:41,840 that's wonderful. 145 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:43,420 Not too soon, either. 146 00:11:20,870 --> 00:11:27,610 I think he can help you, but it will cost us $20. 147 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,200 It's the 148 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:09,640 description 149 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:10,740 the bindings gave us. 150 00:12:11,420 --> 00:12:13,720 Roberto, find out who sold it. 151 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,320 And you have no more worry about your burro shock absorbers. Okay. 152 00:12:23,340 --> 00:12:26,060 How much further is this going to be? My ass isn't going to make it. 153 00:12:28,740 --> 00:12:29,960 Well, the burro's tired. 154 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:32,700 It's just up ahead, senor. 155 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,080 Don't worry about your burro. 156 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:52,880 Los alfaneques. 157 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,240 The buzzards. 158 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,760 So they will not come for the body and show that it is here. 159 00:12:57,380 --> 00:12:58,580 There's a certain amount of sense. 160 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,160 Well, we're never going to identify her now. 161 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,960 Well, maybe there was a broken bone that was reset or something. 162 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,660 Or maybe... Con cuidado. 163 00:13:15,860 --> 00:13:16,860 Con cuidado. 164 00:13:17,380 --> 00:13:19,420 No lo tires. No lo tires. 165 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,120 Sácalo. Sácalo. 166 00:13:21,610 --> 00:13:22,610 Ajá. Con cuidado. 167 00:13:22,770 --> 00:13:23,770 Con cuidado. 168 00:13:24,230 --> 00:13:25,230 Bueno, bueno. 169 00:13:25,730 --> 00:13:26,730 Muy bien. 170 00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:31,330 Es lo que necesitamos. Es la dentadura. AJ, that bridge work could be worth $120 171 00:13:31,330 --> 00:13:32,430 ,000 to us. 172 00:13:32,870 --> 00:13:36,990 Manuel, photographs for the newspaper, please. Here we got a little PR work. 173 00:13:37,390 --> 00:13:40,350 Gentlemen, photographs for the newspaper, please. Yeah, sure, sure. Anything 174 00:13:40,350 --> 00:13:41,350 you want. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 175 00:13:41,450 --> 00:13:42,450 Thank you. 176 00:13:44,970 --> 00:13:45,970 Another, another, another. 177 00:13:47,630 --> 00:13:49,250 Thank you, gentlemen. Ah, good. Thank you. 178 00:13:52,620 --> 00:13:53,620 Hey, 179 00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:57,900 Jay, I can already smell Tahiti. 180 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,980 Perfume, tropical nights, tangy -pangy on the trade winds. 181 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:04,520 Rick? Yeah? 182 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:10,800 Why do you suppose Roberto made us ride out here on these miserable beasts 183 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,900 and then sent the law out on wheels? 184 00:14:14,380 --> 00:14:16,320 I don't know. We see him, we'll have to ask him. 185 00:14:27,310 --> 00:14:28,530 Oh, nice going, Alina, huh? 186 00:14:28,890 --> 00:14:30,490 You convinced them? 187 00:14:31,030 --> 00:14:34,910 What the... I made the American very hard. 188 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:36,250 There. 189 00:14:36,510 --> 00:14:37,510 Go ahead. 190 00:14:49,070 --> 00:14:50,430 AJ, they said 10 o 'clock. 191 00:14:51,030 --> 00:14:53,610 Come on, get a move on. Rick, come here, let me fix that. 192 00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:54,870 Fix what? What's wrong? 193 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,680 You never used to laugh when I did this. You used to swear under your breath. 194 00:15:02,940 --> 00:15:06,360 Yeah, it's the Irish sweepstakes. It's money in the mail. 195 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:08,060 The Grand Casino. 196 00:15:09,340 --> 00:15:11,340 Are you making sense or am I drifting? 197 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,780 Mom, that's the big enchilada. And don't you worry, we're going to give you a 198 00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:18,500 nice big bite of it. Oh, don't promise what's not yours. You haven't been 199 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:22,760 your enchilada yet. Yeah, but I will be. It's just a formality right now. 200 00:15:23,420 --> 00:15:27,140 And from now on, it is champagne for breakfast for the rest of our lives. 201 00:15:27,690 --> 00:15:32,130 Well, I'd put those bubbles in some long -term CDs. In these financially 202 00:15:32,130 --> 00:15:36,490 uncertain times, they... In your case, it's usually three shots of tequila and 203 00:15:36,490 --> 00:15:38,450 cocktail waitress at a country western bar. 204 00:15:38,750 --> 00:15:44,450 Yeah. Well, I don't like your being so... Look, the Blandings have gotten 205 00:15:44,450 --> 00:15:48,390 over their grief. They have accepted Carla Morgan's death. It is now time to 206 00:15:48,390 --> 00:15:50,410 on with life. With a little money in the bank. 207 00:15:51,130 --> 00:15:54,990 All you've been doing since you got back from Mexico is spending money in your 208 00:15:54,990 --> 00:15:55,990 mind. Mm -hmm. 209 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,000 And A .J. has been brooding, and I'd like to know why. 210 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,160 Well, he's just pining for his lost love. 211 00:16:01,660 --> 00:16:05,180 Liz gave him the old dumperoonie. That's not true. She didn't... Look, I'll tell 212 00:16:05,180 --> 00:16:06,460 you what's bothering me. 213 00:16:06,940 --> 00:16:08,420 It's something that Rick always says. 214 00:16:08,780 --> 00:16:11,620 The one thing you can count on is for people not to be too neat. And I've just 215 00:16:11,620 --> 00:16:15,020 got this uneasy feeling that all our ducks were in too neat a row down in 216 00:16:15,020 --> 00:16:18,300 Mexico. Come on, A .J., we earned our money down there. Now, it's 9 .30. These 217 00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:20,740 people like you to be on time. We're talking court. We're talking about... We 218 00:16:20,740 --> 00:16:21,740 did our job too well. 219 00:16:22,220 --> 00:16:27,620 Too easily. Oh, gee. I mean, 100 ,000 to one odds against our finding the body, 220 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,880 and we did it? 120 ,000 to two. 221 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:32,660 Us and Mom. 222 00:16:33,020 --> 00:16:34,900 The big enchilada. 223 00:16:35,140 --> 00:16:37,560 Miss Fonda. Mom, you're getting as bad as Rick. 224 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,120 So what's the story on Liz? 225 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:41,240 Yes, 226 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:48,680 definitely. 227 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:54,100 I made this partial for Carla Morgan almost five years ago. And I repaired 228 00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:57,720 portion for her only last month. The repair work is still quite visible. 229 00:16:58,040 --> 00:16:59,880 How can you be certain, Doctor? 230 00:17:00,260 --> 00:17:03,880 And that small piece of metal is sufficient for identification? 231 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:07,599 Oh, yes. It's definitely the one I made for Carla Morgan. 232 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,220 From this, I'm prepared to make a positive ID. 233 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:11,800 That's clear enough. 234 00:17:11,940 --> 00:17:13,500 No further questions, Your Honor. 235 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,380 Thank you, Dr. Fielding. 236 00:17:17,450 --> 00:17:19,290 I call Richard Simon to the stand. 237 00:17:20,849 --> 00:17:25,589 And then the Mexican authorities impounded the car and took possession of 238 00:17:25,690 --> 00:17:26,569 Morgan's remains. 239 00:17:26,569 --> 00:17:31,350 And you didn't then, or do you now, have any reason to suspect that the facts 240 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:32,750 are not as they have been presented? 241 00:17:33,930 --> 00:17:34,930 You could say that. 242 00:17:35,870 --> 00:17:37,230 I'm asking you to say that. 243 00:17:38,270 --> 00:17:41,190 Well, you know, facts, they have a way of speaking for themselves. 244 00:17:44,010 --> 00:17:46,410 Well, I guess the court can take that as a yes. 245 00:17:47,590 --> 00:17:48,590 Dismissed. 246 00:17:55,930 --> 00:17:58,750 My stepmother had always been very clear about her wishes. 247 00:17:59,870 --> 00:18:02,930 She even wrote in her will that she preferred cremation. 248 00:18:03,670 --> 00:18:07,090 So I find the consent, and they're going to send her ashes to us. 249 00:18:07,810 --> 00:18:09,450 The cremation will be done in Mexico? 250 00:18:10,450 --> 00:18:11,530 Yeah, it already has. 251 00:18:12,170 --> 00:18:13,370 Could you be more specific? 252 00:18:14,190 --> 00:18:15,310 Oh, I don't mean the fire. 253 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,600 Once the Mexican police were sure there was no crime involved, they released her 254 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:21,840 remains to a local mortuary. 255 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,520 I told them to go ahead and do it there. I thought, why not? 256 00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:27,940 All right. 257 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,720 The court is now in session. The Honorable Judge Donald Webster 258 00:18:35,780 --> 00:18:36,820 Please be seated. 259 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,580 Although the cause of Carla Morgan's death has not been determined to a 260 00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:47,830 certainty, The report by the Mexican police, the accounts of Mr. 261 00:18:48,030 --> 00:18:53,250 and Mrs. Blandings, and the fact that the body was ultimately discovered by 262 00:18:53,250 --> 00:18:58,250 licensed private investigators, taken together is a compelling case. 263 00:18:59,190 --> 00:19:01,450 I am inclined to accept Dr. 264 00:19:01,650 --> 00:19:06,250 Fielding's dental identification, and in that Mr. Thatcher, who conducted the 265 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:09,510 investigation for mutual fidelity, has not... 266 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:25,520 Well, no hard feelings. I get paid to be offensive. 267 00:19:25,740 --> 00:19:26,740 You're wearing your money. 268 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:31,160 Not bad for a couple of thanks, but no thanks. 269 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:34,100 Suit yourself. 270 00:19:35,220 --> 00:19:36,360 Anyway, things turned out right. 271 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,240 The Blandings should be getting their money as soon as we settle all the 272 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,340 of their claim, and you guys should be getting your 15 % soon after, huh? 273 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:44,580 Well, we certainly hope so. 274 00:19:46,340 --> 00:19:47,340 No hard feelings. 275 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:50,320 No hard feelings. 276 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,940 Oh, come on, A .J., would you get off it? The insurance company's own man 277 00:20:00,940 --> 00:20:02,760 us no hard feelings. Now, what more do you want? 278 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:05,780 I want to quit feeling like I've been set up. 279 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,640 Oh, gee, set up for $120 ,000. Big one. Look into this thing a little bit more. 280 00:20:09,940 --> 00:20:10,940 Agreed? 281 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,260 Agreed. All right. 282 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:14,500 Well? 283 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:15,880 Happy? No. Yes, ma 'am. 284 00:20:37,420 --> 00:20:39,900 Investigations. At the beep, please leave your name and number. A hundred 285 00:20:39,900 --> 00:20:43,000 decibels shooting through your eardrums is going to get us sued. You know that? 286 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:44,660 Hey, 287 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,460 wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait. Listen to the message. 288 00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:49,240 Who is going to sit through that to leave us a message? 289 00:20:51,580 --> 00:20:53,080 Great. Now it's barely audible. 290 00:20:58,120 --> 00:20:59,120 Oh, 291 00:20:59,420 --> 00:21:00,420 the woman. 292 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:01,640 I think. 293 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,980 I don't know. It could have been Liz. It could have been Indira Gandhi. Who 294 00:21:05,980 --> 00:21:06,719 could tell? 295 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,100 Hey, Towner. 296 00:21:09,260 --> 00:21:10,260 How you doing? 297 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,800 You're not supposed to recognize me. I'm in disguise. 298 00:21:14,060 --> 00:21:15,320 I spent an hour putting this thing together. 299 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:16,720 This is embarrassing. 300 00:21:17,060 --> 00:21:18,060 Why are you in drag? 301 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:19,840 The term is undercover. 302 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:23,280 Look, I'm trying to nab the bag lady beat over at Mission Beach. 303 00:21:23,660 --> 00:21:27,920 Just my shopping cart, plenty of brown bags, drag. The car, Towner. Come on. 304 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,230 Guide. They just towed in from Mexico last night, and officially nobody's 305 00:21:32,230 --> 00:21:34,910 supposed to touch that thing until the Blandings take possession of it. We're 306 00:21:34,910 --> 00:21:36,270 not on a case, and it is their car. 307 00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:38,330 Town, 308 00:21:38,490 --> 00:21:41,710 am I dreaming, or didn't you and I have a conversation just an hour ago where 309 00:21:41,710 --> 00:21:43,310 you promised that we could look at the car? 310 00:21:44,790 --> 00:21:49,010 Timing, right? And you could use the rest? Well, we're going to be doing a 311 00:21:49,010 --> 00:21:52,490 celebration when this is all over. You know, we're going to do kind of a 312 00:21:52,490 --> 00:21:55,530 weekend over in Vegas. Why don't you just kind of tag along with us? You 313 00:21:55,530 --> 00:21:57,290 we'll count you to the Robert Goulet show. It'll be great. 314 00:21:57,510 --> 00:21:58,950 Rick, we haven't got the money yet. 315 00:21:59,420 --> 00:22:02,120 Robert Goulet. Yeah. You're going to bribe me. At least make it interesting. 316 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,520 I'll give you a half an hour. Barry Manilow. 20 minutes. 317 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:06,860 Wayne Newton. 10 minutes. 318 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:26,040 I saw the report. 319 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:28,240 The Mexicans checked it over. Found nothing. 320 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:30,560 Uh, hey, Jay. 321 00:22:30,820 --> 00:22:34,120 I know you're trying to impress town and everything, but just between you and 322 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:35,120 me, what are you looking for? 323 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:36,700 I don't know. Uh -huh. 324 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,900 I just think it's strange that the Blandings would have the car towed all 325 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:43,960 way back up here and still leaving it in Mexico. I mean, you know, why not just 326 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,440 sell it for scrap? 327 00:22:46,140 --> 00:22:47,300 You could sell it at auction. 328 00:22:48,180 --> 00:22:49,180 Hello. Hello. 329 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,120 Hey, Jay, you didn't say anything about dismantling the car. 330 00:22:56,860 --> 00:22:58,740 Well, you remember that... 331 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,680 You remember the Blannings testified that the air conditioning had been out 332 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,620 about a couple of hours? 333 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,040 Uh -huh. 334 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,200 Well, watch it. 335 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:16,320 Okay. 336 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,580 AC free on two. 337 00:23:19,980 --> 00:23:20,980 Yep. 338 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,200 This kind of thing happens to cars all the time. Or not. 339 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,080 Okay, let's just sort of pretend that we're talking about sabotage. Now, what 340 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,460 does it mean? I mean, are we talking about murder by air conditioning? 341 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,760 It means that something is rotten in the state of Denmark. That's what it means. 342 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:51,320 It means that things are not the way they're supposed to be. How do I know 343 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:52,320 it means? 344 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,800 Town, would you do me a favor and take that and have it checked over by the 345 00:23:56,020 --> 00:23:58,960 Oh, yeah, let the lab boys take this. We wouldn't want to get any fingerprints 346 00:23:58,960 --> 00:23:59,960 on it now, would we? 347 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,380 I'm A .J. Simon. We're here to see Dr. Fielding. 348 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,260 Both of you? Is it about your teeth? 349 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:19,860 No, it's about Carla Morgan's teeth. 350 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:44,980 Teeth aren't like fingerprints, you know. 351 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:46,740 We go by probability. 352 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:50,060 The odds are two people won't have the same dental history. 353 00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:55,220 At the hearing, you made a positive ID. You weren't giving odds. 354 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:56,520 Too long to measure. 355 00:25:56,860 --> 00:25:59,060 First of all, you've got all the corroborating evidence. 356 00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:02,840 That's how we start work on, well, say, an airline crash. 357 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,020 Even if all you've got to start on is a melted denture. It's not like anybody in 358 00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:08,180 the world could be on that plane. 359 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,760 You've got a passenger manifest and seat assignments. No, what you're saying is 360 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,580 that it's circumstantial. 361 00:26:14,820 --> 00:26:18,860 Carla Morgan was last seen in that car, dead somewhere in the vicinity, and so 362 00:26:18,860 --> 00:26:22,940 on and so on. No, it's a pattern. This is a copy of the Mexican coroner's 363 00:26:22,940 --> 00:26:27,060 report. It substantiates the basics. Female, certain height, certain build, 364 00:26:27,060 --> 00:26:28,060 one accounted for trauma. 365 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:29,780 That's all they could tell from the remains. 366 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,900 But the pattern is already starting to indicate her. And the denture proves it? 367 00:26:34,820 --> 00:26:36,280 It narrows the probability. 368 00:26:38,220 --> 00:26:40,140 It matches the teeth she was missing. 369 00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:42,440 I pulled these myself. 370 00:26:42,900 --> 00:26:44,140 Lower left only. 371 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:45,560 Somewhat unusual. 372 00:26:45,940 --> 00:26:49,280 Enough correlation to her dental history for a guarded ID. 373 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,900 But in this case, we had more. 374 00:26:52,340 --> 00:26:56,020 She needed a precision appliance fitted to her denture. 375 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:00,720 Not common. This metal peg fitted into the adjacent tooth. 376 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:06,280 And this bar, called a swing lock. We see this in an extremely small number of 377 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,280 patients. 378 00:27:07,370 --> 00:27:10,330 Taken all together, positive, just like fingerprints. 379 00:27:11,610 --> 00:27:17,590 Uh, Doc, you're losing me a little bit here. Now, you said that dental ID is 380 00:27:17,590 --> 00:27:19,490 probable, not positive. 381 00:27:19,730 --> 00:27:20,730 That's right. 382 00:27:20,790 --> 00:27:24,690 We're talking about Carla Morgan's denture, not her teeth. Her teeth were 383 00:27:24,690 --> 00:27:25,489 in the fire. 384 00:27:25,490 --> 00:27:26,850 I thought the teeth always survived. 385 00:27:27,230 --> 00:27:31,950 Up to about 1 ,200 degrees. The Blanding car fire was 1 ,500, maybe more. 386 00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:33,350 He ID'd it. 387 00:27:33,810 --> 00:27:36,150 The court respects his opinion, and they made the award. 388 00:27:36,890 --> 00:27:38,290 What does that do to your murder theory? 389 00:27:40,150 --> 00:27:41,150 Wish I knew. 390 00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:44,930 I guess we're just going to have to take their money then, huh? 391 00:28:07,990 --> 00:28:12,190 Okay, just for the sake of argument, let's say that Dave and Marie Blanding 392 00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:13,210 murderers. Okay. 393 00:28:14,050 --> 00:28:18,250 Why go to so much trouble? I mean, either you want the body found or you 394 00:28:18,410 --> 00:28:21,670 Well, in this case, you do, because you've got to have the corpse to make 395 00:28:21,670 --> 00:28:22,670 insurance claim. 396 00:28:22,750 --> 00:28:27,170 Right, so why make it so difficult to find? I mean, why fake a car theft, hide 397 00:28:27,170 --> 00:28:29,830 the car in the Sonoran Desert, and then burn it beyond recognition? 398 00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:32,110 I'd cause death. 399 00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:34,070 I don't buy that. 400 00:28:34,210 --> 00:28:35,210 I ain't selling that. 401 00:28:35,730 --> 00:28:38,250 It's too easy to rig an accident or buy a hit. 402 00:28:39,870 --> 00:28:42,670 Be a thousand miles away, not be the only two witnesses. 403 00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:45,970 Yeah, and then take a shot that a couple of guys like us are going to be able to 404 00:28:45,970 --> 00:28:46,970 find the body. 405 00:28:47,450 --> 00:28:50,450 And that a dentist is going to be able to ID his swing lock. 406 00:29:06,730 --> 00:29:07,730 What the hell? 407 00:29:11,050 --> 00:29:15,030 Brakes are dead. Engine's out. No back compression with freewheeling. Thanks 408 00:29:15,030 --> 00:29:16,030 the rundown. 409 00:29:54,350 --> 00:29:55,350 Jay, we're still moving. 410 00:29:55,870 --> 00:29:58,490 Yeah, I know that. Hey, don't rock it. Don't rock it. Come on. 411 00:29:58,950 --> 00:29:59,950 Tell me, tell him. 412 00:30:01,750 --> 00:30:03,330 One, two, three. 413 00:30:45,540 --> 00:30:46,540 Okay. Okay what? 414 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,680 Aren't you going to tell me to put it out? Don't smoke in your office, the 415 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,080 usual? All right, put it out. Don't smoke in my office. 416 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:53,580 And you get from behind my desk. 417 00:30:57,980 --> 00:30:59,500 Told you to go home about an hour ago. 418 00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:03,180 I'm sorry. I hope you don't mind. I'm just a little interested here. 419 00:31:03,580 --> 00:31:04,579 Come on, Ricky. 420 00:31:04,580 --> 00:31:06,180 Let's just take it easy, all right? 421 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,120 Miles Thatcher. No outstanding warrants, but a bit of a checkered pass. 422 00:31:11,790 --> 00:31:14,810 due to three -year jolt at Attica for willful and malicious destruction of 423 00:31:14,810 --> 00:31:16,990 property. No family, at least not local. 424 00:31:18,390 --> 00:31:19,390 Okay? 425 00:31:20,990 --> 00:31:22,930 The man... Air conditioning line. 426 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:25,050 Drill with the jeweler's tool, not blown. 427 00:31:25,270 --> 00:31:26,270 Right up Thatcher's alley. 428 00:31:26,410 --> 00:31:30,550 Tell me, Tom, why does an insurance company hire a guy like this? 429 00:31:30,910 --> 00:31:31,910 He's an expert. 430 00:31:32,050 --> 00:31:33,050 Was an expert. 431 00:31:33,210 --> 00:31:37,530 He probably convinced them that he had reformed. The other photo is what's left 432 00:31:37,530 --> 00:31:40,670 of the radio bomb that took out your brake lines and the ignition. 433 00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:42,840 Pretty sophisticated device. 434 00:31:43,460 --> 00:31:46,260 If you guys had gone over the falls, things would have been so jumbled up we 435 00:31:46,260 --> 00:31:48,320 wouldn't have found much, especially if you had burned. 436 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:50,300 Things? 437 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:55,920 Things. Well, nice to see that you can remain so emotionally detached from your 438 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:56,920 work town. 439 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,340 Things would have been jumbled up. 440 00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:02,220 Why don't you guys get out of here? Go home. 441 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:06,280 Or do whatever it is you do when you beat the odds. Let me figure out what... 442 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,100 Carla Morgans. No, no, the denture was Carla Morgans. 443 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:10,360 It's a big difference. 444 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:37,860 Marie, wait a second. Don't go. 445 00:32:39,740 --> 00:32:40,740 Hello, 446 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,160 Marie. 447 00:32:52,620 --> 00:32:54,260 All right, keep your pants on. 448 00:32:55,580 --> 00:32:58,140 Simon and Simon. You've reached Simon and Simon Investigations. 449 00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:02,860 Wait, we've got a problem. Please leave your name, number, and any message that 450 00:33:02,860 --> 00:33:03,519 you wish. 451 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:04,520 Thank you. 452 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,120 Hi, Simon and Simon. 453 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,680 You've reached Simon and Simon Investigations. 454 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:16,780 At the beep, please leave your name and number... Hold on. 455 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,060 Hello? Oh, Mr. Simon. 456 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,319 Dave Blandings. 457 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,220 Oh, Dave. Hi. We've been looking for you. 458 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,900 Right. Well, we're wrapping things up at the factory here. Listen, you're 459 00:33:32,900 --> 00:33:34,200 probably wondering about your money, right? 460 00:33:34,820 --> 00:33:36,360 Yes. Matter of fact, we are. 461 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,500 I got your check in my hand. Why don't you come down and pick it up? 462 00:33:39,780 --> 00:33:42,640 Stay in about an hour or so. An hour? That'll be fine, sure. 463 00:33:43,980 --> 00:33:45,660 Okay. We'll see you there. Bye -bye. 464 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,000 Bye. 465 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,620 I think we'll be there a little sooner. 466 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,320 Where? The factory. 467 00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:52,780 They want to pay us. 468 00:33:54,540 --> 00:33:55,600 You know what would be nice, AJ? 469 00:33:56,900 --> 00:33:59,180 It would be nice if just once we were wrong. 470 00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:03,480 I mean, it would be nice if we went out there and we found the Blandings were 471 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:08,380 just... A couple of nice people who had absolutely nothing to do with this. We 472 00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:13,100 could take their nice check for $120 ,000. Book passage to the heat. Where 473 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:14,120 women don't wear no tops. 474 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:15,320 That would be nice. 475 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:16,500 Don't count on it. 476 00:34:33,670 --> 00:34:35,090 counting on it going this far. 477 00:34:36,889 --> 00:34:39,030 Friends fraud, perjury, and God knows what else. 478 00:34:41,130 --> 00:34:42,510 You'll forget all this, Dave. 479 00:34:44,429 --> 00:34:45,610 I'll make you forget it. 480 00:34:53,250 --> 00:34:58,570 Go and take care of Marie. 481 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,680 Believe me, Marie, nobody was supposed to get hurt. 482 00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:23,080 Hold it! Let the girl go, Flannings! 483 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:24,800 All you had to do was leave it alone! 484 00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:26,140 You would have paid your commission! 485 00:35:29,740 --> 00:35:30,740 Hold it! 486 00:35:42,020 --> 00:35:43,280 Carla Morgan, I presume? 487 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,080 You know, you're forgetting something very important, Carla. 488 00:35:46,590 --> 00:35:48,190 No, I'm not. Sure you are. 489 00:35:48,530 --> 00:35:49,530 Tell her, AJ. 490 00:35:52,930 --> 00:35:54,130 The body in the car. 491 00:35:54,490 --> 00:35:57,770 A cadaver Miles bought at a medical supply house in Mexico. 492 00:35:58,210 --> 00:36:01,470 Yeah, we know, see, because we have a copy of the receipt that he signed for 493 00:36:01,470 --> 00:36:04,930 tucked away in a safe place with instructions that if anything should 494 00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:06,950 us... A receipt for a cadaver. 495 00:36:07,170 --> 00:36:09,050 Think we're making it up? Don't be silly. 496 00:36:11,830 --> 00:36:14,110 I can't believe he was going to kill me. 497 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:28,920 Husband. You know, I always... Rick and I were... 498 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,400 Like to... Thousand dollars? 499 00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:33,940 Yeah. 500 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,880 Well, your husband said he was going to take you on a Mexican vacation. We 501 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,780 figure he still owes you one, sort of. Yeah, so you take a piece of that and go 502 00:36:41,780 --> 00:36:43,800 to Acapulco and send us a postcard. 503 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:45,700 You guys. 504 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,980 All you had to do to earn $120 ,000 was look the other way. 505 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,740 Yeah, well, money never entered our minds. 506 00:36:55,540 --> 00:36:57,700 Thank you. 507 00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,600 Anytime. 508 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,340 We're here. Just give us a call. We'll bash right on down. 509 00:37:05,020 --> 00:37:06,400 Bye -bye. Bye -bye. Bye. 510 00:37:08,780 --> 00:37:11,560 I want a new answering machine in here today. No, it's already in the works. 511 00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:15,000 Talk to surplus. Sammy, we're getting a great deal on a top -of -the -line model 512 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,000 for margin. 513 00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:23,510 i live no no 514 00:37:23,510 --> 00:37:27,530 no i 515 00:37:27,530 --> 00:37:32,130 i'd love to oh they are 516 00:37:32,130 --> 00:37:35,290 okay 517 00:37:49,740 --> 00:37:50,740 Well, what? 518 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:52,540 Going out to dinner, that's all. 519 00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:56,218 That's all? 520 00:37:56,220 --> 00:37:57,220 That's all. 521 00:37:58,120 --> 00:37:59,920 My parents are in town. She wants to meet me. 522 00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:01,839 That's all. 523 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,460 Introducing you to their parents. That's the first step, AJ. 524 00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:08,320 First of all, it's dinner. And the next thing you know, they're calling you son. 525 00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:11,380 And then the old man's talking about the prospects of the family aluminum 526 00:38:11,380 --> 00:38:16,080 business. You never did tell me just which side of this minor disagreement 527 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,200 you on anyway, huh? 528 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,940 Come on, A .J. Marriage is a very important step in a young man's life. 529 00:38:20,940 --> 00:38:23,860 we know about this girl? What do we know about her family? You're not in it. He 530 00:38:23,860 --> 00:38:26,540 had a bunch of lowlifes. That's what I'm talking about. We've got to talk about 531 00:38:26,540 --> 00:38:27,540 this, A .J.