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Heat

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up [music]

here.

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>> [music]

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>> Maybe they're in the closet.

>> The top of the closet?

>> What would my companies do in the top of

the closet? Maybe they [music] walked

there the same way socks walk out of the

dryer when you're not looking. When was

the last time you wore them?

>> The last time I [music] wore this shirt?

Ages ago in a galaxy far, far away. I'll

look. Let me look.

>> No, no, no. It's a zoo. It's a zoo. You

look for my earrings.

>> It's a deal. I love formal dinners.

>> Cindy, would you help? Cindy, would you

help me with the stool?

>> Yeah,

>> sure.

I just need you to hold it. It turns.

>> Cindy,

sorry.

>> Oh, I feel something. I think I found

him.

Amazing. It fell right into my arms like

it was guided there. [music]

I know how to use one of these to

contact spirits. Where'd you get it? I

don't know. Maybe you'll have better

luck with it than I did. It never worked

for me. Michael, I found your cufflings.

You probably weren't using it right. And

what is the right way? Michael, I found

them.

>> Ready?

>> This board has enormous power. I can

feel it. To contact those who have

passed beyond the veil requires great

spiritual [music] focus so that the

spirits of the departed can guide your

fingers and move the pointer over the

letters to spell out their messages. I

know how to use one of these.

I'll bet she does.

>> Paper clips. Very classy.

>> They worked. Yeah,

>> you look dashing.

>> So do you. It's not a bit understated.

>> Do you know that we've been together

almost a year?

>> Yeah. And you still never been on time.

>> Your earrings are on the bed.

>> Okay.

You have to be very careful using a

Ouija board. Before you begin, you

should imagine yourself shrouded in a

ball of white light to discourage the

appearance of any low-level elementals.

>> Low-level elementals,

>> bad spirits,

>> right?

>> You think Laura will let me use it?

>> I'm sure she will.

>> Great. Thanks.

>> Just remember one thing. When your uncle

gets back in town, the word is

partnership. As in law firm, P A R.

>> Come on, let's go. Cindy, if you need to

use the stove for tea or anything, use

the front burner. The back one's broken.

And if you leave noise from the

refrigerator bothers you, kick it on the

right.

>> Good night, Cindy.

>> Good night. We won't be late. Good

night.

All right, let's go.

>> My car's over here.

>> No.

>> Oh, no. Come on. Not all reliable.

>> I love to drive this antique. Besides,

we don't want to keep your associates

waiting.

You're lucky if you get during this.

>> Come on, gorgeous.

Is anybody there?

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Is anybody there?

Is anybody there?

Is anybody there?

Is anybody there?

[music]

Is anybody there?

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Is anybody there?

What's your name? [music]

>> [music]

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>> How old are you, David?

[music]

What year is it for you?

How did you die?

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Where were you killed?

>> [music]

>> here

in this apartment. [music]

David,

you're getting very weak.

Do you have a final message for me?

>> [music]

>> Goodbye, David.

[music]

Is anybody there? [music]

>> [music]

[music]

>> I'll be back in a flash.

>> Do you really need those files?

>> Do you really need to eat?

>> Get out. If you hurry back, you may

catch me in the bathtub.

>> M I'll set a new land speed record.

>> Okay.

Oh, Michael. Oh,

Laura, you are so smart.

Cindy,

answer the phone.

Thank you.

Cindy.

Cindy.

Onward and upward.

>> [music]

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>> Don't look down. Just find Cindy.

Cindy.

Cindy. [music]

No, no, no.

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>> [music]

>> Stop.

Murder.

I'm going to leave. Please help. Please

go. I'm sorry. We can't help. Help.

Go.

>> [music]

>> Um

I

don't understand the man. He had his

hands around her neck right here and she

and she fell by the window. I saw it. I

>> false alarm.

>> Yeah, it looks like it. Who knows why

she was screaming? She was hysterical.

Frap it up.

>> Big bruiser just stares at him. He says,

"Uh, I ain't hanging around here no

more. Big John's coming."

>> You get it? Big John. [laughter]

>> So, what do we got? False alarm.

>> This is not a false alarm. There was a

murder. He had time to get away before

you answered the alarm. Maybe he took

her body with him.

>> Maybe he took her to the morg to get a

deposit. Huh? Look, lady, you think we

got nothing better to do than to run

around this city chasing down crank

calls? Write her up.

>> What?

>> Next time you lose your keys, call a

locksmith. Okay.

>> What's going on here?

>> Michael. Michael. Cindy was murdered and

I saw it happen.

>> What?

>> Yeah. The only trouble is nobody else

saw it. We don't happen to have any

traces of a struggle. And we don't have

a corpse. And without a corpse, we don't

have a murder. We have a citation for a

false alarm. If she says she witnessed a

murder, officer.

>> Detective Lucas.

>> Detective Lucas. Why are you so anxious

to disbelieve her? Hey. Hey. What are

you? Her lawyer or something? Yeah,

that's right.

I should have known from all that

garbage you hauled in her with you.

Well, uh, good for you, Mr. Lawyer. So,

you'll know what to do with this. We're

going to keep your girlfriend's little

adventurer here on probationary file

down at the precinct. One more

violation, anything, in the next 30

days, and we pull it out again. Two for

the price of one. And believe me,

counselor, we don't go lightly on

cranks.

>> I am not a crank.

>> Yeah, right. And I'm not a cop. Huh?

>> I'd like to say that again. [snorts]

>> Mary had a little lamb. Harrison, take

down her story.

>> Hold on, Lucas.

>> I'm sorry, ma'am. He just quit smoking.

What's going on here? I didn't. I was on

the fire escape and when I got to the

window,

>> you do believe me, don't you?

>> Of course I believe you.

At least that something happened.

My problem is is Matthew's going to

believe me when he comes back from that

pipeline case and I tell him that his

niece is missing

>> or dead. I know what I saw.

>> Maybe this whole thing is some kind of

act. You know, like a really sick joke.

>> What do you mean?

>> Well, Cindy, she's from New York City.

[music]

They're notoriously strange back there.

They wouldn't know.

She [music] didn't seem strange.

>> Not that strange.

>> Did you check out the Ouija board in

there? David killed here.

I mean, if she's capable of writing

those kind of crazy messages, then my

opinion, she's capable of anything.

She'll turn up. Wait and see.

>> I hope so.

Michael, I just got this terrible

feeling. What if that man was after me

and he got Cindy by mistake?

>> We don't know that anybody is after

anybody. And Cindy's fine.

>> Maybe.

>> And uh I like to uh go to plays. Um

maybe we could go to a play together. I

like movies. Uh some movies uh sit there

kind of dirty.

this uh play. I liked um Sound of Music.

That that was a good play. A lot of uh

singing and dancing and the story

didn't, you know, get in the way too

much.

>> What do you think?

>> I don't know. It's okay. You can take

your time.

>> Okay.

>> That's why I was going to say I like

ballet, but I don't like I really I

don't like it. I hope I hope that's

okay. I mean, I hope I hope you're

>> It's all right. I'll find someone else.

Um,

>> I have a Mr. Jessup. Maybe you'll find

him a little bit perkier.

We hope.

Hi.

Well, I can't see you, but you can see

me. I want to meet someone who's not

only sincere but is also adult because I

I think that two people who connect

should be able to go out as soon as they

meet and have a nice dinner and then go

somewhere and get down to business to

enjoy life to uh really enjoy each

other's company and really get to know

each other in a warm

>> Excuse me. Laura Michael's on three.

Um, keep watching. Maybe it'll pick up.

>> Not only you don't think he has it in

him, if you know what I mean.

>> Look, we're all adults here. I'm sure

there's a way we can work this out. We'd

love to find

>> on the videotape. He told me that he had

money.

>> I said I work with money. I'm an

accountant.

>> Just a little misunderstanding.

>> No, I'm just going to

>> Hi, Michael. What's up?

>> It seems our little house gets visits

are famous around the firm. She's

Matthew's legacy to whichever new

associate Reed me is stupid enough to do

him a favor. She's the black sheep of

his family, a certified weirdo. I spoke

to uh Matthews up in Alaska

and uh he asked me about Cindy and I

couldn't lie. He told me she does it all

the time. She disappears.

>> Well, weirdo or not,

>> I swear I saw her killed.

>> Yeah, well, the last guy she stayed with

swears he saw her strangle his cat.

>> It's obvious the tension here is

actually the fact you're very attracted

to each other. Hey, I'm not attracted to

anything that doesn't have green backs,

you know.

>> Well, what are you saying we should do?

>> We'll just sit tight and wait. Okay.

>> You're being so rational.

>> That's what I paid for. You feel better?

>> Well, a little. I don't know. I still

have this feeling that maybe he was

after me. Maybe we ought to buy a

machine gun or something.

>> Well, I look, I have to hang up. I'll

see you at the mall. We have to get a

jump on the Christmas shopping. Fourth

floor, 6:30. Right.

>> Bye.

>> Bye.

>> You know what I mean?

>> You know my policy about personal calls,

don't you?

>> Yes. Yes, I do, Mr. Lawson. But Michael

called me. I made it very, very short.

>> In the future, assuming there is a

future, make it not at all. I want to

see you in my office tomorrow morning at

9:30.

>> It was just one call.

>> No, no, no. It is not about the phone

call. It is about your application for

permanent employment. Very messy.

>> Well, my handwriting isn't very

>> It's not about handwriting. It's about

what you wrote with your handwriting. Do

>> you know what I mean?

>> [music]

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>> There goes [singing]

[music]

the season.

>> May I help you?

Yes, I'm looking for something for

protection.

>> Well, you've certainly come to the right

place. And we're right in the middle of

our Christmas gift pack specials.

How deadly.

>> What?

>> Well, did you want to scare, gas, maim,

or kill?

>> I don't want to kill anyone.

>> Oh, of course not. But if you should

decide that you do, all our guns are up

in sporting goods, second floor.

Wonderful selection.

But what exactly did you have in mind?

>> How about a good scare?

>> A good scare?

>> Well, how about something nice and a

scream alarm? Now, this one is

beautifully disguised as a classic

fountain pen, but when you remove this

cap, a pneumatic device triggers a siren

mechanism. It's much like your

inflatable boats, and you can hear this

little baby for up to a mile. Um, will

it scare away anyone who's chasing me?

>> Darling,

believe me, this would scare King Kong

off the Empire State Building. And think

of all the money they'd save on

airplanes.

>> I'll take it.

>> Only $9.95 plus tax.

Ma'am,

>> would you like this gift wrapped?

>> No, I'll take it now.

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Heat.

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Heat. [music]

Heat

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[music] up here.

>> [music]

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>> Hey lady, keep going. Merry Christmas,

lady.

[music]

Hold it, please.

Michael, the killer. He's after me.

>> What?

>> Killer is after me. Where is he? He's

right behind me. [panting]

>> I'm sorry. I startled you in the

elevator a moment ago. I I thought you'd

turn first and recognize me. I should

know better than to play games in the

city.

>> I've never seen you before in my life.

>> Mister, you got something to say? Say it

to me.

>> I'm sorry. Uh here. Uh that's me,

Kenneth Black.

Your wife and I know each other quite

well.

>> I have no idea what you're talking

about.

>> Oh, I know. It's the It's the It's the

hair. Yeah. No, I mean it's the no hair.

I used to wear a toupe. Oh, look. Look.

Hey, now. Remember mine.

>> He's crazy. Let's go.

>> Getting lost.

>> No. Wait.

>> Remember the hat. Hey, you.

>> Come on. Give me the hat.

>> Get involved.

>> Give me the hat.

>> Tim, let him have it.

>> Heaven.

>> I don't know if I'm doing this right.

>> Forget the research counselor. Just rub.

Feels wonderful.

The book says we need a redwood massage

table, essence of banyan oil, and start

the whole shooting match off with a

sauna to open your pores.

>> This isn't a pre-trial investigation,

sweetie. My pores are open enough.

You're doing fine.

>> Okay. Knead the arch and ball with the

second joint of the first four fingers

of the left hand. Okay.

Gently rotate the wrist parallel to the

base and increase the pressure as you

reach the heel.

>> Oh Mikey.

>> Okay. Gently take the calf of the left

leg in the juncture of the crossed

thumbs.

Lace the fingers around the

circumference and apply the oil in one

steady motion. Oh.

Oh, that feels lovely.

[sighs]

That isn't in the book.

>> Sure it is.

>> Where?

>> Here.

>> That definitely isn't in the book.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Oh no. What are you doing with that?

>> Ouija boards can predict the future.

>> Oh yeah. Mind if I try?

>> Sure.

Oh, great spirit of the unknown.

Will Laura swim laps with me at the club

like she has promised for three months?

>> Sorry, I forgot. I was dealing with the

last of the world's great rational

minds.

>> Guilty is charged.

>> Don't you believe this can see into the

future and communicate with those who

have passed beyond the veil.

>> I don't believe in anything that isn't

supported by physical evidence.

>> You're such a lawyer.

>> Thank you.

>> Wasn't a compliment, Bozo.

I don't know why we got an apartment so

close to the street when there's so many

vacancies in the building.

>> Is anybody there?

>> Just Mrs. Hodes cleaning up after a

great day.

I hate that street lamp.

>> Is anybody there?

[music]

Michael winter moved by itself when you

turned away. Someone's trying to come

through.

>> Come on,

>> Michael. Come here.

Is anybody there?

[music]

What's your name?

[music]

Michael, get a pencil. Oh,

>> come on. This is crazy.

>> No, it's not a joke.

>> Do you have something to tell us, Mark?

>> What's it about? [music]

[music]

What happened to her? Is she dead?

Gilder,

>> leave me alone.

>> Do you have anything else to tell us?

[music]

[music]

What did it say?

>> I'm going to kill you.

>> Why? [music]

[music]

>> Murder witness.

Laura.

Laura.

No evidence of concussion, minor

laceration. That's about it. But

basically, I ran the brain scan to find

out what happened before the fall when

you blacked out. Do you have any history

of uh dizziness, extreme uh headaches,

epilepsy?

>> No, nothing like that.

>> How long have you two been living

together?

>> Be a year next month.

>> Michael, have you noticed uh anything

along those lines? fainting, dizziness?

>> No, nothing at all.

>> Any severe problems with the

relationship? Uh, arguments, fights, any

traumatic revelations, any of that?

>> No,

>> not at all.

>> Well, this just doesn't add up.

>> What?

>> Why aren't you two married yet? The

relationship checks out. You don't argue

or fight at all, if I can quote the

esteemed counselor. And uh Mikey, old

pal, you're pulling more than enough

money over there at that hot shot law

firm to feed two, even three.

>> I'm not pregnant, am I?

>> You know, we don't normally give a brain

scan as a pregnancy test, except in

really unusual cases.

>> Raj, stick to the case.

>> This is the case. The eb and flow of

human relationships, the yin, the yang,

the cosmic wheel, the perpetuation of

the species.

>> Sounds good to me. Let's get hitched.

>> Roger. You're getting in deeper with

every word, old buddy.

>> Okay, look at it this way.

>> Can we hear your diagnosis? This man has

no soul. He's got a heart full of

tattered legal memorandum.

>> Memoranda. Now, can we hear your

opinion?

>> Okay, it's really quite simple. These

messages came up from Laura's

subconscious. They represent her fears

about the event she claims to have

witnessed at the apartment.

I saw the girl murdered.

>> Okay, the events at the apartment aren't

aren't really important here. A blackout

can be a pretty serious business, and my

psych internship doesn't go into Ouija

boards, which leaves only one place for

the messages to come from. The uh

Freudian den of iniquity, that big bad

subconscious. Now, barring any surprise

in the brain scan, I really don't think

you have anything to worry about.

Well, that's some comfort considering

that it's my opinion there's a ghost out

there trying to kill me.

>> Laura, I don't believe in ghosts, but I

do have a prescription which might be of

some help. Now, I want you to be careful

with these only in case of uh severe

stress or a recurrence of something like

what happened last night.

>> Oh, okay. Thank you.

>> Okay. Check back with me tomorrow about

the brain scan. I can u have it

reproduced with a nice finished backing

for you if you like.

Why would I want that?

>> Well, just imagine all your nearest and

dearest get a 3x5 glossy of your brain

cavity in the mail. And wait, and and

under it, we've got a message that says,

"Thinking of you at Christmas time."

>> What do you say?

>> I say you stand a little too close to

your X-ray machine.

>> Call me tomorrow.

>> Yeah. Bye.

>> You're a liar, Miss Daniels, and a bad

one at that.

>> Please just calm down. This isn't fair.

>> Not fair. I will tell you what's not

fair. lying on a job application. I

don't mind a little exaggeration, but

this

>> I I don't understand. Everything I wrote

down there is true.

>> Oh, then maybe you can tell me why

McGill University has never had Allora

Daniels registered in business

administration or anything else for that

matter in the year in which you claim to

have graduated.

>> I graduated with honors.

>> Miss Daniels, please.

How about this one down here? Pan

continental insurance in Boston. A

fittingly global name except there is no

pan continental insurance in Boston or

anywhere else for that matter in the

United States.

>> That's ridiculous. I worked there for

almost a year. It's on M Street right

off the square. My boss was Mr.

Frederick.

>> I will be the judge of what's

ridiculous. If you don't mind,

>> call him.

>> I have called and written both to Boston

and the Montreal Dominion Bank, your

other supposed job in college. Mhm.

>> Imagine my reaction when told about your

non-existent insurance company and

double it when the Canadian operator

told me about your non-existent bank.

>> There must be a mistake.

>> Oh, yes, there is. The one I made in

thinking that you could become a

permanent member of this staff. You

know, you were really working out here.

You're efficient. You're intelligent.

But I simply cannot allow you to

continue on.

Oh, I can't believe the attitude of that

pompous creep. If I had lied and said I

wasn't telling the truth, he would have

done me the big favor and let me stay.

>> When I told the truth, I wasn't lying.

So, he fires me.

>> Here, take it easy. Kick.

>> I don't know what happened to my

references. I bet he never even checked

him.

>> Will you calm down? Huh?

>> Maybe I can sue him. What do you think?

I didn't have a contract, just a weekly

wage. What do you think?

>> I think you ought to talk to an

attorney.

>> You are an attorney.

>> After 5:00.

>> Get out of here. You're supposed to help

me.

>> Help me.

>> No.

>> I've had enough. You have?

>> Yeah,

>> I haven't.

>> Maybe you should do a few more laps.

>> You're right.

>> Yeah,

>> I'm mad at that guy. I'm still so mad at

him.

>> Swim. I'll meet you out front.

>> All right,

>> faster.

Heat up

here.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

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Heat.

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[screaming]

>> [music]

[music]

>> No,

no, no.

You all right? Did [laughter] you see

him? Did you see him?

Come here.

>> No. I just came in to close up and you

were the only one here.

>> No. No. There was a man. There was a man

and he had a knife and he was trying to

kill me. [laughter]

>> Okay. me. It's okay. Calm down.

>> It's It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

>> Uh-huh. Right.

Okay. Yeah, we will. Thanks.

>> What did they say?

Police were all over the club after we

left. They didn't find anyone.

>> You like this? Detective Lucas wound up

getting the call.

>> Oh, Lucas. Great. If I ever want to

assault a policeman, he's going to be my

first choice.

>> How you feeling?

>> Like my head is in a bag of cotton

candy.

>> At least you believe me.

>> I love you.

Why is someone after you?

>> I have no idea.

>> Maybe it's an old boyfriend found out

we're living together.

>> I told you I don't have any old

boyfriends. You're the only one,

>> right?

>> What about that guy, that doctor in the

department store?

>> Oh, I think I'm fading fast. Those

pills. What's that?

>> Hello. Oh, Roger. Great. Did you get the

result of the scan?

Laura just had another scare.

We'll both be there at lunch.

What's wrong?

Well, tell me now. Why not?

Okay, I'll come after work myself.

here and especially in this temporal

zone here.

>> Dr. Baker, Dr. Angus Baker.

>> This is incredible.

>> Laura never told me anything about this.

Electroshock therapy isn't something you

exactly go around bragging about. We

tell each other everything. Oh, come on.

Nobody tells anybody everything. No

relationship would survive if that were

true. [snorts]

Roger. Are you sure you're not making a

mistake? You want me to go over it

again? What the scan definitely shows is

a swelling of the ventricles of the

brain to replace atrophied cells. Okay.

Now, this pattern can occur for very few

reasons. Age, which in Laura's case, I

think we can rule out. Um, extreme

alcoholism.

>> She doesn't drink, right? Acute physical

injury. No, yesterday's fall wouldn't do

it. And she claimed nothing on her

medical history. Look, I've seen this

pattern a number of times. I could be

wrong. Another doctor might uh disagree

with me. But I would definitely say that

this is the result of electroshock

treatments,

but something important. Why wouldn't

she tell me? Okay, put yourself in her

position. At some point in your past,

you're confined to a mental hospital,

most likely schizophrenic, suffering

from acute depression. They give you a

number of bilateral jolts to your brain.

So, you get out, you meet a man, you

fall in love, and uh and then what? Over

coffee some morning, you say, "Honey, uh

would you pass the sugar?" "Oh, and by

the way, I've had electroshock

treatments."

Huh? That's just not the way it happens.

>> Dr. Storm, Dr. Storm, call the page

operator.

>> These treatments, do they cause any

permanent damage? Well, the swelling of

the ventricles of the brain, what you

saw in the scan back there, is

permanent, but it's not really harmful.

It's uh it's sort of the body's way of

filling in the gaps where the tissue was

damaged by the shock treatments. Are

there any other effects? I mean,

anything?

>> Well, sometimes shock treatments can

cause a uh a temporary forgetfulness.

Look, have you actually seen the guy she

says was following? Why?

>> Well, there's another more likely

possibility.

A psychotic relapse after u electroshock

treatments is not uncommon. There may

actually be no one following her.

>> Laura did not make up something like

that. I know her.

>> Look at look at the divorce statistics.

I mean, how well do we really know the

people we're supposed to be most

intimate with?

>> You love her, don't you?

>> Of course, I love her.

>> So, talk with her. Ask her about it. She

may know nothing at all, but she may

know everything. What you're telling me

is that the woman I'm in love with is

either lying or insane.

>> I wouldn't use those terms, but you did

say that she lied on a job. You said she

was accused of lying on a job

application. Is there any basis for

that?

>> Roger, I don't know. I didn't ask her

for references when I moved in with her.

>> It's like that time in the Montreal

bank. The teller next to me pulls this

huge robbery and the police think I'm in

on it. Once they have you pegged as

suspicious, they're completely useless.

Here they have me down as the girl that

cries wolf. I mean, what do you think we

should do now?

Michael,

>> what do you think?

>> I think the clues are in the Ouija

board. Now, whether it's my subconscious

or [music] not doesn't really matter,

but I have this feeling that Mark is the

killer. You have the message on Cindy's

pad. It [music] says, "David killed here

in 1978." And it ends with the letters

MA. I'll bet that was a sign that Mark

was coming back.

>> What is wrong?

>> You have some food on your sleeve.

>> Great.

Now, [music] you are the big bug on

research. I'll bet if you go to the

library and backtrack the history of the

Hamster to 1978 when it was still a

hotel, you'll find something. And I'll

bet it'll be a murder. It's worth a

shot, isn't it?

>> I'll do it tomorrow.

>> Maybe Friday. [music]

>> Don't sound too enthusiastic.

>> You trust me, don't you?

>> Of course I do.

>> There's no reason for us to keep secrets

from each other, is there?

>> I've never kept anything from you.

What's wrong?

>> I spoke to Roger today. He showed me the

results of your scan.

>> He wanted me to see the first.

>> Something terrible didn't show up, did

it?

>> No, no, no, no. Just something from the

past.

I know about the treatments.

>> What are you talking about?

>> Evidence of your shock therapy

treatments. They showed up in the brain

scan.

>> What?

>> You don't have to hide your past from

me. Look, you don't have to tell me what

happened. Not if you don't want to.

>> I've never had shock therapy treatments.

Do you think I'm crazy?

>> No. No. I pictures.

>> You going to believe some x-rays without

even getting a second opinion, without

even asking me first? I don't know why

all of this is happening to me, but for

some ungodly reason, there's been a

mistake.

You have to believe me,

Michael.

Believe me.

Heat. Heat.

Laura Daniels.

>> Yes.

>> Yes. We have the entire series. Merry

Christmas.

Um, is there a particular volume that

your little girl is interested in?

>> I don't have little girls for my

girlfriend.

>> Your girlfriend,

>> right? It this way.

>> Well, assuming that she's older than 12,

I would think your lady friend might

find the Laura Daniels books a bit

unsophisticated. I mean, have you

thought about Raymond Chandler or an

Agatha Christie?

>> No, you know, see, it's kind of a joke.

See, my my girlfriend's name is Laura

Daniels. I think you get a kick out of

this.

>> You know, if you say so. Um, they're

right here.

>> All of these?

>> Yeah. Well, we carry the entire series.

All 17 volumes of the Canadian Nancy

Drew. Well, it's, you know, it's also

the season.

>> Boy Daniel's from Canada.

>> Yeah. She's from Montreal. It's quite a

little busy body, too. But, you know, my

favorite as a kid was always Cherry

Ames.

Well, take your time.

Thank you.

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> Michael, stop it. I'm telling you the

truth.

>> The truth? The truth's in here. Damn it.

Well, I've never lied to you.

>> Oh, really? Well, that's a bizarre

coincidence, don't you think? Kind of

boggles the mind a bit. Parents, Jack

and Molly, father in the foreign

service, every job you've ever had,

every story you've ever told me.

It's all in there, word for word. How do

you explain that?

>> I don't know. I've never read these

books. I

>> didn't read them. I don't think you'll

find any surprises, though. It reads

like a damn diary.

>> I am Lord Daniel. I'm Larry Finn.

>> All right. Maybe I am insane.

You know, I would have bought that up

until today. But I'll tell you

something. I think there's a much

simpler answer. I think you've been

lying all along. And I'll tell you

something else. Whoever you are,

>> you're a damn good liar.

>> Well, if I was such a good liar, then

why didn't I change my name or something

so I wouldn't get caught?

>> You tell me.

>> I don't know. Michael, don't get out of

here. Where you going?

>> I don't know.

>> Michael, maybe there's another

explanation about the Ouija board and

the

>> I know. Hold on. That's the topper. You

know that really fits. Laura Daniels and

the mystery of the Ouija board

strangler. Michael, come back. Come

back, Michael.

Michael

[laughter]

[laughter]

Is anybody there?

Is anybody there?

Will you tell me who I am?

Am

I Lord Daniels?

[music]

Will you tell me who I am? [music]

[music]

[laughter]

>> [music]

>> David killed here

1978.

Ma

>> [music]

[music]

>> Heat. [music]

[music]

Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

>> Heat.

Heat.

[music]

Heat. Heat.

[music]

Heat. [music]

[music]

Heat.

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>> [music]

[music]

>> Michael.

Michael.

Michael.

Michael.

>> [music]

>> Wait a minute. Hurry.

[music]

54th precinct. Sergeant Daniels. I'm at

the house department.

>> Whoa. Whoa. Slow down. Square. So this

huge guy jumps back on the big buffalo.

He saddles him up. beat seat out of

town. Bartender says, "Where you going?"

Guy just stares at him. Says, "Uh, hey,

I ain't hanging around here no more. Big

John's coming."

>> Hey, Lucas, hold up a second.

>> Yeah,

>> we got an assault in progress.

>> It's a hamstead, the Daniels.

>> Tell her I'll be right there.

>> We got a man on the way now. Hello.

>> He's breaking out.

>> Mhm. He'll be right there. Don't worry,

ma'am.

Goodbye.

>> Yeah, I'll be right there. Right after I

get a cup of coffee. What a night.

[clears throat]

[music]

[music]

>> [music]

>> Heat. Heat.

[music]

Heat. [music]

[music]

[music] Heat.

[music] Heat. Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

>> Baby, baby. It's me.

>> Michael's after me. He's under me. He's

under.

>> There's nobody there.

>> There's nobody there. There's nobody

chasing you.

>> Look.

>> He was there. He went. He went there.

I came back cuz I thought I better give

you a chance.

>> Michael, I'm not crazy. That night I

went to the library and I checked out

the Ouija board messages that Cindy got.

There was a murderer in my apartment.

>> There are no spirit messages. There were

no ghosts.

>> There was a girl. It was March. She was

a witness. We can go to the police and

track her down.

>> We need help

>> from the police.

>> We'll talk to Roger. We'll get you a

specialist to help I'm not going to go

to a doctor.

>> Police are not going to believe you.

>> Give me a chance.

What about you?

Are you going to come with me or are you

too concerned about your legal

reputation to get involved with crazy

women?

I'm sorry.

Explain

it to me.

>> What does all this have to do with

ghosts?

>> Come on, Lieutenant. Give me a break

here. Huh?

>> I just want to

>> Would you uh Well, my office sit down,

please. Thanks.

>> Look, I mean, uh, this broad don't

exactly have both ores in the water, if

you know what I'm saying. Okay.

>> Okay, honey. Tell the man.

Mark, the spirit that I conjured up on

the Ouija board is the same Mark

Banning, whose corpse was found with the

skull crushed in the fire.

>> Uh-huh. And this guy's ghost came back

from the grave to chase her all over the

city through department stores, swimming

pools.

>> Sound a little jumpy, Lucas.

You want a cigarette?

>> No.

>> What else, Miss Daniels?

>> Message left by Cindy about the boy,

David. I don't know how it fits in

exactly yet, but

>> Cindy, the uh the girl who's supposed to

be dead.

>> Yes.

>> Mhm. Whose uh body nobody's found yet

and uh whose supposed murder you

witnessed. You, who, by the way, don't

really know who you are because your

whole past seems like it's made up from

some uh kids detective books.

>> Look, I need you to track down that

girl, Jennifer Banning, who was in my

apartment when Mark was killed. She's

the only one that can help me.

>> Mark, the ghost again.

Well, I think I've heard enough.

>> Ghosts and Ouija boards.

>> Come on now.

>> You saw the daughter in my apartment. I

didn't make that up, did I?

>> All looks [snorts] pretty much the same

to me as it did a couple of days ago

when you turned in that false alarm.

>> It wasn't a false alarm. It was a murder

>> by a ghost.

guaranteed to work and the price is

right.

>> I'll take it.

>> No, I can't do that. There's a 15-day

waiting period on handguns in this

state.

>> But I need it now. Isn't Isn't there

anything you can do?

>> Ah, the boss won't like it. It's against

the law.

>> Sorry.

Come on. For an extra 50 bucks, maybe we

can work something out. Come on.

See you.

See, uh, no significant burns. Treated

for smoke inhalation.

Uh, oh, wait, here we go. Jennifer

Banning was released from St. Matthews 3

weeks after the incident, transferred to

Lancaster Mental Hospital. The uh

uh diagnosis, Catatonia, following

severe emotional disturbance.

Did she ever say anything to the police?

>> Well,

according to this report, she didn't say

anything to anyone.

Uh, the fire department pulled her out

of the hotel room closet, and from what

we got to go on here, the police assumed

she was hiding from her brother's

killer.

Um, they didn't make any headway here,

I'm afraid. Says Miss Banning was

completely disassociated right up to the

time she left St. Matthews. It's what

some of the staffers here might call a

veg. [laughter]

[clears throat]

>> It isn't very nice.

>> Sorry.

Being callous comes with the turf.

Uh uh they said at the desk that you're

uh uh Miss Banning's sister.

>> Yes. Um yes.

Is is Jennifer still at the Lancaster

Mental Hospital?

>> Well, you'd have to go up there yourself

to find out. You see, a telephone

inquiry about a mental patient a file

this old just wouldn't cut it.

>> Oh, okay.

>> You You want a candy?

No, thank you.

Uh,

>> Lancaster's just up north away. You

could probably be up there by evening.

>> Thank you very much.

>> Here, allow me.

>> I wouldn't advise getting up there too

much after dark, though.

>> Why?

>> Well, Lancaster isn't exactly a top

place, you know what I mean?

Well, they got a lot of really uh

questionable types, you know,

>> irretrievables that you wouldn't want to

run into after dark.

>> Well, thank you very much for your help.

>> Pretty scary place up there.

>> Oh, thanks.

>> Anytime.

Hello, Jane. It's Laura. Is Michael in

his office?

Can I leave a message?

Okay. Tell him that I've tracked

Jennifer Banning to the Lancaster Mental

Hospital. I'm on my way there now. Tell

him that I'm sure that she can help me.

And if he can meet me there, no. Tell

him that I really want him to meet me

there.

Okay, thanks.

[music]

[music] Heat

>> [music]

>> up here.

[music]

Heat. Heat.

Hi. Can I help you?

>> Uh, may I speak to the person in charge,

please?

>> Uh, well, that would be Dr. Jensen, but

he's already gone home for the night. I

could get uh Miss Cranchaw to see you.

She's the head nurse.

>> Yes, thank you. Okay.

Let me go.

>> No. No.

>> I told you I'd get a nurse grandchure.

>> Told you.

>> Yes. Yes. Yes, Lester. And uh and you

have now you you can release her. I'll

take over from here.

>> You almost cost me my job, lady.

welcome home, Jenny.

[music]

Oh my god,

how distressing. That disguise, the

black leather jacket, the cap, the

sunglasses. It matches exactly with the

man who attacked you the night before

you escaped just over a year ago.

I escaped from here a year ago.

>> Yes, right after the attack. Don't you

remember, dear? You were in the library.

>> Um, I'm afraid I don't remember

anything.

>> Well, that's too bad. You were making

such progress. Thank you. I was.

>> Oh, yes. Most definitely. Everything was

beginning to come back to you. You

remembered who your parents were, where

you were brought up quite a bit. It may

not seem like much, but in a case like

yours, it's quite noteworthy. Dr. Jensen

even got an article out of it.

>> There was an article about me.

>> Oh, yes. We were all so proud of our

little Jenny. Especially Dr. Jensen and

myself. We've known you since you were

admitted to Lancaster 6 years ago.

>> This is really eerie.

That article you mentioned, was it

published in a medical journal? You

know, for the trade only?

>> No, no, no. As a matter of fact, it

wound up in a national magazine,

available at supermarket counters

everywhere, as they say.

It was called somewhat excessively

amnesia, a girl's best friend. It was

all about how the mind throws a cloud

over things that the psyche can't cope

with. Like in your case, the uh

the murder of your brother.

>> When was the article published?

>> Oh, it was about a month uh before you

escaped. So that means that anybody in

the country could have read about my

recovery.

>> Yes, but Dr. Jensen had your permission

and he used initials instead of real

names. Professional ethics, you know,

but still all of the facts were there

all about the fire.

Oh dear. Do you think that man who's

after you might have read that article,

that does make sense, doesn't it? Well,

that's awful.

May I see a copy of my records? Oh, yes,

of course. They're uh they're in the

basement. Uh I'll show you down in a

moment. Have some tea, dear.

Thank you.

>> You know, you're quite free to come and

go now as you please.

>> Your recovery showed such progress that

you were slated for release anyway. Soon

after that man attacked you and you ran

off. There was just some minor paperwork

left to complete. Well, I'm very happy

that I don't have to stay here.

>> I obviously have a lot to thank you for.

>> Well, we were very close. I'm just glad

that you're all right.

Did I have any visitors while I was

here? There was your late father, of

course, and there was another man, I

believe, but I'll have to check the

visitors log. Okay.

I I know this place. Wonderful.

Well, I should hope you would, Jenny.

You spent more time there than anywhere

else.

[music] The library.

There they are. All your old favorites.

As a matter of fact, you were sitting

right there reading the night that that

man attacked you.

[music]

My assumed identity.

[music]

I checked the visitors log.

>> What did it say?

>> Well, I knew I remembered something.

Outside of your father, may he rest in

peace, you only had one other visitor,

and that was during the first few months

that you were here. Mr. Jack Francone,

>> what did he want?

>> I don't remember precisely. 6 years is a

bit far to go back.

>> You're telling me?

>> But I uh I did come across [music] this

note. One of the blessings and curses of

a bureaucracy is that you keep just

about everything. Mr. Francone insisted

that we slip this note into Jennifer

should she ever show any sign of

recovering. But then he stopped

visiting, so we simply filed the note

away in a log. It doesn't ring a bell

[music] with me, I'm afraid.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you for

everything. Oh, I didn't do anything,

honey. Oh, wait a minute. I almost

forgot. I uh I thought you might like to

have this. It's a picture of your 21st

birthday party, and you had such a

lovely time.

This man here, the doctor, I met him

last week in a mall, but he but he was

bald. George Wilson? [laughter]

No, he's not a doctor. He just liked to

pretend that he was one. Oh, and he

loved wearing that toupe. How's George

doing?

>> He's fine. He looked fine. Do you still

have the present that we gave you? It

was the only thing that you took with

you when you ran away.

>> What present?

>> The old Ouija board. It was an absolute

passion of yours.

>> Oh, yes. I still have it. Where did that

come from?

>> Oh, nobody knows. I I suppose it must

belong to one of the patients, you know,

years ago. But we polished it up and we

made it yours. Strangely enough, it

provided you with some very useful role

playinging therapy [music] while you

were here. Do you still have fun with

it?

>> Oh, yeah. A lot. Good.

Fine, dear.

>> Oh, listen. That motel, you know, it's

it's just up the old highway. It's north

about oh, three miles. You You can't

miss it.

>> Okay. Thank you. Bye.

>> Bye, sweetheart.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> Please start.

Finally.

[music]

Heat.

Are you ready?

>> Now, Susan. Susan Alexander. I dare you.

>> Staying with us long.

>> No, just for the night.

>> That'll be 2578

in advance.

>> Out here all alone. No fiance hiding in

the trunk to get out of pay for a

double. No, hardly.

>> What brings you to this neck of the

woods?

>> I have business at the hospital.

>> The hospital?

>> I had a relative out there once. The

other side of the family. They zapped

him real good. A couple of shocks in the

head fixed him up just fine.

>> You know their motto out there.

>> No. What is it?

>> Better living through electricity.

George Lumpton [clears throat]

>> coming.

>> Oh, you got number seven, the lucky

number down the line there. You can park

in front of it.

>> Thank you.

Heat. Heat.

[music]

[music]

>> [music]

[music]

>> Heat

up here. [music]

[music]

>> [panting and gasps]

>> I got your message. I just missed you at

the hospital. The nurse told me you went

here.

>> I'm sorry.

>> And what I said, I

I have so much to tell you.

Let's go inside.

>> I knew she had a man with it.

>> I could tell just by looking at her

face.

You know, Jennifer, you remind me of a

girl I used to be with.

>> Who?

>> Lynn. Lori. Laura.

>> Get out of here, Ralph.

[snorts]

>> You know what I really want?

>> Pizza

>> and a long hot bath.

You're making an amazing recovery.

>> It's because you're just what the doctor

ordered, my love.

>> Pizza coming up.

>> You got the pizza? I'll take care of the

bed.

>> Mhm.

Yeah, I'd like to make an order. Just

one second. What do you want on it?

>> Uh, sausage, mushrooms,

anchovies.

>> Anchovies?

>> Oh, come on. I love anchovies.

>> How do you know?

>> Don't be such a wise guy, Kranic. Give

me my anchovies.

Um, a large uh sausage and mushroom pie

with extra cheese and uh anchovies on

the side. Yeah, we're at the Clark's

Cottages. Clark's Cozy Cottages. What do

you mean? So what?

>> They don't deliver.

>> Oh yeah.

>> This ain't the city, Mac, where the

actual words

closes in half an hour. So I told him

we'd pick it up. Oh, but the thought of

leaving this warm tub for the cold world

outside doesn't exactly appeal to me.

What do you think we should do?

>> I guess I could pick it up myself.

>> That's a great idea.

>> Yeah,

>> go on. I'll be all right. If I don't eat

soon, I'm going to die anyway. I'll be

fine.

>> I don't know.

>> Go on.

>> Sure.

>> Did you get the anchovies?

>> Yeah. In a little bait can on the side,

>> you coward.

Hurry back.

[sighs]

[music]

Heat.

>> [music]

>> Heat

up here.

Yes. What can I do for you?

>> Um, a a window broke in my cabin and

well, that isn't really it. Um, I just

got a little scared and I wondered if I

could come here and watch some

television just till Michael got back.

He just went out to get some pizza.

>> Michael

I thought you said you were alone.

>> Oh, I was. I mean, he just came up and

surprised me. I didn't know he was here.

Honest. We'll pay for the double.

Please, may I come in? I'm really a

little scared.

>> All right, come on in.

>> Thank you.

>> Make yourself at home. Loretta, break

out the popcorn. We've got company.

All right. What we got right here is a

brand new Thermo box. This will keep

that pie nice and crispy till the moment

of truth.

>> Yeah, it's hot. That's a Thermab box.

Thanks a lot. Thank you. Good night.

>> Night.

Hey [music] [ __ ]

[music]

>> [music]

>> Hey, what are you doing now?

>> What the hell?

>> Hey,

you all right?

>> Help me. You got to help me.

>> All right. All right. I'll help you.

Hold still. Oh, jeez. Hold on.

>> Hold on. Hold on. Driving to the motel.

You got to give me your I'll get you

there. You're going anywhere in this

thing now. Just hold on a second.

>> All you need is rest and sleep.

How much? Oh, well, what do you say

about a couple of passes for your

theater? Now you just go to sleep and

you'll be as fit as a fiddle.

[screaming]

>> Oh, I think Michael's back.

>> Oh, let him wait. That's the secret of a

good relationship.

>> No, I really should get back.

>> Well, it's getting late. It's time to go

to sleep. We've seen this whole movie

about six times anyway.

>> You have? How does it end?

>> Well, he ches down a couple of more

times and falls in a line pit.

>> No, he doesn't fall in the line pit.

That's the sequel. This one, he runs out

into the street and is hit by a truck.

Or or is it a train?

>> Truck. Train. Climb it. This is all the

same idea. I

>> I would I'd just like to say thank you

for everything. Good night, Jennifer.

>> Good night. Better close up, George.

Michael, I'm back.

I was at the Clarks. We were watching

this bizarre movie.

Ooh, better get out here soon, otherwise

No,

no, no.

[screaming]

>> [music]

>> Heat.

Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

>> Mr.

Help me.

[music]

[music]

I wait out here. [music]

Hey,

I saw something back there. Heat.

[music]

Heat.

>> [music]

>> What's going on out there?

[music]

[music]

Watch out.

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> Mark, it's Mark.

>> What?

>> It's my brother. I remember. It's my

murder. He killed David

in the hotel room. He killed him. I

remember.

>> He won't hurt you anymore. He won't hurt

you anymore. It's all over.

[music]

>> Okay. Oh, it's all over, baby. It's all

over.

[music]

So, the Ouija board messages were

Jennifer subconscious fears that Mark

was out to kill her.

>> Exactly. It uh served the same purpose a

psychiatrist would in a similar

situation. It uh brought out her past,

including the murder she witnessed at

her brother's hotel room.

>> So, if Mark's on ice downstairs, then

who's the guy whose body was burned in

the Hamstead Hotel?

>> That's David Francone, my boyfriend.

>> You want to run that by me again?

Mark, my brother, was extremely violent

and disturbed. He'd been in and out of

institutions and reform schools all his

life. My father just kicked him out of

the house for the last time. That's why

he was at the hotel.

>> So, where does David Frank Coney fit in?

>> David and I were dating each other

secretly

against my father's wishes. We had plans

to run away and get married.

Mark found out and threatened to

blackmail me. My father was extremely

strict and getting married at my age was

absolutely forbidden.

>> So you went to the hotel to talk him out

of the blackmailing.

>> Yeah. And that's when it happened.

I was begging Mark not to tell my father

when David came in the room and there

was a fight.

Mark killed David

and then he locked me in the closet

and set fire to the room hoping that I

would die as well.

>> So when David's body was found destroyed

after the fire,

the natural easy assumption was that

Mark registered in the room was killed.

They got the wrong corpse,

>> right? Brother blackmails sister and

kills boyfriend. Brother tracks sister

down when she starts to get her memory

back and gets blown away. Simple and no

ghosts.

>> What about Cindy?

>> Well, we found her body in the trunk of

Mark's car in Lancaster.

>> Anyway, the guy we're after is in the

Morgan. That's good enough for me.

>> Wait a sec. Look, we know that these

came from Jennifer's subconscious, but

what about this one? Okay, about David

and the date he was killed. Where did

that come from?

Forget about it. It's over. You can all

go now.

>> I think this Ouija board has real

powers.

>> That's enough already. Okay, just go.

This case is closed.

>> Ouija boards.

>> Don't tell me Mr. Rational believes in

ghosts.

>> After this, ghosts, Ouija boards, a

balanced budget. You name it, I'll

believe him.

>> What? This isn't the Michael I knew.

Well, look who's talking.

>> Listen, you two, whoever you are,

dinner's on me. Okay.

>> Whoa.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

>> My pleasure, miss.

>> Where is that Ouija board anyway? I

didn't see it in the apartment.

>> I've had enough of Ouija boards to last

me a lifetime. I left it behind.

>> Where?

[music]

>> [music]

>> Oh, George. Come on. This is it. Apart.

>> Uh, must be the storm.

>> No. No.

This part.

>> Think you'll come back with us?

>> I doubt it. It's a long way out here.

>> Yeah. Wonder how it works.

used to play with one of these once a

long time ago.

Oh

no.

Here we go.

Now,

is that somebody at the door, George, or

is it the wind?

>> Is anybody there?

>> [music]

>> Is anybody there? [music]

[music]

[music]

>> [music]