1 00:00:00,510 --> 00:00:03,230 Hello, I'm calling from the trip. I'd like to confirm a quote. 2 00:00:03,450 --> 00:00:06,610 How much money was involved? 3 00:00:06,950 --> 00:00:07,950 Was it over $1 ,000? 4 00:00:08,590 --> 00:00:09,810 Was it over $10 ,000? 5 00:01:05,870 --> 00:01:09,710 I'm not trying to bug you, Mr. Robinson. I just thought maybe we could talk a 6 00:01:09,710 --> 00:01:14,050 little. Miss Newman, I've been a trial lawyer for 30 years. I recognize an 7 00:01:14,050 --> 00:01:17,890 adversary proceeding whenever I'm involved in one. I merely came in here 8 00:01:17,890 --> 00:01:20,210 drink. We just came in here for a drink, too. 9 00:01:20,630 --> 00:01:21,309 Didn't we? 10 00:01:21,310 --> 00:01:24,890 Well, I just thought in exchange for passing the peanuts, you might want to 11 00:01:24,890 --> 00:01:28,450 me if you enjoy always being up to your ears in controversy. 12 00:01:28,830 --> 00:01:29,830 Not at this minute, no. 13 00:01:30,110 --> 00:01:33,590 But you do admit you enjoy having your cases end up on page one. 14 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,340 I just do my job. 15 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,880 You're the people who put me there. But you have to admit, you do go out of your 16 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,240 way. Your Honor, rule Miss Newman out of order. 17 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,880 And put a drink on my tab. 18 00:01:48,860 --> 00:01:49,860 Court's adjourned. 19 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:53,440 Who is she, Dan? 20 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,900 I just thought I'd take advantage of a chance meeting. Thought maybe he would 21 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:58,520 answer a question or two. 22 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,180 The only question a guy wants an answer to in a bar like this is... Your place 23 00:02:03,180 --> 00:02:04,180 or mine. 24 00:02:42,190 --> 00:02:44,790 I can't go home into you. You know I got to work in the morning. 25 00:02:48,110 --> 00:02:49,810 It's so dark in this garage. 26 00:02:50,030 --> 00:02:53,670 I keep complaining they ought to put some more lights in here. It's 27 00:02:54,130 --> 00:02:55,130 Lights? 28 00:02:55,330 --> 00:02:57,730 They're so cheap, they'd probably just send you a book of matches. 29 00:02:59,090 --> 00:03:00,090 You got keys? 30 00:03:00,150 --> 00:03:01,150 Yeah. 31 00:03:02,530 --> 00:03:03,530 All right. 32 00:03:05,510 --> 00:03:06,730 I'm going to come over there right now. 33 00:03:09,710 --> 00:03:10,710 Oh, Art. 34 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:14,280 I'll call for an ambulance. 35 00:03:16,780 --> 00:03:19,460 Yeah, I got the last of the paper signed. 36 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,380 I sent you that form, Phil. 37 00:03:24,940 --> 00:03:25,980 No, no. 38 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:27,420 I'm not nervous. 39 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,600 No, I've owned houses before. 40 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:30,960 Sure. 41 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:33,820 Homeowner's insurance. 42 00:03:35,420 --> 00:03:37,500 Geez. For one thing, I forgot. 43 00:03:39,340 --> 00:03:40,340 I'll, uh... 44 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,220 I'll take care of it tomorrow. 45 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,520 I just want to shop around a little. 46 00:03:47,980 --> 00:03:51,700 Listen, Phil, I have to go now. Just tell me one more time that I got a good 47 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:52,700 deal. 48 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Thanks. 49 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:56,880 You finally bought the house, huh? 50 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,420 Yeah. I've been living there three years and the house has doubled in value. The 51 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:04,260 landlady decided to let me buy it before the market collapses. 52 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,760 On the Robinson beating? 53 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,580 It's going to be tough trying to pick one enemy from all of these. 54 00:04:08,820 --> 00:04:11,780 Maybe it would be quicker if we just went on the assumption that one of his 55 00:04:11,780 --> 00:04:13,760 friends did it. He doesn't have any friends. 56 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:18,480 Oh, the Johansson divorce case, the Nazis in Chicago, the airline hijacker. 57 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,579 didn't pick the easy ones, did he? 58 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:23,200 No, and he stepped on a lot of toes and made a lot of enemies along the way. 59 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,640 Barb McQueen, the game show host with a big smile on her twinkly eyes? Yeah. 60 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,260 What's his connection with Robinson? 61 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:32,040 Robinson represents a consumer group suing McQueen for false advertising, 62 00:04:32,220 --> 00:04:33,280 fraudulent sales techniques. 63 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:35,120 What kind of shape is Robinson in? 64 00:04:35,630 --> 00:04:38,350 Critical. He's in intensive care. It'll be a while before they know. 65 00:04:38,770 --> 00:04:42,110 Did he say anything? Did he give any clue at all? No, he's still unconscious. 66 00:04:42,710 --> 00:04:43,710 What do we do? 67 00:04:45,270 --> 00:04:48,590 You take enemies A to K. You get L to Z. 68 00:04:48,930 --> 00:04:50,410 Oh, good. I get art and cleaning. 69 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:51,690 Why is that good? 70 00:04:52,290 --> 00:04:54,250 Maybe I'll get to see what's behind the secret curtain. 71 00:04:57,870 --> 00:05:01,890 So come to Balboa Federal Savings and Loan when you buy your next home. You'll 72 00:05:01,890 --> 00:05:03,370 be pleasantly surprised that they're... 73 00:05:03,580 --> 00:05:06,340 courteous personal service. I'm shocked by their interest rates. 74 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,700 Pasadena, Burbank, and 13 other locations. 75 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:13,580 So come on down and tell them Art McQueen sent you. 76 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:14,900 Thanks. 77 00:05:15,620 --> 00:05:21,840 I tried that. Their interest rate was still 12%. Hi. 78 00:05:22,460 --> 00:05:26,300 Chet Wilkie, Archer Pools, builders of the finest pools. I don't need a pool. 79 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,460 Well, you won't know if you need a pool until you put one in, my friend. 80 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:32,020 Only then will you realize that you've always needed one. 81 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:34,900 Yeah, but then if I don't really need one, it'll be too late. 82 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,340 Let me show you this brochure. 83 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:39,540 Look, Mr. Wilkie. Chat, please. 84 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:40,959 Chat, please. 85 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,740 I don't have kids. I'm hardly here. I don't even have that many towels. 86 00:05:45,020 --> 00:05:46,020 What am I going to do with the pool? 87 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:49,280 You are going to enjoy life to the fullest, my friend. That's what you're 88 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:50,280 to do with your pool. 89 00:05:50,460 --> 00:05:52,240 Okay, now let me tell you what you're going to do with your pool. 90 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,080 Okay. Forget the pool. 91 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,200 One thing you learn in my business, can't tell somebody something they don't 92 00:05:58,200 --> 00:05:59,119 want to buy. 93 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:00,059 Thank you. 94 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:01,060 How about a hot tub? 95 00:06:01,580 --> 00:06:05,760 You gotta be kidding. You come home from the factory, your dog tired, your 96 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,780 muscles are aching, there's dirt under your nails. I don't get dirty. I work 97 00:06:08,780 --> 00:06:09,780 behind a desk. 98 00:06:10,140 --> 00:06:11,140 You're kidding. 99 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,480 I'm a newspaper editor. 100 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,600 What are you doing in a neighborhood like this? 101 00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:17,120 Closing the door on a pool salesman. 102 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:21,280 You okay? 103 00:06:26,260 --> 00:06:27,260 My ankle. 104 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:28,720 I don't think I can walk. 105 00:06:29,420 --> 00:06:30,420 Can you stand? 106 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:36,400 I don't think so. 107 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,040 Come on. 108 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,820 I'll take you over to the emergency room. 109 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,580 What is it? 110 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 My back. 111 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:46,520 You got a bad back? 112 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:48,960 I've had a bad back since the Army. 113 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:50,940 A hot tub can fix that. 114 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:56,440 Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A andE. 115 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:03,840 On America Online, I get an encyclopedia, Barron's book notes, even 116 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:04,840 entire... 117 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:25,960 You sound really cute. 118 00:07:26,940 --> 00:07:27,940 America Online. 119 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,200 Welcome. 120 00:07:30,620 --> 00:07:33,160 A andE returns to Blue Brand. 121 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,080 A andE returns to Blue Brand. 122 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,840 Anything new on the Robinson beating? 123 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:43,940 Talked to a lot of people who wish they'd done it. 124 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,120 But nobody wanted to stand up and take credit. 125 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,120 Apparently, this guy was totally oblivious to the fact that he went 126 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,580 alienating almost everyone he met. Well, we all don't possess the, uh... 127 00:07:53,950 --> 00:07:58,070 sensitivity to others that you have, Rusty. That's different. I'm a reporter. 128 00:07:58,450 --> 00:08:01,270 A lot of times I have to creatively agitate people. 129 00:08:01,610 --> 00:08:02,610 Part of my job. 130 00:08:04,410 --> 00:08:05,329 Uh -oh. 131 00:08:05,330 --> 00:08:07,150 Somebody stayed too long at the disco. 132 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:25,200 You know what would be good, Adam? 133 00:08:25,860 --> 00:08:30,300 Go over Elliot Robinson's cases for the financial... Are you listening? 134 00:08:30,940 --> 00:08:31,960 I'm sorry, Lou. 135 00:08:32,179 --> 00:08:34,580 This is tough to take you seriously from that position. 136 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,220 You look like you're at a Roman coffee break. 137 00:08:38,580 --> 00:08:39,580 Lou. 138 00:08:40,380 --> 00:08:44,840 Lou, Robinson's taking a turn for the worse. He's back on the operating table. 139 00:08:45,260 --> 00:08:46,680 I may join him there. 140 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:49,640 I'll tell you something. If he dies, I'll have to hire the mourners. 141 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,220 You go through the heart, McQueen. 142 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,700 He's been on vacation all week. How can he be on vacation? 143 00:08:56,060 --> 00:08:58,320 I see him hosting a game show every morning. 144 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:01,860 They take five at a time, Animal. They're always two or three weeks ahead. 145 00:09:02,660 --> 00:09:04,120 Why do you watch game shows? 146 00:09:04,420 --> 00:09:06,380 I love game shows. Are you kidding? 147 00:09:06,660 --> 00:09:08,460 Thanks to soap operas. They're my favorite. 148 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,300 Can't he be fired for that? 149 00:09:12,460 --> 00:09:13,460 Where's Lou? 150 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:14,600 Down here. 151 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,640 Oh. Give me a second. 152 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,320 Oh. You feeling any better? 153 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:21,760 Next question. 154 00:09:22,380 --> 00:09:25,420 Yeah, uh, Lou, I want you to meet Detective Dan Staley. 155 00:09:26,060 --> 00:09:27,140 That's okay, don't get down. 156 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:32,380 Dan wants to talk to Billy, says Billy Newman, and Art, says Art Donovan, about 157 00:09:32,380 --> 00:09:34,420 the Robinson thing. Can you spare them for a couple minutes? 158 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:35,920 Do I have a choice? 159 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:37,300 Not really. 160 00:09:37,580 --> 00:09:39,420 Sure, you can spare them. 161 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,600 Thank you. 162 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:44,500 I'd like to start with the little lady first. 163 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:46,160 Little lady? 164 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:48,960 And fight away. 165 00:09:51,530 --> 00:09:53,690 Is this a bar that you frequent, Miss Newman? 166 00:09:53,930 --> 00:09:55,530 You mean, do I troll the bar? 167 00:09:55,810 --> 00:09:59,510 I mean, if you go in there frequently, was there anyone there that night that 168 00:09:59,510 --> 00:10:01,030 didn't belong? That sort of thing. 169 00:10:01,230 --> 00:10:03,690 No. Did you know Mr. Robinson from before? 170 00:10:03,950 --> 00:10:05,870 No. But you engaged him in conversation. 171 00:10:06,270 --> 00:10:07,270 Yes. 172 00:10:07,770 --> 00:10:10,330 What went on in your mind when you spoke to him? He was a total stranger. 173 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:11,990 Look, I was with another guy. 174 00:10:12,410 --> 00:10:13,410 I see. 175 00:10:14,070 --> 00:10:18,990 No, you don't see. I wanted to ask Mr. Robinson a few questions. He did not 176 00:10:18,990 --> 00:10:22,170 to answer them. That is the extent of it. And then he left? Right. 177 00:10:23,570 --> 00:10:25,050 Okay, let's go over that one more time. 178 00:10:25,290 --> 00:10:27,070 I've already told you everything I know. 179 00:10:27,450 --> 00:10:30,750 Look, Miss Newman, you were probably the last person who saw Mr. Robinson before 180 00:10:30,750 --> 00:10:32,350 the beating. Now let's go over it again. 181 00:10:32,630 --> 00:10:33,630 We've been over it twice. 182 00:10:33,970 --> 00:10:35,870 Maybe three will be a charm. I doubt it. 183 00:10:42,310 --> 00:10:43,310 You okay? 184 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:45,360 Yeah. 185 00:10:46,140 --> 00:10:49,020 Maybe tomorrow we could roll in one of those little cots. 186 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,040 No, Charlie, please. Don't roll in anything. I'm gonna be fine. 187 00:10:56,260 --> 00:10:57,260 Yeah. 188 00:11:01,020 --> 00:11:02,840 Yeah, okay, just hold it a second. 189 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:06,260 Check Wilkie of Archer Pools? 190 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:08,920 I'll take it. 191 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:10,820 Put it in a swimming pool, though? 192 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,520 No. You know, swimming is good for the back. 193 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 What about drowning? 194 00:11:16,620 --> 00:11:18,080 Hello, Chad. How are you? 195 00:11:19,140 --> 00:11:20,140 Oh, good. 196 00:11:21,020 --> 00:11:22,020 Hey, listen. 197 00:11:22,420 --> 00:11:24,380 Anybody would have been glad to help. 198 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:26,280 You're welcome. 199 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:30,260 What do you mean, do I have homeowner's insurance? 200 00:11:34,420 --> 00:11:39,640 I already made you late, Charlie. 201 00:11:40,460 --> 00:11:45,140 It's not important. I like to get here early. Yeah, but you said 7 .45 and I 202 00:11:45,140 --> 00:11:47,040 wanted to be out in front at 7 .45. 203 00:11:47,260 --> 00:11:48,260 Get in. 204 00:11:49,620 --> 00:11:50,620 It's the socks. 205 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,980 Putting on your socks, that's the hard part. 206 00:11:54,760 --> 00:12:00,580 You have to roll back on the bed and time it just right. 207 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,060 Oh, boy, that must hurt. 208 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:09,240 Then I knew you were trying to drive so carefully to not hit the bumps. 209 00:12:10,220 --> 00:12:11,360 It's such a pain. 210 00:12:11,660 --> 00:12:13,740 I'm sorry. I didn't drive carefully enough. 211 00:12:15,780 --> 00:12:20,340 Tomorrow, I am going to arrange to get to your place five minutes later. 212 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,040 You're going to put yourself through this again tomorrow? 213 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,600 That's great. 214 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:30,580 Oh, Charlie, that's great. 215 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,040 I'll get up five minutes earlier. 216 00:12:33,260 --> 00:12:34,260 You don't have to. 217 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:35,500 I will. 218 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:49,200 I couldn't sleep. 219 00:12:50,940 --> 00:12:51,960 Oh, no. 220 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,280 Will you look at this? 221 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,420 I'm being sued for gross negligence by an alcoholic pool salesman. 222 00:13:00,660 --> 00:13:01,660 Mr. 223 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:04,360 Wilkie? Yeah. 224 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,240 He's selling swimming pools door to door. 225 00:13:07,940 --> 00:13:08,940 Door to door, huh? 226 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,160 What does he do, keep him in a little attache case? 227 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:18,300 To make a long story short, on his way down the stairs, probably in an 228 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:20,760 haze, he trips and falls. 229 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:23,560 Then he's got the nerve to sue me. 230 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:25,280 Me. 231 00:13:25,940 --> 00:13:26,940 Me. 232 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:29,020 The guy that took him to the hospital. 233 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,940 Well, that's what you have homeowner's insurance for, so he can't sue you for 234 00:13:32,940 --> 00:13:33,799 your last penny. 235 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,460 I don't have any homeowner's insurance yet. 236 00:13:37,820 --> 00:13:38,820 Oh. 237 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:40,160 Well, that's what it's for. 238 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:45,560 Billy Newman. 239 00:13:45,980 --> 00:13:49,260 Yeah, are you the one who wrote the story about Elliot Robinson, about how 240 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:52,380 cops were having trouble finding out who did it? Uh, who is this, please? 241 00:13:52,660 --> 00:13:53,660 Never mind. 242 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,820 Just meet me at the Blue Terrace Bar on Figaro. I got some information for you. 243 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,180 How will I know who you are? 244 00:14:00,580 --> 00:14:03,100 I'll be all alone in the booth furthest from the door. 245 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:04,980 Do you want to leave me a name? 246 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:06,280 Come now. 247 00:14:06,460 --> 00:14:07,460 I'll be waiting. 248 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,020 Look, I... You are interested in the guy who muscled Robinson, aren't you? 249 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:12,280 Yeah. 250 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:14,400 Well... 251 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:16,300 I'm one of the guys who did it. 252 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:23,740 Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A andE. 253 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:31,680 A andE returns to Lou Grant. 254 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:35,020 I wouldn't give any clue at all, huh? 255 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,380 Nope, just said he was one of the guys who roughed up Robinson. 256 00:14:38,980 --> 00:14:41,220 Sounds risky. I don't think you should go there alone. 257 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:42,800 Oh, it's Charlie. 258 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,380 But if I take somebody with me, I'm afraid whoever this guy is will be 259 00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:47,860 off. What's the point? 260 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,760 Your safety is more important, Billy. We don't even know how much this guy's got 261 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:52,319 to tell. 262 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,320 If he is, in fact, the guy who roughed up Robinson, it could be plenty. 263 00:14:56,540 --> 00:15:00,040 If he is indeed the guy who roughed up Robinson, he could be dangerous. Well, 264 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:01,720 I go with armed guards, we'll never know. 265 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,700 Little terrace on Figueroa, huh? 266 00:15:04,140 --> 00:15:06,540 It's kind of a seedy neighborhood, isn't it? Yeah. 267 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:08,479 Take Adam. 268 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,560 There's no chance they'll notice him down there. 269 00:15:25,770 --> 00:15:27,570 Hi, I'm Billy Newman. Are you... Yeah. 270 00:15:31,090 --> 00:15:32,090 Here's your name. 271 00:15:33,170 --> 00:15:34,210 Art McQueen. 272 00:15:35,090 --> 00:15:36,090 What about him? 273 00:15:36,550 --> 00:15:39,990 He's the guy who hired me and another guy to beat up on Robinson. 274 00:15:40,910 --> 00:15:41,910 Art McQueen? 275 00:15:42,530 --> 00:15:43,530 Why? 276 00:15:45,310 --> 00:15:46,310 What's the difference? 277 00:15:47,270 --> 00:15:52,450 Look, what I'm saying is that Art McQueen hired me to beat up Elliot 278 00:15:52,450 --> 00:15:53,450 want you to print that. 279 00:15:54,339 --> 00:15:55,820 Why do you want me to print that? 280 00:15:57,180 --> 00:15:59,220 The Queen welched on my final payment. 281 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:03,500 I can't exactly take them to small claims courts. I want to hurt them back. 282 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,820 You print what I told you, it'll hurt. 283 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,400 You'll have to give us your name or we can't print anything. 284 00:16:09,740 --> 00:16:12,680 We can print it. Not without your name. There's no way. 285 00:16:15,020 --> 00:16:16,020 You'll find one. 286 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:42,300 $10 ,000. 287 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:47,820 John Kennedy was not the first president to challenge his people to, quote, ask 288 00:16:47,820 --> 00:16:51,340 not what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your 289 00:16:51,340 --> 00:16:57,460 country. Who was the U .S. president who originally hurled this challenge? You 290 00:16:57,460 --> 00:17:00,000 have 20 seconds, and good luck. Go. 291 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:02,280 You gotta be kidding. 292 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,000 Sounds like it could be Andrew Jackson. 293 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:07,859 I think Lincoln. 294 00:17:08,420 --> 00:17:09,420 Come on. 295 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:11,210 Warren G. Harding. 296 00:17:14,290 --> 00:17:15,290 Oh. 297 00:17:18,810 --> 00:17:22,630 All right, now look, time is up, but I'll still give you a shot at it. Take a 298 00:17:22,630 --> 00:17:23,630 guess. 299 00:17:23,670 --> 00:17:24,670 Woodrow Wilson? 300 00:17:26,130 --> 00:17:29,870 I'm terribly sorry. No, the answer is Warren G. Harding. Hey, how many of you 301 00:17:29,870 --> 00:17:31,350 folks out there knew that answer, huh? 302 00:17:31,930 --> 00:17:36,130 Well, it's too bad, Elliot. You didn't get the $10 ,000, but you won $350 in 303 00:17:36,130 --> 00:17:38,450 cash on that trip to Reno. So congratulations, then. 304 00:17:38,810 --> 00:17:39,810 Good luck. 305 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,480 It's frightening how much I know. 306 00:17:43,460 --> 00:17:46,080 Not the image of a guy who hires hitmen, is it? 307 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:51,060 Folksy TV personalities, part of the community, 20 years in the same 308 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,680 What kind of feeling did you get from the guy you talked to? 309 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:57,600 Creepy. I was afraid of him. That could have just been the place, you know. I 310 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:58,920 was afraid to swallow my beer. 311 00:18:00,020 --> 00:18:03,680 Well, we can't run with what he told you, Billy. Not just on his say -so. 312 00:18:04,140 --> 00:18:06,680 I know. I'm hoping to get something tomorrow from the Queen. 313 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,140 Lou Grant's residence. 314 00:18:13,540 --> 00:18:15,540 Yeah? Yeah, just a sec. 315 00:18:15,980 --> 00:18:18,260 It's Mr. Wilkie from Archer Pools. 316 00:18:22,060 --> 00:18:23,060 Yeah? 317 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:25,380 Yeah, I got your letter. 318 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:28,300 Amicable settlement? 319 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,160 No, I don't think so, Chad. 320 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,200 In court? 321 00:18:33,820 --> 00:18:34,820 Right. 322 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,540 I'll be the guy with your throat in my hands. 323 00:18:39,740 --> 00:18:42,080 I'm, uh... Public property, Mr. Brown. 324 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,580 A fellow never gets used to being slandered, but you've got to kind of 325 00:18:45,580 --> 00:18:47,180 roll with the punches, you know what I mean? 326 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,780 The charges Elliot Robinson raised were more than slander, though. Well, I was 327 00:18:52,780 --> 00:18:55,400 trying to have the trial moved up. Get it over with. Clear my name. 328 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,980 I just hate my family having to go through this, you know? 329 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:04,020 Why do you think Robinson would go forward if he felt he didn't have a case 330 00:19:04,020 --> 00:19:04,979 against you? 331 00:19:04,980 --> 00:19:05,980 I don't know. 332 00:19:06,340 --> 00:19:07,340 You'd have to ask him. 333 00:19:08,379 --> 00:19:12,820 It's the nature of the man, Miss Newman. Yell, scream, anything as long as it's 334 00:19:12,820 --> 00:19:14,700 loud and it gets into the newspaper. 335 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,920 But sooner or later, he would have had to deliver some evidence against you. 336 00:19:19,180 --> 00:19:20,500 Elliot Robinson is a phony. 337 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,120 A publicity hound. 338 00:19:22,580 --> 00:19:26,660 In case after case, when the time came to deliver on the evidence, he'd make up 339 00:19:26,660 --> 00:19:30,180 some story about the FBI or the CIA trying to silence witnesses. 340 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,860 Who knows what excuse he'll come up with in my case. 341 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:35,560 Like a coma? 342 00:19:41,650 --> 00:19:46,510 I would like to hold off hiring Mr. Johnson at least until the end of the 343 00:19:46,990 --> 00:19:47,990 Sounds fair. 344 00:19:48,930 --> 00:19:52,230 And I've also made a tentative decision on the Olympics. 345 00:19:53,330 --> 00:19:55,470 What's it going to be, the 440 or the decathlon? 346 00:19:55,770 --> 00:19:59,750 I was a long -distance runner in my youth, you know. 347 00:20:00,330 --> 00:20:01,330 Lonely, huh? 348 00:20:01,610 --> 00:20:02,710 Oh, exhausting. 349 00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:08,130 Anyway... I would like to wholeheartedly support the games. 350 00:20:08,630 --> 00:20:12,670 And if they could guarantee the taxpayers wouldn't be liable for the 351 00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:17,130 overruns, I'd be much more favorably disposed. Oh, and see if they can 352 00:20:17,130 --> 00:20:18,270 the smog as well. 353 00:20:18,790 --> 00:20:20,050 We'll stay on it. 354 00:20:20,790 --> 00:20:21,790 Fine. 355 00:20:22,410 --> 00:20:25,190 Well, that's all from my side, gentlemen. 356 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:26,530 Do you have any questions? 357 00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:28,730 Lou has a question. 358 00:20:30,750 --> 00:20:31,750 I do? 359 00:20:32,150 --> 00:20:33,390 About that legal matter. 360 00:20:34,889 --> 00:20:37,510 Oh, Charlie, no. I don't want to bother her with that. 361 00:20:38,210 --> 00:20:40,330 Bother her with what, Mr. Grant? 362 00:20:41,350 --> 00:20:45,010 It's nothing. It's not nothing. Some guy tripped and fell on Lou's lawn and now 363 00:20:45,010 --> 00:20:47,190 he wants to sue him. But go ahead, you tell it, Lou. 364 00:20:48,030 --> 00:20:49,090 You just told it. 365 00:20:50,430 --> 00:20:55,650 With these kinds of nuisance lawsuits, I think it's always best to let the 366 00:20:55,650 --> 00:20:57,570 insurance companies settle. Don't you agree? 367 00:20:58,750 --> 00:21:02,970 Well, I'm buying my house and I haven't picked up my homeowner's insurance yet, 368 00:21:03,010 --> 00:21:04,010 so I'm kind of... 369 00:21:04,140 --> 00:21:05,520 And Lou needs a good attorney. 370 00:21:06,260 --> 00:21:07,580 Jacob Bowman is good. 371 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,320 But doesn't he represent banks and governments? 372 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,660 And me, Mr. Brown. 373 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,780 If I call him, he'll find the time. 374 00:21:19,340 --> 00:21:20,340 There you go, Lou. 375 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:22,320 Thanks. 376 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,300 Driscoll says they found this guy in a drainage ditch out by Dodger Stadium. 377 00:21:29,020 --> 00:21:32,100 Wonderful. One off season and people just go to pieces. 378 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,440 Any theories as to who he was and why he was dumped? 379 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:37,440 It looked like a contract job. 380 00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:38,660 Clean and definite. 381 00:21:39,020 --> 00:21:40,020 Watch the meeting. 382 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,260 What have you got there? 383 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,120 Pictures of a corpse. 384 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:47,500 Phew. Not for us. 385 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,060 Why do they always ignore the ones with real value and print the ones with 386 00:22:00,060 --> 00:22:01,480 surface slickness and appeal? 387 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,240 What are we talking about here? Women? 388 00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:05,540 Voters? Who? 389 00:22:05,740 --> 00:22:07,560 Editors. They got no imagination. 390 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,060 Oh, that's nice, Cy. Yeah, something a little different, I thought, from the 391 00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:14,100 annual beach crowd from a helicopter number. 392 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,180 Forget it. I went with this. 393 00:22:18,140 --> 00:22:19,300 Beach crowd from helicopter? 394 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:25,020 Stock shot number 641 in your program, number one in your editor's heart. I 395 00:22:25,020 --> 00:22:27,840 that, Shuff, but I knew as soon as I shot it, it would make the paper. 396 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:31,840 Where's this from? 397 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:36,120 Oh, cops found some guy out behind Dodger Stadium. 398 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,620 You got one that's closer on his face? 399 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:42,100 Someone you know? 400 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:43,840 Hard to tell. 401 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,480 Anything unusual about this guy, besides the obvious? 402 00:22:50,220 --> 00:22:51,220 Let's see. 403 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,020 No, nothing that really... Oh, there was one thing the cops said. 404 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,480 He had one leg much thinner than the other, like the guy had polio or 405 00:23:02,990 --> 00:23:06,410 It's still hard to tell. It looks like him, but it was dark in that bar. 406 00:23:06,730 --> 00:23:11,330 I know, but I figure with the resemblance and the limp, it's worth a 407 00:23:12,590 --> 00:23:13,910 When he's right, he's right. 408 00:23:21,390 --> 00:23:23,050 Show us 453, would you, Herb? 409 00:23:24,330 --> 00:23:26,290 Now, are you sure you want to go through with this, Miss Newman? 410 00:23:26,690 --> 00:23:30,150 Well, it's not something I'd want to say for Saturday night, but I can handle 411 00:23:30,150 --> 00:23:31,150 it, if that's what you mean. 412 00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:34,550 Women don't always like the sight of their bodies. And men do. 413 00:23:43,150 --> 00:23:44,150 That's him. Who? 414 00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:45,670 The guy I thought it was. 415 00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:47,050 Well, wait just a second. 416 00:23:48,250 --> 00:23:50,610 Did he have this mole here on his right cheek? 417 00:23:52,530 --> 00:23:53,530 Yes. 418 00:23:53,850 --> 00:23:54,950 Did you look at his hand? 419 00:23:57,190 --> 00:23:58,850 Did you notice if he had all his fingers? 420 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,900 This man doesn't appear to have any fingers missing. 421 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Oh, I know that. 422 00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:08,000 I just wanted to be sure that the man that you talked to had all of his. 423 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,460 purposely doing this, aren't you? 424 00:24:09,780 --> 00:24:10,780 Yeah. 425 00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:13,540 I gotta tell you, though, you're a very gutty little lady. 426 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,160 And you're a big creep. 427 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:16,700 Miss Newman. 428 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,420 If you know who that man is, I'd like you to tell me. I don't know who he is. 429 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,460 But you said that... I just said he's who I thought he was. Then you do know 430 00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:26,459 he is. 431 00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:27,780 Yes. But how do you know him? 432 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,860 He called me and I met him and he told me that he had been hired to beat up 433 00:24:31,860 --> 00:24:32,860 Elliot Robbins. 434 00:24:32,940 --> 00:24:34,860 But why would he tell you a thing like that? 435 00:24:35,060 --> 00:24:38,440 He said that the guy who was supposed to pay him well shot it and he was trying 436 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:39,379 to get even. 437 00:24:39,380 --> 00:24:40,880 Would you like to tell me his name? 438 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:43,920 Art McQueen. 439 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:45,900 Not the TV guy. 440 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:50,060 That isn't enough to tie McQueen into an assault charge, is it? 441 00:24:50,460 --> 00:24:51,460 It's murder. 442 00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:52,620 You mean of him? 443 00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:54,340 Plus Elliot Robinson. 444 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:55,960 He died this afternoon. 445 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:09,340 Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A andE. 446 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:12,600 Recurrence to Lou Grant. 447 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:19,360 The guy's name was Sam Corkus, small -time hood, few convictions for 448 00:25:19,460 --> 00:25:21,340 vice assault, very undistinguished career. 449 00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:26,880 Any need to tie Corkus in with McQueen? No, nothing. Corkus was the kind of guy 450 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,900 who'd been living on borrowed time from the day he was born. 451 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:32,380 So the only person connecting Corkus and McQueen is you, Billy? 452 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:33,760 I guess so. 453 00:25:34,540 --> 00:25:35,540 Okay. 454 00:25:35,790 --> 00:25:37,790 Let's run with it. That's a hell of a story. 455 00:25:38,550 --> 00:25:42,530 All right, but before printing the accusation against McQueen, I want you 456 00:25:42,530 --> 00:25:43,630 talk to him and get his reaction. 457 00:25:43,970 --> 00:25:46,870 It's only fair to let him respond to charges like that. 458 00:25:47,170 --> 00:25:48,670 We'll see him and then write it. 459 00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:54,270 Oh, I just remembered something that Corker told me that day. He said that 460 00:25:54,270 --> 00:25:56,650 were two of them that beat up Von Robinson. 461 00:25:56,950 --> 00:25:58,190 I wonder if the other guy got paid. 462 00:25:58,590 --> 00:25:59,630 I imagine so. 463 00:26:01,030 --> 00:26:04,830 He might even be the guy that killed Corker. 464 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,800 Well, I hope he likes my story. 465 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,800 Remember, I need your car at one o 'clock. 466 00:26:12,060 --> 00:26:12,859 What for? 467 00:26:12,860 --> 00:26:15,080 Come on, you told me I could borrow it today. 468 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,580 Remember, I have to be in Pacoima. Mine's in the shop. Rossi, I'm on my way 469 00:26:18,580 --> 00:26:20,300 TV studio to talk to Art McQueen. 470 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:21,840 Oh, how long is that going to take? 471 00:26:22,060 --> 00:26:25,080 I don't know. I should be back at one. I'll do my best. 472 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,500 Yeah, can you make it 12 .30? I don't want to be late. 473 00:26:28,540 --> 00:26:31,920 Well, that sort of wraps it up for this day, but we'll see you all tomorrow now. 474 00:26:31,980 --> 00:26:34,220 And in the meantime, remember to love your neighbor. 475 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,760 Not when your neighbor's spouse is around. 476 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Bye -bye. Thank you. 477 00:26:46,140 --> 00:26:49,380 They still put you through your papers out there, don't they? You really have 478 00:26:49,380 --> 00:26:50,660 do this four more times today? 479 00:26:50,940 --> 00:26:54,060 Sure the heck beats selling vacuum cleaners, which I did at one time. 480 00:26:54,260 --> 00:26:58,280 Really? I was a traveling salesman in the South. Late 40s, early 50s. 481 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,340 You know, this may sound corny, but... Well, those were the years I developed 482 00:27:04,340 --> 00:27:06,550 a... A great understanding for the American people. 483 00:27:06,850 --> 00:27:08,210 I met some wonderful folk. 484 00:27:08,650 --> 00:27:10,850 Did you ever meet Sam Corkett? 485 00:27:11,070 --> 00:27:12,070 I don't believe so, no. 486 00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:13,670 A small -time hood? 487 00:27:13,990 --> 00:27:16,510 His body was found near Dodger Stadium yesterday. 488 00:27:16,950 --> 00:27:22,530 I don't go to ballgames with small -time hoods. He told me that before he died, 489 00:27:22,650 --> 00:27:24,990 you paid him to beat up Elliot Robinson. 490 00:27:26,510 --> 00:27:27,510 My Lord. 491 00:27:29,250 --> 00:27:30,250 It's unbelievable. 492 00:27:30,710 --> 00:27:33,530 Me? Are you sure? That's what he told me. 493 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:38,580 And you believed him? That's what he told me. Did you know Sam Korkis? No. 494 00:27:38,580 --> 00:27:41,720 you knew him under another name. Do you really think a person in my position 495 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,280 would hire someone to do what that fellow did? 496 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:44,500 I don't know. 497 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,460 I don't know whether or not you're planning on printing that lie, but can 498 00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:50,440 imagine what that accusation would do to my life? 499 00:27:50,860 --> 00:27:53,880 It takes so little for an irresponsible person to do so much harm. 500 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:59,100 And I have to urge you in the strongest possible way to please, please be 501 00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:00,100 careful what you write. 502 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:02,520 Somebody's life. 503 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:04,120 May depend on it. 504 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,800 It wasn't that I didn't enjoy being the United States ambassador, because I did. 505 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,020 It was just that I could no longer support the policies of President 506 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:19,319 I see. 507 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:24,400 I told him directly, I said, Ike, as a matter of conscience, I have to resign. 508 00:28:24,980 --> 00:28:26,880 I've always felt he respected me for it, too. 509 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,880 I don't see how he couldn't. Well, I feel a man does what a man does. 510 00:28:32,430 --> 00:28:35,450 Whether you're talking to the president, senator, common man off the street, 511 00:28:35,590 --> 00:28:36,590 treat them all the same. 512 00:28:37,010 --> 00:28:38,010 Of course. 513 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:41,810 I have a lot more trouble with Lyndon Johnson, I can tell you that. 514 00:28:44,450 --> 00:28:47,270 Well, enough of me and my petty grievances. 515 00:28:48,070 --> 00:28:50,350 Margaret tells me you have a legal dilemma. 516 00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:52,410 What can I do for you, Mr. 517 00:28:52,910 --> 00:28:53,910 Grant? 518 00:28:55,510 --> 00:28:59,930 Well, this guy fell down on my steps. 519 00:29:11,210 --> 00:29:13,010 The guy in Pacoima moved my appointment up. 520 00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:16,310 The car's a little funny starting. You have to kind of wiggle the key in the 521 00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:17,610 ignition. It'll finally start. 522 00:29:17,830 --> 00:29:19,110 Right. You're low on gas. 523 00:29:19,330 --> 00:29:21,750 Oh, yeah. Hey, Rossi, you'll probably have to get some gas. Oh, terrific. 524 00:29:22,050 --> 00:29:24,110 Remind me never to borrow a car from you again. I will. 525 00:30:08,010 --> 00:30:09,010 You sit. I'll get it. 526 00:30:09,030 --> 00:30:10,090 No, no. 527 00:30:11,050 --> 00:30:13,110 It's good for me to move around. 528 00:30:14,050 --> 00:30:15,050 Yeah, I can tell. 529 00:30:16,010 --> 00:30:17,810 That look like my back is bothering me? 530 00:30:18,290 --> 00:30:20,410 More like your whole body is bothering you. 531 00:30:21,190 --> 00:30:23,050 Did you clear up that nuisance suit yet? 532 00:30:23,890 --> 00:30:24,890 I hope so. 533 00:30:25,450 --> 00:30:26,970 I got Mrs. Pinchot's lawyer. 534 00:30:28,030 --> 00:30:33,250 He's the former ambassador to Paraguay under Eisenhower. 535 00:30:33,690 --> 00:30:35,970 Sounds like the perfect kind of a guy for this case. 536 00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:37,710 He's awful. 537 00:30:37,820 --> 00:30:38,820 Very sharp letter. 538 00:30:39,460 --> 00:30:40,480 We'll get you back off. 539 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:45,040 Yeah. When the ex -ambassador to Paraguay speaks, people listen. 540 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,520 Back so soon? What are you trying to do, get me killed? What are you talking 541 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,160 about? Your car is a death trap. The brakes went out on Hill Street. What 542 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,560 happened? What did you do to my car? Do? I didn't do anything. I went to put my 543 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,620 foot on the brakes and it hit the floor. Why didn't you tell me? Tell you what? 544 00:31:07,770 --> 00:31:10,670 The brakes were working perfectly fine when we drove back from the studio. What 545 00:31:10,670 --> 00:31:11,670 happened to my car? 546 00:31:11,830 --> 00:31:15,190 Your car can be fixed. I could have been killed. You're gonna be killed. What's 547 00:31:15,190 --> 00:31:18,730 wrong? What's wrong? He wrecked my car. I did not wreck your car. I was driving 548 00:31:18,730 --> 00:31:21,610 your car and your car's brakes went out. Well, you must have done something. 549 00:31:21,790 --> 00:31:22,790 Well, I didn't do anything. 550 00:31:22,970 --> 00:31:24,150 Well, somebody did. 551 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:25,750 What are you saying? 552 00:31:25,910 --> 00:31:28,890 Well, I don't know. I just think it's awfully strange that my car's brakes 553 00:31:28,890 --> 00:31:33,030 working perfectly fine one moment and they go out the next. 554 00:31:33,670 --> 00:31:35,210 Could anybody have tampered with them? 555 00:31:35,580 --> 00:31:37,880 Why? Why would somebody want to tamper with my brakes? 556 00:31:40,660 --> 00:31:41,660 Come on. 557 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,020 I couldn't have left my car for more than two or three minutes. 558 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:51,740 It's just my own paranoia because Art McQueen wouldn't have anyone tamper with 559 00:31:51,740 --> 00:31:52,679 my brakes. 560 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,720 First of all, how could anyone do it so fast? 561 00:31:55,060 --> 00:31:59,480 And second, if anything happened to me, you guys would go directly to McQueen. 562 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:03,020 So I don't like having my reporters in danger. That's why I called you. I'm not 563 00:32:03,020 --> 00:32:04,020 in any danger. 564 00:32:04,590 --> 00:32:05,590 Am I? 565 00:32:05,630 --> 00:32:06,630 You could be. 566 00:32:07,610 --> 00:32:11,430 You know, your woman's intuition might not be too far off here. Woman's 567 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:12,850 intuition? Let it pass by. 568 00:32:13,110 --> 00:32:16,550 You said that Corkus told you there was another man involved in a Robinson 569 00:32:16,550 --> 00:32:17,389 beating, right? 570 00:32:17,390 --> 00:32:18,390 Yes. 571 00:32:18,590 --> 00:32:20,290 Supposing he wanted to silence you. 572 00:32:20,810 --> 00:32:24,830 Well, you see, that's ridiculous because I don't know who he is. But he doesn't 573 00:32:24,830 --> 00:32:26,210 know that you don't know who he is. 574 00:32:27,190 --> 00:32:28,190 Oh, I see. 575 00:32:28,570 --> 00:32:31,690 And there is some possibility that she's in danger. Right. 576 00:32:32,310 --> 00:32:35,550 Now, I have a line on a couple of men who are known to hang out with corkers. 577 00:32:35,550 --> 00:32:36,610 just haven't been able to bring them in. 578 00:32:37,150 --> 00:32:38,150 Can you give her protection? 579 00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:40,030 I don't need protection. 580 00:32:40,310 --> 00:32:41,009 Yes, you do. 581 00:32:41,010 --> 00:32:43,030 I can't do that. I cannot guarantee protection. 582 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:49,270 But in another week, a grand jury is going to convene to indict Art McQueen. 583 00:32:50,090 --> 00:32:52,810 Now, if you'd agree to testify, then we'd have to protect you. 584 00:32:53,510 --> 00:32:56,110 I'm the only connection you have between McQueen and the killing? 585 00:32:56,450 --> 00:32:57,450 No, but you're the best one. 586 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,540 I'd be willing to tell a grand jury what Corkus told me. 587 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:04,100 Okay, Luke? 588 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:07,160 Okay. 589 00:33:07,340 --> 00:33:09,580 Are you sure? I mean, you're not going to change your mind in half a dozen 590 00:33:09,580 --> 00:33:13,400 times. I said I was going to testify, and I'm going to testify without any 591 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,760 doubt. Most probably. 592 00:33:19,460 --> 00:33:24,740 You call in now. 593 00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:28,160 I know we're not allowed to know where you are, but you call in every day. 594 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,680 Just think of it as a vacation with pay. 595 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,140 And a guy with a gun outside your door. 596 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:37,480 Give you a chance to catch up on all those spy novels that you've been 597 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:38,039 to get to. 598 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:39,780 Give you a chance to watch some game shows. 599 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,160 I can hardly wait. 600 00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:45,020 Goodbye. See you guys. 601 00:33:45,580 --> 00:33:46,760 Take care of yourself, Billy. 602 00:33:46,980 --> 00:33:47,980 Remember to call. 603 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:12,120 from mine. 604 00:34:12,179 --> 00:34:13,179 Good. 605 00:34:13,699 --> 00:34:18,340 Did he mention that he was the former ambassador to Paraguay? 606 00:34:21,260 --> 00:34:22,500 Settle out of court? 607 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:25,880 No, I don't think so. 608 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:29,139 Not a nickel, Chet. 609 00:34:29,820 --> 00:34:30,980 Not a penny. 610 00:34:38,860 --> 00:34:40,080 Who's gonna be my guard? 611 00:34:40,489 --> 00:34:41,489 You get me. 612 00:34:41,889 --> 00:34:43,909 Why you? I thought I was supposed to have a woman guard. 613 00:34:44,110 --> 00:34:45,650 Well, you were, but she just called in sick. 614 00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:47,770 It's probably one of those female things. 615 00:34:54,850 --> 00:35:01,830 I can't believe out of the whole 616 00:35:01,830 --> 00:35:04,750 police force you're the only person available for this assignment. 617 00:35:05,450 --> 00:35:06,450 It's my case. 618 00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:07,550 And my luck. 619 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,200 Listen, it's not my idea of heaven on earth, you know. Why don't we at least 620 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,240 to make the best of it, okay? 621 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,740 I think I'd rather take my chances on the street. 622 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,020 I don't know why I can't just stay in my apartment. 623 00:35:18,460 --> 00:35:19,359 Yeah, risk it. 624 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,340 I know where you live. That's why we're going to a hotel. 625 00:35:21,580 --> 00:35:22,580 Excuse me. 626 00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:26,960 My boxer shorts are in the laundry. 627 00:35:27,860 --> 00:35:29,020 Nothing I haven't seen before. 628 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:30,460 Your wife's? 629 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,040 Never been married. 630 00:35:32,830 --> 00:35:36,110 No sense buying a book if you've got a library card. Why buy a cow when you can 631 00:35:36,110 --> 00:35:37,110 milk one through the fence? 632 00:35:37,290 --> 00:35:38,290 My sentiments exactly. 633 00:35:41,250 --> 00:35:42,530 You forgot your mouthwash. 634 00:35:42,790 --> 00:35:43,810 I won't be needing it. 635 00:35:45,990 --> 00:35:47,010 Can I help you with that? 636 00:35:47,510 --> 00:35:48,510 No way. 637 00:35:55,190 --> 00:35:56,990 I think we have no alternative, Mr. Grant. 638 00:35:57,210 --> 00:35:58,210 You'll have to settle. 639 00:35:59,210 --> 00:36:01,090 I don't want to settle. It wasn't my fault. 640 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,400 Well, it's really not a question of that right now. 641 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:07,360 If it's not a question of that, what is it? How do we get you out of this in the 642 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,560 simplest, cheapest manner? 643 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:10,240 What about the principle? 644 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,680 What principle is that, Mr. Grant? 645 00:36:12,940 --> 00:36:13,940 That I'm innocent. 646 00:36:14,420 --> 00:36:18,940 This clown came to my house uninvited, drunk, and why the hell am I responsible 647 00:36:18,940 --> 00:36:19,940 if he falls down the stairs? 648 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,500 Because they're your stairs, Mr. Grant. 649 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:27,720 I came to you because you have the best legal mind in the city. And we're giving 650 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:29,480 you the best legal advice we can. 651 00:36:30,060 --> 00:36:31,060 Settle. 652 00:36:32,910 --> 00:36:34,210 This is crazy. 653 00:36:35,470 --> 00:36:37,610 I suffered more pain than he did. 654 00:36:39,290 --> 00:36:40,290 Ironic, isn't it? 655 00:36:40,350 --> 00:36:41,350 Huh? 656 00:36:42,690 --> 00:36:46,390 What if I refuse to settle? Then he will press forward with his suit. I can 657 00:36:46,390 --> 00:36:47,390 guarantee that. 658 00:36:47,470 --> 00:36:48,630 I've talked to his attorney. 659 00:36:49,150 --> 00:36:50,590 He's a very determined man. 660 00:36:51,830 --> 00:36:55,030 Countless hours can be spent by me and my staff in your defense. 661 00:36:55,910 --> 00:37:00,170 At hundreds of dollars an hour, your defense could very quickly add up to as 662 00:37:00,170 --> 00:37:01,790 much as Mr. Wilkie is suing you for. 663 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:04,280 I'd rather pay you than him. 664 00:37:04,860 --> 00:37:07,180 There's always the chance you could pay us and him. 665 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,260 It's not inconceivable you could lose this case. 666 00:37:11,980 --> 00:37:12,980 Settle, Mr. Grant. 667 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,220 We're lucky to be getting off this lightly. 668 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,120 How lucky are we? 669 00:37:18,460 --> 00:37:19,460 $500. 670 00:37:34,090 --> 00:37:37,230 There was a car right behind us. I just wanted to make sure they weren't tailing 671 00:37:37,230 --> 00:37:38,230 us. 672 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:40,770 Got a little nervous, huh? 673 00:37:41,090 --> 00:37:42,210 Not until I got in the car. 674 00:37:47,790 --> 00:37:50,230 I see you've got those new computers in your offices. 675 00:37:50,970 --> 00:37:52,170 Yeah, we got them this year. 676 00:37:53,590 --> 00:37:55,890 Makes it a lot quieter than when I was down there last. 677 00:37:56,890 --> 00:37:57,970 Oh, what were you doing there? 678 00:37:58,270 --> 00:37:59,270 Just police work. 679 00:38:00,090 --> 00:38:02,430 Busting into somebody's desk so you could get their files? 680 00:38:03,150 --> 00:38:06,770 If you reporters would cooperate with us a little bit more, we wouldn't have to 681 00:38:06,770 --> 00:38:07,448 do that. 682 00:38:07,450 --> 00:38:08,450 Have to do that? 683 00:38:09,250 --> 00:38:13,490 Are you aware of a document drawn up in Philadelphia in the late 1700s called 684 00:38:13,490 --> 00:38:16,370 the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of the press? 685 00:38:16,810 --> 00:38:21,210 It also guarantees us the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, 686 00:38:21,390 --> 00:38:22,149 Miss Newman. 687 00:38:22,150 --> 00:38:25,550 When law -abiding citizens are spied on and wiretapped. 688 00:38:25,830 --> 00:38:28,550 Police only finger dangerous criminals for surveillance. 689 00:38:29,370 --> 00:38:30,630 As long as you're clean. 690 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:32,730 You've got nothing to be bothered about. 691 00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:35,170 Well, I'm clean, but I'm still bothered. 692 00:38:38,830 --> 00:38:39,830 How's the back move? 693 00:38:39,970 --> 00:38:43,470 Better. It only hurts when I'm sitting, standing, or lying down. 694 00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:47,230 Well, I wish I could tell you that we've got an easy day, but things are really 695 00:38:47,230 --> 00:38:48,189 hopping out there. 696 00:38:48,190 --> 00:38:49,190 What have you got? 697 00:38:49,310 --> 00:38:53,010 Well, Altamira Police Department's under heavy fire. An internal investigation 698 00:38:53,010 --> 00:38:55,770 has produced evidence of fraud on almost every level. 699 00:38:56,310 --> 00:38:57,310 Misconduct, neglect. 700 00:38:57,410 --> 00:38:59,210 Uh, send Burroughs out there. 701 00:38:59,740 --> 00:39:00,880 Billy called in. Oh. 702 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:02,658 How's she doing? 703 00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:05,780 Well, she says she's all right, but I'll bet she's bored out of her mind. 704 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:08,740 I think she could probably use the rest. 705 00:39:09,530 --> 00:39:13,470 You gotta be kidding. The use of nuclear weapons is absolutely unthinkable. Even 706 00:39:13,470 --> 00:39:17,190 discussing it is bizarre. I can think of certain situations where the strategic 707 00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:20,030 use of limited nuclear weapons could be very effective. 708 00:39:20,330 --> 00:39:23,650 Yeah, so effective that it could kill millions of innocent people and maim God 709 00:39:23,650 --> 00:39:27,330 knows how many future generations. It's obviously something that nobody wants. 710 00:39:27,510 --> 00:39:30,350 Not even you. We're not the only ones with nuclear capabilities, Billy. 711 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,880 But if we ignore the fact that the other countries are willing to use their 712 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:35,260 weapons, we got our heads in the sand. 713 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,780 So you could actually rationalize a preemptive strike of American nuclear 714 00:39:38,780 --> 00:39:40,840 weapons? To reestablish our superiority? 715 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,760 You betcha. My God, is that scary. 716 00:39:44,020 --> 00:39:46,940 Oh, come on, Billy. Admit it, will ya? Aren't you just a little sick and tired 717 00:39:46,940 --> 00:39:50,040 of seeing the United States brought to its knees by some nut in the Middle East 718 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:51,400 who won't let us have our oil? 719 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:52,640 Our oil? 720 00:39:52,980 --> 00:39:54,220 We helped them drill for it. 721 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,340 They'd still be riding their camels over the top of it if it wasn't for us. 722 00:39:58,060 --> 00:39:59,060 Are you hungry? 723 00:39:59,550 --> 00:40:02,030 How can you talk about food when we're on the brink of World War III? 724 00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:03,408 I'm hungry. 725 00:40:03,410 --> 00:40:05,410 Did you swear off food during the Vietnam War? 726 00:40:06,090 --> 00:40:07,530 Okay, I could use a little snack. 727 00:40:07,830 --> 00:40:10,190 You want to call room service? You just want to go out and kill something. 728 00:40:16,050 --> 00:40:19,950 Room service, this is room 204. You send up two steaks. Rare or medium rare? 729 00:40:20,170 --> 00:40:21,290 I want a vegetable plate. 730 00:40:22,210 --> 00:40:23,210 I should have known. 731 00:40:23,470 --> 00:40:24,470 Should have known what? 732 00:40:24,510 --> 00:40:25,790 I should have known you were one of those. 733 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,260 What do you mean, one of those? You think you know me that well, huh? You 734 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:33,080 just because I'm a vegetarian, I'm also a bleeding -heart liberal pacifist? 735 00:40:33,340 --> 00:40:36,060 And you're for solar energy, too, right? You bet I am. 736 00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:39,300 Room service? 737 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,100 Make that one rare steak and one vegetable plate. 738 00:40:49,700 --> 00:40:53,020 Oh, that Masterpiece Theater. It's pretty good, you know that? 739 00:40:53,759 --> 00:40:56,100 I hate the fact that you like Masterpiece Theater. 740 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:57,400 Why? 741 00:40:57,580 --> 00:40:58,580 Because so do I. 742 00:40:58,920 --> 00:40:59,920 Thanks a lot. 743 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,740 Taking quite a long time with that room service. 744 00:41:05,220 --> 00:41:06,980 Well, it must be my vegetable plate. 745 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:11,120 Stay back. 746 00:41:28,490 --> 00:41:34,390 Yeah, this is Detective Staley. I've got a TA and CPI at 3200 North Ardmore. 747 00:41:35,110 --> 00:41:37,170 Yeah, possible injury, possible fire. 748 00:41:38,190 --> 00:41:39,190 Right. 749 00:41:39,410 --> 00:41:42,450 Looks like it's on fire. I told you to stay back, didn't I? Sure, Chief. 750 00:41:42,690 --> 00:41:44,870 You know, nobody got out of that car. They could be hurt. 751 00:41:45,390 --> 00:41:46,690 I'm able to blow up any minute. 752 00:41:47,530 --> 00:41:50,070 Better get down there. Listen, you keep the door locked. Don't open it for 753 00:41:50,070 --> 00:41:51,070 anybody, you hear? 754 00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:15,940 The tutors say it's not the snow, but the fallen trees which have created an 755 00:42:15,940 --> 00:42:16,960 obstacle for motorists. 756 00:42:17,540 --> 00:42:21,120 Snow, trees, and other debris have caused traffic in the state to a 757 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:26,020 gulf, and the governor is set to be considering activating the National 758 00:42:26,020 --> 00:42:27,180 help deal with the emergency. 759 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,320 Pope John Paul II had us... Hello. 760 00:42:30,580 --> 00:42:33,280 Uh, hello, Lou. It's me, Billy. I'm sorry. Did I wake you? 761 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:34,600 No. 762 00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:37,660 I was watching Masterpiece Theater. 763 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,000 Lou, it's over. 764 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:41,040 Not here, then. 765 00:42:44,010 --> 00:42:45,010 I can't tell you. 766 00:42:45,730 --> 00:42:46,750 Oh, yeah, that's right. 767 00:42:47,150 --> 00:42:48,850 I'm in a hotel. I can tell you that much. 768 00:42:50,010 --> 00:42:52,150 So what can I do for you? 769 00:42:53,050 --> 00:42:57,190 Well, I just kind of wanted somebody to talk to for a couple of minutes. There 770 00:42:57,190 --> 00:43:01,110 was an accident down in the street, and that detective that's been guarding me, 771 00:43:01,150 --> 00:43:02,490 he went down to see if he could help out. 772 00:43:02,970 --> 00:43:03,970 He left you alone? 773 00:43:04,890 --> 00:43:05,930 No, it's all right. I'm okay. 774 00:43:06,190 --> 00:43:07,570 He just went down for a few minutes. 775 00:43:07,990 --> 00:43:09,370 You sure it was an accident? 776 00:43:09,630 --> 00:43:11,650 Not just an excuse to get him out of the room. 777 00:43:11,980 --> 00:43:14,400 Oh, Lou, come on. I called you for reassurance. 778 00:43:14,820 --> 00:43:16,260 I don't think you should be alone. 779 00:43:16,620 --> 00:43:17,620 There's nothing to worry about. 780 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:19,538 Who's there? 781 00:43:19,540 --> 00:43:20,279 Who's there? 782 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,280 Room service. 783 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,520 It's room service. We called about an hour ago for some food. 784 00:43:24,860 --> 00:43:25,860 Don't open the door. 785 00:43:25,900 --> 00:43:27,740 Lou, it's room service. We did call. 786 00:43:28,340 --> 00:43:30,240 I don't care. Don't let anybody in. 787 00:43:31,940 --> 00:43:34,660 Just leave it outside the door. We'll get it later. 788 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,580 Somebody's got to sign for it. 789 00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:40,820 Somebody's got to sign for it. Lou, really, it's okay. It's room service. 790 00:43:40,820 --> 00:43:41,820 sec. 791 00:43:51,820 --> 00:43:54,240 I told you not to let anybody in here. Unless you want to end up dead, you 792 00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:55,240 better learn how to take orders. 793 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:56,520 Yes, sir. 794 00:43:58,120 --> 00:43:59,120 I'm sorry, fella. 795 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:01,138 It's okay. 796 00:44:01,140 --> 00:44:02,140 It's even worse. 797 00:44:03,340 --> 00:44:04,420 Here. Billy! 798 00:44:05,420 --> 00:44:06,460 What's going on here, Billy? 799 00:44:07,220 --> 00:44:08,220 Billy! 800 00:44:08,380 --> 00:44:09,380 Billy! 801 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:10,800 Billy! 802 00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:12,720 Hello? Hello? 803 00:44:17,300 --> 00:44:19,260 I just got off the phone with Driscoll. 804 00:44:19,580 --> 00:44:21,740 They picked up the second suspect in the Robinson. 805 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,320 When they told him that Billy had already implicated Art McQueen, he could 806 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:26,680 wait to corroborate her testimony. 807 00:44:27,060 --> 00:44:30,000 That's great. That's going to take a lot of pressure off of Billy. 808 00:44:30,500 --> 00:44:31,680 Isn't that good news, Lou? 809 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:32,960 Yeah. 810 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:34,760 What's the matter with him? 811 00:44:34,900 --> 00:44:36,680 He just wrote a check for $500. 812 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:39,620 To that guy who fell down your steps? 813 00:44:40,020 --> 00:44:42,960 Why did you do that, Lou? I never would have paid that guy. 814 00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:46,040 You did the right thing, Lou. 815 00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:47,520 No wonder. 816 00:44:48,270 --> 00:44:49,750 You could give that guy the satisfaction. 817 00:44:50,270 --> 00:44:51,270 So would I. 818 00:44:52,790 --> 00:44:56,150 Paying him is not an admission of your own guilt, Lou. 819 00:44:56,530 --> 00:45:00,710 I mean, all right, it's unjust, it's unfair, but you've got to be 820 00:45:00,710 --> 00:45:01,710 about it. 821 00:45:02,150 --> 00:45:04,990 $500 is a small price to pay to get him off your back. 822 00:45:06,610 --> 00:45:08,510 The small price is getting larger. 823 00:45:09,010 --> 00:45:10,010 How's that? 824 00:45:10,410 --> 00:45:13,330 A bill from my attorney for $700? 825 00:45:14,470 --> 00:45:16,530 Good legal advice doesn't come cheap. 826 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:28,980 Well, how did I do? 827 00:45:29,260 --> 00:45:31,120 You have a tendency to ramble a little. 828 00:45:31,660 --> 00:45:33,020 Your answers were very clear. 829 00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:38,200 You handle yourself very well up there. And you look good. Not too much makeup. 830 00:45:38,780 --> 00:45:40,720 You were a very credible witness. 831 00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:43,500 Well, I'm glad I didn't embarrass you by wearing my slit skirt. 832 00:45:43,820 --> 00:45:45,840 You don't even have a slit skirt. 833 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:49,720 Right. We liberal vegetarians never wear them. You know, I shouldn't tell you 834 00:45:49,720 --> 00:45:53,720 this, but just between the two of us, after what I heard in there, I'd be very 835 00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:55,880 surprised if they didn't nail McQueen. 836 00:45:56,930 --> 00:45:57,930 Can I drop you at work? 837 00:45:58,470 --> 00:46:00,690 No, the paper's just a couple blocks away. I think I'll walk. 838 00:46:02,090 --> 00:46:04,250 Well, I guess I won't be needing your protection anymore. 839 00:46:04,870 --> 00:46:07,190 Billy, I've been with you for a week now. 840 00:46:07,450 --> 00:46:11,750 And I've learned who you are and how you think. And I've come to like you enough 841 00:46:11,750 --> 00:46:13,430 to want to tell you something. 842 00:46:14,370 --> 00:46:15,370 Yes? 843 00:46:15,750 --> 00:46:16,830 Buy yourself a gun. 844 00:46:17,170 --> 00:46:18,570 I don't believe it. 845 00:46:20,710 --> 00:46:24,150 I'm just kidding, really. Hey, take care of yourself, will you? 846 00:46:24,390 --> 00:46:25,390 You too. 847 00:46:25,780 --> 00:46:26,780 Bye. 848 00:46:42,780 --> 00:46:46,260 He's the son of a rabbi who became the great Houdini. 849 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:49,000 See his magic tonight on Biography. 850 00:46:49,220 --> 00:46:54,340 Now, is a house haunted or just crime written? Cops check it out on Police 851 00:46:54,340 --> 00:46:55,950 Story. Next on A andE.