1 00:01:26,037 --> 00:01:27,629 Are you sure you don't want me to wait? 2 00:01:27,706 --> 00:01:29,230 While you run up the meter? 3 00:01:29,307 --> 00:01:31,366 Good night, sweet prince. 4 00:02:48,687 --> 00:02:50,780 It's always the little mistakes 5 00:02:50,855 --> 00:02:52,447 that catch you up short in life. 6 00:02:52,524 --> 00:02:55,084 Just when you think your life is running along smoothly, 7 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,685 everything in place, the little mistakes start happening. 8 00:02:57,762 --> 00:03:01,129 Like you cut yourself shaving and bleed all over your shirt. 9 00:03:01,199 --> 00:03:03,190 Or you lose your car keys and you're 20 minutes late 10 00:03:03,268 --> 00:03:05,702 to a date you've really been looking forward to. 11 00:03:05,770 --> 00:03:09,001 Or, you overlook a tiny, little notice that comes in the mail, 12 00:03:09,074 --> 00:03:10,735 and wake up one morning to discover 13 00:03:10,809 --> 00:03:13,471 your private investigator's license has expired. 14 00:03:13,545 --> 00:03:14,773 Little mistakes. 15 00:03:14,846 --> 00:03:17,246 That'll be $2.50. 16 00:03:17,315 --> 00:03:19,840 Can I help somebody over here? 17 00:03:23,421 --> 00:03:25,150 Ow! 18 00:03:25,223 --> 00:03:27,054 What are you doing to my dog? 19 00:03:27,125 --> 00:03:28,752 Me? Nothing. 20 00:03:29,294 --> 00:03:32,161 Well, why don't you pick on someone your own size? 21 00:03:32,597 --> 00:03:34,258 Come along, Bruno. 22 00:03:35,467 --> 00:03:37,935 Sorry, I'm closed. You'll have to go to the other window. 23 00:03:38,003 --> 00:03:39,937 What? Wait. 24 00:03:51,082 --> 00:03:53,141 Hey, no line crashing. 25 00:03:54,552 --> 00:03:56,543 I've been here awhile. 26 00:03:57,355 --> 00:03:59,653 Are you here to get your marriage license? 27 00:03:59,724 --> 00:04:00,713 No. 28 00:04:01,660 --> 00:04:02,854 We are. 29 00:04:03,628 --> 00:04:05,755 Oh, congratulations. 30 00:04:05,930 --> 00:04:08,296 And I've only got 12 hours shore leave. I didn't know that. 31 00:04:08,366 --> 00:04:11,199 That's why I don't appreciate line crashers. 32 00:04:11,970 --> 00:04:15,133 Well, I'm sure they'll just rush you right through. 33 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,939 See, Herbie, I told you there's nothing to it. 34 00:04:19,244 --> 00:04:21,303 There better not be. 35 00:04:22,247 --> 00:04:25,239 Hey, you think you could hurry it up, up there? 36 00:04:28,153 --> 00:04:31,611 Jonathan, I can't hold the ladies off much longer. 37 00:04:32,390 --> 00:04:34,881 What am I going to do without a Robert Browning? 38 00:04:34,959 --> 00:04:37,951 I must say in all honesty that this is atypical behavior. 39 00:04:38,029 --> 00:04:40,930 Unless, Jonathan, you... Which, you may recall, I warned you about 40 00:04:40,999 --> 00:04:43,194 when you approached Magnum in the first place. 41 00:04:43,268 --> 00:04:46,931 It does seem to have a certain poetic symmetry about it. 42 00:04:47,238 --> 00:04:51,197 Me as Miss Barrett, you as Mr. Browning. 43 00:04:51,710 --> 00:04:53,200 What on earth are you talking about? 44 00:04:53,278 --> 00:04:55,576 You could take Mr. Magnum's place 45 00:04:55,647 --> 00:04:57,410 as our guest reader. 46 00:04:57,515 --> 00:05:01,178 Well, Agatha, naturally, I'd be honored, but I... 47 00:05:01,252 --> 00:05:03,447 Oh, Jonathan. 48 00:05:04,055 --> 00:05:06,285 I knew you wouldn't let me down. 49 00:05:06,358 --> 00:05:09,191 I'm certain Magnum will be here any minute. 50 00:05:10,061 --> 00:05:15,124 Oh, baby, I just can't wait to be Mrs. Herbie Fosdick. 51 00:05:16,501 --> 00:05:19,698 Me, too, Sugar. Me, too. 52 00:05:20,939 --> 00:05:23,237 You wanna keep this line moving? 53 00:05:24,142 --> 00:05:27,134 Hi, look, I've got a little problem. 54 00:05:27,212 --> 00:05:29,407 A slight oversight on my part. 55 00:05:29,514 --> 00:05:30,879 Your license has expired. 56 00:05:30,949 --> 00:05:32,348 Yeah, I know, I was wondering if... 57 00:05:32,417 --> 00:05:35,352 Fill out this application. Bring it back with two character references, 58 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:36,546 Hawaii residents only. 59 00:05:36,621 --> 00:05:38,987 You can take the written exam next week. Next week? 60 00:05:39,057 --> 00:05:41,582 If you pass that, we'll set up the interview. 61 00:05:41,659 --> 00:05:43,286 Next. No. Wait. 62 00:05:43,361 --> 00:05:45,921 You don't understand... I understand your license has expired. 63 00:05:45,997 --> 00:05:48,727 Yes, but... And that there are other people in line. 64 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,268 Yes, I always get my new license by the mail. 65 00:05:51,336 --> 00:05:54,237 That's if you sent in your money before it expired. 66 00:05:54,348 --> 00:05:56,282 But I have the money, look whatever it takes. 67 00:05:56,307 --> 00:05:58,400 If there's a fine, or other expenses... 68 00:05:58,476 --> 00:06:00,569 Are you trying to bribe me? 69 00:06:01,612 --> 00:06:03,546 No. Well, you slime. 70 00:06:03,614 --> 00:06:05,081 Trying to bribe a government official. 71 00:06:05,149 --> 00:06:06,446 No, I'm not. 72 00:06:06,517 --> 00:06:09,145 Oh, now come on, I don't want to fight you. 73 00:06:13,558 --> 00:06:14,752 Come on now, lady. 74 00:06:14,826 --> 00:06:17,590 "I love thee with a love I seemed to lose" 75 00:06:17,662 --> 00:06:20,927 "with my lost saints, I love thee with the breath," 76 00:06:20,998 --> 00:06:23,489 "smiles and tears of all my life," 77 00:06:23,868 --> 00:06:28,328 "and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death." 78 00:06:31,676 --> 00:06:34,236 "That second time they hunted me, from hill to plain," 79 00:06:34,312 --> 00:06:36,507 "from shore to sea..." 80 00:06:44,388 --> 00:06:46,413 Excuse me, Agatha. 81 00:06:47,892 --> 00:06:49,291 Oh, dear. 82 00:06:51,495 --> 00:06:55,295 You're just lucky I happened to be in the building. Here sign. 83 00:06:55,366 --> 00:06:58,358 Whatever possessed you to start a fight in a government building? 84 00:06:58,436 --> 00:07:00,301 I didn't start it. This... 85 00:07:00,872 --> 00:07:02,464 That's a long story. 86 00:07:02,540 --> 00:07:04,303 What were you doing there, anyway? 87 00:07:04,375 --> 00:07:06,104 Getting my fishing license renewed. 88 00:07:06,177 --> 00:07:08,202 What were you doing there? 89 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,571 Visiting a friend. Thanks, again, Lieutenant. 90 00:07:11,649 --> 00:07:14,846 Hey, hey, you don't want to forget this. 91 00:07:14,919 --> 00:07:16,443 Your application form. 92 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,183 You wouldn't plan on practicing without a license, would you, now? 93 00:07:21,058 --> 00:07:22,548 Of course not. 94 00:07:25,796 --> 00:07:27,423 Thanks. 95 00:07:33,471 --> 00:07:36,201 Okay, so I was going to have to spend a few days 96 00:07:36,274 --> 00:07:37,901 getting my license restored. 97 00:07:37,975 --> 00:07:39,909 It wasn't the worst thing that could have happened. 98 00:07:39,977 --> 00:07:43,105 And getting a couple of character references would be easy. 99 00:07:43,180 --> 00:07:46,172 I knew Rick and T.C. Or Higgins would come through for me. 100 00:07:46,250 --> 00:07:47,979 Or Carol. 101 00:07:48,152 --> 00:07:49,983 At least I didn't really have anything else 102 00:07:50,054 --> 00:07:51,783 I had to do at the moment. 103 00:07:53,457 --> 00:07:55,448 Magnum, how could you? What? 104 00:07:55,526 --> 00:07:57,255 No need for a reprimand, Jonathan. 105 00:07:57,328 --> 00:07:59,762 I can see why Mr. Magnum would forget the reading, 106 00:07:59,830 --> 00:08:01,923 what with all the excitement and everything. 107 00:08:01,999 --> 00:08:04,331 The reading? Robert Browning. 108 00:08:04,402 --> 00:08:06,131 You offered to read Robert Browning 109 00:08:06,203 --> 00:08:07,898 for the Anglo-Hawaiian Society 110 00:08:07,972 --> 00:08:10,497 for the Preservation of the English Language. 111 00:08:10,574 --> 00:08:11,939 I sent the book over. 112 00:08:12,009 --> 00:08:15,536 You wanted me to read it? I thought you just wanted me to read it. 113 00:08:15,613 --> 00:08:16,875 You know, not out loud. 114 00:08:16,948 --> 00:08:19,314 Why didn't you tell anyone? What was there to tell? 115 00:08:19,383 --> 00:08:20,782 It's a simple misunderstanding. 116 00:08:20,851 --> 00:08:23,183 I have nothing prepared. No special menus lined up. 117 00:08:23,254 --> 00:08:24,585 No flowers in the guest bedroom. 118 00:08:24,655 --> 00:08:26,213 What are you talking about? What's going on? 119 00:08:26,290 --> 00:08:28,554 Why, the arrival of Miss Sullivan. Of course. 120 00:08:28,626 --> 00:08:31,424 Miss Sullivan? Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, 121 00:08:31,495 --> 00:08:33,053 Miss Phoebe Sullivan, 122 00:08:33,130 --> 00:08:34,927 who's making some ridiculous claim about being... 123 00:08:34,999 --> 00:08:36,694 My Aunt Phoebe? Tommy? 124 00:08:36,767 --> 00:08:38,132 Aunt Phoebe! 125 00:08:38,202 --> 00:08:42,935 Mr. Higgins, there's another long distance call for Miss Sullivan. 126 00:08:43,007 --> 00:08:46,101 Oh, you haven't changed a bit. 127 00:08:46,377 --> 00:08:48,208 A Mr. Hal Prince from New York. 128 00:08:48,279 --> 00:08:51,112 Oh, can't they ever leave me alone? 129 00:08:51,649 --> 00:08:52,843 Who's... 130 00:08:52,917 --> 00:08:54,544 Keo is visiting her sister on Maui. 131 00:08:54,618 --> 00:08:57,280 Lani is from the Niu Valley Temporary Domestic Agency. 132 00:08:57,355 --> 00:09:00,119 Would you be a darling and tell him I have run off 133 00:09:00,191 --> 00:09:03,422 with an astonishingly handsome young man. 134 00:09:03,494 --> 00:09:06,520 And you haven't the slightest idea when I'll return. If ever. 135 00:09:06,597 --> 00:09:10,590 Come along, Tommy. We don't want to make a liar out of your Mr. Higgins. 136 00:09:10,668 --> 00:09:11,965 He's not my Mr. Higgins. 137 00:09:12,036 --> 00:09:14,869 Do you buy those shirts at a regular store? What? 138 00:09:14,939 --> 00:09:17,669 Isn't she wonderful? 139 00:09:19,577 --> 00:09:23,138 Oh, this is the life, isn't it? 140 00:09:23,647 --> 00:09:26,377 The sky, the sand and the sea. 141 00:09:26,984 --> 00:09:28,952 The moon, the stars, we got it all. 142 00:09:29,220 --> 00:09:30,448 Oh, yes. 143 00:09:30,554 --> 00:09:33,990 Why would any woman want to pursue a life of wealth and fame, 144 00:09:34,058 --> 00:09:37,118 when you can lead such a simple, happy life here? 145 00:09:37,194 --> 00:09:38,525 I thought you were in Europe. 146 00:09:39,997 --> 00:09:43,489 Remember when I took you to the Folies Berger? 147 00:09:43,968 --> 00:09:45,731 That's not something you forget. 148 00:09:45,803 --> 00:09:47,737 How old were you? Twelve. 149 00:09:48,239 --> 00:09:51,037 I thought your mother was going to skin me alive. 150 00:09:51,108 --> 00:09:55,135 Well, that wasn't exactly my mom's idea of French culture. 151 00:09:55,212 --> 00:09:58,807 Katherine was always a bit rigid. 152 00:10:00,117 --> 00:10:03,280 That was the best trip I had to Europe. Ever. 153 00:10:03,387 --> 00:10:05,947 You know, I always thought, with your vivid imagination, 154 00:10:06,023 --> 00:10:09,618 you'd end up working for the CIA or the French Foreign Legion. 155 00:10:09,693 --> 00:10:13,151 I even secretly fancied you might follow in my path, 156 00:10:13,798 --> 00:10:15,857 write a famous novel. 157 00:10:17,134 --> 00:10:20,331 You know, some people have been a little worried about you. 158 00:10:20,404 --> 00:10:22,099 No one's heard from you in months. 159 00:10:22,173 --> 00:10:25,233 I needed seclusion. You know how popular I am. 160 00:10:25,309 --> 00:10:27,539 People won't leave me alone. 161 00:10:27,611 --> 00:10:32,344 And I've been working on something very important. 162 00:10:33,317 --> 00:10:36,081 Yeah? I've written a new play. 163 00:10:36,153 --> 00:10:39,145 Well, that's great. That explains the call from Hal Prince. 164 00:10:39,223 --> 00:10:40,485 What? 165 00:10:40,558 --> 00:10:43,425 The guy, the call you just got from New York. 166 00:10:43,494 --> 00:10:46,657 It's going to be a huge success. 167 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:49,028 I told my agent to make a few calls. 168 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:51,500 People are already bidding on it, sight unseen. 169 00:10:51,569 --> 00:10:54,629 So you came here to make it harder to reach you 170 00:10:54,705 --> 00:10:56,332 and drive up the price. 171 00:10:56,407 --> 00:10:59,171 Good heavens, no. I came to ask for your help. 172 00:10:59,243 --> 00:11:01,040 Someone is trying to murder me. 173 00:11:01,779 --> 00:11:05,340 Mr. Magnum. Miss Sullivan. Tea is served. 174 00:11:12,873 --> 00:11:15,740 My Aunt Phoebe was the smartest woman I ever knew. 175 00:11:15,810 --> 00:11:19,211 She also had a tendency to see things bigger than life. 176 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,738 Which meant that when you were with her you got to see more vibrant colors, 177 00:11:22,817 --> 00:11:27,845 hear more intriguing sounds, feel things more fully than when she was gone. 178 00:11:27,922 --> 00:11:30,618 But it also meant that you sometimes had to translate 179 00:11:30,691 --> 00:11:34,218 her view of the world into a more mundane reality. 180 00:11:34,295 --> 00:11:36,320 I've never quite got a good look at him, 181 00:11:36,397 --> 00:11:37,921 but I know he's been following me 182 00:11:37,999 --> 00:11:39,694 ever since I got back to New York, 183 00:11:40,201 --> 00:11:44,001 I am convinced he broke into my brownstone last week and then... 184 00:11:45,139 --> 00:11:46,766 Then he tipped his hand. 185 00:11:46,841 --> 00:11:50,743 My secretary gave me a message that I was to meet with George and Nellie. 186 00:11:50,811 --> 00:11:52,574 You remember George and Nellie? 187 00:11:52,646 --> 00:11:55,547 Vaguely. I was to meet with George and Nellie 188 00:11:55,616 --> 00:11:58,983 at the David Garrick Theater at 11:00 that night. 189 00:11:59,053 --> 00:12:01,351 Well, naturally, I didn't think anything about it. 190 00:12:01,422 --> 00:12:03,447 I assumed they were appearing there. 191 00:12:03,524 --> 00:12:06,049 After all, I'd been out of the country. 192 00:12:06,694 --> 00:12:10,255 I don't quite understand how this, "tipped his hand," as you put it. 193 00:12:10,331 --> 00:12:12,196 When I got to the theater, no one was there. 194 00:12:12,266 --> 00:12:13,733 The place was all chained up. 195 00:12:13,801 --> 00:12:16,395 There was never a call from George and Nellie. 196 00:12:16,737 --> 00:12:18,967 And then he showed up. 197 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:20,974 The man who's been stalking me. 198 00:12:21,042 --> 00:12:22,976 Murder Came Knocking. Yes. 199 00:12:23,077 --> 00:12:26,638 Exactly. And do you remember how that play ended? 200 00:12:26,714 --> 00:12:30,616 With the murder of the attractive, charming, successful, 201 00:12:31,152 --> 00:12:33,279 but somewhat naive Ginny Dockworth. 202 00:12:33,354 --> 00:12:37,256 A character fashioned loosely upon myself. Aunt Phoebe, 203 00:12:37,725 --> 00:12:39,920 you were never somewhat naive. 204 00:12:39,994 --> 00:12:41,928 Well, I know I'm not Ginny Dockworth. 205 00:12:41,996 --> 00:12:44,430 But apparently this madman doesn't. 206 00:12:44,698 --> 00:12:46,825 If what you say is true... It is. 207 00:12:46,901 --> 00:12:49,199 And he has followed me here to Hawaii. 208 00:12:49,804 --> 00:12:52,534 Aunt Phoebe... A car followed my limo 209 00:12:52,606 --> 00:12:55,074 all the way from the airport to your place. 210 00:12:55,309 --> 00:12:57,971 Don't you find that odd? Well, yeah. 211 00:12:58,045 --> 00:12:59,307 Are you sure? 212 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:01,871 This is his license plate number. 213 00:13:01,949 --> 00:13:04,474 The limo driver wrote it down. 214 00:13:05,319 --> 00:13:09,756 Agatha Chumley. Miss Sullivan, I hope I'm not imposing. 215 00:13:09,857 --> 00:13:12,917 I... Oh, Jonathan. Tea time already? 216 00:13:12,993 --> 00:13:14,824 Yes, please, join us, Agatha. 217 00:13:14,895 --> 00:13:17,864 Oh, no, no. I just popped back with my portfolio. 218 00:13:17,932 --> 00:13:20,366 Miss Sullivan, you and I discussed it earlier. 219 00:13:20,434 --> 00:13:22,095 Oh, yeah. 220 00:13:22,169 --> 00:13:24,160 I haven't had a great deal of professional experience, 221 00:13:25,306 --> 00:13:27,501 Although I did perform in a pantomime 222 00:13:27,575 --> 00:13:30,043 at the Blackpool Music Hall as a child. 223 00:13:30,111 --> 00:13:32,341 Cinderella. 224 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,378 I'm sure you were smashing. 225 00:13:35,749 --> 00:13:38,877 I thought these photos of some of my amateur productions 226 00:13:38,953 --> 00:13:42,389 might give you an idea of my range. 227 00:13:43,324 --> 00:13:44,985 Mr. Dennis Parker. 228 00:13:45,159 --> 00:13:48,925 Phoebe. Darling. Dennis. Dennis Parker. 229 00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:51,396 My God, it's been a million years. 230 00:13:51,565 --> 00:13:54,864 I can't believe it. You're actually here in Honolulu. 231 00:13:54,935 --> 00:13:57,369 But I'm devastated, darling, you didn't ring me. 232 00:13:57,438 --> 00:13:58,837 I only just arrived. 233 00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:02,636 Well, I'm forever indebted to Agatha for letting me know you were here. 234 00:14:03,911 --> 00:14:05,071 Dennis, I'm so sorry. 235 00:14:05,146 --> 00:14:07,637 Have you met my nephew, Tommy Magnum? 236 00:14:08,048 --> 00:14:09,515 Well, hello, Tommy. 237 00:14:09,583 --> 00:14:12,211 I believe we've met. I think Phoebe brought you 238 00:14:12,286 --> 00:14:15,551 to the opening of one of my plays in New York. Yes. 239 00:14:15,623 --> 00:14:18,319 The opening of your only play in New York, I believe, darling. 240 00:14:18,392 --> 00:14:20,155 And you've met Jonathan Higgins. 241 00:14:20,227 --> 00:14:22,525 I'm acquainted with Mr. Parker's work. 242 00:14:22,596 --> 00:14:24,928 And of course you know... Agatha. 243 00:14:24,999 --> 00:14:27,433 I didn't expect to see you, Dennis. 244 00:14:28,369 --> 00:14:30,599 Tea? A splendid idea. 245 00:14:30,671 --> 00:14:32,639 Thank you very much. Oh, yes. 246 00:14:34,275 --> 00:14:37,039 Darling, the drums are beating out a message, 247 00:14:37,111 --> 00:14:39,306 You have a new opus. 248 00:14:40,748 --> 00:14:42,773 How do these things get out so fast? 249 00:14:42,850 --> 00:14:45,785 This was our most recent production of The Mikado. 250 00:14:45,853 --> 00:14:48,048 I know it's hard to tell that's me in the makeup. 251 00:14:48,122 --> 00:14:50,556 Mr. Higgins, a call for Miss Sullivan. 252 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:53,149 Says he's from the Shubert Organization. 253 00:14:53,227 --> 00:14:56,993 Oh, would you tell them I'm tied up in meetings. 254 00:14:57,097 --> 00:14:59,258 That should up the price right off the bat. 255 00:14:59,333 --> 00:15:02,496 Aunt Phoebe, you can't ask Higgins to take all your messages. 256 00:15:02,570 --> 00:15:06,404 He's not your servant. Well, I'm sorry. 257 00:15:06,473 --> 00:15:08,964 I'm sure he doesn't mind. Not at all. 258 00:15:09,043 --> 00:15:11,170 Incidentally, Miss Sullivan, on behalf of Mr. Masters, 259 00:15:11,245 --> 00:15:13,509 I'd like to extend the invitation for you to stay with us 260 00:15:13,581 --> 00:15:15,776 as long as you like. Thank you. 261 00:15:15,849 --> 00:15:20,616 Phoebe, I've just had the most incredible idea. This was a few years ago. The musical, Oliver! 262 00:15:25,693 --> 00:15:28,491 Well, let's put them on the piano. 263 00:15:31,265 --> 00:15:35,292 "Don't make any deals until you've spoken to me. Joe Papp." 264 00:15:35,803 --> 00:15:38,670 Wouldn't you think they could make attractive arrangements 265 00:15:38,739 --> 00:15:41,503 when they grow such beautiful flowers here. 266 00:15:41,575 --> 00:15:42,940 Darling, listen, 267 00:15:43,010 --> 00:15:46,844 I have an idea. Why don't you premiere your new opus here. 268 00:15:47,114 --> 00:15:49,548 Oh, Denny, what a quaint idea. 269 00:15:49,617 --> 00:15:53,383 Darling, I'm serious. Listen, I'm guest director of the Hawaii Theater Center. 270 00:15:53,454 --> 00:15:55,115 You've no doubt heard of it. 271 00:15:55,189 --> 00:15:58,386 And this is A Streetcar Named Desire. 272 00:15:58,459 --> 00:15:59,790 I played Blanche. 273 00:15:59,860 --> 00:16:01,418 I'd love to talk to you about it, darling. 274 00:16:01,495 --> 00:16:04,896 But my nephew and I have some urgent business to attend to right now. 275 00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:07,627 You do understand? Well, look, darling. Here, take my card 276 00:16:07,701 --> 00:16:08,929 at least, will you? And drop by. 277 00:16:10,104 --> 00:16:11,264 Well, Agatha. 278 00:16:12,973 --> 00:16:15,533 And Tommy. Thomas. 279 00:16:15,676 --> 00:16:20,113 Of course, Thomas. Well, cheerio. 280 00:16:24,151 --> 00:16:27,643 Well, can you find this man who is planning to murder me. 281 00:16:27,888 --> 00:16:32,757 "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." 282 00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:43,365 How could you let your license expire? It just slipped my mind. 283 00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:45,566 Well, going to the bank, slips your mind. 284 00:16:45,639 --> 00:16:47,573 Writing home, slips your mind. 285 00:16:47,641 --> 00:16:49,472 Renewing your private investigator's license 286 00:16:49,543 --> 00:16:50,737 does not slip your mind. 287 00:16:50,811 --> 00:16:53,405 T. C., you're making a big deal out of a very little mistake. 288 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,210 It doesn't do any good to go on and on and on about it. 289 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:57,910 What I need right now is a reference. 290 00:16:57,985 --> 00:17:00,818 I need a recommendation from somebody like you. 291 00:17:00,888 --> 00:17:03,652 An upstanding citizen, a pillar of the community. 292 00:17:03,724 --> 00:17:06,557 So, how come you didn't ask me to do it? 293 00:17:10,064 --> 00:17:11,292 I was going to, Rick, 294 00:17:11,365 --> 00:17:14,027 but you've done so many nice things for me lately. 295 00:17:14,101 --> 00:17:17,036 Yeah, okay, okay, okay, what am I supposed to say? 296 00:17:17,838 --> 00:17:19,635 What you honestly feel. 297 00:17:19,707 --> 00:17:21,834 Well, you know what those examiners like to see. 298 00:17:21,909 --> 00:17:25,345 Like, how you're the kind of guy that always pays his debts. 299 00:17:25,412 --> 00:17:26,606 Yeah, something like that. 300 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:31,674 The kind of guy who would never drag a citizen into a dangerous situation. 301 00:17:31,752 --> 00:17:33,083 Not unless it's absolutely necessary. 302 00:17:33,153 --> 00:17:35,314 The kind of guy who would never use his friends, 303 00:17:35,389 --> 00:17:39,189 who are not licensed private investigators to do all of his footwork. 304 00:17:39,259 --> 00:17:40,726 I don't do that. 305 00:17:40,794 --> 00:17:43,058 Hey, I got a make on that license plate. 306 00:17:43,130 --> 00:17:47,829 DBO 527 is registered to Ace One Car Rental agency. Thanks, Rick. 307 00:17:50,938 --> 00:17:54,101 T.C. All right, all right, all right. I'll do it. 308 00:17:54,174 --> 00:17:56,165 But you're gonna have to give me a couple of days. 309 00:17:56,243 --> 00:17:59,041 This is going to take some very creative writing. 310 00:17:59,113 --> 00:18:01,809 Thanks, T.C. 311 00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:05,017 You know I can't give any information like that. 312 00:18:05,085 --> 00:18:07,280 Look, all I need is the name of a guy 313 00:18:07,354 --> 00:18:10,448 who rented a car with the license plate DBO 527. 314 00:18:10,524 --> 00:18:11,752 Are you a cop? 315 00:18:11,825 --> 00:18:16,455 No. I'm a private investigator. Here's my card. 316 00:18:18,232 --> 00:18:20,666 Everybody's a private investigator. 317 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:29,636 This license is expired. Well, yeah, I know. The new one's in the mail. 318 00:18:29,710 --> 00:18:32,804 See, I have a client and he rented that car 319 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,008 last week and he thinks he left something valuable in it. 320 00:18:36,083 --> 00:18:37,448 What's your client's name? 321 00:18:37,518 --> 00:18:40,715 I can't tell you that, client confidentiality. 322 00:18:42,389 --> 00:18:44,448 I'm very busy here, Mr. Magnum. 323 00:18:44,525 --> 00:18:46,823 I'm sorry. I can't help you. 324 00:18:59,373 --> 00:19:00,772 Mr. Masters' estate. 325 00:19:00,841 --> 00:19:01,899 Hi, Higgins. 326 00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:03,340 Oh, Magnum. It's you. 327 00:19:03,410 --> 00:19:04,900 Could I talk to Aunt Phoebe? 328 00:19:04,978 --> 00:19:06,843 No, you can't, hold on. 329 00:19:06,914 --> 00:19:09,178 Robin Masters' estate, please hold. 330 00:19:09,249 --> 00:19:10,876 I'm afraid I can't help you, Magnum. 331 00:19:10,951 --> 00:19:14,182 Oh, come on, Higgins. She'll talk to me. I'm not some famous producer. 332 00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:17,746 Be that as it may, you can't talk to her. She isn't here. 333 00:19:17,825 --> 00:19:20,726 Where is she? I haven't the slightest idea. 334 00:19:20,794 --> 00:19:23,695 After she finished giving orders about rearranging the furniture 335 00:19:23,764 --> 00:19:25,755 in the living room, the study and her room, 336 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:28,324 and completely changing the week's menus with the cook, 337 00:19:28,402 --> 00:19:31,428 she informed me that she was borrowing my car to go visit a friend. 338 00:19:31,505 --> 00:19:32,938 Higgins, how could you let her leave? 339 00:19:33,006 --> 00:19:35,338 What if what she said about somebody following her is true? 340 00:19:35,409 --> 00:19:38,640 Did you ever try giving advice to your Aunt Phoebe? 341 00:19:38,712 --> 00:19:41,237 How long do you think she'll be gracing us with her presence? 342 00:19:41,849 --> 00:19:43,714 Oh, that's hard to say. 343 00:19:43,784 --> 00:19:46,582 She's been known to stay a month or two if she likes the company. 344 00:19:46,687 --> 00:19:47,847 A month? 345 00:19:47,921 --> 00:19:52,255 Or two. And so far she seems to be having a great time. 346 00:19:53,994 --> 00:19:55,461 Oh, my God. 347 00:20:02,536 --> 00:20:04,970 LANI: Robin Master's Estate... 348 00:20:40,140 --> 00:20:42,973 What the hell are you doing, lady? 349 00:20:45,045 --> 00:20:47,707 Back up! Come on, move it! 350 00:20:47,881 --> 00:20:50,907 What are you doing? You can't park there. 351 00:20:51,018 --> 00:20:52,508 Move back the other way! 352 00:20:52,586 --> 00:20:54,213 Come on, lady. Move that car! 353 00:20:55,522 --> 00:20:57,922 Come on, lady, I'm late for work! Back up! 354 00:20:57,991 --> 00:20:59,720 Oh, brother! Hey, where are you going? 355 00:21:00,394 --> 00:21:03,192 Shut the door! Can't park there! 356 00:21:05,832 --> 00:21:07,026 Hey! 357 00:21:10,504 --> 00:21:13,405 Come on, get back in the car and move it, will you? 358 00:21:13,974 --> 00:21:16,875 What's the matter with you? Come on. 359 00:21:56,316 --> 00:21:57,578 Coming. 360 00:22:00,721 --> 00:22:06,216 Hello. Yes, she's staying here, but she's out at the moment. 361 00:22:10,964 --> 00:22:12,397 I'll be right there. 362 00:22:25,412 --> 00:22:28,108 Oh, Sully. You're here. 363 00:22:29,750 --> 00:22:32,981 Are you okay? Did I call you Sully? 364 00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:34,519 Yeah. 365 00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:39,418 Well, there is a strong family resemblance. 366 00:22:39,493 --> 00:22:42,053 Anyone ever tell you you look like your Uncle Sully? 367 00:22:42,129 --> 00:22:46,293 They used to. It doesn't matter how long someone's gone, 368 00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:51,265 you still miss them like they just left yesterday. 369 00:22:51,338 --> 00:22:52,930 What happened? 370 00:22:55,575 --> 00:22:57,566 I stopped at a theater. 371 00:22:58,578 --> 00:23:01,547 I guess it must have been the wrong one. 372 00:23:02,249 --> 00:23:03,614 Mr. Magnum. 373 00:23:08,121 --> 00:23:10,089 We've notified the police. 374 00:23:10,157 --> 00:23:12,148 Apparently, she was mugged and knocked down. 375 00:23:12,225 --> 00:23:13,556 Now physically, she's all right. 376 00:23:13,627 --> 00:23:18,189 Just a few contusions, but she seems a little disoriented. 377 00:23:19,266 --> 00:23:20,460 Thanks. 378 00:23:21,768 --> 00:23:23,395 He stole my play. 379 00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:26,702 The man who's been following me. 380 00:23:26,773 --> 00:23:29,071 He wasn't planning to murder me. 381 00:23:29,543 --> 00:23:31,773 He wanted to steal my play. 382 00:23:40,654 --> 00:23:43,487 I told you the dresser is to go against the wall 383 00:23:43,557 --> 00:23:45,388 and my bed is supposed to be by the window. 384 00:23:45,459 --> 00:23:48,917 I can't write unless my bed is by the window. 385 00:23:48,995 --> 00:23:51,190 But that's where I moved it before and you said... 386 00:23:51,264 --> 00:23:53,892 That's all right, Lani. I'll take care of it. 387 00:23:58,972 --> 00:24:03,773 Oh, sometimes I despair if we'll ever get this place fixed up right. 388 00:24:05,078 --> 00:24:07,103 Who were you going to see? 389 00:24:08,148 --> 00:24:09,706 What do you mean? When? 390 00:24:09,783 --> 00:24:12,251 When you got lost. When you got mugged. 391 00:24:12,319 --> 00:24:14,184 You told Higgins you were going to see a friend. 392 00:24:14,321 --> 00:24:15,583 Oh. 393 00:24:16,456 --> 00:24:17,923 Dennis, I suppose. 394 00:24:17,991 --> 00:24:20,983 You suppose? Dennis. I was going to see Dennis. 395 00:24:21,061 --> 00:24:24,292 Good heavens, if this is how you run an investigation, 396 00:24:24,364 --> 00:24:26,195 it's no wonder you're not working for the CIA. 397 00:24:26,266 --> 00:24:29,929 You're supposed to interrogate the suspects not the client. 398 00:24:37,978 --> 00:24:40,378 Sully never liked this side of me. 399 00:24:41,414 --> 00:24:44,076 Crabapple, he called me. 400 00:24:49,723 --> 00:24:52,817 Do you remember, when Murder Came Knocking 401 00:24:52,893 --> 00:24:57,125 opened in New York, and you and I sat up all night at Sardi's 402 00:24:57,197 --> 00:24:59,529 waiting for the reviews to come in? 403 00:24:59,599 --> 00:25:03,558 Dennis Parker thought I was going to fall flat on my face. 404 00:25:05,672 --> 00:25:08,004 But the reviews were all glowing, 405 00:25:09,543 --> 00:25:11,408 except for that one... 406 00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:13,608 Oh, what was his name? 407 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,545 The critic for Act One. 408 00:25:18,618 --> 00:25:20,609 Oh, it was wonderful. 409 00:25:39,472 --> 00:25:41,736 I'll come get you for dinner. 410 00:26:18,245 --> 00:26:20,679 I think I liked it better the other way. 411 00:26:21,214 --> 00:26:22,613 Yes. 412 00:26:23,216 --> 00:26:25,013 Well, perhaps it is a good idea 413 00:26:25,085 --> 00:26:26,575 to shake everything up once in a while 414 00:26:26,653 --> 00:26:28,848 to avoid getting into a rut, 415 00:26:28,922 --> 00:26:30,116 if you see what I mean. 416 00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:33,523 Sounds like something my Aunt Phoebe said. 417 00:26:35,829 --> 00:26:38,161 I trust she's resting comfortably. 418 00:26:41,868 --> 00:26:43,096 I guess. 419 00:26:45,405 --> 00:26:47,430 Let me ask you a hypothetical question. 420 00:26:47,507 --> 00:26:51,136 The kind of question one might find on a private investigator's exam? 421 00:26:51,211 --> 00:26:52,439 Exactly. 422 00:26:52,579 --> 00:26:56,242 Suppose you were a famous composer, for instance, 423 00:26:56,316 --> 00:26:59,649 and you hadn't written any symphonies or operas 424 00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:02,415 or anything like that for several years. 425 00:27:03,423 --> 00:27:06,881 And suppose you told everyone 426 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:11,192 you'd just finished something really very spectacular, 427 00:27:11,998 --> 00:27:14,796 only you didn't finish it for some reason. 428 00:27:14,868 --> 00:27:17,996 Writer's block, for example? Yeah. Say, writer's block, 429 00:27:18,071 --> 00:27:19,834 you just... You couldn't finish it 430 00:27:19,906 --> 00:27:24,070 and everyone was expecting to see it and there was all this pressure. 431 00:27:25,045 --> 00:27:26,706 What would you do? 432 00:27:29,316 --> 00:27:31,614 There is another way to look at this. 433 00:27:31,685 --> 00:27:33,983 Another hypothetical. Precisely. 434 00:27:34,187 --> 00:27:37,122 Suppose you had been in retirement for some time and you had, indeed, 435 00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:39,317 written something quite... What was the word? 436 00:27:39,392 --> 00:27:41,121 Spectacular. Quite. 437 00:27:41,328 --> 00:27:45,321 But you were afraid it might get lost in the rush of other compositions. 438 00:27:45,398 --> 00:27:49,425 And you knew that with some unusual publicity gimmick 439 00:27:49,936 --> 00:27:52,700 you might get it the attention it so richly deserved. 440 00:27:54,774 --> 00:27:55,763 Hmm. 441 00:27:58,111 --> 00:28:00,545 Or, she could be telling the truth. 442 00:28:01,581 --> 00:28:03,208 I have to assume she is. 443 00:28:06,353 --> 00:28:10,084 I think I'll pay a visit to an old friend with a motive for theft. 444 00:28:10,323 --> 00:28:12,120 Oh, the phones? 445 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,695 Oh, I disconnected them. Temporarily. 446 00:28:16,763 --> 00:28:19,357 It does make it more peaceful somehow. 447 00:28:29,009 --> 00:28:30,203 When I was eight years old, 448 00:28:30,276 --> 00:28:34,110 my Aunt Phoebe took me to see a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. 449 00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:36,546 My mother told her that I was too young. 450 00:28:36,616 --> 00:28:39,312 But Phoebe said you're never too young for Shakespeare. 451 00:28:39,386 --> 00:28:40,478 And she was right. 452 00:28:40,553 --> 00:28:42,384 I loved every minute of it. 453 00:28:42,455 --> 00:28:46,221 After that, once a year, she took me to New York to see a new play. 454 00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:48,556 Some I liked better than others. 455 00:28:48,628 --> 00:28:50,095 And the year Uncle Sully died, 456 00:28:50,163 --> 00:28:54,463 she took me to see the opening of her first play, Murder Comes Knocking. 457 00:28:58,371 --> 00:28:59,702 I watched the play. 458 00:28:59,773 --> 00:29:02,799 But mostly, I watched her watching the play. 459 00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:05,609 And I saw something I hadn't seen much of 460 00:29:05,678 --> 00:29:09,136 up to that point, an absolute love of what she did. 461 00:29:09,215 --> 00:29:10,944 Somehow, I couldn't believe that that woman 462 00:29:11,017 --> 00:29:13,247 would let herself be stopped by writer's block 463 00:29:13,319 --> 00:29:16,186 or stoop to some cheap gimmick to get publicity. 464 00:29:16,256 --> 00:29:17,553 What I could believe 465 00:29:17,624 --> 00:29:20,752 was that someone who had been jealous of her success for years 466 00:29:20,827 --> 00:29:24,126 would do almost anything to keep her from producing another play. 467 00:29:28,301 --> 00:29:30,292 Take five, will you kids? 468 00:29:41,214 --> 00:29:45,742 Well, what are we doing, slumming? 469 00:29:46,786 --> 00:29:48,014 I beg your pardon? 470 00:29:48,088 --> 00:29:50,716 Phoebe sent you down with some cockamamie story 471 00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:54,692 about how she's just too busy to get down to see me, 472 00:29:54,761 --> 00:29:58,492 but we must, dear, have lunch one day real soon. 473 00:29:58,565 --> 00:30:00,897 Phoebe doesn't know I'm here. Oh. 474 00:30:02,602 --> 00:30:05,662 She didn't come to see you this afternoon? 475 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:11,101 I suppose you were with people who could verify that? 476 00:30:12,378 --> 00:30:14,243 You know, Tommy, 477 00:30:14,314 --> 00:30:17,306 I don't think I appreciate your tone of voice. 478 00:30:17,383 --> 00:30:20,079 Well, I don't think you're gonna appreciate this a whole lot more. 479 00:30:20,153 --> 00:30:23,953 You had one play on Broadway, one success and then oblivion. 480 00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:26,753 Oh, I had a cult following. 481 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,825 While you watched Phoebe have one hit after another. 482 00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:32,727 Cheap commercial theatrics. 483 00:30:32,799 --> 00:30:34,926 Well, you know what I think? 484 00:30:35,168 --> 00:30:37,602 I think you can't stand the idea 485 00:30:37,837 --> 00:30:39,998 of seeing her have one more big success. 486 00:30:40,073 --> 00:30:43,338 That's where you're wrong, Tommy. I don't begrudge Phoebe anything. 487 00:30:43,776 --> 00:30:47,177 Not her success, nor her marriage. Nothing. 488 00:30:47,514 --> 00:30:51,450 Frankly, I don't think this conversation is leading us anywhere. 489 00:30:51,518 --> 00:30:54,510 So, if you'll forgive me, I am rather busy. 490 00:30:58,074 --> 00:31:00,474 Oh, that rental car you're driving. 491 00:31:00,543 --> 00:31:01,840 Is that part of your deal here? 492 00:31:01,911 --> 00:31:04,038 I don't have a rental car. 493 00:31:04,213 --> 00:31:05,976 As a matter of fact, I don't have any car. 494 00:31:07,416 --> 00:31:10,408 You know, Tommy. I just never learned to drive. 495 00:31:16,092 --> 00:31:18,686 All right. Let's pick it up from the top. 496 00:31:19,328 --> 00:31:21,626 Jenny, you be a little bit more downstage, 497 00:31:21,697 --> 00:31:25,189 and please, now, let's pick up the tempo. 498 00:31:29,438 --> 00:31:31,770 I know what you're thinking, and you're right. 499 00:31:31,841 --> 00:31:34,366 Breaking into the Ace One Car Rental Agency, 500 00:31:34,443 --> 00:31:36,172 especially with an expired license, 501 00:31:36,245 --> 00:31:40,545 could be one of those little mistakes that turn into big problems. 502 00:31:48,257 --> 00:31:52,387 On the other hand, at this point I really didn't see what other choice I had. 503 00:31:52,461 --> 00:31:55,191 And sometimes you have to risk those little mistakes 504 00:31:55,264 --> 00:31:57,061 to get the big reward. 505 00:32:24,527 --> 00:32:27,394 Now, all I had to do was figure out what the big reward 506 00:32:27,463 --> 00:32:29,260 was doing following Phoebe, 507 00:32:29,332 --> 00:32:32,199 and if he was the one who had stolen her play. 508 00:32:32,268 --> 00:32:35,760 There was something real familiar about the name Theo Winters. 509 00:32:35,838 --> 00:32:37,328 I knew, I knew who he was, 510 00:32:37,406 --> 00:32:39,601 but I couldn't quite place it. 511 00:32:39,976 --> 00:32:41,773 I was pretty sure Phoebe would know 512 00:32:41,844 --> 00:32:43,903 or at the very least, Higgins. 513 00:33:06,602 --> 00:33:08,695 Yeah. T. C., it's me. 514 00:33:08,771 --> 00:33:10,329 Thomas? Yes. 515 00:33:10,406 --> 00:33:13,375 Does the name Theo Winters mean anything to you? 516 00:33:13,442 --> 00:33:15,410 I can't hear you. Theo Winters. 517 00:33:15,478 --> 00:33:18,641 Does the name Theo Winters mean anything to you? 518 00:33:18,714 --> 00:33:20,375 I'll have that character reference ready 519 00:33:20,449 --> 00:33:21,939 if you want to come by and pick it up. 520 00:33:22,018 --> 00:33:24,145 T. C., I need a little help here. 521 00:33:24,286 --> 00:33:27,255 You sure do. That's why it took me a while to write it. 522 00:33:27,323 --> 00:33:30,190 I'm talking about Theo Winters. 523 00:33:30,259 --> 00:33:33,285 For some reason, that name just sticks out to me. 524 00:33:33,362 --> 00:33:35,523 Does this have anything to do with the case 525 00:33:35,598 --> 00:33:39,466 you're not investigating because your investigator's license ran out? 526 00:33:39,535 --> 00:33:41,628 But I can't quite place it. 527 00:33:41,771 --> 00:33:44,535 Theo Winters. Yeah, you know him? 528 00:33:45,041 --> 00:33:46,633 The name does sound familiar. 529 00:33:49,912 --> 00:33:50,970 T. C? 530 00:33:51,047 --> 00:33:53,277 Wait a minute, let me look. 531 00:34:07,096 --> 00:34:10,429 Sardi's. The night Phoebe's play opened. 532 00:34:10,499 --> 00:34:12,433 Maybe it was the excitement of the night, 533 00:34:12,501 --> 00:34:14,833 maybe Phoebe was just a bit overly dramatic, 534 00:34:14,904 --> 00:34:16,895 but when one critic who didn't like her play 535 00:34:16,972 --> 00:34:18,530 walked into the restaurant, 536 00:34:18,607 --> 00:34:21,838 she dumped her Hungarian goulash on his head. 537 00:34:21,911 --> 00:34:25,312 I ducked under the table as the food fight started in earnest. 538 00:34:25,381 --> 00:34:27,849 And the critic for the theatrical trade paper, Act One, 539 00:34:27,917 --> 00:34:29,077 just stood there, 540 00:34:29,151 --> 00:34:31,346 goulash oozing down his suit. 541 00:34:31,687 --> 00:34:34,383 His name was Theo Winters. 542 00:34:34,623 --> 00:34:36,250 I guess it was crawling underneath the desk 543 00:34:36,325 --> 00:34:38,418 that helped me remember that night. 544 00:34:38,494 --> 00:34:42,897 Which just goes to prove that there really are no little mistakes in life. 545 00:34:46,235 --> 00:34:47,566 On the other hand, Theo Winters 546 00:34:47,636 --> 00:34:49,228 had made a definite little mistake 547 00:34:49,305 --> 00:34:52,638 in using his real name and address when renting a car. 548 00:34:53,008 --> 00:34:55,636 That's if he didn't want to get caught. 549 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,493 Hello, Denny. 550 00:35:27,910 --> 00:35:31,903 Here, take it, take it, it's worthless. 551 00:35:31,981 --> 00:35:35,644 I paid some idiot $50 to steal that thing for me 552 00:35:35,718 --> 00:35:38,744 and it's garbage. It's gibberish. 553 00:35:39,288 --> 00:35:42,689 The great Phoebe Sullivan, she's lost it. 554 00:35:43,392 --> 00:35:44,916 And she's lost her mind. 555 00:35:58,176 --> 00:36:00,371 I'm afraid I made a little mistake. 556 00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:03,084 I underestimated your ability to find me. 557 00:36:03,696 --> 00:36:04,822 Drink, Mr. Magnum? 558 00:36:05,665 --> 00:36:07,064 No. 559 00:36:07,667 --> 00:36:10,363 Is our Mr. Parker all right? 560 00:36:10,436 --> 00:36:14,167 He's explaining a few things to a friend of mine in the police department. 561 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,606 And I suppose I should expect to hear their heavy knock 562 00:36:16,676 --> 00:36:18,541 on my door at any moment. 563 00:36:20,179 --> 00:36:23,012 I assure you that I had nothing to do with the theft. 564 00:36:24,050 --> 00:36:26,109 I will admit that Denny Parker was the first person 565 00:36:26,185 --> 00:36:27,846 I contacted on my arrival, 566 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,979 and when he offered to sell me the manuscript, 567 00:36:30,056 --> 00:36:33,219 I felt, well, it was at least worth examining. 568 00:36:33,292 --> 00:36:35,055 Why are you following my aunt? 569 00:36:35,127 --> 00:36:37,322 Phoebe Sullivan is a public figure. 570 00:36:37,396 --> 00:36:39,990 One of great curiosity to my readers. 571 00:36:41,567 --> 00:36:43,330 When she disappeared a few months ago, 572 00:36:43,402 --> 00:36:46,098 everyone assumed that she had gone in seclusion again to write. 573 00:36:46,172 --> 00:36:47,867 However, I was in Connecticut, 574 00:36:47,940 --> 00:36:50,875 visiting a friend at the Middlebury Clinic, 575 00:36:50,943 --> 00:36:55,004 I bumped into Phoebe in Dr. Gilford's office. 576 00:36:55,147 --> 00:36:57,809 He is one of the foremost experts on Alzheimer's Disease 577 00:36:57,883 --> 00:36:58,907 and related disorders. 578 00:36:58,984 --> 00:37:02,249 Now, it occurred to me that if Phoebe Sullivan 579 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:04,885 were suffering from... She isn't. 580 00:37:06,058 --> 00:37:08,390 I checked with the records department at Middlebury. 581 00:37:08,461 --> 00:37:10,759 Naturally, they gave me nothing. 582 00:37:11,063 --> 00:37:12,826 And then Phoebe ran. 583 00:37:13,432 --> 00:37:15,195 I pursued her all the way here, 584 00:37:15,267 --> 00:37:19,135 but she's very slippery. I thought I had her yesterday, 585 00:37:19,205 --> 00:37:21,173 but she slipped away before I could talk to her. 586 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:22,867 She won't even let me get near her. 587 00:37:22,942 --> 00:37:25,467 Well, there's no need. You can go home, Mr. Winters. 588 00:37:25,544 --> 00:37:27,171 There's no story. 589 00:37:28,547 --> 00:37:30,913 If there is one, I'll find out. 590 00:37:30,983 --> 00:37:33,850 And I'll write about it. Why? 591 00:37:34,653 --> 00:37:38,453 Because you're a great writer with a story that has to be told? 592 00:37:38,524 --> 00:37:40,219 Or because you're still nursing a wounded ego 593 00:37:40,292 --> 00:37:42,590 over a 30-year-old plate of Hungarian goulash? 594 00:37:50,970 --> 00:37:53,803 I'd learned not to count on a lot of things in life, 595 00:37:53,873 --> 00:37:55,738 but one thing I could always count on, 596 00:37:55,808 --> 00:37:58,208 in an odd way, was my Aunt Phoebe. 597 00:37:58,978 --> 00:38:01,173 She was unconventional and nobody in my family 598 00:38:01,247 --> 00:38:05,013 could quite understand why staid, solid, Uncle Sully had married her. 599 00:38:05,084 --> 00:38:08,850 But I knew why. He married her because she was exciting 600 00:38:08,921 --> 00:38:11,185 and unpredictable, full of life. 601 00:38:11,257 --> 00:38:13,122 And I knew she always would be. 602 00:38:13,192 --> 00:38:14,819 I still had to believe there was nothing 603 00:38:14,894 --> 00:38:17,089 that could drag my Aunt Phoebe down. 604 00:38:17,196 --> 00:38:20,688 Not as long as there was something I could do about it. 605 00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:22,392 You're home. 606 00:38:22,468 --> 00:38:26,666 What's all this? I'll bet you thought I'd forgotten how to cook. 607 00:38:26,739 --> 00:38:31,733 Well, I had a terrible time finding all the ingredients, but it's your favorite. 608 00:38:33,546 --> 00:38:37,710 Aunt Phoebe, I saw Dennis Parker tonight. 609 00:38:37,783 --> 00:38:40,149 Oh, Sully, please, let's not talk shop. 610 00:38:40,219 --> 00:38:41,550 Not tonight. 611 00:38:42,421 --> 00:38:43,445 Thomas. 612 00:38:45,691 --> 00:38:49,855 I'm afraid I cannot remember what I did with your anniversary present. 613 00:38:50,296 --> 00:38:52,787 I remember buying it and bringing it home. 614 00:38:53,299 --> 00:38:54,664 Aunt Phoebe. 615 00:38:54,733 --> 00:38:58,760 But I haven't seen hide nor hair of it since then. 616 00:39:01,373 --> 00:39:04,069 Maybe Myrtle put it away when she was cleaning up. 617 00:39:04,143 --> 00:39:05,542 Aunt Phoebe. 618 00:39:06,912 --> 00:39:08,641 I've been thinking 619 00:39:09,248 --> 00:39:12,115 we really ought to fix this place up. 620 00:39:12,184 --> 00:39:15,711 Not just redecorate, but really shake down the rafters. 621 00:39:16,222 --> 00:39:18,850 Oh, Sully, did you really think I'd be the kind 622 00:39:18,924 --> 00:39:20,448 to want to put down roots? 623 00:39:20,526 --> 00:39:24,428 I'm not Sully. I'm Thomas. 624 00:39:42,081 --> 00:39:44,311 Who are you? 625 00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:47,916 I'm sorry. 626 00:39:53,559 --> 00:39:55,083 I'm sorry. 627 00:39:55,394 --> 00:40:00,491 I'm afraid my husband isn't home right now. 628 00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:03,264 Aunt Phoebe. 629 00:40:06,572 --> 00:40:08,665 What happened to your play? 630 00:40:10,876 --> 00:40:12,366 You found it. 631 00:40:15,714 --> 00:40:17,238 Thomas. 632 00:40:22,621 --> 00:40:24,088 You found it. 633 00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:41,067 It isn't very good, is it? 634 00:41:00,793 --> 00:41:02,727 What took me a long time to sort out 635 00:41:02,795 --> 00:41:04,956 was why I was mad at Phoebe. 636 00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:06,463 She hadn't let me down. 637 00:41:06,532 --> 00:41:07,931 Life was letting her down. 638 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,991 And try as I might, I couldn't figure out 639 00:41:10,069 --> 00:41:12,765 what I could do to turn that around for her. 640 00:41:14,139 --> 00:41:18,735 Magnum. The police are here to take a statement from Phoebe. 641 00:41:19,178 --> 00:41:22,807 Apparently, she is gone. So is the Audi. 642 00:41:44,136 --> 00:41:48,766 "Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, 643 00:41:49,474 --> 00:41:52,238 "such shaping fantasies, that apprehend 644 00:41:52,311 --> 00:41:56,338 "more than cool reason ever comprehends. 645 00:41:56,915 --> 00:41:59,782 "The lunatic, the lover and the poet 646 00:41:59,851 --> 00:42:02,820 "are of imagination all compact. 647 00:42:02,921 --> 00:42:06,049 "The one sees more devils than vast hell can hold, 648 00:42:06,124 --> 00:42:07,853 "that is, the madman. 649 00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:11,325 "The lover, all as frantic, sees Helen's beauty 650 00:42:11,396 --> 00:42:13,694 "in a brow of Egypt. 651 00:42:14,766 --> 00:42:18,827 "The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, 652 00:42:18,904 --> 00:42:20,929 "doth glance from heaven to earth, 653 00:42:21,006 --> 00:42:22,371 "from earth to heaven 654 00:42:22,441 --> 00:42:25,433 "and as imagination bodies forth 655 00:42:25,510 --> 00:42:29,810 "the form of things unknown, the poet's pen 656 00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:32,941 "turns them to shapes" 657 00:42:33,151 --> 00:42:35,915 "and gives to airy nothing" 658 00:42:36,188 --> 00:42:40,852 "a local habitation and a name." 659 00:42:41,693 --> 00:42:46,062 "Such tricks hath strong imagination." 660 00:42:53,372 --> 00:42:55,135 A Midsummer Night's Dream. 661 00:42:57,209 --> 00:42:58,574 I remember. 662 00:43:07,052 --> 00:43:09,486 What a joy it was 663 00:43:09,821 --> 00:43:14,758 for me to see you seeing things for the first time. 664 00:43:20,799 --> 00:43:25,327 Aunt Phoebe... I'm going to go back to New York. 665 00:43:26,204 --> 00:43:28,798 I want you to stay here with me. 666 00:43:28,874 --> 00:43:30,569 I thought that's what I wanted, too. 667 00:43:30,642 --> 00:43:35,238 I tricked myself into thinking I was in danger. 668 00:43:36,281 --> 00:43:39,717 So you'd come riding in on a white horse 669 00:43:40,352 --> 00:43:41,979 and rescue me. 670 00:43:42,054 --> 00:43:45,182 I want to rescue you. I know. 671 00:43:46,692 --> 00:43:48,523 Well, then stay here. 672 00:43:49,661 --> 00:43:53,995 Some days things are so clear, 673 00:43:54,066 --> 00:43:58,332 I think this is all just going to go away. 674 00:43:59,104 --> 00:44:04,041 But it isn't. I need to be around a lot of people 675 00:44:04,109 --> 00:44:06,543 who will keep me thinking and working. 676 00:44:06,611 --> 00:44:08,511 I have that in New York. 677 00:44:08,580 --> 00:44:13,540 My theater family. And a few regular family members, too, 678 00:44:13,618 --> 00:44:15,643 if I can put up with them. 679 00:44:17,289 --> 00:44:19,883 I always did need a lot of distraction. 680 00:44:20,125 --> 00:44:24,391 I'm afraid my life here would get too sedentary. 681 00:44:26,565 --> 00:44:30,899 And I realize now that I needed to see you again. 682 00:44:31,269 --> 00:44:33,237 One more time. 683 00:44:34,373 --> 00:44:37,809 And to let you know how much I love you. 684 00:44:41,813 --> 00:44:43,713 Aunt Phoebe. 685 00:44:43,782 --> 00:44:46,808 And to let you know I'm going to be okay with this. 686 00:44:46,885 --> 00:44:49,979 Really, I am. 687 00:44:56,895 --> 00:45:00,331 And don't judge Dennis too harshly. 688 00:45:02,401 --> 00:45:04,801 Life didn't work out for him 689 00:45:04,903 --> 00:45:07,804 as well as it did for us. 690 00:45:19,184 --> 00:45:21,084 "A revival of Murder Came Knocking 691 00:45:21,153 --> 00:45:24,611 "will be mounted at the newly refurbished David Garrick Theater. 692 00:45:24,689 --> 00:45:27,590 "All of New York society is waiting in keen anticipation 693 00:45:27,659 --> 00:45:29,456 "to see if author Phoebe Sullivan" 694 00:45:29,961 --> 00:45:31,861 "will arrive for opening night," 695 00:45:32,230 --> 00:45:35,722 "at which time the theater will be rededicated" 696 00:45:35,801 --> 00:45:37,063 "and carry her name." 697 00:45:37,436 --> 00:45:41,031 Jonathan, isn't that wonderful? 698 00:45:41,373 --> 00:45:44,001 Apparently, it was Theo Winters' idea. 699 00:45:45,644 --> 00:45:47,942 "Miss Sullivan, who has gone into seclusion" 700 00:45:48,013 --> 00:45:51,847 "to write and reflect, could not be reached for comment." 701 00:45:56,054 --> 00:46:00,753 Oh, incidentally, your renewed investigator's license arrived in the mail. 702 00:46:08,033 --> 00:46:11,093 More tea? No, thanks, Lani. 703 00:46:21,980 --> 00:46:24,380 Keo will be back tomorrow morning. 704 00:46:26,585 --> 00:46:29,486 I think I'll take a walk. 705 00:46:42,267 --> 00:46:45,202 "And as imagination bodies forth" 706 00:46:45,370 --> 00:46:49,704 "the form of things unknown, the poet's pen" 707 00:46:49,774 --> 00:46:54,143 "turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing" 708 00:46:54,212 --> 00:46:58,012 "a local habitation and a name."