1 00:00:27,020 --> 00:00:29,890 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, 2 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,760 beachcombers, sun worshipers, 3 00:00:32,790 --> 00:00:36,300 skin divers and other flotsam and jetsam 4 00:00:36,330 --> 00:00:37,830 which may have washed ashore 5 00:00:37,870 --> 00:00:40,670 on the sandy wasteland of television. 6 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:43,470 I have a new position now. 7 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:47,440 I’m not certain I was cut out for this work. 8 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:50,810 I can’t swim, but that doesn’t bother me. 9 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:56,480 What is embarrassing is that I can’t even climb into the chair. 10 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,650 I shall have to keep an eye on that gentleman 11 00:00:58,690 --> 00:01:00,790 to see that he doesn’t go in over his head. 12 00:01:00,820 --> 00:01:02,960 While I’m doing that, 13 00:01:03,060 --> 00:01:06,630 why don’t you keep your eye on this gentleman, 14 00:01:06,660 --> 00:01:08,360 our sponsor, 15 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,130 to be followed by "The Old Pro," our story. 16 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:50,940 -Frank? -Yeah? 17 00:01:50,970 --> 00:01:53,140 -You leaving now? -Yeah. 18 00:01:53,170 --> 00:01:54,840 Get you anything from across the lake? 19 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,980 No, darling. 20 00:01:57,010 --> 00:02:00,520 Just wanted to remind you the Robertson’s will be here for cocktails. 21 00:02:00,550 --> 00:02:03,850 I know better than to burden a man’s mind with errands when he’s going fishing. 22 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:06,320 Now, that’s what I call an understanding woman. 23 00:02:06,350 --> 00:02:07,460 You know, they should dedicate 24 00:02:07,490 --> 00:02:09,220 a medal to fishermen’s wives. 25 00:02:09,260 --> 00:02:12,260 I’ll settle for a half-dozen fat trout in the broiler tonight. 26 00:02:12,290 --> 00:02:14,160 Well, your wish shall be granted. 27 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,130 An even half-dozen 28 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,070 fat and frisky. 29 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:21,070 Back by noon. 30 00:02:46,090 --> 00:02:48,330 [outboard motor starting] 31 00:03:47,620 --> 00:03:48,890 Beautiful piece of wood. 32 00:03:53,090 --> 00:03:54,960 Something about quality. 33 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,900 A gun, 34 00:03:56,930 --> 00:03:58,330 woman, wine, 35 00:03:58,370 --> 00:04:01,670 a touch of quality makes all the difference. 36 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:03,810 Did you bring the money, Burns? 37 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,770 How long do you think I can afford to pay? 38 00:04:05,810 --> 00:04:09,240 You got a lovely lake house, another beautiful home in the city, 39 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,580 a wife wearing nothing but the best of clothes. 40 00:04:12,610 --> 00:04:16,520 If you’re selling poor mouth, nobody’s buying. 41 00:04:16,550 --> 00:04:19,550 I’m telling you, Cullen, you’ve hit bedrock. 42 00:04:19,590 --> 00:04:23,430 Come, come, Burns. You’ve got enough to spread around. 43 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:26,190 All I’m asking is a reasonable weekly retainer 44 00:04:26,230 --> 00:04:28,100 for services rendered. 45 00:04:28,130 --> 00:04:30,330 Call it by its right name or does "blackmail" stick in your throat? 46 00:04:31,830 --> 00:04:34,300 I prefer "retainer." 47 00:04:37,510 --> 00:04:41,240 After all, my paper would pay me a fat bonus for this story. 48 00:04:42,540 --> 00:04:46,550 "Hired killer retires to Westlake Society Set. 49 00:04:47,850 --> 00:04:51,550 Frank Burns, wedded to a Junior League beauty, 50 00:04:51,590 --> 00:04:54,760 now using a four iron on the golf course 51 00:04:54,790 --> 00:04:57,490 instead of a .38 along the waterfront." 52 00:04:57,530 --> 00:04:59,360 You’re getting off cheap, Burns. 53 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:04,900 I’ve seen that doll you married. 54 00:05:04,930 --> 00:05:07,940 I happen to know that she thinks you’re a retired engineer 55 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,170 with interests in South America. 56 00:05:12,140 --> 00:05:15,910 Now I am no Miss Lonely Hearts, but, before I’d let that doll be disillusioned 57 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:21,350 I would dig down for my last dollar. 58 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:23,820 You’ve taken me for 40,000. 59 00:05:23,850 --> 00:05:25,120 Quit now while you’re ahead. 60 00:05:28,090 --> 00:05:29,220 You bring the money? 61 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:41,470 No. 62 00:05:44,740 --> 00:05:46,410 Wait a minute. 63 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,650 Yeah? 64 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,250 I’ll bring it later, about 5 o’clock. 65 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,320 You got something on your mind, Burns? 66 00:05:58,350 --> 00:06:01,420 About maybe paying me off in another way? 67 00:06:01,460 --> 00:06:04,860 If you’re afraid to meet me, I’ll mail it to you. 68 00:06:04,890 --> 00:06:07,300 [laughing] Afraid? 69 00:06:12,770 --> 00:06:15,440 Now, why should I be afraid of you? 70 00:06:20,210 --> 00:06:23,910 I can take you any day in the week. 71 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:25,410 You’ve gone soft, Burns. 72 00:06:25,450 --> 00:06:28,380 That’s why you retired. 73 00:06:28,420 --> 00:06:31,650 Man gets a beautiful wife and enough money, 74 00:06:31,690 --> 00:06:34,190 happens that’s when he becomes afraid. 75 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,760 We understand each other. 76 00:06:39,790 --> 00:06:41,500 I’ll be here later. 77 00:06:42,930 --> 00:06:44,870 At 5:00. 78 00:07:00,150 --> 00:07:02,020 -Hi! -Hi. 79 00:07:02,050 --> 00:07:04,020 -Any luck? -No. 80 00:07:05,590 --> 00:07:08,360 Well, I have a surprise for you. 81 00:07:08,390 --> 00:07:11,160 I didn’t want you to be disappointed, darling. 82 00:07:11,190 --> 00:07:13,160 So I ordered these from the market. 83 00:07:13,190 --> 00:07:14,760 Just in case. 84 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,400 Remind me to get you that medal. 85 00:07:16,430 --> 00:07:19,070 I’ll start cooking lunch. 86 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:20,800 How about a drink? 87 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,540 I’ll have one ready for you right away. 88 00:07:23,570 --> 00:07:24,710 Good. 89 00:07:24,740 --> 00:07:26,540 I’ll get rid of my stuff. 90 00:07:45,330 --> 00:07:48,060 [phone ringing] 91 00:07:56,340 --> 00:07:57,810 Hello. 92 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,870 Let me speak to Nicholson. This is Burns. 93 00:07:59,910 --> 00:08:01,810 Burnsy boy, how goes it? 94 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,380 Good, Nick, good. I didn’t recognize your voice. 95 00:08:05,410 --> 00:08:08,580 I was just talking about you with some of the boys. 96 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:10,450 The retirement been agreeing with you? 97 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:12,550 Yeah, nothing like it, Nick. 98 00:08:12,590 --> 00:08:15,660 And that pretty wife of yours, she in good health? 99 00:08:15,690 --> 00:08:17,530 She’s fine, Nick. Just fine. 100 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,590 Look, something came up. That’s why I’m calling. 101 00:08:19,630 --> 00:08:23,300 Oh, you sound kind of worried, like maybe you have a problem. 102 00:08:23,330 --> 00:08:26,030 I was wondering if you can refer someone to me, 103 00:08:26,030 --> 00:08:28,270 an engineer experienced in removing obstructions. 104 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:32,740 Nicholson? 105 00:08:32,770 --> 00:08:34,410 Yeah, still here, Burnsy. 106 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,180 [Nicholson laughing] 107 00:08:37,210 --> 00:08:39,050 What’s so funny? 108 00:08:39,050 --> 00:08:43,650 Well, in a way, Burnsy, you, you of all people needing an engineer... 109 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:47,160 [laughing] 110 00:08:47,190 --> 00:08:48,590 Well, do I get him? 111 00:08:48,620 --> 00:08:51,330 Sure, Burnsy, sure. It’s our business. 112 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,600 I got a good man on hand right now. 113 00:08:53,630 --> 00:08:56,400 Can he be down here at the lake? Say, around 4:30? 114 00:08:58,870 --> 00:09:01,700 Uh, 4:30 it is. 115 00:09:01,740 --> 00:09:03,270 Oh. 116 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,410 Get a hold of Mace. 117 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,810 Tell him I want to see him. 118 00:09:11,850 --> 00:09:14,020 [laughing] 119 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,040 So you’re Burns. 120 00:09:38,210 --> 00:09:39,410 What’s your name? 121 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,540 Mace. 122 00:09:41,580 --> 00:09:43,710 Just call me Engineer, for short. 123 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:06,570 He’s waiting for me about a quarter of a mile down the shore. 124 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,500 We could take the boat, but I think it better we cut through the woods. 125 00:10:09,540 --> 00:10:11,070 You’re the boss. 126 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:12,970 Nicholson says you were the best on the business. 127 00:10:13,010 --> 00:10:15,910 And I’m always willing to learn from an old pro. 128 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,780 You understand this has to look like an accident? 129 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,790 I wouldn’t want anything happening that would give this lake a bad name. 130 00:10:27,820 --> 00:10:30,190 Yeah, I guess finding a body with a bullet in it 131 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:33,400 would make the good people up here a bit uneasy. 132 00:10:35,230 --> 00:10:38,200 He uses a boat when he meets me. 133 00:10:38,230 --> 00:10:42,140 If he’s found with water in his lungs and the boat overturned, 134 00:10:42,170 --> 00:10:43,970 there wouldn’t be many questions. 135 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:46,710 Accidental drowning, nice, 136 00:10:46,740 --> 00:10:49,080 makes it clean-cut. 137 00:11:01,260 --> 00:11:04,790 Hey, hold up. I’m tired. 138 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:06,390 Just another 100 yards. 139 00:11:06,430 --> 00:11:08,160 I’m ready to sit down right here. 140 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,970 Do you want to go in alone? 141 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:13,230 His name is Cullen, 142 00:11:13,270 --> 00:11:16,170 always waits for me in that clearing up ahead. 143 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,340 He’ll be carrying a shotgun, so you’ll have to circle in from behind. 144 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:22,680 Go ahead. 145 00:11:22,710 --> 00:11:24,180 No, wait a minute. 146 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,550 Be a big joke if I mistake some hick out hunting rabbits for our man. 147 00:11:30,590 --> 00:11:32,950 Yeah. 148 00:11:32,990 --> 00:11:34,620 I’d better go with you. 149 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:37,290 Clean-cut. Just like the old days, eh, Burns? 150 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:39,130 Forget the old days. 151 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,100 They’re behind me. 152 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:45,170 Sure. Why dirty your hands when you can afford your own engineer now. 153 00:11:57,510 --> 00:11:58,650 That’s Cullen. 154 00:12:29,140 --> 00:12:31,850 Since when does Nicholson take on a job and throw in a double-cross? 155 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:33,620 [Cullen] No double-cross. 156 00:12:33,650 --> 00:12:37,390 Just a case of first come, first served. 157 00:12:37,420 --> 00:12:40,790 After our little talk this morning, I anticipated your next move. 158 00:12:40,820 --> 00:12:43,090 I called Nicholson first. 159 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:51,370 You’ve got a choice between me and a shakedown punk like Cullen 160 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,440 and you take his side? 161 00:12:53,470 --> 00:12:56,100 The way I see it, he had the guts to shake you down. 162 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:58,910 A guy with guts is always valuable. 163 00:12:58,940 --> 00:13:02,040 Who knows, maybe someday we’ll use him. 164 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,880 You’re expendable now, Burns. 165 00:13:03,910 --> 00:13:06,580 Mace, let’s get on with it, huh? 166 00:13:10,050 --> 00:13:11,390 Down to the water. 167 00:13:13,490 --> 00:13:17,090 I should’ve blown a hole in you the first time you put the bite on me. 168 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:19,490 Start walking or I’ll let you have it here. 169 00:13:19,530 --> 00:13:21,200 He’ll walk. 170 00:13:21,230 --> 00:13:24,100 Even that final minute of life can be a sweet thing. 171 00:13:29,740 --> 00:13:31,240 [Cullen] I’ll wait here. 172 00:13:31,270 --> 00:13:32,770 [Mace] Suit yourself. 173 00:13:39,250 --> 00:13:40,580 Can we talk business, Mace? 174 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:44,150 I’ll let you answer your own question, Burns. 175 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:47,890 Did you ever talk business when you were removing an obstruction? 176 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:51,590 How much is Cullen paying? 177 00:13:53,230 --> 00:13:56,900 Nice, quiet place, Burns. 178 00:13:56,930 --> 00:14:00,440 I can see why you wanted to retire here. 179 00:14:00,470 --> 00:14:02,600 How much is Cullen paying? 180 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:06,210 And you’ll double it? 181 00:14:10,610 --> 00:14:13,420 I can raise 25,000 cash in an hour. 182 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:17,050 Kinda hurts to see an old pro begging. 183 00:14:19,590 --> 00:14:22,120 Twenty-five thousand will buy you that frontage, right at the bend there. 184 00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:25,260 [gunshot] 185 00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:07,470 [thud] 186 00:15:15,740 --> 00:15:17,380 Mace? 187 00:15:17,410 --> 00:15:20,050 Mace was doing a job, he just managed it badly, that’s all. 188 00:15:24,420 --> 00:15:25,950 Mace is a fool. 189 00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:28,790 Was, Cullen, was a fool. 190 00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:31,360 You should’ve listen to me. 191 00:15:31,390 --> 00:15:32,830 You should’ve quit when you were ahead. 192 00:15:34,060 --> 00:15:36,200 Burns... 193 00:15:36,230 --> 00:15:38,930 Burns, t-that money you gave me, 194 00:15:38,970 --> 00:15:41,200 m-most of it is still intact. 195 00:15:44,340 --> 00:15:46,570 We, we got a talking point? 196 00:15:46,610 --> 00:15:48,940 What you got from me was peanuts. 197 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:51,810 Now, start walking. 198 00:15:55,350 --> 00:15:57,490 No, straight ahead. 199 00:15:59,290 --> 00:16:02,060 Like you said before, Cullen, 200 00:16:02,090 --> 00:16:04,160 that final minute of life 201 00:16:04,190 --> 00:16:06,590 can be a sweet thing. 202 00:16:06,630 --> 00:16:08,030 Now, start walking down to the lake, 203 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:11,670 and you can have that final minute. 204 00:16:18,740 --> 00:16:20,310 [door closes] 205 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,110 Hi, darling. 206 00:16:23,140 --> 00:16:24,310 Hi. 207 00:16:24,350 --> 00:16:26,280 One up on me, huh? 208 00:16:26,310 --> 00:16:29,250 Oh, that mistake will be corrected immediately. 209 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,620 -I’ve been at it again. -I see. 210 00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:37,730 -You like? -Great. 211 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:43,470 How about this one? 212 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:44,900 Marvelous. 213 00:16:44,930 --> 00:16:46,500 Which do you like better? 214 00:16:46,530 --> 00:16:48,540 Well, I like them both. 215 00:16:48,570 --> 00:16:51,410 Did you hear about those two men who drowned yesterday? 216 00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:55,740 Yeah, I heard something about it on the radio this morning. 217 00:16:55,780 --> 00:16:57,080 Boating accident, wasn’t it? 218 00:16:57,110 --> 00:16:58,410 Yeah, at the far end of the lake. 219 00:16:58,450 --> 00:17:01,020 -Their boat overturned. -Oh. 220 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:04,250 -Well? -Beautiful. 221 00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:06,250 Two hunters from the city, weren’t they? 222 00:17:06,290 --> 00:17:08,620 No one seems to know anything about them. 223 00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:11,160 Well, since you like all three, I’ll buy all three. 224 00:17:11,190 --> 00:17:13,660 As long as you don’t wear them all at the same time. 225 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:15,260 Why not? 226 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:18,070 Two. 227 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,200 Three. 228 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,440 [laughing] 229 00:17:24,470 --> 00:17:27,580 We’re having lobster for lunch. Won’t take a minute. 230 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,720 You really know how to live, Burnsy. 231 00:17:38,750 --> 00:17:41,690 A wonderful setup. Wonderful! 232 00:17:55,270 --> 00:17:56,970 I see you brought your muscle along. 233 00:17:57,070 --> 00:17:59,210 Just wanted a little company on the way down. 234 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,610 You know I hate to be alone. 235 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,450 Oh, this is living. 236 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,110 You can keep the city. 237 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:09,050 Fresh air, maybe a bird to wake you up in the morning. 238 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,490 Nick, I want to explain a couple of things. 239 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,160 Burnsy, to a guest you talk business before a drink? 240 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,460 I want to explain about Mace. 241 00:18:19,490 --> 00:18:21,760 Oh, I didn’t realize we had company. 242 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,800 Oh, not company, Mrs. Burns. I’m an old friend. 243 00:18:24,830 --> 00:18:27,500 This is Mr. Nicholson, my former employer. 244 00:18:27,540 --> 00:18:29,440 Oh, I’m very pleased to know you, Mr. Nicholson. 245 00:18:29,470 --> 00:18:32,810 Nick. What’s with the "Mr."? To old friends, it’s Nick, right? 246 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,610 Ah, you’ll stay for lunch? 247 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,180 We’re just having lobster and a salad, but please join us. 248 00:18:37,210 --> 00:18:39,050 -I’m starving. -Good. 249 00:18:39,050 --> 00:18:40,950 I’ll set another place. 250 00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:48,260 She’s beautiful. 251 00:18:48,290 --> 00:18:51,360 And that complexion. Such a lovely skin. 252 00:18:51,390 --> 00:18:52,760 Reminds me of that girl in St. Louis. 253 00:18:52,790 --> 00:18:54,430 Remember the one with the skin so smooth 254 00:18:54,460 --> 00:18:55,830 it was a delight to touch it. 255 00:18:55,860 --> 00:18:59,430 You know, before the affair with the acid. 256 00:18:59,470 --> 00:19:02,700 That was an unhappy affair. 257 00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:05,310 But why should anybody want to throw acid in your wife’s face, huh? 258 00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:07,780 Burnsy, enemies you haven’t got, huh? 259 00:19:09,510 --> 00:19:11,150 Just a minute, Nick. 260 00:19:12,650 --> 00:19:14,880 So I knocked off your top boy. 261 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,050 You came here after me. 262 00:19:17,090 --> 00:19:18,250 Let’s just leave it at that, huh? 263 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:20,190 Burnsy, I’m talking. 264 00:19:20,220 --> 00:19:22,020 Charley Nicholson likes to talk. 265 00:19:22,020 --> 00:19:24,160 If I upset you, a thousand pardons. 266 00:19:24,190 --> 00:19:26,160 Aren’t you gonna give Mr. Nicholson a drink, darling? 267 00:19:26,190 --> 00:19:27,830 Oh, sure. 268 00:19:27,860 --> 00:19:29,460 Why don’t we sit down? 269 00:19:32,770 --> 00:19:35,300 Now, there’s a pretty table. 270 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:38,110 I love flattery, so you may continue. 271 00:19:40,310 --> 00:19:43,710 -May I? -Please, do. 272 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:46,650 Burnsy, how does a man like you deserve such a wife? 273 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,950 [wife] He doesn’t really. 274 00:19:49,050 --> 00:19:50,850 What brings you up here, Mr. Nicholson? 275 00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:53,560 -Nick, dear. Nick. -Nick. 276 00:19:53,590 --> 00:19:55,690 Uh, business. 277 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,360 If I may rear such an ugly word 278 00:19:58,390 --> 00:20:00,100 among such pleasant surroundings. 279 00:20:00,130 --> 00:20:02,330 Well, you’re certainly talking to the wrong man. 280 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:04,500 Frank is retired, 281 00:20:04,530 --> 00:20:07,600 and we’ve agreed he’s going to stay retired. 282 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,670 Now, what do you say to that, Burnsy? 283 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:13,340 Well, I-I expect she’s right. 284 00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:15,980 What did bring you up here, Nick? 285 00:20:16,010 --> 00:20:19,850 Well, a very sad thing happened recently. 286 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,750 My best engineer, 287 00:20:21,780 --> 00:20:23,220 not as good as your husband, dear, 288 00:20:23,250 --> 00:20:25,950 but my best at the moment, passed away. 289 00:20:25,990 --> 00:20:27,320 [wife] Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. 290 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,790 [Nicholson] Yeah, I was quite broken up by it. 291 00:20:29,820 --> 00:20:33,090 He was just a young man but very good at his work. 292 00:20:33,130 --> 00:20:36,630 It’s going to be awfully hard to find the right man to replace him. 293 00:20:36,670 --> 00:20:38,330 I was hoping 294 00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:41,070 to talk your husband into coming out of retirement. 295 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:43,040 What do you mean, Nick? 296 00:20:43,070 --> 00:20:44,570 Time and time again, 297 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:46,010 you’ve proved you’re the best in the business. 298 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,740 I-I really need you, now. 299 00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:49,210 Mr. Nicholson. 300 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,310 -Nick, dear. -Nick. 301 00:20:52,350 --> 00:20:54,750 You haven’t got a chance. 302 00:20:54,780 --> 00:20:56,050 Haven’t I? 303 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,750 I’m not ever, ever, ever again 304 00:20:57,790 --> 00:21:01,220 going to put up with being alone those long evenings 305 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:04,460 while he was off building a bridge or repairing a dam 306 00:21:04,490 --> 00:21:07,960 or getting a contract or what have you 307 00:21:08,060 --> 00:21:12,070 in South America, or Canada, 308 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:14,070 or wherever you took it into your head to fly him. 309 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:16,470 Oh, but you loved, didn’t you, boy? 310 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:18,470 You miss it, don’t you? 311 00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:21,210 I always say an old pro never retires. 312 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,080 Am I right, Burnsy? 313 00:21:23,110 --> 00:21:24,910 [wife] I’m not going to give him a chance to answer that. 314 00:21:30,950 --> 00:21:32,450 He stays retired. 315 00:21:36,290 --> 00:21:38,990 Oh, we need some more mayonnaise. 316 00:21:43,530 --> 00:21:45,830 I need you, Burns. 317 00:21:45,870 --> 00:21:47,340 A job in Vegas. 318 00:21:47,370 --> 00:21:49,970 Important. 319 00:21:50,010 --> 00:21:53,610 Look, Nick, I thought I made it understood before, I’m retired. 320 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,510 Get somebody else. 321 00:21:55,540 --> 00:21:57,280 Get somebody else? 322 00:21:57,310 --> 00:22:00,150 You think engineers grow on trees? 323 00:22:02,180 --> 00:22:03,820 Look, Nick, the answer is no. 324 00:22:06,690 --> 00:22:09,060 I got all I’ve ever want right here. 325 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:13,190 And all I want now is to be left alone. 326 00:22:13,230 --> 00:22:15,330 I need you, Burnsy boy. 327 00:22:15,360 --> 00:22:17,070 You’re the best we’ve ever had. 328 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:21,870 I said no, Nick. 329 00:22:25,340 --> 00:22:27,440 You know, your wife has the loveliest skin 330 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,910 I ever set eyes on? 331 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,850 Just one more job, Burns. 332 00:22:40,820 --> 00:22:42,990 Yeah. 333 00:22:43,090 --> 00:22:45,730 Yeah, one more job, huh? 334 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,260 And one more and one more, that’s what you mean? 335 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,530 In a business like this, Burns, every job can be your last. 336 00:22:52,570 --> 00:22:55,100 So why worry? 337 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:56,540 Why look too far into the future? 338 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,040 Here’s-- welcome home to an old pro. 339 00:23:16,060 --> 00:23:18,460 This is all of our story, 340 00:23:18,490 --> 00:23:21,630 for Burns, however, there was more. 341 00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:24,100 There were other jobs to be done. 342 00:23:24,130 --> 00:23:28,100 And inevitably, there was the job he didn’t get away with. 343 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:32,170 Which reminds me, that time is catching up with me. 344 00:23:32,210 --> 00:23:34,640 One minute in particular. 345 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,910 After which, I should reappear. 346 00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:42,220 I’m trying to get the young man we saw earlier 347 00:23:42,250 --> 00:23:45,990 to tell me where he buried his father. 348 00:23:46,090 --> 00:23:51,090 However, the boy’s father is no longer my greatest concern. 349 00:23:51,090 --> 00:23:56,000 I think this demonstrates that although quicksand may be cheap, 350 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:59,830 spreading it on a beach does not pay in the long run. 351 00:23:59,870 --> 00:24:03,140 Fortunately, the boy doesn’t seem to sink. 352 00:24:03,170 --> 00:24:06,170 Perhaps he doesn’t weigh as much as I do. 353 00:24:06,210 --> 00:24:09,910 Young man, don’t stand there, run for help, please. 354 00:24:12,450 --> 00:24:15,480 Oh, well, I won’t have to worry about the sand anymore. 355 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,850 I see the tide is coming in. 356 00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:22,320 So until next week, or later, 357 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:23,930 goodnight.