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Richard called it. Richard.

What's the matter?

I'm not selling these skis to my mother, please. A more neon sound.

Mr. Rohn, I can't... Remember to be free, to soar like an eagle, to slip the

surly bonds of Earth. All right, thank you. Right?

That's the feel.

Here we go.

The guys are tired, you know? Well, if the guys are tired, it sounds that way

in the ad.

Cut!

They've never let you down before, Jimmy. They've never let you down

before.

Richard, listen, we talked about this yesterday, and I'm not getting the sound

that we were looking for.

Look, we're all tired, but, you know, we might as well not be recording this

unless we're going to get some punch.

Now, maybe my ears are clogged or something, but... Jimmy, we agreed on

this yesterday. Say it. What? Tell me.

We've been playing a long time, okay? We need a lunch break. Why don't we just

get through one track, one take, and then give us your notes, okay?

Okay, but, you know, I want... Hold it. We can fix it in the mix.

We can do it in the mix, but I want to hear it in the performance, too. Just

surge.

Wee!

Jimmy! Well, Richard, look... It's not the fucking Leonora Overture, okay? It's

a jingle.

Just let us get through it.

Once, okay?

And then we'll have lunch, and then we'll have notes, and then we'll fix it

in the mix.

Okay?

I think we should apologize to Jimmy Schwartz tomorrow.

We have new neighbors, eh?

You mind if I run along with you?

Oh, be my guest.

Richard Parker.

Oh, hey, Eddie Otis.

Where's your beautiful daughter today?

She's away at school.

She comes home every other weekend.

Uh, whereabouts?

A couple hours from here to school for musically gifted children.

Oh, you must be very proud.

You could say.

Let me guess.

You write something to do with the arts.

Maybe graphics, maybe advertising.

No, definitely advertising.

I'm a composer.

I write jingles for ads.

How'd you guess?

I used to sell insurance. You get a feel for stuff like that.

What do you do?

I'm not even gonna guess.

I give financial advice.

Oh, like what?

Okay, health clubs.

Good, huh?

Lousy, trust me.

Home security?

Better? Oh, much better.

You said they didn't know anyone, that they were lonely. What could I say?

Do you need these?

And this?

I know how you feel about neighbors, but it's only drinks.

I don't drink.

Since when?

I thought I was getting fat.

You didn't notice.

What, the getting better than not drinking?

Jamaica for the weekend, scuba diving. Anyway, on our way to the airport to

come back and move houses, we get caught up in a riot. I swear to God, a riot.

It's fascinating.

While I'm so busy protecting my wife, I don't notice them stealing all the

luggage. Hence the outfit when we arrived. Everything else was packed.

Have you never been in a riot, Priscilla?

Sorry I'm late.

Catherine.

But everybody calls me Kay.

Kay. This is Richard Parker and his lovely wife, Priscilla.

The way I look at life, the way I look at it is this.

Money is like blood.

It's no big deal, but if you want to live, you've got to have a lot of it

pumping through the system. For example, most people will never know what it's

like to drive a boat at 100 miles an hour or go to Jamaica for the weekend or

see the Grand Canyon from a hot air balloon.

You see what I'm saying? Without money...

You shrivel up.

So how do you explain all those shriveled-up rich people?

I'll tell you how.

Because those people, they know how to make money, but they don't know how to

spend it.

Getting money is easy.

We have to talk.

What would you invest in?

Myself? Yeah.

Drug and alcohol rehab centers.

I'm serious. It's the number one investment off of the 90s.

Priscilla, people are sheep.

You tell them they can't quit on their own and suddenly everybody needs help.

I mean, the human mind. What can you say?

You know what I'd do if I had some serious money?

Come on, help me out here.

Don't put no headstone on my grave

All my life I've been a

slave And I don't want the

world to know It lies the

fool who loves you so

Free from all this misery

Richard. Come to bed.

You know, me and Kay were saying, you two have really got it made.

A nice home, a nice business, beautiful, talented daughter, great marriage.

I'm very lucky.

What's the trick?

To which?

Marriage. How do you hold it all together?

Trust, I guess.

Trust?

That's very interesting.

You know, I'm planning this trip down to South Carolina this weekend. I'm going

to fly down on my plane. I've got some property to check out.

Why don't you and Priscilla come along?

Do you have a plane?

Just a little twin-engine Piper.

Well, I'm sure we'd love to, but... Look, if money's a problem... No, it's

not really the money... Oh, good!

We'll have fun.

Do you think we ought to watch this?

Well, let's say $5,000.

With $5,000, I put one in the bank, one in bonds, and play the stock market with

the rest.

The stock market?

Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. How come you never pursued a singing career?

I mean, there's a lot worse voices out there.

Guess Eddie got all the self-confidence.

Maybe I could help you.

That way I'd get to play some blues and...

You know, you...

I

would take this wall out.

You know, take it out, make this whole area screened in.

I would open it up a lot and then put, like, blue shutters on it or something

to give it a bit of life, you know?

You could use it.

What?

Nothing. Go ahead.

I mean, my usual self, right?

No, I like it. I'm going to take over.

Oh, never mind. Come on.

Mr. Price, Priscilla hasn't tried to sell us some of her investment.

It's up to $15,000.

$15,000 from five?

She has a good head on her shoulders. What can I tell you? You squeeze when

you come up.

That five is a gift left by an uncle to go towards a sailboat.

How much do you owe?

It's not that much, Eddie. Let's not talk about it.

No, Richard, I'm serious.

Maybe I can be of some help here.

You can't believe me.

Is there anything we can't talk about? Now, come on.

What do you want to know? Yeah.

Current debts, credit cards, bank loans, about $25,000.

Is that all?

I can get you that in an afternoon.

Leave it to me, Boobie. Three to six weeks, okay?

What kind of interest are we talking about? No kind of interest. I don't loan

money to my friends.

It's a gift.

Our greatest glory, Dickie boy, is not in never falling, but in rising every

time we fall.

Oh, you see? Now you left yourself over for that one. You deserved it. Now come

on. Come on. That's it. Come on. That's it.

Come on. Come on.

That's it.

That's it.

Come on. Come on. Keep it in. Keep it in, all right? Now keep...

Did he? Call an ambulance.

Thank you, Dr. Pettering. Talk to you tomorrow.

Do you know how to read this?

Call if you need anything. I will. Thanks a lot.

Take care.

Poor guy.

I feel terrible. He didn't look as bad as I thought. You know, that he...

Didn't he say he was coming to take us out to dinner?

Okay, everybody, five minutes.

Okay. Priscilla?

Baby.

Could you come here and help me?

Sure, sure.

What is it?

I'd like to get up. I've been lying in the same position too long.

Okay, okay, here.

You grab onto me. Okay, be careful, please. I will do, I will. Now, on

three, okay?

Okay. Ready?

One, two... Wait, slow.

There you go.

Oh. Okay, Richard.

Richard.

Don't touch me. Don't.

Just give me a little air.

I can't move.

I can't move.

Or can I?

Oh, that's much better.

Well... Well, what's this?

Your insurance company.

Neck and back scares the shit out of them.

I'm in the business, pal. It was easy. I got this pet doctor.

It was nothing.

Oh, I'm gonna keep five, if that's okay with you guys.

Yes, Priscilla.

It's true.

It was a scam, and I'm terribly, terribly sorry.

You broke the law, Eddie.

For us?

What are friends for?

Oh, I don't think we can accept this. We appreciate it. We really do. I love this

woman. I don't think we can accept it.

It's not that we don't need the money.

Priscilla, please, don't insult me.

I did this for you.

For you.

Now, come on.

I've been wearing that necklace for weeks.

What do you say?

I don't know what to say.

But thanks.

Can't sleep?

No.

You think too much.

What about you?

I don't know.

Is Priscilla asleep?

What about Eddie?

He's at the Watkins.

You know, the people that own the cabins.

Probably trying to buy the place.

Always looking for a deal.

How long you been married?

Thirteen?

Fourteen years.

Have you been faithful all those years?

Yeah, what about you?

Some kind of old-fashioned that way.

Both are.

Give him hell.

Like a child you do Darling,

don't let me down

I love you so

And I guess you know That

I'm too far gone To turn around

You want to fuck my wife, don't you?

Oh, don't look so scared, Richard. It's no big deal.

Most guys want to fuck my wife.

I've kind of gotten used to the idea.

As it happens, I'm not entirely immune to that kind of thought myself.

I mean, nobody wants to blow their marriage, God forbid.

For just one night.

Wouldn't that be... You are insane, Eddie.

Fucking insane.

I'm so safe.

Let me ask you something.

You would wake up in the middle of the night and... You know, just sort of...

and I got up in the middle of the night, went next door and crept into the other

man's bedroom.

Would they know the difference?

I think so.

And would they mind?

Richard, take a look.

They want exactly what we want.

In the heat of the moment, they'll love it.

I'll bet you a thousand dollars we could pull it off.

Eddie, come on, enough with this.

Enough?

Enough? You say enough real quick, don't you? Are you... Wait, wait. Are you

sure?

Let me tell you something.

I can't remember when I liked a guy as much as I like you, but the truth of the

matter is you're a wimp. You think you can be alive without taking risks.

There's a lot of different ways. No, you do. That's why you end up living this 50

% existence when there's 100% waiting out there to be had.

You're full of fear.

Your life is choked. You write jingles when you'd rather be doing albums. You

do it for money, but you're always in debt. You want to make love to my wife,

but you're afraid you'll get caught.

This is how you die.

Step by step.

These little things you deny yourself.

This cowardice.

Stop that. No, that is what it is. Who cares?

Who cares if we get caught? Big deal.

Ah, forget it. You've lost your juice. It's no big deal. It's your life.

Make a fist.

Too tight?

You really amaze me, Richard. You know, just when things start getting

interesting around here, you go cautious on me.

Climb back into your little shell.

And what about Priscilla?

Hasn't she told you how much more alive she feels? Eddie.

God damn it.

That's enough, okay?

Subject is closed.

It's not gonna happen.

I hope we can stay friends.

I don't know.

You make me feel bad.

You're so judgmental.

Which is different, okay? You're you and I'm me. Oh, that is absolutely right. I

got balls and you don't. I'm a giver and you're a taker. That's clear.

Well, in this particular case, it's a hell of a lot easier for you to give

than for me, pal.

I happen to sleep with my wife.

Boy, when you stick it in...

Fun in the sun.

Fun in the sun.

Fun in the sun.

When you deem me worthy, I'd like to know what happened between you and

Eddie.

All right. A little to the left, I think.

Yeah.

Perfect.

Is that a beautiful tree? Is that a beautiful tree?

What are we going to say?

Richard, will you please tell me what happened between you and Eddie?

Is it about Kay?

Did you sleep with her?

No.

Priscilla, please.

Don't be jealous.

There's nothing to be jealous of.

I'm not jealous.

It's just that... something went missing from this

marriage.

And for a while, it... seemed to come back again.

We should never have taken that money.

Now you say something?

Now you're going to make your moral judgment.

Is that what this is all about?

Eddie lacks your moral fiber?

What about gratitude, Richard?

He risked his reputation. He risked his life for us.

No, he may not.

I always play by the rules.

But at least he's in the game.

When's the last time you took a risk?

Five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two

turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me six geese a-laying, five

golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves,

and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me seven swans a-swimming,

six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three

French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me eight maids a-milking,

seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings.

calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear

tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love came to me.

Nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six

geese a-laying, five golden rings.

Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a

pear tree.

I would like to propose a toast.

To neighbors.

And friends.

Heaven, I'm in heaven, and my heart

beats so, I can hardly speak, and I seem

to find the happiness I seek.

You okay?

Fine.

There's coffee.

For so long.

obsessive fixation on his wife, and the murder weapon has your prints on it.

I played sophomore that afternoon.

Yes. Meanwhile, Otis says that your story about crossing back and forth

during the night, etc., is nonsense, and says that immediately after dinner,

around 9 p.m., he departed for Appalachia Lake, leaving his wife

behind. Now, it's a five-hour trip.

Luke Watkins of Watkins Fishing Lodge says Otis woke him at 2 a.m. for the

keys. It's a lie.

Now, the time of death has been set between 1 and 3 a.m. Now, if Otis' story

is true, the closest he could have been to his wife at the time she was killed

is somewhere in the middle of the Chattahoochee National Forest.

I'm telling you, it's a lie.

Well, you ought to consider some kind of plea.

Otherwise, unless we can break Eddie's alibi, you could be deep, deep shit.

Are they treating you okay?

Don't worry about me.

How's Laurie?

What do I tell her?

Tell her the truth.

Tell her the truth.

You have to help me understand this, Richard. Please, help me.

Please.

I thought it's what everyone wanted.

It seems like everyone is pushing me to do it, even you.

Who was pushing you to kill her?

Miss Parker, to the best of your knowledge, did any other person other

than your husband enter your room the night of the murder? No.

No, of course not.

That was your story, Richard.

I thought that was something the papers made up.

You please, you please think of some other defense, please.

How could this have happened? How could you have done this to Laurie, Richard?

How could you have done this to her?

Everyone told me not to come here today.

But I couldn't let anyone else do this for me.

I suppose I never was as strong as I pretended.

I don't have the strength to be both the good wife and the good

mother.

So I'm going to be the good mother.

I want to take Laurie away from all of this.

I want my name back.

I want a divorce.

Laurie is in hell, Richard.

And I can't save you both.

What this does is define the financial terms of the divorce to the satisfaction

of the bondsman.

Along with your car and musical instruments, this pays my initial fee

and secures the bond.

She's being very generous, acting so fast.

Well, you have 24 hours to remove whatever personal effects you want from

the house. The rest will be sold at auction to pay for your defense.

And don't get into any trouble.

My name is David Duttonville.

I'm a private investigator.

I, um... I'm gonna sit down now.

You scared me.

Door was open.

I used to live next door. Yes, I know who you are.

I thought you were still in the, uh...

I made bail.

Great.

My company, Dunville Research, has been hired by three insurance companies to

investigate a total $1.5 million double indemnity claim by Eddie Otis on his

wife Kay Otis.

In fact, we were hoping that you might be able to help us.

$1.5 million?

It is rather a lot to take out of a would-be lounge singer who never earned

a cent in her entire life.

However, there's no law against it.

She had a policy on him in the same amount.

Eddie's explanation is that they loved each other so much, he figured if either

of them got killed, they'd need a lot of compensation.

The world is a funny place.

So he went back in there.

And he beat her to death.

For money.

Just as simple as that.

Isn't that amazing?

I don't even think he liked her.

You're saying he killed Coyotes?

I checked his alibi.

It's gonna hold.

What about the people at the lodge? I wonder how much he paid them.

Me too.

But who is Eddie?

Where'd he come from?

I was hoping you knew.

Told me he was a financial advisor.

Great.

Now I know.

I'm on this for a week.

There's a limit to what one can do in a week.

I need something solid.

You got anything?

Just what I already told them.

The police know about the insurance, I suppose.

They're not interested.

I think they feel comfortable with you.

They got a good case.

Look, you got my card. Think of anything, you give me a call.

Oh, and by the way, in case you're interested, when I interviewed Otis, he

was with your spouse.

The grieving widower comforting the lonely wife.

I'm gonna get going.

Goodbye.

Richard Parker, why are you doing this to me?

Who is it?

Call the police.

Get my gun and call the police.

I've lost my wife, my child, my home.

I'm facing a death sentence or life imprisonment.

Call the police.

How do you sleep at night?

Damn it, fool.

Call the police.

Didn't he pay you enough to kill me?

I would advise you to reconsider your plea.

Thank you.

There was Olivia Cayman, Put No Headstone on My Grave, a song made

famous by a little Esther Phillips.

The blues connection here is five points and lighter.

Next.

There you go.

What happened to the contest?

Contest?

There was a blues contest on the radio. I was just listening to it.

Oh, that was last week. You must have been listening to a repeat.

There was a singer, Olivia Kamen.

Oh, she won.

But when we went out looking for her to give her the prize, she lit out.

Didn't leave an address or nothing.

What does she look like? What does she look like?

Ooh, she look good.

That's her voice.

Note if she was singing underwater.

So who got killed that night?

I don't know.

We gotta exhume the body and get a closer look.

Can't exhume the body. It was cremated. I checked on the way over.

Besides, Otis is not the only one who identified the body.

Someone else?

Doctor.

Doc?

Yeah?

Bet you $1,000.

If you call my insurance company, you will see that same doctor's name on an

insurance claim that Eddie made when he faked an accident involving my car.

You're suggesting that Otis...

went out and hired someone, probably, who resembled Kay, so you could

make love to her, and he could then beat her to death.

Yes.

I'll think about it.

Okay, okay, she's got a nice voice. Turn her off before I break down and cry.

Do you have any other recordings?

Like what?

Recordings like she made before she died.

I told you she didn't record anything.

That's my point.

No, that's my point.

We have no comparison.

A broad in some club in Five Points sounds like some broad who got snuffed

in Huntcliffe.

According to you, the accused snuffer.

I go in a corner of a thing like that, they'll laugh in my face.

And the initials? K.O., O.K., Olivia Cayman... Please, please, Mr. Parker.

I'm an old man.

Does it fall to me at this time of life to have to explain the fundamental

principles of the judicial system to a man of your intelligence?

Evidence, dear boy.

Evidence.

So find it, you old bastard.

Find it.

Hit me up.

She don't slam the door.

Call me.

Yeah, I thought you'd call me back.

I normally don't do business here at my home. What'd you find out?

She had to see.

There's not a trace so far, but there was a woman disappeared that night.

Similar appearance. Hi, honey.

The boys are waiting for you to play basketball.

This is Richard Parker, that insurance case.

Hello, Richard.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

We'll be finished here in a minute.

I'm going to start dinner.

Sorry to interrupt.

What I did find on the doctor who signed that death certificate, his name is Dr.

Pettering. He also signed Eddie's injury claim.

It seems he was a promising young doctor in Chicago.

Until he got greedy and blew himself up.

He's got a scar down one side of his face.

Yeah, otherwise he's real good looking.

A month after the murder, he and Eddie went into partnership.

They call it a residential treatment center for addictive disorders.

There was a third partner.

Third partner?

Partner in both senses of the word.

Catch my drift Your wife

If

Eddie catches you

prowling around his property he will have your veil revoked

Do any of you feel qualified to deal with him, or should we bring somebody

else in? Is that a possibility?

to go to Charleston, Richard.

Why didn't he kill the real Kay?

It would have been a lot easier.

Maybe they were partners.

Maybe he liked her too much, but I don't... Maybe they're still in touch.

It's a possibility, I guess.

It's my last possibility.

So you don't feed the bread like this.

Hi, Eddie.

Yeah, I got them. I'm on my way.

No, I think we should stay, and Lori goes back in a few days, and she seems a

bit upset lately, so it'd be great if we could, you know, spend the night in the

house.

All right.

I'll see you in a little while. Okay.

Bye-bye.

She's alive.

Another one of Eddie's scams.

This one was for a million and a half.

Oh, Richard.

Oh.

Just play the tape.

For Eddie.

Tonight.

May I go now?

How's Laurie?

Can I see her?

Please.

Please.

Priscilla.

Where are you staying?

Carolina Motel.

For how long?

That depends.

Be careful.

I'll see her in the by and by

Tell her that I'm

finally free From all

the trouble you caused me

Don't put no headstone on

me

All my life I've been a slave

Just put me down and let

me be Free from

all this misery

It sounded so much like Kay.

It really got to me.

Where did you find that?

I got it in the mail.

It's from Richard.

I got it in the mail.

Oh, that poor sick bastard.

What's he trying to do to us?

He finds some girl that sounds like Kay, he records it and sends it here?

It's just part of the life.

And you hear something like this, and it just brings it all back.

You got anything?

Got, uh, three Memphis.

I got a Memphis.

Savannahs.

Savannah here. Atlantic City, New York, Chicago.

Savannah,

Savannah, Savannah, four Savannahs.

Same day that Eddie heard the tape.

Same number. 9-1-2.

5-5-5-3-7-2-2.

Can I give it a try? No, you do it. You do it.

Just ask for Olivia Kamen.

Hello?

Hello?

Ask off the hotel?

Uh, can you give me Olivia Kamen's room?

That's K-A-M-E-N.

What can I do for you?

I'm looking for an Olivia Kamen.

She's down at the Dominion Cafe.

Where's that?

It's a joint on East Broadden Bay.

Could you walk it from here?

No, but you could.

Once my cup was overflowing

And I gave nothing in

return Now I

can't begin to tell you What I'm

missing What I'm missing Lesson I learned

Looking back

Over my deep

I can see inside The

wise man he's But I know

Yes, I know

I'll never make that same mistake

again

But I

know, yes I know

I'll never make that same

I can't go in there.

Where is she?

Olivia Kamen, where is she?

She's gone.

Olivia Kamen, which room?

All the way at the top on the roof.

That night after we played baseball he told me to go up to the lake to Watkins

Lodge and stay out of sight Next

morning shows up on his motorbike

Go out on the lake

And then he said if I told anyone, he'd say I'd known all along.

Then I went to Canada.

And I tried to forget.

What I did to you.

Yes. There's a David Duttonville downstairs.

He wants to see you.

Alone.

Thank you.

Thank you.

How was Atlanta?

I missed you.

Looks like somebody in your family's been traveling.

One, two, three, four shirts, one suit.

Tuesday?

Thank you.

And you're sure it was Richard?

The desk man said he saw him go upstairs when this came in. There were

fingerprints all over the place.

The Savannah police think that by now there's a good chance he may have left

Savannah.

Do you want us to put some men up by the house?

No, I have a 24-hour guard. We have very tight security.

Do you mind if we just check around your property to make sure you're adequately

protected? No, I'd appreciate that.

Sure Hello,

yes it is

Now?

Well, it's a little... All right, tell them I'll be over.

Yeah, five minutes.

Yeah, okay.

The police are over at the clinic. They want me to come by.

How are you?

Fine.

You've been through a lot today.

How long will it be long?

But I can see things, Priscilla.

I can see things nobody can.

I'm so good at predicting that I can read

tomorrow's headline.

A man last night broke into the home of his ex-wife.

tragically too late, Eddie Otis, the woman's... the dead woman's friend,

shot and killed him.

The man, Richard Parker, was already wanted in connection with several

other... Oh, yes, he's here.

Priscilla, he's in the house right now, wondering...

make his final move.

Why?

Because I wanted him to.

He's my puppet.

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Traffic is flowing smoothly on all major arteries.

In other news today, an Atlanta court threw out all charges against Richard

Parker in the murder case that shocked the city earlier this year.

Parker, the court concluded, was set up by his neighbor Eddie Otis in what

veteran insurance investigator David Duttonville called one of the most

diabolical life insurance scams on record.

When asked about his future plans, Mr. Parker said he intends...