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Next on Vegas.

Black roses. Somebody's idea of a joke.

>> Hope you like black roses. You'll need

them next time you get in my way.

Martin,

>> I want to quit. Robin, I want to retire

the act and go home. I want to go home

and sort out my life.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Will you relax?

>> Mossing up the makeup, Jeremy.

>> I'm sorry, Kirk.

Where have you been?

>> Well, excuse me. I didn't realize my

leash was too long.

>> Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that

way. But I've been calling all over the

hotel trying to find you.

>> I was with the lighting man. I just got

your message. What's wrong this time,

Jeremy?

>> Look at this.

Look, as long as you're up on stage

performing, you're going to attract

attention. Now, some of it's going to be

sick.

some of it. Robin, you're my manager.

You see the kind of garbage I'm getting.

>> Why don't you call in the police?

>> Oh, sure. Call in the police. Give the

crank his kicks from the headlines. Big

star Jeremy Wells cracks under pressure.

Look, Jeremy, you're just tired. Believe

me. Or or you wouldn't worry about

anything like this.

>> All right,

we'll play it your way.

That's better.

>> Leave a crank alone and he'll bore

himself to death.

>> That's what the audience is going to do

if you don't hustle.

>> What time is it?

>> 15 minutes to curtain.

>> 15 minutes.

>> Robin, would you get me a glass of milk,

please?

>> Sure.

>> Is that the work of some kind of crank?

Well, is it?

>> Answer me that, Robin.

>> Eyes on the target. And wham, one shot,

one gun. And

>> Barb was going to be there.

She's my favorite. You know the Barbara

Stry was my favorite. I want to get a

rocket. You give me not Barbara St.

>> Get out of here. Barbara St. I know

Barbara St.

>> Jeremy Wells. He's the world's greatest

illusionist. Now be quiet.

>> It's not Barbara Sten.

At least I didn't make it hat. I guess I

didn't make it. Get ready for love cuz

I'm a come. I simply got to mark my

heart.

Nobody,

nobody

is going to

rain on

All right.

Heat.

Excuse

me.

Listen, maybe we got the wrong lady,

guy, whatever.

>> That's the kind of ignorant remark we

can do without. Well, you'll have to

excuse us. Uh, Miss

>> I'm Robin Andrews, Jeremy Wells personal

manager. He asked me to meet you.

>> Yeah, well, he didn't remember me when

he came off stage. Any reason?

>> When Jeremy's into a character like

Barbara Streryand, he loses total track

of himself.

>> Ah, you mean he thinks he really is

Barbara Sterand?

>> Well, he had you convinced, didn't he?

>> Well, on the phone he mentioned

something about death threats. Do you

know anything about that?

>> Jeremy Wells is exhausted. His

imagination is working overtime. He He

just needs rest.

>> Well, the man on the phone sounded more

than tired. He sounded scared.

>> Look, cranks are an occupational hazard

to a performer like Jeremy. Now, that

doesn't mean they're going to kill him.

>> Yeah, well, just the same. I promised to

talk to him. Well,

>> go ahead. You have 15 minutes before he

goes to his suite to rest.

He's all right.

>> Windsor.

>> Yeah.

Beth, 7 seconds. Come on.

>> Hey, Beth. Uh, did you see anybody come

out that door?

>> No, just you, Dan. Every time I see you,

you're running. Slow down next time

you're in my neighborhood.

>> Sure.

>> Is he okay?

>> Yeah, I think it's just a scratch.

>> Ben, you better go try to find security.

>> Yeah.

Mr. Wells,

>> you must be Tana.

>> I appreciate you coming.

>> Yeah. What happened here?

>> I don't know. I I had taken my wig off

and I was starting to take my makeup off

and uh all of a sudden the lights went

out and somebody attacked me.

>> Where's Kirk? He should have been here.

>> He went to get a jacket in the suite.

>> Who's Kirk?

>> He's my makeup man.

>> Can you describe the man who attacked

you? No, I didn't. But I swear it was

the same one that sent that thing.

It

>> was in a refrigerator.

Look, Mr. Tana, I need help.

>> We've got a very good police department

here.

>> We We don't want the police involved in

this.

>> You might not have a choice. I've got a

lieutenant friend who frowns on assault.

Well, if you don't think you can do as

well as the police,

>> Miss Andrews, you don't seem to be too

anxious to have anybody help here.

>> Look, she's she's just worried about bad

press, that's all. The hotel told me

here that you're the best. Now, look,

you've got to find the person that's

doing this to me before I go crazy.

>> Excuse me.

We checked everyone. No one backstage

saw anything unusual.

>> It's okay, Bins. Right. I'll make a

report tomorrow. Mr. Wells is my client.

Hey,

>> don't tell me you've got head start on

the Easter parade. Ed, sir,

>> I've seen prettier mug shots. Where's

the rest of it?

>> Well, the rest is unofficial and it's

whatever the lab boys can come up with.

>> Which means using

>> that department? Yes, I know.

>> Would you like to give me a reason why I

should spend the taxpayers money to

investigate a head of a doll?

>> Well, this is the latest in a series of

threats against a taxpayer.

>> How long has it been going on?

>> Six, seven months. Calls, notes, fright

tactics.

Somebody ever tell these people to call

the police?

>> Well, I told them, Dave, but they

wouldn't listen.

>> All right, I'll see if Jackson can get

it again.

>> Good. I owe you one.

>> One.

>> Do I already owe you one?

>> Get out of here. Here I'm going.

Now you watch your calm, Mr. Anna,

because that explosion could have been

more than just a recording on a tape

deck.

My name is Martin, Mr. Tana,

and I warn you that the next blast is

going to blow you to hell.

I'm going to kill Jeremy Wells.

And if you interfere, I'll kill you,

too.

I'm going to kill Jeremy Wells.

And if you interfere, I'll kill you,

too.

>> I don't understand why the first 10

minutes was music.

>> Well, whoever left that tape in my

te-ird wanted to make sure I was far

enough away from Metro before I got

their little message.

>> The creeps.

>> Listen, you said there no fingerprints

on this. Is there any way we can trace

it?

>> Well, maybe. Why don't you take that

tape over to the voice specialist at the

university? Maybe could tell us a little

bit more about our mysterious Martin.

>> Okay. and you start checking the motel

and hotels and see if anybody remembers

checking in somebody with this strange

speech pattern. All right, see you.

>> Where you going to be?

>> I'll be talking with Jeremy Wells trying

to find out why he's on Martin's hate

list.

>> The night

is bitter.

The stars have lost their glitter. The

winds grow colder.

Suddenly, you're older.

And all because

of the man

that got a word.

>> Wasn't she fantastic?

>> Yeah, she sure was.

>> So, now you know what Jeremy Wells does

in his spare time. Study tapes, movies.

It's all part of the homework, you know.

>> Yeah.

>> Well, I hear you're a sellout.

Congratulations.

>> Oh, I've been lucky.

>> And I work hard, too.

>> Hard enough to step on somebody's toes.

>> I think I'd remember if I hurt anyone

that badly. Why?

>> Well, someone left a tape message in my

car yesterday.

Someone with a grally voice who called

himself Martin. Do you know who that is?

>> No.

Hello.

>> You're a dead man, Jeremy.

When I say die, you'll die.

Die.

>> It's got to stop. It's just got to stop.

>> Jeremy, it's not an it. That's a person

out there. Do you know who it is?

>> I don't know anybody with that voice. In

fact, I don't know anybody at all these

days.

My family's dead. There's only Robin and

Kirk, my makeup man.

>> Yeah, I've wanted to talk to him, but he

never seems to be around.

>> He's staying here at the hotel.

How can he help? How long have you known

him?

>> Ever since I started. But but I trust

him.

>> Same thing with Robin.

>> Oh, of course.

She's been with me now for about a year

since I changed managers.

>> Why'd you change managers?

>> Doesn't matter. It was um personal. When

it was personal.

>> Yeah. Well, so is your life until it's

over and then it'll be just an item in

the obituary column.

Dan,

it was a personal difference.

It has nothing to do with any of the

things that are happening now. Believe

me, I just rather not talk about it.

>> Jeremy, why don't you let me decide

what's important? Now, if I'm going to

help you, I have to have the whole

picture.

>> Well, in that case, then let's just

forget it. Forget the whole damn thing.

I don't need your help anyway.

Why don't you think about it and let me

know?

The Tana investigation.

>> Talk to me, Beatatrice.

>> Okay. Looking for a maniac with a funny

voice box is like bobbing for apples in

the ocean.

>> Well, if it were easy, anybody could do

it. Listen, B, did you happen to know

Jeremy Wild's old manager?

>> Uh, Simon Bowwin. Yeah, I met him a few

times when I was a show girl.

>> Yeah. Uh, you happen to know where I

could find him?

>> Well, he owns the night oasis at the

jockey club. Uh, that opens around

midnight.

>> Okay. If Benzer calls in tonight, tell

him I'll be at the disco hustling up

some answers.

>> Oh, do you do the hustle?

>> That's what I do for a living.

>> Bye-bye.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Get out. Get out of the car.

>> Now, what the hell do you think you're

doing?

>> Well, I figured if I followed you long

enough, you'd lead me to whoever's

threatening Jeremy. And what do you

intend to do with him when you find him?

>> Pay him off. And you, too, if I needed

to.

>> What this guy is doing, whoever he is,

is committing a criminal offense. I'm

going to send him to jail. And if you're

not careful, you're going to find

yourself in an accessory.

>> If I'm not one already.

>> You got it, lady. And if you didn't

know, payoffs lead to payoffs.

>> You really know how to make a person

feel dumb.

Do you feel dumb?

Do you feel dumb?

>> Well, that's perfect because what you're

doing is dumb.

>> Okay. Okay. I'm sorry, but I want to

help.

>> Then go home. Stop following me.

>> I won't follow you if you take me with

you.

>> You're not going to come.

>> And don't say no because Jeremy is as

much my responsibility as he is yours.

>> Responsibility? Huh?

Is that what it is?

>> I'll pick you up at the DI at 11:30. I'd

feel safer in the passenger seat than

driving out on the roads.

On second thought, maybe you better wait

out here.

>> Oh, no. You're going to talk to Baldwin,

and I've got a few bones to pick with

him myself.

>> Well, pick them on your own time. This

is my time to get information. And I

don't need you two screeching at each

other like a couple of alleys. Stay

here.

Oh yes, brothers and sisters in the

secret order of good time, fun, and

romance. We are gathered here to get the

feeling and to get down with one

another.

>> Hey, how you doing?

I got the word from that foxy lady that

you are here to see Simon the chic.

>> Yeah. Where is he?

>> Behind closed doors.

>> Yes. Thanks.

>> Hey, why don't you step? He's got two

big dudes that stick close to him and uh

bees do to a hive.

>> Why is that?

>> Everybody, we going boogie here tonight.

Yes, indeed.

>> What? He was a big- time manager back

east for years till he got in a little

squabble with a big kingpin.

>> Yeah. Over what?

>> Who knows? Some say gambling Marcus was

his problem. Right now he's avoiding if

you know what I mean.

>> I know what you mean. Thanks.

>> Come on everybody. We going to dance

now. Make romance. I want to see

everybody lips kissing out there.

>> Hey, where's your tape machine? Your

boss ever use it to make his own

recordings?

>> Don't know. I'm going to have to ask

you. I'll do that.

>> Everybody boogie now. I say the

vibrations in here are fantastic. Yeah.

>> Hi guys.

Uh just relax. I just want to talk about

Jeremy Wells. All right.

>> Sit down.

really big guys.

>> I don't represent him anymore.

>> Why not?

>> I don't have time for instability.

Jeremy's unstable in every way. Always

late for bookings. Never made the press

conferences I'd set for him. Late for

shows.

>> Liar.

>> I thought I told you not to.

>> You worked him into the ground and he

fired you.

>> Miss Andrews, don't blame me for his

shattered nerves. His sister shattered

them and I fired him, not vice versa.

>> Now, just hold on here a second. I

understand you've got a few markers on

your back. Now, you wouldn't be trying

to extort money from threatening Jeremy

Wells's life, would you?

>> Talking to the wrong manager.

>> Jeremy's old business.

>> I'm into youth these days.

>> Gambling man, huh? We going to boogie

here tonight.

>> Baldwin, I hope you're telling me the

truth. Cuz I hate it when people lie to

me. If I find out you've been making

tapes and leaving him in my car, I might

do something rash like come back here

and make you eat half the sound system

in this disco.

You can bet on it.

These are very bad for your health, too.

I don't believe it, Dan. Jeremy told me

he got rid of Baldwin.

>> Well, if it wasn't working, it doesn't

matter who got rid of who. What about

Jeremy's sister?

>> Alice?

She died last year. It really destroyed

Jeremy, but he never mentions her.

>> Did you know her?

No, but from what Kirk told me, she

practically raised Jeremy. Their folks

were killed in some kind of accident

back in Virginia.

Alice dropped dead right before one of

Jeremy's performances.

>> Yeah,

>> Tana, I thought you would like to know

that Jeremy is taking up smoking and he

is playing with fire.

Jeremy's in trouble.

Jeremy, wake up.

You all right?

>> Operator, give me the voice.

You called me over here because some

dummy smoked in bed.

>> Dave, Jeremy Wells doesn't smoke.

>> Where is he?

>> The doctor took him into the other suite

to examine him.

>> All right, then you tell me. If Jeremy

doesn't smoke, why is it that the

package of cigarettes we found on his

dressing table had his fingerprints all

over it? Is

>> that right?

>> That's right.

>> Well, what about the the dummies head in

the wig that I dropped by? The lie boys

get anything?

>> Well, I was going to call you about that

tomorrow morning. Now, the makeup is

standard, but the wig is custom. Was

made for a

Kirk Dobson. Do you know him?

>> That's Jeremy's makeup man.

>> Would you like to tell me what this is

all about?

>> I will after I talk to somebody. Okay.

>> Okay.

But that information better be worth

waiting for.

Let's hope it is.

>> Kirk Dobson.

>> Yes.

>> My name is Tanner.

I'm a private investigator. I'm working

for Jeremy Wells.

>> Jeremy's not here. What do you need? I

need to know where you were at 1:30 when

his bed was set on fire.

>> Fire?

Is he all right?

>> Yeah, he's going to be fine.

>> I was here.

You don't think I'd do something like

that? You're crazy. I've been with

Jeremy since the beginning. There was

nobody but that old nag of a sister

around.

>> Are you talking about Alice Wells?

>> Who else fits the description?

>> I thought he loved his sister very much.

Oh,

>> we can act.

not that good. And here he was, the best

in the world at what he does. And she

wants to drag him back to run some 150y

old farm in Virginia. Yeah.

How did you die?

>> We were in Miami. Jeremy was about to go

on stage.

They were quarreling about the same old

thing. She killed over of a stroke and

died.

It was after that that the weird notes

and strange phone calls started coming.

>> Was she married?

>> Only to that chunk of land her family

left them.

Kirk, you uh you buy all the wigs for

Jeremy, don't you?

>> Yeah,

but I didn't put one on that god-awful

thing that rolled out of the fridge. I'm

telling the truth. You can check me out

all you want.

>> I intend to.

Well, what happened to you? You look

terrible. Always an encouraging word

from you. I love being a private

detective in this town. Get cleaned up

and I'll tell you all about it.

>> Okay. But before you do, I want you to

see something. Been wearing me all

evening.

>> I went out to do some errands when I

came back. This was here.

>> Black roses. How charming.

Somebody's idea of a joke.

>> I don't know.

Did you leave the door unlocked?

>> No, I lock it.

Wax. Somebody made an impression of the

lock so they can make a key.

I want you to stay put. I'll get cleaned

up and then I'll have a look around.

I

>> was hoping you'd say that.

Dan,

can you hear me?

>> Yeah.

>> I put the name Morton through the

reservation bank as a last resort, and I

came up with 32 places where Morton's

staying. I'll check on all of them,

though.

>> Good. How'd Benzer do? Well, the

professor he talked to said the speech

pattern on the tape was a phony, but it

was put on by somebody that can really

manipulate their voice.

>> Well, maybe Martin's real voice was so

recognizable he tried to disguise it.

>> Maybe

Oh,

>> that's okay.

>> It could have been acid. Tana, hope you

like black roses. You'll need them next

time you get in my way. Martin. Dan,

>> I want you to get out of here. This

place could be booby trapped.

>> I'm not going to leave you here. Be

>> No. Get out of here.

Tana

>> Tana Benzer I checked every flower shop

in Las Vegas and nobody ordered black

roses yesterday.

>> Binser, those flowers were fresh.

>> I can't help that. Listen, black roses

do not occur in nature. So, if you want

black roses, you have to order white

roses and dye them black. And that's a

special order, the kind that they

remember, and nobody made one.

>> Well, maybe they sent out white roses

and Martin dyed them black.

>> Oh, come on. You know how long it would

take to check out every order of white

roses that was sent out yesterday?

>> Well, run them down. The man who left

those flowers, Benzer, is the man we're

looking for. Now, if only one floor

talked to him, we'll have a lead.

>> We'll have a lead. Okay, I'll check it.

I'll talk to you later. Bye-bye.

I've been looking for you.

This was the last place I expected to

find you in the middle of the day.

>> I want to quit, Robin. I want to retire

the act and go home.

I want to go home and sort out my life.

>> Jeremy, you'd stagnate. You'd go crazy.

>> I feel like I already am.

Oh, Robin,

if you only knew of some of my

nightmares.

And what about me?

Don't I figure into this at all?

Tell the hotel I'm canceling my

engagement. Tonight is my final

performance.

>> Well, that sounded pretty final

all the way around.

>> Robin.

Robin.

Hi.

>> Hi.

>> You look troubled.

>> I'm leaving Las Vegas.

If you tell me how much I owe you, I'll

uh see that you get paid.

>> But I haven't found Martin yet.

>> You don't need to now.

>> Yeah, I need to. All right. I don't like

people invading my home.

>> I was hoping I wouldn't involve anyone

else.

>> Now it seems I brought in just about

everyone I know. Uh

>> Jeremy, can you tell me a little bit

about your sister? Is there anybody who

could be bitter enough to blame you for

her death?

>> Nobody could blame me.

Even if I had killed her, she was

doesn't matter. She's dead.

>> You two hated each other so much. Why

did she want you to come back?

>> We came from a very old family. Our land

was our livelihood from long before the

Revolutionary War.

>> And after your parents died.

>> I was five. Alice was 14.

She took the responsibilities until I

grew up. But by then I I didn't want any

part of the family tradition or the

business.

>> You went on stage and she never forgave

you for it.

>> Maybe I'd never forgiven myself.

Listen about tonight. I'd feel a hell of

a lot safer if you were in the audience.

>> Jeremy, I just want you to consider that

this Martin character, for whatever

reason, might be trying to terrorize you

into breaking. He's never attacked

without warning. If he wanted you dead,

he could have killed you already.

>> There's always a first time.

The night

is bitter.

The stars have lost their glitter.

The winds grow colder.

Suddenly you're older.

And all because

of the man

that got away.

No more

his eager call.

The writings on the wall,

the dreams you've dreamed

have all gone.

>> This is you kill her.

>> Turn on the auxiliary lights. Block the

exit.

Call ambulance.

>> Jeremy was lucky. The doc said he came

close to ending up in a pathologist lab

with a hole in his heart.

>> Is he okay now? No,

>> he's resting in a sweet Robins. A house

electrician found it. Said it was rigged

to shut off the main circuit breaker.

Mhm. Looks like a program timer from a

video cassette machine.

>> Jeremy had one just like it on his

machine.

>> All right, I'm going to talk to him.

I'll ask him about it.

>> Dan. Hi. Excuse me. I found Martin.

>> What?

>> Listen, you were right about the

flowers. Someone made an order for white

roses and even asked how you go about

dying them or painting them.

>> Did you get a description?

>> Well, no. He phoned the order in, but

the guy said he had a real grally voice

just like the one on the tape.

>> If nobody picked the flowers up, where

were they delivered?

>> Right here in the hotel, room 1233.

>> All right, I'll take care of it. Do you

uh want a couple of officers?

>> I don't want to spook this guy. I'll

call you. All right.

>> All right, I'll be at Jeremy's. Officer,

get that to the lab right away.

Should I?

Who is it?

>> Lieutenant Nelson, Metro Police.

I'd like to ask Mr. as well some

questions.

>> Come on in.

>> Thank you.

Jeremy,

Jeremy.

This is Lieutenant Dave Nelson. Get

Metro Police Station.

Hello.

>> When I say die, you'll die.

>> No. What's the matter here? Who is this?

>> Benzer, it's me. I'm in Martin's room.

>> Dan, did you get him? No, but I found an

automatic telephone dialing machine.

>> What did he need that for?

>> Well, I figured to delay the threats

long enough so he could be around to

receive them.

>> But why? I don't understand.

>> Except for you, Jeremy's the only one

that got him.

>> I know.

>> Where's Jeremy right now?

>> He's disappeared. Lieutenant Nelson has

half the police force looking for him.

>> Dan.

>> Dan.

>> Page. Lieutenant Nelson.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Stop.

Don't come any closer. I'll jump.

>> Who will jump? Jeremy or Martin?

>> Jeremy is dead. There is no Jeremy. No,

he's not dead.

When you stabbed him on stage, he didn't

die.

I mean, if he died, you wouldn't have a

body.

>> This is my body. Oh,

>> it belongs to both of you.

You share it.

Jeremy might not know about you, Martin,

but you know about him.

This was really a joke on Jeremy.

Sometimes I took over for days, then I'd

go away.

He didn't know where he'd been or what

he had done.

He just thought he was crazy.

Jeremy's not dead, but he will be if you

fall off that railing.

>> He's dead.

I killed him for Alice. You loved Alice,

didn't you?

She She raised us.

We must love her.

And he made her die.

>> Martin, Alice died of a stroke and would

have no matter what kind of argument she

had with Jeremy. You don't have to be

two people to cope with your love and

hate for Alice.

>> You're trying to confuse me.

Jeremy, don't think about Alice. Think

about yourself.

Be yourself.

I want to live.

>> No,

you're dead. I killed you. Jeremy tried

want to live

dead. Jeremy

dead.

Stop.

It's gone.

Jeremy, don't give up.

What would happen to Judy,

all the wonderful performers that live

through you if you give up?

Don't give in to Martin.

Don't give in,

Dan.

Am

I

that God?

Oh,

heat, heat.

Ladies and gentlemen, I think a toast is

in order.

>> More like a thanks to you. Jeremy's

agreed to have psychiatric treatment.

I think he's going to be all right now.

>> I don't usually come out looking like

this, but uh this is a very special

evening for me.

I'd like to sing this song

to a very, very special young lady.

>> And she's sitting right right out there.

Day after day,

I must face a world of strangers

where I don't belong.

I'm not that strong.

It's nice to know that there's someone I

can turn to

who will always care.

You're always there

when there's no getting over

that rainbow.

When my smallest of dreams won't come

true,

I can take all the madness the world has

to give.

But I won't last a day

without you.

Heat.

Heat.

Yeah.

Heat.