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This show
is going to run forever!
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[Woman]Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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What we're dealing with here
is a perfect crime.
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The entire company
will have you to thank
when the show closes.
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He smells blood.
He's circling like a vulture.
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Everybody's a critic.
Consider yourself
an arrested person.
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Actors and rewrites-
That's a worse combination
than drinking and driving.
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Pow! Right in the kisser!
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- That's it!
- Jessica! After all
we've been through!
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[Man]Good evening.
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Elliot Easterbrook with your Live At 5:00
Mini Cam at the Woolcott Theatre.
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Do you know that it has been
said that the theater is a temple?
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If so, it is a temple which has
frequently worshipped false gods.
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Only time and astute critical judgment
will tell if Mainely Murder,
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which opens here tomorrow night,
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will honor the gods
or yet again, profane them.
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Now you and I have the benefit of
meeting the show's creators...
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before they have to face
the critical faculty.
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With us this evening,
are producer Shayna Grant,
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who in the past has brought us such
unforgettable evenings in the theater...
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as the musical biography
of Louis XVI,
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uh, Heads, You Lose.
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524 performances, Elliot!
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And J.B. Fletcher, whose book
Murder Comes to Maine,
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forms the basis of this... play.
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And don't you look just like
a mystery writer from Maine?
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Thank you. Uh, those are two things
of which I'm very proud.
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Yes, and neophyte playwright
Walter Knapf,
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who has adapted
Mrs. Fletcher's book to the stage.
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Mr. Knapf, you must be terribly
excited to see your opus go
straight to Broadway.
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Uh, yes.
I'm- I'm thrilled, uh-
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[Clears Throat]
Excited-That's the word.
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Yes, and you must be exhaustedfrom doing all those rewritesyou're working on.
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Oh, no rewrites, Elliot.The play works like a dream.
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Uh, Mrs. Fletcher, I must tell you
that I'm not particularly interested
in mysteries.
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However, there's onethat intrigues me-
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How a neophyte playwright was able
to convince an experienced writer...
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to let him adapt her property.
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Well, Mr. Easterbrook,
that is an easy mystery to solve.
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You see, Walter was a very
talented student of mine.
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So there's no truth in the rumors
that you've rushed into town
to do emergency rewrites.
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No rewrites, Elliot.
[Jessica]Uh, Mr. Easterbrook,
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I am here to attend the opening nightand to bask in Walter's success.
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Uh, bask?
Is that a prediction, Mrs. Fletcher,
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or just... hype?
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Isn't it true that the only thingyou can predict about the theateris that it is unpredictable?
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Oh, bravo, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Oh, you must have stayed up
all night thinking that one up.
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No, actually. Moliere did it for me
about 200 years ago.
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[Man Laughs]
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Pow! Right in the kisser!
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[Laughs]
Hey, I like that broad!
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[Woman]Not too smart though.
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Easterbrook's going to reviewher show in about 24 hours.
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Come on, Denise. A single cell battery's
got more power than that smirk in a suit.
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A lot of people
watch his review, Danny.
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Yeah. And they forget about
what he said...
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by the time the airhead
gets on with the weather report.
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Oh! I forgot!
The only people who count...
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are the ones who read
Danny O'Mara's reviews
in the Chronicle.
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You better believe it.
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I'm not sure that I really wantto do another TVinterviewafter yesterday, Mr. Mapost.
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I know. I know.
It wasn't that flattering.
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- But it did get us a lot of exposure.
- Easterbrook is going to kill us.
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He smells blood.
He's circling like a vulture.
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Now if you could get usan interview with Danny O'Mara-
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Danny O'Mara?Are you crazy?
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Just try and get
the most popular critic
in the city to do an interview.
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Oh, then he must be
the drama critic on the Chronicle.
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J.B. Fletcher!
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Danny O'Mara,
and I like your style, lady.
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Well, thank you. Uh, that's very
flattering from a fellow writer.
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Oh, I never read any of your books.
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I'm talkin' about the way
you took out that hack Easterbrook.
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Say, Danny-
Uh,
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off the record,J.B.,have you seen your show yet?
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Uh, no. No, actuallywe're seeing a dress rehearsalright after lunch.
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Oh. Well, from what I hear,
you better make it a light lunch.
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He's gonna draw and quarter us.
He's gonna flay our entrails
all over Times Square.
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Actually, he'll give you
a clean shot.
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Oh, uh, Jessica, Walter,
this is Denise Quinlan,
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Danny's right hand,
his left hand and entire brain.
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Not at all. L-I'm more like
the guy who walks behind
the elephant in the parade.
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[Chuckles]
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Believe it or not, you'll get
a fairer shake from Danny
than any of the others.
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Ah. Which makes me a little
trepidatious about the others.
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Well, you'll find outsoon enough... at the party.
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I guess I'll see all of you
there tonight.
Nice meeting you.
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[Clears Throat]
You mean, you actually invite critics
to the opening night party?
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No. That was Shayna's idea.
You know, she does it all the time.
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She, uh, thinks it's good publicity.
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Oh, my gosh! Why are youlistening to me?We got a rehearsal to go to.
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Uh, Jessica, just a second.
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Now, I know that you liked
the first draft that I sent you-
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Walter, you don't have to fish
for compliments from me.
I like your work.
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Yeah. Well, you see, the thing is,
I just don't want you to be
upset by the witch.
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Which witch?
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Double trouble, spoil the bubble!
[Thunder Rumbling]
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Make the haystack...
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turn to rubble!
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Curtain! Curtain! Cut it!
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Put out that flame before it
burns the bloody place down!
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All right, gentlemen,
let's fix the fire before we continue.
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God, why has thou forsaken me?
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So, Mrs. Fletcher, what do you think
of our little opus so far?
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Uh, I've, uh, never seen
anything like it.
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Wait until act two.
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When that effect works properly,
it makes quite an act curtain.
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Oh. Well, it's, uh-
It's certainly very unexpected.
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But aren't you confusing Maine
with Massachusetts?
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Oh, no, no, darling.
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By including
all of perceptual New England,
we're broadening the show's appeal.
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Jason!
What's with Tony?
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He was like a black hole of energy
on that stage tonight.
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He's got flu.
Well, put in the understudy,for God's sake.
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I will not have him
dragging the show down.
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[Coughs]
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You despise and loathe it, right?
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Walter, despise and loathe
are very strong words,
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but what I don't understand
is what happened to
your wonderful first draft?
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Well, it got buried underneath
all the improvements.
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L- I figured they know
what they were doing,
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and so I did what they said,
and then suddenly we had this.
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[Sighs]
Well, who knows, Walter?
The audience will like it.
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I mean, don't they say
a bad dress rehearsal
means a great opening?
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[Horns Honking]
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[Chattering]
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Walter, calm down.
You'll get whiplash.
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My God, my entire life is
riding in that man's hands.
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I mean, what ifhe hada lousy dinner?[Jessica] Walter, listen to me.
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You are a very talented young writer,and this is only your first play.
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[Man On P.A.] Ladies and gentlemen,in tonight's performance,the role of Woodsman,
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normally played by TonyJasper,will be played by Craig Donner.
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How can they start?
Easterbrook isn't here yet!
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[Chattering]
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[Horns Honking]
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Please hurry.
Curtain going up, darling!
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I hope you don't think
by inviting me to
your postprandial party,
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you'll color my reaction
to your little play.
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Of course not, darling,
but missing the first scene might.
[Applause]
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Finally I get it!
He likes being late!
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He's only comfortable in the dark-
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like all creatures
who prey off the living.
Huh.
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[Man On P.A.]Refreshments are availableduring the intermission in the outer lobby.
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I'll get us some drinks.
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Best party I've been to in years!
Daphne was there and with Charles!
Can you believe it?
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Don't you tell me how tired you are!
Do you know what my day was like?
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First I rode the car pool.
Then I had to run all over town
looking for your golf-
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White wine and a double anything.
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First I got an estimate,
and then I gotta
knock down the wall.
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I mean, I gotta knock down
the whole wall!
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No one's talking about the play!
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Well, at least they're not saying
anything negative about it, Walter.
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Well, that's great. That means
it's taking their minds off their lives.
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All they're talking about
is their lives!
Oh, well, that is wonderful.
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That means the play
has relevance.
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You know, Easterbrook,
[Chuckles]
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All you TV blowhards
know about theater
is makeup and hair.
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Well, Mr. O'Mara, if I didn't
know better, I'd say you were
jealous of my exposure.
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Exposure?Exposure means zipwithout influence, buddy.
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And I got influence.
How tragic to mistake the power
of one's forum for one's own.
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Besides, everyone knows
the Chronicle is past its prime.
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My God, they're both
gonna hate this play!
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Gimme a break, Easterbrook.
Everyone knows you lost out
the Chronicle job to me.
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Grammatically speaking,
"out" is incorrectly used
in that sentence,
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further demonstrating
your intellectual ineptitude.
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You simpering-
You're getting violent.
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How appropriately Neanderthal.
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I need a drink.
You've just had a drink, Walter.
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I need many more.
Jessica, I'll see you at the party.
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Walter!
[Sighs]
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[Bell Dings]
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[Laughter]
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Oh, Mrs. Fletcher.
I've been just dying to meet you.
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I'm Barbara Blair.
I play Prudence the witch.
Of course.
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It's a small part.
But memorable.
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So, how did you like the play?
Uh, I've... never seen anything
quite like it.
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[Giggles]
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Denise!
Have you seen Walter anywhere?
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Uh, no, but if he's like most
playwrights, he's probably
somewhere getting plastered.
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All right, everyone.
Atenci�n, atenci�n.
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We're going to hear the review.
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Easterbrook's review.
Uh, turn this up!
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It is always
difficult to review a mystery...
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without giving away the plot.
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This unpalatable witch's brew
is such a muddle of clich�s
and troll dialogue,
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that it is impossibleto figure out the plot.
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Neophyte playwrightWalter Knapf at least hasthe excuse of inexperience.
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As for the cast,
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Vivian Cassell brings her usuallong-in-the-tooth charm to the lead.
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And Barbara Blair shines
briefly as a witch.
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TonyJasper as the Woodsmanis appropriately wooden.
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If you're looking for a good thriller,walk right by the Woolcott Theatre.
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The only mystery
about this one, folks,
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is how it ever got toBroadway in the first place.
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Elliot Easterbrook,
until we meet again.
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[Glass Shatters][Crowd Murmuring]
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My glass slipped.
[Laughter]
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J.B., you're not leaving?
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Well, it was a lovely party,
Shayna,
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but it's after 1:00, and I'd like to
get an early start in the morning
back to Cabot Cove.
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Thanks for everything.
J.B., you don't understand.
You can't leave.
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It'll look like you're deserting
the ship before the early
newspaper reviews come out.
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Shayna, what on earth
is that man doing here?
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I invited him, Jason.
I always invite him.
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But who would've dreamedhe'd have the nerve to show up?
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It does seem odd that he would
attend the party of a show he panned.
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In all my years in the theater,
I've never seen-
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And if you want many more
years in the theater, Jason,
you won't make any trouble.
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This is not the last showany of us are going to beinvolved with.
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Elliot, darling.
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We're a hit!Wait'll you see!
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This show is going to run forever!
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O'Mara loved the show!
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Walter! Are you all right?
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- Get some coffee.
- Oh, no. I'm... perfect!
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Listen to this!
"Mainely Murder
is mainly magnificent,
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the one must-see of the season. "
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And Easterbrook,
this is for you.
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"This is a real audience-pleaser,
222
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"just the kind of showa certain low-caliber, high egoTVcritic is sure to hate.
223
00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:22,554
"You know who I'm talking about.
224
00:15:22,622 --> 00:15:25,716
"That Live at Five guy
who thinks he's smarter than you.
225
00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:27,726
"Lfhe hates this show,
226
00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:32,595
maybe you should let his TVstationknow you've had enough ofhiscondescending crap. "
227
00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:35,133
- [Laughter]
- Now, I wonder who he's talking about.
228
00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:44,776
What an amusing joke.
229
00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:50,111
I wonder if Mr. O'Mara isready for the punch line.
230
00:15:50,183 --> 00:15:53,880
Elliot, you know Danny.
Well enough, Miss Quinlan.
231
00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:58,617
I think someone has to silence
this undereducated,
ill-informed windbag...
232
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permanently.
233
00:16:04,664 --> 00:16:06,825
I'd better give Danny a call.
234
00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:13,568
What? I can't hear you.You're gonna have to speaka little louder.
235
00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:15,573
Shots? Where?
236
00:16:16,576 --> 00:16:18,510
Okay.
237
00:16:18,578 --> 00:16:21,046
[Siren Wails]
238
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[Police Radio Chatter]
239
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I'm Mr. O'Mara's assistant.
They told me to come up.
240
00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:07,258
[Easterbrook]I assure you, Lieutenant, that I arrivedonly seconds before your men.
241
00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:09,817
And you just happened to be
carrying the murder weapon.
242
00:17:09,896 --> 00:17:13,662
I picked the gun up off the floor,
because I felt the assailant
might still be present.
243
00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:16,566
Who let you in?
The door was open.
244
00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:18,968
Listen, we get an anonymous call
there were some shots fired.
245
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,973
We find you standing over the bodywith the murder weapon.
246
00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:24,032
Sorry. It just doesn't sound
kosher to me.
247
00:17:24,110 --> 00:17:28,206
You said you would silence
Danny once and for all.
248
00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:32,308
Yes, silence him by costing him
his job at the Chronicle.
249
00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:34,580
I came here to tell him
I intended to sue him...
250
00:17:34,654 --> 00:17:37,953
ifhe didn't removewhat he wrote about mefor the next edition.
251
00:17:38,024 --> 00:17:40,049
[Jessica]Excuse me.
252
00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:43,290
Jarvis, Aloysius Jarvis.
You're-
253
00:17:43,362 --> 00:17:45,853
My name is Jessica Fletcher.
I'm sorry to interrupt you,
254
00:17:45,932 --> 00:17:48,366
but l- I felt it was very important
that you should know...
255
00:17:48,434 --> 00:17:52,097
that Denise and I
were at the same restaurant
as Mr. Easterbrook.
256
00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:56,631
And just-just after he left,
Denise tried to call Mr. O'Mara,
but there was no answer.
257
00:17:56,709 --> 00:17:59,109
Just because he didn't
pick up the phone
doesn't mean he was dead.
258
00:17:59,178 --> 00:18:02,739
I just wanted to be sure that
you understood that we came
straight here from the restaurant...
259
00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:06,911
and Mr. Easterbrook left only
a few moments before we did.
That's plenty of time to kill him.
260
00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:12,891
Well, forgive me, Lieutenant,
but if those shots were fired
as recently as that,
261
00:18:12,959 --> 00:18:15,450
I mean, wouldn't you have noticed
a slight smell of gunpowder?
262
00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:17,621
Well, it was a.22 caliber.
It was small.
263
00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:19,631
The smell fades fast.
264
00:18:19,699 --> 00:18:24,762
Well, maybe I'm confused,
but, uh, if Mr. O'Mara was shot
when you think that he was shot,
265
00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:30,298
uh, why does his skin
have that bluish look to it?
266
00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:33,604
Funny, he doesn't look bluish to me.
267
00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:35,670
I'm sorry, lady.
I've been on a double shift.
268
00:18:35,748 --> 00:18:38,740
I gotta book this gent
before I go into a coma.
Take him out.
269
00:18:41,554 --> 00:18:43,647
The facts will clear me,
Lieutenant,
270
00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:46,123
and then you're going to find
yourself in a spot of trouble.
271
00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:49,457
And Mrs. Fletcher,
I would sincerely appreciate it...
272
00:18:49,529 --> 00:18:51,997
if you would direct
your attention to
Murder at the Quilting Bee,
273
00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:55,124
or whatever your next potboileris going to be called,
274
00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:58,796
and leave my defense
in more capable hands.
275
00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:01,999
The guy gets paid for being insulting.
276
00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:06,568
My cousin Marvin spent
his lifetime doing that for free.
[Scoffs]
277
00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:11,746
Oh, here she is!The woman of the hour!
278
00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:14,342
You got quite a nice mention
from O'Mara, Mrs. Fletcher.
279
00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:17,719
It was a good thing
he finished his review
before he packed it in, eh?
280
00:19:17,790 --> 00:19:22,727
And wait till you hear about
the spectacular interviews that
Barney has lined up for you!
281
00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:27,232
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
You're the ones who should
be enjoying the spotlight.
282
00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:31,600
I, uh- Well, I was thinking thatsince I had so little to dowith the production,
283
00:19:31,671 --> 00:19:35,767
wouldn't you like to
take my name off the marquee?
284
00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:39,641
Oh, isn't that sweet?
285
00:19:39,712 --> 00:19:42,909
She wants Walter to take
all the credit for this success.
286
00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:47,112
But you know,J.B. Fletcherdoes mean something,
287
00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:50,121
and you know,
we do have a contract...
288
00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:54,558
stipulating your name in lightsall over New York.
289
00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:59,064
We sure are glad O'Mara
wrote his review
before he cashed in his chips,
290
00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:01,122
or we wouldn't have
any quotes at all.
291
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:06,194
What astonishes me is the motive.
Killing somebody
because he's insulted you?
292
00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:09,036
[Inhales]
I can't believe anybody's
that self-centered.
293
00:20:09,108 --> 00:20:13,977
Well, actually, the evidenceseems to indicate thatMr. Easterbrook did not kill him.
294
00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:16,879
Oh, you have
got to be kidding.
295
00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:19,110
Just when everything
was going so well.
296
00:20:19,185 --> 00:20:21,813
Anybody who kills a critic ought
to get a special Tony Award...
297
00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,821
for his contribution
to the American theater.
298
00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:26,084
I wonder who did kill O'Mara.
299
00:20:26,158 --> 00:20:28,956
[Walter]Shayna?
300
00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:32,464
Um, your message-
It, uh-
301
00:20:32,531 --> 00:20:36,900
It said something about,
uh, script... changes?
302
00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:39,665
Just a tiny touch up
here and there, darling.
303
00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:44,131
Walter, you look dreadful!
Are you-Are you ill?
304
00:20:44,210 --> 00:20:46,474
Industrial strength hangover.
305
00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:48,638
I was up most
of the night celebrating.
306
00:20:49,715 --> 00:20:52,616
Walter, Danny O'Mara
was murdered last night.
307
00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:55,483
I know. I heard.
308
00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:58,717
Did anybody see Steve Cahill's
column this morning?
Gave us a terrific write-up.
309
00:20:58,791 --> 00:21:00,952
See it? I wrote it.
[Walter]Really?
310
00:21:01,027 --> 00:21:06,465
- Read just like Cahill.
- Yeah, I have this knack for imitatingvarious columnist's style.
311
00:21:06,532 --> 00:21:09,797
It makes it easy for them.
All they have to do
is print the release.
312
00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:15,637
[Sighs]
Well, I must run along, or I'll miss my plane.
Walter, I want to wish you the very best of luck.
313
00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:21,044
- You're leaving?
- Call me when you have some time,
and we'll talk about everything. Good-bye.
314
00:21:22,581 --> 00:21:24,549
Oh, Shayna, take a look at this,
will ya?
315
00:21:29,555 --> 00:21:31,489
Jessica, please!
316
00:21:31,557 --> 00:21:36,620
You can't leave me stranded here
like this. You've gotta help me
straighten out this play!
317
00:21:36,696 --> 00:21:41,065
Everybody seems satisfied
with it the way it is,
unfortunately.
318
00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:45,729
Well, I'm not.
And I know it's more embarrassing
for me then it is for you.
319
00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:48,035
[Scoffs]
Maybe not.
320
00:21:48,107 --> 00:21:52,601
I don't know what to do, Jessica.
And I can only dread what Shayna's
changes are going to be,
321
00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:55,340
but we both know that it's
not gonna make it any better.
322
00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:58,850
Look, maybe you could take
advantage of this opportunity...
323
00:21:58,918 --> 00:22:02,376
to put back in some of the things
that you cut out of the first draft.
324
00:22:02,455 --> 00:22:05,481
Well, like what?
Well, the theme, perhaps?
325
00:22:05,558 --> 00:22:08,288
Theme?
326
00:22:08,361 --> 00:22:13,060
You mean the idea in your book
about not walking away
and letting an injustice occur.
327
00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:16,858
No? That's not it?
328
00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:19,131
Oh, that's it all right, Walter.
329
00:22:19,205 --> 00:22:21,730
And thank you for reminding me.
330
00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:25,174
You know,
there are several questions
about Mr. O'Mara's death...
331
00:22:25,244 --> 00:22:30,147
that I just can't walk away from.
332
00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:37,751
I remember enjoying readingGerald Greeley's reviews.He was very gentlemanly.
333
00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:40,758
He was the best theater critic
we ever had.
334
00:22:40,826 --> 00:22:44,557
Of course after he had that stroke,
Gerald couldn't handle
Broadway anymore,
335
00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:47,064
so now he's reviewing
television programs.
336
00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:50,796
And now you have to replace
your drama critic again.
337
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,804
Any ideas who it might be?
338
00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:56,308
What's your angle on this,
Mrs. Fletcher?
339
00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:59,435
Oh, I know. It never hurts to
steal from the headlines, right?
340
00:22:59,512 --> 00:23:01,503
Excuse me?
341
00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:07,212
Well, you're researching a new book.
Uh, Murder on the Great White Way,
that sort of thing, right?
342
00:23:07,286 --> 00:23:11,484
[Laughs]
Guilty as charged, Mr. Cullen.
343
00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:16,688
But of course, as you know,
in mysteries, timing is of
the utmost importance.
344
00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:19,356
Yeah, naturally.
I mean, for example,
345
00:23:19,432 --> 00:23:23,698
what time did Mr. O'Mara
leave here last night
after he finished his review?
346
00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:27,136
Oh, he didn't come in here at all.
He wrote at home.
347
00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:31,370
Oh, oh, I see.
You mean a messenger
picked up his review?
348
00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:34,004
No, no, no, no, no.We're all on computers now.
349
00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:37,947
You see, O'Mara wrote his reviews
on his home computer,
350
00:23:38,017 --> 00:23:41,180
and then sent it in here
by modems over the telephone.
351
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,414
Oh, my goodness.
How modern.
Oh, yeah.
352
00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:46,185
The reviews came in
on a printer, like this one.
353
00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:49,159
Oh, those machines can
do anything, except write.
354
00:23:49,228 --> 00:23:52,664
But some of our reporters
can't do that either, so-
355
00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:58,135
But the machines check outthe spelling and, um, they even notethe time pieces come in here.
356
00:23:58,204 --> 00:24:01,696
And what time did Mr. O'Mara's
review come in last night?
357
00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:05,437
Uh, let's see.
358
00:24:05,511 --> 00:24:07,638
Um, 11:15.
359
00:24:09,181 --> 00:24:13,345
Oh, I see what you're getting at.He must've died right after that.
360
00:24:13,419 --> 00:24:18,550
[Sighs]
Talk about going
with your boots on.
361
00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:23,157
Oh, Mrs. Fletcher.
Come right in.
362
00:24:23,229 --> 00:24:25,720
Mr. Cullen told me you were here.
I hope you don't mind.
363
00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:28,494
No, not at all.
I'm just cleaning out the files.
364
00:24:28,567 --> 00:24:32,162
Actually, I'm happy
for the company.
It's kind of spooky here.
365
00:24:32,238 --> 00:24:38,040
Mmm. Mr. Cullen also told me about
your new assignment- temporary
drama critic. Congratulations.
366
00:24:38,110 --> 00:24:40,510
Yeah, thanks.
Must be a little intimidating,
367
00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:43,480
stepping into the shoes of
the foremost drama critic
of New York.
368
00:24:43,549 --> 00:24:45,574
Well, no, not really.
I've done it before.
369
00:24:45,651 --> 00:24:49,678
Last year, Danny asked me to
write a review under his byline
while he was out of town.
370
00:24:49,755 --> 00:24:53,213
And nobody knew?
Well, his style was
fairly easy to copy.
371
00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:56,887
I mean, uh, he wrote
the way he talked.
372
00:24:56,962 --> 00:25:01,262
Why don't I show you?
His program from last night
should be over here somewhere.
373
00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:04,930
He always scribbled notes all
over his program,
374
00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:07,734
and they showed up verbatim
in his review.
375
00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:10,536
Here. See?
Yes.
376
00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:17,346
Denise, that's odd.
Hmm?
377
00:25:17,416 --> 00:25:20,283
I mean, these notes aren't
anything like his review.
378
00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:23,981
"Barbara Blair, hammy.
Dialogue stiff and unprofessional."
379
00:25:24,056 --> 00:25:26,490
Really?
I hadn't had a chance
to look at it yet.
380
00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:28,959
Craig Donner, "amateurish."
381
00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:31,258
Oh, yes, of course,
he was the last-minute
cast change.
382
00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:33,798
But he certainly didn't like
any of the actors here.
383
00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:37,597
Well, this is weird. Why would his
review be so favorable?
384
00:25:37,670 --> 00:25:40,298
I don't suppose
you have a copy of his review?
385
00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:42,306
Uh, no, but I have the original.
386
00:25:43,509 --> 00:25:46,000
Oh, you mean
it's in the computer?
Yeah, sure.
387
00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:48,012
[Typing]
388
00:25:53,686 --> 00:25:59,283
But, Denise, that's odd.That review doesn't squarewith his notes.
389
00:25:59,358 --> 00:26:02,259
I gather you don't write
on a computer, Mrs. Fletcher.
390
00:26:02,328 --> 00:26:06,321
Oh, no, no.
I still use my good old
bucket-of-bolts typewriter.
391
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,332
It's very noisy,
but it's comfortable.
392
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,391
Well, you should
consider switching.
393
00:26:10,469 --> 00:26:12,869
Uh, no, I've heard too many
dreadful stories...
394
00:26:12,938 --> 00:26:15,532
about people punching
the wrong button
and losing everything.
395
00:26:15,608 --> 00:26:18,975
Oh, well, it's not quite
that easy. I'll show you.
396
00:26:19,044 --> 00:26:23,174
I'll ask the computer for a directory
of what's on the disk.
397
00:26:24,216 --> 00:26:27,549
There.Now we know the name of the filethat contains the review.
398
00:26:27,620 --> 00:26:30,680
Now, watch. I'll erase it.
[Typing]
399
00:26:30,756 --> 00:26:34,317
There! You see?You've lost everything.
400
00:26:34,393 --> 00:26:38,796
Uh-huh, but what you can erase,
you can also un-erase.
Oh.
401
00:26:38,864 --> 00:26:42,994
There. Now everything that was
erased has been retrieved.
402
00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:47,300
Now, that's odd.There seem to be two files now.
403
00:26:48,674 --> 00:26:50,938
One that we didn't see before.
404
00:26:51,010 --> 00:26:53,740
Could we look at that one?
Yeah, sure.
405
00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:55,746
[Typing]
406
00:26:57,349 --> 00:27:02,048
[Jessica] "A sickening spectacle callingitself Mainely Murder openedtonight at the Woolcott Theatre.
407
00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:05,989
"This alleged play
features stiff dialogue,
hammy performances...
408
00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:09,391
"and a plot almost as mysterious
as a corned beef sandwich.
409
00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:12,430
"The only lucky individual
involved was actor TonyJasper,
410
00:27:12,498 --> 00:27:16,059
who somehow got himself replaced
by the amateurish Craig Donner."
411
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:21,004
But this doesn't make sense.
I mean, why would Danny
change his mind so radically?
412
00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:24,600
- I suspect he didn't.
- But then, why the two reviews?
413
00:27:24,677 --> 00:27:29,705
Because I think whoever
killed Danny O'Mara
also killed his review.
414
00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:39,117
[Jarvis]So the deal is, somebody came toO'Mara's apartment, killed him,
415
00:27:39,191 --> 00:27:41,386
erased the bad review,
sent in the good one?
416
00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:43,519
That still doesn't eliminate
Easterbrook.
417
00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:47,326
Except that he was
on the air at 11:15...
418
00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:49,731
when that review
was received at the Chronicle.
419
00:27:49,802 --> 00:27:54,364
- He could've been on tape.
- No, no, I checked it. It was a live broadcast.
420
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,374
Oh, I don't know, Mrs. Fletcher.
421
00:27:56,442 --> 00:27:59,468
Finding him with
the murder weapon in his hand-
It's just too good to ignore.
422
00:27:59,545 --> 00:28:02,810
Exactly! It's too good.
423
00:28:02,881 --> 00:28:05,543
Wait. What are you saying?
He was framed?
424
00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:11,317
Lieutenant, if I remember correctly,you received an anonymous phone callsaying that shots had been heard?
425
00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:15,554
But at the apartment last night,you said that O'Mara had beenkilled with one bullet.
426
00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:19,063
- Right.
- Well, did you find any other bullets
that had been fired?
427
00:28:19,131 --> 00:28:23,659
- No.
- Well, then, how could
somebody have heard "shots"?
428
00:28:23,736 --> 00:28:25,670
The witness could've been confused.
429
00:28:25,738 --> 00:28:27,763
What about the other tenantsin the building?
430
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,331
Did they hear a single shot
or several shots?
431
00:28:30,409 --> 00:28:32,400
Nobody heard anything.
432
00:28:32,478 --> 00:28:37,780
Now let's face it, Mrs. Fletcher.
He died just around the time
we found Easterbrook.
433
00:28:37,850 --> 00:28:41,980
Here's the Coroner's report
on O'Mara.
Thanks.
434
00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,716
No other shots were heard
at any other time either.
435
00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:47,452
Easterbrook's are the only prints
that were found on the gun.
436
00:28:49,528 --> 00:28:52,793
Of course, he, uh,
could've died earlier.
437
00:28:52,865 --> 00:28:58,701
Well, then I suppose the question is,
who would benefit from a good review?
438
00:28:58,771 --> 00:29:02,104
Ah, the producer,
the director, the novelist.
439
00:29:02,174 --> 00:29:04,972
Let's face it.
That still doesn't eliminate
Easterbrook.
440
00:29:05,043 --> 00:29:08,171
Not to mention the actors
and everybody involved
in the production.
441
00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:11,546
Yes, and with my luck,
they can probably all alibi
each other at that party.
442
00:29:11,617 --> 00:29:13,551
[Phone Buzzes]
Excuse me.
443
00:29:14,686 --> 00:29:18,952
Okay. Okay.
Yeah, hold on.
444
00:29:19,024 --> 00:29:20,992
I'm sorry, Mrs. Fletcher.
I gotta take this call.
445
00:29:21,059 --> 00:29:23,118
Think about it, Mrs. Fletcher.
446
00:29:23,195 --> 00:29:26,790
Who was at the party,
who wasn't at the party,
who came late, whatever.
447
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:31,297
Hello?
448
00:29:33,372 --> 00:29:35,840
Who came late?
449
00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:40,373
[Recording]This is Walter Knapf. Lf I don'tpick up the phone in a second,
450
00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:43,175
it means I'm out,
or I'm having an anxiety attack.
451
00:29:43,248 --> 00:29:45,512
Please leave a message.
[Answering Machine Beeps]
452
00:29:45,584 --> 00:29:50,317
Walter, this is Jessica.
I have to talk to you.
It's really very urgent.
453
00:29:50,389 --> 00:29:52,949
Uh, I guess I'll just
have to keep trying.
454
00:29:54,426 --> 00:29:59,261
I certainly hope you haven'tcome here expecting gratitude,Mrs. Fletcher.
455
00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:01,322
The charges against me were dropped...
456
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:06,394
because the facts
were obvious to anybody
with a single brain cell still active.
457
00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:09,634
I quite agree.
And please,
458
00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:12,199
don't embarrass yourself
by pleading for your show.
459
00:30:12,277 --> 00:30:14,973
I have no intention ofpromoting it on the air.
460
00:30:15,047 --> 00:30:19,381
Mr. Easterbrook,doesn't it get tiring,being the voice of disdain?
461
00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:22,318
I never tire of putting peoplein their place.
462
00:30:22,387 --> 00:30:25,914
I can't help but wonder
what interests are served...
463
00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:29,654
when critics make
destructive remarks simply to be,
464
00:30:29,728 --> 00:30:32,492
well, amusing?
465
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:36,125
Surely you didn't come here
simply to discuss the vagaries
of criticism.
466
00:30:37,803 --> 00:30:40,328
I see you do your homework,
Mr. Easterbrook.
467
00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:42,635
You have a copy
of the play on your desk.
468
00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:48,078
Yes. Well, occasionallya publicist will send me a scriptbefore a play opens.
469
00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:50,376
I must confess,
I rarely read them though.
470
00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:53,577
They end up changing so much
before they open.
471
00:30:53,652 --> 00:30:56,177
Although not often for the better.
472
00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:59,554
Well, on that we agree.
473
00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:02,719
Walter's first draft
was just delightful.
474
00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:04,728
Indeed?
475
00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:08,857
Well, then, perhaps
your Mr., um, uh, Knapf, is it?
476
00:31:08,934 --> 00:31:12,870
Yes. Perhaps he has a futurein the theater after all.
477
00:31:12,938 --> 00:31:16,203
He's- He's a very neat typist.
478
00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:21,101
There's one review in particular
that intrigues me.
479
00:31:21,179 --> 00:31:25,206
The, uh, phony O'Mara review,
and who could have written it.
480
00:31:25,284 --> 00:31:27,218
And why would that interest me?
481
00:31:27,286 --> 00:31:31,882
Well, you seemed more
than anxious last night
to sue Mr. O'Mara over it.
482
00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:36,018
Aren't you curiousto see who did write it?
483
00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:42,055
Well, it wouldn't require
much talent to imitate
O'Mara's style, or lack thereof.
484
00:31:42,134 --> 00:31:46,662
That means it could have been anyone
connected with Mainely Murder.
485
00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:50,174
Jason Richards springs to mind.
486
00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:53,803
O'Mara panned his last five plays.
487
00:31:53,879 --> 00:31:56,541
I'm not in the mood to chitchat,Mrs. Fletcher.
488
00:31:56,615 --> 00:32:00,016
If it weren't for you,
we wouldn't be in this dreadful situation.
489
00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:03,054
Well, I only wrote the novel,
Mr. Richards. That's all.
490
00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:05,214
Sit down.
491
00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:09,789
I see you haven't heard
the result of your handiwork.
492
00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:14,662
The Chronicle is retracting
O'Mara's review and printing
the one that you unearthed.
493
00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:16,792
I hope you're satisfied.
494
00:32:16,868 --> 00:32:19,393
Surely you understand that once
I found that other review,
495
00:32:19,471 --> 00:32:22,099
I was obligated
to show it to the police.
496
00:32:22,174 --> 00:32:24,404
How noble.
497
00:32:24,476 --> 00:32:27,001
The entire company will have you
to thank when the show closes.
498
00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:29,411
Well, if the show does close,
499
00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:34,009
I mean, isn't it possible
that it's because of
the quality of the play?
500
00:32:34,086 --> 00:32:36,179
Oh, please, Mrs. Fletcher,
don't be so naive.
501
00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:38,984
We had one single rave review,
the only review that mattered,
502
00:32:39,057 --> 00:32:40,991
and you've taken it away.
503
00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:43,152
Look, I'm truly sorry,
Mr. Richards.
504
00:32:43,228 --> 00:32:46,664
But certainly it is more important
to find out who killed
Danny O'Mara?
505
00:32:46,732 --> 00:32:50,532
Why? He was a speckon the flypaper of theater.
506
00:32:50,602 --> 00:32:53,162
Besides, why does it matter to you?
507
00:32:53,238 --> 00:32:55,604
Well, l-
508
00:32:55,674 --> 00:33:01,135
I can't help but think
that it is somebody who stood to
gain from a good review.
509
00:33:01,213 --> 00:33:04,307
Somebody involved
in the show, you mean.
510
00:33:04,383 --> 00:33:06,317
Like me, presumably?
511
00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:11,345
Well, if you recall, I was atthe party here at Vincent's...
512
00:33:11,423 --> 00:33:13,721
with all the other members
of the company...
513
00:33:13,792 --> 00:33:15,726
save one.
514
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:22,432
So that's it.
515
00:33:22,501 --> 00:33:24,901
You suspect
your darling little playwright,
516
00:33:24,970 --> 00:33:28,098
and you're trying to palm offthe blame on one of us.
517
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:31,301
Well-[Chuckles]It won't work.
518
00:33:33,712 --> 00:33:35,942
Walter!
519
00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:41,812
Walter!
[Sighs]
520
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:51,485
Oh, Barney-
Well, I guess I should've known
it was too good to last.
521
00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:56,057
The only quote review
and the Chronicle threatens
to sue unless we take it down.
522
00:33:56,134 --> 00:34:01,367
Well, whoever wrote that review
did a good job of imitating
Mr. O'Mara's style.
523
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,671
Oh, I never tried doing O'Mara.
524
00:34:04,743 --> 00:34:08,839
I mean, he wasn't the type
who appreciated being sent plugs.
525
00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:12,577
[Sighs]
Nobody appreciates a publicist.
526
00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:18,317
Well, I imagine that if the show closes,
it would be devastating to quite
a lot of people, wouldn't it?
527
00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:23,486
Oh, sure.
Um, everybody except me.
528
00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:25,496
But you'd be out of a job.
529
00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:29,227
Well, between you and me,
for a publicist, it doesn't matter.
530
00:34:29,301 --> 00:34:33,260
I mean, another show'll come along,
probably also a turkey.
531
00:34:33,338 --> 00:34:36,136
But not so for Walter.
No, he's taking this pretty hard.
532
00:34:36,208 --> 00:34:38,870
Oh, have you seen Walter?
Wh-Where is he?
533
00:34:38,944 --> 00:34:42,141
Oh, he's backstage
doing some rewrites.
534
00:34:43,148 --> 00:34:46,777
Jessica!
Oh, I followed your advice.
535
00:34:46,852 --> 00:34:49,047
I put back the character stuff,
and guess what.
536
00:34:49,121 --> 00:34:51,589
Shayna loved it.
This play's been changed
so many times,
537
00:34:51,656 --> 00:34:53,749
she doesn't even remember
what she cut out!
538
00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:55,986
I really think
this is making it better.
539
00:34:56,061 --> 00:34:58,655
Walter, forget the changes.
You are in serious trouble.
540
00:34:58,730 --> 00:35:01,961
Oh, no, I don't think so.
I think these revisions
are gonna save the play!
541
00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:05,628
Walter, this play could not
be saved with mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation.
542
00:35:05,704 --> 00:35:09,162
Now, I'm sorry, but I need
to know where you were
during the opening night party!
543
00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:12,108
You mean the party at Vincent's?
Yes.
544
00:35:12,177 --> 00:35:15,408
Uh-
Walter, where were you?
545
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,846
Uh-
Maybe I can tell you that.
546
00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:22,847
The way I see it, he was at
Danny O'Mara's apartment...
killing him.
547
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:32,862
You must have some idea whereyou were between intermissionand when you arrived at the party.
548
00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:35,058
I went to a few bars.
549
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:37,158
Walter, which bars?
550
00:35:37,235 --> 00:35:39,169
I was drunk.
I didn't pay attention.
551
00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:42,229
Send in Mrs. Rizzo.
But can't you at least remember
which street they were on?
552
00:35:42,307 --> 00:35:44,798
Was it Eighth Avenue?
Ninth Avenue?
Those were some of them.
553
00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:47,276
That's him!
That's the boy that
was in the hallway.
554
00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:49,279
You live in the building
with Mr. O'Mara?
555
00:35:49,347 --> 00:35:51,281
On the first floor.
O'Mara's on the third.
556
00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:53,317
You oughta be ashamed,
a nice boy like you.
557
00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:57,446
Mrs. Rizzo, are you absolutely
certain that it was Walter
that you saw?
558
00:35:57,522 --> 00:35:59,820
What?
Are you calling me blind?
I never forget a face.
559
00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:02,917
Take Sally Mazursky for instance.
I hadn't seen her since-
Hey, we believe you.
560
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:08,523
- Just tell us
what happened last night.
- Again? Okay.
561
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,468
So, uh, let me see, uh-
At around 11:00-
562
00:36:12,537 --> 00:36:14,937
I remember it was 11:00,
because the news just come on.
563
00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:17,304
You know, with that
pretty young newscaster.
What's her name?
564
00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:20,173
We believe you. 11:00.What happened last night?
565
00:36:20,245 --> 00:36:22,577
Well, he comes bangin' on my door.
566
00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:26,777
So, I opened the door on the chain.
You looked nice in your tuxedo.
567
00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:30,446
And he tells me thathe had to see Mr. O'Mara.So I tell him he lived upstairs.
568
00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:33,252
And he went away.
You smelled like a saloon.
569
00:36:33,325 --> 00:36:36,954
- Did you see Walter walk upstairs?
- No, l- I closed the door.
570
00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:40,725
Mrs. Rizzo,
why didn't you come forward
and talk to the police sooner?
571
00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:45,168
Well, my husband-you know how it is-he didn't want me to get involved.
572
00:36:45,237 --> 00:36:49,173
But when I read in the papers
that they didn't know
who killed this nice Mr. O'Mara,
573
00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:53,678
I said, "Honey, listen,I gotta tell the cops what I seen. "
So here I am.
574
00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:56,680
Thank you, Mrs. Rizzo.Would you be so kind as to wait outside?
575
00:36:56,748 --> 00:37:00,514
More waiting? Oh, mamma mia.
No wonder people
don't like to get involved.
576
00:37:00,585 --> 00:37:03,247
Okay, okay, I'll wait.
577
00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:06,447
Look, it isn't
the way it seems.
578
00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:09,755
Well, maybe you can tell us
the way it was.
579
00:37:09,828 --> 00:37:13,992
Well, after I left you at the theater,
I did go out and have a few drinks.
580
00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:16,499
All right, a lot of drinks.
581
00:37:16,568 --> 00:37:21,437
But the more I drank,the more I thought that this play,that my career,
582
00:37:21,506 --> 00:37:25,909
that my entire life depended
on what Danny O'Mara wrote.
583
00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:29,208
And so I decided-
and- and I know it was stupid-
584
00:37:29,281 --> 00:37:33,377
but I decided that
I'd go and talk to him
and, well, beg for mercy.
585
00:37:33,451 --> 00:37:35,385
- He refused and you plugged him.
- No!
586
00:37:35,453 --> 00:37:38,320
When I realized I was so drunk
I couldn't find his apartment,
587
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:40,756
that's when I knew that
I wasn't thinking straight.
588
00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:44,192
- So I went out and got really plastered.
- I'm not buyin' that for a minute.
589
00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:47,754
You were in the building.
You had motive to switch
those reviews. You're a writer!
590
00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:52,895
- You could've very easily copied his style.
You know how to use a computer.
- Lieutenant, how do you know that?
591
00:37:52,971 --> 00:37:55,667
We got a court order
to search his apartment.
He owns a computer.
592
00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:58,800
Yeah, well, since when is ita crime to own a computer?
593
00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:02,836
If I wanted to write a favorable
review of my play, I would've
written a better one than that.
594
00:38:02,914 --> 00:38:04,848
Whoever wrote it
missed the whole point!
595
00:38:04,916 --> 00:38:08,408
Everybody's a critic.
Consider yourself an arrested person.
596
00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:11,353
Lieutenant, look. I know Walter.
Believe me-
597
00:38:11,423 --> 00:38:13,653
Mrs. Fletcher,
I know this isn't typecasting,
598
00:38:13,725 --> 00:38:17,718
but the killer in this script
has Walter Knapf's name
written all over it!
599
00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:20,594
Jessica, please.
600
00:38:20,665 --> 00:38:22,656
Don't you worry, Walter.
601
00:38:22,734 --> 00:38:26,602
I have another script in mind...
with some different casting.
602
00:38:33,445 --> 00:38:35,413
[Barbara]Like it? I'm a troll.
603
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:40,110
[Giggles]
Shayna asked me to come in early
to try on the new hair and makeup.
604
00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:42,881
She read in some review
that witches are clich�.
605
00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:48,248
Well, I hate to think what
Shayna will do when somebody
writes that trolls are clich�.
606
00:38:49,828 --> 00:38:52,296
Maybe it is a bit much.
607
00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:58,159
I mean, nobody
would even recognize me.
[Laughs, Sighs]
608
00:38:58,236 --> 00:39:02,696
You must be very proud ofhaving gotten that good noticefrom Elliot Easterbrook.
609
00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:05,641
It is really nice, isn't it?
610
00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:10,079
I thought he really understood
what I was trying to accomplish
with the role.
611
00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:17,986
Yes, yes. Of course, an advanced
look at the script must have,
uh, helped him with that.
612
00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:22,254
Oh, I don't know.
I mean, it changed so much
since he-
613
00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:25,819
Wait a minute. What makes you
think I loaned him my script?
614
00:39:25,897 --> 00:39:28,764
Well, I saw it in his office.
I assumed that you'd left it there.
615
00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:34,533
Oh, no, he probably just crammed it
in his briefcase along with everything
else when he left my place.
616
00:39:34,606 --> 00:39:37,666
I take it that you're, uh,
dating Mr. Easterbrook.
617
00:39:37,742 --> 00:39:40,506
[Chuckles]
If you can call it that.
618
00:39:40,578 --> 00:39:42,944
We only went out once.
Just once?
619
00:39:43,014 --> 00:39:45,949
Mmm. What he wanted
was so disgusting.
620
00:39:46,017 --> 00:39:49,885
Oh, I see. Yeah.
[Chuckles]Nothing kinky.
621
00:39:49,954 --> 00:39:54,550
Just four hours of dinner
when all he did
was talk about himself.
622
00:39:54,626 --> 00:39:58,619
It was all Shayna's idea.I told her she could doher own dirty work.
623
00:39:58,696 --> 00:40:03,793
But, Morris, baby, I'm doing youa favor by letting you inon this new show early.
624
00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:07,304
[Knocking]
Come in!
625
00:40:07,372 --> 00:40:09,431
Yes, well, I hold an option.
Mm-hmm.
626
00:40:09,507 --> 00:40:13,204
On another book
by the same author,
J.B. Fletcher-
627
00:40:13,278 --> 00:40:15,508
[Chuckles]
Uh, um,
628
00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:18,811
sweetie, baby, I'm going to have
to get back to you.
629
00:40:18,883 --> 00:40:21,408
Mm-hmm. They need me.
[Chuckles]
630
00:40:21,486 --> 00:40:23,420
Ciao, baby.
631
00:40:24,956 --> 00:40:27,390
I wasn't awarethat we were negotiating.
632
00:40:27,459 --> 00:40:31,156
Oh, well, I was going to callyour agent first thing in the a.m.
633
00:40:31,229 --> 00:40:34,824
I suppose I really
should thank you, Shayna.
634
00:40:34,899 --> 00:40:40,496
I was just talking to Barbara,
and it seems that I have
underestimated you.
635
00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:43,871
Well, people do.
That's part of being
a woman in business.
636
00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:47,403
Well, I don't have
to tell you, darling.
637
00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:53,076
I just had no idea that you were
so resourceful about assuring
the success of your productions.
638
00:40:53,151 --> 00:40:59,112
I mean, Barbara told me
how you introduced her
to, uh, Elliot Easterbrook.
639
00:41:00,325 --> 00:41:02,816
Oh, that?
That was nothing.
640
00:41:02,894 --> 00:41:05,124
A favor to Barbara, really.
641
00:41:05,196 --> 00:41:07,687
Um, they seemed to be
the kind that, uh,
642
00:41:07,765 --> 00:41:12,202
could develop a mutually
beneficial relationship.
643
00:41:12,270 --> 00:41:15,637
Shayna, I've got those TV reviews
you wanted to pull quotes from.
Easterbrook's on top.
644
00:41:15,707 --> 00:41:19,336
Mmm. Thanks.
Jessica, this might interest you.
645
00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:23,879
Pulling pearls from swine.
646
00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:28,876
And Barbara Blair
shines briefly as a witch.
647
00:41:28,953 --> 00:41:33,390
TonyJasper as the Woodsmanis appropriately wooden.
648
00:41:33,458 --> 00:41:35,551
If you're looking for-
That's it!
649
00:41:35,627 --> 00:41:38,289
No, no, Jessica,we're trying to find the good bits.
650
00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:40,763
I'm sorry, Shayna.
I have to see a man about a play.
651
00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:44,928
Jessica!
After all we've been through!
652
00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:49,133
I'll match any offer!
Forget match!
653
00:41:50,975 --> 00:41:53,239
[Door Closes]
654
00:41:53,311 --> 00:41:55,336
Mr. Easterbrook?
655
00:41:57,615 --> 00:42:02,917
- Thank you for joining me.
- Curiosity, Mrs. Fletcher,
nothing more.
656
00:42:04,222 --> 00:42:09,751
I do hope you don't construe this
as an agreement with your proposal
that we collaborate on a play.
657
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:13,923
You know how I feelabout mysteries.
658
00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:17,365
Well, that's why I wanted
your opinion on my idea.
659
00:42:17,435 --> 00:42:20,962
I knew that you
would give it a frank appraisal.
660
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:23,473
Won't you sit down?
661
00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:25,509
Don't say I didn't warn you.
662
00:42:25,577 --> 00:42:28,273
The setting of the story
is the theater.
663
00:42:28,346 --> 00:42:31,372
The victim is a powerful critic.
664
00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:35,044
Oh, dear.
Art imitates life.
665
00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:37,747
Our killer is very meticulous.
666
00:42:37,822 --> 00:42:41,121
But he also has a flair
for the dramatic.
667
00:42:41,192 --> 00:42:44,958
He plans his murder to
coincide with the opening
of a new mystery play.
668
00:42:45,029 --> 00:42:48,692
After the curtain comes down,
the killer goes to
the critic's apartment.
669
00:42:50,134 --> 00:42:53,535
They know each other,and even though the critic isworking on his review of the show,
670
00:42:53,605 --> 00:42:56,403
he lets the killer in.
671
00:42:56,474 --> 00:42:59,841
Once inside,the killer shoots his victim.
672
00:43:01,112 --> 00:43:06,982
The killer erases fromthe computer disk the bad reviewhis victim has been writing,
673
00:43:07,051 --> 00:43:12,819
and replaces it with a rave reviewthe murderer wrote earlier...
674
00:43:12,890 --> 00:43:16,883
and took with him on his own disk.
675
00:43:16,961 --> 00:43:22,695
He calls the police
with an anonymous tip that later
proves to be partially incorrect,
676
00:43:22,767 --> 00:43:25,201
making it
look as if he's been framed...
677
00:43:25,269 --> 00:43:28,534
which of course he has,
but by himself.
678
00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:30,767
This is why I don't like mysteries.
679
00:43:30,842 --> 00:43:33,242
This anonymous tip achieves what?
680
00:43:33,311 --> 00:43:38,214
He knows the police will
ultimately determine the time of
death to be two hours earlier.
681
00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:42,241
Once he's been cleared,
it's extremely unlikely
that he'd be accused again.
682
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,949
But to be cleared,he must have an alibi.
683
00:43:46,024 --> 00:43:47,958
He has the best.
684
00:43:48,026 --> 00:43:52,554
He was appearing live on television
when the phony review
was received in the newspaper.
685
00:43:52,630 --> 00:43:55,292
Quite a brilliant touch.
686
00:43:56,300 --> 00:44:00,737
But I can't imagine
how he could be in two places
at the same time.
687
00:44:00,805 --> 00:44:02,898
Oh, he wasn't, of course.
688
00:44:02,974 --> 00:44:07,308
Everyone assumed that
the phony review was transmitted
from the victim's apartment...
689
00:44:07,378 --> 00:44:09,312
as his reviews usually were.
690
00:44:09,380 --> 00:44:14,977
But it was actually transmittedfrom the killer's own computerat the television station...
691
00:44:15,053 --> 00:44:20,821
while he was on the airdelivering his review of the same play.
692
00:44:23,061 --> 00:44:27,589
A bit far-fetched, but quite brilliant.
693
00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:31,362
I doff my chapeau to you,
Madame Authoress.
694
00:44:31,436 --> 00:44:34,928
What we're dealing with hereis a perfect crime.
695
00:44:35,006 --> 00:44:38,999
It could be perfect, yes,
except that Moliere was right.
696
00:44:40,311 --> 00:44:42,245
In- In what respect?
697
00:44:42,313 --> 00:44:45,111
The theater is unpredictable.
698
00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:48,812
You see, Mr. Easterbrook,
there was a cast change
opening night.
699
00:44:48,886 --> 00:44:51,946
And since you came in late,you missed the announcement...
700
00:44:52,023 --> 00:44:54,583
and used the name ofthe wrong actor in your TVreview...
701
00:44:54,659 --> 00:44:58,425
and in the phony review,
you wrote under Mr. O'Mara's name.
702
00:44:58,496 --> 00:45:02,626
I see we've switched from
the third person to the second.
703
00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:08,036
Even a fictional judge andjurywould hardly accept that as proof.
704
00:45:08,106 --> 00:45:12,008
True, but they would accept
the TV station's phone log.
705
00:45:14,278 --> 00:45:16,212
I beg your pardon?
706
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:21,149
Your station's log shows a five minute
call to the Chronicle at 11:15,
707
00:45:21,219 --> 00:45:24,916
exactly the time it took totransmit the phony review.
708
00:45:26,090 --> 00:45:28,058
[Sighs, Clears Throat]
709
00:45:28,126 --> 00:45:33,359
Even the finest works of arthave their flaws.
710
00:45:35,032 --> 00:45:37,125
Congratulations,
Mrs. Fletcher.
711
00:45:38,136 --> 00:45:40,070
The only thing missing
is a motive.
712
00:45:42,273 --> 00:45:45,003
Yes, I wondered about that.
713
00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:52,047
Imagine a young
and impressionable writer...
714
00:45:53,518 --> 00:45:58,820
who has his first play produced
off-off-off Broadway.
715
00:45:59,824 --> 00:46:04,523
It's not perfect,
but he has talent,
and it's a start.
716
00:46:04,595 --> 00:46:10,158
And imagine a critic from
a second-rate newspaper trying
to make a name for himself.
717
00:46:10,234 --> 00:46:12,828
His review of the playis devastating.
718
00:46:12,904 --> 00:46:16,897
So devastating
the young playwright
never writes another play.
719
00:46:16,974 --> 00:46:22,742
No, instead, he becomesa critic himself and vows to besthis destroyer at his own game.
720
00:46:22,814 --> 00:46:24,782
But it's not enough.
721
00:46:24,849 --> 00:46:28,785
It's not enough
to eradicate the pain.
722
00:46:30,054 --> 00:46:32,215
Only one thing can do that.
723
00:46:32,290 --> 00:46:34,349
Mr. Easterbrook.
724
00:46:35,526 --> 00:46:39,189
The detective in the wings,
Mrs. Fletcher?
725
00:46:40,431 --> 00:46:45,425
I suppose I should have expected
a climax so clich�.
726
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,104
You know, personally,
I liked this guy's ending.
727
00:46:51,175 --> 00:46:53,643
But there's one thing that bothers me.
728
00:46:53,711 --> 00:46:56,771
How did you know the TV station
logged their phone calls?
729
00:46:57,982 --> 00:47:00,746
Well, if they don't,
they ought to.
730
00:47:01,305 --> 00:48:01,366
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