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Good evening, Mr. Russell.
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Why don't you come
out where I can see you?
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There'll be an
appropriate time and place.
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What do you know? "Zoogate."
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I don't think you realize
how right you are.
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You're aware of the
petition calling for
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the immediate dismissal of Norman
Gilford as Director of the Animal Park?
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Yeah. Petitions
don't usually cut it.
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You and your newspaper
can help promote it.
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I suggest you interview Gilford.
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He hates my guts.
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Ask him about the
suppliers he works with
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that bill the Animal Park
for beef and ship horse meat.
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They kick back the
difference to Gilford.
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And that's just the tip of the
iceberg. That's all for now.
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Oh, and the key I sent you?
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This better be real.
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Trust me.
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I'm happy to show you
around, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Now, tell me
about your new plot.
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My new book will be
something of a departure.
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It's kind of wild,
actually. Uh-huh.
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You see, my murder
victim, a woman or a man,
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I haven't quite decided,
dies here in the Animal Park
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and there are several
major suspects,
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all of them animals,
although none of them did it.
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Oh, I love it!
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Is it gonna be another
Inspector Jellicoe story?
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I don't think so.
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Anyway, last time I was in
town, a friend brought me out here
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and I met Ted Fraley
and Dr. Stinson.
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They have never
stopped talking about you.
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Well, I just hope they're
still as enthusiastic
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when I get through
picking their brains.
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I can't tell you how proud
we are that you've chosen
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the Animal Park as the
site of your next novel.
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Oh, God! Spoken
like a true flack.
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I am really becoming a cliché.
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Miss Michaels,
I've gotta talk to you!
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Jessica Fletcher, City
Councilman Joe Gandolph.
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Mrs. Fletcher How do you do?
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You wrote this nonsense
about me, didn't you?
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I wish that I could
take credit for it, but no.
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That's one that the boss
insisted on writing himself.
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I think it showed
a lot of eloquence.
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Then you can tell him for me...
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I'm sorry, you're just gonna
have to tell him yourself.
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That man goes whichever
way the wind is blowing.
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Right now it's blowing
against our director, Mr. Gilford.
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Something to do with all
the repair work in progress?
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Well, that's part
of the problem.
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A lot of it isn't in progress.
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Between earthquake
damage and an aging facility,
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we're between a
rock and a hard place.
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Hmm.
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Mr. Gilford told me that
it would cost me my job
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if I didn't bring you by
so he could say hello.
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I don't give a hoot in hell how the
Chronicle grades my performance.
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And I won't be drawn and
quartered for running this place
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on the totally inadequate
budget I've been given.
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Then how about Councilman
Gandolph's recent attacks?
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He calls this park, quote,
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"An outrage to the
body politic," unquote.
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Would you like to comment?
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I consider Councilman
Gandolph's personal attack
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a contemptible political ploy.
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And I won't dignify
it by a response.
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Jessica this is Bea Huffington.
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Anything you need to
know, you just ask her. Hello.
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Come on, Norm, talk to me.
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I mean, whoever
started this petition,
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the word is it's turning
into a real groundswell
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and it's only gonna get bigger
when... Get out of my office!
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So I guess my getting a
look at your ledger entries
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regarding feed purchases
is out of the question?
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Get out of here!
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You tell the gate I'm
pulling Russell's pass,
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and if you show your face on
zoo property, I'll have you arrested!
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And that goes for anybody
else from the Chronicle!
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Thanks, pal, you just gave me
tomorrow's page-one lead story.
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Oh! Forgive my manners.
J.B. Fletcher, isn't it?
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Mr. Gilford, if this
is a bad time...
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Oh, no! Not at all! Not at all.
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Kelly, see if you can find Stinson.
He's not answering his beeper,
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and since we can't prevent Councilman
Gandolph from entering the premises,
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be sure you keep
him away from me.
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Call the gate, Bea, now.
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And see if you can rustle up some
coffee for Mrs. Fletcher and me.
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Oh, Mr. Gilford, I'm on
a very tight schedule.
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Nonsense. For the
moment at least,
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this is still my park, and I
want to hear all about your book.
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I'm really worried about
another aftershock, Doc.
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Several of these glass panes
were shaken out of their frames.
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We can kiss half
our species goodbye,
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we get another
aftershock like that last one.
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Yeah. So, what did Gilford say?
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Take a guess. He will not
touch the contingency fund.
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He wants FEMA to come
through with the money.
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I guess you heard about that
petition going around this morning.
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A lot of folks think you
ought to have his job.
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No. I'm an animal doctor, Ted.
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So, this our guy
with the problem?
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Yeah. He's been off his
feed since the earthquake.
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Yeah. There's a
little nasal discharge.
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Look who's here! We're here.
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Jessica!
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Hello, Ted. How are you?
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And Ray. Hello, Jessica!
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Gilford's looking for you. He
wants you in his office muy pronto.
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Well, Mr. Gilford's
gonna have to wait.
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I've got a problem
with the elephants.
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So, Jessica, I'll see
you again later? Oh, yes.
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Have I got some clues for you.
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Ever since I got your fax, I've
been making notes like crazy.
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I... I wake up in the middle
of the night with these ideas.
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Well, you better watch out
because that is a writer's disease.
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Here. I hope this is
what you're looking for.
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Oh, this is gonna be a
tremendous help, Ted. Thank you.
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Uh, Doc thinks maybe it was the earthquake
dust got everything all stirred up.
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Oh, poor baby.
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My goodness.
What a beautiful bird.
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Hello.
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So, 7:00 okay?
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Ted, I'm really sorry.
I've gotta cancel.
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Couldn't let me
know a little later?
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Something personal
came up. I'm sorry.
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Jessica. Hmm?
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Let's take a stroll this way
and I'll show you that alligator
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you expressed
interest in. Great.
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Norman, I had nothing
whatsoever to do with any petition.
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Of course you didn't.
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I just want to remind you
that politicking of any kind
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is a violation of your
employment contract.
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Uh, pardon me, Mr. Gilford, I...
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Kelly, stay out of this.
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Look, Ray, let me
spell it out for you.
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Contrary to anything you may have
heard about my imminent departure,
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I have no intention of going
away, gently or otherwise.
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And when the dust settles,
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I'll be taking a hard look
at where everyone stood.
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Ray, please.
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Norman, despite your
paranoid fantasies,
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I have no interest in your job.
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Let me tell you something else, this
petition is the least of your worries.
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It's Mark Atwater and these Earth Speak
people you should be keeping your eye on,
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because from the few straight answers that
I've been able to extract from Atwater...
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Come on, Ray, that's not fair.
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I gather that their agenda
is not to fire you, sir,
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it's to close down
the park. Period.
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Which, while it
pains me to admit it,
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puts us on the same team.
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Excuse me.
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Well? I think he's wrong
about Mark, Mr. Gilford.
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Really?
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I'm sure that your relationship with
Mr. Atwater doesn't color your opinion.
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Now Clarence
here's just a youngster
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and naturally he's
too small to swallow
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that .45 caliber ammunition
clip you described in your fax.
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But give him a
couple more years,
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he'd sooner eat you
than the entire gun.
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No problem. It's not an
absolute requirement of the plot.
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There you go. Got him?
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Yes. Now, you mentioned
poisonous snakes.
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This should be
your killer, Jessica.
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The black mamba. It's one of
the Elapidae family, like the cobras.
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I could give you a few pointers
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on what makes them
such dangerous critters.
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- Hmm.
- Yo, Ted...
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Excuse me, Jessica. Of course.
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Payday, friend.
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Atwater, listen, I'm sorry.
Things are still really tight.
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You said that last week, Ted.
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And the week before.
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Well, I'd better see $1,200
before the banks close tomorrow
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or past transgressions
become public knowledge.
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And we're gonna learn about
this wonderful little creature
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from Melanie Bryan, here.
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But first, we're honored to welcome
Joe Gandolph, a city councilman
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who's made no secret of his
sentiments regarding the Animal Park.
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The cat's out of the bag, Joyce.
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The petition is circulating,
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calling for the removal of the Animal
Park Director, Norman Gilford and...
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Mr. Gandolph, I think our audience
knows where I stand on this issue.
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I'm only giving you
this forum to allow...
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Look, my responsibility
is to the taxpayer.
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As I started to say,
after Mr. Gilford's ousted,
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we have to take a hard look
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as to whether or
not the Animal Park
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will continue to exist at all.
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Hello?
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All right,
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if the offer still stands,
I'm ready to talk.
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When would you like to meet?
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Tonight. Tonight's no good.
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Tomorrow, then.
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We're not exactly
over-staffed, as you can see.
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Help yourself to any
one of these desks. Oh.
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Well, hey, what is this?
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A deserving gift for
the lady of my dreams.
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Hi, doll. Mark.
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Jessica, this is Mark Atwater.
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Oh, hello. Hi. How are you?
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Nice to meet you.
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Let's get out of here.
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The bad penny himself.
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You're sounding more and
more like a rotten loser, Ray.
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It's very unattractive.
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Will you guys cool it?
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God, I'm beginning
to feel like a referee.
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Damn!
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I'm sorry.
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What exactly does
Mr. Atwater do?
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He's passionately on the side
of whoever's willing to pay him.
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Right now, that's Earth Speak,
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an organization dedicated to
closing down all zoos. Oh, yes.
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I've read some
of their arguments.
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The theory that if a species
is destined to die out, so be it?
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Mmm.
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And zoos are buying time
for a lot of those species.
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You know, when you've got some time,
I'll be glad to show you our plans for
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breeding programs and
interdependent ecosystems,
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which, of course, are
still on the drawing board
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because Gilford won't
fight for more money.
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But right now, I've got two
sick elephants. Excuse me.
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Of course.
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My late husband
Cornelius was a surgeon
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and big-game
hunter, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Hmm.
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I was his chief nurse,
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until he mercifully took me away
from all the syringes and bedpans.
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Actually, I find this
a bit embarrassing.
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He believed he was
doing humanity a service
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by helping to kill off
endangered species.
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Well, that's an
interesting logic.
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Indeed. And the only issue
Corny and I ever disagreed on.
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I'd always had an
interest in zoology
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and knew the
value of live animals
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as opposed to dead ones,
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which is why I'm such a passionate
defender of the Animal Park.
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Mrs. Fletcher, my wife and I so
enjoyed your book, Endangered.
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A real page-turner.
242
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Thank you.
243
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In payment for
being invited tonight,
244
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Mr. Gandolph has promised
not to say anything hostile
245
00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:50,320
to the friends of
the Animal Park.
246
00:13:50,396 --> 00:13:52,058
So if you catch him
breaking his word,
247
00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:53,292
I want to hear about it.
248
00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:54,595
Shush, Joyce!
249
00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:58,428
Jessica! Hello!
250
00:13:58,504 --> 00:13:59,948
Hi! Ray tells me
you've already come up
251
00:13:59,972 --> 00:14:01,531
with a protagonist
for your new book.
252
00:14:01,607 --> 00:14:03,132
Well, subject to
change, of course.
253
00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:05,906
I've decided that she'll
be a zoo veterinarian,
254
00:14:05,978 --> 00:14:07,310
just like Dr. Stinson here,
255
00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:10,248
and she'll use her
knowledge of animal sciences
256
00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:13,047
to solve a human mystery.
257
00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:14,930
You'll have to explain
that one to me, Jessica.
258
00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:16,388
I'd like to make a statement
259
00:14:16,456 --> 00:14:18,891
that's going to be unpopular
in present company.
260
00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:20,221
Oh, Mark, do you have to?
261
00:14:20,293 --> 00:14:23,695
It distresses me to see
a writer of your stature
262
00:14:23,763 --> 00:14:25,857
undertaking a
novel that glorifies
263
00:14:25,932 --> 00:14:29,164
an abusive, medieval
system of animal confinement.
264
00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:31,568
Oh, please, be distressed
somewhere else if you must,
265
00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:34,106
but not in my house.
Kelly, talk to him.
266
00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:37,041
Bea, darling, may I borrow
Ray for a few minutes?
267
00:14:39,412 --> 00:14:41,156
Look, Mrs. Hacker,
it's... Now, wait a minute.
268
00:14:41,180 --> 00:14:43,380
First off, I want you to
understand I have nothing to do
269
00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:47,217
with this cabal against Norman.
My God, we've been friends for years,
270
00:14:47,286 --> 00:14:48,879
but the tide's
turned against him.
271
00:14:48,955 --> 00:14:52,483
And that's okay.
I'm an animal doctor,
272
00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:53,856
I'm not an administrator.
273
00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:57,021
Nonsense, you're the only
person around who can do the job.
274
00:14:57,096 --> 00:14:59,725
I'll find you the help you need.
Starting with Joe Gandolph?
275
00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:02,530
With friends like that, the Animal
Park does not need any enemies.
276
00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:04,298
You let me handle him.
277
00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:06,396
He practically owns
the Parks Department
278
00:15:06,472 --> 00:15:09,271
and he's guaranteed me the
chair on the new zoo board,
279
00:15:09,342 --> 00:15:11,811
with the right to appoint
my own members.
280
00:15:11,878 --> 00:15:13,107
Hmm.
281
00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:16,748
Well, no question,
I'm flattered.
282
00:15:18,451 --> 00:15:21,751
Ray, I just know you'll
do an outstanding job.
283
00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:24,783
Yeah.
284
00:15:36,369 --> 00:15:38,531
Not exactly a pushover.
285
00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:40,072
He'll do it.
286
00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:42,438
It was needlessly risky for
you to come here tonight.
287
00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:46,070
You're only paying for my day
job. My evenings are my own.
288
00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,824
Besides, if you didn't
want me to come,
289
00:15:48,848 --> 00:15:50,874
you shouldn't have
invited my fiancée.
290
00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:54,015
I've been meaning to
talk to you about that.
291
00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:56,681
Well, since you won't
have me, I have no choice.
292
00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,657
Besides, her father is a
partner in Berns, Fowler.
293
00:16:00,193 --> 00:16:01,957
And I thought
Cornelius was amoral.
294
00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,176
Jessica. Hi, Ted.
295
00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:25,241
You missed a good
movie last night.
296
00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:28,516
You know, I've got some time if you
want to talk about the black mamba?
297
00:16:28,588 --> 00:16:29,920
Oh, I most certainly do,
298
00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:33,323
but could we make it a little later?
Bea's going to show me the leopards.
299
00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:34,860
Sure.
300
00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:39,364
I said I was sorry,
Ted. No rain check?
301
00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,458
I didn't see any
rain last night.
302
00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:43,166
Okay.
303
00:16:45,271 --> 00:16:48,605
Thanks for not letting on about
Dr. Stinson and I. Last night, I mean.
304
00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,905
Well, it's really not
my business, Bea.
305
00:16:50,977 --> 00:16:54,106
Well, I don't like sneaking around.
It's just Ted, he's so insecure.
306
00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:56,479
If I told him the truth,
he wouldn't believe me.
307
00:16:56,549 --> 00:16:58,415
I take it you were on
a mission of mercy?
308
00:16:58,484 --> 00:17:00,953
Yeah, a regular
Florence Nightingale.
309
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:03,580
Ray and I go way back as friends
310
00:17:03,656 --> 00:17:07,525
and he's just so down because
of losing Kelly to Mark Atwater.
311
00:17:07,593 --> 00:17:08,754
Well, he needed me.
312
00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:11,354
I'll straighten it out
with Ted eventually.
313
00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:12,728
What?
314
00:17:12,798 --> 00:17:15,029
I was just thinking about Kelly.
315
00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:18,435
She was supposed to supply me with
some research material this morning,
316
00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:21,030
but I haven't seen her all day.
317
00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:47,500
Look, Kell, I'm sorry, but
you've got this whole thing wrong.
318
00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:51,162
For starters, Joyce
and I were an item once.
319
00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:52,796
Now we're just friends.
320
00:17:53,506 --> 00:17:55,386
That's what you said
about the flight attendant.
321
00:17:55,441 --> 00:17:58,086
Oh, come on, kid, there's a
very simple explanation for this.
322
00:17:58,110 --> 00:17:59,908
I'd really love it if
there were, Mark.
323
00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:03,746
Believe me, I would, but
right now I'm just not buying it.
324
00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:11,015
Gee, Norman, imagine my surprise
325
00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:14,788
to actually receive an invitation
to meet you face-to-face...
326
00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:17,159
Are you finished?
You tell me, Norman.
327
00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:19,824
Okay. I know my days
here are numbered,
328
00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:23,461
but I'm asking you as
a fellow human being,
329
00:18:23,536 --> 00:18:24,970
take this place
down if you want to,
330
00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:26,733
but don't take me with it.
331
00:18:26,806 --> 00:18:28,741
That's part of the deal, Norman.
332
00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:30,936
The public has to have a
heavy, and you're elected.
333
00:18:31,010 --> 00:18:34,344
Joe, if I take the fall for this
fiasco you've been orchestrating,
334
00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:36,279
my career is over, finished.
335
00:18:36,349 --> 00:18:38,341
Now, you find
somebody else to blame.
336
00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:40,943
Joyce Hacker, the
board of directors...
337
00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:43,387
Ah, but, Norman, why should I?
338
00:18:44,590 --> 00:18:48,925
I can suggest about
150,000 reasons.
339
00:18:49,829 --> 00:18:50,888
Really?
340
00:18:51,764 --> 00:18:55,860
And untraceable. Already
in an offshore bank.
341
00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:59,432
I don't know, Norm. I'll
have to think that one over.
342
00:19:00,006 --> 00:19:01,702
But I'll get back to you.
343
00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:07,212
I'd really appreciate it if you can
mention something to your boss about it.
344
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,679
Miss Huffington? I'm sorry,
Chris. What were you saying?
345
00:19:18,224 --> 00:19:20,022
How's it coming,
Doc? Almost finished.
346
00:19:21,227 --> 00:19:22,786
I heard the scuttlebutt.
347
00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:24,997
You gotta be
feeling pretty good.
348
00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:29,296
I don't know, Ted. I'd be taking
on an awful lot of responsibility.
349
00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:30,836
Nah.
350
00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:33,532
No worse than
surgery on a rhino.
351
00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:34,801
Well...
352
00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:38,038
Besides, if you're the director, maybe
you could make some changes around here.
353
00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:40,636
Yeah. I just wish I
could be sure of that.
354
00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:20,082
Okay, Norman, you didn't get
me out here for a nature walk.
355
00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:24,724
I want Joyce Hacker off
my case, and if she folds,
356
00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:26,486
Gandolph will go away.
357
00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:29,893
Now, that's a public
statement you'll make
358
00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:34,024
disavowing your association with
Earth Speak and its policies on zoos,
359
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:37,696
plus you now have serious
doubts about Earth Speak's integrity.
360
00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:40,296
Furthermore, you've given
it deep thought and decided
361
00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:43,604
that Norman Gilford's a pretty
damn fine administrator after all.
362
00:20:43,676 --> 00:20:46,145
You were simply
misled by Gandolph.
363
00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:49,214
Well, you don't ask for much.
364
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:53,018
All right, pal, what kind of
dollars we talking about?
365
00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:56,988
Well, the park's got a small
contingency fund that I can dip into
366
00:20:57,056 --> 00:20:58,922
for a few thousand... Norman.
367
00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,721
I want half of everything that
you've skimmed out of there,
368
00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:05,993
from the horsemeat
scam to the donations
369
00:21:06,065 --> 00:21:07,863
to the cash from the
trash removal kickbacks.
370
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,902
Why, you're crazy. I...
371
00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:13,768
I can give you 20%.
372
00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:18,544
Norman, we're talking
serious felonies here.
373
00:21:19,411 --> 00:21:23,109
If any of this gets
out, it's adiós, amigo.
374
00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:29,251
I'll give you until 9:00 tonight,
okay? You have my number.
375
00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:49,270
Mrs. Fletcher,
you're here so late.
376
00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:52,944
I got a call from
Kelly to meet her here.
377
00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:55,538
Really? I haven't
seen Kelly all day.
378
00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:59,016
I guess that she must have
told you about last night.
379
00:22:00,553 --> 00:22:03,182
She didn't have to. I was there.
380
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,355
Yeah.
381
00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:11,758
What? Now?
382
00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:14,757
All right. I'll see you
in a couple of minutes.
383
00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:22,497
You know, maybe you shouldn't
be so quick to judge, Mrs. Fletcher.
384
00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:25,205
You don't exactly
have all the facts.
385
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,370
Okay. Where are you?
386
00:23:02,348 --> 00:23:03,577
Help me!
387
00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:05,779
Help...
388
00:23:19,865 --> 00:23:23,802
Captain, I guarantee nobody's
more aware of my caseload than I am,
389
00:23:23,869 --> 00:23:26,100
or that this is not
a job for homicide.
390
00:23:26,171 --> 00:23:28,697
But Councilman Gandolph
called me at 4:00 a.m.,
391
00:23:28,774 --> 00:23:30,800
told me to get down
here to investigate,
392
00:23:30,876 --> 00:23:32,754
and I didn't figure you'd
be all that wild about me
393
00:23:32,778 --> 00:23:34,474
waking you up to
get your opinion.
394
00:23:35,881 --> 00:23:38,510
Right. Oh, come on, don't
put it in my face, will you?
395
00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:40,729
Where'd you find it? The poor
guy was down the road apiece,
396
00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,847
trying to rustle up a
warm snack. Yeah.
397
00:23:42,922 --> 00:23:44,962
It all right if I lock him up?
Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead.
398
00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:47,050
If I need his
fingerprints, I'll call you.
399
00:23:52,398 --> 00:23:53,525
Nutley.
400
00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:54,897
We've got a couple of witnesses.
401
00:23:54,967 --> 00:23:57,937
The reporter and a
novelist, Jessica Fletcher.
402
00:23:58,170 --> 00:23:59,695
She's here?
403
00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:02,105
Lieutenant Caceras?
404
00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:07,408
My goodness, we do seem fated to
meet under less than ideal circumstances.
405
00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:09,948
What was it you said when
you were out last year? Um...
406
00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:12,507
"Corpses just seem to be
part of our job description."
407
00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:16,254
Stevens found it in
the deceased's pocket.
408
00:24:16,322 --> 00:24:21,022
Uh-huh. All right, for the record,
you last saw Mark Atwater when?
409
00:24:21,093 --> 00:24:24,063
Well, it was just after 8:00
last night. In the bull pen.
410
00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:26,223
He was supposed to
meet Kelly Michaels there,
411
00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:29,325
and then he got a call
on his cellular phone.
412
00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:33,497
He seemed to be anticipating
the call and he left immediately.
413
00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:35,750
Without saying who the caller
was or where he was headed?
414
00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:37,037
Mmm-hmm.
415
00:24:37,409 --> 00:24:40,277
Mean anything? Mmm-mmm. No.
416
00:24:40,346 --> 00:24:41,405
I'm sorry. Afraid not.
417
00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:47,310
So, you figure the caller might've
been this, uh, this Michaels woman?
418
00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:49,956
I have no idea, Lieutenant.
419
00:24:51,357 --> 00:24:52,916
You got anything
to add, Mr. Russell?
420
00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:55,393
I told the officer everything
I could remember.
421
00:24:55,461 --> 00:24:57,430
I just can't get it
out of my head.
422
00:24:57,496 --> 00:25:00,330
This poor guy crawling around
on the floor, mumbling for help.
423
00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:02,163
Yeah. Well, I guess
I'd be mumbling, too.
424
00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:05,329
Now you never actually
saw this mysterious zoo lady?
425
00:25:05,404 --> 00:25:08,841
Like I said, I always found a
key in an envelope under my door
426
00:25:08,907 --> 00:25:11,706
with a typewritten slip telling me
where and when we should meet.
427
00:25:11,777 --> 00:25:13,939
Well, guess that
about wraps it up.
428
00:25:17,383 --> 00:25:22,077
Lieutenant... I don't
mean to second-guess,
429
00:25:22,154 --> 00:25:24,055
but don't you find it strange
430
00:25:24,123 --> 00:25:28,117
for Mr. Atwater to have been
summoned to the reptile area
431
00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:30,321
at the exact moment
that a poisonous snake
432
00:25:30,396 --> 00:25:32,490
just happens to be
slithering around on the floor?
433
00:25:32,598 --> 00:25:35,830
No. It's just your basic case of being
in the wrong place at the wrong time.
434
00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:37,028
What, Jessica?
435
00:25:37,102 --> 00:25:40,368
And that woman, the woman
who sends the key to Mr. Russell.
436
00:25:40,439 --> 00:25:42,840
Well, that's just somebody
one sandwich short of a picnic,
437
00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:44,467
with a grudge against
Norman Gilford.
438
00:25:44,543 --> 00:25:47,308
Well, she certainly is
familiar with the place.
439
00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:50,474
I mean, it's just possible
that she might have witnessed
440
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:51,778
what happened last night.
441
00:25:51,850 --> 00:25:55,150
Jessica, a word, huh? Look.
We're talking an accident here.
442
00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:57,018
I mean, there's no
need for a witness.
443
00:25:57,089 --> 00:25:59,183
Now, forgive an
overused metaphor,
444
00:25:59,258 --> 00:26:01,750
but please don't build a
mountain out of a molehill.
445
00:26:01,827 --> 00:26:06,959
By the way, Gabe, on what part
of his body was Mr. Atwater bitten?
446
00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:11,733
The puncture marks were
on the neck. Period. The end.
447
00:26:12,671 --> 00:26:13,832
Right.
448
00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:18,869
Something the matter, Ray?
449
00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:20,640
Yeah. Where's our
esteemed director?
450
00:26:20,712 --> 00:26:24,479
We have a potential disaster on
our hands, and he hides in his office.
451
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,093
Dr. Stinson, I must talk to you.
452
00:26:37,162 --> 00:26:38,391
Hello.
453
00:26:38,464 --> 00:26:43,300
Mrs. Fletcher, I was just about to
tell Joyce, what with Atwater's death,
454
00:26:43,402 --> 00:26:47,362
it's clear that the Animal Park has
become a major public safety risk.
455
00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:49,840
I'm going to recommend it be
shut down, effective tomorrow.
456
00:26:49,908 --> 00:26:54,846
No. Mr. Gandolph, please, let's
just cool this, for a few days, anyway.
457
00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:57,041
Mrs. Hacker. No,
I'm with you, Ray.
458
00:26:57,116 --> 00:26:58,846
Joe, you've got to
back off, at least...
459
00:26:58,917 --> 00:27:02,445
Believe me, Joyce, I only want
what's best for the city, for the animals,
460
00:27:02,521 --> 00:27:04,217
but I've got a
responsibility here.
461
00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:06,190
If I may say something.
462
00:27:06,258 --> 00:27:08,659
My observation is that
with the right leadership,
463
00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:10,889
this could be a fine park.
464
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:13,899
Now, Ray tells me that you've
asked him to take charge,
465
00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:18,427
and I believe that he passionately believes
in all the same things that you do.
466
00:27:18,504 --> 00:27:20,132
Both of you.
467
00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:24,609
That is, in making the park more
humane and more habitat-oriented.
468
00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:26,042
Bravo, Jessica.
469
00:27:26,111 --> 00:27:27,807
Joyce... JOYCE:
Oh, Joe, come on,
470
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,850
for heaven's sake, stop being
a politician for just a minute.
471
00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:33,808
I'll think about it.
472
00:27:33,886 --> 00:27:35,184
What is there to think about?
473
00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:37,883
Ray, I believe it's best
to quit while we're ahead.
474
00:27:39,925 --> 00:27:44,056
All this drama, a nocturnal
death by snakebite,
475
00:27:44,163 --> 00:27:46,962
a mysterious, unseen woman.
476
00:27:47,032 --> 00:27:49,695
It would probably be
wonderful grist for you as a writer
477
00:27:49,768 --> 00:27:51,999
if it weren't so
tragic for this place.
478
00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:55,234
It will probably end
up in one of my books.
479
00:27:55,307 --> 00:27:56,775
Goodbye, Mr. Gandolph.
480
00:27:56,842 --> 00:27:59,004
Have a nice day, Mrs. Fletcher.
481
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:06,179
Joyce, I have something
you have got to hear.
482
00:28:06,885 --> 00:28:10,947
A rather interesting conversation
I had with Norman Gilford.
483
00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:15,686
Oh, I don't know, Doc. I
checked her temperature last night
484
00:28:15,761 --> 00:28:18,060
and everything
seemed to be fine.
485
00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:19,758
She seems okay to me. Yeah?
486
00:28:19,831 --> 00:28:21,163
Yeah.
487
00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:27,261
Ray, would it be
accurate if I were to portray
488
00:28:27,339 --> 00:28:30,707
zoo personnel milking
poisonous snakes for their venom?
489
00:28:30,776 --> 00:28:32,176
No. No. That doesn't happen.
490
00:28:32,244 --> 00:28:35,703
Well, not in a zoo. The milking
severely weakens the animal.
491
00:28:35,781 --> 00:28:40,082
Oh, but I notice that you have
here a record of recent milkings.
492
00:28:40,152 --> 00:28:41,552
That's not ours.
493
00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:45,455
The animal regulation people
busted this guy out in Tarzana
494
00:28:45,524 --> 00:28:48,892
for keeping two dozen rattlers and
assorted other venomous snakes.
495
00:28:48,961 --> 00:28:51,294
He was illicitly
extracting the venom.
496
00:28:51,363 --> 00:28:53,855
And harboring venomous reptiles
497
00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:56,561
outside of an authorized
facility is against the law.
498
00:28:56,635 --> 00:28:59,969
The animal reg people didn't have a
place for the snakes or the venom, so...
499
00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:01,597
So both of them
ended up here, huh?
500
00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:03,801
Yeah. Hey, Mrs. Fletcher.
501
00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:05,400
Hello, Ted. - Ted.
502
00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:09,848
Well, this is all very helpful.
503
00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:13,044
Okay. Good. How
about some lunch?
504
00:29:13,118 --> 00:29:14,450
Oh, yes. If it's on me.
505
00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:15,782
Okay.
506
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:46,043
Caceras.
507
00:29:46,118 --> 00:29:48,144
Gabe, I have a quick question.
508
00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:51,918
My favorite kind.
Uh, hold on, Jessica.
509
00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:55,518
Nutley, you look like your pet
duck got run over by a lawnmower.
510
00:29:56,728 --> 00:29:58,697
You better come
in and take a look.
511
00:29:58,764 --> 00:30:00,790
Somebody's tossed
Atwater's place.
512
00:30:00,866 --> 00:30:02,176
Could've been this
they were looking for.
513
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:03,600
Found it behind a picture frame.
514
00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:05,900
- Any prints?
- Only Atwater's.
515
00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:07,496
We found another set on this.
516
00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:12,053
Uh, sorry, Jessica. What
was it you were saying?
517
00:30:12,077 --> 00:30:16,378
Gabe, I was wondering if the autopsy
verified that it was black mamba venom
518
00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:17,677
that killed Mr. Atwater.
519
00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:20,685
On the money. Well,
that's very strange, Gabe.
520
00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:24,154
In doing research for my book, I
discovered that the black mamba's habitat
521
00:30:24,222 --> 00:30:28,626
is ordinarily elevated, in trees
or in thatched roofs, for example,
522
00:30:28,694 --> 00:30:32,358
and when it does strike human
victims, it's usually from above.
523
00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:33,524
Yeah? So?
524
00:30:33,598 --> 00:30:35,943
Well, as I recall, there was
nothing on the ceiling of that area
525
00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:37,595
where Mr. Atwater was killed.
526
00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,604
That a snake could
hang from, so...
527
00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:45,435
How was he bitten on the
neck? That's terrific, Jessica.
528
00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:47,388
Well, look, between that
and some other new evidence,
529
00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:50,109
I'm logging Atwater's
death as a homicide.
530
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:53,084
With any luck, we'll have a
suspect in custody by 5:00.
531
00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:59,682
Kelly, Lieutenant Caceras now believes
that Mark's death wasn't an accident.
532
00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:07,363
There was a moment
I could've killed him.
533
00:31:07,432 --> 00:31:09,298
I felt so betrayed.
534
00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:13,272
I realized that I had known
all along what he was.
535
00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:17,466
I just feel this compulsive
need to be with someone.
536
00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:20,341
Mark told me that you called
to have him meet you here
537
00:31:20,412 --> 00:31:22,313
at 8:00 last night.
538
00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:23,974
I wanted to tell
him what I really felt.
539
00:31:24,049 --> 00:31:27,816
I wanted to end it. I
didn't have the courage.
540
00:31:29,421 --> 00:31:31,890
The police are going
to ask where you were.
541
00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:33,835
And of course you can
count on me, Norman.
542
00:31:33,859 --> 00:31:36,522
All I'm saying is I don't know
if I'll be able to control him.
543
00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:39,792
Now that the police are calling
it murder, Joe's like a wild man.
544
00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:42,960
It's as if this is the opportunity
he's been waiting for.
545
00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:46,095
Not to mention the fact that you made
a horrible tactical mistake with him.
546
00:31:46,171 --> 00:31:48,163
Mistake? How?
547
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,833
By trying to bribe him.
548
00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:53,869
Bribe? Joyce, what in
hell are you talking about?
549
00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:56,842
He recorded your
conversation, Norman. I heard it.
550
00:31:57,215 --> 00:32:00,310
Oh, my God. I'm a dead man.
551
00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:02,780
Not necessarily.
552
00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:03,898
I've been thinking about it.
553
00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:05,788
The way I see it, you
have a couple of choices.
554
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:08,924
For instance, I might
be able to talk Gandolph
555
00:32:08,994 --> 00:32:12,556
into forgetting about
the tape if you'd resign,
556
00:32:12,631 --> 00:32:16,329
you know, with a mild mea culpa
about how the Animal Park just
557
00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:18,165
kind of got away from you.
558
00:32:18,236 --> 00:32:20,228
Wonderful. Next?
559
00:32:21,006 --> 00:32:25,410
Or you could just go away.
560
00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:28,990
You've skimmed enough
off the top of this operation
561
00:32:29,014 --> 00:32:32,143
to live out your life
very comfortably in some
562
00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:35,743
nice Third World country that doesn't
have an extradition treaty with the US.
563
00:32:35,821 --> 00:32:38,718
I... No, I can't.
564
00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:41,157
Well, don't reject it
out of hand, darling.
565
00:32:41,226 --> 00:32:43,923
I mean, you have my
word that I'll try my best
566
00:32:43,995 --> 00:32:46,487
to keep them from tearing
down your reputation.
567
00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:48,827
Wait.
568
00:32:49,835 --> 00:32:51,736
What do you get out of all this?
569
00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:54,264
Me? Yeah.
570
00:32:56,041 --> 00:32:58,169
I thought you
understood, Norman.
571
00:32:58,243 --> 00:33:01,407
All I've ever wanted is what's
best for the Animal Park.
572
00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:10,813
And we keep all of
our tranquilizer guns
573
00:33:10,889 --> 00:33:12,653
right over there. Oh.
574
00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:16,385
And I suppose it would be
possible to load one of them
575
00:33:16,461 --> 00:33:19,397
with snake venom instead
of tranquilizer serum?
576
00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:22,696
Yeah. It's possible. I just can't
imagine why anybody would.
577
00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:23,928
Oh.
578
00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:25,971
You're talking about
Mark Atwater, aren't you?
579
00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:27,699
Well, perhaps.
580
00:33:27,772 --> 00:33:31,402
But a dart fired from a gun
would leave a larger wound.
581
00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:33,638
Unless it was somehow modified,
582
00:33:33,712 --> 00:33:35,943
it wouldn't look
anything like a snakebite.
583
00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:41,345
That mamba. Wasn't that one of
the snakes that you were boarding
584
00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:43,888
for the animal regulation
people? Mmm-hmm.
585
00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:45,548
Wasn't he milked recently?
586
00:33:45,624 --> 00:33:48,719
Yeah. About three
days ago, illegally.
587
00:33:48,793 --> 00:33:52,491
It takes about, oh, five
or six days for the venom
588
00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:54,192
to get back up
to lethal strength.
589
00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:57,202
But you're storing the
illegal venom, too, aren't you?
590
00:34:06,478 --> 00:34:07,844
It's the black mamba venom.
591
00:34:07,913 --> 00:34:09,624
There's about ten
milliliters of this missing.
592
00:34:09,648 --> 00:34:11,742
It was checked in full. That
means that somebody...
593
00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:13,045
You better put it down, Ray.
594
00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:14,896
I mean, the fewer
fingerprints on it, the better,
595
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,320
although I doubt that they'll
find the killer's prints on it.
596
00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:24,127
Somebody must've been very
familiar with park procedures
597
00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:25,686
to have stolen that venom.
598
00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:27,255
Somebody who arranged
599
00:34:27,332 --> 00:34:30,029
to meet Mark Atwater
last night in the reptile area.
600
00:34:30,101 --> 00:34:31,967
On the money, Dr. Stinson.
601
00:34:32,037 --> 00:34:34,836
This area will have
to be secured, Doctor.
602
00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:36,704
Well, we got our
suspect, like I said,
603
00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:39,643
and he fulfills all those
requisites and then some.
604
00:34:39,711 --> 00:34:41,907
Left his fingerprints
all over Atwater's place
605
00:34:41,980 --> 00:34:44,211
looking for something
he had to kill for.
606
00:34:44,282 --> 00:34:46,513
Who, Lieutenant?
They arrested Ted,
607
00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:49,180
and he would never
kill another living thing.
608
00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:50,984
Oh, Jessica, do you
think you could help us?
609
00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:52,490
Well, of course, Bea, but...
610
00:34:52,557 --> 00:34:55,857
Don't waste your time, Jessica,
we've got Mr. Fraley dead to rights.
611
00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:59,125
Means, opportunity and
total hatred for the victim.
612
00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:11,335
Jessica, I did not
kill Mark Atwater.
613
00:35:12,143 --> 00:35:14,942
When I heard he was dead, I
busted into his place to find something
614
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:17,448
that would've cost me
my job had it gotten out.
615
00:35:17,515 --> 00:35:19,315
The records from the Fish
and Game Department.
616
00:35:19,384 --> 00:35:22,183
When I was too young and
too dumb to know any better,
617
00:35:22,253 --> 00:35:24,916
I got involved in
an illegal operation
618
00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:27,721
bringing in animals from
overseas for private sale.
619
00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:30,523
I actually thought I was
helping endangered species.
620
00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:32,655
Anyway, I was
sentenced to six months
621
00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:35,496
and I never mentioned it
when I applied for my job here.
622
00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:39,231
And Atwater somehow learned
about it and held it over you.
623
00:35:39,304 --> 00:35:40,670
For 1,200 bucks a month.
624
00:35:40,739 --> 00:35:43,573
I could barely make my rent,
let alone have a social life.
625
00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:47,875
And if you admitted it to the park
administration, Gilford would've fired you.
626
00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:49,972
In a second. With
that on my record...
627
00:35:51,182 --> 00:35:53,742
Ted, this morning
in Dr. Stinson's lab,
628
00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:55,684
you replaced a vial
in the refrigerator...
629
00:35:55,754 --> 00:35:57,518
And one of the
tranquilizer guns, yeah.
630
00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:59,166
All right, we'll need
to find out if anyone...
631
00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:02,217
Caceras doesn't know that,
but sure as heck you spotted it!
632
00:36:02,293 --> 00:36:04,489
It won't change his
mind, but I was covering
633
00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:06,758
for one of the other curators
who was on his honeymoon.
634
00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:10,393
I had to sedate one of his
hippos who had a TB shot coming.
635
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:15,201
I believe you, Ted, and I'm going
to do everything I can to help.
636
00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:17,441
Whoever set up Atwater
637
00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:20,512
had to have removed the
glass from the enclosure.
638
00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:25,143
And knew a lot about
dangerous reptiles. That sinks me.
639
00:36:25,216 --> 00:36:26,707
Sorry. Time's up.
640
00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:33,018
Listen, Jessica, tell Bea she's
got that rain check after all, will you?
641
00:36:33,792 --> 00:36:36,057
I promise. Keep the faith, Ted.
642
00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:42,465
Well, good guys don't
always win, you know.
643
00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:45,470
What's the matter?
Oh, spider bite.
644
00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:47,233
It's that time of year.
645
00:36:48,473 --> 00:36:50,567
Somebody's gonna
be out 35 smackers
646
00:36:50,642 --> 00:36:52,611
plus a tow charge if
he's not out of here.
647
00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,681
Gabe, do us both a favor.
648
00:36:56,748 --> 00:36:57,807
Shoot.
649
00:36:57,882 --> 00:37:01,319
There's a tract of undeveloped
land north of the Animal Park.
650
00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:04,982
On the city map it's
described as Parcel 154.
651
00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:06,296
Could you find out who owns it?
652
00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:08,417
Lot 154? Sure, Jess...
653
00:37:20,338 --> 00:37:21,431
Jessica Fletcher.
654
00:37:21,506 --> 00:37:25,568
According to the Hall
of Records, Parcel 154
655
00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:29,136
is 172 acres adjacent
to the Animal Park.
656
00:37:29,614 --> 00:37:30,741
Now that's primo.
657
00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:33,546
With 180s of the
ocean, the city... Mmm!
658
00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:35,229
Wouldn't mind having
a piece of that myself.
659
00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:39,520
Gabe, do you have that slip of paper
that your people found on Atwater?
660
00:37:40,391 --> 00:37:42,417
Oh, yeah. Sure,
Jessica, I got it right here.
661
00:37:42,494 --> 00:37:44,963
As I recall, there's
a top and a bottom
662
00:37:45,029 --> 00:37:47,021
and the top is shaped
like a fire hydrant?
663
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:48,375
Yeah, come to think of it.
664
00:37:48,399 --> 00:37:50,368
With the initials "C.H."
665
00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:53,303
And isn't there a line going through
the bottom half to the top half?
666
00:37:53,371 --> 00:37:54,395
Right.
667
00:37:54,472 --> 00:37:55,616
Suppose that's a sketch
668
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,075
of the Animal Park
and Parcel 154.
669
00:37:58,143 --> 00:38:00,578
Who owns the top half, Gabe?
670
00:38:00,645 --> 00:38:03,171
Yeah. An outfit called
the C.H. Foundation.
671
00:38:03,248 --> 00:38:05,308
It's a trust set up in 1982.
672
00:38:05,383 --> 00:38:08,410
But we haven't been able to learn
anything more about them so far.
673
00:38:09,254 --> 00:38:11,086
Gabe. I'll check with you later.
674
00:38:12,323 --> 00:38:15,487
Jessica, I hadn't expected
to find you here this late.
675
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,553
Oh, I kind of got
hung up on an idea.
676
00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:21,523
Oh, actually, I'm here
looking for, um, Kelly.
677
00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:22,743
There's no answer at her number.
678
00:38:22,767 --> 00:38:24,861
Oh, sorry, I can't
help you there.
679
00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:28,002
You, um... You seem worried.
680
00:38:29,407 --> 00:38:31,808
Oh, just wondering
what it's all about.
681
00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:35,940
As a matter of fact,
you've given me an idea.
682
00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:39,474
What my protagonist, Clair
Forrester, needs is a boyfriend.
683
00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:43,452
Someone who'll take her mind off
all those animals once in a while.
684
00:38:43,521 --> 00:38:47,925
Oh. Glad I could help.
Good night, Jessica.
685
00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:49,453
Goodbye.
686
00:38:56,701 --> 00:39:00,365
Access. That's what it's about.
687
00:39:13,117 --> 00:39:14,676
Mrs. Fletcher.
688
00:39:14,752 --> 00:39:17,051
Bea, just the person
I wanted to see.
689
00:39:17,121 --> 00:39:18,350
Oh, about what?
690
00:39:18,423 --> 00:39:20,619
You asked me if
I could help Ted.
691
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,456
Now you have a
chance to help him.
692
00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:26,054
It'll require your honesty,
starting with admitting
693
00:39:26,130 --> 00:39:29,589
you're the mysterious unseen woman
who kept anonymous rendezvous
694
00:39:29,667 --> 00:39:31,192
with that reporter,
Jimmy Russell.
695
00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:33,060
How did you know?
696
00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:34,799
Oh, she had to be someone
697
00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:38,571
who's wired into the who, what
and where of the Animal Park
698
00:39:38,643 --> 00:39:43,013
and details of Norman
Gilford's moves and his finances.
699
00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:45,144
I still...
700
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:48,482
I saw what was happening,
you know, his cheating,
701
00:39:48,553 --> 00:39:50,351
the whole place
was deteriorating.
702
00:39:50,421 --> 00:39:53,983
And you were afraid that if you
went public with it, you'd be the loser.
703
00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:56,323
Well, I saw it happen
to other people.
704
00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:58,886
They'd get fired and
Mr. Gilford would see to it
705
00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:00,241
that they looked like the crook.
706
00:40:00,265 --> 00:40:02,097
So you started
feeding information
707
00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:05,159
to Mr. Russell and
to one other person.
708
00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:07,569
Bea, I want you to
make a phone call
709
00:40:08,873 --> 00:40:10,899
to a number you
must already know.
710
00:40:29,727 --> 00:40:30,820
Thanks for coming.
711
00:40:31,930 --> 00:40:33,193
What did you expect?
712
00:40:35,333 --> 00:40:39,930
Look, I have to know. Did
you tell anyone else about, uh...
713
00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:41,495
You know, about this?
714
00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:43,200
Oh, of course not.
715
00:40:44,709 --> 00:40:45,802
And you don't want money?
716
00:40:46,577 --> 00:40:49,513
I told you when I first started giving
you information about Mr. Gilford,
717
00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:52,049
I only want the park to survive.
718
00:40:52,850 --> 00:40:58,016
Mrs. Hacker, I saw you kill Mark
Atwater and I will tell the police
719
00:40:58,122 --> 00:41:00,421
unless you forget about
this real estate thing.
720
00:41:00,892 --> 00:41:05,125
I just can't believe you're this
stupid, but I guess you are, so...
721
00:41:05,196 --> 00:41:06,824
Come on,
722
00:41:06,898 --> 00:41:08,958
we're gonna take a
little walk up into the hills.
723
00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:11,933
Put the gun down, Mrs. Hacker.
724
00:41:13,438 --> 00:41:16,374
You're under arrest for
the murder of Mark Atwater.
725
00:41:16,441 --> 00:41:18,376
Wait a minute! I
didn't kill anyone!
726
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:19,653
She threatened
me over the phone.
727
00:41:19,677 --> 00:41:20,955
The only reason I
came down here was...
728
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:22,675
What Bea wants is
simple justice, Joyce,
729
00:41:22,747 --> 00:41:24,477
and freedom for Ted Fraley.
730
00:41:24,549 --> 00:41:27,018
Thanks, Miss Huffington.
That took real courage.
731
00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:31,183
This must have sprung from your
overactive imagination, Jessica.
732
00:41:31,255 --> 00:41:33,918
Why on earth would I
have killed Mark Atwater?
733
00:41:33,992 --> 00:41:35,221
Access, Joyce.
734
00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:40,994
Access through the Animal Park to
that 172 acres adjacent to the park
735
00:41:41,065 --> 00:41:42,897
owned by C and H Trust.
736
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:44,833
Left to you by
your late husband.
737
00:41:44,936 --> 00:41:46,734
I just tracked the new trustees.
738
00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:48,966
You and City
Councilman Joe Gandolph.
739
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,532
Oh, please. Do you people
honestly think you can fantasize
740
00:41:51,609 --> 00:41:54,909
a connection between that
and the death of Mark Atwater?
741
00:41:55,380 --> 00:41:58,111
I mean, we'd been
lovers, for God's sake.
742
00:41:58,182 --> 00:41:59,343
I cared about him.
743
00:41:59,417 --> 00:42:02,945
But you cared a great deal more
about the bonanza you'd realize
744
00:42:03,021 --> 00:42:05,581
if that useless tract of
yours became accessible.
745
00:42:05,656 --> 00:42:10,094
The only way that would ever happen
was if the park was closed down permanently
746
00:42:10,161 --> 00:42:12,687
so that you could
build a road through it.
747
00:42:12,764 --> 00:42:16,292
Friends of the Park was a
charade to mask your real intentions.
748
00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:17,911
Yeah. Atwater figured
out the little scheme
749
00:42:17,935 --> 00:42:20,871
you and Gandolph had
concocted to make it all happen.
750
00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:22,236
He even drew a picture of it.
751
00:42:22,306 --> 00:42:25,708
My guess is Atwater
tried to blackmail you.
752
00:42:25,777 --> 00:42:28,337
You killed him, using
your familiarity with animals
753
00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:31,008
and your background as a nurse.
754
00:42:31,082 --> 00:42:34,712
Cornelius was a surgeon and
big-game hunter, Mrs. Fletcher.
755
00:42:34,819 --> 00:42:35,878
I was his chief nurse,
756
00:42:35,953 --> 00:42:39,822
until he mercifully took me away
from all the syringes and bedpans.
757
00:42:40,792 --> 00:42:42,590
You can't prove any of this.
758
00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:44,253
I think that we can.
759
00:42:44,328 --> 00:42:47,958
Though he was unaware, Lieutenant
Caceras reminded me earlier today
760
00:42:48,032 --> 00:42:50,433
that your own
words betrayed you.
761
00:42:50,501 --> 00:42:54,063
At the park this morning, you
referred to the way Mr. Atwater died.
762
00:42:54,138 --> 00:42:59,042
A nocturnal death by snakebite,
a mysterious unseen woman.
763
00:42:59,143 --> 00:43:02,341
This evening, I realized
you had no way of knowing
764
00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:04,314
about either of
those circumstances
765
00:43:04,382 --> 00:43:09,047
in Mr. Atwater's death or the location
of his wound unless you'd been there.
766
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,716
You had access to every part
of the Animal Park, Mrs. Hacker.
767
00:43:16,961 --> 00:43:20,830
The other night in my study, Mark
told me he knew about the real estate.
768
00:43:20,898 --> 00:43:24,300
I've been doing some research
and guess what I turned up?
769
00:43:25,002 --> 00:43:26,562
You got an inheritance
from your husband
770
00:43:26,637 --> 00:43:29,766
that turned out to be a whole
lot less than meets the eye,
771
00:43:29,841 --> 00:43:31,332
so far.
772
00:43:33,344 --> 00:43:34,437
What do you want, Mark?
773
00:43:34,512 --> 00:43:37,004
It isn't a matter
of want, darling.
774
00:43:37,081 --> 00:43:39,380
We're partners, you,
Joe Gandolph and I.
775
00:43:41,319 --> 00:43:44,619
It's that, or I
blow it wide open.
776
00:43:45,089 --> 00:43:46,682
He had to die.
777
00:43:47,692 --> 00:43:50,184
I called him to meet me
at the reptile area at 9:00.
778
00:43:51,562 --> 00:43:52,860
Since I had a master key,
779
00:43:52,930 --> 00:43:55,126
I got here early and
let myself into the lab.
780
00:43:55,733 --> 00:43:58,396
I knew that the park was keeping
snake venom in the refrigerator
781
00:43:58,469 --> 00:44:00,199
for the animal
regulation people.
782
00:44:01,339 --> 00:44:04,935
I unlocked the refrigerator and
located the vial of mamba venom.
783
00:44:05,543 --> 00:44:06,943
I grabbed the
syringe from the table
784
00:44:06,978 --> 00:44:09,641
and drew off enough
of the venom to kill him.
785
00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:14,176
I always knew my training as a nurse
would come in handy again someday.
786
00:44:21,225 --> 00:44:22,750
Joyce?
787
00:44:45,249 --> 00:44:47,309
I knew my way around animals,
788
00:44:47,952 --> 00:44:49,750
except for the human kind.
789
00:44:51,255 --> 00:44:53,690
I guess I should've taken
some lessons from you, Jessica.
790
00:44:56,928 --> 00:44:58,362
Let's go, ma'am.
791
00:44:59,130 --> 00:45:03,625
Well, Jessica, sure hope next time we
meet, it isn't over somebody's corpse.
792
00:45:04,335 --> 00:45:06,634
But I'm not betting
my house on it.
793
00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:09,737
Jessica, it's hard to
know where to begin.
794
00:45:09,807 --> 00:45:12,276
Dr. Stinson accepted
the director's job.
795
00:45:12,343 --> 00:45:15,609
Oh, and Councilman
Gandolph finally resigned.
796
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,774
And even better, I
just heard on the radio
797
00:45:17,848 --> 00:45:21,341
that Norman Gilford was arrested
boarding a plane for Mexico City.
798
00:45:21,419 --> 00:45:22,853
Well, I'm glad to hear that.
799
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,082
Listen, I better pick up
my stuff from the office
800
00:45:25,156 --> 00:45:26,522
if I'm going to catch my plane.
801
00:45:26,591 --> 00:45:28,068
Well, why don't you
let us give you a ride?
802
00:45:28,092 --> 00:45:31,256
Oh, thanks. I think
I can handle this.
803
00:45:33,864 --> 00:45:36,561
Wow, this has
got a lot of zip! Oh!
804
00:45:36,634 --> 00:45:38,830
Careful! JESSICA: I
think I've got it now.
65923
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