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Do you know what we got here?

Forensic pathologists.

Doctors always think they're gonna live through it, like we're in on a pass.

Are you scared?

The fact is someone's out to get Raleigh Dinehart.

Along with 1500 others?

Could it be Legion fever?

I got it?

Now calm down.

You calm down, you ain't got it.

I got it.

I suppose the next thing you're gonna tell us to do is strip.

Wouldn't be for your own good.

Back here, come on, behind the wall.

Ah!

I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumbling down.

I feel my heart start to tremble in you whenever you're around.

Oh baby, when I see your face, Mel is a month of May.

Oh darling, I can't stand it when you look at me that way.

I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumbling down.

I feel my heart start to tremble in you whenever you're around.

I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumbling down.

I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumbling down.

What's the matter?

Oh, I don't know, Leo.

I feel terrible.

But you've only done three numbers.

Listen, kid, go get Ronnie.

Tell him he's going to go on now.

It just hit me out there.

It's hard to breathe.

What are you here, on a junket or what?

Actually, I'm here with friends.

I mean, that's not my hope.

Leo, Leo, Leo.

I'm sorry.

It was all of a sudden.

What happened to you?

Did you listen to one of your own records?

Go get drowned.

I'm sick.

I feel so sorry for them poor little germs that have to stay in the bed with you.

They'll be closer than you'll ever get.

I bet she's got things all over the microphone.

Have they cleared the dishes yet?

Ronnie, it was an emergency.

Yeah, well, nobody eats when I work.

Nobody eats!

I say nobody eats when I work!

Spit that out!

I'm coming down here!

Take this stuff away from you.

Finish with that, you are now, pal.

I'm not even going to eat your mouth, spit it out, because I'm taking it all away.

Are you all right, honey?

Hey, busboy, don't let me do this by myself.

I'm going to get a new job.

I'm going to get a new job.

I'm going to get a new job.

I'm going to get a new job.

I'm going to get a new job.

I'm going to get a new job.

I'm going to get a new job.

I can't breathe.

Nobody eats when I work!

This hotel have a doctor.

Do we have one on call, ma'am?

That's the quickest way to the infirmary.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Listen, I'm sorry about Angie that she had to leave so quick, but, uh, she wasn't feeling

so good.

But I'll make up for it.

Well, how do you like this place?

Is this class?

Is this dynamite?

Other hotels get conventions.

You know what?

They get plumbers, carpenters.

Do you know what we got here?

Forensic pathologists.

They give themselves a whole name, didn't they?

You know what that is?

Carpenters.

Carpenters.

Those are the guys you always see in the movies.

They say, hmm, man's got a rope around his neck, a bullet in his head, and ice pick in

his ear.

I suspect foul play.

Are there any carpenters here now?

No?

I wonder where they are.

I wonder what they're doing.

I hereby declare that this convention is adjourned, and I want to close with some advice given

to me by Dr. Arvid Reisen.

I'll never forget it.

He said, my son, remember, the dealer has to hit 16 and stand on a soft 17.

Insurance pays two to one, but it's the worst bet in the house unless you've got blackjack.

Good night and good luck.

There's a couple of guys who went to play baccarat.

You ever play that?

You lose in French.

You don't even know how it happens.

There was Carmine and Angelo, and they went over to the table, and the guy said, bonsoir.

Maintenant, nous avez ici deux caves pour vous.

Vous avez six.

Pour la maison, huit pour le naturel.

He says, what happened, Carmine?

I don't know.

He took the 200.

What'd you bet on?

Nothing.

I was waiting for change.

Al?

I just sent a customer down to the infirmary.

Looked a lot like Angie.

You know, shakes and sweating like a hog.

Maybe it's something catching.

Is Dr. Pine showing up yet?

I called his house.

There was no answer.

Call his wife.

She's got a private line.

Nurse, he started shaking, and he feels like he's burning up.

Would you put him in this bed?

I'll be with you as soon as I can.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Leo.

No, no, he's not here.

Well, unless you put lights out on the golf course.

Well, he's either playing tennis or he's over at the clinic.

I've never seen a perspire so much.

Another one?

There are two more on the way down.

Get us some wheelchairs and help.

All right.

Well, well, look who we got over here.

What happened?

Another subpoena?

Do you know who that is?

Roly Dinehart.

I thought he was in jail.

I don't want to say too much to that guy because he's from Harvard.

Don't get mad, pal.

We all have our own business.

Want to buy a set of caps?

You want to leave?

We do have business to take care of.

There's no rush.

Well, I'm glad you think so.

You don't like sticks up noses?

It gets better.

What's with you, Frank?

You're going to miss my big finish.

Dr. Pines?

See what happens if the pigeons fly out.

Listen.

Excuse me.

How you doing, honey?

Oh, great.

Look, take the odds off the nine, press the others and double the hard ways.

Honey, I'm hungry.

Oh, we can eat anytime.

I'm on a roll.

Why don't you learn to play dice and don't tell me to bring more?

Oh, are you kidding?

I fly into Vegas, Monte Carlo, Kingston.

You got to do something in Aruba besides buy towels.

Watch it.

Honey, really, I'm starved.

Honey, let me teach you something.

When you're on a roll, you press on, double up.

It's the only way to beat the odds.

Yeah, but honey, I'm...

Sir, don't bother the customers, please.

Meet you back at the coffee shop.

Coming through.

Coming through.

Come on, speed it up.

This guy's hardly breathing.

Out of my way, guys.

We're in a hurry.

Jim, please report to your station.

Jim, please.

How many is that now?

Seventeen, and the switchboard is going crazy.

Something's gone crazy.

Mr. Burke to the front desk immediately.

Mr. Burke to the front desk.

Mr. Ringerman, we only have four beds and they're full.

And the switchboard says there are six calls in for the doctor.

Oh, boy.

Well, Dr. Pines is on his way.

What's going on?

I don't know, but they're dropping like flies.

Hi, Doc.

Hi, Leo.

I'll take you around the back.

Any ambulance get here yet?

Mr. Ringerman didn't want no ambulance, not until you took him.

What does he think I can do if the county hospital can't do it?

It sounds like some sort of flu to me, at least over the phone.

Well, Doc, since we called, a couple of more have come down with it.

How many is a couple of more, Leo?

The wheel goes one way, a little white ball spins the other way.

The ball falls into the number that you bet on.

They changed the wheel.

You've been dynamite?

I want to say good night.

God love you. God bless you.

Treat every performer wherever you see them as graciously as you treated me.

You'll never see a bad show.

It's 148 over 110.

I don't see...

103 degrees, up one in the last hour.

Doctor, have you noticed...

Skin rashes, swollen tongues, discolored gums.

I'm gonna talk to Ringerman.

Mr. Caldwell, call, call, call. Mr. Caldwell, please.

I told them to open up the gym on the second floor.

The relaxation room's got 20 cuts.

We can't wait any longer. We've got to get outside help.

Why?

Because I've no equipment, no facilities, one nurse.

I don't like the way she's looking.

I've got to start work-ups, upper respiratory, GIs, even dermatology.

Seven of these 12 people have got facial rashes.

12?

Yeah, that's right. Eight more since I got here.

Well, what is it, some kind of stomach flu?

Mr. Ringerman.

What is this Mr. Ringerman?

I'm sorry, Al. I tend to get very formal when I'm scared out of my wits.

What are you so scared about?

Because I've never seen anything like this in my life.

All heard about it, all read about it.

The symptoms are flying at me from ten different directions, as plain as I can put it.

I'm way over my head here.

Yeah, but the minute we call in an ambulance, then the counter gets in on it, then the state.

Well, let's see what else we can do.

Well, why don't you start thinking about what else we can do.

This is me. I gave your wife space downstairs for that boutique.

She's getting rich out of it, I'm not.

And I didn't have to give you this job either.

I could have gotten some kid out of medical school for half what I'm paying you.

The fact is, Larry, you owe me. And I'm calling in the debt.

There is one other thing we might do.

What's that?

You got four or five men here, the top men in their field right here in town.

You couldn't ask for better.

Doctors?

We could try and get a hold of them, see what they say.

Thanks, Larry.

Now you're helping a friend the way a friend helped you.

Want something, Al?

What?

You ought to go into politics.

Hi.

Hi, how are you?

Seven dollar.

Honey, let me teach you something.

When you're on a roll like that, you have to drag back some money.

I mean, you keep pressing your bet, you keep doubling.

You know, you're only the hours after catch up to.

Whoa.

Well, thanks for dinner, Lee.

You ready to test your luck?

You ready to test your?

Am I ready?

Hey, what time is the plane back?

Ten tomorrow morning.

It's possible.

How much did you win altogether?

I don't know exactly.

Eleven hundred eighty-eight dollars.

Eleven hundred and eighty-eight dollars?

Wow.

Mr. DeGroote, please come to the casino cashier's office.

Mr. DeGroote?

You know him?

He's a doctor.

He was one of my eminent colleagues this afternoon.

Mr. Quincy, please come to the casino cashier's office.

I wonder why they're not saying doctor.

Ignore it.

Yeah.

As if you could ignore it.

Go ahead, honey.

I'll finish this.

I'll be right back.

Leave the tip.

Mr. Maxwell, please report to the front desk.

Someone waiting to see you.

Mr. Maxwell.

Do you have a message for Mr. Quincy?

Oh, wait.

Just a minute.

I'll take care of it.

I'm Leo Burke, the assistant manager.

Now, there's nothing to worry about, doctor.

Worry?

Nothing important.

Merely routine.

What's routine?

What's happening.

Well, what is happening?

I'm sure it's nothing at all.

Good.

Then I can get back to my friends.

No.

You have to come with me.

But I don't want you to be alone.

Let me see if I got this straight.

I'm not to be upset.

No.

But I can't go back to my friend.

No.

And I have to go along with you.

I think we understand each other.

Good.

But who's going first?

Take the limit off.

I'll take care of it.

I got IVs coming over from my clinic so we can give him a certain amount of supportive

treatment.

And I'm sure he'll get better soon.

I think so, John.

This is, we're going to have another Philadelphia all over again here.

Temperatures going up, respiration labored, same as the other three.

All the same.

Now, the closest major hospital is in Reno, isn't it?

That's right.

Would you mind telling me why they haven't been notified?

It's somewhat complicated.

You know, the dream of my life is to spend a week without hearing those words.

You see, the owner of this hotel.

Save it.

Just save it.

Where are the rest of the patients?

Upstairs in the gym.

In the gym?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Dr. Pines, I'm Walter DeGroote.

This is Dr. Hanson.

How do you do?

How do you do?

Seems like only yesterday.

Walter, Arnie.

Well, what have we got?

Well, you've got high temp, facial mottling

on seven out of 12, nausea, chills.

Where are the rest of them?

Don't ask.

Any of your patients down here have the mottling?

How are you feeling?

I'm tired.

Hey, Frank.

I don't think this guy's breathing anymore.

Doctor!

Clear his trachea.

All right.

Underbelly, dems, IV, thiop, pancreas.

Where is it?

In the cap.

Go on.

Oxy.

Just ready.

All right.

I'm going to go get the doctor.

Just ready.

Clear.

We're losing him.

Clear.

Once again.

He's gone.

Was there a gradual drop in the blood pressure?

No.

Anything unusual?

Nothing.

He just started internal hemorrhaging.

Arnie, nothing?

No, Quincy.

What is happening here?

The man goes on vacation, suddenly he dies.

We don't have a clue as to why.

He's number one, but if we don't get some answers soon, it could be 101.

Do you know if he was married?

Yes.

His wife brought him in from the lounge.

He was a second patient.

Oh, my.

Oh, my.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

How do you tell a woman her husband is dead?

Tell her she has to keep her grief to herself.

Why would you tell her that?

Walter, we could have a first-class panic in this hotel.

People will find out that we're jumping out of the windows until we discover what we're

dealing with.

Oh, I suggest we.

We perform an autopsy right away.

Come on.

Arnie.

Walter, turn on the tape machine, please.

Tape's on.

Body of a well-developed male.

48.

48 years of age.

Measuring 70 inches in length.

This is the way to get out of a box, Rolly.

This is the way to get into one.

I was supposed to buy us a hotel, Rolly.

Scalp hair is gray.

Eyes shall clear sclary.

Pupils dilated and equal.

Measuring five millimeters each.

Nose, unremarkable.

Every time I do one of these, it hits me.

There ought to be more you can say about a person than, nose is unremarkable or his

hair is gray.

What do you see?

Well, there are no obvious external puncture marks.

No ecchymosis or lacerations or other external signs of trauma.

No clubbing of the fingers.

The nail beds are cyanotic.

Appendectomy scar in the right lower quadrant, which appears old.

All right, doctor.

Let's go inside.

I thought maybe you gentlemen would.

No, no, no.

He's your patient.

Why don't you take a walk and get some fresh air?

There's plenty of air in here.

It's air conditioned.

How do you feel it?

Left lung, 640.

Lower lobe nodular, modeled, focal hemorrhagic and endurated.

Bronchial walls reddened.

Bronchi contain mucoplast material consistent with pneumonia.

What is it?

Whatever it is, it's frightening.

Quincy?

I don't know.

I don't know what we're going to tell him either.

Who?

That bright young doctor who thought he had three of the most knowledgeable pathologists

in the country.

We tell him we got the answers, if it's humanly possible.

Come on, fellas, admit it.

We're all thinking the same thing.

Well, that's not jump to conclusions.

There are lots of possibilities.

Poisoning, viral or parasitic infection, it's endless.

Arnie?

I agree, there are all possibilities.

What about the obvious?

Oh, well, it could be.

Come on, say it.

It's on all our lips.

Legion fever.

How long has it been?

Six months, nine a year.

Half the country's been working on what happened at that hotel in Philadelphia.

I don't know how many people have died.

They're still arguing about what it is.

Sorry, doctors, one more.

She's going to be all right, isn't she?

We'll do everything we can.

Well, it's just some sort of flu, isn't it?

We don't know yet.

They're better against the war, fellas.

Are all these people sick, too?

Yeah.

With the same kind of thing that Ellen has?

Mm-hmm.

Well, if they're all from the hotel, that means they've got the same kind of flu.

I want to stay with her.

Well, it might be contagious.

Please!

Just for a little while.

Thank you.

Doctors, I don't care who's right, poisoning or viral infection or contamination

or even Legion fever, we have to go to work and find the answers and fast.

So?

So nothing.

We don't know what we're looking at, and we won't know until we start doing some testing.

Now, if you want some good news, it doesn't look like diphtheria or smallpox or the bubonic plague.

But I'll tell you something.

If it did look like any of those, I wouldn't be talking to you.

I'd be on the phone to the Disease Control Center in Atlanta.

Could it be Legion fever?

I don't know.

And I'd like to meet the man who does.

All right.

Give me another 60 seconds.

We've only been open about a year.

My money people, they're a conglomerate.

They don't know if I'm gambling or show business or anything like that.

They make tissue paper and acoustical tiles, stuff like that.

This is an experiment for them.

You have 50 seconds left.

You think they're the only money people around?

You think I haven't been approached by animals from the combination

from the day I bit in on this property?

I didn't want that.

I had 20 years of that in other places.

The gaming commission checked us out for six months.

We're spotless.

No tie-ins.

There's a future here.

I got two kids.

Maybe this is something to leave them.

I don't know. That's up to them.

The junkets are starting to fly in here.

Big name acts are playing the place.

We're turning a corner.

Look, I don't want anybody to die,

but I don't want this place to die either.

You put this place in the news, you know what would be left?

The animals would be left.

I'm telling you, I'll let them in if I have to.

This is my time up.

Can you ensure isolation in that clinic of yours?

Yes, I got good central supply,

and I can call nurses in from Reno quietly.

You get my boss to say, okay, I'll go along with it.

Under certain conditions.

Name them.

You call every guest in this hotel,

get the names of their personal physicians.

You tell them it's an insurance company survey, anything you want.

But don't panic them.

Any information we get, we'll have to send to those doctors.

Garrett doctor's gonna tell you to help keep this quiet.

I only listen to my bosses when they're right.

The bedrock here is that I'm a doctor.

Now, I don't give a damn about your hotel or your license

or the gangsters you're trying to keep out of here.

I want to live on this for my reason, not yours.

If the guests find out what's going on,

they'll be racing out of here for every corner of the country.

And if we let that happen, we could have an epidemic everywhere.

Now, we have 24 hours, maybe,

to find out what we've got here and whether we can contain it.

No guests.

Leave this hotel without a medical examination.

Dr. Quincy, how do you propose I keep the guests from checking out

who want to go to their families, their own lives?

What do we do, lock them up?

No, we don't lock them up.

We very quietly insist on a medical checkup.

Won't that alarm them?

We don't have any choice.

We'll tell them we're checking for an outbreak of the mumps

or a wingback flu.

Quincy, what in the world is wingback flu?

I don't know, Walter. I just made it up.

You got a deal.

Sold.

That's the easy part.

Now comes the toughie.

For the next week, you're going to take the biggest bath of your life.

Another guest checks into this hotel.

You made a mistake. You're overbooked. You're sorry.

Tell them whatever you want.

But I don't want another human being exposed to whatever it is.

That's three junkets I got to cancel.

There's three now or all of them later.

The 60 seconds were up a long time ago.

All right, all right. I'll start making the calls.

Evening rolls around and it's time to go to town.

Way to go. Rock and roll.

Hey, Rolland, you're supposed to have 300 grand in cash.

Now all you had to do was pick it up in one place

and put it down here, right?

Yep.

How much did you lose?

As they say, a goodly sum.

How much, Rolland?

250 grand.

250 grand. What are you, bananas?

Do I have to tell you what Maury's going to say?

I'm going to win it back.

They have to good job in the city, hey

Working for the man every night and day

Ladies and gentlemen, we've overbooked the hotel.

It's our responsibility, but don't worry.

Please, we'll guarantee you, each and every one of you, we'll find you a room.

He's living up to his end of the deal.

Are you satisfied?

So far. I still wish you hadn't come.

Are you scared?

I have to get back to the clinic.

We'll find you a room.

Come on.

Move it in.

That's fine.

Just fine.

Okay.

All right. Now listen.

There's two more after this, and that'll be the last trip.

Okay?

So do it as fast as you can.

And listen, no lights, and remember, no sirens.

Okay.

Yes?

Dr. Quincy on line two.

Quincy, I've been looking all over for you.

Aston, I ran into quite a problem.

Nugget, don't tell me about that car of yours again.

We're shorthanded as hell today as it is.

Aston, I'm not talking about my car.

Now this is really serious.

Quincy, it's a bad connection. I can't hear you.

Where are you? In some gas station?

No, I'm not in a gas station.

I'm in a hotel room in Lake Tahoe.

You're still in Lake Tahoe?

Do you realize that you were due back here an hour ago?

If you'll give me a chance to explain.

Explain?

I am in the middle of an avalanche here,

trying to bring a modicum of order

to what is laughingly called written reports,

while you and your class of 65 are having a wonderful time.

Aston, I've got two dead people here.

Dead people?

That's right. I've got two dead people here.

I've got a lot of patients who are getting sicker by the minute.

Now, I'm not talking about you.

I'm talking about a lot of patients who are getting sicker by the minute.

Now, I promised these people the use of our facilities.

Are you crazy?

Ship bodies from Lake Tahoe?

Quincy, are you drunk?

No, I am not drunk.

All I promised them was the use of our laboratory facilities.

Oh, really?

And where did you get this authority?

I got this authority from being a human being

that wants to help another human being.

Well, listen, Quincy, I need some help, too.

Look, I had a meeting yesterday.

The board wants to cut our budget by one-third.

Look, Aston, I can't go into detail,

but I guarantee you

that if we can make a major breakthrough here,

if we can prevent anyone else from dying,

you will become a hero.

You will be able to triple your budget.

What are you talking about?

What is this?

How many patients have you got there?

I can't talk to you about this over the phone.

Is it food poisoning?

I don't know.

Well, is it some sort of virus infection?

I don't know.

Will you give me a straight answer?

Now, what is it, an epidemic?

I mean, my God, you're talking as if it's legion fever or...

Is that what you're saying?

I said I can't talk about it over the phone.

That is what you're saying.

I'm saying if we make a breakthrough here,

if we can find out what is causing these people to die,

well, the board couldn't turn you down then, could they?

Right.

Quincy,

you stay down there and you save all those people.

I'll stay here and clear the decks.

You have my full cooperation.

Thank you, Aston.

Quincy?

Yeah?

Don't be wrong.

I knew I could count on you.

Jerry, this is Dr. Aston.

About those budget cuts that you boys are organizing down there,

I thought you might be interested to know

that our department is on the verge

of solving a major medical catastrophe.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I don't understand this.

Look, we're going to miss our flight.

One minute, please.

Mr. Robinson, please go to the front desk.

Mr. Robinson.

Mr. Robinson, please go to the front desk.

Mr. Robinson.

Ms. Randall, Ms. Harris,

I hope you've enjoyed your stay.

Any problems?

What kind of a form is this he gave us?

A medical check-out?

It's just a new procedure we're having to follow.

Purely a formality.

So we have to go up to room 227

and fill out a form?

No.

To be examined.

What?

By a doctor.

You see, we live in an agricultural community,

and this is just a new regulation we have to follow.

Purely a formality.

What kind of a...

Oh, never mind that now, Sue.

We're going to miss our flight.

So we go up to room 227.

Is that your infirmary?

No, it's a guest room.

A doctor.

Wonderful.

Thank you for coming up for your examination, Mr. Tote.

Well, I'm sorry, but I don't know what this is all about.

You don't have to.

Believe me, sir, you are in good shape.

You know, this is the first time I've ever had a medical examination

in a hotel room.

Well, I hope I didn't disappoint you.

I'm sorry, sir, but as soon as I'm talking to a doctor,

I keep getting these headaches.

Well, take two aspirins, call your doctor in the morning, okay?

Thank you, doctor.

Hello?

This is the desk. We're sending up two more guests.

Oh, listen, I'm not seeing any more people.

Send them to see Dr. DeGroote, will you?

But they're already on their way up.

Okay, I'll see these two, but look, I'm very busy.

I've got a lot of work to do.

Make sure that everybody else sees Dr. DeGroote.

Right. Okay, thank you. Bye-bye.

Hi, girls. Come on in. Come on.

Come on. Been expecting you.

Oops, excuse me.

I understand we're supposed to get checked out by you

before we can leave the hotel.

That's right.

Look, we've got a flight to catch.

Well, I'll check you in as fast as I can, get you out of here.

Checked out for what?

Hey, what's this all about?

Well, it is kind of difficult to explain.

I suggest you take a stab at it.

We've been coming to this hotel for six months.

Since when do you need a medical examination to check out of a hotel?

Well, you see, you could be a carrier.

Carriers?

What do you mean, carriers?

Hey, I've been going with the same guy for four and a half years.

Oh, I didn't mean that kind of carrier.

Are you the house doctor?

No, I'm just a guest here.

Come on.

Oh, listen, please, look.

The reason it's difficult to explain is...

Well, I'm not allowed to tell you

exactly what led up to this moment.

Well, we'll settle for what it's all about.

I'm afraid I'm not allowed to tell you that either.

I suppose the next thing you're going to tell us to do is strip.

Would be for your own good.

It always is. Come on, let's get out of here.

Girls, look, look.

I know it seems odd, I know it seems bizarre,

but we're all operating under adverse conditions.

I promise you, you won't get

two feet beyond the front door without a security guard

stopping you and bringing you back up here.

It's not a fake. See, I am a doctor.

You're a coroner?

Yeah.

Come on, we may look a little tired, but we're not dead yet.

Oh, shoot.

Oh, nurse, right at the table, please.

Take off your clothes, girls.

What do you suppose it is he thinks we've got?

Don't worry about it.

He's going to find out.

I don't believe it.

Listen, I examined you so that you could still catch the 10 o'clock flight.

I canceled.

Why?

You might need me.

We're not running a Mardi Gras here.

There's something killing people.

It's not a thing.

You're going about this whole room.

I personally happen to think it has nothing to do with no disease.

Raleigh Deinhardt.

Do you know who he is?

Do you know?

Yeah, he's supposed to be a mob guy.

All right, Danny, I know you're a great authority on organized crime.

The fact is someone's out to get Raleigh Deinhardt.

Along with 1,500 others?

Why, you think they can't?

I happen to operate two clubs back east in very questionable neighborhoods.

I've got sources.

He's got sources here.

Danny, look, you're over 21.

I can't tell you where to go or what to do.

But I want you to remember something if you stay here.

Ringerman and I have a deal.

There is not to be a whisper to anyone that there is the possibility of a contagious disease here.

Now, I mean not a whisper.

Sources on the scene at the Nomad Hotel in South Lake Tahoe have reported an outbreak of what could be Legion Fever.

Although there is no accurate reason to believe that it could be Legion Fever.

I'm sure you've heard of it.

I'm sure you've heard of it.

I'm sure you've heard of it.

I'm sure you've heard of it.

I'm sure you've heard of it.

I'm sure you've heard of it.

It's just a matter of time until we have a complete answer.

I hear a phone call in the

have been moved to a nearby private clinic operated by Lawrence Pines, the Nomad Hotel's

house physician. One of the ten is Grammy award winning singer Angie Coy, who was performing

direction of Walmart and I hear them in the direction of the

in the main showroom at the hotel.

Come on! Come on, stay down! Everybody's got a sniper! Come on!

Hey, hey, talk! Give me a hand!

Walmart and I didn't listen to them.

Behind the rope!

Anybody see him?

Al, it's been on television.

Turn the damn things off. There's a central switch.

Al, they know. It was on in the bar. They know, Al.

A lousy, no good forensic.

Ladies and gentlemen, please, please may I have your attention? Please be quiet. Come

down here. Please may I speak to you for a moment? I'm a doctor. Now look, I don't know what you've

heard. And I know you're only interested in getting out that front door and I don't blame

you. But please, please don't leave here until we've checked you over. It's very important.

Now, we're setting up an examining room. Now, all we want to do is take your temperature,

check your blood pressure and take a look at your skin. It'll only take a few minutes,

I promise you. But believe me, they are very, very important minutes for you and for us.

Come on, let's hold it back here. Come on, behind the wall. Hey, Tony, give me a hand,

will you? Back here. Come on, behind the wall. All guests have to be examined by the doctor.

Get out of my way. I'm taking you back inside the hotel with me, sir. Go on, shoot. I'm going

to not get me out of this death trap. Just stay calm, everybody.

What are you crazy? This is your life you're gambling with.

Even when you win, you lose.

It shouldn't have happened. Death isn't discriminating.

Well, here's the last of the cultures. The rest are already loaded in the wagon. Where's

Pines?

When the child died, he broke down. I guess country club doctors aren't used to looking

at death, especially that kind. I'll get these down to the airport. It isn't right.

That child's body should be telling me something. It should be telling me where that young life

ended. But there's nothing. Now, you guys know that nature never brings you to a dead

end. She always leaves loose ends. Only man brings you to a dead end. I can't help feeling

that man's hand is here somewhere.

You're not talking about murder.

I'm not.

Is this based on medicine?

It's based on instinct. Instinct that comes with living with death for a lot of years.

I'm sorry, but I can't let you come aboard.

I can't come aboard? What are you talking about? It's in my contract budget. Private jet to and

from L.A. You brought me up here. Do you remember me?

Yes, sir. I most certainly do remember you. But the fact is I have orders from Mr. Ringerman

to hold this plane for the exclusive use of somebody else.

For who? And for when?

For whenever he wants it. For Dr. Quincy.

A doctor? It's too late for doctors. They got dead people back there. You understand

the people are dead? There's a plague of some kind. I should have got out of here as soon

as Angie got him. All I know is if I had an airplane I could fly, I'd be long out of

here.

Yeah, well it's a little more complicated when you have a job to do.

Whole world full of pilots. I got a space cadet. What branch of the service were you

in? I mean you got an attitude like you was in the service. Would money sway you? I mean

money's been known to sway me. Swayed me to come up to this monastery for three weeks.

Monasteries, branches of service. You guys walk on anything just for cheap life, won't

you?

Are you sure about something? What? What have you? What do you want from me?

You Hardie? Yes sir. All this goes on the plane. Hey, why are they so cold? Don't worry

about that. They're packed in ice. Now when you get to LA, I want you to land at the Western

Freight Terminal. A medical technician will be waiting for you, Sam Fujiyama. He's been

briefed. He knows exactly what to do. He'll take these specimens off your hands. Now you're

not to give them to anybody else but him. Get back here as fast as you can.

Great.

Hi, I'm Ronnie Fletcher. Oh yeah, I recognize. How many people are dead now? Three. Three.

Are you mean to tell me that with three dead people you still don't know what's wrong with

you? I mean to tell you. Would you tell him it's okay for me to go? Well, I don't remember

checking you over. I got a doctor, Roy Lortenstein. Yeah, I know Roy. He's very good, but he's

in Beverly Hills. You see, we don't want you flying out of here with anything communicable.

You're not packed in ice. I said tell him I can go. That's when you seemed to stop listening.

You have no authority. Take it up with him. I'm going to take it up with you. Who are

you? You know, Roy Lortenstein is the head of your organization and I can make you more

trouble in ten minutes than you could smooth out in a year. You don't need benefits I do

for doctors. You don't do benefits for doctors, Mr. Fletcher. You do them for patients. Now

what kind of trouble are you going to get me in? Is that why you do benefits? So you

can get on any plane, any time you want, even if it means it might kill somebody? Do me

a favor, Mr. Fletcher. Don't do any more benefits. We'll try to struggle along without you.

You, take off! Mr. Fletcher, I'll make a deal with you. You promise not to talk to me, I'll

give you a lift back to the hotel. To either me or the state police.

Hold it!

Mr. Ringerman, the guests are all fleeing the hotel. We can't keep them back. They're

strangling our men to death.

We're doing our best to keep them inside the hotel, Mr. Ringerman, but you can see it's

impossible. There are a dozen exits from this place. We haven't got enough men. I didn't

know whether to call the sheriff's office or not. I'm worried about people getting hurt

in that mob. We've already had to take a couple of guests to the lobby who were thrown aside

or knocked down. There's just no way to control this crowd, not unless we get some help. You

know, none of the boys have had to use their guns yet.

That money was supposed to put us in the hotel business, Raleigh.

It's still going to put us in the hotel business. Relax, will you?

I'm going to have to make a phone call, Raleigh.

Do that. Go make your phone call. Look, I'm out 270. I've got 30 left to play with.

You're up 280.

It was nice knowing you, Raleigh.

Jason.

Why? I did everything you asked. Why did you do this to me?

What?

Put that story out.

I didn't put out any story. I heard it on the radio at the clinic myself. How long do

you think you can keep a thing like this quiet? A sick patient's wife tells her cousin, a

nurse tells her boyfriend.

What happens now? Are you going to stay in charge?

I want to stay, but right now the illness is in charge.

This is his idea. Look, I've got to get out of here. I've got commitments.

Mr. Fletcher, would you please resume your place of line?

Look, I'm being so nice. I'm behaving so good I don't even recognize myself. Let me help

out. Give me a moment. I'll do it myself, okay?

Give me a second, will you?

Look, I know that you've got problems and we got off on the wrong foot.

Look, I want you to find the security guard at the front entrance.

Now you're talking.

Tell him to get you to the clinic as quickly as possible. Dr. Pines will take over from

there.

Clinic?

Best place for you is in bed.

Have I got it?

Looks that way.

I got it?

Now calm down.

You calm down. You ain't got it. I got it. A security guard? I need an ambulance. I

need an ambulance. I need an ambulance. Get me an ambulance.

You're in a bad way, Raleigh. I'm going to call the doctor.

What about your call?

I haven't made it yet.

I ain't breathing any too terrific.

Why do you all stay here?

Every doctor in the state will be here pretty soon. What's the point of leaving?

As long as you don't want to close it up.

Raleigh Dinehart.

Winds get pretty high around here, don't they?

Oh, they can.

Is there any metal mining going on in this district like antimony or nickel?

The only thing I can think of is a silver mine, but that's a hundred miles away. Why?

Just a possibility. I was thinking of a strong wind blowing some chemical dust into the air

conditioner.

No chance. This building is self-contained.

Is that the main door?

Uh-huh.

Show it to me.

Sure.

I'm on a tour, Doc. Maybe I better go. Just tell me what you're looking for.

Well, that's a zinger, Jerry. I really don't know. But when I find it, I will know and you won't.

Somebody hold on.

Well, you're going to need this and this.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I remember I'm a little rusty.

Oh, come on, go on.

Well, good evening, ladies and germs.

On behalf of the Nomad Hotel, and I'd like to be half of the Nomad Hotel, we welcome you.

Now, you'll have to excuse me if I'm a little punchy, but I just flew in from Miami and my arms are tired.

You think I look tired? You should see my wife. Why, she can hardly keep her mouth open. No, no.

You still winning?

Have you seen Danny?

Speaking of Dan, would you guard this, please? Come here. You're going to love this, will you? Come here.

I'd like to close this evening with a tender little ballad entitled, I'll Meet You in the Spring, if I can get through the mattress.

Oh, you missed it. He was dynamite.

I used to finish up with zens of my mouth and a dry eye in a house.

I'll meet you in the spring if I can get through the mattress?

Fletcher pulls down five figures a week with the same material.

Oh, what's happening?

You're the one with the sources. You're supposed to let me know. You're going to nose around, right?

Yeah. Well, the people that are supposed to know something, they don't know nothing.

Sounds like Old Man River.

They don't know nothing. That means the mob is not involved. I guarantee it.

So anyway, I'm taking the noon plane back. There's nothing more I can do here, huh?

Oh, good work, good work.

How about your end?

My end is waiting for the Fujiyama report.

That's okay. Thank you.

Excuse me, Mrs. Pines?

That's right.

I'm Dr. Quincy. I've been working with your husband.

Oh, yes. He's mentioned you.

You know, it's quite an honor for a doctor like Larry to work with someone of your stature.

Well, believe me, Dr. Pines has been invaluable to us.

I don't know what we would have done without his help and dedication.

That's quite charitable of you, Doctor. Excuse me.

Do you have any idea where he is?

Have you tried, um, the country club?

The country club?

Mrs. Pines, has he told you we're in the middle of a crisis?

And he's a great doctor. He's a brilliant surgeon.

Well, please forgive me, but I don't get the chance to observe day-by-day brilliance treating tennis elbows and arthritic old ladies.

I hate to see talent like that go to waste.

Oh, you get used to it.

Oh, Dr. Quincy.

You looking for me?

No. Now I'm having lunch with Mrs. Pines.

I'm thinking about expanding the boutique.

Well, I'm glad to see you're a lot more optimistic about saving your hotel.

Would you tell Dr. Pines I'll be at the clinic, please?

Yes, I will.

Sit down, your honor. I'm Dr. Quincy.

So?

How you feeling?

I'm not sweating as much.

That's a good sign.

May I ask you something?

Depends.

Are you in any kind of trouble?

Hey, doctor, I'm not in any kind of trouble.

I'm just a little bit worried.

Are you in any kind of trouble?

Hey, Doc, I'm supposed to ask you that.

Oh, no, I don't mean medically.

I was told I'd be barking up the wrong tree, but I had to check out every possibility.

The people that you know, that you're connected with, are they trying to lean on the hotel?

Would they be as crazy as to foul up the food or the air conditioning or something like that?

If they would, whoever they were, that wouldn't tell you.

What, are you writing a book?

Hey, Doc, all I've ever been is maybe a three-part magazine article.

It's never been enough to fill a book.

Now, leave me alone, will you?

You pines.

I'm pines.

I'm Dr. Michaels of Nevada Disease Control Center.

Six doctors and eight nurses are on their way down here.

Should be here any time.

Hey, Doc, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Nothing.

That's a match.

Nothing on my end either.

We've got relief, Walter.

Oh, yeah. I heard him.

And negative all the way down the line.

No bacteria, no rickettsia.

Preliminary is all we've got in the egg culture, but it doesn't look viral either.

Be a little blanco.

Any sign of botulism or anything in that neighborhood?

No.

How about metallic poisoning through an inhalant?

No levels above normal.

And according to what we've got so far, there's absolutely nothing wrong with them.

Maybe somebody put a curse on the hotel.

There speaks a true scientist.

I'll talk to you later, Sam.

My lab says negative.

The dust I collected, negative.

The EKGs, the X-ray, the potassium and sodium levels are normal.

Anything on the food yet?

So far, nothing.

Maybe there was a curse.

All my life I've been looking for somebody who types worse than I do.

It's a summary.

Some of these guys' developments.

Type better when they...

I take my time.

The lab came up empty.

That's what I heard.

No new case except for Fletcher.

Now that's a puzzlement.

There's nothing different in this workup, is there?

Not so far.

Now, back to whatever.

Very observant, aren't you?

What?

What bothers you most?

The books?

The top two shelves beat up and dog eared and the bottom two in mint condition.

You're wondering why, right?

I'm not in the mood to have my palm read.

I should observe it.

Not subtle.

You want to talk about your books?

Okay, let's talk about them.

What are they there for? Decoration or to impress your patients?

You got it.

Harvard Medical.

Was Hoglund still head of the pathology department when you were there?

Yeah.

He was my professor.

Did you like him?

Made me angry.

Made me think.

He was the best teacher I ever saw.

What about Laswell?

Laswell and I got along.

I'll bet you did.

Once he saw you, use a scalpel.

Yeah, but...

But what?

You know what you did for four years at Harvard,

three years at Rhode Island General?

You took up space. You wasted Hoglund's time.

You wasted Laswell's time.

I didn't think so.

Do they know what kind of a practice you have?

Patient is a patient.

What is that? Wisdom from the elders?

I know that a patient is a patient.

Are you happy treating tennis elbow, gambler's stomach,

18 holes every day once the office is closed?

A chorus girl with a chest cold every now and then to put spice into your life?

What makes you think I'm not happy?

Oh, have I thought you were happy?

I might even envy you.

As it is, there once was a Larry Pines.

You put him on hold nine years ago.

And it is sinful to waste a God-given talent.

Now, why are you trying to drown yourself?

Maybe I had help.

50% of medicine is politics.

Hoglund or no Hoglund, there were a dozen bureaucratic incompetents

between me and a meaningful job in surgery or pathology.

I had better things to do than spend five of those nine years

sucking up to one chief resident or another,

wheeling my way on staff at a good enough hospital

with a big enough budget

so that this talent you keep bellowing about

would have decent equipment to work with.

As life goes, this is a good one.

It's good enough for me, and it's given my wife a chance to fulfill herself.

Now, what's wrong with that?

Why wouldn't you know?

Now, if you think you've scolded the child sufficiently,

I mean, you've got to be careful.

You've got to be careful.

I'm sorry.

Mickey, please be excused.

I didn't realize I was bellowing.

I only do that when I think something's important.

It's my mistake.

Calling out around the world

Are you ready for a brand-new beat?

Come on here and the time is right

For this end of the street

Standing in Chicago

Down in New Orleans

In New York City

Operator, I want to make a credit card call to Chicago.

Sweet music

There'll be music everywhere

There'll be swinging, swaying

Tracks of swaying

We're dancing in the street

Hello, Mr. Stratton.

Listen, we've got a couple of problems on this end.

Something's going on.

I mean, people are getting sick.

I don't know what kind of sick, just sick.

I know it's not your problem, but the thing is,

it's got Ringham and Worried.

It could work for us.

I'm sorry, Mr. Stratton.

I'm sorry, Mr. Stratton.

We're not getting any answers.

Well, then you will be interested in this.

Raleigh dumped the 300 Gs

at the tables.

I don't know. It must have gone bananas.

Yeah.

Right here in Tahoe?

What do I use, ice pick?

I'll do my best.

I'll give Ringham an listen.

Yes, thank...

Thank you.

You won't be disappointed.

...the world as a world

Gotta keep right on movin'

Every day and every night, John

Gotta keep right on movin'

Yeah, baby

Not related.

Not the death, that is.

But his sickness puts him in the category

with every patient we've got, along with the seven that died.

They all checked in this past weekend.

Every single one of them spent Saturday night

from 8 to 9.30 in the showroom.

It has to be food-related.

There is no has to me.

That's what they thought in Philadelphia.

Tell me about the food analysis.

Too much fat, too few proteins.

But nothing startling so far.

Distension of the stomach.

A lot of the gross changes point toward poisoning.

Let me see that.

How come everybody else didn't get sick?

Even with food poisoning, there's no unanimity.

People can be sitting around the same table.

This was the dinner show menu.

We've been through it all.

Well, we'll have to look where there's a choice.

There's chicken and roast beef.

Figure 50-50.

I'm telling you, Quincy.

The trouble with exotic poisons is

they're cleaned out of the system too fast.

Tell me, why did Fletcher get sick a day after everybody else?

I've made the call, Raleigh.

I never eat before show.

What about after?

I was upset.

People walking out on my show.

What am I going to do?

Keep telling me.

People walking out on my show

and Angie getting sick.

I didn't eat at all.

You remember the next time you did eat?

Yeah, the next day.

When this thing broke on the television.

Yeah, just then.

I was eating when it broke on television.

What are you doing?

I'm going to dent the air and anesthetize it.

What were you eating?

Something from the refrigerator.

Soup, I guess.

My foot is...

I don't feel nothing.

It's supposed to be dead.

Was the food from the night before?

I guess so.

My guy brings up the food from the first show.

They didn't eat much to put in the refrigerator.

So then I...

What are you going to do now?

I need a piece of live bone.

You need a what?

I need a piece of bone from your hip.

Just a tiny piece.

My liver's not much bigger.

You're going to take a piece of that, too?

Won't even feel it. It'll be like a little nick.

Muggings have been less than that, Doc.

I'm going to go in now and take the bone.

You didn't get it?

It's not going to hurt you.

What did you do before you became a doctor?

Tusk removal on the safari?

It's all over.

You're worse than an agent.

Doc...

Oh...

Get Dr. Quincy.

Right here.

What is it?

We've lost another one.

Dying heart?

He was improving.

I thought we were starting to get this thing under control.

There were no new deaths.

I tried.

Well, I guess we better hold a post-mortem.

That won't be necessary, Walter.

Excuse me for a minute.

Nurse, has anybody been in this clinic during the last 15 or 16 minutes?

Beside yourself and the doctors?

No one.

Dying heart had no visitors?

Oh, Mr. Bracken was here, but I turned him away.

I explained that the patients were in isolation.

Did you see him leave?

I don't know. I was called away from the desk.

Anybody else here?

Just the patients.

Thank you, nurse.

You have room services? I know, but this is the mountains.

You guys don't know anything about clams?

Breadcrumbs and grated cheese.

Operator, get off the line.

I'm talking to room... who?

An emergency call from...

Oh, Dr. Quincy.

Hi, Danny. Listen, I want you to do something for me.

You name it, Doc. You got it.

I'm Dr. Bracken.

Oh, Doc, that's not a name that's going to sparkle my enthusiasm.

Listen, I want you to keep an eye on him for me.

I want you to go where he goes, do what he does.

If he tries to leave the hotel, call the security.

Tell him he's sick, anything you want.

But keep him here, and I want a full report on him.

Huh. That'll be fun.

Do you mind if I ask you why?

I'll tell you later. Bye-bye.

I wouldn't mind knowing, just in case I get my lumps.

Ah, that's good booze. Good booze.

Thanks very much.

You know, with, uh, with all this bad publicity,

by tomorrow, we may have to cut our offer in half.

I mean, they had to close down that hotel in Philadelphia.

But what did he say?

Did you guys pull this?

Did you kill all these people just to get my hotel?

Let's just keep our focus on the important issues.

We got a deal or not?

Yeah.

What's so important that it couldn't wait until morning?

I'm selling the hotel.

You're what?

What choice do I have?

How many guests will be coming here, even after this epidemic dies down?

I'm getting mass cancellations for months ahead.

Who are you selling the hotel to?

Don't tell me.

Let me guess.

Well, just where does that leave me?

Oh, I'm not worried about you.

You'll land on your own two feet.

Well, thereabouts.

Shaughnessy?

Come here, Shaughnessy.

Shaughnessy?

Larry?

Larry?

It's Shaughnessy.

He's dead.

I don't understand.

I mean, he was frisking around as usual this afternoon.

Holy, it feels like he's been baking in an oven.

Larry, what's the matter?

It's a matter. He's got the symptoms.

What are you talking about? The disease?

Did he have anything to eat tonight?

No, I mean, he didn't even touch his food.

Yesterday, did he? Yesterday, my God.

I brought leftovers home from the hotel kitchen.

They all assumed it was contagious or infectious.

I wondered.

Poor Shaughnessy.

None of this was his fault.

My what?

What do you have to do?

Autopsy.

Go on. Get dressed.

I know you're going to do it.

Same place I did the others.

The clinic.

What am I doing? Going into business for myself?

I gotta wait, Quincy.

If I was sure, he wouldn't think I was a total idiot.

Larry, you want to find it yourself if it's there, don't you?

It's not a contest.

This is the most interested I've seen you in anything since...

Why didn't you tell me you hated what you were doing?

Because I didn't.

Might have been different if I'd known.

A lot of past tense in that sentence.

Yes.

You used to have a colon baby in your head.

I know that name.

Ha ha, Ensign!

I want to take you all in the car today.

Chewie...

it's our morning.

Al, Pine's been looking for you everywhere.

He's back in the office now.

More bad news?

I don't know. He won't tell me anything.

But he looked very excited.

Al!

Wait. Wait.

What?

I got it.

The disease?

No, the answer. And it's not a disease and it's not contagious.

You're off the hook.

What?

But Larry, I just sold the hotel.

It's burning in my heart.

I can't keep from crying.

It's tearing me apart.

Whenever you call my name.

It's all so sweet and plain.

Right then, right there.

I feel that burning flame.

My hands high blood pressure.

Got a hold on me.

Is this the way love's supposed to be?

It's like a heat wave.

It's burning in my heart.

Oh, Hal's bragging.

Danny. Danny.

You don't remember me?

I'm afraid not.

I ran a place in Detroit.

I used to come in with Raleigh Dinehart.

Danny's place.

You remember now?

No.

Well, we can't all be celebrities.

We're all the same.

Two more of the same over here, okay?

I'm at the Marina.

The what?

I got a place at the Marina.

Oh, the Marina.

Yeah, right. You know, the Marina.

Yeah, I know the Marina.

Listen, I'm sorry to hear about your friends getting sick,

you know, around me, Dinehart.

Especially after losing all that money in 21.

I dropped back quite a bit myself.

Don't lose the Marina.

Don't lose the Marina.

They told me he dumped 50 grand in half an hour.

Yeah, well, when you lose, you lose fast, you know?

I didn't notice one of your places.

You know what I mean?

Beautiful. Beautiful.

It'll change.

Nice talking to you.

I'm gonna try and say all this in layman's language.

Basically, the discovery was accidental.

Last night, our pet Irish setter died very suddenly.

When I checked him for symptoms,

I found the same symptoms we've been tracking down here.

I have the facilities in my clinic,

so I performed an autopsy on Shaughnessy, the dog.

I don't know what I was looking for.

I was somewhat hesitant.

Dr. Quincy in the LA lab had eliminated

all the basic poisons, virus, bacteria, and so on.

All that was left us was exotic metals.

Well, there are over 200 tests for those.

I guess I got lucky.

I had fed my dog some leftovers from the hotel kitchen,

some filleted chicken, some dumplings.

When I checked the list of human victims

and the common denominator of when and where they'd eaten,

I narrowed it down to the dumplings.

I broke into the hotel kitchen,

and I got hold of the flour and some baking soda.

It was in the baking soda.

Now, as to how it got there,

I also found what I will have to call

basic commercial rat poison in the same cabinet.

Its principal component is barium carbonate.

The easiest explanation is that some of it spilled under the shelf,

was mistaken for baking soda,

and swept back into the same container.

Barium chloride is incredibly difficult to trace

unless you happen to be looking for it,

but it's a poison that causes all the symptoms

we've been trying to trace down.

And sure enough, when I tested for it

in the substance I took from my dog, it was there.

Barium carbonate in the dumplings turned into barium chloride

when mixed with the stomach acid,

and it became a deadly poison.

In other words, it's been solved, and you solved it.

It was solved a long time ago,

when I had the great good fortune of studying

under Dr. Miles Hoagland at Harvard.

He used to kick my tail around the block

every time I forgot to show too much curiosity.

Dr. Quincy, do you feel upstaged?

I beg your pardon?

Sir, I said, do you feel upstaged?

Oh, yes, and I'm delighted.

I'm sure Dr. Hoagland would be, too.

Quincy, wait up.

I've got to revise my earlier opinion.

About what?

About the organization.

You should pardon the expression.

They're trying to take over this hotel.

Listen, I just had an interesting conversation

with one of Raleigh Dinehart's associates, Harv Bracken.

He and I got very cozy over the whole situation.

People in this hotel start to die.

It's bad for business.

The organization moves in,

saves Ringerman from a sudden collapse,

and maybe they lose a rat

who owes them 300 grand in the process.

Dinehart?

Right.

That's pretty far on it, isn't it, Danny?

It's working, trust me.

Mr. Caldwell, telephone call.

Mr. Caldwell, please.

What room is Harv Bracken in?

Oh, Dr. Quincy, he's in 604.

Thank you.

But I just called up with a message,

and Mr. Bracken was out.

Do you have any idea where he is?

I don't know.

How's it going, Mr. Bracken?

So what's the difference?

Mr. Bracken?

No problem.

I'll talk to you later.

I'm Dr. Quincy.

I think it's about time you and I had a little talk, don't you?

What about?

I ain't sick.

Well, then why don't we talk about your old friend,

the late Raleigh Dinehart?

Oh, yeah, that was a real shame.

I understand you were in the clinic a couple of minutes before it happened.

So?

I came to visit an old friend.

I know you killed him.

I want to know why.

And look, Dr. Quincy,

Raleigh died just like everybody else in this hotel.

Respiratory failure, isn't that what you call it?

You can't prove anything different.

You a betting man?

You're bluffing.

I'll show you my whole card if you don't believe me.

I'll show you my whole card if you answer a few questions.

Go ahead, ask a few questions.

Were you sent here to kill Dinehart or get this hotel or both?

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about all the people here who were poisoned.

You think we were behind all that?

You gotta be crazy.

Besides, didn't you hear?

They said that was food poisoning.

Accidental.

Maybe.

Doctor, we're businessmen.

We don't go around poisoning people.

But I gotta tell you, when people started dying,

it was a blessing.

Suddenly we were back in the ballpark.

Ringerman has to deal. His back is against the wall.

We're like the Mounties.

We always get our man.

You know, Mr. Bracken, I believe you.

I don't think anybody else will, but I believe you.

I don't think the gaming commissioner is gonna believe you.

I guarantee you guys aren't gonna get this hotel.

One more thing, in case you didn't know it,

forensic medicine is an exact science.

When you smother someone,

you leave teeth indentations on the upper lip.

And since we can place you at the scene of the homicide

minutes before it happened,

I think the DA has a pretty good case.

Don't you?

I don't think so.

I know it's anticlimactic,

but the bone ashing shows barium.

Was it ingested?

Definitely.

Turned into barium chloride when it mixed with the stomach acid.

Was it a sign of any other poison?

No, we tested for everything.

No, we tested for everything.

We tested for everything.

I give the young doctor a cigar.

Words out, huh?

Yeah.

They even interrupted the football game.

They're figures.

Anything wrong, Quince?

No, no, no, Sam, just tired. It's all just tired.

Well, are you heading home,

or are you gonna make your fortune at the tables?

They're all waiting for me back at Larry Perns's place.

He's gonna take us to the airport by boat.

I wanna check out something first.

It's all over, friend. What are you trying to prove?

That me is right, that I'm a hopeless paranoid.

Yeah.

Bye-bye, Sam. Bye-bye.

Hey, hon, is this all their luggage?

Yeah, I think so.

Okay, I'm loading it in the boat.

How about a little refreshment before you go?

Hmm.

Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

Straight.

I'm sorry, we're out of vodka.

Thanks.

Bye.

Give me a favor.

What's that?

Hurry right back.

Okay. Because we got lots to talk about.

Like what?

Oh, like, uh, you, me,

getting away from here.

Medical research?

Mm-hmm. In our future.

Good. I like the agenda.

I'll set a record, get me across the lake and back.

Hurry back. Quick, quick.

Hey.

How's it going?

Hey, you got everything mopped up?

Yeah, Dr. Michaels went back home.

Couple of days, your clinic will be nice and quiet again.

Yeah.

You know, we could let down after our tough cases cracked.

Heh.

Strange.

You don't seem let down.

Well...

We beat him, didn't we?

When was it, Larry?

Exactly when did you know it was over

and you'd have to make a move?

Was it when I took the bone sample?

You knew I'd hear from my lab within 48 hours

and know the truth.

The truth?

Is that when you decided you'd have to poison your dog?

Poison my dog?

To be honest with you, you know I love that animal.

That's why it was so hard for me to believe

what was there to be seen.

But you really wanted to wait, didn't you?

Wait until we threw our hands up

like they did in Philadelphia.

That would have been a lot more dramatic.

A town full of pathologists, all of us stumped.

And there you are.

The hero.

The savior.

You know what you're saying?

Oh, yeah.

He poisoned all those people

and killed seven of them.

Politics never change.

You get a little bit lucky,

you find out I'm stepping all over people's egos.

You really did feel upstage, didn't you?

Oh, cut it out.

Would you stop playing games, Larry?

Stop playing games!

Impossible.

Too bad.

We were all of us his friends.

I don't understand this kind of jealousy.

I never did.

You, of all people.

You're gonna want to hear what I have to say.

I always felt

that man's hand was here somewhere.

But I could never believe it was yours.

I called Dr. Hoagland in Harvard.

Well, what has that got to do with anything?

Probably doesn't remember me anyway,

but that's her triumphs.

Oh, he remembers you all right, doctor.

And don't minimize your triumph.

A brilliant young student

who diagnosed that the child ate barium carbonate.

When it mixed with the acid in her stomach,

it became barium chloride, a deadly poison.

Told you about that.

Saved the child's life.

What a wonderful beginning.

How do you go from saving a child's life

to committing murder?

I performed a second autopsy on Sean, is he?

Huh.

You know, he ate the dumplings.

Oh, he ate the poison dumplings all right.

But you had to make sure that the poison worked very fast.

Time was running out.

So you injected barium directly into the bloodstream.

What is the point of...

I found the needle track!

I turned the evidence over to the police.

I'm sorry, sir.

I'm sorry.

Why, Larry?

Tell me that. Why?

My wife...

You wanted to get back at Ringerman?

You knew he was having an affair with her?

Who told you that?

Nobody had to tell me. I saw the way she lit up around him.

I know she didn't have a high opinion of you.

Well, she does now.

And that's why you did it, Larry, isn't it?

You wanted to be that brilliant doctor again,

the one she fell in love with.

You poisoned all those people

to recapture a moment.

No.

No, because I needed her back.

I needed her back more than life itself.

I don't know what it's like to have the woman you love

think of you as some kind of microscopic vermin.

And what is she gonna think of you now?

Now that you're a murderer.

I only thought it would make a few people sick

no matter what you think.

I'm not a murderer.

Tell that to those seven dead people.

I'm not a murderer.