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[Screaming]
[Woman]Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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If a sandwich was delivered,well, it could help to establishthe time of death.
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Corned beef for everybody!
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You're gonna have dinner with Grover Barth
tonight, and he'd better come in here tomorrow with a big smile on his face.
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The account can be had.
There's a $100,000 bonus in it for you.
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Myron inherits the business.
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Which certainly won't be worth much
without the Corned Beef Castles account.
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Grover didn't care much for the
campaign you laid out this morning.
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You're under arrest
for the murder of Larry Kinkaid.
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We're goosing up the 18
to 34 demographics by, uh- [Finger Snapping]
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17 million impressions.
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If we can squeeze the franchise
holders another two percent of gross for advertising,
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we're gonna have Grover Barth's
Corned Beef Sandwich over the billion served this year.
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Well, that's very impressive, Larry,
but, uh, how much is it gonna cost?
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Well, we haven't
fine-tuned it yet, Grover,
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but, uh, rough cut,
oh, 11 million.
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Oh, by the way, Grover.
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Ah, we still don't have yourJohn
Hancock on the renewal contract.
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Now I know you've had a lot ofdetails to attend to and everything,
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but, uh, we're down to two weeks
on the old agreement.
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Well, I'll just glance this over
and get it back to ya.
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Get the little woman's input,
you know.
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Oh, yeah, yeah. Uh, listen,
why don't you have Polly join us for lunch?
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Fine.
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That's a beautiful blouse,
Victoria.
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It just kind of sets off that
peaches-and-cream complexion.
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Listen, I'll lay on a
reservation for four.
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You're really gonna
love this place. See ya.
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He didn't like the presentation, and
he's stalling on that renewal contract.
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But he likes you, Victoria.
I want you to sit next to him during lunch.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Kinkaid.
I won't be able to make it.
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I'm having lunch with my husband
and my aunt. She's visiting us. Would you forget the family reunion?
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We're talking survival here, kiddo!
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"Francoise." I read about
that place in The New Yorker.
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Apparently half the advertising
deals on Madison Avenue are cooked up at the tables over lunch.
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Yeah, three martinis, a salad,
and your name in Advertising Age for dessert.
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Maybe we should eat there.
Why not? I'm sure Victoria can put it on her expense account.
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Oh, part of the privilege of
overpaying for the penthouse suite. You get your own elevator.
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[Ding]
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Hold that. Hold that elevator!
[Howard] Elevator!
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[Jessica]I'm sorry. That's all right. Hi, Howard.
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Hi.
You landed anything yet?
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I got a couple of things
working, yeah. Good. Good.
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Uh, I'd like you to meetJessica.
Jessica, this is Aubrey Thornton.
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Uh, another one of
Larry Kinkaid's galley slaves.
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How do you do?
This is Jessica Fletcher, Victoria's aunt.
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Ah, a wonderful kid, your niece.
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She's got everything to gothe distance in this racket:
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Brains, youth, good looks and a very
high threshold for humiliation.
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The only thingshe's short on is guile,
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but, uh, Larry's giving her
lessons on that.
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[Laughs]
Am I right in assuming that you're the resident cynic, Mr. Thornton?
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Well, I would be,
but I don't have tenure.
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Oh, I'm going to get
downstairs before all the best barstools are taken.
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Nice to meet you, Mrs. Fletcher.
Good luck, Howard. Bye-bye.
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This way.
Mmm.
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Some place, huh?
Yes, indeed.
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Hi, Howard.
I called her. She's on the way. Hi.
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Thanks. Let's go over here
and sit down.
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AuntJessica?
Victoria.
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Oh, I am so impressed!
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My goodness.
A penthouse suite, account executive-
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You're going to have to
bring me up to speed on life in the fast lane,
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but how about a pit stop
first down at Francoise?
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Oh, AuntJessica, I'm really sorry,
but, uh, we've got a crisis.
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A command performancefor the client, and I won't beable to have lunch today.
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Oh.
That's swell.
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AuntJessica comes all the way
down from Maine, and you can't fit her into your schedule.
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
It's all right. Business comes first.
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Look, why don't I stop over,
and we can all have dinner together?
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Wonderful. You'll stay with us.
Oh, can we make it late-ish?
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Um, say, 9:00?
Perfect.
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What Polly's saying is that, uh,
with the renewal coming up and all,
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we're just sort of wondering
who's minding the store creatively?
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[Polly]Larry, we knowyou did your best,
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but Grover didn't care much for the
campaign you laid out this morning.
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[Grover]Well, I just thoughtit lacked... imagination.
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I mean, it's exactly the same thing
we did last year only with bigger budgets.
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Well, I'm glad to hear
you say that, Grover,
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because I think it's time
for a whole new approach, a totally new concept.
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Fresh, exciting, power packed-
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A radical marketing strategy
based on a new creative concept.
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For example?
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I'm going to scrap the entire presentation
I showed you this morning, Grover.
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I want you and Pollyin tomorrow.
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I'm going to lay out
a whole new campaign. It's going to blow you away.
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Well, darling, maybe we'll
be able to renew the account with Larry after all.
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I'll certainly drink to that.
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I guess we'll be
working together a lot.
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50 million dollars a year
in advertising billing.
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Leland, that isn't chopped liver.
Another 50 million even chopped corn beef...
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would look very good
on the balance sheet, Christine,
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especially when I take Biddle
Advertising public next year.
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The account can be had.
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There's a $100,000 bonus
in it for you if you can bring that account into the office.
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Did I hear you say
"vice president"? If you deliver.
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To the corner office.
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Oh, my goodness! Talking
business makes my nose shiny.
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[Laughing]
If you gentlemen will excuse me?
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Good idea. I'll go with you.
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You know, uh, Polly's going
to be spending the night with her sister in Queens.
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Her sister can't abide me.
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Oh, then you and I'll have dinner.
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Well, actually, Larry, I was
thinkin' more about splittin' a chateaubriand with Victoria.
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There's something about that
young filly that brings out the stallion in this old horse.
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I bet you could explain to herjust how important this isfor her future on the account.
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I'll make sure she understands.
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[Howard]Everything's fine.
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I mean, Victoria. She's got
a great job. Her career's going through the roof.
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Considering she's got an
unemployed actor for a husband, she's doing great.
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Oh, Howard.
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[Sighs]
What have I got to complain about?
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So big deal.
She's supporting me.
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I mean, just because
we hardly ever see each other- She's working late most nights.
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You know,
she does look a little tired.
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You know,
that Larry Kinkaid- he uses people.
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He burns them up,
and then he throws them away.
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For all I know, one of these days,
he's going to ask Victoria to put her body on the line for a client.
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Oh, Victoria is too levelheaded
for any of that sort of thing.
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Jessica, I love her so much.
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I feel like she's
slipping away from me.
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I mean, if it was just me,
I could go on with-with nothing.
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But she's got a real shot,
and I could never stand in the way of her career.
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Please, Jessica, don't tell her
I said anything.
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But, Larry, I've told you as
the controller of your company, you don't want to hear.
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Now I'm telling you
as your own brother! Later, Myron.
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I don't have the time right now.
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You're spending more money than
we're taking in. Receivables are running 60 days in arrears.
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And your major account,
the Corned Beef Castle-
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Larry, we're holding nearly four
million dollars in unpaid media bills that Barth hasn't paid for us yet!
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[Knocking]
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Oh, uh, I'm sorry, Mr. Kinkaid.
I know you're very busy, but, uh,
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I've been working up
some new ideas for the-
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Yeah, yeah, sure, fine.
Why don't you just, uh, leave 'em on the desk?
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Larry, why wasn't I notified
about the Corned Beef Castles presentation this morning?
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'Cause you're no longer
on the account, Thornton.
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Corned Beef Castles
is my account, Larry.
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I brought you that account
three years ago.
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A mom and pop
delicatessen in Buffalo.
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You were over your head then;
you're over the hill now.
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If you don't like the wayI run this agency,why don't you quit?
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That's what you want, isn't it?
Well, let me tell you something, Larry.
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- I've got a contract.
- You can't cut it anymore, Thornton.
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I think Aubrey has a lot to contribute.
Some of his ideas are very good.
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Victoria, darling, you're a smart kid,
but an advertising genius, you're not.
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You know why you're on this account?You're on this account becauseGrover Barth has the hots for you.
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That's why he's taking youto dinner tonight.
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I have other plans tonight.
Listen, sweetheart.
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You're gonna have dinner with
Grover Barth tonight,
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and he'd better come in here
tomorrow morning with a big smile on his face...
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'cause you don't have a contract.
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Mr. Kinkaid, you may own this agency,
but you don't own me.
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You're the one who acceptsall the fancy awards,
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but it's people like me and Aubrey...
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and Phil Conklin, God rest his soul,
who have always ground it out for you.
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But not anymore.
I quit!
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I don't need you.
I don't need any of you.
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I am still the best
advertising man on this street.
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I'm going to work here tonight.All night, if I have to!
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And tomorrow morning,
when Mr. And Mrs. Corned Beef Castle come marching in here,
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I am going to show them a new campaign
that's gonna knock their socks off.
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Now get outta' here, all of you!
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[Knocking]
Mr. Kinkaid? Your secretary seems to have wandered off,
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but we did have
a 4:00 appointment.
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Come in, please.
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That man is impossible.
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Well, at least you don't
have to worry about Larry stabbing you in the back.
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He always gives it to you
right in the chest. Uh- [Elevator Ding]
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Take a friendly word of advice,
Victoria. Don't quit until you've lined something else up.
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Howard and I are surviving
paycheck to paycheck. But there's a limit.
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Larry needs you right now.
Besides, he loves it when people come crawling back.
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You are talking to an expert.
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I'll never crawl back.
[Laughs]
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But thanks. You're a pal.
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Forget it, kid.
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Well, I'm gonna cut out early
as usual.
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You know, it gives me a warm feeling
to know that Larry has to pay me whether I work or not.
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Ciao.
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To be quite honest with you,
Biddle Advertising is creatively barren,
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and the prospect of learning
at the feet of a man like you is enormously exciting,
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and I'm a veryexcitable woman.
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Christine, I think we might
have something for you.
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Why don't we grab some dinnernext week, and, um,
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we can go over your portfolio?
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I'd like that.
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Ah, right now I've got to
put out a couple of fires.
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Listen, why don't you
give my secretary, Mary, a call in a couple of days,
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and, uh, we can set
something up, all right?
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Thank you.
I've gotta run.
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Oh, I forgot my purse.
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I'd forget my head
if it wasn't fastened on.
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Howard?
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AuntJessica?
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[Beeping]
[Howard] Hi, honey.
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The audition went really well.
I got a feeling they're gonna offer me the part.
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Gonna stop by for a drinkwith my agent. Be home about 9:00.[Beeping]
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Vicky, it's Jessica.I'm gonna be tied up for awhile- Life insurance. That can't be due.
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With my publisher,but I'll be there by 9:00.
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Think of a nice place for dinner,and it's my treat.
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[Beeping]Howard, this is Laverneat Sid Shakelman's office.
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I promised to call you if I heard anything.Well, Mr. Shakelman is going withRod Waverly for the doorman's part.
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He thought you were great,but not world-weary enough.Sorry.
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[Beeping][Machine Clicks Off]
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[Ding]
[Man]Right. Yes, I've got it.
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Hi, Ms. Griffin.
Workin' late again, huh? [Laughs]
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There's something I have to
settle with Mr. Kinkaid. Hmm.
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[Weatherman
Chattering]
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[Victoria Screaming]
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What happened, Ms. Griffin?
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Let me see that.
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"Outstanding Achievement in the Field
of Advertising, Larry Kinkaid."
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Well, like they say,
this one had his name on it. Bag it.
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Mrs. Griffin.
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Why did you scream?
I mean, what did he do to you?
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Nothing. He was laying there
when I came in. I was terrified.
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Well, uh, what were
you doing here after hours?
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00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:11,527
Was it business business
or, like, personal business?
218
00:16:11,604 --> 00:16:13,299
[Door Opens]
219
00:16:13,373 --> 00:16:15,307
Hey, you can't go in there!
She's my wife!
220
00:16:15,375 --> 00:16:19,368
It's okay! It's all right.
Sorry.
221
00:16:19,445 --> 00:16:21,936
Listen, uh, I want you
to call the coroner.
222
00:16:22,015 --> 00:16:25,007
Tell him I want that lab report
on my desk first thing in the morning. Okay?
223
00:16:25,084 --> 00:16:27,143
Yes, sir.
Oh, Bobby, call my wife.
224
00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:30,189
Tell her I ain't gonna make it, all right?
Yes, sir.
225
00:16:30,256 --> 00:16:32,315
[Howard]
Are you okay, baby?
226
00:16:32,392 --> 00:16:34,656
Why'd you have to
come back here?
227
00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:37,594
Mr. Griffin,
does she work late a lot?
228
00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:40,632
What the hell is that
supposed to mean?
229
00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:42,497
It means-
230
00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:48,529
Lady, hey.
Lady, who the hell are you?
231
00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:53,545
She's my aunt, Jessica Fletcher.
J.B. Fletcher, the mystery writer.
232
00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:57,344
Oh, that's swell.
That's just what I need.
233
00:16:57,417 --> 00:17:00,215
Curious- that corned beef sandwich.
234
00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:04,751
He wasn't poisoned,
Mrs. Fletcher.
235
00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:09,284
He was brained
with this advertising award. Yes, of course, Lieutenant.
236
00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:12,422
Look, I don't want to intrude here,
but, uh-
237
00:17:12,498 --> 00:17:16,366
Well, it seems to me that
if a sandwich was delivered,
238
00:17:16,436 --> 00:17:20,873
uh, well-Well, it could help
to establish the time of death.
239
00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:24,068
The body was warm
when we got here,
240
00:17:24,143 --> 00:17:26,475
which meansthe time of death...
241
00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:31,848
had to be just about the time
that your niece here says she discovered the body.
242
00:17:31,918 --> 00:17:34,284
What do you mean, "says"?
"Says" means-
243
00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:38,380
Ah, Lieutenant, I'm-I'm surethe notion has occurred to you...
244
00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:43,259
that someone must have
been here before Victoria arrived.
245
00:17:43,329 --> 00:17:48,164
Uh, well, perhaps the, uh,
the security guard has kept a report of some sort?
246
00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:53,171
I came on duty at 6:00
after the receptionist leaves.
247
00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:55,799
Tonight I never left the desk
until I heard the screams.
248
00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:58,639
So anybody coming in or out
has got to get by you.
249
00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:02,169
All these names between
6:00 and 6:30, I suppose they're employees leaving?
250
00:18:02,248 --> 00:18:04,614
Yeah, everybody
cleared out about 6:30.
251
00:18:06,185 --> 00:18:08,517
Thank you.
252
00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,852
Now, wait a minute.
These are- These are all sign outs.
253
00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:15,257
Well, here's a Grover Barth,
in at 7:00, out at 7:10. Is he an employee?
254
00:18:15,328 --> 00:18:18,695
No, Mr. Barth is a client.
"Mr. Corned Beef Castles."
255
00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:24,263
And here's a MaryJones.
She signed in and out around 8:30.
256
00:18:24,337 --> 00:18:26,464
Yeah, well,
she's the interior decorator.
257
00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:30,675
Now, was the sandwich delivered?
There's nothing on the sheet here.
258
00:18:30,743 --> 00:18:32,677
The delivery guy
was here about 8:00.
259
00:18:32,745 --> 00:18:36,374
Wait, wait, wait a minute.
Do you mind?
260
00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:43,753
Now, this, uh, Victoria Griffin.
She was in at 9:15.
261
00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:46,849
Now, did she say anything?
Act strange?
262
00:18:46,926 --> 00:18:52,558
[Sighs]
She only said that she had something to settle with Mr. Kinkaid.
263
00:19:03,743 --> 00:19:07,770
Well, what's going on?
I'm leaving. I quit yesterday.
264
00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:12,011
And with Mr. Kinkaid dead,
I doubt that they will be renewing the account so-
265
00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:15,417
Ah, whoa, whoa.
We haven't lost the account yet. Myron and I have been talking.
266
00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:18,514
I looked at those ideas
you gave Larry yesterday. They're really very good.
267
00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:20,525
Good?
They're terrific.
268
00:19:20,593 --> 00:19:25,087
[Aubrey] Now, I'm not goingto go into mourning for Larry.The fact is I hated his guts.
269
00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:28,998
But if we can savethe Corned Beef Castles account,we can save this agency.
270
00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:33,596
But l-
As Larry's only living relative,Myron inherits the business.
271
00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:36,540
Which certainly won't be worth much
without the Corned Beef Castles account.
272
00:19:36,609 --> 00:19:39,442
I'll take over the account again.
We have to renegotiate my deal.
273
00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:42,675
No more banker's hours.
You know, Larry never listened to me on financial matters,
274
00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:45,012
but damn it, I know a thing or two
about running a sound business.
275
00:19:45,084 --> 00:19:49,783
We take those terrific new ideas of yours,
and we put together a new campaign,
276
00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,846
and we have Grover Barth
begging to renew.
277
00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:57,293
Well, it's about time
we tried something fresh.
278
00:19:57,363 --> 00:20:01,390
Whatever you're making,
you get a 10 grand a year raise.
279
00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:07,068
Have you had a chance to tell
Howard about your raise? No, not yet.
280
00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:13,071
AuntJessica,
I don't want to burden you, but, uh-
281
00:20:13,145 --> 00:20:19,106
I've been worried about Howard.
Well, now that you bring it up, he did seem a bit down.
282
00:20:19,185 --> 00:20:22,279
Do you suppose it could have
something to do with your job?
283
00:20:23,923 --> 00:20:28,053
There are times when I wonder
why I'm even in this rat race.
284
00:20:28,127 --> 00:20:33,895
There's so much pressure,
cutthroat competition, and some of it really seems shallow.
285
00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:36,730
Actually, the reason I'mhanging in is for Howard.
286
00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:40,602
For Howard?
To take the financial pressure off him.
287
00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:43,904
So he's free to devote himselfto his acting career.
288
00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:48,345
I love him so much, AuntJessica.
I just want him to be happy.
289
00:20:48,414 --> 00:20:54,353
Victoria, do you and Howard
ever talk to each other?
290
00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:59,221
Victoria Griffin?Christine Clifford, Biddle Advertising.
291
00:20:59,292 --> 00:21:01,283
This is my aunt,
Jessica Fletcher.
292
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:05,490
Oh, yes, the famous writer.
Talent must run in the family.
293
00:21:05,564 --> 00:21:07,896
Mind if I sit down
for a moment?
294
00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:10,959
Victoria, I have heard wonderful
things about your work.
295
00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:15,804
You have?
Oh, yes. They say Larry Kinkaid couldn't make a move without you.
296
00:21:15,875 --> 00:21:19,436
And now he's dead.Oh, poor man.
297
00:21:19,512 --> 00:21:23,573
Victoria, I hate to
short stroke this, but-
298
00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:26,550
Leland Biddle wants you
on our team.
299
00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:30,248
You mean a job
at Biddle Advertising?
300
00:21:30,323 --> 00:21:33,850
Whatever you're making,I am authorizedto make it 10,000 more.
301
00:21:33,926 --> 00:21:35,621
We can talk title later.
302
00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:40,394
My goodness!
The advertising business is certainly very volatile.
303
00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:42,798
I hardly know what to say,
Miss Clifford.
304
00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:47,867
Except that I do feel
I have a commitment to the Kinkaid Agency.
305
00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:55,510
Okay. Maybe Mr. Biddle will go higher.
I'll have to check with him.
306
00:21:55,581 --> 00:21:57,708
Call me.
307
00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:02,846
Nice to meet you,J.B.
Love your product. Thank you.
308
00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:06,990
Vicky, you are really in demand.
309
00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:11,888
Christine Clifford.
310
00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:17,002
Now I remember
where I've seen that name.
311
00:22:17,069 --> 00:22:20,561
On Larry Kinkaid's
appointment calendar, 4:00.
312
00:22:21,874 --> 00:22:26,174
She's with the competition.
Why would she be seeing Larry?
313
00:22:26,245 --> 00:22:30,238
Ladies.
Oh, Lieutenant Spoletti.
314
00:22:30,316 --> 00:22:33,342
Any developments on
Mr. Kinkaid's murder, Lieutenant?
315
00:22:33,419 --> 00:22:36,946
Yeah, I've got it
just about wrapped up.
316
00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:41,925
I've got motive, opportunity
and a lab report that makes it a lock.
317
00:22:43,796 --> 00:22:48,392
Victoria Griffin,
you're under arrest for the murder of Larry Kinkaid.
318
00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:52,261
[Gasp]
319
00:22:58,944 --> 00:23:00,878
[Jessica]This is preposterous.
320
00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:05,815
According to the lab report,
the advertising award was definitely the murder weapon,
321
00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:10,822
and the only fingerprints on it,
aside from Kinkaid's, were yours, Mrs. Griffin.
322
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:14,485
I had picked up that award
earlier to make a point.
323
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,960
Aubrey Thornton and
Myron Kinkaid will tell you that.
324
00:23:17,029 --> 00:23:21,762
You see, Lieutenant,
a perfectly simple explanation.
325
00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:26,430
And if the killer wore gloves,
that suggests premeditation.
326
00:23:26,505 --> 00:23:29,838
That doesn't mean
she couldn't pick it up again and whack him with it.
327
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:35,074
Look, perhaps... perhaps
the security guard was mistaken about who was still there.
328
00:23:35,147 --> 00:23:39,777
The rent-a-cop? The agency fired him.
They probably figured they weren't getting their money's worth.
329
00:23:39,852 --> 00:23:43,015
But if somebody had been
working late and not signed out-
330
00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:48,287
And then slipped out
when the security guard went to investigate Victoria's scream-
331
00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,591
Maybe the award just fell on him.
332
00:23:51,664 --> 00:23:55,293
You know,
I just had a thought.
333
00:23:56,469 --> 00:24:00,269
Mr. Kinkaid may have died
just before you got there,
334
00:24:00,339 --> 00:24:04,241
but the fatal blow could have
been struck much earlier.
335
00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:07,177
Sometimes people linger
for days with a head injury.
336
00:24:08,714 --> 00:24:11,182
Could I see the sign-outsheet again, please?
337
00:24:12,885 --> 00:24:17,288
You wanna see the sign-out sheet?
Terrific! Let's take a look at the sign-out sheet.
338
00:24:18,524 --> 00:24:21,459
Okay, here we go.
We got the sign-out sheet.
339
00:24:21,527 --> 00:24:25,156
We got, uh, Grover Barth, a client.
He was in at 7:00.
340
00:24:25,231 --> 00:24:27,722
Over two hours before
the guy got killed.
341
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,258
[Scoffs] Lieutenant-
And, by the way, the guy had no motive.
342
00:24:31,337 --> 00:24:35,467
And here we have our interior
decorator, MaryJones. Whom nobody has even heard of.
343
00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:39,375
- We're checking her out.
- Mr. Kinkaid never mentioned her to me.
344
00:24:39,445 --> 00:24:45,042
Uh, Lieutenant, doesn't the
name "MaryJones" seem just a little prosaic to you?
345
00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:46,846
Come again?
346
00:24:46,919 --> 00:24:51,322
Oh, commonplace ordinary,
You know, likeJohn Doe, made up, an alias.
347
00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:55,554
Mrs. Fletcher, even if that were true,
which I ain't sayin' it is,
348
00:24:55,628 --> 00:25:00,622
the bimbo came and went
45 minutes before Kinkaid got conked.
349
00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:03,930
And I assume that
you're still trying to find the deliveryman?
350
00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:08,633
That was at 8:00! Do you know
how many delis there are in New York? Hundreds.
351
00:25:08,707 --> 00:25:14,668
Look, lady, I know one thing.
Kinkaid was iced at 9:15 according to the medical report.
352
00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:18,183
9:15!
That is the magic number here.
353
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:21,413
The sandwich had nothin'
to do with nothin'!
354
00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:24,217
I'm sorry, Lieutenant,
but you're wrong.
355
00:25:24,290 --> 00:25:29,421
The sandwich was delivered at 8:00.
At 9:15, the sandwich was still uneaten,
356
00:25:29,495 --> 00:25:32,020
and I have to ask why.
357
00:25:35,634 --> 00:25:38,865
Maybe, just maybe,
you got something there.
358
00:25:40,005 --> 00:25:43,236
- I'll give you 24 hours.
- Thank you.
359
00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:48,839
Aubrey, good. Come on!
360
00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:51,144
Now give me a situation report.
361
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:53,241
Everything's in high gear, Myron.
362
00:25:53,319 --> 00:25:56,811
The art department will have
the graphs and the charts ready for you about 5:00,
363
00:25:56,889 --> 00:26:00,290
and the media people are
working up the numbers right now. [Jessica] Excuse me.
364
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,260
L-I hope I'm not interrupting
anything important,
365
00:26:03,329 --> 00:26:05,593
but your secretary seems
to be away from her desk.
366
00:26:05,664 --> 00:26:09,532
Mrs. Fletcher.
Please, come in.
367
00:26:09,602 --> 00:26:14,062
No, I've got her manning
the copy machine. This is Myron Kinkaid.
368
00:26:14,139 --> 00:26:16,073
He's our new leader.
369
00:26:16,141 --> 00:26:19,941
I can give you about two minutes,
Mrs. Fletcher. Oh, it won't take that long.
370
00:26:20,012 --> 00:26:22,344
I just want to express
my condolences.
371
00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:26,748
Beautiful guy. Everybody loved him.
But we're gonna pick up his banner and keep charging.
372
00:26:26,819 --> 00:26:29,253
Yes. Victoria tells me
that you inherit the agency,
373
00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:32,620
and that you're goingto do everything possibleto save the big account.
374
00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:35,125
It won't be easy
following Larry's act.
375
00:26:35,194 --> 00:26:38,027
But we're gonna give it
our best shot. It beats going belly-up.
376
00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:43,194
Yes, everyone would lose
their jobs, and it would be such a shame to-to close up this office.
377
00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:46,362
I mean, the decoration
is-is so charming.
378
00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:49,100
Look, it was nice chatting
with you, Mrs. Fletcher.
379
00:26:49,174 --> 00:26:54,009
I can't imagine why
you'd want to redecorate it. Redecorate?
380
00:26:54,079 --> 00:26:57,981
Yes, I'm talking about Miss Jones,
the interior decorator, who came to see your brother last night.
381
00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:02,316
I've never heard of her.
Larry just had the place redone a year ago. We don't throw money around for nothin'.
382
00:27:02,388 --> 00:27:05,789
Oh, it was you who
fired the guard then. To save money?
383
00:27:05,858 --> 00:27:08,986
Uh, that was me.
384
00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:12,792
When you let the owner
of the company get killed, practically under your nose,
385
00:27:12,865 --> 00:27:15,595
it's a fair assumption
you're not doing your job.
386
00:27:15,668 --> 00:27:18,330
So I called the security
company for a replacement.
387
00:27:18,404 --> 00:27:24,240
Yes. Well, I mustn't keep you.
I'm sure you two have big plans to discuss.
388
00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:34,149
?? [Band]
[Applause]
389
00:27:34,219 --> 00:27:36,949
[Applause Continues]
390
00:27:39,892 --> 00:27:42,417
[Grover]And now, ladies and gentlemen,
391
00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:46,430
I'd like to introduce a man
already known to many of you in this community.
392
00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:52,459
A man who'll be manager and
co-owner of this Corned Beef Castle,
393
00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:54,938
Harrison P. Oswald-
394
00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:03,609
who in the grand tradition
of American free enterprise...
395
00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:08,915
will be investing $100,000
in the future of this community.
396
00:28:16,829 --> 00:28:22,790
And now, for a special treat,
corned beef on the house for everybody!
397
00:28:22,868 --> 00:28:26,304
??[Band]
398
00:28:27,606 --> 00:28:31,940
Grover, is that check certified?
[Jessica]Mr. And Mrs. Barth.
399
00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:36,912
[Polly] My goodness, what a surprise!
Well, that was such a charming ceremony.
400
00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:40,213
Well, I saw a notice
about the opening in the financial pages.
401
00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:42,810
Wasn't it a shame about
poor Larry Kinkaid?
402
00:28:42,888 --> 00:28:47,325
Oh, yes, such a shock for
everyone, particularly you, Mr. Barth.
403
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:51,055
I understand that
you were the last one to see him alive...
404
00:28:51,130 --> 00:28:53,064
except for the murderer,
of course.
405
00:28:53,132 --> 00:28:56,693
Why, Grover, you told me
you were going to the movies.
406
00:28:56,769 --> 00:28:59,101
I had to visit my sister.
Grover can't stand her.
407
00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:04,231
I did go to the movies, pumpkin.
L-I just stopped by Larry's office first.
408
00:29:04,309 --> 00:29:06,743
I thought I left my extra
pair of glasses there,
409
00:29:06,812 --> 00:29:11,146
but I assure you, Mrs. Fletcher,
he was very much alive when I left.
410
00:29:11,216 --> 00:29:14,310
And were they there?
What?
411
00:29:14,386 --> 00:29:19,016
Your glasses.
Oh, I found them in another suit.
412
00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:21,651
[Polly Laughing]Grover, let's not stand around yapping.
413
00:29:21,727 --> 00:29:24,218
I want to get this check
to the bank before it closes.
414
00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:26,594
You'll excuse us, Mrs. Fletcher?
Bye.
415
00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:39,139
I always knew
when Mr. Kinkaid was gonna work late.
416
00:29:39,211 --> 00:29:43,875
You see, uh, around 8:00,
he'd always have a sandwich delivered.
417
00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:46,509
Oh, uh, you mean from
a neighborhood deli?
418
00:29:46,585 --> 00:29:49,110
No idea. I always
brought my own lunch.
419
00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:52,589
Oh, yes. Well, of course,
it is a great deal more economical.
420
00:29:52,658 --> 00:29:58,062
Uh, did Mr. Kinkaid come out
to get his sandwich, or did you bring it back to him?
421
00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:00,894
Oh, no, no.
You never leave your home post security, see?
422
00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:04,561
No, I called Mr. Kinkaid,
told him the sandwich was there and sent the guy back.
423
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,228
You gotta be very careful.
424
00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:11,004
Are you quite sure that it was
Mr. Kinkaid on the telephone that you spoke to?
425
00:30:11,076 --> 00:30:14,705
Well, I only talked to him
two or three times.
426
00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:19,740
I tell you the truth,
I didn't really know any of the big guys,
427
00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:21,809
but I think it was his voice.
428
00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:25,846
But you can't be sure?
He only said, "Okay."
429
00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:27,858
Uh, Mr. Ingram.
Yeah?
430
00:30:27,926 --> 00:30:33,296
You told Lieutenant Spoletti
that MaryJones, the one who checked in at 8:30,
431
00:30:33,365 --> 00:30:38,200
was an interior decorator,
but Myron Kinkaid said they didn't plan to redecorate.
432
00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:40,204
Yeah, that was kinda strange.
433
00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:43,730
She showed up with some pieces
of material and a tape measure.
434
00:30:43,809 --> 00:30:48,041
She said that she had forgotten
to measure the drapes in one of the offices.
435
00:30:48,113 --> 00:30:50,547
Well, uh, could it have been
one of the employees?
436
00:30:50,616 --> 00:30:53,710
Oh, no, no, no,
I would have remembered. No, this was a real looker.
437
00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:58,620
Tall, blonde,
legs up to here. [Laughs]
438
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:02,717
Tall and blonde?
Real sophisticated, expensive clothes.
439
00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:04,762
I think she kinda liked me.
440
00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:11,261
Did she, by any chance,
resemble this girl here?
441
00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:16,069
Yeah, that's her!
Yeah, except on the card it says, "Christine Clifford."
442
00:31:16,141 --> 00:31:18,405
I guess MaryJones is
her professional name.
443
00:31:18,477 --> 00:31:21,446
Mm-hmm.
Uh, like a stage name.
444
00:31:21,513 --> 00:31:24,107
Well, thank you, Mr. Ingram.
You've been most helpful.
445
00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:28,079
[Coughs]
446
00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:33,251
[Howard]Jessica? Yes?
447
00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:35,259
I just got a call from my agent.
448
00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:38,990
They want me right away
for a tryout. That's wonderful! A new play?
449
00:31:39,064 --> 00:31:41,328
A TV commercial,
but at least it's a job.
450
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,767
Oh, that is exciting.
What's the product? They didn't say.
451
00:31:44,836 --> 00:31:49,136
But it's for Biddle Advertising, and
I'm supposed to see a Christine Clifford.
452
00:31:50,342 --> 00:31:55,109
Howard, would you mind
if I came along with you? Call it research.
453
00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:59,014
Mind? Come on.
You'll bring me luck. [Jessica Laughs]
454
00:32:02,054 --> 00:32:06,047
So when your loved one
slips off to final repose,
455
00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:08,752
be sure the destination
is Slumberland.
456
00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:11,489
One phone call makes
all the arrangements.
457
00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:16,125
Slumber ceremonies
available for all budgets. Major credit cards accepted.
458
00:32:16,201 --> 00:32:20,695
So remember,
when final repose arrives for your loved one,
459
00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:23,502
Mr. Slumberland is waiting.
460
00:32:26,111 --> 00:32:30,172
I could have done it better.
You were fine, Howard.
461
00:32:31,416 --> 00:32:36,149
You were terrific, Howard.
L-I mean terrific.
462
00:32:36,221 --> 00:32:38,621
We think you would be
perfect as Mr. Slumberland.
463
00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:41,818
We'll contact your agent right awayand get the contracts working.
464
00:32:41,893 --> 00:32:45,056
You mean, l- I've got it?
465
00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:48,463
[Christine]You're definitely the Mr. Slumberlandwe've been looking for, Howard.
466
00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:52,469
And, naturally, Victoria will be
your account executive.
467
00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:55,529
Victoria? Victoria?
468
00:32:55,607 --> 00:32:58,804
Well, think of it as
a kind of package, Howard.
469
00:32:58,877 --> 00:33:03,337
You and your wife working togetheron the same account here.It has a nice feel to it.
470
00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:09,751
Uh, would one of the strings
on the package be the Corned Beef Castles account?
471
00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:11,880
That's the deal we're talking.
472
00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:17,494
You know, Miss Clifford, I find the
advertising business just fascinating.
473
00:33:17,562 --> 00:33:20,656
It's so competitive,and yet, it's so chummy.
474
00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:23,758
According to Larry Kinkaid's
appointment calendar,
475
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:27,566
you went to see him
in his office at 4:00 the day that he was murdered.
476
00:33:27,639 --> 00:33:30,335
There's nothing unusual about that.
477
00:33:30,409 --> 00:33:34,778
He offered me a job. I turned him down.
It happens every day in this business.
478
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:37,007
[Leland]Well, I have- I have a meeting.
479
00:33:37,082 --> 00:33:40,540
I'll leave you to tie up
the loose ends, Christine.
480
00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:43,816
It was nice to meet you,
Mrs. Fletcher.
481
00:33:43,889 --> 00:33:47,052
Howard, welcome aboard.
482
00:33:48,794 --> 00:33:50,728
[Jessica]Miss Clifford.
483
00:33:50,796 --> 00:33:56,632
Did you, by any chance,
return to Mr. Kinkaid's office later in that evening?
484
00:33:56,701 --> 00:34:00,637
Of course not. No.
485
00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:05,267
Well, I'm sorry, but the security guard
will identify you as the interior decorator.
486
00:34:05,343 --> 00:34:10,804
And in view of your interestin the, uh, Corned Beef Castles account,
487
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:15,319
the police may feel that you have
a very, very strong motive...
488
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:19,255
unless, of course,
there's, uh, another explanation.
489
00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:23,622
Well, it's not what you think.
490
00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:28,155
When I was in Mr. Kinkaid's
office in the afternoon, I borrowed something.
491
00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:33,170
A file folder.
With some of Victoria's ideas for the account.
492
00:34:33,238 --> 00:34:37,402
All I wanted to do was return
that file before Mr. Kinkaid missed it,
493
00:34:37,476 --> 00:34:41,003
and the decorator seemed like
a good story to get by the guard.
494
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:44,674
Only Kinkaid was in the office
and caught you with the stolen file.
495
00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:47,115
No!
496
00:34:47,185 --> 00:34:51,349
No, Mr. Kinkaid was already dead
when I got into the office. I didn't kill him.
497
00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:55,584
I swear!
498
00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:03,761
[Christine]I'm taking Mrs. Fletcher's advice,Lieutenant, and I'm telling you the truth.
499
00:35:03,835 --> 00:35:05,894
[Snickers]
500
00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:11,705
And your story is that you were
returning stolen property?
501
00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:17,737
Okay, I borrowed some
confidential material, but that is all that I did.
502
00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:21,809
Fine. Fine.
Get her statement.
503
00:35:21,887 --> 00:35:23,821
I didn't kill him.
504
00:35:32,264 --> 00:35:35,631
Why is it I always figure
gorgeous blondes are lying to me?
505
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:38,533
Adolescent trauma, Lieutenant.
506
00:35:38,603 --> 00:35:41,003
But if she is telling the truth?
507
00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:43,165
It means we've gotthe time of death wrong,
508
00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:46,802
and somebody got to him first.
509
00:35:46,878 --> 00:35:48,573
But who?
510
00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:51,013
Lieutenant Spolet-
511
00:35:52,117 --> 00:35:54,915
- Oh, hello, Mrs. Fletcher.
- Hello.
512
00:35:56,655 --> 00:36:01,024
Lieutenant,
my name is Leland Biddle.
513
00:36:01,092 --> 00:36:05,256
I just received a rather confusedand hysterical phone callfrom Miss Clifford.
514
00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:08,561
- I thought I should come in
and try to sort things out. - Have a seat.
515
00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:10,533
Thank you.
516
00:36:10,602 --> 00:36:14,333
- Christine Clifford works for you?
- She's an employee of my firm, yes.
517
00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:18,866
She said that she stole
some confidential files from Kinkaid's office.
518
00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:21,538
Good heavens.
She said that?
519
00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:24,707
And she said that you'll verify it.
We're a highly ethical firm.
520
00:36:24,783 --> 00:36:27,809
If Miss Clifford is involved
in some sort of theft, well,
521
00:36:27,886 --> 00:36:31,049
I have no choice but to ask
for her resignation immediately.
522
00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:36,617
But you were trying to take the
Corned Beef Castles account away from Mr. Kinkaid's company?
523
00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:40,529
Actually, we're no longer interested
in the Corned Beef Castles account.
524
00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:45,468
Oh, that wasn't the impression
that I got this afternoon.
525
00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:48,938
Yes, well, I have made
some inquiries since then.
526
00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:52,443
And it would appear that
the Barths have filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
527
00:36:52,510 --> 00:36:55,445
Bankruptcy?
Well, that's interesting.
528
00:36:55,513 --> 00:36:59,950
Apparently they've hit Kinkaid Agency
with a... a ton of media bills.
529
00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:04,785
But, of course, you didn't know aboutthe bankruptcy the evening thatMr. Kinkaid was killed, Mr. Biddle.
530
00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:12,485
Mrs. Fletcher, if you are suggesting
that I was in any way involved with Larry Kinkaid's death,
531
00:37:12,564 --> 00:37:17,467
I was having dinner with a business
associate at the time that he was killed.
532
00:37:17,535 --> 00:37:20,129
Aubrey Thornton
at Francoise.
533
00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:23,663
Oh, yes, of course. On the ground
floor of Mr. Kinkaid's building.
534
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:26,711
- What time was that?
- 7:00.
535
00:37:26,778 --> 00:37:30,509
Uh, we met at 7:00,
and we stayed till well after 9:00.
536
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:36,350
Actually, he was hitting me up for a job.
The police arrived just as we were leaving.
537
00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:39,117
Thornton will tell youthat I never left the table...
538
00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:42,421
except for a few minutes
to make a phone call at the bar.
539
00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:48,324
- The barman will vouch for that.
- Oh.
540
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,927
If you'll excuse me, Lieutenant,
541
00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:56,963
I don't think I should make
any further comment on this matter until I've conferred with my attorney.
542
00:37:57,042 --> 00:38:01,035
- Good idea.
- Mrs. Fletcher.
543
00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:11,512
Apparently, Mr. Biddle is leaving
Miss Clifford swinging in the wind.
544
00:38:12,891 --> 00:38:14,620
Corned Beef Castles bankrupt?
545
00:38:14,693 --> 00:38:17,184
[Jessica]Yes, I'm afraid that'swhat Mr. Biddle said.
546
00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:20,254
Well, then neither agency
is going to get the account.
547
00:38:20,332 --> 00:38:22,664
That means my TV commercial
goes down the tube too.
548
00:38:22,734 --> 00:38:25,430
Apparently Christine Clifford
is out of a job as well.
549
00:38:25,503 --> 00:38:29,837
Howard, I'm so sorry.
It's okay.
550
00:38:33,111 --> 00:38:35,705
I can always get my old job back
at the insurance company.
551
00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:38,544
What about your career?
552
00:38:38,616 --> 00:38:41,517
All I ever really wanted was you.
553
00:38:48,727 --> 00:38:52,390
[Buzzing]
I'll get it.
554
00:38:54,566 --> 00:38:55,828
Oh, yes.
555
00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:57,390
Griffin?
Yes.
556
00:38:57,469 --> 00:39:00,495
A large pastrami and sausage.
Ah, thank you.
557
00:39:00,572 --> 00:39:02,699
Oh, dear.
It's anchovy and olives.
558
00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:05,607
[Sighs]
Look, it says, "pastrami and sausage" on the ticket.
559
00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:07,611
I don't make 'em, lady.
I just deliver 'em.
560
00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:10,375
What do I owe you?
That's, uh, 16.20.
561
00:39:10,448 --> 00:39:13,679
And I don't carry around
much change, lady. Ah, that's all right. Thanks.
562
00:39:13,752 --> 00:39:15,686
Thanks.
Uh-huh.
563
00:39:21,326 --> 00:39:24,625
Actually, you know,
I'm not very hungry.
564
00:39:24,696 --> 00:39:26,789
Uh, would you two mind
if I went out for awhile?
565
00:39:33,905 --> 00:39:36,533
I won't be back till late.
566
00:39:47,185 --> 00:39:49,585
Get this right over there.
They called twice!
567
00:39:49,654 --> 00:39:52,555
Now what did you want
on that, lady? Mustard, sauerkraut, horseradish?
568
00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:57,288
No, I'm afraid you don't understand.
L-I'm asking about a corned beef sandwich that was delivered last night.
569
00:39:57,362 --> 00:39:59,353
Somethin' was wrong with it?
No, no.
570
00:39:59,431 --> 00:40:03,925
L-I was wondering if it was delivered
to Kinkaid Advertising.
571
00:40:04,002 --> 00:40:07,233
Look, I realize that you have
hundreds of orders but, uh-
572
00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:12,436
Well, this is the seventh
delicatessen that I've been to and, uh, please, it's important.
573
00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:14,068
Kinkaid?
Over on Madison Avenue? That's it!
574
00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:17,808
What about it?
Well, could I talk to the man who delivered it?
575
00:40:17,882 --> 00:40:22,285
Lady, we get a lot of repeat business.
We got a reputation in this business.
576
00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:25,083
[Paper Crinkling]Here's your sandwich, Linda.
577
00:40:28,159 --> 00:40:31,253
If there was something
wrong with it, we'll make it right.
578
00:40:31,329 --> 00:40:32,921
[Paper Rustling]
579
00:40:32,997 --> 00:40:37,525
Corned beef, rye.
Larry Kinkaid, Kinkaid Advertising.
580
00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:39,627
Yes. Does it say who delivered it?
581
00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:44,164
Nobody delivered it.
The guy called and canceled the order.
582
00:40:46,611 --> 00:40:50,911
Ah, come on.
Gimme a break, will ya'? Why would I lie about a lousy sandwich?
583
00:40:50,982 --> 00:40:53,177
I don't know. You tell me.
584
00:40:53,251 --> 00:40:56,618
Uh, Mr. Ingram, what did
the deliveryman look like?
585
00:40:56,688 --> 00:41:01,352
Huh, like a deliveryman.
I mean, all these meatballs- They all look alike, you know?
586
00:41:01,426 --> 00:41:03,951
Well, please try and remember.
It could be very important.
587
00:41:04,028 --> 00:41:08,522
Ah, he was wearing a gray coat,
carrying a-a Styrofoam cooler.
588
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,229
Oh, that sure narrows it down.
589
00:41:13,338 --> 00:41:15,067
[Jessica]Uh-huh.
590
00:41:15,139 --> 00:41:17,164
Was he wearing gloves
by any chance?
591
00:41:17,242 --> 00:41:19,802
Yeah, as a matter of fact, yeah.
592
00:41:19,878 --> 00:41:24,406
He had a little woolen hat,
mustache, shades-
593
00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:29,212
Tell ya' the truth,
I didn't get a good look at him if you know what I mean?
594
00:41:29,287 --> 00:41:34,384
Lieutenant, why would a deliveryman
be wearing dark glasses at night?
595
00:41:37,529 --> 00:41:40,259
Wait a minute.
596
00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:44,267
Are you telling me that Kinkaid
was killed by some deliveryman?
597
00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:50,171
I'm saying it's someone
posing as a deliveryman.
598
00:41:50,241 --> 00:41:55,907
- Would you recognize this guy
if you saw him again? - Yeah. Uh, maybe.
599
00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:58,540
Uh, I don't know.
600
00:41:58,616 --> 00:42:02,108
[Jessica]Lieutenant, I have an idea.
601
00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:05,345
Would you be
interested in trying it?
602
00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:08,883
[Ingram]
You got the time?
603
00:42:12,997 --> 00:42:15,363
Cops.
They love to make you sweat.
604
00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:18,095
Two hours
they got me waitin' here.
605
00:42:19,637 --> 00:42:22,868
Well, nice try, Mrs. Fletcher.
606
00:42:22,941 --> 00:42:27,105
But the security guard
doesn't recognize Thornton. You struck out.
607
00:42:27,178 --> 00:42:28,668
Maybe so, Lieutenant.
608
00:42:28,746 --> 00:42:32,238
But since you brought Mr. Thornton
down here, couldn't we at least have a chat with him?
609
00:42:34,152 --> 00:42:35,813
This is outrageous!
610
00:42:35,887 --> 00:42:39,323
First of all, you call me down here.
Then you keep me sitting out there for half an hour.
611
00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:42,917
What's going on?
I'm sorry, Mr. Thornton.
612
00:42:42,994 --> 00:42:48,933
But Mrs. Fletcher here has a wild idea
that you might know something about Larry Kinkaid's death.
613
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,525
Well, uh-
Why, that's ridiculous!
614
00:42:51,603 --> 00:42:55,471
I was having dinner
with Leland Biddle when Kinkaid was killed.
615
00:42:55,540 --> 00:43:00,568
Uh, ask Biddle.
He was with me the whole time.
616
00:43:00,645 --> 00:43:04,240
Except for a few minutes whenMr. Biddle went into the barto make a phone call.
617
00:43:04,315 --> 00:43:08,581
The express elevator would
take you up to the penthouse in only a few seconds.
618
00:43:08,653 --> 00:43:11,986
Or anybody else in New York City,
Mrs. Fletcher.
619
00:43:12,056 --> 00:43:17,255
I understand from Victoria
that Mr. Kinkaid was trying to squeeze you out.
620
00:43:17,328 --> 00:43:19,922
It didn't matter to me.
I had a contract.
621
00:43:19,998 --> 00:43:21,932
Yes, but no official duties.
622
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:26,027
I imagine time hung on your hands,
Mr. Thornton.
623
00:43:26,104 --> 00:43:28,038
Victoria says you always left early.
624
00:43:28,106 --> 00:43:31,269
Mmm.
You must have had Kinkaid's moves down pretty good.
625
00:43:31,342 --> 00:43:34,539
Like the fact that he always ordered
a sandwich when he worked late?
626
00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:37,103
You probably knew
the deli he ordered from.
627
00:43:37,181 --> 00:43:41,208
What does Larry Kinkaid's
taste in short order food have to do with me?
628
00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:43,685
Well, you could have canceledthe order with a phone call...
629
00:43:43,755 --> 00:43:46,451
and made the delivery
that he was expecting yourself.
630
00:43:46,524 --> 00:43:51,689
Mrs. Fletcher,
that's pure conjecture.
631
00:43:51,763 --> 00:43:53,697
Yes, it's only a theory,
632
00:43:53,765 --> 00:43:58,202
but I suspect that you already had
the cooler prepared and hidden somewhere down on the ground floor.
633
00:43:58,269 --> 00:44:01,397
So, when Mr. Biddle went to makeone ofhis frequent phone calls,
634
00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:03,406
you headed for the elevator.
635
00:44:06,244 --> 00:44:09,736
You probably had your disguisehidden inside the cooler.
636
00:44:09,814 --> 00:44:12,715
And seconds later, you got outat the penthouse suite...
637
00:44:12,784 --> 00:44:14,376
dressed as the deliveryman.
638
00:44:14,452 --> 00:44:17,751
You have great fantasies.
You should be in advertising.
639
00:44:17,822 --> 00:44:20,347
The guard had only been
on the job a short time.
640
00:44:20,425 --> 00:44:23,223
You'd always been careful
to leave before he came on duty,
641
00:44:23,294 --> 00:44:26,855
so he wouldn't recognize you
even in your disguise.
642
00:44:26,931 --> 00:44:32,563
You even made sure thathe was discharged the next dayjust to be sure.
643
00:44:33,638 --> 00:44:36,732
So that's your little game, is it?
644
00:44:36,808 --> 00:44:40,335
You kept me cooling my heels
out there in the hallway,
645
00:44:40,411 --> 00:44:43,642
hoping that that security guard
would recognize me.
646
00:44:43,715 --> 00:44:46,013
Well, it didn't work,
Lieutenant.
647
00:44:46,084 --> 00:44:49,576
That guard wouldn't know me
from Adam. He's never seen me before in his life.
648
00:44:49,654 --> 00:44:53,215
You've got nothing.
Guard?
649
00:44:53,291 --> 00:44:58,558
How did you know that
that man sitting out there was the security guard, Mr. Thornton?
650
00:44:58,629 --> 00:45:02,531
Hey, that's right!
651
00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:05,635
[Lieutenant]He wasn't in uniform.
652
00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:09,430
How did you know
he was the security guard?
653
00:45:12,910 --> 00:45:16,277
You're trying to trick me.
[Jessica] I'm afraidthe only way you'd know that...
654
00:45:16,347 --> 00:45:21,410
would be if you'd seen him
in uniform the night that you murdered Mr. Kinkaid.
655
00:45:38,136 --> 00:45:43,972
You think you've got it
all planned, every little detail,
656
00:45:44,041 --> 00:45:49,673
and then you get suckered
by one little mistake.
657
00:45:54,185 --> 00:45:59,646
He cheated me. He humiliated me.
658
00:46:01,659 --> 00:46:05,425
I sat in my office for months,
659
00:46:05,496 --> 00:46:08,727
trying to figure out
how to get him.
660
00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:14,870
And it-it seemed like...
a perfect plan.
661
00:46:18,309 --> 00:46:21,745
He did not even look up.
662
00:46:21,813 --> 00:46:25,271
That arrogant, pompous phony.
663
00:46:27,285 --> 00:46:30,482
I wanted him to knowthat it was me.
664
00:46:47,271 --> 00:46:50,672
And, you know,
killing him with the award-
665
00:46:50,741 --> 00:46:55,542
that wasn't improvisation-
that was part of the plan.
666
00:46:59,851 --> 00:47:02,217
Nice touch, don't you think?
667
00:47:02,267 --> 00:47:06,817
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