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What do you want?
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[Woman]Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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How dare you
interrupt my rehearsal! You know damn well why!
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Get that thing away
from my face at once.
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You think I killed him?
What for? I needed his music.
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- [Crowd] We want justice.
- I'm asking you to stop this demonstration.
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I'm not sure
I could do that, sir.
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I've been kissing your pinky ring
for too many years now.
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You owe me this!
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What did I hear about shots?
Is somebody playing hardball?
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Stoneham's widow.
She may have plunked the guy.
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- [Crowd Cheering]
- [Door Closing]
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Hello. I was just changing into
something more comfortable.
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I've got a long night
of reading ahead of me. Galleys on my new book.
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I don't know why they
send me these things,
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because I am absolutely
the world's worst proofreader.
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"Murder in a Minor Key."
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[Sighs]
Well, at least they've got the title right.
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Oh, it feels so good to sit down.
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You know,
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I was on my feet half the day
down at the power company.
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Running from one office to the other,
trying to get my last bill sorted out.
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Did you ever try to
argue with a computer? It is impossible.
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It's like trying to talk sense to
Amos Tupper once he's made up his mind about something.
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[Laughs]
These? Yeah, I know they're a little bit silly,
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but my nephew Grady
gave them to me.
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And you know something?
They're really very comfortable.
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I mean, I only wear them
around the house where nobody can see them.
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Well, let's get down to business.
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You know I'm really very
pleased with this story, the way it's turned out.
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It's a neat little puzzle
involving some young students...
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at a Southern California university.
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Michael Prentice is a bright,
budding music composer.
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And I'm afraid we put him
in trouble right away.
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His best friends are a very
soft-spoken, young law student...
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from the Deep South, Chad Singer.
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And a rather quirky, young lady
from New York named Jenny Coopersmith.
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But I am getting ahead of myself.
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It started out one spring
evening when, as usual, our trio of comrades...
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arrived at a favorite campus hangoutfor a couple ofhours of relaxation.
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I am not a fascist,
and I'm not sellin' out.
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Mm-hmm.
A body that willingly goes to work...
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for Transacom's legal division
is a body for sale.
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Second the motion.
Well, what am I supposed to do? Join the public defender's office?
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Terrific.
Send me your tired,
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your poor, your huddled masses...
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your guilty.
That is cynical.
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And sick.
But accurate.
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??[Piano Up-tempo][Chattering]
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Corporate law.
The heart pounds.
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Meanwhile, every day
innocent people...
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are getting victimized
by the system.
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Yeah? Name two.
Listen, Mike, don't talk to me about sellin' out.
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Last time I looked,
you were sendin' your songs to Nashville, for God's sakes.
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Thank you. Thank you.
I thank you and so does Mr. Porter.
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Now how about a change of pace?
Here's something brand-new. It's called "The World Belonged To Me."
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A friend of mine in New York
sneaked me an advance copy.
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I understand it's from an
upcoming Broadway musical.
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I like it.
And I hope you will too.
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?? [Piano]
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I'm gonna need steady
employment ifJenn and I are gonna get married.
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Oh, don't drag me into this.
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I am real happy living in sin,
at least for awhile. ??[Singing]
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Michael?
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Michael,what is it?
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- That's-that's my music.
- What?
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That's my music.
I wrote that!
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Well, shoot, Mike.
It probably only sounds like- No, no, not sounds like!
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Excuse me.
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I'm sorry. I was playing
the best I know how.
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Would you mind?
Please. It's important. Be my guest.
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Here, check me out.
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?? [Playing Same Song]
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How am I doin'?
You haven't missed a note.
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??[Continues]
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?? [Stops]
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Mike!
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?? [Classical]
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Professor Stoneham!
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Mr. Prentice, may I assume
that your rude disruption of these proceedings...
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is prompted by some
monumental occurrence.
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I wanna know about this!
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We'll discuss this in
my office in half an hour.
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Meanwhile, will you have
the courtesy of allowing me to continue with my rehearsal?
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Ladies and gentlemen,
let's try it again.
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??[Resumes]
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How dare you! How dare
you interrupt my rehearsal!
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You know damn well why!
Would you get that thing away from my face at once.
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Professor-
At once, do you hear me?
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The name Alden Gilbert is
on this music, a piece I wrote.
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Coincidence is not uncommon
in musical composition.
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We're talking note for
note here, Professor.
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Last spring, I handed you
four original themes as my term assignment.
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This was one of them.
Surely you're not accusing me of something, Michael.
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Those themes belong to me.
I want them back, now. Or what?
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Listen to me,
my insolent young friend.
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You continue with
this confrontation, and I will see to it...
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that your future in
music is limited to organ grinding.
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You don't frighten me,
Professor.
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I'll see the chancellor-
And tell him what?
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And show him what?
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Irate college students who feel
they've been badly treated are a dime a dozen on every campus.
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And anyway, it's your
word against mine.
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Oh, I'll find a way,
Professor, somehow.
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And if I can't find
anybody else to help me, I'll settle things myself.
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Professor, I, uh-
That is-
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Is there some
trouble here, sir?
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No, Mr. Papazian.
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I believe Mr. Prentice
was just leaving.
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Damn!
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What the devil is wrong
with you, Christine?
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Are you being solicitous,
Tyler, or merely polite?
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Surely we're not going to have
another of our discussions, not at this hour.
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For the last six years,
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all I have ever wanted
was to share your life.
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Just to be a small part of it.
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Oh, Lord.
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And each year,I have drifted farther away.
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These-
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These past few months
have been the worst.
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Every weekend,you've gone off to San Diego.
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I had business to conduct.
Every weekend?
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Why was I never able
to contact you there?
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No matter howoften I called?
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You phoned down there
asking for me?
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I specifically told you
I was not to be disturbed.
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And I am your wife.
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I will not be treated like
one of your students.
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I am not a fool.
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I see. You suspect me of
some schoolboy infidelity.
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[Laughs]
Really, Christine.
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I should be flattered.
You're mocking me.
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Strange, I thought it wasthe other way around.
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Another woman,
is that what you really think?
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[Laughs]Dear child.
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There's nothing to
concern yourself with.
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A preoccupation with business,
yes, I'll plead guilty to that, but...
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I'm afraid anything else is
a figment of your overly suspicious imagination.
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[Phone Ringing]?? [Humming While Playing]
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Hello? Oh.
Hi, Pauline, how are you?
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Honey, you remember
when I busted in on you and what's-his-name-
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Alden Gilbert? That composer
you were working with?
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Yeah.
You want a big surprise?
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Take a look at this
morning's paper, page 32.
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Okay.
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[Students Chanting]We wantjustice.We wantjustice.
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We wantjustice.We wantjustice.
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[Woman On Megaphone]Okay, okay.Hold it down a second, huh, guys?
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We all know whywe're here, right? Yeah!
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Well, in case some of you don't,let me give it to you by the numbers.
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Last Friday, the semi-enlightened...
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administrators of this institution
summarily dismissed...
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one of the brightest, the best,and the most dedicated professors-
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Mr. Young,
is this your doing? Are you responsible for this?
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Well, sir, could be my editorial
in the campus paper helped feed the fire a little.
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Well, I suggest you
try to douse it.
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The chancellor
isn't amused. No, sir, I'm sure he isn't.
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And as vice-chancellor
of this university, I'm asking you to stop this demonstration.
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I'm not sure I could do that, sir.
Even if I wanted to, which I don't.
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Well, then I'll just have to
have Mr. Hargrove and his security force here break it up.
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Oh, I'm sure Mr. Hargrove
realizes that that would not only be high-handed and illegal,
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but dumb as well, sir.
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I mean, who wants photos
of the campus police bullying a bunch of kids,
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who are merely exercising their
constitutional right of free speech?
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[Woman] I don't know about you,but I think those fat cats at Transacomneed a good dose offlea powder!
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What do you say?
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I think if a bunch of uswent over to the chancellor's office-
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[Bell Tolling]
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[Stoneham]It-It's impossibleto see you tonight.
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I suggest breakfasttomorrow morning,at your hotel.
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No, you cannot come here.I'm-I'm leaving shortly.
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I'm merely waiting foran important phone call.
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Yes.
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[Woman on Megaphone]Well, he was gonna look into itthe first chance he got!
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[Crowd Cheering]
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[Sighs]
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[Crowd Chanting]Fight Transacom.Fight Transacom.
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Fight Transacom.
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Fight Transacom.
Fight Transacom.
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[Chanting Continues]
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[Applause]
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Operator, I'd like you
to try a number for me.
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I've tried it several times,
and it may be out of order.
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It's area code
619-555-4027.
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[Crowd Chanting]
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Professor Stoneham!
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Mr. Papazian, are you in thehabit of always enteringmy office without knocking?
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Mr. Papazian,you have been drinking.
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I have just been reading...
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the galley proofs of your
new music dictionary.
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Ah-ah, correction!
Our new music dictionary.
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But my name seems to beconspicuously absentfrom the title page.
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- Harry, dear friend-
- You promised me!
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Your contribution
has been duly noted by the powers that be,
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and they will, I am sure,strongly consider youas my replacement,
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when I choose to leave-
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Depending, of course,
upon my recommendation.
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Don't you threaten me, Stoneham.
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I've been kissing your pinky
ring for too many years now.
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You owe me this!
[Slapping Desk]
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[Crowd Cheering]
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Danny!
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Hi.
[Man ShoutingOn Megaphone]
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It's a nice turnout.
Yeah. It's the power of the press.
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You think it'll help?
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I don't know.
I already have the vice-chancellor squirming.
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We're recording this,and we're gonna sendhim a tape tomorrow.
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Oh-ho.
Where's Chad?
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Home studying.
He's having trouble with his torts.
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Oh. You know, I hear they
can cure that these days.
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[Door Opens]
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Hey! What areyou doin'in here?
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All right, son.
Hands where I can see 'em.
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And stand real still.
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Poor Michael.
Fate seemed to be conspiring against him.
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Not only were his musical
compositions missing from the files,
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but Professor Stoneham
was in no condition to tell him where they'd gone.
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Of course, that was
the least of his troubles.
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As soon as the security officer,
Mr. Hargrove, entered the office,
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he immediately added two
and two and came up with five.
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The police were summoned,
and Michael was herded off to a jail cell at police headquarters.
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So what are you
doin' in here?
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You're not gonna tell me
you killed Stoneham?
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[Sighs]
Me? I'm a card-carrying pacifist.
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Okay, so just tell me
everything that happened.
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Wh-Why? Are you
gonna represent me? And get you hung?
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No way.
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But it's like my
UncleJack always said,
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findin' a fox in the henhouse
don't necessarily mean nothin',
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unless, of course, he's pickin'
feathers out of his teeth.
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The security guy, Hargrove,
comes in, catches Mike goin' through the files.
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00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:43,795
Then he spots Stoneham
sprawled out on the floor dead as a mackerel...
233
00:16:43,869 --> 00:16:46,736
with a tuning fork
stuck in his chest. The same one that...
234
00:16:46,805 --> 00:16:49,831
That Harry Papazian saw
him wavin' at Stoneham the night before.
235
00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:51,000
Right.
236
00:16:51,076 --> 00:16:55,672
You know, I'm just a struggling
would-be social worker,
237
00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:58,478
but it seems to me
Harry Papazian must have killed him.
238
00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:00,814
Papazian claims Stoneham
was alive when he left,
239
00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:03,684
and a polygraph passed
him with flags flying.
240
00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:06,020
Nice. How about a lie
detector for Mike too?
241
00:17:06,091 --> 00:17:08,958
Oh, he got one.
The results were inconclusive.
242
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:11,724
He flunked?
That's the way the cops see it.
243
00:17:11,797 --> 00:17:14,698
Okay. So why did
Mike break in?
244
00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,701
He couldn't find any
copies of his music.
245
00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,498
To prove it was his,
he needed the originals.
246
00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:22,506
And Stoneham wasn't
about to give 'em up, so he figured he had to take it.
247
00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:26,477
Mike didn't kill anyone.
And all we have to do is prove it.
248
00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:31,712
Is that the royal we,
or am I included in this mess?
249
00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:39,721
It was my bright theory
the system always worked, remember?
250
00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:42,727
So who says you're
always so bright?
251
00:17:43,929 --> 00:17:46,124
Where do we start?
252
00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:49,065
Me, campus.
You, Broadway.
253
00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:00,474
All right.
254
00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:05,010
Here.
No, no, no.
255
00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:07,075
Keep it, keep it, keep it.
256
00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:10,519
[Danny]Are you kidding?You talked to Prentice? In jail?
257
00:18:10,589 --> 00:18:12,682
What'd he say?
He said he didn't do it.
258
00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:15,158
Hold on, I gotta
get a tape running. Danny, l-
259
00:18:15,227 --> 00:18:17,889
I didn't come here to
give you an interview. I need to look at your files.
260
00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:20,363
And I've got a paper
to get out with the story of the year.
261
00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:24,664
And you, old pal,
are my exclusive. No way. No. No.
262
00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:28,001
- Then no way do you see my files.
- Oh, God.
263
00:18:29,074 --> 00:18:32,703
- Files first.
- Wrong. I've got a deadline. Come on.
264
00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:38,039
Danny, you are gonna make
a great newspaperman.
265
00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:40,847
- It's in your blood. Ice cold.
- Thanks.
266
00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:47,719
Obviously, we must not letDr. Stoneham's death beturned into a media circus.
267
00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,727
We've had enough trouble
on this campus recently.
268
00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,729
I'm just helpin'
out a friend, sir.
269
00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:54,322
I guess I'm the closest
thing he's got to family.
270
00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:56,333
Very admirable,
but have you considered that...
271
00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:59,859
your friend Mr. Prentice
may be guilty as sin. No, sir.
272
00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:03,203
Shoot, there were lots
of people on this campus that hated Dr. Stoneham.
273
00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:07,541
Enough to commit murder?
Well, I guess one motive's as good as another.
274
00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:12,414
I just remembered.
Didn't you use to be real close with Mrs. Stoneham?
275
00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:14,679
Given the context,
I think I resent that question,
276
00:19:14,753 --> 00:19:17,153
Mr. Singer.
No, no, no offense intended, sir.
277
00:19:17,222 --> 00:19:20,885
L-I just happened to be going
through some back issues of the campus newspaper.
278
00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:23,860
I couldn't help but notice
that you and she were somethin' of an item...
279
00:19:23,929 --> 00:19:27,421
before Stoneham popped
up here six years ago.
280
00:19:27,499 --> 00:19:30,229
Christine and I were
friends, nothing more.
281
00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:33,533
After their marriage,
I did not harbor either of them any ill will.
282
00:19:33,605 --> 00:19:37,097
As a matter of fact,
I went out of my way to make Tyler Stoneham feel welcome.
283
00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:40,169
That-That sure was
neighborly of you, sir.
284
00:19:41,513 --> 00:19:45,916
The music building, Mr. Singer.
Professor Papazian's expecting you.
285
00:19:45,984 --> 00:19:50,011
I trust you will not feel the
need to query me again.
286
00:19:52,090 --> 00:19:56,959
Now this is our storage room,
where we keep all our instruments, sheet music.
287
00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:00,131
How about
original compositions?
288
00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:04,135
Ah, no. Dr. Stoneham insisted
on keeping all of that under lock and key in his private office.
289
00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:06,398
[Phone Ringing]
Ah, excuse me.
290
00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:09,540
Yes?
291
00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:12,476
No.
292
00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:15,536
[Laughs]
No, this is not Dr. Stoneham.
293
00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:19,141
No. Ah, I suggest you pick up
a copy of this morning's paper.
294
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:21,345
The front page.
That will explain everything.
295
00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:24,480
Mm-hmm.
Idiot.
296
00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:28,287
Ah, Dr. Stoneham's
phone rings in here as well as in his office.
297
00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:31,352
He used to spend a lot of time
in here noodling on that piano.
298
00:20:32,831 --> 00:20:34,765
Well, I guess
that's about it.
299
00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:37,131
You've seen everything
there is to see.
300
00:20:37,202 --> 00:20:40,831
Ah, with the exception
of Dr. Stoneham's office,
301
00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:44,034
which you may have
noticed the police have sealed off.
302
00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:47,044
So, Chancellor Simon tells me
that you're a law student.
303
00:20:47,112 --> 00:20:49,979
Is this some sort of
classroom exercise?
304
00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:52,915
No, sir. I'm just a good
friend of Mike's, that's all. Ah.
305
00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:55,579
Just tryin' to be
his eyes and ears.
306
00:20:55,654 --> 00:20:59,112
I guess all this has put quite
a burden on you, Mr. Papazian.
307
00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:02,649
I mean, as Stoneham's
assistant, I expect you'll be takin' over for him now.
308
00:21:02,728 --> 00:21:06,528
Ah, yes, yes. L-I wish
the circumstances had been different,
309
00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:09,795
but as they say,
one must not only endure, one must overcome.
310
00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:13,962
I wish it had been anyone
but Michael Prentice. He's a fine young man.
311
00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:15,836
Well, you know, sir,
Mike says he didn't do it.
312
00:21:15,907 --> 00:21:18,603
Yes, so I understand.
313
00:21:18,677 --> 00:21:22,340
I'm-I'm afraid, Mr. Singer,
that I was forced in all candor,
314
00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:27,044
to tell the police of the
heated argument I witnessed the night before Tyler died.
315
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,485
Well, now that's real funny.
316
00:21:29,554 --> 00:21:31,715
Mike told me all about
the fight Stoneham had with you...
317
00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:33,724
the night he did die.
318
00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,852
Fight? No.
It was a minor argument, that's all.
319
00:21:36,928 --> 00:21:40,159
Well, thanks for
the tour, Professor.
320
00:21:40,232 --> 00:21:42,166
Sure was helpful.
321
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:48,205
[Jenny]Rhoda, hey, thanks.No, this is great, really.
322
00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:52,505
Yeah.
You're kidding! When?
323
00:21:53,912 --> 00:21:55,971
She didn't.
324
00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:58,516
Well, she's crazy.
You know something?
325
00:21:58,583 --> 00:22:01,051
LfJerome wants to live
in Jersey, so big deal.
326
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,053
I mean, Jersey's not allHoboken, you know.
327
00:22:04,856 --> 00:22:08,451
L-L-Listen, Rhoda,
I gotta go. Yeah.
328
00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:11,724
Thanks again, and tell
Shelly she's a doll.
329
00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:17,167
Is this lady a detective or what?
330
00:22:17,235 --> 00:22:21,262
- You got somethin'?
- From my girlfriend Rhoda,
331
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:25,800
who was best friends
at CCNYwith a certain Sheila Abramowitz,
332
00:22:25,877 --> 00:22:28,812
who happens to
be the sister of Deirdre Abramowitz,
333
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,872
who just happens to work
for the Broadway producer-
334
00:22:31,950 --> 00:22:36,614
Who just happens to be puttin'
on a musical with words and music by Alden Gilbert.
335
00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:39,350
Ooh. Sharp,
Chad, sharp.
336
00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:42,416
Show's named Blue Lights.
The guy's name is Max Hellinger.
337
00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:46,294
He used to be
Gilbert's agent. Darlin', you are a jewel.
338
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,765
You got a number
on this Hellinger?
339
00:22:48,834 --> 00:22:50,768
Um, yeah,
but save your nickel.
340
00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:54,363
Hellinger's been out of town
for three days, not expected back until Monday.
341
00:22:54,439 --> 00:22:56,566
Whereaboutsunknown.
342
00:22:56,641 --> 00:22:59,576
Hellinger's secretary,
she have a number on file for Alden Gilbert?
343
00:22:59,644 --> 00:23:03,375
Nope. Gilbert always called Hellinger,
never the other way around.
344
00:23:03,448 --> 00:23:05,780
But Gilbert's
definitely a local.
345
00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:09,252
Contracts, checks,
everything went to a P.O. Box in Westwood.
346
00:23:09,321 --> 00:23:11,812
Weird, huh?
Maybe not.
347
00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:13,881
Not if you're tryin'
to lead a double life.
348
00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:17,393
Come again?
Don't you get it, Jenn? Alden Gilbert?
349
00:23:17,462 --> 00:23:21,057
Professor Tyler Stoneham?
One and the same.
350
00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:24,728
Thing is, who knew it
and more importantly, who stood to gain by it?
351
00:23:45,223 --> 00:23:46,247
Hello.
Yes?
352
00:23:46,324 --> 00:23:50,818
Mrs. Stoneham? I'm Chad Singer.
Y-You'll forgive the intrusion, ma'am.
353
00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:53,126
L-I'm a good friend
of Michael Prentice.
354
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:56,958
Yes. Come in.
355
00:23:57,035 --> 00:23:59,026
Please.
Thank you.
356
00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:09,713
Tyler and Michael
used to work together here quite often.
357
00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:13,717
His best student
in years, he said.
358
00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:16,618
Well, at-at least they used
to work together here.
359
00:24:16,688 --> 00:24:18,622
Lately,
Tyler was away so much,
360
00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:21,784
I barely saw Michael.
Away where?
361
00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:25,023
San Diego.
School business.
362
00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:29,259
And the night-
363
00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:31,325
the night he died, ma'am-
364
00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:33,735
did you see your husband,
talk to him?
365
00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:37,137
I called his office.
366
00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:39,268
He told me he was waiting
for Harry Papazian...
367
00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:42,040
to drop off the galley
proofs of his new book,
368
00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:44,047
and then he'd be right home.
369
00:24:44,115 --> 00:24:47,607
I told him we could havea late supper together.
370
00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:50,211
- About what time was this?
- Um...
371
00:24:50,288 --> 00:24:52,688
I was watching television,
372
00:24:52,757 --> 00:24:56,557
some comedy show
that started at 9:30.
373
00:24:56,628 --> 00:25:00,655
[Sighs]
I watch a lot of television.
374
00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:04,566
It must have been about halfover when I made the callat the commercial break.
375
00:25:04,636 --> 00:25:08,834
So I suppose that would
put it at about 9:45.
376
00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:17,347
That was the last time
I ever heard his voice.
377
00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:23,678
Later, when the policemancame to the door, l-
378
00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:29,725
I thought it was Tyler,
that he'd forgotten his key.
379
00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:33,586
Yes, ma'am.
380
00:25:37,469 --> 00:25:39,403
[Sobs]
381
00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:45,774
- Are you married, Mr. Singer?
- No, I'm not, but I hope to be.
382
00:25:45,844 --> 00:25:47,038
As soon as I pass the bar.
383
00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:50,343
It's not a step
to be taken lightly.
384
00:25:51,616 --> 00:25:53,607
These days,
385
00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:57,121
people don't seem
to care very much about commitment.
386
00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:59,884
Ah, ma'am,
387
00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:02,722
did your husband ever
mention the name Alden Gilbert to you?
388
00:26:04,362 --> 00:26:06,626
No, I don't believe so.
389
00:26:06,698 --> 00:26:09,292
- Max Hellinger?
- No.
390
00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:13,034
Well, I thank you
very much, ma'am.
391
00:26:13,104 --> 00:26:15,095
You've been more
than hospitable.
392
00:26:15,173 --> 00:26:18,074
And not very much help,
I'm afraid.
393
00:26:23,048 --> 00:26:25,516
Wow, your husband must
have been a very wealthy man.
394
00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:28,917
I mean,
from a wealthy family.
395
00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:31,387
I don't know of too many
professors who live like this.
396
00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:34,516
Tyler never confided in me
about finances.
397
00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:37,460
I suppose that's something
I'll have to learn.
398
00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:39,588
Yes, ma'am.
Bye.
399
00:26:44,936 --> 00:26:47,131
A strange visit.
400
00:26:47,205 --> 00:26:51,107
- I wonder what he wanted.
- I'm not sure.
401
00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:55,876
You know, for a minute
I got the feeling he thought I'd killed Tyler.
402
00:27:03,221 --> 00:27:08,750
So Augustine Simon claims
he and Christine Stoneham were just friends.
403
00:27:08,827 --> 00:27:11,227
Well, then why was he
hiding in the other room,
404
00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:15,232
when Chad questioned the
bereaved widow about the identity of Alden Gilbert?
405
00:27:16,234 --> 00:27:20,102
If you ask me,
it was hanky-panky of the highest order.
406
00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:23,240
Meanwhile, back on campus,
407
00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:28,575
the assistant music chairman,
Harry Papazian, was receiving some very good news.
408
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:30,842
Yes, sir, thank you.
409
00:27:30,915 --> 00:27:34,373
And, uh, please convey my thanks
to the board for this appointment.
410
00:27:34,452 --> 00:27:38,013
I can assure you that
Professor Stoneham's high standards shall be continued in every way.
411
00:27:38,089 --> 00:27:39,647
Thank you.
412
00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:48,932
[Clunking]
413
00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:58,941
I beg your pardon.
May I help you?
414
00:27:59,010 --> 00:28:02,605
You never know, pal.
I'm looking for something that belongs to me.
415
00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:05,582
[Laughs]
Well, I seriously doubt that you'll find it in here, Mr., ah-
416
00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:09,484
Max Hellinger. Tyler Stoneham
and I had a business relationship.
417
00:28:09,554 --> 00:28:10,748
These are his files, aren't they?
418
00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:13,518
School files.
It's the same thing.
419
00:28:13,591 --> 00:28:16,458
He owed me a couple
of songs he'd composed. I need them now.
420
00:28:17,962 --> 00:28:19,896
Tyler a composer?
That's ridiculous.
421
00:28:19,964 --> 00:28:22,262
The man didn't have
an original bone in his body.
422
00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:25,700
You know not whereof
you speak, pal. By the way, who the hell are you?
423
00:28:25,770 --> 00:28:30,798
Harry Papazian, assistant-
Ah, former assistant head to the department.
424
00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:34,868
You are now running the store?
Good. I have a proposition for you.
425
00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:37,574
Ah, excuse me, ah,
Mr. Hellinger?
426
00:28:37,649 --> 00:28:41,517
Two pieces of music,both ballads. Look for the nameof Alden Gilbert as the composer.
427
00:28:41,586 --> 00:28:44,714
You find 'em for me,
it's worth five big ones. What?
428
00:28:44,789 --> 00:28:47,656
What, you have a hearing problem?
$5000 for two songs,
429
00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:49,921
in 48 hours in my hands,okay?
430
00:28:50,995 --> 00:28:55,398
Well, if the songs exist,
I'll certainly do my best to locate them for you.
431
00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:58,061
You bet you will, baby.
[Chuckling]
432
00:29:03,007 --> 00:29:05,066
You had no rightto print that story.
433
00:29:05,143 --> 00:29:08,135
We're a newspaper, Mr. Parnell.
Check the sign on the door.
434
00:29:08,213 --> 00:29:12,673
I am trying to save Prentice
from the gas chamber, and you're trying to get an "A" in journalism?
435
00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:15,151
Hey, Chad.
Come here a sec.
436
00:29:15,220 --> 00:29:18,280
Fella here's got a problemwith your interview.
437
00:29:18,356 --> 00:29:20,347
You're Singer?
That's me.
438
00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:25,686
I've been looking for you.
I'm-I'm Ray Parnell, public defender's office.
439
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:28,961
And if you don't want to
screw up your friend's life permanently,
440
00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:31,797
I suggest you learn tokeep your mouth shut.
441
00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,804
Sir, I'm just trying to help.
You listen to me.
442
00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:38,138
Your friend has one chance
of getting free, and that's temporary insanity.
443
00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:41,042
What do you-
Have you talked to him? He didn't do it.
444
00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:45,640
So he tells me.
And I sure would like to believe him.
445
00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:48,049
But what I believe
and what you believe, that doesn't count.
446
00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:51,919
What counts is whatI can sell to a jury.
447
00:29:53,525 --> 00:29:56,790
??[Michael's Song]
448
00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:06,195
Hi.
449
00:30:08,273 --> 00:30:10,867
I'm sorry I got hung up.
I brought in a pizza.
450
00:30:12,343 --> 00:30:15,870
You eat. I popped a button
on my jeans this morning.
451
00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:17,881
I'm fasting till Yom Kippur.
452
00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:21,685
Don't stop.
I like that.
453
00:30:21,753 --> 00:30:25,348
Yeah?
Yeah, it really grabs me.
454
00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:32,087
?? [Michael's Song]
455
00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:35,359
Makes me kinda wonder
who wrote the lyrics.
456
00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:37,367
[Laughs]
It sure wasn't Tyler Stoneham.
457
00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:39,699
Well, I guess it was Mike.
Ha! Are you kidding?
458
00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:43,707
I took American Lit with Mike.
He could barely understand Edgar Guest.
459
00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:46,767
Hot dang! Lyrics!
460
00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:50,110
Stoneham not only ripped off
the melody, but he got somebody to put words to it.
461
00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:54,117
- But who?
- Don't look at me. AfterJune and moon, I'm lost.
462
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,979
Darlin', I got a job for you.
Uh-oh.
463
00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:00,923
The last few months,
Stoneham's been spendin' a lot of time south of the city.
464
00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:02,926
Maybe San Diego.
465
00:31:02,994 --> 00:31:06,259
619 area code.
Are you still friendly with that, ah,
466
00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:08,731
what's-her-name in
the business office? Marsha? Sure, but-
467
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:13,396
Tomorrow morning, first thing.
I want you to get Marsha to check all the outgoing toll calls on Stoneham's line.
468
00:31:13,471 --> 00:31:17,066
Everything with a 619 prefix.
Maybe we can put a phone number to a name and address.
469
00:31:17,141 --> 00:31:20,668
Oh, come on, Chad.
Well, you wanna help, don't you?
470
00:31:22,146 --> 00:31:24,910
Not for me, hon.
For Mike.
471
00:31:26,751 --> 00:31:29,049
Persuade me, cowboy.
472
00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:34,556
The things I put up with
for my friends.
473
00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:37,961
Oh.
474
00:32:36,187 --> 00:32:38,178
Who's there?
475
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,622
Who are you?
What do you want?
476
00:32:46,564 --> 00:32:47,792
[Christine Screams]
477
00:32:53,771 --> 00:32:56,171
[Chad]Uh-huh. I got that.
478
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,231
She heard this guy stumblin'around when?
479
00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:03,276
4:00 in the morning?Is she sure it was a man?
480
00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:07,479
Listen, Danny, the shots,
did she hit the guy?
481
00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:15,524
All right. Look, I'll call youlater at the newspaper office.Anything you learn I want it.
482
00:33:16,861 --> 00:33:18,920
I'll talk to you later,
good buddy.
483
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:21,124
Do you know
what time it is?
484
00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:25,329
Yes, ma'am. Time for you
to hustle your bustle over to your friend Marsha's.
485
00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:28,702
One of Danny Young's newspaperreporters was monitoring policecalls early this morning,
486
00:33:28,773 --> 00:33:29,762
some kind of a C.B. Freak.
487
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:33,902
Somebody broke into the
Stoneham house last night, probably lookin' for Mike's music.
488
00:33:33,978 --> 00:33:37,436
Wh-What did I hear about shots?
Is somebody playing hardball?
489
00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:40,348
Stoneham's widow.
She may have plunked the guy.
490
00:33:40,418 --> 00:33:43,615
They found blood outside.
Oh, terrific!
491
00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:47,351
She didn't shoot at me, hon.
Come on, chop, chop. I need that 619 number.
492
00:33:49,827 --> 00:33:52,853
[Chad]Ah, excuse me,Professor Papazian?
493
00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:57,094
May I help you, Mr. Singer?
Professor, you got a minute?
494
00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:59,762
Actually, I'm very busy
this morning. Well, this won't take long.
495
00:33:59,837 --> 00:34:03,500
I just wanted to set things
straight about that fight you had with Dr. Stoneham.
496
00:34:03,574 --> 00:34:06,566
It was a discussion,
Mr. Singer, not a fight.
497
00:34:06,644 --> 00:34:09,238
Well, that's not
the way Michael tells it.
498
00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:11,907
Yes, well, if I were in jail
facing a murder charge,
499
00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:15,919
I, too, would be spreading
suspicion in as many directions as I could.
500
00:34:17,922 --> 00:34:19,253
Well, I apologize,
Professor.
501
00:34:19,323 --> 00:34:23,123
I guess it's just a case of friendshipgettin'in the way of my betterjudgment. Mmm.
502
00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:25,389
Looks like mice got at this seal.
503
00:34:25,463 --> 00:34:28,921
- What?
- This seal.
504
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:33,266
The door to Dr. Stoneham's office.
Seems to be peelin' off.
505
00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:37,132
[Sighs]
I'm afraid, Mr. Singer,
506
00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:39,836
that my patience with your
amateur sleuthing is exhausted.
507
00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:41,674
As is I'm sure,everyone else's.
508
00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:44,806
Now will you please leave,
or will I be forced to call security.
509
00:34:44,882 --> 00:34:47,942
Oh, gosh, sir.
I don't mean to make a pest of myself.
510
00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:52,685
I really do apologize
for any misunderstanding.
511
00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:56,523
Yes, well, that's quite
all right, Mr. Singer. [Groans]
512
00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:59,461
Oh, I'm sorry.Is there something wrongwith your arm, Professor?
513
00:34:59,530 --> 00:35:01,464
No, it's all right.
You know,
514
00:35:01,532 --> 00:35:04,763
I couldn't help but notice
the way you were holdin' that valise out there, and...
515
00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:06,497
and the way you
opened the door.
516
00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:08,505
I thought you might
be hurt or somethin'.
517
00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:11,440
Maybe you oughta,
have a doctor look at it. No, no, it's all right.
518
00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:13,500
Well, ah, let me give
you a hand with that.
519
00:35:14,645 --> 00:35:16,579
You know, Professor,
520
00:35:16,647 --> 00:35:20,378
Mrs. Stoneham
shot an intruder in her house last night.
521
00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:22,715
Yep, she surely did.
522
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,590
You know,
I'll just bet...
523
00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:29,526
it was somebody searchin'
for some sheet music.
524
00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:32,996
What do you think?
525
00:35:34,932 --> 00:35:36,866
Yes.
526
00:35:38,269 --> 00:35:40,464
I think you're probably right.
527
00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:44,406
I was looking for some songsthat Tyler was supposedto have written.
528
00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:47,137
A man named Max Hellinger,
a Broadway producer,
529
00:35:47,211 --> 00:35:49,145
offered me a great deal of
money if I could deliver them.
530
00:35:49,213 --> 00:35:51,545
No questions asked,
of course.
531
00:35:51,616 --> 00:35:53,811
They weren't-
No. No, I looked everywhere.
532
00:35:54,952 --> 00:35:57,546
I suspect he stashed them
in a safe deposit box.
533
00:35:57,622 --> 00:35:59,556
This man, Hellinger,
do you know where I can find him?
534
00:35:59,624 --> 00:36:03,424
Well, I imagine he's gone
to see Michael Prentice.
535
00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:06,088
When he called this morning
and I told him I couldn't help him,
536
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,962
he said his only otherpossibility was in jail.
537
00:36:09,033 --> 00:36:11,831
Mr. Hellinger?
Yeah, I'm Max Hellinger.
538
00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:14,303
Who are you?
I'm a good friend of Michael Prentice.
539
00:36:14,372 --> 00:36:16,306
I was wondering if
I might talk to you...
540
00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:19,400
about the unpublished
works of Alden Gilbert.
541
00:36:19,477 --> 00:36:21,502
Thank you, Jim.
542
00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:25,310
It's a nice place. It'll be a
parking lot in one month. Well, things pick up after 6:00.
543
00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:28,011
They'd better.Okay, let's talk music.
544
00:36:28,085 --> 00:36:30,451
How about first if we talk
about Tyler Stoneham?
545
00:36:30,521 --> 00:36:32,785
Excuse me,
Alden Gilbert.
546
00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:34,791
I didn't come here to
shoot the bull with you, pal.
547
00:36:34,859 --> 00:36:37,259
Since the cops still wouldn't
let me talk to Prentice, you'll have to do.
548
00:36:37,328 --> 00:36:40,297
Do you have the songs
or don't you? Tyler Stoneham was killed...
549
00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:42,059
just before 10:00 p.m.
Two nights ago.
550
00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:44,260
Two nights ago,
I was in New York City. Get back to the music.
551
00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:46,963
Two nights ago, your plane
landed at L.A.X. At 6:05.
552
00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:50,007
A friend of a friendchecked the passenger manifests.
553
00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:53,237
You think I killed him?
What for? I needed his music.
554
00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:56,974
Maybe he was holdin' out on you.
Maybe he was hittin' you up for more money.
555
00:36:57,048 --> 00:36:59,949
Maybe. Maybe you need
something stronger to drink than that beer you're nursing.
556
00:37:00,017 --> 00:37:04,545
Look, I knew Tyler for ten years.
He used to feed me stuff.
557
00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:08,319
Dreck, mostly. Then he comes
along with Blue Lights.
558
00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:10,326
First-class material.Primo.
559
00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:13,761
But even I could figure out
he didn't become another Sondheim overnight.
560
00:37:13,831 --> 00:37:17,892
Okay, so you got in at 6:00.
And then what? You went to see Stoneham at the school?
561
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:20,403
Wrong, sonny.
I called him. What time?
562
00:37:20,471 --> 00:37:23,907
Around half past 9:00,
at his office.
563
00:37:23,975 --> 00:37:26,705
He said he was gonna
leave as soon as he got some phone call.
564
00:37:26,777 --> 00:37:30,838
We made a breakfast date.
I showed up. He didn't. Then I caught the news.
565
00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:34,043
Let's get back to
those two songs. I haven't got 'em.
566
00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:37,918
Wait a minute, you said-
And as far as I know, neither does anybody else.
567
00:37:37,989 --> 00:37:41,925
The only one that can deliver
those songs to you, Mr. Hellinger, is Michael Prentice.
568
00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:45,929
If you think of anything that'll help get
him out from under this investigation, I suggest you talk to the police.
569
00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:50,798
Otherwise, I'm afraid your show's
gonna be openin' up on Broadway minus a couple of ballads.
570
00:37:58,909 --> 00:38:01,935
Okay, so where's my medal?
571
00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:06,081
You said you wanted a lyricist.
572
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:09,711
You got a lyricist.
Say hi to Reagan Miller.
573
00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:14,885
Writing partner of the lateand not-so-great Alden Gilbert.
574
00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:16,517
Hi.
575
00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:24,094
When Miss Coopersmith
phoned me, asking about Alden Gilbert, I, ah...
576
00:38:24,168 --> 00:38:25,760
I didn't quite know
what to say.
577
00:38:25,836 --> 00:38:29,499
Sounded to me like she
dropped the phone. That's when I knew I hit the exacta.
578
00:38:29,573 --> 00:38:33,475
Quite honestly, I really didn'twanna talk about Alden,or Dr. Stoneham...
579
00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:36,172
or whatever his
real name was.
580
00:38:36,247 --> 00:38:38,579
The man lied to me,
he deceived me.
581
00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:41,846
Cheated you?
582
00:38:41,919 --> 00:38:44,513
Yes, I suppose you
could say that too.
583
00:38:44,588 --> 00:38:46,647
Look, I didn't care
about the money,
584
00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:50,387
the only thing that I wanted
was recognition for my work, but he took credit for everything.
585
00:38:50,461 --> 00:38:53,362
The music, the words.I mean, they were my words.
586
00:38:53,431 --> 00:38:55,899
I just can't believe all
this is happening.
587
00:38:55,966 --> 00:38:59,766
[Sighs]
Okay, you say you went to the college the night he was killed.
588
00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:02,499
Yeah, but I didn't kill him.
I mean-
589
00:39:02,573 --> 00:39:05,041
The fact is,
I never even saw the man.
590
00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:08,943
I couldn't find his office,and all of a sudden therewere these policemen...
591
00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:11,208
coming out from alldifferent directions.
592
00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:15,184
I think it was shortly
after 10:00. I just left.
593
00:39:15,252 --> 00:39:18,483
That's terrific.
Everyone but the pope is at the college that night,
594
00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:21,218
and Michael's the one they
find standin' over the body.
595
00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:25,194
Forgive me, I'm-I'mO.D. 'ing on frustration here.
596
00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:29,756
Ah, if you'll excuse me,
I have to get back home.
597
00:39:29,834 --> 00:39:33,702
There's something that I wrote
for television and I forgot to set my tape machine.
598
00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:35,762
No kidding.
You wrote for TV?
599
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:39,571
Yeah. Just a jingle for a
real estate commercial. Not Broadway, but it pays the rent.
600
00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:43,773
Um, look, I think it
starts at quarter of 7:00.
601
00:39:43,848 --> 00:39:45,213
If I rush,
I can just make it.
602
00:39:45,282 --> 00:39:48,774
Well, thank you for coming.
603
00:39:48,853 --> 00:39:51,845
And if and
when we ever get Michael out of jail,
604
00:39:51,922 --> 00:39:53,856
we'll have to put the
two of you together.
605
00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:56,051
You'd make
a great combo. I'll look forward to it.
606
00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:58,061
Good night, Chad.
607
00:39:58,129 --> 00:40:00,461
Oh, he gets like that.
608
00:40:00,531 --> 00:40:02,465
Okay.
609
00:40:08,939 --> 00:40:10,873
What's with the face?
610
00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:17,071
So, do I get first prize
or what?
611
00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:20,811
Darlin', you're not
gonna believe this,
612
00:40:20,885 --> 00:40:24,218
but I think I just
figured out which fox got in the henhouse.
613
00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:30,622
Well, how about you?
Have you figured out who killed the good doctor?
614
00:40:30,694 --> 00:40:32,286
Well, you can't be
hurting for suspects.
615
00:40:32,363 --> 00:40:36,493
Heaven knows there were
plenty of people with motive... and opportunity.
616
00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:37,966
But if you've been paying attention,
617
00:40:38,035 --> 00:40:42,768
there's one particular clue that
should pinpoint the guilty party.
618
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,241
See if you can come up with
the same answer that Chad did.
619
00:40:46,310 --> 00:40:48,505
This had better be good,
Mr. Singer.
620
00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:51,104
I didn't let you organize
this little charade to be made a fool of.
621
00:40:51,182 --> 00:40:53,241
No, I wouldn't do that, sir.
You can count on it.
622
00:40:53,317 --> 00:40:55,251
You know the drill.
I mean, lots of noise.
623
00:40:55,319 --> 00:40:57,719
Hey, you're gonna get all
the d.b.'s you can handle.
624
00:40:57,788 --> 00:41:00,256
All right, Reagan,
everybody. Yeah.
625
00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:03,350
I want you to do and
say whatever you did the other night.
626
00:41:03,427 --> 00:41:05,361
I didn't do or say anything.Then do it again.
627
00:41:05,429 --> 00:41:09,297
[Chanting On Tape][Chiming]
628
00:41:12,336 --> 00:41:14,804
Ah, Singer,
this is Lt. Perkins. How are-
629
00:41:14,872 --> 00:41:17,807
Just so's you understand, son,
I'm not real keen on parlor tricks.
630
00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:20,070
Only reason I'm here
is 'cause the school asked us to cooperate.
631
00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:22,339
Well, I appreciate
that, sir. How ya doin'?
632
00:41:22,413 --> 00:41:23,880
Holding up.
All right.
633
00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:27,008
Um, I don't know what
I'm doing here. I was nowhere near this place.
634
00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:28,711
Well, I know-
Nor was I, Mr. Singer.
635
00:41:28,786 --> 00:41:30,720
I know. I need you both
to help re-create what happened.
636
00:41:30,788 --> 00:41:34,019
Look, one thing you'd better
understand. I'm not letting the suspect out of my sight.
637
00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:36,491
Right. I want you hangin'
on him like wallpaper.
638
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,824
Where he goes,
you go. Come on.
639
00:42:01,252 --> 00:42:03,777
Mr. Papazian, glad
you could make it.
640
00:42:03,854 --> 00:42:07,085
Yes, Mr. Singer.
As I told you, I am delighted to cooperate.
641
00:42:07,157 --> 00:42:09,955
All right. Mr. Hellinger,
642
00:42:10,027 --> 00:42:12,257
Mrs. Stoneham,if you'djust standhere by the telephone.
643
00:42:12,329 --> 00:42:16,129
Mr. Parnell, you'll be
playing Mr. Stoneham, so if you'll just come with me.
644
00:42:17,134 --> 00:42:20,729
Step into the office.
And you know the instructions?
645
00:42:20,804 --> 00:42:22,738
I know what
I'm supposed to do.
646
00:42:22,806 --> 00:42:27,266
There we go.
All right, Mr. Hellinger,
647
00:42:27,344 --> 00:42:30,404
if you will place a call to
the office like you did the night of the murder,
648
00:42:30,481 --> 00:42:34,941
Mr. Parnell
will answer it. 555-8974.
649
00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:37,487
Start the watch?
Go.
650
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:38,544
Mike!
651
00:42:38,622 --> 00:42:40,749
I heard him talking
on the phone,
652
00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:44,385
and I heard him say he'd be leaving soon-
that's when I ducked into the instrument storage room.
653
00:42:44,461 --> 00:42:45,450
Go.
654
00:42:47,831 --> 00:42:49,765
You too,Lieutenant.
655
00:42:52,036 --> 00:42:55,472
Now the light went out,
and went on again almost immediately.
656
00:42:55,539 --> 00:42:58,440
Okay, Mr. Hellinger,
you can hang up the phone.
657
00:42:58,509 --> 00:43:02,843
Mr. Parnell, pick up the receiver
and pretend to be dialing out!
658
00:43:02,913 --> 00:43:04,005
All right, Mike,
now what?
659
00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:07,107
After about thirty seconds
or so, the light went on again.
660
00:43:08,385 --> 00:43:11,684
All right, that was
Stoneham dialing Reagan, but she wasn't home.
661
00:43:11,755 --> 00:43:15,589
Ah, Chad,
the light went on again a second time, but shorter.
662
00:43:15,659 --> 00:43:18,287
Okay.
Get back inside.
663
00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:27,134
Mr. Parnell, I want you
to hang up the phone,
664
00:43:27,204 --> 00:43:29,331
pick it up againand hold it.
665
00:43:33,243 --> 00:43:35,973
All right, Mike. What next?
After the light went outfor the third time,
666
00:43:36,046 --> 00:43:37,673
I started to leave.
667
00:43:37,748 --> 00:43:39,682
I heard a man's
footsteps approaching.
668
00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:43,015
I ducked back inside;
then I looked out.
669
00:43:43,087 --> 00:43:47,080
I saw Mr. Papazian go down
the hall to Stoneham's office and walk in.
670
00:43:47,157 --> 00:43:50,058
Mr. Parnell, you can
hang up the phone! Mr. Papazian.
671
00:43:54,064 --> 00:43:58,330
Okay, now I want the
two of you to argue, loud.
672
00:43:58,402 --> 00:43:59,630
About what?
673
00:43:59,703 --> 00:44:02,297
Anything. The price
of goat's cheese. The Dodgers.
674
00:44:02,373 --> 00:44:05,467
It doesn't make any difference,
but you're mad as hell at each other.
675
00:44:05,542 --> 00:44:06,531
This is ridiculous.
676
00:44:06,610 --> 00:44:09,101
Of course it is,
but if he wants an argument, let's give it to him.
677
00:44:09,179 --> 00:44:12,342
I haven't got
anything to hide! You think I do?
678
00:44:12,416 --> 00:44:15,408
[Loud Voices On Tape]
679
00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:17,511
I don't know anythingabout you, Parnell. Mike!
680
00:44:17,588 --> 00:44:19,180
And I don't care to!
Can you hear all that?
681
00:44:19,256 --> 00:44:22,589
Ah, bits and pieces, like
the night of the murder. It's pretty noisy in here.
682
00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:26,687
Mr. Singer'stheatricality is beginning toborder on the ludicrous!
683
00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:28,664
[Papazian]On that, we totally agree!
684
00:44:28,732 --> 00:44:30,222
Gentlemen,
685
00:44:31,835 --> 00:44:33,427
that was just fine.
686
00:44:33,504 --> 00:44:35,438
Mr. Papazian, you may
leave the room now.
687
00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:38,907
This is the most
ridiculous thing I've-
688
00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:42,405
How we doin'?
689
00:44:42,479 --> 00:44:44,572
It's time.
Let's go.
690
00:44:47,818 --> 00:44:50,878
Mrs. Stoneham,
it's quarter to the hour.
691
00:44:50,954 --> 00:44:54,219
If you'll just place that
call to your husband, like you did that night.
692
00:45:08,839 --> 00:45:13,435
[Ringing]
693
00:45:14,945 --> 00:45:17,573
Hey, Chad, that phone-
It never rang the other night.
694
00:45:17,648 --> 00:45:21,982
[Ringing Continues]
695
00:45:24,254 --> 00:45:27,621
That's right, ma'am.
It never rang.
696
00:45:27,691 --> 00:45:32,128
The call you said you made to your husband
during the commercial break? It never happened.
697
00:45:32,196 --> 00:45:34,289
But-
There are no buts, ma'am.
698
00:45:34,364 --> 00:45:37,128
Because you said you talked to
your husband, which you did not.
699
00:45:37,201 --> 00:45:40,762
A fact I believe will be validatedby your next month's phone bill.
700
00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:44,239
It's a toll call.
701
00:45:45,642 --> 00:45:47,610
The only thingI don't know is...
702
00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:49,669
was Mr. Simon
in on it with you?
703
00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:51,942
No! No, he wasn't!
704
00:45:58,422 --> 00:46:00,856
Tyler was my problem.
705
00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:17,771
Poor Christine.
It was only a little slip,
706
00:46:17,841 --> 00:46:20,366
but those are the
ones that get you.
707
00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:22,912
She's come to the office
to surprise her husband.
708
00:46:22,980 --> 00:46:27,178
They fought and long-suffering
Christine finally went over the edge.
709
00:46:28,185 --> 00:46:30,119
Michael was cleared, of course.
710
00:46:30,187 --> 00:46:31,586
And when last seen,
711
00:46:31,655 --> 00:46:35,318
he and Reagan Miller were boarding
a plane with Max Hellinger,
712
00:46:35,392 --> 00:46:38,054
headed for the Great White Way.
713
00:46:38,128 --> 00:46:41,063
As for Chad and Jenny, you know,
714
00:46:41,131 --> 00:46:44,532
I've been noodling with
this idea for a sequel,
715
00:46:44,601 --> 00:46:48,128
in which they travel to Mississippi,
so that she can meet the folks.
716
00:46:48,205 --> 00:46:50,469
On the way, they run into
this defrocked priest...
717
00:46:50,541 --> 00:46:53,601
and a professional wrestler
who just happen to be-
718
00:46:53,677 --> 00:46:55,872
Oops,
I'm getting ahead of myself.
719
00:46:55,946 --> 00:46:59,211
Maybe we just better
wait for the sequel.
720
00:46:59,283 --> 00:47:02,150
Thanks for dropping by
and good night.
721
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:06,750
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