1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,795 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 2 00:00:02,962 --> 00:00:04,255 Get out! 3 00:00:04,422 --> 00:00:06,132 Try your extortion tactics on this one, 4 00:00:06,298 --> 00:00:07,800 and Ben Forman is history around here. 5 00:00:07,967 --> 00:00:10,970 Murdered in his bathtub by electrocution, no less. 6 00:00:11,137 --> 00:00:12,722 My God, that was brilliant. 7 00:00:12,888 --> 00:00:15,307 I’m gonna spend as much as it takes to bury you. 8 00:00:15,474 --> 00:00:17,393 Consider yourself fortunate, Hans. 9 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,729 He’s being uncharacteristically gentle. 10 00:00:19,895 --> 00:00:22,648 I was home alone at the time of the murder. 11 00:00:22,732 --> 00:00:23,691 I hope that’s true. 12 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:26,986 Listen, wuss, if I wanna hear anything from you, I’ll ask, all right? 13 00:00:27,153 --> 00:00:29,655 What I’d like to do is put a contract out on Forman. 14 00:00:29,822 --> 00:00:32,825 And then, you reread Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 15 00:00:33,826 --> 00:00:34,785 What are you, stupid? 16 00:00:35,286 --> 00:00:37,663 The worst thing that’ll happen is he’ll have us taken out and shot. 17 00:01:43,979 --> 00:01:47,274 [man] Carter, you see the numbers your way, I see the numbers my way. 18 00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:51,695 I know, but, look, Kane’s offer is not gonna stay on the table forever. 19 00:01:51,862 --> 00:01:53,614 And it’s an insult. 20 00:01:53,781 --> 00:01:55,741 We are not gonna be new kids on the block much longer. 21 00:01:55,908 --> 00:01:58,410 -Advertising dollars are up, circulation-- -Inching. 22 00:01:58,577 --> 00:02:01,997 Dean, the bankers, their smoke detectors are whistling a big N-O. 23 00:02:02,164 --> 00:02:04,959 -[intercom buzzing] -[Dean] Yes? 24 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:07,378 [woman] Gary Mannion on line one. 25 00:02:07,545 --> 00:02:09,755 Oh, how did I get so lucky? 26 00:02:09,922 --> 00:02:12,675 Look, Carter, you’re the one who thought it would be neat 27 00:02:12,842 --> 00:02:14,885 -to get into magazine publishing, right? -Yeah. 28 00:02:15,052 --> 00:02:17,596 Did I or did I not warn you of all the realities 29 00:02:17,763 --> 00:02:19,306 long before you ever wrote out a check? 30 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:21,016 -Yeah. -Right. 31 00:02:21,183 --> 00:02:23,018 So if the bankers are not gonna write us a new loan, 32 00:02:23,185 --> 00:02:25,312 you’ve got to dip into that trust fund again, okay? 33 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:27,898 Come on, I got a lot of work to do. 34 00:02:28,065 --> 00:02:29,650 What, Mannion? 35 00:02:29,817 --> 00:02:31,652 Upon my soul, the man’s warmth 36 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:33,988 is exceeded only by his eagerness to hear my voice. 37 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:35,698 Please, get to the point. 38 00:02:35,865 --> 00:02:39,326 Calling to find out how Ben Forman did with the JB Fletcher piece. 39 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:41,203 -How conscientious. He didn’t. -Say what? 40 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:42,913 What I’m saying is, 41 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,165 if he screws up again, I will never hire him again. 42 00:02:45,332 --> 00:02:47,918 And I’ll probably never hire one of your writers again. 43 00:02:48,085 --> 00:02:49,378 I’ll talk to him. 44 00:02:49,545 --> 00:02:51,505 Please do, because I’d rather not. 45 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:53,841 Truth is, if that young neurotic wasn’t such a good writer, 46 00:02:54,008 --> 00:02:55,426 and wasn’t represented by the biggest pain in the neck 47 00:02:55,593 --> 00:02:57,344 in town, he couldn’t get arrested. 48 00:02:57,511 --> 00:02:59,930 One more word and I’ll pull him off the story. 49 00:03:00,097 --> 00:03:05,436 Just remind him our deadline is Friday, 3:00 p.m. and I’m holding you responsible. 50 00:03:05,603 --> 00:03:08,981 Thank you... Agents. 51 00:03:09,148 --> 00:03:10,566 No, no, no, no, no. 52 00:03:10,733 --> 00:03:12,192 We have to do something with her hair. 53 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:14,361 -We’ll have to reshoot. -Then reshoot. 54 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:16,322 And I hate this headline. 55 00:03:16,488 --> 00:03:18,282 I want something sexier, something that reaches out, pulls you in. 56 00:03:18,449 --> 00:03:20,534 Okay, but the Goldberg story-- 57 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:23,370 Ellen, it’ll have to wait. I’m late. 58 00:03:27,291 --> 00:03:30,377 Mr. Forman, is there something I can help you with? 59 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:32,671 I had these notes from my research. 60 00:03:32,838 --> 00:03:36,216 -A list of questions. -Oh, of course. 61 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:38,135 Oh, wait. Here. 62 00:03:38,302 --> 00:03:40,429 Is this what you’re looking for? 63 00:03:40,596 --> 00:03:42,890 Yes, yes. Thank you. 64 00:03:44,683 --> 00:03:45,976 So, you were saying... 65 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:48,228 Oh, yeah. What was it? 66 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:50,481 Oh, yes, that puzzles and books, 67 00:03:50,648 --> 00:03:52,942 I think, are what really led me to-- 68 00:03:53,108 --> 00:03:54,735 Excuse me, Mrs. Fletcher. 69 00:03:54,902 --> 00:03:56,403 This thing doesn’t seem to be recording. 70 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:58,530 Could it be the batteries? 71 00:03:58,697 --> 00:03:59,907 Yes, that must be it. 72 00:04:00,074 --> 00:04:03,744 I have a fresh set right here. It’ll only take a minute. 73 00:04:03,911 --> 00:04:05,412 Oh! Hold everything. I’ll be right back. 74 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:07,247 Oh, God, I don’t believe this. 75 00:04:08,707 --> 00:04:10,751 I think we’ll have to make this-- 76 00:04:10,918 --> 00:04:12,461 I’ll just take it longhand. 77 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:17,383 Uh, now, my next question is, 78 00:04:17,549 --> 00:04:19,551 how long does it take you 79 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:22,388 from the time that you get an idea to the finished novel? 80 00:04:22,554 --> 00:04:25,849 Ben, I’m afraid I’m gonna have to leave for my meeting. 81 00:04:26,016 --> 00:04:28,185 Oh, right. 82 00:04:28,352 --> 00:04:30,020 How’s your time tomorrow? 83 00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:32,940 Crowded. I have meetings all day, all over town. 84 00:04:33,107 --> 00:04:35,234 Well, maybe I could tag along with you. 85 00:04:35,401 --> 00:04:38,070 Well, if you like. I suppose so, sure. 86 00:04:38,237 --> 00:04:39,947 That’d be great. 87 00:04:40,114 --> 00:04:42,324 I get some of my best profiles that way, on the run. 88 00:04:42,491 --> 00:04:44,076 A lot of energy. 89 00:04:48,664 --> 00:04:52,793 [Dean] My father insisted that I never had anything to prove. 90 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,754 If he insisted, he certainly did it when I was out of earshot. 91 00:04:55,921 --> 00:04:58,674 Perhaps you weren’t listening. 92 00:04:58,841 --> 00:05:00,592 Don’t waste your breath, Jessica. 93 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:01,719 It’s a lost cause. 94 00:05:01,885 --> 00:05:03,929 Okay, okay, okay. 95 00:05:04,096 --> 00:05:07,307 Anyway, I’m very grateful you’re allowing us to do this profile. 96 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:09,810 Well, I wish I was as convinced as you are 97 00:05:09,977 --> 00:05:11,562 that your readers are gonna find it that interesting. 98 00:05:11,729 --> 00:05:15,524 Anyway, Ben Forman, no problem. 99 00:05:15,691 --> 00:05:17,067 In fact... 100 00:05:17,234 --> 00:05:19,236 I find him a delight. 101 00:05:19,403 --> 00:05:24,366 I have to run, darling. Three photo shoots and a looping session. 102 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:25,909 Dean, stop. 103 00:05:26,076 --> 00:05:27,870 I’m flavor of the month. 104 00:05:28,037 --> 00:05:30,289 -Bye, Jessica. -Have a good day, Kathryn. 105 00:05:30,456 --> 00:05:32,499 She’s a lovely young woman, Dean. 106 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:36,545 Jessica, I’m much more interested in what you’re not saying. 107 00:05:36,712 --> 00:05:38,297 [man] Mr. Richards. 108 00:05:38,464 --> 00:05:40,340 Ah, and Mrs. Fletcher. 109 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,259 It’s been a long time. 110 00:05:42,426 --> 00:05:45,304 Yes, it has, Mr. Kane. 111 00:05:45,471 --> 00:05:47,931 Well, I trust that Carter managed to convey 112 00:05:48,098 --> 00:05:50,601 the extremely temporary nature of my offer. 113 00:05:50,768 --> 00:05:52,936 Mr. Kane, you’re more than welcome to withdraw your offer 114 00:05:53,103 --> 00:05:54,980 any time you'd like. 115 00:05:55,147 --> 00:05:56,690 You’re making a serious mistake. 116 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:59,485 Look, Kane, even if the money wasn’t a joke, 117 00:05:59,651 --> 00:06:01,945 even if I was on the brink of financial obscurity, 118 00:06:02,112 --> 00:06:04,239 I would never let Follies fall into your hands. 119 00:06:04,406 --> 00:06:07,493 Well, allow me to sweeten the pot for you. 120 00:06:07,659 --> 00:06:10,621 If you don’t agree to sell me the magazine in 48 hours, 121 00:06:10,788 --> 00:06:14,083 under my current terms, you have my promise. 122 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:17,252 I’ll put you out of business before the end of the year. 123 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:23,092 Have a nice lunch. 124 00:06:27,763 --> 00:06:30,265 The most disgusting thing 125 00:06:30,432 --> 00:06:32,726 is that he just may have the financial wherewithal to do it. 126 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:35,270 I take it your experience with him wasn’t such a pleasant one. 127 00:06:35,437 --> 00:06:37,648 Last year, without my permission, 128 00:06:37,815 --> 00:06:41,985 he shopped one of my books to all the studios and networks. 129 00:06:42,152 --> 00:06:45,072 Let me guess. And you didn’t have an option for the movie rights. 130 00:06:45,239 --> 00:06:48,325 So by the time a legitimate producer wanted it, 131 00:06:48,492 --> 00:06:50,869 it was regarded as damaged goods. 132 00:06:51,036 --> 00:06:52,871 Oh, Mr. Kane. 133 00:06:53,038 --> 00:06:54,414 Such a fine gentleman. 134 00:06:56,083 --> 00:06:57,876 [woman] Very well then. 135 00:06:58,043 --> 00:06:59,878 You have my permission to leave any time you’re ready. 136 00:07:00,045 --> 00:07:02,881 Oh, uh... 137 00:07:03,048 --> 00:07:04,883 "Fine. Then I’ll just throw my things in a bag 138 00:07:05,050 --> 00:07:06,760 and I’ll be out of here in an hour." 139 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:08,887 Fifteen minutes would be better. 140 00:07:09,054 --> 00:07:11,056 Preferable. "Fifteen minutes would be preferable." 141 00:07:11,223 --> 00:07:12,349 Oh, God! 142 00:07:12,516 --> 00:07:14,768 I really hope I get this one. 143 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:18,689 -Great, because you’re perfect for this. -[giggles] Thanks. 144 00:07:18,856 --> 00:07:21,608 I bet if I had a killer agent like you do, 145 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,569 I’d be a big star by now. 146 00:07:23,735 --> 00:07:26,113 Well, at least a working actress. 147 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,323 I mean, not that you aren’t a really good writer or... 148 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:30,742 It’s okay. I know what you mean, Abby. 149 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:34,830 [Abby] I really wish that he wouldn’t smoke these things. 150 00:07:34,997 --> 00:07:36,540 Oh, you know, it’s funny 151 00:07:36,707 --> 00:07:40,377 that you should say that, because when he was here last night, 152 00:07:40,544 --> 00:07:42,629 I was thinking of saying something to him about it. 153 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:45,048 Ben, do you suppose... 154 00:07:45,215 --> 00:07:46,967 I mean, would he consider ever 155 00:07:47,134 --> 00:07:49,178 branching out from just handling writers 156 00:07:49,344 --> 00:07:53,265 and maybe take on someone, you know, like me? 157 00:07:53,432 --> 00:07:55,726 It won’t hurt to ask. The worst thing that’ll happen 158 00:07:55,893 --> 00:07:57,811 -is he’ll have us taken out and shot. -[giggles] 159 00:07:57,978 --> 00:07:59,646 Geez, Abby, what the hell are you doing? 160 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,273 I’ve been calling your place for, like, an hour. 161 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,859 I’m sorry. We were just reading lines. 162 00:08:04,026 --> 00:08:05,527 How did your audition go? 163 00:08:05,694 --> 00:08:08,572 -It went great-- -Hi, Doris, listen, is Gary there? Uh shh! 164 00:08:08,739 --> 00:08:12,618 Hi, Gary, it’s Ben. Ben Forman. 165 00:08:12,784 --> 00:08:14,745 Listen, I was wondering if you’d be able to take the time 166 00:08:14,912 --> 00:08:16,622 to meet with Abby Peters. 167 00:08:16,788 --> 00:08:19,541 She’s that actress I’ve been telling you about. 168 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:22,711 She’s really terrific. I really think that you... 169 00:08:22,878 --> 00:08:26,256 You will? That’s great! That’s really great. 170 00:08:26,423 --> 00:08:29,384 Yes, I will have the Fletcher piece done by tomorrow. 171 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:32,054 All right, Gary. Thank you. 172 00:08:32,221 --> 00:08:34,056 He said you should call him this afternoon 173 00:08:34,223 --> 00:08:35,515 and he’ll set up an appointment. 174 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:37,726 Oh, Ben, that is so hot! 175 00:08:37,893 --> 00:08:39,728 Hey, come on, you’re gonna be late for your audition. 176 00:08:39,895 --> 00:08:41,188 I just hope you know your lines for a change. 177 00:08:41,355 --> 00:08:42,814 She’s been working really hard. 178 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:46,860 Listen, wuss, if I wanna hear anything from you, I’ll ask, all right? 179 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:49,112 Dave, just leave him alone. 180 00:08:50,906 --> 00:08:51,949 C'mon, let’s go, Abby. 181 00:08:53,575 --> 00:08:54,785 Good... good luck. 182 00:08:54,952 --> 00:08:56,620 Bye, Ben. 183 00:08:57,955 --> 00:08:59,665 [phone rings] 184 00:09:03,669 --> 00:09:05,337 Yes. 185 00:09:05,504 --> 00:09:08,215 How are you, Mr. Kane? 186 00:09:08,382 --> 00:09:09,967 Wonderful. 187 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:12,678 Listen, but not as wonderful as that screenplay of yours. 188 00:09:12,844 --> 00:09:14,221 You’re kidding? 189 00:09:14,388 --> 00:09:16,807 No. I think we can get Squeegee made. 190 00:09:16,974 --> 00:09:18,225 Oh, wow, Mr. Kane. 191 00:09:18,392 --> 00:09:21,061 Harrison. Please, please. 192 00:09:21,228 --> 00:09:23,021 Can I talk to you as a friend here, Ben? 193 00:09:23,188 --> 00:09:24,606 Uh, sure. 194 00:09:24,773 --> 00:09:27,401 Good, ’cause I have a favor to ask you. 195 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:29,528 I wonder if you’d have a word with 196 00:09:29,695 --> 00:09:31,989 that SOB agent of yours 197 00:09:32,155 --> 00:09:34,700 and maybe slip him some reasonable pills. 198 00:09:34,866 --> 00:09:38,370 Uh, Mr. Kane, you’re putting me in a very awkward position. 199 00:09:38,537 --> 00:09:40,372 Okay, suit yourself. 200 00:09:40,539 --> 00:09:43,959 I just wanted to hear from your own lips that you were gonna take a hike 201 00:09:44,126 --> 00:09:46,670 if I didn’t come up with $100,000 for the option. 202 00:09:46,837 --> 00:09:49,172 Wow, he’s asking for that much. 203 00:09:49,339 --> 00:09:52,050 Oh, demanding. 204 00:09:52,217 --> 00:09:53,635 Issuing ultimatums. 205 00:09:53,802 --> 00:09:55,929 Well, I’ll see what I can do. 206 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:58,015 Listen, Mr... 207 00:09:58,181 --> 00:10:01,560 -Harrison, I got a favor to ask. -I’m listening. 208 00:10:01,727 --> 00:10:04,521 The role of Paula, there’s this actress I know, 209 00:10:04,688 --> 00:10:06,440 she’s really terrific. Her name is Abby Peters. 210 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:09,484 Yeah, look, have her give me a call. 211 00:10:19,202 --> 00:10:22,831 You really don’t care whether you get this role or not, do you? 212 00:10:22,998 --> 00:10:25,375 Not really, no. 213 00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:28,754 Is there anything that you really care about? 214 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,672 I mean, passionately, deeply? 215 00:10:30,839 --> 00:10:33,467 Well, I have this cat. 216 00:10:33,633 --> 00:10:36,470 She looks into my soul and I into hers. 217 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:38,930 I care about her. 218 00:10:41,475 --> 00:10:43,977 [Ben] How long ago did you start writing mysteries? 219 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:46,313 [Jessica] Fourteen years ago, as a matter of fact. 220 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:48,940 Of course, that was back when I was still teaching high school English. 221 00:10:49,107 --> 00:10:52,235 You see, I read about this murder in Bar Harbor, 222 00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:54,613 and I, uh... oh, dear, Ben. 223 00:10:54,780 --> 00:10:57,491 I’ve got ten minutes to get to my publisher’s. 224 00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:02,287 I have everything I need. I love working this way. Here’s a cab. 225 00:11:02,454 --> 00:11:05,165 This has really been absolutely terrific, Jessica. 226 00:11:05,332 --> 00:11:07,376 Well, it’s been great fun for me, too. 227 00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:09,920 I just hope that it measures up to your expectations. 228 00:11:11,505 --> 00:11:12,798 Oh, gosh, sorry! 229 00:11:12,964 --> 00:11:16,927 It’s all right. Listen, don’t forget. I want to see the copy 230 00:11:17,094 --> 00:11:18,970 before you send it in to Follies. 231 00:11:19,137 --> 00:11:21,890 -Absolutely. Yes. Thank you. -Thank you. 232 00:11:23,433 --> 00:11:25,102 Oh, and Ben, 233 00:11:25,268 --> 00:11:27,479 at the risk of raining on your parade, 234 00:11:27,646 --> 00:11:29,523 a word of advice about Harrison Kane. 235 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:33,110 I suggest that you keep a very close eye on your script 236 00:11:33,276 --> 00:11:34,611 and on your wallet, 237 00:11:34,778 --> 00:11:37,948 and that your agent does the same. 238 00:11:38,115 --> 00:11:40,200 [Kane] I don’t know where the hell you would hear that, Mannion, 239 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:42,494 but it’s a lie. I would never shop a property 240 00:11:42,661 --> 00:11:44,329 I don’t own the rights to. 241 00:11:44,496 --> 00:11:46,164 That’s not what I heard, pal. 242 00:11:46,331 --> 00:11:47,916 A cashier’s check for the option dollars, 243 00:11:48,083 --> 00:11:51,336 100,000 of them, on my desk by noon tomorrow. 244 00:11:51,503 --> 00:11:53,213 Mannion... 245 00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:55,048 And if you try to sell that script without a deal, 246 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:57,259 both Ben Forman and I will sue you for every cent 247 00:11:57,426 --> 00:11:59,428 you’re ever gonna be worth. 248 00:11:59,594 --> 00:12:01,471 -Look, I-- -Another thing, Kane. 249 00:12:01,638 --> 00:12:03,932 About this young actress, Abby Peters. 250 00:12:04,099 --> 00:12:06,685 You pull any of your famous scope-and-grope on the lady 251 00:12:06,852 --> 00:12:08,019 and we’re gonna rewrite the definition of trouble. 252 00:12:08,186 --> 00:12:10,689 [phone clicks, dial tone drones] 253 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:13,942 [knock on door] 254 00:12:17,737 --> 00:12:19,656 Harrison, I’m asking you as a friend, 255 00:12:19,823 --> 00:12:21,741 please don’t pull your offer. 256 00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:23,702 What is this, good cop, bad cop? 257 00:12:23,869 --> 00:12:25,620 I warned you not to play games with me. 258 00:12:25,787 --> 00:12:27,956 I told you, that’s not how I operate. 259 00:12:28,123 --> 00:12:30,375 Just give me another day or two, and I promise you, 260 00:12:30,542 --> 00:12:32,377 I’m certain I can turn Dean around. 261 00:12:32,544 --> 00:12:34,087 Well, you’re too late, Carter. 262 00:12:34,254 --> 00:12:35,797 You can keep your magazine. 263 00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:37,966 I’m already on to Plan B. 264 00:12:38,133 --> 00:12:40,343 I’m gonna spend as much as it takes to bury you 265 00:12:40,510 --> 00:12:44,055 and Follies and your terminally short-sighted partner. 266 00:12:45,682 --> 00:12:46,683 Now get out. 267 00:12:51,229 --> 00:12:53,607 And you can give him a message for me. 268 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:56,735 Tell him not to mess with Harrison Kane. 269 00:13:18,882 --> 00:13:21,551 [man] Energy, come on, Kathryn, give it some life, for God’s sake! 270 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:23,345 I’m trying. 271 00:13:23,512 --> 00:13:25,222 The hell you are. The whole day, you haven’t been with me. 272 00:13:25,388 --> 00:13:27,682 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hans, cut her some slack. 273 00:13:27,849 --> 00:13:29,559 She’s gotten what she deserves. 274 00:13:29,726 --> 00:13:31,394 And you haven’t been any help. 275 00:13:31,561 --> 00:13:33,230 She’s had zero concentration. 276 00:13:33,396 --> 00:13:36,525 -You know, Hans, I think you’re-- -Dean, stay out of it. 277 00:13:36,691 --> 00:13:37,984 Okay, why don’t we just call it quits? 278 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:40,111 -All right? That’s a wrap. -[woman] That's a wrap! 279 00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:42,447 Why don’t you and I go dive into a nice, cold drink, hmm? 280 00:13:42,614 --> 00:13:45,242 All right, everybody, makeup at 9:00 a.m. sharp. 281 00:13:45,408 --> 00:13:48,578 And Dean, do me a favor. Stay at the office. 282 00:13:48,745 --> 00:13:51,456 Hans, do me a favor. The Malibu pictures, I’d like ’em. 283 00:13:51,623 --> 00:13:53,208 Couple of days, end of the week at the latest. 284 00:13:53,375 --> 00:13:56,920 No, no, no, no. Ten o'clock, my desk, tomorrow. 285 00:13:57,087 --> 00:13:59,923 I hope they’re a hell of a lot better than that crap you gave us last month. 286 00:14:00,090 --> 00:14:01,091 You’re joking. 287 00:14:01,258 --> 00:14:02,926 You’re not joking, huh? 288 00:14:03,093 --> 00:14:04,928 That was some of my finest work. 289 00:14:05,095 --> 00:14:07,180 Consider yourself fortunate, Hans. 290 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:09,349 He’s being uncharacteristically gentle. 291 00:14:17,899 --> 00:14:20,235 I heard from a very reliable source 292 00:14:20,402 --> 00:14:24,447 that Harrison Kane’s finances are in the dumper. 293 00:14:24,614 --> 00:14:26,366 We’re talking a complete meltdown. 294 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:28,577 I can’t say I’m surprised. 295 00:14:28,743 --> 00:14:30,495 He always struck me as a phony. 296 00:14:30,662 --> 00:14:34,124 That’s because you’re much more perceptive than most people. 297 00:14:34,291 --> 00:14:37,961 While Follies is hardly out of the woods, 298 00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:43,300 at least we won’t have Harrison Kane kicking us around anymore. 299 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,554 Good night, darling. 300 00:14:47,721 --> 00:14:50,056 It’ll go better tomorrow, I promise. 301 00:14:59,357 --> 00:15:01,109 Listen, I’m sorry I had to move our appointment 302 00:15:01,276 --> 00:15:03,486 to such a late hour, Miss Peters. 303 00:15:03,653 --> 00:15:05,572 But it’s just been one of those days, you know. 304 00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:08,700 Business meetings and phone calls. 305 00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:11,620 Oh, Mr. Kane, really, this has been such a day for me. 306 00:15:11,786 --> 00:15:15,957 First, Mr. Mannion agrees to represent me and then, he gets you to meet with me. 307 00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:18,501 Well, I’m the one who’s impressed. 308 00:15:18,668 --> 00:15:20,211 For the role of Paula? 309 00:15:20,378 --> 00:15:22,088 Of course. 310 00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:24,090 Nobody’s got a lock on that yet. 311 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:27,260 But I’m also impressed with that very appealing 312 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:29,596 special quality that you have. 313 00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:32,307 You’ve got that fire in the belly, you know. 314 00:15:32,474 --> 00:15:34,726 That hot, hot thing that actresses need to have. 315 00:15:34,893 --> 00:15:37,979 And you’ve got it. You got the fire. 316 00:15:38,146 --> 00:15:42,442 Unfortunately, you also have that lowlife Gary Mannion representing you. 317 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:44,069 Not that that has to be a deal breaker. 318 00:15:44,235 --> 00:15:46,446 It’s just, uh... Let’s not talk about it. 319 00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:48,239 Let’s not let that spoil our night. 320 00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:51,076 I’ve got room service, dinner for two, candlelight. 321 00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:53,453 Mr. Kane. 322 00:15:53,620 --> 00:15:55,997 Well, I am very disappointed. 323 00:15:56,164 --> 00:15:57,666 [laughs] For God’s sake, 324 00:15:57,832 --> 00:15:59,918 what do you think this is, the ’50s? 325 00:16:00,085 --> 00:16:02,212 No, but you must. I may be awfully naive, 326 00:16:02,379 --> 00:16:05,340 but I thought this sort of thing went out of style about then. 327 00:16:05,507 --> 00:16:07,592 You stupid... 328 00:16:09,719 --> 00:16:11,471 [doorman] Evening, sir. 329 00:16:19,854 --> 00:16:20,939 [glass breaking] 330 00:16:21,106 --> 00:16:22,273 [Abby] No! 331 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:56,182 West Ninth Street. 427. 332 00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:09,946 Abby! 333 00:17:18,455 --> 00:17:19,831 [knocking on door] 334 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:23,376 Room service. 335 00:17:24,753 --> 00:17:26,212 Mr. Kane? 336 00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:29,174 Mr. Kane? 337 00:17:33,178 --> 00:17:34,637 Mr. Kane? 338 00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:43,813 Mr. Kane? 339 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:45,607 Are you... 340 00:17:46,816 --> 00:17:48,610 Oh, my God! 341 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:54,908 [man] Yep, room service waiter found him. 342 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:59,621 Murdered in his bathtub, by electrocution, no less. 343 00:17:59,788 --> 00:18:01,080 -Hair dryer, probably. -Oh, how dreadful. 344 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:05,168 I thought there were safeguards against that sort of thing. 345 00:18:05,335 --> 00:18:08,046 The power was supposed to shut down automatically. 346 00:18:08,213 --> 00:18:11,049 The hotel is in violation of the electrical code. 347 00:18:11,216 --> 00:18:13,718 Anyhow, since Dean Richards claims 348 00:18:13,885 --> 00:18:16,721 that the last time he saw Harrison Kane alive 349 00:18:16,888 --> 00:18:19,432 was a couple of days ago when you were having lunch with him, 350 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:20,975 I’d appreciate a statement. 351 00:18:21,142 --> 00:18:23,144 Well, of course. 352 00:18:23,311 --> 00:18:25,897 Plus, your name, address and phone number turned up in Kane’s book 353 00:18:26,064 --> 00:18:28,858 and Richards says even you weren’t that fond of this guy. 354 00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:32,654 Yes, we had less than positive business dealings. 355 00:18:32,821 --> 00:18:36,866 Look, Jessica, I know that this is not the best time for this, 356 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:38,868 but could we do this a little quickly? 357 00:18:39,035 --> 00:18:42,205 Doris made reservations at a resort in the Catskills. 358 00:18:42,372 --> 00:18:43,915 I’m supposed to pick her up in a few hours. 359 00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:45,917 -That sounds lovely. -Yeah, well... 360 00:18:46,084 --> 00:18:48,086 She really is looking forward to it. 361 00:18:48,253 --> 00:18:49,462 We’re meeting another couple up there. 362 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,381 Her best friend from college. 363 00:18:51,548 --> 00:18:56,052 Thing is, her husband is about as interesting as a TV test pattern. 364 00:18:56,219 --> 00:18:58,012 Listen, Lieutenant Gelber, excuse me. 365 00:18:58,179 --> 00:19:00,932 Jessica, I think I better go home and plug these changes in, 366 00:19:01,099 --> 00:19:03,601 so that I can get the new pages over to Follies. 367 00:19:03,768 --> 00:19:05,562 Hold it. 368 00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:06,896 Mr. Forman. 369 00:19:07,063 --> 00:19:10,024 I now remember where I saw your name. 370 00:19:10,191 --> 00:19:12,151 Yeah, here it is. 371 00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:14,904 Right in Harrison Kane’s little black book. 372 00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:17,949 Why don’t you just hang out for a few minutes 373 00:19:18,116 --> 00:19:20,285 while I get a statement from you, too? 374 00:19:20,451 --> 00:19:21,828 Yeah, sure. 375 00:19:23,246 --> 00:19:25,790 Are there any suspects, Artie? 376 00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:29,043 Outside of maybe half the people in Los Angeles and Manhattan, 377 00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:31,212 this guy has been accused of everything 378 00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:34,424 from sexual harassment to bunco to grand theft. 379 00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:35,884 Apparently, 380 00:19:36,050 --> 00:19:38,469 Mr. Kane had a visitor last night. 381 00:19:38,636 --> 00:19:41,806 Someone with a taste for expensive cigars and straight bourbon. 382 00:19:41,973 --> 00:19:43,224 We haven’t ID’d him as yet. 383 00:19:45,476 --> 00:19:48,229 [Dean] We’ll run it in three or four pieces. 384 00:19:48,396 --> 00:19:50,440 Sounds moderately interesting. 385 00:19:50,607 --> 00:19:54,235 Moderately interesting? Mannion, please. This is a major assignment. 386 00:19:54,402 --> 00:19:57,030 This kid will get so much material, he’ll get a book out of it. 387 00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:59,699 It’s gonna be one of these long pieces like in The New Yorker. 388 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:01,367 Just don’t expect to buy in 389 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:02,744 for the kind of mini bucks you’ve been paying. 390 00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:04,078 Whoa, whoa, hey, pal. 391 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:08,458 Try your extortion tactics on this one, and Ben Forman is history around here. 392 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,209 And that’s assuming he doesn’t blow his deadline 393 00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:13,880 on the Jessica Fletcher piece, which is in 53 minutes. 394 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:17,550 Richards, when you’re ready to treat Ben with the respect he deserves, call me. 395 00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:19,218 [line disconnects] 396 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:21,888 That pencil neck, high-handed, pretentious... 397 00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:24,807 That is it. That’s the last time I deal with him or Ben Forman. 398 00:20:24,974 --> 00:20:26,851 That’s what you said last month. 399 00:20:27,018 --> 00:20:28,227 I heard you. 400 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:30,605 Okay, look, Carter, 401 00:20:30,772 --> 00:20:33,191 I have a magazine to get out, so if you-- 402 00:20:33,358 --> 00:20:34,609 Dean, we might not have it much longer. 403 00:20:34,776 --> 00:20:38,196 Alive, at least Kane looked like a possible source of revenue. 404 00:20:38,363 --> 00:20:41,908 Now the bankers really won’t talk to us. They just want their loans repaid. 405 00:20:42,075 --> 00:20:43,493 Okay, okay. Look. 406 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:46,871 I have a couple of leads on some money that’ll get us to the next payroll. 407 00:20:47,038 --> 00:20:48,456 I hope that’s true. 408 00:20:48,623 --> 00:20:50,875 And I hope we’re not in a lot deeper trouble 409 00:20:51,042 --> 00:20:53,086 than we were yesterday at this time. 410 00:20:56,798 --> 00:20:59,676 [Artie] Doris, not to worry. I’ll be there by 5:00. 411 00:20:59,842 --> 00:21:03,304 Then we’ll be off to the mountains with Lorraine and Ernie... 412 00:21:03,471 --> 00:21:05,431 If I can get off this phone right now. 413 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:08,601 Yeah. Me too. Mu-mu. 414 00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:11,938 Ernie. The man hasn’t stopped talking since the flood. 415 00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:15,316 Listen, Jessica, I am so sorry to drag you up here. 416 00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:18,945 But we found this manuscript in Harrison Kane’s hotel suite. 417 00:21:19,112 --> 00:21:21,572 It’s got no title page, but, well, 418 00:21:21,739 --> 00:21:23,825 your fingerprints are on a lot of the pages. 419 00:21:23,992 --> 00:21:27,370 Artie, by any chance, does the opening sentence read, 420 00:21:27,537 --> 00:21:30,665 "Danny Carvaggio opened the dead man’s wallet 421 00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:33,668 and realized that he was staring at more money than he’d ever seen"? 422 00:21:33,835 --> 00:21:36,212 You wrote this. 423 00:21:36,379 --> 00:21:39,007 Yes, and Mr. Kane shopped it all over Hollywood 424 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:40,591 without my authorization. 425 00:21:40,758 --> 00:21:42,635 [knocking on door] 426 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:45,138 Excuse me, Ms. Fletcher. 427 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,348 Lieutenant, to bring you up to speed on the Kane homicide, 428 00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:49,767 there’s still a bunch of prints we haven’t been able to ID. 429 00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:53,604 Plus, I still can’t seem to locate this Gary Mannion. 430 00:21:53,771 --> 00:21:55,148 Oh, Henderson, come on. 431 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:56,607 He’s gotta have a phone, an office... 432 00:21:56,774 --> 00:21:58,568 Yes, sir. Locked up tight. 433 00:21:58,735 --> 00:22:00,778 His machine says he’s in Boston for a few days, 434 00:22:00,945 --> 00:22:02,405 but he’ll be checking for messages. 435 00:22:02,572 --> 00:22:05,658 I’ve left about five of ’em and contacted the Boston PD. 436 00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:07,827 Well, good. What about his residence? 437 00:22:07,994 --> 00:22:10,788 No listing for him in the five boroughs or surrounding counties. 438 00:22:10,955 --> 00:22:12,749 Then check the airlines. 439 00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:14,709 Okay. One other thing. 440 00:22:14,876 --> 00:22:17,253 We still haven’t found the mate to Kane’s room key. 441 00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:19,505 Hotel desk insists they always issue two of them 442 00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:21,215 when people check in. 443 00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:22,884 Well, keep looking. 444 00:22:25,219 --> 00:22:27,805 Anyway... 445 00:22:27,972 --> 00:22:30,141 There have been several phone calls from this Mannion 446 00:22:30,308 --> 00:22:31,851 to the victim in the last couple of days. 447 00:22:32,018 --> 00:22:34,020 According to Kane’s appointment book, 448 00:22:34,187 --> 00:22:35,980 they were supposed to have a breakfast meeting this morning, 449 00:22:36,147 --> 00:22:38,566 only Kane wasn’t quite up to it. 450 00:22:38,733 --> 00:22:40,777 I just hope to hell this doesn’t interfere with the weekend. 451 00:22:40,943 --> 00:22:42,820 Doris is gonna kill me. 452 00:22:42,987 --> 00:22:45,114 You know, Artie, you might speak to Dean Richards. 453 00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:47,200 He’s had plenty of dealings with Mannion. 454 00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:48,868 Or for that matter, Ben Forman. 455 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:50,912 After all, Mannion’s his agent. 456 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:53,164 I’m sure he’d be able to help you locate him. 457 00:22:53,331 --> 00:22:55,500 We’re a couple of steps ahead of you on that one, Jessica. 458 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:57,502 Ben provided this. 459 00:22:57,668 --> 00:23:00,338 Guy’s licensed in California as a literary agent three years ago. 460 00:23:00,505 --> 00:23:04,050 Signatory to the Writers Guild and Dramatists Guild contracts. 461 00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:06,302 By the way, you wouldn’t know him, would you? 462 00:23:06,469 --> 00:23:09,013 -I don’t think so, no. -Listen, Jessica, 463 00:23:09,180 --> 00:23:12,141 I hope you don’t think I meant anything by that business with the manuscript. 464 00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:14,060 Of course not, Artie. 465 00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:15,895 You were only doing your job. 466 00:23:16,062 --> 00:23:17,563 And for what it’s worth, 467 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,358 I was home alone at the time of the murder. 468 00:23:20,525 --> 00:23:21,818 Why should you be any different than anybody else 469 00:23:21,984 --> 00:23:23,736 who has a beef with Kane? 470 00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:25,822 There is not an alibi in the bunch that will float 471 00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:27,824 any better than the Titanic. 472 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,245 [Ellen] Honest, Carter, I haven’t come up with anything. 473 00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:35,248 You’ve got the hots for him, so you’re protecting him. 474 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:36,999 -That’s not true. -Yeah, right. 475 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:39,168 Ellen, listen, I wasn’t born five minutes ago. 476 00:23:39,335 --> 00:23:41,129 You said you could find out who Dean’s been talking to, 477 00:23:41,295 --> 00:23:43,464 and what kind of deals he’s been making behind my back. 478 00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:47,385 Now I expect information, not pangs of conscience. 479 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,888 Okay. 480 00:23:51,055 --> 00:23:53,391 You’re right. My heart hasn’t been in it. 481 00:23:53,558 --> 00:23:55,643 Yes, I was bitter about Kathryn Scofield. 482 00:23:55,810 --> 00:23:57,478 But this is the end. 483 00:23:57,645 --> 00:23:59,522 Even if you tell Dean, even if it costs me my job, 484 00:23:59,689 --> 00:24:01,566 I’m not spying on him anymore. 485 00:24:01,732 --> 00:24:03,568 So you are covering up for him. 486 00:24:03,734 --> 00:24:05,695 Know something, Carter? 487 00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:08,281 Maybe you oughta think about spending some of that money of yours 488 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:09,907 on a good psychiatrist. 489 00:24:14,203 --> 00:24:16,122 [phone rings] 490 00:24:20,251 --> 00:24:21,544 Hello. 491 00:24:21,711 --> 00:24:23,171 [Dean] Have you seen Ben? I haven’t received his piece yet. 492 00:24:23,337 --> 00:24:25,089 -You haven’t? -No, I haven’t. 493 00:24:25,256 --> 00:24:27,383 And we were supposed to go to press over an hour ago. 494 00:24:27,550 --> 00:24:30,553 But I went over the pages with Ben this morning. 495 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,139 It was all done except for a few minor changes. 496 00:24:33,306 --> 00:24:36,225 Minor changes, major changes, I haven’t seen bupkus. 497 00:24:36,350 --> 00:24:38,394 And to make matters worse, the police were here looking for him. 498 00:24:38,561 --> 00:24:41,522 Dean, can’t you just kill the story and remake the pages? 499 00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:43,941 It’s impossible. It’s billboarded on the cover, 500 00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:45,735 which we’ve already printed. 501 00:24:45,902 --> 00:24:48,154 What I’d like to do is put a contract out on Forman, 502 00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:49,822 and his agent, who hasn’t got the guts 503 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:51,991 to meet me face to face. And you know what? 504 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:54,785 I’d probably get away with it, because between the two of them, 505 00:24:54,952 --> 00:24:57,496 it would barely add up to killing an entire person! 506 00:24:57,663 --> 00:24:59,874 Dean, I’m afraid I have to make another call. 507 00:25:00,041 --> 00:25:01,626 Please let me know if you hear anything. 508 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:03,753 Yes, I will, Jessica. And you, me. 509 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,588 Yes. Yes, I will. 510 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,428 [woman] Business Office. How may I help you? 511 00:25:12,595 --> 00:25:16,140 Yes, this is the office of Gary Mannion, 555-6700. 512 00:25:16,307 --> 00:25:20,186 There seems to be some sort of discrepancy in our phone bill. 513 00:25:20,353 --> 00:25:21,938 -Area code 212? -That’s right. 514 00:25:22,104 --> 00:25:24,398 I believe that we’re being charged for a service 515 00:25:24,565 --> 00:25:26,776 that we’ve never requested. Call forwarding? 516 00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:29,445 We show your calls being forwarded. 517 00:25:29,612 --> 00:25:30,738 Really? 518 00:25:30,905 --> 00:25:33,241 Yes, to 555-7688. 519 00:25:33,407 --> 00:25:35,243 -Yes, well, thank you. -You’re welcome. 520 00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:38,913 -Yes, I’ll speak to Mr. Mannion about it. -Okay. 521 00:25:40,998 --> 00:25:44,210 Look, I’m just not sure. That’s all. 522 00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:46,003 I’ll let you know later. 523 00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:49,006 What, after you find out if that wimp writer’s available? 524 00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:50,716 Dave, look, I’m... 525 00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:52,927 I’m just not feeling too terrific, okay? 526 00:25:53,094 --> 00:25:55,221 That’s who you were out with last night, isn’t it? 527 00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:57,098 God, you know, Abby, 528 00:25:57,265 --> 00:25:58,683 I can’t believe that you’re buying into his whole act. 529 00:26:28,671 --> 00:26:30,298 Mr. Mannion. 530 00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:34,176 Mr. Mannion’s not in? 531 00:26:34,343 --> 00:26:37,888 No and I just spoke with him a half hour ago. 532 00:26:38,055 --> 00:26:40,182 I should’ve taken him at his word. 533 00:26:40,349 --> 00:26:42,727 He said I could mail these, my pictures and credits. 534 00:26:42,893 --> 00:26:45,438 -Oh. -I just didn’t wanna wait. 535 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:48,441 What is this, everybody in Manhattan wants to talk to Mannion? 536 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,985 I have a couple of questions I’d like to ask him, yes. 537 00:26:51,152 --> 00:26:53,529 Not as many as I would. Excuse me. 538 00:26:53,696 --> 00:26:57,283 -Excuse me. -Oh, by the way, 539 00:26:57,450 --> 00:26:59,368 we traced those cigars we found at the murder scene. 540 00:26:59,535 --> 00:27:01,037 They’re Mannion’s. 541 00:27:01,203 --> 00:27:03,539 We ran his credit cards... orders them by the box. 542 00:27:03,706 --> 00:27:05,750 Eight bucks per smoke, if you can believe it. 543 00:27:05,916 --> 00:27:07,293 There you go, Lieutenant. 544 00:27:07,460 --> 00:27:09,253 Henderson, let me ask you something. 545 00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:11,047 You ever get caught flat-footed? 546 00:27:11,213 --> 00:27:14,342 You know, when you weren’t prepared for a situation before it happened? 547 00:27:14,508 --> 00:27:16,427 In the second grade, I think it was. 548 00:27:16,594 --> 00:27:19,972 I figured. You can give me the details some other time. 549 00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:32,276 Looks like Mannion’s our man. 550 00:27:32,443 --> 00:27:33,819 Smells like it, too. 551 00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:37,615 Okay, okay, we’ll get forensics down here ASAP, 552 00:27:37,782 --> 00:27:39,825 so let’s don’t touch anything. 553 00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:41,911 Ten’ll get you 75 Mannion’s prints will match 554 00:27:42,078 --> 00:27:44,538 the ones that are all over the murder weapon. 555 00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:46,624 And I’ll put out an APB. 556 00:27:46,791 --> 00:27:49,710 Excuse me, Artie. It might be a good idea to call the airline. 557 00:27:49,877 --> 00:27:52,421 -We did that. -If you don’t mind me saying so, 558 00:27:52,588 --> 00:27:54,632 it might not be a bad idea to call them again. 559 00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:56,092 [Artie] Hold it, Jerry. 560 00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:58,135 I’m not sure I’m getting your drift. 561 00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:02,056 [Mannion] Okay, okay, I’m telling you, 562 00:28:02,223 --> 00:28:03,974 I hear one more word of abuse about Ben, 563 00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:05,851 one more insult, 564 00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:09,605 and I’ll never let him near that crummy magazine of yours again. 565 00:28:09,772 --> 00:28:12,691 Now, look here, Richards, relax. 566 00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:15,403 -[gun cocks] -Yes, now you listen to me, chum. 567 00:28:15,569 --> 00:28:17,363 Ben Forman is one... 568 00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:20,741 is the finest young writer I’ve ever seen. 569 00:28:20,908 --> 00:28:24,703 Yes and as far as his being a wimp, 570 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:28,374 or dishonest, you, sir, don’t know the first thing about him. 571 00:28:31,836 --> 00:28:34,713 You, sir, don’t even have enough class to crank up his computer. 572 00:28:36,173 --> 00:28:39,510 [Jessica] It finally just added up, Ben. 573 00:28:39,677 --> 00:28:41,637 I made a guess 574 00:28:41,804 --> 00:28:43,806 that you forwarded Gary Mannion’s phone calls 575 00:28:43,973 --> 00:28:46,642 to an unlisted number in your apartment. 576 00:28:46,809 --> 00:28:50,062 And when none of the airlines showed any reservations in Mr. Mannion’s name, 577 00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:52,731 Mrs. Fletcher said we should try yours. 578 00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:55,526 Mid-town traffic this time of the day, 579 00:28:55,693 --> 00:28:57,319 you wouldn’t have made it to the airport anyway. 580 00:28:59,530 --> 00:29:00,823 Well, it worked for a while. 581 00:29:00,990 --> 00:29:03,033 [Artie] Yeah. Mr. Forman, 582 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,035 I’m placing you under arrest 583 00:29:05,202 --> 00:29:06,954 for the murder of Harrison Kane. 584 00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:20,092 [Ben] Those first couple of years, they were really tough, Jessica, ya know? 585 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:22,011 Being shy didn’t help. 586 00:29:22,178 --> 00:29:23,971 Oh, I know. The rejections. 587 00:29:24,138 --> 00:29:26,849 It really helps to grow a thick layer of elephant hide. 588 00:29:27,016 --> 00:29:28,434 Yeah, tell me. 589 00:29:28,601 --> 00:29:30,186 The editors, if they would talk to me at all, 590 00:29:30,352 --> 00:29:32,021 they would ask me if I had an agent. 591 00:29:32,188 --> 00:29:34,356 I would say no and they would say, 592 00:29:34,523 --> 00:29:36,775 we really don’t want to see your work unless it comes from an agent 593 00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:38,986 and then, the agents would say, call me when you’ve sold something. 594 00:29:39,153 --> 00:29:40,613 It made me nuts. 595 00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:43,532 And then you reread Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 596 00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:45,743 That’s where it came from. 597 00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:48,621 I created Gary Mannion to be everything that I wasn’t. 598 00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:51,332 Sophisticated, arrogant, tough. 599 00:29:51,499 --> 00:29:52,833 The guy in the photo. 600 00:29:54,502 --> 00:29:55,586 My Uncle Max. 601 00:29:57,171 --> 00:29:58,964 Anyway, little by little, 602 00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:01,675 it began to work. He... 603 00:30:01,842 --> 00:30:05,429 I began to get the assignments. That was the good part. 604 00:30:05,596 --> 00:30:08,307 I suspect I saw some of the bad a little while ago. 605 00:30:08,474 --> 00:30:09,975 Yeah. 606 00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:12,978 When people didn’t like me, or my work, or both, 607 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:16,982 Gary Mannion would have to listen to them dump all over me. 608 00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:18,817 It wasn’t a lot of fun. 609 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:20,402 [door opens] 610 00:30:20,569 --> 00:30:23,072 Anyway... 611 00:30:23,239 --> 00:30:24,657 none of that matters much anymore. 612 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:26,534 Okay, I’m afraid to tell ya. 613 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:28,953 We matched your prints against the liquor glass, 614 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:31,622 -the bourbon bottle and the murder weapon. -The hair dryer? 615 00:30:31,789 --> 00:30:34,416 So you may as well give us a confession. 616 00:30:34,583 --> 00:30:36,835 But, Artie, what about the motive? 617 00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:39,421 A beauty. Kane was peddling Mr. Forman’s screenplay-- 618 00:30:39,588 --> 00:30:40,965 Without owning the rights to it. 619 00:30:41,131 --> 00:30:42,299 You got it, Jessica. 620 00:30:42,466 --> 00:30:44,301 Besides which, we have eyewitnesses 621 00:30:44,468 --> 00:30:47,263 that place Ben at Kane’s door around the time of the murder. 622 00:30:47,429 --> 00:30:50,307 [Jessica] Ben, for what it’s worth, 623 00:30:50,474 --> 00:30:52,434 I urge you not to talk to anybody 624 00:30:52,601 --> 00:30:54,436 until you’ve spoken to your attorney. 625 00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:58,023 Thank you, Mrs. Fletcher, but there’s no point. 626 00:30:58,190 --> 00:31:00,317 Lieutenant, I’m ready to sign a confession. 627 00:31:02,278 --> 00:31:05,155 With that charade he pulled, that phantom agent and all, 628 00:31:05,322 --> 00:31:07,783 any halfway competent lawyer should be able 629 00:31:07,950 --> 00:31:09,743 to get him off on a diminished capacity plea. 630 00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:11,412 Ah, Jessica, come on. He did it. 631 00:31:11,579 --> 00:31:13,872 Look, Artie, I can’t believe that. 632 00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:16,208 Jessica, I have to be on the thruway with Doris in an hour, 633 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,712 or my marriage is in the dumper, so please, don’t start in. 634 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:21,755 Listen to me, Artie. This just doesn’t make any sense. 635 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:24,675 Why would Ben plant evidence pointing to Gary Mannion 636 00:31:24,842 --> 00:31:27,177 when he knows it would come right back to him? 637 00:31:27,344 --> 00:31:29,888 He told us why. He’s trying to buy more time. 638 00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:31,724 Then why didn’t he leave town last night? 639 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:35,060 No, I’m sorry, but that can’t be the reason. 640 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:38,606 But I think I have an idea what might be. 641 00:31:41,191 --> 00:31:44,570 Doris, you had to tell me, "Don’t retire, it’ll make you meshugah." 642 00:31:46,113 --> 00:31:48,574 You do look sensational today. 643 00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:51,201 And, darling, why am I getting the feeling 644 00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:53,329 that you’re finally coming to the point? 645 00:31:53,495 --> 00:31:55,581 Because I am. 646 00:31:55,748 --> 00:31:58,667 Do you remember that interim financing that I was so sure of? 647 00:31:58,834 --> 00:32:00,252 Mm-hmm. 648 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:02,546 Well, it isn’t going to happen 649 00:32:02,713 --> 00:32:05,299 and the bank is going to pull the plug. 650 00:32:05,466 --> 00:32:07,176 How much are we talking about? 651 00:32:07,343 --> 00:32:10,512 Oh, just 20,000. 652 00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:13,015 Kathryn, I hate asking you. 653 00:32:13,182 --> 00:32:15,684 I may not be able to pay you back for 654 00:32:15,851 --> 00:32:18,145 six months, maybe a year. 655 00:32:18,312 --> 00:32:19,772 Excuse me. 656 00:32:19,938 --> 00:32:22,066 Hi, Miss Scofield. 657 00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:24,026 Dean, I just want you to know 658 00:32:24,193 --> 00:32:26,236 that we went to press five minutes ago, 659 00:32:26,403 --> 00:32:28,906 with Ben Forman’s profile of JB Fletcher in place. 660 00:32:29,073 --> 00:32:30,491 Oh, that’s wonderful. 661 00:32:30,658 --> 00:32:32,910 And by the way, it’s awfully good. 662 00:32:37,665 --> 00:32:39,541 Uh, well, I better be getting back. 663 00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:41,043 Thank you, Ellen. 664 00:32:44,546 --> 00:32:46,924 I’ll think about it. 665 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:52,346 [Jessica] The truth is, Ben is in a great deal of trouble, Miss Peters. 666 00:32:52,513 --> 00:32:53,972 [Dave] Look, Miss Fletcher, no offense, 667 00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:55,891 but she doesn’t have time for this right now. 668 00:32:56,058 --> 00:32:57,393 -What he means is-- -What I mean is, 669 00:32:57,559 --> 00:32:59,937 you gotta learn this role for tonight. 670 00:33:00,104 --> 00:33:01,814 -It’s only a walk-on, Mrs. Fletcher. -It’s only a walk-on, 671 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:03,774 but it could lead to something important. 672 00:33:03,941 --> 00:33:05,818 Mr. Wolski, this happens to be very important. 673 00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:08,404 I promise, it will only take a moment. 674 00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:12,116 I just want to know if your interview last night was with Harrison Kane. 675 00:33:12,282 --> 00:33:14,118 Wait, that producer that got killed? 676 00:33:14,284 --> 00:33:16,662 No, Mrs. Fletcher. 677 00:33:16,829 --> 00:33:19,206 Abby, are you denying it because you’re afraid 678 00:33:19,373 --> 00:33:22,418 you’ll be accused of killing Mr. Kane? 679 00:33:22,584 --> 00:33:23,836 I have a hunch that 680 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:26,296 Ben Forman believes that you did it. 681 00:33:26,463 --> 00:33:27,673 Ben thinks that? 682 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,842 Would he have any reason to think that? 683 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,261 Perhaps self-defense? 684 00:33:32,428 --> 00:33:35,597 Whoa, whoa, time out. What the hell are you talking about, Mrs. Fletcher? 685 00:33:35,764 --> 00:33:37,933 I’m talking about the reason Ben seems so willing to admit 686 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:39,852 that he killed Harrison Kane 687 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:42,438 and why he planted evidence implicating Gary Mannion. 688 00:33:42,604 --> 00:33:44,356 To protect Abby. 689 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:46,775 Come on, this is completely crazy. 690 00:33:46,942 --> 00:33:49,111 -Like I told you before-- -Dave, stop! 691 00:33:49,278 --> 00:33:52,156 -Is there somewhere that we could-- -Why don’t we sit down? 692 00:33:56,285 --> 00:33:59,955 [Abby] Now why would Ben try to protect me? 693 00:34:00,122 --> 00:34:02,875 I could be mistaken, Abby, 694 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:06,795 but I have a feeling that Ben cares a great deal about you. 695 00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:13,218 Were you in Harrison Kane’s hotel suite last night? 696 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,650 [clears throat] 697 00:34:28,817 --> 00:34:31,361 Carter, you scared the hell out of me. 698 00:34:31,528 --> 00:34:33,864 -The pictures, Hans. -I haven’t got ’em. 699 00:34:34,031 --> 00:34:36,283 Don’t jerk me around, Hans. 700 00:34:36,450 --> 00:34:38,452 I want what I paid for. 701 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:40,204 And I hope to God, for once you remembered 702 00:34:40,370 --> 00:34:42,039 that you weren’t paid for art, 703 00:34:42,206 --> 00:34:44,082 only for shots of Kathryn Scofield 704 00:34:44,249 --> 00:34:46,543 in the sack with Harrison Kane. 705 00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:48,670 Now come on, give ’em to me, Hans. 706 00:34:48,837 --> 00:34:50,506 It’s important that I show them to Dean 707 00:34:50,672 --> 00:34:52,925 before he does something stupid, like commit to the lady. 708 00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:56,512 Now come on, Hans. Face it, you’re a whore just like she is. 709 00:34:58,347 --> 00:35:00,849 That’s precisely the way they made me feel, 710 00:35:01,016 --> 00:35:03,310 which is why I burned them. Now get out! 711 00:35:03,477 --> 00:35:08,816 The shouting, the loud noises, he was coming after you, wasn’t he? 712 00:35:08,982 --> 00:35:11,985 It got kind of scary, but he was alive when I ran out of there. 713 00:35:12,152 --> 00:35:13,946 Ben, Abby is telling the truth. 714 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:16,031 It couldn’t have been five minutes after you left 715 00:35:16,198 --> 00:35:17,241 that I found him dead. 716 00:35:17,407 --> 00:35:19,701 It was so sweet of you... 717 00:35:19,868 --> 00:35:21,328 all of this... 718 00:35:21,495 --> 00:35:24,289 -I had no idea that you felt this way. -Yeah, well. 719 00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:26,500 Miss Fletcher picked up on it just like that. 720 00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:30,712 But I guess maybe ’cause I was so caught up in 721 00:35:30,879 --> 00:35:31,755 trying to make it. 722 00:35:31,922 --> 00:35:33,966 Hey, Abby... 723 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:36,760 in case you haven’t noticed, 724 00:35:36,927 --> 00:35:39,054 I’m not all that terrific at this myself. 725 00:35:39,221 --> 00:35:42,683 Listen, I’m sorry that I lied to you 726 00:35:42,850 --> 00:35:44,685 about Gary Mannion. 727 00:35:44,852 --> 00:35:46,937 Ben, my God, that was brilliant. 728 00:35:47,104 --> 00:35:49,690 Ben, try to describe what you remember 729 00:35:49,857 --> 00:35:51,733 after you entered Mr. Kane’s suite. 730 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:53,402 That won’t be too difficult. 731 00:35:53,569 --> 00:35:55,279 It’s not something I’m ever gonna forget. 732 00:35:55,445 --> 00:35:57,072 Uh, Mr. Kane? 733 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,575 Mr. Kane? 734 00:35:59,741 --> 00:36:02,077 [Ben] I called out his name and there was no answer. 735 00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:05,163 All I could think of 736 00:36:05,247 --> 00:36:08,542 was letting him know what I thought of him for hitting on Abby. 737 00:36:08,709 --> 00:36:10,544 By the time I got to the bathroom, 738 00:36:10,711 --> 00:36:12,421 I was ready to tell him he couldn’t have my script either. 739 00:36:12,588 --> 00:36:15,132 Then I found him. I was panicking. 740 00:36:15,299 --> 00:36:17,092 All I kept thinking was Abby had killed him 741 00:36:17,259 --> 00:36:18,927 and I had to cover up for her. 742 00:36:21,263 --> 00:36:23,181 That’s when I decided to blame it on Gary Mannion. 743 00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:26,351 So you cleaned up any evidence that Abby had been there. 744 00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:29,438 Yeah. Her pictures, any fingerprints. 745 00:36:29,605 --> 00:36:32,065 And I left as many of Gary... 746 00:36:32,232 --> 00:36:34,651 my own as I could, 747 00:36:34,818 --> 00:36:37,779 you know, like, on the hair dryer. 748 00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:39,406 And on the bourbon bottle and the glass? 749 00:36:39,573 --> 00:36:41,199 Yeah. 750 00:36:43,493 --> 00:36:46,955 The one thing I’m not gonna miss is smokin’ those cigars of his. 751 00:36:48,999 --> 00:36:51,543 [Abby] I finally broke loose and shoved him away 752 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:54,379 and just ran out of the hotel and took a taxi home. 753 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:56,506 [Artie] Nothing else? 754 00:36:59,134 --> 00:37:01,053 That’s about all of it, Lieutenant. 755 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:04,598 I have to admit, that’s a hell of a story. 756 00:37:04,765 --> 00:37:08,060 We always knew there was a mystery woman, we just never knew who she was. 757 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:10,103 Miss Peters absolutely fits the description 758 00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:13,732 of several of the eyewitnesses who saw her running out of the hotel. 759 00:37:13,899 --> 00:37:16,777 Jessica, I can’t tell you how happy I am 760 00:37:16,944 --> 00:37:19,112 that you convinced her to come forward. 761 00:37:19,279 --> 00:37:22,532 Believe me, Artie, I wasn’t all that sure it would work out. 762 00:37:22,699 --> 00:37:24,826 And I figure two minutes from now, 763 00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:27,204 when we fingerprint you, we’re gonna come up with 764 00:37:27,371 --> 00:37:30,082 a match for the only unidentified print in the victim’s suite. 765 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:33,126 And then, we’ll be able to nail the case on Ben Forman. 766 00:37:33,293 --> 00:37:36,380 -But... -[Artie] You told him what Kane did, 767 00:37:36,546 --> 00:37:39,591 Forman goes up there to avenge your honor and kills the guy. 768 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,760 And my Doris doesn’t do the same to me. 769 00:38:22,384 --> 00:38:23,677 Did I tell you, Doris? 770 00:38:23,844 --> 00:38:25,262 I’ll pick you up in 22 minutes. 771 00:38:25,429 --> 00:38:26,972 Good. Ciao. 772 00:38:32,561 --> 00:38:34,771 [phone rings] 773 00:38:45,073 --> 00:38:46,658 Gelber. 774 00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:48,785 Jessica, I can’t talk to you right now. 775 00:38:48,952 --> 00:38:50,287 You want me to what? 776 00:38:50,454 --> 00:38:52,080 Run a financial check? 777 00:38:52,247 --> 00:38:56,543 -And meet me at Abby Peters’ apartment. -Jessica. 778 00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:59,421 Oh, and you can ask Abby a couple of questions before you leave. 779 00:38:59,588 --> 00:39:02,257 Jessica, the case is closed. Besides which, Doris-- 780 00:39:02,424 --> 00:39:04,676 What we need to know for starters is 781 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:07,596 would she happen to be personally acquainted 782 00:39:07,763 --> 00:39:10,015 with a photographer named Hans Dietrich. 783 00:39:12,309 --> 00:39:14,478 Artie, I promise, this will not take long. 784 00:39:14,644 --> 00:39:16,730 It can’t take long. 785 00:39:16,897 --> 00:39:19,191 -Here. Here it is. -So? 786 00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,151 Look at the mailing label. 787 00:39:21,318 --> 00:39:23,153 [Artie] So it’s addressed to the photographer. 788 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,947 -Jessica, I don’t get it. -Don’t you see? 789 00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:29,284 Abby told you that she didn’t know this Dietrich fellow. 790 00:39:29,451 --> 00:39:33,163 Right. She claims she picked this up at Harrison Kane’s hotel room. 791 00:39:33,330 --> 00:39:35,373 Kane can’t tell us where he got it, obviously. 792 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:38,835 Not that it would make much of a difference. It means nothing. 793 00:39:39,002 --> 00:39:41,880 No, Artie, it means that we can prove that neither Ben Forman 794 00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:44,424 nor Abby Peters murdered Mr. Kane. 795 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:50,847 [Dean] I’m amazed how the advance copies turned the bankers around. 796 00:39:51,014 --> 00:39:53,141 Well, I’m so pleased for you, Dean. 797 00:39:53,308 --> 00:39:54,935 Another 90 days to pay off our loans. 798 00:39:55,102 --> 00:39:58,230 This means we are almost out of the woods. 799 00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:00,273 I can’t believe that my presence in Follies 800 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:01,608 had anything to do with that. 801 00:40:01,775 --> 00:40:04,277 Well, not by itself, obviously, 802 00:40:04,444 --> 00:40:07,823 but, Jessica, you really do underestimate the public’s interest in you. 803 00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:10,992 You represent something very special. 804 00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:14,454 I hope you’re right about Ben’s innocence and the young woman’s. 805 00:40:14,621 --> 00:40:17,124 I am so sorry I missed dinner. 806 00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:19,084 The ad agency people couldn’t make up their minds, 807 00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:21,128 so we kept shooting take after take. 808 00:40:21,294 --> 00:40:23,547 Jessica, thank you for keeping him entertained. 809 00:40:23,713 --> 00:40:25,173 It was my pleasure, Kathryn. 810 00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:27,050 As I was saying, 811 00:40:27,217 --> 00:40:30,345 Abby’s the one that I am really worried about. 812 00:40:30,512 --> 00:40:33,306 I mean, the evidence is really piling up against her 813 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:37,352 and the police now feel that robbery may have been the motive. 814 00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:39,020 Robbery? 815 00:40:39,187 --> 00:40:41,857 Well, it’s all a little vague. 816 00:40:42,023 --> 00:40:43,900 But according to my friend in homicide, 817 00:40:44,067 --> 00:40:45,986 they’re planning to go over Abby’s apartment 818 00:40:46,153 --> 00:40:47,529 very, very carefully tomorrow 819 00:40:47,696 --> 00:40:49,948 and they expect to find some of the items 820 00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:52,200 that apparently were missing from Mr. Kane’s hotel suite. 821 00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:56,163 At any rate, I hope you two have a lovely time this evening. 822 00:40:56,329 --> 00:40:58,081 I wish you could join us at the theater. 823 00:40:58,248 --> 00:41:00,417 Oh, forget about it. She is a driven woman. 824 00:41:00,542 --> 00:41:03,295 She can’t bear to be away from her computer. 825 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:07,090 If we hurry, we just may make the curtain. 826 00:41:30,530 --> 00:41:32,532 Jessica, what are you doing here? 827 00:41:32,699 --> 00:41:34,951 I think you know what, Kathryn. 828 00:41:35,118 --> 00:41:37,662 -You murdered Harrison Kane. -That’s ridiculous. 829 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:39,831 Well, then perhaps you can explain why you’re here. 830 00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:43,668 I thought that I had forgotten something last time I was here. 831 00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:45,879 You’ve never been here before, Kathryn. 832 00:41:46,046 --> 00:41:48,048 But you forgot something, all right. 833 00:41:48,215 --> 00:41:50,508 The magazine you took from Hans Dietrich’s studio 834 00:41:50,675 --> 00:41:53,553 and inadvertently left in Mr. Kane’s suite. 835 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:55,555 And later, Miss Peters borrowed the magazine from Kane 836 00:41:55,722 --> 00:41:57,015 and brought it home with her. 837 00:41:57,182 --> 00:41:59,309 That doesn’t mean that I murdered anyone. 838 00:41:59,476 --> 00:42:00,936 [Artie] Maybe not by itself, 839 00:42:01,102 --> 00:42:02,896 but that magazine alone isn’t the only thing 840 00:42:03,063 --> 00:42:05,065 that can prove you were in Mr. Kane’s suite. 841 00:42:05,232 --> 00:42:07,692 We kind of leaned on your pal, Mr. Dietrich. 842 00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:11,279 Seems he took some pretty intimate photographs of you and Mr. Kane. 843 00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:14,032 [Jessica] Also the fact that you bought the story that I told Dean, 844 00:42:14,199 --> 00:42:17,535 obviously jogged your memory about the magazine. 845 00:42:17,702 --> 00:42:19,204 And you realized it could be traced to Hans Dietrich, 846 00:42:19,371 --> 00:42:20,622 and then, of course, back to you. 847 00:42:20,789 --> 00:42:23,250 So you came down here to retrieve it. 848 00:42:23,416 --> 00:42:26,503 That should be enough to convince a jury of your guilt. 849 00:42:26,670 --> 00:42:29,214 Plus, I expect when we search your belongings, 850 00:42:29,381 --> 00:42:32,592 Miss Scofield, we’ll find the missing key that gave you access 851 00:42:32,759 --> 00:42:34,177 to the victim’s hotel rooms. 852 00:42:39,099 --> 00:42:40,517 I killed him. 853 00:42:42,435 --> 00:42:44,646 Doris... Doris, 30 minutes, okay? 854 00:42:44,813 --> 00:42:48,149 We’ll be up there in time for a nightcap with Lorraine and what’s-his-name. 855 00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:50,527 Ernie, right. Anyway, gotta go. 856 00:42:50,694 --> 00:42:53,154 Excuse the interruption. Go on, Jessica. 857 00:42:53,321 --> 00:42:57,158 As I was saying, Lieutenant Gelber ran a check on your finances... 858 00:42:57,325 --> 00:42:59,869 And you discovered the money I’d advanced to Harrison. 859 00:43:00,036 --> 00:43:01,705 Half a million dollars, huh? 860 00:43:01,871 --> 00:43:04,958 Some parts of town, those are still considered big bucks. 861 00:43:05,125 --> 00:43:07,752 I was hoping it would help ensure getting his movie off the ground. 862 00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:09,629 With you as the female lead? 863 00:43:09,796 --> 00:43:11,881 I wanted a new life, something more challenging 864 00:43:12,048 --> 00:43:15,093 than modeling the latest eye shadow or the newest lip gloss. 865 00:43:15,260 --> 00:43:17,637 That got old a long time ago. 866 00:43:17,804 --> 00:43:21,641 I forgot that damn magazine after Harrison and I had made love. 867 00:43:21,808 --> 00:43:23,977 [Jessica] But then you discovered that he was insolvent, 868 00:43:24,144 --> 00:43:26,604 that he was all smoke and mirrors. 869 00:43:26,771 --> 00:43:29,524 Not only wouldn’t I have a new career, 870 00:43:29,691 --> 00:43:32,360 I would never see my money again. 871 00:43:32,527 --> 00:43:34,571 I felt used. 872 00:43:34,738 --> 00:43:36,990 Betrayed and swindled. 873 00:43:37,157 --> 00:43:38,950 So last night, you went up to his suite and killed him. 874 00:43:39,117 --> 00:43:40,660 He was out. 875 00:43:40,827 --> 00:43:42,662 I let myself in with the other key 876 00:43:42,829 --> 00:43:45,457 and cleaned up anything I could think of that might have indicated I was there. 877 00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:47,250 Except that you forgot the magazine. 878 00:43:47,917 --> 00:43:52,297 Then when I heard him coming in with someone else, I hid in a closet. 879 00:43:52,464 --> 00:43:54,257 It was that little actress. 880 00:43:54,424 --> 00:43:56,468 Abby Peters. 881 00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:59,679 From where I was hiding, I saw her put the magazine in her bag. 882 00:43:59,846 --> 00:44:01,514 I didn’t think it would matter. 883 00:44:01,681 --> 00:44:04,059 Anyway, a few minutes later, he made a clumsy pass at her 884 00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:06,603 and she was out of there. 885 00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:09,272 Then I heard him filling the bathtub. 886 00:44:18,698 --> 00:44:19,532 [hairdryer whirs] 887 00:44:21,409 --> 00:44:22,243 [crackling] 888 00:44:24,329 --> 00:44:25,789 [Ben] Mr. Kane? 889 00:44:38,009 --> 00:44:39,636 Jessica, I still don’t understand 890 00:44:39,803 --> 00:44:41,638 how you knew about the magazine. 891 00:44:41,805 --> 00:44:44,516 Well, when I realized that you’d worked with that photographer, 892 00:44:44,682 --> 00:44:46,476 Hans Dietrich, 893 00:44:46,643 --> 00:44:49,396 I recalled having seen the mailing label on the magazine 894 00:44:49,562 --> 00:44:51,356 in Abby’s apartment, with his name on it. 895 00:44:51,523 --> 00:44:53,358 And I asked Lieutenant Gelber 896 00:44:53,525 --> 00:44:55,944 to ask her if she knew him, or where she’d got it. 897 00:44:56,111 --> 00:44:58,321 [Artie] She'd never heard of the guy. 898 00:44:58,488 --> 00:45:00,740 But she remembered taking the magazine from Kane’s room. 899 00:45:00,907 --> 00:45:02,742 We checked Kane’s appointment book. 900 00:45:02,909 --> 00:45:04,327 He never met with Dietrich. 901 00:45:04,494 --> 00:45:06,663 And then it became a question of how did the magazine 902 00:45:06,830 --> 00:45:09,165 get into Mr. Kane’s suite. 903 00:45:09,332 --> 00:45:11,793 It seemed possible that it might have been from you. 904 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,629 That’s when we ran a search on your bank records 905 00:45:14,796 --> 00:45:17,340 and found those big withdrawals of the mutual funds 906 00:45:17,507 --> 00:45:20,009 and the checks you wrote to Kane. 907 00:45:20,176 --> 00:45:22,178 I was counting on a couple of things. 908 00:45:22,345 --> 00:45:24,556 First, that you’d seen Abby take the magazine 909 00:45:24,722 --> 00:45:27,684 and second, that you’d buy my story about the police 910 00:45:27,851 --> 00:45:29,853 intending to search her apartment. 911 00:45:30,019 --> 00:45:31,146 It worked. 912 00:45:31,312 --> 00:45:32,814 I knew I had to retrieve it. 913 00:45:32,981 --> 00:45:36,568 It had my fingerprints all over it. 914 00:45:36,734 --> 00:45:41,030 I don’t regret killing Harrison Kane. Not at all. 915 00:45:41,197 --> 00:45:43,783 He was a pig. 916 00:45:43,950 --> 00:45:45,577 [Jessica] Oh, that’s wonderful, Richie. 917 00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:47,704 Will you have them come right up? Thanks. 918 00:45:49,789 --> 00:45:52,625 That must’ve been awfully painful for you, Dean. 919 00:45:52,792 --> 00:45:55,086 I’m glad that you’re taking it so well. 920 00:45:55,253 --> 00:45:56,671 Oh, please, please. It could’ve been much worse. 921 00:45:56,838 --> 00:45:58,506 I could’ve married her. 922 00:45:58,673 --> 00:45:59,674 Jessica, you not only caught the murderer, 923 00:45:59,841 --> 00:46:01,301 but you saved me from myself 924 00:46:01,468 --> 00:46:04,137 and for that, I am forever in your debt. 925 00:46:04,304 --> 00:46:07,682 Good. I’ll let you know when I’m ready to collect. 926 00:46:07,849 --> 00:46:09,893 Well, actually, I was hoping you would accept 927 00:46:10,059 --> 00:46:12,645 partial payment by having dinner with Ellen Harper and me. 928 00:46:12,812 --> 00:46:14,397 Well, how nice. Thank you. 929 00:46:14,564 --> 00:46:16,316 [knocking on door] 930 00:46:21,112 --> 00:46:22,780 Ah, Abby, Ben, come on in. 931 00:46:22,947 --> 00:46:24,324 -Hi. -Hi, Jessica. 932 00:46:24,491 --> 00:46:26,534 Hi, Dean. Look, we can only stay a minute. 933 00:46:26,701 --> 00:46:29,287 We’re going on sort of a working vacation. 934 00:46:29,454 --> 00:46:31,122 Sounds interesting. 935 00:46:31,289 --> 00:46:33,541 He just got this terrific assignment from Follies. 936 00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:36,961 Mm-hmm. And try to get it in on time for a change. 937 00:46:37,128 --> 00:46:39,255 Abby’s gonna be doing this great role. 938 00:46:39,422 --> 00:46:41,174 A real plum at this little theater in Connecticut. 939 00:46:41,341 --> 00:46:43,051 Oh, well, I certainly hope that Gary Mannion 940 00:46:43,218 --> 00:46:44,761 isn’t negotiating your deal. 941 00:46:44,928 --> 00:46:47,805 We’ve severed that relationship. 942 00:46:47,972 --> 00:46:49,599 Ben is my manager now. 943 00:46:49,766 --> 00:46:51,100 And you should hear him on the phone, Mrs. Fletcher. 944 00:46:51,267 --> 00:46:53,811 He is a regular killer.