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DOCTOR:
You've had a minor heart attack.
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But I'm healthy enough
to still direct a play, right?
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You need to reduce stress
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because if there's a next time,
it might not be so small.
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My review was going to be a pan.
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Death Rattle is a, is a classic
haunting murder mystery.
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It's not supposed to be fun.
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This one... just didn't sing.
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My folks adopted me
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when they thought they couldn't have kids.
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But then, they had Ben.
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A guy who, by the way,
was always fucking up.
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Dickie said that Ben
always got the credit.
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What, CoBro was Dickie's creation?
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That's motive.
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I need to show you something.
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I took this from Loretta's apartment.
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MABEL [on podcast]:
On a fateful night, four weeks ago,
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Hollywood Superstar
Ben Glenroy died. Twice.
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I'm Mabel Mora.
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Join me, flying solo this time,
in the search for answers
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on a new season of
Only Murders in the Building.
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#BloodyMabel.
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♪
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[quiet breeze blowing]
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[footsteps approach]
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[sniffles]
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LORETTA:
Theater is all about choices.
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What you share. What you hide.
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The same story, even the same lines,
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can be delivered a million ways.
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Those choices change everything.
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When I saw my first play, I fell in love.
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[applause]
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My choice for my life was made.
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Who ist that goes with me?
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I was the lead in every school play.
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I was "the best young actress
in the Midwest,"
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according to an article
in the Clayton Chronicle,
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where my dad was the editor.
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But, a visiting director
from New York agreed.
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♪
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[door opens, shuts]
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After graduation, I'd go to Broadway.
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It was all so clear.
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Until it wasn't.
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[sobbing]
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Acting is all about choices
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[sighs] and I had to make one.
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[bus idling]
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There was a couple in town
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who couldn't conceive,
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and I thought it was best for everyone.
[bus door closes]
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[air brake releases, bus rumbling]
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♪
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There was no instant success
when I got to New York.
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No delayed success either.
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I began to wonder if I was
being punished for my choice.
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The family sent me an update.
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They finally got pregnant.
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A miracle. And just like that,
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you had a baby brother.
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You wouldn't be alone.
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I followed you from afar.
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I made a book about you, which I cherish,
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but it also made me sad
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because I thought I'd never see you again.
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[humming]
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But then, there it was.
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A sign.
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A chance to finally meet you.
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CASTING DIRECTOR:
Ready, Durkin, you still there?
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LORETTA: Yes!
[script rustling]
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Yes! Hi!
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Oh, hi. I-I'm so sorry, I thought...
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My agent assured me
that I was on the list.
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[applause]
There you were.
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This is my manager, Dickie.
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He's not just my manager,
he's also my brother.
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LORETTA:
My baby boy.
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♪ So, darling ♪
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♪ My darling ♪
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These last few months,
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getting to know you,
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they have been a dream.
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But I've been lying to you.
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♪
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So why am I telling you this today?
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Because it's time.
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And it's our sitzprobe rehearsal.
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[gasps]
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Sitzprobe.
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When the actors
first perform with an orchestra,
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and you learn if all your choices
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have produced something...
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harmonious or horrific.
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[musicians chatter]
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[warming up instruments]
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And...
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if there's still time
to make it all right.
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♪ lively theme song playing ♪
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♪ vocalizing ♪
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[instruments warming up]
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[musicians chatter]
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Hey! Big day! How you feeling?
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Oh, I can't believe we're here.
[both chuckle]
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Listen, I was, um...
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[both laugh]
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wondering if maybe we could...
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[whispers]
could talk later.
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You know...
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Or I could just hand you
something that I wrote and run away.
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OLIVER: Alright, everyone! Gather 'round.
[Loretta sighs]
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[laughs] Ah, yes. Okay.
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So, supper later?
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- I'd love to. Hey, break a leg.
- Okay.
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- Thanks.
- Loretta! Would you care to join us?
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- Of course! [excited giggling]
- Thank you. Thank you, okay.
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Alright.
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[excited murmuring]
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People, it's here.
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Sitzprobe!
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[cheering, clapping]
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It's gonna be stop and start.
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There's gonna be fuck-ups.
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[Howard giggles]
It's gonna be messy,
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but we're just gonna fight through, okay?
[door opens]
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And I need everyone to be dialed in.
No distractions.
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[actors chattering]
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Uh, actually, let's take two.
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Uh, Howard, could you mind the shop?
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- Thanks.
- Two minutes, people!
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Don't make me use the whistle!
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♪
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No distractions.
[door opens]
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Ooh, do I smell Schmackary's cookies?
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[door shuts]
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You released a podcast without us?
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Thought you didn't care
about this investigation.
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I don't, but I reserve the right
to be hurt when I'm excluded from things.
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Mabel, where have you been?
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Are you aware someone is living
in your aunt's apartment?
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I've been crashing with Theo for now.
BOTH: Ooh...
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Trouble in Candyland with Toblerone?
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That's my affectionate
nickname for Tobert,
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who I like by the way,
and who I approve of.
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Tobert and I are fine, thanks.
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He's at a commercial shoot,
and he lent me some gear.
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[wacky voice]
Whoa! GoPro!
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Do you have a suspect?
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I have a lot to figure out,
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but my gut keeps telling me it's Dickie.
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I told you to stay away...
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Actually, I don't mind Dickie.
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Not in the cast.
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Yes, let's go with Dickie. Dickie did it.
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Wow, I can see your priorities
haven't changed.
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CHARLES:
Hey, you know what else hasn't changed?
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What a terrific team we make.
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We're back! The trio is back!
"Trio" on three!
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One...
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A-Any time now.
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I'm guessing you're gonna put
your hand in any minute now.
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And two!
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You're cutting it awfully close, you two.
Come on.
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[speaker feedback]
HOWARD [on PA]: Mr. Putnam to the stage.
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Unless you want me to direct?
Because I will do that.
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Okay, he's out of control.
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♪ energetic Broadway music ♪
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♪ music swells ♪
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♪ When you're a creature of the night ♪
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♪ In the bleak midnight rain,
could you go ♪
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♪ So insane! ♪
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♪ A creature of the night ♪
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♪ In the bone-chilling cold
as the madness takes hold ♪
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♪ See the blood drip, drip, drip ♪
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♪ While your grip starts to slip ♪
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♪ Do your demons reside ♪
[text notifications chiming]
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♪ In the side that
you hide from the light? ♪
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♪ Are you a creature... ♪
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♪ Of the night? ♪
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Focus, everyone! Please focus!
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I need your focus!
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♪ Is it you? Is it true? ♪
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♪ A creature of the night... ♪
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♪ A body lies cold ♪
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♪ A creature of the night! ♪
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♪ orchestra stops ♪
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And cue the nanny.
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♪ tuba sting ♪
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Who goes there?
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NYPD, motherfuckers!
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[all gasp]
[police sirens, tires squeal outside]
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The stalker, he didn't do it.
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He's creepy as fuck,
but he is not the killer.
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The killer is someone in this room.
[actors gasp]
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Goddammit!
I always wanted to say that shit.
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How did it sound, boys?
Did it sound strong to you?
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- Yeah, yeah.
- I...
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Is that my Roxie?
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Girl! I saw Chicago.
Let me tell you something.
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Your work on that stage
is a goddamn delight.
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Oh, my God, stop.
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- WILLIAMS: No, you stop!
- No, you stop!
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I would really hate to lock yo ass up!
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Everybody, let's go!
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Come on! We moving it downtown!
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[confused chatter]
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Look, not to pour cold water
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on this perfectly executed
surprise reunion,
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but...
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why does it have to
be someone from here?
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Couldn't it be someone from the Arconia?
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Or a, a damn freak accident?
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Ben Glenroy was poisoned
before opening night,
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which they conveniently covered up,
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so that means it's someone in here.
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A freak accident poisoning?
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Oliver...
[snorts]
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Okay. Two minutes.
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Off stage. Please?
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Alright.
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- But, two minutes.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I-- Two--
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Th-That's all we need.
WILLIAMS: Come on, guys.
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Oliver.
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Tell me I'm hallucinating
and that woman isn't really here.
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Oh, don't worry.
Uh, Detective Williams is an old friend.
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No.
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Her.
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♪
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Y-Yes, uh, Maxine. I invited.
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I know it's not normally done, but...
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A critic at sitzprobe?
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It's never done! For good reason.
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And Maxine?
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I have nightmares about that woman.
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Look, Maxine did not love
the first version of the show.
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So, I thought, why not get her excited
about the musical version?
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Let's build buzz, people.
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So, we've got cops and a critic here?
[exasperated sigh]
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Everybody loves a packed house.
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Don't fuck this up, Oliver.
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We are literally lighting cash on fire
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every minute we're in this theater.
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And loosen up. You look as wooden
as that fucking lighthouse we built.
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WILLIAMS:
Oh, my gosh, I love Chicago.
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Now, have you seen the movie version?
MABEL: Oh!
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- With Queen Latifah? You know--
- Hey! Hey, hey, hey.
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Fun thought.
Interrogations happen here!
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Question a suspect, take in a tune.
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I mean, why does murder always have to be
such a dreary business anyway?
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Yeah, and you know actors.
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I mean, you've gotta make 'em comfortable
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if you wanna get 'em to talk.
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Yeah, they're a weird-ass bunch.
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A-And I could help.
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Like, play bad cop, or,
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you know, get you a latte.
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Nah, you've done more than enough, Mora.
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Because of your podcast,
261
00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:29,416
I got kicked off a cushy-ass gig
at Community Services.
262
00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:32,753
Do you know that I was
in charge of a playground?
263
00:12:32,753 --> 00:12:35,005
I knew it. This is Mabel's fault,
264
00:12:35,005 --> 00:12:37,716
swinging solo in our podcast playground.
265
00:12:37,716 --> 00:12:40,010
Let's stay away from
blaming words like "fault."
266
00:12:40,010 --> 00:12:41,637
Neutral language, please.
267
00:12:41,637 --> 00:12:43,597
Oh...
268
00:12:43,597 --> 00:12:45,641
Y'all are fighting.
269
00:12:45,641 --> 00:12:47,601
Actually, you know what?
Don't tell me.
270
00:12:47,601 --> 00:12:49,102
I don't even care.
271
00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:52,105
I'm gonna go find a room
to do some interrogations.
272
00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,860
Oliver, I know you and I
haven't been seeing eye-to-eye,
273
00:12:56,860 --> 00:12:59,279
but we've got to get in
on those interviews.
274
00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:02,866
Look, my show is hanging
on by a thread here.
275
00:13:02,866 --> 00:13:05,536
Finding this killer is the only way
276
00:13:05,536 --> 00:13:07,663
that you'll actually
have an opening night.
277
00:13:07,663 --> 00:13:10,082
She's right. We're back. Whoa-ho-ho!
278
00:13:10,082 --> 00:13:11,625
Hands in! Let's go!
279
00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:13,627
I made a huge break in the case.
You gotta come with me.
280
00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:16,004
Mm, just Mabel.
281
00:13:16,004 --> 00:13:18,882
The ace investigator
with a closet full of cashmere.
282
00:13:18,882 --> 00:13:21,176
I wanna be her in a next life.
283
00:13:21,176 --> 00:13:22,177
[whispers]
Follow me.
284
00:13:23,262 --> 00:13:25,514
It's okay, go.
I'll spy on Williams.
285
00:13:26,431 --> 00:13:28,517
- Seriously?
- Yes, yes.
286
00:13:28,517 --> 00:13:31,061
I-If cracking this case
287
00:13:31,061 --> 00:13:33,272
means I save my show, I'm in.
288
00:13:34,189 --> 00:13:36,024
It's just, it's been a minute.
289
00:13:36,024 --> 00:13:38,527
Mabel, trust us. We've got this.
290
00:13:38,527 --> 00:13:40,529
Mabel! Come on.
291
00:13:40,529 --> 00:13:42,364
♪
292
00:13:42,364 --> 00:13:43,615
[Mabel sighs]
293
00:13:44,741 --> 00:13:46,243
- Williams!
- Yeah, okay.
294
00:13:47,995 --> 00:13:49,872
So when the cops came,
I rushed in here
295
00:13:49,872 --> 00:13:52,875
to shred my Papa Smurf-Skeletor slash-fic.
296
00:13:52,875 --> 00:13:54,793
In the wrong hands,
it could be misunderstood.
297
00:13:54,793 --> 00:13:56,295
Then, this happened.
298
00:13:57,504 --> 00:13:58,922
[whirring, grinding]
299
00:13:58,922 --> 00:14:01,008
The spooky sound from opening night,
300
00:14:01,008 --> 00:14:03,093
when I was looking for the broom,
and the door was locked.
301
00:14:03,093 --> 00:14:05,137
Someone was in here shredding something.
302
00:14:05,137 --> 00:14:08,599
Yes! So we're left with two questions.
303
00:14:08,599 --> 00:14:11,852
What was happening in here
right before Ben Glenroy was poisoned,
304
00:14:11,852 --> 00:14:13,896
and can I be on your podcast?
305
00:14:13,896 --> 00:14:16,273
[sighs] I don't know. I mean,
306
00:14:16,273 --> 00:14:18,734
it could be linked to Ben's death,
or it could not be.
307
00:14:18,734 --> 00:14:20,736
Either way, the evidence is destroyed.
308
00:14:20,736 --> 00:14:22,154
We can reassemble it.
309
00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:23,864
I can.
310
00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:28,577
I am a master at word searches
and jumbles.
311
00:14:28,577 --> 00:14:30,078
I was an unpopular child.
312
00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:31,288
[fake shock]
No.
313
00:14:31,288 --> 00:14:34,541
I can take any word and list every word
you can make out of its letters.
314
00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:39,213
Take "puzzle," for example.
From "puzzle," you can make "up" and...
315
00:14:41,465 --> 00:14:43,258
Actually, "up" might be
the only word in puzzle.
316
00:14:43,258 --> 00:14:45,135
That was a bad example.
Give me another word, Mabel.
317
00:14:45,135 --> 00:14:46,595
Uh, uh, "treasure."
318
00:14:46,595 --> 00:14:48,514
Erasure, austere, rats.
319
00:14:48,514 --> 00:14:50,557
Mabel, we don't have time
to list them all!
320
00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:52,893
We need to reassemble these!
There might be a clue.
321
00:14:52,893 --> 00:14:55,354
- Okay, I can help.
- Great. Go get me some scotch tape.
322
00:14:55,354 --> 00:14:58,232
No, I can actually help.
I mean, puzzles are kind of my thing, too.
323
00:14:58,232 --> 00:15:01,109
There's a killer on the loose!
This is what I do!
324
00:15:01,109 --> 00:15:03,529
Go get me scotch tape,
then get the hell out of my way.
325
00:15:03,529 --> 00:15:05,364
[paper rustling]
326
00:15:05,364 --> 00:15:06,406
O-Oh...
327
00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:13,205
See? Perfect for sitting
and probing during sitzprobe?
328
00:15:13,205 --> 00:15:15,040
You got your low lighting,
329
00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,959
you got an ergonomic chair,
330
00:15:16,959 --> 00:15:18,585
uh, back issues of The New Yorker.
331
00:15:18,585 --> 00:15:20,671
A fantastic "Talk of the Town" piece
332
00:15:20,671 --> 00:15:22,840
about a pigeon who lives in
a clock at the Guggenheim. [laughs]
333
00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,092
Yeah, I don't give a damn
about your old-man magazines,
334
00:15:25,092 --> 00:15:27,261
but I do love a good chair.
Lumbar support?
335
00:15:27,261 --> 00:15:28,554
For days!
336
00:15:28,554 --> 00:15:30,681
Ooh-hoo-hoo!
337
00:15:30,681 --> 00:15:31,974
Okay.
338
00:15:33,308 --> 00:15:35,227
Young man, come and have a seat.
CHARLES: Ah, yeah.
339
00:15:35,227 --> 00:15:38,188
Thank you. Charles,
I'm not talking till you get up and go.
340
00:15:39,898 --> 00:15:42,818
Okay. Sure. Yeah. Have fun.
341
00:15:44,736 --> 00:15:46,238
Okay, so...
342
00:15:48,532 --> 00:15:50,909
Please leave. Sorry about that.
343
00:15:50,909 --> 00:15:53,579
Uh, so opening night,
344
00:15:53,579 --> 00:15:55,873
you arrived at the theater at what time?
345
00:15:55,873 --> 00:15:58,542
Um, let's see,
I-I got here before Kimber--
346
00:15:58,542 --> 00:15:59,376
Excuse me, excuse me.
347
00:15:59,376 --> 00:16:01,003
I'm just looking
for my weighted blanket.
348
00:16:01,003 --> 00:16:04,840
Just continue the questioning
like I'm not even here. Blanket...
349
00:16:05,507 --> 00:16:08,760
WILLIAMS: You got here at what time?
TY: Um, I think around 5:00?
350
00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,096
WILLIAMS: Okay, 5:00 p.m.?
And did you get in contact
351
00:16:11,096 --> 00:16:12,723
with your stage manager at all?
[Charles grunting]
352
00:16:12,723 --> 00:16:15,559
CHARLES:
Jeez! These things weigh, like, 60 pounds.
353
00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:18,020
It's like the weight of a small man!
354
00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:20,522
[grunts] Or a big cozy dog.
355
00:16:20,522 --> 00:16:23,609
Charles. Knock it off.
Get outta here.
356
00:16:23,609 --> 00:16:27,112
Well, the trouble is
I'm weighted down now.
357
00:16:27,112 --> 00:16:28,739
I can hardly move.
358
00:16:28,739 --> 00:16:31,783
I'll tell you what, I just won't listen.
Huh! Look at this.
359
00:16:31,783 --> 00:16:32,910
[soft laugh]
360
00:16:32,910 --> 00:16:34,912
Yeah, here we go.
361
00:16:36,455 --> 00:16:37,456
[opens phone]
362
00:16:37,956 --> 00:16:39,499
[Charles sings to himself]
WILLIAMS: Whatever.
363
00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:41,084
- So, you got here what time? You said 5:00?
- Yes.
364
00:16:41,084 --> 00:16:42,961
And did you notify the stage manager?
365
00:16:42,961 --> 00:16:44,963
[continues singing]
TY: I did not. I forgot to notify her--
366
00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:46,089
Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.
367
00:16:46,089 --> 00:16:47,883
♪ Which of the Pickwick Triplets
did it ♪
368
00:16:47,883 --> 00:16:49,384
- WILLIAMS: Hey.
- What?!
369
00:16:50,302 --> 00:16:51,678
I know what you're doing!
370
00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:53,847
I'm just practicing my patter song.
371
00:16:53,847 --> 00:16:56,141
A-And not to brag, but I can do
four lines in a row now
372
00:16:56,141 --> 00:16:58,477
without going into a panic attack.
[laughs]
373
00:16:58,477 --> 00:17:01,772
Yeah, that's not really a brag.
Get out!
374
00:17:01,772 --> 00:17:04,608
[police radio chatter]
375
00:17:04,608 --> 00:17:07,611
♪
376
00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:10,906
[sighs]
[text notification chimes]
377
00:17:13,116 --> 00:17:14,117
[sighs]
378
00:17:20,207 --> 00:17:21,208
[knocking]
379
00:17:22,584 --> 00:17:24,169
Come in.
380
00:17:26,171 --> 00:17:27,631
[police radio chatter]
381
00:17:27,631 --> 00:17:29,049
Hello.
382
00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:33,512
You took something from my apartment.
383
00:17:34,763 --> 00:17:36,306
Didn't you?
384
00:17:37,266 --> 00:17:38,767
Yes, I did.
385
00:17:40,143 --> 00:17:41,645
And I shouldn't have.
386
00:17:42,855 --> 00:17:44,606
[sighs] Here.
387
00:17:46,859 --> 00:17:49,278
You don't owe me any explanation.
388
00:17:50,988 --> 00:17:52,239
I mean,
389
00:17:52,239 --> 00:17:54,700
sure, th-the book is a little odd,
390
00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:56,702
but, uh,
391
00:17:56,702 --> 00:17:58,412
th-th-the point is
392
00:17:58,412 --> 00:18:01,123
y-y-you don't need to tell me.
393
00:18:02,249 --> 00:18:03,667
Thank you.
394
00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,087
[sighs]
395
00:18:07,087 --> 00:18:08,505
See, this is where you jump in
396
00:18:08,505 --> 00:18:10,966
a-and tell the story behind the book,
397
00:18:10,966 --> 00:18:14,094
so we can move on
and never speak of it again.
398
00:18:14,094 --> 00:18:15,387
You don't trust me.
399
00:18:16,013 --> 00:18:18,390
Of course, I trust you.
400
00:18:18,390 --> 00:18:19,933
I-I was confused.
401
00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:22,936
But it's not like I think
you're the killer.
402
00:18:23,896 --> 00:18:24,897
[weak laugh]
403
00:18:24,897 --> 00:18:26,607
In fact, Mabel thinks it's Dickie,
404
00:18:26,607 --> 00:18:28,901
and Mabel's never wrong.
405
00:18:28,901 --> 00:18:30,277
Except when she suggested
406
00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:33,280
that I remove the singing
crab people from the show. I mean,
407
00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,241
- that's just lunacy.
- Dickie? Why Dickie?
408
00:18:36,241 --> 00:18:37,492
I mean...
409
00:18:38,243 --> 00:18:39,953
Ben's creepy brother?
410
00:18:41,079 --> 00:18:42,164
I can see it.
411
00:18:42,164 --> 00:18:44,082
KT [on PA]: Loretta to the stage for
The Nanny's Lullaby.
412
00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:46,084
Loretta to the stage.
413
00:18:46,084 --> 00:18:47,586
[sighs] So...
414
00:18:50,589 --> 00:18:52,090
[sighs]
415
00:18:52,090 --> 00:18:54,593
- [confused laugh]
- Yeah, yeah.
416
00:18:54,593 --> 00:18:56,762
- I gotta go.
- Yeah, got you. Just...
417
00:18:58,680 --> 00:18:59,932
[Oliver sighs]
418
00:18:59,932 --> 00:19:03,519
And then my family, they moved down
to Florida, which was really tough on me
419
00:19:03,519 --> 00:19:06,730
[soft, muffled singing]
because my mother only has one foot--
420
00:19:06,730 --> 00:19:08,690
Bobo. Bobo, please.
421
00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:12,194
Again, I'm gonna remind you,
this is a police interview.
422
00:19:12,194 --> 00:19:13,695
Cut all that family shit out.
423
00:19:13,695 --> 00:19:14,863
- Okay.
- Now, focus.
424
00:19:14,863 --> 00:19:18,492
Five minutes before the curtain went up,
where were you?
425
00:19:18,492 --> 00:19:20,077
- I--
- Very quickly.
426
00:19:20,077 --> 00:19:21,662
Oh, my God.
427
00:19:21,662 --> 00:19:23,413
I just wanted to say sorry for Charles.
428
00:19:23,872 --> 00:19:27,334
I-It's my fault he's acting up,
you know. I-I...
429
00:19:27,334 --> 00:19:30,629
I gave him a patter song,
which is theater parlance--
430
00:19:30,629 --> 00:19:32,339
I know what the fuck a patter song is.
431
00:19:32,339 --> 00:19:33,799
Is it the Gilbert & Sullivan thing, right?
432
00:19:33,799 --> 00:19:35,467
Like Pirates of the Pen...
You know what?
433
00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:37,135
No! We're not doing this!
434
00:19:37,135 --> 00:19:39,388
We're not doing this.
Stay focused, now.
435
00:19:39,388 --> 00:19:42,391
Anyway, it ratcheted up his anxiety
436
00:19:42,391 --> 00:19:44,560
to a whole new level.
437
00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,812
Now, I don't know if
you've ever hit a deer,
438
00:19:46,812 --> 00:19:50,065
but in the moment before
your car makes impact,
439
00:19:50,065 --> 00:19:51,483
there's a look in their eyes...
440
00:19:51,483 --> 00:19:54,027
And Charles is the deer. I got it.
441
00:19:54,027 --> 00:19:55,737
Do you, though?
442
00:19:55,737 --> 00:19:58,282
- Maybe I just stay here...
- No.
443
00:19:58,282 --> 00:20:00,200
...until I think of the right
devastating analogy.
444
00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,411
- Putnam?
- What?
445
00:20:02,411 --> 00:20:04,413
- Get the fuck out!
- [snorts] Okay.
446
00:20:04,413 --> 00:20:05,914
[sighs]
447
00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:08,792
- Close the door!
- Oh, yes.
448
00:20:09,751 --> 00:20:11,545
Good seeing you.
449
00:20:11,545 --> 00:20:13,964
Seriously? How many rolls
450
00:20:13,964 --> 00:20:16,383
of colored masking tape
does a theater need?
451
00:20:16,383 --> 00:20:18,510
Where's the scotch tape?
452
00:20:18,510 --> 00:20:20,012
LORETTA: Hey.
453
00:20:20,012 --> 00:20:22,848
That's spike tape.
I got you. Here.
454
00:20:23,599 --> 00:20:25,058
I never go anywhere without it.
455
00:20:26,727 --> 00:20:29,605
Side gig as a professional gift wrapper.
456
00:20:30,439 --> 00:20:31,690
- Thank you.
- Mm.
457
00:20:32,566 --> 00:20:34,067
So, um...
458
00:20:35,194 --> 00:20:37,154
Oliver says that you're investigating,
459
00:20:37,154 --> 00:20:39,114
so I thought, hm,
460
00:20:39,114 --> 00:20:40,824
maybe I should find out
461
00:20:40,824 --> 00:20:43,535
what your theory is and lend a hand?
462
00:20:44,995 --> 00:20:47,623
You know,
killers sometimes insert themselves
463
00:20:47,623 --> 00:20:49,291
into investigations.
464
00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:52,878
Oh. [laughs] That's really funny.
465
00:20:53,337 --> 00:20:56,131
No! No, I just really wanna help.
466
00:20:56,131 --> 00:20:59,301
I mean, this show means the world to me.
467
00:20:59,301 --> 00:21:02,471
God, it's supposed to be
my Broadway debut.
468
00:21:02,971 --> 00:21:04,473
[sighs] For God's sake.
469
00:21:05,557 --> 00:21:07,267
Took me long enough.
470
00:21:07,267 --> 00:21:10,103
[instruments warming up]
[stage chatter]
471
00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:13,357
There's nothing wrong
with being a late bloomer.
472
00:21:13,357 --> 00:21:15,609
I'm one myself.
473
00:21:16,527 --> 00:21:18,028
Mm.
474
00:21:19,780 --> 00:21:21,615
I'm looking at Dickie.
475
00:21:24,493 --> 00:21:27,287
Oh, you don't want it to be him, do you?
476
00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:29,623
I mean, I know you have
a relationship with him.
477
00:21:29,623 --> 00:21:31,542
Wh-Wh-What do you mean?
478
00:21:31,542 --> 00:21:32,835
Isn't he your manager or something?
479
00:21:32,835 --> 00:21:35,128
Oh, yeah! He-- [laughs] Yeah, he's my...
480
00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:37,256
Of course, I don't want it to be him,
481
00:21:37,256 --> 00:21:39,466
but I also don't think he did it.
482
00:21:39,466 --> 00:21:42,261
I mean, Dickie's just a really good kid.
483
00:21:42,261 --> 00:21:43,637
Isn't he, like, 50?
484
00:21:43,637 --> 00:21:45,347
Yeah, he's a child.
485
00:21:46,557 --> 00:21:48,392
Well, but what about poison?
486
00:21:48,392 --> 00:21:50,060
You know, not to be sexist,
487
00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:52,896
but that is more a woman's method.
488
00:21:52,896 --> 00:21:56,275
Well, Dickie was in
charge of Ben's food.
489
00:21:56,275 --> 00:21:58,151
Could be easy and convenient.
490
00:21:59,152 --> 00:22:02,656
Uh, yeah, but before
we pin it on him [sighs]
491
00:22:02,656 --> 00:22:05,158
you should know that there is a cast of...
492
00:22:06,076 --> 00:22:09,454
much odder characters around this show.
493
00:22:09,454 --> 00:22:12,040
I'm just gonna throw a name out. Bobo.
494
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,169
We don't really know Bobo, do we?
495
00:22:15,169 --> 00:22:16,795
I mean, he's the comic relief,
496
00:22:16,795 --> 00:22:20,632
but, um, is the comedy
hiding something sinister?
497
00:22:20,632 --> 00:22:23,343
I thought poison was a woman's method.
498
00:22:23,343 --> 00:22:25,554
Oh, yeah. Right, right. So...
499
00:22:25,554 --> 00:22:27,139
KT! What a bitch.
500
00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:30,642
Could be...
[Mabel sighs]
501
00:22:30,642 --> 00:22:32,686
I'm just trying to, um,
502
00:22:32,686 --> 00:22:36,064
picture Dickie as a murderer, and, um...
503
00:22:36,064 --> 00:22:37,858
Uh, hold on, hold on, hold on.
504
00:22:37,858 --> 00:22:38,859
[weak laugh]
505
00:22:39,401 --> 00:22:42,029
And no. I can't.
506
00:22:42,029 --> 00:22:43,739
Sorry.
507
00:22:43,739 --> 00:22:44,990
I just can't picture it.
508
00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:48,202
Thanks.
509
00:22:53,999 --> 00:22:57,920
KT [on PA]: Charles-Haden Savage
to the stage for The Pickwick Triplets.
510
00:22:58,879 --> 00:23:00,380
God help us all.
511
00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:03,383
♪
512
00:23:04,426 --> 00:23:06,053
I really have to do the whole thing?
513
00:23:06,053 --> 00:23:08,889
Yes. All two minutes, 46 seconds.
514
00:23:08,889 --> 00:23:10,432
No White Room.
515
00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:12,809
No fake migraine one verse in.
516
00:23:12,809 --> 00:23:13,852
[sighs]
517
00:23:20,651 --> 00:23:23,153
[violin warming up]
518
00:23:23,153 --> 00:23:25,155
Hi. [nervous laugh]
519
00:23:25,155 --> 00:23:27,574
Uh... Okay, here we go.
520
00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:30,077
Just watch. Just watch.
521
00:23:31,787 --> 00:23:33,163
[warming up stops]
522
00:23:35,874 --> 00:23:37,042
♪ orchestra starts ♪
523
00:23:37,042 --> 00:23:40,754
♪ Three little babes
in their bassinets ♪
524
00:23:40,754 --> 00:23:42,756
♪ Angelic little triplets ♪
525
00:23:42,756 --> 00:23:45,676
♪ Or triple threats? ♪
526
00:23:45,676 --> 00:23:49,555
♪ They might have fooled the others,
but they won't fool me ♪
527
00:23:49,555 --> 00:23:53,517
♪ It's time to give these
teething, seething three ♪
528
00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:56,854
♪ The third degree ♪
529
00:23:56,854 --> 00:24:00,691
♪ orchestra playing jaunty tune ♪
530
00:24:00,691 --> 00:24:02,776
♪ Which of the Pickwick Triplets did it? ♪
531
00:24:02,776 --> 00:24:04,736
♪ Who of the crew would
commit this crime? ♪
532
00:24:04,736 --> 00:24:06,530
♪ Might a little brat
make a mommy go splat? ♪
533
00:24:06,530 --> 00:24:09,241
♪ It's a story pretty gory
for a nursery rhyme ♪
534
00:24:09,241 --> 00:24:11,076
♪ Which of the Pickwick Triplets did it? ♪
535
00:24:11,076 --> 00:24:12,870
♪ Which of the spawn
had the brawn to kill? ♪
536
00:24:12,870 --> 00:24:15,080
♪ Will a baby get tried for matricide? ♪
537
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,000
♪ Coochie-coochie coo,
time for you or you or you to admit it ♪
538
00:24:19,042 --> 00:24:22,212
♪ So, quick as a whip gotta pick
which Pickwick Triplet did it ♪
539
00:24:22,212 --> 00:24:24,464
♪ orchestra slows ♪
540
00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:27,509
♪ Penelope in pink
sure is making quite a stink ♪
541
00:24:27,509 --> 00:24:30,554
♪ Is she trying to
throw me off the scent? ♪
542
00:24:30,554 --> 00:24:32,472
♪ Though she bats her little eyes ♪
543
00:24:32,472 --> 00:24:34,516
♪ Is she a killer in disguise? ♪
544
00:24:34,516 --> 00:24:37,895
♪ With a diaper full of criminal intent ♪
545
00:24:37,895 --> 00:24:41,190
♪ Preening Patrick is pernicious
with an appetite so vicious ♪
546
00:24:41,190 --> 00:24:45,152
♪ He would bite the hand
that feeds him with a sneer ♪
547
00:24:45,152 --> 00:24:49,072
♪ But could that rotten tot
be behind this evil plot? ♪
548
00:24:49,865 --> 00:24:51,867
♪ Baby-stepping towards
a murderous career ♪
549
00:24:51,867 --> 00:24:55,829
♪ Pouty little Paco's looking coy,
but he's a bad, bad boy ♪
550
00:24:55,829 --> 00:24:58,999
♪ Could Paco's passion
prove apocalyptic? ♪
551
00:24:58,999 --> 00:25:02,336
♪ With his paci and his rattle,
did this pisher go to battle? ♪
552
00:25:02,336 --> 00:25:05,672
♪ Proving he's the perp amidst
this Pickwick triptych ♪
553
00:25:05,672 --> 00:25:09,343
♪ In this picaresque puzzle
of the Pickwick pack ♪
554
00:25:09,343 --> 00:25:12,846
♪ Will a lighthouse shed some light ♪
555
00:25:12,846 --> 00:25:16,475
♪ On which kid gave ol' Mom a whack? ♪
556
00:25:16,475 --> 00:25:20,020
♪ There's an infant to indict ♪
557
00:25:20,020 --> 00:25:23,815
♪ I'll book this little crook tonight ♪
558
00:25:23,815 --> 00:25:26,777
♪ But, which of
the Pickwick Triplets did it? ♪
559
00:25:26,777 --> 00:25:28,695
♪ Who of the crew would
commit this crime? ♪
560
00:25:28,695 --> 00:25:30,697
♪ Which little brat made Mommy go splat? ♪
561
00:25:30,697 --> 00:25:32,950
♪ Which crib, which sib
will be doing hard time? ♪
562
00:25:32,950 --> 00:25:35,118
♪ Which of the Pickwick Triplets did it? ♪
563
00:25:35,118 --> 00:25:38,163
♪ Which little putz
had the guts to kill? ♪
564
00:25:38,163 --> 00:25:40,791
♪ Like a forensic pediatrician,
I'll complete this inquisition ♪
565
00:25:40,791 --> 00:25:43,377
♪ I will name the neonatal
from the cradle that proved fatal ♪
566
00:25:43,377 --> 00:25:45,170
♪ I will find the perpetrator ♪
567
00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:48,507
♪ Who did murder to their maker ♪
568
00:25:48,507 --> 00:25:50,676
- [quietly] What's up?
- [quietly] I can't do dinner tonight.
569
00:25:50,676 --> 00:25:52,678
The cops said they need to talk to me.
570
00:25:52,678 --> 00:25:54,221
Why? What about?
571
00:25:54,221 --> 00:25:55,597
It can't be good.
572
00:25:55,597 --> 00:25:58,433
♪ Or coochie-coochie coo ♪
573
00:25:58,433 --> 00:26:00,102
♪ whimsical notes ♪
574
00:26:00,102 --> 00:26:02,229
♪ What if none of it is true? ♪
575
00:26:02,229 --> 00:26:03,230
♪
576
00:26:03,230 --> 00:26:05,107
♪ Has my inspection been too cursory? ♪
577
00:26:05,107 --> 00:26:07,192
♪ Should I look outside this nursery? ♪
578
00:26:07,192 --> 00:26:11,488
♪ What if none of
the Pickwick Triplets did it? ♪
579
00:26:11,488 --> 00:26:15,117
♪ Who'd have had a menacing
motive and hid it? ♪
580
00:26:15,117 --> 00:26:17,286
♪ Who? Who? Who? ♪
581
00:26:17,286 --> 00:26:20,455
♪ Well, I pick ♪
582
00:26:20,455 --> 00:26:21,665
♪ You! ♪
583
00:26:21,665 --> 00:26:24,084
♪ jaunty crescendo ♪
584
00:26:26,753 --> 00:26:28,088
[rustling]
585
00:26:28,088 --> 00:26:30,924
There probably wasn't
anything important in here.
586
00:26:30,924 --> 00:26:34,136
- It was a dumb idea. I'm full of them.
- Uh-huh.
587
00:26:34,136 --> 00:26:37,264
Oh, wow. Don't even push back. [laughs]
588
00:26:37,264 --> 00:26:39,057
But, fair. Don't coddle me.
589
00:26:40,976 --> 00:26:42,102
MABEL: Hm...
590
00:26:42,728 --> 00:26:44,229
You were right.
591
00:26:44,897 --> 00:26:48,650
Our killer might have stood
right here on opening night.
592
00:26:49,067 --> 00:26:51,778
There's something important in there,
and only you can find it.
593
00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:53,405
I don't know if I can.
594
00:26:53,405 --> 00:26:56,450
Howard, what are
the words in "determined"?
595
00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:58,952
Tired. Denied.
596
00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:00,954
- Keep going.
- Remedied.
597
00:27:00,954 --> 00:27:02,164
♪
598
00:27:02,164 --> 00:27:04,750
Redeem... Me.
599
00:27:04,750 --> 00:27:07,252
Oh. That worked better than I expected.
600
00:27:07,252 --> 00:27:08,837
See? You can do this.
601
00:27:09,296 --> 00:27:10,797
I did find this.
602
00:27:13,133 --> 00:27:15,010
That's the date of opening night.
603
00:27:15,010 --> 00:27:18,347
Okay, find all the other pieces
with the same font.
604
00:27:18,347 --> 00:27:21,183
Who knows, you might get
a spot on the podcast.
605
00:27:21,183 --> 00:27:22,601
I can be on the podcast?
606
00:27:22,601 --> 00:27:24,895
I said "might" and "who knows."
[giggles]
607
00:27:25,938 --> 00:27:26,939
[door opens]
608
00:27:26,939 --> 00:27:29,608
I'm gonna need a lot more fucking tape.
[door shuts]
609
00:27:30,484 --> 00:27:32,736
- Here she comes.
- Alright.
610
00:27:34,446 --> 00:27:37,699
So! I'm assuming no luck with Williams?
611
00:27:37,699 --> 00:27:39,826
Funny, isn't it? The way she doubts us.
612
00:27:39,826 --> 00:27:41,787
Oh, she thinks we're fools.
613
00:27:41,787 --> 00:27:44,540
But that's only because
we're so skilled at playing them.
614
00:27:44,540 --> 00:27:46,583
Weird flex, but okay.
615
00:27:46,583 --> 00:27:49,837
We have the interrogations on tape.
616
00:27:49,837 --> 00:27:51,213
On tape?
617
00:27:51,213 --> 00:27:54,466
Charles, let's bring
the lady up to speed.
618
00:27:54,466 --> 00:27:56,718
Well, I went in first...
619
00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:57,719
[muffled door opening]
620
00:27:57,719 --> 00:27:59,513
...making Williams think
I was just an idiot
621
00:27:59,513 --> 00:28:01,056
trying to eavesdrop.
622
00:28:01,056 --> 00:28:03,809
But, really, I was piquing her interest.
623
00:28:03,809 --> 00:28:07,062
For, you see,
Detective Williams is a theater nut.
624
00:28:07,062 --> 00:28:08,647
♪ Which of the Pickwick Triplets did it? ♪
625
00:28:09,106 --> 00:28:11,567
OLIVER: We knew she'd be
interested in a patter song,
626
00:28:11,567 --> 00:28:13,902
and doubly so if it involved Charles
627
00:28:13,902 --> 00:28:16,238
absolutely humiliating himself.
628
00:28:16,238 --> 00:28:18,448
Now, I don't know
if you've ever hit a deer...
629
00:28:18,448 --> 00:28:22,411
So, I painted a picture
of just how tragic Charles was on stage.
630
00:28:23,579 --> 00:28:25,080
CHARLES:
The bait was set.
631
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,957
♪
632
00:28:26,957 --> 00:28:28,667
You need to get me
the time to sneak past
633
00:28:28,667 --> 00:28:30,627
this phalanx of coppers
so I can set it all up.
634
00:28:30,627 --> 00:28:31,920
- I've got this.
- Okay.
635
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,797
I just have to say
one word after another.
636
00:28:33,797 --> 00:28:36,800
- One word, yes. Uh-huh.
- Faster than any human ever should.
637
00:28:39,428 --> 00:28:43,056
OLIVER: She took it, and the interrogation
room was left unattended.
638
00:28:43,056 --> 00:28:44,057
[sniffs]
639
00:28:44,474 --> 00:28:45,976
[sighs] Okay...
640
00:28:55,235 --> 00:28:58,030
CHARLES: Of course, in order
to give Oliver the time needed,
641
00:28:58,030 --> 00:29:00,449
I had to get through all of it.
642
00:29:00,449 --> 00:29:02,075
OLIVER:
Didn't miss a word.
643
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,747
So, you're saying with Tobert's GoPro...
644
00:29:06,747 --> 00:29:08,540
We recorded everything.
645
00:29:08,540 --> 00:29:11,210
All the big interrogations.
646
00:29:11,210 --> 00:29:14,505
Oh, my God! That sounds
so unnecessarily complicated,
647
00:29:14,505 --> 00:29:16,215
but you guys actually did it.
648
00:29:16,215 --> 00:29:17,716
Uh-huh.
649
00:29:17,716 --> 00:29:19,968
You know what this calls for.
650
00:29:19,968 --> 00:29:22,930
♪
651
00:29:22,930 --> 00:29:24,681
Wanna make a podcast with me?
652
00:29:27,768 --> 00:29:29,269
Oh, my God, this is corny.
653
00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:30,771
- So corny.
- [laughs] I know, it is.
654
00:29:30,771 --> 00:29:33,315
- So, so corny.
- But i-it was good. It was cute.
655
00:29:33,315 --> 00:29:34,942
- It's fun, yeah.
- It's cute.
656
00:29:35,901 --> 00:29:36,985
- Murder?
- Yeah.
657
00:29:36,985 --> 00:29:38,403
Murder, yeah.
658
00:29:38,403 --> 00:29:41,031
[deep breathing]
659
00:29:41,031 --> 00:29:44,034
[gagging, vomiting]
660
00:29:44,535 --> 00:29:46,286
[toilet flushes]
661
00:29:46,912 --> 00:29:49,414
[sighs]
[runs water]
662
00:29:49,998 --> 00:29:52,000
[sniffling, sighs]
[Donna clears throat]
663
00:29:53,293 --> 00:29:54,670
Nerves. [weak laugh]
664
00:29:56,213 --> 00:29:59,508
Forty years in show business,
and I've still got 'em.
665
00:29:59,508 --> 00:30:01,426
Who doesn't? [laughs]
666
00:30:01,426 --> 00:30:03,679
[deep sigh]
667
00:30:03,679 --> 00:30:05,681
- [sniffles]
- Is everything alright, dear?
668
00:30:05,681 --> 00:30:08,559
LORETTA: Oh. Yeah.
I just have some nerves of my own.
669
00:30:08,559 --> 00:30:10,018
- [laughs, sniffs]
- Of course.
670
00:30:10,018 --> 00:30:12,688
- You saw Maxine Spear out there, I take it.
- Mm-hmm.
671
00:30:12,688 --> 00:30:13,689
[spritzes]
672
00:30:16,817 --> 00:30:19,862
It's quite a big swing
we've taken with this show,
673
00:30:19,862 --> 00:30:21,655
trying to save it. [sighs]
674
00:30:21,655 --> 00:30:23,782
I don't know that I would've hung on
675
00:30:24,658 --> 00:30:27,160
- if it weren't for Cliff.
- Mm-hmm.
676
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,746
- His first show.
- I know. [chuckles]
677
00:30:29,746 --> 00:30:32,749
[sighs] As a mother, you can't help it.
678
00:30:32,749 --> 00:30:35,377
You spend your whole life
looking out for your child.
679
00:30:35,377 --> 00:30:37,462
It never stops.
680
00:30:37,462 --> 00:30:40,382
And you'll do anything
to make sure they're okay.
681
00:30:40,382 --> 00:30:42,634
Mm... hmm.
682
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,763
♪
683
00:30:46,763 --> 00:30:48,473
[door opens, shuts]
684
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:52,603
[sighs]
685
00:30:53,103 --> 00:30:54,313
The final number's next, right?
686
00:30:54,313 --> 00:30:55,898
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, where's Loretta?
687
00:30:55,898 --> 00:30:57,357
We're looking for her.
688
00:30:57,357 --> 00:30:59,985
I do hope you find her.
689
00:30:59,985 --> 00:31:02,821
She's really quite extraordinary, Oliver.
690
00:31:03,447 --> 00:31:04,740
So you like what you're seeing?
691
00:31:04,740 --> 00:31:07,576
Well, when I last saw
this show in previews,
692
00:31:07,576 --> 00:31:09,203
I thought there was no hope,
and when I heard
693
00:31:09,203 --> 00:31:11,496
you were making it into a musical,
694
00:31:11,496 --> 00:31:13,874
I got so excited
695
00:31:13,874 --> 00:31:16,502
that I was gonna savage
your toe-tapping dreams.
696
00:31:16,502 --> 00:31:19,004
But this, this, this, this...
697
00:31:21,298 --> 00:31:23,300
is pure Oliver Putnam.
698
00:31:25,135 --> 00:31:28,430
Uh, tell me, Maxine, does it sing?
699
00:31:28,430 --> 00:31:30,849
[both chuckle]
700
00:31:31,725 --> 00:31:33,018
You'll have to wait for my review.
701
00:31:36,980 --> 00:31:39,983
♪
702
00:31:39,983 --> 00:31:42,986
[quiet lobby chatter]
703
00:31:45,656 --> 00:31:48,575
[gasps] Oh. Here you are.
704
00:31:48,575 --> 00:31:50,494
Hey, shouldn't you be getting ready
for your big final number?
705
00:31:51,286 --> 00:31:52,621
Oh yeah.
706
00:31:52,621 --> 00:31:55,541
Something about being
back in this theater.
707
00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:59,753
I just... keep thinking about--
708
00:31:59,753 --> 00:32:02,297
Opening night? I know.
709
00:32:03,048 --> 00:32:05,759
I keep thinking about
the fight I had with Ben
710
00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:07,928
right before he...
711
00:32:07,928 --> 00:32:10,347
You know, he said I was dead to him.
712
00:32:10,931 --> 00:32:13,725
Look, you c-couldn't have known that--
713
00:32:13,725 --> 00:32:15,936
No, it's not that.
I'm not upset I hurt his feelings.
714
00:32:15,936 --> 00:32:17,646
He was a prick.
[weak laugh]
715
00:32:18,438 --> 00:32:21,692
I just knew the next morning,
he'd rope me back in.
716
00:32:22,484 --> 00:32:24,987
[police radio chatter]
But when he was gone,
717
00:32:26,738 --> 00:32:29,533
for those few brief moments, I just,
718
00:32:30,909 --> 00:32:32,286
I felt free.
719
00:32:32,286 --> 00:32:35,664
♪
720
00:32:35,664 --> 00:32:37,291
And then he was back.
721
00:32:38,041 --> 00:32:41,336
I was trapped again.
722
00:32:42,546 --> 00:32:44,047
I couldn't take it anymore.
723
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,302
You understand?
724
00:32:49,511 --> 00:32:52,055
Of course, I do.
[PA clicks]
725
00:32:52,055 --> 00:32:54,224
KT [on PA]: Loretta to the stage for
The Sake of a Child.
726
00:32:54,224 --> 00:32:55,475
Loretta to the stage.
727
00:32:56,143 --> 00:32:58,770
Was there something
you needed to say to me?
728
00:32:58,770 --> 00:33:00,022
Oh.
729
00:33:01,190 --> 00:33:02,608
Mm-mmm.
730
00:33:03,817 --> 00:33:05,694
You didn't deserve this.
731
00:33:05,694 --> 00:33:09,031
None of this ever should have happened.
732
00:33:09,031 --> 00:33:11,033
It's not your fault.
733
00:33:12,576 --> 00:33:16,205
You are the best part about
these last few months for me.
734
00:33:16,205 --> 00:33:18,624
♪
735
00:33:18,624 --> 00:33:19,708
Oh...
736
00:33:20,501 --> 00:33:21,752
[weak laugh]
737
00:33:23,337 --> 00:33:25,839
[indistinct chatter]
738
00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:28,383
Loretta, Loretta, I-I-- c-can I...
739
00:33:28,383 --> 00:33:30,511
Just need just one... Thanks.
740
00:33:31,678 --> 00:33:34,264
[clears throat] We're gonna start
with your part of the song.
741
00:33:34,264 --> 00:33:35,516
- And just focus--
- Okay, not Jonathan?
742
00:33:35,516 --> 00:33:38,060
Yeah, well, we'll do
that in a little bit, um...
743
00:33:38,060 --> 00:33:39,019
[sighs]
744
00:33:39,019 --> 00:33:42,689
And listen to me.
I know that you're upset with me.
745
00:33:43,232 --> 00:33:44,858
And that's fine. That's fine.
746
00:33:44,858 --> 00:33:48,737
But, I-I need to say that I do trust you.
747
00:33:48,737 --> 00:33:52,366
And I-I don't care about the book.
I don't care about any of it.
748
00:33:52,366 --> 00:33:53,492
I just wanna be with you.
749
00:33:54,618 --> 00:33:56,161
To do our show.
750
00:33:57,037 --> 00:33:59,540
Excuse me, our hit show,
751
00:33:59,540 --> 00:34:03,752
and go home to your funny little apartment
752
00:34:03,752 --> 00:34:06,004
and just fall asleep in your arms.
753
00:34:06,797 --> 00:34:08,924
- Oliver, you don't have to--
- No, I do.
754
00:34:08,924 --> 00:34:10,884
♪
755
00:34:10,884 --> 00:34:11,927
And there's more.
756
00:34:13,136 --> 00:34:15,514
[sighs] And it's a biggie.
757
00:34:17,558 --> 00:34:18,684
I love you.
758
00:34:20,435 --> 00:34:23,480
Wow, I haven't said
those words in a minute.
759
00:34:25,274 --> 00:34:26,775
But you know what? It felt right.
760
00:34:26,775 --> 00:34:29,361
So I'm gonna say it again.
Here it goes.
761
00:34:30,737 --> 00:34:32,906
I love you.
762
00:34:33,323 --> 00:34:36,910
HOWARD: Loretta!
We need you up here, please.
763
00:34:37,494 --> 00:34:38,996
Okay, well...
764
00:34:39,955 --> 00:34:41,790
[sighs]
break a leg.
765
00:34:44,918 --> 00:34:47,337
HOWARD: Clock is ticking.
LORETTA: Coming.
766
00:34:49,673 --> 00:34:51,216
[sniffles, sighs]
767
00:34:52,634 --> 00:34:53,635
[conductor taps baton]
768
00:34:54,887 --> 00:34:58,223
♪ cellos play intense intro ♪
769
00:34:58,223 --> 00:35:01,810
♪ A nanny's only duty
is to the children ♪
770
00:35:01,810 --> 00:35:03,437
♪
771
00:35:03,437 --> 00:35:07,065
♪ To keep them swaddled in
the safety of her care ♪
772
00:35:08,233 --> 00:35:09,234
Ooh...
773
00:35:09,234 --> 00:35:11,320
♪ With a fierce and iron will ♪
774
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:12,529
[Loretta clears throat]
775
00:35:12,529 --> 00:35:14,740
♪ She would fight, and she would kill ♪
776
00:35:16,283 --> 00:35:19,703
♪ If she's poked, she'll be provoke-- ♪
777
00:35:19,703 --> 00:35:20,746
♪ And like... ♪
778
00:35:21,330 --> 00:35:24,499
[mumbles, laughs] I'm so sorry.
CHARLES: Huh.
779
00:35:24,499 --> 00:35:27,252
LORETTA:
I can't hear the, um, rhythm.
780
00:35:27,252 --> 00:35:28,921
Can I just have the piano
in the orchestra?
781
00:35:28,921 --> 00:35:31,465
Like, I can't hear the rhythm.
And then, I'll come in on the...
782
00:35:36,428 --> 00:35:39,431
♪ forceful piano plays ♪
783
00:35:40,891 --> 00:35:43,977
♪ A nanny keeps her
patience under pressure ♪
784
00:35:43,977 --> 00:35:45,729
♪ piano builds ♪
785
00:35:45,729 --> 00:35:48,482
♪ Forceful and resourceful as can be ♪
786
00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:52,402
♪ No matter what you
might hurl toward her ♪
787
00:35:52,402 --> 00:35:55,697
♪ She keeps the goddamn house in order ♪
788
00:35:55,697 --> 00:35:57,074
[inhales]
789
00:35:57,074 --> 00:35:59,076
♪ But if you want those kids ♪
790
00:36:00,202 --> 00:36:04,122
♪ You have to go through... me ♪
791
00:36:04,122 --> 00:36:05,999
♪ full orchestra joins ♪
792
00:36:05,999 --> 00:36:07,876
Charles...
793
00:36:07,876 --> 00:36:10,295
these aren't photos of Ben.
794
00:36:10,295 --> 00:36:11,839
They're photos of Dickie.
795
00:36:13,715 --> 00:36:16,093
♪ For the sake of a child ♪
796
00:36:16,093 --> 00:36:18,470
♪ I'd give my life completely ♪
797
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:20,681
♪ For the sake of a child ♪
798
00:36:20,681 --> 00:36:23,058
♪ To Hell and back I'd go ♪
799
00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:26,311
♪ No, I won't bend and I won't break ♪
800
00:36:26,311 --> 00:36:28,689
♪ There are precious lives at stake ♪
801
00:36:28,689 --> 00:36:31,692
♪ I'll die before I'd ever let him go ♪
802
00:36:32,234 --> 00:36:33,235
♪ No! ♪
803
00:36:33,235 --> 00:36:34,903
♪ For the sake, no!
For the sake ♪
804
00:36:34,903 --> 00:36:36,780
♪ Stop! For the sake, wait! ♪
805
00:36:36,780 --> 00:36:37,990
Sorry! [gasps]
806
00:36:38,532 --> 00:36:39,575
I did it.
807
00:36:40,868 --> 00:36:43,662
I killed Ben.
[shocked gasps]
808
00:36:43,662 --> 00:36:47,416
I put poison in his
disgusting protein drink
809
00:36:47,416 --> 00:36:49,251
just before we went
on stage opening night.
810
00:36:49,251 --> 00:36:51,962
And then when that didn't work,
he showed up at the party,
811
00:36:51,962 --> 00:36:55,549
and I... I pushed him
down the elevator shaft.
812
00:36:55,549 --> 00:36:56,717
Loretta, no. No, no!
813
00:36:56,717 --> 00:37:00,637
I'm not gonna let another innocent man
go to jail for what I did.
814
00:37:00,637 --> 00:37:02,848
[shocked murmuring]
[police radio chatter]
815
00:37:02,848 --> 00:37:04,391
OLIVER:
Please don't do this!
816
00:37:04,391 --> 00:37:07,394
Damn. I stayed for the drama,
but you definitely brought it, Nanny.
817
00:37:07,394 --> 00:37:10,480
Leave her alone!
You can't do this! [struggling]
818
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,774
I'm sorry, Oliver.
819
00:37:12,774 --> 00:37:14,610
I'm so sorry.
[handcuffs click]
820
00:37:16,028 --> 00:37:18,906
OFFICER:
Come on, you're coming with us, ma'am.
821
00:37:18,906 --> 00:37:21,909
♪ music swells ♪
822
00:37:21,909 --> 00:37:24,870
[shocked chatter]
823
00:37:24,870 --> 00:37:27,706
[gasping]
824
00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:29,791
Oh God.
825
00:37:32,586 --> 00:37:34,755
[grunting] Oh, my God.
[Holter monitor beeping]
826
00:37:34,755 --> 00:37:37,799
Oliver? What's going on? Oliver! Hey!
[grunts]
827
00:37:37,799 --> 00:37:39,843
Oliver, wake up!
828
00:37:39,843 --> 00:37:41,303
Call somebody! Get some help!
829
00:37:41,303 --> 00:37:43,514
[confused shouting]
830
00:37:43,514 --> 00:37:45,891
MABEL: Can you hear me?
CHARLES: Come on, Oliver!
831
00:37:45,891 --> 00:37:47,392
Come on! Where is somebody?!
832
00:37:47,392 --> 00:37:49,853
Oh, my God!
833
00:37:49,853 --> 00:37:52,356
Come on, Oliver, please, no!
834
00:37:52,356 --> 00:37:54,608
[Charles gasping]
835
00:37:54,608 --> 00:37:56,443
[echoing]
Get some help!
836
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,283
♪ gentle piano playing ♪