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01:00Oh, you would be a knockout in this.
01:06A thong bikini?
01:08Not in public, darling, but in private for you.
01:12So what do you think?
01:14Well, Brazil looks like hog heaven, but the crime rate's so high.
01:18Look at the heat. Sunny days, balmy nights.
01:22Me in a thong bikini.
01:24Can I help it? You're so sexy.
01:27Once my husband is dead, we can go anywhere we want.
01:30I gotta go. Can't keep our accomplice waiting.
01:35Oh. We forgot something.
01:46Yeah.
01:46Thank you, darling.
01:59I'll see you later.
02:00Okay.
02:00I'll see you later.
02:30Maybe you're somewhere.
02:51You know, I'm excited about lecturing your class on pathology,
02:54and thanks a lot for taking time out to go over the material with me.
02:58What's wrong?
03:00Well, I can't find my glasses.
03:02Oh.
03:02Well, I don't know how to tell you this, but, um...
03:07Oh, no.
03:13I remember when this first happened to my father.
03:17I thought, oh, gosh, he's an old fogey now.
03:21God, I tried to help him up out of the chair, too.
03:23That's considerate.
03:24Oh, he kicked me.
03:26Now I know just exactly how he feels.
03:29Yeah.
03:29Don't tell Steve.
03:30I won't.
03:31But who's gonna help you up?
03:33Why, you young whippersnapper, you go to your room.
03:36I'm going.
03:37I don't know.
03:39Isn't that Claire Whitfield?
03:40Oh, yeah.
03:41She called and said she wanted to talk to me.
03:44Hi, Mark.
03:45Hi, Amanda.
03:46I didn't know she was your patient.
03:47Ah, she is, and her husband Elliot is.
03:50Nothing's wrong.
03:52Am I interrupting?
03:54Oh, not at all.
03:54He's all yours.
03:56Thanks, Amanda.
03:56Sure, bye.
03:57Bye-bye.
03:58Well, you look great.
04:00Oh.
04:10I haven't seen you since you ran that big charity ball for the pediatric ICU.
04:16Thank you very much.
04:16Oh, my pleasure.
04:18If you promise not to tell anyone, I'll tell you a secret.
04:22Well, tell us all.
04:23My charity work is totally selfish.
04:25Sometimes, Mark, a second wife isn't accepted by her husband's friends,
04:30so one way to impress them is to prove you have substance as well as the obvious.
04:37You're way too modest.
04:39Your charity works tireless and selfless.
04:42What can I do for you?
04:45I'm worried about Elliot.
04:47I'm afraid his snoring might indicate sleep apnea.
04:51Can you describe the snoring?
04:53Ah, shakes the walls.
04:54I wear earplugs, but that's not the problem.
04:58Several times at night, Mark, he stops breathing.
05:01Just stops.
05:03When he starts breathing again, he gasps.
05:05But he doesn't wake up.
05:07That's sleep apnea, and it can be very, very dangerous.
05:11See, I've told Elliot that, but he won't believe me.
05:16Will you talk to him, Mark?
05:18Of course I will.
05:18I'll call him in the office.
05:19Oh, he's in Chicago on a business trip.
05:22He'll be back tomorrow.
05:24I know.
05:25I'm having a fundraising party tomorrow.
05:28Will you come?
05:29Bring Amanda?
05:30I'll check with Amanda.
05:31I'm sure we'd love to.
05:34Mark, I feel so much better.
05:36You know, Claire, that, uh, noticing that bruise, how'd that happen?
05:45Oh, I tripped coming out of the shower, bumped my face on the door.
05:51Listen, I'm going to be late for a meeting.
05:53Just a minute.
05:53I've known Elliot for a long time.
05:57I know he's got a temper.
05:59Did he do that?
06:00He's my husband, and I love him.
06:03He needs help.
06:04I know that, but please, can we not talk about this right now?
06:09Of course.
06:20Hi, Claire.
06:21Hey.
06:21Joseph, Charles, oh, thank you for coming.
06:25Thank you for having us.
06:26Oh, it's not really a show, is it?
06:28Well, both of us thought that originally...
06:30Oh, good.
06:30I'm not the only old fogey here.
06:32Stop.
06:32You know who you can tell the difference between a coot and a fogey?
06:35So the one in Laird laughing at his own jokes, that's the coot.
06:39The one who's not cracking his smile, that's the old fogey.
06:42I'm not a fogey.
06:43Of course you're not a fogey.
06:44I'm a coot.
06:46Mark!
06:47Elliot?
06:48I've never seen you without your white coat.
06:50You clean up good.
06:51Amanda, you look lovely.
06:54You have a gorgeous home.
06:55Oh, thank you.
06:56Amanda, Mark, I'd like you to meet Dorothy Gooden, Elliot's invaluable assistant.
07:00Hello, Dorothy.
07:01Nice to meet you.
07:02Nice to meet you, too.
07:03Hello.
07:03What a beautiful cameo.
07:06Is it antique?
07:07My grandmother's.
07:09Elliot, how are you feeling?
07:11Terrific.
07:11Whitfield Corp stock just split two for one.
07:15That's all.
07:16I'm like a man.
07:16I wasn't talking about that.
07:18May I have a word?
07:20Oh, sure.
07:21Excuse us.
07:21Mm-hmm.
07:23Elliot, I've been a little concerned you might have a condition called sleep apnea.
07:27It's potentially very dangerous.
07:29I know it is, but I don't even snore, so how can I have sleep apnea?
07:33Is your permission?
07:34Mm-hmm.
07:35Claire came to see me.
07:36She's worried.
07:38No, Claire's as close to perfect as a woman can get, but she suffers from a vivid imagination.
07:45We all need champagne.
07:46Elliot, please listen to Mark.
07:48I'm worried sick about you.
07:49There's no reason.
07:50Yes, there is.
07:51Why are you being so stubborn?
07:53At least admit that you snore.
07:56I give up.
07:58Excuse me.
08:05Claire, what is going on?
08:07I am not sick, and you know it.
08:09If you're not sick, I am.
08:11Sick of your affair with Dorothy.
08:13Affair?
08:14What affair?
08:17What's wrong with you?
08:18Are you out of your mind?
08:20Please.
08:21Elliot, you're hurting me.
08:22Is there a problem?
08:30Elliot, we have to talk.
08:33Not now, Mark.
08:38Thank you all.
08:39I'll see you next week, 3 o'clock.
08:45Hi.
08:46Hi.
08:47Everything all right?
08:48Everything's fine, thank you.
08:49I have been doing some research on sleep apnea.
08:51It seems that the sleep deprivation alone could cause severe mood swings.
08:56So if we can just cure the sleep apnea, maybe Elliot will...
08:59Calm down?
09:00Yeah.
09:01You're such an exceptional woman, Claire.
09:04I just can't imagine any man treating you badly.
09:07That's so sweet of you, Mark.
09:09I have an idea.
09:11Why don't you tape Elliot's snoring?
09:13I'll play it for him, and he'll have to admit it.
09:16You are a genius.
09:19Ah!
09:20Mwah!
09:22Why didn't I meet you 10 years ago?
09:24Mm.
09:25Serious, Claire.
09:39Potentially life-threatening.
09:41Oh.
09:42What are you going to do?
09:43I'm going to call Elliot.
09:45The sooner we get him into treatment, the better.
09:47Yes, this is Mark Sloan.
09:48May I speak to Elliot Whitfield, please?
09:49I'll wait.
09:50I understand.
09:51Well, would you ask him to call Mark Sloan?
09:52Yes, thank you.
09:53Sounds like Elliot is avoiding me, Claire.
09:54Serious, Claire.
09:55Potentially life-threatening.
09:56Oh.
09:57What are you going to do?
09:58I'm going to call Elliot.
09:59The sooner we get him into treatment, the better.
10:06Yes, this is Mark Sloan.
10:07May I speak to Elliot Whitfield, please?
10:10I'll wait.
10:14I understand.
10:15Well, would you ask him to call Mark Sloan?
10:17Yes, thank you.
10:19Sounds like Elliot is avoiding me, Claire.
10:22So he's not going to call you back, Mark.
10:24Unfortunately, I have an AME meeting tonight.
10:26I'd cancel, but I'm speaking.
10:27Oh, dear.
10:28Look, I'll be there the first thing in the morning with this.
10:34Claire, did Elliot do that?
10:38Oh.
10:39It's nothing.
10:40Yes, it is.
10:41You've got to do something about that.
10:44I'm a big girl.
10:45I'll be careful.
10:49I'm sorry, Mrs. Whitfield.
10:56We have no more available suites.
10:58All right, I'll take her room.
11:01Your credit card, please.
11:06I'm going to need a 6 a.m. wake up.
11:08No problem.
11:10Michael will take you to your room.
11:13Enjoy your stay.
11:14I will.
11:15Excuse me?
11:16Extra minutes?
11:17No, thank you.
11:18Will there be anything else?
11:20No, that'll be it.
11:21Did you have a nice day?
11:22Yes.
11:23Yourself?
11:24Good.
11:25Here you go.
11:26Have a pleasant evening.
11:28You, too.
11:29You, too.
11:31You, too.
11:32Will there be anything else?
11:36No, that'll be it.
11:38Should I have a nice day?
11:39Yes. Yourself?
11:40Good.
11:41Have a pleasant evening.
12:02So far, so good. Now for the fun part.
12:21You know, Elliot, sometimes I could just strangle that Marsha Donner.
12:27She kept the meeting going on forever, just yammering about centerpieces.
12:32As if every fundraiser in town doesn't use pink and white carnations.
12:38I said, Marsha, it's time to do something daring, like tulips.
12:44Are you listening to me, Elliot?
12:46Of course, dear.
12:48I swear, Elliot, as much as I love my charity work,
12:52is something wrong, dear?
12:54I feel dizzy.
12:57What's in the milk?
12:58Just something to help you sleep.
13:02Who is this?
13:05He's my lover.
13:12Hi, Elliot.
13:15Hi.
13:16Hi.
13:19Oh, really? Too bad, Elliot. We could have been friends.
13:22Come on.
13:22Would you just get him in bed?
13:27I'm trying.
13:28You want to help me?
13:28Security patrol will be here any minute.
13:30They'll see my car.
13:31Come on.
13:32Hurry up.
13:34Oh, man.
13:34Oh, no.
13:54Where's your key?
13:55File of fax.
13:57Where'd you leave it?
13:57I don't know.
13:58Maybe it's in your room.
13:59Come on.
14:00I hope you look for it.
14:00Yes, this is Mrs. Whitfield and 359.
14:14You have a message for me?
14:17Oh, that's terrific.
14:18I'll pick it up in the morning.
14:21I left my file of fax at the desk.
14:23They're holding it for me.
14:24Great.
14:25Then everything's cool.
14:26I'll get going.
14:27What's your hurry?
14:38Claire, the housekeeper sent me up.
14:41Oh, Mark, thank God you're here.
14:42I didn't know what to do.
14:46Let me have a look.
14:47Claire, I am so sorry.
15:14It's my fault.
15:15I never should have loved him last night.
15:18You were here last night, were you, Claire?
15:46No.
15:49Last night, Elliot became very angry again because he thought that I had purposely embarrassed
15:55him in front of you the other day.
15:57After what I saw when I walked in that den, he should have been embarrassed.
16:01Well, he didn't see it that way.
16:03And when I tried to defend myself, he only became angrier.
16:07Did he hit you?
16:08I was so frightened, Mark, so I left.
16:14I went to the Belfontaine Hotel.
16:16I knew things couldn't go on the way they were, but I loved...
16:19I loved Elliot.
16:26Claire, if it's any comfort at all, you did the right thing, leaving.
16:30And you can't feel guilty because there's no way on earth you could have known this was going to happen.
16:36That is a comfort, Mark.
16:41You.
16:42Your comfort.
16:44Look, I want you to try and rest.
16:45I'm going to take care of everything.
16:46I'll call the coroner.
16:47I'll accompany Elliot to the hospital.
16:49And I'll send something over to help you rest, all right?
16:55That's so kind of you.
17:06Uh, hi, Mark.
17:08Hi.
17:08Back trouble?
17:09No, not yet.
17:11But you know, at my age, it could pop any time.
17:12Oh, would you stop?
17:13At your age, Beethoven wrote his best symphonies.
17:15That's because he could find his glasses.
17:17What do you got?
17:18Uh, well, my preliminary examination of Elliot Woodfield indicates asphyxiation consistent with severe sleep apnea.
17:25Uh-huh.
17:26Any anomalies?
17:27Just some deep scratches on the back of his hand.
17:30Gee, that's funny.
17:30I don't remember seeing any scratches on his hand at the party.
17:33Because it was a couple of days ago.
17:35They say one of the first things that goes your power is of observation.
17:38Now, that's knees.
17:39No, it isn't.
17:41Uh, well, whatever you've got isn't going anywhere, trust me.
17:44Now, are you going to sign this death certificate or are you going to continue to grumble?
17:47I'm going to grumble.
17:48Coots grumble.
17:49That's what we do.
17:50It's our job.
17:51Okay, I'm signing.
17:56There you go.
17:57Thanks.
17:57Now, if you need me, I'm going to beat the Whitfields.
17:59I'll tell Claire if there's anything I can do.
18:01I will.
18:02Thanks, Amanda.
18:06I'm going to have to start planning Elliot's funeral.
18:09His colleagues are going to be coming in from all over the country.
18:12I know.
18:12Claire, you know, before I release Elliot's body, there's just one thing that kind of puzzles me.
18:18What's that?
18:20Apparently, they found some deep scratches on Elliot's left hand.
18:24You know how that happened?
18:24Well, it's a little awkward, but, uh, did you and Elliot fight?
18:32I'm so ashamed, Mark.
18:35Elliot tried to slap me, and to defend myself, I scratched his hand.
18:38Hmm.
18:41You know, that's kind of odd.
18:43What?
18:44Well, it looks like if Elliot was going to slap you, you would have scratched the front of his hand, not the back.
18:51Mark, you know, the argument with Elliot was so upsetting, I honestly can't remember what happened.
18:56I understand.
18:56Don't think any more about it.
18:58Is everything about the same as it was when you found Elliot?
19:01I haven't touched a thing.
19:08Hmm.
19:10Broken glass.
19:14Looks like milk residue.
19:19Now, that's odd.
19:22It looks like Elliot was drinking milk and dropped the glass.
19:27But there's no milk on the floor, so obviously finish that first glass.
19:31He had a glass of milk every night.
19:33Yeah, I know.
19:34I suggest that he take some milk with his arthritis medicine.
19:37But two full glasses, that is a lot of milk for a guy who'd like this bourbon.
19:42You know, I think I'll take this with me.
19:45Why would you do that?
19:46Oh, it's just me.
19:48I, uh, if I notice one little thing that seems a little off, then it gets stuck in my mind,
19:53and all of a sudden every little detail's important.
19:56Drives my son nuts.
19:59Oh.
19:59Oh, my, I almost forgot why I came.
20:03Claire, since death from sleep apnea is so rare,
20:07I think it'd be wise to do an autopsy, don't you?
20:09Oh, Mark, I, I know you're right.
20:13I just can't bear to think of Elliot being violated that way.
20:15I know, it's difficult.
20:18It's just that I, I want to make sure I didn't overlook something.
20:22Think about it, will you?
20:23I promise.
20:24All right.
20:25You need anything at all, you call me.
20:27I will.
20:28I will.
20:40Mark, get this.
20:44The milk glass tested negative for everything except for milk,
20:46but the broken piece of glass had significant traces of a powerful sedative, deaderol.
20:51Oh, you can't imagine how sorry I happened to hear that.
20:54You didn't prescribe deaderol?
20:56No.
20:57And Elliot didn't take any sedatives.
20:59Well, under the circumstances, we don't have any choice.
21:01Do a full body autopsy on Elliot Whitfield.
21:04I can't.
21:05Taylor Mortuary came by two hours ago to pick up Elliot Whitfield's body.
21:08Well, they'll have to bring him back.
21:10Well, I couldn't refuse the release of the body.
21:12You signed the death certificate.
21:13All right.
21:15I think I may have just jumped the...
21:16Hello, Mr. Taylor?
21:18Yeah, Mark Sloan over at Community General.
21:20I'm sorry, but we've had a bit of a glitch in our procedure over here.
21:23I'm going to have to ask you to bring back Elliot Whitfield's body.
21:28Cremated?
21:31Yeah, thank you, Mr. Taylor.
21:32Sir, sorry to bother you.
21:36I think I've been conned.
21:48Oh, hello.
21:50I shouldn't have come.
21:51I'm interrupting.
21:51Oh, no, no.
21:52I'm happy to see you.
21:52Please come in.
22:02I thought you were nice when I met you.
22:06Usually when I'm with the Whitfields, people act like I'm invisible.
22:11Well, not that I blame them.
22:13I mean, I'm not anybody.
22:14But, um, I thought maybe you wouldn't mind if I talked to you about...
22:23Dorothy, listen, I realize that you and Elliot Whitfield worked closely together,
22:30and that he died suddenly, and you must be very upset.
22:34That's why I'm here.
22:36Well, it helps to talk.
22:39Elliot didn't snore.
22:40And how would you know that?
22:47Sometimes on, um, business trips,
22:55Mr. Whitfield would take a nap in my room.
23:00I see.
23:03Well, in that case, you would know.
23:08Dorothy, would you be willing to testify to this?
23:12My parents would be very upset.
23:14In fact, if anybody asks, I was never here.
23:17I just thought somebody should know.
23:23Well, um, that's it.
23:26Thanks for your time.
23:26Well, look, if you ever need to talk, I'd be really happy to just see you.
23:44Mark, you were right.
23:47Hello, Doctor.
23:48That's okay with you.
23:50Claire?
23:52We've got a problem.
23:54What is it?
23:55I sent, uh, Elliot's milk glass and a piece of glass to the lab.
23:58Standard procedure.
24:00The piece of glass came back positive for detarol.
24:03Detarol?
24:04It's a very powerful sedative.
24:06Now, my son, the cop, wants to open an investigation.
24:09That is, unless you and I can come up with some answers.
24:11A police investigation?
24:12Yeah, and since I signed the death certificate,
24:14you can see how embarrassing it's gonna be for me.
24:17Oh, Mark, how awkward for you.
24:20Exactly.
24:21So how did that detarol get in his milk?
24:24Maybe Elliot went to another doctor who prescribed it for him.
24:28Yeah, that's entirely possible.
24:30It's also possible that somebody might have slipped that drug in his milk.
24:34You know, but who and why?
24:35It doesn't make any sense.
24:36No, it doesn't.
24:38Oh, poor Elliot, secretly taking sedatives.
24:42If only he would have let us help him.
24:44Well, how you tried.
24:45I mean, we both tried.
24:46Oh, Steve had a question that's a real puzzler.
24:52Listen to this.
24:54This is the tape that you made of Elliot snoring.
24:58Sound familiar?
24:59Yes, that's Elliot.
25:01Okay.
25:02Now, Steve took the tape to the lab.
25:06Takes everything to the lab, including his lunch, I think.
25:09Very strange guy.
25:10I'm sorry to hear that.
25:13Now, this is the same tape enhanced.
25:17You hear that?
25:19There's traffic noises.
25:21Now, your house is so secluded.
25:23How can there be traffic noises?
25:24Oh, Mark, I am so sorry.
25:27I thought I told you.
25:29We were in Las Vegas the weekend I taped Elliot snoring.
25:33Our hotel room was right on the strip.
25:35Oh, am I glad to hear that.
25:37I'm going to tell Steve.
25:39I'm always telling him the cops are just too suspicious.
25:42Well, I'm waiting for a round.
25:45Call me if you need anything.
25:47You are so sweet.
25:49I'll call.
25:50Okay.
25:50Bye.
26:07Clark Sloan's asking questions.
26:11Suspicious?
26:13Great.
26:13So what now?
26:14Calm down, Max.
26:15Our little videotape will keep marking his place.
26:29You're Sloan?
26:30Yeah.
26:32What can I do for you?
26:34Max Halleck.
26:35Elliot Whitfield hired me to follow his wife.
26:37For what reason?
26:40Old guy, young wife.
26:42He thought you might be cheating.
26:43So?
26:45So, in light of Whitfield's sudden demise,
26:47I thought you might be interested in some of my findings.
26:51This is a videotape of Claire Whitfield with a man.
26:54And just so you don't have to plow through the whole thing,
26:55I took the liberty of lifting a few stills for you.
26:58What makes you think I'd be interested?
27:00My podcast is one of his live stories.
27:17We're out.
27:17We're out.
27:18We're out.
27:19Oh, my God.
27:20Oh, my God.
27:29That tape and these pictures make it look like I'm having an affair with Claire Whitfield.
27:33Yeah, they do.
27:35Get you some more coffee?
27:36I can get my own coffee.
27:38What, do you think I'm too old to pour coffee anymore?
27:40According to those pictures, you're not too old to do anything.
27:43My relationship with Claire Whitfield is entirely innocent.
27:46Dad, I know. I'm kidding.
27:47Well, I knew that.
27:48Yes. And we both know that Elliot Whitfield was murdered.
27:51Yeah, but I need evidence to open an investigation.
27:54Can you talk to the DA?
27:56Sure. I'll have to show him those pictures.
27:58And the first question he's going to ask is,
28:00what is the doctor who's having an affair with the wife doing signing the husband's death certificate?
28:04Do me a favor. Don't talk to the DA.
28:06I guess I could investigate this unofficially.
28:08I was kind of hoping you'd say that.
28:18Hello, Mark.
28:22We're in trouble.
28:23What?
28:25Do you realize how those make us look?
28:28Oh, Mark.
28:29No.
28:30Oh, this is terrible.
28:32Who would want to do this to us?
28:33I don't know.
28:34That one was taken in your bedroom.
28:37And I think we'd better have a look around up there.
28:39Let me see that.
28:52Well, that's over here.
28:58Ha!
28:58There it is.
29:00I knew it had to be there.
29:02I bought pretty high-tech toys, too.
29:09Did you have this installed?
29:10I didn't even know it was there.
29:14Well, I think I know what happened.
29:17You better sit down, Claire.
29:20What? What is it?
29:22There's no easy way to say this.
29:24The man who took those pictures was a private investigator Elliot hired.
29:28He thought you were having an affair.
29:30Oh, Mark, no.
29:32Well, I'm afraid so.
29:33Probably the P.I. installed this camera.
29:36Elliot wanted to know what you were doing when he was out of town.
29:40Make sense?
29:42Yes, and it's very humiliating.
29:45Well, you certainly deserve better.
29:47I appreciate that.
29:50You know, one thing does puzzle me, though.
29:52What's that?
29:53Some of those pictures were taken after Elliot was dead.
29:57And there's no disc in this recorder.
29:59You follow me so far?
30:00No, not exactly.
30:03Well, there's an elaborate alarm system in this house.
30:05How did he get in to get the disc?
30:08Oh, Mark, the housekeeper told me that there was an electrician here the day I went to the hospital.
30:14I just assumed that Elliot had called him.
30:16Probably spying on you, waiting for his opportunity.
30:18Do you think this detective had anything to do with Elliot's death?
30:22I don't know.
30:25Look, I want to get on this.
30:27I'll call you.
30:28Maybe we can have dinner if you're up to it.
30:30Or I'd like that.
30:31Good.
30:39Thank you for coming in, Mr. Turner.
30:41It's always a pleasure to cooperate with the police.
30:43And good for business?
30:45Absolutely.
30:46Why did Elliot Whitfield hire you?
30:50Mr. Whitfield had a certain concern about Mrs. Whitfield.
30:53What kind of concern?
30:54He thought Mrs. Whitfield's eyes might be roving.
30:58He wanted to verify his suspicions or not.
31:00And were they verified?
31:02I observed Mrs. Whitfield in the company of a man who wasn't Mr. Whitfield.
31:06And?
31:07They were going into an apartment building.
31:10Did you tell Elliot Whitfield?
31:13Unfortunately, Mr. Whitfield passed on before I could report this to him.
31:19Is that the man?
31:24Invite me in.
31:38Get it.
31:39Thanks.
31:49So what do you want?
31:51A straight answer.
31:52Who hired you to take those photos?
31:55Or do you just follow people around freelance?
31:57I told you Elliot Whitfield hired me.
31:59Come on.
32:00Elliot Whitfield hired a P.I. named William Turner.
32:02Now you want to change your story?
32:05No.
32:06With Whitfield's bucks, he could have hired every P.I. in town.
32:09He was my boss.
32:10Take her to leave it.
32:12Whitfield paid Turner by check.
32:14You care to show me your canceled checks?
32:17The old guy paid me in cash.
32:20Who knows why?
32:20They have rich people.
32:21Go figure.
32:23Well, Turner tailed Mrs. Whitfield with some guy she was seeing.
32:26He didn't get a name, but he recognized your photograph.
32:30How about that?
32:31You know, life's full of coincidences.
32:34Life or this case.
32:36If I turn up any other coincidences, you'll be the first to know.
32:39I'd appreciate that.
32:42Well, it's the least I could do for an honest P.I.
32:44Let me know when your license is up for review.
32:47I'll put in a word.
32:48That's bigger you sport.
32:49Mm-hmm.
32:50So long.
32:55Of course, you know better than I do, gentlemen, but it seems to me we should reschedule the
32:59stockholders' meeting for next week.
33:01Shouldn't we wait till we have a new CEO?
33:03Elliot considered me his most trusted advisor.
33:06I think he would want me to act as CEO, at least temporarily.
33:11Unless you gentlemen have an objection.
33:13No, no objection at all.
33:17We look forward to working with you.
33:19May I second that, Mrs. Whitfield?
33:21I now understand why Elliot valued all of you so highly.
33:26I'll be coming into the office first thing tomorrow morning.
33:30We'll have everything ready.
33:31I'm sure you will.
33:33Now, if you'll excuse me.
33:37Thank you for coming.
33:38Bye-bye.
33:40Take care.
33:40Bye-bye.
33:41Good to see you.
33:54What's this?
33:55A meeting.
33:59Well, correct me if I'm nuts, but didn't I just hear you taking over the company?
34:02Temporarily, for appearances' sake.
34:05But our plan was we kill Elliot and then we take off.
34:08But I didn't expect Mark Sloan to be such a big problem.
34:12This is falling apart.
34:15A cop came to see me.
34:16I've been ID'd.
34:18Who was the cop?
34:19Steve Sloan, the Doc's kid.
34:21Sloan?
34:22Yeah.
34:22Well, then, Max, if we take off, Sloan will be right behind us.
34:27We've got to let this thing just cool down.
34:30You've changed your mind.
34:32You don't want to be with me.
34:34How could you say that?
34:37All I ever think about is our future together and how wonderful it's going to be.
34:47You're the only man I've ever really loved.
34:50Do you know that?
34:52Come on.
34:56That's true.
34:58You owe me, baby.
35:05Body and soul.
35:06Okay.
35:10I guess you're right.
35:14How about I go to Vegas for a while?
35:17That's not such a bad idea.
35:19Only problem is I'm, uh, leapt out.
35:23That's not a problem.
35:27Will 10,000 do it?
35:29Well, 50, uh, would be better.
35:38Ooh, Max.
35:41That's a lot of money.
35:43That's right, Claire.
35:44You don't trust me.
35:45Of course I do.
35:46I love you.
35:47I love you.
35:49And I trust you.
35:51Nothing.
35:54And nobody's coming between us.
35:57Oh, I'll get my checkbook.
36:05I'm gonna miss you.
36:06Thank you, all.
36:20I think we got a great deal accomplished.
36:22Claire, you got a minute.
36:29Oh, Mark, I'm sorry I'm late for a meeting.
36:31This won't take long.
36:33A couple of questions.
36:34Uh, Steve talked to the desk clerk at the Bellefontaine Hotel.
36:37He did?
36:38Why?
36:39Well, cops, eh?
36:39Check everything.
36:40Anyway, the desk clerk said that, uh, the night Elliot died, you were out of your room part
36:44of the night.
36:45But I wasn't.
36:47Why would he say that?
36:48Well, evidently he called you about your appointment book, and he sent a bellhop up there, and you
36:52didn't answer the phone or the door.
36:54I didn't hear the bell or a knock.
36:57I was probably in the shower.
36:58Yeah, I never thought of that.
37:01Anyway, I've been doing some thinking about this tape.
37:03Mark, please.
37:04I have already explained to you the traffic noise on that tape.
37:07Oh, of course, you know, but the police, they think everybody's lying.
37:11But we know better.
37:12Yes, we do.
37:13But you know, I was just thinking, if the police could prove that that was not Elliot snoring
37:16on that tape, then they could make a case that you concocted the whole story.
37:21What story?
37:22What, Elliot's sleep apnea, even those bruises.
37:25Why would I do that?
37:27Well, so you could, uh, kill Elliot and dupe me into signing the death certificate.
37:32Oh.
37:33Oh, Mark, you mean the police would think that
37:37that was me snoring on the tape?
37:39Well, no, I don't think they're that stupid.
37:41But they might think you had an accomplice.
37:43You know, I really do have to go, Mark.
37:45Just one more thing.
37:46If it's quick.
37:47It is.
37:48This man, do you know him?
37:49His name is Max Halleck.
37:50He's a private investigator.
37:53No.
37:54Never seen him.
37:55You know, that's strange, because the maid of the hotel swears
37:58she saw this man go into your hotel room.
38:01The maid?
38:01Mm-hmm.
38:02Well, the maid, Mark, is mistaken.
38:05I have never seen this...
38:07Halleck.
38:09Well, maybe he knows you, then, huh?
38:12Anyway, Steve's picking him up right now.
38:14I'm gonna bring him down here, so we can...
38:15Oh, excuse me.
38:19Sloan.
38:20Hi, Steve.
38:25Oh.
38:27Uh, yeah, but thanks for telling me.
38:31Mr. Halleck has gone to Brazil.
38:35You didn't think he'd run out on you, did you, Claire?
38:38Too bad, because you're now facing a murder charge all alone.
38:45Damn you, Max!
39:13It's too bad that you didn't believe my dad, Claire.
39:18Max bailed.
39:20Of course, if you had believed him,
39:21I wouldn't know you had a key to Max's apartment.
39:23That doesn't prove anything.
39:25It proves you lied about knowing Max.
39:27What else have you lied about, Mrs. Whitfield?
39:30Doesn't the law say I have a right to remain silent?
39:33Only if I'm gonna arrest you.
39:34I just stopped by for a chat.
39:36You're fishing, detective.
39:37You think so?
39:38I know so, and I'm not buying.
39:41You can't arrest me.
39:41Can't even prove I did anything wrong.
39:44Not even cheat on my husband.
39:46But I can't ask you to come down to the precinct and answer a few questions.
39:49And why would I do that?
39:50You wouldn't, if you have something to hide.
39:53I don't have anything to hide.
39:58Shall we?
39:58Scotch there's been waiting to talk to you.
40:10All right, thanks.
40:10Miss Whitfield, would you wait for me in that room there?
40:12Get Mrs. Whitfield some coffee.
40:17And Detective Sloan?
40:18It knocks me out how, uh, people get confused about what happened and who did it.
40:39You know, sometimes people's stories just get weirder and wilder, until nothing makes any sense.
40:47And what's fact, what's fiction, what's a lie?
40:53You have to be a shrink to figure it out, or a psychic.
40:58Some job, huh?
40:59Now, Mrs. Whitfield, I don't mean to give you a hard time here.
41:04But, uh, you did have the key to Max Halleck's apartment.
41:07And we both know you have to explain that.
41:10If I tell you something, it's got to be off the record.
41:13Well, this is the police department.
41:15Nothing is off the record.
41:17But we're the only ones in the room.
41:19So anything you say will be your word against mine.
41:22I can't use it in court.
41:24All right.
41:25You were right, to a point.
41:30I was having an affair with Max Halleck.
41:33Okay.
41:35So, uh, Max was a love of your life?
41:38Don't be ridiculous.
41:40I was slumming.
41:42Max had a certain rough charm, and I lowered my standards.
41:48Hey, it happens.
41:50Especially when you're vulnerable.
41:52You see, Detective, my husband had become increasingly abusive and paranoid,
41:57and he hired Max to follow me.
41:59And you spotted him?
42:01Max should find a new career.
42:02No.
42:03I was totally oblivious.
42:05Max approached me.
42:07He told me that he'd been following me for weeks.
42:09He knew I wasn't cheating.
42:11He thought I should know about Elliot.
42:13Mm-hmm.
42:14Real knight in shining armor, huh?
42:17Pushed all the right buttons.
42:18We had lunch, and...
42:21One thing led to another.
42:22A mistake that I regret.
42:25But after I saw you in Max's apartment, I realized it was better to admit I'd been foolish
42:30than to deny I knew Max.
42:33This took a lot of guts, Mrs. Whitfield.
42:36You did the right thing.
42:39I appreciate that, Detective.
42:45You know, I feel a lot better.
42:46Well, good for the soul and all.
42:53Mrs. Whitfield, there's something I'd like to show you before you go.
42:57I'm sorry I'm late.
42:58Well, this will just take a minute.
43:01This is your current bank statement.
43:04You see here, you wrote a check for $50,000 to Max Halleck.
43:09That's a lot of money for a tour through the slums.
43:12All right, Detective, if you must know, Max threatened to tell Elliot about my affair
43:18if I didn't pay him off.
43:20So why didn't you tell me this to begin with?
43:22Because I didn't think it was important.
43:24Mrs. Whitfield, your story is beginning to sound weirder and wilder.
43:27The man was blackmailing me!
43:29You had to figure that Elliot would find out about the money missing from your account
43:35and he wanted to know where it went.
43:38Oh, wait, there's a date on this statement.
43:42Go ahead, take a look.
43:44Elliot was already dead when you gave the money to Max.
43:48So it couldn't have been blackmail, could it?
43:50Oh, wait, I know.
43:52You paid Max to kill Elliot.
43:55Now that makes more sense, doesn't it?
43:56Believe me, Detective, you've got this all wrong.
43:59Oh, I am right on the money.
44:02And now Max has taken off.
44:03He's in Brazil spending your bucks on other women,
44:06and you're going to jail.
44:08No.
44:09I am not going to jail because I didn't kill Elliot.
44:15Max did it.
44:17I went all by himself?
44:18Yes.
44:19Well, that changes everything.
44:21Why didn't you tell me that?
44:22Because Max threatened to kill me.
44:24Tell me exactly what happened.
44:26When I got home that night,
44:27I heard Max and Elliot arguing in the bedroom.
44:30What about?
44:31I don't know.
44:33Max was holding Elliot down on the bed
44:35with a pillow covering his face.
44:38Elliot wasn't breathing.
44:41Max threatened to kill me if I told anyone.
44:44Since then, I've been living in terror.
44:47This whole thing has been such a nightmare.
44:49Can you imagine how frightening it's been?
44:53Do you understand what I've been going through?
44:56You bitch!
44:59Max!
45:00It's stupid to live!
45:02Can't let you do that.
45:03Claire planned the whole thing.
45:04She wanted Elliot's money, so she hired me to help her.
45:06You liar!
45:07She drugged his milk, he dropped like a rock,
45:09then I put the pillow over.
45:09You son of a bitch!
45:11You thought you were going to hang this on me, huh?
45:12Shut up!
45:13Yeah, shut up!
45:15You have the right to remain silent.
45:18Dan, you figured this out.
45:19You want to do this?
45:20No, you're on a roll.
45:20Go ahead.
45:21You have the right to an attorney.
45:23You can afford an attorney.
45:24One will be provided by the court.
45:25Thank you, Miss Koch.
45:36You can go now.
45:37But why am I here?
45:39Am I in trouble?
45:40Oh, no.
45:40No, you're very helpful.
45:43But I didn't do anything.
45:45Oh, yes, you did.
45:46You got to go.
45:51Okay.
45:52Yeah, left out, you know.
45:54What are you talking about?
45:55Luck?
45:56Our plan was brilliant.
45:57Your plan?
45:58And it could have backfired.
46:00Max and Claire hadn't have confessed,
46:02all our evidence would have been thrown out of court.
46:04I'd never meet captain,
46:05and people would think you had affairs with your patients.
46:08We took a big risk, didn't we?
46:10Fun, wasn't it?
46:12Fun?
46:13Dad, are you ever going to grow up?
46:15Well, I don't know.
46:15Well, someday, when I get old.
46:18What are you looking for?
46:19Uh, my sunglasses.
46:20Oh.
46:22Maybe they're in your car.
46:24Oh, yeah.
46:25I'll check.
46:26Thanks.
46:26I'll call you later.
46:27See ya.
46:45Viacom.
46:57Viacom.
47:07Viacom.
47:10You
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