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01:30This is Hunter meets Wiseguy on 21 Jump Street, and we have Jackson Burley running the show.
01:35Burley has not had a hit in ten years.
01:37Anthropologists should freeze him now so people in the future can see what the 1980s were like.
01:41This is his big comeback.
01:43He's just delivered a pilot.
01:45It won't kill you to see it.
01:47Anything else?
01:50Send Harry in.
01:51Yes, ma'am.
02:01We've got three more bags of this in the mailroom.
02:03Imagine that.
02:05Mail in the mailroom.
02:06What's the point?
02:08They're all from fans of space cops.
02:11You mean fat women with unicorn jewelry and elf statuettes dreaming of finding a man as affectionate as their cats.
02:18The spaces are a very devoted group of viewers.
02:21In fact, research shows most are baby boomers and their children, all of whom fall comfortably into the 18 to
02:2849 demographic.
02:29Given time and patience, space cops could become a multimedia phenomena.
02:35Not even if it had Brad Pitt.
02:41We have things to discuss.
02:42Walk with me.
02:43I'm late to a taping.
02:45Everybody hates me.
02:46They all want to see me fail.
02:48You're under enormous pressure.
02:50There's no doubt about it.
02:51But you don't help yourself by doing this.
02:54They hate me because I'm so damn good.
02:57You're my lawyer, not my publicist.
03:00I am your oldest friend and your sorority sister, which makes me one of the few people can say, what
03:03the hell were you thinking?
03:05I can't just sit there and let the entire TV industry trash me in the press.
03:09Yes, you can.
03:11You can't lose.
03:12The only way you'll go is if they fire you.
03:14And if they do that, they still have to pay you the balance of a $15 million contract.
03:18It's not the money I care about.
03:19It's the respect.
03:22Money is respect in this business.
03:29Money is respect in this business.
03:29Look out!
03:39Where are your pills?
03:43Where is it?
03:44Burst of money.
03:51$1.75 millionare.
03:55Call 911!
04:42The salmon are running.
04:43That's great, Dad. What are they running from?
04:46That was a joke.
04:48Dad, if I can remove a spleen, I'm sure I can bait a hook with a live worm.
04:54Okay, look, why don't we talk about it when I get there?
04:57Okay, I do, too. You bet. Bye, Dad.
05:00You visiting with your Dad?
05:02My vacation is coming up in a couple of days,
05:04and I made the mistake of telling him.
05:05Now he wants to spend a week with me fishing in Oregon.
05:08Well, that's great, isn't it?
05:11I don't know. I mean, I haven't seen the guy since my parents were divorced.
05:14That's when I was in high school. He's remarried.
05:17He's got step-sons. He's got a big dog.
05:19But he's not calling them. He's calling you, and this is your opportunity to get to know him.
05:24What's the point now?
05:26I remember you telling me that you envied the father-son relationship that Steve and Mark have.
05:30I do.
05:31Well, this is your chance to build your relationship with your Dad.
05:34But I don't want to have that with my Dad. I want to have it with Steve's Dad.
05:43The two most enduring genres on TV are cop shows and medical dramas.
05:47You are a franchise.
05:49A what?
05:50You're a series. I call it Doctor Danger.
05:53He heals the sick, he nails the scumbags.
05:55His weapons are a stethoscope and a gun.
05:57I don't have a gun.
06:00Nuns don't fly, cars don't talk, and angels don't look like Della Reese.
06:04So what? I need you for the pitch to ground the concept in reality.
06:07That's what I'm talking about.
06:09Good. Well, welcome aboard.
06:11You know, this sudden interest in my life wouldn't have anything to do with Rachel Woodrow being my patient, would
06:18it?
06:18A year ago, you exposed my wife as a sick, twisted, money-hungry murderer and sent her to prison.
06:24That revelation tore my life apart.
06:26By doing this project, maybe I can make some of the pain go away.
06:31I'm sorry. I had no idea.
06:33No, it's, uh...
06:35I keep it locked inside.
06:37But you know, a good pitch would probably lift Rachel's spirits.
06:40Why not, uh, today.
06:42Look, I'll tell you what I'll do.
06:44I'll help you with your project on one condition.
06:46You leave Rachel alone until she's healthy, until she's back at work.
06:51You protect your patients because you're a doctor who cares.
06:55If you're something like that.
06:59Fighting germs, medical science, and injustice with his fists.
07:04Did you get a look at the driver?
07:05It was a Spacey.
07:07Excuse me?
07:08One of those obsessed space cop fans in a Star Command uniform.
07:12I canceled the show.
07:13They tried to kill you because of a TV show.
07:16TV is an intimate medium.
07:18You let these characters come into your house every week.
07:21And for some people, the characters are almost real.
07:24I didn't cancel their favorite TV show.
07:27I killed their closest friends.
07:30Well, I'll look into it.
07:32Take these with you when you go.
07:34Oh, no, no, no, no. I need those to stay in touch with the office.
07:36I know.
07:37The fax machine and TVs go next.
07:39Dr. Sloan, you're killing me.
07:41No, I'm not. These are.
07:42You need to cut down on stress.
07:45I thought you said that my condition had stabilized.
07:47Stabilized, yes.
07:48But you have high blood pressure.
07:50You have a family history of heart disease.
07:52You need rest.
07:53It's pilot season, Dr. Sloan.
07:55That kind of a mindset is going to drive you right to a heart attack, my friend.
07:59Karen, explain this to him.
08:03Dr. Sloan, Rachel's ambition her entire life has been to become the top programming executive at a major network.
08:10She hasn't slowed down one second getting there.
08:13It's time she did.
08:16Traitor.
08:17I'll be back later.
08:26It's a good thing you knew about the nitroglycerin pills.
08:28Oh.
08:29We were in the same sorority in college, Dr. Sloan.
08:32We didn't have any secrets from each other.
08:35You know, I have one for you, Karen.
08:38That attack was just a warning.
08:40She has got to take it easy.
08:42Do you think she will?
08:42Well, only if the next guy who tries to run her over doesn't miss.
08:52Hey, space cops.
08:54This is Nora Mack.
08:55Yes, you can.
08:57Welcome aboard, Lieutenant Sloan.
08:59I'm always glad to assist a fellow officer.
09:04And, uh, you are?
09:05Uh, High Admiral of the UEO.
09:10United Extraterrestrial Operation.
09:13I'm in here on Earth.
09:16In the real world?
09:20What's it say on your driver's license?
09:22Oh, uh, Ernie Cooley.
09:24What is all this, Ernie?
09:25Uh, we're mounting an international campaign throughout fandom to save space cops.
09:31We're spamming the Internet.
09:33We're leafleting the SF Convention.
09:35You're running over network executives?
09:37Who do you think we are?
09:38Babylon 5 fans?
09:40Each of us has sworn to uphold the space cop creed.
09:42To protect those of other races, other places, other faces.
09:47To take justice and peace to the furthest edges of space and beyond.
09:51Beyond.
09:53Beyond.
09:53I get your point, Ernie.
09:54But whoever tried to kill Rachel Woodrow was wearing one of these uniforms.
09:58Clearly this is an attempt to besmirch the spaceys.
10:01Anyone can wear the uniform, but not everybody can embody it and the ideals it represents.
10:06You're right.
10:10You're right.
10:13I don't deserve to wear the badge.
10:19Jennifer.
10:21Someone had to stop her from destroying the universe.
10:24I'm just sorry I failed.
10:31Um, you do all know that this is just a TV show, right?
10:47Don't leave here one minute earlier than necessary.
10:50You're much more important to us than any network schedule.
10:54Thank you, Carl. I really appreciate that.
10:56We're behind you one thousand percent.
11:02You're very lucky to have such an understanding boss.
11:05He's a viper.
11:07Relax.
11:08Regroup.
11:09Center yourself.
11:10Those are code words for don't bother looking over your shoulder.
11:13The knives are already in your back.
11:15I had no idea the television business was so brutal.
11:18It's dog eat dog and all the dogs puppies.
11:21You ever think of doing something else?
11:23When can I get out of here?
11:25Well, Rachel, I was gonna release you today.
11:27Good, because I was gonna leave in two minutes anyway.
11:33Rachel, I have told you, you have to slow down.
11:35You've got to cut down on this trance.
11:37I am the first woman to run a network.
11:40If I suddenly slow down, this is gonna confirm everything that they already think.
11:44That I can't take the pressure.
11:45That I'm too fragile.
11:47I'm too weak for the job.
11:48I'm afraid that's the truth.
11:51I'm gonna send an assistant to pick up all this stuff.
11:54Thank you very much, Dr. Sloan, for everything.
12:07Hey, there you are.
12:08What's up?
12:09Well, you know I'm supposed to go on vacation tomorrow.
12:11Great, have a wonderful time.
12:13The thing is, I think I picked the wrong month to go.
12:16Statistics clearly prove that more patients come in now than any other time of the year.
12:21Oh, I think we'll manage.
12:22Well, I think you may want to look at these statistics yourself.
12:25And while you're doing that, I'm gonna call my travel agent and see if I can get another flight.
12:29You're that eager to avoid seeing your father?
12:31I would rather spend a week in proctology.
12:35Calling.
12:36Doctor Danger.
12:37And his trusty assistant, Derek.
12:39It's Jesse.
12:39Derek is better, trust me.
12:41So, I gotta pitch with Rachel.
12:42Meet you at her office today at 3.
12:44Rachel, she just left here.
12:45It just shows you how eager she is to snap this up before CBS gets it.
12:49Hey, Troy works too.
12:52Walk with it, roll with it.
12:53See how it plays.
13:02Jackson Burley.
13:06The writer producer of My Gun Has Bullets in the young Barnaby Jones Chronicles?
13:10I don't think I saw them.
13:12Even if you live in a cave, you can get cable.
13:15Join our culture, Mark.
13:16It's fun.
13:17Jack, how's it going?
13:19Well, I took the back road up.
13:20But I will not bite the fat lady's bullet when the preacher sings for me.
13:24Oh, same goes triple for me.
13:27What do you say?
13:27I have no idea, but I agree with him wholeheartedly.
13:30So, uh, you here to pitch Rachel?
13:32She's screening my pilot.
13:33Big man on campus.
13:35That's man with two N's.
13:38He's a theology student with a 4.0 average and a .357 Magnum.
13:43Oh, you know, I heard the buzz on that is so high you can get altitude sickness just talking about
13:47it.
13:48Used to be I didn't have to wait for anybody.
13:50Got a 22-episode commitment on my grocery list.
13:53You know, I think I saw that show.
13:57This is our third date, Cindy. I need more from you.
14:01I'm not that kind of girl.
14:02And I'm not that kind of guy.
14:04Then what is it you want?
14:06I want to know you.
14:08To understand you.
14:09To touch your soul before I touch your body.
14:12You are different from all the other boys.
14:15Maybe I can show you who I really am.
14:18What I truly believe in.
14:37Satan.
14:39What is this?
14:41This isn't a sorority.
14:43It's a satanic cult.
14:44It's not a cult.
14:46It's an alternative lifestyle.
14:49No!
14:50Open your black heart to Satan, TJ.
14:54We have...
14:55No!
14:58No!
14:59No!
15:05No!
15:09No!
15:10No!
15:11No!
15:13No!
15:14No!
15:14I think you moved her.
15:14No!
15:26No!
15:27No!
15:28No!
15:28No!
15:30No!
15:31No!
15:31I'm a doctor. I have to get in there.
15:33Allow me.
15:43Jack, you know CPR?
15:45Are you kidding? I've got five medical shows.
15:47Call on evidence.
15:54Blow out the candles on your pentagram, baby.
15:57You're all under arrest.
15:58What?
15:58This sucks.
16:01She's dead.
16:05It's worse than I thought.
16:12It's pretty cut and dry.
16:13She died of a heart attack, Mark.
16:15Well, Rachel knew she was at high risk for coronary problems.
16:18It was a death that didn't have to happen.
16:20Oh, in more ways than one.
16:21I found glucose under her tongue.
16:24Glucose?
16:24The nitroglycerin pills were replaced with sugar pills.
16:27This was murder.
16:28Did you just say murder?
16:30Hey, isn't that Rachel Woodrell?
16:31Jesse, we can handle it.
16:33Well, not without my help.
16:34Don't you need someone to negotiate the labyrinthian quarters of power at NBC?
16:39Jesse, you haven't had a vacation in over a year now.
16:42And you don't want to let your dad down.
16:44Yeah, but the investigation.
16:46We'll tell you all about it when you get back.
16:49Yeah, but...
16:49Have a good time.
16:53Did he say labyrinthian?
16:58We know you're the best person for the job.
17:00I really appreciate the support, Carl.
17:02Rest assured, we're behind you 1,000%.
17:08What's this?
17:12Well, it's my way of saying that you cracked through the wall without shaving the glitter
17:16off the cake, baby.
17:18Thanks.
17:18I just wish it happened differently.
17:21Rachel was like a sister to me.
17:23Well, Rachel was the glory and the hope.
17:25The fire that burns and the flowering rose that stings the least.
17:29And the way to honor her memory is to deliver a kick-ass schedule.
17:33Well, that's my commitment to her and to this network.
17:36So, uh, where are you putting, uh, big men on campus?
17:43Oh, sorry, Jack.
17:44It's passe.
17:46Well, it wasn't passe yesterday.
17:48Nothing is passe yesterday.
17:50This is today.
17:51The show just wasn't hip anymore.
17:53I need fresh ideas.
17:55Look, I leveraged my whole studio to produce this pilot.
17:59If I don't get something going, my deficits are going to kill me.
18:03Okay, okay, look.
18:05You want hip?
18:07I got something so cutting-edge.
18:11It draws blood.
18:16The new Peter Pan.
18:20He's a fairy.
18:22But with an attitude.
18:26And a badge.
18:29It's too early to be developing for mid-season.
18:31Come back in a couple months.
18:32I don't have a couple of months.
18:35Thanks for the flowers, Jack.
18:41Hollywood is reeling from the sudden death of controversial NBC president Rachel Woodrell.
18:47Today, TV's biggest stars share their poignant memories of her brief, tumultuous life.
18:52Well, you know, Rachel tried to get Family Matters for NBC.
18:55She had this bizarre idea that she was going to revitalize the show.
19:00Urkel and Winslow for hire.
19:03Tough, gritty private eyes taming the mean streets with their unique brand of crime fighting.
19:09You know, she saw it as a drama.
19:10You know, the way, uh, Lou Grant left Mary Tyler Moore.
19:13Hey, it worked for me?
19:15It's been said that Miss Woodrell made your career.
19:17You got my message?
19:19It's beginning to wonder.
19:20What message?
19:21I forgive you for being late.
19:22Bringing Steve was a masterstroke.
19:24You got your badge and your gun with you?
19:26What are you doing here?
19:27Well, you don't think you could pitch this alone, do you?
19:30Pitching is a gift, my friend, and you just don't have it.
19:32Now, Paige is waiting.
19:33I'll do the talking.
19:34You fill in the gaps.
19:35We came to investigate a murder.
19:38Not bad.
19:39Try to be more convincing in the room.
19:41Rachel Woodrell was killed.
19:44No problem.
19:45That'll give our pitch immediacy and verisimilitude.
19:49You must be Dr. Danger.
19:51Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical consultant with the police department.
19:55That's me.
19:56It's his son.
19:56They live together, too, which brings the adventure home.
19:59We're investigating Rachel Woodrell's murder.
20:01Someone switched her heart medicine with sugar pills.
20:04A sweet way to die.
20:05That could be our pilot.
20:06We're going to need all of her appointment books and belongings.
20:09Help yourself.
20:10They're boxed up in the hallway.
20:11You know, you've redecorated the office nicely.
20:15Is that your way of saying it didn't take me long to move in?
20:17Friendly as Santa, but cunning as a ferret, isn't he?
20:20It's pilot season, Dr. Sloan.
20:23I don't have time to mourn.
20:25I have to create a primetime schedule.
20:26Sounds like Rachel's murder provided you with a career opportunity.
20:30Yes, it did.
20:31Ouch.
20:32Do you feel the heat?
20:33It'll radiate off the screen.
20:35Did Rachel have any enemies?
20:37She made careers and broke them.
20:39Of course she had enemies.
20:40If I'm any good at this, so will I.
20:42What about death threats?
20:48Lance, could you have the mailroom prepare Rachel's hate mail for Detective Sloan?
20:52Right away, Ms. Jennings.
20:53You can pick it up on your way out.
20:54The executive mailroom's the last door before the elevators.
20:57Thank you for the time.
20:59We'll be back.
21:05Now that is a series.
21:16Uh, excuse us.
21:17This is the mailroom.
21:18The heart of the network.
21:20Erie Fellows, manager, information services and operations.
21:24Which is a fancy way of saying the mail guy.
21:28You seem awfully well-dressed for mailmen.
21:31Oh, we have to stay presentable at all times.
21:34We deliver mail, faxes, and packages to every office in this building.
21:38From the CEO to the lowest development executive.
21:42And if you want any of those jobs, you start here.
21:45They all did.
21:47You know, all the executives seem so...
21:50Young, well, youth is more important in TV than experience.
21:57Rachel went from here to running the network in three years.
22:02Fastest rise and fall I've seen in my three decades here.
22:04She didn't fall.
22:06She was pushed.
22:07Steve Sloan, homicide.
22:09We're here to get Rachel's hate mail.
22:13Saves us the trouble of shredding it.
22:17That's all for Rachel?
22:18For the month.
22:19You need some help down with it?
22:21That'd be nice.
22:22Okay?
22:24Hey, could you give these guys a hand?
22:30What are you doing here anyway, Jesse?
22:31You're supposed to be fishing with your dad.
22:33Well, I've gone undercover to help you guys explore the...
22:36The labyrinthian corridors of power at NBC.
22:38You're not an undercover cop, Jess.
22:40This is fraud.
22:41No, it's not.
22:42I got this job honestly, based on my own qualifications.
22:45You told him you were a surgical resident at Community General?
22:47Oh, you bet I did.
22:48You need a master's or better just to get an interview.
22:51Competition is brutal.
22:52You know, we don't know a thing about politics at network television anyway.
22:56Maybe having a guy on the inside is a good idea.
22:59Jesse Travis.
23:02Man on the inside.
23:04Sounds like a series.
23:05See, I'm picking up the attitude already.
23:07You got enough attitude.
23:08You pick up on anything else?
23:09Well, Harry told you that Rachel rose faster than anybody else.
23:13Paige just beat that record, thanks to Rachel's death.
23:17See, it all fits a pattern.
23:18Anybody who gets in Paige's way is either fired or they quit.
23:22One way or another, they're gone.
23:23You think she'd resort to the murder?
23:25Well, like I said, it's pretty brutal.
23:27And you know Jackson Burley, the guy who wrote Big Man on Campus?
23:30Anyway, he was supposed to write Jack Blood Action Fist.
23:34Great movie.
23:35Excellent movie.
23:36$150 million and counting.
23:38Anyway, Rachel didn't let him out of his exclusive contract to write it
23:42because he had to finish writing the last three episodes of the young Barnaby Jones Chronicles.
23:47And when he did, she canceled it.
23:49I think Jesse just did us a big favor.
24:00Frank and Cop isn't just another basic cable action show.
24:04We're rewriting the grammar of television.
24:08I had no idea.
24:09Yes, that's why Rachel Woodrow didn't buy it.
24:12She didn't have the guts to revolutionize the medium.
24:16Now that she's gone network TV, we'll have more shows with an edge.
24:21Twelve dead cops coming together to make one great crime fighter.
24:27Frank and Cop!
24:28Get ready for your shot, Eric.
24:29All right.
24:30Hey.
24:32Okay, go.
24:33Kick somebody.
24:36Now you picked a good day to visit.
24:37We're doing the big mud wrestling sequence this afternoon.
24:41You know, in 20 years,
24:44they're going to be saying Frank and Cop in the same breath
24:47with Police Story, Hill Street Blues, Airwolf.
24:52You know, Rachel, she could have had this.
24:56But she lacked a vision.
24:58Rachel could have had a lot of things.
25:00What she lacked was nitroglycerin pills.
25:02Someone switched them with sugar pills and killed her.
25:05You think I look good for that?
25:07If you were the last person to see her alive,
25:09you could have switched the pills during your meeting.
25:10Well, why would I do that?
25:12She cost you a movie career and then canceled your show.
25:15Let me rephrase that.
25:17Why would I do that when she hadn't decided
25:19whether to pick up Big Man on campus?
25:21She was watching the pilot when she died.
25:23Revenge?
25:26You know, they got a lot of guts in basic cable.
25:32I don't know, but it takes a whole lot more than just guts.
25:35What they don't have is money.
25:37And I'm deficit financing this whole thing.
25:39I really need a network show to generate cash flow.
25:43Like they say,
25:45you can walk the talk,
25:46but don't run the gun if you can't stand a hand.
25:51That's what I always say.
25:52I swear by the goo that the anthrobial mebocyte
25:56who canceled the greatest show in the universe
25:58will feel my wrath and tremble
26:00before my righteous fury.
26:03Unbelievable.
26:04Telling me, a fan base that devoted
26:06is something showrunners can only dream about.
26:09What kind of a person would write that?
26:10Clearly someone who doesn't live by the space cop's creed.
26:14Huh?
26:15To protect other races
26:18and other faces.
26:203,000 people write in trying to save the show.
26:22I figured it's worth a look.
26:23The question is, is it worth a life?
26:26Well, the outer space law enforcement theme
26:28specifically targets the key young urban males
26:31that advertisers crave.
26:32And the rugged character of Captain Hudson
26:36is tremendously appealing to women 25 to 49.
26:39Well, whoever did it had to have access to her office
26:41in order to switch the pills.
26:43Well, according to her calendar here,
26:44that's just about everybody in the television business.
26:46I tell you, during pilot season,
26:48network president
26:49is the most popular person in the world
26:51and the loneliest.
26:56What?
26:56You wanted an inside perspective.
26:58I'm giving it to you.
26:59We're still waiting for something useful.
27:01Rachel's first development season
27:02was going to be her last.
27:04Rachel was on her way out?
27:06Who told you that?
27:07No one told me.
27:08I saw the pilot she ordered.
27:11Okay, look, look at it.
27:12You tell me what you think.
27:13These are pages from the pilot
27:15that she was watching just before she died.
27:17It's TJ Mann's first date, okay?
27:19And he takes this gal back to her sorority.
27:21And he says,
27:22I need to know you
27:23to touch your soul
27:25before I touch your body.
27:27Let me see that.
27:31I need that, too.
27:33But I can't have sex for free anymore.
27:36It's $2.50 a pop.
27:38And if you're paying by check,
27:40I need two forms of ID.
27:42I don't believe it.
27:43Let me see that.
27:47I don't believe it.
27:50You just found the murder weapon.
27:53Rachel Woodrow was killed by this pilot.
28:06Okay, you got me.
28:07How does a TV pilot become a murder weapon?
28:10It was what killed her.
28:11The sugar pills were just to ensure that it was fatal.
28:14But how could the killer know
28:15that she would have been alone
28:16when she reached for the pills?
28:17Everyone knew that Rachel insisted
28:19on watching the tapes by herself.
28:21She's seen so many bad pilots.
28:23I mean, if Slim and the nun didn't kill her,
28:25why would big man on campus?
28:26This one was made especially for her.
28:28Look at these pages.
28:30Okay, sorority call girls.
28:32It's tacky,
28:32but it's nothing that Melrose Place hasn't done.
28:35That's not what's on the tape.
28:37Open your black heart to Satan, TJ.
28:41We have...
28:49Thank you for coming in, Ms. Donino.
28:51It would be in your best interest
28:52to come to the police station.
28:53What the hell is that supposed to mean?
28:55I figured you wouldn't want to be in your office
28:56when we discussed Satan.
29:00I have no idea what you're talking about.
29:02Then my mistake.
29:03Sorry for the inconvenience.
29:04I'll just come to your office
29:05if I have any more questions about Satan.
29:15If one word of this leaks out,
29:17my lawsuit will bankrupt your department.
29:20Ms. Donino,
29:20your religious practices are your own business.
29:23I'm just interested in Rachel Woodrow's murder.
29:26Rachel was murdered?
29:29By whom?
29:31Someone who knew that your college sorority
29:33was full of devil worshippers.
29:39We weren't a cult.
29:41Sure, we roasted the occasional goat
29:43in the moonlight,
29:43but, you know,
29:45aside from the Latin chants
29:46and the naked dancing,
29:47it was like any other barbecue.
29:49Bunch of wholesome co-eds
29:50out for some good, clean fun
29:51on a Saturday night.
29:52We were 18 and away from home
29:54for the first time,
29:56trying to rebel against our parents.
29:58By worshipping the devil?
30:00No one took it seriously at the time.
30:03It wasn't until we were out in the real world
30:05that we realized how stupid we had been
30:07and how damaging it would be
30:09if anyone ever found out.
30:12To a lawyer in a prestigious firm,
30:13I can understand,
30:14but the entertainment industry
30:16seems to be a little more tolerant
30:17of alternative lifestyles.
30:20Sure.
30:21Do drugs.
30:22Forge checks.
30:23Sleep with your sister.
30:24Nobody in Hollywood cares.
30:26But you light one lousy black candle.
30:29You confirm what TV's harshest critics
30:31have been saying all along.
30:34Don't think that Rachel and I
30:35didn't joke about it
30:36in the privacy of her office.
30:38There are people in the flyover states
30:40who believe that shows like
30:41Married But Available
30:42and His and Hers and Hers
30:43are deliberate attempts
30:45to undermine this nation's moral values.
30:47And if they found that the woman
30:48who'd put those shows on the air
30:50was worshipping the devil,
30:51even the U.S.A. network
30:53wouldn't have touched her.
30:55Yeah.
30:57Satanist?
30:58Mm-hmm.
30:59In her college sorority.
31:00That mean anything to you?
31:02Yeah, it means, uh,
31:04Rachel Woodrow sold her soul
31:05to the devil,
31:06but she still couldn't pick
31:07a hit TV show.
31:08I'm glad you find death
31:09so amusing,
31:10especially since your pilot
31:11may have killed her.
31:13Well, that's good writing.
31:14That's murder.
31:15We find out that script
31:16was deliberately changed
31:17to trigger the heart attack.
31:19Listen.
31:21You can floor both pedals,
31:23but you can't jam the rooster
31:24if he's looking down the speculum.
31:27I'll assume that wasn't a confession.
31:29Hey, the only thing I'm guilty of
31:31is taking the worst story notes
31:32I ever heard.
31:34Jeez, uh,
31:35that whole Satan angle,
31:36that wasn't my idea.
31:37The name was on the script.
31:39My script was a tome poem
31:41about fragile innocence
31:43meeting the brutal reality
31:45of the cold streets.
31:46So why did you change
31:48hookers to Satan worship?
31:49Because you don't ignore
31:50a network president's notes
31:51and hope she'll pick up your pilot.
31:53Rachel Woodrow told you
31:55to change it to Satanists?
31:57She didn't have the guts
31:58to tell me directly.
32:00I got the facts right here.
32:08And you just happened
32:09to keep the memo
32:10all this time.
32:12You saw the pilot.
32:13Wouldn't you?
32:15We have a few questions
32:16for you, Miss Jennings.
32:18About Rachel Woodrow?
32:19Spending her leisure time
32:20bowing down before Beelzebub?
32:23You knew all along.
32:24When I worked for her,
32:26I thought she was the devil.
32:28I just found the truth out
32:29when reporters started calling
32:30about, hmm, three hours ago.
32:32Fifteen minutes
32:32after I told Jackson Burley.
32:34It's a small-town detective.
32:36No secret lasts for long.
32:38Well, especially if it's faxed
32:39in the form of script notes.
32:42That is your fax number,
32:44isn't it?
32:45The show, based on those notes,
32:47caused Rachel's
32:48fatal heart attack.
32:51If I'd known Rachel
32:52was a Satanist,
32:53I wouldn't have to kill her
32:54to get this job.
32:55I could have called
32:56entertainment tonight.
32:57Unless you really hated her.
33:00Especially if I really hated her.
33:03You can give me
33:03that steely cop stare
33:04all you want, detective.
33:05It's not going to change
33:06the fact that I didn't know.
33:07Rachel barely trusted me
33:08with ratings,
33:09let alone her deepest secret.
33:11You didn't have to.
33:14This room's bugged.
33:16The hottest story
33:17in prime time
33:18is full of bizarre twists,
33:19mysterious betrayals,
33:21and satanic rituals.
33:22But don't turn on your TV
33:24looking for it.
33:25This isn't fiction.
33:26It's what's happening
33:27behind the scenes
33:28of network television.
33:29Everyone is talking
33:30about fifth-place network
33:31NBC,
33:33which is reeling
33:34from the revelation
33:35that the Nets'
33:36late president,
33:37Rachel Woodrell,
33:37was a Satan worshiper
33:39and may have been murdered.
33:41What was your relationship
33:42with Rachel Woodrell?
33:43Yeah, it's painful
33:44to talk about it,
33:45but she wanted me
33:45to do a buddy cop show
33:46called Siamese Cop,
33:48but there was no way
33:49I was going to spend
33:49five years sharing a suit
33:51with Scott Baio.
33:52Were you surprised
33:52to find out
33:53about her secret past?
33:54Well, I think it explains
33:55how the Anson Williams show
33:57got on the air.
33:58What do you think
33:59about the scandal?
34:00An urge towards Satanism
34:01is much like
34:02any other antisocial behavior,
34:05a rebellion
34:06against the status quo,
34:08a way to say,
34:09look at me,
34:11I'm different.
34:12Can a Satan worshiper
34:13make it
34:14as a network executive?
34:15The network president
34:17is a Satanist.
34:19Someone murders her
34:20with a pilot,
34:20which sounds like
34:21a great TV movie.
34:23You know,
34:24people have said
34:24that I look just like her.
34:26Well, this mystery
34:27just continues
34:28to grow and grow.
34:31Kim, do you have anything
34:32to ask for?
34:33Oh, let's just say
34:34there's sometimes
34:35I'm really glad
34:35I'm not in the executive suites.
34:38I tell you,
34:38that's the one good thing
34:39about this job.
34:39Nobody ever blames
34:40the guy in the mailroom.
34:43You think so?
34:45At the 6.30 delivery?
34:47Uh-huh.
34:48It is now 7.15.
34:50Wait another 10 minutes
34:51before you deliver it
34:52and then see if nobody
34:53ever blames the guy
34:53in the mailroom.
34:54We're going to have
34:54our email now.
34:56Get checked.
34:56In your...
35:03Mail!
35:21If I had any idea she was so troubled, I never would have offered her the job.
35:25Did Paige ever mention suicide?
35:28Well, she once said she'd rather be dead than work with Tom Arnold again,
35:31but other than that, I never heard anything.
35:33So you have no idea why she would have killed herself?
35:35Job stress?
35:37I'm telling you, running a major network is probably the most stressful job in the world.
35:41I can see how watching TV all day would be tougher than police work or emergency medicine.
35:46Just because the product is entertainment doesn't mean the stakes aren't high.
35:49Every decision can mean millions of dollars.
35:51And because there are no objective measures of quality in this industry,
35:55you never know if you've lost the touch.
35:58Did Paige?
36:01We'll never know.
36:01Oh, personally, I think she had.
36:08I mean, honestly, guys, if you're going to pick up a show like Sexual Surrogate,
36:13isn't it much smarter to put it up against a show like Touched by an Angel?
36:17Give the audience a clear choice.
36:19Look at this.
36:19Her Saturday night programs are hopelessly incompatible.
36:23And the woman did not have a clue how to fight the other network's sitcoms.
36:26What would you have done in her place?
36:28Well, first...
36:29Maybe we could arrange the schedule after we determined why Paige Jennings killed herself.
36:33She didn't, unless she tied the computer cord around her neck,
36:37jumped off the desk, and knocked herself out with a blunt object.
36:40Well, that would mean...
36:41That it's murder.
36:42And maybe this is why.
36:46So Paige planted the bugs.
36:54How long have you been listening to those tapes?
36:56What?
36:58Oh.
36:59All night long.
37:02I couldn't stop.
37:03I mean, this is compelling stuff in here.
37:05Drama, intrigue, sex.
37:07Sex?
37:07Oh, lots of it.
37:08Most of it in Paige's office, and mostly with Jackson Burley.
37:12Why would she bug her own office?
37:13I don't know.
37:14Why did Nixon?
37:15I bet you his tapes weren't nearly as entertaining.
37:17They were just as full of conspiracies and cover-ups and secrets.
37:21Paige had the dirt on every executive in that building.
37:23Well, now we know how she rose from the mailroom so fast.
37:26Unfortunately, it doesn't narrow down our list of suspects any.
37:29There were at least a dozen people in there with a motive to kill her.
37:31And I hadn't even finished listening to the tapes yet.
37:35Lieutenant Franken-Copp comes to arrest the psycho killer.
37:39But what he discovers is he's got this guy's brother's spleen smoldering in his gut.
37:44The story arc is, how does a cop deal with having a homicidal maniac's internal organs?
37:53Can't tell you how many times that's happened to me.
37:55Oh, we don't need another story consultant.
37:57No, you may need a legal one.
37:59You were sleeping with Paige Jennings.
38:03Oh, of course.
38:04I mean, she was beautiful.
38:05And she could greenlight development projects.
38:08And when Paige moved into Rachel's place,
38:10she had the power to pick up your show and save your studio.
38:13But she didn't do it.
38:18Keep cranking, guys.
38:19I'll be right back.
38:25Hey.
38:27You're making the natives nervous.
38:28If they think there are no coconuts up in the trees,
38:30they're going to want to move to another village.
38:32Losing your studio can be a powerful motive for murder.
38:35And don't talk to me about motives, either.
38:36I've written more cop shows than anybody.
38:38And I couldn't have hung Paige.
38:41I got carpal tunnel syndrome.
38:46Every word I type
38:48is its price in pain.
38:52Check my medical records.
39:08What do you think about Dr. Doolittle
39:10as a private eye
39:11who hires animals
39:13as his secret operatives?
39:14It's horrible.
39:16Well, Rachel Woodrow ordered 13 episodes
39:18if she could get Chad Everett.
39:20Well, maybe she was killed by viewers
39:21for quality television.
39:23Yeah, I've heard them all.
39:24It's the last tape.
39:25And?
39:26The one's missing.
39:28How do you know?
39:30Karen Donino told you
39:31she talked to Rachel in her office
39:33about their satanic past.
39:34Tape isn't there.
39:36Why would Paige keep the tapes on everybody,
39:38including her own lovemaking
39:39with Jackson Burley
39:40and not the one that mattered most?
39:43Yeah.
39:43And something else bothers me.
39:45As Paige said,
39:46if she knew about Rachel's secret,
39:47she'd just release it to the press.
39:49I mean, why go to all the trouble
39:50of scaring her to death?
39:52Paige's always used
39:52what she knew against people.
39:54It's how she rose so fast at NBC.
39:56You know that missing tape?
39:58What if she never had it?
40:00I don't follow you.
40:01Well, what if she wasn't
40:01the one who bugged the office?
40:03What if somebody gave her the tapes?
40:05I mean, someone with his or her own agenda
40:07to have Rachel dead
40:08and Paige in her place.
40:09Yeah, and Paige has reneged
40:11on a deal somehow.
40:12Yeah, but who?
40:13We're no closer to the killer
40:14than we were before.
40:16What do these two murders
40:16have in common?
40:18Two beautiful women
40:19who started at the bottom
40:20and ended up running a network.
40:22And that's how we're going
40:23to flush out this killer.
40:27Well done.
40:29See you tomorrow, then.
40:36What?
40:38Oh, I don't know.
40:41I just hate to leave this place.
40:43Is your home life that troubled, son?
40:46Oh, no.
40:47It's just I'm learning so much here
40:49that I feel like every second away
40:51is wasted time.
40:52The network is a vast
40:54and complex creature, Jesse.
40:56It takes years just to realize
40:57how much you have to learn.
40:59Mastering it is the work of a lifetime.
41:04Harry?
41:05Mr. Everest,
41:06is everything all right?
41:08Well, I hope so.
41:09Harry, you know we need
41:10a new vice president of development.
41:12And you've come to warn us
41:13to expect a flood of resumes.
41:15Last time a job like this opened up,
41:16four male boys got hernias.
41:19Well, actually,
41:20we're not going to be reading resumes this time.
41:22You know, I need someone
41:24who's got their finger
41:25on the pulse of the youth culture,
41:26yet at the same time
41:28instinctively understands the medium.
41:30I'll do anything I can to help, sir.
41:33Good.
41:34Because I feel really bad
41:35taking such a bright young assistant
41:36away from you.
41:41How would you like to be
41:42the new vice president of development?
41:49Mansect.
41:51What is that?
41:53Look, I don't think
41:54being half man, half moth
41:56really gives the guy
41:57that many special powers.
41:59No, I don't care
42:00if it is Greg Evigin.
42:02Okay, lunch at Laguerre.
42:03You got it.
42:04Bye-bye.
42:05Mandy,
42:06how goes the medical biz, huh?
42:08Let's talk while we eat.
42:09I'm starving.
42:10Sorry, no time.
42:11Didn't my girl call your girl?
42:14I don't have a girl.
42:16You should get one.
42:17They're great.
42:18Look at this mess, huh?
42:19I got bochco at one,
42:20spelling at two,
42:21Paulie Shore at three.
42:23Aren't you forgetting someone?
42:26Chad Everett, 2.30.
42:28I'm talking about your father.
42:30You're supposed to be with him today.
42:32Mandy,
42:32I can catch salmon
42:33any day of the week.
42:35How often do I get
42:36to spend my vacation
42:37programming a network?
42:38Like father, like son.
42:40My father didn't program a network.
42:42No, but he always found
42:43a good excuse for not seeing you,
42:44and I bet you promised
42:45that you'd never be the same way.
42:47This is different.
42:50Amanda!
42:52Derek, my buddy.
42:53It's Jesse.
42:55Oh, my good friend.
42:56Do I have a script for you?
42:58One minute, go.
42:59I like to call it
43:01Dr. Danger.
43:02He listens to their hearts
43:03with a stethoscope.
43:04He answers their cry for vengeance
43:06with his 357.
43:08It needs work.
43:10What kind of work?
43:11Well, I see Dr. Danger
43:12as a young resident,
43:15witty, charming,
43:17irresistible to the chicks.
43:19What about the doctor
43:20and it's on the cop?
43:22Huh.
43:22What about them?
43:23Mail.
43:26Uh, you know, Harry,
43:27why don't you just put
43:28the scripts on the floor there
43:29and put the mail
43:30in my girl's basket outside?
43:31I'd like to talk to you.
43:33You know, I'd love
43:34to talk to you, Harry,
43:35but right now,
43:36I'm in the middle of a pitch,
43:37so I got a five-minute window
43:40at four.
43:43That's it.
43:45What is it with mailmen?
43:46You're like all the rest.
43:48You all start in my mailroom,
43:50you all go to the top,
43:52and did any of you
43:53ever bring me with you?
43:54Harry, I've had this job
43:56for three hours.
43:57I mean, give me a chance.
43:58I've been here 30 years
44:00waiting to be noticed,
44:01stuck in that windowless pit.
44:02You've been here two days.
44:04Two days!
44:05You've got VP stripes
44:07in a corner office.
44:08Hold it, Harry.
44:10Just what I thought.
44:13You taught Rachel
44:14everything you knew,
44:15thinking she'd get you
44:16out of that mailroom.
44:17When she didn't,
44:18then you pinned
44:19your hopes on page.
44:20I did everything
44:21I could for her.
44:22You bugged all the offices
44:23to give her the dirt
44:24she needed to get ahead.
44:25You even had Rachel removed
44:27by faking the faxes
44:28to Jackson Burley
44:29so he'd dramatize
44:31her secret.
44:32So his promotion,
44:35it was just a trick?
44:37I'm afraid so.
44:38I figured if we promoted
44:40somebody with no experience
44:41and no talent,
44:42you'd crack.
44:44Matt, thanks a lot.
44:46Put the gun down, Harry.
44:57I hate television.
45:01You have the right
45:02to remain silent.
45:03Anything you say
45:04can and will be used
45:05against you in a court of law.
45:07So how did you know
45:08it was him?
45:09Well, whoever bugged
45:10the executive suite
45:11and intercepted
45:12all of Rachel's faxes
45:13had to be somebody
45:13who had access
45:14to every office
45:15and that was just Harry.
45:17And working with him
45:18in the mailroom
45:19was the only connection
45:19between Rachel and Paige.
45:21Brilliant.
45:22You think that was good?
45:24Wait till you see
45:25next week's episode.
45:26I call it
45:28Dr. Danger.
45:31Jesse, I didn't mean
45:32to say you didn't
45:32have any talent.
45:34It's okay.
45:35So you want to see
45:36my fall lineup?
45:40I call it
45:41Welcome Home.
45:47He knew
45:49about my secret past
45:51as a call girl.
45:53My affair
45:55with his brother
45:56and the forged checks.
45:58I had to kill him, doctor.
46:01Well, you would have
46:02gotten away with it, too.
46:04If only you hadn't
46:05polished your fingernails.
46:09Read her her rights.
46:10Oh, make sure
46:12that she gets
46:12one of these pills
46:13three times daily.
46:21It'll never work.
46:24One more time.
46:26Wow!
46:30Wow!
46:32Wow!
46:34Wow!
46:36Wow!
46:37Wow!
46:38Wow!
46:40Wow!
46:41Wow!
46:46Wow!
46:58Viacom
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