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01:38Good luck to you.
01:38Bye.
01:39All right.
01:39Bye-bye.
01:40At least you'd leave me alone.
01:42What a jerk.
01:45Places, everyone.
01:49What would you like me to do with this?
01:50Give it to Joyce.
01:53Hey, welcome back, Gary.
01:54See you again?
01:55How's your vacation?
01:56How are you?
01:58Gary is it?
01:59Well, hi.
02:00How are you?
02:01Good to see you.
02:02Great to see you.
02:03You look terrific.
02:04I feel great.
02:05You know, we've got to negotiate more vacation time next time around, don't you think?
02:08Right.
02:09How's Jack and the kids?
02:11They're good.
02:11They're good.
02:12Maddie got a cold, of course, the first day out.
02:14Really?
02:14She's still struggling with that, but everybody's fine.
02:16Sounds like little Maddie needs some of my special cookies.
02:19She loves those.
02:20That would be so sweet.
02:20You know, I think she gets sick just so you'll bake some for her.
02:23Really?
02:23How was your vacation?
02:24Yeah, good.
02:25Well, you know me.
02:25I like to putter around the house.
02:27You do?
02:27I'm the best at puttering.
02:28Nobody putters like you.
02:29They're gorgeous.
02:30Take a hike, everybody.
02:31Ten seconds there.
02:32Have a good show.
02:32Shout out to Tom.
02:33February sweeps, Darren.
02:34Come on.
02:34Those Milton families are watching.
02:36Let's get it.
02:37Ladies and gentlemen, here they are, Darren and Mary, live.
02:47Thanks so much.
02:48It was just great to be back, everybody.
02:50Did you miss us?
02:54Well, we were gone, but for them, we were still here.
02:57Oh, my gosh.
02:58You know, suddenly I need another vacation.
03:00They were watching our reruns, right?
03:03Right.
03:04And I was watching us on reruns, unfortunately.
03:07What was I doing with my hair?
03:09What was I thinking?
03:10Yeah, but it's a question I ask myself every day.
03:12Yes.
03:14But while you were home admiring your old hairdos, I was out building homes for low-income families.
03:22The man is a saint.
03:24You're a saint.
03:25Yes, I know.
03:26Ladies, you're going to love this.
03:27I actually survived the fabulous Tone-Up Spa out in Tucson.
03:31Wait, excuse me.
03:32I'm not finished.
03:33And it happened to be one of the most deeply rewarding, satisfying experiences of my life.
03:38And your Nobel Prize is in the mail, okay?
03:40Can I get on with this?
03:41Let me tell you about the training.
03:42It was seven hours of hell.
03:45I had to climb.
03:46I had to run.
03:47I had to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
03:50I'm telling you, Darren, the Navy SEALs do not train this hard.
03:53It's unbelievable.
03:54You see, that is the difference between us.
03:56What?
03:56She indulges herself.
03:58I choose to give back.
04:00And so do I.
04:02Two inches off the waist.
04:04Oh, dear.
04:05Get him out of there.
04:12I don't believe it.
04:15The waist is getting an ovation.
04:17And you expect us to believe that you actually built this house?
04:21Police.
04:22Don't you mean you visited this house?
04:24You took a picture, a photo opportunity?
04:27And you expect us to believe that you actually sweated off those pounds?
04:30Yes.
04:30Don't you mean you had them surgically removed?
04:33Excuse me.
04:34Come on.
04:34You got her faces so tight, you could play a drum solo on it.
04:43Darren!
04:43Oh, my God.
04:44Are you all right?
04:46Darren, come on.
04:47Darren, it's a joke.
04:48Darren.
04:49Darren.
04:50Don't just stand there.
04:51Get an ambulance, somebody.
04:53Darren, I'm sorry.
05:05Oh, my God.
05:15Oh, my God.
05:47Well, thank God.
05:48The bad news is your blood pressure is 160 over 100, my friend.
05:52Did I do that? Darren, I'm sorry.
05:54It's not your fault. I've dodged better punches than that.
05:57I should have zigged when I zagged.
05:59Have you two ever thought of taking a break?
06:01We just got back from a two-week vacation.
06:04The atmosphere on the show is not conducive to low blood pressure.
06:07What do you mean?
06:08Well, I mean, there seems to be a little tension between you two on the show.
06:12He's my closest and dearest friend.
06:14I don't think our relationship's ever been stronger. Do you, Darren?
06:17Mm-hmm. You just belted him on national television.
06:20I know, but that wasn't personal. That was business.
06:24I'm lost.
06:26It's February sweeps.
06:28It's the most important rating period in our television business.
06:31Right.
06:32Ad rates for the whole year are set by the numbers we get right now.
06:36You two planned that fight?
06:37Of course we did.
06:39The center of all great drama is conflict.
06:41Haven't you read Aristotle's Poetics?
06:44But you do a talk show.
06:46Yeah, but these days it's got to be shocking, provocative, unpredictable.
06:50Mm-hmm.
06:51These days nobody cares what Jay Leno says.
06:54They want to see hermaphrodite cheerleaders.
06:57Hermaphrodite.
06:58And the men who date them.
07:00Especially.
07:01But I thought the show was a hit.
07:02It is.
07:03For now, yes, but there are eight new talk shows on television this season.
07:08They've given every out-of-work, has-been sitcom star in L.A.,
07:11a sofa, a desk, and a studio audience.
07:14And these days if you're going to survive in this business,
07:17you've got to stand out somehow.
07:18And you think beating each other up's a way to do that?
07:21Either that or see some hermaphrodite cheerleaders.
07:24Hermaphrodite.
07:25See, he's feeling better already.
07:26Listen, I'm going back to the studio.
07:28I'll see you tomorrow.
07:29Bye.
07:30Bye-bye.
07:30I hope you were not thinking of going back to work tomorrow.
07:34It's either that or do it from the hospital room.
07:37Hey, that's got possibilities.
07:38I can show off my cuts, my bruises.
07:40Darren, you don't have any cuts and bruises.
07:41What you have is seriously high blood pressure.
07:44Oh, okay.
07:45We'll do that another time.
07:47Yeah, when you're in intensive care recovering from a heart attack and a stroke.
07:50And that sounds pretty good, too.
07:52It's got trauma.
07:53It's got pathos.
07:54Put it in for the May sweeps.
07:56I'll see.
08:00It gives me high blood pressure.
08:04I parked out back.
08:05Good.
08:06What kind of reaction did we get?
08:08Enough that would make me wish I was still skiing in Aspen.
08:10We got calls from all the trades, entertainment tonight, sent a crew to the set, and there's
08:13probably 12 tabloid journalists staking out my car.
08:16Well, then we better make sure they get some good shots.
08:18And we'll be needing this, too.
08:21Thank you very much.
08:22And how about some bandages?
08:24Big ones.
08:25Uh, for what?
08:26For the ugly cuts and bruises on my face.
08:32Yeah, I don't see any.
08:33That's why we need the bandages.
08:35What they don't see, they'll imagine.
08:37Yeah, just asking you for a small favor.
08:38Who's it gonna hurt?
08:39Robert, do you know who this is?
08:43Hey!
08:44You're the guy!
08:45Huh?
08:46My mom watches you every day.
08:48That's it.
08:48And how would your mom feel if you were in the audience tomorrow and get you a seat in
08:51the front row?
08:52That'd be awesome.
08:53I'm gonna fix you right up.
08:55Good.
08:56Just pretend I've got a big, ugly cut on my cheek.
08:59Yeah, you leave it to me, Mr. Povich.
09:01Oh, yeah.
09:02That's so good right there.
09:04There are reporters all over the studio.
09:07I think I even saw Barbara Walters.
09:11You know, if I thought we'd get this kind of attention, I would have decked Darren years
09:15ago.
09:15Oh, come on.
09:16You don't need to punch anybody to get noticed.
09:19Every time you walk down the street, a hundred guys get whiplash trying to sneak a look.
09:24I love the kissing up.
09:26You're perfect for this business.
09:27But next time, don't be so wordy.
09:29God, you're gorgeous is enough.
09:33Ow!
09:34Ow!
09:34Sorry?
09:35Go get me a cappuccino, okay?
09:37At that place down the street.
09:38And make sure it's hot.
09:39Go.
09:39You're on the air in ten minutes.
09:41Then shouldn't you be running?
09:44Ow!
10:21All right, if you want to get your shots, folks, your cameras stay behind ours.
10:25Our show comes first, not yours.
10:27Go at us, everyone!
10:29Hey, who let those bottom fetus in here anyway?
10:31I did.
10:32As long as they're on the lot, why don't you ask another Nazi to whack you over the head
10:34with a chair?
10:35Hey, hey, my show's past that now.
10:37Yeah, well, then have them smash you over the head with a couch.
10:39Oh.
10:40Give me a grip near craft service and clean some of this stuff up.
10:43Yes, sir.
10:44Right away.
10:45$3.99.
10:46Who ate the last jelly donut?
10:50Was that Julia Roberts I saw in the hall?
10:52Mm-hmm.
10:53She's doing my show today.
10:54Really?
10:55Uh-huh.
10:55It's a daytime exclusive.
10:57Well, you know we've been best friends ever since I did a movie.
10:59And you were wonderful in that, Lucy.
11:02Stunning, really.
11:03Oh.
11:04Unless her actress would have gone completely unnoticed in such a small role.
11:09Well, we always vacationed together in Aspen, and I ran into her on the slopes, and I said,
11:13Jules, you simply must do my show.
11:17And she said...
11:18Yeah?
11:18Lucy, I have waited so long for you to ask me that.
11:22She did.
11:23She did?
11:23She's adorable.
11:24I know.
11:26Well, she'll be herself with you, really.
11:28There'll be tears.
11:29There'll be laughter.
11:30There will be genuine, raw emotion.
11:32I just feel so blessed to have such friendships.
11:36Yeah, it would have been a memorable event.
11:38If only I hadn't decked Darren yesterday.
11:41Now everybody's going to be tuning in to our show to see if I'm going to hit him again.
11:45Oh, well.
11:46They're going to miss a memorable chat.
11:48They can always catch it in reruns.
11:50I'll see you later.
11:55Hey.
11:56Would you tell Aunt Julia Roberts to stop hounding me to sleep with her?
12:01She's worse than Ellen DeGeneres.
12:03Hello.
12:03Ellen is gay.
12:05Only until I finally give in.
12:07God, Larry, you are totally tasteless.
12:09Yeah.
12:10How do you think I got a tenth of a rating point ahead of you?
12:13Today's topic?
12:14Women who sleep with their boyfriend's boyfriend.
12:17Well, darling, you'll be the talk of trailer parks everywhere.
12:19Yep.
12:21Gotta go.
12:22You got a show to take.
12:24Okay, everybody.
12:25You got 20 seconds.
12:29Where's Darren?
12:31I don't know, but in 15 seconds, we're going on with or without him.
12:34So saddle up.
12:35All right.
12:41Where's Maury?
12:42Ladies and gentlemen...
12:43Is he still married to Connie Selleck?
12:45Darren and Mary live!
12:58Thank you, everybody.
13:00Thank you so much.
13:07Thanks so much.
13:08I don't know if you saw the show or heard about it,
13:10but yesterday I slugged Darren Tate.
13:14It was, uh, not my proudest moment, as you can imagine.
13:18Yes, he provoked me.
13:20Yes, he was rude to me.
13:22And yes, he offended me.
13:24But you know what?
13:25What I did was wrong.
13:27Because violence is never the answer,
13:28and I'm really, really sorry.
13:41We have to talk these things over, right?
13:43If Darren and I have done anything well over the years,
13:47boy, can we talk.
13:49Can we talk?
13:53No, I'm very proud of that.
13:55I mean, through all the arguments and through all the years,
13:57the one thing we have never, ever, ever done,
14:00and that is hold a grudge against each other, right?
14:02Thanks.
14:04I think that's important.
14:06So that's great.
14:07There he is right now.
14:08Darren, come on over here.
14:09You deserve some of this, too.
14:10Give me a hug.
14:13Hug this.
14:19Come on, the moment's over.
14:21Get up, Mary.
14:23Stand back.
14:24Let me throw him a doctor.
14:35You could put the gun away.
14:36She's dead.
14:44Come on, Mary, please.
14:45Get up.
14:47Mary.
14:48Mary.
15:01I don't think he's any danger to anybody but himself.
15:04He looks like a good shark.
15:05Who are you?
15:06I'm Darren's doctor.
15:07Takes me six months to get an office visit with my doctor,
15:10and you show up at his workplace on a whim?
15:11No, because your feed was picked up by every television station in Los Angeles.
15:15Every station?
15:16How about the networks?
15:17The networks have it yet?
15:18I won't have that man's grief turned into a ratings event.
15:21Tom, I've been talking with an idea kind of like this.
15:24We get a couple of rival gang members on the show,
15:26and then accidentally we unplug the metal detector.
15:30What do you think?
15:31Get him out of here.
15:32What are you talking about?
15:32What?
15:33Who?
15:34What's the problem?
15:35Hey, okay, guys, then watch the suit, all right?
15:36Let's go.
15:41Darren?
15:44Stand back, Mark.
15:45This thing's got real bullets in it.
15:47Kind of assumed that.
15:49I didn't.
15:52You thought you were shooting blanks?
15:53Supposed to be blanks.
15:55Mary loaded the gun herself this morning and left it for me in her dressing room.
15:59Mary did?
16:00Sure.
16:01Look, this is her gun.
16:04But this whole thing was a rating stunt?
16:08You were going to pretend to kill her?
16:10Only she was going to pretend to die, and now she's pretending too well.
16:16Darren, who else knew about this stunt?
16:18I don't know.
16:20Tom pitched it to us.
16:22He thought it was a great idea.
16:24That should have told us something right there.
16:26Blanks, I thought it was a great idea.
16:28Real bullets never came up in the meeting.
16:34Darin, let me help you.
16:36Mark, look, she was my partner.
16:38I loved her.
16:40Now I've killed her.
16:42It was a tragic accident.
16:44Darin, you know how she felt about you.
16:46You think she could rest knowing that you were suffering because of an accident?
16:53Give me the gun.
16:55Give me the gun.
17:00Take it easy with him, guys.
17:01He's in shock.
17:02He needs immediate medical attention.
17:04Take him to community, General.
17:05Thanks.
17:06We're still alive.
17:07Go to commercial.
17:09Real bullets, all right.
17:11The question is, who put him there?
17:13You think he was telling the truth?
17:15Someone switched the blanks?
17:16Well, look at the altar.
17:17That was deliberate cold-blooded murder.
17:19In front of 10 million people.
17:21That has got to be one of the dumbest murders ever committed.
17:24Hey, if stupidity was a defense, half the guys I put away would be walking the streets today.
17:28Well, you know, his grief seemed genuine to me.
17:31Unless he's mourning the fact that he doesn't get to do this again tomorrow.
17:34Well, I guess his story is worth checking out.
17:37I'm going to head back to community, General, and look after him.
17:39Oh, thanks, Jess.
17:40I appreciate it.
17:41Back from commercial in 15!
17:43What do you mean, back from commercial?
17:45I got nobody to come back to.
17:47Excuse me.
17:48Do you know who might have had access to Mary's dressing room?
17:52You're kidding, right?
17:53No, I think it might help Darren.
17:54In five seconds, I'm going to be broadcast in an empty stage live across the country.
17:59I don't think you have to worry about that.
18:00Two, one.
18:02And we're back.
18:04Our long national nightmare is over at last.
18:08Darren Tate is getting the help he needs.
18:10And now is a time for healing for you, for me, and for Julia Roberts,
18:17who is going to be my guest on a very special show.
18:22And go to commercial!
18:24What was it you wanted?
18:29So this is the only way in and out of the dressing room?
18:31That's right.
18:33Only people with this card would have access to Mary's dressing room.
18:37How many card keys are there?
18:39Obviously, uh, on-air Talon has them.
18:41I've got one.
18:41Security guards, cleaning crew, Mary's assistant.
18:44Freddy, of course.
18:45There's a couple dozen, give or take.
18:47But the system keeps a record of, uh, which key is used at what time.
18:51I'm going to need to see the records for this morning.
18:53All right, I'll go get them.
18:54Mary's dressing room's first door on the left.
18:56Yeah.
19:09You know, I haven't been in that many gun stores in my life,
19:12but I never heard of one that sold bullets by the handful, blanks or otherwise.
19:17Yeah, if she loaded it in here, there should be a partially-filled box of shells.
19:20I don't see one.
19:22Well, maybe she brought it in loaded.
19:24Well, would you want to take the chance of being caught with a loaded gun in your car?
19:28No, I wouldn't, but I wouldn't arrange to have myself shot on national TV, either.
19:33Also, search your house.
19:36Well, this is interesting.
19:37What'd you find?
19:39Absolutely nothing.
19:41Oh, yeah, that's mighty interesting.
19:42Well, everything's been erased off this hard drive, including the operating system.
19:47Well, take it back to the lab.
19:48Maybe the computer geeks can retrieve something.
19:51I don't know if this is going to help you much.
19:52The show started at 11 o'clock.
19:54Darren Tate entered the dressing area at 11.02, left at 11.06.
19:57Just enough time to go in there and get the gun and go on stage.
20:00Last person in the dressing area before us was Freddie Myers at 11.45.
20:05Who's he?
20:06Mary's personal assistant.
20:08No, she was already dead by then.
20:09Too late to be interested in a cup of coffee.
20:12Only other person in here this morning was Mary Montgomery.
20:14She was in twice, once at 8.23 and again at 10.56.
20:19Wait a minute, are you sure about that second time?
20:21That's what it says here.
20:22Why?
20:23Because Mary couldn't have been here at 10.56.
20:25It was right before her show.
20:26She was on the set doing a live promo.
20:34Yikes.
20:35I haven't seen her reading that high since my mom cooked that corned beef in the pressure cooker.
20:39Uh-oh.
20:40And I deserve it.
20:42I shot Mary.
20:43Well, you didn't mean to.
20:45No, I didn't mean to, but I picked up the gun.
20:47I aimed it at her.
20:47I pulled the trigger.
20:49You know, I'm totally innocent.
20:51Now, do you have any idea who might have switched those blanks with real bullets?
20:55Everybody loved Mary.
20:58You know, except maybe Larry Duggan.
21:00Yeah, I heard him screaming at her last night.
21:04I think he even threatened her.
21:05Wow, are you sure?
21:06Yeah, I'm positive.
21:08You know why?
21:08Because it happened right after her big fight with Lucy Caruso.
21:12Yeah.
21:13I don't suppose she threatened Mary also.
21:15Yeah, she...
21:16Now that you mention it, so did Tom Grant.
21:19Did she get along this well with everybody?
21:22Oh, she was an angel.
21:23Angel.
21:26Angel.
21:38I got the report on the gun that killed Mary Montgomery.
21:41Oh, good.
21:4638 caliber, made by Miami munitions in Florida.
21:50It's old, too.
21:53No fingerprints on the bullets.
21:54Why would he wipe his fingerprints off the bullets?
21:57A recent connection between him and the gun, I guess.
22:00Well, it'd make a lot more sense if he hadn't killed her in front of 10 million people.
22:03Or if someone else switched the bullets.
22:05Undoubtedly, the same person that stole Mary's card key.
22:08Wasn't in her purse or on her body.
22:10Yeah, I just know that something in that laptop's gonna be a lot of help.
22:13You talk to the computer guy?
22:14Yeah, they're working on it.
22:15They're gonna call me here.
22:16We also have an APB out on Freddy Myers.
22:18He was Mary's personal assistant.
22:20He was in the room after she died.
22:22Maybe he erased her hard drive right after he erased her.
22:25Oh, good.
22:26Let me know as soon as you find out.
22:28You know, I so rarely express my appreciation to you for all the things you do for me.
22:32I'm gonna make you a nice steak lunch.
22:36I appreciate that.
22:37Thanks.
22:38Right on the inside, back on the outside, man.
22:49I know you killed Mary.
22:51And I know why.
22:53And I know what the National Enquirer would pay for that information.
22:57What I don't know is how much you'll pay me not to tell them.
23:01Yeah.
23:10Well, I got more.
23:12It was burned anyway.
23:14See, we, uh, restored Mary's files.
23:17She was, uh, getting dirt on a lot of people.
23:19Mostly other talk show hosts, you know, assorted stuff.
23:22Illicit sex, extortion, you know, fraud.
23:25Sounds like a regular afternoon and daytime TV.
23:28She was so nice on the show.
23:30Well, it's on at the gym.
23:32I'm a captive audience.
23:33Oh.
23:35Okay, it's all ready.
23:37Oh.
23:38I hope you guys brought an appetite.
23:41Oh, oh, oh.
23:42Oh, nice of you to bring all this good food.
23:44Look, we've been eating here for years.
23:46It's about time we brought something.
23:47He ordered a pizza once.
23:49Maybe in a couple years, one of us might actually do the cooking.
23:52You know, guys, I've been thinking about that case.
23:55I think I have the answer to Mary Montgomery's murder.
23:57You do?
23:59All right.
24:00Say that the table is the studio here.
24:03We got, okay, white cup is Mary Montgomery.
24:06Pink cup will be Lucy Caruso.
24:08This, uh, blue cup will be Tom Grant.
24:10And this green will be Larry Duggan.
24:13Okay, the, uh, napkin is the makeup table.
24:18Fork here is the dressing room.
24:20And spoon would be the sets where they all work, okay?
24:24Now, Mary and Lucy are at the makeup table.
24:28Tom and Larry over here talking.
24:31Now, Lucy and Mary do their shows at the same time.
24:34One's on tape and one is on live.
24:36So Mary leaves the makeup table and goes to talk to Tom on the talk show set.
24:42Duggan goes back and joins Lucy at the, uh, napkin.
24:46The makeup table?
24:47Right.
24:48Now, none of them had the time to have stolen Mary's card, gone in and switched the bullets in the
24:55fork and made it back to the spoon.
24:57The dressing rooms and the sets.
24:58That's right.
24:59So then Darren is guilty, right?
25:01Well, I'm saying that our lunch right here proves his innocence because I made the steaks, you made the potato
25:06salad, and you made the coleslaw.
25:09Well, now, is it going to ruin your theory if we tell you that we got this at the deli?
25:12No, I'm just saying we all contributed something.
25:14And not one of them could have framed Darren all by themselves.
25:18So if we just assumed Darren's innocence, there's only one logical explanation.
25:44Yeah!
25:44Let's have a big round of applause for our special guest tonight.
25:48Can we just get this over with?
25:50Oh, you mean no gloating?
25:52No one-liners?
25:53No explanations of how I brilliantly figured out your plan?
25:57Something like that.
25:58See, you've got no sense of what makes good television.
26:02No wonder Larry Duggan's kicking your butt in the ratings.
26:04Oh, gee.
26:06Thanks, Freddy.
26:08Yeah, that really means something coming from a guy like you.
26:11Oh, Freddy, what's wrong?
26:14I thought you brilliantly figured out my plan.
26:18I did.
26:19I knew you two were in it together all along.
26:21Ah, ah, but you're wrong there, Freddy.
26:23Because, you see, actually, it was...
26:31All three of us.
26:32All three of us.
26:33Oh.
26:47Go, go, go.
26:50Go, go, go.
26:52Go, go.
26:54Go, go.
26:56Go, go, go, go, go!
26:57At chi?
26:57Go!
27:10Miss Crusoe?
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31:47Miss Crusoe?
31:52Miss Crusoe?
31:52I'm sorry I'm like a car appointment.
31:54Hey, come on in.
31:56Listen, when you see this, does this say home to you?
32:00It says dead to me.
32:02Oh, come on, come on.
32:03Think like a woman, not like a medical examiner.
32:05Hey, take a seat.
32:07See, if I, uh, if I decorated my ski lounge like this, wouldn't it make you feel all warm and
32:12cuddly?
32:13Actually, it would make me feel like I was in a veterinary morgue.
32:17You and I are a lot alike. I can see that already.
32:20Mr. Duggan, I would never put a decapitated animal head on my wall.
32:24But you're clearly consumed by your work, just like me.
32:28You see dead bodies everywhere. I see liars, losers, cheats.
32:32The lodge is my escape.
32:35Hey, you ever think about escaping?
32:38Yeah, right now, as a matter of fact.
32:40Your skiing is so relaxing when it's done in pairs.
32:44You'd love my lodge.
32:46As much as Allison Flaner did?
32:50How do you know about that?
32:51The question is, how did Mary Montgomery find out about it?
32:56Mary knew?
32:57Mary knew that Allison was only 14.
33:00Gosh, going on 20.
33:04Look, she and her parents made out just fine.
33:08Hey, I gave them enough money to start their own ski resort.
33:12So with Mary dead, nobody else is going to find out about it, are they?
33:17You can't say anything, doctor.
33:21I mean, it's over.
33:25I mean, nobody cares.
33:27You do.
33:28Maybe enough to kill to keep it quiet.
33:33Excuse me.
33:45I thought I'd like skiing, but if it involves mooseheads, count me out.
33:50What has Larry done?
33:50A taxidermist?
33:51His office is filled with dead animals.
33:54He thinks that if he decorates his lodge with mooseheads, women will ski right into his bed.
33:58Pass me the tomatoes.
33:59That's a show I'd watch.
34:01What about Allison Flaner?
34:03Well, Duggan said he paid off the girl's parents.
34:05He certainly doesn't want anybody else to find out about it.
34:09Tom Grant didn't want anybody to know about the kickbacks, either.
34:11Did Duggan say where his lodge was, Amanda?
34:14No, why?
34:15Well, I saw a postcard at the television station that Lucy Cruz was sent to her hair lady, and it
34:20was from Aspen.
34:21Grant has a ski rack in his car.
34:23Won't be hard to find out if they were together in Aspen recently.
34:25You know, I bet you're going to find out that they spent their vacation there and plotted a murder.
34:34Sloan.
34:37All right, thanks.
34:40CHP just found Freddy and his car at the bottom of Highcliffe Drive.
34:44Oh, boy.
34:48Don't even think about it.
35:09I don't think I have to tell you, this wasn't an accident.
35:13Skid marks ended several yards short of the edge.
35:16Then it appears Freddy just let the car roll off the cliff.
35:20I don't think Freddy was in any condition to let the car do anything.
35:23He died from a blow to the back of the head.
35:25Despite the fact that his well-padded headrest was properly positioned.
35:28So the question would be, how did Freddy really die?
35:31Well, you bring up a thorny issue.
35:34You know, these are coastal prickly pear cactus.
35:37They'd hardly ever see him grow any farther inland than this.
35:40And that's important because?
35:42Because this morning I removed a cactus thorn from Lucy Crusoe's foot...
35:46...and a yellowish one, just like these.
35:49Mr. Myers was at least six feet tall, 180, 190 pounds.
35:53Lucy wouldn't even come up to his chin.
35:55Ruling out drugs and poison, which Lucy would be too smart to use...
35:58...I don't see how she possibly could have killed Freddy by herself.
36:00Much less manhandled him into the Explorer.
36:03No, she couldn't have done it alone. She had to have help.
36:05...specifically Larry Duggan and Tom Grant.
36:08But why? What did the three of them have against Freddy?
36:11Maybe wanted to replace Mary.
36:12As a talk show host?
36:14It's a blackmailer.
36:19There's one problem with your theory, Dad.
36:21I just don't see Freddy being dumb enough to walk into a room with his three victims.
36:25Oh, I don't think he was. Lucy most likely lured him into a meeting.
36:28Well, either Tom or Larry could have taken him out.
36:30Probably all three of them came through here and staged the accident.
36:33Nothing like teamwork?
36:34That's how they killed Mary.
36:36The whole key to Mary's murder was getting access to that purse in the makeup room.
36:40Well, if I remember my forks and spoons correctly...
36:42...none of them had enough time to steal Mary's card key, switch the bullets...
36:46...and then get back to where they were supposed to be on time.
36:48That's right.
36:49Lucy got the card key from Mary's purse at the makeup table.
36:53Then she slipped it to Larry, who went in and switched the bullets.
36:56Well, where's Tom Grant been in?
36:57Well, he engineered the whole thing.
36:59He talked Mary and Darren into doing it.
37:00Well, we have no real evidence, guys.
37:02He's absolutely right.
37:03As long as they stick together, we can't prove a thing.
37:07Well, can we?
37:10Steve, could you keep Freddy's death quiet for about a day?
37:13Sure. Why?
37:23They released you?
37:25Insufficient evidence.
37:27Can you believe it?
37:28No.
37:28I mean, the whole world.
37:29So you shoot her on television.
37:31That seems like a lot of evidence.
37:33Yeah, but my fingerprints weren't on the bullets, so the cops released me.
37:37I mean, why would I wipe those bullets and then kill her on national TV?
37:41Yes, why?
37:42But it's certainly, it's great to have you back.
37:43Oh, yes, Mary, because we were all so worried that you might not be back.
37:47It's going to be awfully tough going on the air without my Mary.
37:50But I'll find the strength somehow.
37:52Thanks.
37:53Yeah.
37:57Oh, goody.
37:58Yeah, now the cops are going to be looking at us.
38:00Especially when they find Freddy's body.
38:02Looking at us?
38:03Why?
38:04They don't have any evidence, remember?
38:06Yeah.
38:06Hey, he's right.
38:07We're covered.
38:08All we have to do is stick together.
38:11Oh, God.
38:11Can you imagine the ratings Darren's going to get now?
38:17And here he is, Larry Duggan!
38:22Hi, and welcome back to The Larry Duggan Show, where today we are discussing high-rise workers
38:27who made it to the top on their backs.
38:31Yes.
38:31I have a question for Bernice.
38:34In the 17 months that you worked on that building, did you ever once actually lay hands
38:40on a tool?
38:44Honey, that is a stupid question.
38:50That's right.
38:51That's right.
38:52I agree.
38:53I agree.
38:55That was a stupid question.
38:57Bernice, what do you think of men who seduce underage girls?
39:00They ought to be dropkicks, sweetie.
39:02Right off the 23rd floor.
39:07How about off the air, Bernice?
39:08That is not today's topic.
39:10Yeah, well, maybe it should be.
39:11Maybe your audience should know the truth.
39:12Hey, I could use a little help here.
39:14Security.
39:15Cut.
39:15Hey, huh, Larry?
39:15Cut.
39:16What's your show going to be about tomorrow?
39:18How talk show hosts killed to hide their past.
39:21If I were you, I'd try to cut a deal with the police before the others do.
39:24Get off.
39:27I mean, he was a companion, a friend, a confidant.
39:32And you were just seven years old when you saw him get run over by a truck.
39:36Oh, it was the pits.
39:38Oh, I can't even imagine the pain of seeing this adorable, cute little dog crushed under
39:43those huge wheels.
39:45I thought I was here to plug my book, you dingbat.
39:48I mean, what a heartache that must have been.
39:50Finding your loyal, trusting, innocent little friend splattered all over an unforgiving asphalt.
39:59If only you hadn't thrown the ball right then.
40:02Yeah, how about the heartbreak of people living without running water or heat?
40:07What's this?
40:08In buildings that are infested with rodents.
40:12Well, of course, that's terrible.
40:14Buildings that you own.
40:16What?
40:17How could you do that to those poor people?
40:20Cut.
40:22Security, please.
40:23Can I have security?
40:23Will you throw this man out, please?
40:25Thank you very much.
40:26Is that true?
40:27Of course not.
40:28I have deeds and documents signed and dated by you.
40:33Show me those papers.
40:35Let them go.
40:40The police know everything.
40:43Whoever talks first could walk free.
40:48You dingbat.
40:51Turn the cameras on, please.
40:55I want this taped.
40:58I want everyone to know the awful truth.
41:01You do?
41:02I want my audience, everyone, to know how I was used by a dishonest business manager
41:14who duped me in assigning those papers.
41:17And that is the danger of investing your trust in the wrong person.
41:29Sloan knows.
41:30Sloan suspects.
41:31He doesn't know anything.
41:32Relax.
41:32No, no, he knows.
41:33I'm sure of it.
41:34He's probably on his way to the police now.
41:36We've got to do something.
41:37And fast.
41:38Lucy.
41:38I've got it.
41:39I've got it.
41:40We'll kill him.
41:41Yes, we've already committed two murders.
41:42How many times can they execute us?
41:44And Sloan thinks we'll crack.
41:46Are you saying I'm cracking?
41:47No, I'm assuming that vein throbbing in your forehead is a fashion statement.
41:51Well, you'll have something throbbing out of your forehead, just like Freddy did.
41:55You're worrying about nothing.
41:56If he had anything, we'd be in handcuffs.
42:00Yes, Cindy?
42:01The district attorney is returning your call on line two.
42:05Tell him he's mistaken, thank you.
42:06Hey, what kind of a deal did you cut?
42:09You just couldn't wait to sell us out, could you?
42:11Yeah, this is good.
42:13Let's all turn against each other exactly the way Dr. Sloan and his friends are hoping.
42:17Can't you see?
42:19That's the point of his little stunts.
42:20So what do we do?
42:21Yeah, what do we do?
42:23Give him someone else to concentrate on.
42:25If we all stick together, he can't touch us.
42:47What if the police already found Freddy's car?
42:49Yeah, if they had it, it'd be all over the news and this road would be closed off.
42:52You brought everything?
42:53Yeah, Mary's car key, the blanks.
42:57How did you come up with this?
42:58Yeah, if I can produce daytime TV, I can produce a frame.
43:01Too bad there isn't an Emmy for best produced murder.
43:04Ha-ha.
43:04Ha-ha, very funny.
43:05Listen, do you think the car key and the blanks are enough?
43:09Maybe we should put something else in Freddy's car.
43:11Uh, like what?
43:13A typed, unsigned confession?
43:15Larry's right.
43:15If we plant too much evidence, they'll know what's up.
43:18Assuming they ever find the wreck, maybe we should have picked a shorter cliff.
43:23Yeah, they'll find it and then they'll figure out what we want them to.
43:26Yeah, the Freddy Myers kill the better half of Darren and Mary.
43:29The greedy half!
43:37I'm getting going.
43:38We're not in this part together.
43:40It looks very, very, very nice.
43:42And by the way, it's so nice to know chivalry isn't dead.
43:44Thanks a lot for the help, John.
43:45Maybe I'll appreciate your nice warm sounds to you.
43:47Hey, you know, these are $800 per shoe.
43:49Shut up, Tom.
43:53Wait, wait, wait.
43:54I don't, I don't want to see Freddy decomposing.
43:56So close your eyes.
43:58Hey, Tom, here.
44:00Here.
44:02Here.
44:09Afternoon, folks.
44:10Oh, hell.
44:11Ah!
44:12Whoa!
44:12Great job, Tom.
44:14You produced us right in the jail.
44:15Let's meet you.
44:17Hey, hey, hey.
44:18Dr. Sloan, this is what it looks like.
44:20We were just, uh, trying to find our friend Freddy.
44:25Oh, right where the killers left him, huh?
44:26No, no, no, no, really.
44:28Dr. Sloan, you don't understand.
44:29We had a very strong bond with Freddy, honestly.
44:32Oh, nice say.
44:33What are you going to do next, confess?
44:36They made me do it.
44:38Oh!
44:38That's just great.
44:40Hey, aren't you the one who said if we all stick together,
44:42they can't touch us?
44:43That's just what I was counting on.
44:46What?
44:46You were trying to turn us against each other.
44:48You can't deny that.
44:49That's why you released Darren and pulled all those stunts.
44:51Oh, come on, Tom.
44:52You're way too smart to fall for an old trick like that.
44:54No, besides, if we're really trying to split you apart,
44:56I'd like to think we'd have been more subtle about it.
44:59So you didn't want me to inform against the others?
45:01Well, I really wouldn't have done as much good.
45:03To get a conviction, we needed the physical evidence.
45:06We didn't know which one of you controlled it.
45:08So we wanted you to think we wanted you to turn on one another,
45:11which pretty much guaranteed you would try something together.
45:14Thank you for making our job a whole lot easier.
45:17Yeah, but, but, wait, wait, Dr. Sloan, really.
45:19I'll make a deal.
45:20I'm sorry, Dr. Sloan, here he is, Darren.
45:23So they all tried to turn state's evidence?
45:25Oh, couldn't you say I'm a victim of circumference?
45:28Darren Tate is free and clear.
45:29And Lucy Caruso and Larry Duggan are off the air for good.
45:33If only that were true.
45:34They were colleagues, friends, people I trusted.
45:38And now they're facing murder charges.
45:40Even worse, the total destruction of their careers.
45:43What went wrong?
45:44What makes talk show hosts kill?
45:48Can you answer that question, Lucy?
45:50Oh, Darren, I wish I could.
45:54I just can't find the words.
45:57Can't or won't?
45:59Are you saying you can't find any remorse?
46:02Of course you can.
46:03Her, her feelings of guilt and contrition are so painful, so overwhelming,
46:08it's almost impossible for her to, uh, give him proper expression.
46:14When I think about poor Mary.
46:19What a dingbat.
46:21And what about Freddy Myers?
46:23You killed him, too.
46:25How did it feel?
46:27He didn't say.
46:30What?
46:35You can't watch too much television.
47:13Viacom.
47:14Viacom.
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