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00:38A woman is bludgeoned to death in her apartment, and all we come up with is cat hairs, a stick
00:44of gum, and lens tissues.
00:46Hey, Lieutenant, look at this.
00:53Beer bombs. Now we're getting somewhere. Bag those and get them to bunko.
00:57You think they're from that Century City Swindle?
01:00Same bank, same denominations. What are the odds is a coincidence?
01:04Hold it, sir. You can't come in here now.
01:06Excuse me. What's going on?
01:08Lieutenant.
01:10I'm Lieutenant Sloan. Can I help you?
01:13I'm looking for my mom.
01:15Kate Matthews?
01:18Honey, what?
01:18Uh, I'm her husband, Ryan Matthews. Ex-husband, actually.
01:24Mr. Matthews, can I speak with you for a minute?
01:30I'm sorry, Mr. Matthews, but I'm afraid your wife was murdered last night.
01:35I'm sorry, Mr. Matthews.
02:05I'm sorry, Mr. Matthews.
02:32You look like a man struggling with the acquisitions committee.
02:34Only their paperwork.
02:37And the notion of buying a TMR system.
02:40You're still opposed to it?
02:41Oh, yeah.
02:42Laser heart surgery is still way too experimental.
02:44We're on the cutting edge.
02:45At least, Dr. Reese seems to think so.
02:47Yeah, cutting edge, expensive, unproven, and very risky.
02:51Tess, leave the soda machine alone.
02:54This is Ryan Matthews and his daughter Tess.
02:57We're here to identify Kate Matthews.
02:59Well, the only vending machine that seems to work is in the doctor's lounge, right, Mark?
03:04Yeah.
03:04Ted, I was just going down there.
03:06I'll show Tess where it is.
03:07Sure.
03:09It's right down there.
03:10I can't guarantee this one works either, but the odds are a little better anyway.
03:27You, uh, sure you're ready for this?
03:30Let's get it over with.
03:31Mr. Matthews, I need to caution you on one thing.
03:34I know.
03:35There's been a lot of damage.
03:36It's liable to shock you.
03:48Oh, my God.
03:52Oh, that's okay.
03:53I've got my own money.
03:54Well, I just thought I'd...
03:56You know, if you want to flip for it.
03:58Why don't we make it interesting?
03:59Double or nothing, loser buys winner a soda and a candy bar.
04:06Tails.
04:08Okay, so I'm buying you a soda and a candy bar.
04:11I'll give you another chance.
04:13Let's flip for a soda, a candy bar, and a bag of chips.
04:17If you don't mind, I think I'll quit while I'm behind.
04:25Tess, how about your mom?
04:26I really don't want to talk about it, thanks.
04:29Well, I know you don't, but sometimes you need to talk things out.
04:32No, I don't.
04:33You see, Dr. Sloan, it's no news that my mom's dead.
04:36My dad told me she died in a car wreck when I was a kid, so I'm pretty much used
04:40to the idea.
04:41Start getting unused to it, kiddo.
04:44Whoever that is in the morgue, she's not your mom.
04:49The victim was your wife's friend, Emily.
04:52Never heard of her.
04:54Last week, Kate showed up in Smithfield, Utah, where I was working as a security guard.
05:00We had an argument, she left, and I decided to come to L.A. to, I don't know, try to
05:06patch things up.
05:08That's it.
05:09Did your ex-wife ever mention a man named Gavin Cutler?
05:16Cutler, she worked with him once, a long time ago.
05:19We lifted a set of his prints from her apartment.
05:23Off the murder weapon?
05:24No.
05:26Is there anything you can tell me about this Cutler?
05:28You want me to list all the swindles he's gotten away with, all the murders?
05:33You already know all about that.
05:36And about the dirty bunco cop who let him walk.
05:41I wasn't dirty.
05:43You were just married to one of the cons on his team.
05:47And all the evidence just happened to disappear.
05:51Interrogation by insinuation.
05:53I used to be good at that, too.
05:54You used to be good at a lot of things until you helped Cutler.
05:57As a favor to your wife.
05:59Ex-wife.
06:00Look, I don't know anything about your murder victim.
06:02I'm not going to sit around and talk about old times.
06:04Did it ever occur to you that Kate might be in real trouble?
06:07Then maybe you should be out looking for her instead of chatting with me.
06:10Thanks for the advice.
06:12Meanwhile, I need to know where to contact you.
06:14In case I decide to waste more of my time.
06:18We just got into town.
06:20We don't even have a motel room.
06:22Why don't you come out of my house?
06:24You can get a shower, the both of you, get some rest, and you can go look for a place.
06:28No, I was just beginning to see grubby as a style.
06:30Are you sure?
06:31Yeah, we'd go out there right after I finished my shift at the hospital.
06:34Dad, I need a couple things clarified on the M.A.'s report.
06:36All right, excuse us.
06:40That's a very troubled young woman.
06:42Yeah, I kind of figured that.
06:43She's on the verge of more trouble if somebody doesn't sit her down and talk to her.
06:46Remember the time you decided to bring home the stray dog?
06:49Which one?
06:50The one that bit the mailman.
06:52You've lectured me about that before, you know.
06:54Well, and you always ignored me.
06:56I got it.
06:59Just like you're doing right now.
07:01Well, before we didn't have a murder of Jane Doe.
07:04Who murdered her and why?
07:06That's the question.
07:08What, bearer bonds?
07:09Mm-hmm.
07:09Part of a $300,000 swim.
07:12But I don't think Ryan and Tess had anything to do with it.
07:14Well, nor the murder of Jane Doe either.
07:18You know, they could be the key to helping us solve it, though.
07:23Thanks.
07:26Ed.
07:36Tess, leave you alone long enough to get some work done?
07:39Oh, sure.
07:39As a matter of fact, I enjoyed the diversion.
07:42This stuff's overwhelming.
07:43Ed.
07:43You being audited?
07:45No, I wish I were.
07:46But this is worse than the IRS.
07:48We're talking, uh, TMR here.
07:51TMR?
07:53Transmyocardial revascularization.
07:55It's an experimental treatment.
07:57They use lasers to cut little narrow channels
07:59right through to the heart muscle,
08:01you know, past any occluded or blocked arteries.
08:03And it allows the ischemic areas of the heart
08:05to be bathed in oxygenated blood.
08:08I loved you, didn't I?
08:09Well, not at all.
08:11I'm the only member of my family that didn't become a doctor.
08:14Really?
08:18Dr. Sloan?
08:20Yeah, he's right here.
08:22Somebody for you.
08:24Something about a job.
08:26This is Ryan Matthews.
08:27And this is Gavin Cutler.
08:29Maybe you remember me.
08:31Sure, I remember you.
08:33I was just calling to say that if you want to see Kate again,
08:36uh, alive,
08:38then you and I need to talk.
08:48Well, if it isn't the master of the long con.
08:52You put on a little weight, detective.
08:54Too much mall food.
08:55But she didn't ask me here to discuss my diet.
08:58Where's Kate?
08:59Lost somewhere with $300,000 in bearer bonds that belong to us.
09:03Bearer bonds?
09:04It was a wonderful operation, actually.
09:07We created an entire fake stock brokerage in Century City.
09:11I was the senior partner.
09:12Kate was a broker.
09:13And she ran off with our spoils.
09:16Not a very polite way to treat her hardworking co-workers.
09:19We just want it back.
09:21No hard feelings.
09:22Yeah, tell that to her roommate.
09:25Wouldn't know her if I saw her.
09:26Oh, go down to the morgue and take a look.
09:28Third drawer from the left.
09:32You know, it takes literally millions of components to make a computer function.
09:37And when something that complex and intricate works, it's elegant.
09:43But if even one of these millions of tiny parts fails,
09:49it's almost impossible to find and even harder to fix.
10:01Sometimes it's just not worth it.
10:11I'm tired of looking for Kate.
10:13But I know where to find you, and I know where to find her daughter.
10:18We have nothing to do with this.
10:21All we want is our money back,
10:23so if you'd bring it by tomorrow after you find Kate, we'd be grateful.
10:27I'm sure Tess would be, too.
10:35You can tell where there's head or tails without even looking.
10:37Well, actually, my mom taught me how to do that when I was little.
10:52You like to play tricks on people?
10:54Everybody always tricks others.
10:56Can't trust anyone anyway,
10:57so if you're smart, you'll fool them before they fool you.
11:00Do you think the world's really that way, Tess?
11:02You just tricked me, didn't you?
11:06Come on, Tess, let's go.
11:08Did you find Mom?
11:09No, but I did find us a place to stay, and it's not expensive.
11:12Mark, thanks so much for you.
11:13You're welcome.
11:25Okay, Dad, do you want to tell me the truth?
11:28What is it?
11:29What's really happening?
11:32Your mom's gotten herself into a lot of trouble.
11:35If we don't go back to Smithfield, we'll be in it, too.
11:37No, I'm not going.
11:41Tess, she's on the run.
11:42She could be in Brazil by now.
11:46Last time we abandoned her, I didn't have a boat.
11:48This time I'm staying.
11:50I'm going to help her.
11:51I tried that once, too,
11:53and that's how I ended up as a shopping mall rennacop.
11:57She's my mother.
11:58I can't walk out on her now.
12:00Dad, it's time to stop.
12:03Tess, I wouldn't even know where to begin looking.
12:08Well, maybe I do.
12:11Where did you get this?
12:13From Mom?
12:14Last week?
12:17Must have meant a lot to her,
12:18or else she wouldn't have kept it so long.
12:23We spent every weekend at that cabin.
12:25A lot of years ago.
12:29Maybe that's where she is now.
12:47Mom, stop!
12:49Oh!
12:50Oh, I'm sorry.
12:52I thought...
12:52Yeah, I know what you thought.
12:54Oh.
12:59Oh, love what you've done with the place.
13:03Although the truly fashionable rat holes
13:04have shredded newspaper on the floor.
13:06You come all this way to criticize my decorating skills?
13:09We heard you were in trouble.
13:12I'm fine.
13:13I'll bet.
13:14Nothing like $300,000 to ease life's little troubles.
13:18The real bonds were in the briefcase
13:20when I left him at the drop for Cutler.
13:22Someone must have followed me and stole it.
13:26Well, it's comforting to know you're an honest crook.
13:28Dad, don't.
13:29What I do to survive stopped being your business
13:32when you took my daughter and abandoned me.
13:35Well, it started up again when Cutler threatened us.
13:41Tess, I am so sorry.
13:45Look, we've had enough apologies.
13:47Just give me the bonds.
13:48I'll see to it that Cutler leaves us alone.
13:51All of us.
13:52I told you, I didn't steal those bonds.
13:55I'll make sure Cutler knows
13:57that it was just an innocent accident
13:59that you ended up with $300,000 of his money.
14:01Now, hand it over so we can get on with our lives.
14:05Why do you believe Gavin Cutler over your own wife?
14:08Well, maybe it's because Gavin Cutler's never lied to me.
14:11Dad, stop it.
14:12Get out.
14:16I'm not leaving without you.
14:19Honey, I wish I could.
14:23Kate, look, we found you.
14:25So will they.
14:27None of us are safe.
14:28Then I'll just have to go talk to Gavin Cutler.
14:31You can't.
14:34To keep you safe, there's nothing I won't do.
14:49Aren't you going to stop her?
14:53Dad, you take care of my daughter.
14:55I always have.
14:59Mom, no!
15:09Mr. Matthews.
15:10Hi, I'm Dr. Travis.
15:12How is she?
15:13Your wife has a condition called hemothorax.
15:15What does that mean?
15:16Blood from the wound is still in the chest.
15:18But she's going to be okay.
15:20We placed a tube in her chest to drain it.
15:22Right now we have to wait and hope that she stabilizes.
15:25That is until she's doing better.
15:30Tess, I want you to stay with the officer.
15:33Where are you going?
15:38You used me!
15:40Uh-uh-uh-uh.
15:41Perhaps you didn't see the sign over the door that says employees only behind the counter.
15:45You used me to lead you to Kate so you could gun her down right in front of my daughter.
15:50Explain to me how I can get Kate to give me the bearer bonds if she's dead.
15:55She doesn't have your bonds.
15:57Then why did the police find some of them in her apartment?
16:00I'm sorry.
16:01Did you think you were the only cop who ever did me a favor?
16:06Then who shot her?
16:07Don't know.
16:08Don't care.
16:09Just want my money.
16:13I don't have $300,000.
16:16Sell your daughter into white slavery.
16:18Auction off your wife's organs.
16:20Get a paper route.
16:21There are lots of ways.
16:27Okay.
16:28I think I know how to get it.
16:31But I'll need your help.
16:34I know some doctors who are good for the money.
16:57I know I already talked to the people at the Bay Area Clinic.
17:00They said they've already maxed out their R&D budget for this year.
17:04But next year is a definite maybe.
17:07No, no, I know the company can't survive on maybes, Mr. Ward.
17:12And it shouldn't have to.
17:13You guys make a terrific product.
17:15Yes, I really do believe that, sir.
17:18All right.
17:22New job.
17:24Right about the same time my wife gets shot.
17:27Some timing, huh?
17:28Hmm.
17:29Well, congratulations on your job.
17:32Who's the lucky employer?
17:33Oh, uh, Kendine Medical Technologies.
17:36I'm their newest sales rep.
17:38I don't think I've ever heard of them.
17:40Well, they're fairly new.
17:42Based in Sacramento.
17:44And would you believe it?
17:45They're, they're, or rather, our main thing is one of those heart laser systems Mark was talking about.
17:51TMR?
17:52Yeah.
17:53Thanks to Mark, I knew enough to talk my way into a job.
17:56Just haven't been able to talk anybody into buying one.
17:59Well, TMR is still experimental as well as expensive.
18:03Yeah, and the only system around that can save patients with severe angina when standard bypass won't do the job.
18:10Straight out of the brochure.
18:12Well, you sold me.
18:13Now all you have to do is convince the acquisitions committee.
18:16Hey, I'd be happy if I could just set up a presentation.
18:20Then maybe I could hold on to this job long enough to make a sale somewhere.
18:24Well, setting up a presentation shouldn't be all that difficult.
18:28Maybe I can help you lay down the groundwork.
18:40No, can't do.
18:41You took the gig.
18:42Hold on.
18:43You took the gig.
18:44You took the gig.
18:48Max.
18:50Name's Morris Wheaton.
18:53Formerly Dr. Morris Wheaton.
18:56I worked with Ted McGill out of Dallas.
18:59What brings you to California?
19:02Well, it gets hot in Texas sometimes.
19:07And did you do anything else there besides sweat?
19:11I was in on the San Antonio Med Tech deal.
19:15I was part of the crew that relieved Dallas Hills Hospital of its pension fund.
19:21I heard somebody died on that job.
19:24Yeah, bad planning.
19:25You know McGill, you know that happens.
19:29Are you up to date medically?
19:31Do you know about TMR?
19:34I may be defrocked, but I am current.
19:39Transmyocardial revascularization.
19:41An alternative treatment which utilizes a CO2-based laser.
19:48Um, that's fine.
19:50Just show up and make sure you look like a rich heart surgeon.
19:54Next.
19:58Oh, no.
19:59Send him home.
19:59We don't need him.
20:00Hmm.
20:01Back when I was working bunko,
20:03young Jake here ratted out all his pals on a 10-and-10 deal.
20:07It's nice having the inside track, isn't it?
20:10Um, Jake, we've got nothing for you today.
20:15Next, please.
20:18I'm Patrick Norton.
20:21Have you ever worked a long con?
20:22Uh, no, but, uh, I've done a lot of pigeon drops.
20:28Used to deal three-card money in New York.
20:31You ever shilled on a health scam?
20:33Oh, lots of auto injuries.
20:36Practically invented the swoop and squat.
20:40How long you been smoking?
20:42Uh, third grade.
20:44This guy's perfect.
20:49Okay, you're gonna be all right.
20:50Okay.
20:53Uh, can you tell me here, Mr. Norton?
20:56Well, it's just like last time, Doc.
20:58Feels like I got a semi parked on my chest.
21:00You've had this before?
21:01Oh.
21:02Angina, same pain in my jaw, in my arm.
21:05I called my doctor.
21:06He's gonna send the paperwork over.
21:08Okay, good.
21:08Well, right now, why don't we see if we can't make you a little more comfortable?
21:11Oh.
21:11All right, coming through.
21:29Hey, welcome back.
21:35Tess, I'm so sorry.
21:39For what?
21:40You're the one who got shot.
21:44All those years.
21:46I should have been there.
21:48Taught you.
21:50Taught me a lot when I was little.
21:53How to palm a card, the coin trick.
21:57I never forgot any of it.
21:59Oh, good.
22:01Another reason for your dad to hate me.
22:06Why does dad hate you?
22:11He never told you.
22:14You were dead.
22:15What was the point?
22:18Your dad thinks I made him become something he despises.
22:24He arrested a man named Gavin Cutler, who knew something about my past.
22:31Something I'd hidden from your father.
22:36That you ran long cons.
22:40Nice to know I wasn't entirely forgotten, even though I was dead.
22:45Not by either of us.
22:51Cutler gave your dad a choice.
22:55If he walked, I walked.
23:00But if he went down...
23:04Mom, what's wrong?
23:06Mom?
23:07Help!
23:08My mom needs help in here.
23:09Hurry!
23:11Hurry!
23:12Hurry!
23:14Hurry!
23:14Hurry!
23:15Hurry!
23:15Hurry!
23:15Hurry!
23:17Let's get the oxygen.
23:32Any word?
23:33Yeah, she's still in surgery.
23:42Tess, I have to go.
23:44I have a meeting and...
23:46That's right.
23:47Forgot how much you cared about her.
24:05With 300 workers in five facilities in four states, Gendine Medical Technologies has the TMR know-how to assist community
24:13general in leading the way into the next century.
24:15And, finally, let me assure you that your operating theaters, with our assistance, can be readily adapted to our system.
24:21Well, that's a relief.
24:23I was afraid we'd have to demolish them and start over.
24:25Hardly.
24:27Well, unfortunately, Mr. Ward, we're talking about demolishing our entire acquisition budget for the year.
24:32For a procedure you're convinced can only be performed on a limited number of patients, correct?
24:37Exactly.
24:38Dr. Sloan, we wouldn't have invested so heavily in TMR if the research didn't support it.
24:44The fact is, Mark, our procedure will help more patients than you think.
24:47As much as 40%.
24:50But Dr. Sloan is right.
24:52TMR systems are very expensive.
24:54Which is why we're going to make you an offer you simply cannot walk away from.
25:01If you agree to pay our upfront delivery costs, we will provide equipment, training, and support for the first year.
25:08And how much are these delivery costs?
25:10$300,000.
25:12Covers the entire first year.
25:14You're right.
25:14That would be hard to walk away from, assuming your system is all you say it is.
25:18Yeah, which is the big question right now.
25:21Gentlemen, you're going to have to excuse us.
25:22We're out of time.
25:22Um, Dr. Sloan, honestly, if we could provide a demonstration, would I be more comfortable investing in TMR?
25:30Yes, I would.
25:31We have a clinic in Sacramento that's up and running with our system.
25:34And your surgical staff?
25:35Um, I'll be happy to provide you with your CVs and references, as a matter of fact, right now.
25:40Well, of course we'd have to find a suitable candidate.
25:43You know, I admitted a guy yesterday.
25:45He'd be a perfect patient.
25:46Uh, Patrick Norton.
25:47He's in the cardiac unit.
25:48I'd like to have our staff surgeon, Dr. Wheaton, take a look at him.
25:51Yeah, I've been meaning to pull the files.
25:54Look, I hope I'm not being obstructive.
25:57No, but hospitals have limited funds, and you have to be careful.
26:00I understand, Dr. Sloan.
26:01I hope you understand.
26:01I have other duties besides the acquisition committee.
26:04Right.
26:04Very impressive presentation.
26:06Oh, thanks, Mark.
26:13Hands.
26:17Tables.
26:21Tables.
26:23Tess.
26:25What?
26:26I just checked on your mom.
26:31If she was in serious trouble, we caught it in time, she's going to be fine.
26:35Good.
26:37Tables.
26:38You know, she'll be out of surgery soon.
26:40You'll be able to see her in a few hours.
26:45Tess, she's not going to die.
26:47She is to me.
26:49He's never going to let me talk to her again.
26:52It's going to be just like it was before.
26:55Except now, you'll know she's not dead, and it's going to make you miss her even more.
27:01Let me to talk to your dad.
27:02He won't listen.
27:04He hates her so much.
27:06Blames her for losing his job or something.
27:15You know, six years ago, my daughter married a terrible man.
27:22And she wouldn't listen to anything I said.
27:25And I got angrier and angrier at her.
27:28And finally, we didn't talk at all.
27:29Bet you didn't tell people she's dead.
27:32I didn't talk about her at all.
27:35For years, I just pretended she didn't exist.
27:39And then one day, she came back here and made me realize how much I missed her.
27:45It's not how my dad felt when my mom showed up.
27:48Are you sure?
27:54I didn't hate my daughter.
27:56I hated myself and the way I treated her.
27:59And every time I thought about her, it reminded me of that.
28:02So it just got easier not to think about her at all.
28:06Well, how do you get along with her now?
28:08Well, it turns out we don't have all that much in common now.
28:12We get together, we don't exactly see eye to eye.
28:15You're just like a real family.
28:18I guess you're right about that.
28:28Are you Lieutenant Steve Sloan?
28:31That's me.
28:32FBI, Special Agent Elona Odell.
28:35This is Agent Polk.
28:36Please, sit down.
28:40You've been asking questions about Gavin Cutler.
28:43He's wanted for questioning concerning a murder.
28:46I want you to back off.
28:49No, what you want is your boss to talk to my boss.
28:52Until then...
28:57I was trying to steamroll you, Lieutenant.
28:59I apologize.
29:02Apology accepted.
29:05Maybe you'd just better tell me what this is about.
29:07Well, I know Cutler is setting up a con on the west side here.
29:11The kind of fancy, high-tech job he specializes in.
29:15Then if you have what you need to arrest him...
29:17Frankly, I've...
29:18I've been after him for two years...
29:20And I don't even have enough for a warrant.
29:22My only shot is to try and take him down...
29:24Right in the middle of a job.
29:26And you're afraid if I keep investigating...
29:27Cutler will shut down his con and disappear.
29:30And I will have spent the last two years of my life for nothing.
29:35All right, I'll hold off for 24 hours.
29:39But when you bring Cutler in...
29:41Well, you can talk to him all you want.
29:43Deal.
29:51Well, thank you, Dr. Wahlberg.
29:53I appreciate you taking the time to speak with me.
29:54You're quite welcome.
29:55I'm always glad to endorse Kendine Medical Technologies...
29:58And Dr. Wheaton, goodbye.
30:04And Dr. Wahlberg is most impressed with your computer rerouting system.
30:08Mm-hmm.
30:10Looks like we're going from Wahlberg in Boston...
30:13to Adderley in Detroit.
30:18St. Mary's, how may I direct your call?
30:21Hi, this is Dr. Mark Sloan.
30:24May I speak to Dr. Adderley, please?
30:26One moment, please.
30:29Dr. Adderley speaking.
30:32Yes, Dr. Sloan.
30:33How can I help you?
30:39I just want you to know the opportunity to work with you...
30:42means a lot to Dr. Wheaton.
30:43I feel the same way.
30:44You know, everyone I talk to seems to love him.
30:47And your company, too.
30:48Oh, thanks.
30:49That's good to hear.
30:51Gentlemen.
30:52You must be Dr. Wheaton.
30:54Dr. Sloan, it is a pleasure, sir.
30:56And you know our patient, Patrick Norton?
30:58Mr. Norton?
30:59Doctor.
31:00Shall we begin?
31:01Yes.
31:05No infarction.
31:07The abnormalities of the ischemic myocardia match the angiogram.
31:11Hey, hey, guys, that better be good news.
31:15We certainly hope it is, Mr. Norton.
31:18Judging from your EKG and the physician's report...
31:21Do you think that this heart laser thing is my best chance?
31:25Well, Mr. Norton, you understand that this procedure we're talking about is somewhat experimental.
31:31I understand that this is the best shot I got at being around for my grandson's next birthday.
31:38Where do I sign?
31:41All right.
31:42Talk to you later, I'm here.
31:49I didn't know you guys had rigged that thing.
31:52I'd be one scared puppy about now.
31:57Mr. Norton has signed all the necessary paperwork so that the procedure can be performed at our clinic in Sacramento.
32:03Which also means community general is completely off the hook liability-wise.
32:07Well, our concern goes beyond legal liability, Ryan.
32:10Yeah, we're talking about Mr. Norton's life here.
32:12Exactly.
32:13And that life has to be saved, which is why he must undergo TMR immediately.
32:17Dr. Wheaton will accompany him on the air ambulance tonight.
32:20Aren't we rushing things just a bit?
32:22Well, um, it's our logical next step, Dr. Travis.
32:26We've given you our pitch.
32:27Dr. Sloan has checked out our references.
32:29All of whom gave you high praise, incidentally.
32:31All right. So what's left but to see our system in action?
32:35The only thing is I don't see you.
32:36Well, we can get to Sacramento at such short notice.
32:38You won't have to.
32:39We can set up a real-time video conference right here.
32:42We can stay here, and you can watch the whole thing.
32:44At 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.
32:47Good. We'll be here.
32:50Thank you, Mr. Norton.
32:52Ryan, Norton.
32:53See you.
33:01I'm going to go celebrate.
33:03You sound pretty positive.
33:04I know, but I'm sold the scam.
33:08Scam?
33:09Don't let this become a problem.
33:15That man.
33:16You're helping him rip off Dr. Sloan and his friends?
33:18Tess, why don't you go find out how your mom's doing?
33:20I want to know what you're doing.
33:21Well, unfortunately, I don't want to talk about it right now.
33:23Well, I wonder why.
33:24For five years, all I've heard is lectures about what a bad person mom is because she conned people.
33:28Now you're doing the same thing, only mom never ripped off her friends.
33:35Do you know who that man was?
33:36Some thug.
33:38He works for Gavin Cutler.
33:41The guy mom used to work for?
33:43Yes.
33:43Now you're working for him?
33:45Yes.
33:46So what?
33:46He offers better health benefits than the department store?
33:50Cutler thinks your mom owes him something.
33:53If he doesn't get it, bad things are going to happen.
33:57To mom?
33:57And to me, and maybe even to you.
34:00I'm going to prevent that from happening, no matter what it takes.
34:08Tessie, I know what I'm doing is wrong.
34:11It's the only way I can prevent something much worse.
34:16I don't know if you can understand that.
34:19It's what I have to do.
34:25I think I understand.
34:28We're stuck in the middle of something, and there's no way out without doing something terrible.
34:34Exactly.
34:35Just like mom was.
34:48All right.
34:51How was that?
34:52Terrific.
34:53Except you got behind the tape twice.
34:56Odell, you dropped a scalpel.
34:58Hey, it slipped, okay?
35:00Norton, you sneezed.
35:01I couldn't help it.
35:03It's dusty in here.
35:04Next time, help it.
35:05Our audience is taking their seats right now.
35:07Rehearsal is over.
35:12We are online and logging on to the Ken Dine website now.
35:23Places, everybody.
35:24It is definitely showtime.
35:29Paul 65.
35:32BP 122 over 78.
35:34He's stable.
35:35Patient is ready, doctor.
35:36All right.
35:36Let's get started.
35:39We're going to begin with the standard median, Mr. Donovan.
35:45First, Dr. Wheaton is going to address those areas of the heart muscle that are served by blood vessels that
35:50we can bypass in the more traditional way.
35:59Now for the pre-recorded portion of our evening.
36:04We must have a little online static here.
36:10Okay.
36:13All right.
36:14Here we are.
36:14Cross clamp.
36:15We're on bypass.
36:20Your team, that's a good word.
36:22It has to be the fastest two-vessel bypass on record.
36:25Just wait.
36:25Once we reactivate the heart, the fun really begins.
36:28Paddles, doctor.
36:29Clear.
36:30Power up.
36:31Power up.
36:32Head looking good.
36:35Pulse.
36:3563.
36:37BP 110 over 65.
36:39All right.
36:39We're ready for phase two.
36:40Goggles, please.
36:41Goggles.
36:42All eyes are protected, doctor.
36:43Is the exposure good?
36:44Let's get them a little more relaxed.
36:47Laser, doctor.
36:48All right.
36:48Arm the laser.
36:49Laser is armed and ready to go.
36:57Wow.
36:59It's looking good, doctor.
37:01Very nice.
37:03How many channels will the doctor cut?
37:06Altogether, 30 channels through the heart muscle itself.
37:10He knows precisely how many channels he'll make before the operation begins?
37:14I believe Dr. Wheaton said it can vary.
37:16Isn't that right, Mr. Ward?
37:17Oh, sure.
37:18Nobody knows exactly.
37:28Hold your positions.
37:30We're offline.
37:31There's some kind of a power surge.
37:32Hold your positions.
37:36Okay.
37:37Okay.
37:40Laser in the last three channels.
37:45Not much bleeding.
37:48All right.
37:48We're done, folks.
37:50Close him.
37:51That's amazing.
37:52He did exactly 30 applications for the laser.
37:56Gentlemen, can we meet again?
37:58How about 8.30 tomorrow morning?
38:08Look at this sinus rhythm.
38:10Amazing improvement.
38:12Mm.
38:13Almost as amazing as paperwork involved with every little detail in this hospital.
38:18Well, there is still one bit of paperwork.
38:20Yes, one little item here.
38:22The board has authorized me to present you with this cashier's check for $300,000.
38:27Thanks to you, gentlemen, the hospital is finally getting a TMR.
38:31Or as Dr. Travis puts it, finally stepping into the 21st century.
38:40Okay, that's it.
38:42Cutler gets his money back, and I'm done.
38:45You're done when Cutler says you're done.
38:46If I were you, I'd go back to the shop and wait until Cutler tells you it's over.
38:54In my briefcase, I have one signed but worthless contract.
38:57And in my pocket, I have a cashier's check worth $300,000.
39:02Beautiful.
39:03Well, you know where to bring it.
39:04I'll see you in an hour.
39:06Bye-bye.
39:15Okay, you can take the car.
39:17Be cool, man.
39:18Be cool.
39:18Here, you want my wallet?
39:20Fine, no problem.
39:22Oh, Rolex?
39:23No problem.
39:24That, too.
39:24What?
39:25What?
39:25What?
39:27Oh, no.
39:28What are you doing?
39:29What are you doing?
39:47Nowadays, people do all their banking from home on their computers.
39:51When they bring their PCs in to be repaired, they're giving their account numbers, their balances,
39:56all their credit information to guys like me.
40:00And we get to bill them for it.
40:02Don't you love technology?
40:04Eddie should have been here an hour ago.
40:07Best front man I ever worked with.
40:08He'll show up.
40:09And if he doesn't, eventually I'll find him and kill him, and you'll owe me $600,000.
40:17Thanks for easing my mind.
40:19No problem.
40:23Ryan was getting worried about you.
40:25I think he thought you ran off with our payday.
40:26Must have confused me with his ex-wife.
40:31Well.
40:32We're all finished here.
40:33Kate owes you nothing.
40:35But you do.
40:38Excuse me?
40:39We're out of pocket for the cash, the locations, the software.
40:43We've incurred substantial losses.
40:50You expect me to come up with another $150,000?
40:53You've done it once.
40:54I'm sure you can do it again.
40:58Excuse me.
41:03Hello.
41:05I paid $300,000 for a TMR program.
41:09I'd like a refund.
41:12I can, uh, I can just take my money and be on my way.
41:15Thanks.
41:16How long did you know you were being taken, Dr. Sloan?
41:18Well, I'll tell you, Gavin.
41:21I think it was when, uh, he got a job with a company that sells TMR setups.
41:26That kind of a coincidence always bothers me.
41:29But I wasn't entirely sure until Eddie here showed up as Mr. Ward.
41:33It was those, uh, lens tissues.
41:35I don't see how a tissue could destroy an intricate long con.
41:39Well, unless you find one just like it at a murder scene.
41:41You know, Emily and Kate, neither one wore glasses.
41:44Anyone could have left a tissue.
41:45It proves nothing.
41:46If you knew it was a con, why'd you let us go through with it?
41:49Well, it was the only way I could find out who killed Emily and who stole that $300,000.
41:54Now, my guess is that Eddie was planning some of the bearer bonds to frame Kate
41:59when Emily walked in on him.
42:01Excuse me?
42:02This isn't a drawing room, and you're not Jessica Fletcher,
42:05so what's to stop us from shooting him where he's standing
42:09and us going on about our business?
42:11Well, for one thing, I'm the one holding the gun, Eddie.
42:13And for another, I'd like to know who done it.
42:16I'll shoot him afterwards.
42:17I think he's wearing a wire.
42:19He's not.
42:20I have sensors everywhere.
42:21My beepers would have gone off the second he walked in.
42:24Doctor, please, continue.
42:26I'll, uh, need a minute.
42:27Oh, you also shot Kate.
42:29Stop that.
42:30I did not.
42:32Uh, it's all right.
42:33They're with me.
42:35You recognize these gentlemen, Eddie?
42:37This is insanity.
42:38Shoot these people now, and let's get out of here with our money while we still can.
42:43See, the only way that I could prove that Eddie killed Emily
42:45was to get him to confess that he was the one that took the $300,000.
42:49And he did.
42:50I didn't admit anything.
42:51Well, not exactly in words, but by deeds.
42:54These gentlemen robbed Eddie out in the parking lot.
42:57They took his car and his wallet.
42:58And my Rolex.
42:59And his Rolex.
43:00And also this, the check from Community General.
43:05See, Eddie knew he couldn't come back here empty-handed,
43:07so what did he do?
43:08He cashed out those bearer bonds he stole from you.
43:13Eddie, Eddie, Eddie.
43:16I love a whodunit.
43:18It's always such a surprise.
43:20Maybe this is a good time to mention that I'm a police officer.
43:24And this place is surrounded.
43:27And...
43:27And you're all under arrest.
43:29Thanks.
43:30I appreciate you letting me say that.
43:33Boy, you guys are slick.
43:36I love a good con.
43:41Let's continue.
43:43Man, you're back.
43:54Why are we here, Sloan?
43:56Can't wait to humiliate me in front of my family.
43:58No, we want to thank you for your help.
44:00What help?
44:01I tried to scam you.
44:03I don't remember it that way.
44:05Certainly not what it says in my report.
44:07Thought you and the inside.
44:08We never could have taken Cutler down.
44:11You know, Katie's decided to turn State's evidence against Cutler.
44:14I don't think he'll be bothering anybody for a long time.
44:17I don't understand.
44:19You had a gun to your head, Ryan.
44:20We know that.
44:21You didn't have any choice.
44:23Now you do.
44:27Oh.
44:36You know, if you keep improving at this rate, it's going to be hard to find an excuse to keep
44:39you here.
44:41Well, my apartment still looks like a crime scene.
44:43How's that?
44:44Works for me.
44:45I don't know if the insurance company will buy it.
44:47Besides, you can't come see me until they release you.
44:51Tis, I don't know if your dad's going to want...
44:53I want to what?
44:55We were just talking about Mom coming to visit us.
44:58Maybe stay a while?
45:01Tis, I got a lot to do out here right now.
45:03Yeah, well, that's why I got you an open ticket.
45:10Use it whenever you feel ready.
45:13Round trip.
45:14We don't want to rush anything.
45:18Besides, it's just good to know you've still got a way home.
45:28Well, that turned out pretty good.
45:30Yeah, I have to admit it did.
45:31Enough to warrant a celebration?
45:33Yeah.
45:34The floor is?
45:35Great.
45:37You want to flip and see who pays?
45:39Yeah.
45:40Yeah.
45:40What?
45:41We'll use mine.
45:44Ready?
45:46Yes.
45:47Yes, it is.
45:49That's my two-headed quarter.
45:51Mm-hmm.
45:51And you're buying.
46:29Viacom.
46:30Viacom.
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