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06:11One of the query letters that we sent out to Louis' old customers came back stamped no forwarding
06:16address.
06:17Well that happens all the time.
06:19Ahh.
06:19Yes, but this time, and in this case, I think that that particular purchaser of antiques chose
06:24not to be followed.
06:26No.
06:26They're using an alias, Doctor Christian Lindheim.
06:30I checked with the medical association they never even heard of a doctor by that name.
06:34What did Louis sell them?
06:37An electric chair.
06:39A real one.
06:56All done.
06:58I hope that didn't hurt too much.
07:00I've always been opposed to causing pain.
07:02Didn't feel a thing, Doc.
07:05This gas is ultra euphoric, very 60.
07:10Nitrous oxide tends to take the edge off.
07:15I got to tell you, the music is a plus idea,
07:20but generic pop is a void.
07:23Try something more progressive.
07:26OK.
07:27How long have you been a dentist?
07:28It's a semi-grim job.
07:31A long time.
07:33I studied dentistry back in the 70s, but I got sidetracked.
07:41I went back to school because I like this profession.
07:44You kids, you fill me with energy.
07:49Bizarre.
07:51I like it.
08:00The next one, Dr. Lindheim?
08:01Please.
08:02Come in.
08:06I just wanted to tell you how lucky we all feel to have had you
08:10with us at Haverstock this last year.
08:13Most dentists of your caliber wouldn't
08:14come near a reform school.
08:16Well, I'm happy to hear that, but it's really
08:18no sacrifice on my part.
08:20These kids, they give me just the kind of stimulation
08:24I need now.
08:26Well, they sure seem to like you, too,
08:29which makes it all the harder to tell you the news.
08:34School's closing down in two weeks.
08:36Why?
08:38Well, you know, the bureaucrats, matter
08:40of funding, among other things.
08:43I'm just as sorry about it as you are.
09:34I'm sorry, Eli.
09:36I'm sorry.
09:37Your stay of execution has been denied.
10:01This unit had quite a history.
10:03This unit was installed in 1937.
10:06There were 19 men executed in it, Lesley.
10:08of them successful.
10:11You mean some of them survived?
10:13In 1978, a fellow by the name of Eli Pittman,
10:17he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend.
10:21The chair gained a certain notoriety
10:24after Pittman lived through his execution.
10:27That's where it used to be.
10:36The chair was never used after the Pittman incident.
10:39It was sold to a private collector, I believe.
10:42Uncle Lewis?
10:43Whatever happened to Pittman?
10:45Well, that's the sad part.
10:46Turns out that he was really innocent.
10:48Another man confessed to the killing.
10:50I always had a feeling about Pittman.
10:52He even tried to get him a stay of execution.
10:55Can you imagine being innocent and still getting executed?
10:58Well, he must have been in pretty bad shape, hmm?
11:00Yeah, he was.
11:02A little while later, he was transferred
11:03to the Temple Hills Mental Hospital.
11:06Well, I'd like to stay and help you some more
11:07in your book on infamous antiques,
11:09but the wife says dinner at 6 o'clock sharp,
11:11and I don't like to keep her waiting.
11:12Oh, of course not.
11:13Thank you very much, warden.
11:14You'll be more help than enough.
11:16Come on.
11:19I'm Dr. Lindheim. Nice meeting you.
11:25Open.
11:28Yeah.
11:30I'll bet you chipped that lateral incisor in a fight.
11:35Same thing happened to me once.
11:40You get in plenty of fights when you're an orphan.
11:43You're an orphan, too?
11:45Yeah.
11:46Tough break, isn't it?
11:48No family, no friends.
11:50No one who cares whether you live or die.
11:54I had a girlfriend, but she's been gone a long time.
12:01Now all I have is my work.
12:06You and the other kids, you helped me to live a full life again.
12:09You give me the juice I need to go on, and I appreciate that.
12:13You're okay, Doc.
12:41You're okay, Doc.
12:47I'll be wrong.
13:05This is probably my guilt.
13:06I need help.
13:14I don't know.
13:37I don't know.
13:39I don't know.
14:06I don't know.
14:47I don't know.
14:53That's my case.
14:53Well, normally I wouldn't, but it sounded so intriguing I could hardly resist.
14:57You say you have proof that an innocent man was convicted of murder?
15:01Indeed I have.
15:02I'm most interested.
15:03A potential settlement for any lawsuit would be astronomical.
15:09Excuse me, Dr. Lindheim.
15:12Have we met before?
15:13Ten years ago.
15:15I'm Eli Pittman.
15:19That was not my fault.
15:23The evidence was conclusive.
15:25I know.
15:28I think that under the circumstances, excuse me, it would be best if you would leave now.
15:36Yes.
15:38I think it would be best to.
15:39I think it would be true.
15:52I think it would be true.
16:09Jack, we found all kinds of stuff on Pittman in the library.
16:13I made Xeroxes of everything.
16:15It was terrible what happened to him.
16:17Yes.
16:18Yes, it was.
16:20He was discharged from the hospital about eight months after the failed execution.
16:23Apparently it was something of a legal embarrassment.
16:26There was no precedent to hold him.
16:28Where is he now?
16:29Well, nobody really knows.
16:30He was an orphan, so there were no relatives.
16:33Let me have a look at those clippings, would you, Mickey?
16:41Dear God.
16:42What is it?
16:43Daniel Kendricks.
16:45He was electrocuted in his office last night.
16:47It was on this morning's news.
16:48He was the D.A. who prosecuted Pittman?
17:15Yes, this is Speed Demon Courier Service.
17:18We have a package here for Judge Joseph Avery.
17:22We need to verify when he'll be home for delivery.
17:26You've been very kind.
17:27I know.
17:55Get this.
17:56Eli Pittman was a fourth-year dental student at State University.
18:00Phi Beta Kappa, no less.
18:02How could I be so stupid?
18:05Dr. Christian Lindheim, the man who bought the chair from Lewis,
18:08I'd assumed that he was a medical doctor,
18:09never even thought about him being a dentist.
18:12What are you saying?
18:14No wonder the medical association didn't have any record on him.
18:16The dental association just might.
18:19You're not thinking that Dr. Lindheim and Eli Pittman are the same person?
18:23That's exactly what I'm thinking, Mickey.
18:39That's exactly what I'm thinking, Mickey.
18:42You just scared the hell out of me.
18:43I'm sorry, Melissa.
18:45I didn't mean to.
18:46I knocked and I thought I heard you tell me to come in.
18:49I was just on my way out.
18:51Yeah.
18:51You're not a narc or anything, are you, Doc?
18:54Come on.
18:55I just came by to see why you missed your appointment.
18:58What appointment?
18:59They didn't tell you?
19:01I have to check that crown I cemented last week.
19:06You've been excused from class.
19:09So, history class is history?
19:11Mm-hmm.
19:13I like it.
19:15Can you give me some more of that funny gasp?
19:17Of course.
19:18Anything you want.
19:23Well, look, if Pittman is Lindheim and he's got the chair.
19:25Oh, yeah, but what's the chair got to do with it?
19:27I'm not even sure right now, but first thing we have to do is find Pittman.
19:30Or Lindheim.
19:31And warn all the people that he may be after.
19:32All the people in those photos?
19:34Mm-hmm.
19:35Yeah, but what are we gonna tell them?
19:37Well, first, Mickey, let's hope that they're still alive.
19:42Now, let's have a look at that lower cuspid.
19:46Can we crank it up a bit?
19:50No, no, not the music.
19:52I'm talking to the gas.
20:02Alicia?
20:07You in there?
20:13That crown's just fine.
20:18You know, Doc, you're a nice guy.
20:22Not like the suits.
20:25Oh.
20:30Oh.
20:31Oh.
20:33Oh.
20:34Oh.
20:35Oh.
20:36Oh.
20:37Oh.
20:37Oh.
20:38Oh.
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20:41Oh.
20:41Oh.
20:44Oh.
20:45Oh.
20:46Oh.
20:54Sorry to disturb you, Doctor.
20:55Have you seen Melissa Duval?
20:57She didn't show up for her history class.
20:58No, I'm afraid I haven't, Mr. Downing.
21:00Oh.
21:01Well, if you should see her, would you give me a buzz?
21:03Absolutely.
21:06Oh.
21:24Oh, yes.
21:56Judge Joseph Avery, 24 West 59th Street.
21:58You sure he's going to be home?
21:59Yes, I talked to him.
22:00He said he's going to be home.
22:02No way was I going to talk to him about this stuff over the phone.
22:05I can't wait to see you explain it to him in person.
22:08Judge Avery.
22:12Yes.
22:14Who is that?
22:15An old friend with an ethical question.
22:18Are you the young man I spoke to on the phone earlier?
22:21I'm afraid we haven't spoken in 10 years.
22:25The ethical question I mentioned is as follows.
22:28What would be the proper or rather the judicial form of punishment for someone who wrongfully
22:37executed an innocent man?
22:56I want to know what it did to him.
23:02I want to know what it did to him.
23:09I want to know what it did to him.
23:13I want to know what it did to him.
23:17You.
23:19Don't you come any closer?
23:22Gladly.
23:26Ah!
23:33Ah!
23:35Ah!
23:35Ah!
23:35Ah!
23:36Ah!
23:37Ah!
23:38Ah!
23:57Get out of the water!
23:58Get out of the water!
24:11What's wrong?
24:12You got the keys. Give me the keys.
24:13You got the keys!
24:15He must have dropped them.
24:17He's gonna lock the door!
24:18Wait, wait, wait. Lock the doors.
24:21I saw this on the news.
24:23Lightning hit the car, and the guy inside wasn't heard.
24:25There was something about it grounding out or something.
24:28Just don't touch anything metal.
24:50I just put the keys inside.
24:55I was able to find the keys.
24:56I can't believe it's enough to be.
25:02I can't believe we're forced to get out of here.
25:03Now we can see how it's a good design for all the guys.
25:03Let's take a look.
25:03We can't see how it's a good design.
25:07We can't or take a look.
25:08We can't see how it's on the ship.
25:09We can't do that immediately.
25:10It seems to be stuck.
25:28I'll go find the keys.
25:40Jack, I'm telling you, it was unbelievable.
25:42I mean, this guy had a zillion volts coming out of his fingertips.
25:44Did you see his face?
25:46No, I didn't get a good look at him.
25:48This is hardly what I expected.
25:50You mean that this man is becoming some kind of a transformer or capacity using electricity to kill?
25:55Jack, every single person in those photos has turned up dead accidental electrocutions.
25:59All of them?
25:59Of all the ones we've been able to track down.
26:01I mean, there is a group photo with not everyone captioned.
26:05Here it is.
26:06Now, we haven't been able to ID this man and a couple of guards.
26:10Well, Warden Hobbs should be able to help us there.
26:12Ryan, you'd better check with him.
26:13I've also been able to discover the whereabouts of Dr. Christian Lindheim.
26:18You're kidding. Where?
26:19The dental association had a record on him, all right.
26:21He's on staff at that old Haverstock Reform School.
26:25I've made arrangements for us to pay them a little visit.
26:27Buying antiques.
26:28What else?
26:29Well, if Lindheim and Pittman are the same person, you guys better be wearing your rubber boots and gloves.
26:47Some storm.
26:48And like a fool, I forgot my rain boots.
26:51They certainly can't come in handy.
26:53Can you tell me, why exactly is this facility closing down?
26:56Oh, funding mostly.
26:58See, most of our kids are runaways and orphans.
27:00And that's not high on a politician's priority list.
27:04And, of course, there's a high rate of escapes.
27:06We lost three kids last month.
27:19And down here, we've got turn-of-the-century wall fixtures, beveled leaded glass.
27:26We've even got an antique French bathtub.
27:28I'm sure you'll find something interesting.
27:30Yeah, that's what we hope.
27:32I understand that you even have your own staff dentist here.
27:36As a matter of fact, we do.
27:37Mr. Downing, please pick up extension 440.
27:41Excuse me.
27:46Downing here.
27:50Oh, of course.
27:51Yeah.
27:52I'll be right over.
28:10Thanks for seeing me again, Warden.
28:12Just had a few more details to pick up for the last chapter.
28:16Certainly anything I can do to help.
28:18Now, these are all the people who witnessed Eli Pittman's execution, right?
28:22Yeah, that's correct.
28:24This guy right here.
28:26We haven't been able to ID him.
28:30It's, uh, Patrick Stridell.
28:32He was the jury for me during the Pittman trial.
28:35These people must feel terrible at what happened.
28:38No doubt about that.
28:40So, do you know where we might be able to find Mr. Stridell?
28:43Not really.
28:44He originally lived in Brookville.
28:47Brookville?
28:47Well, that may be able to help.
28:48I have some more information on my personal files at home.
28:51You're welcome to come over tonight to go through them if you want.
28:54Maybe after we had some dinner.
28:56Six o'clock sharp, as usual.
28:57Well, I...
28:58Peggy's making me gloat.
29:00That sounds delicious.
29:01Why don't you let me give you a call?
29:02I've got to get together with my partner, see what he came up with.
29:05Good.
29:06Good.
29:11According to that directory, his office is in the main building, room 144.
29:15Well, it's a good place to start.
29:21Dr. Lindheim, you wanted to see me?
29:24Dr. Lindheim?
29:38You look like a classical fan to me.
29:42How about a cannon in D major?
29:47Fine.
30:01What did you tell them?
30:03Tell who?
30:06I don't understand.
30:10Open.
30:20The two who were asking questions, the old man and the girl.
30:23Who are they?
30:24What did you say to them?
30:27Gee, Dillard.
30:29I...
30:30Why are you doing this?
30:31No.
30:32No.
30:34No.
30:44It's late.
30:45Mm-hmm.
30:53I'm sorry, Mr. Downing.
30:56But I have to be sure no one suspects.
31:01I assure you, all pain will be gone in a matter of seconds.
31:07Look, there it is.
31:09Do you have to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one
31:14has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to
31:16be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure
31:19no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one
31:21has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to
31:23be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure
31:24no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one
31:27has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to
31:27be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure
31:28no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one
31:31has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to be sure no one has to
31:38be
31:50Oh, my God.
32:23Jack, you must have gone out the store.
32:25Yeah.
32:39Mickey.
32:40Mickey.
32:43This is the electric chair.
32:45He's using this for dental work.
32:52Look at this.
33:00Pass me that syringe.
33:03See if you can find a small cork from one of those bottles.
33:08Here.
33:10What are you doing?
33:13Magnetizing this needle.
33:14You're making a compass.
33:15Pittman obviously has a huge charge of electricity,
33:19and this may just draw the needle.
33:21But we found the chair.
33:22Why do we have to go after him?
33:24The chair's not going anywhere for a while,
33:25but Pittman evidently is.
33:27His business must not be finished.
33:34Look!
33:35What the fuck?
33:56Oh!
34:14Do you hear that?
34:18Yeah.
34:29Oh!
34:31Oh.
34:33Oh!
34:35Oh!
34:49It's just a transformer.
34:52Turn.
35:31It's just a transformer.
35:34It's just a transformer.
35:54Well, at least we've recovered the chair.
36:02Whatever charge he has is gonna have to last him.
36:05He, uh, still don't understand why he didn't try to electrocute us.
36:09He's saving it for his next victim.
36:14He got the chair back.
36:17Yes, indeed, we did. What did you turn up?
36:20Well, the guy in the photo, he turned out to be the jury foreman. He's dead.
36:24We should have found some way of stopping Pittman.
36:26Well, no, it wasn't Pittman. He died ten years ago, right after the trial. Cancer.
36:31So we've got no more victims and we've got the chairs.
36:33Looks like our job is done, huh?
36:35There is a killer on the loose. There's no way to prove it.
36:37You don't understand, is it?
36:39Uh, Brian, we think he's been getting his energy from killing kids.
36:42You know, those supposed escapees from the reform school?
36:46Great. Just great.
36:47And we're not at all sure that he has no more victims.
36:49He left without trying to electrocute us. He's obviously not finished.
36:52Well, who could it be? I mean, everybody in that photo is dead.
36:59Who says it has to be someone in the picture?
37:02That's right.
37:05Who was in charge of the execution? Who gave the, uh, go-ahead to throw the switch?
37:10The warden.
37:19It's a recording. All the lines are down in the area because of the storm.
37:23We have to warn him somehow.
37:24I'm afraid we have to do more than that.
37:27Warden Hobbs invited me over for dinner tonight.
37:29He said he'd be home at 6 sharp.
37:32It's almost 5.30. We can just make it.
37:43What time is it?
37:45It's 5.57.
38:14How was the office today, dear?
38:17Good, good.
38:18Not as good as being home with you, though.
38:20Ah.
38:22Has our Dean a guest called?
38:23No, but, uh, the phones are out.
38:26I'm sure he'll be here shortly.
38:28Okay. I'll be up in the study.
38:40Okay, you turn left to the next corner, and it should be down two blocks.
38:44You said he was weakened when he grabbed hold of the hood on him, huh?
38:47Yeah, yeah. He barely had enough energy to run away.
38:49Must have been grounded out or short-circuited in some way.
38:53Try and find a way to make that happen again.
39:02Well, you must be Ryan Dalyan.
39:03I'm glad you could join us on an awful night like this.
39:12Something wrong, Mrs. Hobbs?
39:14No. No, not at all.
39:15I, uh, I just pictured you much younger from my husband's description.
39:21I'm sorry. That must have sounded terrible.
39:23Don't give it a second thought.
39:26Is the warden around?
39:27He's just upstairs. I'll let him know you're here.
39:30No. I'd like to surprise him.
39:33I think he'd appreciate it.
39:35Of course. Dinner's almost ready.
39:52Who are you?
39:58I'm so sorry, Ryan.
40:02Your station is on the line.
40:31Oh, man!
40:32I'm sorry, Ryan!
40:32She's at all!
40:33Welcome.
40:34Japanese
40:43Is there anything you wish to see?
40:45I've seen it before, Eli.
40:50Good God.
40:53Yes, may I help you?
40:54Mrs. Hobbs, I'm Ryan Dalyan.
40:56But who's that man upstairs?
40:59It's Pittman.
41:00Eli Pittman?
41:01Yes.
41:02No, wait, wait.
41:03Call the police.
41:04But the phones are still out.
41:06Yeah, Mickey, take her and go and get some help.
41:07Yeah, come on, let's go.
41:09Ryan, get the jumper cables out of the car,
41:12and then attach one of the clothes to the plumbing,
41:14to the radiator's furnace, anything, anything that'll ground it.
41:20I wondered about you, Eli.
41:23What dobs?
41:25Get away from him!
41:34Stick around.
41:36I'm sure there'll be enough of me left over for you.
41:42It's not going to work, Pittman.
41:45I've witnessed the whole thing.
41:48You're more than welcome to watch.
41:50And I'd love to hear your explanation to the police.
42:04Pittman, we've got the chair.
42:10It's all over.
42:14You're a dead man!
42:16Oh, man!
43:13Oh, man!
43:25Ah, nothing like the sun.
43:28Yeah, I can't say I missed a storm, but the lightning was kind of fun.
43:31Speak for yourself.
43:33Yeah, electricity is one of nature's most powerful elements.
43:36Used properly, can save millions of lives through modern medicine,
43:39maybe someday even take us to the farthest reaches of the universe.
43:42Not to mention power my stereo.
43:44Thank you very much.
43:46I guess the list of applications does go on into infinity, but used wrongly.
43:52How's it coming, Jack?
43:53It's finished.
43:55Looks the same to me.
43:57Well, there are a few little delicate adjustments.
43:59Put your hand on the globe.
44:02Go ahead. It won't shock you.
44:03No pun intended.
44:11Ooh, this is pretty cool.
44:16Kind of gives me a tingling feeling.
44:21Yes, I'd say it's a success.
44:23I'll bless you, madam.
44:23Yes, please.