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00:04his student in the short skirt couldn't remember her name appeared during office hours that
00:11afternoon you looked up my skirt she said what are we gonna do about it how dare she
00:21he was a distinguished member of the faculty for god's sakes and this lisa yes that's it
00:28would not be satisfied until he was
00:34dismembered how when he arrived here from walking home from school to his mother's embrace
00:43and a tuna fish sandwich on perfectly toasted toast
00:50to this horror of course he had looked up her skirt
00:56but you know was that a choice in that moment he knew she had complete power over him and he
01:06knew
01:06that he was maddeningly absurdly in love with her 16 books in 18 years well that includes a collection of
01:21my essays too
01:22oh such modesty
01:25a new novel by elliot pope is a major event especially in our mutual hometown of massapiqua which has featured
01:33prominently
01:34in many of your books i'm sure that's just a coincidence you ever go back only my work well everyone
01:40there is very proud even if they're afraid that you're going to write your next metafiction romana clay about them
01:47you know i never write about anyone in particular
01:51i write what i write
01:52and it has worked out for you
01:54after those early smutty bestsellers you have become an institution
02:00winning prizes and raves from everyone except me
02:04but that is because i have recused myself
02:07i don't read reviews barney but
02:08it is nice to know that if i did i wouldn't even have the option to read yours
02:14well that's probably for the best
02:18back through here
02:20my god
02:21i know it's gotten out of hand but i know where everything is
02:26oh daria hey would you like to sign some books
02:29i'm not in the mood
02:30oh is that a rat
02:32oh templeton smart little guy can't catch him
02:36bev keeps threatening to call the health department
02:40hey tonight was great
02:42it was an honor just being on that stage with you
02:47then um why did you have to spew all that uh metafiction romana clay garbage
02:53it diminishes my work it's saying uh i don't make things up
02:57don't be so touchy what's wrong
03:00is the writing not going well
03:02what are you working on
03:04that's none of your business
03:05oh come on are you stuck
03:06you know i could be helpful i'm not a total idiot
03:10barney you're a critic who doesn't review your books
03:13let me read what you're working on please as a fan
03:18it's not ready
03:19well maybe not for the world but for me
03:21come on it would give me so much joy
03:24to be the first person to read a new elliot pope
03:27wow
03:28you're laying it on a little thick
03:30it's true elliot
03:32i'm begging you it would mean so much that you trusted me
03:41well it's still in longhand so if you lose the manuscript
03:46i will kill you
03:50edgar bishop walked up madison
03:52past the fresh-faced girls leaving the dalton school
03:56as was his habit his thoughts kept returning to the little man in the bookstore
04:02two months and still not a word
04:06not one word
04:13let me get you back
04:30yes i'm sure they'll just fly off the shelves when they're arranged like this
04:35i'm glad you're here
04:36i want to show you something
04:38i took this out of my safe deposit box today
04:41i have to sell it to cover some debt
04:44rent went up again
04:45this is tough stuff for forester
04:47not effeminate like the others
04:49that's the first edition howard's end from henry james private library
04:54well we think so
04:56the proof is iffy
04:57let me get you a drink
04:59i hate to part with it but if i don't i'll have to let bev in on the state of
05:03our finances
05:07oh
05:08oh
05:11i sensed some awkwardness
05:13and i assume it's because i
05:15i never called you about your manuscript
05:19i read it
05:22i mean how much do you want me to say
05:28i don't want you to say anything
05:30i didn't even want you to read it in the first place
05:33i don't care what you think at all
05:36oh
05:37thank you
05:38thank you
05:40why are you thanking me
05:42for not making me give you my notes
05:44i'm so tired of the sound of my own voice
05:47pompously pointing out flaws in people's work
05:50flaws?
05:51what
05:52what flaws?
05:54i thought you didn't want to know
05:55okay well now i'm interested
05:56so go ahead
05:57come on
05:57tell me
05:58you sure
06:01well where to start
06:04you know it's just another sad masturbatory exercise
06:09steeped in misogyny and casual cruelty
06:13once again you have strip-mined the lives of the good people of Massapequa
06:18i recognized every one of them for filthy lucre
06:21and all but your sainted mother and her tuna sandwiches
06:25are subjected to your snide disapproval
06:29honestly every impeccably crafted sentence
06:33made me want to vomit
06:37hmm
06:40well
06:42thank you barney
06:44i value your opinion
06:46the way i
06:48would value the
06:50uh
06:50opinion
06:51of a
06:52loser
06:53wannabe
06:54of no
06:56literary
06:57importance
06:58a man who
06:59sells
07:00and criticizes
07:01books
07:02he wished he had written
07:03but
07:04all the while
07:05knowing
07:06he is incapable
07:07of holding
07:08anyone's interest
07:09because his life
07:11like his mind
07:12is completely
07:14worthless
07:23maybe so
07:25my old friend
07:26maybe so
07:27i'm sorry
07:27you know it's
07:28it's the people
07:29who know us best
07:31whose bad opinions hurt the most
07:32so forgive me
07:33oh i deserve every bit of it
07:37huh
07:38you still want me to sign some books
07:40of course
07:46oh boy
08:04ellie
08:05ellie please
08:06help
08:07help
08:09ellie
08:10doesn't our friendship mean anything to you
08:15how much do you want me to say
08:17oh
08:19no
08:20no
08:21no
08:21no
08:22no
08:22no
08:22no
08:22no
08:22no
08:23no
08:23no
08:23no
08:23no
08:24no
08:42no
08:43no
08:45no
08:52edgar bishop knew his life wouldn't change much after the death of his friend
08:57was that even the word acquaintance?
09:00more like a mirror.
09:03For Marty Roper could always show him
09:06who he really was.
09:08You would miss this, son of a bitch.
09:10Now, the character of Marty Roper
09:12does bear a passing resemblance
09:15to a mutual acquaintance of ours.
09:16Yep, Barney Corman.
09:18Now, for those of you who don't know,
09:19Barney Corman was a critic
09:21who owned Barney's books
09:22and who died, tragically,
09:24a year and a half ago,
09:25crushed by his own bookcases.
09:27You know, I remember hearing from his wife, Bev,
09:30who mentioned that, you know,
09:31you were devastated when she called you.
09:33I mean, you know, who wouldn't be?
09:36Did you know immediately
09:36you wanted to write about it?
09:38Well, no, because, you know, I haven't.
09:40I mean, yes, Barney's death
09:42did spark my imagination,
09:45you know, at some level,
09:46but, you know, I'm not interested
09:47in parsing out, you know,
09:48what's true and just pure invention.
09:50That's been a constant in your career,
09:53hasn't it?
09:53People asking what's made up, what isn't.
09:55It's irritating.
09:56And I just did it.
09:58Bad friend.
10:00All right, let's open it up
10:01to some questions.
10:03Oh, oh.
10:04Yes.
10:05Me?
10:06Mm-hmm.
10:06Hi, I'm Cheryl Jacobs.
10:08Um, I'm actually an author, too.
10:11My book, Unwell, On My Way,
10:13is out in paperback.
10:14What is your question?
10:15Sorry, I'm a little nervous.
10:17Um, such a fan.
10:20Again, your question?
10:22I forgot what it was.
10:24Oh, no, wait.
10:24My friend has one.
10:26Oh, yeah, right.
10:27Okay.
10:28Um, hello.
10:28Uh, hi.
10:30Uh, hi, Brad.
10:32Oh.
10:33Um, I was just curious
10:35about the way Marty dies
10:37in the avalanche.
10:39I was surprised
10:40when he went on that ski trip.
10:42He wasn't very athletic.
10:43Well, you know,
10:44a character is often, uh,
10:46revealed through, uh,
10:47contradiction.
10:48But the narrator, Edgar,
10:50says that his and Marty's eyes meet
10:53just before he dies.
10:56That doesn't seem possible.
10:58How do you mean?
10:59Well, if they were actually that close,
11:01then both of them
11:02would have been killed
11:03by the falling snow.
11:06You're reading it wrong.
11:07Oh, okay.
11:09It's just,
11:10it says their eyes meet, so.
11:13And Eddie is really you,
11:16isn't he?
11:16Okay, let's move on
11:17to the next question.
11:19Uh, yes, over here.
11:21Over here.
11:23To Cheryl.
11:24Ah, thank you.
11:26Could I give you a copy
11:28of my book, too?
11:29It would mean so much to me.
11:31Sorry.
11:31Life is fine, I can't.
11:33Oh.
11:34Oh.
11:35No, I understand.
11:39Hi.
11:40It's for Elsbeth,
11:42with a B.
11:44Elsbeth,
11:45with a B.
11:47That's right.
11:48I'm sorry if my question
11:50seemed rude.
11:51I'm actually so impressed
11:52with how vividly you imagined
11:54that death scene,
11:56because, of course,
11:57you weren't there
11:58when your friend died.
11:59No, I read it in the paper
12:00like everybody else.
12:02I thought Fred said
12:04you got a call
12:04from Barney's widow,
12:05and that's how you found out.
12:07Yes, and then
12:09I read the details.
12:10You know, a word of advice
12:12that you focus so much
12:13on unimportant details,
12:15you lose deeper meaning.
12:17You can't read my books
12:19like they're
12:20Agatha Christie murder mysteries.
12:23Who said anything
12:24about a murder mystery?
12:30I've met that woman before.
12:32She's pretty kooky.
12:33Yeah.
12:34Hard to believe
12:34she works for the police.
12:37I know, I heard you come.
12:39Hi.
12:55Oh, Elliot Pope.
12:58Now, that man can write.
12:59So, you've read his books.
13:01Yeah, one or two.
13:02You mean the early dirty ones.
13:04Hey, now,
13:05just because Pope's books
13:06were somewhat explicit
13:07doesn't detract
13:08from their literary merit.
13:10My older brother
13:10gave me a copy
13:11of Couch Liar
13:12when I was 12
13:12saying it would put hair
13:13on my chest.
13:14I still don't know
13:15why he was expecting
13:16it to do that.
13:17So, why are we
13:18talking about him?
13:19Well, I've been making
13:20my way through Pope's books.
13:21He's not very good
13:22at writing women, is he?
13:24And I can't stop thinking
13:26about his new book,
13:27Snow Falls Down,
13:28which is inspired
13:30by the death
13:31of a friend of his.
13:33Oh, I see where
13:35this is going.
13:35Barney Corman
13:36was crushed
13:38by falling bookcase.
13:4018 months ago.
13:45In the book,
13:47Marty Roper
13:48was crushed
13:49by an avalanche
13:51on a ski trip.
13:52So, the first
13:53could have inspired
13:54the second.
13:54That's what writers do.
13:56True.
13:56But in most of Pope's books,
13:58the narrator,
13:59his alter ego
14:00who's usually named
14:01Edgar Bishop,
14:02is wracked
14:02with all sorts of guilt
14:03about everything.
14:04but in this book,
14:05Edgar doesn't feel guilty
14:06at all about Marty's death,
14:08even though he had sex
14:10with Marty's wife
14:10in a cave
14:11at the top of the mountain,
14:12which is what caused
14:13the avalanche.
14:14Oh, the man still got it.
14:17Don't you see?
14:19Pope is trying
14:20to distance himself
14:21from the death
14:22of Barney Corman,
14:23but he can't resist
14:25writing about it.
14:28So, what do we know
14:29about the guy
14:29under the bookcase?
14:30Barney Corman
14:31was a minor figure
14:33in New York
14:34literary circles.
14:35He wrote reviews
14:36freelance
14:37and owned
14:37Barney's Books
14:38bookstore,
14:39which sold retail
14:40and also dealt
14:41in rare editions.
14:42So, what's all that?
14:43Oh, this is all
14:44from the original
14:45police report?
14:45Which was very thin.
14:47Yeah, it looked
14:48like an accident.
14:49A man crushed
14:50by old bookcases
14:51clutching a copy
14:52of Howard's End
14:53in a room
14:53that was a health hazard.
14:55Barney's wife
14:56had called
14:56the health department,
14:57but nobody wanted
14:58to be in close quarters
14:59with Templeton.
15:00Templeton?
15:01Oh, that's the name
15:02that Barney gave
15:02to the rat
15:03who lived there.
15:04Probably named
15:05after the rat
15:05in Charlotte's Web.
15:07Oh, I love that book.
15:08Yeah.
15:09So, I asked
15:11Elliot Pope
15:12some totally innocent
15:13questions at his
15:14book signing,
15:15and he lectured me
15:16about caring too much
15:17about facts.
15:18So, he clearly
15:19doesn't want anyone
15:20to do a close reading
15:21of this case.
15:22So, can we?
15:26Look, as much as
15:27I try to indulge
15:28your hunches,
15:29which I admit
15:30usually turn out right,
15:31there's simply
15:32not enough there.
15:33The man died
15:3318 months ago.
15:34Oh, come on.
15:35A novelist
15:37and a critic
15:37who grew up together,
15:39that is fertile ground
15:41for a literary feud.
15:42Sure, like my feud
15:43with Cyrus Tully,
15:44but I would never
15:45go out and kill the man.
15:46Well, that's you.
15:47Elsbeth, your consent decree
15:49doesn't include
15:49creating new cases
15:50that don't exist.
15:51But it does include
15:52pointing out cases
15:53that may have been missed.
15:55Or at least it should.
15:57What do you think?
16:00Me?
16:00I'm tired of being
16:01in this position.
16:02If you're convinced
16:03that this is an actual
16:04murder case
16:05worth investigating,
16:06then I'll agree.
16:07So, what's it gonna be?
16:09Well, I...
16:12agree with Captain Wagner.
16:14There's no hard evidence,
16:16so there's not enough here.
16:18Yet.
16:19Yet?
16:20Thank you,
16:22Lieutenant Connor.
16:22That's all we need.
16:31You can just smell
16:34the literature.
16:35Sure.
16:37This place is
16:38classic New York.
16:39Barney liked
16:40to think so.
16:41Oh, you must miss
16:42him alive.
16:43More than when
16:44he was alive,
16:45that's for sure.
16:47So, you say
16:48you're with the police?
16:51Sort of.
16:51I hope to make sure
16:53they do everything right.
16:54They didn't do
16:56something right?
16:57I don't know yet,
16:58but there are
16:59some things I wish
17:00were in the report
17:01that aren't there.
17:02I knew it.
17:04Oh, I should have pushed,
17:06but they were so sure,
17:07and I figured
17:08the storeroom
17:09was a disaster
17:10waiting to happen.
17:11I've kept it
17:12locked up
17:13ever since.
17:15Do you think
17:15I could take a look?
17:16You're not afraid
17:17of rats?
17:18Oh, no.
17:19I most definitely am.
17:22Hmm.
17:23Oh, oh.
17:24I have an idea.
17:26That is one
17:27feisty little rat.
17:29Oh, thank you
17:30for not just
17:31killing him.
17:33He was a friend
17:34of my husband's.
17:35Oh, no.
17:36We never kill rats
17:37with names.
17:38It's in our manifesto.
17:40Oh.
17:41We'll find Templeton
17:42a good home
17:43in the wilds
17:44of New Jersey.
17:45Thanks for calling us,
17:46Elspeth.
17:46You're always my first
17:48thought when I see
17:48vermin.
17:51Well,
17:52what are we waiting
17:53for?
18:01Oh, they put
18:02the bookcases
18:03back up,
18:04but everything else
18:05is just as it was.
18:13What, what, what,
18:14exactly are you
18:15looking for?
18:16I'm not quite sure
18:18yet.
18:21But I just found it.
18:30But the scratches
18:31on the footstool
18:32were clearly made
18:33by the molding
18:34on top of the bookcase.
18:36Footstool.
18:37Yeah.
18:37Bookcase.
18:40Barney.
18:45Somebody must have
18:47dragged the footstool
18:48out from under
18:49the bookcase
18:50after it fell.
18:51Boom.
18:52And if that's true,
18:53then that somebody
18:55murdered Barney Corman.
18:58Or
19:02Barney Corman
19:04accidentally pushed
19:05out the footstool
19:05in his confusion.
19:08You enjoy doing this
19:10to me, don't you?
19:10The report did mention
19:11a witness who
19:13arrived at the store
19:13at 640, but the sign
19:15said it was closed.
19:16But the store didn't
19:17close until 8 o'clock.
19:19So who turned
19:21the sign to closed?
19:23Is that it?
19:24Isn't that enough?
19:25Yes.
19:25I believe that is enough
19:26to warrant a new
19:27investigation.
19:30So, uh, which
19:31detective should we
19:32go to?
19:32No detective.
19:33Since Lieutenant
19:33Connor is convinced,
19:34he's gonna help you
19:35on the very cold,
19:37barely a case case.
19:38Good enough for me.
19:39So, uh, should we
19:40talk to Elliot Pope?
19:43Edgar Bishop knew
19:44the vultures of
19:45biography were circling.
19:47He needed a strategy
19:48to confound them.
19:50But his mind was
19:51diverted by a woman
19:52dressed in absurdly
19:53bright colors,
19:55asking irritating
19:56yet perceptive
19:57questions.
19:58Who was she?
20:03Everything I say here
20:04is off the record.
20:05What record?
20:06Any record.
20:06From official
20:08precinct memoranda
20:09to Teddy Tassioni.
20:11Understood.
20:12The election is now
20:12a few days away,
20:13and Alec, if he wins,
20:15wants to hit the ground
20:16running.
20:16So, what do you
20:17want from me?
20:18Alec is choosing people
20:20for important appointments,
20:21and he wants to know,
20:22would you be interested
20:23in being police commissioner?
20:26Yeah.
20:27Big stuff.
20:29What?
20:30Orisa!
20:31Hi!
20:33What's this about?
20:34Nothing.
20:34We're asking him
20:35if he wants to be
20:36police commissioner.
20:37I thought you said
20:38this was off the record.
20:39Well, Alec trusts
20:40Elsbeth clearly.
20:43Don't answer right away,
20:44think about it.
20:45But don't take too long.
20:47Don't lead Alec on.
20:49Be clear on what you want.
20:50He deserves that.
20:55Wow.
20:57So, what are you
20:58going to do?
20:59I don't know yet.
21:02What did you, uh...
21:03Oh, uh,
21:04I really want to question
21:05Elliot Pope,
21:06but his agent refuses
21:08all requests for interviews.
21:10But you won't let
21:10that stop you.
21:12I'll consider that
21:12your blessing.
21:15Why, hello!
21:17Do you remember me?
21:19Actually, I do.
21:21This isn't a coincidence,
21:22is it, Elsbeth?
21:24Oh, you're so smart.
21:26No, I read
21:28how every workday
21:29you go to the place
21:30down the street
21:30to get a tuna fish sandwich,
21:32just like the one
21:32your mother used to make you.
21:34Boy, you must think
21:35about your mother a lot.
21:37She's the only woman
21:38who has never disappointed me.
21:41Well, that's...
21:42sad.
21:43Anyway, you mentioned
21:44this little lunchtime ritual
21:46in several interviews,
21:48which is surprising
21:48for someone who claims
21:49to treasure their privacy.
21:51Is there something,
21:52I don't know,
21:53specific you want
21:54to talk to me about,
21:55or are you just
21:56attracted to me?
21:57Oh, the former.
21:59I work with the police.
22:01I heard.
22:02And we're taking another look
22:03at the death
22:04of your friend,
22:05Bernie Corman.
22:06We have evidence
22:07that suggests
22:07that he was murdered.
22:09No.
22:09What new evidence?
22:11Well, there were marks
22:12on a footstool
22:13that was probably
22:13keeping a bookcase
22:14from crushing him.
22:16Someone must have
22:17yanked it away.
22:18You don't say.
22:19And a book dealer
22:20came by to pick up
22:22a rare edition
22:23of Howard's End,
22:24but the store
22:24was closed too early.
22:27Now, you knew Barney.
22:28Well, you were together
22:29for an event
22:30a few months beforehand.
22:31Did he say anything
22:32about any difficulties
22:34that he may have been having?
22:36Elizabeth,
22:36you like Russian food.
22:38Russian food?
22:39Have dinner with me.
22:40It Googles.
22:42It's kind of my place.
22:43Why do you want
22:44to have dinner with me?
22:45I confess I've been
22:47thinking about you
22:48since we met.
22:49I'd like to write about you.
22:51And in order to do that,
22:52I have to understand you.
22:54I thought you don't write
22:55about real people.
22:57I don't, but I need fodder
23:00for my imagination.
23:02Okay.
23:04Elliot, I will have dinner
23:06with you,
23:07but just to be clear,
23:08I'm not interested
23:09in romance.
23:11These are mine.
23:18I've thought more about it.
23:19And?
23:20I'm interested.
23:22The city would be
23:23lucky to have you.
23:24Of course.
23:25If it happens,
23:26I'll have to review
23:27the department's use
23:28of consent decrees.
23:29Oh.
23:30Don't worry about that
23:32on my account.
23:32You've already done
23:33so much for me.
23:35Beth Corman is here.
23:37She found something.
23:38I was wondering
23:39about the fax machine
23:41on Barney's desk.
23:42I mean, why is he still
23:43the only idiot using one?
23:45Well, that's not
23:47necessarily suspicious.
23:48Maybe.
23:49But I put a new roll
23:50of paper in it
23:51and it spit out a log
23:53of all the faxes
23:54he sent over the years.
23:56I figured maybe you could
23:57find out who they went to.
23:59I'm working on it.
24:03He needed money.
24:05Maybe sent some faxes
24:06to a loan shark
24:08who killed him.
24:09Oh, let's not jump
24:10to conclusions.
24:12Okay.
24:12I traced a number
24:14that appears
24:15several times.
24:16Oh.
24:16And it's listed
24:17as belonging to
24:18a Maura Davidoff.
24:21Oh.
24:22Who's Maura Davidoff?
24:24Elliot Polk's
24:26first wife.
24:29Hey, Corman and me.
24:31Please.
24:32I have some self-respect.
24:34We thought perhaps
24:35Elliot knew
24:35of your secret relationship
24:37and was driven to murder.
24:38Elliot wouldn't care
24:39if I'd cheated.
24:41If anything,
24:43it would relieve his guilt
24:44for his serial philandering.
24:47The man's a hound.
24:48Incapable of relating
24:49to any woman
24:50without trying to sleep
24:51with her.
24:51Oh, dear.
24:53Why do you think
24:53he works all alone
24:54in that dreary office of his?
24:56His publisher
24:56won't let him hire
24:57any more young
24:58female graduate students
24:59to work for him.
25:00Not since the lawsuits.
25:03Lawsuits?
25:04He kept taking them
25:05to dinner at Gogol's.
25:06He'd order schnapps.
25:08You know the rest.
25:09Well, it must have been hard
25:11being married to him.
25:12You can read all about it
25:14in my book,
25:15Writer's Wife Strife.
25:17Of course,
25:17the critics killed it.
25:19It only sold 147 copies.
25:22147.
25:23That sounds low.
25:24I told the truth
25:25about our marriage,
25:27unlike his novels.
25:28But Elliot is still
25:29a better writer than I am.
25:32Life isn't fair.
25:33Not usually, no.
25:35So,
25:36if you weren't romantically
25:38involved with Barney Corman,
25:39why was he faxing you regularly?
25:41He liked to send me
25:42his reviews of Elliot's books.
25:43He couldn't publish them
25:44because he'd recused himself.
25:46They made a big deal
25:46about growing up together.
25:48But he knew
25:49I'd get a kick out of them.
25:50Because they were insightful?
25:51Because they were vicious.
25:54Did you, by chance,
25:56keep any?
25:59These are extremely uncharitable.
26:01Is that how you spell
26:03puerile?
26:04Hmm.
26:04I guess it is.
26:06Was Elliot Pope
26:07aware of these?
26:08I have no way of knowing.
26:09We don't speak.
26:11We don't even scream
26:12at each other anymore.
26:13I've never heard of this one.
26:15Trouble Pants.
26:17It's the latest review,
26:18but I've never heard
26:19of that book.
26:20Wait, the cover sheet
26:21says sneak peek.
26:23Could it have been
26:23a working problem?
26:24Possibly.
26:25People always begged Elliot
26:26to read what he was working on.
26:28He'd let them
26:29when he needed
26:30that extra hit of adulation.
26:32Hmm.
26:33Are you sure
26:33you never showed these to Elliot?
26:35Because it seems like
26:36that would have given you pleasure.
26:38Yeah, well,
26:39I stopped reading
26:40Barney's reviews
26:40a few books ago.
26:42I'm a bitter person,
26:44but even I
26:45have my limits.
26:48I don't know
26:49how much more
26:50Elliot Pope
26:51I can read.
26:51I want to take a shower
26:52after every chapter.
26:54He does present
26:54a somewhat outdated
26:55form of masculinity.
26:57One that's making a comeback.
26:59Grace, welcome.
27:00Hey!
27:02Oh, you sweet thing.
27:04I'm sorry I'm late.
27:05I went to early voting.
27:07Oh, smart.
27:08People online
27:09were very excited
27:10and nervous.
27:11Looks like it's gonna be
27:12a real nail-biter.
27:13What do you think,
27:14Elspeth?
27:15Do you think
27:15Alec Bloom will win?
27:16Ooh, yeah.
27:17Has he given you
27:17any inside info?
27:18We're not here
27:19to talk about the election.
27:21We are here
27:22for the Elliot Pope
27:24Investigation Book Club,
27:25for which I have made
27:26his favorite
27:27tuna fish sandwich.
27:28Well, I love
27:29book club-themed food.
27:31I followed his
27:32mother's recipe
27:32in Couch Liar.
27:35How are they?
27:36They're good.
27:37Chewy.
27:38I don't know
27:39if this is something
27:39I would write about
27:40for decades.
27:41To be honest,
27:42you can get a better
27:42sandwich at the
27:43Massapequa Diner
27:44near his childhood home.
27:45I did some research.
27:48But, you know,
27:49these are good, too.
27:50Oh, no,
27:51you don't have
27:51to finish them.
27:52All right.
27:54Has anyone
27:55found anything helpful?
27:56I did.
27:57In the childhood section
27:59of Sunday's Playhouse,
28:00a friend of Eddie Bishop's
28:02stays at Eddie's place
28:03when the other boy's
28:04parents split up.
28:05Then,
28:06Eddie gets jealous
28:07when his mother
28:08compliments
28:08the other boy's
28:10penmanship.
28:11Maybe that friend
28:12from school
28:13was little Barney
28:14Corman.
28:15And we definitely
28:16think that Eddie Bishop
28:18is a stand-in
28:19for Elliot Pope.
28:20Pope Bishop.
28:22Oh, duh.
28:23How'd I miss that?
28:24Are published authors
28:25really that petty?
28:26Oh, absolutely.
28:28Yeah, being published
28:29does something to you.
28:30Every time I go
28:31into a bookstore,
28:32I have to make sure
28:33that they're displaying
28:34my book properly.
28:36Well,
28:37I guess I'll have
28:38to find out more
28:39in my dinner
28:39with Elliot Pope
28:40on Tuesday.
28:41What?
28:42Is that wise?
28:43That's one way
28:43to avoid Alec
28:45on election night.
28:46No, Elizabeth,
28:47I have read enough
28:48to know that any woman
28:49should keep her distance
28:50from that man.
28:52I can take care
28:54of myself.
28:55I have met plenty
28:56of charming monsters.
29:00And yet we'll both
29:02have the worst.
29:04Yep.
29:07You didn't have
29:08to order for me.
29:09You've never been
29:09here before,
29:10so you don't know
29:11what you want.
29:12More schnapps?
29:13Actually,
29:13I've had about enough
29:15schnapps as I can handle.
29:18So, Elizabeth,
29:20tell you about
29:21your hopes and dreams.
29:23Well, before we get
29:24to those,
29:25I wanted to show
29:26you something.
29:27What do you got in there?
29:28Well, these are photos
29:30taken from events
29:32at Barney's books
29:33before and after
29:34the night he died.
29:36Here was a launch party
29:39before, and here
29:40was a memorial
29:42for Barney after.
29:44You see?
29:46See what?
29:48In the second photo,
29:50the display of your books
29:51is different.
29:53It's way more prominent.
29:55Now, why would that be?
29:57Well, maybe a fan
29:59thought I wasn't
30:00getting the respect
30:02I deserve.
30:03Or, more likely,
30:06Barney was reminded
30:08of how much he revered
30:10my work when we
30:10appeared together
30:11and wanted his customers
30:13to pay more attention.
30:16See, that doesn't square
30:18with the reviews
30:19that Barney wrote
30:20of your books.
30:21No, well, Barney
30:22did not write reviews
30:24of my books
30:25because of our history.
30:27Oh, he actually did.
30:30He just didn't publish them.
30:32He sent them
30:33to your first wife,
30:36Mara.
30:37He did?
30:37Mm-hmm.
30:38She had them on that
30:39curly fax paper,
30:41but we made nicer copies
30:44for the publisher.
30:45The publisher?
30:46Yes, Fred Harrison
30:47is helping us
30:48get these published.
30:49Oh.
30:50They're so well-written.
30:51And by an important critic
30:53with such a close relationship
30:55to your work.
30:56And then the proceeds
30:57will help shore up Bev
30:59and the bookstore's finances.
31:01Well, that's a win
31:03for everybody.
31:04Right.
31:05And to think,
31:06if Barney hadn't died,
31:09these might never
31:10have come to life.
31:11Well, this is very illuminating.
31:15I mean, I knew he was jealous.
31:17I had no idea
31:19he was so obsessed with me.
31:22Right.
31:23And you wrote a book about him.
31:25Oh, I was wondering
31:26if you could help us.
31:28The last one is of a thing
31:30called Troubled Pants.
31:33What was that?
31:34That doesn't ring a bell.
31:36Are you sure?
31:37Because I feel like
31:38this might be important.
31:39We did it in New York?
31:40It's a new day.
31:42Thank you to all
31:43who worked so hard
31:44to make this a reality.
31:46Looks like your pal,
31:48Alec Bloom,
31:49just got elected
31:50mayor of New York City.
31:51Everybody who worked
31:52on this campaign
31:53showed tenacity.
31:56Yes.
31:58Looks like he did.
32:00And to those people
32:01who aren't in this room tonight,
32:03who played such an important part
32:05and made me a worthy candidate,
32:08you know who you are.
32:09Now let's celebrate.
32:11Maybe after our chicken Kiev,
32:14we could celebrate
32:15back in my place.
32:17Hmm.
32:18Hmm.
32:20No.
32:23Okay.
32:46And Elliot Pope's?
32:48Fire Marshal Jake said
32:49it was very suspicious.
32:50Did he now?
32:51Now, fortunately,
32:52no one was hurt.
32:53But here's the thing.
32:54The fire wasn't in the kitchen.
32:55It was in his office
32:56where he writes.
32:58Clearly,
32:58my questions at dinner
32:59struck a nerve.
33:00He was burning evidence.
33:01Okay.
33:02You got me.
33:02Do your thing.
33:03Can I send things to the lab?
33:05You can send things to the lab.
33:07But, Elizabeth,
33:07you have to prove
33:08that Elliot was in the bookstore
33:09the night that Barney Corman died.
33:15I brought you something.
33:16I'm writing.
33:17Well, you have to stop
33:18for the lunch,
33:20and I saved you a trip
33:21to your local sandwich shop.
33:23You mean you...
33:24A tuna fish sandwich,
33:25exactly like your mother
33:26used to make you.
33:27I'm going to be the judge of that.
33:32You know,
33:33I have never, ever found one,
33:35even if half at...
33:37Oh, my God.
33:40Oh, my...
33:42How did you...
33:43I didn't make it.
33:45It's from the diner
33:46near your childhood home,
33:47which has been owned
33:48by the same family
33:49for 75 years.
33:53What are you implying?
33:55Oh, nothing.
33:56Just that your mother
33:58didn't make those sandwiches
33:59when you came home from school.
34:00She just pretended to.
34:01Isn't that funny?
34:04Oh, I'm sure she still loved you.
34:07She went to the trouble
34:08of lying to you.
34:10To think that
34:12all of those books
34:13were written right here.
34:15If you're looking
34:16for the lost manuscript,
34:17you're not going to find it.
34:18I already looked.
34:19Oh.
34:21Gosh, I hope it didn't get destroyed
34:23in that mysterious fire.
34:26Hey, maybe it's
34:27in Barney's storeroom.
34:29Have you ever been there?
34:30I'm afraid of rats.
34:31How do you know about Templeton
34:32if you've never been there?
34:34It's a small community,
34:36you know,
34:36and it's a good story.
34:38Yeah, but who told you?
34:40I couldn't be one of those
34:42female graduate students
34:44that used to work for you
34:45because you're not allowed
34:46to hire them anymore.
34:48Well, that was
34:48one of several misunderstandings.
34:51That makes sense, though.
34:52I've read your books.
34:53You do have a pretty
34:55severe woman problem.
34:59I beg your pardon?
35:02I don't have a woman problem.
35:04I have a problem
35:06with women like you.
35:09You know, liars
35:10who will do anything
35:11to trap me.
35:12I know you're attracted to me,
35:14and I remind you
35:16of your father.
35:16I'm not, and you don't.
35:18And you're disappointed
35:18in every man you ever met.
35:20But you will not
35:22tear me down.
35:23I will remain
35:25on required reading lists
35:27and a giant in the canon.
35:31Now, thank you
35:32for the sandwich, Elizabeth.
35:34Now, get out.
35:36Get out!
35:45How was election night?
35:47It looked exciting on TV.
35:49Well, I was...
35:51I was sorry
35:52you weren't there.
35:54You deserve to win, Alec.
35:56You ran a great campaign.
35:57Especially at the end.
36:00Because of you.
36:01Thank you, Elizabeth,
36:02for inspiring me,
36:04for pointing me down
36:05the path of truth.
36:08Forcing you
36:09is more like it.
36:10Yes.
36:11But ever since you did,
36:13I feel so much better
36:14about what I'm doing.
36:16My life.
36:17Everything.
36:18I want this to continue.
36:22With you.
36:23By my side.
36:24Oh, Alec.
36:26Before you go any further,
36:28I need to say something.
36:30Okay.
36:32I admire you.
36:34what you've done
36:35so much.
36:37And I really do think
36:39you can be
36:39a wonderful mayor.
36:41Maybe you'll go
36:42even further than that.
36:43Uh,
36:44one thing at a time.
36:45You're right, right.
36:48But whatever you do,
36:52it won't be with me.
36:55Why?
36:57I did what you asked.
37:00I can't stop thinking
37:02about that night
37:03at the Jungle Restaurant
37:05when I asked
37:06and you said yes,
37:08there was
37:09a guy named Pete.
37:12You lied to me
37:13right to my face.
37:15I wasn't ready.
37:17Okay, but here's the thing.
37:19I couldn't tell.
37:22And that's kind
37:23of my thing.
37:24And I understand
37:25what it is
37:26to be a people pleaser.
37:29I am one.
37:31And that could be
37:33really great
37:33for the people
37:34of New York,
37:35but it won't work
37:36for me.
37:37Elizabeth,
37:38politics is
37:39a tricky business.
37:41Yes, I know.
37:42I've been there,
37:43done that.
37:44And maybe I'm
37:45being childish.
37:46Maybe I'm expecting
37:48too much from a man,
37:49from anyone,
37:51but this is who I am.
37:53What about
37:55second chances?
37:56Oh, Alec.
38:01You got one.
38:04Just not with me.
38:12Come on, Gonzo.
38:14Poop already.
38:15Don't push her.
38:16She needs to do it her way.
38:18What is it with you men?
38:21You did the right thing, Mom.
38:23Really.
38:24I don't know,
38:25maybe now that you're
38:26not dating the mayor-elect,
38:27my editor will let me
38:28write about politics again.
38:29Well, that's good.
38:31Oh, I hope I didn't
38:33make a mistake.
38:35Elliot Pope says
38:36I find all men
38:36disappointing.
38:38That's just a sign
38:38of intelligence.
38:40Ha-ha.
38:41Gonzo,
38:42you're lucky you're spayed.
38:45Oh, there we go.
38:46We got a pooper.
38:47Yes, I have
38:48the poop bags.
38:53These things
38:54are always so hard
38:55to...
39:02So I'll introduce you,
39:03you'll read a chapter,
39:04and then the interview.
39:05I know the drill.
39:07Gosh, boy.
39:09For a reclusive author,
39:11you sure do agree
39:12to a lot of interviews.
39:13I'm nominated
39:14for a national book award.
39:16Oh, that's very impressive.
39:18Oh, but unfortunately,
39:20there will be no
39:21hit of adulation tonight.
39:24And why is that?
39:24Because you murdered
39:25Barney Corman.
39:26Well, that's ridiculous.
39:28You know,
39:28this case,
39:29it got me back
39:30to reading more.
39:31After I finished
39:32all of your books,
39:33I moved on to
39:34Howard's End,
39:35the book that Barney
39:36was clutching
39:36before he was crushed.
39:38Oh, Forrester writes
39:39female characters
39:40so well.
39:41Oh, it's like
39:42he thinks of them
39:43as fully dimensional
39:44human beings.
39:45I was also struck
39:46by the death
39:47of Leonard Bast.
39:49At the end,
39:50you know,
39:50when Charles Wilcox
39:52hits him with a sword
39:54and then a bookcase
39:55falls on him.
39:56Sort of like
39:57an avalanche.
39:59Bast is a fiber
40:00used to make rope.
40:01The character
40:01in Snow Falls Down
40:02is Marty Roper.
40:04These stupid board games,
40:05they don't prove a thing.
40:07Okay, you're right.
40:07You're right.
40:08We needed real proof
40:10that you killed Barney
40:12in the storeroom
40:13that night.
40:13Proof like your DNA
40:15on that copy
40:17of Howard's End.
40:18The copy that Barney
40:20took from his
40:20safe deposit box
40:21the day he died.
40:23And sure enough,
40:25we found it.
40:26And how?
40:27I mean,
40:27you don't have my DNA.
40:29You have
40:30an interesting habit
40:32of licking your thumb
40:34every time you turn a page.
40:37You probably don't even notice
40:38that you're doing it.
40:39But you did it
40:40when you signed
40:41my copy of
40:43Snow Falls Down.
40:45And you did it
40:46when you thumbed through
40:48Barney's precious edition
40:50of Howard's End
40:51just before you killed him.
40:53In fact,
40:54we found your saliva
40:55on the pages
40:55where Leonard Bass dies
40:57under a bookcase.
41:00Boy,
41:02you're not very good
41:03at making things up,
41:04are you?
41:05Elliot Pope,
41:06you were under arrest
41:06for the murder
41:07of Barney Corman.
41:09My lies have won me
41:10a shelf full of prizes.
41:12What have yours gotten you?
41:14Hmm?
41:17I have to hand it to you.
41:18Not only did you solve
41:19a murder,
41:20but you found an excellent
41:21source for tuna fish sandwiches.
41:22Right?
41:23No wonder he thought
41:23his mother was magic.
41:25I wonder if this was
41:26the kind of sandwich
41:27that Pete from the MTA
41:28gave the young Alec Bloom.
41:30There was no Pete.
41:32Or maybe there was.
41:34Are we still on this?
41:35Marissa,
41:36pull up a sandwich.
41:38I can't stay.
41:39I have news.
41:40Alec picked someone else
41:42to be commissioner.
41:43What?
41:44How can that be?
41:45Who got the job?
41:47Captain Cyrus Tully.
41:50Oh.
41:50That's ridiculous.
41:51That man is an unhinged bully.
41:54Alec feels he needs someone
41:55who projects toughness
41:56because people think
41:57he doesn't.
41:58Wait.
42:00Marissa,
42:01does this have anything
42:02to do with what happened
42:03between Alec and me?
42:04These things are never
42:05that simple.
42:06I'm sorry.
42:07It's okay.
42:09Police commissioner
42:10is a pretty thankless job.
42:12I just wanted to be considered.
42:14And I was.
42:15This new mayor
42:16won't be in there forever.
42:18Will he?
42:19No.
42:19Just for the time being.
42:21And it is nice
42:22to have a friend
42:23at Gracie Mansion.
42:24Is Alec still a friend?
42:26We'll see.
42:27But you will have
42:28at least one friend there.
42:32See you around.
42:46Let's show NYPD
42:47how we do it here
42:48in Beantown.
42:49Maybe we can make
42:50some pleasure
42:50of going business.
42:52Boston Blue
42:53is all new
42:53CBS Friday,
42:5410, 9 central.
42:56CBS Sunday.
42:57Family was brutally murdered.
42:58Their daughter
42:59had a friend.
42:59She's missing.
43:02Where is she?
43:03Tracker is all new
43:04CBS Sunday.
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