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00:05Welcome back, Your Grace.
00:06I take it you had a good flight?
00:09I'm knackered.
00:11Has she started?
00:13She has.
00:14My new associate, Deandra, will have your bags brought to your suite while you're in the cafe.
00:19Oh, of course.
00:20We'll take care of it.
00:24Here I go again.
00:27I hear those trumpets blow again.
00:31Oh, I'll glow again.
00:33Taking a chance on love.
00:36Yes, taking a chance on love, which is what you did when you made your reservation six months ago.
00:42But it already seems worth it, doesn't it?
00:44Seeing me up close, in the flesh, an award-winning cabaret artiste.
00:49One award.
00:50Excuse me, Jolly.
00:51You've won one award.
00:53Most people hear award-winning, they think several.
00:55Thanks for the clarification, bitch.
01:00It's true.
01:01I've won only one statue, and I happen to have it with me.
01:04Do you want to see it?
01:05Yes!
01:08No.
01:09It's not the Emmy for my guest spot on Father Crime, which airs tonight.
01:13All right, this is my 1987 Mabel Short Cabaret Performer of the Year award.
01:19Thank you, thank you, thank you.
01:22So you are seeing a legitimate cabaret performer.
01:26Maybe the last one in existence.
01:29You know the minute they drag me out of here, some reality star will start squawking Sondheim.
01:35So let's make the most of this night, shall we?
01:38Thanks, I'm ending now.
01:40Isn't she fantastic?
01:42Damn it!
01:43What is it?
01:45What is it?
01:46No!
01:47Don't tell me!
01:49I love it when she gets like this.
01:53Oh, and the tempo on sunny side of the street was too bright.
01:57What part of sunny side don't you understand?
01:59Don't get fresh.
01:59And don't correct me in the middle of a show.
02:02You asked.
02:04Especially when I ask.
02:07It's no wonder I went up with all the latecomers and schmoozers in here.
02:10Nobody knows the pressure I'm under.
02:12And I'm on the tube tonight.
02:14We heard.
02:15You told everybody.
02:16I'm going to watch upstairs.
02:18I'll be back down for the second show.
02:19Have them send my dinner up through room service.
02:22They charge for that, you know.
02:24What are you implying?
02:30Oh, right there's fine.
02:34I'm on Father Crime tonight.
02:35Do you watch that show?
02:36Not since they killed off Felicity.
02:38Oh.
02:41Wow.
02:42You guys have raised prices again.
02:44Put it on my tab.
02:46Oh, wait.
02:47Here.
02:48Oh.
02:49I don't have any cash.
02:51I'll get you next time.
03:02What's all company, Governor?
03:07I know why you're here, and it's not going to work.
03:12I can be very persuasive, you know.
03:15I have to protect my Manhattan investments.
03:19The royal family is under tremendous scrutiny.
03:22We can't get away with anything.
03:25Exactly.
03:26The deal smells.
03:27And if you agree to it, you'll be in big trouble when everything goes south.
03:30I made up my mind.
03:33This place is due for a change.
03:36Why does anything have to change?
03:37Just give it a little more time.
03:38I'll see you out.
03:39No, no, no, no, no, no.
03:41Come on.
03:41Stop now.
03:43Stop.
03:44Good God, woman.
03:46Are you mad?
03:49Something like that.
03:51No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
04:25Yes, it's true.
04:26I've won only one statue, and I happen to have it with me.
04:29Do you want to see it?
04:30Yeah!
04:31Let's see it!
04:33Put it out!
04:35You know what?
04:36I don't do this for the awards.
04:38I do it for the money.
04:40So I'll just keep singing.
04:43Things I'm ending now, I see a rainbow blending now, well, I'm a happy ending now.
04:59Hello.
05:00I'm looking for the, um, oh, wow, this place is so elegant.
05:05Sorry, I'm here for the, um...
05:08Possible crime scene?
05:09Oh, yes.
05:10That's all right.
05:11I got this.
05:12Captain Wagner, I was expecting to see a detective.
05:14Uh, since I got passed over for a commissioner, I figured I'd get out of the office a bit.
05:19Oh, that's a beautiful place for an investigation.
05:22The Riley is a New York institution.
05:25This place still looks the same as the night I proposed to Claudia.
05:28Right there, in the cafe.
05:30No wonder you're in such a good mood.
05:31You should be, too, given the news.
05:34What?
05:35Mayor Bloom seen last night having dinner with the mysterious brunette.
05:40That's not a phony story planted by Nadine.
05:44The mysterious redhead is officially yesterday's news.
05:49You must be relieved.
05:51Yeah, absolutely.
05:54Yay.
05:57Housekeeping found him this morning.
05:59It looks like he slipped, getting out of the shower.
06:02Apparently, he grabbed the towel bar, but it came off the wall, leaving him to smash his head on the
06:08tile.
06:08Oh, please, sir, don't touch anything.
06:10Oh, right.
06:12Sorry.
06:13Force of habit.
06:14Uh, what were you about to do?
06:16We liked the seams on our lampshades to face the wall.
06:19Excuse me, sir.
06:21Uh, excuse me.
06:26Oh, everything is just so.
06:30The hotel monogram on everything.
06:32That's such a lovely old-world touch.
06:36It's like stepping back in time.
06:37Yeah, wow, it's like he lived here.
06:40Oh, he did.
06:41Part of the time, he kept this place as a pita chair.
06:44Oh, that's right.
06:45I forget that some people actually live in hotels.
06:48Huh.
06:49These pajamas are folded, and these are on a hanger.
06:54Well, maybe he was planning on wearing those.
06:57Ooh, is that blood?
06:59Maybe from a scuffle that knocked over the lamp?
07:03Or it could be from shaving.
07:06Oh.
07:08This shoehorn is kind of bent out of shape.
07:11Nobody has that much trouble putting on their loafers.
07:14Yeah.
07:15Not usually.
07:18It's just in here.
07:20What was that about?
07:21Oh, Roger came to draw the Duke's bath.
07:24They had an arrangement for him to do so whenever he was here.
07:28He took morning baths?
07:30Then why was he taking a nighttime shower?
07:34We'll need to get as much information as we can from your staff.
07:38You said that the towel bar just came off the wall?
07:42Has anything like that ever happened at the Hotel Riley before?
07:46Not recently.
07:47We've had some incidents of wear and tear, but that's why we've begun renovations.
07:53Including this very suite.
07:55But this bathroom was remodeled six months ago.
07:57So, it's very possible that somebody broke it off on purpose and made it look like an accident.
08:07But how?
08:12I've never seen anything like this.
08:15And I've worked at the Riley for 29 years.
08:17Oh, you must have so many stories.
08:19We all do.
08:20But we're discreet, which is exactly what I told Julia Roberts and Ted Kennedy.
08:25We appreciate it.
08:26Well, let me know whatever you need.
08:27And if you can't reach me, you can speak to my associate, Deandra.
08:34Hello.
08:36De-uh, what did you say your name was again?
08:38Um, because you remind me of a woman I once met named Denise Jackson.
08:43Well, I'm Deandra Jordan.
08:46Any questions you have, come to me.
08:49In the meantime, if you'd like some complimentary coffee, tea, or juice, please help yourself.
09:00Who's that?
09:03It's Ruby Lane.
09:05She performs in the cafe, lives upstairs.
09:08Wait, the Ruby Lane?
09:10She's still around?
09:11You're out of stevia.
09:13That should not happen at a decent hotel.
09:16I apologize.
09:18It's been a difficult morning.
09:20Yes, one of the residents, Duke Sebastian, slipped in the shower and died.
09:26My God, how tragic.
09:29No surprise.
09:31I'll go let the kitchen know about the stevia shortage.
09:34This whole place is falling apart.
09:37Something like this was bound to happen again.
09:40I just said he slipped in the shower, not that there was any physical damage.
09:45Mm-hmm.
09:46I assumed.
09:50It's all breaking down.
09:52My room?
09:52You have to jiggle the handle.
09:54You two should come and see my show.
09:57If you can afford the cover charge and the two-drink minimum on a cop's salary.
10:01I'm a captain.
10:02But I'll save up.
10:05Oh, hey.
10:06I have that very toad.
10:08Well, somewhere in my collection.
10:18Bye.
10:22Oh, you asked for more information from housekeeping.
10:25It seems some of the more expensive items were missing from the Duke's minibar, including the yogurt-covered raisins.
10:32Ooh, I love those.
10:33But there was no sign of them in the trash.
10:36Well, who would murder someone and walk off with the goodies from the minibar?
10:59Oh, my God, it's like you're in every story.
11:01Teddy, what are you doing here?
11:03Well, um, I have some news.
11:06Maybe.
11:07I think so.
11:08But if you're reading about Alex and girlfriend, you can wait.
11:10Oh, uh, whoever she is, she has my sympathy.
11:15You sure?
11:15Positive.
11:16So, um, what is your news?
11:19Maybe you think so.
11:21Well, um, Roy and I may be getting married.
11:25What?
11:26Teddy!
11:27Oh, I'm so happy!
11:30Well, I said maybe.
11:31Okay.
11:32But we did have a conversation that felt like it, though we changed subjects because I started hyperventilating.
11:38Oh, well, I am thrilled to the extent that it's more than maybe.
11:44Yeah, but the thing is, I'm pretty sure Roy wants me to propose because I'm basically allergic to overt romantic
11:50gestures.
11:50That is true, but have no fear.
11:52I have so many ideas.
11:54Okay, did you know that you can order skywriting over Times Square?
11:58Yeah, no, um, I was thinking something lower key, like, um, during the finale of a show that we're watching
12:04on Thursday, sharing a frozen Hawaiian pizza with a thrift store ring hidden under a piece of Canadian bacon.
12:11Sometimes I forget that, in some ways, you do take after your father, who proposed to me in a footnote
12:18in a legal brief.
12:19Okay, um, well, what if I cooked for him just the way you taught me?
12:24Yeah, what else you got?
12:26You know what? It's gonna be fine, even without your help.
12:28So, I will, uh, let you know how it goes.
12:31Oh, God.
12:33We're really gonna do this, maybe.
12:46And this is our business center.
12:49We can talk in here.
12:50Why in the business center?
12:52Oh, nobody ever uses it.
12:54So, start from the beginning.
12:56Right. This hotel has been engaged in shady bookkeeping and tax fraud since it was built during Prohibition.
13:02Wow, that is the beginning.
13:04And with Alec Bloom as the new mayor promising greater scrutiny, the current owner?
13:10Havingford Realty Group.
13:12They want out.
13:14But any sale depends on approval from the long-term residents.
13:18The Duke came back to New York to cast his vote.
13:22But after what happened, the vote has been postponed.
13:25Any idea who the buyer is?
13:27Havenford isn't saying.
13:29It's part of my mission to find out.
13:31But my guess is it's one of the mysterious guests staying here this week.
13:35I've spotted a mob boss, a Saudi sheikh, and a Russian oligarch.
13:40But I can't be sure.
13:41And you think the Duke could have been murdered because of his vote?
13:43I don't know, but the timing is suspicious.
13:47Ruby Lane would have a vote.
13:49She lives here.
13:49Could she be involved in those financial schemes?
13:52You mean the lady who steals two gallons of lobby coffee every morning and who can't remember her lyrics?
13:58I doubt it.
13:59All right.
13:59I think I'll have some lunch in the hotel lobby bar and interview the guests.
14:03Are you sure you're not just trying to soak up the atmosphere?
14:06I can do both.
14:09Hey, do you happen to know what floor Ruby Lane looks on?
14:20You have a good eye.
14:22Oh, I don't know about that.
14:24I just like beautiful things.
14:26And dogs.
14:27The exquisite Riley murals once belonged to the Blick family of the Blick Museum.
14:32I happen to be very close to several Blicks.
14:34Montgomery Blakemon the third, art connoisseur and philanthropist.
14:38Call me Monty.
14:38Hi, Monty.
14:40Elsbeth Tassioni, consent decree lawyer with the NYPD.
14:43I'm talking art appreciation with the fuzz.
14:45How fantastic is that?
14:47Pretty fantastic.
14:48This hotel is filled with great art, but not all of it in public spaces.
14:51There are treasures to be found in certain suites.
14:54You seem to know so much.
14:55I do.
14:56I keep a place here.
14:57Oh, were you here when the Duke died?
14:59Oh, yes.
15:01I was in the cafe.
15:02Oh.
15:03In the first show, Ruby forgot her lyrics.
15:05It was epic.
15:06And then, at the late show, she was on fire.
15:08You went to the cafe twice in one night?
15:11That's a four-drink minimum.
15:13Isn't that expensive?
15:17Excuse me?
15:18It's the Metropolitan Museum.
15:20I'm gifting them $20 million, and we're arguing over the size of my name on the plaque.
15:23Can you imagine?
15:24No.
15:25This is Monty.
15:26Are you ready to talk some sense?
15:29Okay, great.
15:34Oh, hello again.
15:36Aren't you getting in?
15:37Oh, no.
15:38Actually, I changed my mind.
15:40Oh.
15:40Well, sit yourself.
15:41Excuse me.
15:42I have to rehearse.
15:43You still need to rehearse?
15:45After all these years?
15:46I don't need to.
15:47But I dropped something the other night, and she'll end my accompanist.
15:50But it's got his knickers in a twist.
15:52Oh.
15:52Oh, um, is there any chance that I could sit in and watch?
15:57Nope.
15:58Oh, please.
15:59It would be so fascinating to watch a legend at work.
16:04Do you go to nightclubs a lot?
16:05No, that's just the thing.
16:06I know so little about cabaret as an art form.
16:09Um, is it anything like glee?
16:12Are you for real?
16:14You mean, am I serious?
16:17Absolutely.
16:18Although, I am really here with the police, helping them with their murder investigation.
16:24Here I go again.
16:27I hear those trumpets blow again.
16:31Oh, look, glow again.
16:33Taking a chance on love.
16:37Yes, taking a chance on love, which is what you did when you made your reservation six months ago.
16:42Blah, blah, blah.
16:43We do that whole bit.
16:44Oh, so we're not just winging it.
16:45I forgot.
16:46I said I was sorry.
16:49Hey, little orphan Annie, what do you think so far?
16:52You're incredible.
16:53You make every word so specific.
16:58It's like, uh, it's like you're singing just to me.
17:01Well, I mean, you are right now, but it's like...
17:05You're speaking to my soul.
17:08She gets it.
17:10Cabaret is the most intimate form of communication.
17:13Up here, there's nowhere to hide.
17:16The lights, the proximity expose everything.
17:19Believe me, what I do is not about a beautiful voice.
17:24Oh, we believe you.
17:27Ignore him.
17:28The way I do when he falls down in a gutter.
17:31You two are so funny.
17:33How long have you two been working together?
17:35Let's see.
17:37Next month it will have been an eternity.
17:40But it's worth it to show up every night and dream of getting paid.
17:43Including two shows last night.
17:45As usual.
17:46What do you do between shows?
17:47I have dinner in here.
17:48Except the night before last.
17:50You mean the night the Duke died?
17:52Oh, right.
17:54That night, I wanted to watch myself on the tube.
17:57I recently shot a guest spot on Father Crime.
18:00Oh, I know that show.
18:03Wow, you must be a great actress.
18:05Father Crime gets the best guest stars, probably, because it shoots in New York.
18:09I was great.
18:10And I had room service.
18:13Speaking of food, you probably need lunch, don't you?
18:17Cherie, bring this lovely lady a Waldorf salad and bring one for me while you're at it.
18:22Thank you, Cherie, but...
18:23It's the best thing they do.
18:25You'll love it.
18:26And you'll need your strength investigating that...
18:29Did you say it was a murder investigation?
18:31Mm-hmm.
18:32Duke Sebastian Mason, Lord of Sussexford.
18:35Did you know him?
18:39No.
18:40But I heard he was at my show the night he died.
18:43Not a bad way to go.
18:45I'll say.
18:45Especially if you made the reservation six months earlier.
18:50You have a cute personality.
18:52Do you sing?
18:53Me?
18:53Oh, gosh, no.
18:54No.
18:55But my son, Teddy, he has a beautiful voice.
18:58He could be on Broadway.
18:59But he's too shy.
19:01He recently told me he may be getting married.
19:04Really?
19:04Congratulations.
19:05Thanks.
19:06To be honest, I'm a little nervous about it.
19:09Yeah, I'm afraid he might pull away.
19:12I'm wondering, you know, how I'll handle that.
19:20What will I do when you are far away?
19:32And I am blue.
19:38What will I do?
19:44What will I do with just a photograph?
19:57To tell my troubles too?
20:08What will I do when I'm alone with only dreams of you that won't come true?
20:27What will I do?
20:35Oh, I love that song.
20:36I think that's my favorite song by Irving Berlin.
20:41I thought you knew nothing about Cabaret.
20:45Oh, I don't.
20:46But I know the great American song book.
20:49I'm not a monster.
20:52I don't like your act, sister.
20:54It's phony.
20:57Cherie, send my lunch upstairs and charge it to her.
21:02You've got a lot of nerve, Elsbeth.
21:08With all the things in the world to get worked up about.
21:11Is it the drinking?
21:13I noticed she has a glass in her hand in all the photos.
21:16That's just a prop to give her a false air of sophistication.
21:20Hers is always filled with water, unlike mine.
21:22So, when she forgets her lyrics...
21:26Miss Tassioni, come quick.
21:27Oh, what is it?
21:30Housekeeping hurt someone inside the Duke suite.
21:32So you think the killer returned to the scene of the crime?
21:35Whoever's in there, open up.
21:37This is the police.
21:46Oh, hey, you.
21:53Mr. Blakemont, we have learned from someone at the hotel
21:57that your name doesn't appear on any suite here at the hotel.
22:00Was it that new woman, Deandra?
22:02She seems on the ball.
22:03Why are you hanging around the hotel?
22:04All right, if you must know, I'm staying in a suite
22:07that's owned by a former boss.
22:09But only while my townhouse is being renovated.
22:11And does your former boss know?
22:13Of course he does, technically.
22:15But don't worry.
22:17All of my employers trust me implicitly.
22:19That's why they give me power of attorney.
22:20But what were you doing here in the Duke suite?
22:22I was looking at the artwork.
22:24In a dead man's room.
22:25As I told Elsbeth, not all of the art at the Riley
22:28is publicly displayed.
22:29This room has an Edward Hopper plus a tiny Titian.
22:34It's true.
22:35He did tell me that.
22:36Well, you're still a suspect.
22:37And since you're such an expert on the hotel, Riley,
22:40what do you know about that vote to approve a sale?
22:44I know everything about it.
22:45My former boss made me his proxy.
22:47Of course he did.
22:48Which way do you think it would have gone?
22:50Oh, it was split right down the middle.
22:52The in-favor side insisted the Duke come for the vote
22:54to put them over the top.
22:56It was very exciting.
22:57Why?
22:57Why did it matter so much?
22:58Well, rumor is the mystery buyer planned a major,
23:01very tasteful renovation.
23:02But to pay for it, they're going to have to clean up the books.
23:04So that meant that the long-term residents
23:06would have to settle up their maintenance, rents, bar tabs.
23:10Some of these people have been getting away with murder
23:12while guzzling the free coffee.
23:14And what about you?
23:15How were you going to vote?
23:16I was in favor all the way.
23:19I encouraged the others.
23:20Here, let me see my phone.
23:22I'll show you.
23:25I have a thing about freeloaders.
23:27By the way, the hotel Wi-Fi is pretty weak,
23:29but I have the code to the Sephora next door.
23:34Roy!
23:35To what do I owe the pleasure?
23:37I have some news.
23:38Well, maybe.
23:38Teddy and I may be getting married.
23:43Oh, that is so great.
23:44I am so happy.
23:46I mean, maybe.
23:48We had a conversation about it,
23:49but then Teddy started hyperventilating.
23:51Oh, yeah, he does that.
23:54Well, before anything happens,
23:56I wanted to come and ask your permission.
24:00Oh, Roy.
24:02Of course.
24:03Yes.
24:05I didn't know you were so traditional.
24:07That's why I want a super romantic proposal scene,
24:10and we both know Teddy will never.
24:12What can I say?
24:13I'm old-fashioned.
24:14Brought up in the suburbs,
24:15repressed, but very performative.
24:17Teddy better get used to it.
24:19Uh, wait.
24:21Does that mean that you and Teddy
24:23might move to the suburbs eventually?
24:25Probably.
24:26I mean, I love New York,
24:27but I want kids.
24:29Oh.
24:29Oh.
24:35Okay.
24:35I still think she's too much of a train wreck
24:38to kill anybody,
24:39but I did some digging into Ruby's account.
24:42It's true.
24:43She is in arrears,
24:44but my friend in bookkeeping
24:46hasn't told me how much yet.
24:48Oh, there you are.
24:50Deandra, I need you.
24:51Coming.
24:53Oh, excuse me.
24:57Now, can we do a more formal interview with her?
24:59I suppose.
25:00And it might be interesting to see her sweet.
25:02I bet it's pretty glamorous.
25:04Oh, I'm sorry.
25:05It's such a mess.
25:06If I'd known you were coming,
25:08I would have been out.
25:09How long have you lived here?
25:10Who knows?
25:12I paid $28,000 for it,
25:14if it gives you an idea.
25:16Wow.
25:16And how do you feel about the possible sale?
25:18I was mad they postponed.
25:20I was voting yes.
25:21You were?
25:21Hell yes.
25:22I'm ready to sell.
25:24I'm tired of New York.
25:25I want to go someplace
25:26where I'm not so damn famous.
25:28Maybe if you didn't walk around
25:30in a mink coat and sunglasses,
25:31people wouldn't recognize you.
25:33Just a thought.
25:35I get cold.
25:36Here.
25:38Snacks.
25:39Ooh.
25:40Yogurt-covered raisins.
25:42Funny.
25:43These were missing from the Duke's minibar.
25:46Yeah?
25:47Will I take them from the housekeeper's carts
25:49in the hallway?
25:50This place holds me that much.
25:51I'm a legend.
25:52Yes, you are.
25:54But that's why I don't understand
25:56why you want to leave here now
25:57at this point.
25:58Why?
25:58Because I'm going to die soon?
26:00No, because you're such a fixture here.
26:05This city is too run down.
26:08It's like...
26:09Everything was better
26:10when I was younger, you know?
26:12Or maybe you just get to an age
26:14where you hate everything.
26:16Where are you going to go?
26:17Someplace more elegant.
26:19Vegas, Florida, Phoenix.
26:22And, uh,
26:23what about the money you owe?
26:25What money?
26:26We happen to know that you're in arrears
26:27on your maintenance.
26:29Oh.
26:29Well, selling this place
26:30will take care of all of that
26:32and then some.
26:33Now, if you don't have any more questions...
26:35Oh, no, no, no.
26:35One more thing.
26:37Where were you on the night
26:38of Duke Sebastian's murder?
26:39I already told your friend.
26:41I came up here between shows
26:43to watch myself
26:44in a guest role
26:45on father crime.
26:47Woo-hoo-hoo!
26:48I haven't seen this week's episode yet.
26:50What did you play?
26:52I played a nun in a story
26:53about a mother superior,
26:54a murderous mother superior.
26:57I sing a song to a bunch of orphans.
26:59How did it go?
27:00Not bad.
27:00It really looked like
27:01I was playing the guitar.
27:02So many shows tell stories
27:05about nuns.
27:06Well, hair and makeup
27:08is a breeze.
27:09Ooh, I love index cards.
27:11What are these for?
27:11Those are my contacts.
27:13I used to keep them
27:14in a dress book
27:14but kept losing it.
27:16And I use code
27:17so the housekeepers
27:18don't call all my celebrity friends.
27:20Oh, that's smart.
27:21I love a code.
27:23Um, Figaro
27:24for my hairdresser,
27:25Bronte
27:26for my sister.
27:27Kid?
27:28For Michael Feinstein.
27:29Oh, who's Vernon?
27:31My nephew.
27:32One of my nephews.
27:33Grand-nephew.
27:35And he is grand.
27:36That looked like
27:37an international number.
27:39He works overseas.
27:40I miss him.
27:41I don't mean to be rude
27:42but I do have two shows tonight
27:44and I have to go on vocal rest.
27:47Thanks for your time.
27:48Oh.
27:51She threw you out?
27:54Pretty much.
27:55Well, that's Ruby.
27:57Now this mural
27:59is my favorite work of art
28:00at the Hotel Riley.
28:02The artist Pierre Montclair
28:03worked on it for years.
28:05His daughter Ellie
28:06still lives here.
28:07You'll know it's her.
28:08She wears Coke bottle glasses.
28:10Aw.
28:10Apparently it's filled
28:11with inside jokes.
28:12See the two trombone players?
28:14Mm-hmm.
28:14The Fortunato brothers
28:15were twins
28:16who played here for years.
28:17Aw.
28:18And that couple dancing?
28:20That's Harold,
28:21a former bartender,
28:22and Sylvie from Laundry.
28:24They were married
28:25to other people.
28:25Oh, goodness.
28:28Ellie has permission
28:29to add to the mural
28:30when something important
28:31happens here.
28:32That's nice.
28:34Is Ruby laying anywhere?
28:36Oh, sure.
28:37Yeah.
28:37She's right here.
28:39She told Pierre
28:40she'd have to be carried
28:41out of here,
28:42feet first.
28:43Huh.
28:43That's not what she told us.
28:45Here you are.
28:48My friend in bookkeeping
28:49came through.
28:51Take a look
28:52at what Ruby owes.
28:53Oh, my Lord.
28:57That's in dollars?
28:58A lot of them.
29:00Huh.
29:00And plenty of reason
29:01for Ruby
29:02to do anything
29:03to stay here.
29:04Mm-hmm.
29:08Mother Abigail,
29:10is Father Garvey right?
29:12Did you kill
29:13that pop star?
29:14Of course not.
29:15Then swear
29:16to God.
29:18I can't.
29:22Huh.
29:23What are you watching?
29:24Oh, hey.
29:25Uh, this week's episode
29:27of Father Crime.
29:28You pay for that
29:29streaming service?
29:30What?
29:30No.
29:31Just a free trial.
29:32So, what'd you want
29:33to talk to me about?
29:34Well,
29:36I really think
29:37that you should do
29:38something more romantic
29:39when you propose to Roy,
29:41no matter how much
29:41you love frozen pizza.
29:42I don't really want
29:43to do a big thing.
29:45Yes, but you also
29:46don't want Roy
29:47to feel disappointed.
29:48I knew this was
29:50going to happen
29:50if I told you.
29:52You've gotten
29:52in my head.
29:54Why are you doing this?
29:55Is it because
29:56you don't think
29:57I'm mature enough
29:57to get married?
29:58What?
29:58No.
29:59And maturity
30:00is not a requirement.
30:01You know,
30:02sometimes maybe
30:02it's not such a bad thing
30:04that I'm more like dad.
30:05I doubt that.
30:05Because Roy
30:06isn't marrying you.
30:07He's marrying me.
30:08And I don't want him
30:09to get a false sense
30:10of what life with me
30:10is going to be like.
30:11You know,
30:12there's going to be
30:12more nights of TV
30:13and pizza
30:13than there is
30:14flowers and skywriting.
30:15Why are people
30:16so against skywriting?
30:17Chemtrails.
30:18Those aren't real.
30:19Fine.
30:20I'll stay out of it.
30:21Too late.
30:22Hey.
30:23Hey.
30:24Hey, Teddy.
30:26What's going on?
30:28Nothing.
30:29I just...
30:33Do you remember
30:34how you proposed
30:35to your wife?
30:36Do I remember?
30:39It cost me two weeks
30:40of salary,
30:41but it was worth
30:41every penny.
30:42Hey.
30:43I still have that
30:47champagne cork
30:49sitting on my dresser.
30:52And to this day,
30:54every year,
30:55on our anniversary,
30:57Claudia
30:58tells the kids
31:00about that night.
31:02She remembers
31:04every detail.
31:05And so do they.
31:10You should see
31:11the way her eyes
31:15light up
31:16when she even
31:17thinks about it.
31:19I think I just did.
31:26No.
31:27I said Stevia.
31:28Yes, ma'am.
31:30Hello.
31:32Would you, uh,
31:33care for some company?
31:35Suit yourself?
31:37Oh, thank you.
31:39Oh, yeah.
31:42I watched your episode
31:44of Father Crime.
31:45You were very good.
31:48But I kept waiting
31:50for the song
31:51that you said
31:51you sang to the orphans.
31:53It wasn't in the episode.
31:57I guess it got cut.
31:58Right.
31:59But you said you watched it
32:01the night of the murder.
32:04I'm old.
32:05I must have confused
32:07what we shot
32:07and what they used.
32:09Sue me.
32:10It's not out of character.
32:11Right.
32:12And you definitely
32:13are a character.
32:17That must be exhausting
32:18sometimes
32:19to be the way you are
32:21just to keep your place
32:22in the city's
32:25zeitgeist.
32:27I wasn't always like this
32:29and I wasn't always alone.
32:31I was married.
32:35Herman had a...
32:37had a bagel company.
32:39We had a lot of laughs.
32:42He died too young
32:43and left me enough
32:44to buy that dump upstairs.
32:46After that,
32:47I realized
32:49the only way
32:50to survive
32:51being an older woman
32:53in this city
32:54is to be
32:56memorable.
32:59Not just yesterday's news.
33:06It's, um...
33:08Nice chatting with you.
33:09I have a hair appointment.
33:12See you around,
33:13Elsbeth.
33:27That sounds familiar.
33:29It's September's song.
33:32But it's a long, long while
33:35from May to December.
33:41For me, it's a long while
33:42from May to October.
33:44It's from a show called
33:46Knickerbocker Holiday.
33:47Oh.
33:47What was the show about?
33:49It was a musical comedy
33:51about fascism.
33:52It wasn't very popular.
33:54But it gets revived
33:55every once in a while.
33:57The music is so beautiful.
34:00And sad.
34:02Kurt Weill.
34:03He wrote it a few years
34:04after fleeing the Nazis.
34:06He figured people are safe
34:07in America.
34:09Maybe that's why
34:09it sounds so sad.
34:12So, the Great American
34:14Songbook isn't just
34:15American, is it?
34:16Oh, no.
34:17Some of our best composers
34:18came through Ellis Island
34:19on the way to Tin Pan Alley.
34:21Irving Berlin,
34:22Vernon Duke,
34:23Igor Stravinsky.
34:25Wait.
34:25Vernon Duke?
34:28Well, Vernon
34:30was on the index card
34:31above Ruby's bed.
34:33It must have been
34:34code for Duke Sebastian,
34:36whom she claimed
34:37she didn't know.
34:38She definitely knew him.
34:39Jolly, was there anything
34:40different about the second show
34:42that night?
34:42Was Ruby distracted
34:44or out of breath?
34:45She seemed happy,
34:46which was different.
34:48Oh, and she changed
34:49that one bit.
34:50What bit?
34:50She didn't take out
34:51her Mabel Short award.
34:52She said she forgot
34:53to bring it.
34:54But when I placed
34:55the tote bag on stage,
34:56it weighed the same
34:57as always.
34:59Like Ruby said,
35:01the lights,
35:02the proximity,
35:04expose
35:06everything.
35:16Autumn in New York,
35:18why does it seem
35:20so inviting?
35:28Autumn in New York,
35:31it spells the thrill
35:33of first nighting.
35:40Glittering crowds
35:42and shimmering clouds
35:45in canyons of steam.
35:51They're making me feel
35:56Hey, do you mind?
35:58I'm working.
36:00Ruby Lane,
36:00you're under arrest
36:01for the murder
36:02of Duke Sebastian Mason,
36:04Lord of Sussex,
36:05for you.
36:05That's absurd!
36:06It did seem so,
36:08but we now know
36:09you owe this hotel
36:11so much money
36:12you could not
36:13let the Duke vote
36:14to approve the sale,
36:15so you lied,
36:17pretending you didn't
36:18know him.
36:19But you had his phone
36:20number taped to your wall.
36:21We found it
36:22in your trash.
36:24And your alibi
36:25was shaky.
36:26You pretended
36:27that you watched
36:28your episode
36:29of Father Crime,
36:30but you didn't know
36:31they'd cut your song.
36:32And don't forget
36:33the yogurt-covered raisins
36:34from the minibar.
36:36Oh, how could we?
36:37All that proves nothing.
36:39I'm old,
36:40drunk,
36:41outrageous.
36:42I get confused.
36:44No,
36:45I don't think you do.
36:46See,
36:46I think you pretend
36:47to drink
36:48and forget your lyrics
36:50to make yourself
36:51memorable.
36:52It's working.
36:54But you're right,
36:55it is all circumstantial
36:56without the murder weapon.
36:57Now,
36:58I figured
36:59that you used
37:00the shoehorn
37:01from the Duke's closet
37:02to pry off
37:03the towel bar
37:04and then make it look
37:05like a
37:05slip and fall accident.
37:07But the Duke's room
37:08wasn't as decrepit
37:09as yours,
37:10so you had to find
37:11something heavy
37:12to use as a hammer.
37:14Like that award
37:15you carry around.
37:17Can anyone
37:17follow this?
37:18It's not that hard.
37:19But the base
37:20of your Mabel Short award
37:22is
37:23after you used it
37:24to kill the Duke
37:25and then
37:27hammer off
37:28the towel bar,
37:29you came back here
37:31to the second show.
37:32Only this time
37:33you cut the bit
37:34where you take the award
37:36out of your tote,
37:36which, um,
37:37really upset
37:38jolly.
37:39I'm a creature
37:40of habit
37:40and professionalism.
37:42You didn't take it out
37:43because you realized
37:44the stage lights
37:45and the proximity
37:47to the audience
37:48would have exposed
37:49any blood
37:49or other evidence.
37:51So,
37:52you waited
37:53until after the show
37:54where you could
37:54wash it all away.
37:56That is a wild accusation.
37:58Yes,
37:59but we can prove it.
38:00All we need to do
38:01is examine your award.
38:02Well,
38:02you can't.
38:04You don't have a warrant.
38:06And this is mine.
38:09See,
38:10I told you
38:11I do have a tote
38:14just like that one.
38:16Oh, dear.
38:17Did I take the wrong one?
38:19You may have
38:20washed it off,
38:21but there,
38:23clear as day,
38:24are the imprints
38:25from the shoehorn handle.
38:29They really do
38:30monogram everything
38:31at this hotel.
38:32It's like
38:32stepping back in time.
38:35It looks like
38:35the gig
38:36is finally up.
38:39You have the right
38:40to remain silent.
38:41That's all right.
38:42I know the words.
38:43See,
38:44I knew
38:44you were lying
38:45when you said
38:46you wanted to leave New York.
38:47How could anybody
38:48want to leave?
38:49Feet first.
38:55I wonder
38:56what's going
38:56to happen
38:56to this place.
39:04I don't understand.
39:05The signs
39:06said the place
39:06is closed.
39:07Yeah,
39:08for a private event.
39:09That's us.
39:15Shall I bring
39:16the first course?
39:17Not yet.
39:19I am going to do
39:20something before
39:20I lose my nerve.
39:22Why don't you...
39:23Oh,
39:25my God.
39:27I can only
39:29give you love
39:31that lasts forever
39:33And the promise
39:35to be near
39:37each time you call
39:40and the only
39:42heart I own
39:44for you
39:45and you alone
39:47That's all
39:49That's all
39:52I can only
39:55give you
39:56country walks
39:57in springtime
39:59It's true.
40:01He could be
40:02on Broadway,
40:03right?
40:06And the love
40:08whose burning
40:09light
40:09will warn
40:11the winter
40:12night
40:13That's all
40:14That's all
40:22I still have
40:23the cork
40:24sitting on
40:24my dresser
40:27Teddy's
40:27getting married
40:29It happened
40:30so fast
40:31Hey,
40:32you okay?
40:33Yeah,
40:34I'm okay
40:35It's just
40:36the end
40:36of one season
40:37and the beginning
40:37of another
40:39I know
40:39things will change
40:40and maybe
40:41they'll move
40:42to the suburbs
40:42but no matter
40:43what
40:45I'm not
40:46gonna miss out
40:47on being
40:47a grandmother
40:48because my
40:48clothes are
40:49so soft
40:50and they're
40:50gonna love
40:51my hugs
40:51Hey,
40:52slow down
40:54You have
40:55nothing to worry
40:56about
40:57Teddy's a
40:58mama's boy
40:59and you
41:00are never
41:00gonna change
41:02That's why
41:02people love
41:03you
41:05Wow
41:07It's gonna
41:08be hard
41:08to leave
41:08this place
41:10For me
41:11too
41:12I was just
41:13getting used
41:13to D'Andra
41:14They like me
41:15so much
41:16I'm being
41:17promoted
41:17to work
41:18for the
41:18Heavenford
41:18group office
41:19Captain
41:20Kershaw
41:21thinks it's
41:21a smart
41:21move
41:22I kinda
41:23like it
41:23when you
41:23pop up
41:24in surprising
41:24places
41:26Hey,
41:27did you ever
41:27figure out
41:28who was
41:28trying to
41:28buy the
41:29hotel?
41:56A
41:56living
41:56time
41:56Was
41:56amonth
41:56A
41:56A
41:56A
41:56A
41:56A
41:56A
41:56A
41:58A
42:01A
42:01A
42:02A
42:03A
42:05A
42:29Hey, did you see that?
42:30Oh, I love that show.
42:32Wasn't it wonderful?
42:33It was so great.
42:34I cried.
42:35Yeah, me too.
42:37Isn't it great to love things?
42:40Oh, I'm so sorry.
42:46Hey, Carrie Preston here, and this fall, we're back.
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