Remington Steele S01E02
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00:00But the coach here just convinced me to install a complete security system.
00:07We start first thing in the morning.
00:09For a few days' work, for, say, $10,000?
00:12$10,000?
00:13Your men are very efficient.
00:15Best in the business.
00:16Are you sure they know what they're doing?
00:18I am personally supervising this entire operation.
00:21What could possibly go wrong?
00:22We don't have the budget to cut up every junkie that pigs out on Smacks.
00:37That Stiff, that Stiff was my friend.
00:42You've got a lot of explaining to do.
00:46I know that guy.
00:47That's Remington Steel.
00:48No.
00:49No.
00:50It's a setup.
00:51Grab it, Mr. Steele.
00:53Call the police.
00:54I assure you, Mr. Meacham, we will.
00:55I'm going to sue your agency till it comes up as dry as my last oil well.
01:04Try this for a deep, dark secret.
01:07The great detective, Remington Steel, he doesn't exist.
01:11I invented him.
01:13Follow.
01:14I always loved excitement.
01:16So I studied and apprenticed and put my name on an office.
01:20But absolutely nobody knocked down my door.
01:23A female private investigator seemed so feminine.
01:27So I invented a superior, a decidedly masculine superior.
01:33Suddenly there were cases around the block.
01:35It was working like a charm.
01:38Until the day he walked in with his blue eyes and mysterious past.
01:42And before I knew it, he assumed Remington Steel's identity.
01:47Now I do the work and he takes the bows.
01:51It's a dangerous way to live, but as long as people buy it, I can get the job done.
01:58We never mix business with pleasure.
02:01Well, almost never.
02:04I don't even know his real name.
02:47Thanks.
03:12Thanks.
03:17Avocado one seven grain with alfalfa sprouts, must be yours.
03:31Corned beef and pastrami and a kaiser with horseradish and sauerkraut, must be yours.
03:37Ow!
03:38You all right?
03:39What is it?
03:40Him!
03:41Look at those bills.
03:42One round trip chartered jet to Las Vegas, $2,000.
03:53One evening gown by Louie of Beverly Hills, $6,000.
03:58You know he's bought her enough flowers to open a botanical garden?
04:02Who?
04:03Her!
04:04Nadine.
04:05The peroxide piranha.
04:09But I thought that was his assignment.
04:11You were out of the way until you settled the Randall case.
04:14I hate to admit it, but he seems to be doing an excellent job.
04:17I mean, we haven't seen Nadine in weeks.
04:19We haven't seen Mr. Steele either, and the case has been closed for three days.
04:23Guess he got a little carried away.
04:25Well, we may never see him again unless his credit or his stamina runs out.
04:30Well, we know he was in San Francisco two days ago.
04:33How do we know?
04:34We just got a bill from Earnest.
04:36Hold it, Laura.
04:37Calm down, huh?
04:39We've got to do something to get his attention.
04:44Uh-uh, Nadine.
04:46Never bite.
04:47Always nibble.
04:50More champagne?
04:54Anything?
04:55Just a cozy place to do some serious nibbling.
05:02Yes, Mr. Steele.
05:03Check, please.
05:04Yes, sir.
05:05Oops.
05:06Sorry, Mr. Steele, but I'm afraid your account has been closed.
05:10Closed?
05:11Yes, sir.
05:12Oh.
05:13Very well.
05:17Thank you, sir.
05:19You have made this evening so extraordinarily special.
05:24I'm going to do something I've never done before.
05:27Oh, I hope so.
05:29And forget me not.
05:31Oh.
05:32Revington.
05:33I'm sorry, Mr. Steele, but I have orders to confiscate your credit card.
05:39What?
05:40I don't know anything about it, sir.
05:42All they said was that I had to confiscate the card.
05:45And how am I supposed to settle this?
05:47You could try cash, sir.
05:49Cash?
05:50I never carry cash.
05:51It's so bulky.
05:52I have some money.
05:53Really?
05:54Yeah.
05:55I have some money.
05:58Wow.
06:00Now you've upset the lady.
06:02If I weren't so annoyed, I'd be embarrassed.
06:04Allow me to repay you over breakfast in the morning, will you?
06:14Uh, Claude will have to be taken care of, too.
06:20That's all right.
06:21More than adequate.
06:24Thank you, Mr. Steele.
06:31Should I...
06:32Ah, just a few dollars.
06:37Thank you, Mr. Steele.
06:54Mr. Steele.
06:56Miss Wolfe?
06:58Fox.
07:00Mr. Steele, it's a pleasure, sir.
07:03I'm Leibovitz.
07:05You know, the Morton matter.
07:08Ah, yes, yes, a very complex situation.
07:11But it's been resolved.
07:13Uh, complex, but easily resolved.
07:18Miss Wolfe?
07:19Fox.
07:20What?
07:21I'm a fox, not a wolf.
07:22Bernice Fox.
07:23You call me wolf one more time,
07:25I'll tell Laura you're hanging around the office.
07:26Where is she?
07:27Out.
07:28I can see that.
07:29Where?
07:30That's not for publication.
07:31You don't seem to grasp the gravity of the situation.
07:33She has closed my checking account.
07:35I am on the brink of financial, not to mention physical, oblivion.
07:38I'll give her the message.
07:39Very well, Miss Whatever.
07:40How would you like me to personally handle
07:42each and every one of those cases out there?
07:44You wouldn't.
07:47Where is she?
07:49At a motel on Pico.
07:53This is a first for me.
07:56Well, you're going to learn to live.
07:59Oh, if my husband ever found out about this,
08:02he'd kill us both.
08:04Well, I won't tell if, uh, you won't.
08:07What is he saying?
08:08He's talking creep.
08:10Look, we already know he's behind it.
08:13Why can't we just call the police?
08:15You gotta ask her to steal the information from your company.
08:17The minute he does, we'll grab him.
08:19Maybe I'll take the rest of the day off.
08:23Uh-uh, baby.
08:25Because your job is going to make us a lot of money.
08:34What do you mean?
08:37Well, you see, it's, uh, it's like this.
08:41You get me some material,
08:43you've got a lot of explaining to do.
08:47You've got a lot of explaining to do.
08:49What are you doing here?
08:51You closed my checking account.
08:53Talk about a thing.
08:55Hey, wait a minute. I know that guy.
08:57No, you don't.
08:59Yeah, I do. That's Remington Steele.
09:01Remington Steele? No.
09:03It's a set-up.
09:05What's happening here?
09:07Don't ask.
09:09Grab him, Murphy!
09:11Murphy!
09:13I'm finished!
09:17Will somebody please tell me what's happening?
09:20Slight change of plans, Mr. Dillon.
09:22Why don't you go back to your office,
09:24and I will give you a complete update in about an hour?
09:27Well, at least it's reassuring to know
09:29that Mr. Steele is personally involved.
09:31Oh!
09:33Three weeks playing secretary for nothing!
09:35Well, if you'd tell me what case I'm supposed to be working on,
09:38I wouldn't have found myself in this embarrassing situation.
09:40You're not working on any cases anymore!
09:42Gratitude is the one in your strong suit, Flora.
09:45After all I've done for you,
09:47this is how you repay me?
09:49Cutting off my credit, closing my check-in account?
09:51You spent $22,000 in a single month.
09:53A month that doesn't even have 31 days in it.
09:55You asked me to keep Nadine occupied.
09:57Long-stemmed roses,
09:59$200 an ounce perfume,
10:01designer gowns.
10:03Perhaps I did go a bit overboard,
10:05but it's for the good of the agency.
10:07Well, for the good of the agency.
10:09From now on, we discuss all expenditures in advance.
10:11Fine.
10:13Some people don't even take checks.
10:15They have names like Bruno and Guido,
10:17and they do some of their best work in cement.
10:19What kind of shady enterprise are you involved in this time?
10:21Danny's dessert.
10:23Some of the finest horse flesh ever to grace a quarter-mile turn.
10:25Spare me!
10:27The horse comes up lame.
10:29Bruno and his boys want to unload him,
10:31so I put together a group of investors
10:33to turn him out to stud.
10:37I'll try to convince Mr. Dillon
10:39that your barging in here
10:41is a real tactic.
10:45What about Danny's dessert?
10:47Buy him some Bengay.
10:49Buzzer
10:51Buzzer
10:55Bruno!
10:57Just as I suspected.
10:59Bookkeeping boggle.
11:01Good to see you, Mr. Steele.
11:03Do I detect a note of disbelief in your voice?
11:05Stiff.
11:07In what context
11:10are you using that word, Bruno?
11:12Ha!
11:14Ah, that context.
11:16Noon tomorrow?
11:18I'm not sure that my bank
11:20can transfer the funds by...
11:22Jim Meacham.
11:24Meacham,
11:26Exploration and Development.
11:28Let's huddle.
11:30See Miss Holt. She huddles.
11:32I never scrimmage with second-stringers.
11:34See, my playbook looks like this.
11:36I'm in oil and natural gas,
11:38my pencil pusher says diversified,
11:40so I bought into Dillon Electronics.
11:42Only it seems like ever since I've been on that team,
11:44it's been third and long.
11:46Somebody's been red-dogging us.
11:48We don't handle animal cases.
11:50You're already handling this one.
11:52Dillon Jr. hired you folks to find out who's stealing our research.
11:54They were just about to sack the guy in a motel,
11:56only some airhead busted up the play.
11:58Competent help is hard to find in any profession.
12:00That's why I want you
12:02quarterbacking this operation, Mr. Steele.
12:04It's time to stop pussyfooting around motels
12:06and get to the bottom of this thing.
12:08I never involve myself directly in a case.
12:10I function best in an advisory capacity.
12:12I subscribe to the George Steinbrenner philosophy of life.
12:16If you want a piece of talent, you buy it.
12:18$25,000, cashier's check,
12:20made payable to you.
12:26Uh, Miss Wolfe, hold my calls.
12:28I'll be in conference. Thank you.
12:36Mayday.
12:46Excuse me, Mr. Steele.
12:48Ah, come in, Miss Holt, come in.
12:50Uh, Meech was just telling me
12:52about the time he wildcatted up Alaska Way.
12:54Uh, Jim Meechum.
12:56Laura Holt.
12:58The Tanglewoods.
13:00The Tanglewoods.
13:02The Tanglewoods.
13:04Miss Holt.
13:06The Tanglefoot from the motel.
13:08And now, Meech, let's not blitz her buns.
13:10Miss Holt is one of my finest operatives.
13:12Oh, you're too kind, Mr. Steele.
13:14We're watching the young man's apartment
13:16in case he shows up.
13:18Well, that's just fine for the taxi squad.
13:20But the coach here just convinced me
13:22that the only way to stop all these thefts
13:24is to install a complete security system.
13:26We start first thing in the morning.
13:28May I respectfully remind you, Mr. Steele,
13:30that your enormous responsibilities
13:33preclude any personal involvement.
13:35Now, little lady, when I buy seats
13:37on the 50-yard line,
13:39I expect to see the first team play.
13:41And you let the coach do what he does best,
13:43and you, well, you just do
13:45whatever it is you do around here.
13:47I'll just dog-bag this.
13:49See you later, Steele.
13:53Are you crazy?
13:55Assistant, I handled the case.
13:57Security system, my foot.
13:59You couldn't even install a light bulb.
14:01You're never beginning to believe your own publicity.
14:03You are not Remington Steele.
14:05I invented Remington Steele.
14:07He's a figment of my imagination.
14:09...put my face in your figment.
14:11The idea how strange it is to have to be Remington Steele.
14:13Living in an apartment I've only seen in the movies.
14:15We make such a winning combination.
14:17We have a deal.
14:19I do the work, you take the bouts.
14:21You mean hop in the sack?
14:23A little crude, but to the point.
14:25Love to.
14:27Well, then.
14:29But I can't.
14:31Why not?
14:33It's tough enough pulling off this little charade
14:35without that kind of complication.
14:37As long as we're in business,
14:39let's keep it businesslike.
14:41Uh, tell old Meech
14:43that the press of other commitments
14:45forces you to turn Dillon Electronics
14:47over to Murphy and me.
14:49Love to, but I can't.
14:51Why not?
14:53I gave him my word,
14:55and everyone knows that Remington Steele's word is his bond.
14:59Oh.
15:08Carry on, Miss Wolfe.
15:22And that's the worst part of it,
15:24feeling sorry for yourselves.
15:26Nobody loves me, nobody cares about me
15:29except my bottle or my needle.
15:31Oh, yeah.
15:33I know what I'm talking about,
15:35because I know it's gonna be hard to believe,
15:37but I used to be just like you.
15:39Shooting up all day and puking up all night.
15:41Yeah.
15:43But then I got the message.
15:45There is and was
15:47somebody who cared about me.
15:49The big C.
15:51Jesus Christ himself.
15:53I mean, you are looking at a living,
15:55breathing testimony
15:57of the powers of the big fella.
15:59I mean to tell you,
16:01if he can keep me straight for three years,
16:03he sure as hell can do the same thing
16:05for you bunch of bums.
16:11Why don't you all, uh,
16:13get yourself something to eat?
16:19Bueno para ti.
16:21Remington Steel Detective Agency?
16:23How did you wind up a detective?
16:25I had the face for it.
16:27You're not like the old days, aren't you?
16:29Yeah.
16:31Remington, sorry. What a moniker.
16:33I am in desperate need of your talents, Willis.
16:35Oh, I'm not in that line of endeavor anymore.
16:37The big fella frowns on it.
16:39Nothing remotely tainted, I assure you.
16:41Since you've circumvented
16:43so many burglar alarms,
16:45I thought you'd be just the chap
16:47to install one sort of poetry.
16:49I don't know.
16:51If I'm not around here,
16:53this place turns into a shooting gallery.
16:55For a few days' work for, say, $10,000?
16:57$10,000?
17:01What I could do for these bums
17:03were ten grand.
17:07Hi, Taylor.
17:09Haven't whipped you up something
17:11conservative yet.
17:13Charge to my account.
17:15You name it, Matt.
17:18The same old high flyer.
17:31I'm back.
17:36Homework.
17:38Surveillance on Marlene York,
17:40insurance description of the Rigazzi jewelry,
17:42and the wrap-up on the Morton case.
17:44Don't you get enough
17:46of the real thing?
17:48What?
17:50Oh.
17:52I happened to come across it on my desk.
17:54Hey, this is me, remember?
17:56The belle of the ball,
17:58the life of the party?
18:00I've seen that look before.
18:02I've even had it a few times myself.
18:06Who is he?
18:08What was he before
18:10he was Remington Steele?
18:12Who cares?
18:14He's here, you're here, go for it.
18:16Then what?
18:18Depends on what you're looking for.
18:20Me? I'm all partied out.
18:22What I want is a slightly dull,
18:24filthy rich husband.
18:26But if I were in the market
18:28for a heart-stopping,
18:30teeth-rattling, eye-rolling fling...
18:32phew!
18:36You know,
18:38it's not just the free ride
18:41around town around.
18:43It's the challenge.
18:45I'm probably the only woman
18:47he's ever met who didn't tumble
18:49right into bed with him.
18:51Not a bad way to break the ice.
18:53Yeah.
18:55Hmm.
18:57I can barely keep him in line now.
18:59Can you imagine what he'd be like
19:01if we turned that corner?
19:03Might be fun finding out.
19:07I've worked too hard to risk
19:09getting my teeth rattled.
19:11So where does that leave you?
19:17Itchy.
19:25Local dispatcher to truck number 10.
19:27On your clearance ticket
19:29to Santa Barbara,
19:31be sure to fill in total mileage
19:33in time for entire round trip.
19:35Over.
19:39Take that truck off!
19:43Throw me a tape measure, will ya?
19:49Your men are very efficient.
19:51Best in the business.
19:53Right.
19:55Tell me, Wallace,
19:57where did you first meet Mr. Steele?
19:59Diplomatic Corps.
20:01Uh, excuse me, in Paris it was.
20:03Spring of 77, or was it 78?
20:05No, no, that's 79.
20:07Are you sure it wasn't Dannemora or Leavenworth?
20:09Rats.
20:11What?
20:13They've got rats in the Seine,
20:15big as Volkswagens.
20:17Yeah.
20:19Huh.
20:21Are you sure they know what they're doing?
20:23Between them,
20:25there'll be over 75 years of experience.
20:33Who are you?
20:35Where did you come from?
20:37Humphrey Bogart to Ingrid Bergman,
20:39Casablanca, Warner Brothers, 1942.
20:41This is no time to be calling old movies.
20:43Stop asking old questions.
20:45Tea time.
20:47You want to swirl some of this, honey?
20:49Thank you, Mrs. Dillon.
20:51Hannah.
20:53Oh, what a mess.
20:55Packy's probably doing a 360.
20:59Packy?
21:01My late husband, Patrick Joseph.
21:04We started Dillon Electronics
21:0640 years ago,
21:08making gyroscopes for the Navy in our basement.
21:12Tastes like raw crude, don't it?
21:16Packy had a special blended.
21:18Couldn't stand it myself while he was alive,
21:20but now it kind of keeps me close to him.
21:24Well, um,
21:26your son seems to be carrying on in the family tradition.
21:28Roger?
21:30He's carrying on all right.
21:32Why the hell are we carting all this stuff up here?
21:34Stop and smell the flowers, Meech.
21:36Santa Barbara's lovely this time of year.
21:38And it seems Bush is keeping research in the house.
21:40Dillon's orders.
21:42Well, he may run the company, but the old lady still runs him.
21:44She thinks it's too risky a plan.
21:46Now, Meech,
21:48I am personally supervising this entire operation.
21:50What could possibly go wrong?
22:02Shit.
22:32Hello.
22:51The key!
22:57Gentlemen.
23:02If, uh,
23:04the men who installed the system cannot breach it,
23:06then I'd, uh,
23:08have to say it's foolproof.
23:10You've got to admit,
23:12you pulled it off.
23:24Guess what.
23:32Oh, my.
23:38Well, don't everybody stand around
23:40like it's a time-out.
23:42Call the police.
23:44No.
23:46No, this gets out.
23:48We'll lose our government contracts.
23:50You install $50,000 worth of equipment,
23:52and somebody just turns off the main switch
23:54and walks out the front door.
23:56You mean this was an incident?
23:58No.
24:00You mean this was an inside job?
24:02You're all pro-material, Dylan.
24:04Wallace is gone.
24:06Well, so?
24:08I assure you, Mr. Meech,
24:10I'm going to sue your agency
24:12till it comes up as dry as my last oil well.
24:14It seems to me, um...
24:22We got off on the wrong foot this morning.
24:26You're driving me crazy.
24:29A murderer is right in this room,
24:31sitting at this table.
24:33You dirty little...
24:35Now there's your murderer.
24:37Mickey, he might have killed you.
24:39What's the matter? You sorry he didn't?
24:51Hello?
24:53What do you want?
24:55You alone?
24:57You're sitting here making paper airplanes
24:59out of the research he stole.
25:01That's what I love about you, Laura.
25:03No matter how bleak the situation,
25:05you never lose your sense of humor.
25:07Does one of us have a reason that I'm talking to you?
25:09I think I'm onto something
25:11that could change the entire complexion of the case.
25:13You're leaving town.
25:15My car will be at your apartment in 45 minutes.
25:17Did I give you enough time?
25:19To do what?
25:21Make yourself presentable. We're having dinner.
25:23Oh, no, we're not having...
25:27I'm sorry.
25:57Mr. Steele's table, please.
25:59Oh, yes. This way, please.
26:27All right, I'm here.
26:29What startling news do you have for me?
26:31I'm paying for dinner.
26:33You said you had something to tell me
26:35about the Dillon case.
26:37I have.
26:39Well?
26:41Wallace didn't do it.
26:43How do you know?
26:45He's of the old school,
26:47where there's honor amongst thieves.
26:49He'd never rip off a fellow miscreant.
26:51I'm sure you know that.
26:53I don't.
26:55He'd never rip off a fellow miscreant.
26:57Then where is he?
26:59He'll turn up.
27:01That's it?
27:03Your foolproof security system
27:05lasts exactly 3 hours and 15 minutes.
27:07The agency is looking
27:09at a $10 million lawsuit.
27:11I haven't got a clue to where that missing file is,
27:13and you drag me halfway across town
27:15to tell me he'll turn up?
27:17Sit down!
27:19There's something I want you to know, Laura.
27:21You're good.
27:23This Dillon thing is merely
27:25a temporary setback.
27:27I don't want you for one moment
27:29to lose heart or confidence
27:31because you are a skilled,
27:33resourceful, and often brilliant investigator.
27:35I've had an opportunity
27:37to observe your talents firsthand,
27:39and I am terribly impressed.
27:41You're practical, yet intuitive.
27:43You can see the large canvas
27:45without missing the small detail.
27:47Have I said something wrong?
27:50I hate it when you're nice to me.
27:55What do I call you when we're alone?
27:57Well,
27:59I'm quite used to the name
28:01that you came up with.
28:03It's from a typewriter
28:05in a football team.
28:07Then pick one.
28:09I've probably used it.
28:11You know, Murphy thinks
28:13you're an international swindler,
28:15or at the very least an axe murderer.
28:17Excuse me.
28:19Excusez-moi, Miss Holt.
28:21Telephone for you.
28:23In the foyer, please.
28:35Would you permit me
28:37an observation, Mr. Steele?
28:39Certainly, Claude.
28:41This young lady is by far
28:43the finest of a staggering array.
28:45You have exquisite taste, Claude.
28:47Does monsieur
28:49intend to bestow a nameplate on her, too?
28:51Possibly.
28:53The solid brass, you know.
28:55And I'm afraid
28:57your largesse is beginning
28:59to run into big bucks.
29:03Well, if I do,
29:05it could very well be
29:07the last one I dispense.
29:12Wallace turned up.
29:17Where did they find him?
29:19Where'd they find most of him?
29:21Main street.
29:23Needle still in his arm.
29:25Five grand in his sock.
29:27Must have been celebrating his good fortune.
29:29He wasn't an addict.
29:31Take a look at those arms.
29:33He could run the Southern Pacific on those tracks.
29:35They're old. At least three years.
29:37When is the autopsy?
29:39Ever heard of Proposition 13?
29:41We don't have the budget to cut up
29:43every junkie that pigs out on smack.
29:45Take this stiff to your own pathologist.
29:47That stiff
29:49once made 27 straight passes
29:51in a crap game.
29:53He had a daughter he put through college.
29:55He liked to fish off King's Point,
29:57and he read The Wizard of Id.
29:59That stiff was my friend.
30:02Harry.
30:10Harry.
30:14Tonight you look like a Harry.
30:18He didn't want to do this job.
30:20I soaked him into it.
30:22It wasn't your fault.
30:24It was his fault.
30:26It was his fault.
30:28It was his fault.
30:30I soaked him into it.
30:32It wasn't your fault.
30:34Someone planted the money on him
30:36to make it appear he sold the papers.
30:38Then killed him.
30:42I'm gonna find that someone.
30:46We'll do it together.
31:00What are we doing here?
31:02The minute anything happens down here,
31:04everybody knows it.
31:06Let's see what they know about Wallace's death.
31:08Ah, see?
31:10I told you.
31:12What?
31:14You're good.
31:16Might as well start with them.
31:18Mm.
31:24I'm going to get you out of here.
31:26No.
31:28No.
31:35How's it going?
31:48Excuse me.
31:50Excuse me.
31:53Oh.
31:57What do you know about Wallace?
32:03Wallace?
32:05The fellow who ran the mission?
32:09Dad, you know?
32:23All right, son.
32:41Hello?
32:43Hello?
32:59Ah!
33:05Ah!
33:07Oh!
33:09Ah!
33:11Oh!
33:37Laura, are you all right?
33:39Mm-hmm.
33:43Car.
33:45Fred!
33:47Block the alley!
33:51Block the alley!
34:09Did you get the license number?
34:11Right here.
34:13How did you know I was in trouble?
34:15Actually, I was looking for a pencil.
34:39Thank you so much for coming, Mr. Meacham.
34:41This better be good, Miss Holt.
34:44Thank you so much for coming, Mr. Meacham.
34:46This better be good, Miss Holt.
34:48This better be good, Miss Holt.
35:14What was that, dear?
35:16No, no, no, no. It's all right. I'll wait for you out here.
35:22Takes forever to get dressed.
35:29Without the research, all you got's a dead thief.
35:32Or a murder victim.
35:35We're waiting for the autopsy report.
35:47Six, two, and even, Dillon's the one stealing our research.
35:50Why do you say that?
35:52Only reason I got McCleese into that company is because he ran it into the ground.
35:56Thank you, honey.
35:59He's a rookie with a penchant for polo pony, blackjack tables,
36:03and a lot of other things.
36:05He's a good guy.
36:07He's a good guy.
36:09He's a good guy.
36:11He's a good guy.
36:13He's a good guy.
36:15Blackjack tables and little pieces of fluff collect expensive jewelry.
36:46Be nice talking to you, Laura.
36:48Wait. We're not finished yet.
36:51I got my lawyer coming by with the papers of my suit against your agency.
37:03Answer the phone.
37:15Hello?
37:17Who's this?
37:19Who's it?
37:29Good afternoon, Miss Wolfe.
37:31You're getting to be a regular fixture around here.
37:33Any word on that license plate?
37:35They're still running it through the DMV computer,
37:37but Murphy's on the phone with the pathologist.
37:40Yeah.
37:45Spell that for me.
37:48All right. Thanks, Doc.
37:50Call me when you're finished, okay?
37:52Well, what do you know?
37:55He was right.
37:57Wallace didn't OD on junk.
37:59He was literally relaxed to death.
38:03Injected with a form of morphenogen citrate.
38:06A muscle relaxant.
38:08The kind used on horses.
38:10And their stables in back of the house.
38:12Anything else?
38:14It's too quick now. That should be done by the end of the day.
38:16Aha! Not only do we know how and where the murder took place,
38:19but who committed it.
38:20Oh, yeah?
38:21We do?
38:22Absolutely. Meacham.
38:23His briefcase is bulging with plans to tear down Dillon Electronics
38:25and build an industrial park.
38:27Not a bad incentive to bankrupt the company by stealing its own research.
38:29Don't forget Roger Dillon.
38:31I think I'm getting the hang of this.
38:32According to Meacham, he needed a lot of cash to float his lifestyle.
38:34Remember Mrs. Dillon?
38:36Insisting everything be moved to the house that made it a hell of a lot easier to steal.
38:39My money's on Meacham. Let's nab him.
38:42I told you this was a mistake.
38:44We need a little thing called evidence,
38:46which means that somebody is going to have to get back into that house.
38:49Leave everything to me.
38:52That is a lot more frightening than let's nab him.
38:56Hope you got Major Madigal.
38:58Now, Meach, polo is a contest where gentlemen
39:02exhibit the finest qualities of horsemanship and fair play.
39:05Blowing out your ear.
39:06Meacham.
39:12I didn't know you played polo.
39:14Charles and I used to have a go at it whenever I was in London.
39:18Charles?
39:20Of course, now that he's married, we don't play as often as we'd like to.
39:23Thank you. Happy snooping.
39:25I like your boss.
39:28He has the same kind of flare pack he had.
39:32A little reckless, maybe,
39:34but lots of sauce.
39:37Why do you say that?
39:39Roger's a world-class player.
39:41Well, it's only a game.
39:44Not for 25,000 bucks, it ain't.
39:4725,000 bucks?
39:50That's what he bet Roger and Meacham.
39:5225,000 each.
39:58Come on! Get it out!
40:01Come on! Come on!
40:03Good.
40:09Good.
40:30Come on. Come on.
40:32Stay with it. Stay with it.
40:34Yahoo! Yeah!
40:36Sorry, Steel. Didn't mean to miss you.
41:06Hmm.
41:36Come on.
42:01Come on, damn it! Get in here!
42:06Get in here!
42:36Friends of yours?
42:38Roger's new partners.
42:40In the electronics company?
42:42Oh, some joint venture.
42:45You don't sound too pleased about it, Mrs. Dillon.
42:49Roger calls the shots now.
43:06Shall we count this as a time-out, gentlemen?
43:14I'm not even going to ask if you know what you're doing.
43:17I know precisely what I'm doing.
43:19William Powell did exactly the same thing in The Thin Man.
43:22Invited all the suspects to a dinner party,
43:24reconstructed the crime,
43:26and exposed the murderer.
43:32And may I say,
43:34you make a splendid murder lawyer.
43:36Don't be so cocky.
43:38You're just lucky Dillon and Meacham had to forfeit the match.
43:41Where did you think you'd get $50,000 if you lost?
43:45I had no intention of losing.
43:53The completed autopsy report. Take a peek at page 5.
43:58Couldn't you have worn something slightly more appropriate?
44:01No, I didn't have time to change.
44:03Okay, let's get the show on the road.
44:06Well, I'm glad to see that you're finally into the spirit of the evening.
44:18To our guests.
44:20May the conversation be as interesting as the company.
44:28And Wallace obviously discovered the killer removing the research from the library.
44:32It was a fierce struggle.
44:34The killer hit Wallace repeatedly.
44:36What Mr. Steele means is that it could have happened that way but didn't,
44:40since the autopsy found no bruises or abrasions on Wallace's body.
44:44Well, whatever. The point is the killer dragged...
44:47Lured.
44:48Wallace to the stable where he was injected with a massive overdose of muscle relaxant.
44:52Same type found in this vial.
44:55Using a needle exactly like this one.
44:57Both of which were found in your stable, Mr. Dillon.
45:01Then the killer transported Wallace's unconscious body to Main Street,
45:05hoping it would appear that he died of a drug overdose.
45:08Your food is wonderful.
45:11Your theory is absurd. None of us has a reason to steal from ourselves.
45:15Wrong. One of you had the strongest possible reason.
45:18Money. Enormous amounts of the stuff.
45:21Isn't that right, Meacham?
45:24Then of course, as you pointed out, Mr. Steele,
45:27Roger Dillon had an equally strong motive.
45:31I don't remember pointing that out.
45:33Of course you do, sir, when you learned of his association with those gentlemen at the polo match.
45:38Those gentlemen have nothing to do with Dillon Electronics.
45:41Why was one of them searching Wallace's room?
45:43Excuse me.
45:45Tell me, Meacham, when Dillon Electronics went under,
45:48did you plan to buy up the rest of the company?
45:50Damn right.
45:51You'll never get your hands on my company, Meacham.
45:53Try this, Mrs. Dillon.
45:56It's only a matter of time till you have to punt, Dillon.
45:58Then I'm gonna run with the ball.
46:00How's the tea, Mrs. Dillon?
46:02Tastes like the kind I drink.
46:05It is the kind you drink.
46:07I didn't know anyone else had that recipe.
46:09Ladies, could we stop the tea talk and get back to business?
46:12You wanted that land for an industrial park, didn't you?
46:14You got it.
46:15Then you admit it.
46:16I admit I was going to build an industrial park.
46:18Where did you get the recipe?
46:19But then you already knew that, didn't you, Steve?
46:21You brewed Wallace a cup.
46:22Because you went through my hotel room.
46:23Right before you killed him.
46:24That's called breaking and entering.
46:27Sit down.
46:31Easy, Mrs. Dillon.
46:32What the hell's going on here?
46:34You little wimp.
46:36Tell them what business you're in.
46:37God's sakes, Mother.
46:38Shut up!
46:39They peddle classified American technology to the highest bidder.
46:42Do you think I was gonna let you sell them our discoveries?
46:45Just to keep you in more toys?
46:46I'd rather see the company go under than have it run by a traitor.
46:49Mother, you're gonna get us both hung?
46:51Um...
46:55I didn't want to hurt that poor man.
46:58But he just couldn't understand what I was trying to do.
47:07You saved my life, Steele.
47:09And I thought you were gonna accuse me of the murder.
47:11You? Don't be absurd.
47:15All for quick thinking, buddy.
47:18Well, what else do you expect from Remington Steele?
47:31Really, Laura, this is shocking.
47:33If I were you, I'd have a word with the press.
47:36You realize not one of these stories mentions your name?
47:39One learns to live with it.
47:43That was nice.
47:44Donating the money you won in that polo match to Wallace's mission.
47:47He was a nice man.
47:50And a hell of a burglar.
47:54I think the entire staff can be rather proud of this one.
47:59The entire staff thanks you.
48:02However, there is one small thing that puzzles me.
48:06How did I know it was Mrs. Dillon and not her son?
48:09Or Meacham. Remember?
48:11Or Meacham.
48:12She was the only one who drank that tea.
48:15And when it turned up in the stable and Wallace's stomach...
48:23God, I'm good.
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