Remington Steele S04E04
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00:00You're afraid for your life?
00:08Embarrassing, huh?
00:09So I just closed my eyes and screamed!
00:13All right, so I hit him.
00:14But he had it coming, the slimeball.
00:16Crunch!
00:17He shrunk.
00:18Getting interesting, isn't it?
00:21To the velvet vandal, may he tear that bum Crunch Kramer's guts out tomorrow night.
00:27What a beautiful sentiment.
01:27Aren't these seats great?
01:56That dangerous Daryl is some hunk, whoof!
02:20Who's his feathered friend?
02:23Chief Footy Two-Shoes.
02:25Don't you just love the name?
02:26Boo!
02:27Now what?
02:28Well, now, behave yourself.
02:29No!
02:30Dangerous Daryl's the bad guy.
02:31You're supposed to boo.
02:32I thought you said this was your first time here.
02:33Well, maybe just one other time.
02:35The winner is...
02:42I thought you said this was your first time here.
02:46Well, maybe just one other time.
02:48Oh.
02:49Oh.
02:50Oh.
02:51Oh.
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03:00Oh.
03:01Oh.
03:02Oh.
03:03The winner, and still the number one challenger,
03:07the Velvet Vandal, Dangerous Darryl.
03:11Listen, you're an ass crunch creamer.
03:13That championship belt belongs to me.
03:16That is if you're man enough to defend it.
03:18Come on.
03:20OK, Darryl.
03:21You want me?
03:22You got me, pal.
03:24Or should I say, sweetheart?
03:26Oh.
03:27Oh.
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03:49Saturday night took it, right here, no whose part.
03:53You wimp!
03:55Get him out of here!
03:56Get him out!
03:57Isn't this great?
04:01Happy Millie.
04:05Happy Millie?
04:08How you doing, Millie?
04:09Hi there, Crunch.
04:11I'd like you to meet Ms. Holt.
04:13All right, you did it, Millie.
04:16Glad to have you on the team, Ms. Holt.
04:18Tomorrow, huh?
04:23Night out for the girls, eh?
04:31You're afraid for your life?
04:33Embarrassing, huh?
04:34Somebody's out to get me.
04:37Crunch Kramer, Remington Steel.
04:40Yes, we've had the pleasure.
04:43Would you excuse us a moment?
04:45Ms. Holt?
04:56Laura, are you aware I've already
04:57turned Mr. Kramer down?
04:59You what?
05:00Two days ago.
05:01You can still see his shoe prints on the carpet.
05:03Ask Mildred.
05:07OK, Millie, front and center.
05:10Give.
05:11I know this case has been rejected,
05:13but I think Crunch really needs our help.
05:15I had to go to the boss for a second opinion.
05:17The boss has spoken, Mildred.
05:19She means me, and she has a point.
05:22You keep out of this.
05:25I thought we had a partnership.
05:27We do, but it remains my agency, and I have to be
05:30involved in all major decisions.
05:32Now, I think Mildred may be right in this case.
05:35Mildred may be right in this case.
05:37Crunch appears to be on the level.
05:39So if you'll excuse me.
05:42I just wanted to help, boss.
05:45Surely you receive a lot of crank mail.
05:49What makes you think that whoever's behind these death
05:51threats is serious?
05:52Well, two days ago, I was working out
05:54in the weight room when Zappo.
05:56Zappo?
05:57Yeah, it was like this.
06:00I put the barbell down on the supports, and Zappo,
06:04the legs collapsed.
06:06It's 400 pounds across the throat.
06:08I would have been dead for sure if my pop
06:10hadn't have been there.
06:11Remarkable.
06:13And when you checked the supports,
06:15you found they'd been tampered with, right?
06:17Yeah, how'd you know?
06:19Oh, call it a hunch.
06:24Another moment, Crunch.
06:26Laura, this, uh, death threat routine
06:28is as transparent as the man's occupation.
06:30It is pure hype.
06:32I disagree.
06:33I think Crunch is genuinely afraid for his life.
06:36Based on what?
06:37That Jim incident could easily have been fate.
06:39And those threatening letters of his are so general,
06:41anyone could have written them.
06:42Even Crunch with his limited vocabulary.
06:45You're overreacting.
06:46Am I?
06:47I'm not.
06:48I'm not.
06:49I'm not.
06:50I'm not.
06:51I'm not.
06:52I'm not.
06:53I'm not.
06:54I'm not.
06:55Are you about to, uh, risk my good name
06:58in order to prove who's in charge here?
07:02If you're so concerned with your name,
07:04which, incidentally, I gave you,
07:06why don't you dig up some proof
07:08that Crunch is faking this?
07:10Or would a little legwork prove fatal to your system?
07:15On the contrary.
07:17Those are precisely my intentions.
07:25You can see, Mr. Steele,
07:27that Crunch is in with some pretty impressive clients.
07:31Indeed, Mr. Shelby, indeed.
07:33What does this say?
07:35To art.
07:36Thanks for making it happen.
07:38Ah, yes.
07:39That was the year he broke the record
07:41for the highest salary in the NBA.
07:43Touching moment, I'm sure.
07:45Ah, promotion.
07:46That's the name of the game, eh, Shelby?
07:49Take these, uh, uh,
07:51I resent the insinuation, Mr. Steele.
07:53I love wrestling too much
07:55to make a travesty out of it.
07:57Of course, my apologies.
07:59I see also that, uh,
08:01you manage dangerous Darryl.
08:03Is that cricket?
08:04Ah, yes.
08:05I've got all the top contenders signed.
08:07No doubt he'll dearly love
08:09to wear Crunch's championship belt, eh?
08:11Like all the others.
08:13Any chances?
08:14No.
08:15I'm afraid not.
08:16I'm afraid not.
08:17I'm afraid not.
08:18I'm afraid not.
08:19I'm afraid not.
08:20I'm afraid not.
08:21I'm afraid not.
08:22I'm afraid not.
08:23I'm afraid not.
08:24I'm afraid not.
08:26I'm afraid not.
08:27Well, the poor boy must be
08:29devoured with jealousy.
08:30Naturally.
08:31Ha-ha-ha.
08:32That's what makes for a record-breaking gait.
08:34Thank you, Mr. Shelby,
08:35for the inspiring discussion
08:37about this, um, sport of yours.
08:39My pleasure.
08:40When Mom died, Pop was really lost.
08:42Then I found this place near the gym
08:44so Pop and I could spend a lot of time together.
08:47I could spend a lot of time together.
08:49You're a very devoted son.
08:50Yeah, he busted his buns to put me through college.
08:52I owe him.
08:57Mike?
08:59My real name's Mike Molenski.
09:01Yeah, Pop?
09:03Hey, Pop, this is Miss Holder, private investigator.
09:06Pleased to meet you.
09:07Come on in.
09:10I heard a woman's voice.
09:12I thought it was Mary.
09:13Such a sweet girl.
09:15Always bringing me almond fudge ice cream.
09:19Calls every day.
09:20Pop, Mary and I are divorced, remember?
09:22OK, OK, I get the message.
09:25Sit down, won't you, miss?
09:26Have a piece of fruit.
09:28No, no thanks.
09:30I just wanted to ask you about the accident at the gym.
09:34OK, my son, the jock here, sets down the weights.
09:37And all of a sudden, the supports look like a pretzel.
09:40Next thing I know, he's strangling to death.
09:43Thank god it was me there instead of Miss
09:45Whatnot in her silk pajamas.
09:47Hey, Pop, her name's Whitney.
09:50It's Whitney Chambers, my girlfriend.
09:52Whitney Chambers, the soap opera star?
09:54Guess you don't read People Magazine, huh?
09:57Yeah, Whitney, Whatney.
09:59To me, next to Mary, she's a whatnot.
10:01Pop, it's over with Mary and me.
10:03It's dead.
10:05A lot of people get back together again after the wash.
10:08Pop, she tried to kill me coming out of the courtroom.
10:11You were serious about your ex-wife trying to kill you?
10:14Mary?
10:15Nah, she's just a little ticked off.
10:17I mean, here she tries to stalk me for more alimony,
10:19and the judge reduces it to a buck a year.
10:22That seems a bit harsh.
10:24Yeah, well, she'd been dragging me into court every three
10:26months to up the ante, and I guess the judge just
10:28got a little fed up with it.
10:30But she did say she wanted to see you dead.
10:32Yeah, right after she threw the courtroom's dental machine
10:35at me.
10:36Judge left her with nothing except a lot of money.
10:38Judge left her with nothing except a life
10:40insurance policy on me.
10:42How much is that worth, Brunch?
10:47A million, even.
10:49All those zeros can add up to quite a motive for some people.
10:52I think it's time we drop in on your ex.
11:01Let's check with the neighbors.
11:02Maybe they know where she is.
11:03Yeah, I think I'll stay here.
11:05Mary's kind of turned the neighbors against me.
11:39Brunch?
11:42Is that you?
11:44Hi, Mary.
11:45You've come back.
11:47Yeah, for my championship belt.
11:50I rang the bell.
11:51You don't know how long I've dreamed of this moment.
11:55You have?
11:56Here we are, just you and I alone.
12:02I was upstairs in the shower, and I heard a noise.
12:05And so I ran outside.
12:07And so I ran downstairs, and there you were,
12:10climbing through the window, an intruder!
12:13So I grabbed the gun that you bought me to protect myself.
12:18Mary, what are you doing?
12:19And I couldn't see who it was,
12:21so I just closed my eyes and screamed!
12:24-♪♪♪♪♪
12:27I called the police.
12:29Look at this place!
12:30The paint is peeling!
12:33And the lawn, you see the lawn?
12:35It's brown because I can't afford a gardener!
12:40-♪♪♪♪♪
12:43-♪♪♪♪♪
12:46The ex-Mrs. Molenski, I presume?
12:48-♪♪♪♪♪
12:53Any questions about a motive?
12:55-♪♪♪♪♪
12:56It's sold.
12:57-♪♪♪♪♪
12:58Mr. Steele!
12:59I hate to destroy your hype theory,
13:01but I've just come from the police station.
13:03They're holding Crunch's ex-wife for attempted murder.
13:05What?
13:06Now it's up to Crunch to press charges.
13:08Hey!
13:09Somebody!
13:10Help!
13:11-♪♪♪♪♪
13:13Quick!
13:14Give me a hand!
13:15The pressure gauge is ready to blow!
13:16-♪♪♪♪♪
13:20Crunch!
13:21-♪♪♪♪♪
13:23He's shrunk.
13:25-♪♪♪♪♪
13:27Crunch Kramer's dead!
13:28Call the cops!
13:29Call somebody!
13:30Crunch is dead!
13:31Hey, what's all the noise?
13:32-♪♪♪♪♪
13:34-♪♪♪♪♪
13:36-♪♪♪♪♪
13:38Martha Shelby.
13:40-♪♪♪♪♪
13:42We're gonna talk business in this team room, like always.
13:44Well, Miss Holt,
13:46at least we can be certain of one thing.
13:48Crunch's ex-wife isn't responsible for this one.
13:50-♪♪♪♪♪
13:52-♪♪♪♪♪
13:54-♪♪♪♪♪
13:56-♪♪♪♪♪
13:58-♪♪♪♪
14:02I like the noise. Come on, move your buns.
14:04Back off, the show's over.
14:14Hmm.
14:16The parking token.
14:18Hmm, yes.
14:20How else confess, Laura?
14:22I think he's looking a bit pale right now.
14:24Someone deliberately jammed a latch
14:26so Shelby couldn't get out.
14:28Obviously, someone who saw the robe
14:30I thought it was Crunch.
14:32Any ideas, Mr. Steele?
14:34Yes, as a matter of fact.
14:36Dangerous Darryl, heir apparent to Crunch's throne,
14:39the very man I came to see.
14:41Where was he when Shelby was being parboiled, eh?
14:46Crunch!
14:48Oh, no!
14:50Oh! Oh, no!
14:52Crunch, no!
14:54Oh, Crunch!
14:56Whitney!
14:58Crunch!
15:01Shelby!
15:03It was all an accident, baby.
15:06Whitney Chambers, star of Rage to Live.
15:09Rage to Live?
15:11She plays Tiffany Ames,
15:13the sophisticated socialite heroine
15:15who, despite all of her money, really has a good heart,
15:18but is constantly being hounded by...
15:20Mildred!
15:22I thought you were gonna check on Dangerous Darryl's whereabouts.
15:25I just love happy endings.
15:27Mildred, a man is dead, and his murderer is on the loose.
15:30I-I'd hardly call that a happy ending.
15:33Good point.
15:35Catch you later.
15:39Okay, Whitney, everything's cool.
15:41Crunch is okay.
15:43Let's get back to the studio and finish taping, huh?
15:45Thank you, Todd.
15:47But my place is with Crunch right now.
15:49Tell them to shoot around me. I'll come in early tomorrow.
15:51I want you back in the studio now.
15:53We have a career to think about, or at least we had one
15:56until you started mooning over old Crunchy here.
15:59Your image is slipping badly, baby.
16:01From high class right into the dumper.
16:03You heard her, Meyerson. She'll be at the studio tomorrow.
16:06You know something, Crunch?
16:08When I heard that bulletin you were dead, I didn't care.
16:10No, that's wrong.
16:12I was glad.
16:14Glad you were finally out of my life for good.
16:18Getting interesting, isn't it?
16:20Crunch!
16:23The retirement hotel just called.
16:25Your father's collapsed.
16:29Pop, what happened?
16:32Well, I heard the radio say you were dead,
16:35and I figured, why live?
16:38Then I heard the radio got it wrong,
16:40so I guess I'll survive.
16:43I can't tell you how relieved we both are, Mr. Molenski.
16:45You really had us frightened.
16:47Thank you, Whitney. It's nice of you to come.
16:51Oh, Donna,
16:53no water for my pill.
16:55Whitney, sweetheart,
16:57would you be good enough to get me some ice water, please?
17:00Sure, Dad. My pleasure.
17:04Why don't I give Whitney a hand, eh?
17:07I won't talk with that phony in here.
17:10Pop, will you stop?
17:12Let's face it, she's tinsel.
17:14I wouldn't give you two cents.
17:16Come on, Pop.
17:18Oh, Mike, I know you think I'm being a hard guy,
17:21but I'm only thinking of you.
17:23Oh, the plans your mother and I had for you.
17:26College graduate.
17:28The first in the family.
17:30Yeah, what have you done with it?
17:32Hey, Pop, wrestling's the hardest thing going today.
17:34Yeah, what about tomorrow when wrestling's not so hard?
17:37Look, your manager's dead.
17:39Where are you without him?
17:41It's time you find a career,
17:43get some foundation.
17:45And another thing,
17:47you think Miss Soap Opera Star's gonna give you a family?
17:53It's like a ritual.
17:55I come to visit, the old man sends me out for ice water
17:58so he can tell Crunch to drop me.
18:00Why?
18:01He hates me.
18:03He thinks I don't really care for Crunch,
18:05that I'm just a flighty actress
18:07who's using his son for some cheap publicity.
18:12What?
18:13Nothing, I, um...
18:15You don't know what a nice girl like me
18:17is doing with a muscle-bound cartoon like Crunch.
18:20I wouldn't have put it quite like that.
18:31I love him, Mr. Steele.
18:34For some reason, I felt like you'd understand.
18:37Tell me, Whitney, when you and your manager
18:39arrived at the gym today...
18:41Oh, Todd wasn't with me.
18:43I had my limo. I don't know where he came from.
18:46Even so, he doesn't seem too keen on your relationship.
18:49The press has labeled our romance Beauty and the Beast.
18:53Todd thinks the publicity will ruin my acting and singing career.
18:57You sing as well?
18:59Soaps don't last forever.
19:01My first musical special shoots live tomorrow night.
19:04Oh.
19:05I'll tell you, with Todd, the whole thing comes down to money.
19:08He's been so concerned that Crunch is getting more mileage
19:11out of our relationship than I am
19:13that he actually accused Crunch's manager
19:15of arranging the whole thing.
19:17He accused Shelby?
19:19It was a big fight.
19:21Can you believe it?
19:23On the contrary, the more I think about it,
19:26the more sense it seems to make.
19:29You really think Myerson might have been gunning for Shelby?
19:33It's Hollywood, Laura.
19:35Anything's possible.
19:38You need a token.
19:42You don't realize how brilliant a deduction that is, Mr. Steele.
19:46Done it again, have I?
19:48The token I found near Shelby's body.
19:51Mm-hmm.
19:53BBP.
19:55Blueberry Productions.
19:57Todd Myerson's management company.
19:59Perhaps it wasn't a case of mistaken identity after all.
20:08Yeah, good thinking, Laura.
20:10Hold on to the evidence at all costs.
20:13No, no, no, no, no.
20:15The hair, it's all wrong.
20:17What am I looking at here?
20:19What, is she in pain or something?
20:21Would you buy that poster?
20:23Uh, Mr. Myerson...
20:25In a minute.
20:27Okay.
20:28Now, that one has some possibilities.
20:31Close enough.
20:33Now, that one has some possibilities.
20:36Class.
20:37That's what we're selling here.
20:39Weren't you at the gym today?
20:41Remington Steele.
20:42My associate, Laura Holt.
20:44We're private investigators.
20:46So?
20:47We'd like to have a little chat.
20:49Specifically about your relationship with Arthur Shelby.
20:52Get out.
20:53What were you doing at the gym when Shelby was murdered?
20:56I was with Whitney, okay?
20:58Uh, she disagrees, old chap.
21:00Get out, or I'll call the police.
21:02Please do. Go right ahead.
21:04So I happened to be down at the gym. Big deal.
21:07That cut on your knuckle.
21:09I ran into some coral scuba diving.
21:12Ah, judging by the bruises on Shelby's face,
21:15it looks more like your fist connected with his cheekbone.
21:17All right, so I hit him.
21:19But he had it coming, the slimeball.
21:21Do you know how often a Whitney Chambers comes along?
21:25Maybe once in a manager's life.
21:27But Shelby and that freako Crunch
21:29have been destroying everything I've worked for.
21:31I created a Cartier necklace.
21:33They're turning it into rhinestones.
21:35You had it in for Crunch, too?
21:37You bet I did.
21:38And sent anonymous death threats?
21:40Whatever it took to get him and Shelby to back off.
21:42Eventually murder?
21:43Yes.
21:44I mean, no.
21:45Oh.
21:46Now, look, I didn't kill him.
21:49Well done, Mr. Steele.
21:51I think we can call the police now.
21:55Yes?
21:57It's for you.
22:04Yes, Steele here.
22:06Mildred.
22:09What?
22:13Okay.
22:17Bye.
22:21Come along, Miss Holden.
22:23We won't take up any more of this gentleman's time.
22:26What are you talking about?
22:28This gentleman murdered Arthur Shelby
22:30and tried to kill Crunch.
22:31Negative.
22:32While we were here with Myerson,
22:33someone made another attempt on Crunch's life.
22:36Good day.
22:39Good day.
22:54Wonderful, Laura.
22:56Thus far we've produced two prime suspects
22:58and personally provided them both with airtight alibis.
23:01Hazards of the trade, Mr. Steele.
23:03You're right.
23:06What happened?
23:07I was rehearsing.
23:08It's only a paper moon,
23:09and Crunch came crashing down.
23:11Must have dropped 30 feet.
23:13Thank God he landed on that.
23:15Saved his life.
23:16What were you doing on the moon, Crunch?
23:19They were planning on me making a surprise entrance.
23:22I thought the audience would love it.
23:24The chain just snapped?
23:26Jake Riley, my stage manager.
23:28It sure wasn't any accident.
23:29I checked the chain myself an hour ago.
23:31He's fine.
23:32Now, look.
23:36Pharmax.
23:38Now that you're in good hands, hun,
23:40I've got to go back to the soap opera taping
23:42or Todd's gonna kill me.
23:44Bad line.
23:49Well, I gotta go, too, to meet Daryl.
23:52Ah, the elusive Velvet Vandal.
23:54If you don't mind, Crunch,
23:56I think we'd better tag along.
23:59Yeah, sure.
24:06Ah!
24:11Crunch!
24:13Crunch!
24:20What was that?
24:22Hip toss. I thought it'd look good.
24:25You just stick to the routine, huh?
24:36Ah! When the hell was that?
24:38Crunch, this is a grudge match.
24:40I should be pulling out all the stops
24:42so the crowd really hates me.
24:44For the last time, Daryl, stick to the routine, huh?
24:56Hello, Mildred.
24:58What's the word on our challenger?
25:00Not much.
25:02Real name,
25:04Daryl Simmons,
25:06former professional bodyguard.
25:08Had his own florist shop for a while.
25:10Unmarried, lives alone.
25:12Florist shop?
25:14One.
25:16Watch this, boss.
25:18Two.
25:20Three.
25:21Here it comes.
25:23Four.
25:27All right, it's more like it.
25:29See you tomorrow night.
25:31Good.
25:35I do know one thing.
25:37Crunch shouldn't go home tonight for his own safety.
25:40So why don't I, uh,
25:42drop him off at his father's?
25:44Mm-hmm. Good idea.
25:46Then I think we should concentrate
25:48on how to get the inside story
25:50on, uh, dangerous Daryl, hmm?
25:53Hey, Pop.
25:55Hey, Mike, what a pleasant surprise.
25:57And you brought Miss, uh...
25:59Holt.
26:00Sorry.
26:01So you want to spend another night
26:03just like old times, that kid?
26:05Hey, I'm gonna get my bags.
26:09So, Miss Holt,
26:11you're taking good care of my son.
26:13On the professional level.
26:15But on the emotional level,
26:17I'm afraid only you can help.
26:19Oh, yeah? How's that?
26:21By coming to the match tomorrow night.
26:23No. Absolutely not.
26:25When he starts wrestling an executive chair
26:28like a normal college graduate,
26:30then I'll come.
26:32But it's important to Crunch.
26:34He wants you there.
26:35Wrong.
26:36Whitney, that's who he wants there.
26:38So she can take over his entire life.
26:40Aren't you being a little harsh?
26:42Whitney's a talented actress,
26:44very much in love with your son.
26:46Actress you can have.
26:48And love.
26:50That girl's nothing but a gold digger.
26:52You should have heard her and Shelby.
26:54You'd blush.
26:55Shelby?
26:56Talk about hate.
26:58Whitney was there for Mike to dump Shelby.
27:00Why?
27:02Well, it seems she wanted Mike to be on her TV show.
27:05When Shelby refused to rearrange Mike's schedule to allow it,
27:08she went nuts.
27:10I'll bet.
27:12Having Crunch appear on Rage to Live
27:14would certainly boost her ratings.
27:16I wonder how much she thought that was worth.
27:31Filter Pure, man.
27:33There must be some mistake.
27:35Oh, wow.
27:37It's really you.
27:39Um, Harley Ferguson,
27:41president of the Velvet Vandal Fan Club,
27:43uh, receded chapter.
27:45Oh, wow.
27:47Oh, I'm sorry for the disguise,
27:49but I just wanted to tell you
27:51how much pleasure you've given our 42 members.
27:5342?
27:55Mm-hmm.
27:56Harley, would you like to come in?
27:59Oh, wow.
28:01Oh, thank you very much, yes.
28:03Oh, look at this.
28:05You know, I never even knew I had a fan club.
28:08Really? You've never seen us up in the balcony
28:10in our velvet sweats, huh?
28:12No, bless your heart.
28:14Here, a lovely 83 Fumé Blanc from Mendocino Carami.
28:17Oh.
28:19Oh, thank you.
28:21Let me just put this down.
28:23Thank you very much.
28:26What about a toast, eh?
28:28To the Velvet Vandal.
28:30May he tear that bum Crunch Kramer's guts out tomorrow night
28:34and turn them into sausage.
28:36What a beautiful sentiment.
28:41Mm.
28:43But, hey, I guess you guys
28:45are really big buddies outside the ring, huh?
28:48No, contraire, Harley.
28:50Kramer's the bane of my existence.
28:52Really?
28:53Some brie.
28:54Oh, thank you.
28:56So that's all, that's for real, everything there?
28:59I'm snarling on the outside, but I'm dying on the inside.
29:02I mean, here Crunch is Mr. Everything,
29:04while I'm the big, bruising bad guy.
29:06Me, Daryl Simmons,
29:08who sang in a church choir for 15 years,
29:11who's never even had a parking ticket.
29:14When I think of all those impressionable kids out there,
29:17ah, what's the use?
29:19Major Bummer, huh?
29:21Do you have any idea what it's like
29:23to be hissed and booed every day of your life?
29:26Or having some loudmouth bitty jab your derriere
29:29with a hat pin wherever you go?
29:33Some Boba Rumballs?
29:35But you're a star.
29:37I mean, your pictures in all those magazines,
29:40your velvet bowtie and your briefs are a fashion craze.
29:43If you only knew.
29:45That was his idea.
29:47Everything was his idea.
29:50Who?
29:52Crunch Kramer. He owns my contract.
29:54You're joking. You mean to say...
29:58Two years ago in Sausalito,
30:00an aspiring young wrestler named Daryl Simmons
30:03saw his flower shop going under.
30:06He needed cash fast.
30:08Kramer had me by the biceps.
30:10What could I do?
30:12I signed my future away to him.
30:15I wish he was dead.
30:17God, I wish he was dead.
30:21What are you doing? That's water for crystal.
30:24I'm sorry. I thought it was a ritual.
30:29Dammit, Tiffany, what will it take to convince you?
30:32Eileen and I had an affair back then,
30:34but Julian is not my child.
30:36I hate it when you lie, Richard.
30:39Almost as much as I am learning to hate you.
30:42He's telling the truth.
30:44Gunther.
30:46Because Julian is my son.
30:50Stop tape? Terrific. That's a buy.
30:52Let's go to the next set.
30:54I'm getting very far behind here.
30:56I'm gonna need your help over here.
30:58Laura Holtz, A.F.I. intern in television directing.
31:01Be observing for two weeks.
31:03Love your work.
31:05Really? I didn't know that they put interns on soaps.
31:09We don't refer to them as soaps.
31:11We call them continuing dramas,
31:13an extremely important part of our native culture.
31:16I've always thought so.
31:19I have a question.
31:21Ask, my child.
31:23I understand Whitney Chambers walked off the set yesterday.
31:28How do you, uh, handle something like this?
31:32Oh, actors.
31:34Should lock them up each night,
31:36truck them to the set in the morning.
31:38You'll learn.
31:40Well, what happened?
31:42Whitney told me that her character
31:44would never do what was in the script.
31:46I told her there wasn't time to make a change,
31:49so she promptly marched off
31:51and locked herself in the dressing room.
31:53When did she go in there?
31:55About 11 o'clock.
31:57Didn't come out till 2.
31:59So what did you do?
32:01The only thing you can do in a situation like that, honey.
32:05I caved. I rewrote the scene,
32:07even read it to her through the locked door,
32:09but she wouldn't answer.
32:11I gave up.
32:13If not, she acted as if nothing had happened.
32:16Ten minutes later, she finds out
32:18that her boyfriend's had an accident,
32:20and she splits for the rest of the day.
32:22Actors.
32:23Are you sure Whitney was in her dressing room
32:26the entire 3 hours?
32:28You're really a nut for detail, aren't you?
32:31It's the academic in me, I'm afraid.
32:34No, no, no, it's charming.
32:36Keep it in.
32:38To be technical, uh, no,
32:40I didn't vouch that she was there,
32:42but where else would she have gone?
32:45One can only guess.
32:49Ah, Benita, my friend.
32:51Steele here. Yes, I'm very well.
32:53And you? Good, good.
32:55Listen, uh, the usual table for 2 tonight at 8?
32:58Yes, something of a celebration.
33:00Okay, my man, thank you.
33:02Mia LaGlassie, yes, madman.
33:04Ah, Laura, great news.
33:06We have our man dead to rights.
33:08That's dangerous, Daryl, just as I suspected.
33:10What if I told you that the killer
33:12is not a him but a her,
33:14a her named Whitney Chambers?
33:16Laura, don't do this to me.
33:18My stomach's preparing for antipasto.
33:20And Shelby was the intended victim all along.
33:22Now, Whitney was supposedly in her dressing room
33:24from 11 to 2.
33:26Shelby was killed at 1.
33:28Can't be.
33:30Now, you think about it.
33:32Now, Whitney wants Crunch to appear on her show,
33:34but Shelby refuses to give in.
33:36And that's when a hidden token found near Shelby's body.
33:38Now, yes, but it can't be Whitney.
33:40I mean, she loves Crunch too much
33:42to jeopardize anything out of this place.
33:44Whoa-ho-ho.
33:46Is this the same man who refused this case
33:48because everything was pure hype?
33:50Hype on the professional level, Laura,
33:52not on the personal level, huh?
33:54Nice try.
33:56Just like you and me, eh?
33:58Oh, how?
34:00A little bit of hype on the professional level.
34:02And on the personal level?
34:04I knew I should have buzzed.
34:06Ha.
34:08Our tickets for tonight's championship match.
34:10♪
34:12♪
34:14♪
34:16♪ Oh, say can you see
34:18♪
34:20♪ By the dawn's early light
34:22♪
34:24♪ What so proudly we hailed
34:26♪ At the twilight's last gleaming
34:28♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars
34:30♪ Through the perilous fight
34:32♪ O'er the ramparts we watched
34:34♪ Were so gallantly streaming
34:36I know I'm a relative newcomer to your country, Laura,
34:38but I thought the star-spangled banner
34:40was your national anthem.
34:42This is a star-spangled banner.
34:44Spangled by a star.
34:46♪
34:48♪ What so proudly we hailed
34:50♪ At the twilight's last gleaming
34:52♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars
34:54♪ Through the perilous fight
34:56♪ O'er the ramparts we watched
34:58♪ Were so gallantly streaming
35:00♪ And the rocket's red glare
35:02♪ The bombs bursting in air
35:04♪ Gave proof through the night
35:06♪ That our flag was still there
35:08♪ Oh, say does that star-spangled banner
35:10♪ Yet wave
35:12♪ O'er the land
35:14♪ Of the free
35:16♪ And the home
35:18♪ Of the brave
35:20♪ Of the brave
35:22♪ Of the brave
35:24Whoo!
35:26Whoa!
35:30And now, introducing
35:32the worthy challenger
35:34of 250 pounds
35:36of marvelous muscle,
35:38Dangerous Darrell!
35:40Whoa!
35:42Whoa!
35:44Whoa! Sit on your bum!
35:46Whoa!
35:48Whoa!
35:50Whoa!
35:52Whoa!
36:00Hi, Guy.
36:04All in the line of duty, Laura.
36:08And his challenger
36:10and the worthy champion
36:12of the All-World Association
36:14at 235 pounds,
36:16the popular
36:18Crutch Kramer!
36:20Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:22Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:24Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:26Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:28Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:30Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:32Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:34Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:36Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:38Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:40Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:42Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:44Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:46Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
36:48Kaczynski may bail.
36:52I hope you have a scorecard.
37:06Come on, Crutch!
37:08That's my boy!
37:18Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:20Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:22Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:24Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:26Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:28Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:30Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:32Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:34Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:36Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:38Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:40Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:42Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:44Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:46Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:48Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:50Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:52Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:54Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:56Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
37:58Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:00Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:02Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:04Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:06Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:08Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:10Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:12Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:14Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:16Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:18Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:20Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:22Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:24Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:26Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:28Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:30Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:32Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:34Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:36Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:38Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:40Crutch! Crutch! Crutch!
38:42Two!
38:44Three!
38:46Four!
38:48Five!
38:50Six!
38:52Seven!
38:54Eight!
38:56Nine!
38:58Ten!
39:00Eleven!
39:02Twelve!
39:04Thirteen!
39:06Fourteen!
39:08Fifteen!
39:10No!
39:12Go ahead, raise my arm!
39:14I'm the new world champion!
39:16Raise my arm!
39:18Yes! Yes! Yes!
39:24Are you sure? Positive.
39:28There you go.
39:30Cut right through with a sharp instrument,
39:32wouldn't you say?
39:36Dangerous, Daryl?
39:40All hail the champion!
39:42Quite an upset, eh?
39:44Sorry, no autographs, Harley.
39:46Excuse me, the press is waiting.
39:48Anxious to hear how you cut the ropes, are they?
39:50I beg your pardon?
39:54Remington Steel.
39:56My associate, Laura Holt.
39:58And I thought you were a fan.
40:00Neat trick.
40:02Winning the championship despite following the script to perfection.
40:06Out of my way.
40:08Two days ago,
40:10when Shelby was murdered,
40:12exactly where were you, Daryl?
40:22At Pin Millie!
40:24At Pin Millie!
40:38Wow.
40:40Excellent, Laura.
40:42Championship belt if ever I saw one.
40:54Not exactly a shabby day's work.
40:56Daryl behind bars
40:58for the mistaken identity murder
41:00of Arthur Shelby.
41:02I'm sure Daryl's alibi
41:04won't hold up.
41:06Now on to more urgent matters.
41:08I'm sure Daryl's alibi
41:10won't hold up.
41:12I'm sure Daryl's alibi
41:14won't hold up.
41:16I'm sure Daryl's alibi
41:18won't hold up.
41:20I'm sure Daryl's alibi
41:22won't hold up.
41:24Now on to more urgent matters.
41:30Pleased?
41:32Case closed.
41:34You in my arms.
41:36What more can I ask for?
41:46Hmm.
41:48I think you just answered my question.
41:52No, I don't answer it.
42:04Ah, yes.
42:06Mildred.
42:08Your phone's out of order.
42:10For a reason, Mildred.
42:12Turn on the TV.
42:14Maybe they'll do a recap on the late show.
42:16A recap of what?
42:18Mildred couldn't this way
42:20get consumed by what, Mildred?
42:22The thought that you'd
42:24nailed the wrong guy for murder.
42:26What?
42:28I'm telling you.
42:30When I left the arena, something didn't sit right.
42:32So I went home and I did what you did.
42:34I doubt that
42:36very much, Mildred.
42:38I paced
42:40back and forth, reviewing
42:42every detail. Now we eliminated
42:44Crunch's ex-wife because she was with you
42:46when Shelby was murdered.
42:48And so was Whitney's manager
42:50when someone tried to turn out Crunch's lights
42:52at Whitney's rehearsal.
42:54But what about Daryl?
42:56And it hit me.
42:58Daryl, too, has an airtight
43:00alibi.
43:02He does?
43:04There it was on the TV.
43:06I caught the last bit of Whitney's special
43:08tonight after the match.
43:10They showed her coming down on the big moon.
43:12And it hit me.
43:14Not hard enough as far as I'm concerned.
43:16I picked up the phone and I called
43:18the sound stage. Sure enough,
43:20the stage manager told me that the moon
43:22is part of Whitney's routine.
43:24Yesterday, when Crunch Kramer came down on it,
43:26it was simply a gag.
43:28Which means?
43:30That
43:32the mystery killer assumed
43:34Whitney would be sitting there, not Crunch.
43:36Meaning that whoever cut
43:38the cable was out to kill Whitney,
43:40which leaves dangerous
43:42Daryl without a motive.
43:44Pretty good, huh?
43:46Oh, absolute magic, Mildred.
43:48You made a perfect evening
43:50disappear like that.
43:52Now, the question is,
43:54with Mary Molenski,
43:56Todd Meyerson, and dangerous
43:58Daryl out of the picture, whom does that leave?
44:00Mr. Steele, would you stop pacing?
44:02Why? It worked for Mildred.
44:04All right, think now, think.
44:06Who would have it in for both
44:08Whitney and Shelby?
44:14Of
44:16course.
44:20Busy.
44:22Keep trying.
44:24Oh, I love you too, Crunch.
44:26See you in a little bit. Bye.
44:30Phone rings
44:34Hello?
44:36Whitney, thank goodness we caught you.
44:38This is Laura Holt. Now, I want you to
44:40listen very carefully.
44:42Lock your door.
44:44Lock my door? Why?
44:46We think the man who killed Shelby is going to come
44:48after you. Who?
44:50Al Molenski, Crunch's
44:52father. Mr. Molenski?
44:54We'll explain later. The important
44:56thing is that you stay put until we get
44:58there. Yeah, yeah, sure.
45:00Will do.
45:06Pop!
45:08So good to see you.
45:10Likewise, I'm sure.
45:12I was just
45:14on my way to see Crunch. If
45:16you'd like to get the car, we could go together.
45:18I already got it.
45:20Terrific.
45:24Here, could you help me out with my coat?
45:36No, no,
45:38it's you. Me?
45:40A feeble old man
45:42everybody thinks can't even stay awake for
45:44Merv Griffin. And you,
45:46a young bimbo
45:48all alone here after midnight.
46:02Please!
46:04For Crunch's sake!
46:08Over there!
46:26Not on me, not on the stage!
46:38It's all over, Mr. Molenski!
46:40There you go.
46:42Are you all right?
46:44I'm so sick!
46:54Al Molenski's psychiatric
46:56evaluation just arrived.
46:58You may never go to trial.
47:00I'm afraid
47:02I can't.
47:04The evaluation just arrived.
47:06You may never go to trial.
47:08The poor guy.
47:10The thought of losing his son
47:12to show business was more than he could stand.
47:14To him,
47:16Whitney symbolized the entire industry.
47:18And he thought Shelby
47:20was responsible for Crunch's success.
47:22By kidding Shelby,
47:24he thought Crunch's
47:26career would collapse.
47:28I just thought of that
47:30old movie.
47:32What old movie?
47:34You know, uh, a bill of whatchamacallit
47:36with whozits and what's-his-name?
47:38Ah, yes.
47:40A bill of divorcement.
47:42John Barrymore, Catherine Harper, and RKO in 1932.
47:44A mentally disturbed father
47:46tries to disrupt his daughter's marriage.
47:48Not bad for a beginner, Laura.
47:50I'm learning,
47:52Mr. Steele.
47:54So you are,
47:56Miss Holder.
47:58So you are.
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