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Remington Steele S04E07

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00:00What seems to be the problem?
00:03I'm dead.
00:04What do you think you're doing?
00:08You wanted to see me.
00:09I did.
00:10Yeah.
00:11First of the dead people.
00:12You're sure you've never met before?
00:14Absolutely not.
00:15Remington.
00:16Steel!
00:17Of course.
00:18I just did your obituary last week.
00:19I'll tell you one thing.
00:20I'm scared.
00:21You are?
00:22Hell yes.
00:23Murder.
00:24County officials on the take.
00:25Falsified records.
00:26Laura's still in there.
00:27Where's my purse?
00:28That's my purse.
00:29Where's my purse?
00:30It's in there.
00:31I told you, it's in there.
00:32I don't look like it.
00:33♪
01:03♪
01:33♪
02:03♪
02:13♪
02:23♪
02:3328 functioning wireless remote with direct access keypad tuning.
02:39That's it. Oh, my little beauty.
02:42Ahem.
02:44Built-in MTS.
02:46No interruptions. Millred.
02:48But, Chief...
02:49I need to concentrate. Thank you.
02:52Built-in MTS...
02:55I'm sorry, boss, but I think you are...
02:57Oh, what's that?
02:59Investigative tool, Millred.
03:01Could break a case someday.
03:03There's a gentleman outside who's really upset.
03:06Well, Miss Holder's expert at dealing with distressed gentlemen.
03:09She's finishing a security contract. Besides, he wants to see you.
03:12Oh, Millred, please, look, I'm right in the middle of...
03:14I need your signature on these.
03:16Ah, glad you're here, Laura.
03:19We have a client outside, okay?
03:21I sincerely hope agency funds didn't pay for this.
03:25Excellent investment.
03:27We get an immediate 10% tax investment credit,
03:30then it depreciates over a period of five years.
03:32Huh?
03:34Gone with the wind?
03:36Merely to make sure that the machine is functioning properly, that's all.
03:40Ah, here comes our client right now.
03:42Lester Shane.
03:43Ah, Lester Shane. Pleased to meet you. How do you do?
03:46Remington Steel, my associate, Laura Holt.
03:48Miss Krebs tells me you're upset about something,
03:50and we're here to settle the matter.
03:52What seems to be the problem?
03:55I'm dead.
04:01Mr. Shane, I don't mean to minimize your concern,
04:04but this is just a rather obvious mistake, isn't it?
04:08Exactly what I thought, young lady.
04:10But the paper wouldn't listen to me.
04:12Said they had a copy of my death certificate.
04:14That's a bit odd, but why not just let it pass?
04:16I mean, you're definitely not dead.
04:18Exactly what I thought, young man, but it ain't that simple.
04:20See, I'm in town here on business,
04:22but my appointments keep canceling on me.
04:24They seem to think I'm dead now, too.
04:26Surely you can explain.
04:28I call my hometown.
04:30It seems that somebody's phoned them with the news,
04:32and everyone's crying and all,
04:34and if I drive real fast, I might make it back in time for my memorial service.
04:38Kind of a snowball effect, huh?
04:40I tell you, I'm getting to the point
04:42where I'm beginning to wonder whether I am dead or not.
04:44I've been pinching myself a lot the last few hours.
04:46It's been quite a shock to my system.
04:50And I think I'd like for you two to figure this thing out
04:52before it goes any further.
04:54A mere bureaucratic snafu
04:56that Miss Holt will unravel in short order.
04:58Under my watchful eye, of course.
05:04Rosewood Cemetery.
05:061 p.m. No flowers.
05:08Okey-dokey.
05:10Don't I know you?
05:12Remington Steele.
05:14My associate, Laura Holt.
05:16Steele. Steele.
05:18Remington Steele!
05:20Of course. I just did your obituary last week.
05:24Uh, forgive me, uh, Miss Carter,
05:26but aren't you being a little bit hasty about that?
05:30Routine.
05:32We do up obits on prominent people
05:34just in case they suddenly buy it.
05:36I remember you because I had one heck of a time
05:38digging up background info on you.
05:40Why is that, anyway? Come on, I can keep a secret.
05:42Uh, Miss Carter,
05:44apparently you listed an obituary
05:46for a man who is dead.
05:48His name is Lester Shane.
05:50Oh, he's dead? All right.
05:52I got the death certificate in the mail yesterday.
05:54As a matter of fact,
05:56some joker called me up this morning
05:58pretending to be the Shane guy.
06:00Take our word for it. He's very much alive.
06:10Wild Mortuary sent you this information
06:12and asked you to place this obituary?
06:14Yep.
06:16Could we have a copy of this, please?
06:18I'm afraid. Company policy statement.
06:20Miss Carter,
06:24inasmuch as your file
06:26may be somewhat incomplete,
06:28what would you say
06:30to a discreet trade?
06:34Dinner sometime in exchange
06:36for the death certificate?
06:38Ha!
06:44I have to admit,
06:46this is a bit strange.
06:48Reluctantly.
06:50Relax. Scarlet and Red aren't going anywhere.
06:52Look, if it'll make you any happier,
06:54we can split up
06:56so we can resolve this case
06:58as quickly as possible.
07:00Excellent.
07:02Incidentally, you're not really planning
07:04on taking that poor girl to dinner, are you?
07:07Maybe the threesome.
07:17My hands are sort of full.
07:20It's not imperative that we shake.
07:22I just need a minute.
07:37Roosevelt, you're a gentleman.
07:39I thank you for your patience.
07:41My pleasure. What can I do for you?
07:43Uh, do you happen to remember
07:45signing this death certificate?
07:47Lester Shane.
07:49It should have been two days ago.
07:51Well, there's no way I could have signed this.
07:53Two days ago, I was at a conference
07:55in Northern California.
07:57Are you saying that this is a forgery?
07:59Well, it's hard to conceive why,
08:01but, yes, that's not my signature.
08:03What's this all about?
08:05I wish I knew.
08:07Um, thank you very much.
08:09Certainly.
08:11Hmm.
08:13Hmm.
08:43♪
09:13♪
09:44Ah!
09:46What do you think you're doing?
09:48I'm... I'm looking for Weill Mortuary.
09:51Weill Mortuary closed down two years ago.
09:53You're kidding.
09:55Oh.
09:57My Aunt Sophie always had a liking for this place.
09:59Bless her freshly departed soul.
10:02So, what goes on here now?
10:04We process forms here.
10:06Oh.
10:08What types of forms?
10:10All types of forms.
10:14♪
10:22Someone wants to create the illusion
10:24that Lester Shane is dead.
10:27Why?
10:29Any thoughts, Mr. Steele?
10:31If you were two extraneous wires,
10:33where would you want to be connected?
10:36Mr. Steele, I promise,
10:38I will buy you the entire MGM library on videocassette.
10:41If you would please put that down
10:43and concentrate on the matter at hand.
10:47Deal.
10:53DOA.
10:55Edmund O'Brien, Luther Radler, United Artists.
10:571949.
10:59Yes?
11:01O'Brien plays a businessman who comes to the police
11:03at the beginning of the picture to report a murder.
11:05His own.
11:07Somehow he's been poisoned and doesn't understand why.
11:09And the connection with Lester?
11:11It's a bit fuzzy at the moment.
11:15However, DOA is available on videocassette.
11:18We could always buy a copy, have a look at it,
11:20run it, see where it leads us.
11:26Life insurance.
11:28Mm-hmm. Yes.
11:30Somebody is trying to collect on Lester's policy.
11:39Lester, could you come here for a minute, please?
11:43Lester,
11:45this is very important.
11:49Do you have a life insurance policy?
11:51Nope.
11:53Once thought about getting one, though.
11:55Um, are you a wealthy man, Mr. Shane?
11:57I'm comfortable.
12:00Happily married?
12:02Happy as anyone can be after 22 years.
12:05Ha-ha.
12:07This way.
12:09Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, MGM, 1944.
12:12Um, Boyer attempts to drive Ingrid crazy,
12:15um, so he can have her committed
12:17and then, uh, finally gain her estate.
12:19Oh, it's also available on videocassette.
12:21Well, she don't have to drive me nuts.
12:23Everything's in my wife's name.
12:25Oh.
12:27If only we could get into the wild mortuary building
12:29when it's empty.
12:33Boy, that's one heck of a fine VCR you got yourself there.
12:36Yes. That's the one with the built-in MTS, right?
12:39Uh, right, yes.
12:41Uh, I didn't realize you were familiar with this equipment.
12:43Shoot. You kidding?
12:45I used to be an electrical engineer in Uncle Sam's army
12:47before I went into agriculture.
12:49Really? Uh, you wouldn't, per chance,
12:52happen to know the proper method
12:54of hooking, uh, one of these wonder videos
12:56up to one of those, uh, large 4-foot screens, would you?
12:59Well, I just did it for my nephew last weekend.
13:01Two shakes for lamb's tail.
13:03Really? Hold this, Lester.
13:05Let's go.
13:07Mr. Steele?
13:09Keep pacing, Miss Holt. I'm sure you'll come up with something.
13:11In the meantime, I'm gonna take Lester into protective custody.
13:14You can never be too careful with a man's life,
13:16even if he is officially dead.
13:20You're in agriculture, are you, Lester?
13:22Yep. Gilroy, California.
13:24Garlic capital of the U.S. of A.
13:27Mr. Steele, I know more about garlic than a man should.
13:31Lester, look out!
13:57It's impossible.
13:59It's impossible to trace that car
14:01with only two letters from the license plate.
14:03Well, next time I let them hit Lester,
14:05but I'll get the entire plate, okay?
14:07How is he?
14:09He's all right. He's fine. He's fine.
14:11Uh, I'm gonna take him to my flat for safekeeping, okay?
14:14All right, bye-bye.
14:16No offense, Steele, but is this your neighborhood?
14:18Not a slight detour.
14:20Uh, Fred, it's just up ahead on the right, mate.
14:30Okay.
14:34Okay, I won't be a minute.
14:46Uh, I'm looking for Monroe.
14:48Thanks very much.
14:51No, next week is not acceptable, my equivocating friend.
14:57By Saturday, a no-sale.
15:01And we thought it was tough in the old days, Mick.
15:04It's a real jungle out here.
15:06So what do you think of your investment so far?
15:10I wouldn't have believed it, Monroe.
15:12You really are something else.
15:14I'm not.
15:17I wouldn't have believed it, Monroe.
15:19You really are serious about this.
15:21Volume discount in personal service, my friend.
15:24Give the public what they want is my newfound credo.
15:27As opposed to taking the public for what you want.
15:30That chapter's closed, Mick.
15:32Now, I told you, I'm tired of running.
15:34You didn't think I'd take your money and split.
15:37It wouldn't have surprised me. Let's put it that way, hmm?
15:40Oh, you wound me, my friend.
15:43Oh, Monroe.
15:45When you came to me, I saw an old maid who was down on his luck...
15:48and needed to pat on the back and a few quid in his pocket.
15:51I hardly expected this.
15:53Reinvestment of profits, lines of credit, arbitrage...
15:56make it a hell of a lot easier being a pirate on this side of the law...
16:00than the one I'm used to.
16:02Now, I suspect what's really brought you here...
16:04has more to do with what's in this box...
16:07than checking up on your humble servant.
16:11Slight problem.
16:16Oscar.
16:18Bring in APO-475-S to my office, please.
16:22It's done.
16:24And my 4-foot screen?
16:26Ensconced in your bedroom as we speak.
16:31I don't remember giving you the keys to my flat.
16:34You're a busy man now, Mick.
16:37No need to bother you with mundane details.
16:40Uh-huh.
16:43Well, it's reassuring to see that you haven't given up all our old ways.
16:53How long before Atlanta burns yet again, Lester?
16:57We've got a slight compatibility problem.
17:00Persevere.
17:02Persevere, Mick!
17:05Pfft.
17:11A bit stark, don't you think?
17:13It'll be getting dark in an hour.
17:15Nothing gets by you, Laura.
17:18This case is no longer a joking matter, Mr. Steele.
17:21Our client was almost killed today...
17:23and a forged death certificate was submitted by a mortuary which doesn't exist.
17:27It's time we started getting some answers...
17:29beginning with what's going on at the former Weill Mortuary.
17:33Now?
17:34Hey, Steele, I think I located the problem.
17:36Where's that taper gone with the wind?
17:39Uh, helps keep his mind off the case.
17:41You know, idle hands, that sort of thing.
17:43Um, I'll stick it to something more appropriate.
17:45Hmm.
17:47Whistling
17:50Whistling
18:16All right.
18:18All right.
18:29The room those girls were working in is just through that door.
18:32On you go.
18:34Come on.
18:47You sure this is the room?
18:49Yes.
18:50This morning, this office was filled with tables, filing cabinets...
18:54until it met up to their necks in paperwork.
18:57Uh-huh.
18:59Well, uh, with great reluctance, I suggest we call it an evening.
19:03We can go back to my place, clear our minds with a screening of, uh...
19:06Not just yet.
19:07Of course not.
19:08We still have one more card to play.
19:10Okay. Onwards.
19:18Yes?
19:19Dr. Rossfeld?
19:20Yes?
19:21Federal Delivery Service. Sign here, please.
19:23It's a little late for a delivery, isn't it?
19:25You know our motto.
19:27On time, every time, all the time.
19:29We're on 26.
19:30I have no idea what this could be.
19:32I'm not expecting anything.
19:35Thanks.
19:37Um, excuse me, Dr. Rossfeld.
19:39I'm afraid I need your full signature.
19:41You just initialed this.
19:44Never heard of anything so silly in my entire life.
19:47Sorry. Company policy.
19:49Mm-hmm.
19:52Thank you very much.
19:53Sorry for the inconvenience.
19:55Good night.
19:56Good night.
20:03♪
20:13Okay, Troy.
20:15You got it.
20:16Oh, darn.
20:17Mildred?
20:20Whoever sold you that thing gave you the wrong manual.
20:22Afraid she's right.
20:24Monroe.
20:25I got that info on Dr. Rossfeld.
20:27It took some doing, too.
20:29Had to go to the Hall of Records,
20:31then to Rossfeld's bank,
20:32where a friend of mine helped me out because I...
20:34Mildred.
20:35Owns property in Reno, Tahoe, and the Virgin Islands.
20:38And cash accounts you wouldn't believe.
20:40Huh.
20:41Dr. Rossfeld seems to be in someone's front pocket.
20:44That or the coroner's office
20:45is one of the great undiscovered career opportunities.
20:48Dr. Rossfeld's signature on the death certificate is no forgery.
20:52Dr. Rossfeld has to do a bit of explaining, doesn't he?
20:55Well, finally we're getting somewhere.
20:57Anything else, Mildred?
20:58Yep.
20:59The Weil Mortuary building is currently owned
21:01by a company called Perennial Corporation.
21:03Okay.
21:04Tomorrow, Mr. Steele will hit Rossfeld for some answers.
21:07I'll explore Perennial Corporation.
21:09Mildred, you and Lester
21:10go to the obit department of the newspaper
21:12and look up the name Weil Mortuary
21:14in any listings over the last two years.
21:16Any obit with that name has got to be a phony.
21:18If there are any phony listings,
21:20find out if the subjects are still alive.
21:22If they are, I bet there's a common link with Lester.
21:30Didn't you hear me?
21:32I just made a major breakthrough.
21:34So did we.
21:35We got sound.
21:47Nick, what brings you here?
21:49I've got a bone to pick with you.
21:51The law says you can't go in without a warrant.
21:54Well, I can't go in without a warrant.
21:56What brings you here?
21:57I've got a bone to pick with you.
21:59The large screen wasn't to your liking.
22:01Oh, it's lovely.
22:02Although a picture would be even lovelier,
22:04as would the correct instruction manual.
22:06I'm going to have words with that manufacturer.
22:08You're the second customer this has happened to.
22:10Good merchandise, but the quality...
22:12Instruction manual, Monroe.
22:14I'm going to do you one better, Nick.
22:16I'm sending my best man out straightaway
22:19to make your video heaven a reality.
22:21Forget about reality.
22:23Get me a picture.
22:26Good day.
22:30Not only can you escort Miss Holden,
22:32but you can hold all calls till she departs.
22:46Well, so, you've come to your senses
22:49and finally realized that I'm the only man for you.
22:51Oh, you're certainly the only broker for me.
22:54Good to see you, Norm.
22:55It's good to see you.
22:57Where have you been hiding lately?
22:59Oh, don't tell me, you're playing hard to get.
23:01Well, it's working.
23:02Oh, I've been pounding the pavement as usual.
23:05I have a sinking feeling in my gut.
23:07This is not a social call, is it?
23:09Hmm. Sit.
23:11Okay.
23:12Tell me, how can I win back your heart?
23:16Perennial Corporation.
23:18What do you know about it?
23:20Quite a bit, actually.
23:21It's one of the glamour companies of the 80s.
23:23A fast-food chain, life insurance company.
23:26About 12 other businesses that are doing exceedingly well.
23:29I've got plenty of my clients in Perennial.
23:31And as a matter of fact, I myself, Mr. Conservative,
23:34have invested rather heavily in their stock.
23:36Why? What's your interest in Perennial?
23:38I need to find out about a building they bought two years ago.
23:42That's a bit unusual. Do you mind my asking why?
23:45I'm on a case.
23:47Always the professional.
23:49Well, listen, if you're really interested,
23:51I can arrange a meeting with Perennial's president, Phil Lydon.
23:54He and I went to business school together.
23:56That would be great.
23:58Oh, and, uh...
24:00don't worry.
24:02I'll find some way for you to return the favor.
24:05Mm-hmm.
24:08♪
24:29May I help you?
24:32Benson Whiteley.
24:34A London coroner's office.
24:36Here to, uh, compare notes with Dr. Rosfeld.
24:39Uh, spoke to him this morning on the telephone.
24:42I doubt it.
24:44No concept of time, jet lag and all that.
24:47Must have been last night.
24:49Rosfeld got here a little early for your meeting.
24:51Mm-hmm.
24:54Hit and run.
24:57Are you a gambling man?
24:59Why?
25:01Eight to five, you're looking for a black Ford.
25:13Where's Miss Holt?
25:15At Perennial Corp. What about Rosfeld?
25:17Uh, making a final tour of the morgue.
25:19Yes, can I help you?
25:21Claire Johnson.
25:23You wanted to see me.
25:25I did.
25:27First of the dead people.
25:29Ah, Miss Johnson, yes.
25:31Sit down, make yourself comfortable, would you?
25:35Seven to go.
25:37Remington steel?
25:39Six.
25:42Huh.
25:48Welcome, Miss Holt.
25:50Mr. Lyden, I appreciate you seeing me on such short notice.
25:53Frankly, I've never heard Norm Maxwell speak so glowingly
25:56of anyone in my life.
25:58Please, have a seat.
26:02How about a drink?
26:04No, thank you.
26:06I don't want to take that much of your time.
26:08This may sound strange,
26:10but I just wanted to find out
26:12why your company bought the Wild Mortuary Building
26:14a few years back.
26:16Is that why you're here?
26:18My gosh, I had all sorts of horrible illusions.
26:20After all, Norm told me
26:22that you're a private investigator.
26:24I just had some personal business
26:26to take care of it while,
26:28and when I got there,
26:30I was told it had been sold two years ago.
26:32Has it been two years already?
26:34While I was there,
26:36I was ushered away by a man
26:38who was very evasive
26:40when I asked him what was going on in the building.
26:42That is odd.
26:44Hmm.
26:46We bought that building,
26:48along with two others on that block,
26:50as simple real estate investments.
26:52Well, there's certainly
26:54nothing mysterious about that.
26:56Do you happen to know
26:58what the women were doing in the building?
27:00No idea.
27:02But if it's important,
27:04I'll have someone check up on it.
27:06I'd appreciate that.
27:08Thanks a lot for your time.
27:10What's this all about?
27:12As soon as I find out,
27:14I'll let you know.
27:16Thanks again.
27:18My pleasure.
27:22♪
27:34That woman has become
27:36a liability that we can't afford.
27:40You're sure you've never met before?
27:42Absolutely not.
27:44You fellas dress alike.
27:46Are you sure there's no connection?
27:48Lady, I'm a salesman from Sacramento.
27:50I'm from Irvine.
27:52Hey, weren't you in a Stanford production
27:54of Oklahoma six years ago?
27:56Sorry. I went to Yale.
28:00What in the name of...
28:04Mildred?
28:06Don't blame me.
28:08You told me to look in the obituaries
28:10and locate anybody listed with the Weill mortuary.
28:12I asked you to locate, Mildred,
28:14not corral.
28:16Boss had me bring him in from all over.
28:18He's got planes, limousines.
28:20He what?
28:22He's got them booked in a hotel on Wilshire
28:24until we can figure out what they have in common with Lester.
28:26Excuse me.
28:30I liked it a whole lot better
28:32when you weren't so interested in this case.
28:34Excuse me.
28:40Have you not heard of the conference call?
28:42Do you know how much money...
28:44Laura, trust me.
28:46We are very close.
28:48Each person out there in that reception area
28:50had their obituary placed in the newspaper
28:52by Weill mortuary.
28:54All we have to do now is figure out why.
28:56Why the sudden urgency?
28:58Deputy Coroner Rosfeld is no longer an employee at the morgue.
29:00He's a paying customer.
29:02Rosfeld's dead?
29:04Hit and run.
29:06Tough coincidence, eh?
29:10What have we stumbled into here?
29:12The list of Adrian Messenger.
29:14Kirk Douglas, Universal, 1963.
29:16Fine film, incidentally.
29:18Available on videocassette.
29:20Never mind the sales pitch.
29:22Just hit me with the plot.
29:24A number of names appear on the list
29:26with no apparent connection.
29:28Scott finds the connection, stops the killer.
29:30What's the connection?
29:32They were all in the World War II prison camp together.
29:34Great.
29:36Yes, I'm afraid I ruled that out a few minutes ago.
29:38Look, Laura, the eight people out there
29:40all share something in common,
29:42but it's out there somewhere.
29:44But what?
29:46We can only keep asking.
29:52Boy, I'm so tired of answering questions.
29:54I'm gonna drop right off tonight.
29:56Uh-huh.
29:58Well, we'll hit it fresh in the morning.
30:00There has to be a connection between all of you.
30:04Here we go.
30:12Lighten up, man.
30:14Monroe sent me.
30:34Hold it right there, Hold.
30:38Norman, what are you doing here?
30:42You didn't think I was gonna let you
30:44run in and out of my life so fast, did you?
30:46How was your meeting with Phil Lydon?
30:48Uneventful.
30:50I'm not surprised.
30:52So, what do you say to letting me
30:54try to win back your heart over a cup of coffee?
30:56I'd feel a lot better about it
30:58if I didn't think you were half serious.
31:00It's funny.
31:02I thought after four years
31:04I would have had you completely out of my system.
31:08Guess not.
31:10So, I guess we're destined
31:12to be good friends.
31:14Damn it.
31:16Afraid so.
31:22Um, Laura...
31:26Can a rejected suitor
31:30invite a very lovely lady
31:32out for a cup of coffee?
31:36Sure.
31:40Oh, wait a minute.
31:42I'll make you some.
31:44Very nice.
32:02What happened to you?
32:04The same thing that would have happened to you
32:06if I hadn't been able to jimmy your wedding.
32:08Is Lester okay?
32:10Yes, he's okay.
32:12He's just a bit shaken up.
32:16There's an 18-year-old kid
32:18who wasn't nearly so lucky.
32:20He got blown apart in my hallway.
32:22Um, excuse me.
32:24Everything okay in here?
32:26I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
32:28Norman Maxwell, Remington Steel.
32:30I do.
32:32I'm sorry.
32:34I'm sorry.
32:36Remington Steel.
32:38I do. Uh, what happened to you?
32:40Someone doesn't like the way we do business.
32:42Look, Laura, we're no longer dealing
32:44with bogus death certificates
32:46and obituaries.
32:48The stakes just went up considerably.
32:52None of this makes any sense.
32:54Uh, listen, Laura,
32:56haven't you had enough of this case?
32:58I mean, why don't you just call the police
33:00and back off?
33:02Somehow I can't help thinking
33:04that you're the one behind this.
33:06Oh, no, Laura, come on.
33:08You're barking up the wrong tree.
33:10I mean, Phil Lydon is my friend, for God's sakes.
33:12Where are you going?
33:16Uh, I booked us into a motel.
33:18Olympic and Bundy.
33:20Get there as soon as you can.
33:22What about you?
33:24Just gonna make one stop.
33:26Come on.
33:46Well, call me eccentric,
33:48but I think 11.30 in the evening
33:50is a bit late for business.
33:52Too late for a nightcut.
33:54More than that.
34:00What's up, friend?
34:04Uh...
34:06The young man you sent over, uh...
34:10Rudy?
34:14He's dead, Monroe.
34:18Someone raked a palm to my front door,
34:20and, uh...
34:22He, uh...
34:26Rudy was working the lock, and...
34:30Does, uh...
34:34Does Rudy have any relatives that we should, uh...
34:36No, I'll handle it.
34:44He was a good kid, Mick.
34:46Full of sauce.
34:50Just like we used to be.
34:54I'm sorry.
34:56There was no warning.
34:58Doesn't make much sense, does it?
35:02All the chances we took,
35:04all the things we pulled,
35:06it should have been one of us, Mick.
35:08Not Rudy, not...
35:10Not an innocent guy.
35:12Not Rudy, not...
35:14Not an innocent kid.
35:22It should have been one of us.
35:24Do you remember the old Frenchman on Barbados?
35:28The one who patched us up?
35:30Sure.
35:32Do you remember what he said?
35:34I have bad news, mes amis.
35:36You'll live.
35:38What?
35:40You couldn't stop laughing.
35:42Tore up some of your stitches.
35:44You didn't crack a smile.
35:46Because I saw another side of what he was saying.
35:50I knew then we were lucky.
35:52I mean really lucky.
35:54Dealt a few more aces than most people.
36:00But it's a Mick's blessing, because sometimes
36:02those who want to hold closest to us
36:04don't always have the same hand.
36:08And there's nothing we can do about it.
36:10Because we don't control the deck.
36:14You're right.
36:18I felt that way too.
36:26But there are ways we can even the score.
36:30Do you know who did this?
36:34No, not yet.
36:36Well, I want to be there when you do.
36:56Yeah?
36:58It's me.
37:00It's me.
37:04Hi.
37:10I just left Lester.
37:12He's sound asleep.
37:26Where are you going?
37:28Just going to turn down the air conditioning.
37:30Sorry.
37:38I guess I'm a bit chubby.
37:40Sit down, sit down, come on, sit down.
37:46Tell you one thing, I'm scared.
37:50You are?
37:52Hell yes.
37:54Murder?
37:56County officials on the take?
37:58Falsified documents?
38:00I think I'd be more concerned about myself
38:02if I weren't scared.
38:04If only we knew what we were up against.
38:06Yes.
38:08I mean, who would have guessed
38:10a sweet little old garlic farmer like Lester
38:12would take the lid off Pandora's box?
38:14Hi.
38:24Thanks.
38:26What for?
38:28For saving my life this afternoon.
38:32For being here.
38:40For being you.
38:44Laura,
38:46I think that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
39:04Can't we call it quits still?
39:06Let's face it, there is no common denominator.
39:08The negatives are getting restless.
39:10And we're running out of questions.
39:12Do all of you have life insurance?
39:16This is what they call
39:18grasping at straws, Laura.
39:20We already know Lester doesn't.
39:22No.
39:24Of course.
39:26Nope.
39:28Sure.
39:30Yep.
39:32No, ma'am.
39:34You?
39:36Yes.
39:38So much for double indemnity.
39:40It has something to do with perennial.
39:42Is that perennial
39:44the same as perennial life insurance?
39:46You bet.
39:48Perennial Corporation owns perennial life.
39:50Is that the life insurance company you're with?
39:52No. Naturally.
39:54I almost went with them once, though.
39:56As a matter of fact,
39:58I went as far as making out an application with them.
40:00Heck, it was ten pages long.
40:02But I moved out of the city
40:04and figured I should be
40:06with the company more in my neck of the woods.
40:08That's funny. I filled out an application
40:10for insurance in that company,
40:12but the premiums would have been too big.
40:14Listen, everybody.
40:16How many of you
40:18at some point in your life
40:20filled out an application for life insurance
40:22with a company by the name
40:24of Perennial Life Insurance?
40:26Yes, I have.
40:28And I'll bet you anything
40:30that whatever those women were doing at Weill Mortuary
40:32had something to do with those applications.
40:34Yes, but what does this tell us, Laura?
40:36None of these people have been cheated out of any money.
40:38They weren't insured by Perennial.
40:40They never paid a single premium.
40:42We're close.
40:44We're close. We're getting very close.
40:46We just have to get a little...
40:48closer.
40:56Yes, Kathy?
40:58Who?
41:02You're kidding.
41:04I'll be right out.
41:08Philip Lydon?
41:10Yes?
41:12Detective Saunders.
41:14Do you own a black Mercedes licensed PC1?
41:16Yes, I do. What's this about?
41:20I got this gentleman here
41:22inside your vehicle.
41:24If you'd like to accompany us downstairs,
41:26we can assess what else is missing.
41:28Say, dig it, man. There must be some kind of misunderstanding.
41:30There was another dude down there.
41:32You understand what I'm saying?
41:34Come on, buddy. Let's go.
41:52Hello.
41:54Where's Sylvia?
41:56Well, she's got the flu.
41:58May I...
42:00Come on.
42:02Come on.
42:28So, I sees this suspicious-looking dude
42:30toying with the windows here,
42:32and I said,
42:34hey, man, what you're doing here is dishonest.
42:36You sure there was nothing else taken from your car, Mr. Lydon?
42:38Yes.
42:40Of course he would have taken the radio in another minute or two.
42:42Oh, no, man. You got me all wrong, Jack.
42:44I was trying to stop the dude from taking...
42:46Mr. Lydon, I think we'd better go back upstairs to your office,
42:48pick up the evidence. Come on, man.
42:50Hey, man, look, look, look.
42:52Hey, man, I got my professional reputation to think about, man.
42:54Move it. Move it.
42:56My image. What you doing?
43:00Come on, come on, come on.
43:10Sorry to bother you.
43:12I have a question about my ficus at home.
43:14I thought maybe you could tell me what's wrong.
43:16The leaves are all sticky.
43:18Sticky leaves, huh?
43:20Yeah, it gets all over.
43:22Now, I thought it was sap or something,
43:24but a friend of mine says it's scales.
43:26I'll tell you what.
43:28As soon as I finish in here,
43:30I'll write down what you should do.
43:32Thanks.
43:34Yeah.
43:54Hello.
43:59Naturally, I'm gonna have to ask you
44:01to come down to the station and swear a complaint.
44:03Can't we just do it here and get it over with?
44:05Sorry, sir, I don't make the rules. Come on.
44:07All right.
44:09You're gonna be hearing from my attorney, man.
44:12This is police brutality.
44:14Let's go.
44:16Sucker.
44:20Glad to see you haven't lost your touch.
44:22Laura still in there?
44:53Oh!
45:01What should I do with these two?
45:03You're playing the cop. Arrest them.
45:07Get the hell off me.
45:12Well, I see you haven't lost your touch.
45:16Right.
45:19This is unbelievable.
45:21Do you understand what Perennial did?
45:24All I got from those records
45:26is that they made up fake policies
45:28on those eight people
45:30after they moved out of Los Angeles.
45:32That's just the tip of the iceberg.
45:34Perennial then sold the policies to these other companies.
45:37It's common practice, like banks with mortgages.
45:40So Perennial made up bogus policies,
45:44sold them,
45:46sold them,
45:48and then killed off the policyholders
45:50by using forged documents?
45:52That's right.
45:54The other insurance companies
45:56then paid death benefits to Perennial,
45:59expecting them to pass them along
46:01to the proper beneficiaries.
46:03But Perennial just pocketed the money themselves.
46:07Bingo.
46:09We're talking fraud
46:11on a scale of tens of millions of dollars,
46:13and nobody had a clue.
46:15Until Lester Shane visited Los Angeles on the wrong day.
46:19Yeah.
46:23What's the matter, Norman?
46:25My good friend, Phil Lydon.
46:28I'm afraid his high-flying days are over.
46:31Yeah, so are mine.
46:33What?
46:35I told you, Laura, I put all my money in Perennial.
46:38I put all my clients heavily into Perennial.
46:41When this item breaks,
46:43my work is gonna be worthless.
46:45It'll ruin all of us.
47:14You thinking of your friend, Maxwell?
47:17I don't know what I'd do
47:20if my world suddenly fell apart like that.
47:25You'd go on.
47:28Because that's the only choice any of us ever have.
47:34We got picture!
47:36And song!
47:38We got picture!
47:40And song!
47:42They've got picture.
47:44And sound.
47:48Frankie, my dear,
47:50I don't give a damn.
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