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00:00you
00:30you
01:00you
01:30hey look what are you brown bagging it today it's dr. Sloan and whatever
01:36happened to that marshal workup it's right here sloppy very very sloppy
01:41talking about I ran all the tests myself I even double-checked them I got
01:44sloppy sorry I'm a little edgy today I apologize it is dr. Sloan please and
01:50where in the world is the Turlington autopsy well I was taking it to your
01:53office Amanda that is sloppy that is very very sloppy I'm sorry Amanda I'm
01:59a little edgy today but gentlemen this is a hospital lives are at stake we
02:03can't afford to be sloppy yes exactly Jack what was that all about it's dr.
02:09Stewart oh please hold all my cold I don't want to be disturbed
02:16good morning Dolores it's a pretty outfit that new it's old as the heels
02:21well style dr. Sloan's office I'm sorry mr. Briggs he's unavailable right now
02:31I'll have him call you as soon as he's free yes I'll remind him not to park in
02:36your space you're welcome who was that Norman Briggs why
02:41didn't you put him through I want to talk to him right away get him back mr.
02:48Briggs dr. Sloan's returning your call hang on please listen I want to know
02:56what's going on sloppy they said that my record-keeping was sloppy I want to show
03:03him sloppy I have got every single receipt except that one under your foot
03:08you being audited you guessed it
03:14Norman terribly sorry to keep you on hold for so long next time I'll make an
03:20appointment like a civilized human being all right hold it right there I've been
03:24holding how much longer do you expect me to wait for you how about 10 to 20
03:28goodbye Dolores leaving what's gotten into you the sharp claws of the IRS
03:34thanks to that accountant you recommended after my accountant got
03:37gallstones last year Oh Ernie Pitt I hear he's great what do you mean you
03:41hear I thought he was your accountant I do my own taxes and I am very proud to
03:45pay every penny I owe before did you hear this guy Pitt I asked you my
03:49therapist spoke very highly of him you what not that there's anything wrong
03:52with me just a few insignificant phobias heights spiders cheese I want to stay
03:57calm I mean after all your therapist he's not in jail is he of course not
04:01mark this pit really do a good job for him Pitt is not my therapist accountant
04:07he's a patient the guy who's doing my taxes is a psychiatric patient I hear
04:17he's a very good patient
04:23if there's nothing to worry about why am I being audited oh you don't think they
04:27actually look at each return to you and you were just picked out of a slush pile
04:32of millions yeah you want to get that what so that means that neither you
04:38know I did anything wrong it's just the luck of the draw that I'm being on oh
04:42exactly pure chance so just relax now I have been through tons of these and so
04:47far I am bad in 500 that means you lost half of it I know you're smoking out
04:55there what do you care I'm blowing it outside I have no idea where these
04:59carcinogens are going they could be sucked in by the air conditioner blow
05:03right in my face Chinese food for breakfast that well works for the
05:07Chinese no my income tax return here is on the up-and-up in it oh sure
05:14just the creative accounting you pay me for I know MSG right creative accounting
05:19oh yeah I gotta leave my mark each return that comes out of here is a
05:24reflection of my personality I am definitely smelling MSG yeah take it
05:28back and while you're out to pick up my laundry mr. Pitt I'd like you to be in
05:33my office at 10 a.m. sharp to explain your creative accounting to the IRC yeah
05:38no I can't get away yeah you'll have to come here I have a hospital full of
05:41patients who need my attention you be there or it won't be the second-hand
05:44smoke that kills you
05:53Amanda we got a problem what is it it's Mark Dolores just called she said there
05:57was an emergency and she needs us right away emergency in his office in his
06:01office yeah you don't think I don't know what to think I mean he's been there a
06:04lot of stress lately and you said the way he was behaving today sloppy very
06:09sloppy right we favor alert ICU immediately yeah tell them to prepare for
06:13a possible cardiac emergency staff the same messages before only this time
06:18double oh hey Dolores said that you have an emergency there's an emergency all
06:24right there's an IRS agent do here any minute and my accountant didn't show up
06:28there's an agent record here to see you uh tell him I'll be right with him look
06:33if it isn't here in about five minutes you two need me badly in the ER right
06:38now you guys that'll be all doctors and remember I want an explicit report
06:44written I don't tolerate any sloppiness yes doctor yes sir thank you
06:50McCord Gretchen IRS Oh Sloan my MD may I say you look a little young to be
06:58working for the IRS well not to imply of course not supremely qualified for the
07:03job I would imagine any job would you like a job of course you have a job
07:08there's really no need to be nervous well I'm not not nervous actually just
07:13poised for actually you know in a bustling hospital like that you never
07:17know when you'll have to drop anything of a personal nature and go solve that
07:22life-or-death emergency although sometimes you can predict it pretty well
07:29two more minutes I don't know why he's getting himself all worked out I have
07:32been audited before and it's no big deal as long as you're honest and your
07:35record-keeping isn't sloppy well if you follow my example he wouldn't be in this
07:39mess Jack Stewart are you like me do you keep meticulous records for every
07:44deduction no I just don't file a tax return said do my part by paying sales
07:49tax what's it like 8% now I'm kidding you you know some people become quite
07:57agitated in these audits no yes so I try to make it clear that it is not a
08:01criminal investigation it is merely a simple accounting procedure I'm an
08:06accountant not a police officer you have the right to remain silent anything you
08:12say can and will be used against you in a court of law it's just it's just a
08:19little IRS humor something to break the ice melting already would you excuse me
08:27just for a moment please where are they who Jack and Amanda Oh medical emergency
08:36what imagine that happening in a hospital there was a real one and they
08:41didn't call me look so I get back in there buzz me about what a medical
08:52emergency roller skates $119 ah yes you know this is such a large hospital and I
09:04have to move quite quickly and I find that if I roller skate instead of walk I
09:07can perform all of my duties much more officially interesting unique disallowed
09:13now this what's that leather recliner $1,000 you want that yes you see I use
09:21that to read the medical journals I must keep up on the newest innovations of
09:25course in medicine but my account did assure me this was a legal deduction do
09:31you read anything else in this chair doctor is that a trick question yes no
09:39congratulations you're catching does that mean it's deductible of course not
09:46don't you ever sorry to interrupt mr. Briggs how's the patient all right
09:51there's a medical emergency needs my immediate attention this will have to
09:54wait you traitor you you parked in my space again because somebody parked in
10:04mine that's not my problem it is if I park in yours
10:09it bit come on out here the days are numbered pit
10:27great if you don't open up you're up
10:40dead man
10:57I came in late and I found him hovering over the body I was leading admiring
11:12his handiwork I was examining the wound his hands wrapped around mr. Pitt's
11:17throat I was checking his foot why would I strangle him if I just stabbed him are
11:21you admitting you stabbed him no detective take a look at this there's
11:27several messages on the answer machine yeah they got your message you okay I'm
11:31glad to see you I gotta get back to the hospital can you get me out of here no
11:34problem who's the officer in charge that one this is Avery Decker calling you
11:46can't duck me forever and you know something most fatal accidents happen at
11:50home think about it detective Van Sickle oh do I know you detective Sloan I
11:57tried to call I waited for you all night let me make it up to you you can't we're
12:06through I warned you once pick Nick Cove doesn't repeat himself you're gonna pay
12:13for what you took Nick Cove it's gonna collect listen detective my father has
12:18to get back to the hospital well your father is the prime suspect in a brutal
12:22murder here what about all those threats on the answering machine aren't those
12:26people your suspects yes well none of them were found hovering over the body
12:30leaning I was leaning come on what possible motive could my father have it
12:37this is Mark Sloan if you're not in my office in five minutes I'll kill you
12:42figure of speech I forgot at the minute I said it Sloan again same message as
12:48before only this time double my office 10 o'clock tomorrow morning I suggest
12:55you bring a lawyer dr. Sloan already has a 10 o'clock
13:01Gretchen McCord IRS we were in the middle of an audit when dr. Sloan was
13:06called away on a medical emergency so I decided to track down his accountant
13:10instead imagine my surprise when I got here well a criminal investigation miss
13:15McCord does take precedence over a tax audit I'm afraid but the murder may well
13:20tie into dr. Sloan's finances of course I would share any data that I found with
13:25you immediately all right you can see dr. Sloan in the morning I'll meet with
13:32him in the early afternoon and we can compare notes and coordinate our attack
13:36splendid
13:43they're just shake hands mm-hmm bad sign trouble she's the attack
13:52Mario yeah yeah yeah the family's fine look Mario this is not a social call now
14:01listen to me my uh my tax returns they're on the up-and-up right I mean
14:08there's nothing in there they can bounce back and kick me where it hurts later
14:11right wait a minute what no what do you mean a few things are a little iffy I
14:18don't pay you to be iffy what things are iffy a trip to Hawaii what are you
14:26talking about the other one who told me that if I discuss medicine with the girl
14:30it was tax-deductible well yeah I'm not gonna get into that right now Mario just
14:33listen to me put down whatever you're doing and I want you to take out all the
14:37if he's right and file an amended return you got that all right tell me you
14:43understand great goodbye
14:53boy am I glad to see you whatever come up with come up with I haven't come up
15:00with anything you heard lieutenant van sickle I am not only a suspect I have
15:05moved my way up to prime suspect exactly and if I was to aid a murder suspect I
15:10could be suspended or worse what are you doing here came for breakfast love the
15:16food here oh yeah all that good starch and now that I'm finished I'm going to
15:21bust my tray I'm sure no one will disturb this file while I'm gone
15:30Hey Steve. Hey Jeff. Thanks. Hi Mark what do you got there? Nothing doesn't have anything. Steve's not
15:40helping me. Your own father. Man.
15:45Pitt got his accounting degree from a correspondence school? Yeah. What do you
15:51have to do draw a sparky or something?
15:54Morning. What's that? Nothing. Steve's not helping Mark. His own father? Officially I'm not even here.
16:03Anyway Pitt died from a stab wound to his heart but there was also a very deep
16:06bruise to his stomach. You know I'm more interested in those two guys who called
16:11and threatened Pitt on his answering machine. One was a lawyer named Avery
16:16Decker the other was Nick Covey's a karate instructor and they were both
16:20Pitt's clients. Okay I'm gonna get my file now head back to the precinct. Thanks for not
16:27stopping by. It's always great not seeing you. If anything else turns up I'll be
16:30sure not to stop by again. Thanks for not helping me when I needed you sir.
16:34Anytime. It's good for not being here. So now what? I think the first order of
16:40business is to find out why Cove and Decker threatened Pitt and whether either
16:44one of them was angry enough to go through with it. You know I've always
16:47been interested in learning self-defense. Perhaps Mr. Cove has an
16:50open class. You know nobody knows more secrets about a guy than his secretary.
16:56True. Hey you Lieutenant Bamsickle did say that I should contact the lawyer.
17:00I know he's right. Hey how's Steve doing? I don't know I haven't seen him lately.
17:10Dr. Sloan we have an audit to conduct remember? Agent McCord my accountant was
17:16just murdered. So? Maybe you did it. Should I reward you by stopping my
17:21investigation? Well I mean can't you put it on hold for a few days? Absolutely not
17:25the way things are looking for you. If I wait any longer I'll be doing it on
17:28death row. Dr. Sloan please we don't have time right now to be discussing your
17:33personal problems. We have a patient in ER. Yes and he's experiencing an auricular
17:38arrhythmia. Compounded by several acute ventricular extrasystoles which could
17:42signal very serious life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia so if you don't mind.
17:45I'm sorry Agent McCord as you can see this is a life-or-death situation. Feel
17:49free to sit in my office until I have the patient stabilized.
18:03May I help you? You're Nick Cove. Awesome isn't it? Would you like to see more of me?
18:10I beg your pardon? I've got Nick Cove videos, Nick Cove posters, Nick Cove
18:16activewear. Yeah well that's great but I'm interested in the private lessons. Of
18:19course you are. Everybody wants to learn from the master but Nick Cove is a
18:24martial arts superstar. His time is very valuable. Well I doubt very much that the
18:29manager of my trust fund would have recommended you if he didn't think I
18:32could afford the lessons. A trust fund? Why didn't you say so? You don't want
18:36lessons? I don't. What you want is Nick Cove perspectives. Now's your chance to
18:42join the elite few lucky enough to own shares in Deathkicker. Nick Cove's new
18:50powerhouse motion picture. Wow well you'll have to forgive me I had no idea
18:54that you were a movie star too. No one knew Steven Seagal was either until he
18:58made a movie. Even after he opened his mouth it didn't hurt him. You know people
19:01who didn't invest back then are kicking themselves today. You get it they're
19:07kicking themselves. You see Nick Cove has a lighter side. Makes him very appealing
19:13to women. Yeah well um that's very interesting but I never make any
19:17investments unless I talk to Ernie Pitt first. Ernie Pitt manages your money? Well
19:22yes as a matter of fact he does. You're wasting my time. Well what if I want to
19:28invest? If Ernie Pitt is your accountant whatever cash you had is long gone. Are
19:32you speaking from personal experience? Money's not the only thing he stole from
19:35me but Nick Cove taught him a lesson he won't soon forget. Can I help you? I'm
19:48sorry I thought I could handle it but I'm just seeing the old place again. Who
19:54are you? I'm Ernie Pitt. Ernie Pitt's dead murdered. Well I know I I'm his
20:03nephew I was named after him. Nephew? Uh-huh. Ernie my Ernie the dead Ernie
20:09never mentioned he had a nephew in fact he never even mentioned a brother. Well
20:16that's because they it's because they stopped speaking years ago but I see a
20:22few weeks ago my dad got really sick and uh lying there in his bed he says to
20:29me he says go to your uncle Ernie tell him tell him that I love him tell him
20:37I'm sorry. Oh you poor man. I'm just gonna go. No no no no. Oh thank you. Could I get you something? A glass of water?
20:47Box of tissues? Coffee would be nice. Thank you, a cup of coffee.
20:59Dad finally wanted to patch things up. I guess I'll have to wait till they're
21:06reunited in heaven.
21:18Dear old uncle Ernie you know nothing could stop his wanderlust. Are you
21:27kidding he never left the house sent me out for everything. Must have been the
21:32plane crash. Plane crash? Yeah. May I sit down? Yes it was uh it was just just
21:43outside of Las Vegas that was um on those little commuter flights he was the
21:48sole survivor. That explains why he was so nervous about having me book his
21:53ticket. I had no idea I thought it was because of his Cayman Island accounts.
21:57Whoops forget I said that. Well my dad would be very happy to um know that his
22:05baby brother had somebody so kind and so beautiful looking after him.
22:17The late Ernie Pitts office. No I'm not alone. I've got the entire World
22:24Wrestling Foundation with me and they're all better than you. Sure come on over.
22:29You can hear my screams of ecstasy. Can you believe it? My ex-boyfriend thinks he
22:37still owns me. He's so jealous he even thought I was shacking up with Ernie. Of
22:42all the idiotic, disgusting, repulsive.
22:50Not that your uncle wasn't a great guy and everything. I have to go. I have to tell dad. Thank you.
22:59Frank? Hi Amanda Bentley. I couldn't be better than you. Marvelous. Frank do you
23:06remember when we had dinner the other night? Yes the champagne, the caviar, the
23:13romantic stroll on the beach. I remember. I still have all of the shells. However
23:17Frank I was wondering did we discuss business? Would you be willing to swear
23:22to that in court? Bless you. Bye bye.
23:51Excuse me. I'm Dr. Mark Sloan. I'd like to see Avery Decker. Not as much as he wants
23:56to see you. He just got here. I've been waiting for you all morning. You have. You'll find
24:08everything you need in here. You know the drill? Drill? When you finish the exam
24:15send the patient back and we'll process them through. If you need more insurance
24:18forms let Roland know. Number 118 you're up.
24:33Well come on in. Now sit down number 118. What happened to you? I was rear-ended by a
24:42truck. Were you in the car? You have any tingling in the toes? Oh yes lots of
24:56tingling. Shooting pain in the thumbs? Constantly. Nose cramps? Night and day. So how much
25:01do you think I'm gonna get this time doc? Ten years. For what? Insurance fraud son.
25:06Go home.
25:19I don't recall seeing anything about your private practice on your tax return.
25:23What are you doing here? I followed you from the hospital. I hope you don't think
25:28that little medical emergency routine of yours would keep me from... What the hell's
25:32wrong with you? Just a moment. That's no way to talk to a patient. I'm not. I'm about
25:36to take an insult like that and I thoroughly agree with you Miss Groggins.
25:39These people were in terrible car accidents. No treatment, no expenses, too
25:44much. I want this woman sent out of here on a stretcher.
25:51And I'm going to report you to the AMA.
25:57Where are you going? Medical emergency. Dr. Cooper, sorry I'm late. My malpractice
26:04hearing went longer than I figured. So what do we have here? Personal injury or
26:08corporate negligence? Go on in there. If this is our guy who just left... Follow Dr.
26:18Sloan and I don't care whether he's an insurance inspector or a reporter or a
26:22cop, see that he takes what he's learned to the grave. And don't forget our
26:26company motto. Make it look like an accident.
26:37You've got to believe me. I went there to find out why Avery Decker left a
26:42threatening message on Ernie Pitt's answering machine. And before I knew it
26:45I was examining patients for insurance fraud. You know, once you're behind bars
26:50you really should try your hand at writing. You're very good at fiction.
27:05Aha! Aha what?
27:11I think we're onto something. I hope those aren't the last words I ever hear.
27:20This is terrific. We're run off the road. We're nearly killed and you're jumping
27:30for joy? Don't you see? Whoever did this thinks I'm getting close. Close? To what?
27:36The murderer. Are you? No. What are you so damn happy about? As long as the murderer
27:42thinks I am, he'll go after me again. And we got him. Wait a minute. Where do you
27:48get this we stuff? I am an internal revenue field agent person. I don't, I
27:53don't go chasing after murderers. I mean, unless they owe back taxes. Now I'm
27:57going to go and I'm gonna call a tow truck and then I'm turning you in.
28:02Wait just a minute. This looks like a medical emergency. Oh, I'm not gonna fall for that routine.
28:18Oh, will you stop following me? Well, I wouldn't have to if you'd return my calls.
28:32What are you doing at my father's house? Searching a suspected murderer's house
28:37for evidence. What about Nick Cove and Avery Decker? Aren't they suspects too?
28:41They, however, were not found hovering over the body. Leaning. He was leaning for
28:47God's sakes. You got the warrant? Yes, ma'am. Break it down. Wait a minute.
29:02Once again, you rob me of any pleasure.
29:08You know, as I recall, you didn't have any complaints the last time we were
29:13together. Well, I wouldn't trust your memory. If it were any good, you wouldn't
29:17have forgotten the weekend that we'd planned. I was pulled into a stakeout. An
29:21all-night stakeout. By the time I got to a phone, you'd already checked out. It got
29:25a little depressing playing solitaire in the honeymoon suite. Are you taking this
29:30out on my father? Is that why he's made the grade-to-prime suspect? That is low and
29:35rotten and, considering the source, not surprising. Look, Pitt was skimming money
29:42from his clients, your father included. Now, to us law enforcement types, that
29:46spells motive. Oh, and exactly what do you expect to find here? It's what I'm not
29:52going to find that intrigues me. Oh, so he's missing a steak knife. So what? So, the
29:58knife in Pitt's chest came from a set he gave as Christmas presents.
30:05Like father, like son. Now I know where you learned to stab people in the heart.
30:12Dorothy, listen, I've got to talk to Barclay right away. Well, honey, tell his
30:20parole officer this is an emergency. Barclay, did you do some fancy dancing on
30:27my tax return? This is no time to be modest, Mr. Astaire. Okay, if I'm audited,
30:35what's all this fancy footwork going to cost me? Put your parole officer on.
30:47I'm sorry I fainted. I really cannot stand the sight of blood. Oh, and that didn't
30:52disqualify you as an IRS agent, huh? Mark, we got to talk. You can say anything you
30:58want to in front of Agent McCord because I have nothing to hide from the IRS. Just
31:03your private practice. You have a private practice? No. What'd you find out? Nadine
31:09booked Pitt on a one-way trip to the Cayman Islands. That's where a lot of my
31:14relatives do their laundry, if you know what I mean. I do. What was your name
31:18again? It's Briggs. Norman Briggs. B-R-I-G-G-S. You learn anything from Cove? He
31:29told me he taught Ernie Pitt a lesson he won't soon forget. No, murder is
31:33memorable. And you know that Detective Van Sickle? She just got finished searching
31:36her office and she's out in the hallways looking everywhere for you. Well, I've
31:39already told the police everything I have to say. Well, then you better take a
31:42powder if you don't want to get hauled downtown. Don't just stand there. Call the
31:48morgue.
31:50Excuse me, could you tell me where I might find a Dr. Mark Sloan, please?
32:01Yeah, he's in examination room three. It's down the hall, way down the hall.
32:05Thank you very much. All right.
32:17So you did believe me. I believe the sooner the real killer is caught, the
32:23sooner I can nail you for tax fraud. So it's just a picture. Look at Pitt's files, see if
32:28you can find anything that might connect him with Decker's insurance scammer. Could
32:32you give us a moment? I got it. I'll call you later.
32:36You know, I want to thank you. For what? For believing me.
33:06What's the matter? I'm just ruined, that's all. Because you believe I'm innocent? For eight years, I sat behind a desk double-checking figures, begging them to give me a field assignment. I know they said that she was too soft. I'm too nice. And finally, they gave me a chance to prove myself.
33:36Why was your first case? A return so riddled with inaccuracies that even soft-serve McCord couldn't screw it up. I was going to break you like a piggy bank, just to prove to them that I could. And then look what happens.
33:59Don't you see? You saw beyond the numbers on the tax return to the human being behind it. You let reason and understanding triumph over blind dedication. Exactly. I'm finished. Well, surely even IRS agents are allowed to be human. You're so naive.
34:30Hi there. Got your message. I knew you couldn't stay mad at me. Look, I went to the hospital to bring your father in for questioning, but he took off. You better get him to turn himself in, Steve. The longer he stays out, the worse it looks.
34:44What, has he graduated from prime suspect to only suspect now? Well, we found these in his office. Insurance forms. Well, considering he's a doctor, I guess I'm not as shocked as I should be.
35:01Bunko has been on to Avery Decker for months. He stages accidents, then gets compliant doctors to file phony medical reports. And you think Mark Sloan, head of internal medicine at Community General Hospital, consultant to the police department, is moonlighting as one of these doctors? It's a good thing we're not personally involved anymore, Claire. Put a hell of a strain on our relationship, and I laughed in your face over that theory.
35:26Yeah, well, laugh all you like. But it tracks. Sloan does the fake exams, Decker files the phony claims, Pitt launders the money. But Pitt gets greedy, decides to make off with the cash, so your father does a little impromptu open-heart surgery on him with a steak knife.
35:43Detective Sloan, you have a call on line six.
35:46Can I use your phone?
35:50Hello?
35:51Hi, son. Can you talk?
35:54Uh, listen, there's a little static on this line. Can you hold on while I change phones?
36:06Dad, you've got to stop running.
36:07I can't.
36:08Why?
36:09People are chasing me.
36:12As long as you're not there, you're just making yourself look guilty. In the meantime, no energy is being spent investigating other suspects.
36:18That's why I called. I want you to investigate Avery Decker. I think he tried to have me killed.
36:24There's just one more good reason to turn yourself in.
36:30Wrong number.
36:36Hung up on me.
36:38Want to dance?
36:41This is a very strange audit. Chased by killers, on the run from police, and now dinner and dancing.
36:48Well, it's a shame to let the dance floor go to waste while we're waiting for Jack and Amanda.
36:53Oh, you know, for the first time today, I actually feel comfortable and in control.
37:00That's because you're leading.
37:03Oh, I'm so sorry.
37:05Don't worry.
37:11I'm sorry.
37:12I'm sorry.
37:13I'm sorry.
37:14I'm sorry.
37:15I'm sorry.
37:16I'm sorry.
37:17I'm sorry.
37:18I'm sorry.
37:19I'm sorry.
37:20I'm sorry.
37:21I'm sorry.
37:22I'm sorry.
37:52What are you doing here?
37:54What are you doing here?
37:55I worked late and fell asleep. Your turn.
37:59I just wanted, um, to have one last look before I went back to Brooklyn.
38:04And what were you doing at the file cabinet?
38:07I just wanted to see if, um, you know, my Uncle Ernie left anything for my dad.
38:12You know, a letter or a note or something, saying that it was okay between them.
38:19Because he doesn't have much longer, and, um, I just...
38:23I just wanted to bring him something that would make his last days a little happier.
38:27Oh, you poor man.
38:29You poor man.
38:31Always thinking of others.
38:35Nobody two times Nick Cove.
38:37I thought you learned that when I took care of your boss.
38:39Nick Cove is your boyfriend?
38:41Ex-boyfriend.
38:42So you've heard of me.
38:44Heard of you?
38:45Hey, man, come on.
38:46I'm one of your biggest fans.
38:47Did I say what a pleasure it is to meet you?
38:49Great.
38:50When I'm done, I'll autograph your cast.
38:55All right.
39:09All right.
39:10What are you doing?
39:11It's a nerve pinch.
39:12Very simple, very painful.
39:14That's not fair!
39:15Yeah?
39:16I mean, there was a knife in the hut.
39:17That didn't stop you from killing Ernie Pitt.
39:19Nick killed Ernie?
39:20No.
39:21I just roughed him up.
39:22The old spin kick to the gut, you know?
39:25Why should I believe you?
39:27The knife.
39:28Nick Cove does not use weapons.
39:31Nick Cove is a weapon.
39:36All right.
39:37Okay.
39:39Not so fast.
39:41We're gonna talk about our relationship.
39:47Excuse me, pal.
39:48Well, I can see running away from the law
39:50hasn't gotten in the way of your social life.
39:52Temporary.
39:53Refuge.
39:54Nobody would think of looking for me in here.
39:55What'd you find out?
39:56Well, it turns out that, uh, Cove and Nadine were lovers.
39:59And Cove thought Pitt was making moves on her,
40:01so he went over to the house to beat him up.
40:03Only Pitt wouldn't come out to play.
40:05So, uh, what did you find out?
40:07I found out that Cove and Nadine were lovers.
40:09And Cove thought Pitt was making moves on her,
40:11so he went over to the house to beat him up.
40:13Only Pitt wouldn't come out to play.
40:15So Cove broke in and gave Pitt one of his famous spin kicks,
40:17and that's how he got the bruise to the stomach.
40:19Where does that leave us?
40:21It leaves us with a dead accountant,
40:23a plane ticket to the Cayman Islands, and...
40:25And everything pointing to you.
40:30The plane ticket.
40:32That's our killer's confession right there.
40:34Uh, Dr. Mark Sloan?
40:38You're wanted in connection with the murder of Ernie Pitt.
40:42How'd you find us?
40:44How'd you find us?
40:46I knew if I stuck with you and Amanda eventually,
40:48you'd leave me to Dad.
40:50Your own father.
40:52How could you?
40:54I had to. Dad is for your own good.
40:56I used to say that to you when I sent you up to your room.
40:58Dr. Sloan, shall we?
41:00Just a minute. What are the charges?
41:02No charges. Yet.
41:04We're just bringing him in for questioning.
41:06Well, uh, then I'm afraid
41:08that my federal indictment takes precedence.
41:10What federal indictment?
41:12A federal indictment.
41:14Dr. Sloan has pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
41:16You have?
41:18I, uh, couldn't live with the guilt.
41:20This is a murder case.
41:22Can't I at least talk to the man?
41:24Well, call my office in the morning.
41:26First thing, we'll work something out.
41:28That was quick thinking.
41:30I'll report you tonight and tomorrow morning. Any ideas?
41:32You're gonna finish your audit.
41:34What are you gonna do?
41:36Leave the country, of course.
41:42Yes?
41:44Yes, Gretchen McCord, IRS.
41:46Can we talk?
41:48Sure. Why not?
41:50I was just boxing up Ernie's records.
41:52Ah.
41:54Well, uh, you'll have to unbox them.
41:56We've got quite a lot of work to do.
41:58What kind of work?
42:00Sorting out all the files.
42:02Examining each account.
42:04Verifying and rechecking every transaction
42:06for the smallest irregularity.
42:08I see.
42:10Every transaction for the smallest irregularity.
42:12Why?
42:14Tax evasion, dear lady.
42:16Whose?
42:18Your late boss's.
42:20And every one of his clients.
42:22I'm convinced that Dr. Sloan is merely the tip of the iceberg.
42:24So,
42:26how soon do you think
42:28you could have this ready for me?
42:30Uh, I don't know.
42:32Um, give me an hour or two.
42:34Very good.
42:36An hour.
42:38An hour. Excellent.
42:40I'll be back after lunch.
42:54Flight 403 nonstop
42:56to Grand Cayman Islands
42:58is now boarding gate 5.
43:00You'll be in first class,
43:02seat 3B. Thank you.
43:06Hi.
43:20Um, I'm sorry.
43:22There's no smoking to our flight.
43:28Does flying make you nervous
43:30or are you just worried about going to prison?
43:32Dr. Sloan,
43:34uh,
43:36you should be asking yourself that question.
43:38You're the guy who killed poor Ernie.
43:40I didn't kill Ernie Pitt.
43:42You did, and you admitted that
43:44the moment you booked him on this flight.
43:46Something wrong with Ernie getting a tan?
43:48Ernie Pitt
43:50wouldn't go to the Cayman Islands
43:52or anyplace else, for that matter.
43:54He was an agoraphobic.
43:56Well, that's ridiculous.
43:58No one wears angora on the Cayman Islands.
44:00It's a tropical resort.
44:02Was he afraid of open spaces?
44:04Well, maybe he was afraid of snakes, too,
44:06but we'll never know
44:08unless he's speaking to you from beyond the grave.
44:12Why do you think Ernie worked out of his home,
44:14earned his degree through the mail,
44:16had all of his food delivered,
44:18sent you out for everything he needed?
44:20Because he was a selfish,
44:22lazy bum who thought I was his personal slave.
44:26Ernie was afraid to leave the house.
44:28It's why he wouldn't meet me at the hospital,
44:30why he was seeing a psychologist
44:32who specialized in phobias.
44:34Ernie wouldn't take a walk across the street,
44:36much less a trip to the Cayman Islands.
44:40Maybe he was trying to conquer his fear.
44:42Maybe.
44:44But then he would have done it in non-smoking.
44:46He hated cigarette smoke, remember?
45:00I'm afraid you're gonna have to forget
45:02about any frequent flyer miles, Nadine.
45:06Officer.
45:10I think we're gonna find out that Nadine was skimming the accounts,
45:12not Ernie.
45:14She booked the flight just to make him look guilty.
45:16I believe I owe you an apology, Dr. Sloan.
45:20Don't mention it.
45:24Okay.
45:26I owe you an apology, too.
45:28Well, unlike some people I know,
45:30these Sloan men are always willing to give second chances.
45:32Really?
45:34What did you have in mind?
45:36Well, I know this nice little bed-and-breakfast place
45:38up the coast.
45:40Ooh, sounds tempting.
45:42You can go ahead and get settled, and then I'll be...
45:44I don't think so.
45:52Well, all things considered,
45:54I think everything turned out very well.
45:56Oh, that's easy for you to say.
45:58What?
46:00We recovered the $30,000 Nadine skimmed off your account.
46:02Which will just about cover my tax bill.
46:04So all you have to do
46:06is come up with the penalties and the interest.
46:08You know,
46:10you are the meanest, coldest,
46:12most vicious woman I've ever met in my life.
46:14You're just saying that.
46:16I even complained to your supervisor.
46:18Oh.
46:20Oh, you wonderful man.
46:26I love you.
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