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01:00I think I'll be number four.
01:02In fact, Mark, promise not to laugh, okay?
01:05I'm laugh.
01:07We are thinking about health.
01:10We are trying to start a family.
01:13Oh, goodness.
01:14Wonderful.
01:15Wait till you see what I got her for her anniversary, okay?
01:18Jennifer, where's she?
01:19Jennifer, oh.
01:20I thought you deserted me.
01:21Oh, no way.
01:22Mark, we don't see enough of you around here.
01:25Jennifer, listen, for things like this all the time, I might just rent your guest house.
01:30Oh, no.
01:30Everybody, over here, over here.
01:32Everybody.
01:33I want to thank you all for being here on this wonderful anniversary.
01:37The smartest decision I ever had the good sense to make.
01:41Now, present time.
01:45Okay.
01:46What am I hearing, Bill?
01:55Na-na.
01:56I don't believe it.
01:58Oh, my God.
02:00Oh, that's gorgeous.
02:03A viper?
02:04Yeah.
02:04How do I get on your Christmas list?
02:05She likes to tinker it.
02:07Who, Jennifer?
02:07Yeah, she loves engines, and she's good at it, too.
02:09We were stuck someplace in a terrible little village in the middle of Turkey with this rented piece of junk, and it dies, and she repairs the engine right there.
02:16I'll put my phone for you, sir.
02:18Oh, excuse me.
02:25Yeah, what is it?
02:27All right.
02:28Calm down.
02:28Calm down.
02:29Relax.
02:29I'll be there.
02:31Just relax.
02:32Take care of it.
02:33Tonight.
02:33Nine in my office.
02:37No problem?
02:38I got a minor emergency.
02:39I got to go into the office tonight.
02:40I love you, Bill's friend.
03:03How did you get past security?
03:11How did you get past security?
03:12What is it?
03:12By the way.
03:18How did you get past security?
03:19How did we get past the most of you tomorrow?
03:20I got to go into neutral piece of security.
03:24I got to go into the office for this man.
03:25You're all right.
03:28I got me.
03:33I got to go go into this man.
03:36I got to go out cambio through the world.
03:37I got to go out where he's going out.
03:39What do you got?
03:39You got to go down.
03:40Jennifer has reminded me of a favorite passage of Bill's.
04:08A passage from which he always drew great strength.
04:16Bring back to my remembrance the glory I had with thee before this world began.
04:23He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
04:30They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
04:33They shall mount up with wings as eagles.
04:37They shall run and not be weary.
04:40And they shall walk and not faint.
04:44Amen.
04:46How are you doing, Dad?
04:59I'm fine.
05:00Well, you're surprised.
05:01Well, not everybody that shows up at a funeral comes to grieve.
05:04I'm working.
05:05Is that who I think it is?
05:06Yeah.
05:07It's Bill.
05:08I was just supposed to hold him for a second.
05:09Any leads?
05:10Well, not much.
05:11We know the caliber of gunner was used.
05:13We'll run a usual registration check on anybody who was connected with Stratton.
05:16I don't want any excuses.
05:17I'll get it out of there.
05:19All right?
05:20No loose ends.
05:25It doesn't look like he's here for a tearful farewell either.
05:28I don't think he'd give his own mother a tearful farewell.
05:31His name is Stan Mackey.
05:32He's a street thug who moved up.
05:34His specialty is running illegal aliens and using him as slave labor and sweatshops.
05:38How does a man like that get to know Bill?
05:41Might be interesting to find out.
05:43Do you have any idea who the bad suit is?
05:45That, if you can believe it, is Bill's a law partner.
05:48And they had a nasty split.
05:50Looks like he was born to wear polyester.
05:52I'm surprised to see him here to tell you the truth.
05:55Well, since you know almost everyone here, tell me who the dry-eyed woman in black is.
06:00That's Lenore, Bill's daughter by his first marriage.
06:03He didn't talk much about her.
06:05Another nasty split?
06:06I don't know.
06:08Amanda's got some time next week.
06:10You've got an idea to have her look into it.
06:12I'd appreciate that.
06:13Any of Jennifer's family here?
06:15She's got one sister, I think, someplace.
06:19Don't tell me. She hated Bill, too.
06:21I don't know that much about her.
06:23Just an idea I had based on most everyone else here.
06:26It's the angriest funeral I've ever seen.
06:29Maybe we should check out the sister, too.
06:31Not a bad idea.
06:32All right. Let me know what you dig up.
06:34Yeah, you too.
06:35Father?
06:36Would you?
06:37Oh.
06:38Of course.
06:39Bless you, Father.
06:40Father?
06:41Would you?
06:42Oh.
06:43Of course.
06:44Bless you, Father.
06:45Mr. Helms, Steve Sloan, homicide.
07:00I need to ask you a few questions.
07:02I'd like to ask you a few questions.
07:07I didn't think you'd get around to me this fast.
07:09I'm flattered. I saw you sizing up the funeral.
07:12I understand you weren't too happy with Stratton over the partnership split.
07:16Split.
07:18You mean like we agreed to part company? Split?
07:21Just two gentlemen deciding to end a nice little business arrangement?
07:25Boy, did she see you coming.
07:28She? Yeah, she.
07:32Yeah, this is Helms.
07:36Boy, you keep the back brace on all the time.
07:40What are you doing going out in public for anyway?
07:42Listen, you have a brain concussion.
07:45A slip disc and possible whiplash.
07:48You want to see a movie? Get pay-per-view.
07:53Dumbass.
07:55Guy gets rear-ended by a bus.
07:59You can't even stay in bed a couple of months.
08:02Nice office you have here.
08:05Yeah.
08:06I got a lot of work to do, so let's just get our nice little chat out of the way, shall we?
08:11Tell me about she.
08:13You know damn well who I'm talking about.
08:17The child bride.
08:19I worked with Stratton for 15 years.
08:23I screwed up a couple of times, but Bill always believed in me.
08:29That is, until the lovely Miss Jennifer whispered in his ear a couple of times, and then I'm out the door.
08:36Mrs. Stratton had Bill get rid of you?
08:38Me and many others believe me.
08:41She made a clean sweep of all the old friends before those wedding bells rang.
08:46I'll tell you.
08:47Hell, he didn't just get married, he got lobotomized.
08:50Well, the reports were that he was a very happy man.
08:53He probably was.
08:54He paid enough for it.
08:56She turned him into a real bastard, you know that?
09:00You hated him so much, why'd you go to the funeral?
09:03Took my pleasure where I find it.
09:06Besides, you never know, may run into an old client or two who's just fresh out of a lawyer.
09:11Uh, Mr. Helms, I'm afraid we're not quite done.
09:13Yeah, we are, cop.
09:15Helms.
09:16Look, I'm not having a real good time here either, okay?
09:19You want me to go away, why don't you just tell me where you were the night Stratton was killed?
09:24The ballet.
09:26Where's the opera?
09:29Go away.
09:33And don't come back until you've got something to charge me with.
09:38You know, Helms, I really hope you are clean on this.
09:41Oh, yeah.
09:42So I never have to see you again.
09:52Lenore has a little, uh, coffee shop out in the valley.
09:55I'll check it out.
09:56I think Mark wants me to handle it.
09:57I don't think so, Amanda.
09:58You're pregnant and you need to stay off your feet.
10:00You know, for a bright young doctor, you don't have a clue about healthy pregnant women.
10:03I am pregnant, not sick, and I'll take care of it.
10:06Hey, what can I do?
10:07Go away.
10:08I want to talk to Mark alone, now.
10:09Yes, sir.
10:10What is it, brother?
10:11Nothing.
10:12I need a favor.
10:13What?
10:14Beneath this coat and tie, the master's degree in administration from Yale and the calculator,
10:18lies a high baritone.
10:19I'm auditioning for the community theater.
10:22You're kidding.
10:23What show?
10:24Pirates of Penzance.
10:25Oh, that's a wonderful one.
10:26What part?
10:27The general, of course.
10:28The general.
10:29Yeah, the general.
10:30But I need a little rehearsing.
10:31And, you know, since you're such a good accompanist, and I figured maybe, uh, that piano thing you
10:36have been around with.
10:37Terrific.
10:38We'll arrange a time later.
10:39Okay.
10:40Desbians unite.
10:41I can't wait.
10:42I can't either.
10:43My father wasn't a parent.
10:45He was a CEO.
10:47These are the people who raised me.
10:50Willa Cather, Dorothy Parker.
10:53What about your mother?
10:55Well, there wasn't much left of her after he moved on to wife number two, then three.
11:02You know, the day that your father died, your name was in his appointment book.
11:08Oh.
11:09How convenient.
11:11I wonder who could have done that.
11:13Made sure everybody knew I was with him.
11:16Mommy dearest, maybe.
11:18God.
11:19Two years younger than she is.
11:20Oh, dear.
11:21Have I gotten into some wicked stepmother stuff?
11:24No.
11:25Not really.
11:26I don't have a problem with Jennifer.
11:27At least she's obvious.
11:29She was taking my father for a ride, and everybody knew it.
11:32Was the fight with your father about money?
11:35What?
11:36Is that what she told you?
11:39No.
11:40Uh, no.
11:41It wasn't about money.
11:42Well, what was it about, if you don't mind me asking?
11:49Yeah, uh...
11:52I didn't kill my father.
11:54No, no, no.
11:55I'm sorry, Lenore.
11:56Mark wants to know what happened.
11:58Now, the man may have been a lousy father to you, but he was somebody's friend, and I...
12:02Yeah, well, that man, Dr. Sloan's friend, told me he wanted to have more kids.
12:07Mm, I don't know.
12:08Maybe he figured he hadn't abandoned enough children already.
12:13When I got my driver's license, I took my mother's car, and I drove from our house to his house.
12:20Thirty-seven minutes, that's all it took.
12:22I couldn't believe it.
12:23Thirty-seven minutes.
12:25He never once came to see me.
12:27Christmases, birthdays, not once since I was five years old.
12:31This was the man who wanted to have more children.
12:35Well, I had no idea that Lenore had grown so far apart from her father.
12:48Mm, even witnessing her anger, I looked at all those pictures with her, all those women that she idolized.
12:53I don't know, I just don't see her as a killer.
12:55No, but she is an angry daughter.
12:58Hey, when do we find out who inherits the money?
13:00Well, what's that supposed to mean?
13:02Come on, whoever inherits the money inherits the guilt.
13:05Can you be a little more creative, Jesse?
13:07Amanda, we're talking several million dollars here, several million motive dollars.
13:12And not much due process.
13:14Hey, hey, what did you find out about Helms?
13:16Well, he's a mess.
13:18A mess with an alibi?
13:19Don't know yet, but if he has one, it's probably a bartender.
13:22I turned up a short, ugly bio.
13:25Since his partnership with Bill Stratton is all, Mr. Helms has gotten himself up to his neck in debt.
13:30He's gone through a nasty divorce, racked up two DUIs, and an assault charge against the guy who owed him money.
13:36You know, you could have called me and told me that.
13:39Yes, but I didn't because something even more interesting than charming Mr. Helms turned up.
13:43Ten days before Stratton was shot, a .32 caliber Beretta was purchased and registered to Jennifer Stratton.
13:49And I'll bet you she inherits everything.
13:52Well, that's worth looking into. Let's go.
13:55Why didn't you tell us about the gun?
14:00Never occurred to me.
14:02What's wrong with the engine?
14:03Nothing. It's just the best therapy I could think of.
14:06It never occurred to you to tell us you bought a gun just ten days before your husband?
14:10I was killed.
14:12What went on ten days before was not exactly uppermost in my mind at the time.
14:17Would you like to turn the engine over?
14:21Thought you'd never ask.
14:22I'd like to see the gun. I'd like to see the... Dad, would you cut it?
14:45Would you like to see the gun?
14:47Well, now that you brought it up... Yes.
14:50Bill insisted I buy the gun. I didn't want it.
14:54You know, I always thought Bill hated guns. Did he tell you why he wanted you to have it?
14:58Protection. He was worried about me being alone. It's right through here.
15:04Did you talk to Alan Helms? I can't believe that clown had the nerve to show up at Bill's funeral.
15:11You said he hadn't seen your husband in months.
15:14He was just here a couple of weeks ago, trying again to get money out of Bill.
15:18Did Bill give it to him?
15:20Absolutely not. Helms roared out of here. Probably get back to his bottle.
15:29Not here.
15:31Who else knew about the gun?
15:33Nobody, I don't think.
15:36Maybe Bill took it with him. Maybe he was afraid there'd be trouble that night.
15:41Mrs. Stratton, I have to ask you this. Where were you the night Bill went to his office?
15:46Here. What are you saying?
15:49Sorry, Jennifer. Did anybody see you here? A housekeeper? A servant?
15:54How about a sister?
16:09Hi, I'm Joan.
16:17Mark, you're staring.
16:19Yes, I'm sorry. You said you had a sister, but I'm sorry for staring.
16:25Don't be. We're used to it. Every time we're together, people tend to stare.
16:30It doesn't embarrass us, so we shouldn't let it bother you. Like I said, we're used to it by now.
16:35Or at least we should be.
16:38You really do that twin talking back and forth thing.
16:41Sometimes we just can't resist doing that to people. Sorry.
16:45Uh, about the night Bill was shot.
16:48Uh, Jennifer called me about eight and said that Bill had to go to the office on some sort of emergency.
16:54I didn't want to be alone. I just rented a couple videos and came on out.
16:59How long did you stay?
17:01All night. Why? Am I a suspect?
17:05No, you understand we have to ask these questions.
17:07Of course. Uh, we ordered Chinese. It got here about 10, 10.30.
17:12You can check with the restaurant.
17:16Uh, Jennifer, let us know if that gun turns out.
17:19Of course.
17:21Uh, one other thing.
17:23Do you have any idea why Stan Mackey was at the funeral?
17:26Stan Mackey? I think he was a client of Bill's.
17:31Stan Mackey, a sweatshop boss, was a client of your husband's.
17:35I think. You can double check with his office.
17:38I'll do that.
17:42What do you think?
17:43Dead ringers.
17:44No, I mean, Stan Mackey, the missing gun. They're alimines.
17:48We're looking into them.
17:49A lot of looking into them.
17:55Twins!
17:56Now, the delivery boy I want you to talk to, his name is Al Cho.
17:58Did you know the one-eighth of all natural pregnancies actually begins as twins?
18:01The owner of the restaurant said that Al was working the night that Bill was killed.
18:04Oh, like one out of 80 or 90 births actually produce as twins.
18:07It's called the vanishing twins essential.
18:08Now, I want you to ask him who he delivered the food to and what time exactly he was there.
18:12Now, identical twins that have been reared apart choosing the same majors in college and the same careers.
18:15I mean, this is mind-blowing.
18:16Jesse.
18:17Then you got that.
18:18I mean, these are studies that put a crimp in that whole nature of nature.
18:21Jesse.
18:22Jesse.
18:23Al Cho.
18:24Gesundheit.
18:25No.
18:26I'm kidding.
18:27I heard.
18:28I heard.
18:29Bel Air.
18:30Alibi.
18:31Check.
18:32Al Cho.
18:33Chinese food.
18:34Geez, Doc.
18:35Relax.
18:42Stan Mackey.
18:43What's that doing there?
18:44I always clean Mr. Stratton's desk and lock up the client files every night.
18:49Well, maybe you forgot this one.
18:51I never forget.
18:53Well, somebody left it out.
18:56Boy, the immigration department and the IRS would love to get their hands on this.
19:00That's privileged information.
19:01It might also have the killer's prints on it.
19:04Who else had access to these files?
19:07Mr. Stratton, myself, and his wife, Jennifer.
19:10I think she also had a key.
19:12What about his computer?
19:13Whenever he entered anything into his system, it was automatically transferred to mine.
19:18Well, except for personal things.
19:20Like his will?
19:21Yes.
19:24I suppose you'd like to see that, too.
19:26If you don't mind.
19:34That's odd.
19:45He's changed his will.
19:47His daughter, Lenore, has been deleted.
19:49Sole beneficiary of my beloved wife, Jennifer Stratton.
19:53This is dated a month before he was killed.
19:56Well, I'm not surprised.
19:58Meaning?
20:00Well, Mrs. Stratton thought that Lenore was spoiled, ungrateful.
20:05Thought she should make it on her own financially.
20:08Do you think Mrs. Stratton had him change his will?
20:11Knowing Mrs. Stratton?
20:13I don't have a doubt.
20:23The woman who opened the door at the Stratton place, what'd she look like?
20:26In my delivery area, they all look alike.
20:29Rich.
20:30Mm.
20:31Can you think?
20:32Um, blonde hair, thin, good-looking, and glasses.
20:36Mm.
20:37This stuff is great.
20:38Mm.
20:39Here.
20:40Free delivery, I accept tips.
20:43Any other questions?
20:45Are you sure it was 9.45 when you left there?
20:48Well, I got back to the shop about 10.
20:50That's when my shift ends.
20:51Hey, look, I gotta get this stuff delivered.
20:53Is there anything else about that night that you remember anything odd or unusual?
20:57Uh, yeah, the car.
20:58It was amazing.
20:59A black viper.
21:00Right.
21:01And I was starting to leave, and this woman drives up in this thing and goes to the back
21:04of the place.
21:05What'd this woman look like?
21:06Oh, I just saw her for a second in the headlights.
21:09I guess she kind of looked like that woman at the door.
21:12Okay?
21:13Okay.
21:14All right.
21:15I'm outta here.
21:16Yeah.
21:17Thanks.
21:18Thirty bucks for Egg Fu Young?
21:21Not including Tip.
21:24Okay, Norman, let's try it with the music.
21:28Want stuff from the top?
21:29Okay.
21:30One, two, three, four.
21:32When do I come in?
21:33When do I come in?
21:34When do I come in?
21:35Come in any time.
21:36Just jump in there.
21:37I am the very major, I am, I am the very model of a major ma- I am the very model of-
21:49Wait, what?
21:50Let's sing it from the top again.
21:52Try and do it twice as fast.
21:53Why?
21:54Because that's the way it's supposed to be performed.
21:57Okay.
21:58All right.
21:59And loosen up a little, give it a little movement.
22:02Okay.
22:03That's what it needs.
22:07I am the very model of a major major general-
22:10You gotta go faster.
22:11Okay.
22:12Okay.
22:13I am the very model of a modern major general-
22:16Live information, vegetable, animal and mineral.
22:19I know the kings of England and I quote the vice historical-
22:22From Marathon to Waterloo, an order categorical-
22:26I'm supposed to be doing that.
22:27Well, just learn it like that.
22:28Go ahead.
22:29What do you want?
22:30I got some news.
22:31Okay.
22:32Practice a little bit.
22:33That's the way you should do it.
22:34That fast.
22:35I am the very major of the- I am the very model-
22:38What'd you find out?
22:39Uh, be my guest.
22:41Okay.
22:42The delivery guy said that he saw a black viper pull up to the house driven by someone who looked a lot like Joan.
22:47So Jennifer lied.
22:49They both lied.
22:51How long would it take to get from Stratton's office to his house at that time of night, do you think?
22:55Forty-five minutes.
22:57Well, I was in my car.
22:58I thought I'd give it a shot.
23:00So if it was Jennifer the delivery guy who saw a returning home-
23:03We don't know that for sure.
23:04Well, fine.
23:05But if it was, she had time to meet Bill at nine, kill him, and get back in time for the delivery man to see her return.
23:12But why would she want to kill Bill?
23:14Money.
23:15I went to Stratton's office and discovered that he had changed his will.
23:17Lenore is out and Jennifer gets everything.
23:19I knew it.
23:20That's it. Case closed.
23:21No, no, wait just a minute.
23:22I mean, there's nothing solid there.
23:24Uh, actually there is.
23:25While I was going through Stratton's desk, I just happened upon Stan Mackey's file, conveniently laying on top of the desk.
23:31Well, then how do you know it wasn't Mackey the Bill went to see that night and he killed him?
23:35That's exactly what the killer wants us to think.
23:37Except for one thing.
23:38The secretary didn't pull the file and she doubts that Stratton did himself.
23:42So I had the folder printed and guess whose prints came up all over the file?
23:46Jennifer?
23:47I think she's setting Mackey up.
23:49So she can get a bundle of cash free and clear.
23:52You know, there may be some explanation for the folder though.
23:55How do you explain the gun?
23:57You found it?
23:58In a storm drain near Stratton's office.
24:00And Jennifer's fingerprints were all over it.
24:03Oh, my.
24:04I think it's time we had a little talk with her.
24:07Look, Dad, I know this is hard on you, so I'll do it alone.
24:10Well, I should go with you as backup.
24:12I'll go with you.
24:13It's all right, Jessie.
24:14No, it's not a problem.
24:15See you later, Dad.
24:16Yeah, right, later.
24:17Jessie, you're not going with me.
24:18I am the very model of a modern major general.
24:21I'm information vegetable and I never...
24:23Come on, stop playing.
24:24That's it.
24:25Two, three, one, two, I can't...
24:26Go.
24:27I am the very modern, I can't do it with the music.
24:29You're right, Victor.
24:30Oh, that's all right.
24:31This is awesome.
24:32I can't do it with the music!
24:34Oh!
24:35Oh, I can't do it with the music!
24:36Mrs. Stratton, it's Detective Sloan.
25:06Mrs. Stratton?
25:13Hello?
25:16Anybody?
25:19There's gotta be somebody here.
25:22Check in there, I'll take a look on the terrace.
25:36I can't find her anywhere.
25:48You hear that?
25:51Let me check around back.
26:10Let me check around back.
26:26Come here.
26:29I got it.
26:30Get her out of here.
26:34Easy.
26:37See if you can help her, I'll get the car.
26:40Come here.
26:50Sloan, I need an ambulance right away.
26:55Never mind.
26:57She's dead.
27:00She also confessed.
27:03Suicide.
27:19She knew we were getting close.
27:23I'm sorry, Dad.
27:25She signed a confession?
27:27Mm-hmm.
27:28Told the whole story.
27:29Sneaking into Bill's office, shooting him, tossing a gun.
27:33I'm on my way to tell Joan now.
27:35You wanna come along?
27:36Yeah.
27:37Yeah, I think I should.
27:40I'm really very sorry.
27:50Are you okay?
27:52Yeah, it's just that she...
27:55And she confessed to everything.
27:57We checked.
27:58The note was in her handwriting.
28:01Well, I suppose I'd better make some arrangements or something.
28:05Joan, there's one thing we need to know.
28:08Why did you lie to us about the night Bill was killed?
28:11What are you talking about?
28:13You said the two of you were together.
28:15But the delivery man saw Jennifer arrive home.
28:18Did you know she was going to Bill's office?
28:20No, I swear I didn't.
28:22Jennifer told me that she was meeting Lenore to lend her some money.
28:26Why?
28:27Bill thought that Lenore's bookshop was a bad investment,
28:30so he wouldn't help her.
28:32Jennifer said that she felt sorry for her
28:34and that she was gonna meet her without Bill knowing.
28:36Why didn't you say something?
28:38Well, after what happened to Bill,
28:40Jenny said that it wouldn't look good her being gone.
28:43I swear I was just trying to help her.
28:45It never occurred to me that she could hurt anyone.
28:48I understand.
28:52Maybe if I'd known she was so depressed when I called her,
28:56maybe she'd still be alive.
28:58You talked to her?
29:00What time is that?
29:02I don't know.
29:04About 3.30.
29:09Well, look, don't blame yourself.
29:11There's nothing you could have done.
29:13Thank you for saying that.
29:15We'll be in touch.
29:17What's on your mind?
29:30What time did you and Jesse find Jennifer's body?
29:32I think it was about 3.30.
29:34But if she talked to Joan then,
29:36it had to be at least 3.40, 3.45.
29:38You could check my notes.
29:39Yeah, I'll do that.
29:40I'm gonna go back and look at Jennifer's garage again.
29:43What fool?
29:44We got a murder weapon with Prince and a signed confession.
29:47It's not hard to figure out that Jennifer did it
29:48and then checked herself out.
29:50That's just it.
29:51It's not hard.
29:52As a matter of fact, it's awfully easy.
29:53Come on, I'll buy you a donut.
29:55Cops.
29:59Let us go this way first.
30:01Now, tell me again,
30:02did you notice anything at all unusual
30:04when you discovered the body?
30:06Aside from her being dead, no.
30:09What color was her skin?
30:11Was it pale?
30:12Was it bright red?
30:13Neither.
30:14It was, uh, pretty normal in color.
30:17How was the body positioned?
30:19Um, kinda head slumped over,
30:22resting on the steering wheel.
30:26Ow!
30:27Sorry.
30:28How high would you say this ceiling is?
30:31I don't know, 20 feet?
30:33About 20, yeah.
30:35What is this all about?
30:37Well, first of all, carbon monoxide death
30:40usually causes the skin to turn cherry red.
30:43And the victim normally will get sleepy first
30:46and lay to the side before succumbing.
30:49Oh, believe me, this place was filled with fumes.
30:51Oh, sure it was.
30:52But according to my calculations,
30:54given the size of this garage
30:56and the fact that very little fuel was burned,
30:58I don't think there was enough carbon monoxide generated
31:01to kill Jennifer.
31:03Then what did?
31:04Well, I think that's something
31:05we're gonna have to find out.
31:11You're not gonna rehearse with me anymore?
31:12Norman, I can't rehearse with you anymore.
31:13I need the piano part.
31:15I taped the piano part.
31:16And all the general stuff is here?
31:18All the general stuff is on there.
31:19Good, then you can just coach me.
31:21No, but I'll be there in spirit.
31:22I don't want you there in spirit, Mark.
31:23Norman, just remember,
31:24it's tempo, articulation, and have fun with it.
31:27Excuse me.
31:28Mark, what's going on?
31:29The coroner just delivered Jennifer Stratton's body
31:30to the pathology lab.
31:31Good, I'll explain on the way.
31:33But the audition's tomorrow.
31:34Norman, I'm sorry, but I got an autopsy today.
31:36But I'm not the model of a modern major general yet.
31:43I don't think I could do it without you.
31:45Carry on.
31:46Jesse, please don't breathe down my back.
31:55You're taking the starch out of my uniform.
31:57Sorry.
31:58Anything unusual in the prelim?
31:59Uh, no.
32:00Stomach content's normal.
32:01Sure contact lenses.
32:02Body showed no obvious abrasions or contusions.
32:05Contacts?
32:06That figures.
32:07Joan wears glasses.
32:09And it's not unusual for identical twins' eyesight
32:11to progress at the nearly identical pattern.
32:14I can't see any other cause.
32:15Even childhood diseases like measles and chicken pox.
32:18When twins have been raised separately,
32:20the onset is at nearly the identical time.
32:22What were the carboxyhemoglobin levels in the blood?
32:24A 5%.
32:25Well, that's not even consistent with the cause of death.
32:28They'd have to be much higher levels than that.
32:31Do you guys remember the story about those two twins
32:34that were reunited after 39 years
32:36and they had weighed the exact same weight
32:38and at the reunion they were wearing the same color shirt,
32:40same tie, same pants.
32:42In fact, they had both even been married twice.
32:44First time to women named Lyndon,
32:46the second time to women named Betty or something.
32:48And they'd even name their kids the same names.
32:50Isn't that fascinating?
32:51No.
32:52Not even a little?
32:54Hyoid cartilage.
32:55Yeah.
32:56Hemorrhage on both sides of the larynx as well.
32:59Strangulation.
33:00Yeah.
33:01Tough way to kill yourself.
33:03Jennifer was murdered.
33:05You know, it's a pretty good bet that whoever killed Jennifer killed Bill.
33:17How do you account for the fact that Jennifer's prints were all over the gun that killed Bill?
33:20I can't.
33:21But let's think about it.
33:22We've got three people who all have very real motives for killing the both of them.
33:27Mackie, Helms, and Lenore.
33:29Mm-hmm.
33:30Well, Mackie knew that Bill had major information on him to put him in prison.
33:34And Jennifer tried to set him up for Bill's murder.
33:37That couldn't have made Mr. Mackie very happy.
33:39And Helms helped Bill cut him out of the law firm.
33:44Jennifer's gonna do it, too.
33:47Then, of course, we have Lenore.
33:49Angry daughter who should have inherited.
33:52But then along comes step-mommy number four who gets it all.
33:56You know, now that Jennifer's dead, it's gonna be pretty interesting to see if all that money reverts back to Lenore.
34:01Hmm.
34:02Mrs. Cramer's digging into Jennifer's will to see who's gonna get real rich real quick.
34:06Did you want to check on Joan?
34:08She's very anxious to get her sister's body cremated.
34:11Already did.
34:12You know, maybe a man who should talk to Lenore again, though, anyway.
34:16Good idea.
34:18Son, can I get you something?
34:20Chicken, pig, water buffalo, something like that?
34:22Hmm.
34:23No, thanks, Dad. I'm not very hungry.
34:26No.
34:27Just the thought that Jennifer would loan me money to save this place.
34:34God bless our dead little hive.
34:37And your father wouldn't, huh?
34:39No way.
34:40No.
34:41You did know that your father had cut you out of his will, huh?
34:45Yeah.
34:46Pretty sure Jennifer put him up to it.
34:49Did you know about Jennifer's?
34:51No.
34:52Oh.
34:53I didn't know she had a will.
34:56Look, I know you didn't come here to help me pack.
35:00I was here the day Jennifer died.
35:05All day.
35:06You can ask the movers or Polly the waitress if you like.
35:11I'm really relieved to hear you say that.
35:14So you're really broke?
35:16Ah.
35:17Ah.
35:18Ah.
35:19Completely.
35:20But I've been broke before.
35:22Sorry.
35:23No.
35:24Don't be.
35:25I'm so sick of it all.
35:27It's so tacky.
35:29At least now I can get on with my own life.
35:32And you have all of these?
35:35Hmm?
35:36Yes.
35:37A wonderful bunch of ladies.
35:40Mmm.
35:41You know, for what it's worth, I think your father missed out on an awful lot.
35:48Yeah.
35:50Me too.
36:00We're here to see Dr. Sloan?
36:02I'm not sure Dr. Sloan is in the hospital right now.
36:05Uh, lady, uh, Barbara, I would be low to intrude upon your valuable time if I were not already assured that Dr. Sloan was in the building.
36:16Well, I guess I could, uh, page him.
36:20I was telling my associate as we approached your station, I said to him,
36:25She's the clever one.
36:28Yes.
36:29Well, uh, could I tell Dr. Sloan the nature of your visit?
36:32Yeah, let's just say, uh, I have a nervous condition.
36:37Well, I guess I don't have to join the actors' guild.
36:40You lost the part.
36:42I'm sorry.
36:43But I am the very model of a modern major general.
36:45Who got it?
36:46Milo Zuttman.
36:47He was pathetic.
36:48I am information, vegetable, animal and mineral.
36:51Bang, out go his dentures.
36:52Then his back seizes up when he goes to pick them up.
36:54How did he get the part?
36:57Well, it was community theater.
36:58The bigger the donation, the bigger the part.
37:00Milo was worth millions.
37:01That's a shame.
37:02I'm sorry.
37:03What are you gonna do?
37:04Okay.
37:05Did you get a part, by the way?
37:06Oh, I got a part.
37:07I got a part.
37:08The third policeman.
37:09From the general to the third policeman.
37:11I'm going back to therapy.
37:17Uh, Mr. Mackey.
37:19Dr. Sloan, we have something we need to discuss.
37:22Why, sure.
37:23You want to step into my office?
37:24No.
37:25Here is fine.
37:26Here is fine with me.
37:27Look, I had a great association with Bill until he looked too closely into some of my enterprises.
37:30You must have been a little surprised when your own lawyer might have turned you into the INS.
37:35Yeah.
37:36He had, uh, such, uh, what is it?
37:40Uh, uh...
37:41Oh, principles?
37:42Yeah.
37:43I hate principles.
37:44Fortunately, Jennifer persuaded him to look the other way when it came to my entrepreneurial skills.
37:48Jennifer did that?
37:49Yeah.
37:50I introduced her to Stratton, you know.
37:52And Jennifer made it very much worth my while.
37:54Jennifer's dead, you know.
37:55Yes, I know.
37:57And I hear that you are pointing the finger at me.
38:00What?
38:01Well...
38:02You see these?
38:03Yes.
38:04Uh...
38:05Airplane tickets.
38:06You were out of the country the night Jennifer was killed.
38:09Yeah, I was in Rome.
38:12I knew that.
38:13You did?
38:14Yeah.
38:15I just don't know why anybody would say I was pointing anything at you.
38:20Huh.
38:21So there's no need for me to be doing this song and dance routine.
38:24Not as far as I'm concerned.
38:25That's that?
38:26That's that.
38:27Huh.
38:28What's the matter with you?
38:31You bring me all the way down here to like...
38:33You think I need this?
38:35Doctor?
38:36Get outside, you.
38:37I can't believe you.
38:38Get second time with you.
38:41Take these tickets.
38:45There you are.
38:46Hi.
38:47What'd you find out?
38:48Well, we can count Lenore out as a suspect for anything.
38:50So where was she when Jennifer was killed?
38:52In her coffee shop with loads of witnesses.
38:54Uh-huh.
38:55Hey, guys.
38:56Hi.
38:57What's up?
38:58William Scratch Helms is a suspect.
38:59He was in a county drunk tank when Jennifer was killed.
39:02So that's Lenore and Helms off the list.
39:04And Mackie.
39:05He was out of the country.
39:06Well, who's left?
39:07Well, guess who Jennifer left her inherited estate to.
39:10The same person who quit her government job the day after Jennifer was killed.
39:14Joan?
39:15The one and only.
39:17You wanna go with me on this one?
39:18Oh, absolutely.
39:19See you later.
39:20Listen, before we go, could I have a look at her phone bill for the last few weeks?
39:24I'll call it in from the car.
39:25Yeah.
39:26I have to get out of here.
39:27This whole thing has just been too much.
39:28Where are you going?
39:29Mexico.
39:30It's cheap.
39:31I wouldn't think you'd be worried about cheap anymore.
39:32Since Jennifer left you everything, you're gonna be a wealthy woman soon.
39:38We know about the phone call.
39:39You called the Stratton house right in the middle of their anniversary party.
39:43Your phone bill proves it.
39:44You were the one with the emergency.
39:45The one Bill thought he was gonna meet that night.
39:47Okay, now wait a minute.
39:48Jenny asked me to call Bill to get him out of the house for a while.
39:51I never went to his office.
39:53I thought I was helping Jennifer get money to Lenore.
39:56I honestly thought that's where she went.
39:58Joan, you just don't strike me as being that culpable.
39:59I did not kill Bill.
40:00I was at the house all night.
40:02People saw me there.
40:03The maid.
40:04The delivery boy.
40:05Oh, Jennifer did kill Bill, but then you said you were the one with the emergency.
40:08You were the one with the emergency.
40:09The one Bill thought he was gonna meet that night.
40:10Okay, now wait a minute.
40:11Jenny asked me to call Bill to get him out of the house for a while.
40:13I never went to his office.
40:14I thought I was helping Jennifer get money to Lenore.
40:17I honestly thought that's where she went.
40:19Joan, you just don't strike me as being that culpable.
40:22But then you killed Jennifer.
40:25My own sister.
40:27You think I could do that?
40:30Here's what I think.
40:32I think you and your sister got together on this.
40:35I think you made that phone call,
40:37and I think you backed up her alibi
40:39while she went down and killed her husband.
40:41And I think you were both gonna split the money.
40:43Are you charging me with murder?
40:45We're pretty close.
40:47And you're basing all of this on a phone bill
40:50that says I called my sister on her anniversary.
40:53Well, I'm sorry. You have nothing.
40:56Now, I have a plane to catch,
40:57and I would like you both to please leave.
41:07Couldn't you have held her for questioning
41:08until we got some more?
41:09I tried. The D.A. wouldn't go for it.
41:11Well, we'd better hear something quick,
41:13or she's gonna be gone, yeah?
41:14The airport says that plane she has to catch
41:16is Stratton's private jet.
41:17She'll be in Mexico by midnight.
41:19And who knows where the next day?
41:21Well, somewhere with easy access
41:22to a Swiss bank account, I no doubt.
41:24No doubt.
41:25The answer is somewhere in this autopsy report.
41:28I know it.
41:29Dad, you've been through that thing a million times.
41:31Where's my glasses?
41:32Ah.
41:35Glasses.
41:37Glasses.
41:38Let's get to the airport.
41:49Glasses.
41:50Glasses.
41:52Glasses.
41:57Parrot.
41:58Thepaych.
41:59Nineteen Pa.
42:00Allez- Milleteen.
42:01are-la destination-
42:09Man.
42:11Masmonte.
42:12Theclave.
42:13Oh, my God.
42:43Oh, my God.
42:45Oh, my God.
42:47Oh, my God.
42:49Oh, my God.
42:51Oh, my God.
42:53Oh, my God.
42:55Airport security.
42:57Police, open up the gate.
42:59You'll have to come inside, sir.
43:01I haven't got time to come inside.
43:03I'm sorry, sir. This is a private airport,
43:05and I'm gonna have to ask you to come inside.
43:07All right. All right.
43:09Back.
43:13Hey!
43:15Hey!
43:17Hey!
43:19Hey!
43:21Hey!
43:23Hey!
43:25Hey!
43:27Hey!
43:29Hey!
43:31Hey!
43:33Hey!
43:35Hey, hey.
43:41Hey.
43:43Hey, hey.
43:45Hey!
43:47let's go this is outrageous you're going to be hearing from my lawyer yeah you're gonna need
44:13one oh it was such a little thing what are you talking about open your bag open the bag
44:20ah saline solution i saw it when we were packing and it didn't don't know me it only hit me later
44:30why would joan have saline solution for contacts joan wears glasses jennifer wears contacts i'm
44:37going to miss my plane because of a bottle of saline you got stan mackie to introduce you to
44:43bill and he fell in love he married jennifer that's right he married you but you got greedy
44:51why did you have to have it all this is ridiculous you knew if you killed bill there was a good chance
44:56you'd get caught so you brought joan in on she was up for it what she didn't know is you had a whole
45:02other plan for her you killed bill and framed yourself then you strangled joan you put her in
45:08that car and wrote your own confession and since uh jennifer was dead of a suicide there wouldn't
45:16be any investigation case closed no loose ends you two have been having a field day haven't you
45:22well one other little thing you made a small mistake in the garage when you put the contacts
45:27in joan's eyes you put the left one in the right eye and the right one in the left eye
45:32i was that close
45:44oh you were very close
45:48the little things that'll kill you
45:52what come you didn't mention this contact lens mix-up in the autopsy report wasn't in the report
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