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[Gideon] Hello?
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Anyone there?
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[suspenseful music]
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Hey?
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[lightning clapping]
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[gasps]
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[elevator whirring]
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Turn around!
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-Gideon.
-Paul?
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[Paul] What are you doing here?
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[Mallory] Gideon knew
the next words out of her mouth
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would be among the most
important she would ever speak.
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If her suspicions proved correct
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and her uncle
really was the monster
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who poisoned her aunt,
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then she just might be
the second member
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of the Snow family
to die that week.
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She knew she had to say
something very smart,
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very quickly.
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She looked into her
uncle's eyes and said...
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you'll just have to buy
the book to find out.
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[laughter]
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[Michael] Thank you, Mallory.
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One more time, everyone.
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-Mallory Dearborn.
-Thank you.
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-[Michael] Yeah.
-Thank you.
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[cheers and applause]
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[man] Hey, Mallory.
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[indistinct]
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Wow.
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Thank you.
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[Michael] Don't worry.
They limit the presales to 100.
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-Why?
-I thought you'd be tired
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after the long day.
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I always have time for the fans.
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Besides, it's not every day
you could have a signed copy
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of the very last Gideon
Snow novel.
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Speaking of which,
how did it go with Wendy
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about this being my last one?
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Mal, the book just came out.
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[chuckles] You haven't told her.
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We'll talk about this later.
Okay?
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[Mallory] Michael, she's been
my publisher for 10 years.
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She deserves to know.
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And she will. I promise.
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You honestly think I'll let
my favorite client down?
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Why do I get the feeling you say
that to all your clients?
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[Michael] Hmm. Okay. What
are we waiting for, Christmas?
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-Thank you.
-Let's go. Let's go.
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Mallory Dearborn.
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There's no bigger fan than me.
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I talk about you all the time
on my podcast.
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Um, Carrie Addison.
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-Uh...
-The Mystery Maven.
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It's very nice to meet you.
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-Who should I make this out to?
-[Carrie] Carrie.
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-[Mallory] Carrie.
-Carrie Addison.
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I'm not
just a podcast host, though.
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I'm a mystery writer, too.
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Well, aspiring anyway,
you know as well.
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Enjoy the book, Carrie.
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Um, Gideon Snow
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is my favorite
literary character of all time.
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I don't know what I would do
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if you ever stopped
writing these.
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Okay. Let's keep it moving.
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I just also wanted
to tell you that--
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[Michael] A lot of people
to get through.
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Thank you.
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-Hi.
-Hi. Made out to?
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[woman] Carolyn, please.
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-Thanks.
-Thank you.
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Why does Wendy care so much
about another
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Gideon novel anyway?
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Wise-ass detectives
are like a dime a dozen.
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Well, not the way
you write 'em, Mal.
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Look, if you need a break,
take a break.
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You deserve a vacation
after all the hard work
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you've done
promoting the new book.
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A vacation
is not gonna fix this, Michael.
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Don't get me wrong.
I love my fans.
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I love Gideon,
but when am I gonna get
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the chance
to write something for me?
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Soon, right, I promise.
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Come on.
Just, hey, one more, one more.
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Do you know
how many times I've said that
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to myself over the years?
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Well, what'd you even write
about? What?
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A new detective,
a new cast of characters?
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No, no, no, no, no.
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No more thrillers,
no more mysteries.
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I wanna write a novel
that actually means something.
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You know, something
you can't just pick up
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at an airport
or read on the beach.
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So, in other words, a book
that won't make any money?
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I'm not doing it for money.
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I'm doing it for me.
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Well, I hate to be the bearer
of bad news,
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but some of us do work
on commission.
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This guy.
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Michael, you believed in me
when no one else did.
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And you've been my agent
a long time.
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And so while I don't know
what this next chapter
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is gonna lead, I do hope
that you'll be a part of it.
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You're exhausted.
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Let's talk about this
more tomorrow. Okay?
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-Okay.
-Okay.
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Get some rest.
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To be continued.
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[dramatic music]
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[sighs]
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Inspire me.
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[dramatic music]
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[singer] ♪ I wait in the rain
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♪ The wheel keeps on spinning
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♪ Round and around we go
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♪ Still on my mind
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♪ Undid my memories
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[Michael] You promised me 25%.
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Do you have any idea what kind
of position that puts me in?
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I'm calling my lawyer.
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[cell phone beeps]
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Idiots.
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Client trouble?
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Uh, nothing a little coal
in the stocking won't fix.
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You?
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Just enjoying
the peace and quiet.
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Well, I was.
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Well, let your heart
not be troubled.
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I come bearing Christmas gifts.
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It's not Christmas yet.
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Well, fine. If you don't want
the croissants,
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-I can just--
-From DeNucci's?
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-Where else?
-[Mallory] Fair enough.
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You can stay. [giggles]
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So have you, uh,
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given any thought
about what we talked about?
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I thought
about it all night actually.
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I could barely sleep.
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And?
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Well, Gideon Snow has been
very good to me
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for both of us.
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But I became a writer
to write all kinds of books,
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not just Gideon Snow novels.
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What about the fans?
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What about 'em?
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Well, aren't you afraid
of letting them down?
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The opposite actually.
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I wanna give them something
brand new to be excited about,
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you know, something
that they've never seen before.
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What better way to show them
how much I appreciate them?
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And Wendy?
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I'll honor the agreement,
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but for a new book.
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Michael, don't look so glum.
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It's not like I'm giving up
writing forever.
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If I miss Gideon,
I can always pay her a visit
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somewhere down the road,
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just like long down the road.
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[Michael] Of course.
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Of course.
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I don't mean to make things
difficult for you, Michael.
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If you think it would help,
I'd be happy to sit down
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with Wendy
and talk to her myself.
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No. No, no. I'll handle Wendy.
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Just do me a favor.
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Don't say anything
to anybody just yet.
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Okay? I think we owe it
to her to hear from me first.
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Of course.
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So this new book...
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any idea
what you wanna write about?
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[Mallory] I don't know.
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Honestly, I've been
in the Gideon Snow business
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for so long, I think
I'd just take the holidays
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and recharge, you know?
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[dramatic music]
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[Michael] Thanks for seeing me
on such short notice, Wendy.
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Considering what you told me
over the phone,
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I didn't have much of a choice.
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I know. I know.
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She's a special writer, Michael.
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Well, you don't have to tell me.
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-She's made up her mind.
-Then change it.
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I've already tried everything.
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She does realize
that she's agreed
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to give us another title.
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-She does.
-[Wendy] And she is aware
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that we've already paid her
a handsome advance
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for another Gideon novel,
isn't she?
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Well, if she doesn't deliver,
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I'll have no choice but to sue.
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And not just for the advance,
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for damages
due to lost royalties.
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[phone rings]
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Wait a minute.
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She does know about the advance,
doesn't she?
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Michael.
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I just need a little time.
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I'll return it, plus interest.
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Okay.
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I'll give you a couple months.
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And that's only
because of our history together.
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[Christmas music]
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[woman] Here you go. Hot mocha.
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Thank you so much.
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Hmm. Thanks for meeting me.
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You said you had good news.
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Well, I, uh, I met with Wendy.
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-And?
-And she's on board.
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You're serious?
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I'm not gonna joke
about something like that.
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-Just like that.
-Well, there is one
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little thing.
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-Of course.
-[Michael] No, no, no.
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It's not terrible.
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Not terrible.
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Do you remember the winter home
I have up in the mountains?
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I've heard you talk about it,
but I don't think
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-I've ever been there.
-Oh. Um,
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excuse me, oh...
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-take it.
-What is this?
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[Michael] Well, you said
you wanted
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to take the holidays
to recharge.
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Yeah. But I didn't need--
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[Michael] Oh, you'll love it.
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I just decorated it
for the holidays.
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It's isolated.
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It's got a gorgeous library,
a great big writing desk.
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Plus they just got
a little dusting of snow.
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So you'll be able
to have yourself
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a merry little Christmas.
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I'm not gonna change
my mind, Michael.
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[Michael] I know. I know.
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But you've seemed so down
since your parents died.
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I think it would do you good
to get away for a few weeks.
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And Wendy and I...
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Wendy just thought
it'd be good for you
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to go clear your head
and make sure
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this is what
you really wanna do.
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So Wendy's my therapist now?
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We just want
what's best for you.
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You mean what's best
for Gideon Snow.
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Just read,
relax, explore the woods.
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There's miles of hiking trails
and write if you want to.
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Hmm?
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Just don't tell anybody where
you're going and enjoy yourself.
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Okay?
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[dramatic music]
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[bird squawking]
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[chuckles]
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[phone rings]
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Hmm?
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Hello?
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Well, what do you think?
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I think it looks like
a picture print
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by Currier and Ives.
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These wonderful things
are the things
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we remember all through
our lives.
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The landline's a nice touch.
264
00:13:52,458 --> 00:13:54,167
[Michael] [chuckles] I think
you'll find the self-service
265
00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:57,292
a little spotty there
in the wintry fairyland.
266
00:13:57,375 --> 00:13:58,250
Cute.
267
00:13:58,375 --> 00:13:59,708
[Michael] But if it's too much
for you,
268
00:13:59,792 --> 00:14:01,333
there is a, uh,
a telegraph in the kitchen.
269
00:14:01,417 --> 00:14:02,917
[laughs]
270
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,333
No, but seriously,
how do you like it?
271
00:14:04,417 --> 00:14:06,625
I'm only wondering why
you never had me here before.
272
00:14:06,750 --> 00:14:08,375
Ah, well, you know,
I just don't get
273
00:14:08,458 --> 00:14:09,750
up there much myself.
274
00:14:09,875 --> 00:14:11,167
Especially
since my parents passed.
275
00:14:11,208 --> 00:14:13,542
It was, you know,
kind of their place.
276
00:14:14,792 --> 00:14:16,375
I gotta say,
277
00:14:16,458 --> 00:14:17,958
if this was supposed
to convince me how much
278
00:14:18,042 --> 00:14:19,875
I would miss Gideon,
279
00:14:19,875 --> 00:14:21,417
I'm afraid it's having
the opposite effect.
280
00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:23,125
[Michael] Well,
you deserve it, Mallory.
281
00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:24,458
Enjoy it.
282
00:14:24,542 --> 00:14:25,833
Thanks, Michael.
283
00:14:25,875 --> 00:14:27,958
-Of course.
-[Mallory] Bye.
284
00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:33,833
[birds chirping]
285
00:14:41,875 --> 00:14:44,292
[Christmas music playing]
286
00:14:57,500 --> 00:15:01,833
[singer] ♪ I wanna wish you
Merry Christmas ♪
287
00:15:01,833 --> 00:15:05,875
♪ From the top
of every mountain ♪
288
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,083
♪ From the middle of the ocean
289
00:15:10,167 --> 00:15:11,958
♪ And the bottom of my heart
290
00:15:12,042 --> 00:15:14,417
[door opens]
291
00:15:14,500 --> 00:15:17,875
♪ You and I
can take sleigh ride ♪
292
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,083
[ominous music]
293
00:15:29,167 --> 00:15:30,125
Hello?
294
00:15:36,917 --> 00:15:39,417
[singer] ♪ I feel so warm
295
00:15:41,042 --> 00:15:44,958
♪ I can't shake the feeling
296
00:15:45,042 --> 00:15:47,750
♪ That it must be
Christmas time ♪
297
00:15:47,833 --> 00:15:50,917
[suspenseful music]
298
00:16:12,375 --> 00:16:14,250
[yawns]
299
00:16:18,583 --> 00:16:20,292
[sighs]
300
00:16:20,375 --> 00:16:21,958
[computer dings]
301
00:16:35,375 --> 00:16:37,708
[cries]
302
00:16:48,542 --> 00:16:50,208
[male reporter] Mystery fans
around the world
303
00:16:50,208 --> 00:16:51,875
are in mourning
after it was announced
304
00:16:51,958 --> 00:16:54,250
that bestselling author
Mallory Dearborn
305
00:16:54,333 --> 00:16:57,333
has unexpectedly passed away
from natural causes.
306
00:16:57,375 --> 00:16:58,500
[female reporter]
Dearborn was the author
307
00:16:58,542 --> 00:17:00,833
of the bestselling
Gideon Snow Mysteries,
308
00:17:00,958 --> 00:17:02,333
the most recent of which
309
00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:05,042
just hit bookstore shelves
earlier this month.
310
00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:07,292
[male reporter] Dearborn's
latest and now final novel
311
00:17:07,375 --> 00:17:09,542
Gideon's Family Reunion
quickly climbed
312
00:17:09,625 --> 00:17:12,042
to the bestseller's
list upon its release.
313
00:17:12,125 --> 00:17:13,625
[female reporter]
Several of Mallory's friends
314
00:17:13,708 --> 00:17:15,083
have spoken out publicly
315
00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:16,833
about their shock
over the sudden loss
316
00:17:16,917 --> 00:17:18,375
and have expressed their love
317
00:17:18,458 --> 00:17:20,458
and admiration for the author.
318
00:17:20,542 --> 00:17:23,208
Dearborn's untimely death
will leave a huge hole
319
00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:26,458
in the hearts of her fans
for a very long time.
320
00:17:26,542 --> 00:17:28,375
To Mallory.
321
00:17:28,458 --> 00:17:32,125
May your creativity never die.
322
00:18:34,250 --> 00:18:36,750
If I take the gag out,
you promise not to scream?
323
00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:47,625
There.
324
00:18:48,875 --> 00:18:49,833
Better?
325
00:19:01,542 --> 00:19:02,625
Here.
326
00:19:04,625 --> 00:19:06,458
You need to flush
the anesthetics in your system
327
00:19:06,542 --> 00:19:08,750
unless you want
a nasty hangover.
328
00:19:16,542 --> 00:19:18,167
There you go.
329
00:19:18,250 --> 00:19:19,583
Good girl.
330
00:19:23,333 --> 00:19:25,250
I imagine
you have a few questions.
331
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,667
It's a tracker.
332
00:19:31,792 --> 00:19:34,542
That way you can move freely
around the house
333
00:19:34,625 --> 00:19:37,667
and I know exactly
where you are at all times.
334
00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:40,208
It's really fascinating
what modern GPS technology
335
00:19:40,292 --> 00:19:41,583
could do.
They say this one's accurate
336
00:19:41,667 --> 00:19:42,792
down to 10 feet.
337
00:19:44,125 --> 00:19:46,000
So if you try to leave
the house,
338
00:19:46,125 --> 00:19:47,792
I get a notification.
339
00:19:48,958 --> 00:19:51,042
You try to remove it,
340
00:19:51,125 --> 00:19:52,833
I get a notification.
341
00:19:58,375 --> 00:20:02,500
And we don't want that.
342
00:20:03,958 --> 00:20:05,500
Why are you doing this?
343
00:20:07,292 --> 00:20:09,333
Well, think of it
344
00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:12,042
as a writing retreat
345
00:20:12,125 --> 00:20:15,083
with a little extra incentive.
346
00:20:15,167 --> 00:20:17,292
A writing retreat?
347
00:20:17,375 --> 00:20:19,500
Well, see, the thing
is we've already received
348
00:20:19,625 --> 00:20:21,917
a substantial advance
for the Gideon novel.
349
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,125
What next Gideon novel?
350
00:20:23,208 --> 00:20:25,375
I told you I was done with...
351
00:20:28,042 --> 00:20:29,667
you never told Wendy?
352
00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:31,333
[Michael] I thought
you would change your mind.
353
00:20:31,417 --> 00:20:33,458
Right? Then what were
you supposed to do?
354
00:20:33,542 --> 00:20:35,500
Go back to the publisher,
grovel on our hands and knees,
355
00:20:35,583 --> 00:20:37,333
accept less favorable terms
because we didn't strike
356
00:20:37,458 --> 00:20:38,917
when the iron was hot?
357
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,333
Mallory, I did you a favor.
358
00:20:40,417 --> 00:20:43,792
And what happened
to this advance?
359
00:20:47,208 --> 00:20:49,083
Don't have it.
360
00:20:49,167 --> 00:20:50,625
There it is.
361
00:20:50,708 --> 00:20:52,417
[Michael] I was assured
those investments were sound.
362
00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:53,792
-Clearly.
-Look, it doesn't
363
00:20:53,875 --> 00:20:55,917
even matter, okay?
Wendy paid us for a book,
364
00:20:56,042 --> 00:20:57,625
a Gideon Snow book.
365
00:20:57,708 --> 00:21:00,167
[laughing]
366
00:21:00,167 --> 00:21:02,333
Hey, hey.
367
00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:04,833
Look...
368
00:21:04,958 --> 00:21:07,000
we both know this happens
every time, right?
369
00:21:07,125 --> 00:21:09,667
A new book comes out,
we hit the publicity circuit,
370
00:21:09,792 --> 00:21:12,208
we get exhausted
by the whole thing.
371
00:21:12,292 --> 00:21:14,500
Am I right?
372
00:21:14,583 --> 00:21:17,750
But I also know that you get
antsy when you don't write.
373
00:21:18,917 --> 00:21:23,333
So this is your chance
to just get away from it all,
374
00:21:23,375 --> 00:21:27,375
write the new book
in complete privacy, right?
375
00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:29,500
It's a win-win, Mal.
376
00:21:30,625 --> 00:21:32,500
And I have taken care
of the landline
377
00:21:32,583 --> 00:21:35,250
so you're not tempted
to reach out to any friends.
378
00:21:39,458 --> 00:21:44,708
So take some time
to just think about it...
379
00:21:46,125 --> 00:21:48,250
and I'll be upstairs
when you're ready.
380
00:21:48,375 --> 00:21:49,625
Okay?
381
00:21:59,042 --> 00:22:00,250
There you go.
382
00:22:00,333 --> 00:22:02,625
[dramatic music]
383
00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:14,708
[sizzling]
384
00:22:26,333 --> 00:22:29,458
[dramatic music]
385
00:22:39,708 --> 00:22:40,792
[bird caws]
386
00:22:43,375 --> 00:22:45,833
[tracker beeps]
387
00:22:45,917 --> 00:22:47,708
[groans]
388
00:22:50,625 --> 00:22:52,208
[Michael] Mal, is that you?
389
00:22:52,292 --> 00:22:53,583
[sighs]
390
00:23:01,167 --> 00:23:02,708
There she is.
391
00:23:05,167 --> 00:23:08,083
This little market in town
has the best cold cuts.
392
00:23:08,167 --> 00:23:09,333
Oh.
393
00:23:10,292 --> 00:23:11,458
I thought you should
eat something
394
00:23:11,542 --> 00:23:12,875
before you get to work.
395
00:23:21,583 --> 00:23:23,292
It's not gonna bite.
396
00:23:23,375 --> 00:23:24,833
-I'll pass.
-On the sandwich?
397
00:23:24,833 --> 00:23:25,750
On the book.
398
00:23:28,208 --> 00:23:29,375
Mal...
399
00:23:31,083 --> 00:23:32,375
the sooner you come to terms
400
00:23:32,458 --> 00:23:33,583
with what's happening,
the easier this will be.
401
00:23:33,708 --> 00:23:35,667
You are holding me
here against my will.
402
00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:38,125
I'm doing it
in your best interest.
403
00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:39,500
You haven't been
thinking straight.
404
00:23:39,583 --> 00:23:41,250
Now if you don't eat,
you're not gonna be able
405
00:23:41,333 --> 00:23:43,000
to concentrate
and I need you focused.
406
00:23:45,042 --> 00:23:46,458
[dramatic music]
407
00:23:47,917 --> 00:23:48,875
Go on.
408
00:23:57,583 --> 00:23:58,917
Told you it was good.
409
00:24:02,083 --> 00:24:03,542
So, what do you think?
410
00:24:04,583 --> 00:24:07,125
I thought this room would be
best for creativity.
411
00:24:07,208 --> 00:24:09,000
It's got a lot of space,
412
00:24:09,167 --> 00:24:11,458
lots of natural light
throughout the afternoon,
413
00:24:11,542 --> 00:24:14,500
and plus I'll be right
next door in the living room
414
00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:15,875
if you need anything.
415
00:24:15,958 --> 00:24:16,958
Great.
416
00:24:18,667 --> 00:24:19,833
Sit.
417
00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:20,917
Try it out.
418
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:25,875
Well?
419
00:24:27,833 --> 00:24:30,417
I took the liberty
of deactivating the Wi-Fi card
420
00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:34,417
just to make sure
there's no distractions.
421
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,750
Look, Michael,
this is all very nice.
422
00:24:40,833 --> 00:24:42,667
But I think there might be
a much simpler solution
423
00:24:42,750 --> 00:24:44,125
-to all of this.
-Oh, you do?
424
00:24:44,208 --> 00:24:47,875
Why don't I just give you
the money for the advance?
425
00:24:47,958 --> 00:24:51,542
That way you can repay Wendy
whatever you still owe her
426
00:24:51,542 --> 00:24:53,333
and then some.
427
00:24:53,417 --> 00:24:55,375
Win-win, right?
428
00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:57,625
See, the thing is
a new Gideon novel
429
00:24:57,708 --> 00:25:01,000
would be worth much,
much more than just the advance.
430
00:25:01,083 --> 00:25:03,667
I mean, especially if you
include subsidiary rights,
431
00:25:03,792 --> 00:25:07,208
filming television rights,
not to mention spin-offs. Woo.
432
00:25:07,292 --> 00:25:09,542
I am offering you
a way out of this.
433
00:25:09,625 --> 00:25:11,000
You're offering me?
434
00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:12,625
You don't care what I have
to go through, do you?
435
00:25:12,708 --> 00:25:14,417
As long as you get to collect
a six-figure advance
436
00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,167
on another Gideon Snow Book.
437
00:25:16,167 --> 00:25:17,667
Seven actually.
438
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:21,125
I negotiated you a raise
and you're welcome by the way.
439
00:25:21,208 --> 00:25:23,000
[suspenseful music]
440
00:25:23,042 --> 00:25:24,000
[sighs]
441
00:25:25,917 --> 00:25:28,500
You know, I was thinking, um,
442
00:25:28,583 --> 00:25:30,833
do you remember that story idea
you pitched me
443
00:25:30,917 --> 00:25:32,667
after the Baltimore book signing
444
00:25:32,667 --> 00:25:34,833
where Gideon was kidnapped
445
00:25:34,875 --> 00:25:36,625
by the detective
that trained her?
446
00:25:37,667 --> 00:25:40,458
I think that would be
a fantastic novel.
447
00:25:40,542 --> 00:25:42,667
A little on the nose,
don't you think?
448
00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:45,458
Well, you know what they say,
write what you know.
449
00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:47,625
[suspenseful music]
450
00:25:54,708 --> 00:25:56,500
It takes me a year
to write a novel,
451
00:25:56,542 --> 00:25:57,625
-you know that, right?
-[Michael] No, no.
452
00:25:57,708 --> 00:25:59,000
it takes a year
to publish a novel.
453
00:25:59,125 --> 00:26:01,458
And that's just mainly
a strategic decision
454
00:26:01,542 --> 00:26:02,875
by the publisher,
plus that's with all
455
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,125
the usual distractions,
procrastinations,
456
00:26:05,208 --> 00:26:07,208
which lucky for you,
457
00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:10,208
won't be a problem this time.
458
00:26:10,292 --> 00:26:11,792
I feel so blessed.
459
00:26:11,792 --> 00:26:13,042
[Michael]
So the average novel is, what,
460
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,375
75,000 words,
ballpark give or take?
461
00:26:17,458 --> 00:26:18,625
Something like that.
462
00:26:18,708 --> 00:26:19,875
And how many words
do you write in a day?
463
00:26:19,958 --> 00:26:21,083
2,500.
464
00:26:21,167 --> 00:26:23,167
So I think if you devote
a hundred percent
465
00:26:23,208 --> 00:26:25,250
of your time to your craft,
466
00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:29,417
we could bump that up
to 3,500, 4,000 words a day.
467
00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:31,250
You wanna do the math
or should I?
468
00:26:31,333 --> 00:26:33,000
Nineteen days, Mal.
469
00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:36,000
You should deliver me
a novel in three weeks,
470
00:26:36,125 --> 00:26:37,750
right before Christmas.
471
00:26:37,875 --> 00:26:41,167
So let's not waste
any time, huh?
472
00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:42,792
[object rustling]
473
00:26:44,167 --> 00:26:45,542
Oh, no.
474
00:26:45,667 --> 00:26:48,708
[muffled scream]
475
00:26:51,208 --> 00:26:52,667
Okay.
476
00:26:52,750 --> 00:26:54,708
Here's what's gonna happen,
477
00:26:54,792 --> 00:26:56,417
I'm gonna go see what's going on
478
00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,542
-and you...
-[grunting]
479
00:26:58,667 --> 00:27:00,708
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
480
00:27:04,708 --> 00:27:09,250
You are gonna sit here
and stay quiet.
481
00:27:09,333 --> 00:27:10,667
[groans]
482
00:27:10,750 --> 00:27:12,667
You understand me?
483
00:27:21,042 --> 00:27:23,750
You're making me do
something we both don't want.
484
00:27:23,833 --> 00:27:26,583
Trust me, you don't want
that on your conscience.
485
00:27:29,708 --> 00:27:31,625
Why don't you start
writing while I'm gone?
486
00:27:38,292 --> 00:27:39,750
Oh, thank God.
487
00:27:39,833 --> 00:27:41,375
I wasn't sure
if anyone lived here
488
00:27:41,458 --> 00:27:42,500
and then I saw
the cars out front,
489
00:27:42,583 --> 00:27:43,458
I thought maybe I would just--
490
00:27:43,542 --> 00:27:44,792
Can I--can I help you?
491
00:27:44,875 --> 00:27:46,333
Actually, you can.
492
00:27:46,375 --> 00:27:48,250
I'm renting a B&B
a couple miles from here,
493
00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:50,667
thought I'd go for a hike
in the woods, you know,
494
00:27:50,750 --> 00:27:52,167
get back to nature and all that,
495
00:27:52,208 --> 00:27:53,500
which seemed like
a good idea at the time
496
00:27:53,625 --> 00:27:55,583
but somehow I ended up here.
497
00:27:55,667 --> 00:27:56,667
[Michael] Well,
it happens all the time.
498
00:27:56,750 --> 00:27:58,042
These woods
aren't too forgiving.
499
00:27:58,042 --> 00:27:59,875
Anyway, can I come
inside for a bit
500
00:27:59,958 --> 00:28:01,500
just to rest for a little while?
501
00:28:01,583 --> 00:28:03,167
I've been walking for hours.
502
00:28:03,208 --> 00:28:04,250
Uh,
503
00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:08,708
please, yeah.
504
00:28:08,792 --> 00:28:09,958
-Come in.
-Thanks, man.
505
00:28:10,042 --> 00:28:11,667
-You're a lifesaver.
-Michael, by the way.
506
00:28:11,750 --> 00:28:13,917
-Grant.
-Nice to meet you, Grant.
507
00:28:20,750 --> 00:28:24,500
[muffled moaning]
508
00:28:24,542 --> 00:28:26,542
[Grant] Sweet place, man.
509
00:28:26,625 --> 00:28:27,792
Thank you.
510
00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:29,542
It's my little getaway
from the city.
511
00:28:29,625 --> 00:28:30,875
You all alone out here?
512
00:28:31,792 --> 00:28:33,500
That's the point, isn't it?
513
00:28:33,542 --> 00:28:34,750
You're telling me.
514
00:28:34,833 --> 00:28:36,792
I come out every year
just to get away.
515
00:28:40,875 --> 00:28:42,292
This is just what I needed.
516
00:28:44,333 --> 00:28:46,583
So what is it you do
back in the city?
517
00:28:46,667 --> 00:28:47,792
Literary agent.
518
00:28:47,875 --> 00:28:49,292
[Grant] Really? Like authors?
519
00:28:49,375 --> 00:28:50,208
[Michael] That's right.
520
00:28:51,333 --> 00:28:52,792
Anyone famous?
521
00:28:52,875 --> 00:28:54,667
Depends on your
definition of famous.
522
00:28:54,708 --> 00:28:55,833
[laughs]
523
00:28:55,917 --> 00:28:57,542
I wouldn't know.
I'm not much of a reader.
524
00:28:57,667 --> 00:28:59,250
Hmm. Shocker.
525
00:29:09,833 --> 00:29:12,500
Hey, do you mind
if I use your bathroom?
526
00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:13,458
I haven't had a leak in hours.
527
00:29:14,833 --> 00:29:16,000
Not at all.
528
00:29:25,292 --> 00:29:26,792
No, no, no, no.
529
00:29:26,875 --> 00:29:29,458
The bathroom is down there.
530
00:29:29,583 --> 00:29:31,667
-What was that?
-Hmm?
531
00:29:31,708 --> 00:29:32,875
I thought you said
you were alone?
532
00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:34,000
[muffled screaming]
533
00:29:34,083 --> 00:29:35,708
[Grant] Is someone in there?
534
00:29:35,833 --> 00:29:36,875
I think you should go.
535
00:29:36,958 --> 00:29:38,375
I think I should
check it out first.
536
00:29:38,458 --> 00:29:40,208
I insist.
537
00:29:40,333 --> 00:29:41,417
Do you mind?
538
00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:54,167
[muffled screaming]
539
00:29:54,208 --> 00:29:55,375
What the...
540
00:29:58,375 --> 00:29:59,417
[Mallory] Michael.
541
00:30:17,625 --> 00:30:19,792
[panting]
542
00:30:38,458 --> 00:30:39,917
I warned you.
543
00:30:41,208 --> 00:30:43,417
I told you to keep quiet
and now look what you've done.
544
00:30:45,292 --> 00:30:48,333
You didn't follow the rules
and now a man is dead.
545
00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:51,958
You think this is a game?
546
00:30:53,375 --> 00:30:54,792
I didn't mean what I said?
547
00:30:58,375 --> 00:30:59,417
Now you know.
548
00:31:05,542 --> 00:31:06,875
Get away from me, Michael.
549
00:31:06,958 --> 00:31:08,667
-Stop it.
-[Mallory] No. I'm serious.
550
00:31:08,750 --> 00:31:10,083
I'm not going anywhere with you.
551
00:31:11,833 --> 00:31:12,958
Fine.
552
00:31:14,625 --> 00:31:15,917
It can wait tomorrow.
553
00:31:25,375 --> 00:31:26,250
[sighs]
554
00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:42,625
[gasps]
555
00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:43,625
[door closes]
556
00:31:45,792 --> 00:31:46,833
Morning, Janice.
557
00:31:46,875 --> 00:31:47,833
[Janice] Morning, Sheriff.
558
00:31:47,958 --> 00:31:48,833
Some coffee?
559
00:31:48,958 --> 00:31:50,958
I'll get it myself, thank you.
560
00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:53,667
Anything come in overnight?
561
00:31:53,792 --> 00:31:55,292
No. Well,
562
00:31:55,375 --> 00:31:58,708
we did receive one call
but it was just a hang-up.
563
00:31:58,792 --> 00:32:00,458
Figured it was an accident.
564
00:32:00,542 --> 00:32:02,083
-Landline?
-[Janice] Um...
565
00:32:02,208 --> 00:32:05,208
cell phone right off
of County Road 19.
566
00:32:07,375 --> 00:32:08,333
Huh.
567
00:32:09,292 --> 00:32:10,417
Do you think it's something?
568
00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:11,500
[Sheriff Hill] No.
569
00:32:11,542 --> 00:32:12,875
You're probably right.
570
00:32:18,167 --> 00:32:21,417
Still, it wouldn't hurt
to take a look out there.
571
00:32:21,542 --> 00:32:22,958
Just to be safe.
572
00:32:24,375 --> 00:32:26,292
[dramatic music]
573
00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:33,792
[Mallory sighing]
574
00:32:33,875 --> 00:32:35,917
[dramatic music]
575
00:32:44,417 --> 00:32:45,333
[sighs]
576
00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:03,125
[knock on door]
577
00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:09,083
I know you're not much
of a breakfast person,
578
00:33:09,167 --> 00:33:10,750
but I assume you would
need the strength,
579
00:33:10,875 --> 00:33:14,375
so I made you some bacon,
eggs, toast,
580
00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:16,750
and black coffee.
581
00:33:16,833 --> 00:33:17,750
[Mallory] Thanks.
582
00:33:17,833 --> 00:33:18,958
But I'm not hungry.
583
00:33:20,583 --> 00:33:22,625
Well, I'll leave it there
in case you change your mind.
584
00:33:25,792 --> 00:33:27,333
-How's it going?
-Good.
585
00:33:28,292 --> 00:33:30,250
-Can I see what you have so--
-Uh...
586
00:33:31,625 --> 00:33:32,833
No?
587
00:33:32,917 --> 00:33:34,250
Never mind. Too soon, right?
588
00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:36,500
You got to get in the groove,
right?
589
00:33:36,583 --> 00:33:37,500
-[chuckles]
-Mmm-hmm.
590
00:33:37,583 --> 00:33:39,500
[doorbell dings]
591
00:33:39,542 --> 00:33:41,958
[tense music]
592
00:33:42,042 --> 00:33:43,167
Stay quiet.
593
00:33:46,042 --> 00:33:47,708
[doorbell dings]
594
00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:54,000
Open.
595
00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:57,542
Not one word.
596
00:33:57,625 --> 00:33:58,583
I mean it.
597
00:34:01,375 --> 00:34:02,625
[sighs]
598
00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:04,583
[doorbell dings]
599
00:34:12,542 --> 00:34:13,542
[sighs]
600
00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:22,958
-Morning.
-Morning, sir.
601
00:34:23,042 --> 00:34:24,125
I hope I'm not bothering you.
602
00:34:24,208 --> 00:34:25,833
[Michael] No, no. Not at all.
603
00:34:25,917 --> 00:34:27,000
How can I help?
604
00:34:27,042 --> 00:34:28,708
I'm Sheriff Hill.
605
00:34:28,792 --> 00:34:29,667
Pleasure, Sheriff.
606
00:34:29,708 --> 00:34:31,625
Um, actually,
607
00:34:31,708 --> 00:34:33,667
I was hoping
for a few minutes of your time.
608
00:34:33,792 --> 00:34:35,167
Of course.
609
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,458
Uh, well, uh,
would you mind if I came in?
610
00:34:40,542 --> 00:34:41,708
No.
611
00:34:41,792 --> 00:34:43,958
Uh, yes, I'm sorry, I just...
612
00:34:44,042 --> 00:34:45,250
[laughs]
613
00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:47,083
I'm just, uh,
a little busy right now.
614
00:34:47,167 --> 00:34:49,000
Uh, I just got here
yesterday and haven't had
615
00:34:49,083 --> 00:34:50,667
a chance to unpack anything.
616
00:34:50,792 --> 00:34:53,333
[Sheriff Hill] Well,
I'm sure I've seen worse.
617
00:34:55,792 --> 00:34:57,583
Of course. Please. Come in.
618
00:34:57,667 --> 00:34:58,750
Come in.
619
00:34:58,833 --> 00:34:59,917
[chuckles]
620
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,042
[dramatic music]
621
00:35:06,125 --> 00:35:08,917
It smells like
somebody's been cookin'.
622
00:35:09,042 --> 00:35:10,792
I just finished my breakfast.
623
00:35:14,917 --> 00:35:16,625
-[laughs]
-I was hungry.
624
00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:19,833
So, you said there was something
625
00:35:19,958 --> 00:35:21,792
that you wanted
to talk to me about?
626
00:35:21,875 --> 00:35:24,083
Uh, the thing is, sir, uh,
627
00:35:24,167 --> 00:35:26,667
we got a 911 call yesterday
628
00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:30,083
from a cell phone tower
not too far from here.
629
00:35:31,208 --> 00:35:32,375
What did they say?
630
00:35:32,375 --> 00:35:34,333
Didn't say anything. Hung up.
631
00:35:34,458 --> 00:35:35,958
Frankly, I'm surprised anybody
632
00:35:36,042 --> 00:35:37,292
get a signal way out here.
633
00:35:37,375 --> 00:35:39,167
[Sheriff Hill] [laughs]
Don't I know it.
634
00:35:40,250 --> 00:35:44,000
Still, um,
you haven't noticed anything
635
00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:46,292
suspicious around here,
have you?
636
00:35:46,375 --> 00:35:47,417
No.
637
00:35:47,542 --> 00:35:49,458
I haven't seen anybody
since I got here.
638
00:35:50,583 --> 00:35:51,833
-This your place?
-[Michael] Family's.
639
00:35:51,958 --> 00:35:53,250
-Well...
-[Sheriff Hill] Oh.
640
00:35:53,333 --> 00:35:54,500
I don't get to spend
a whole lot of time up here,
641
00:35:54,583 --> 00:35:56,500
but my parents did, uh,
before they passed.
642
00:35:57,708 --> 00:35:58,792
My condolences.
643
00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:00,333
Thank you.
644
00:36:02,208 --> 00:36:04,583
[bangs table]
645
00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:10,750
-Do you hear that?
-Hear it?
646
00:36:10,833 --> 00:36:12,167
It nearly kept me up all night.
647
00:36:12,208 --> 00:36:14,125
I had to sleep
with my ear buds in.
648
00:36:16,917 --> 00:36:17,875
What is it?
649
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,417
Uh, it's, uh,
650
00:36:20,750 --> 00:36:23,917
yeah, the pipes,
when the water freezes and...
651
00:36:25,167 --> 00:36:27,000
Huh.
652
00:36:27,042 --> 00:36:29,125
I'd be happy to take a look.
653
00:36:29,208 --> 00:36:31,208
Might only need a few turns
from the wrench.
654
00:36:31,292 --> 00:36:33,292
Oh, I appreciate that
but I called the plumber,
655
00:36:33,417 --> 00:36:34,375
they'll be here later today.
656
00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:36,500
Might save
you a few hundred bucks.
657
00:36:36,583 --> 00:36:38,167
Plumber told me not to touch it.
658
00:36:38,333 --> 00:36:39,500
That's what happened last time.
659
00:36:39,625 --> 00:36:41,083
I guess everyone thinks
they're a handyman.
660
00:36:41,208 --> 00:36:42,542
[laughs]
661
00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:44,708
Well...
662
00:36:46,083 --> 00:36:47,708
I won't keep
you any longer, then.
663
00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:50,792
-Okey-dokey.
-[banging on table]
664
00:36:55,792 --> 00:36:58,000
Oh, uh, can I get your name?
665
00:36:58,042 --> 00:36:59,333
For the report.
666
00:36:59,333 --> 00:37:01,042
Right. Michael.
Michael Harrington.
667
00:37:01,125 --> 00:37:03,625
Uh, oh, in fact...here.
668
00:37:03,708 --> 00:37:06,542
Uh, my cell's on there
so if you need anything,
669
00:37:06,625 --> 00:37:07,917
feel free to give me a call.
670
00:37:09,792 --> 00:37:11,458
I'll do that.
671
00:37:11,542 --> 00:37:12,583
Thank you.
672
00:37:14,708 --> 00:37:16,667
[dramatic music]
673
00:37:37,417 --> 00:37:39,000
I thought we had
an understanding.
674
00:37:43,250 --> 00:37:44,833
He's gonna come back, you know.
675
00:37:44,875 --> 00:37:46,375
Eventually, when that
hiker doesn't show up,
676
00:37:46,458 --> 00:37:48,000
he's gonna come back.
677
00:37:48,083 --> 00:37:49,208
Hey.
678
00:37:50,708 --> 00:37:52,208
I guess you better
get back to work.
679
00:38:09,042 --> 00:38:10,375
[dramatic music]
680
00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:11,833
[Mallory] The lights
reminded her of Christmas.
681
00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:17,708
Only these were the flashing
red and blues of the cop car.
682
00:38:17,792 --> 00:38:20,250
Not the soft white
twinkling teardrops
683
00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:22,542
that decorated every
house on the block.
684
00:38:24,875 --> 00:38:26,333
Gideon kept her head down,
685
00:38:26,417 --> 00:38:28,833
her face tucked
into her fur collar,
686
00:38:28,958 --> 00:38:31,375
as the rough snow, really, ice,
687
00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:33,583
sliced against her face.
688
00:38:35,792 --> 00:38:37,333
Gideon hadn't slept.
689
00:38:37,458 --> 00:38:38,833
She hadn't showered.
690
00:38:38,917 --> 00:38:42,500
Her hair was greasy
and her eyes feral.
691
00:38:42,542 --> 00:38:45,333
Every time she heard the sound
of someone approaching
692
00:38:45,458 --> 00:38:47,875
or felt someone
might be watching,
693
00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,292
her breath caught in her chest.
694
00:38:52,875 --> 00:38:56,708
Even in death,
her nemesis had her on edge.
695
00:38:59,375 --> 00:39:01,667
Gideon reached into her pocket.
696
00:39:01,750 --> 00:39:05,542
She caressed the ivory
handle like a warm lover,
697
00:39:05,625 --> 00:39:07,958
only this lover had a bite.
698
00:39:08,042 --> 00:39:09,583
A deadly one.
699
00:39:21,958 --> 00:39:23,833
[owl hoots]
700
00:39:28,792 --> 00:39:29,667
How's it going?
701
00:39:32,458 --> 00:39:33,750
I'm halfway done.
702
00:39:35,042 --> 00:39:36,333
13th.
703
00:39:36,417 --> 00:39:37,792
-Right on schedule.
-[Mallory] Yeah.
704
00:39:37,875 --> 00:39:39,750
The thing is, usually,
705
00:39:39,833 --> 00:39:42,750
when I'm about
halfway done with a book,
706
00:39:42,875 --> 00:39:46,833
I take a minute to recharge
my creative batteries.
707
00:39:46,958 --> 00:39:48,083
What do you have in mind?
708
00:39:48,167 --> 00:39:49,000
[Mallory] A bottle of wine...
709
00:39:50,208 --> 00:39:51,417
and a nice dinner.
710
00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:54,208
Anything else, Your Highness?
711
00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:55,917
You want a book in three weeks?
712
00:39:56,042 --> 00:39:57,750
This is my process.
713
00:39:59,042 --> 00:40:00,042
Why not.
714
00:40:04,625 --> 00:40:05,833
Mind if I freshen up?
715
00:40:07,708 --> 00:40:09,500
I'll call you when it's ready.
716
00:40:09,583 --> 00:40:11,625
[suspenseful music]
717
00:40:51,667 --> 00:40:53,125
You look beautiful.
718
00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:54,417
[scoffs]
719
00:40:56,542 --> 00:40:58,083
Something smells amazing.
720
00:40:59,708 --> 00:41:01,333
Yes. Uh,
721
00:41:01,375 --> 00:41:04,417
seared brook trout
with sage and thyme.
722
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:07,542
-Hmm.
-Please, sit.
723
00:41:07,667 --> 00:41:10,500
[upbeat music playing]
724
00:41:26,625 --> 00:41:28,583
I know it doesn't go
with the meal
725
00:41:29,750 --> 00:41:31,000
but I can't be too careful.
726
00:41:36,375 --> 00:41:37,458
[sighs]
727
00:41:40,917 --> 00:41:42,000
How is it?
728
00:41:42,167 --> 00:41:43,208
-Hmm.
-Be honest.
729
00:41:44,208 --> 00:41:46,792
I had no idea you were
so talented in the kitchen.
730
00:41:46,875 --> 00:41:47,833
[Michael laughs]
731
00:41:47,875 --> 00:41:49,792
One of my first clients
wrote cookbooks.
732
00:41:49,875 --> 00:41:50,875
Hmm.
733
00:41:53,125 --> 00:41:54,833
I'm not oblivious, Mal.
734
00:41:54,917 --> 00:41:57,792
I know how much you must
loathe me right now.
735
00:41:58,958 --> 00:42:00,792
I think we're way past that,
Michael.
736
00:42:02,083 --> 00:42:03,500
I can't say I blame you.
737
00:42:04,750 --> 00:42:06,333
This isn't exactly
how I envisioned
738
00:42:06,375 --> 00:42:07,500
our partnership ending.
739
00:42:07,583 --> 00:42:09,917
Don't pretend
this was inevitable.
740
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,000
It's beneath you.
741
00:42:11,083 --> 00:42:12,125
Oh, I suppose not.
742
00:42:12,208 --> 00:42:14,875
We all make choices
we have to live with.
743
00:42:18,042 --> 00:42:21,375
You know, in a strange way,
this reminds me of the old days.
744
00:42:21,458 --> 00:42:23,333
-The old days?
-[Michael] Mmm-hmm.
745
00:42:24,292 --> 00:42:28,000
When we first started working
together, our first Gideon book.
746
00:42:28,083 --> 00:42:31,208
[laughs] All those hours I spent
pacing around your office,
747
00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:33,583
encouraging you, reassuring you,
748
00:42:33,667 --> 00:42:36,500
offering my opinion
on every new page.
749
00:42:36,542 --> 00:42:38,833
That was a long time ago.
750
00:42:38,917 --> 00:42:39,917
Yeah, it was.
751
00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:42,042
It really was.
752
00:42:44,958 --> 00:42:46,333
Something wrong with your wine?
753
00:42:46,500 --> 00:42:48,458
Oh. Hmm.
754
00:42:48,542 --> 00:42:50,750
Don't get me wrong,
I love cabernet, but...
755
00:42:50,833 --> 00:42:52,792
-But?
-[Mallory] It's fish.
756
00:42:54,292 --> 00:42:56,083
I don't suppose you have...
757
00:42:57,292 --> 00:42:58,208
white wine?
758
00:43:02,208 --> 00:43:03,083
You're right.
759
00:43:04,458 --> 00:43:06,500
I have just the thing.
760
00:43:06,625 --> 00:43:08,250
[laughs]
761
00:43:08,333 --> 00:43:09,833
In addition to their cold cuts,
762
00:43:09,917 --> 00:43:13,250
that little market has
a surprisingly eclectic
763
00:43:13,333 --> 00:43:14,417
selection of wine.
764
00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:15,667
Oh.
765
00:43:15,792 --> 00:43:18,000
This particular sauvignon
766
00:43:18,083 --> 00:43:20,917
was imported from the
Upper Loire Valley of France.
767
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:21,958
[Mallory] Oh.
768
00:43:23,375 --> 00:43:25,083
[Michael] Very, very nice.
769
00:43:25,167 --> 00:43:26,208
Hmm.
770
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:37,458
You're not having any?
771
00:43:37,542 --> 00:43:38,750
No, no, no.
772
00:43:38,833 --> 00:43:40,292
I prefer the red.
773
00:43:40,375 --> 00:43:41,333
Hmm.
774
00:43:41,417 --> 00:43:42,583
More for me then.
775
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:47,292
To Gideon.
776
00:43:47,375 --> 00:43:48,583
To Gideon.
777
00:43:56,042 --> 00:43:57,583
[wine pours]
778
00:43:57,667 --> 00:43:59,250
[tense music]
779
00:44:05,042 --> 00:44:06,125
[thud]
780
00:44:10,958 --> 00:44:11,833
Mallory...
781
00:44:13,042 --> 00:44:17,083
I know you well enough to know
you never drink white wine.
782
00:44:18,250 --> 00:44:19,833
How much was in there?
783
00:44:19,875 --> 00:44:22,000
Enough to kill me
or just knock me out?
784
00:44:24,167 --> 00:44:26,625
Go back to work
before I seriously start
785
00:44:26,708 --> 00:44:28,708
considering repercussions.
786
00:44:45,833 --> 00:44:47,917
-[doors slams]
-[sniffles]
787
00:45:00,208 --> 00:45:01,333
[exhales]
788
00:45:16,042 --> 00:45:18,625
It was Vargas who pulled her
out of that orphanage,
789
00:45:18,708 --> 00:45:20,583
who had recognized her talents
790
00:45:20,667 --> 00:45:22,500
and who had honed her skills.
791
00:45:22,583 --> 00:45:25,167
And it was Vargas
who had betrayed her.
792
00:45:26,167 --> 00:45:27,833
In the end,
her training was more important
793
00:45:27,875 --> 00:45:29,500
than her relationships.
794
00:45:29,583 --> 00:45:31,500
If and when the time came,
795
00:45:31,583 --> 00:45:33,375
Gideon knew she would
have to kill him,
796
00:45:34,542 --> 00:45:35,833
and she also knew
797
00:45:36,750 --> 00:45:38,083
she wouldn't hesitate.
798
00:45:51,667 --> 00:45:52,917
I was wondering when
you're gonna come out.
799
00:46:01,208 --> 00:46:03,000
I don't know
why you're so angry.
800
00:46:03,083 --> 00:46:05,042
You're the one
who tried to poison me.
801
00:46:08,542 --> 00:46:09,792
[sighs]
802
00:46:16,833 --> 00:46:19,000
That writing cabinet
belonged to my grandfather.
803
00:46:20,708 --> 00:46:22,500
He was a writer.
Did I ever tell you that?
804
00:46:22,583 --> 00:46:24,667
Uh-uh.
805
00:46:24,750 --> 00:46:26,625
[Michael]
Dime store novels mostly.
806
00:46:26,708 --> 00:46:29,042
Never really had
any big successes.
807
00:46:29,125 --> 00:46:30,875
Neither did my father
for that matter.
808
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:34,458
I just figured if...
809
00:46:34,542 --> 00:46:36,375
I didn't have any talent,
810
00:46:36,375 --> 00:46:39,042
why not do the deals
for the people who did?
811
00:46:43,083 --> 00:46:44,167
Wait.
812
00:46:55,167 --> 00:46:56,792
Why'd you really come out here?
813
00:46:58,750 --> 00:47:02,792
Well, actually,
I did have a request.
814
00:47:04,375 --> 00:47:06,583
-Go on.
-I need to do some research.
815
00:47:06,708 --> 00:47:08,792
-Your desk is in the library.
-You don't have what I need.
816
00:47:08,875 --> 00:47:10,750
-And what is that?
-The internet.
817
00:47:10,833 --> 00:47:13,000
[chuckles] I don't think so.
818
00:47:13,042 --> 00:47:14,875
-It's important.
-You'll just have to make do.
819
00:47:14,958 --> 00:47:16,417
[Mallory] It's just a browser.
820
00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:18,667
What am I supposed
to do with a browser?
821
00:47:18,708 --> 00:47:20,292
Oh, I don't know. Let's see.
822
00:47:20,375 --> 00:47:22,375
Maybe you send an email
from a website,
823
00:47:22,458 --> 00:47:25,208
post something in a chat room
or on a message board.
824
00:47:26,417 --> 00:47:27,458
Yeah, that's what I thought.
825
00:47:29,125 --> 00:47:31,458
This is the only
connection you have
826
00:47:31,542 --> 00:47:34,458
to the outside world,
and you are not getting it.
827
00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:39,417
Fine.
828
00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:41,083
I guess I'll just have to...
829
00:47:42,125 --> 00:47:43,375
make do.
830
00:47:43,500 --> 00:47:45,208
I guess so.
831
00:47:50,750 --> 00:47:51,958
[door squeaks, slams]
832
00:47:54,542 --> 00:47:56,375
[sighs]
833
00:48:07,208 --> 00:48:08,167
[phone chimes]
834
00:48:12,542 --> 00:48:14,083
[Michael] Attagirl, Wendy.
835
00:48:14,167 --> 00:48:17,042
Start stoking that interest.
836
00:48:19,458 --> 00:48:20,708
[news reporter]
Mallory's longtime publisher,
837
00:48:20,833 --> 00:48:22,167
Wendy Brouchard,
838
00:48:22,250 --> 00:48:23,833
hinted on an earnings
call this morning
839
00:48:23,958 --> 00:48:25,708
that prior to her recent death,
840
00:48:25,792 --> 00:48:27,833
hit mystery writer,
Mallory Dearborn,
841
00:48:27,917 --> 00:48:29,958
may actually have completed
one last title
842
00:48:30,042 --> 00:48:31,833
in her bestselling
Gideon Snow series.
843
00:48:31,917 --> 00:48:33,833
[chuckles]
844
00:48:33,917 --> 00:48:35,667
[news reporter]
According to her longtime agent,
845
00:48:35,708 --> 00:48:37,375
Michael Harrington,
there was indeed
846
00:48:37,458 --> 00:48:40,000
an unpublished Gideon Snow
manuscript discovered,
847
00:48:40,083 --> 00:48:42,000
along with other
partially completed works
848
00:48:42,125 --> 00:48:44,000
at Dearborn's residence.
849
00:48:44,083 --> 00:48:46,375
While no publication date
has been officially announced,
850
00:48:46,375 --> 00:48:49,167
Dearborn's fan base would
no doubt be excited to see
851
00:48:49,250 --> 00:48:52,542
the legendary detective
in action one last time.
852
00:49:02,625 --> 00:49:04,083
I'm most excited that,
853
00:49:04,167 --> 00:49:05,917
because the mystery
is so personal,
854
00:49:05,917 --> 00:49:07,875
this new novel
shows a side of Gideon
855
00:49:07,958 --> 00:49:09,750
that readers
have never seen before.
856
00:49:09,833 --> 00:49:11,458
And, so far,
the reaction from fans
857
00:49:11,542 --> 00:49:13,000
has been very positive,
858
00:49:13,083 --> 00:49:15,167
which frankly is all
I could ever hope for.
859
00:49:15,250 --> 00:49:16,500
[news anchor]
Speaking of the fans,
860
00:49:16,583 --> 00:49:18,292
is there any chance
you can give us a little hint
861
00:49:18,375 --> 00:49:19,958
of Gideon's next big mystery?
862
00:49:20,083 --> 00:49:21,167
[Mallory] I wish I could.
863
00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:22,917
The thing is I never write
864
00:49:23,042 --> 00:49:24,333
more than one book at a time.
865
00:49:24,458 --> 00:49:26,375
I never wanna give
my fans anything
866
00:49:26,375 --> 00:49:28,333
less than a hundred
percent of my effort.
867
00:49:28,417 --> 00:49:31,000
So I usually take
about a month off
868
00:49:31,042 --> 00:49:33,542
after publication
to gauge their reaction
869
00:49:33,625 --> 00:49:35,167
before I can even think about
870
00:49:35,208 --> 00:49:37,333
writing another book.
871
00:49:37,417 --> 00:49:39,083
[rewinds]
872
00:49:39,167 --> 00:49:41,292
So I usually take
about a month off
873
00:49:41,375 --> 00:49:43,917
after publication
to gauge their reaction
874
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:45,417
before I can even think about
875
00:49:45,542 --> 00:49:46,750
writing another book.
876
00:49:46,833 --> 00:49:49,667
[suspenseful music]
877
00:50:02,375 --> 00:50:03,958
[sighs]
878
00:50:14,875 --> 00:50:16,042
Black?
879
00:50:16,125 --> 00:50:17,250
Obviously.
880
00:50:19,708 --> 00:50:22,208
With no extra ingredients?
881
00:50:22,292 --> 00:50:24,750
Just good
old-fashioned caffeine.
882
00:50:27,375 --> 00:50:28,667
[sighs]
883
00:50:30,833 --> 00:50:32,417
Thank you.
884
00:50:32,542 --> 00:50:33,667
Sit.
885
00:50:45,875 --> 00:50:47,167
[clears throat]
886
00:50:47,250 --> 00:50:49,167
Can I ask you a question?
887
00:50:49,208 --> 00:50:51,500
Guess you could call me
a captive audience.
888
00:50:54,042 --> 00:50:56,708
When you decided to stop
writing your Gideon books,
889
00:50:57,875 --> 00:51:00,167
did you ever consider how
it might affect other people?
890
00:51:00,250 --> 00:51:01,917
Of course, I did.
891
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:03,167
[Michael] And?
892
00:51:03,292 --> 00:51:04,875
And I figured I could always
893
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:06,333
just pay Gideon a visit
894
00:51:06,375 --> 00:51:07,833
somewhere down
the line, you know,
895
00:51:07,917 --> 00:51:09,167
when the timing was right
896
00:51:09,208 --> 00:51:11,000
and I hoped that my readers
897
00:51:11,125 --> 00:51:12,625
would be understanding
898
00:51:12,708 --> 00:51:15,333
of my desire
to try something different.
899
00:51:15,417 --> 00:51:17,375
I wasn't talking
about your readers.
900
00:51:18,708 --> 00:51:21,208
Tell me, if I hadn't found you
901
00:51:21,292 --> 00:51:23,500
in that mystery bookstore,
where would you be?
902
00:51:23,542 --> 00:51:26,125
I think we both benefited
over the years, don't you?
903
00:51:26,208 --> 00:51:28,375
And the years to come?
What about those?
904
00:51:30,208 --> 00:51:31,333
Where are you going?
905
00:51:32,667 --> 00:51:35,500
Do you want your book
before Christmas or not?
906
00:51:37,458 --> 00:51:39,375
[dramatic music]
907
00:51:43,625 --> 00:51:45,542
[phone rings]
908
00:51:46,875 --> 00:51:48,792
[phone vibrates]
909
00:51:51,375 --> 00:51:52,708
Wendy?
910
00:51:52,792 --> 00:51:54,250
I was just thinking about you.
911
00:51:54,375 --> 00:51:56,542
Yeah. Great, great,
great, great. Yeah.
912
00:51:56,625 --> 00:51:59,667
No, I'm really excited
about this manuscript.
913
00:51:59,792 --> 00:52:02,667
It has the potential
to be a real game changer.
914
00:52:04,500 --> 00:52:07,583
Tell them they have
nothing to worry about.
915
00:52:07,667 --> 00:52:08,833
You got my word.
916
00:52:10,417 --> 00:52:13,083
Trust me, it's gonna keep
readers guessing
917
00:52:13,167 --> 00:52:15,208
from start to finish.
918
00:52:16,250 --> 00:52:18,500
I know. I know. And you will.
919
00:52:18,542 --> 00:52:20,083
But you wouldn't wanna
open your present
920
00:52:20,167 --> 00:52:21,625
before Christmas morning,
would you?
921
00:52:22,875 --> 00:52:24,417
You won't regret this one.
922
00:52:24,500 --> 00:52:26,375
I'm confident this
book has all the elements
923
00:52:26,458 --> 00:52:29,208
to be Gideon's
bestselling novel yet.
924
00:52:30,375 --> 00:52:31,333
Okay.
925
00:52:31,417 --> 00:52:32,792
Bye.
926
00:52:39,833 --> 00:52:41,167
A little bit jumpy?
927
00:52:41,292 --> 00:52:42,750
I'm always
jumpy when I'm writing.
928
00:52:43,750 --> 00:52:45,708
You'll never guess
who just called me.
929
00:52:47,208 --> 00:52:49,708
-[Mallory] Who?
-Wendy Brouchard.
930
00:52:49,792 --> 00:52:52,000
Seems everyone at the company
is thrilled about the new book.
931
00:52:52,042 --> 00:52:53,500
[Mallory]
It's great news, right?
932
00:52:53,583 --> 00:52:55,750
The sooner this is over,
the sooner we can...
933
00:52:57,042 --> 00:52:59,542
go back to our lives, right?
934
00:53:00,708 --> 00:53:01,958
Yeah.
935
00:53:02,042 --> 00:53:03,500
Of course. Of course.
936
00:53:03,542 --> 00:53:04,750
Something wrong?
937
00:53:05,708 --> 00:53:08,417
Now, I know this
hasn't been easy for you.
938
00:53:08,500 --> 00:53:09,875
To tell you the truth,
it hasn't exactly been
939
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:11,333
a picnic for me either.
940
00:53:11,375 --> 00:53:12,917
If you're looking
for sympathy from me--
941
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:15,333
No. [laughs]
I know better than that.
942
00:53:16,542 --> 00:53:19,208
But I am gonna have to go back
into the city tomorrow
943
00:53:19,292 --> 00:53:20,875
to meet with Wendy
about the new book,
944
00:53:20,875 --> 00:53:22,167
which means unfortunately--
945
00:53:22,250 --> 00:53:23,625
You're gonna have to lock me up.
946
00:53:23,708 --> 00:53:25,167
Just for a few hours.
947
00:53:25,292 --> 00:53:26,792
Unless you have
a better suggestion.
948
00:53:26,875 --> 00:53:28,833
I can promise you I won't leave.
949
00:53:28,875 --> 00:53:30,792
[laugh]
950
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:33,583
That's funny.
951
00:53:33,667 --> 00:53:35,792
At least, you haven't lost
your sense of humor.
952
00:53:35,917 --> 00:53:40,083
Oh, is there, uh, anything
I can bring back for you?
953
00:53:40,167 --> 00:53:42,167
I'd settle
for your head on a spike.
954
00:53:42,250 --> 00:53:43,833
Yeah.
955
00:53:43,917 --> 00:53:45,375
You know, I was thinking,
956
00:53:45,458 --> 00:53:47,667
there's no reason
this has to be a one-off.
957
00:53:48,708 --> 00:53:53,042
Maybe there's another
Gideon novel in there somewhere.
958
00:53:53,167 --> 00:53:54,083
Don't push it.
959
00:53:54,167 --> 00:53:55,375
Hmm.
960
00:53:55,458 --> 00:53:57,542
We can think about it.
961
00:53:57,625 --> 00:53:58,875
[chuckles]
962
00:54:01,833 --> 00:54:03,667
[sighs]
963
00:54:03,750 --> 00:54:05,708
[ominous music]
964
00:54:12,333 --> 00:54:13,625
[bell rings]
965
00:54:15,625 --> 00:54:18,500
[Carrie] Hi. Uh, my name
is Carrie Addison.
966
00:54:18,583 --> 00:54:20,208
I'm the host of a--of a podcast
967
00:54:20,333 --> 00:54:22,417
about, um, mystery writers.
968
00:54:22,542 --> 00:54:25,250
I'm writing a piece about
the life of Mallory Dearborn,
969
00:54:25,333 --> 00:54:26,958
and she mentioned
in an interview
970
00:54:27,042 --> 00:54:28,375
that you two were close.
971
00:54:28,500 --> 00:54:29,958
After the news of her death,
972
00:54:30,042 --> 00:54:31,333
you wrote on your socials
973
00:54:31,417 --> 00:54:33,208
that you went
to college together.
974
00:54:34,167 --> 00:54:36,667
No. It's Mystery Maven,
975
00:54:36,750 --> 00:54:39,042
M-A-V-E-N.
976
00:54:39,125 --> 00:54:40,917
Yeah, you got it.
977
00:54:43,833 --> 00:54:45,667
How long were you
and Mallory neighbors?
978
00:54:45,708 --> 00:54:47,667
When was the last time
you saw Mallory?
979
00:54:47,792 --> 00:54:49,333
Did she ever mention
writing books
980
00:54:49,375 --> 00:54:51,583
that maybe
hadn't been published?
981
00:54:54,333 --> 00:54:56,375
Really? No more Gideon books?
982
00:54:57,375 --> 00:54:59,542
No, I had no idea.
983
00:54:59,625 --> 00:55:02,500
Sorry. Uh, just one
last question.
984
00:55:03,667 --> 00:55:08,292
Does anyone know exactly
how Mallory died?
985
00:55:08,375 --> 00:55:09,542
[phone ringing]
986
00:55:16,417 --> 00:55:17,875
Well, from what I'm reading,
987
00:55:17,958 --> 00:55:19,292
the buzz is building.
988
00:55:19,375 --> 00:55:21,750
[Wendy] Well,
that's what buzz does.
989
00:55:21,833 --> 00:55:24,792
I learned Mallory
certainly was special.
990
00:55:24,875 --> 00:55:26,583
Yeah.
991
00:55:26,667 --> 00:55:29,417
We're all devastated
about her death, Michael.
992
00:55:29,542 --> 00:55:32,500
But from a business perspective,
993
00:55:32,542 --> 00:55:35,375
a posthumous novel
is a literary grand slam.
994
00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:37,500
So let's play ball.
995
00:55:38,875 --> 00:55:42,292
Well, I have to ask.
996
00:55:43,750 --> 00:55:45,000
What?
997
00:55:45,083 --> 00:55:46,833
You just happened to find it?
998
00:55:47,875 --> 00:55:49,917
Yeah. Uh, when I was going
through her files.
999
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:52,167
There's actually quite
a bit of material in there.
1000
00:55:52,208 --> 00:55:53,583
Most of it unfinished,
of course.
1001
00:55:53,708 --> 00:55:56,083
That's a little surprising, no?
1002
00:55:56,167 --> 00:55:57,417
Why?
1003
00:55:57,542 --> 00:55:58,708
Because she never
mentioned it to you.
1004
00:55:58,792 --> 00:56:00,500
Wendy, I'm her agent,
not her priest.
1005
00:56:00,583 --> 00:56:02,167
There's lots
of aspects of her life
1006
00:56:02,208 --> 00:56:03,917
that I wasn't aware of.
1007
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:05,458
So you're sure it's genuine?
1008
00:56:05,542 --> 00:56:07,458
[Michael] Positive.
1009
00:56:07,542 --> 00:56:09,333
Like you said,
no one can write like her.
1010
00:56:09,417 --> 00:56:11,042
[Wendy] Okay. Well,
1011
00:56:11,125 --> 00:56:13,375
to build on this momentum,
1012
00:56:13,458 --> 00:56:15,667
I have to insist on something
before Christmas.
1013
00:56:15,750 --> 00:56:17,625
[exhales] That's a week away.
1014
00:56:17,708 --> 00:56:19,667
Well, that shouldn't be
a problem, considering
1015
00:56:19,750 --> 00:56:21,708
you already have
the book in hand.
1016
00:56:23,167 --> 00:56:25,042
Of course.
You'll have it by then.
1017
00:56:25,125 --> 00:56:26,083
Wonderful.
1018
00:56:27,125 --> 00:56:30,542
So I assume that contract terms
are satisfactory,
1019
00:56:30,625 --> 00:56:32,875
but, of course,
I'll wait to hear from council.
1020
00:56:32,958 --> 00:56:34,333
The advance is yours,
1021
00:56:34,417 --> 00:56:36,500
along with the usual
percentage of sales.
1022
00:56:36,542 --> 00:56:38,292
It's a Christmas miracle.
1023
00:56:38,375 --> 00:56:41,792
Hmm. And who knows,
1024
00:56:41,875 --> 00:56:44,208
Mallory has a few storage units
that haven't been opened yet.
1025
00:56:44,292 --> 00:56:45,667
Maybe there's another
completed Gideon
1026
00:56:45,750 --> 00:56:47,042
manuscript in there somewhere.
1027
00:56:47,167 --> 00:56:49,583
Wouldn't that be a great way
to start the New Year?
1028
00:56:49,667 --> 00:56:50,792
Couldn't agree more.
1029
00:56:55,167 --> 00:56:56,167
[sighs]
1030
00:56:56,208 --> 00:56:58,167
[ominous music]
1031
00:57:04,500 --> 00:57:06,625
[footsteps]
1032
00:57:11,167 --> 00:57:13,083
-How'd it go?
-[Michael] Great.
1033
00:57:13,208 --> 00:57:16,167
In fact, Wendy wants
the new manuscript by Christmas
1034
00:57:16,208 --> 00:57:18,875
so they can capitalize on...
1035
00:57:21,125 --> 00:57:22,583
the success
1036
00:57:22,667 --> 00:57:24,500
of the last Gideon book.
1037
00:57:24,625 --> 00:57:26,292
[Mallory] I'm not
a machine, Michael.
1038
00:57:26,375 --> 00:57:28,208
You can force me to write
1039
00:57:28,333 --> 00:57:30,833
but you can't force me
to write faster.
1040
00:57:35,458 --> 00:57:38,333
Mallory, I wouldn't
have agreed to it
1041
00:57:38,375 --> 00:57:40,375
if I didn't believe in you.
1042
00:57:40,500 --> 00:57:42,583
I guess I better
get back to work then.
1043
00:57:45,750 --> 00:57:48,458
Wouldn't wanna disappoint
Wendy, would we?
1044
00:58:01,208 --> 00:58:02,583
After you.
1045
00:58:05,625 --> 00:58:06,708
Lead the way.
1046
00:58:08,375 --> 00:58:09,667
Sure.
1047
00:58:24,667 --> 00:58:26,750
[suspenseful music]
1048
00:58:26,833 --> 00:58:28,042
[grunts]
1049
00:58:30,542 --> 00:58:31,917
Drop it, Mallory.
1050
00:58:33,208 --> 00:58:35,042
Drop it.
1051
00:58:36,958 --> 00:58:40,583
-[grunts]
-You think I'm that naive, hmm?
1052
00:58:40,708 --> 00:58:41,583
After everything
I've done for you,
1053
00:58:41,708 --> 00:58:43,000
this is how you repay me?
1054
00:58:43,042 --> 00:58:44,833
-Everything you've done?
-Because of me,
1055
00:58:44,917 --> 00:58:47,167
your fans are gonna have
a very Merry Christmas.
1056
00:58:47,167 --> 00:58:48,792
My fans think I'm dead.
1057
00:58:50,500 --> 00:58:51,875
It's true, isn't it?
1058
00:58:54,125 --> 00:58:55,042
How did you...
1059
00:58:56,875 --> 00:58:58,042
How!
1060
00:59:00,458 --> 00:59:02,750
You disabled
the Wi-Fi in the house,
1061
00:59:02,833 --> 00:59:04,375
but not your phone's hotspot,
1062
00:59:04,458 --> 00:59:05,833
which becomes active
1063
00:59:05,875 --> 00:59:07,542
whenever you connect
to a nearby tower,
1064
00:59:07,625 --> 00:59:10,000
say to answer a call
from Wendy Brouchard.
1065
00:59:10,083 --> 00:59:12,042
You didn't even
password protect it.
1066
00:59:12,167 --> 00:59:15,042
All I had to do was search
for devices that were connected.
1067
00:59:15,167 --> 00:59:17,625
So to answer your question
from earlier,
1068
00:59:17,708 --> 00:59:21,792
yes, I really do think
you're that naive.
1069
00:59:23,458 --> 00:59:24,542
[grunts]
1070
00:59:28,875 --> 00:59:30,208
[grunts]
1071
00:59:37,958 --> 00:59:39,292
[Mallory] You're gonna kill me.
1072
00:59:40,792 --> 00:59:43,000
After all, it wouldn't do you
any good to have me show up
1073
00:59:43,083 --> 00:59:46,583
after you've published
my posthumous novel, would it?
1074
00:59:48,667 --> 00:59:50,125
I am curious though,
1075
00:59:50,208 --> 00:59:52,417
how many posthumous novels
do you think
1076
00:59:52,500 --> 00:59:54,625
my agent can miraculously dig up
1077
00:59:54,708 --> 00:59:57,750
before people start
asking questions?
1078
00:59:57,875 --> 00:59:59,292
One?
1079
00:59:59,375 --> 01:00:01,000
Two?
1080
01:00:01,083 --> 01:00:03,833
Who's to say you didn't
fake your own death?
1081
01:00:03,875 --> 01:00:05,958
Your fans know how
much you value your privacy.
1082
01:00:07,042 --> 01:00:09,833
The world is smarter than that.
1083
01:00:09,917 --> 01:00:12,417
I know it, and deep down inside,
1084
01:00:12,542 --> 01:00:13,833
you know it too.
1085
01:00:13,875 --> 01:00:16,542
Just like you also know
1086
01:00:16,625 --> 01:00:18,833
that somewhere deep inside
1087
01:00:18,917 --> 01:00:21,333
that hollow pit you call a soul,
1088
01:00:21,458 --> 01:00:24,167
that one day, maybe not today,
1089
01:00:24,292 --> 01:00:25,667
maybe not tomorrow,
1090
01:00:25,792 --> 01:00:27,833
but soon you,
Michael Harrington,
1091
01:00:27,917 --> 01:00:29,708
will have to get those manicured
1092
01:00:29,792 --> 01:00:32,333
Ivy League hands dirty.
1093
01:00:35,250 --> 01:00:38,250
Wanna play the victim, hmm?
1094
01:00:38,333 --> 01:00:41,000
Fine. Let's play victim.
1095
01:00:41,042 --> 01:00:42,250
[grunts]
1096
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:47,375
Let's see how spending
the rest of the day
1097
01:00:47,458 --> 01:00:49,083
chained up affects
your gratitude.
1098
01:00:49,083 --> 01:00:51,167
-What about your deadline?
-I'll bring your laptop.
1099
01:00:51,167 --> 01:00:52,458
-Wait. Wait.
-What?
1100
01:00:52,542 --> 01:00:53,625
I have eaten.
1101
01:00:53,708 --> 01:00:54,958
You're lucky
if I give you water.
1102
01:00:55,042 --> 01:00:56,792
How am I supposed to write
if I don't have energy?
1103
01:00:58,667 --> 01:00:59,792
Hurry up.
1104
01:01:04,667 --> 01:01:07,417
Oh, oh, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
1105
01:01:07,500 --> 01:01:09,167
Fool me once.
1106
01:01:09,250 --> 01:01:10,667
How am I supposed
to use the butter?
1107
01:01:10,750 --> 01:01:12,125
Not my problem.
1108
01:01:18,167 --> 01:01:19,208
[birds chirping]
1109
01:01:25,167 --> 01:01:26,083
[sighs]
1110
01:01:48,500 --> 01:01:49,917
[engine starts]
1111
01:01:59,375 --> 01:02:01,250
[pants]
1112
01:02:03,417 --> 01:02:04,708
[grunts]
1113
01:02:17,292 --> 01:02:20,375
[Christmas music playing
over radio]
1114
01:02:22,625 --> 01:02:25,750
[suspenseful music]
1115
01:02:29,417 --> 01:02:30,750
[grunts]
1116
01:02:34,708 --> 01:02:36,875
[pants]
1117
01:02:53,833 --> 01:02:56,208
[singer] ♪ One that
can open and shut its eyes ♪
1118
01:02:56,208 --> 01:02:57,333
♪ Ho, ho, ho...
1119
01:02:57,417 --> 01:02:58,917
Wallet.
1120
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:01,083
[singer] ♪ Ho, ho, ho,
who wouldn't go? ♪
1121
01:03:02,333 --> 01:03:03,792
[sighs]
1122
01:03:09,500 --> 01:03:11,125
What am I gonna do with that?
1123
01:03:12,292 --> 01:03:13,458
What am I...
1124
01:03:15,583 --> 01:03:16,917
[sighs]
1125
01:03:18,333 --> 01:03:20,542
[pants]
1126
01:03:20,542 --> 01:03:23,417
[suspenseful music]
1127
01:03:38,958 --> 01:03:40,458
[keys rattles]
1128
01:03:58,500 --> 01:03:59,583
[blows]
1129
01:04:10,375 --> 01:04:13,250
[pants]
1130
01:04:53,250 --> 01:04:56,167
[footsteps]
1131
01:05:32,875 --> 01:05:34,542
[sighs]
1132
01:05:38,208 --> 01:05:40,167
-[Carrie] Ms. Bouchard.
-Can I help you?
1133
01:05:40,208 --> 01:05:41,667
My name is Carrie Addison,
1134
01:05:41,792 --> 01:05:44,000
and I was hoping to speak
with you for just a few minutes.
1135
01:05:44,125 --> 01:05:47,167
Unfortunately,
you caught me on my way out.
1136
01:05:47,250 --> 01:05:48,625
It's about Mallory Dearborn.
1137
01:05:48,708 --> 01:05:50,583
In an interview just
a few months before she died,
1138
01:05:50,667 --> 01:05:54,125
she said she only writes
one Gideon book at a time.
1139
01:05:54,208 --> 01:05:56,333
-Okay.
-She said she always waits
1140
01:05:56,375 --> 01:05:58,667
to see the fan's reaction,
so she takes a month off
1141
01:05:58,667 --> 01:06:01,458
after publishing a book
before starting a new one.
1142
01:06:01,542 --> 01:06:03,750
Is there a question
in there somewhere?
1143
01:06:03,833 --> 01:06:08,708
Yes. It's just that if the book
had only just been published
1144
01:06:08,792 --> 01:06:10,792
right before she died.
1145
01:06:10,875 --> 01:06:12,167
How can there be another one?
1146
01:06:12,250 --> 01:06:14,500
Look, Carrie, I have no idea
1147
01:06:14,542 --> 01:06:16,417
what interview
you're referring to,
1148
01:06:16,542 --> 01:06:20,042
but I assure you
there is another book.
1149
01:06:20,125 --> 01:06:23,167
Now, if you don't mind...
1150
01:06:23,292 --> 01:06:25,000
I don't suppose
you could at least tell me
1151
01:06:25,083 --> 01:06:27,500
how to find Michael Harrington.
1152
01:06:27,583 --> 01:06:30,875
I just wanna find out more
about what is going on.
1153
01:06:30,958 --> 01:06:32,917
I don't have
that information on me.
1154
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:34,625
And even if I did,
1155
01:06:34,708 --> 01:06:37,292
I wouldn't be allowed
to share it with you.
1156
01:06:37,417 --> 01:06:39,125
Right. Sorry.
1157
01:06:39,917 --> 01:06:42,000
And don't bug Evelyn!
1158
01:06:43,583 --> 01:06:48,333
Evelyn. Evelyn, Evelyn,
Evelyn, Evelyn, Evelyn.
1159
01:06:58,208 --> 01:07:00,125
Hello. Can I help you?
1160
01:07:00,208 --> 01:07:03,083
Yes. Um, I'm here to see
Wendy Brouchard's assistant.
1161
01:07:03,167 --> 01:07:05,750
Do you mean, Jane?
1162
01:07:05,833 --> 01:07:08,417
-Evelyn?
-Right. My mistake.
1163
01:07:09,875 --> 01:07:11,292
Evelyn, someone to see you.
1164
01:07:15,833 --> 01:07:17,167
[sighs]
1165
01:07:17,292 --> 01:07:18,333
[Evelyn clears throat]
1166
01:07:18,500 --> 01:07:19,417
Can I help you?
1167
01:07:19,500 --> 01:07:20,750
Hi. Evelyn?
1168
01:07:20,833 --> 01:07:22,167
-Hi.
-I'm Carrie Addison.
1169
01:07:22,250 --> 01:07:23,917
Uh, Carrie's Cakes.
1170
01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:26,000
Um, Wendy Bouchard ordered one
1171
01:07:26,083 --> 01:07:28,458
of our Christmas cookie cakes,
1172
01:07:28,458 --> 01:07:31,625
uh, for a Michael Harrington.
1173
01:07:32,583 --> 01:07:34,083
She must have done that
on her own.
1174
01:07:34,167 --> 01:07:35,917
-I didn't place any orders.
-I know.
1175
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:38,333
Uh, the thing is though is
I got this cake in the van now
1176
01:07:38,375 --> 01:07:40,083
and this is the only address
she gave me
1177
01:07:40,167 --> 01:07:41,875
as a billing address.
1178
01:07:41,958 --> 01:07:43,208
That sounds like Wendy.
1179
01:07:43,333 --> 01:07:45,417
Um, it would really be
a huge help
1180
01:07:45,500 --> 01:07:48,125
if you could tell me where
this cake is supposed to go.
1181
01:07:49,833 --> 01:07:51,167
He's been spending
most of his time
1182
01:07:51,250 --> 01:07:52,708
at his upstate residence lately.
1183
01:07:55,042 --> 01:07:56,208
I can get you his address.
1184
01:07:56,292 --> 01:07:57,667
That would be great.
1185
01:07:57,708 --> 01:07:58,667
-Uh-hmm.
-Thank you.
1186
01:07:58,750 --> 01:07:59,750
Uh-hmm.
1187
01:08:08,792 --> 01:08:09,667
[suspenseful music]
1188
01:08:10,083 --> 01:08:11,208
[Michael] The warm smiles,
the friendly banter,
1189
01:08:11,208 --> 01:08:12,167
all of which she missed,
1190
01:08:12,542 --> 01:08:15,583
and all of which made her ponder
when the time came,
1191
01:08:15,708 --> 01:08:17,417
would she be able to do
what was necessary
1192
01:08:17,542 --> 01:08:20,167
to solve the greatest
mystery of all,
1193
01:08:20,250 --> 01:08:22,167
the disappearance
of Gideon Snow?
1194
01:08:23,708 --> 01:08:25,333
[exhales]
1195
01:08:27,833 --> 01:08:28,750
Well?
1196
01:08:30,375 --> 01:08:31,750
It's your best yet.
1197
01:08:33,667 --> 01:08:35,292
One more day,
you'll have your book.
1198
01:08:37,208 --> 01:08:39,125
It was never my book, Mal.
1199
01:08:40,125 --> 01:08:42,208
I just provided the inspiration.
1200
01:08:42,292 --> 01:08:43,500
-Right.
-[car approaching]
1201
01:08:45,667 --> 01:08:47,042
[car horn honks]
1202
01:08:47,125 --> 01:08:48,625
Expecting someone?
1203
01:08:50,125 --> 01:08:51,250
No.
1204
01:08:53,625 --> 01:08:54,500
Hi.
1205
01:08:55,875 --> 01:08:57,833
Hi there.
1206
01:08:57,917 --> 01:08:59,583
Uh, Michael was it?
1207
01:08:59,667 --> 01:09:01,667
That's right.
Good morning, sheriff.
1208
01:09:01,750 --> 01:09:03,958
Still have your business card
right here.
1209
01:09:04,042 --> 01:09:06,083
[chuckles]
1210
01:09:06,167 --> 01:09:08,458
I just thought I'd, uh,
1211
01:09:08,542 --> 01:09:11,125
come out and take
another look around,
1212
01:09:11,208 --> 01:09:12,375
if that's okay with you.
1213
01:09:12,458 --> 01:09:14,292
Yeah. I'm glad you did.
1214
01:09:14,375 --> 01:09:16,333
Is there anything
I can help you find?
1215
01:09:16,417 --> 01:09:18,208
Uh, we'll see what we find.
1216
01:09:18,292 --> 01:09:20,333
Well, I don't know
what you're hoping to find.
1217
01:09:20,417 --> 01:09:23,667
It's been too darn cold out here
to do much of anything lately.
1218
01:09:23,792 --> 01:09:24,833
[chuckles]
1219
01:09:28,708 --> 01:09:31,208
[Sheriff Hill]
Been doing some digging, huh?
1220
01:09:32,375 --> 01:09:34,458
[Michael] What?
You mean my compost pit?
1221
01:09:34,542 --> 01:09:37,750
It's probably been
like a couple weeks, at least.
1222
01:09:39,208 --> 01:09:40,625
What's this?
1223
01:09:44,833 --> 01:09:46,500
I was looking for that.
1224
01:09:46,625 --> 01:09:48,792
It must have fallen off
when I was digging.
1225
01:09:57,292 --> 01:09:58,667
Doesn't fit, huh?
1226
01:10:00,792 --> 01:10:01,958
Must be the cold.
1227
01:10:02,042 --> 01:10:03,208
Yeah.
1228
01:10:04,333 --> 01:10:08,667
Speaking of, uh,
mind if we go inside?
1229
01:10:14,708 --> 01:10:19,667
Just isn't Christmas
without a tree, huh?
1230
01:10:19,750 --> 01:10:22,333
A lot of folks
complain about the cold,
1231
01:10:22,417 --> 01:10:26,000
but me, I love
the holiday season up here.
1232
01:10:26,042 --> 01:10:27,333
Yeah. Me too.
1233
01:10:28,500 --> 01:10:31,333
Anyways, uh, we got a call
1234
01:10:31,417 --> 01:10:34,042
about a person that had gone
missing around these parts,
1235
01:10:34,125 --> 01:10:36,708
and that made me think
about that, uh,
1236
01:10:36,792 --> 01:10:39,792
911 call from before.
1237
01:10:39,875 --> 01:10:41,292
Oh?
1238
01:10:41,375 --> 01:10:45,958
A fella named Grant Hudson
from Jersey.
1239
01:10:46,042 --> 01:10:50,542
Sister said he came out to stay
at B and B down the road.
1240
01:10:50,625 --> 01:10:53,375
She hadn't heard from him
in a couple of weeks.
1241
01:10:53,458 --> 01:10:56,458
-Really? Hmm.
-Yeah. I was asking around,
1242
01:10:56,542 --> 01:11:01,375
but it seems
you're the only one home.
1243
01:11:01,458 --> 01:11:05,000
Well, my neighbors are a bunch
of snowbirds, I'm afraid.
1244
01:11:05,083 --> 01:11:06,500
Hmm.
1245
01:11:06,583 --> 01:11:08,333
Well, you wouldn't have happened
1246
01:11:08,333 --> 01:11:11,500
to have seen anyone, have you?
1247
01:11:11,583 --> 01:11:13,917
No. Not since
you were here last.
1248
01:11:15,458 --> 01:11:16,917
That's what I figured...
1249
01:11:18,208 --> 01:11:19,917
or else she would have called.
1250
01:11:22,500 --> 01:11:23,458
Huh.
1251
01:11:27,542 --> 01:11:29,000
[sighs]
1252
01:11:33,167 --> 01:11:34,292
One of your authors?
1253
01:11:34,375 --> 01:11:35,667
One of my best.
1254
01:11:37,375 --> 01:11:39,000
I'll have to pick up
one of her books
1255
01:11:39,125 --> 01:11:40,625
when I have the time.
1256
01:11:40,708 --> 01:11:42,542
I'll tell you what, Sheriff,
why don't you take that one?
1257
01:11:42,625 --> 01:11:44,792
-Oh, no, no.
-No. Come on. I insist.
1258
01:11:44,875 --> 01:11:47,792
-It's an early Christmas gift.
-Thank you.
1259
01:11:47,875 --> 01:11:49,750
Yeah, in fact, she's working
on a new one right now.
1260
01:11:49,875 --> 01:11:50,833
Ah.
1261
01:11:51,875 --> 01:11:55,792
Well, uh, I hate to say it
but I gotta get back to work.
1262
01:11:57,875 --> 01:12:01,500
Well, I thought
you came up here to relax.
1263
01:12:01,667 --> 01:12:04,167
Well, you know what they say,
no rest for the weary--
1264
01:12:04,250 --> 01:12:05,917
-Huh.
---or their agents.
1265
01:12:12,458 --> 01:12:14,667
Sorry you wasted your time
coming all the way out here,
1266
01:12:14,708 --> 01:12:17,500
but if I hear anything
about the hiker,
1267
01:12:17,542 --> 01:12:20,542
that is, I'll be sure
to give you a call.
1268
01:12:20,542 --> 01:12:22,583
I'd sure appreciate that.
1269
01:12:22,667 --> 01:12:24,417
Thank you for your time.
1270
01:12:30,917 --> 01:12:32,833
[car engine revs]
1271
01:12:38,708 --> 01:12:41,958
[Mallory] And with that,
she turned and walked away.
1272
01:12:43,458 --> 01:12:45,833
She didn't know
what the future would bring.
1273
01:12:45,958 --> 01:12:48,875
She didn't know what mysteries,
if any at all, lay ahead.
1274
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:51,958
The only thing she did know
is that she was ready to face
1275
01:12:52,042 --> 01:12:55,833
this uncertain future
like she always did,
1276
01:12:55,917 --> 01:12:57,750
one day at a time.
1277
01:13:04,208 --> 01:13:05,500
The end.
1278
01:13:08,083 --> 01:13:09,042
[sighs]
1279
01:13:24,042 --> 01:13:24,917
Well?
1280
01:13:26,708 --> 01:13:27,625
Your book.
1281
01:13:29,542 --> 01:13:31,875
That's it? The book is finished?
1282
01:13:31,958 --> 01:13:35,333
The whole 75,000 words,
give or take.
1283
01:13:35,458 --> 01:13:36,792
We did it.
1284
01:13:36,875 --> 01:13:37,792
You did it, Mal.
1285
01:13:38,958 --> 01:13:40,833
It's cause for a drink,
don't you think?
1286
01:13:40,917 --> 01:13:42,208
Hmm?
1287
01:13:42,292 --> 01:13:43,917
[Mallory chuckles]
1288
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:45,333
Aged 15 years.
1289
01:13:45,375 --> 01:13:46,667
I brought this back
from Scotland myself.
1290
01:13:48,042 --> 01:13:50,125
You can't drink scotch.
1291
01:13:50,208 --> 01:13:51,833
No?
1292
01:13:51,875 --> 01:13:54,625
No. When I finish a book,
we'd always...
1293
01:13:56,333 --> 01:13:58,125
-Champagne.
-Exactly.
1294
01:13:58,208 --> 01:13:59,833
-Yeah.
-[chuckling]
1295
01:14:03,000 --> 01:14:04,083
[exhales]
1296
01:14:06,375 --> 01:14:07,833
Oops.
1297
01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:18,083
To Gideon's gone
1298
01:14:19,458 --> 01:14:21,917
but maybe not for good, hmm?
1299
01:14:23,042 --> 01:14:24,167
Bottoms up.
1300
01:14:28,542 --> 01:14:30,458
-Mmm.
-Mmm.
1301
01:14:30,542 --> 01:14:33,167
-[coughs]
-[chuckles]
1302
01:14:33,292 --> 01:14:36,333
Why don't you pour us another
1303
01:14:36,458 --> 01:14:38,042
and I'll read you the ending?
1304
01:14:38,167 --> 01:14:39,583
Sounds good.
1305
01:14:47,042 --> 01:14:48,708
Goodnight, Janice.
1306
01:14:48,833 --> 01:14:50,125
[exhales]
1307
01:14:52,208 --> 01:14:53,125
[chuckles]
1308
01:14:54,917 --> 01:14:56,125
-Janice.
-Oh.
1309
01:14:57,333 --> 01:14:59,250
-Sorry, Sheriff.
-I said goodnight.
1310
01:14:59,375 --> 01:15:00,875
I'm, uh, I'm headed home.
1311
01:15:00,958 --> 01:15:03,583
This thing has got me hooked.
1312
01:15:03,708 --> 01:15:04,875
What you got there?
1313
01:15:06,208 --> 01:15:07,708
Mystery novel.
1314
01:15:07,792 --> 01:15:09,750
This author can write.
1315
01:15:09,833 --> 01:15:11,083
[Sheriff Hill chuckles]
1316
01:15:11,208 --> 01:15:12,500
That's funny.
1317
01:15:12,542 --> 01:15:14,333
I got this book yesterday.
1318
01:15:14,417 --> 01:15:15,958
-You bought a book?
-No.
1319
01:15:16,042 --> 01:15:18,708
-[chuckles]
-Uh, the agent gave it to me.
1320
01:15:18,875 --> 01:15:21,292
-What do you mean?
-Oh, he's got that, uh,
1321
01:15:21,375 --> 01:15:23,667
big Tudor place
off Winslow Street.
1322
01:15:23,750 --> 01:15:26,333
-Huh.
-Who knows, you know?
1323
01:15:26,417 --> 01:15:29,292
Maybe we'll get to meet her
one day too.
1324
01:15:29,375 --> 01:15:31,292
[chuckles]
1325
01:15:31,375 --> 01:15:33,042
Not unless you hold a seance.
1326
01:15:33,125 --> 01:15:35,625
[chuckles]
1327
01:15:35,708 --> 01:15:37,500
Uh, what are you talking about?
1328
01:15:37,625 --> 01:15:39,208
-The author?
-Yeah.
1329
01:15:39,292 --> 01:15:40,958
-Mallory Dearborn...
-Uh-huh.
1330
01:15:41,042 --> 01:15:41,917
She's dead.
1331
01:15:43,583 --> 01:15:46,083
-Recently?
-Very recently.
1332
01:15:46,167 --> 01:15:48,208
Gosh, Sheriff,
don't you read the news?
1333
01:15:49,792 --> 01:15:51,292
I could have sworn he said--
1334
01:15:51,375 --> 01:15:53,083
Said what?
1335
01:15:54,625 --> 01:15:56,708
Nothing. I...
1336
01:15:56,792 --> 01:16:00,667
I guess I must have just,
uh, misheard him.
1337
01:16:08,542 --> 01:16:09,833
[groans]
1338
01:16:09,875 --> 01:16:11,417
-I got woozy for a sec.
-[Mallory] Uh-hmm.
1339
01:16:11,500 --> 01:16:12,833
Didn't you know
that's what happens
1340
01:16:12,875 --> 01:16:14,625
when you mix scotch
and champagne?
1341
01:16:14,708 --> 01:16:16,833
-Oh.
-[Mallory] But don't you worry.
1342
01:16:16,875 --> 01:16:19,167
-Hmm.
-All you have to do
1343
01:16:19,292 --> 01:16:21,167
is sit there and listen.
1344
01:16:22,375 --> 01:16:23,333
Okay.
1345
01:16:29,208 --> 01:16:30,125
Hmm.
1346
01:16:32,750 --> 01:16:37,250
"And in that moment, Gideon knew
that she was finally free.
1347
01:16:39,375 --> 01:16:41,500
Not just from Vargas,
1348
01:16:41,583 --> 01:16:43,958
but from her own prison
of self-doubt.
1349
01:16:45,500 --> 01:16:47,667
She was a detective at her core.
1350
01:16:48,875 --> 01:16:52,250
And although he may have been
the first to notice it,
1351
01:16:52,333 --> 01:16:54,000
to nurture it,
1352
01:16:54,083 --> 01:16:57,875
it was as indelible
a part of her as her eyes
1353
01:16:57,958 --> 01:17:01,333
were the angry-looking scar
across her eyebrow."
1354
01:17:01,458 --> 01:17:03,208
Hmm. I'm loving it, Mal.
1355
01:17:03,333 --> 01:17:04,875
Keep going. Keep going.
1356
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:07,625
"Vargas had done her
two big favors.
1357
01:17:08,792 --> 01:17:14,375
One, he had reinvigorated
her love for the craft,
1358
01:17:15,875 --> 01:17:20,500
but, more importantly,
he had broken his vow
1359
01:17:20,500 --> 01:17:24,375
to never let her
get behind him again."
1360
01:17:27,208 --> 01:17:28,125
[grunts]
1361
01:17:29,417 --> 01:17:31,333
[groans]
1362
01:17:31,417 --> 01:17:33,042
Get up.
1363
01:17:33,167 --> 01:17:34,333
Get up, you bastard.
1364
01:17:34,375 --> 01:17:36,000
-You hit me?
-Yes.
1365
01:17:36,042 --> 01:17:38,167
And if you don't get up
right now, I'll kill you.
1366
01:17:38,250 --> 01:17:39,708
[groans]
1367
01:17:41,333 --> 01:17:42,708
I'm up.
1368
01:17:46,542 --> 01:17:47,917
-I'm up.
-[Mallory] Good.
1369
01:17:48,042 --> 01:17:49,333
Now, walk.
1370
01:17:51,958 --> 01:17:52,875
[groans]
1371
01:18:02,583 --> 01:18:04,333
Gotta be honest with you, Mal.
1372
01:18:04,917 --> 01:18:06,667
I'm not too crazy
about this ending.
1373
01:18:06,708 --> 01:18:09,000
-Shut up.
-[chuckles]
1374
01:18:11,208 --> 01:18:12,292
[exhales]
1375
01:18:12,375 --> 01:18:13,333
Unlock it.
1376
01:18:15,083 --> 01:18:16,167
Do it.
1377
01:18:19,708 --> 01:18:22,792
[suspense music]
1378
01:18:27,792 --> 01:18:30,583
All I ever wanted
was to help you, Mallory.
1379
01:18:30,667 --> 01:18:32,667
After all,
where would you be without me?
1380
01:18:32,750 --> 01:18:34,917
-Out of this house.
-Hmm.
1381
01:18:37,125 --> 01:18:39,375
Now, like I told you
a long time ago...
1382
01:18:41,625 --> 01:18:43,167
[grunting]
1383
01:18:44,667 --> 01:18:48,417
Nobody's leaving here.
1384
01:18:48,500 --> 01:18:50,250
You had me fooled, Mal.
1385
01:18:50,375 --> 01:18:51,375
I'll give you that.
1386
01:18:52,625 --> 01:18:55,333
I thought we were
on the same page, hmm?
1387
01:18:55,417 --> 01:18:57,083
But now that you're finished,
1388
01:18:57,083 --> 01:18:59,417
I think it's time
we close this book for good.
1389
01:18:59,500 --> 01:19:01,333
-[grunts]
-[gunshot]
1390
01:19:06,167 --> 01:19:08,083
Where do you think
you're going, Mallory?
1391
01:19:09,167 --> 01:19:11,417
[pants]
1392
01:19:13,708 --> 01:19:16,792
[suspense music]
1393
01:19:30,208 --> 01:19:32,167
You think that's gonna
throw me off, Mal?
1394
01:19:35,042 --> 01:19:37,250
I'm used to you leaving me
in the dark by now.
1395
01:19:40,792 --> 01:19:43,917
[floor creaking]
1396
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:46,042
That wouldn't be you,
would it, Mallory?
1397
01:19:56,875 --> 01:19:59,458
-[phone rings]
-[Michael] Mallory.
1398
01:19:59,542 --> 01:20:02,458
Come out now. You're just gonna
make it worse for yourself.
1399
01:20:02,458 --> 01:20:04,250
[dispatcher] 911.
What's your emergency?
1400
01:20:04,333 --> 01:20:06,417
Please, send help.
Someone is trying to kill me.
1401
01:20:06,417 --> 01:20:08,375
[dispatcher] Ma'am, did you say
someone is trying to kill you?
1402
01:20:08,458 --> 01:20:10,542
-Yes. Please send help.
-[dispatcher] Where are you?
1403
01:20:10,625 --> 01:20:12,875
-[Michael] Mallory.
-[Mallory] Oh, the address?
1404
01:20:12,958 --> 01:20:13,958
I don't remember.
1405
01:20:14,042 --> 01:20:16,167
Um, uh, Winslow Street,
1406
01:20:16,250 --> 01:20:18,167
um, but it's owned
by Michael Harrington.
1407
01:20:18,208 --> 01:20:19,458
[dispatcher] Is he the one
trying to hurt you, ma'am?
1408
01:20:19,542 --> 01:20:21,125
Yes. Please send help.
1409
01:20:22,875 --> 01:20:24,667
Where did he go?
1410
01:20:24,750 --> 01:20:26,250
Forget about the sword
and pen, Mal.
1411
01:20:26,333 --> 01:20:28,917
A laptop to the head has got
them both beat.
1412
01:20:30,042 --> 01:20:31,833
-Get off of me!
-[both grunting]
1413
01:20:31,917 --> 01:20:35,500
[suspense music]
1414
01:20:39,542 --> 01:20:41,958
[dispatcher] Ma'am? Ma'am?
Are you still there?
1415
01:20:45,375 --> 01:20:48,083
[Michael] I really wanna
collaborate on another book now,
1416
01:20:48,167 --> 01:20:50,958
but now it's time for you to
join that hiker six feet under.
1417
01:20:56,042 --> 01:20:57,750
-Leave her alone.
-Who are you?
1418
01:20:57,833 --> 01:20:59,792
[grunts]
1419
01:20:59,875 --> 01:21:01,167
[gunshot]
1420
01:21:01,250 --> 01:21:02,583
[grunts]
1421
01:21:03,875 --> 01:21:05,625
-[gunshot]
-[gasps]
1422
01:21:05,708 --> 01:21:07,125
[shrieks]
1423
01:21:08,292 --> 01:21:09,500
[groans]
1424
01:21:18,667 --> 01:21:20,000
So this is how the novel ends?
1425
01:21:21,083 --> 01:21:22,875
Only one problem.
1426
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:26,708
I'm not Vargas
and you're not Gideon.
1427
01:21:26,833 --> 01:21:29,167
You're right, I'm not Gideon.
1428
01:21:29,208 --> 01:21:32,083
My name is Mallory Dearborn.
1429
01:21:34,417 --> 01:21:35,542
Police!
1430
01:21:37,833 --> 01:21:43,083
Sheriff, this man has kept me
prisoner for over a month.
1431
01:21:43,083 --> 01:21:44,958
He killed your hiker.
1432
01:21:45,042 --> 01:21:47,000
You'll find him
buried in the woods.
1433
01:21:51,875 --> 01:21:53,458
All right. Come on.
1434
01:21:53,542 --> 01:21:55,375
As soon as you two ladies
are up for it,
1435
01:21:55,458 --> 01:21:57,292
please come down
to see me at the station
1436
01:21:57,375 --> 01:21:59,583
so I can get a statement
from both of you.
1437
01:22:06,708 --> 01:22:08,875
I remember you.
1438
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:10,542
Carrie, right,
from the bookstore?
1439
01:22:11,833 --> 01:22:14,083
I told you I'm your biggest fan.
1440
01:22:14,167 --> 01:22:17,292
Actually, Carrie,
I think I'm yours.
1441
01:22:17,375 --> 01:22:19,000
[chuckles]
1442
01:22:19,083 --> 01:22:20,917
How did you find me?
1443
01:22:22,917 --> 01:22:24,333
Well, I had a little help
1444
01:22:25,417 --> 01:22:27,167
from the best detective
in the world.
1445
01:22:27,250 --> 01:22:28,750
I don't know
if you've heard of her.
1446
01:22:28,833 --> 01:22:29,833
Gideon Snow.
1447
01:22:29,958 --> 01:22:32,542
[laughter]
1448
01:22:39,375 --> 01:22:40,500
[exhales]
1449
01:22:44,750 --> 01:22:47,625
[siren wailing on a distance]
1450
01:22:56,292 --> 01:22:57,917
Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book.
1451
01:22:58,000 --> 01:22:59,250
[woman] Thank you.
1452
01:23:00,875 --> 01:23:03,125
In case I forget,
1453
01:23:03,208 --> 01:23:05,417
thank you again
for this opportunity.
1454
01:23:05,500 --> 01:23:06,875
No, thank you.
1455
01:23:07,000 --> 01:23:08,833
Besides, it's the least
I could do,
1456
01:23:08,958 --> 01:23:10,667
given that I have no bigger fan.
1457
01:23:10,750 --> 01:23:12,250
[chuckles]
1458
01:23:13,583 --> 01:23:15,000
For once, I wrote a book
1459
01:23:15,000 --> 01:23:16,583
that actually means something
and I...
1460
01:23:17,583 --> 01:23:20,333
I couldn't have done it alone,
so...
1461
01:23:24,042 --> 01:23:27,458
So what are you gonna do next?
1462
01:23:27,542 --> 01:23:29,167
Something historical.
1463
01:23:29,208 --> 01:23:30,708
Something that probably
won't make any money.
1464
01:23:30,792 --> 01:23:31,833
[chuckles]
1465
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:33,417
What about you?
1466
01:23:33,542 --> 01:23:34,708
I don't know. I'm...
1467
01:23:34,792 --> 01:23:36,667
I was thinking about asking
1468
01:23:36,708 --> 01:23:40,458
if the world might be ready
for another Gideon Snow book?
1469
01:23:40,542 --> 01:23:41,917
Are you volunteering?
1470
01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:44,417
Only with your permission,
of course.
1471
01:23:47,458 --> 01:23:51,667
I can't think of anyone better
than the Mystery Maven herself.
1472
01:23:52,875 --> 01:23:54,333
-Really?
-Yeah.
1473
01:23:54,417 --> 01:23:57,792
Just, uh, take good care
of her for me, will you?
1474
01:23:57,875 --> 01:23:58,750
I will.
1475
01:24:00,667 --> 01:24:01,750
Oh. [chuckles]
1476
01:24:03,208 --> 01:24:04,750
Well, I'll save you
the first signed copy.
1477
01:24:04,833 --> 01:24:06,917
-I'll hold you to that.
-Okay.
1478
01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:09,125
[chuckles]
1479
01:24:09,208 --> 01:24:10,792
Oh, my gosh.
1480
01:24:10,875 --> 01:24:12,333
Woo!
1481
01:24:12,417 --> 01:24:14,292
[chuckles]
1482
01:24:17,708 --> 01:24:20,667
[soft dramatic music]
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