All language subtitles for Moonlighting - S03E02 The Man Who Cried Wife

Hello, I can't come to the phone right
now. Leave your name and number...

...and I'll get back to you
as soon as I can.

Melissa.

Do you have any idea
what you're doing to me?

Do you?

You're enjoying this, aren't you?

Melissa, say something, will you?

Damn it, Melissa,
I know you're there.

Pick it up.

Do you hear me?

Pick it--

You're gonna have to leave.

He's on his way.

Don't start with me.

Very good.

Very nice.

You can put your pelvis away now.
You don't have to go anywhere.

l'm leaving.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Go!

What do l have to do
to make you leave? What? What?

Bower. James Bower.

l'm aware of that.
But it's been six days, officer...

...l want something done.

B-O-W-E-R.

Not ''Melinda,'' Melissa.

Yes, l appreciate that.

l'll be here.

Hello?

You weren't going to just
leave me there, were you?

In the dark, cold forest
under all that dirt.

Who is this?

Yeah?

Who?

No, l don't know anybody named--
Never mind. l'll get rid of them.

This is Mr. Bower.

You didn't answer my question
last night, James.

You weren't actually going
to leave me buried there, were you?

No, no, no.

No, no.

No.

No.

-Morning, Miss DiPesto.
-Morning.

-Ladies. Gentlemen.
-Morning.

-Everybody have a nice weekend?
-Yes, sir, Mr. Addison, sir.

Guys, let's see those bloodshot eyes.

Very impressive.

Ladies, any rug-burned backs?

Liars.

-Morning, MacGillicudy.
-Morning, Mr. Addison.

Did you have a good weekend,
MacGillicudy?

Oh, it was great.

Did you do anything
out of the ordinary?

A little.

Did you do this thing alone
or with another person?

Another person.

Mr. MacGillicudy, l'm afraid
you've stumped our panel.

l'm gonna have flip all the cards.

MacGillicudy, tell our home audience
what you did this weekend.

Excuse me. What's going on?

What's everybody so happy about?

Ask our boy MacGillicudy
what he did this weekend.

Well, Mr. MacGillicudy,
what did you do this weekend?

Well...

...l got married.

Married!

David, what are you doing
down there?

lf you ask
l must not be doing it right.

Married! Wonderful!

Why are you here?
You should be on your honeymoon.

lt kind of happened all of a sudden,
it was a spur of the moment.

-And when did this happen?
-Saturday. Saturday night.

Saturday night you just
decided to get married?

Yeah, just decided.

Although l'm sure
you talked about it for a while.

A couple of minutes.

And when did you say
you met this girl?

l met her Friday.

Friday.

-The day before you got married.
-Yeah.

-How convenient.
-Yeah.

l propose a toast.

Give the boss a little hooch there.

To MacGillicudy. And your marriage.

-May it be the first of many.
-Hear, hear.

Come in.

-What do you wanna get him?
-Who?

-The groom.
-How about a good lawyer?

-Giving up on romance this week?
-Romance?

What's romance got to do with it?
They met Friday...

...married Saturday.
That's not romantic, it's ridiculous.

-Someone turn the heat down in here?
-Don't give me that.

l'm as romantic as the next, but that
man has no business getting married.

Forget that he just met this woman,
l know what that man makes.

That man has no business
getting married.

-What about if he was in love?
-ln love?

-ln love.
-ln heat maybe, but not in love.

What's the difference?

They're all getting the fuel injected,
and l, for one, think it's lovely.

-You would.
-Heard of spontaneous combustion?

An act of passion? An immovable
force married to an unmovable object?

-Never known it to last.
-That a fact?

Yes, that's a fact.

Heat's cheap.

The trick
is getting to know someone.

Making sure it's right, making sure
you're not making a mistake.

-Really, you can do that?
-What?

-Be sure.
-Sure. Sure l can be sure.

All it takes is time
and a little thought.

You can't just fly hell's bells into the
important decisions of your life.

You have give them consideration.

You have to weigh
the pros and cons...

...then you can make
an educated judgment.

Well, that doesn't leave much room
for spontaneity.

Spontaneity is just an excuse...

...dreamed up by people
too lazy to think...

...then need a reason when
they discover they've made a mistake.

Really?
And all this time l was thinking...

...that people who waste time thinking
things through are afraid of life.

l mean, considering,
and weighing the pros and cons...

...and making
an educated judgment...

...is just another way
of making no decision at all.

By the time
you get through that junk...

...anyone or anything
worth waiting for...

...is on to someone else anyway.

-Just an opinion.
-What are you accusing me of?

l'm not accusing you of anything.

Then what are you trying,
in your own pre-Mesozoic way, to say?

l said exactly what l wanted to say.

-You saying l'm too rigid, structured?
-l'm not saying that at all.

-l'm loose.
-The best parts of life...

-...you don't think through.
-Spontaneity has its place.

Haven't you ever been in a store,
seen something you wanted?

-We started talking about what to get.
-You can't afford it.

-Let's say a car, right?
-That's what we should return to.

-You have to have it. What would do?
-What would l do?

-Yes.
-l would read Consumer Reports.

-l test drive-it.
-Do you rush in?

Do you buy it off the floor?

-Then l make a list. Pros and cons.
-Or do you make a list? Pros and cons.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Well, there's nothing great
about that either.

-You like spontaneity?
-Yes.

You want spontaneity from me, fine.
l'll give you spontaneity.

How's this for spontaneity?
Out of my--!

Miss Hayes, Mr. Addison.

l need you to find my wife.

You planned that, didn't you?

-Don't be depressed, we'll find her.
-''We'll find her.''

How can you say we'll find her?
You don't know.

She ran off, left her husband.
She doesn't wanna be found.

l'm not sure it's right
to look for her.

-Husband's paying American dollars?
-Yes.

lt's all right to be looking.
Where do we stop?

Their summer house,
a cabin in the woods.

-A cabin in the woods? Really?
-Really.

Well, that's it, then. That's where
she is, a cabin in the woods.

-How can you be so sure?
-Come on, Maddie, don't you read?

They're always in a cabin
in the woods.

-''They'' who? Who are ''they''?
-Your female protagonists.

Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White,
Gretel of Hansel and fame....

You really did read
during your vacation, didn't you?

Nice crib.

-Well, let's rock.
-What do we say?

Mother, may l please rock?

No, if she's there, what do we say?

She's grown,
she has every right to leave.

l've never been in a situation like this
before. l'm not sure what to say.

All you can say
is what the client said.

''Your husband is worried about you.
He'd like to talk.

lf you can't, he understands.

He just wants to know
that you're alive and well.''

Okay?

Okay.

Wow, this is a great place.

-Bet they even got an indoor outhouse.
-Mrs. Bower?

You wanna buy some seeds
so l can win a bike?

Give me that key Bower gave you.

-Doesn't look like anybody's home.
-Or has been for a while.

-Let's check out the balcony.
-Why?

What are we looking for?

Here's a hint: lt starts with a C,
ends with a ''lues.''

Clues, Maddie.
We're looking for clues.

Where she might have gone,
who she might have gone with.

Letter, phone number, hotel towel.

-Not bad.
-Yeah.

This is about as well feathered
a love nest as l've ever seen.

Say, Goldilocks, what do you say...

...we eat some porridge
and check out the bed?

What do you say
you put your hands in the air...

...and tell me what you're doing here?

-l'm waiting.
-We're private detectives.

We're looking for Melissa Bower.

You mean,'' following Melissa Bower,''
don't you?

-You're working for her husband?
-Right.

But he hired us to find her,
not follow her.

Do you know where she is?

You're serious.

She's been missing
for about a week now.

Sorry, but somewhere between
you cocking that...

....and us putting our hands in the air,
l didn't catch your name.

Daniel.

Dan.

l live next door.

-She's missing?
-Yeah.

-You know her?
-Yeah.

Melissa and l....

Well, if you've met
her husband, then....

Well, it wasn't
a very friendly marriage.

l guess you're
a real friendly neighbor.

l live next door.

l'd hear Melissa's car pull in at night,
she'd be crying.

They'd have been fighting.

She'd take off for this place.
One thing led to another.

-l guess l'm a good listener.
-l guess you must be.

But l haven't heard from her
in a week.

Did he know where she might
have gone after he came up here?

-After who went where?
-Bower, here.

She and l were together
a week ago today.

The phone rang, it was him.

He was on his way up here.
He was very upset.

-How do you know that?
-l heard him.

Wait a second....

You were on the phone with Bower...

...while you and the wife were
headboard-bouncing?

Melissa was screening her calls
on the answering machine.

Damn it, Melissa,
answer the phone.

Pick it up.
Will you-- You hear me? Pick it--

Miss Hayes, Mr. Addison.

Mr. Bower, you lied to us.

Lieutenant, you've spent a week
quoting me statistics...

...meanwhile, my sister's still missing.

l know that you're doing
the best you can.

Fine. We'll speak again tomorrow.

This is my sister-in-law, Claire.

Maddie Hayes, David Addison.
The detectives l hired.

-News about Melissa?
-Afraid not.

Claire, would you mind if l spoke
to the detectives alone, please?

l've made some lists
of people, places.

Those are Melissa's address books
and desk calendars.

She's my only sister.

Have a seat.

Why didn't you tell us
you went up to the cabin...

...the night she disappeared?

Who told you that?

A friend of your wife's
who was at the cabin that night also.

-There was no one there.
-No, not by the time you arrived.

For future reference, if you wanna
catch your wife in the act...

...you gotta skip the part where you
call and say you're on your way over.

So there was someone else.

l don't know why l'm surprised,
she all but told me.

When l got to the cabin and she
was alone, l thought maybe not.

-Why did you go to the cabin?
-l wanted to talk to her.

l didn't mean to do it.

l don't even know how it happened.

l didn't care what a fool
l was making of myself...

....all that mattered was for her to know
how much l wanted her back...

...but she kept taunting me.

She was so cold, so much contempt.

Something inside me went crazy.

l don't know what l was thinking.

l remember seeing her face,
she had this look, and l:

You hit her.

What happened to her, Mr. Bower?

What happened to her,
where is she?

ls she alive?

You killed her, didn't you?

Then you hired us to keep yourself
from looking like a suspect.

-That's it, isn't it, Mr. Bower?
-No.

l hired you because l think she's trying
to drive me crazy.

-Who's trying to drive you crazy?
-Melissa.

You think that your dead wife
is trying to drive you crazy?

l think so, yeah.

l don't know.
All l know is, she was dead.

l took her into the woods,
l dug a grave and l buried her.

-And then?
-She called me the next day.

-No.
-No?

Yes, l mean ''no.''

l'm putting my foot down,
standing my ground.

Gonna create a lot of wear and tear.

You're not talking me out of it,
l mean what l say.

-Fine, just say what you mean.
-We are not helping that man!

We are not having anything
to do with that man.

-That man is a murderer.
-Maybe.

Murderer, murderer maybe.
Fine. l don't care.

We don't help murderers.
We don't help ''murderers maybe.''

-Will you relax?
-Relax?

-That man hit his wife. Hit his wife.
-Fine.

-Fine?
-l don't mean ''fine.''

-Fine?
-l mean fine, yes.

-Yes?
-Agreed, the man hit his wife.

But let me talk!

Yes, he hit her.

That's a terrible thing
but he didn't mean it.

-That makes it right?
-l don't think that makes it right.

Even the law acknowledges
such a thing as losing your temper...

...becoming irrational,
an act of passion.

Passion? You call hitting your wife...

...knocking her down the steps
and burying her body, passion?

l don't call it passion, no.

-But you think it's okay.
-No, l don't think it's okay...

...but it happens. People do things
they'd never do...

...if they thought about it. They
react emotionally, spontaneously.

Oh, yes, spontaneously.

People acting spontaneously,
a lot of that going around lately.

Every time some fool marries someone
he has no business marrying...

...hits someone
he has no business hitting...

...all the boys get together and say,
''We're sorry, we didn't mean it.

-lt was just spontaneous.''
-Forget l said spontaneous.

The issue here is,
are we gonna help?

-The man needs our help.
-The man needs help, period, David.

Not the kind he could get
from you and me.

Will you get in the car
please, David?

You go on ahead.

l'm gonna hang around here
and work on the case more.

But there is no case.

l think there is.

l think not.

Good evening, police,
this is David Addison.

l was wondering if
there's someone l can talk to...

...about getting the equipment
and the paperwork l need...

...to do a phone trace--

l'm gonna have to get back to you,
l think l have a 91 1 of my own here.

Evening.

Pull up a chair. Turn on a key light.

You stayed there and worked
on this case all this time...

-...after l asked you--
-Told me.

-Requested.
-Ordered me.

-After l made it clear...
-Her High-and-Mightiness.

...l have no interest in this case.

Well, l did.

And l do.

For you information,
while l was out there...

...our client, my client...

...Mr. Bower received a phone call.

A phone call
from his supposedly dead wife.

Now, in my book, that means
either one of two things.

Either A, his wife is not dead...

...or B, they got a hell
of a WATTS line in heaven.

Did you hear what l said?

The late Mrs. Bower tried
to reach out and touch someone...

...and l was there to hear it.

And l don't care
if she rises from the dead...

... and signs an affidavit
not to press charges.

l want nothing...

...nothing to do with a man
who would strike his wife.

-ln a fit of anger.
-lrrelevant.

To who, to you?
What about the rest of the world?

How about the licensing board?
How's it gonna look...

...when you take a case, then drop it?
Why do we drop it?

Not because the client doesn't pay,
not because we reached a dead end.

But because you disapprove
of the client's behavior.

Behavior he himself regrets,
which the law makes provisions for.

Well, the law is wrong, he's vile.
l don't want anything to do with him...

...and since l don't want anything
to do with him...

...you can't have anything
to do with him. ls that clear?

ls that clear?

Well, is it?

You know, you're really lucky
you're so damn good-looking.

Oh, really. And why is that?

Because you really are
a hell of a lot of work, Madelyn Hayes.

-And what does that mean?
-What does that mean?

You're fortunate that the package
is attractive because otherwise...

...l don't think the rest of us
would put up with that crap inside.

Here, let me.

David....

Forgive me.

David, it was an accident.

Are you gonna tell me
you didn't plan for that to happen?

That it was spontaneous.

An act of passion.

l know you better than that,
Maddie Hayes.

You don't believe in spontaneity.

And you damn sure
don't believe in passion.

Now if you'll excuse me...

...l have a telephone call from a dead
woman to trace tomorrow morning.

Hello?

No, l haven't forgotten.

Appointment,
9:30 tomorrow morning.

Yes, l've been brushing.

Forgive me, doctor,
l'm sort of expecting another call.

Yes. Yes, l'll see you then.

Gentlemen, there are 768 flowers
in those drapes behind your head.

l know because
l've counted them all.

Call me if anything happens.

Well, l don't know what to say...

...except perhaps now she knows
l've gone to someone...

...so she's not calling,
to make me look foolish.

Maybe she was in the neighborhood
and figured she'd pop in.

-Hello.
-Miss Hayes.

Mr. Bower, Claire.
l kept waiting for some news.

Hours were going by.

Finally, l was in my car...

...and next thing l knew
l was in your neighborhood...

...kind of, l don't know....

Spontaneous.

Well, my sister-in-law
was just leaving.

Her chair is still warm
if you want to sit vigil with us.

Yeah, well...

...long as you're
in the neighborhood...

...why don't you.

-Hello?
-Where's my pants?

-Where's the fire escape? What--
-Hello.

No.

-l didn't mean to leave you there.
-Tell him to talk more.

Under all that dirt.

No, l know you couldn't breathe.

Melissa--

Melissa, you have to believe me.
You have to believe me.

lf l could figure out a way
to take back that night...

-...undo that night, l would, l would.
-Got it.

-l would.
-l got it.

Let's go.

You know what's gonna happen,
don't you?

She's gonna kill me.

She's gonna see me
and she's gonna kill me.

l mean, it's perfect, isn't it? l mean...

...l killed her.

Now she's gonna kill me.

Which is fine because, l mean...

...l sort of deserve to die, don't l?

Mr. Bower, when we get there
it would be best...

...if you waited in the car while
Mr. Addison and l spoke to your wife.

l wonder how she's gonna do it.

Do either of you
have a comb l can borrow?

-Well.
-Well.

My God, there's her car.

Guess that means we're on.

What will we say to this woman?

How do you think she'll react
to his being here?

Look, all he did was
try to bury her alive.

Do you think she's gonna
hold a grudge?

Mrs. Bower.

We're private investigators.
We're wondering...

-...if we can have a word--
-David.

Now that's what l call
an automatic transmission.

Come on.

ls your wife a good driver?

Never mind,
we'll all find out together.

Did we lose her?
We didn't lose her, did we?

l'm doing 85 miles an hour.
She's got to be up there somewhere.

There she is.

Hang on, Melissa.

My thought exactly.

You praying? Lose something?

Or did you finally
come to your senses?

Bower's check?

Holy nylons, Batman.

l know. Three times
the negotiated fee. Not bad, huh?

Not bad. Especially since
the guy's old lady kicked off...

...five minutes after we found her.

l was afraid he was gonna
prorate the fee.

That's probably him now,
looking for his change.

Don't be silly. Yes?

Mr. Addison, Miss Hayes.
Mr. Bower's here.

See what l mean?

Look up there.

Mr. Addison, Miss Hayes...

...l'm sorry to burst in
without an appointment.

Oh, no, that's all right.

Spontaneity's our middle name,
we love spontaneity.

-Don't we, David?
-Yes, we do.

Except in cases
of billing problems...

...we'd like you
to make an appointment.

As it stands now, we don't really
have any free time until...

...what'd you say,
Miss DiPesto, 1 999?

-So you see, the problem--
-Called me, Mr. Addison?

Everything is fine, Miss DiPesto.
Vamoose, will you?

We have you penciled in
for the turn of the century.

But this isn't about money.

-lt isn't?
-No.

Get this man a--!

Get this man a chair.

l just came from the funeral.

Melissa's funeral.

l left in the middle.

l had no business being there.

-What do you mean?
-l mean no matter what the evidence...

...no matter how many phone calls
in the middle of the night...

...no matter that her car
went over that cliff...

...l killed her.

l know l did.

l was there.

-But, Mr. Bower--
-She had no pulse.

l carried her dead body
into the woods.

l buried her with my own hands.

But we saw her. You saw her.
The accident.

-The dental records prove that--
-l know.

l know all that...

...yet l know.

But, Mr. Bower, what you're saying,
it doesn't make sense.

How could your wife die twice?

lf you had killed your wife,
for those dental records to match...

...someone would have to
dig the body up and hide it.

Lure us to that cliff to see her die
a second time in that crash.

Why? Why would anybody
want to do that?

The only one with a motive is you.

The only one
who comes out ahead...

...if your wife wasn't dead
at that cabin is you.

But you sit here confessing anyway.

l'm very, very sorry, Mr. Bower...

...but your wife died in that crash.

Why don't you let us take you home.

Home?

Jim.

Miss Hayes, Mr. Addison.

Let's all go into the den
where there's some quiet.

Jim, l know how bad this is.

How awful this is.

l lost her too.

-But you--
-But l killed her.

But you didn't. l saw the accident.
We all saw the accident.

Tough break, bucko.
You're innocent.

Listen to them.

They know what they're
talking about.

This isn't your fault, Jim. lt isn't.

Now pull yourself together.

There are a lot of people out there...

...and while you may not think
that you deserve their sympathies...

...l think they deserve yours.

Please.

She really cares about you,
doesn't she?

Oh, yeah...

...she's a great lady.
One of the greatest.

A great caretaker too.

She takes care of everything
and everybody, always has.

You know, it was Claire
who introduced me to Melissa.

Well, not introduced really, but....

l was going out with Claire.

One night l was picking her up...

...waiting in the living room at the
bottom of the stairs, and l looked up.

There was Melissa.

That was 1 6 years ago.

l don't know how in the hell
l'm gonna tell her.

Wait a second.

Tell her what?

What do you mean, ''what''?

-About that night at the cabin.
-You mean she doesn't know?

Know?

Know what?

l never told her.

-And we never told her.
-And we never told her.

Mr. Bower, don't you see?

lf she didn't know about
what happened at the cabin...

...then what's all that
handholding about?

Why was she telling you
you were wrong...

...when you insisted
you killed her sister?

She should have been shocked.
At the very least, angry.

-She didn't even act surprised.
-Because she wasn't surprised.

-Because she was the one--
-Who dug the body up...

...and hid it somewhere.

Lured us to the cliff so we'd
see her die a second time.

Wait a second, wait a second,
we all saw that crash.

We saw a woman
drive around a bend out of sight.

Then we saw a car
at the bottom of a cliff.

Hold it, hold it, hold it,
what about the phone calls?

l know my wife's voice.

l know what she sounds like.

You weren't going to leave me
out there were you?

Meliss.

l've been waiting for five minutes.

All these people.

They're out there
because they care about you.

l never noticed it before.

You sound just like her.

You made those calls, didn't you?

You knew the whole time,
didn't you?

The two of you, stop.

l've done nothing wrong.

And now there's abundant evidence
that Jim's done nothing wrong. So--

-Why'd you do it? Revenge?
-You haven't done nothing wrong.

-Try to drive this man mad, is that it?
-Stop it!

l thought you two
wanted to help him.

l didn't do anything to him.

l did it for him.

After you called Melissa,
she called me.

She told me that you
two had been fighting.

She sounded scared,
so l drove up to the cabin.

And when l got there
l saw your car...

...and then l saw you...

...dragging my sister into the woods.

l know you.

l knew you couldn't have
done it on purpose.

And l also knew
that you couldn't live with it.

lsn't that funny?

Wasn't thinking about
my sister at all.

l wasn't thinking about
much of anything...

...except digging her up...

...and convincing you
that she was still alive...

...so that you could go on.

And so that maybe we could....

l didn't plan it.

lt just sort of happened.

One thing after another, suddenly.

Spontaneously.

Why the grin?

Don't you get it?

You're jumping out of the frying pan
into the deep freeze.

But it's okay...

...because now l know l'm not crazy.

l did kill her.

-l'm so sorry.
-No, l'm okay. Really, l'm okay.

-She was a wonderful woman.
-Yes, she was, wasn't she?

-lf there's anything you need--
-No, really, l'm great.

l just heard it might have
been murder. That isn't so, is it?

-lt couldn't have been murder.
-Let's never say never.

Hold that elevator, please.

-Morning.
-Right you are.

-What'd you get me?
-Wedding present. For MacGillicudy.

Our MacGillicudy?

Old ''Love Them and Marry Them''
MacGillicudy?

Mr. Spontaneous, that bastard.
Why did you get him anything?

You're gonna complicate
divorce proceedings.

l may have been wrong.

l'm sorry, the battery on
my hearing aid's on the fritz.

You want to run that by me
with a shot more conviction?

l just think that maybe l was wrong.

About MacGillicudy,
about spontaneity...

...about a lot of things.

-No kidding.
-No kidding.

Wow, so tell me,
this change of attitude...

...was it something
you had to work at or was it--?

-Spontaneous?
-Spontaneous.

That's one of my
favorite things about you.

-Tell me.
-Your relentless unpleasantness.

Well, some got it, some don't.

No, l just realized that for once,
miracle of miracles...

...you might be right.

lt just might be that considering,
weighing the pros and cons...

...making educated judgments...

...are ways of avoiding decisions,
taking chances, living your life.

Think so, huh?

Yeah.

One thing about
spontaneity, though.

What's that?

A little goes a long way.

l'll keep that in mind.

Yeah.

Well...

...you do that.

Yeah, well...

...l'll do that.