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[screaming]
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[Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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If a sandwich was delivered,
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well, it could help
to establish the time of death.
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Corned beef for everybody!
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You're gonna have dinner
with Grover Barth tonight
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and he'd better come in here
tomorrow morning
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with a big smile on his face.
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The account can be had.
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There's a $100,000 bonus in it for you.
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Myron inherits the business.
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Which certainly won't be worth much
without the Corned Beef Castles account.
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Grover didn't care much for the campaign
you laid out this morning.
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You're under arrest
for the murder of Larry Kinkaid.
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[cheerful orchestral music]
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We're goosing up the 18 to 34
demographics by, um...
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Seventeen million impressions.
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If we can squeeze the franchise holders
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another 2% of gross for advertising,
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we're going to have
Grover Barth's corned beef sandwich
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over the billion served this year.
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Well, that's impressive, Larry, but...
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how much is it gonna cost?
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Well, we haven't
fine-tuned it yet, Grover.
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But rough cut? $11 million.
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Oh, by the way, Grover... Ah...
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We still don't have your John Hancock
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on the renewal contract.
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Now, I know you had a lot of details
to attend to and everything,
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but we're down to two weeks
on the old agreement.
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Well, I'll just glance this over
and get it back to you,
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get the little woman's input, you know.
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Oh, yeah, yeah.
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Listen, why don't you have
Polly join us for lunch?
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Fine.
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That's a beautiful blouse, Victoria.
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Just kind of sets off that
peaches-and-cream complexion.
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Listen, I'll lay on
a reservation for four.
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You're really gonna love this place.
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See ya.
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He didn't like the presentation
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and he's stalling
on that renewal contract.
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But he likes you, Victoria.
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I want you to sit
next to him during lunch.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Kinkaid.
I won't be able to make it.
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I'm having lunch with my husband
and my aunt.
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She's visiting us.
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Would you forget the family reunion?
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We're talking survival here, kiddo!
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Françoise, I read about
that place in The New Yorker.
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Apparently half the advertising
deals on Madison Avenue
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are cooked up at the tables over lunch.
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Yeah, three martinis, a salad,
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and your name
in Advertising Age for dessert.
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Maybe we should eat there.
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Why not?
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I'm sure Victoria can put it
on her expense account.
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Oh, part of the privilege
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of overpaying for the penthouse suite,
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you get your own elevator.
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[ding]
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Hold that. Hold the elevator.
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-Uh, wait--
-[Jessica] I'm sorry.
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-That's all right.
-Hi, Howard.
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You landed anything yet?
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I got a couple of things working, yeah.
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Uh, I'd like you to meet Jessica.
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Jessica, this is Aubrey Thornton,
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another one of
Larry Kinkaid's galley slaves.
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How do you do?
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This is Jessica Fletcher, Victoria's aunt.
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Ah, a wonderful kid, your niece.
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She's got everything to go
the distance in this racket,
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brains, youth, good looks,
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and a very high threshold for humiliation.
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The only thing she's short on is guile,
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but Larry's giving her lessons on that.
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Am I right in assuming
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that you're the resident cynic,
Mr. Thornton?
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Well, I would be, but I don't have tenure.
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Oh, I'm going to get downstairs
before all the best barstools are taken.
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Nice to meet you, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Good luck, Howard.
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Bye-bye. This way.
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Some place, huh?
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Hi, Howard.
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I called her. She's on the way.
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Thanks. Let's go over here
and sit down, okay?
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-Aunt Jessica?
-Victoria.
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Oh, I am so impressed!
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My goodness, a penthouse suite,
account executive.
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You're going to have
to bring me up to speed
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on life in the fast lane.
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But how about a pit stop first
down at Françoise?
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Oh, Aunt Jessica, I'm really sorry,
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but, uh, we've got a crisis,
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a command performance for the client,
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and I won't be able to have lunch today.
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-Oh.
-That's swell.
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Aunt Jessica comes
all the way down from Maine
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and you can't fit her into your schedule.
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Oh, no, no, no, no, no. It's all right.
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Business comes first.
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Look, why don't I stop over
and we can all have dinner together?
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Wonderful. You'll stay with us.
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Oh, can we make it late-ish?
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-Um, say, 9:00?
-Perfect.
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What Polly's saying is that
what with the renewal coming up and all,
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we're just sort of wondering
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who's minding the store, creatively?
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Larry, we know you did your best,
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but Grover didn't care much
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for the campaign you laid out
this morning.
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[Grover] Well, I just thought
it lacked imagination.
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I mean, it's exactly
the same thing we did last year,
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only with bigger budgets.
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Well, I'm glad to hear
you say that, Grover,
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because I think it's time
for a whole new approach,
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a totally new concept.
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Fresh, exciting, power-packed,
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a radical marketing strategy
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based on a new creative concept.
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For example?
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I'm going to scrap the entire presentation
I showed you this morning, Grover.
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I want you and Polly in tomorrow.
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I'm going to lay out a whole new campaign.
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It's going to blow you away.
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Well, darling,
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maybe we'll be able to renew the account
with Larry after all.
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I'll certainly drink to that.
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I guess we'll be working together a lot.
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$50 million a year in advertising billing.
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Leland, that isn't chopped liver.
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Another 50 million, even chopped corn beef
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would look very good
on the balance sheet, Christine,
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especially when I take
Biddle Advertising public next year.
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The account can be had.
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There's a $100,000 bonus in it for you
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if you can bring that account
into the office.
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Did I hear you say "Vice President"?
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If you deliver.
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To the corner office.
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Oh, my goodness!
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Talking business makes my nose shiny.
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[laughs]
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If you gentlemen will excuse me...
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Good idea. I'll go with you.
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You know, uh, Polly's going
to be spending the night
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with her sister in Queens.
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Her sister can't abide me.
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Oh, then you and I will have dinner.
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Well, actually, Larry,
I was thinkin' more about
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splittin' a chateaubriand with Victoria.
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There's something about that young filly
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that brings out the stallion
in this old horse.
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And I bet you could explain to her
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just how important this is
for her future on the account.
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I'll make sure she understands.
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[Howard] Everything's fine.
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I mean, Victoria. She's got a great job.
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Her career's going through the roof.
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Considering she's got an unemployed actor
for a husband, she's doing great.
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Oh, Howard.
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[sighs]
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What have I got to complain about?
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So big deal. She's supporting me.
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I mean, just because
we hardly ever see each other,
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she's working late most nights.
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You know, she does look a little tired.
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You know, that Larry Kinkaid,
he uses people.
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He burns them up
and then he throws them away.
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For all I know, one of these days,
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he's going to ask Victoria
to put her body on the line for a client.
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Oh, Victoria is too levelheaded
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for any of that sort of thing.
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Jessica, I love her so much.
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I feel like she's slipping away from me.
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I mean, if it was just me,
I could go on with--with nothing.
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But she's got a real shot
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and I could never stand
in the way of her career.
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Please, Jessica,
don't tell her I said anything.
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But, Larry, I've told you
as the controller of your company
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and you don't want to hear.
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Now I'm telling you as your own brother!
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Later, Myron.
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I don't have the time right now.
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You're spending more money
than we're taking in.
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Receivables are running
60 days in arrears.
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And your major account,
the Corned Beef Castles,
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Larry, we're holding nearly $4 million
in unpaid media bills
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that Barth hasn't paid for us yet.
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[knocking at door]
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Oh, uh, I'm sorry, Mr. Kinkaid.
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I know you're very busy,
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but I've been working up some new ideas--
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Yeah, yeah, sure, fine.
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Why don't you just, uh,
leave 'em on the desk?
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Larry, why wasn't I notified
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about the Corned Beef Castles
presentation this morning?
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'Cause you're no longer
on the account, Thornton.
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Corned Beef Castles is my account, Larry.
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I brought you that account
three years ago.
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A mom and pop delicatessen in Buffalo.
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You were over your head then,
you're over the hill now.
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If you don't like the way
I run this agency,
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why don't you quit?
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That's what you want, isn't it?
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Well, let me tell you something, Larry.
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I've got a contract.
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You can't cut it anymore, Thornton.
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I think Aubrey has a lot to contribute.
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Some of his ideas are very good.
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Victoria, darling, you're a smart kid,
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but an advertising genius, you're not.
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You know why you're on this account?
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You're on this account
because Grover Barth has the hots for you.
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That's why he's taking you
to dinner tonight.
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I have other plans tonight.
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Listen, sweetheart.
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You're gonna have dinner
with Grover Barth tonight
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and he'd better come in here
tomorrow morning
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with a big smile on his face,
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'cause you don't have a contract.
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Mr. Kinkaid, you may own this agency,
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but you don't own me.
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You're the one who accepts
all the fancy awards,
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but it's people like me and Aubrey
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and Phil Conklin, God rest his soul,
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who have always ground it out for you.
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But not anymore. I quit.
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I don't need you. I don't need any of you.
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I am still the best
advertising man on this street.
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I'm going to work here tonight,
all night, if I have to.
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And tomorrow morning,
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when Mr. and Mrs. Corned Beef Castle
come marching in here,
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I am going to show them a new campaign
that's gonna knock their socks off!
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Now get outta' here, all of you!
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[knocking]
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Mr. Kinkaid, your secretary
seems to have wandered off.
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But we did have
a four o'clock appointment.
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Come in, please.
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That man is impossible.
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Well, at least you don't have to worry
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about Larry stabbing you in the back,
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he always gives it to you
right in the chest.
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Uh...
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Take a friendly word of advice, Victoria.
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Don't quit
until you've lined something else up.
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Howard and I are surviving
paycheck to paycheck,
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but there's a limit.
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00:11:51,169 --> 00:11:52,504
Larry needs you right now.
252
00:11:52,838 --> 00:11:55,090
Besides, he loves it
when people come crawling back.
253
00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:58,218
You are talking to an expert.
254
00:11:58,301 --> 00:11:59,511
I'll never crawl back.
255
00:12:00,262 --> 00:12:01,638
[laughs]
256
00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,723
But thanks. You're a pal.
257
00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:05,016
Forget it, kid.
258
00:12:07,310 --> 00:12:10,689
Well, I'm gonna cut out early, as usual.
259
00:12:10,772 --> 00:12:12,274
[laughs]
260
00:12:12,357 --> 00:12:13,817
And it gives me
a warm feeling to know that
261
00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,360
Larry has to pay me whether I work or not.
262
00:12:19,614 --> 00:12:20,740
Ciao.
263
00:12:22,868 --> 00:12:24,286
To be quite honest with you,
264
00:12:24,369 --> 00:12:26,621
Biddle Advertising is creatively barren
265
00:12:26,705 --> 00:12:29,166
and the prospect of learning
at the feet of a man like you
266
00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:30,625
is enormously exciting,
267
00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:33,003
and I'm a very excitable woman.
268
00:12:34,504 --> 00:12:37,257
Christine, I think we might
have something for you.
269
00:12:37,591 --> 00:12:39,843
Why don't we grab some dinner next week
270
00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:43,305
and, um, we can go over your portfolio?
271
00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:44,264
I'd like that.
272
00:12:46,516 --> 00:12:50,103
Ah, right now I've got
to put out a couple of fires.
273
00:12:50,187 --> 00:12:51,813
Listen, why don't you give
my secretary, Mary,
274
00:12:51,897 --> 00:12:53,273
a call in a couple of days
275
00:12:53,356 --> 00:12:55,734
and we can set something up, all right?
276
00:12:57,694 --> 00:12:58,737
-Thank you.
-I've gotta run.
277
00:13:00,238 --> 00:13:02,491
Oh, I forgot my purse.
278
00:13:19,132 --> 00:13:20,884
I'd forget my head
if it wasn't fastened on.
279
00:13:28,183 --> 00:13:29,309
Howard?
280
00:13:31,853 --> 00:13:33,021
Aunt Jessica?
281
00:13:50,205 --> 00:13:51,122
[beep]
282
00:13:51,206 --> 00:13:52,332
Hi, honey.
283
00:13:52,415 --> 00:13:54,167
The audition went really well.
284
00:13:54,251 --> 00:13:55,418
I got a feeling they're gonna
offer me the part.
285
00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:57,170
Gonna stop by for a drink with my agent.
286
00:13:57,254 --> 00:13:58,964
-Be home about 9:00.
-[beep]
287
00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:01,174
-Vicky, it's Jessica.
-The life insurance.
288
00:14:01,258 --> 00:14:02,926
I'm going to be tied up for a while here
289
00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:05,095
with my publisher,
but I'll be there by 9:00.
290
00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:06,596
Think of a nice place for dinner.
291
00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,932
-And it's my treat.
-[beep]
292
00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:11,726
Howard, this is Laverne
at Sid Shackelman's office.
293
00:14:11,810 --> 00:14:13,478
I promised to call you
if I heard anything.
294
00:14:13,812 --> 00:14:16,523
Mr. Shackelman is going with Rod Waverley
295
00:14:16,606 --> 00:14:18,483
for the doorman's part.
296
00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:20,902
He thought you were great,
but not world-weary enough.
297
00:14:20,986 --> 00:14:22,070
-Sorry.
-[beep]
298
00:14:37,294 --> 00:14:38,420
Right. Yes.
299
00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:44,134
Hi, Ms. Griffin. Workin' late again, huh?
300
00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:45,927
[chuckles]
301
00:14:46,011 --> 00:14:47,679
There's something I have
to settle with Mr. Kinkaid.
302
00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:59,441
The weather continues warm and mild.
303
00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:01,401
High today in Manhattan, 68 degrees.
304
00:15:01,484 --> 00:15:03,236
Relative humidity, 45%.
305
00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,571
[Victoria screams]
306
00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:10,243
[screams]
307
00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,174
What happened, Ms. Griffin?
308
00:15:36,019 --> 00:15:37,020
Let me see that.
309
00:15:39,397 --> 00:15:42,067
"Outstanding achievement
in the field of advertising,
310
00:15:42,150 --> 00:15:44,444
Larry Kinkaid."
311
00:15:44,527 --> 00:15:47,572
Well, like they say,
this one had his name on it.
312
00:15:47,656 --> 00:15:48,657
Bag it.
313
00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:52,661
Mrs. Griffin.
314
00:15:55,914 --> 00:15:57,082
Why did you scream?
315
00:15:57,207 --> 00:15:59,751
I mean, what did he do to you?
316
00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:02,796
Nothing. He was laying there
when I came in.
317
00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:04,631
I was terrified.
318
00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:06,132
Well, uh, what were you doing here?
319
00:16:06,257 --> 00:16:08,927
I mean, after hours.
320
00:16:09,010 --> 00:16:13,098
Was it business business
or, like, personal business?
321
00:16:13,181 --> 00:16:15,433
-[officer] Hey, you can't go in there!
-She's my wife!
322
00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:17,769
It's okay! It's all right.
323
00:16:17,852 --> 00:16:20,105
Sorry.
324
00:16:20,188 --> 00:16:22,607
Listen, uh,
I want you to call the coroner.
325
00:16:22,691 --> 00:16:25,902
Tell him I want that lab report on my desk
first thing in the morning, okay?
326
00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,696
-Yes, Sir.
-Oh, Bobby, call my wife.
327
00:16:27,779 --> 00:16:28,697
Tell her I ain't gonna make it, all right?
328
00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:30,448
Yes, Sir.
329
00:16:30,532 --> 00:16:31,741
Are you okay, baby?
330
00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:34,661
Why'd you have to come back here?
331
00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,997
Mr. Griffin, does she work late a lot?
332
00:16:38,123 --> 00:16:39,999
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
333
00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:42,877
It means--
334
00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,129
Lady, hey.
335
00:16:46,131 --> 00:16:49,217
Lady, who the hell are you?
336
00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:51,469
She's my aunt, Jessica Fletcher.
337
00:16:51,553 --> 00:16:54,139
J.B. Fletcher, the mystery writer?
338
00:16:54,222 --> 00:16:57,726
Oh, that's swell. That's just what I need.
339
00:16:58,101 --> 00:17:00,603
Curious, that corned beef sandwich.
340
00:17:02,564 --> 00:17:05,191
He wasn't poisoned, Mrs. Fletcher.
341
00:17:05,275 --> 00:17:08,194
He was brained
with this advertising award.
342
00:17:08,528 --> 00:17:09,696
Yes, of course, Lieutenant.
343
00:17:09,821 --> 00:17:11,781
Look, I don't want to intrude here,
344
00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:13,992
but, uh, well, it seems to me
345
00:17:14,075 --> 00:17:17,245
that if a sandwich was delivered,
346
00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:21,249
well--well, it could help
to establish the time of death.
347
00:17:21,916 --> 00:17:24,461
The body was warm when we got here,
348
00:17:24,878 --> 00:17:29,466
which means the time of death
had to be just about the time
349
00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:32,260
that your niece here says
she discovered the body.
350
00:17:32,343 --> 00:17:33,970
What do you mean, "says"?
351
00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,722
-"Says" means--
-Uh, Lieutenant.
352
00:17:35,847 --> 00:17:38,975
I'm--I'm sure the notion
has occurred to you
353
00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,311
that someone must have been here
354
00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:43,730
before Victoria arrived.
355
00:17:43,813 --> 00:17:46,858
Uh, well, perhaps the--the security guard
356
00:17:46,983 --> 00:17:49,068
has kept a report of some sort?
357
00:17:49,152 --> 00:17:53,865
I came on duty at 6:00
after the receptionist leaves.
358
00:17:53,948 --> 00:17:56,409
Tonight, I never left the desk
until I heard the screams.
359
00:17:56,493 --> 00:17:59,120
So anybody coming in or out
has got to get by you.
360
00:17:59,204 --> 00:18:01,080
All these names between 6:00 to 6:30,
361
00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:02,874
I suppose they're employees leaving?
362
00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:05,001
Yeah, everybody cleared out about 6:30.
363
00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:07,420
Thank you.
364
00:18:09,297 --> 00:18:10,548
Now, wait a minute.
365
00:18:10,632 --> 00:18:12,217
These are--these are all sign-outs.
366
00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:14,135
Well, here's a Grover Barth,
in at 7:00, out at 7:10.
367
00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:15,637
Is he an employee?
368
00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:17,597
Oh, Mr. Barth is a client.
369
00:18:17,722 --> 00:18:18,807
Mr. Corned Beef Castles.
370
00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:22,727
And here's a Mary Jones.
371
00:18:22,811 --> 00:18:24,938
She signed in and out around 8:30.
372
00:18:25,021 --> 00:18:26,856
Yeah, well, she's the interior decorator.
373
00:18:26,981 --> 00:18:29,567
Now, was the sandwich delivered?
374
00:18:29,901 --> 00:18:31,361
There's nothing on the sheet here.
375
00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,071
The delivery guy was here about 8:00.
376
00:18:33,196 --> 00:18:35,198
Wait, wait, wait a minute here.
377
00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:36,366
Do you mind?
378
00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,621
Now, this, uh, Victoria Griffin.
379
00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:44,165
She was in at 9:15.
380
00:18:44,249 --> 00:18:47,085
Now, did she say anything, act strange?
381
00:18:47,210 --> 00:18:49,712
[sighs]
382
00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:52,799
She only said that she had
something to settle with Mr. Kinkaid.
383
00:19:04,018 --> 00:19:05,562
Well, what's going on?
384
00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,022
I'm leaving. I quit yesterday.
385
00:19:08,106 --> 00:19:09,732
And with Mr. Kinkaid dead,
386
00:19:09,816 --> 00:19:12,443
I doubt that we'll be
renewing the account, so...
387
00:19:12,527 --> 00:19:13,695
Ah, whoa, whoa,
388
00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:14,821
we haven't lost the account yet.
389
00:19:14,904 --> 00:19:16,406
Myron and I have been talking.
390
00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:17,657
I looked at those ideas
you gave Larry yesterday.
391
00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:18,783
They're really very good.
392
00:19:18,867 --> 00:19:20,910
Good? They're terrific.
393
00:19:21,452 --> 00:19:22,745
Now, I'm not going
to go into mourning for Larry.
394
00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:25,164
The fact is, I hated his guts.
395
00:19:25,623 --> 00:19:27,917
But if we can save
the Corned Beef Castles account,
396
00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,836
we can save this agency.
397
00:19:29,919 --> 00:19:31,045
But I--
398
00:19:31,129 --> 00:19:32,338
[Aubrey] As Larry's only living relative,
399
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,007
Myron inherits the business.
400
00:19:34,132 --> 00:19:36,926
Which certainly won't be worth much
without the Corned Beef Castles account.
401
00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:38,887
I'll take over the account again.
402
00:19:38,970 --> 00:19:40,555
We have to renegotiate my deal.
No more banker's hours.
403
00:19:40,638 --> 00:19:43,182
You know, Larry never listened to me
on financial matters, but, damn it,
404
00:19:43,266 --> 00:19:45,393
I know a thing or two
about running a sound business!
405
00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:48,271
We take those terrific new ideas of yours
406
00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:50,231
and we put together a new campaign,
407
00:19:50,315 --> 00:19:52,066
and we have Grover Barth begging to renew.
408
00:19:55,278 --> 00:19:57,530
Well, it's about time
we tried something fresh.
409
00:19:57,822 --> 00:20:00,158
Whatever you're making,
you get a ten-grand-a-year raise.
410
00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:05,830
Have you had a chance to tell
Howard about your raise?
411
00:20:06,164 --> 00:20:07,332
No, not yet.
412
00:20:09,918 --> 00:20:12,045
Aunt Jessica, I don't want to burden you,
413
00:20:12,128 --> 00:20:15,173
but, uh, I've been worried about Howard.
414
00:20:15,298 --> 00:20:18,843
Well, now that you bring it up,
he did seem a bit down.
415
00:20:20,511 --> 00:20:22,597
Do you suppose it could have
something to do with your job?
416
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:28,645
There are times when I wonder
why I'm even in this rat race.
417
00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:32,106
There's so much pressure,
cutthroat competition,
418
00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:34,692
and some of it really seems shallow.
419
00:20:34,817 --> 00:20:36,819
Actually, the reason
I'm hanging in is for Howard.
420
00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:38,488
For Howard?
421
00:20:38,613 --> 00:20:41,074
To take the financial pressure off him
422
00:20:41,199 --> 00:20:44,202
so he's free to devote himself
to his acting career.
423
00:20:44,494 --> 00:20:47,163
I love him so much, Aunt Jessica.
424
00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:48,831
I just want him to be happy.
425
00:20:48,957 --> 00:20:54,671
Victoria, do you and Howard
ever talk to each other?
426
00:20:54,963 --> 00:20:56,339
Victoria Griffin?
427
00:20:56,464 --> 00:20:59,717
Christine Clifford, Biddle Advertising.
428
00:20:59,801 --> 00:21:01,678
This is my aunt, Jessica Fletcher.
429
00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:03,972
Oh, yes, the famous writer.
430
00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:06,015
Talent must run in the family.
431
00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:08,267
Mind if I sit down for a moment?
432
00:21:08,351 --> 00:21:11,270
Victoria, I have heard
wonderful things about your work.
433
00:21:11,562 --> 00:21:13,648
-You have?
-Oh, yes.
434
00:21:13,731 --> 00:21:16,109
They say Larry Kinkaid couldn't
make a move without you.
435
00:21:16,401 --> 00:21:20,446
And now he's dead. Oh, poor man.
436
00:21:20,530 --> 00:21:22,865
Victoria, I hate to short-stroke this,
437
00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:26,869
but Leland Biddle wants you on our team.
438
00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:30,957
You mean a job at Biddle Advertising?
439
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,458
Whatever you're making,
440
00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:34,168
I am authorized to make it 10,000 more.
441
00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:35,920
We can talk title later.
442
00:21:36,212 --> 00:21:38,172
My goodness!
443
00:21:38,256 --> 00:21:41,259
The advertising business
is certainly very volatile.
444
00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:42,885
I hardly know what to say,
Miss Clifford...
445
00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:48,182
except that I do feel I have a commitment
to the Kinkaid agency.
446
00:21:50,018 --> 00:21:51,352
Okay.
447
00:21:51,436 --> 00:21:53,396
Maybe Mr. Biddle will go higher.
448
00:21:53,479 --> 00:21:54,522
I'll have to check with him.
449
00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,483
Call me.
450
00:21:58,693 --> 00:22:01,654
Nice to meet you, J.B., love your product.
451
00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:03,156
Thank you.
452
00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:07,035
Vicky, you are really in demand.
453
00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:12,206
"Christine Clifford."
454
00:22:14,167 --> 00:22:17,587
Now I remember where I've seen that name.
455
00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:22,258
On Larry Kinkaid's
appointment calendar, 4:00.
456
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:24,761
She's with the competition.
Why would she be seeing Larry?
457
00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:30,558
-Ladies.
-Oh, Lieutenant Spoletti.
458
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:33,811
Any developments
on Mr. Kinkaid's murder, Lieutenant?
459
00:22:33,936 --> 00:22:37,356
Yeah, I've got it just about wrapped up.
460
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,443
I got motive, opportunity
461
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:42,236
and a lab report that makes it a lock.
462
00:22:44,572 --> 00:22:48,701
Victoria Griffin, you're under arrest
for the murder of Larry Kinkaid.
463
00:22:59,837 --> 00:23:01,547
[Jessica] This is preposterous.
464
00:23:01,672 --> 00:23:03,466
According to the lab report,
465
00:23:03,591 --> 00:23:04,675
the advertising award
466
00:23:04,759 --> 00:23:06,511
was definitely the murder weapon,
467
00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:08,471
and the only fingerprints on it,
468
00:23:08,805 --> 00:23:11,516
aside from Kinkaid's,
were yours, Mrs. Griffin.
469
00:23:11,641 --> 00:23:15,144
I had picked up that award earlier
to make a point.
470
00:23:15,228 --> 00:23:18,481
Aubrey Thornton and Myron Kinkaid
will tell you that.
471
00:23:18,564 --> 00:23:22,485
You see, Lieutenant,
a perfectly simple explanation.
472
00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:27,490
And if the killer wore gloves,
that suggests premeditation.
473
00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,492
That doesn't mean
she couldn't pick it up again
474
00:23:29,575 --> 00:23:31,244
and whack him with it.
475
00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:34,747
Look, perhaps--perhaps
the security guard was mistaken
476
00:23:34,831 --> 00:23:36,165
about who was still there.
477
00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:38,251
The rent-a-cop? The agency fired him.
478
00:23:38,376 --> 00:23:40,461
Probably figured they weren't
getting their money's worth.
479
00:23:40,795 --> 00:23:42,338
But if somebody had been working late
480
00:23:42,463 --> 00:23:44,173
and not signed out--
481
00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:46,467
And then slipped out
when the security guard
482
00:23:46,551 --> 00:23:48,970
went to investigate Victoria's scream--
483
00:23:49,345 --> 00:23:51,514
Maybe the award just fell on him.
484
00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:54,892
You know, I just had a thought.
485
00:23:57,145 --> 00:24:01,232
Mr. Kinkaid may have died
just before you got there,
486
00:24:01,315 --> 00:24:04,819
but the fatal blow
could have been struck much earlier.
487
00:24:05,153 --> 00:24:07,321
Sometimes people linger
for days with a head injury.
488
00:24:09,490 --> 00:24:11,159
Could I see
the sign-out sheet again, please?
489
00:24:13,578 --> 00:24:15,454
You wanna see the sign-out sheet?
490
00:24:15,538 --> 00:24:18,916
Terrific! Let's take a look
at the sign-out sheet.
491
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,960
Okay, here we go.
492
00:24:21,043 --> 00:24:22,170
We got the sign-out sheet.
493
00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:24,088
We got Grover Barth, a client.
494
00:24:24,172 --> 00:24:25,882
He was in at 7:00,
495
00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:28,301
over two hours before the guy got killed.
496
00:24:28,384 --> 00:24:29,802
Lieutenant--
497
00:24:29,886 --> 00:24:31,929
And, by the way, the guy had no motive.
498
00:24:32,013 --> 00:24:34,599
And here we have
our interior decorator, Mary Jones.
499
00:24:34,891 --> 00:24:36,017
Whom nobody has even heard of.
500
00:24:36,267 --> 00:24:37,768
We're checking her out.
501
00:24:37,852 --> 00:24:40,021
Mr. Kinkaid never mentioned her to me.
502
00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:42,690
Lieutenant, doesn't the name Mary Jones
503
00:24:43,024 --> 00:24:45,401
seem just a little prosaic to you?
504
00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:47,862
Come again?
505
00:24:47,945 --> 00:24:48,946
Oh, commonplace, ordinary.
506
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,991
You know, like John Doe,
made up, an alias.
507
00:24:52,116 --> 00:24:54,952
Mrs. Fletcher, even if that were true,
508
00:24:55,036 --> 00:24:57,830
which I ain't sayin' it is,
the bimbo came and went
509
00:24:57,914 --> 00:25:01,334
45 minutes before Kinkaid got conked!
510
00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:04,629
And I assume that you're still trying
to find the deliveryman?
511
00:25:04,921 --> 00:25:06,172
That was at 8:00!
512
00:25:06,589 --> 00:25:08,299
Do you know how many delis
there are in New York?
513
00:25:08,382 --> 00:25:09,425
Hundreds!
514
00:25:09,759 --> 00:25:11,719
Look, lady, I know one thing.
515
00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:13,930
Kinkaid was iced at 9:15,
516
00:25:14,055 --> 00:25:16,057
according to the medical report.
517
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:19,060
9:15! That is the magic number here.
518
00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:22,104
The sandwich had nothin'
to do with nothin'!
519
00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:24,899
I'm sorry, Lieutenant, but you're wrong.
520
00:25:24,982 --> 00:25:27,068
The sandwich was delivered at 8:00.
521
00:25:27,443 --> 00:25:30,112
At 9:15, the sandwich was still uneaten
522
00:25:30,238 --> 00:25:32,156
and I have to ask why.
523
00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:39,247
Maybe, just maybe, you got something here.
524
00:25:41,165 --> 00:25:42,416
I'll give you 24 hours.
525
00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:44,418
Thank you.
526
00:25:46,337 --> 00:25:47,838
Aubrey, good. Come on!
527
00:25:49,674 --> 00:25:51,759
Now, give me a situation report.
528
00:25:51,842 --> 00:25:54,053
Everything's in high gear, Myron.
529
00:25:54,136 --> 00:25:56,222
The art department will have
the graphs and the charts
530
00:25:56,305 --> 00:25:57,598
ready for you about 5:00
531
00:25:57,682 --> 00:25:59,600
and the media people are working up
the numbers right now.
532
00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:02,019
[Jessica] Excuse me.
533
00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:03,938
I hope I'm not interrupting
anything important,
534
00:26:04,021 --> 00:26:06,274
but your secretary seems
to be away from her desk.
535
00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:07,316
Mrs. Fletcher.
536
00:26:08,609 --> 00:26:10,236
Please come in.
537
00:26:10,319 --> 00:26:12,822
No, I've got her manning the copy machine.
538
00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:14,991
This is Myron Kinkaid.
539
00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:16,742
He's our new leader.
540
00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:19,078
I can give you about
two minutes, Mrs. Fletcher.
541
00:26:19,370 --> 00:26:20,621
Oh, it won't take that long.
542
00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:23,040
I just want to express my condolences.
543
00:26:23,165 --> 00:26:24,959
Beautiful guy. Everybody loved him.
544
00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:26,877
But we're gonna pick up
his banner and keep charging.
545
00:26:27,211 --> 00:26:30,256
Yes, Victoria tells me
that you inherit the agency
546
00:26:30,381 --> 00:26:31,924
and that you're going to do
everything possible
547
00:26:32,049 --> 00:26:33,634
to save the big account.
548
00:26:33,718 --> 00:26:37,430
It won't be easy, following Larry's act,
but we're gonna give it our best shot.
549
00:26:37,513 --> 00:26:38,889
It beats going belly up.
550
00:26:38,973 --> 00:26:40,850
Yes, everyone would lose their jobs
551
00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:44,020
and it would be such a shame
to close up this office.
552
00:26:44,145 --> 00:26:47,064
I mean, the decoration is--is so charming.
553
00:26:47,189 --> 00:26:49,775
Look, it was nice chatting
with you, Mrs. Fletcher.
554
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:53,362
I can't imagine why
you'd want to redecorate it.
555
00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:54,697
Redecorate?
556
00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:57,575
Yes, I'm talking about Miss Jones,
the interior decorator,
557
00:26:57,658 --> 00:26:58,659
who came to see your brother last night.
558
00:26:58,784 --> 00:26:59,952
I never heard of her.
559
00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:01,620
Larry just had the place redone
a year ago.
560
00:27:01,746 --> 00:27:03,414
We don't throw money around for nothing.
561
00:27:03,539 --> 00:27:05,249
Oh, it was you who fired the guard, then.
562
00:27:05,374 --> 00:27:06,459
To save money.
563
00:27:08,044 --> 00:27:09,712
Uh, that was me.
564
00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:11,797
When you let the owner
of the company get killed,
565
00:27:11,881 --> 00:27:13,591
practically under your nose,
566
00:27:13,674 --> 00:27:15,676
it's a fair assumption
you're not doing your job.
567
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,845
So I called the security company
for a replacement.
568
00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:19,013
Yes.
569
00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:21,349
Well, I mustn't keep you.
570
00:27:21,432 --> 00:27:23,851
I'm sure you two have big plans
to discuss.
571
00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:42,703
[Grover on mic] And now,
ladies and gentlemen,
572
00:27:42,787 --> 00:27:44,330
I'd like to introduce a man
573
00:27:44,413 --> 00:27:47,124
already known to many of you
in this community.
574
00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:51,629
A man who'll be manager and co-owner
575
00:27:51,712 --> 00:27:53,506
of this Corned Beef Castle,
576
00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:55,216
Harrison P. Oswald.
577
00:27:59,595 --> 00:28:04,225
Who, in the grand tradition
of American free enterprise,
578
00:28:04,308 --> 00:28:09,063
will be investing $100,000
in the future of this community.
579
00:28:17,446 --> 00:28:20,282
And now, for a special treat,
580
00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:23,244
corned beef on the house for everybody!
581
00:28:24,078 --> 00:28:28,249
[fanfare playing]
582
00:28:28,374 --> 00:28:31,127
Grover, is that check certified?
583
00:28:31,419 --> 00:28:32,461
Mr. and Mrs. Barth.
584
00:28:34,004 --> 00:28:35,798
[Polly] My goodness, what a surprise!
585
00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:37,925
Well, that was such a charming ceremony.
586
00:28:38,008 --> 00:28:41,053
Well, I saw a notice about the opening
in the financial pages.
587
00:28:41,137 --> 00:28:43,639
Wasn't it a shame
about poor Larry Kinkaid?
588
00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:46,517
Oh, yes, such a shock for everyone,
589
00:28:46,809 --> 00:28:48,060
particularly you, Mr. Barth.
590
00:28:48,185 --> 00:28:50,312
I understand that you were the last one
591
00:28:50,396 --> 00:28:52,231
to see him alive,
592
00:28:52,523 --> 00:28:53,774
except for the murderer, of course.
593
00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:55,776
Why, Grover,
594
00:28:55,860 --> 00:28:57,862
you told me you were going to the movies.
595
00:28:57,945 --> 00:28:58,863
I had to visit my sister.
596
00:28:58,946 --> 00:29:00,948
Grover can't stand her.
597
00:29:01,031 --> 00:29:02,575
I did go to the movies, pumpkin.
598
00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:05,161
I-I just stopped by Larry's office first.
599
00:29:05,244 --> 00:29:07,163
I thought I left my extra pair
of glasses there,
600
00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:09,999
but I assure you, Mrs. Fletcher,
601
00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:11,876
he was very much alive when I left.
602
00:29:13,127 --> 00:29:14,545
And were they there?
603
00:29:14,628 --> 00:29:16,505
-What?
-Your glasses.
604
00:29:17,715 --> 00:29:19,341
Oh, I found them in another suit.
605
00:29:19,884 --> 00:29:21,010
[Polly laughing]
606
00:29:21,135 --> 00:29:22,928
Grover, let's not stand around yapping.
607
00:29:23,012 --> 00:29:24,763
I want to get this check
to the bank before it closes.
608
00:29:24,847 --> 00:29:25,931
You'll excuse us, Mrs. Fletcher?
609
00:29:26,015 --> 00:29:27,016
Bye.
610
00:29:37,526 --> 00:29:39,945
I always knew when Mr. Kinkaid
was gonna work late.
611
00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:42,573
You see, uh, around 8:00,
612
00:29:42,656 --> 00:29:44,283
he'd always have a sandwich delivered.
613
00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:47,328
Oh, you mean from a neighborhood deli.
614
00:29:47,453 --> 00:29:49,914
No idea. I always brought my own lunch.
615
00:29:50,039 --> 00:29:53,459
Oh, yes, well, of course
it is a great deal more economical.
616
00:29:53,542 --> 00:29:57,129
Uh, did Mr. Kinkaid come out
to get his sandwich,
617
00:29:57,213 --> 00:29:58,380
or did you bring it back to him?
618
00:29:58,464 --> 00:29:59,965
Oh, no, no,
619
00:30:00,049 --> 00:30:02,134
you never leave your own post,
security, see?
620
00:30:02,218 --> 00:30:03,677
No, I called Mr. Kinkaid
621
00:30:03,761 --> 00:30:04,887
and I told him that the sandwich was there
622
00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:05,971
and sent the guy back.
623
00:30:06,055 --> 00:30:07,056
You gotta be very careful.
624
00:30:07,181 --> 00:30:08,766
Are you quite sure that
625
00:30:09,099 --> 00:30:10,893
it was Mr. Kinkaid on the telephone
626
00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:12,561
that you spoke to?
627
00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:15,439
Well, I only talked to him
two or three times.
628
00:30:15,523 --> 00:30:17,191
I tell you the truth,
629
00:30:17,274 --> 00:30:21,070
I didn't really know any of the big guys,
630
00:30:21,362 --> 00:30:22,613
but I think it was his voice.
631
00:30:22,738 --> 00:30:24,073
But you can't be sure?
632
00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:27,201
He only said, "Okay."
633
00:30:27,284 --> 00:30:28,410
-Mr. Ingram.
-Yeah?
634
00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:30,829
You told Lieutenant Spoletti
635
00:30:30,913 --> 00:30:34,041
that Mary Jones,
the one who checked in at 8:30,
636
00:30:34,124 --> 00:30:35,834
was an interior decorator,
637
00:30:35,918 --> 00:30:39,463
but Myron Kinkaid said
they didn't plan to redecorate.
638
00:30:39,755 --> 00:30:41,423
Yeah, that was kind of strange.
639
00:30:41,507 --> 00:30:44,593
She showed up with some pieces
of material and a tape measure.
640
00:30:44,718 --> 00:30:46,720
She said that she had forgotten
to measure the drapes
641
00:30:46,804 --> 00:30:48,931
in one of the offices.
642
00:30:49,014 --> 00:30:51,350
Well, uh, could it have been
one of the employees?
643
00:30:51,475 --> 00:30:53,185
Oh, no, no, no, I would have remembered.
644
00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:54,520
No, this was a real looker.
645
00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:57,898
Tall, blonde, legs up to here.
646
00:30:57,982 --> 00:30:59,024
[laughs]
647
00:30:59,108 --> 00:31:01,443
Tall and blonde?
648
00:31:01,527 --> 00:31:03,529
Real sophisticated, expensive clothes.
649
00:31:03,654 --> 00:31:05,573
I think she kind of liked me.
650
00:31:07,575 --> 00:31:12,079
Did she, by any chance,
resemble this girl here?
651
00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:13,831
Yeah, that's her!
652
00:31:13,956 --> 00:31:16,875
Yeah, except on the card
it says, "Christine Clifford."
653
00:31:17,001 --> 00:31:19,211
I guess Mary Jones
is her professional name.
654
00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:22,381
Mm-hmm. Uh, like a stage name.
655
00:31:22,464 --> 00:31:24,925
Well, thank you, Mr. Ingram.
You've been most helpful.
656
00:31:27,428 --> 00:31:28,512
[clears throat]
657
00:31:31,307 --> 00:31:34,268
-[Howard] Jessica?
-Yes.
658
00:31:34,351 --> 00:31:35,728
I just got a call from my agent.
659
00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:37,438
They want me right away for a tryout.
660
00:31:37,521 --> 00:31:39,940
That's wonderful! A new play?
661
00:31:40,024 --> 00:31:42,026
A TV commercial, but at least it's a job.
662
00:31:42,109 --> 00:31:44,570
Oh, that is exciting. What's the product?
663
00:31:44,653 --> 00:31:45,904
They didn't say.
664
00:31:45,988 --> 00:31:47,531
But it's for Biddle Advertising
665
00:31:47,615 --> 00:31:49,408
and I'm supposed to see
a Christine Clifford.
666
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,912
Howard, would you mind
if I came along with you?
667
00:31:53,996 --> 00:31:55,289
Call it research.
668
00:31:55,372 --> 00:31:58,083
Mind? Come on. You'll bring me luck.
669
00:32:03,380 --> 00:32:06,842
So when your loved one
slips off to final repose,
670
00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:09,637
be sure the destination is Slumberland.
671
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,348
One phone call makes all the arrangements.
672
00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:14,808
Slumber ceremonies available
for all budgets.
673
00:32:14,892 --> 00:32:16,810
Major credit cards accepted.
674
00:32:16,894 --> 00:32:18,395
So remember,
675
00:32:18,479 --> 00:32:21,607
when final repose arrives
for your loved one,
676
00:32:21,690 --> 00:32:22,983
Mr. Slumberland is waiting.
677
00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:28,447
I could have done it better.
678
00:32:28,530 --> 00:32:29,907
You were fine, Howard.
679
00:32:32,201 --> 00:32:35,704
You were terrific, Howard.
680
00:32:35,788 --> 00:32:37,456
I mean terrific.
681
00:32:37,539 --> 00:32:39,416
We think you would be perfect
as Mr. Slumberland.
682
00:32:39,541 --> 00:32:42,628
We'll contact your agent right away
and get the contracts working.
683
00:32:42,753 --> 00:32:46,215
You mean, I--I've got it?
684
00:32:46,340 --> 00:32:47,716
[Christine] You're definitely
the Mr. Slumberland
685
00:32:48,008 --> 00:32:49,259
we've been looking for, Howard.
686
00:32:49,385 --> 00:32:51,011
And, naturally,
687
00:32:51,095 --> 00:32:53,263
Victoria will be your account executive.
688
00:32:53,389 --> 00:32:55,307
[excitedly] Victoria?
689
00:32:55,391 --> 00:32:57,017
[bewilderedly] Victoria?
690
00:32:57,101 --> 00:32:59,603
Well, think of it
as a kind of package, Howard.
691
00:32:59,728 --> 00:33:01,730
You and your wife working together
692
00:33:01,814 --> 00:33:04,149
on the same account here,
it has a nice feel to it.
693
00:33:04,274 --> 00:33:08,404
Uh, would one of the strings
on the package
694
00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:10,572
be the Corned Beef Castles account?
695
00:33:10,698 --> 00:33:12,366
That's the deal we're talking.
696
00:33:13,784 --> 00:33:15,244
You know, Miss Clifford,
697
00:33:15,369 --> 00:33:19,039
I find the advertising business
just fascinating.
698
00:33:19,123 --> 00:33:21,458
It's so competitive
and yet it's so chummy.
699
00:33:21,583 --> 00:33:24,586
According to Larry Kinkaid's
appointment calendar,
700
00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:28,382
you went to see him in his office at 4:00
the day that he was murdered.
701
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:31,135
There's nothing unusual about that.
702
00:33:31,218 --> 00:33:34,054
He offered me a job. I turned him down.
703
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:35,597
It happens every day in this business.
704
00:33:35,723 --> 00:33:37,808
[Leland] Well, I have--I have a meeting.
705
00:33:37,933 --> 00:33:41,186
I'll leave you to tie up
the loose ends, Christine.
706
00:33:41,311 --> 00:33:44,481
It was nice to meet you, Mrs. Fletcher.
707
00:33:44,565 --> 00:33:47,443
Howard, welcome aboard.
708
00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:51,530
[Jessica] Miss Clifford.
709
00:33:51,655 --> 00:33:53,323
Did you, by any chance,
710
00:33:53,407 --> 00:33:57,453
return to Mr. Kinkaid's office
later in that evening?
711
00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,998
Of course not, no.
712
00:34:01,081 --> 00:34:03,041
Well, I'm sorry, but the security guard
713
00:34:03,167 --> 00:34:06,086
will identify you
as the interior decorator.
714
00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:09,173
And in view of your interest
715
00:34:09,298 --> 00:34:11,633
in the Corned Beef Castles account,
716
00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:13,260
the police may feel
717
00:34:13,343 --> 00:34:16,263
that you have a very, very strong motive
718
00:34:16,346 --> 00:34:19,141
unless, of course,
there's another explanation.
719
00:34:21,143 --> 00:34:24,521
Well, it's not what you think.
720
00:34:24,605 --> 00:34:27,983
When I was in Mr. Kinkaid's office
in the afternoon,
721
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:28,984
I borrowed something.
722
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:30,944
A file folder
723
00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,989
with some of Victoria's ideas
for the account.
724
00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:36,033
All I wanted to do was return that file
725
00:34:36,116 --> 00:34:38,285
before Mr. Kinkaid missed it
726
00:34:38,368 --> 00:34:40,454
and the decorator seemed like a good story
727
00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:41,830
to get by the guard.
728
00:34:41,955 --> 00:34:45,501
Only Kinkaid was in the office
and caught you with the stolen file.
729
00:34:45,626 --> 00:34:46,877
No.
730
00:34:48,378 --> 00:34:50,214
No, Mr. Kinkaid was already dead
731
00:34:50,339 --> 00:34:52,174
when I got into the office.
I didn't kill him.
732
00:34:53,884 --> 00:34:54,968
I swear.
733
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,268
[Christine] I'm taking
Mrs. Fletcher's advice, Lieutenant,
734
00:35:03,352 --> 00:35:04,686
and I'm telling you the truth.
735
00:35:04,812 --> 00:35:08,857
Yeah, and your story is
736
00:35:08,941 --> 00:35:12,319
that you were returning stolen property.
737
00:35:12,402 --> 00:35:16,406
Okay, I borrowed
some confidential material,
738
00:35:16,490 --> 00:35:18,826
but that is all that I did.
739
00:35:18,909 --> 00:35:20,911
Fine. Fine.
740
00:35:20,994 --> 00:35:22,412
Get her statement.
741
00:35:22,496 --> 00:35:23,747
I didn't kill him.
742
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:34,466
Why is it I always figure
743
00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:36,426
gorgeous blondes are lying to me?
744
00:35:36,552 --> 00:35:39,513
Adolescent trauma, Lieutenant.
745
00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:41,723
But if she is telling the truth...
746
00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:44,101
It means we got the time of death wrong
747
00:35:44,226 --> 00:35:46,436
and somebody got to him first.
748
00:35:48,564 --> 00:35:49,523
But who?
749
00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:50,482
Lieutenant Spolet--
750
00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:55,237
Oh, hello, Mrs. Fletcher.
751
00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:57,364
Hello.
752
00:35:57,489 --> 00:36:01,118
Lieutenant, my name is Leland Biddle.
753
00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:04,204
I just received a rather confused
754
00:36:04,288 --> 00:36:06,206
and hysterical phone call
from Miss Clifford.
755
00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:08,375
I thought I should come in
and try to sort things out.
756
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:11,795
-Have a seat.
-Thank you.
757
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,338
Christine Clifford works for you?
758
00:36:13,463 --> 00:36:15,257
She's an employee of my firm, yes.
759
00:36:15,382 --> 00:36:18,260
She said that she stole
some confidential files
760
00:36:18,594 --> 00:36:20,387
from Kinkaid's office.
761
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:22,556
Good heavens. She said that?
762
00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:24,099
And she said that you'll verify it.
763
00:36:24,224 --> 00:36:25,934
We're a highly ethical firm.
764
00:36:26,018 --> 00:36:29,062
If Miss Clifford is involved
in some sort of theft,
765
00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:31,982
I have no choice, but to ask
for her resignation immediately.
766
00:36:32,107 --> 00:36:36,028
But you were trying
to take the Corned Beef Castles account
767
00:36:36,153 --> 00:36:37,571
away from Mr. Kinkaid's company?
768
00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:39,573
Actually, we're no longer interested
769
00:36:39,656 --> 00:36:41,450
in the Corned Beef Castles account.
770
00:36:41,575 --> 00:36:44,661
Oh, that wasn't the impression
771
00:36:44,745 --> 00:36:46,413
that I got this afternoon.
772
00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:49,958
Yes, well, I have made
some inquiries since then
773
00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:51,835
and it would appear
that the Barths have filed
774
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,378
for a chapter 11 bankruptcy.
775
00:36:53,503 --> 00:36:55,923
Bankruptcy? Well, that's interesting.
776
00:36:56,006 --> 00:37:01,136
Apparently, they've hit Kinkaid agency
with a ton of media bills.
777
00:37:01,261 --> 00:37:03,305
[Jessica] But, of course, you didn't know
about the bankruptcy
778
00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:05,724
the evening that Mr. Kinkaid
was killed, Mr. Biddle.
779
00:37:07,434 --> 00:37:09,937
Mrs. Fletcher, if you are suggesting
780
00:37:10,020 --> 00:37:13,815
that I was in any way involved
with Larry Kinkaid's death,
781
00:37:13,941 --> 00:37:16,318
I was having dinner
with a business associate
782
00:37:16,610 --> 00:37:18,403
at the time that he was killed.
783
00:37:18,528 --> 00:37:21,073
Aubrey Thornton, Françoise.
784
00:37:21,198 --> 00:37:22,699
Oh, yes, of course,
785
00:37:22,783 --> 00:37:24,618
on the ground floor
of Mr. Kinkaid's building.
786
00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:27,454
-What time was that?
-7:00.
787
00:37:27,537 --> 00:37:29,623
Uh, we met at 7:00
788
00:37:29,706 --> 00:37:31,500
and we stayed till well after 9:00.
789
00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:34,378
Actually, he was hitting me up for a job.
790
00:37:34,503 --> 00:37:37,297
The police arrived
just as we were leaving.
791
00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:40,050
Thornton will tell you
that I never left the table,
792
00:37:40,175 --> 00:37:42,302
except for a few minutes
to make a phone call at the bar.
793
00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:48,016
The barman will vouch for that.
794
00:37:50,018 --> 00:37:51,520
If you'll excuse me, Lieutenant,
795
00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:56,066
I don't think I should make
any further comment on this matter
796
00:37:56,149 --> 00:37:57,985
until I've conferred with my attorney.
797
00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:00,988
-Good idea.
-Mrs. Fletcher.
798
00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:10,080
Apparently, Mr. Biddle is
leaving Miss Clifford
799
00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:11,915
swinging in the wind.
800
00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:15,627
Corned Beef Castles bankrupt?
801
00:38:15,752 --> 00:38:18,296
Yes, I'm afraid
that's what Mr. Biddle said.
802
00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:21,425
Well, then neither agency
is going to get the account.
803
00:38:21,508 --> 00:38:23,593
That means my TV commercial
goes down the tube too.
804
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,263
And apparently Christine Clifford
is out of a job as well.
805
00:38:26,388 --> 00:38:28,181
Howard, I'm so sorry.
806
00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:30,726
It's okay.
807
00:38:33,937 --> 00:38:36,481
I can always get my old job back
at the insurance company.
808
00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:39,443
But what about your career?
809
00:38:39,693 --> 00:38:42,029
All I ever really wanted was you.
810
00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:51,079
[buzzer buzzes]
811
00:38:51,163 --> 00:38:52,247
I'll get it.
812
00:38:55,751 --> 00:38:56,793
Oh, yes.
813
00:38:56,877 --> 00:38:58,336
-Griffin?
-Yes.
814
00:38:58,420 --> 00:39:01,465
-Large pastrami and sausage.
-Ah, thank you.
815
00:39:01,548 --> 00:39:04,259
Oh, dear. It's anchovy and olive.
816
00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:06,595
Look, it says,
"pastrami and sausage" on the ticket.
817
00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:08,346
I don't make 'em, lady.
I just deliver 'em.
818
00:39:08,430 --> 00:39:11,391
-What do I owe you?
-It's, uh, $16.20.
819
00:39:11,475 --> 00:39:12,851
And I don't carry around
much change, lady.
820
00:39:12,934 --> 00:39:14,561
Ah, that's all right. Thanks.
821
00:39:14,644 --> 00:39:15,771
-Thanks.
-Uh-huh.
822
00:39:22,778 --> 00:39:24,571
Actually, you know, I'm not very hungry.
823
00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:27,824
Uh, would you two mind
if I went out for a while?
824
00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:36,917
I won't be back till late.
825
00:39:48,178 --> 00:39:50,514
Get this right over there.
They called twice.
826
00:39:50,597 --> 00:39:52,015
Now what did you want on that, lady?
827
00:39:52,099 --> 00:39:53,558
Mustard, sauerkraut, horseradish?
828
00:39:53,642 --> 00:39:54,768
No, I'm afraid you don't understand.
829
00:39:54,893 --> 00:39:56,853
I'm asking about a corned beef sandwich
830
00:39:56,937 --> 00:39:58,522
that was delivered last night.
831
00:39:58,605 --> 00:40:00,357
-Somethin' was wrong with it?
-No, no.
832
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,234
I was wondering if it was delivered
833
00:40:02,317 --> 00:40:04,945
to Kinkaid Advertising.
834
00:40:05,028 --> 00:40:07,155
Look, I realize that you have
hundreds of orders,
835
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,367
but, well, this is the seventh
delicatessen that I've been to,
836
00:40:10,659 --> 00:40:13,036
and, uh, please, it's important.
837
00:40:13,328 --> 00:40:14,579
Kinkaid over on Madison Avenue.
838
00:40:14,704 --> 00:40:16,414
-That's it.
-What about it?
839
00:40:16,498 --> 00:40:19,209
Well, could I talk to the man
who delivered it?
840
00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:21,503
Lady, we get a lot of repeat business.
841
00:40:21,628 --> 00:40:23,004
We got a reputation in this business.
842
00:40:24,673 --> 00:40:26,091
Here's your sandwich, Linda.
843
00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:31,012
If there was something wrong with it,
we'll make it right.
844
00:40:34,850 --> 00:40:36,059
"Corned beef, rye.
845
00:40:36,184 --> 00:40:38,562
Larry Kinkaid, Kinkaid Advertising."
846
00:40:38,687 --> 00:40:40,647
Yes. Does it say who delivered it?
847
00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:42,107
Nobody delivered it.
848
00:40:42,607 --> 00:40:43,650
The guy called and canceled the order.
849
00:40:47,904 --> 00:40:49,865
Ah, come on. Gimme a break, will ya?
850
00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:51,950
Why would I lie about a lousy sandwich?
851
00:40:52,033 --> 00:40:54,327
I don't know. You tell me.
852
00:40:54,411 --> 00:40:57,622
Uh, Mr. Ingram,
what did the deliveryman look like?
853
00:40:57,914 --> 00:41:00,375
Huh! Like a deliveryman.
854
00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:02,377
I mean, all these meatballs,
they all look alike, you know?
855
00:41:02,502 --> 00:41:03,962
Well, please try and remember.
856
00:41:04,045 --> 00:41:05,297
It could be very important.
857
00:41:05,380 --> 00:41:07,299
Ah, he was wearing a gray coat.
858
00:41:07,382 --> 00:41:09,551
He was carrying a--a styrofoam cooler.
859
00:41:09,676 --> 00:41:12,888
Oh, that sure narrows it down.
860
00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:15,724
Uh-huh.
861
00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:18,185
Was he wearing gloves, by any chance?
862
00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:20,854
Yeah, as a matter of fact, yeah.
863
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:25,442
He had a little woolen hat,
mustache, shades...
864
00:41:25,567 --> 00:41:27,027
Tell ya the truth,
865
00:41:27,152 --> 00:41:30,363
I didn't get a good look at him,
if you know what I mean.
866
00:41:30,447 --> 00:41:33,533
Lieutenant, why would a deliveryman
867
00:41:33,617 --> 00:41:35,410
be wearing dark glasses at night?
868
00:41:38,330 --> 00:41:39,331
Wait a minute.
869
00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:45,295
Are you telling me that Kinkaid
was killed by some deliveryman?
870
00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:50,133
I'm saying it's someone
posing as a deliveryman.
871
00:41:51,801 --> 00:41:53,220
You recognize this guy
if you saw him again?
872
00:41:53,345 --> 00:41:56,640
Yeah. Uh, maybe.
873
00:41:56,765 --> 00:41:59,559
Uh, I don't know.
874
00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:02,187
Lieutenant, I have an idea.
875
00:42:04,314 --> 00:42:06,358
Would you be interested in trying it?
876
00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:09,027
Got the time?
877
00:42:13,949 --> 00:42:16,368
Cops. Love to make you sweat.
878
00:42:16,493 --> 00:42:18,078
Two hours, they got me waitin' here.
879
00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:23,917
Well, nice try, Mrs. Fletcher,
880
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,586
but the security guard
doesn't recognize Thornton.
881
00:42:26,670 --> 00:42:27,879
We struck out.
882
00:42:27,963 --> 00:42:29,756
Maybe so, Lieutenant.
883
00:42:29,839 --> 00:42:31,716
But since you brought
Mr. Thornton down here,
884
00:42:31,841 --> 00:42:33,260
couldn't we at least have a chat with him?
885
00:42:35,178 --> 00:42:37,013
This is outrageous!
886
00:42:37,097 --> 00:42:38,682
First of all, you call me down here.
887
00:42:38,765 --> 00:42:40,267
Then you keep me sitting
out there for half an hour.
888
00:42:40,350 --> 00:42:43,979
-What's going on?
-I'm sorry, Mr. Thornton.
889
00:42:44,062 --> 00:42:46,189
But Mrs. Fletcher here has a wild idea
890
00:42:46,273 --> 00:42:48,566
that you might know something
about Larry Kinkaid's death.
891
00:42:49,901 --> 00:42:52,570
Well, that's ridiculous.
892
00:42:52,654 --> 00:42:56,324
I was having dinner with Leland Biddle
when Kinkaid was killed.
893
00:42:56,408 --> 00:42:59,661
Uh, ask Biddle.
894
00:42:59,744 --> 00:43:01,496
He was with me the whole time.
895
00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:02,789
Except for a few minutes
896
00:43:02,872 --> 00:43:06,042
when Mr. Biddle went into the bar
to make a phone call.
897
00:43:06,126 --> 00:43:08,044
The express elevator would
take you up to the penthouse
898
00:43:08,169 --> 00:43:09,921
in only a few seconds.
899
00:43:10,213 --> 00:43:13,675
Or anybody else in New York City,
Mrs. Fletcher.
900
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,176
I understand from Victoria
901
00:43:15,468 --> 00:43:18,263
that Mr. Kinkaid was trying
to squeeze you out.
902
00:43:18,388 --> 00:43:21,391
Didn't matter to me. I had a contract.
903
00:43:21,516 --> 00:43:23,268
Yes, but no official duties.
904
00:43:23,351 --> 00:43:27,314
I imagine time hung
on your hands, Mr. Thornton.
905
00:43:27,397 --> 00:43:28,857
Victoria says you always left early.
906
00:43:30,275 --> 00:43:32,277
You must have had Kinkaid's
moves down pretty good.
907
00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:34,487
Like the fact that he always
ordered a sandwich
908
00:43:34,571 --> 00:43:35,572
when he worked late?
909
00:43:35,697 --> 00:43:38,116
Probably knew the deli he ordered from.
910
00:43:38,199 --> 00:43:40,118
What does Larry Kinkaid's taste
911
00:43:40,243 --> 00:43:42,412
in short-order food have to do with me?
912
00:43:42,495 --> 00:43:44,706
Well, you could have canceled
the order with a phone call
913
00:43:44,831 --> 00:43:47,459
and made the delivery
that he was expecting yourself.
914
00:43:48,752 --> 00:43:52,714
Mrs. Fletcher, that's pure conjecture.
915
00:43:52,839 --> 00:43:54,632
Yes, it's only a theory,
916
00:43:54,758 --> 00:43:57,385
but I suspect that you already
had the cooler prepared
917
00:43:57,469 --> 00:43:59,220
and hidden somewhere
down on the ground floor.
918
00:43:59,346 --> 00:44:03,266
So when Mr. Biddle went
to make one of his frequent phone calls,
919
00:44:03,350 --> 00:44:04,434
you headed for the elevator.
920
00:44:07,312 --> 00:44:10,648
You probably had your disguise
hidden inside the cooler.
921
00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:13,234
And seconds later, you got out
at the penthouse suite
922
00:44:13,318 --> 00:44:16,363
dressed as the deliveryman.
923
00:44:16,446 --> 00:44:18,782
You have great fantasies.
You should be in advertising.
924
00:44:18,907 --> 00:44:21,284
The guard had only been
on the job a short time.
925
00:44:21,368 --> 00:44:24,287
You'd always been careful to leave
before he came on duty,
926
00:44:24,412 --> 00:44:27,957
so he wouldn't recognize you,
even in your disguise.
927
00:44:28,249 --> 00:44:31,044
You even made sure that
he was discharged the next day,
928
00:44:31,169 --> 00:44:32,837
just to be sure.
929
00:44:34,464 --> 00:44:37,759
So that's your little game, is it?
930
00:44:37,842 --> 00:44:41,388
You kept me cooling my heels
out there in the hallway,
931
00:44:41,471 --> 00:44:44,641
hoping that that security guard
would recognize me.
932
00:44:44,724 --> 00:44:47,143
Well, it didn't work, Lieutenant.
933
00:44:47,227 --> 00:44:48,812
That guard wouldn't know me from Adam.
934
00:44:48,895 --> 00:44:50,438
He's never seen me before in his life.
935
00:44:50,522 --> 00:44:52,232
You've got nothing.
936
00:44:52,315 --> 00:44:53,900
Guard?
937
00:44:53,983 --> 00:44:55,610
How did you know that
that man sitting out there
938
00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:57,404
was the security guard, Mr. Thornton?
939
00:44:59,489 --> 00:45:02,826
Hey, that's right!
940
00:45:05,245 --> 00:45:08,248
He wasn't in uniform.
941
00:45:08,331 --> 00:45:10,458
How did you know
he was the security guard?
942
00:45:14,087 --> 00:45:15,755
You're trying to trick me.
943
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:17,298
[Jessica] I'm afraid
the only way you'd know that
944
00:45:17,424 --> 00:45:19,342
would be if you'd seen him in uniform
945
00:45:19,634 --> 00:45:22,262
the night that you murdered Mr. Kinkaid.
946
00:45:40,155 --> 00:45:43,283
You think you've got it all planned,
947
00:45:43,366 --> 00:45:45,076
every little detail,
948
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:49,581
and then you get suckered
by one little mistake.
949
00:45:54,961 --> 00:45:56,254
He cheated me.
950
00:45:58,298 --> 00:45:59,716
He humiliated me.
951
00:46:02,677 --> 00:46:06,431
I sat in my office for months,
952
00:46:06,514 --> 00:46:08,725
trying to figure out how to get him.
953
00:46:11,060 --> 00:46:15,482
And it--it seemed like a perfect plan.
954
00:46:19,194 --> 00:46:21,446
He did not even look up.
955
00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:26,284
That arrogant, pompous phony.
956
00:46:28,286 --> 00:46:30,371
I wanted him to know that it was me.
957
00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:51,392
And, you know, killing him with the award,
958
00:46:51,476 --> 00:46:54,103
that wasn't improvisation.
959
00:46:54,187 --> 00:46:55,647
That was part of the plan.
960
00:47:00,443 --> 00:47:02,695
Nice touch, don't you think?
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