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[Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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If I so much as see you again,
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I swear I’ll kill you.
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He took me for everything I had
in more ways than one.
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Well, yeah, I mean, money,
fame, what else is there?
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Did he tell you he’s got a police record?
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All these computers are stolen.
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There’s something about this
that I just don’t understand.
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Some unpleasant threats were made.
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Redundant, all threats are unpleasant.
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It looks as if he got somebody’s message,
all right.
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[cheerful orchestral music]
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Uh-oh, an "L" key.
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You know, Jessica,
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this situation wouldn’t be nearly so bad
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if you hadn’t named your characters
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Lola and Larry Lamont.
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Now listen carefully
and think this through.
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You have five suspects in a murder.
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One at a time, you lead them
into the interrogation room
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and watch them through a two-way mirror.
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It’s quiet and they’re alone
for about an hour.
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Now how is a killer likely to act
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as opposed to someone who is innocent?
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Hmm?
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If the killer is stuck there for an hour,
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he’s probably going nuts,
pacing, nervous, agitated.
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That’s what you’d expect
but no, on the average,
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that’s not it.
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Ah, Mr. Rossari.
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He falls asleep.
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That’s exactly right.
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Why?
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Simple. You got to figure
the guy’s stressed out.
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He’s been running on adrenaline
ever since the murder.
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You take someone who is that wound up
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and put him in a small stuffy room alone
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for an hour, he’s bound to fall asleep.
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Whereas an innocent man’s stress
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begins in the interrogation room.
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That’s very good.
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I mean, that is exactly
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the sort of intuitive thinking
that results
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when you put yourself
into the mind of a suspect.
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It helps you to understand
that the obvious answer
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isn’t always the right answer.
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Dr. Auerbach.
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Excuse me, this will only take a minute.
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Michael, can I see you outside?
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I see that we’re nearly out of time,
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so for the next class put yourselves
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into the mind of a murderer.
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What you would do to make sure
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that you weren’t caught
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and to compare that
to what you would look for
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if you were investigating the crime.
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That’s all.
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Oh, Dr. Auerbach,
may I see you for a moment?
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I was just wondering about that discussion
you were having.
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Mr. Rossari--
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Has been removed from your class.
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But he’s one of my best students.
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Well, I’m sorry,
but he didn’t belong there.
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He doesn’t have the grades
or the background required
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to take an advanced class like yours.
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Well, then how did he get in?
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By altering his records in
the university’s mainframe computer.
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I’d stay away from this one
if I were you, Jessica.
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Take my word for it, he’s trouble.
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[woman] Operator.
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Administration office please.
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One moment please.
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[woman] Administration.
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Oh, yes. I wonder if you could give me
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some information on a student,
Michael Rossari.
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[knocking on door]
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Ah, I believe you forgot these.
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Oh, thanks.
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Oh, I’m sorry, come on in.
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Thank you.
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Uh, Michael, Dr. Auerbach
told me what you did,
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but what he couldn’t tell me was why.
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Why go to all the trouble of slipping
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into the university’s mainframe computer
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and changing your records
just to get into my class?
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Well, the truth is I want to be a writer.
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No, scratch that.
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I am a writer.
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I just-- there’s so much I don’t know
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and when I saw that you’d be
teaching here this semester
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I figured I’d take the class,
learn from you,
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find out how you got where you are,
how you think.
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And then you found out
that you just didn’t have
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the grades or any
of the other requirements.
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Yeah, I had to do something, so I--
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I altered my transcripts
just enough to get in.
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I wasn’t gonna leave them
that way, honest. I tried to--
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Put them back the way they were.
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Yes, I know.
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I talked to the administration’s office
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and from what they said,
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your initial effort went unnoticed.
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It was only when you tried
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to put your records back the way
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they were that you were caught.
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Ain’t that a kick in the head?
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I should have quit while I was ahead.
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No, what you should have done
was to come to me
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in the beginning and explain
the whole situation.
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I mean, I’m an instructor.
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I have a fair degree of latitude.
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Well, you didn’t know me.
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Well, I guess I figured, you know,
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why should you do anything to help me?
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Because you’re bright
and you’re a hard worker
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and because of these.
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You know, I brought those short stories
to class every day.
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I kept trying to get up
the nerve to show them to you
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and I never did.
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Just my luck you get them now
after all this.
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Well, I read them and they’re good.
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They’re extremely good.
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You show a potential way beyond your years
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and you have talent
and talent should be encouraged.
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Yeah? I--I mean, really?
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Yeah, really.
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Well, that’s great except--
except I blew it.
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I can’t go back to class.
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Well, there might be
room to maneuver on that.
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I mean, it helps that you tried
to undo your "alterations."
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It will be difficult
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but I’m willing to give it a try.
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So what’s the catch?
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I mean, like you told us in class,
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nobody does anything without a reason.
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Well, along with your writing,
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you seem to have a knack for computers.
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I thought we might turn
that to a good cause.
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I’ve decided to move up
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from my old typewriter
to a word processor.
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You could help me.
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I know just the guys.
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[Jessica] Well, it’s all
very impressive, Mr. Miller.
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[Miller] Hopefully
it’s not too intimidating.
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We try to present
a user-friendly appearance.
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Computers can be daunting enough
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without everything looking
like a dentist’s office.
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And what else do you do here
besides teach computers?
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Hardware design, commercial scanning
for computer viruses.
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And Linda and I collaborate
on new software programs,
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space games mostly.
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I write all those lines like
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"Surrender or die, Earth scum".
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The class was Derek’s idea.
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It’s a very select group.
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Lawyers, prominent writers
such as yourself,
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advertising executives,
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vice-presidents of major corporations,
stock brokers,
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people who don’t want to learn
everything about a computer
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but just enough to use one effectively.
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-That’s me.
-Did you find him?
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Maggie said he’s in the workroom.
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Well, good. Right this way, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Ah, another one of our satisfied students,
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part of our adopted family.
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Jessica Fletcher, Henry Waverly.
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Henry, this is Jessica Fletcher.
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How do you do?
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Mrs. Fletcher.
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Another satisfied customer.
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What family doesn’t have
its little problems?
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Don’t you ever take a break?
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Oh, this board needs work, I’m sorry.
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Well, why don’t you take five minutes
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and meet Miss Jessica Fletcher?
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Miss Fletcher, this is Derek St. James.
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-It’s a pleasure.
-How do you do?
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Derek and I handle different aspects
of the course.
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He teaches hardware and I handle software.
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And I take care of
the chronically shell-shocked.
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Derek also handles the installations.
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The installations?
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As part of your fee for the class,
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we buy a computer,
customize it to your needs
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and set it up in your apartment.
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Like I told you, service to the max.
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Well, I’m certainly sold.
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Well, good. The first class
is tomorrow at three o’clock.
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As long as you’re here, Derek
will start taking the information
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that he needs to get
the right system for you.
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So I’ll leave you to it.
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Thank you.
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Well, let’s see
what the basic requirements
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will be for your new computer system.
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How much RAM, how much ROM ,
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VGA, SVGA, 386, 486, 33, 25 megahertz?
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If you do a lot of research,
you may want to get a CD-ROM
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or a worm optical system.
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Do you have any offhand preferences?
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Well, I--I was thinking
of something in a nice beige.
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In other words,
I ought to be doing this in English.
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That would be wonderful.
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Jessica Fletcher, not bad.
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Mmm, I was thinking if we can get her
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to try the new game
and give us an endorsement,
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we can ship an extra 50,000 units easily.
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We have to finish it first.
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Not that you have been giving me
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very much time lately to do that.
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All business, no pleasure.
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Mm-hmm, well, there’s
plenty of time for pleasure.
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Actually we’re partners on this program,
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and I thought maybe I should be pulling
a little bit of the work.
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Yeah, I know, I know.
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I’ve been meaning
to talk to you about that.
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[alarm buzzing]
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Yes?
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It’s your wife.
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Do you want it in here
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or do you want it in your office?
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I’ll take the call in my office.
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That’s got it.
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Any problems?
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No, no, no.
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I just had to finish hooking
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your computer up to your phone line.
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Now you’re all set up. You can dial from
your computer to
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any database or any other computer
in the country,
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send or receive any information you need.
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Oh, it’s remarkable.
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Well, is there anything else
that I should know?
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Nothing we won’t be
covering later in class.
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Um, just play with it
until it feels comfortable to you.
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Ah! Power on.
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-Uh-huh.
-Okay.
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And you may want
to leave that on all the time
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except if you leave town, of course.
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It just saves wear and tear
on the power supply.
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Excellent.
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Well, I’ll see you in class later.
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Yes.
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And thank you.
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All right, we come to an understanding
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or one of us doesn’t leave here alive.
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Right.
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No, I tried modifying the past statements.
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Could I get back to you please?
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Thank you.
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Well, Henry, I didn’t--
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I got a message for you.
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I’m sick of this crap. Do you hear me?
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I’m sick of it. And I’m all finished.
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-Henry, I don’t know what you--
-Just cut it, will you?
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You really think that I’m gonna stand here
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and let you bleed me dry?
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Well, forget it.
257
00:12:38,425 --> 00:12:39,718
I’m not gonna give you a single penny.
258
00:12:39,801 --> 00:12:42,429
-Henry.
-Not one penny.
259
00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:43,847
And if I so much as see you again,
260
00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:46,099
I swear I’ll kill you.
261
00:12:46,183 --> 00:12:48,727
It ends here or you end here.
262
00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:50,061
It’s your choice, Alan.
263
00:13:11,374 --> 00:13:15,295
I’m sorry, Jessica, I just
don’t think it’s appropriate.
264
00:13:15,378 --> 00:13:17,380
Michael Rossari broke the rules.
265
00:13:17,839 --> 00:13:20,759
He accessed the university computer,
changed his records.
266
00:13:20,842 --> 00:13:23,261
Look, I’m not defending
what he did, Raymond.
267
00:13:23,345 --> 00:13:25,889
His actions were foolish, ill-considered
268
00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:28,308
and entirely consistent with his age.
269
00:13:28,391 --> 00:13:30,977
-He didn’t think it through.
-Precisely.
270
00:13:31,061 --> 00:13:33,188
But at least he tried to set it straight
271
00:13:33,271 --> 00:13:35,023
and if he hadn’t
he wouldn’t have gotten caught.
272
00:13:35,106 --> 00:13:38,068
I’m not nominating him for a Nobel Prize,
273
00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:41,154
but he’s bright and dedicated.
274
00:13:41,238 --> 00:13:43,198
And I think he’s worth a second chance.
275
00:13:43,281 --> 00:13:45,534
Is he?
276
00:13:47,410 --> 00:13:49,162
After this all hit the fan,
277
00:13:49,246 --> 00:13:51,414
I had administration send me his file.
278
00:13:54,292 --> 00:13:56,836
Did he tell you he’s got a police record?
279
00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,547
No, no, he didn’t.
280
00:13:58,630 --> 00:14:00,340
You’re a good teacher, Jessica.
281
00:14:00,423 --> 00:14:01,967
The students like you
282
00:14:02,050 --> 00:14:04,719
because they know you
honestly care about them.
283
00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:08,598
That can work as much
against you as for you.
284
00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:09,724
You know what my attorney told me
285
00:14:09,808 --> 00:14:11,309
the day I filed for my divorce?
286
00:14:11,393 --> 00:14:14,938
He said, "There’s no shortage
of love in the world,
287
00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:18,233
only of worthy vessels to put it in."
288
00:14:18,316 --> 00:14:19,442
Think about that.
289
00:14:24,614 --> 00:14:26,950
[Michael] Okay, so you got the stuff?
290
00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:30,579
Hey, Mikey, have I ever
let you down before?
291
00:14:30,662 --> 00:14:34,624
Uh, yes, and I haven’t been Mikey
since the third grade.
292
00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:36,710
-It’s Michael.
-Well, that’s big talk.
293
00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:38,128
Pretty soon you’re gonna forget
294
00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:39,421
you’re just another guy from the block.
295
00:14:39,504 --> 00:14:40,880
How can I forget
296
00:14:40,964 --> 00:14:43,258
when I got guys like you
reminding me all the time?
297
00:14:43,341 --> 00:14:44,759
Let me see what you got.
298
00:14:44,843 --> 00:14:49,014
Mostly 386s, some 286s, all in good shape.
299
00:14:49,097 --> 00:14:50,724
Warranty papers?
300
00:14:50,807 --> 00:14:52,017
That’s a joke, right?
301
00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:53,643
Yeah, okay, I’ll take care of it.
302
00:14:53,727 --> 00:14:55,604
Guys handle most of the service anyway.
303
00:14:55,687 --> 00:14:57,731
Just one thing.
304
00:14:57,814 --> 00:15:00,609
Last time you were two weeks behind
on your payments.
305
00:15:00,692 --> 00:15:02,652
You weren’t thinking
of doing that again, were you?
306
00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:05,655
Uh, look, you come by the office tomorrow.
307
00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:08,408
I’ll handle it, payment in full.
308
00:15:08,491 --> 00:15:10,744
Nice doing business with you, Mikey.
309
00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:23,381
You will find that a computer
won’t just change your life,
310
00:15:23,465 --> 00:15:25,550
it will make you more efficient.
311
00:15:25,634 --> 00:15:28,136
If, for example,
you have to add a few words
312
00:15:28,219 --> 00:15:30,430
or change a few figures in a report,
313
00:15:30,513 --> 00:15:32,015
you don’t have to type up the whole thing,
314
00:15:32,098 --> 00:15:34,184
just run in the numbers and or the words
315
00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:36,311
and let the computer
type out a whole new copy.
316
00:15:36,394 --> 00:15:40,065
You don’t even have to worry
about delivering your work.
317
00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:42,567
You can use the phone lines
to send it across town
318
00:15:42,651 --> 00:15:44,194
or across the whole globe.
319
00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:47,155
So if I finish a chapter
of my book in Cabot Cove,
320
00:15:47,238 --> 00:15:49,199
I can send it through the phone lines
321
00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:52,285
to my publisher’s computer in New York?
322
00:15:52,369 --> 00:15:55,038
Exactly.
323
00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:57,916
You know, this is beginning
to sound very attractive.
324
00:16:00,418 --> 00:16:02,837
Just one question.
325
00:16:02,921 --> 00:16:06,925
What does it mean when it says
"fatal disc error"?
326
00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:10,595
It means your hard disk has crashed.
327
00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:11,805
Oh, dear.
328
00:16:11,888 --> 00:16:14,057
It’s gone. Dead.
329
00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:15,684
In other words, Mrs. Fletcher,
330
00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:17,852
your computer has been murdered.
331
00:16:17,936 --> 00:16:19,688
So what we have to do now
is find a suspect.
332
00:16:19,771 --> 00:16:22,107
Oh, that’s no problem.
333
00:16:22,190 --> 00:16:24,484
I’ve been working at this thing
three weeks straight
334
00:16:24,567 --> 00:16:27,612
and I’m up for a little "computercide."
335
00:16:27,696 --> 00:16:30,073
Who else here would enjoy
seeing one of these things
336
00:16:30,156 --> 00:16:31,366
run over by a truck?
337
00:16:31,449 --> 00:16:32,450
Oh, I would.
338
00:16:34,035 --> 00:16:35,620
All right, all right,
339
00:16:35,704 --> 00:16:37,497
now if we could just
take this from the top.
340
00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:39,999
Michael, would you please
be kind enough to give
341
00:16:40,083 --> 00:16:42,460
Mrs. Fletcher a live computer
342
00:16:42,544 --> 00:16:44,921
and dust the old one for fingerprints.
343
00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:57,892
Thanks for providing me
with an alibi back there.
344
00:16:57,976 --> 00:17:00,478
Oh, well, if you ask me
345
00:17:00,562 --> 00:17:03,022
offing a computer is justifiable homicide.
346
00:17:03,106 --> 00:17:05,775
I’ve been through this course three times
347
00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:08,486
and I still can’t get the hang of it.
348
00:17:08,570 --> 00:17:10,113
Maybe I’m too old to learn.
349
00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:11,489
Oh, not true.
350
00:17:11,573 --> 00:17:14,159
I like to think that you’re never too old.
351
00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:17,203
The way this day has been going,
I’m not so sure.
352
00:17:17,287 --> 00:17:19,289
In what way?
353
00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:22,167
Well, I own
Skytouchers Construction Company.
354
00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:23,668
And we’ve been bidding on a new project.
355
00:17:23,752 --> 00:17:26,880
It’s a monster, 30 stories high, a mall.
356
00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:28,923
I was sure we had the lowest bid in town,
357
00:17:29,007 --> 00:17:32,927
but today, out of the blue,
I find out we lost the project.
358
00:17:33,011 --> 00:17:36,681
Some guy comes in $4,000 under us.
359
00:17:36,765 --> 00:17:38,057
That’s the second time it’s happened.
360
00:17:38,141 --> 00:17:39,476
Oh, I’m so sorry.
361
00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:42,312
Okay, that’s it, folks,
break time is over.
362
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:43,521
Back to the trenches.
363
00:17:43,605 --> 00:17:45,648
Ah, more grief, I swear.
364
00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:47,776
I don’t understand a word this man says.
365
00:17:59,871 --> 00:18:01,080
Everybody is gone, Mrs. Fletcher.
366
00:18:01,164 --> 00:18:02,707
I have to close up.
367
00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:03,917
Oh, I’ll be right there.
368
00:18:06,377 --> 00:18:08,546
[Michael] Hey, you all right, Linda?
369
00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:09,964
[Linda] I don’t like being lied to
370
00:18:10,048 --> 00:18:11,716
and I don’t like being stolen from.
371
00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:12,884
[Michael] I’m sorry, Linda.
372
00:18:12,967 --> 00:18:13,968
Everybody’s gone for the day,
373
00:18:14,052 --> 00:18:14,969
but if you’ve got a problem.
374
00:18:15,053 --> 00:18:16,805
Yes, I’ve got a problem.
375
00:18:16,888 --> 00:18:19,808
Six months Alan has had me
working on this computer game,
376
00:18:19,891 --> 00:18:22,185
promising me equal money, equal credit,
377
00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:24,103
my big break in the business.
378
00:18:24,187 --> 00:18:26,856
Today I walk into the store
and there it is.
379
00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:28,858
Not only doesn’t it have my name on it,
380
00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:30,819
he didn’t have the guts
to tell me it was out.
381
00:18:30,902 --> 00:18:32,403
Come on, Linda.
382
00:18:32,487 --> 00:18:33,696
It’s the best program
I have ever come up with.
383
00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,698
It would have made me.
384
00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:38,117
He took me for everything I had
in more ways than one.
385
00:18:38,201 --> 00:18:40,119
He is a thief.
386
00:18:40,203 --> 00:18:42,455
Look, Linda, I’m sure there’s
a reasonable explanation.
387
00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:44,499
A reasonable explanation for the knife
388
00:18:44,582 --> 00:18:45,834
he stuck in my back?
389
00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:47,794
Wait till you see
the knife I stick in his.
390
00:18:51,422 --> 00:18:54,259
Michael, Miss Truitt sounded very upset.
391
00:18:54,342 --> 00:18:56,344
Yeah, well, you know, like Alan said
392
00:18:56,427 --> 00:18:58,680
what family doesn’t have
its little arguments?
393
00:18:58,763 --> 00:18:59,889
I’m sure they’ll work it out.
394
00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:01,724
Probably just a typo or something.
395
00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:03,142
Come on, I’ll give you a lift home.
396
00:19:03,226 --> 00:19:04,644
Oh, you don’t have to do that.
397
00:19:04,727 --> 00:19:06,020
Yeah, I want to. Come on.
398
00:19:06,104 --> 00:19:07,313
All right.
399
00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,278
When you’re on the streets,
you’re in a gang.
400
00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:15,029
So I used to hang out at the boy’s club
401
00:19:15,113 --> 00:19:16,739
when I was in high school.
402
00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:18,491
It kept me off the streets.
403
00:19:18,575 --> 00:19:20,159
They had a couple of computers.
404
00:19:20,243 --> 00:19:21,286
And I found out I had a knack
for taking them apart
405
00:19:21,369 --> 00:19:22,871
and putting them back together.
406
00:19:22,954 --> 00:19:25,999
So I figured I’d use it,
you know, earn a living
407
00:19:26,082 --> 00:19:27,750
while I tried to make it as a writer.
408
00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:29,502
Always plan ahead.
409
00:19:29,586 --> 00:19:32,046
Michael, I spoke to Dr. Auerbach today
410
00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:34,507
about reinstating you
411
00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:38,803
and apparently,
there are some complications.
412
00:19:38,887 --> 00:19:40,305
He said that you have a police record.
413
00:19:40,388 --> 00:19:41,389
Do you want to know what for?
414
00:19:41,472 --> 00:19:43,057
You don’t have to.
415
00:19:43,141 --> 00:19:46,561
Age 14, busted
for shoplifting comic books.
416
00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:49,188
Age 15, caught boosting hubcaps.
417
00:19:49,272 --> 00:19:51,649
Nailed again on petty theft at 16.
418
00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:53,568
Police record.
419
00:19:53,651 --> 00:19:56,696
Yeah, we’re definitely talking
national security risk here.
420
00:19:56,779 --> 00:19:58,072
Once you make a few mistakes
421
00:19:58,156 --> 00:19:59,908
nobody wants you to go straight,
422
00:19:59,991 --> 00:20:01,826
get your act together.
423
00:20:01,910 --> 00:20:03,828
Messes up their expectations.
424
00:20:03,912 --> 00:20:06,080
Look, I don’t want to sound ungrateful.
425
00:20:06,164 --> 00:20:08,082
You’ve-- you’re doing all you can
426
00:20:08,166 --> 00:20:09,834
and that’s more than anybody else
has ever done for me
427
00:20:09,918 --> 00:20:13,463
but if things don’t work out,
I’ll understand.
428
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:16,049
Well, I don’t believe in giving up hope
429
00:20:16,132 --> 00:20:17,967
until I’ve tried everything.
430
00:20:18,051 --> 00:20:21,471
Ah, patron saint of lost causes, huh?
431
00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:23,723
Oh, by the way, I was talking to my mom
432
00:20:23,806 --> 00:20:25,558
and she said that if I didn’t invite you
433
00:20:25,642 --> 00:20:27,477
over for lunch tomorrow, she’d kill me.
434
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:28,937
Oh, she’s a big fan of yours.
435
00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:30,480
And their place is not that far
436
00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:31,856
from you over in the West side.
437
00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:33,733
Well, I’d love to, but I don’t think--
438
00:20:33,816 --> 00:20:36,319
Well, would it help if I said
it was a matter of life and death?
439
00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:38,821
I mean, if you don’t come,
she will kill me.
440
00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:41,366
Well, all right, I’d love to.
441
00:20:41,449 --> 00:20:43,368
And anyway, I could drop off some notes
442
00:20:43,451 --> 00:20:45,244
I have on those short stories of yours.
443
00:20:45,328 --> 00:20:46,746
Great.
444
00:20:46,829 --> 00:20:48,456
[laughing]
445
00:20:48,539 --> 00:20:50,375
It is just so exciting,
446
00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:53,127
our Michael working with you
to become a writer.
447
00:20:53,211 --> 00:20:55,004
Well, to be honest, Rosalee,
448
00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:58,216
I found that you can’t teach someone
to become a writer.
449
00:20:58,299 --> 00:21:00,718
The instinct has to be there first.
450
00:21:00,802 --> 00:21:02,512
But then it has to be
trained, disciplined.
451
00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:03,596
Discipline? Michael?
452
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,139
Good luck.
453
00:21:05,223 --> 00:21:07,392
We’ve tried, the schools have tried,
454
00:21:07,475 --> 00:21:08,768
all his life he’s been in trouble,
455
00:21:08,851 --> 00:21:11,646
the fights. You saw it, Rosalee.
456
00:21:11,729 --> 00:21:14,357
Oh, every other day.
457
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,901
He just can’t back down,
even when he’s outnumbered.
458
00:21:16,985 --> 00:21:19,112
They hit him, he gets up
and goes for them.
459
00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:21,656
-Ma.
-They knock him down, he gets up.
460
00:21:21,739 --> 00:21:23,157
-Ma.
-They knock him down--
461
00:21:23,241 --> 00:21:24,492
-Ma!
-What?
462
00:21:24,575 --> 00:21:26,035
Pass the peas.
463
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,287
I don’t know about this writing stuff.
464
00:21:28,371 --> 00:21:29,872
You know, you put a couple of black marks
465
00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:32,166
on a piece of paper
and you expect people to pay for it.
466
00:21:32,250 --> 00:21:34,794
Stephen King, sure. You, sure.
467
00:21:34,877 --> 00:21:37,463
-But Michael, he’s not the type.
-So what is the type?
468
00:21:37,547 --> 00:21:39,590
Somebody who’s not always
getting into trouble.
469
00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:41,092
Yeah, like Norman Mailer?
470
00:21:41,175 --> 00:21:43,803
I told you not to answer me back, eh?
471
00:21:43,886 --> 00:21:45,304
And this Mailer guy,
isn’t that one of your friends
472
00:21:45,388 --> 00:21:47,181
who’s always getting you into trouble?
473
00:21:47,265 --> 00:21:49,017
[knocking on door]
474
00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:57,567
Oh, Dominic, hi.
475
00:21:57,650 --> 00:21:59,152
I was just on my way back from the laundry
476
00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:01,070
and thought I’d stop by and see Rosalee.
477
00:22:01,154 --> 00:22:03,281
You always dress this way
when you go to the laundry?
478
00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:04,949
It’s a fashion statement, okay.
479
00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:09,454
Rosalee-- oh, I know you.
480
00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:11,330
You’re Jessica Fletcher.
481
00:22:11,414 --> 00:22:12,915
I’ve read all your books.
482
00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:13,958
[Dominic] You told her.
483
00:22:14,042 --> 00:22:15,418
[Rosalee] I just mentioned it.
484
00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:17,670
I don’t suppose you could autograph
485
00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:19,088
one of your books for me.
486
00:22:19,172 --> 00:22:20,214
Well--
487
00:22:20,298 --> 00:22:21,841
And for a few of my friends.
488
00:22:21,924 --> 00:22:23,426
Well, I suppose so.
489
00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:25,344
I’m not sure that this is the best time.
490
00:22:25,428 --> 00:22:26,429
Great!
491
00:22:29,057 --> 00:22:30,641
It's okay!
[women squealing]
492
00:22:35,938 --> 00:22:37,982
If you could just maybe sign it to Teresa?
493
00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:40,109
Teresa, with an "h"?
494
00:22:40,193 --> 00:22:41,194
No "h".
495
00:22:41,277 --> 00:22:44,572
[women clamoring]
496
00:22:51,829 --> 00:22:52,955
Would you mind some company?
497
00:22:56,918 --> 00:22:58,711
I needed a break.
498
00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:00,880
You know, I’ve spent my whole life
in this neighborhood.
499
00:23:00,963 --> 00:23:03,216
I was born here, I was raised here
500
00:23:03,299 --> 00:23:07,470
and some days I think I’m gonna die here,
501
00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,514
that I’m never gonna get out.
502
00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:10,765
You know, half the guys I grew up with,
503
00:23:10,848 --> 00:23:12,517
they’re either dead.
504
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:13,851
The other half is still here
doing the same thing
505
00:23:13,935 --> 00:23:15,603
they did ten, 20 years ago.
506
00:23:15,686 --> 00:23:18,022
Well, we all want different things.
507
00:23:18,106 --> 00:23:20,274
I mean, some people like
that kind of stability.
508
00:23:20,358 --> 00:23:21,734
It’s not stability.
509
00:23:21,818 --> 00:23:24,278
It’s death.
510
00:23:24,362 --> 00:23:28,366
You know, I have-- I have such dreams.
511
00:23:28,449 --> 00:23:30,618
I want to be somebody, go places,
512
00:23:30,701 --> 00:23:33,037
prove to everybody
that I’m not just one more guy
513
00:23:33,121 --> 00:23:36,290
from the neighborhood, nobody special.
514
00:23:36,374 --> 00:23:37,667
Then I think maybe I haven’t got it,
515
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:40,753
maybe I’m not good enough.
516
00:23:40,837 --> 00:23:43,673
You know, sometimes I wake up
in the middle of the night,
517
00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,174
it’s like I can’t breathe.
518
00:23:45,258 --> 00:23:48,052
The hour of the wolf.
519
00:23:48,136 --> 00:23:49,387
The long midnight...
520
00:23:51,389 --> 00:23:53,933
when possibilities evaporate
and the walls close in
521
00:23:54,016 --> 00:23:55,685
and the loudest sound in the world
522
00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:57,436
is the beating of your own heart.
523
00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,273
You too?
524
00:24:00,356 --> 00:24:02,275
I thought maybe you get past that
525
00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:04,944
once you really make it,
once you get some money,
526
00:24:05,027 --> 00:24:06,445
some fame, become a real success.
527
00:24:06,529 --> 00:24:08,030
Jeez, I know I’d be happy.
528
00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:09,323
Are you sure?
529
00:24:09,407 --> 00:24:11,993
Well, yeah, I mean, money, fame, respect.
530
00:24:12,076 --> 00:24:13,619
What else is there?
531
00:24:13,703 --> 00:24:16,831
Well, there’s "the exercise
of vital powers, along
532
00:24:16,914 --> 00:24:20,459
lines of excellence, in a life
affording them scope".
533
00:24:20,543 --> 00:24:23,421
A little piece of wisdom,
about 2,000 years old.
534
00:24:23,504 --> 00:24:26,757
Find out what moves you
to passion, Michael,
535
00:24:26,841 --> 00:24:28,968
and do it.
536
00:24:29,051 --> 00:24:30,344
Not because it’ll make you famous,
537
00:24:30,428 --> 00:24:31,679
not because of the money,
538
00:24:31,762 --> 00:24:34,765
but because you can’t not do it.
539
00:24:36,559 --> 00:24:39,687
Just strive to be the best at what you do
540
00:24:39,770 --> 00:24:42,565
and the rest will follow.
541
00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:44,734
Follow your own bliss, Michael.
542
00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:48,154
Everything else is just smoke and mirrors.
543
00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:55,494
Hi.
544
00:24:55,578 --> 00:24:56,954
-Hi.
-What’s up?
545
00:24:57,038 --> 00:24:58,623
Perhaps you could tell us.
546
00:24:58,706 --> 00:25:01,459
Class was supposed
to start 15 minutes ago.
547
00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:03,252
I told Alan I was gonna be late.
548
00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:05,504
He should have started without me.
549
00:25:05,588 --> 00:25:06,672
Maybe he didn’t get the message.
550
00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:16,098
It appears that you’re wrong,
Mr. O’Connell.
551
00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:18,976
It looks as if he got
somebody’s message, all right.
552
00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:25,274
[man] All right, I need one more shot.
553
00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:29,862
Yeah.
554
00:25:29,946 --> 00:25:31,239
Okay, who found the body?
555
00:25:31,322 --> 00:25:32,823
I did, lieutenant?
556
00:25:32,907 --> 00:25:34,200
Timothy Chance.
557
00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:35,576
You’re Jessica Fletcher, right?
558
00:25:35,660 --> 00:25:37,119
I’ve seen your books in the stores.
559
00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,956
And he’d read them,
except he gets lip burn.
560
00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:42,708
The lady with no class is
Lieutenant Cynthia Devereaux.
561
00:25:42,792 --> 00:25:44,085
Is there anything else you’d like to add
562
00:25:44,168 --> 00:25:45,670
to the report you gave to the officers?
563
00:25:45,753 --> 00:25:47,129
Well, not really.
564
00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:49,215
From what I saw, Mr. Miller
was strangled possibly
565
00:25:49,298 --> 00:25:51,425
with a piece of electrical cord
that was in the room.
566
00:25:51,509 --> 00:25:52,343
Possibly.
567
00:25:52,426 --> 00:25:54,762
But probably not by one
of the cords still in the room.
568
00:25:54,845 --> 00:25:55,680
Probably.
569
00:25:55,763 --> 00:25:58,182
Would you leave crucial evidence lying
around like that?
570
00:25:58,266 --> 00:25:59,475
No, I would dump it outside.
571
00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:00,851
We’re checking the area now.
572
00:26:00,935 --> 00:26:02,353
Well, at least it’s an inside murder,
573
00:26:02,436 --> 00:26:03,688
not an outside murder.
574
00:26:03,771 --> 00:26:05,314
I hate outside murders, don’t you?
575
00:26:05,398 --> 00:26:07,483
Hate them. So how’s business?
576
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:09,777
Excuse me?
577
00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:11,612
Well, when a business partner is killed,
578
00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:13,030
the first thing we want to know
579
00:26:13,114 --> 00:26:14,365
is how’s the business doing.
580
00:26:14,448 --> 00:26:15,658
Any outstanding debts, any problems,
581
00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:17,743
won’t you agree, Lt. Chance?
582
00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:19,704
-Definitely, Lt. Devereaux.
-The business was great.
583
00:26:19,787 --> 00:26:21,831
Alan brought a lot of
contracts, paid out big time.
584
00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:23,207
Now it’s just gonna be hard
585
00:26:23,291 --> 00:26:25,126
to make up the difference that he’s gone.
586
00:26:25,209 --> 00:26:27,128
There’s no one who might
have had a grudge against him?
587
00:26:27,211 --> 00:26:28,796
No, no one.
588
00:26:28,879 --> 00:26:30,423
Well, I’m not sure about that.
589
00:26:30,506 --> 00:26:32,341
The other day, I heard Michael having
590
00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:35,219
a rather heated conversation
with Linda Truitt.
591
00:26:35,303 --> 00:26:37,638
She said that Mr. Miller
had stolen her program
592
00:26:37,722 --> 00:26:39,974
for some new computer game.
593
00:26:40,057 --> 00:26:41,559
Who is this Linda Truitt?
594
00:26:41,642 --> 00:26:45,271
She’s a freelance designer
that Alan worked with,
595
00:26:45,354 --> 00:26:49,525
well, until the day she quit
and went to work for Unidac.
596
00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:51,652
Just one problem, logistics.
597
00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:53,154
[Lt. Chance] Victim was strangled.
598
00:26:53,237 --> 00:26:54,989
He would have put up a fight.
599
00:26:55,072 --> 00:26:56,240
Tough? The killer was a woman.
600
00:26:56,324 --> 00:26:57,658
Not necessarily.
601
00:26:57,742 --> 00:26:59,493
I noticed his glasses were on the floor
602
00:26:59,577 --> 00:27:01,120
halfway across the room
and there was a swelling
603
00:27:01,203 --> 00:27:02,413
on the back of his head,
604
00:27:02,496 --> 00:27:04,040
as if he could have been hit from behind.
605
00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:06,667
If he had been unconscious
when it happened,
606
00:27:06,751 --> 00:27:08,794
he could have been killed by a woman.
607
00:27:08,878 --> 00:27:10,546
You always miss these things.
608
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:13,674
I know. I should attend
more staff meetings.
609
00:27:13,758 --> 00:27:15,009
Anybody else see the argument?
610
00:27:15,092 --> 00:27:17,011
Michael Rossari.
611
00:27:17,094 --> 00:27:19,638
But, well, he doesn’t
seem to be here right now.
612
00:27:19,722 --> 00:27:20,931
It’s not surprising.
613
00:27:21,015 --> 00:27:22,475
I heard Alan say
he was gonna fire Michael.
614
00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:23,601
Fire him. What for?
615
00:27:23,684 --> 00:27:24,852
Well, I don’t know.
616
00:27:24,935 --> 00:27:26,187
He just said it as I was on the way out.
617
00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:27,563
He seemed very upset about it,
618
00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:28,981
said we’d talk about it later.
619
00:27:29,065 --> 00:27:30,524
You know, for a business
that’s going great,
620
00:27:30,608 --> 00:27:31,942
Mr. St. James,
621
00:27:32,026 --> 00:27:34,028
you’ve been losing a lot
of employees lately.
622
00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:35,654
In more ways than one.
623
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,454
[knocking on door]
624
00:27:43,537 --> 00:27:45,414
Yeah, okay. Hang on.
625
00:27:52,254 --> 00:27:53,672
Late again, Mikey.
626
00:27:53,756 --> 00:27:56,717
Yeah, I know. I haven’t got it.
627
00:27:56,801 --> 00:27:58,302
Then get it.
628
00:27:58,386 --> 00:28:00,346
How ain’t my problem.
629
00:28:00,429 --> 00:28:02,807
But unfortunately, I’m gonna
have to make it your problem.
630
00:28:04,809 --> 00:28:07,853
[Jessica] Well, tell him
I’m very, very excited, Susan.
631
00:28:07,937 --> 00:28:10,940
Well, a first child is very important.
632
00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:12,233
Well, that’s why I want to be informed
633
00:28:12,316 --> 00:28:14,193
the minute that he’s born.
634
00:28:14,276 --> 00:28:15,986
I’ll be on the first plane to Cabot Cove.
635
00:28:16,070 --> 00:28:17,446
[knocking on door]
636
00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:19,698
Yeah, ooh, listen, my--
my visitors have arrived.
637
00:28:19,782 --> 00:28:21,117
I’m gonna have to run.
638
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,245
But remember, call me any time,
day or night.
639
00:28:24,328 --> 00:28:27,248
Bye.
640
00:28:27,331 --> 00:28:28,707
Just a minute.
641
00:28:33,587 --> 00:28:35,214
Mrs. Rossari, please come in.
642
00:28:35,297 --> 00:28:37,174
Ahmed told me you were coming up.
643
00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:40,344
Can I take your coat?
644
00:28:40,428 --> 00:28:42,263
Oh, no, no, thank you.
I’ll only be a minute.
645
00:28:42,346 --> 00:28:43,889
I--I was just in the neighborhood
646
00:28:43,973 --> 00:28:45,850
and I was wondering if--
647
00:28:45,933 --> 00:28:48,644
Well, I thought maybe you might
have heard from Michael.
648
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:50,896
Oh, no, I’m so sorry.
649
00:28:50,980 --> 00:28:54,400
I wish I had, but he hasn’t been in touch.
650
00:28:54,483 --> 00:28:55,860
We’re so worried about him.
651
00:28:55,943 --> 00:28:57,403
The police came by this morning.
652
00:28:57,486 --> 00:29:00,156
They--They said a man was killed.
653
00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:02,241
Well, I’m sure it has nothing
to do with Michael.
654
00:29:02,324 --> 00:29:05,661
I hope you’re right.
655
00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:08,497
Dominic, he drove past
Michael’s apartment three times
656
00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:09,957
this morning looking for him.
657
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,208
They argue all the time
658
00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,961
but he loves Michael more than his soul.
659
00:29:14,044 --> 00:29:18,757
If he’s got nothing to hide,
why is he doing this?
660
00:29:20,134 --> 00:29:21,010
I wish I knew.
661
00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:30,936
Just put the report
on the chair, would you?
662
00:29:31,020 --> 00:29:33,397
Difficult to do since
we haven’t written it yet.
663
00:29:33,481 --> 00:29:35,566
-A very good point.
-Who?
664
00:29:35,649 --> 00:29:39,153
Lieutenant Detective Devereaux,
NYPD Homicide.
665
00:29:39,236 --> 00:29:41,155
This is Lieutenant Chance.
666
00:29:41,238 --> 00:29:42,448
We’d like to talk to you about--
667
00:29:42,531 --> 00:29:44,658
I know. I can save you a lot of time.
668
00:29:44,742 --> 00:29:46,452
I had nothing to do with Alan’s murder.
669
00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,078
We have a witness that says you accused
670
00:29:48,162 --> 00:29:51,081
Alan of stealing one of your programs.
671
00:29:51,165 --> 00:29:52,666
Some unpleasant threats were made.
672
00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:54,043
Redundant.
673
00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:55,711
All threats are unpleasant.
674
00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:56,712
Point taken.
675
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:58,839
You bet I threatened him.
676
00:29:58,923 --> 00:30:01,300
We worked together six months
on that new game program
677
00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:02,927
and he undercut me.
678
00:30:03,010 --> 00:30:04,803
He published it with only his name on it.
679
00:30:04,887 --> 00:30:07,097
Do you have any idea
what that’s gonna cost me?
680
00:30:07,181 --> 00:30:08,432
A lot of money.
681
00:30:08,516 --> 00:30:10,476
Or ten to 20 depending on the Judge.
682
00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:13,229
Why don’t we just cut the dog
and pony show, okay?
683
00:30:13,312 --> 00:30:14,897
I had nothing to do with Alan’s murder.
684
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:16,398
I don’t have to talk to you.
685
00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:18,108
Unless you’re going to charge me,
686
00:30:18,192 --> 00:30:20,361
and that means a Miranda,
in which case the only thing
687
00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:21,737
you’re going to get out of me is the name,
688
00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,864
address and phone number of my attorney.
689
00:30:23,948 --> 00:30:25,574
You’ve been watching those TV cop shows
690
00:30:25,658 --> 00:30:28,118
again, haven’t you?
691
00:30:28,202 --> 00:30:30,746
[telephone ringing]
692
00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:32,248
[Jessica] Hello?
693
00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:33,374
[Michael on phone] Mrs. Fletcher?
694
00:30:33,457 --> 00:30:35,584
Michael. Where are you?
695
00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:36,877
You know the police are looking for you.
696
00:30:36,961 --> 00:30:38,337
Your parents are frantic.
697
00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:40,756
This is just gonna make things
look bad for you.
698
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:44,218
Yeah, yeah, I know, but there’s something
699
00:30:44,301 --> 00:30:45,511
that might make things look even worse
700
00:30:45,594 --> 00:30:47,096
and that’s why I need your help.
701
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:49,098
I need you to get the police off my tail
702
00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:51,016
and onto the guy I think did kill Alan.
703
00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:52,768
Well, I’ll certainly do what I can.
704
00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:56,397
Tell the police to check out
a guy named Henry Waverly.
705
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,649
He used to be a student of Alan’s.
706
00:30:58,732 --> 00:30:59,733
I saw them talking a couple of days ago.
707
00:30:59,817 --> 00:31:01,277
He said something about
708
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,029
how he wasn’t gonna be
squeezed for money and that
709
00:31:04,113 --> 00:31:05,864
if they didn’t leave him alone,
he’d kill him.
710
00:31:05,948 --> 00:31:07,908
Well, all right, I’ll tell the police.
711
00:31:07,992 --> 00:31:09,535
But it would be much easier
712
00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:12,663
if we could at least talk about
this in person, Michael.
713
00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:15,291
Yeah, okay.
714
00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:16,292
You got a pen?
715
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:21,255
No, but, um, go ahead.
716
00:31:21,338 --> 00:31:26,260
There’s a little park off West 6th Street.
717
00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:29,138
Go two blocks past where
Grayson turns into Brunswick,
718
00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:30,723
then left.
719
00:31:30,806 --> 00:31:32,391
It’s just around the corner on the right.
720
00:31:32,474 --> 00:31:34,393
I’ll be there tomorrow morning
at eight o’clock.
721
00:31:34,476 --> 00:31:35,936
Don’t tell anybody, okay?
722
00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:37,187
I mean, nobody.
723
00:31:37,271 --> 00:31:39,023
I’ve got it. I’ve got it down.
724
00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:40,399
I’ll see you tomorrow, Michael.
725
00:31:48,198 --> 00:31:49,783
[Cynthia] You said it was important,
Mr. St. James?
726
00:31:49,867 --> 00:31:52,703
Well, I think so, but you’ll
have to decide for yourself.
727
00:31:52,786 --> 00:31:54,663
I-I hate to drag you out here
728
00:31:54,747 --> 00:31:56,290
after hours and everything.
729
00:31:56,373 --> 00:31:57,708
[pager beeping]
730
00:31:57,791 --> 00:32:00,336
Oh, you can use that phone
in there if you like.
731
00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:01,670
Just punch nine.
732
00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:10,929
Oh, what have we got?
733
00:32:13,182 --> 00:32:14,391
These.
734
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,021
You see, people come to us
to learn computers
735
00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:20,689
and we not only teach them
736
00:32:20,773 --> 00:32:23,233
but we help them select
a system that’s right for them.
737
00:32:23,317 --> 00:32:25,402
Then we send Michael Rossari out
to find the best price.
738
00:32:25,486 --> 00:32:26,737
So?
739
00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:28,197
I’ve been digging around and...
740
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,119
all these computers are stolen.
741
00:32:34,203 --> 00:32:37,706
See, you can check
the ID numbers for yourself.
742
00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:40,584
What exactly was your
arrangement with Mr. Rossari?
743
00:32:40,668 --> 00:32:43,962
Every month we give him
money for computers.
744
00:32:44,046 --> 00:32:46,590
And he could keep what he didn’t spend
as his commission.
745
00:32:46,674 --> 00:32:48,717
Now, buying hot means he’d be paying
746
00:32:48,801 --> 00:32:50,886
less than he would on the open market.
747
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,596
It’d be a bigger profit for him.
748
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,015
Alan was a straight-up guy.
749
00:32:55,099 --> 00:32:57,101
I guess he found out what was going on
750
00:32:57,184 --> 00:32:59,269
and decided to fire Michael.
751
00:32:59,353 --> 00:33:01,480
Can I have these?
752
00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:03,273
Sure.
753
00:33:03,357 --> 00:33:04,817
Thanks.
754
00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:10,489
Anything?
755
00:33:10,572 --> 00:33:12,991
Miss Fletcher, she’s got a tip
on a guy named Henry Waverly.
756
00:33:13,075 --> 00:33:15,035
He used to be a former student. You?
757
00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:17,329
I got it all, motive, means and access.
758
00:33:17,413 --> 00:33:18,997
An embarrassment of riches.
759
00:33:19,081 --> 00:33:20,708
Clean living. Does it every time.
760
00:33:30,843 --> 00:33:32,511
Mrs. Fletcher.
761
00:33:32,594 --> 00:33:35,139
Michael. I was beginning
to think you weren’t coming.
762
00:33:35,222 --> 00:33:36,682
Are you all right?
763
00:33:36,765 --> 00:33:38,684
Oh, yeah, just
a professional disagreement.
764
00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:40,269
Did you tell the police about Waverly?
765
00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:43,063
Yes, but there’s something
I don’t understand.
766
00:33:43,147 --> 00:33:46,650
[siren wailing]
767
00:33:46,734 --> 00:33:48,193
Oh, no.
768
00:33:48,277 --> 00:33:50,404
-Man!
-Michael, don’t.
769
00:33:50,487 --> 00:33:52,656
If you run, it’ll only make things worse.
770
00:33:55,617 --> 00:33:57,453
Stop, police!
771
00:33:57,536 --> 00:33:59,371
Hold it!
772
00:34:03,876 --> 00:34:07,588
[indistinct commands]
773
00:34:12,301 --> 00:34:15,304
Michael, I didn’t tell anyone, I swear.
774
00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:16,847
Nobody else knew.
775
00:34:16,930 --> 00:34:18,891
It had to be you, Mrs. Fletcher.
It had to be.
776
00:34:18,974 --> 00:34:20,809
How could you do this to me?
777
00:34:20,893 --> 00:34:22,603
Watch your head.
778
00:34:22,686 --> 00:34:23,687
Get in there.
779
00:34:40,621 --> 00:34:42,247
[Jessica] Well, are you sure
he got my message?
780
00:34:42,331 --> 00:34:45,876
He did, he doesn’t want
to see you, I’m sorry.
781
00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:48,378
-Well, how is he?
-Michael’s holding up...
782
00:34:48,462 --> 00:34:51,256
but how could a thing like this happen,
Mrs. Fletcher?
783
00:34:51,340 --> 00:34:53,383
How could they think that Michael--
784
00:34:53,467 --> 00:34:55,093
Have they charged him with murder?
785
00:34:55,177 --> 00:34:57,262
No, but they have enough to hold him
786
00:34:57,346 --> 00:35:00,098
for receiving stolen goods.
787
00:35:00,182 --> 00:35:02,017
He said he didn’t know they were stolen.
788
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,144
He thought he was buying gray market,
789
00:35:04,228 --> 00:35:05,729
you know, cheap knock-offs
790
00:35:05,813 --> 00:35:08,482
with brand names stuck on them.
791
00:35:08,565 --> 00:35:09,775
It’s not nice, but it isn’t--
792
00:35:09,858 --> 00:35:10,984
They’re gonna charge him with murder,
793
00:35:11,068 --> 00:35:12,402
aren’t they, Mrs. Fletcher?
794
00:35:12,486 --> 00:35:13,904
I’m afraid it looks that way.
795
00:35:13,987 --> 00:35:15,113
What are we gonna do?
796
00:35:15,197 --> 00:35:16,490
Find the truth.
797
00:35:20,494 --> 00:35:22,246
Lieutenant, how did you know
798
00:35:22,329 --> 00:35:24,081
where to find Michael this morning?
799
00:35:24,164 --> 00:35:25,874
Anonymous tip.
800
00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:29,545
And where did the anonymous source
get the information?
801
00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:32,798
Tea leaves, divine inspiration,
Ouija boards, who knows?
802
00:35:32,881 --> 00:35:34,925
The tip was right,
that’s all that matters.
803
00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:36,927
Well, I’m not so sure, lieutenant.
804
00:35:37,010 --> 00:35:38,011
There’s something about all of this
805
00:35:38,095 --> 00:35:39,930
that just doesn’t add up.
806
00:35:40,013 --> 00:35:42,015
[telephone ringing]
807
00:35:45,727 --> 00:35:47,062
Hello.
808
00:35:47,145 --> 00:35:49,314
Susan!
809
00:35:49,398 --> 00:35:51,275
Oh, that’s wonderful.
810
00:35:51,358 --> 00:35:53,694
Boy or girl?
811
00:35:53,777 --> 00:35:55,195
Great.
812
00:35:55,279 --> 00:35:57,573
And how are you feeling?
813
00:35:57,656 --> 00:36:00,576
Oh, that’s lovely.
814
00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:01,827
Hey, but now you promised that
815
00:36:01,910 --> 00:36:04,788
you’d have your mother call me.
816
00:36:04,872 --> 00:36:07,666
Well, as soon as he was born and--
817
00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:10,627
You did call? What time?
818
00:36:10,711 --> 00:36:12,462
No, of course I was at home.
819
00:36:12,546 --> 00:36:15,173
At four o’clock in the morning
I was dead asleep.
820
00:36:17,050 --> 00:36:20,470
Well, but the phone couldn’t
possibly have been busy.
821
00:36:20,554 --> 00:36:22,681
Well, no, it just doesn’t make any sense.
822
00:36:22,764 --> 00:36:25,350
Well, anyway,
I’ll be up there this weekend
823
00:36:25,434 --> 00:36:28,854
to see which side of the family
Alex takes after.
824
00:36:28,937 --> 00:36:32,566
Well, take great care,
Susan, and congratulations.
825
00:36:32,649 --> 00:36:34,568
Yes.
826
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:37,946
That’s impossible.
827
00:36:38,030 --> 00:36:42,284
I mean, how can a phone line
be busy if I’m not using it?
828
00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:20,405
Yes, hello, operator.
829
00:37:20,489 --> 00:37:23,909
I was wondering if you could
give me a list of phone calls
830
00:37:23,992 --> 00:37:26,370
made from this number
in the last 24 hours.
831
00:37:28,622 --> 00:37:30,540
I need to know who I’ve been calling
832
00:37:30,624 --> 00:37:33,126
when I haven’t been calling anyone.
833
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,055
Lieutenant, lieutenant,
I have to ask you a question.
834
00:37:45,138 --> 00:37:47,265
No, no, Mrs. Fletcher,
you want to ask a question,
835
00:37:47,349 --> 00:37:49,267
we have to go to lunch if you don’t mind.
836
00:37:49,351 --> 00:37:50,936
Did you talk to the man I referred you to,
837
00:37:51,019 --> 00:37:52,688
-Henry Waverly?
-We did.
838
00:37:52,771 --> 00:37:54,606
He has an airtight alibi
at the time of the murder.
839
00:37:54,690 --> 00:37:55,899
We know he didn’t do it.
840
00:37:55,983 --> 00:37:57,442
Yes, but he might be able to point us
841
00:37:57,526 --> 00:37:58,944
at the person who did.
842
00:37:59,027 --> 00:38:00,529
We have to go back and talk to him again.
843
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:01,780
-We?
-Mrs. Fletcher, please.
844
00:38:01,863 --> 00:38:03,615
We haven’t eaten all day.
845
00:38:03,699 --> 00:38:06,076
Well, then afterwards,
we’ll go to this little deli
846
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:09,204
that I know, and I’ll fill you in
over a corned beef sandwich.
847
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:10,580
It’s my treat.
848
00:38:10,664 --> 00:38:12,165
Deal?
849
00:38:12,249 --> 00:38:13,917
She’s a force of nature, isn’t she?
850
00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:16,336
On the other hand, it is a free lunch.
851
00:38:16,420 --> 00:38:17,504
Point taken.
852
00:38:22,009 --> 00:38:24,219
I’ve told you before
I never threatened Alan.
853
00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:25,846
Yes, but a witness said otherwise.
854
00:38:25,929 --> 00:38:28,557
Yeah, well, it’s his word against mine.
855
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,350
Now listen to me, that’s the last time
856
00:38:30,434 --> 00:38:32,310
that I’m gonna say anything about this.
Do you understand?
857
00:38:32,394 --> 00:38:34,604
Mr. Waverly, I believe
there’s a great deal more
858
00:38:34,688 --> 00:38:36,356
that you could say about all this.
859
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,235
And I believe it has to do
with this telephone number.
860
00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:41,486
I thought you might recognize it.
861
00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:42,904
This number was dialed
862
00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:45,240
from my apartment at four in the morning,
863
00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,743
but not by me.
864
00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:49,995
I believe that you had
a similar experience.
865
00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:51,747
I have a wife and kids.
866
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:53,749
I have a reputation
that I have to protect.
867
00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:55,375
If this gets out, I’m finished.
868
00:38:55,459 --> 00:38:57,919
We’re not interested
in messing up your family.
869
00:38:58,003 --> 00:38:59,671
[Lt. Devereaux] All we want is the truth.
870
00:38:59,755 --> 00:39:04,468
Look, I had--I was having an affair,
all right?
871
00:39:04,551 --> 00:39:05,969
And I was gonna end it
872
00:39:06,053 --> 00:39:08,638
but then the blackmailing started.
873
00:39:08,722 --> 00:39:10,307
That’s what you meant when you told Alan
874
00:39:10,390 --> 00:39:11,975
that you refused to pay
875
00:39:12,059 --> 00:39:13,602
what was being demanded of you.
876
00:39:13,685 --> 00:39:16,021
Yeah, but he got real mystified
when I told him about it,
877
00:39:16,104 --> 00:39:17,773
like he didn’t know
what I was talking about.
878
00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:19,274
You see, I thought the two of them
879
00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,276
were behind it but I was wrong.
880
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:22,986
So I went and talked to him again.
881
00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:27,741
Alan knew nothing about
the arrangement, nothing.
882
00:39:27,824 --> 00:39:29,159
Arrangement.
883
00:39:29,242 --> 00:39:30,160
You said you were having an affair.
884
00:39:30,243 --> 00:39:31,912
How did they find out?
885
00:39:31,995 --> 00:39:34,539
Through this telephone number
886
00:39:34,623 --> 00:39:36,666
which we will have to prove, of course.
887
00:39:36,750 --> 00:39:38,251
Fortunately, I have one or two ideas
888
00:39:38,335 --> 00:39:39,377
about how to do that.
889
00:39:52,849 --> 00:39:54,392
Derek.
890
00:39:54,476 --> 00:39:56,812
Hey, what are you doing
in this part of town?
891
00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:59,022
I’m saving your neck, that’s what.
892
00:39:59,106 --> 00:40:02,692
Saving my neck. I don’t get it.
893
00:40:02,776 --> 00:40:04,319
This is your latest project, right?
894
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:07,072
Yeah, yeah. So?
895
00:40:07,155 --> 00:40:08,907
Full square block, five-story mall,
896
00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:12,119
lots of subterranean parking. It’s big.
897
00:40:12,202 --> 00:40:13,745
What do you think could happen
898
00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:16,873
if the word got out that you
were using inferior material?
899
00:40:16,957 --> 00:40:18,959
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
900
00:40:19,042 --> 00:40:22,420
I’m talking about a confidential report
901
00:40:22,504 --> 00:40:24,422
you sent to one of your partners.
902
00:40:24,506 --> 00:40:25,841
This one.
903
00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:28,301
And in it you say that you became aware
904
00:40:28,385 --> 00:40:30,095
that the contractor was supplying you
905
00:40:30,178 --> 00:40:33,306
with dangerously inadequate materials
906
00:40:33,390 --> 00:40:37,853
but you decided to keep it quiet
to avoid the scandal.
907
00:40:37,936 --> 00:40:39,396
For shame, O’Connell.
908
00:40:41,565 --> 00:40:43,316
What do you think
the City Attorney’s office
909
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:44,401
would do with this?
910
00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:53,702
What do you want?
911
00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:55,704
Not much.
912
00:40:55,787 --> 00:40:58,248
A modest payment deposited every week
913
00:40:58,331 --> 00:41:02,335
to a certain bank account,
guarantee of silence.
914
00:41:02,419 --> 00:41:07,132
You will find I’m a very reasonable man.
915
00:41:07,215 --> 00:41:09,092
I think that Alan Miller might not
916
00:41:09,176 --> 00:41:11,469
agree with that description.
917
00:41:11,553 --> 00:41:14,097
But I do want to thank you
for providing us
918
00:41:14,181 --> 00:41:16,016
with the proof that we need to support
919
00:41:16,099 --> 00:41:18,268
a charge of blackmail and murder.
920
00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:20,145
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
921
00:41:20,228 --> 00:41:21,730
Really?
922
00:41:21,813 --> 00:41:24,900
It’s quite simple,
once you know what the trick is.
923
00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:26,776
You and Alan ran a computer class
924
00:41:26,860 --> 00:41:28,653
for working professionals.
925
00:41:28,737 --> 00:41:31,781
He handled the software while
you took care of the hardware.
926
00:41:31,865 --> 00:41:34,951
Your installation included this--
927
00:41:35,035 --> 00:41:36,369
A telephone line.
928
00:41:36,453 --> 00:41:39,873
Each computer was wired
into the phone system,
929
00:41:39,956 --> 00:41:41,917
so that your students could dial
930
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,044
into another computer, sending
931
00:41:44,127 --> 00:41:47,339
or receiving information
over the phone lines.
932
00:41:47,422 --> 00:41:49,049
Oh, right. That’s standard procedure.
933
00:41:49,132 --> 00:41:52,052
It makes getting the work out
so much easier. So?
934
00:41:52,135 --> 00:41:55,180
So while you were
installing the computers,
935
00:41:55,263 --> 00:41:58,308
you slipped in a program
without anyone knowing.
936
00:41:58,391 --> 00:42:01,436
At regular intervals,
that program would make
937
00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:04,272
our computers dial up your computer
938
00:42:04,356 --> 00:42:06,942
at this phone number.
939
00:42:07,025 --> 00:42:08,151
And I had the police verify
940
00:42:08,235 --> 00:42:10,278
that this number belongs to you.
941
00:42:10,362 --> 00:42:12,447
Now once connected, our computers
942
00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:16,451
would send copies of everything
we had entered into them.
943
00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,453
-It’s nonsense.
-[Jessica] Is it?
944
00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:20,038
I imagine your logic was that
945
00:42:20,121 --> 00:42:21,915
everybody has something to hide.
946
00:42:21,998 --> 00:42:23,541
Eventually you’d get something
947
00:42:23,625 --> 00:42:26,336
that you could use and it worked.
948
00:42:26,419 --> 00:42:29,339
You found out about
Henry Waverly’s mistress
949
00:42:29,422 --> 00:42:33,802
through the notes to her
he composed on his computer.
950
00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:37,055
And that’s how you found out
about my meeting with Michael.
951
00:42:37,138 --> 00:42:39,808
I'd typed the time and place
into my computer,
952
00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:41,226
and it was still there
953
00:42:41,309 --> 00:42:43,979
when my computer dialed you up that night
954
00:42:44,062 --> 00:42:46,606
which is why my line was busy
955
00:42:46,690 --> 00:42:48,817
when someone tried to call in.
956
00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:51,486
And that was what tipped me
to what you were doing.
957
00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:52,988
And when she told me about it,
958
00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:55,115
I couldn’t believe it.
959
00:42:55,198 --> 00:42:57,867
But I figured, well, we’ll give it a try.
960
00:42:57,951 --> 00:43:01,454
So we planted that phony construction memo
961
00:43:01,538 --> 00:43:04,499
in my computer and we waited.
962
00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:08,128
Sure enough, last night
it dialed your computer
963
00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:11,006
and sent you a copy of that memo.
964
00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:13,758
And when you walked through
that door with it,
965
00:43:13,842 --> 00:43:16,428
you literally convicted yourself.
966
00:43:20,974 --> 00:43:22,350
It’s not nice to run from a lady
967
00:43:22,434 --> 00:43:23,893
when she’s not finished talking to you.
968
00:43:23,977 --> 00:43:25,186
She’s a writer.
969
00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:27,022
You should stay for the end of the story.
970
00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,399
Yeah, you know, where Waverly got fed up
971
00:43:29,482 --> 00:43:31,234
with the blackmail and threatened Alan.
972
00:43:31,318 --> 00:43:33,528
Except Alan didn’t know anything about it.
973
00:43:33,611 --> 00:43:34,904
And when he figured it out,
974
00:43:34,988 --> 00:43:37,157
he was something less than a happy camper.
975
00:43:37,240 --> 00:43:38,908
And he threatened to expose you.
976
00:43:38,992 --> 00:43:41,411
You couldn’t have that, bad for business.
977
00:43:41,494 --> 00:43:44,873
So you fought, grabbed a cable
and strangled Alan.
978
00:43:44,956 --> 00:43:46,791
Which is also bad for business.
979
00:43:46,875 --> 00:43:50,003
Oh and sloppy. Very, very sloppy.
980
00:43:53,089 --> 00:43:55,675
[Jessica] Michael,
I am so glad to see you.
981
00:43:55,759 --> 00:43:56,926
Me too. Thanks.
982
00:43:57,010 --> 00:43:59,179
I mean, thanks for everything.
983
00:43:59,262 --> 00:44:00,388
Come on in.
984
00:44:00,472 --> 00:44:02,140
-Thanks.
-Please, sit down.
985
00:44:02,223 --> 00:44:03,433
Thank you.
986
00:44:03,516 --> 00:44:05,810
You ought to thank everybody on the planet
987
00:44:05,894 --> 00:44:07,562
that you got out of this thing
in one piece.
988
00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:09,064
Here, have some sherry, Mrs. Fletcher.
989
00:44:09,147 --> 00:44:10,648
Thank you.
990
00:44:10,732 --> 00:44:12,692
Well, at least you managed
to convince the police
991
00:44:12,776 --> 00:44:15,445
that you didn’t realize that
the computers were stolen.
992
00:44:15,528 --> 00:44:18,323
And next time you be careful
who you buy from, ya hear?
993
00:44:18,406 --> 00:44:20,742
Yeah, I hear, I hear. Boy, do I.
994
00:44:20,825 --> 00:44:23,286
I mean, you miss a payment,
and they don’t mess around, these guys.
995
00:44:23,370 --> 00:44:26,206
-You know what I mean?
-Oh, by the way...
996
00:44:26,289 --> 00:44:29,167
I spoke to Dr. Auerbach
today and he still insists
997
00:44:29,250 --> 00:44:31,586
that you can’t take my course for credit.
998
00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:36,216
But I checked and anyone can audit a class
999
00:44:36,299 --> 00:44:38,343
at the discretion of the instructor.
1000
00:44:38,426 --> 00:44:40,428
Now you wouldn’t get
academic credit for it
1001
00:44:40,512 --> 00:44:42,764
but at least you get the experience.
1002
00:44:42,847 --> 00:44:44,891
That’s great.
1003
00:44:44,974 --> 00:44:47,268
With all this craziness,
maybe you’ll get a story out of it.
1004
00:44:47,352 --> 00:44:50,438
Hey, I thought you didn’t approve
of all this writing stuff.
1005
00:44:50,522 --> 00:44:52,857
Well, when I saw you in that--
in that place,
1006
00:44:52,941 --> 00:44:54,984
I made a little deal with God.
1007
00:44:55,068 --> 00:44:56,611
I said, "Let him be innocent.
1008
00:44:56,694 --> 00:44:58,363
Let them see that he is all right.
1009
00:44:58,446 --> 00:44:59,697
And after that if he wants to be a writer,
1010
00:44:59,781 --> 00:45:01,366
I’ll give him the pencil."
1011
00:45:01,449 --> 00:45:05,870
And God did with a little help
from Jessica Fletcher.
1012
00:45:05,954 --> 00:45:09,207
Now you don’t want me to break
a promise like that, do you?
1013
00:45:09,290 --> 00:45:12,001
After all, with Mrs. Fletcher here,
if you don’t become a writer,
1014
00:45:12,085 --> 00:45:13,711
there’s got to be something
wrong with you here.
1015
00:45:13,795 --> 00:45:14,879
[speaks in foreign language]
1016
00:45:14,963 --> 00:45:16,381
[knocking on door]
1017
00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:17,882
Who’s that?
1018
00:45:17,966 --> 00:45:20,135
Relax. Will you relax, Dominic?
1019
00:45:20,218 --> 00:45:21,636
Now put this on.
1020
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,138
When Michael came home,
1021
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I figured we have to have
a party to celebrate.
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I just invited a few people.
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[clamoring]
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