All language subtitles for Matlock s04e16 The Talk Show

Promo one, take one.

How's the hair?

Perfect.

Women who make love on airplanes,
tomorrow on Galloway.

Promo two, take one.

Married women and their lesbian lovers,
tomorrow on Galloway. Great. That stunk.

Promo two, take two.

Married women and their lesbian lovers,
tomorrow on Galloway.

What do you think?

Perfect.

Promo three, take one.

Men who can't get enough.

Tomorrow on Galloway.

And cut.

Okay, let's pull cameras back to show
positions.

Cut. That's it?

You were great.

That's better.

Where's that coffee?

Lisa Bateman.

I don't care what Dan's upset about. I'm
not coming down to the set.

Tell him whatever you want.

No, wait.

Tell him, as his executive producer, I
want him to get a haircut.

Yeah. Okay. Bye.

And so it should be fun.

Nothing fancy. Just the basics we get
set up.

But I don't have to tell you how this is
done, do I?

You could probably give me a few
pointers.

Well, there's really nothing to concern
yourself with.

Is there?

Leanne.

I can't believe I finally got you here.
You look great.

Thank you.

How long is it since you two have seen
each other?

Three years?

Five. Is everybody set?

I'm ready.

Yeah?

Well, and you'll excuse me then. I have
a few last -minute things to take care

of, so I'll give you ladies some time to
get acquainted.

Okay.

Be kind.

In five, four, three...

Women

in power.

From Cleopatra to Imelda Marcos, it's
long been an issue for debate.

Brains versus breasts.

Do women deserve prominent positions
or...

Do they position themselves to gain
prominence? That's the focus of this

of Dan Galloway.

My guests today are three women, all
personal friends of mine, who exemplify

women at the top.

First, Catherine Randolph. Her
nationally syndicated column is the last

Beverly Hills style.

Next, Marla Cordante.

who made headlines prosecuting the
Atkinson murder trial and is now a judge

the appellate court.

And finally, Leanne Wilson, who for four
years was my co -host on A .M.

Bakersfield. She's given up the
limelight for a more fulfilling life and

owns Bakersfield's first wedding
consultancy firm. Please welcome all of

Catherine, as a woman whose job it is to
comment on other women... Sorry, we've

got a problem in the booth. It'll just
be a minute.

We need to get a reading on all your
mics, so if you could each just state

name, then count to ten.

Catherine, one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Hold your

places, people. We're going to go again
just as soon as we get audio cleared up.

Well, the problem is that women have to
walk a very fine line.

We want to retain her femininity without
being viewed as seductive. Yes.

She makes it all sound good, but any man
can tell you, when a woman isn't

getting what she wants, in business or
at home, she gets it the old -fashioned

way.

Oh, you mean she earns it.

I can't believe you said that.

Believe it.

Respond to the... Yes?

Michelle Thomas to see you?

Send her in.

Welcome to L .A. Oh, it's been too long.

Car dormitory. Overlooking the drama
department. Give me a freshman.

Yeah. Look how far you've come.

Oh, boy, the years, huh?

How someone actually figures out how
many years.

We'll just say they're lying.

I'm glad you're here.

We couldn't resist your offer.

Where's Mr. Mac? Call him Ben. Oh, good.
He's people watching. He'll be along.

This is my first chance at substance and
quality.

And I can't thank either of you enough
for agreeing to make an appearance.

Well, it sounds great. Real law. A show
with lawyers about real cases. A real

insight into the legal system.

Lisa Bateman.

Vicious rumors or fact.

Hi, Barry. Judge Cordanti has risen to
the top of her profession. Oh, no

problem. In record time.

Right. Here she is with Governor Leon
Grease. I don't think that will be a

problem. Now with Congressman Robert
Arnold.

And here with State Party Chairman
Edward Dorfman.

Would you not assume that she's offering
these gentlemen more than professional

opinions?

Now what do you think?

What do you think?

No, it was just a technical difficulty.

We had to start the show again.

Yeah, we'll post more on this later.
Okay, bye.

He can't be that big a jerk.

Can and is.

You're not planning to use him on real
law, are you?

God forbid.

I didn't invent Dan Galloway. He created
himself.

With any luck, this will be my future.

He's got to be acting. Nobody's that big
a jerk.

Excuse me.

Lisa Bateman, I'm going to let you work.

Okay, just a second.

We're having dinner, aren't we? You bet.
Ben, too. Oh, great. I'll explain the

show to you then, and thanks again. You
are both going to be wonderful.

Okay.

What is it?

Those were pictures taken at various
political events. You've used them out

context. And I'm not going to stay here
any longer and dignify this with an

answer. And now a word from our sponsor.

And we're in commercial.

Okay, we've got a 180 right there.
Martin.

Martin.

Baby, you were great. Your decision to
storm off, brilliant.

You creep. You made a fool out of me. I
made a personality out of you.

You're sick.

And I'm an idiot for ever appearing on
your show. You loved it. I'll invite you

back. You'll hear from my attorney.

30 seconds.

I've got 20 seconds.

What?

Are you one of the guests on the next
show?

How's that?

Are you one of the guys who can't get
enough?

Enough of what?

Sex.

What are you talking about?

You know, I just want to know how a guy
your age can sustain it.

How do you come off asking me a question
like that? Hey, save that for the show,

Rupert. Save that for the show. My
name's not Rupert, and I'm not on any

What do you think of that, jerk?

Guy's a jerk.

That's Dan Galloway. Dan Galloway, jerk.

Five, four, jerk.

Welcome back.

Catherine, Leanne, how do you answer to
your reputation as dragon ladies?

I mean, this is a classic case where a
man who is...

opinionated, dominant, a perfectionist,
is deemed a leader, whereas a woman with

exactly the same characteristics is
labeled a bitch.

Exactly. That's why I chose to leave the
television business.

Leanne, didn't you leave your job
because your contract wasn't renewed?

Didn't your sudden decision to devote
your life to coordinating napkins with

centerpieces come about because your
reputation made it impossible for you to

get another job in television?

My decision was based on the fact that I
was set up in the same way by the same

person as I'm being set up now.

My dear, we're all being set up. But I
mean, what can you expect?

Let us not forget that this is the man
who parachuted nude into the Hollywood

Bowl parking lot just to get an extra
racing point.

Well, is that any worse than ridiculing
people for not being invited to some

society party and then trashing those
who were for wearing the same dress

Careful, Catherine.

Move too fast, your face might fall.

should be good for another 41 share.

Piece of cake.

Well, Dan, you can put that one in your
scrapbook, because none of our stations

are going to run that show.

Oh, sweetie, you don't mean that.

It was tasteless, defamatory, and left
us wide open for lawsuit.

It's controversy.

Heat. The public eats it up. Look at the
ratings.

It was crap.

Slanderous crap.

And I'm not going to run it.

Poor Lisa.

So refined.

So tasteful.

Much too good for Dan, all right?

I never said that.

Sweetie, it's written all over you.

Let's not fight.

I, um...

I bought you a present.

Go ahead.

What's the occasion?

Don't you get it?

I'm giving you the axe.

Sweetie.

Guess who bought the company last month?

The Veston Corporation.

And guess who is the Veston Corporation?

Think hard, sweetie.

Veston is an anagram for Stephen, which
is whose middle name?

Oh, my God.

And as the new president,

Not only am I in control, which means,
of course, that today's show will air,

but you, my dear, are out of a job.

I don't believe this.

Poor little leaf is in shock.

But tastefully.

You're insane.

This is all a game to you.

You don't even deserve to live. Temper,
temper.

Oh, did I mention to you that I need
your offices cleaned out by tomorrow

morning? There's some empty boxes in the
mail room. Say, why don't you ask?

Lisa?

Lisa?

still here?

why not?

you have nowhere to go

I'm sorry.

You came all this way for nothing.

No, the trip went fine.

But I want nothing to do with this show
that's real love. Dan Galloway come to

it. I don't think Dan will do the show.

It's not exactly his style. Style?

When did being a jerk become a style?

Well, at least we've had some time
together.

Lisa Bateman? Yes.

I'm Lieutenant Berner of the Los Angeles
Police. We have a warrant for your

arrest.

What? You're being charged with the
murder of Dan Galloway.

You have the right to remain silent. If
you give up that right, anything you say

or do can and will be used against you
in a court of law.

Don't say another word, Lisa.

Ben and I are going to defend you.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate
them. What are friends for?

Well, they got a pretty good case
against you.

You were in the building at the time of
the murder, an eyewitness heard you

threaten him, and your fingerprints were
all over the murder weapon.

Ben, the only time I saw that axe was in
his office, and I left it there.

Well, who else could have gotten hold of
it?

Anyone. Anyone who works in the studio,
anyone who would have passed the

building today.

The three women who were on the show
this afternoon, they were all angry

to want to kill him.

Well, I... How can we see a tape of that
show?

You find anything?

Not much.

Matches, the top of the pen.

All of the typical of what you'd find on
the floor of an office.

Let's just see.

Is that Trace and Nick?

According to the police, that button
wasn't found on any of the clothing Joe

wearing the day of the murder.

Not that that helps. It could have
dropped off any time. Oh, yeah.

Doesn't the cleaning crew come in here
every night?

Sure they do.

But with the way people clean nowadays,
we figure it could have been here for

months.

Do you mind if I hang on to this one?

Well, with your client's fingerprints
all over the murder weapon.

You probably won't be needing this. I
won't let it get away from you.

Yes.

Was this machine unplugged when the body
was found?

Must have been. We searched the room.
Nobody changed anything.

We'll be right back.

Excuse

me.

May I help you? I sure hope so.

I'm investigating Mr. Galloway's murder.

I was home when it happened.

No, no, I'm not investigating you.

When you finish using one of these
machines, do you unplug it?

Unplug it?

No, it's like a TV set. You just turn it
off when you're through.

So if one of these machines is
unplugged, would you say someone

purpose?

Yeah.

Do you have a minute?

Sure.

Tape's still in the machine, so we'll
plug it in and it should come up.

And what we'll see is whatever Dan
Galloway saw when he unplugged it?

right.

Well, I'll be damned.

Yes, I stormed off the set, and yes, I
was murderously angry at Dan Galloway.

You can understand why.

Oh, well, sure, if your man was a jerk.

Yes.

But I did not kill him.

Now, I would like to discuss this with
you at length, but I'm preparing a

decision that I have to render this
afternoon, so I must ask you to excuse

Well, it's lunchtime, so why couldn't
we... I'm lunching in.

Perhaps we can talk tomorrow. Call me.

Judge Cordanti, would you say that Dan
Galloway was the kind of person who ever

did anything without a purpose?

Mr. Matlock, I really am busy.

At the moment he was killed, he was
watching a tape of the show that you

appeared on.

Yes. Although he was dying, he left what
I believe was a dying message.

He pulled the plug from an editing
machine so the tape would end on your

Me? Yes. Your face was on the screen
when Dan Galloway died.

Mr. Matlock, if this is how you plan to
build a case against me, I would suggest

that you look for another profession.

Now, really, I must get back to work.

I'm not building anything yet.

It would just seem to me that as an
officer of the court, you'd be more

cooperative.

All right.

Now, it's my understanding that the
murder happened between 7 and 7 .15.

And I know for a fact that by then I was
already having dinner with a friend.

Now, I must insist that you go. If you
have any more questions, call me in the

morning. Okay.

But why would a woman of your stature, a
judge, agree

to appear on The Galloway Show?

Well, I wanted to host his new legal
advice show,

Real Law. Real Law.

No, I'm not going to give up law for
show business, at least not permanently.

But, well, I did think it would be
interesting and lucrative for a while.

Well, it has nerd Judge Walkner.

Oh, no, I guess not.

Of course, he actually is in show
business.

I'm going to pause you, Bill. Her
Honor's lunching out today.

Don't worry, I'll pay you.

Mr. Matlock, what are you doing here?

I thought we'd finish our conversation
over lunch.

You're David Cabot.

That's right.

Your Honor, you shouldn't be seen with
this man.

That's none of your business.

But he's all over the papers.

Indicted for tax fraud, SEC violation.

Indicted, not convicted.

And Judge Cordente is free to be seen
with whomever she likes.

She can't feel that free.

Otherwise, she'll see you out in the
open, not hiding under some fish pond.

I don't like what you're insinuating,
Mr. Matlock. I'll say it right out loud.

Being seen with you could hurt the
judge's reputation and career.

Mr. Matlock, I will answer your
questions right now.

You know what I want to know.

Who were you with at the time of the
murder?

She was with me.

You'll testify to that?

Of course.

Is that what you want?

No.

I mean, I was with David, but... Please.

Your Honor, you're placing me in a very
awkward position.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll keep this little bit of information
in my hip pocket for a while.

Good luck to you. Thank you.

I can't wish you luck.

I've read the charges against you, and
I'll just wish you a miracle.

You

saw

Judge Cordante? Yeah.

Maybe she's still in a few wild oats or
getting a little poison out of her

system. What are you talking about?

Well, pretty soon she made me in another
line of work, but she does have an

alibi.

But Dan Galloway went to a lot of
trouble to name her as the killer before

died. Well, maybe he's trying to tell us
something else.

What? We have nothing to go on.

No.

Not much.

I don't understand it.

Well, you knew him.

That was the style.

I'm sorry it worked out this way.

It's not your fault.

So what happened to you now?

Well, with Dan dead, the corporation's
asked me to stay on.

Oh, hello.

Oh,

you're Miss Wilson?

Yes. I've been that long.

Oh, yes, you're Lisa's attorney, right?

Yeah, yeah. I understand that you used
to work with...

Dan Galloway, and you didn't part as
friends.

Well, Mr. Matlock, that was five years
ago.

Ancient history.

But then he invited you down here to do
his show and humiliated you.

You'd think I'd know better, wouldn't
you?

Well, I'd be the first to admit that Dan
Galloway was a... A jerk, yeah.

But I didn't kill him.

What did you do after the taping was
finished?

Well, all I really wanted to do was get
home, so I ran back to my motel, I

packed, checked out, and drove back to
Bakersfield.

I see.

Thanks again, Lisa. You've been great.
And good luck to you. Thank you.

What did she want?

She wanted to know about the possibility
of hosting Real Law.

Dan promised it to her. It was going to
be her big comeback, his way of making

up for the past.

Well, that's interesting. He promised
the same job to Marla.

What's even more interesting is I set
the host for the show a month ago, and

knew it.

Hmm.

You know what I think?

I think that button's got nothing to do
with it.

Wait, wait.

Can you rewind that part?

Can you slow it down?

Stop it.

Like that.

Like that.

The bracelet.

See?

See?

$500 for a diary.

It's called an organizer, Ben.

It's made of ostrich. Oh.

Well, I wouldn't give $500 for the whole
ostrich.

Yes, may I help you?

I hope so.

We're trying to track down this
bracelet. I'm sorry the photograph is

but it's still taken from a videotape.

Do you recognize it?

Of course, that's an Andrea Claggett
design.

Offense. Do you know if this button came
from that bracelet?

No. Andrea Claggett never uses a button
of this type.

Are you sure? There are a lot of buttons
on that bracelet.

This button is brass.

Andrea Claggett uses only precious
metals.

Where are you going?

I don't know. I might go with Captain
Randolph.

You think Leanne did drive straight to
Bakersfield after taping?

I could sure try to find out.

I'll meet you back at Jill's office.

About three? Three.

So anyway, after the show was finished,
I raced back here to rewrite my column.

Do sit down.

Hello?

She didn't. Of course, you know, I had
something else ready to go, but after

what happened... No, no, no, I'm still
here.

In public.

So you were a little late?

Nine in the morning.

You know, I did pop out for a bite to
eat around seven, but I don't believe

Were you alone?

Candy, could you hold on for just one
moment?

You know, let's not mince words.

I mean, Dan Galloway, whoever murdered
him, did us a favor.

Well, you were awfully mad, throwing
that face at him on the show.

Oh, my dear, Galloway and I have been at
it for years. I mean...

If what happened on Tuesday was reason
to kill him, he would have been dead

ago.

No, no, listen.

No, there's no time like the present, my
darling. I shall be there right away.

I'm so sorry.

No

wonder,

no wonder.

Let's see, you're missing a button. Oh,
well, it's always coming off.

Whoever knows where it is now. Oh, look
now, look.

Oh, see?

Well, where did that come from?

Well, it's yours, isn't it, yours?

No, no, no.

Mine's made of hand -carved teeth.
That's not it.

quiet dinner alone when uh mr galloway
was done in so she doesn't have an alibi

did you check out yes but the manager
was out with the flu and no one else was

authorized to show me the checkout
registry we'll speak to that we've seen

show three times why again well i don't
know galloway fella never did

anything without a reason if he
programmed Something in that machine at

dying moments. There's something in
there he wants somebody to see.

All good. We're ready.

Now, if the tape was in that machine, he
was sitting about, oh, I guess, right

here.

And then someone came through the door.

It would be somebody he knew, wasn't
afraid of, because you don't turn your

on the enemy. So he was facing this way
when he was hit.

You've been killed. You've been killed.

Okay. And now he... She. She. Yeah, she.

She hit him.

And he fell.

Oh, he's down.

See? Like that. Now, the killer thought
he was dead.

So he... She split, see?

And that's when he left the clue.

Now, can you run the tape and stop it
where he programmed

it to stop?

Three.

File.

Next. Of course.

I'm a dog.

Of course, that's it.

That's it.

down here. You got to get out on the
floor.

We've been looking at this all wrong.

See, the picture has nothing to do with
it. It's the counter.

The counter says 337.

How are you going to prove it?

did it and we will prove it.

We've still got the button.

Of course, it didn't come off her
bracelet.

It doesn't match anything else she was
wearing.

And we've seen the entire show three
times.

Now, wait a minute.

We haven't seen the entire show.

Stop the show and then restart.

At least some of that would have been
caught on the master.

But the stop and start would have been
edited from the copies that you saw.

Yeah. Yeah.

Well, that's good. You got it.

Now, can you rewind that and play it
back for us? Sure.

Stop.

There she is, see?

Wearing a jacket.

Now, can you put up the other side? You
bet.

And when you...

Come to a place with Leanne. Stop it.

Judge on the appellate court.

Yeah. And finally, Leanne... Now, there
she is wearing a jacket. See?

But it doesn't help that the buttons on
that jacket still don't match the one we

have. We still don't have anything.

Oh, yes, we do.

Leanne, hi.

Look, the reason I'm calling is the host
that we set for Real Law isn't working

out. I was wondering if you would come
in and test for replacement.

Tomorrow at 10.

Good.

Look, wear that red suit that you wore
on the Galloway show. You look great in

it.

No, don't worry. We'll correct the sound
problem with the jacket.

Okay, great.

Bye -bye.

You're having a good time. Relax and be
yourself.

I'm looking forward.

It'll be fine. I'll be very late back
here.

Leanne, I think you know Ben Matlock.

He's agreed to play guest for us today.

Oh, hello.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, look at that.

Awful, I got caught. No, it's all right.

Oh, I'm just making it worse. No, no,
no, it's all right, really. I'm fine.

Did I burn you? No. Oh, I'm just as
sorry. You know, I don't think it's

show on camera, but I insist that you
let wardrobe clean it. Would you want to

take it off, Leanne? Sure, that's really
nice of you. Thank you.

Sorry. It's okay.

Now, you sit down here on the left, and
Ben, if you have a seat on the right.

Okay.

Okay. Now, this is just a rehearsal, so
I want you to have fun with it. Have

fun. Yes.

That's it. We'll have fun.

Are you all right? I'm fine. I'm fine.

And are you sure it didn't burn you?
It's fine. It's fine.

Now,

let's see.

You used to work.

with Dan Galloway. Yes.

We were talk show co -hosts in
Bakersfield.

Now, how long ago was that?

Five years.

But he decided he wanted more.

And despite the fact that you were both
very successful, you were not part of

his plans.

Mr. Matlock, it's not unusual for teams
in this business to split up.

It happens all the time.

Yeah, I guess it does. I guess it does.
But considering the fact that you were

both so equally successful, it just
seems rather odd. I mean, one goes on to

fame and fortune and the other is left
behind.

Objection. I fail to see the relevance.

Your Honor, the history between this
witness and the deceased is critical to

foundation of the rest of my
questioning. I'll overrule for now.

Thank you.

In fact, he actually undermined you,

didn't he? He portrayed you as
temperamental and with much less talent

had. And then he walked out on you. And
while his career soared,

you were reduced to making ends meet by
planning weddings. Isn't that true?

I'm very proud of what I do.

I'm very sure you are.

I'm very sure you are. But a few weeks
ago, the phone rang.

And it was Dan Galley offering you a
spot on his

show. And you dropped everything and ran
right down here. Why? What did he say

to you?

He told me I'd be the perfect guest on a
show he was planning.

After five years of silence and all he
did to you.

Isn't it true that you agreed to be on
his show because he

promised to give you the position of
host on a new talk show?

He did mention that.

Did he also mention that the position of
host had already been set?

And that it had been offered to several
other women.

No. I have a signed affidavit right here
from Judge

Marla Cardante, which says that he

offered her that same position.

Dan Galloway was a terrible man. He was
a world -class jerk.

He liked to play games with people's
lives.

Any number would have wanted him dead,
but only one could have killed him.

And unfortunately for him or her, he
played one last game

just before he died.

He left a clue.

Bailiff?

When Judge Cordantes...

Picture appeared on the monitor. We
thought he was trying to tell us that

had killed him.

But then we have to remember he was
dying.

He was on the floor.

He was looking at the monitor upside
down. And when he pulled that plug,

this digital counter stopped at 337.

But if you look at it upside down, the
way he did,

It spells L -E -E.

You see that, Leanne?

As you said, Dan was a jerk.

All this means is that he was trying to
set me up again.

And besides, at the time he was killed,
I was already back in Bakersfield.

No. Thank you.

You checked out of the motel at six o
'clock.

You left your car in the motel garage
until almost 8.

That places you in Los Angeles well
within the time of the murder. As a

of fact, it places you at the scene of
the crime. And before you say, I have no

proof, I want to take a shot at it.

This button was found on the floor of
the editing room where Dan Galloway was

killed. I guess the police thought it
wasn't important, and I did.

At first.

But you know, they vacuumed that room
every night.

And just four days before the murder,
that room was recarpeted.

The old carpet was thrown away.

Somebody who owns this button has to be
involved in this whole thing.

Somebody. Objection!

Your Honor, I don't know how they try
cases in Atlanta.

But this is the time for questioning the
witness, not for argument.

Your Honor, four days before the murder,
the room was recarpeted. The old

carpeting and everything on it was torn
up and thrown away. This button is

evidence.

Objection overruled. Continue, Mr.
Matlock. Thank you.

But it doesn't seem to belong to
anybody.

It doesn't seem to come off anything.

It doesn't seem to have done anything.

When you came down to do the taping, you
were wearing a jacket. But then when

you actually did the taping, you weren't
wearing the jacket. Some sort of sound

problem.

I wore my red jacket. It doesn't have
any brass buttons, Mr. Matlock.

Not on the outside.

But all double -breasted coats have
buttons on the inside to make sure they

right. Now, your jacket...

was made by Francesca Dio Giovanni.

Is that it? Yes.

Bailiff.

Now this is a rack of Mr. Giovanni's
jackets.

And as you can see, the inside buttons

are brass.

See?

Brass.

All brass.

Just like this button that was found on
the floor by Dan Galloway's body.

Now, you recognize this jacket, don't
you?

It's yours, isn't it? I remember
spilling coffee on the sleeve the other

But your inside button doesn't match the
brass buttons. Your inside button is

white, isn't it?

I lost the original button months ago.

I don't think so. I think you lost this
button when you raised the axe to

kill Dan Galloway.

No. I distinctly remember I lost the
button last October at a country club

wedding reception that I'd planned.

Then why did you wait?

of the day after Dan Galloway was killed
to take your coat to the forest dry

cleaner in Bakersfield and have them
replace this button.

The cleaner's mark's still inside the
jacket.

And we talked to the management.

Why did you wait to the day after Dan
Galloway was killed

to replace this button?

Can you answer that?

Would you like to retain an attorney?

Yes.

Why?

No further questions.

We find the defendant, Lisa Bateman, not
guilty.

Court is adjourned.

Thank you.

And how you did it, I don't know. Well,
it wasn't easy.

Can I take you to dinner?

Oh, well, thanks. But I guess I'm pretty
much a homeboy.

A homeboy?

Yeah, yeah. I'm going to go home, Lana.

Get a bite to eat, maybe a hot dog all
the way.

Put on my green striped pajamas.

Go to bed.

Okay. How about you?

Well, aside from the hot dog and the
green striped pajamas, I guess I'm

much a homegirl.