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Diagnosis of murder #3907 Closed captioned

( tapping on glass )

Children, I have come To a decision.

It's concerning Your inheritance.

I have decided

To leave the bulk Of my estate

To community general hospital

Under the stewardship

Of your cousin...

Mark sloan.

Well, if it's medical research You're interest in

I suggest you consider my work

In life-extension Therapy.

Or my scientific

Inquiries.

Ha!

Daddy?

I could use the money

To hire a detective agency.

He could find giancarlo.

I just know he's still

Alive somewhere.

That would put some pink

In those pretty Little cheeks, wouldn't it?

( wheezing )

Oh, my.

I'm afraid father's having Another one of his episodes.

Yes, it would appear so.

Someone

Really ought to help him With his...

Pills.

Well, you're closest, Judith.

Give a hand.

I don't think proximity

Has anything to do With my being chosen

Dear brother.

You're the doctor.

I think you Should do it.

Never mind.

Are you all right, j.N.?

I am leaving my money To community general hospital

And as soon as the lawyers Draw up the papers

I will sign them.

Not one of you Is getting a dime.

Not one thin dime.

Do you hear me, judith?

Do you hear me, julian?

Not a dime.

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Sloan: Jonathan, are you sure You want to do this?

Then all I can say is...

Thank you.

I'll see you monday.

Bye.

Delores, you're not going To believe

What jonathan nash just said.

I got to talk to briggs.

Just one minute.

What?

I started knitting a sweater For your birthday.

Why, delores, how sweet.

I can't get you To sit still

Long enough to measure you.

Bend over-- unless you want A car cover with arms.

Thank you.

What color?

None of your business.

Hello, mr. Briggs.

Amigo, you and I need To have a head-to-head.

I just ran a database

On your patient Remittance status

And your payment-to-services Ratio

Is running less than 60 percent.

Well, hang onto your printouts, Norman.

I just got off the phone With jonathan nash.

You ready?

He is leaving his entire estate

To community general hospital.

Who's jonathan nash?

The jonathan nash.

Nash wine distributing?

When he retired 30 years ago

He was the largest Wine and spirit distributor

In this part Of the country.

He's sitting on About $15 million.

Fifteen million.

That's wonderful.

I don't understand.

Why us?

Jonathan is my second cousin Once removed

And... I saved his life once.

That's nice.

You saved his life.

The e.R. Team, actually, But jonathan credits me

Mostly because Of our family relationship.

Anyway, I've been his physician Ever since.

That's wonderful. Amazing.

$15 million.

I got to go make rounds.

Mark, This jonathan nash...

Um, well...

How well is he now?

For a man of 93, He is remarkable.

I think he's got A few years left.

Sorry to disappoint you, norman.

I didn't say I was disappointed.

Of course not.

Norman, don't ever play poker.

Mark.

Hi. You all set to go?

My flight leaves tomorrow And daddy's so excited.

I should think so-- racing In the mid-atlantic regatta.

That's a very big event.

Yes, it is, but I'd Really appreciate it

If you wouldn't Mention this to anyone.

Why not?

Because most of my friends Are struggling residents here.

You know, a regatta Sounds so... Rich.

You're right-- It sounds rich.

I won't say a word.

Thank you.

( phone ringing )

Hello.

Sloan...

It's jonathan.

They're trying to kill me.

Jonathan?

Who's trying to kill you?

One of my kids.

They all hate me.

Mark... Help me.

Jonathan.

Jonathan?

Steve, it's me.

Your father.

Look, something is wrong Over at jonathan nash's house.

Yeah. I don't know.

I'm on my way now.

Meet me there with some backup.

All right.

Jonathan? Are you here?

Where are you?

Jonathan, it's mark.

Jonathan?

Are you feeling better?

I feel like A side of beef

With a backache.

Aw.

I am in traction here, Delores.

You want sleeves, Don't you?

My, my, With arms this long

You don't have To bend over

To tie your shoes.

Are you finished?

May I rest now?

Do whatever you want.

Thank you.

Hey, dad.

Okay, pick a card.

Ace of clubs.

Queen of spades.

Nuts.

How you feeling?

Taller.

Dad, is it serious?

Back spasm.

Listen, I'm glad you came by.

If it's about jonathan

I already filed my report As an accident.

Looks like he fell And broke his neck.

Steve, he looked dead Before he ever hit those stairs.

Well, that would raise A few questions.

How did he drive And turn his wheelchair?

Why were there skid marks

All over the upstairs Hallway floor?

I don't know.

When he called me

He said one of his kids Was trying to kill him.

Did you believe him?

He sounded lucid.

Well, when The squad car got there

The two of you were alone.

We checked The whole house.

There's got to be Some explanation.

He had been asleep.

The house was dark.

Jonathan ran into you.

You hit your head.

You were confused.

However, look...

Dead men Don't drive wheelchairs.

Mmm.

I'll bring In some chinese

And we'll watch The game.

Let's watch it alone, huh?

Don't go anywhere.

Cute.

Cute.

Hank, you promised To play with that

In the waiting room.

I'm sorry, mark.

Hank's folks are visiting His grandmother.

That's a nice car.

Can I try it?

I guess.

Don't break it.

Don't worry.

I'll be careful.

You've done this Before.

That's great.

Amanda, would you ask jack To drop by here a minute?

I'll look after hank.

Okay. I'll look For him.

Hank, behave.

Oh, this is

Neat, hank.

Do you think...

Would this kind of remote Operate

Any kind of a motorized vehicle?

If it's wired for it, Why not?

Know something, hank?

I'm thinking exactly

The same thing.

Why not?

Is that comfortable?

Only if Breathing's required.

Where's the chinese?

I wanted you To look at this first.

Hey, jack.

What's up, steve?

See for yourself.

It still looks Like an accident.

I don't care What the report says.

I know what I saw.

I looked at jonathan's Wheelchair.

There was no Remote control device

No special wiring--

It was just an ordinary Motorized wheelchair.

Can I keep these pictures?

Be my guest.

I got to go.

Hang loose.

That's two, steve.

Why are you so sure

Nash was killed By one of his kids?

He called me And said one of them

Was trying To kill him.

The man was 93 years old.

And sharp as a tack.

If I wasn't trussed up Like a rotisserie chicken

I'd drive to the nash place And talk to my cousins.

Find out where each was During the murder.

I can do that.

You can?

Mark, I've done it Before.

I would appreciate it.

It's no problem.

Anything I should know About these people?

Get out your notebook.

This family's closet Is full of skeletons.

Hey, amanda.

Mark says you're Going out of town

For a couple days.

Yeah... Uh, home.

Family picnic.

Picnic?

You're going all the way To maryland

To go eat sandwiches In the grass?

My family really likes Picnics, reunions...

Yeah, obviously.

Well, look, Mark's got a problem.

I may need your help.

Can you postpone this thing?

You know I would Do anything for mark

But I have to get On the plane tonight.

I'm sorry.

Oh, all right.

No problem.

Have fun, all right?

Hello.

Anybody home?

Cover me.

Yeah, what year are we in here?

( footsteps )

And please remind your employer

That our relationship Must remain secret.

After what happened, Don't worry.

And I'll keep my side Of the bargain.

How you doing?

I... I thought That was the bathroom.

Understandable mistake.

All right, young man.

Let's get to work.

With what?

Didn't the institute Explain?

You're a strapping Young lad

And an excellent Volunteer.

You have any Inherited diseases?

No, I don't.

Oh, good.

Take off your coat.

I'll need 200 cc's.

That's almost a pint of blood.

That's right.

I may need two.

Look, I'm not here For a medical experiment.

So can you put that down?

You're not?

Why are you here?

Because dr. Sloan thinks

Your father may Have been murdered.

Oh!

Cousin mark, yes.

Always suspicious, you know.

Young man, my father's death Was accidental.

But I, more than anyone

Understand the need For inquiry

So fire away.

Thank you.

Dr. Nash, your medical License was revoked

Several years ago, Wasn't it?

How did you know that?

Your cousin mark filled me in On all of you guys.

A lie. Absolutely not.

I was suspended-- Temporarily.

Oh, and after that

You went to your father And you asked him

To finance a private clinic For you

And he turned you down.

The medical establishment Disagreed with my theories.

;g gullible father Believed them.

You must have been very mad When you found out

All your father's money

Was going to community General hospital.

What are you insinuating?

Mr. Nash...

Where were you When your father died?

Young man, I don't Like your questions.

You go tell mark sloan To mind his own business.

Now get out.

Did you find him?

Oh, man.

You, uh...

You must be judith nash, Jonathan's daughter.

Did I find who?

Giancarlo.

The detective agency said

They were sending Their very best man.

Are you the best man?

No, I'm not.

Well, I'm sorry.

You must, must not give up.

Giancarlo was my... Fiance.

Oh, right.

Giancarlo dipenza.

He was the guy you were Supposed to marry...

30 years ago.

32 years, eight months ago...

On a wednesday

Like today.

I have trouble with wednesdays.

I'm not here to look For your fiance.

Um, I work with dr. Mark sloan

And we think your father Was murdered.

Murdered?

Yeah, murdered.

Forgive me for saying so

But you had A pretty good motive.

After all

Your father was Against your wedding plans.

In fact, he tried To break you up

From the beginning, Didn't he?

But giancarlo resisted.

He loved me.

Not enough to turn down The half million dollars

Your father gave him To take off on your wedding day.

That is a lie.

Something awful must Have happened to giancarlo.

He must have been Abducted or kidnapped

Or something.

He's not gone.

He's just... Not here.

Your father hurt you And you can't forgive him.

What if you wanted To use the inheritance

To go find giancarlo?

What if your father Was going to change the will

And you had to stop him?

What if you just

Put down The scissors?

Why are you saying These hurtful things to me?

Where were you The night your father died?

She was with me.

You? Who are you?

Dante, you forgot Your scissors.

I know, carissima.

That's why I came back.

Wait a minute.

She was with you?

I was doing her hair

Just as I was this afternoon.

What business is it of yours?

Well, I want to know what Really happened to her father.

He practically Accused me...

Of murder.

Murder?

My carissima?

This gentle, delicate flower?

Ridiculous!

I think you should go.

You know, I think you're right.

No, no, Don't touch anything.

It's too dangerous.

No, no. Stay there.

I'll be right over.

No, don't try to disarm anything Until I get there.

Excuse me.

Aren't you j. Edison nash?

As if you didn't know.

If you don't mind

I'd like to ask you A couple of questions.

Is that all right?

Don't do that!

It's not enough You want to steal my ideas.

You want me To explain them to you.

Tell your bosses At the phone company

To figure it out For themselves.

I'm not With the phone company.

Who are you with?

I'm with dr. Sloan.

He thinks your father's death Was not accidental.

He'd like to think it wasn't

So he can get Our money.

Don't do that!

You want to electrocute us?

Sorry. I just want To ask you questions

About the night Of the murder.

It was an accident.

Now, I am busy.

Get out.

When you were 20 years old

You wanted your father To invest in your inventions

But he said you were Wasting your time, right?

Ow!

Good.

What was I saying?

Oh, so you went to the army

And your father Cleared out your lab

And threw everything away

But you thought he sold it.

But if he didn't

How do you explain The plain-paper copier?

That was yours?

Uh-huh.

Flip-top soda cans-- mine.

The instant camera-- mine.

Replaceable pen cartridges-- Mine.

Do you think my father Made his money

In wine and spirits?

Then you must have been Pretty mad

When he decided to give His money to somebody else.

I don't have time To be mad.

I've got to go.

I'll go with you.

Who are you really with?

The japanese?

The canadians?

The mafia?

No, I'm with community General hospital.

And I just want to know Where you were

The night your father Was killed.

Hold this.

What is it?

If you tilt that

The chemicals inside will mix And cause a chain reaction.

Just stay perfectly still

Or when I come back

I'll have to look All over for you.

Hey, mr. Nash.

( chuckles )

Mr. Nash, get back here.

Hey, come on!

I'm not with the mafia!

( engine starts )

A young man was just here Asking awkward questions.

I thought you'd like To take care of it.

Six...

Eight...

Two.

Man: It's okay.

We took care of the problem.

Edison: Everything set for tonight?

Man: 7:00 sharp.

Nash: If you catch anyone Sneaking around

You know what to do.

Man: No problem.

All right.

Judith nash's alibi

Is an italian hairdresser Named dante rinaldi.

He calls her carissima

Which means "Sweetheart" Or "Dearest" or something.

You think he's a gigolo?

Well, she's lonely and rich

And obsessed with her Long-lost italian lover.

And the former Dr. Julian nash

Has secret, Mysterious dealings

With someone who runs A catering service.

What about j. Edison?

Wouldn't rule him out.

If any of them Could remote-control

The old man's Wheelchair

Edison could do it.

He's got a secret meeting At that warehouse tonight.

Think I'll drop in.

Don't do anything dangerous.

You're right.

I think I'll go get a perm instead.

See you later.

Jack...

I have to go to the bathroom...

Hey, jack.

You're investigating

Jonathan nash's death, Right?

His murder, yeah. Why?

Well, it just so happens

That I have some time Before my plane leaves

And I was wondering, Could you use some help?

You know what? I can.

Why don't you come with me.

Gladly.

Here we go.

No. No.

Okay.

Which one is it?

The guy working On the blonde.

Okay, what's the plan?

Go in and get A haircut, okay?

I don't need my hair cut.

How about a wash and set?

I don't care.

Just go in there.

There's a customer waiting For a wash.

Please take care of her now.

Yes, sir.

Hello, miss.

Hello.

I'd like A wash and set, please.

I'm in a rush too.

Just lay back and relax.

There you go.

Jack, god, don't Just stand there.

You look suspicious.

Oh..!

Ow! What are you doing?!

You could just Brush my hair.

It's too cold.

It's too cold, I said.

What are you doing?

The water's cold!

Ow!

Jack, you're pulling My hair out.

It's ms. Nash for you.

Rinaldi: Excuse me.

Ow! Watch it.

Don't worry, Carissima.

Your secret is safe with me, I promise you.

I got the check this morning.

Yes. It's too generous, really.

Ah, yes.

Si.

Stop...

Quiet.

Don't worry.

I'll be right over.

Uh, mickey...

If you would, please, Take care of christine.

Christine, I'm sorry

But I have to go.

Jack, there's soap In my eyes.

Get me a towel now.

My eyes are stinging.

Hurry up.

Amanda: Oh, my eyes...

( moaning )

Look what you did To your customer!

You used the colorizing shampoo!

Sorry, pal.

Sorry? You are fired!

You'll never wash hair In this town again!

No kidding.

Get the chair up.

It's going To be fine. Look.

My head's purple!

I'll kill him!

The detective agency said It was impossible

That after 30 years The trail was cold

That they would never Be able to find him.

I'm sorry.

I've lost him, dante.

I've lost my giancarlo forever.

But you have me, Carissima.

I'll always Be with you.

At least till Her money runs out.

Don't you ever knock?

I saw that check You gave him.

Whew! I got to tell you Something, dante.

$100,000 a pop, You must cut

A mean head of hair.

Watch your mouth.

Or were you paying him For an alibi

The night you killed Your father?

Or did you help her do it?

Or maybe $100,000

Is just the going rate For a gigolo.

What did you call me?

What's your story, Dante?

You a liar or a lover?

Or both?

Come on. Take you best shot.

Malnaggia!

Please don't hurt him.

Don't hurt my little boy.

Your what?

Dante is not my lover.

Dante is my son.

You're giancarlo And judith's son.

Grandfather destroyed Both her life and mine.

He crushed what was once

A beautiful Young woman.

Father made me

Put dante up for adoption In italy.

It took us years

To find each other.

I didn't kill father.

I was with dante.

She was with me, And I with her.

We were together.

Yeah, I get the point

But if you're her only alibi, You still might be lying

To protect her.

Even more so now, 'cause she's you mother.

You don't give up, Do you?

See you later.

Hey, you...

Angie would like To talk to you.

All right.

Man: You know what I hate? Competition.

Sure, you say It's competition

That brought This country together

But let me tell you, It's competition

That tears A country down.

This is why I believe In monopoly.

I want chez moi catering To be the best

To be the one and only Catering service in this town.

Is that understood? Capice?

Oh, I know this kid.

Jack stewart from The old neighborhood.

How you doing, ang?

I heard You're a veterinarian.

My cat has ear mites.

Anything I can give her?

I'm a doctor.

Just relax.

Hey, I don't need to relax.

I haven't slept in two months, And I feel great, okay?

What's that quack nash Giving you?

I don't know what it is

But you're not getting Any of mine.

Just let me check...

I just want To check him out.

Is that cool?

Let him go.

I'm a doctor.

Take it easy.

I'll just take Your pulse, angie.

Your pulse is flying.

Whatever you're on, Get off it.

Hey, I'm healthy as a horse.

Ask my wife.

( laughter )

Hey, what's this..?

It's getting me, kid.

I'm not hearing Good things.

Julian's old man was a patient At my hospital

And my boss thinks The old man was murdered.

He thinks that julian

Might have something To do with it.

As far As the old man's death--

I was with doc julian When it happened.

Really?

And when was that exactly?

When it happened.

I'm telling you.

Now, don't make me Nervous, kid.

Don't get me Riled up.

I guess that's all I need to know.

We got

An understanding?

Oh, yeah.

Get out of here.

Take him back To his car.

Take him home, Take him to a dance

Take him To an ice cream parlor.

( whirring and clicking )

...A particular concept

Of my own

That you won't see elsewhere

On the market.

Hey!

What have you done?

You've broken them!

These toys Took months to build

And you have broken them!

You idiot!

You idiot!

Sorry.

So this big secret project

It was about toys.

He's been working On those robots for months.

Old man nash Would have been furious

If he knew his son Was designing war toys.

How do you feel?

Pretty good.

Let me see you walk.

Good.

Let's have a look at this.

You must have Gotten longer

From all that stretching.

I don't understand what happened With those sleeves.

I won't have To wear my mittens.

( laughing )

Would you get My clothes, please?

Yes.

So edison told you

He was working late At the laboratory

On his toy robots When his dad was killed?

Yeah. He didn't Have any witnesses.

Where's the pants?

Which means we have The same three suspects

We had when we started.

Uh-oh. I'll get you

Some greens From the doctors' lounge.

You can cut them down And wear them as shorts.

These are the pants I was wearing

When steve brought me here.

So?

Let me see that file

Of crime photos.

Sick of me yet?

Let me try this on you.

There were two wheelchairs In this house that night.

My dear boy, What are you saying?

Pay attention.

Maybe you'll understand.

The first chair was the one Your old man was found in

By the cops, right?

Your average, everyday Motorized wheelchair.

But the second chair

Chair number two

Had a remote control

And that's the chair

That one of you guys used

To stage the old man's accident.

This is preposterous.

Don't you wish.

Julian, make him stop.

My dear young man...

No, no, no, no. Wait.

I'm getting To the best part.

Now, there was a few minutes

Between the time The old man fell

And the time the cops came

But in that time, you see, The killer switched the chairs.

You follow me?

The killer Switched the chairs

And hid the remote-control chair

Somewhere in this house.

How am I doing?

Right now, dr. Sloan Is meeting with the cops

To get a search warrant, And I'm just here

To give one of you

A shot to come clean

Before the cops Tear this place apart.

Well, I didn't do it

And no one's going Into my laboratory.

My dear young man

If you think I'm going To allow police thugs

Access to my consulting room

You are sadly mistaken.

No

Not in my boudoir.

Jack: All right.

Just let me explain something To you people.

As soon as we find that chair

We're going to find out Who did it.

Sloan: Hello, doctor.

Here to, uh, get rid Of the evidence?

How did you find The hidden room?

That night, I almost fell Over that potted plant.

It was standing About a foot from the wall

Like it is now.

But in the police photo Of the crime scene

Somebody had moved it back, Uh, flush against the wall.

Leading you to conclude?

Somebody moved it--

First to gain access To this sliding panel

Then to hide the switch That opened it.

When I saw this photo

I remembered That jonathan nash's father

Was a rum runner

And I realized he must Have had a hidden room

To hide all the liquor He smuggled--

This room-- and that's where You hid jonathan's wheelchair

After you killed him.

You can't prove my father Died in that wheelchair.

Oh, but I can.

This piece of cloth

Was torn from my pants When your father's wheelchair

Crashed into me upstairs.

But the wheelchair In the police photo

Didn't have any material On it at all.

That's how I knew there had To be a second chair

And my torn pants prove That this is it.

You used me that night To make everyone

Believe he was killed In the fall

But you killed him, Smothered him, probably

And put him In the wheelchair.

You thought I'd be A perfect witness.

I'm a doctor, And you hate doctors

Almost as much As you hated your father.

Actually, I hate doctors more.

( gunshot )

( gunshot )

( gunshot )

Police!

Drop it.

Mark, you okay?

I don't think so, guys.

Just lie still.

I'll get an ambulance.

Thank you.

Oh.

I got moo shu pork

Broccoli beef, And lemon chicken.

No ribs?

Since when Do you like ribs?

Ribs is all I can think about.

Hi, guys. You look better.

Thank you.

Hey! What are you doing?

I've got ten bucks On phoenix.

If you knew anything About sports, you'd know

That this is the main event.

That's the mid-atlantic Yacht regatta.

So what.

Which boat's your father's?

The one in first place.

Just how rich are you?

Uh...

( mumbling )

Your dad won.

He beat him.

That was the picnic?

Yep.

Hey.

Sloan: What happened?

Phoenix won?

Steve: That's what you get For gambling.

This is what I get For hanging out with you.

I was afraid You would say that.

My turn. Give me a fork.

Where are you?

He's not gone.

He's just not here.

Who are you really with?

The japanese?

The canadians?

The mafia?

If you think I'm going to allow A troop of police thugs

Access to my consulting room, You are sadly mistaken.

( gunshot )

Mark... Help me.