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7, 8, 1.

You were beat behind.

Oh,

Shannon. All right, nice job. Thank you. See you tomorrow. Bye.

You can't do this to me, man.

I'm doing it.

I have put everything, everything I have into this place.

You know, this argument has grown increasingly pathetic.

All right, forget it, man.

Why don't you just buy me out and the place is yours?

I can't buy you out. I don't have the money. And I'm telling you, you can't

this place. You hear me?

You're one lousy, selfish son of a... I don't know what... Get out of my face!

No, why don't you make me get out of your face? Come on, you want to come

it? Shut up!

Do you want the dancers to hear you and quit?

And then what will you have?

Some audition.

The producer's girlfriend, the director's girlfriend, and me.

Guess who's not going to be lead dancer?

Your little wife.

You can't do this to me.

I have put my life... My life!

In this business for over ten years.

Then you pack your life with your shoes and dance your way out of here. Because

I can force a sale and I will.

Read our partnership agreement, Sammy.

Over my dead body.

No.

Make that over your dead body.

The sooner the better.

All right, Gordon.

That's my line.

Want to get something to eat?

Yeah. How about a steak?

No, I'll have a salad.

Oh, but first, can we make one little stop at the shoe store?

More shoes?

You dancers buy more shoes.

You don't mind, do you?

No, can't have too many shoes.

That's fine, but no, no.

Nobody's supposed to make a decision in the time there, all right? We said this.

What's up?

Guy in his 40s came in by ambulance, said he had a blackout. Did you get a

history? Can't get him off the damn phone. Look. What are you saying?

What do you mean you cut velvet? Who told you to cut velvet?

Excuse me, Mr. Talbot?

Never mind what I said.

Rayon. I said cut rayon. Okay, forget it. Just stay where you are. Don't cut.

Don't move. I'm on my way over right now, okay? Look, this blackout there,

you tell me what happened?

Not now. I've got 40 women downtown sewing bustiers out of the wrong fabric.

I've got to go. I've got to go. Let me get it. Type A? A+. Oh, Mr. Talbot, get

back here. What do you want? Mr. Talbot, this could be serious.

Serious? Ten bucks a yard? This is a disaster.

I've got to get out of here.

Any preliminary diagnosis?

Velvet upsets him?

Well, I'm going to talk to the paramedics who brought him in. Amigo,

it. Doctor.

You have a patient, Seymour Talbot. He's in emergency.

How is he doing? Mr. B, I got a phone call and ran out before we could treat

him. How could he do that?

What am I going to tell my mother?

About what?

My mother plays bridge with Seymour's mother, Minnie.

No kidding.

Minnie called my mother and my mother called me and she told me to take good

care of Seymour. Oh, that's nice, Norman. You know, you're a good boy. Now

have to call my mother and tell her that Seymour left. What is my mother going

to tell Seymour's mother, Minnie?

Why don't you have your mother tell Minnie to tell Seymour to come back here

we can treat him?

I can do that.

Or I could wait for my mother to call me.

Too good, no good.

And we think we have problems.

He cracks me up. He really does.

You've got a patient and a relative.

Both complaining.

What?

Oh, okay. Sammy, what happened?

He did it.

You coming for a layup? You expect me to step aside?

He tripped me.

I blocked him. He's got a sprained ankle.

Oh, thank you, Doctor.

This is the thanks I get for introducing you to Cindy.

Hey, you wanted to learn basketball, right?

Sammy, I'm sorry. I'm just trying to cheer you up, okay? You're a good hand,

so... I'll see you later. Thanks. See you.

Okay, let's have a look here.

You know, I'm not really mad at him. I didn't think you were.

Well, we'll get an x -ray, but I'm pretty sure it's a sprain.

I can dance tomorrow, can't I?

More like two weeks.

No, no, no, don't say that. Tomorrow night's the benefit for the free clinic

Hope Street. I was going to do my dad's old routine.

The me and my shadow thing?

Yeah. I know that dance. You know your dad taught me that for the high school

follies.

Your dad was a great dancer and a great teacher.

Yeah, yeah, and a great father.

You know, every year I do this routine in Dad's memory.

I have to drag my partner kicking and screaming, but he goes.

He likes the publicity.

And the clinic needs money, too.

Okay, before I take you down to X -ray, what is it you need cheering up about,

my friend?

Steve and his big mouth.

Roland Spear, my partner, he's the fat he wants to sell the studio.

Why does he want to do that? Is business off? No, business is actually doing

very well.

You see, Roland wants to buy a ranch in Montana and raise cows.

The funny thing is, he doesn't know which hen moves and which hen gives

but he's going to be a cowboy, and I'm out of business.

Why don't you just buy him out?

I don't have the money.

So he wants to force a sale, Mark, and there's nothing I can do to stop him.

I'm sorry, Sammy.

You've got a lot on your mind. I wish I could help you.

Well, there is one thing you can do to help.

Name it.

You still have tap shoes?

Hey, big guy. Hi.

Oh, you can wear that anytime. Oh, it's just to wear clothes.

Dr. Sloan, it's so nice of you to step in for Sammy. Oh, Cindy, I'm happy to do

it. Where's Sammy?

Oh, he's picking up the props. Both canes needed repairing.

Oh.

So, you want to see the rest of the place, huh?

Uh, well, maybe later.

No, go ahead, big guy.

Big guy?

Well, if you put it that way, why don't you go break a leg, Daddy? Thanks, son.

going home.

I will deal with you later.

Hey, Doc.

Hey, I thought I told you to stay off there. Yeah, I know. Listen, I had to

these up from the repair shop. This one here lights up.

Oh, come on. I'll introduce you to my front apartment.

Roll. You look like a wreck. Why don't we forget this old thing?

No. You are going to do this thing.

I am?

Yes, you are.

You can break your own promises, you're good at it, but I'll be damned if you're

going to break mine.

Uh, excuse me.

I'm Dr. Mark Sloan.

On behalf of the pre -clinic, I want to thank you for taking the time to do this

benefit.

Hello.

Barbara Speer. Hi.

I can't wait to see the number.

All right, let's get this over with then.

Uh -huh.

Me? Oh, okay. I'm the shadow, so I'm kind of behind you, right?

It's been a while since I've done this. I'll follow you.

Roland? Roland!

Roland!

Call 911.

Tell them we have a male, approximately 40, in full cardiac.

Steve, clear the airway.

Is he going to make it?

Don't know.

I examined Roland Spear's cane. A tip had been fried off and a lighting switch

rewired.

A delivery short circuit.

Hmm. Still, there wasn't enough voltage to kill him.

Here's a preliminary autopsy report.

Roland Spear had a pacemaker.

At his age?

He had congenital heart disease.

Pacemaker was, what, 10, 12 years old?

Well, that explains a lot. The newer models are better shielded.

Hmm.

Still, a shock could have killed him.

Yes? Yeah, right here. It's for you.

Yes? Would you take that pacemaker down to cardiology? I'd like to get a report

on his condition.

Sure, right away, Mark. See you later.

All right, thanks.

Bad news, Dad.

They're gonna arrest Sammy Garrick for Roland Spears' murder.

Sammy, you're not serious.

Wish I wasn't.

On what basis?

Motive. Roland wanted to sell the studio and Sammy wanted to stop him.

Means that short -circuited cane.

Opportunity, Sammy picked up the cane from the repair shop and no one else

touched it until he handed it to Roland.

All right, but that's just circumstantial.

No, that's not all.

My guys at the scene opened Sammy's locker. They found a wire splicer and

electrical wire that matches the wiring in Roland's cane.

I don't believe it.

They have no choice. They have to arrest him.

Mark, I didn't kill him.

I know you too long to think you're the one to kill anybody.

Oh, thank God. Thank God somebody believes me.

You knew that Roland had a pacemaker?

Yeah, yeah, sure. I found out when we got partnership insurance.

Who else knew?

His wife, Barbara, I suppose.

Anybody else?

I don't know.

You know that cane was deliberately short -circuited, Sammy?

Yeah. Of course, I knew they're saying I did it, Mark.

All I did was pick it up at the repair shop.

What about that repairman?

Do you have any connection with Roland at all? Listen, Mark, everybody at the

studio goes to him with their props and shoes.

But I don't know of any connection to Roland.

Who else knew that that cane was in the shop?

I don't know.

Well, what are you thinking?

Well, I'm thinking if you didn't tamper with that cane, somebody else in that

studio sure did.

Don't worry, Sammy.

He's not going to be in here long.

Talk to you later.

Yeah.

So the shocks from the cane stopped this guy's pacemaker. It looks like it. You

do realize it's going to take a while to get the results on the pacemaker. Oh,

yeah.

After you get off shift, Jack, will you go check out that repair shop?

You got it.

All right, now for one of my very favorite things, sending a well

All right, there you go. See you.

Jack, I'm off.

All right, that's nice.

I'd be real curious to find out who killed that man.

Well, good.

You can drive.

Come on.

Mrs. Beer?

Dr. Sloan.

It's a little late for a house call, isn't it?

I'm all done here, Mrs. Spear.

Great. Change the locks downstairs and I'll see you when you're done.

You bet, Mrs. Spear.

Thank you.

You're very busy.

Yeah, I'm packing the files.

When Roland decided to sell it, everything boxed up.

It's going to take me a week to put everything away.

Then you're not going to sell the studio.

No, why would I?

Oh, I thought you and your husband wanted to go to Montana.

Do I look like a cowgirl to you?

I'm a professional dancer, and a good one. And with any luck, I could be a

I will be a star.

And a sole owner of the studio.

That's right.

But don't misunderstand, Doctor.

I miss Roland.

But I'm not a hypocrite.

I won't miss his meanness or his selfishness or the way he tried to run

So now you can do what you want to do.

And I will.

Mrs. Spear, how angry were you with your husband?

Why do you ask?

I don't think that Sammy killed Roland.

I think that whoever killed him was angry with him, knew he had a pacemaker,

knew that that electrified cane was in the shop.

And you're looking at me?

I'm looking for Roland's killer.

Well, I wish you the very best of luck, Doctor, but...

If you want to know who else was as mad as hell at Roland, you might ask Cindy

Martin.

Cindy? Oh, yeah.

That sweet little thing had a lot more reason than me to want Roland dead.

Really?

Why don't you tell me about that?

Well, I'd love to.

Like I told that cop, I didn't know the dead guy.

But that other guy, his partner, what was his name?

Sammy Garrett.

Him. He was always stopping by, dropping stuff off to get fixed.

Props, shoes,

tape players, stuff like that.

Rolling Spears cane?

Right. Well, here's our problem.

Sammy Garrick says the cane never left his sight after he got it back from you.

That means whoever tampered with the cane must have done it while you had it

here in your shop.

You're saying I did it?

Did you?

Well, no, we're not saying that. What we're saying is maybe somebody broke

the place last night and did it.

How's your security here?

Tight.

Uh -huh.

Listen, do you want to keep records on people who drop things off and pick them

up? Yeah. The file's over there.

Uh, could we see the record for when Sammy Garrett picked up that cane? Yeah,

you know what? That would help us tremendously.

Don't touch anything.

Oh, no.

Here's that card.

Hey, where's your friend?

He went to put some money in the meter. So this is Sammy Garrick's file.

Yeah, see?

11 .30, Sammy Garrick, pick up.

Uh -huh. There it is.

There it is, 11 .30. Ooh.

He's at 33 .95.

Yeah,

there it is.

We done here?

Oh, you want me to leave?

General, I'm hungry. I'd like to get something to eat, if that's all right

you. Fine.

it's fine then i'll leave too there's no reason for me to stay i'm done with you

you're done with me we're both done so then i'll leave okay i'm gonna leave i'm

gonna back right on out of here right now i'm going beautiful shop you know i

have some friends in the entertainment industry i'm going to tell them about

your show i'm going i'll go see you

Cindy Martin.

Oh, here she is now.

Oh, thank you.

Do you have the time?

I'm sorry, my watch stopped.

Oh, that's okay.

Bye.

Oh, Dr. Stein.

Hi, Cindy. Nice to see you. Are you looking for Steve or something? No, as a

matter of fact, I thought we might talk.

Oh, great. You know, I'm auditioning for a music video.

Would you mind helping me with my routine?

No, what do you want me to do? Oh, great.

Cindy,

this is a little bit awkward, but I've been hearing rumors about you and Roland

Spear.

Boy, you're limber, aren't you?

What kind of rumors, huh?

Well, of course I know he was your boss, but weren't you two also... What?

Listen, would you like to take a break?

Oh, no, no, no. I did a 13 for Steve last night.

He loved it.

Yeah, I bet he did.

Look, Roland...

Was a very hot dentist.

He taught me some moves.

Did I?

Taught him a couple.

Yes, we were lovers for a while, but... I didn't take him seriously.

Well, Paige, I heard that you turned down a Broadway play so you wouldn't

to leave him.

Who told you that?

Barbara Spear.

Oh, her.

Well, she also said that you were... You were devastated when he stopped seeing

you.

you expect her to say, Dr. Fogg?

That her husband's girlfriend stopped sleeping with him when she found out he

was a jerk, huh?

Steve, it's just the opposite.

He's funny, smart, kind.

Ooh, it's the other sexy.

Isn't the blood rushing to your head down there?

I think that someone tampered with Roland's cane while I was still in that

repair shop.

What, someone besides Sammy? Yes.

Did you know that Roland had a pacemaker?

Yeah, yeah, he kidded about it all the time.

He said it came with batteries included.

I mean, I knew about it, but so did Shannon Thatcher's father.

Who?

Shannon, the pretty girl you were talking to when you came in? Yeah.

Her father used to be Roland's doctor, and they had some kind of falling out.

Dr. Thatcher hated Roland.

Maybe you should talk to him.

Yes, yeah, maybe I will.

Yeah.

Listen,

that's a wonderful routine. Oh, thank you, thanks. You're a very good dancer.

Yeah.

Hey, yeah, Amanda.

I'm over here by the window. Come on. All right, hang on.

Stay.

Jeff. Jeff. Yeah. You need to get out of there, okay?

No, I thought I'd kind of hang out here for a little while.

This guy Crockett's got a dog and wants to eat my shorts for lunch. I can't get

past it.

I guess the security was tight if he said it was. All right, I'll tell you

Spray some of this in the dog's face. I promise it won't hurt the animal. I'll

meet you out front, okay? Yeah. See ya.

This stuff worked.

Good. Get in the car. What is it, mate?

Uh, better than that hairspray.

So, how are we doing?

Mr. Talbot.

Mr. Talbot? That patient just passed out, and then he woke up and ran away.

He left these pills behind.

Oh, thank you very much. Check those out.

We checked with the repair shop. We found out the owner's name is Andy

I'd say he's a real charm school dropout.

Did you get anything good?

Well, one thing is for sure. Nobody got in that place last night. Why not?

Well, there's a huge dole moving just dying to say hello to you.

Well, somebody had to get in there and tamper with the cane.

Any idea who?

Well, here's what I got so far.

First, there was no love lost between Roland and Barbara Speer.

And she was going to inherit everything, too.

That includes Sammy's share.

And Cindy Martin and rollover lovers.

Till he dumped her.

Somehow he derailed her career.

And then there's this Dr.

Thatcher. He knew that Roland had a pacemaker.

And somehow he was mad at Roland. Something to do with his daughter. What?

don't know.

There you are.

I see the less of you and you qualify as a rumor. You've got all these insurance

forms to fill out.

I'm glad to see you, Dolores.

I need you to call Dr.

Charles Thatcher's office.

Make me an appointment as a new patient.

It's about time I had a check -up.

Mr.

Sloan?

Is there a Mr. Mark Sloan here to see Dr. Thatcher? Here.

The doctor will see you now.

Thank you.

Please come this way.

The doctor will be in shortly, and you can take off your jacket and tie and

it up on the rack.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Running a little late, are we, doctor?

No, not really.

feeling today? You look a little tired.

Well, actually, if I stay here much longer, I'll be completely rested.

Anything bothering you specifically?

Actually, I wanted to ask you about one of your other patients.

Really? Who?

Well, you know, Roland Spear.

Excuse me?

Roland Spear.

Roland Spear was a patient of mine, yes. He's not anymore.

I know. He was murdered.

His partner killed him.

Well, I'm not so sure about that.

Well, if he didn't, who did?

I understand that Roland Spear was good friends with you and with your daughter.

Doctor.

Doctor.

Hold it.

Roland Spear was nobody's friend.

Now, who are you, Mr. Sloan?

Actually, it's Dr.

Sloan. I'm a medical advisor to the police department. I'm investigating

Spear's death.

I saw you arguing with him just before he died.

What was that about your daughter?

Was she enrolling lovers?

Lovers? If only he had cared that much for her.

That no -good creep corrupted my daughter.

Now get out!

Get out!

I just said it was from 60 Minutes.

Dad, can I see you for a minute? Yeah, come on in.

I just heard from Cindy.

Steve, all I did was talk to her. Now, that's all.

She complained to you?

No, as a matter of fact, she thought you were cute.

So why are you treating her like a murder suspect?

Steve, I'm not.

I wouldn't embarrass you that way.

Look, Barbara Speer pointed a finger right at her. I had to ask her a couple

questions.

So what did you find out?

Well, did you know that, uh, Roland and... Cindy were lovers at one time?

A lot of people have ex -lovers. That doesn't make them murderers.

Well,

Roland damaged her career some way, and then he dropped her.

So technically, she's got a motive.

So how is Cindy supposed to have tampered with this cane?

Well, you don't have to be an electrical engineer to short -circuit the cane.

Well, Cindy couldn't have gone off and rigged the cane. She was with me all

night.

Oh.

I gotta go. I'll see you later.

Okay, look, I'm sorry if I upset you.

You made a mistake.

Well, just forget it, okay? I'll call you tomorrow.

Mark Sloan.

Hi, Amanda.

You're where?

But what is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?

I can explain.

Following him.

Yeah.

What are you following Thatcher?

Actually, it's Jack's idea. And I thought it was complete nonsense, but it

turned out it's not, Mark.

Now, Thatcher came here right after work about a half hour ago. He's had at

least four or five drinks. Seems to me he's waiting for someone.

Who could he be waiting for in a place like this?

Where's Jack?

Well, he was right here when I beat you. When I got back, he was gone, so I

don't... Wait a minute.

There he is.

Look at him.

Keep an eye on Patchy.

Hey.

What are you doing back there? Hey, well, besides hanging out with her, I

somebody that you should talk to, Mark. Come on.

I'll be right back.

Miss Thatcher?

Oh, great.

Did my father send you?

No, but I wanted to talk to you about your father. Is there some place we

do it privately?

Why don't you all just leave me alone?

Miss Thatcher, if you could just give me a minute.

How you doing? Let's go.

I heard that.

Mark, uh... Daddy can be a real head case sometimes.

He really went after Roland that time at the studio.

Were you and Roland Spear, were you lovers?

You're kidding, right?

Roland had to be 40 at least. I mean, he was my teacher, that's all.

Well, then why was your father so angry?

Daddy didn't want me to take dance classes and he wouldn't pay for it. So

got me a job.

Here?

Yeah, well, pays for my tuition.

No one hassles me here.

I'm an adult.

I can do what I want.

If Daddy doesn't like it, that's tough.

Nobody tagged me. The lights went out and I got hit by a flying stripper.

Wouldn't be the first time.

I'm just glad we got out of there before the cops came. Yeah, no kidding.

Rolling Spear was a real gem.

I mean, what kind of guy would talk a young girl into stripping to pay for her

dance lesson?

Disgusting.

Hey, come on. I know a lot of guys like that. Don't be hustling.

Oh.

Is something wrong, Mark?

You distracted the repair shop guy so Jack could sneak in. Yeah. So what?

Well, how do we know somebody else didn't do exactly the same thing?

Hey,

no way, man. I had nothing to do with that.

Come on, Andy. Somebody tampered with that cane.

They had the best chance they would have had to do it while I was here in the

shop. So maybe it happened this morning before Sammy came in.

Well, how do you figure that?

Well, I noticed that when you're at the file card cabinet, you can't see into

the repair shop.

Anybody could sneak in there.

Yeah, maybe.

When do you normally go to the file cabinet?

People drop off stuff for repair.

I fill out a file card.

You know, maybe somebody stopped by this morning dropping something off for

repair, and while I was doing their card, they messed with the canes or

something. Well, let's look at the filing cards for this morning, okay?

Yeah. All right.

Whoa. Is that legal? Put that down.

She was here this morning.

Dropped off a pair of dance shoes for new heels.

Who?

Barbara Spear.

Told you Cindy didn't have anything to do with this.

Now, there's no check mark on here indicating the shoes were picked up, so

must still be here. I see.

Yeah, I got them.

What's the matter, Steve?

Nothing.

Look, why don't I drop you back at the hospital?

Then I'm going to have a talk with Barbara Speer.

Thanks,

Andy.

Hey,

Mark. Mark, a couple things.

You know those pills that guy Talbot dropped in the emergency room? Yeah,

were they?

Caffeine. Pure caffeine.

That's interesting. Not half as interesting as this. I just got this

the cardiology lab.

Oh, the report on Roland's pacemaker. Yes. According to cardiology, Roland's

unit was in a severely weakened condition.

So the electrical shock from the cane was enough to shut it down completely.

Severely weakened how?

Magnetized. Roland Spears' pacemaker was magnetized.

Let her go home. We'll see you tomorrow.

Okay.

Hey, hey.

What's going on with Barbara?

We were questioning her about Roland's murder.

Really? Turns out she had access to tamper with his cane, and she lied about

She also had an excellent motor.

I don't believe it.

There's just one other thing I wanted to clear up. These dance shoes that

Barbara dropped off for repair?

They look an awful lot like the ones you bought with me.

Steve, they're the dancers. They all look the same.

Where are yours?

At home.

Oh, home.

Look, why don't we go back to my place and I'll let you look at them, or even

you don't want to look at them, we don't go back to my place, huh?

Steve?

Hi, Dad.

I have an idea how we can prove that Barbara Spears is the murderer's

Dad, not now, please.

Boy, this is important.

All right, look, I'll call you later. Okay.

Excuse us, Cindy.

I think she left another piece of evidence in this studio, possibly with

fingerprint stolen. We're going to have to check her office.

Come on, Dad. Look, I figured it out when I realized why my watch stopped

afternoon. Why don't you tell me about it? I don't know. You know why it

stopped?

Magnetized.

Sorry, Barbara, you changed the lock.

That had to be it.

An electromagnet.

Like the ones your father sells in his electronics store.

I guess that's how you got so handy rewiring electrical devices, or perhaps

should say short -circuiting them.

Dr. Sloan, what are you talking about?

You know, my watch stopped this afternoon at exactly 2 .24, see? 2 .24.

So?

Well, that was when I was in this room talking to Barbara Speer.

Now, what can make a watch stop?

Well, among other things, exposure to a very strong magnetic field.

I don't understand.

See, something in this room had to give off a magnetic field strong enough to

stop this watch and also to damage Roland's pacemaker.

And that was it.

I've got to go.

You put it there, Cindy.

You bought a pair of dance shoes just like Barbara's.

You signed her name to a file card at Crocker's Repair Shop.

And then you rewired his cane to give just enough of a shock to stop his

pacemaker.

You hated him so much that you killed him.

Well, without this, you can't prove it.

I'll take that.

Steve, it was a mistake.

I just wanted to pay him back for leaving me.

I didn't mean to kill him.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

You have the right to talk to an attorney and have him present during any

questioning.

If you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed free of charge to

represent you.

You understand these rights as I've explained them to you?

Look.

Sorry, son.

Thanks, Dad.

Looks like you've got a new partner.

Yeah, I guess so. Thanks.

What's going on here? Your nurse told me that you're refusing to treat me.

Well, I can't treat a patient who keeps getting up and running out the door.

Well, what am I supposed to do about all these blackouts?

Well, I tell you, that's up to you, but those caffeine pills you take are not

helping.

Now, you can either stay here and let me try to get to the bottom of this, or

you can get up and run out the door. But if you do it again, don't come back.

Is that a way to talk to a patient? I mean, there's got to be a better way.

Seymour, how are we... Oh, my God, is he... He's asleep.

Sleeping.

What's going on, Sloan? Well, my initial diagnosis is narcolepsy. Makes people

drop off just like that.

Is it serious?

Well, of course, I'll run some other tests just to rule out other

But if it's just narcolepsy, we can treat it very easily with medication.

Then I could tell my mother we cured Seymour.

In time, yeah.

Healing.

It's my life.

Thank you, amigo.

I have to go. Yoga class.

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