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What is it, town? You look a little pale.

See, all I needed was a challenging lead for you to follow.

The tourist you met at the beach.

The perfect stranger you said took your picture.

Next to impossible to prove.

You're a vegetable, aren't you?

Yeah, I couldn't make it too easy. You really had to work hard. You had to

honestly believe that you were accomplishing the impossible.

You got the prosecution's star witness to prove your alibi.

Mark, you are really a tenacious detective when you put your mind to it.

Dave McDonald.

Obviously you knew him from somewhere.

He was a contestant on Guess That Price when I was the show's spokesmodel.

He went to Bedroom Set and I helped him break it in.

I'm not going to let you get away with this.

Are you familiar with that marvelous little feature of our justice system

double jeopardy?

You can't try a person twice for the same crime. That's right, you can't.

So now I'm free to enjoy Elliot's money.

I don't have to worry about going to prison.

Mark, I have you to thank.

If there was something ominous I could say, the truth is you've won.

Mark, you're such a good loser.

Thank you.

Listen, I just want to say this.

Any time of the day or night, feel free. Come on by. Help me enjoy all this.

Hey, thanks for buying my plane ticket down here. You saved me a few bucks.

Looks like Special Crime Task Force is really busy, huh?

I wouldn't know. I've been reassigned. I'm on the Excellent Complete Work Task

Force now.

Moving right up.

It's my job to go over every arrest file in the precinct and make sure the

paperwork is in order.

No expense account, I guess.

After the Bonnie Ballen trial, I'm lucky to have a salary.

Steve, you remember when you were, oh, ten years old, I guess. You wanted so

much to go to summer camp.

And I said, no, you shouldn't go. Because other boys were older and you

have a good time. You ought to wait a couple of years. But you, you insisted.

And sure enough, you went for a couple of days and you didn't like it. And I

to come and get you. Remember that?

Dad, what's this all about? Well, I'm trying to point out that fathers and

can make mistakes.

What's your point? Bonnie Valen is guilty.

What? She tricked me, Steve. I mean, she tricked everybody.

It was a vicious, cold -blooded murder, Steve. We've got to stop her.

It's a little late for that now.

I know all about double jeopardy and that, but there must be a way.

Dad, I'm not on the case anymore.

It's Detective Van Sickles.

And she's already arrested someone else for the murder. Who?

Dr. Valen's son.

Roger, he's innocent. Why?

Now, he claims to have been home in the morning of the murder, only he got a

parking ticket two blocks from Dr. Valens' office at 11 .15.

Having been a medical student, he's familiar with nitrous oxide.

Dr. Valens' nurse, Kimmy, overheard a violent argument between father and son

the day before the murder.

And Roger Valens' holistic clinic was in financial straits, and his father

wouldn't help him out.

Motive means opportunity.

It may not be as compelling as a photograph, but I think a jury will buy

Steve, I've made a terrible mistake.

I've got to fix it.

Jack, when you look at me, what do you see?

Is it a poor little rich girl?

Sometimes.

You know, most of my life I wondered how I'd get along without money to cushion

my every fall, sustain my setbacks.

I guess now's my chance to find out.

Amanda, you're a doctor.

You graduated near the top of your class in med school.

Yeah, only because I knew if I didn't make it, if I didn't become a doctor, my

life wasn't going to change.

The mere fact that my family's always had money gave me the freedom to excel.

It's called luck. Except now the money that I have, I have earned it.

And it means something to me. And it's been stolen from me.

And as much as I hate to admit it, money is a...

A big part of my identity. And without it, I feel insecure. I feel

insignificant. I feel vulnerable. Hey, Amanda.

You're talking to me, all right?

You're being ridiculous.

You're so much more than that. And you know it.

I'm serious.

I am scared.

I'm frightened.

I understand.

Look, I told you I'd get your money back for you, didn't I? And I appreciate the

gesture, Jack. Not a gesture.

A friend of the family tracked down Wallace Sterling.

Friend of the family? You don't even want to... No.

Travel agent.

He checked the international flights from LAX and found Wallace Sterling's

ticket to the Caribbean.

And from there, he could go anywhere.

Yeah, with my money, we're never going to find him.

We don't have to.

Well, that's easy for you to say, Jack. You're not living in the doctor's

lounge. You know, and you've done such a lovely job in that... Commander.

The guy's gonna come to us.

This is incredible.

It's okay.

If you go to that kind of thing.

Okay? Jack, this is a Renoir, perhaps the most important Impressionist painter

of all time.

If the guy didn't paint it on black velvet, what do I care?

Hello, Jack. Hey, Peter, how you doing? This is Amanda.

Peter. Pleasure. How you doing?

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

Oh, don't be. I could stare at this art for hours.

You like it?

Oh, yeah.

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever seen.

Great. Take it.

I've got plenty more where that came from.

Come with me.

This is the same Renoir.

I think the frame works really well on that one inside, don't you? Wait a

minute. Are these all forgeries?

I prefer to call them differently created originals. Hasn't that ring to

don't you think?

Peter's work hangs in some of the world's finest museums.

But this is a perfect rendition. It's so nice to meet someone who really

appreciates fine art.

Not junk, like this.

Now, that's third and last in the series, right, Peter? The original was

from a museum in Boston last year. It hasn't been seen since.

Hardly seems worth the effort.

Oh, it will.

To the collector who owns the other two pieces.

You actually think that Sterling will come out of hiding for this?

Are you kidding me?

But once we get the word out, nothing will keep this guy away.

I thought we'll get to come visit me. Well, you may not think so after I say

what I came to tell you.

You're not here because you feel responsible, are you?

Frankly, yeah.

Well, don't be.

I'll be out of here as soon as the police realize I'm innocent.

Roger, why did you lie about where you were the morning your father was

murdered?

Well, after the fight we'd had the day before, I knew I'd be a suspect.

Did you go to his office?

Well, I walked around for about an hour trying to build up the courage.

But I just couldn't bring myself to beg him for money.

So I drove home.

This is all my fault.

Why? Because you proved Bonnie was innocent?

Well, no, see, here's the thing. No, Bonnie is a very beautiful person.

And she made my father very happy.

And if one of the two of us has to be in jail for a crime we didn't commit, I'd

rather it was me.

Look, Roger, I'll get you out of here as soon as possible. I promise you that.

Well, don't worry about me.

Just promise me that you'll find the monster that took my father's life and

him pay.

And give Bonnie my love.

Good afternoon.

I believe you have the Presidential Street Reserve for me.

The name is Rinaldi.

Carmine Rinaldi.

There you go, sir.

Carmine Rinaldi.

Who's asking?

Charles Lane.

I represent a certain party who's interested in cream of celery.

I prefer clam chowder myself, but to each his own.

My assistant, Eunice Gluck.

Let me be very clear.

This certain party understands you have a certain can of soup available for

purchase at a certain price.

Certainly. But not to you.

Mr. Rinaldi did not deal with middlemen.

That's unacceptable.

Well, then, in your case, we'll make an exception.

Right, Eunice?

Mr. Rinaldi took a very big risk in acquiring the soup.

So tell your buyer to show respect and deal face to face.

If a certain party wanted to make the purchase himself, he'd be here.

Instead, he sent me to negotiate the price and authenticate the piece if

a problem for you.

And our business is concluded.

That's absolutely no problem.

She's a good kid, but she gets a little carried away looking out for my best

interests, do you understand?

I'm staying here at the hotel.

Whenever you're ready to discuss terms, so am I.

I'll tell you what, Charlie.

I need a couple hours to freshen up.

I just arrived and I'm still on Zurich time.

Until later this afternoon, then.

Fine with me.

What the hell were you doing in there?

Making sure the fish took the bait, as they say, in the game.

Besides, the way that you were handling things, Sterling would never have shown.

What game? What are you talking about?

Jack, you don't need to patronize me. I know what's going down, baby.

Swindler's Guidebook by Sammy Backlund.

I knew it.

I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.

I knew it. I just, I know, I made a huge mistake letting you get involved in all

this. You should have stayed back at the hospital. Here. Jeff, I really

appreciate your help, and I'm either with you all the way, or we can get

it all together. I'm not letting you take the risk alone.

He took my money, not yours.

Well, you want it back, don't you? Of course I want it back. Then let me

it. You'll get Sterling and your money. I got it all worked out, Amanda, all

right? What if Sterling's middleman finds out that our cream of celery is a

fraud? Are you kidding me? He won't. The artist himself won't even be able to

tell the difference. Now, trust me.

Thank you.

Man,

this is a very delicate operation.

You know what I'm saying? There isn't a move anybody can make that I haven't

already anticipated.

Except for this one.

You have no right to sell cream of celery.

Only I can.

Your name wouldn't happen to be Campbell, would it?

You're trying to cut in on my action with a forgery.

I want to kill you both right now.

What?

After everything that I've done for you?

Yeah, you stole the painting, but that was the easy part. Easy?

Yeah, easy.

Come on.

I had to get the word out.

I had to line up potential buyers and check their credentials.

And I didn't even have the original painting to work with. And that, my

that was the tough part.

And all I really want for my strenuous efforts is a paltry 75%.

40.

65. 40.

Now, you don't understand how the negotiation process works. When I say

say 40.

He's a tough negotiator.

Done. I'll be watching you.

Come on, man.

Talk about a second story, man.

See that? Now we don't have to worry about Sterling's guy spotting our

I got it all under control.

Take care.

Yeah?

Mrs. Allen?

Yeah. Nathan Keys, Sheldrake Insurance.

Oh, I'm so pleased you're here. Please come in.

I've been really looking forward to this.

Mark. Hi.

What are you doing here? I asked Dr. Sloan to join us. Oh, the place is

Thank you.

Did you use a professional decorator a bit?

Yes, actually I did.

Is there an upstairs to it? Yes, yes.

Could we see all of it? I'd love to show it to you, but I really... Oh, and I

see you're putting in a new patio, too. Now, would you like to have a seat up

here? Of course. Now, about your late husband's $2 million life insurance

policy... Would you like to sit down?

No, thank you. All right. If you will just sign here. Sign there? Okay, I'll

happy to. When do I get my money?

You misunderstand, Mrs. Fallon. This is a waiver relinquishing all claims to

that money.

What?

You must be crazy.

No, Dr. Sloan was kind enough to fill it in on your machinations, Mrs. Fallon.

Dave McDonald, the picture you took for your alibi.

Hi, sir. Money, remember?

I'll tell you what I remember, Mark.

Been through a court of law and been found completely innocent.

That was a criminal case.

This is civil.

We're denying your claim is fraudulent.

I'll sue.

And we'll put Dr. Sloan on the stand.

Let a jury decide if you're entitled to your late husband's money.

I suggest that you sign that waiver, Mrs. Allen, before things get messy.

Really love what you've done with the place, Bonnie.

Elliot would have approved, I'm sure.

Okay, what do you expect to find here?

Well, there's Sterling.

There's something to eat. I'm starving.

Yeah, well, I don't think you're going to find him here.

No, look what I did find. Beautiful.

Ooh, congratulations.

Where's Sterling?

I don't know if I know.

I bet you Charlie does.

And if my guess is right, he talked to him right after our little meeting.

Hi, this is Charles Lane in 6517.

I'd like to use the express checkout, please.

Channel 3?

Thank you very much.

Ah, the wonders of modern technology.

I can review my bill without having to wait in those boring lines.

Well, I don't see what good checking out of the hotel is going to do.

What, you didn't read about that in your little guidebook?

Well, it's amazing what you can find out about a guy from his hotel bill.

Hmm.

Let's see, our boy Charlie likes room service.

Likes... Adult movies.

Want to watch one?

Best of all, he likes making lots of calls to the Bahamas.

Boy, you know, I wonder who could be there.

Hello?

No time for small talk. Tex Chastain here. Let's deal.

Deal? Suit, man, suit.

Charlie Lane's selling me his cream of celery tomorrow.

His cream of celery?

Birthday gift from a princess.

But I figured we couldn't sell it without asparagus and broccoli.

So I made a few phone calls.

You got him. I want him. You name your price.

How did you get my phone number?

A man worth close to $100 million can get anything he wants, as long as he's

willing to pay for it.

Well, those paintings are not for sale, and neither is his.

I mean mine.

What I mean is... I don't care what you mean. You got me over a bail.

My princess has her little heart set on soup, and I tried never to disappoint my

mama.

That was a horrible accent, wasn't it?

Terrible. But you know what? He bought it. Hook, line, and sinker. Come on, I

gotta make a phone call.

Charles Lane, please.

What do you mean he checked out?

When is the next flight to Los Angeles?

Okay.

I'm on my way.

Mark, what now?

Good news, Bonnie. I doubt it. I want you out of my house. I have just

Roger to contest his father's will. I think we can keep it in probate for five

years at least. Mark, I want you out of here. I'm going to get a restraining

order, Mark. Hope you haven't quit your day job.

What are you talking about?

Well, Bonnie's going to be a little short of cash and you're going to need

you can get your hands on for a lawyer. I want you out of here.

The district attorney's office to issue a warrant for your arrest.

I'm not charged. Remember that false alibi you held Bonnie with? You

perjury.

You're going to prison and she's going free. Is that ironic or what? Don't

listen to him. He's just trying to scare you. Don't interrupt your time of

morning. I know how devastating it is to lose a loved one. Really? I'll just let

myself out. Thanks.

I mean, really. You know what? It's time.

It's time to say bye -bye to him permanently.

Hey, I'm a perjurer. I'm not a killer. That's your department.

But we're in this together.

Eve.

Hey, Jack Stewart. I heard you were back in town.

Listen, if you're free this afternoon, I'd like to explain about that little

misunderstanding at the convention.

Just give me a chance.

All right?

That's great, because I got a limousine waiting downstairs, and it's got our

name on it.

We're going to do a little sightseeing. What do you say?

Great. All right, I'll meet you down in the lobby.

Uh, hold on just a hot second. I did not pay for a limousine for you to romance

an old flame.

Come on, Amanda. What good is a limousine if you can't impress a girl

right? And besides, whose credit card is that limousine on anyway?

Temporarily, I have every intention of paying you back, assuming your plan

works, which I'm not.

Assuming, that is. It will.

You just relax a little, buckaroo, because that's what I'm going to do.

What a nice surprise.

I hope it wasn't too much trouble.

At least I could do to make up for what happened the other night.

From now on, I promise.

Nothing will get in the way of us getting to know each other again, okay?

FBI. Special Agent Matthew Dickerson.

And Agent Mayer, Organized Crime Task Force. You're under arrest.

You know, forget about getting reacquainted, Jack. I think I know you

No, wait a minute. I can explain.

Good. We got a lot of questions.

Dr. Throne's office.

Well, he's not here, but as soon as he comes in out... Therese, I've got a lot

of thinking to do. I don't want to be disturbed.

Unless... It's an emergency. An operating room seven.

Yes, he's on his way.

All right, darling.

Hello?

Anybody here?

Huh.

Dave.

Dave.

Hey, Dave.

Dave, don't mess with that stuff.

That's dangerous.

Dave, come back here.

I gotta get out of here.

I gotta get out of here.

Come on guys, we should have handled it all.

Dr.

Sloan's office.

Hey, help.

Who is this?

Dolores, they're trying to kill me.

Listen, I do not have time for any jokes.

No. Hey, it's Mark Sloan.

Yeah, and I'm Aretha Franklin.

It is?

Hey, Aretha.

Yeah? Cheer up on me.

Ready?

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Norman, it's Mark. I'm dying.

I'm glad you find it so amusing.

But I feel like I'm fed up with being the butt of every joke at this hospital,

Mark.

Wait a minute.

Norman, he's trying to kill me. I'm dying down here. Norman.

I'm sure you are.

But next time, do it at someone else's expense.

No. No, I'm trapped in the, in the, in the, what do you call it?

Norman.

I am a busy man, Miss Mitchell, and I don't have time for Dr. Sloan's childish

and asinine jokes.

I'm not busy, and Lord knows I'm not a man.

But I don't have time for them either.

He called you too?

Laughing like a fool.

God help us.

He really is dying.

You really were dying.

Did you see that?

I broke down that door with the facts. I destroyed it.

Tell you again if I have to.

I'm a doctor. And what a brilliant cover it is, too.

We know all about the theft, the forgery, the little fine art auction.

You're going to make a great prison doctor.

This is not what it looks like.

Oh, you're saying you're not peddling the stolen cream of celery soup and

-crossing the buyer with a fraud?

No, but that's close.

But not for the reason you guys think.

You're going down.

The question is, for how long? Tell us the names of the people involved.

Hey, did the job?

Maybe you'll get out in time to collect your first Social Security check. Wait a

minute, wait a minute.

This isn't fair.

Wallace Sterling, he took all of my money and he disappeared.

I was living in the doctor's lounge.

And my good friend Jack, he told me that he was going to get my money back

because Sterling didn't have the cream of celery to go with the cream of

asparagus or the cream of raw milk.

No need to get hysterical, ma 'am.

Well, Jack doesn't have the stolen cream of celery, but he had one made so that

I could get all of my money back. But now it doesn't matter because I'm going

jail. It's not even our fault.

Try and control yourself.

It's all right. We understand.

Just stop crying.

Is that true?

Every word.

See who it is.

That's Billy's middleman.

Now, if you believe us, even for a minute, you guys will get lost.

All right, we go in the closet. We will. Don't you try anything funny, we come

out shooting.

It's Homer's handbook, chapter number seven, when in doubt, cry.

When this is over, I want to read that book. Uh -huh.

Where have you been?

There's been a terrible screw -up. Somehow the idiots who run this hotel

me out.

Oh, no wonder I couldn't get in touch with you.

I hope you haven't accepted any bids while I was gone because I'll double any

offer on the table. But first, I'd like to see the soup.

It's on its way.

If it's dry.

Listen, that's a young lady that I have an appointment with. You know what I

mean? At a time like this. Hey, look, I thought I'd be done with my business.

Thought I'd be celebrating.

When are you going to put a cork in that raging libido of yours?

You know, this is not a good time for us to be seen together.

Get rid of the bimbo.

How about a trip to the bathroom?

Wallpaper's lovely. It's fluffed.

Hey. Here, come on in.

Oh, it's a work of art. You're a genius.

All right.

Peter, get behind the couch.

Come on, just get behind the couch. Watch the cold.

There you go. Get down, get down.

I asked you to drop in.

It's that wallpaper, huh?

Please get this over with. All right.

You got it. Here's the deal.

One and a half million dollars in cash, you get the payment.

Done. I'll have the money here by 11 .30 tomorrow morning. Good. But before you

see my green, I want to see your celery.

You got it.

All right. I've done my job, Steve. Do yours. I'll bring the soup, but if you

try to rip me off, I'll snap you like a piece of celery.

That was very witty.

A simple thank you would have been fine.

I'm very confused.

Well, come on. That's because you're in the house inhaling paint fumes all day.

You know what I mean? You've got to get outside in the backyard once in a while.

You're smoking fresh air.

Trust me, I'm a doctor.

And they validate parking at the front desk, okay?

We'll be back later.

You bought yourself some slack. Don't hang yourself with it.

The insight of you I never knew.

We're almost home.

Oh, no.

I just can't get rid of you, can I?

I never expected to see you around here again, Mark. Or anywhere else. David

McDonald just tried to kill me.

Is that right?

I'll have to talk to him about that one. That's not very polite of him.

I wouldn't mind a word with him myself.

Well, I'm sure that you scared him off, Mark, with all that talk about going to

prison.

Doesn't it bother you that Roger, who loves you, trusts you, might go to

for a claim he didn't commit?

It really will weigh heavily on my mind as I sip my pina colada, my gaze

drifting off over a perfect white sandy beach to the Emerald Sea, and I'll

think, better him than me.

of money money mark hadn't you noticed i have some hidden assets

You dragged me away from my desk to show me a jersey that you pulled out of the

trash? That's not just any jersey.

That jersey meant so much to David McDonnell, he kept it for ten years.

You know what that means?

Yeah. Bonnie Valen paid him enough for his part in a murder so he could afford

new one.

She killed him.

Oh, sure. Now you say that.

I found David's vitacept packs in her trash.

The lab tests show they were full of rat poison.

So now maybe she's got rats that are into health food.

Look, Dad, I know you're trying to help, but all this is meaningless unless you

come up with a body and a confession.

How about one of each?

Dad, I am not on the case anymore.

Where's your initiative?

What better way to get back in your captain's good graces than to catch

Valenskiller? I thought I did that once.

You meet me in Valens' office about a half an hour and bring a camera.

Dad, you realize where they're going to put me if the police efficiency task

force falls behind in its paperwork?

Back on the street.

And I do not look good in a meter mage miniskirt.

Don't be so hard on yourself. You've got great legs.

Hi. Where should I send the check? It took me three years of planning to break

into that museum and steal the picture. You think I'm going to hang it over some

con man I met yesterday?

Hey, I thought we had a special bond here.

I'm staying here with my soup and my collateral.

You know, this does not bode well for our relationship.

Why don't you go in the bathroom?

There he is.

I've got the money. Do you have the soup? Right here.

Excuse me for one moment.

Hi, could you page Eve Laurie, please? I believe she's at the pool.

Yeah, if you like that, you should see the SpaghettiOs I have hanging in my

kitchen.

Eve, it's me.

Oh, please, you didn't fall for that stupid gag my friends played on me.

No, of course not.

Can I see it?

Listen, I'm just tying up a few loose ends and I'll head straight down to the

pool as soon as I'm done, okay?

Then I will tell you a very interesting story.

All right, you got it.

I'll talk to you later.

I'm coming.

I'm coming.

Oh, Mark, go away.

Mark, there's nothing more you can do to me.

I admit I've been trying to put the pressure on you.

Trying to deny you the one thing about Elliot you did love.

His money.

And you have. You succeeded grandly.

But I didn't realize I might be responsible for another death.

Death?

Whose death?

Thank God you failed. I don't know how I would have lived with myself if you

hadn't.

You've lost me completely.

David McDonnell.

Not terribly bright.

Certainly under your spell.

Willing to do anything for you.

including killing me.

What were you afraid of, Bonnie?

That he might try for a lesser sentence by testifying against you?

This is a little grainy, but you can see that it was taken yesterday at 3 .25 p

.m.

Where'd you get this?

He thought you killed David with the rat poison, but he's alive, and he's been

on a run.

That is completely nuts.

He called the police to rats against you.

They traced the call to a convenience store in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Got the picture off the security camera.

Right about now, he'll be testifying, telling him everything he knows before

can get to the airport.

That is such a wonderful performance.

You are good, really.

But I know exactly where Dave is, and I know exactly where I'm joining him in

the morning.

Yes, you'll be joining him in prison for attempted murder.

Mark, my plane leaves at 6 o 'clock.

Would you come by and pick me up? Just give me a list of the airport.

I mean, just for old times' sake.

Remarkable. The way Waldengren uses colors is stunning. The fluidity, the

vibrancy, its subtle power is dazzling. Yeah, I'm getting hungry just looking at

it. All right, let's get down to business.

I got somebody better looking than you waiting for me down by the pool.

What are you doing here? Third party, I presume.

You lying, back -stabbing worm.

Tex told me everything.

Who's Tex?

You thought you could buy the painting with my money, sell it to somebody else,

and keep the difference.

Charlie, I'm impressed.

I didn't think you had it in you. I don't. I will deal with you later. Right

now, I just want to admire my cream of celery.

Oh, it takes my breath away.

It's worth every penny. Easy.

you say when you're paid with my money?

Amanda! Ha!

I have been meaning to call you.

I've been working on your cash flow problem, and good news, your money is

in the bank. This money is mine.

Actually, it's mine.

That's right.

You see, this is what we call a transaction.

You get the money, and he gets the painting. I've decided to take it all.

money and the painting.

You learn quick.

FBI! Freeze!

Where do you think you're going, pal? We're seven flights out.

Well, Jack, do something.

Come on, buddy.

Let's go.

Take him inside.

Yes, sir.

You weren't kidding

when you said you were heading straight down to the pool.

What a really childish thought.

Be more responsible, Jack.

Poor Dave.

Oh.

Look, this is not what it seems to be. I can explain this.

Okay.

This is not Dave. I'm going to go get some help.

I checked with the contractor.

He was going to pour the cement tomorrow morning. Then we would never have found

Dave. But Mark, you know you had that picture. You saw him. He was alive.

Bonnie, I used Elliot's computer.

I morphed a picture of Dave onto a picture of Steve I took at the

mart. You, above all people, should know better than to trust a photograph.

Well, I do know better than that. I do know better. Could we talk alone?

Couldn't you just get rid of him and could we talk? Let's go. We could

it. Mark, I know that you're my friend, and I know deep down you want to help

me. In your heart, Mark, you know I'm not guilty.

Mark?

Hey, what's going on? Hi, Jack.

What is that?

This happens to be Elliott Ballin's Surgeon of the Year Award. Yeah, what's

doing here? That body gave it to me. Said I earned it. Steve Reiner, you

spilling the dog out?

Well, I didn't make the Special Crimes Task Force, but at least I'm back on

homicide.

Did you get your teeth cleaned?

No, why?

You've been smiling since you walked in here.

You know why?

I have unreal news.

Oh, I heard about that. The cream and celery soup's back in the museum. And

Sterling's in jail. Amanda got her money back, and the FBI cleared you of any

wrongdoing. No, that's not it.

What could be better than that?

You ready?

Eve Laurie and Lloyd Fleming ran off to Las Vegas and got married.

After three dates.

Sounds irresponsible.

No. Well, I finally moved out of the doctor's lounge.

Oh, that's a shame. I was getting kind of homey in there.

Now I have a new condo, and I'm having my car delivered to me this afternoon,

and I owe it all to you, Jack.

Yes, you do.

Thank you.

I couldn't ask. for a more responsible friend.