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me. I want to enjoy this.

I have a deadline, Phil.

And I, for the first time in my life, have a scoop.

Phil, I'm running out of dance steps. Here. All right, all right, all right.

This is so good.

What?

He's lost a lot of blood.

Vitals aren't good.

BP's 90 over 50 in regular pulse.

Okay, let's get him to trauma two right away, Will.

Shylendra.

Shylendra.

Shylendra?

Sure would have sounded like.

Yeah.

Tapped him right on the dance floor, huh?

Must have been some lousy dancer.

How's he doing?

Didn't make it, huh?

Name was Phil Gwynn, apparently a small -time actor.

Any witnesses?

Nobody saw a thing until he was on the floor bleeding.

How about the dance partner?

She seems to have vanished.

The bouncer who called it in said he heard a woman cry out for help, but she

disappeared before he could get a good look at her.

Pretty blonde, mid -thirties maybe, that's about it.

Murder weapon?

Large pocket knife.

Forensic says there might be a partial print on it. They're checking it at the

lab now.

There's not much to go on.

Apparently the guy came in by himself.

The bartender said he ordered a drink maybe ten minutes before he was stabbed.

Well, he comes in, orders a drink, asks somebody to dance, and she stabs him to

death. If she didn't, I'll bet you she saw who did.

Captain?

Sit down, Sloan.

Have you seen this?

Erthonimous kill man in cold blood.

First -hand account from eyewitness. Can you believe it?

I'm surprised that those wackos at the National Scoop haven't tried to blame

Kennedy assassination on Earthonomy.

Actually, I believe they have, sir.

You've got to remember, this is the National Scoop, not exactly a beacon of

journalistic integrity.

Maybe not, but now they're trying to connect last night's stabbing to the

Earthonomists. You have a weird reputation.

They're just misunderstood.

Their methods may be a little unconventional, but all they're really

do is help people help themselves.

It says here that their source was with Gwyn when he was murdered, but it

doesn't mention any name. It doesn't even say who wrote the article. Oh, it's

got to be that nutcase reporter with all those conspiracy theories. What's her

name?

Sharp. Ellen Sharp.

Think she actually found a witness?

Are you kidding?

She's built herself a career making up junk like that. I don't know, sir. We

didn't find anybody that saw much of anything.

That's my point, Sloan. For the time being, she's the only lead we've got.

So we might as well check it out.

We. What was that?

I'll call the newspaper and get her address, sir.

Good attitude, Sloan.

We are wasting our time.

Ms. Sharp. I'm not saying a word. Go away. If anything in that article you

is true, I need to get your whole statement now. If anything is true, it's

true. Yeah, I got a description of your eyewitness.

Blonde. Pretty mid -thirties. Mid -thirties?

Miss Sharp, you are your eyewitness, aren't you?

Mid -thirties?

Look,

Officer... Sloan. Lieutenant Steve Sloan. These people killed Phil Gwynn to

him up. You think they'd hesitate to kill me, too?

You're putting me in danger just being here.

Danger from who?

Oh, wait, don't tell me.

You read the article.

If you actually saw it, you say you did.

I didn't say I saw anything. You may be the only witness to Phil Gwynn's murder.

I need to get your statement. Not on your life or mine. No. Fine.

Is that your purse?

Yeah. What are you doing? I'm taking you in.

If you want to do this the hard way, it's fine with me. What?

Haven't you heard anything I've said? You're signing my death warrant. You'll

fine, Miss Sharpe. Look, Officer Stone.

Sloan. Let's be reasonable. Can't we make a deal here? Yeah, you shut up and

won't cuff you. Okay, let go of me, okay?

Now do you believe me?

What I believe is you should look both ways before stepping into the street.

Now, are you going to get in or do I have to use these? Are you blind?

What kind of cop are you anyway?

Get in. Watch your head, please.

How?

Remember, Lieutenant Stone, my death will be on your head.

Meg Ryan's new movie's opening today. You want to see that?

I was asleep when you emailed.

Yeah. I don't think so, Mark. Isn't there any guy movies?

She just did a guy movie.

Oh, yeah.

I thought she was a little miscast, though.

Yeah. Hey.

Hi. How was your day?

Lousy. Remember that headcase paranoid reporter I told you about?

She wasn't any help? Yeah. Claims now she can't identify the killer. Says she

didn't really see anything.

You believe her?

Well, the captain sure did. He didn't even hold her as a material witness.

He let her go?

Told her just, uh, don't leave town.

She still think the Earthonomy people are behind it? You mean that new pseudo

-religious group?

Positive energy and all that stuff? Yeah.

It's a mishmash of a lot of different philosophies, really. But in the last

couple of years, this guy Stafford's built an empire around it.

Best -selling book, thousands of followers.

Yeah, all paying through the nose for the honor of being members.

So, Phil Gwynn, the knife victim last night, was, uh, earthonymous?

I don't think so. And we don't know much about him yet, but the impression I got

was that he had some hot tips, some, uh, dirt he was about to give Ellen Sharpe.

The head case reporter?

Exactly.

And they killed him over it? Well, so she says.

And you still don't have any idea what the, uh, shillelagh means, then?

Shilendra? Shilendra.

Sounds vaguely familiar, but I just can't place it.

It could be a name. It could even be a place.

Could be gibberish.

Yeah. I still think he was trying to give us something.

Sloan here.

Sloan?

Forensics found a pair of rubber gloves in a trash bin at the club. Any prints?

Maybe. The thing is, though, I don't think that these gloves...

Have anything to do with this? I mean, if the killer wore gloves, why would

there be smudged prints on the knife handle? Yeah, the prints could have been

left there days ago. And it could have been left by anyone.

Well, we're running the prints now. Maybe we'll get lucky.

All right, thanks, Captain. Keep me posted.

Anything? Some possible prints on the knife, but nothing conclusive.

Where are you going?

I think I'm going to try out this Shilendra business on Ms. Ellen Sharp.

The head case. Right.

I think he likes her.

Who? The nutcase reporter.

What makes you say that?

Oh, father's intuition.

Officer?

What's going on? Something happen?

No, Lieutenant, everything's fine.

The captain just decided he wanted to keep an eye on Miss Sharp.

Around the clock.

Oh, all right. Thanks.

Nobody tells me anything.

Oh, great.

Get in here.

How do you know you weren't followed?

Are you trying to lead them straight to me?

Lead them straight to... You're in your own house.

But they don't know who I am. I never used my name in those articles.

Miss Sharp, I found you.

If they, whoever they are, really want to, they'll find you too.

Oh, that's reassuring. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Looks like you've got

plenty of protection.

What?

You know, they may have found some prints on that knife.

Really? I thought the killer wore gloves. Yeah, help yourself.

Thanks, I will.

Yeah, Lieutenant Sloan here. I need to talk to Captain Woodruff.

What can I do for you, Lieutenant?

Captain, I really don't think we need to waste an officer because of Ellen

Sharp's paranoia.

What are you talking about, Sloan? The uniform you have stationed in front of

her house, sir.

What? What uniform?

I didn't send anybody over there.

I don't see anyone.

Uh, Captain, if you didn't send him, then who?

Hello?

Hello?

Sloan?

Sloan? Sloan just went dead.

All right, that's it. Come on, we're getting out of here now.

I want the whole story, and I want it now.

I told you the story.

You told me some fairly amusing, obviously fabricated tales. Now I want

truth. Touchy, touchy.

Miss Sharp, those prints on the knife, were they yours?

Miss Sharp, if you saw something, you need to tell me before you become the

prime suspect. Look, I'm not sure what I saw, but I know Earthonomy is behind

it, and I want to nail the head honcho, not some hired henchman. You even talk

like that. Like what?

Like you're right.

Look, you said you saw a cop by my house.

You ever see him before?

No, but that doesn't mean... Oh, and a cop couldn't be an ergonomist?

Look, I'm sure that was just a misunderstanding back there. Yeah?

Then why would he go off so fast?

You're so sure the police aren't involved. Why don't you call your

Tell him where we are.

Don't have an answer for that one, do you? Just don't rush me, all right?

We've got the house to ourselves. We can just stay here until I sort this out.

What's that?

Oh, geez, Dad, I thought you'd left.

You know, you could get shot sneaking around like that. Are you all right?

I'm fine.

Uh, Dad, Alex, this is, uh...

Ellen Sharp, I believe I told you about her.

Oh, right, the reporter you told us about. Let's see, what did he call her?

Alex. A bright, sensitive, investigative reporter?

Yeah, something like that.

Miss Sharp, Mark Sloan.

It's a pleasure.

Listen, Dad, until I check a few things out, I thought it might be best if Miss

Sharp stayed here with me.

Us, you know, here at the house, if that's okay. What happened?

Nothing.

At least not what she thinks. It's just a precaution.

Oh, well, sure. Yeah, it's fine.

Uh, Alex and I got to go to the movies. I just came back to get my jacket.

Have you seen that gray suede?

The, uh, one you're wearing?

Yeah. Yeah, there's still one.

You two are welcome to come with us, if you want.

No, I think we're just going to hang here, thanks.

Did you find anything out about the, uh, Shilin breath?

Yeah, still working on it.

Hmm.

Okay, well, it was very nice to meet you.

We'll be, uh, going. Okay. And we'll just leave you two alone.

Just go, Alex.

What are you doing in here?

I thought you were all settled in the guest room. I heard a noise.

Miss Sharp.

If you think I'm staying in there by myself, you're crazy.

Well, I guess you can stay in there and I'll stay in there.

Wait.

I don't want to be alone.

Oh.

Right.

Well, I guess you could stay in here.

Oh, no, I wouldn't. It's all right.

But it's your bed. I can't have you sleep on the floor. It's all right. Then

not. I'll just grab my things.

I have an idea.

What's that?

Just make sure you stay on your side.

Okay. Fine.

Just make sure you keep your hands to yourself.

Oh, yeah. Like I'd be tempted.

Can I ask you a

question? Well, I guess.

Since we're sleeping together now.

If you're so afraid of these people, why won't you cooperate with the police?

You really think you're going to bring them down all by yourself?

I was okay until you blew my cover.

When I wrote those articles, I knew that the Earthonomist had hurt a lot of

people.

But I didn't think they killed anyone.

And then after Phil and tonight, I just don't know who I can trust.

You always sleep with guys you don't trust?

The verdict's not in on you yet.

We'll see how the night goes.

Stay here.

Calling this in. Like it or not, I got a report there. Are you crazy?

Who are you going to call? That was a cop back at my house, remember?

Yeah, but those other guys sure weren't cops.

How do you know?

Are you willing to bet your life on it, my life on it? Your captain was the last

person you spoke to.

Don't you think those guys found us awfully fast?

He didn't know where I was taking you.

You're not too bright, are you?

I'm just going to call my dad and warn him not to go home. If that's all right

with you.

Daddy,

are you all right?

What? What is that? Is that the movie?

I can't hear you.

All right.

I'll talk to you later.

I thought that was turned off.

I'm a doctor.

Can I sleep in your fold out tonight?

Steve doesn't want you coming home tonight, does he? Apparently not.

Don't you like that?

You're not going to call in?

I guess I could wait till the morning.

Thanks.

Same arrangement as before?

There's no comforter here.

Oh, yes, there is.

And I think I can trust him.

She's dead. I'm sorry.

You all right?

You know, you've been really jumpy.

Look, I told you not to come back here. These guys are dangerous.

You check out the new ventilation system in my bedroom door?

Really? Look, I'm sorry, but I couldn't understand half of what you were saying

last night.

I thought you just wanted the house to yourself, so I waited until you would

have gone to work.

I was hoping Ellen would come back here. Ellen?

Ms. Sharp. Well, anyway...

Speaking of you two. Two? There is no two. I found out something's going to

you both very happy. Yeah, but there's no two. We're not two. It's just one and

one. Okay.

Alex and I went to see Gene Trent's new movie last night, The Mountain King.

Yes? Well, guess what his nickname is in the movie?

Mountain King.

Dad, unless you're going somewhere with this. Of course, the East Indians call

him by his Hindu name, Shailendra.

Gene Trent?

Oh, yeah, big, big fan of Earthonomy.

As a matter of fact, he's one of their spokesmen, isn't he?

And you mentioned Shilendra and Fennellon last night, didn't you?

Yeah. And I completely forgot to ask her about it.

Thanks, Ed.

You got a little jelly in your nose.

What do you mean I can't stay? Haven't you ever

seen a press pass?

Come on.

Uh, um...

I'm sorry, pal.

She's with me.

Unfortunately.

What the hell are you doing?

And why did you run off with me like that? I'm on a story.

I'm a reporter, remember?

Oh, yeah, for the National School.

Oh, nice.

So you finally made the Shalanda connection, huh, Sherlock?

And I am going to check it out. You are going to stay here. Please, come on.

I'll be really good, I promise. You know, I ought to lock you up.

Oh, all right. But I am going to do all the talking. Understood?

So you admit you knew Phil Gwynn?

Yes, of course.

But not very well, I'm afraid. He had a small part in Mountain King.

Right, he was an actor.

An extra, really. He was in the dance sequence.

Dance? It was cut out of the film.

Oh, big surprise there.

Excuse me?

Look, you have no idea why someone would want to kill Phil?

No, none at all.

Like I said before, we were just acquaintances. I really don't know

about his personal life. You didn't become friendly during the shooting?

I think he already answered that.

I'm sorry, Mr. Trent. No, it's okay.

Actually, I try to become friendly with all my cast and crew.

Mr. Gwynn was only with us a day or two, and while his murder is tragic, I'm

afraid there's not really much more I can tell you about him.

Five minutes, Mr. Trent.

Well, you've been very helpful, Mr. Trent. Thank you for your time and

cooperation. If you should happen to think of anything else... I'll make sure

and call. Thank you.

Very nice meeting you, Mrs. Sharp.

I thought we agreed I'd do all the

talking. Well, maybe I wanted to find something out today. The subtle approach

obviously wasn't working. How would you know? You never gave it a chance. The

guy is hiding something. Surely even you can see that. Well, maybe.

But thanks to you, we're no closer than we were before.

Oh, yeah, well, Mr. Brilliant Investigator, you didn't even ask him

Shalandra. Maybe I didn't want to tip our hand. Did that ever occur to you?

like he doesn't already know we're on to him. I was just a police officer

conducting a routine investigation.

I just hope I got you and your mouth out of there before you did too much

damage.

We at Earthonomy must work as a brotherhood to enlightenment and inner

For when we have peace in our hearts...

We radiate a tranquility into the environment that reverberates throughout

creation.

Dammit, Kapowski, how many times do I have to tell you not to interrupt me

I'm writing?

I thought it was of some importance, sir. Gene Trent is calling. Should I

him you're unavailable?

Uh, no.

No, I'll take the call.

Uh, line three, sir. And if I may remind you, sir, my name is Natois. No,

whatever.

Brother Gene.

How wonderful of you to call. We've missed you.

I'm afraid we've got trouble, Bob.

The detective Sloan from the LAPD stopped by along with that pain in the

reporter Ellen Sharp.

Relax. You've got absolutely nothing to worry about. We'll take care of

everything down here.

Yeah.

Me too.

I'll call.

Send in Mr. Corcoran.

The situation with Miss Sharp has acquired a certain urgency.

I don't think there's any doubt that Phil Glynn was trying to implicate Gene

Trent when he said Shilendra. But, I mean, why?

And why use his character's name?

I think he was about to tell me when he was killed.

Green? Please.

You know, a person of me is involved, which I'm still not totally convinced

What's the connection?

Phil knew I was looking for dirt on Earthonomy. He said his information

blow things wide open.

You don't like your coffee?

I don't know yet. It's too hot to drink.

We can get you some chipped ice, if you can't tolerate the heat.

I can tolerate the heat. I just have enough common sense to wait until things

cool down.

Oh, you have common sense? You know, it might be a good idea to have another

look at Phil's apartment.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

We didn't need to have another look if you had been paying attention the first

time. I didn't know then what I know now, besides... I got a hunch.

Ooh, a hunch.

Is that one of your professional crime -fighting tools? At least one of us has

some professional tools.

You know, assuming that Earthonomy is behind all this, it might not hurt to

learn a little more about them. I can tell you almost anything you need to

Yeah, more, probably. I heard that.

No, I was thinking more from the inside.

For eternal peace and universal wisdom.

Welcome to Earthonomy World...

What are you doing?

I thought I told you to wait in the car.

I didn't want to. Everybody I see looks like an orthonomist.

All right, just don't touch anything.

What are we looking for?

I'll know when I find it.

You check this out.

That look familiar?

Trent had a photo just like that in his trailer. Yeah, I noticed.

The same woman, wearing exactly the same bathing suit.

You think he was taken at the same time?

Very good.

So, he was, uh, lying.

You think they took a little vacation together?

Well, we'll probably find out.

See, this is a chartered boat. There's got to be records.

Oh, well, it'll take time to get our hands on it. It's okay.

Give me another chance to have a little chat with Mr. Trent.

Oh.

Let's go. Oh, no, you don't. I'll do it alone this time, if you don't mind. But

you can't. Oh, yes, I can.

And if you don't want me to lock you up, you will stay in the motel until I say

otherwise.

You'll be safer there anyway.

Thanks,

Officer Stone.

I didn't know you cared. I don't. I just need you to testify against these guys.

Dr. Sloan.

My name is Natwa.

Natwa? I am to be your guide.

Interesting name.

When one reaches the fifth plateau and becomes a full member of Earthonomy, he

is given an Earth name to celebrate his rebirth.

Natwa is mine.

Kind of like your Shalendra, huh?

Yes, exactly.

One of our more famous members, Shailendra, has been very helpful in

the universal word of Mother Earth.

He is also a great friend to Mr.

Stafford. They're very close.

You know, I saw his last movie. Wonderful.

Must have been pretty lucrative for the organization, too. I was reading in the

form there that each member must donate 25 % of his total income to the

organization. That would be a considerable amount for Mr.

Shailendra's concern, wouldn't it?

Earthonomy does require a total commitment, Dr. Slough.

Are you prepared for that?

Yes, financially and spiritually.

When can I start going to the meetings?

There are a few tests you must undertake first.

Please. Simply to establish how grounded you are to Mother.

What kind of tests are they?

Nothing to worry about.

Does this measure the beta and the alpha wave?

Just flap a little faster, please, Doctor.

I'm getting a little bit of a headache.

We're almost done.

I'm trying to determine how grounded I am. Why am I trying to fly away?

Oh, you are doing fine.

Oh.

What? Sorry.

Yeah. Yeah.

Sloan! Hey, Dad, it's me.

I got a break on that Trent thing. I'm headed over to the studio right now. I

thought you might want to be there. Oh, good. Yeah, I would like to.

I'll meet you there.

Listen, I'm awfully sorry.

Something's come up.

We'll have to retest you anyway. Your cell phone most certainly ruined it. Oh,

I'm sorry.

I'll certainly come back as soon as I can.

I'm going to suck my socks right off.

Oh, here. Thank you.

Okay. I'll be back real soon.

Promise.

You don't want to know.

What about Trent?

Apparently, he took off right after Ellen and I left.

The assistant director I talked to said he's not in the lot. They can't reach

him at home. They had to shut down production for the day. He just

I don't buy that.

Ellen spooked him.

What's he running from?

My hunch is right. Trent had a thing going with Phil Gwynn.

You mean the thing thing?

There's been rumors about Trent.

My guess is he got tired of Gwen and dumped her. Gwen went to the press to

the beans in revenge.

The folks at the autonomy wouldn't like that.

They said Trent up as their poster boy. I bet he brings in a lot of followers.

So they killed Gwen to shut him up.

And they think Ellen knows.

Yeah.

Come on.

Not again.

Where could she have gone? I don't even want to think about it.

Sloan here.

Steve, it's me. Don't talk. Just listen.

I'm at Earthonomy headquarters.

I snuck in. I may have found something we can use.

Hold up.

Ellen.

That's it. I'm going to kill her.

What? She snuck into Earthonomy headquarters.

Just one little problem.

I don't think I can get back out.

All right, don't do anything.

Just stay put. Stay on the phone and hide.

Come on. You know, get to her before they do. She is dead.

Oh, hello, not one.

If it's all right, I would like to take my son on a little tour of the

facilities. Where are you?

Records. Behind the third round room on the left.

On the left?

Facing which direction?

Just hurry.

I'm sorry, gentlemen, but neither of you has been fully tested yet.

And these cell phones, I am afraid they are unacceptable.

They may disturb the balance of power in the inner sanctum.

There's a balance of power just fine, pal.

Gentlemen, gentlemen, you're trespassing.

Unless you have a warrant, you're going to have to leave immediately.

I'm terribly sorry. We didn't mean to intrude.

This is going to sound a little odd, but I got a call from a friend who seems to

have gotten lost in here.

Lost? No, I'm afraid that's not possible. We do have security.

Where's the records office?

Well, access to records is limited strictly to earthonomy personnel. Look,

friend was simply lost in here, you wouldn't have any reason to detain her,

would you? No, no, of course not. But as I say, that's not possible.

Mr. Stafford?

Well, there she is, lost, just like I said.

Let her go. She was trespassing. Yeah, I'll be sure and give her a ticket.

Well, all's well that ends well, I guess. If no objections, we'll be going.

No, no, of course not. Quick minds like yours are always welcome here.

Please, come back and finish your testing as my personal guest. Thank you.

looking forward to it. And, Detective, your captain was just on the phone.

Captain Woodruff called here?

Actually, no. I called him.

He'd like to see both of you in his office tootsuite.

Out now.

Are you totally out of your mind?

Those people want you dead. I was wearing a disguise.

What, are you supposed to be a bag lady?

It got me in, didn't it?

Besides, for your information, Mr. Brilliant Detective, I had their enemies

right in my hands. So what? You can get that on their website. It is no big

secret.

Yeah, their dead enemies list. Did you know that several other ex -members who

were causing problems died in mysterious accidents?

Right, accidents.

Do you have any proof?

Any evidence of any kind?

I did, but I hadn't gotten caught and lost those files just now.

What do you think would happen to you if we hadn't shown up?

I would have thought of something.

Oh, you think I need you?

Need me?

What you need is a good... You know, they have an excellent class in here on

communications. Why don't you give it a try?

No way.

You thought

I was an earthonymous?

You waited all this time to come in here because you thought I was an

earthonymous? Sir...

I had to be cautious.

I knew you didn't want me to do anything to jeopardize Ms.

Sharp's well -being. You see a book on my desk, and you immediately jump to the

conclusion that I'm one of them?

You know, when the call came in from Stafford's people, I knew you two were

involved.

You're just lucky I was able to smooth things over, Sloan.

What the hell were you thinking?

Well, it's just that you did seem kind of defensive about her economy, and then

somebody had me thinking these people could be anywhere.

It's like invasion of the body snatchers or something.

I guess I got kind of paranoid.

Well, if what you say about him is true, I guess you had every right to be

careful.

I have to admit, they do give me the creeps.

So, you believe us?

Well, somebody posed as a cop at your house, somebody broke into Sloan's

and somebody killed Phil Gwynn. Your problem is convincing me that any of

is connected with Earthonomy.

At this point, the only connection seems to be Gene Trent.

I think our only hope is to find Trent and turn up the pressure.

I think he'll cut a deal to save his macho hero image. Well, you haven't seen

that, then, have you?

Movie star Gene Trent announces his marriage to rock star Julie Davis?

You've got to be kidding. He ran out and got married? Well, he, or they, covered

his butt.

No one's going to buy that gay angle now. Those photos on that yacht, they

prove anything.

So that's it.

We're at a dead end.

No, we're not.

We're not?

Here's your killer.

Now all you have to do is find out who paid him.

What are you talking about?

What is this?

It's a personnel file. I took it from their files an hour ago.

I recognized him. He was at the club.

Why didn't you show me this before?

I was going to.

You're, like, such a jerk.

You said you didn't see the killer. No, I said I didn't see him stab Bill.

But he was there, and he was after us at your house, too. You didn't see him

killed, Gwen. I'm telling you, he was there.

He looked me right in the eyes after he murdered Phil.

I saw him throwing something in the trash. It looked like he was taking off

gloves.

You saw him, Steve. He was at your house. You knocked him out cold.

Oh, I don't know. The guy still had goggles on.

So, you don't have a positive ID.

Why didn't you just tell us this before?

I had to get evidence tying him to Earthonomy.

Haven't you heard anything I've said before today? I couldn't prove it.

It's worth checking out.

All right.

I'll run a check on Corcoran. Maybe we'll turn up something.

Meanwhile, Miss Sharp.

Oh.

You're right.

You're the professionals here.

I guess it's time I let you handle it.

And you'll just... Stay out of the way. Oh, come on. I've caused you enough

trouble.

And I'm sorry if I've seemed unappreciative.

Look, why don't you give me a call after you've wrapped this up and we could

start over.

I have a story to tell.

Mr. Stafford, this is Ellen Sharp at the National Scoop. Do you mind telling me

how you got this number, Ms. Sharp? I'm a reporter, remember?

I have my sources.

So why are you calling me?

Our presses roll in two hours.

I'm ready to print the final segment of my story on Earthonomy. I'll be naming

names, including yours and Gene Trent's, in connection with the murder of Phil

Gwynn. So what do you want, my denial?

No, I just want you to know there's still time left to avoid this.

Are we talking some kind of deal?

I'm listening.

Why would you be willing to do that?

I'm sick of working for a rag like the National Scoop. I'd rather make some

money. I'd also like to be around to spend it.

So you do have a practical side after all. What kind of money?

I was thinking seven figures.

Seven figures?

You've got two hours.

You have two hours.

You know where she lives.

Sprite. Hold it.

That's what I call grounding.

Nice job, Fabio.

Yeah.

Ready for a phone call?

I don't think Mr. Corcoran's going to call unless you're his lawyer.

What are you talking about?

Corcoran was just arrested for the murder of Phil Gwynn.

So, what's that got to do with me?

You sent him to murder Phil and me.

What, for writing an article? And what reason could I possibly have for killing

someone I don't even know?

Well, we were close to the target. We were just a little bit off. We thought

that Gwynn was going to reveal he'd had an affair with your star, Jane Trent.

You thought I'd kill someone to protect Gene's image? Please.

Well, not to protect him, no, but yourself and protect this empire.

Yeah. We found out that Gwen crewed on a Penelope. The boat you chartered? As it

turns out, Gwen was going to tell us about Trent's affair with you, not

Of course, then it ruined Trent as your poster boy. And how would it look for

the head of Earthonomy to be manipulating his disciples and sleeping

You can't prove any of this.

Well, actually, we can. We found some rather interesting evidence in the home

your associate, Mr. Corcoran.

These are pictures of you and Trent on the Charter Yacht Penelope. A few other

shots there.

Evidently, Mr. Corcoran hid those away as insurance.

And at this point, he's very anxious to make a deal.

You wanted to see me, Dr. Sloan? Oh, Mr. Knott, well, thank you. Mr.

Knott was agreed to testify about your affair with Mr. Trent.

You?

testify against me, you'll rot in hell. I think not, Brother Stafford. As I have

often heard you say, I am simply trying to help you to cleanse yourself of your

bad karma, your negative energy.

I own you!

No, no, no, no. Your Holiness, that's very brotherly.

You're under arrest for the murder of Phil Gwynn and the attempted murder of

Miss Ellen Sharp.

you really think I was brave?

I already said I did. Don't push it. Oh, you're just jealous.

It was all my idea.

Hey, I thought you guys would like to see this.

Oh. Robert B. Stafford, Earthonomy founder, indicted for murder.

Yes! It says there that the foundation claims that Stanford operated on its

so pending further investigation, they're going to continue under the

of not what? Do you believe that? They never missed a beat.

Figured. There's just too much money involved.

Well, don't worry.

I'm not done with them yet.

What else does it say? Oh, not much.

Yeah. Oh, what's this?

National scoop reporter Ellen Sharp given credit for uncovering Earthonomy

murder plot.

Right, all by herself. Despite repeated attempts on her life, intrepid reporter

Sharp managed to snare millionaire Robert B. Stafford. Oh, please, like the

police had nothing to do with it. Oh, poor baby.

You need some credit?

How about I write an article about Mr. Big Hero Cop?

We can get a shot of you in your wig.

No, don't even think about it.

Now, you see, this is better. You're getting along. There's no arguing.

There's communication here.

Yeah, I told you if you just give it a try, it would work.

You know, I think I'll go get my drugs.

Don't run off. The Fugitive is next.

PBS Sunday, making miracles happen.

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. I consider it a duty. Good

answer, baby.

Touched by an angel. Then, having an affair with attorney Tom Capano was her

first mistake.

Trying to leave would be her last.

Been looking for a missing girl.

And never let her go.