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Barnaby Jones. A Quinn Martin production.

Starring Buddy Epson.

Also starring Lee Merriweather.

Mark Shera. With guest stars Trish Stewart.

Jonathan Goldsmith.

John Carter.

Tonight's episode, Temptation.

Julie, all I want is for you to go to the police with me.

Back up my story.

But how can I, Walter? I don't know what happened to Jim.

The newspaper said that he was killed by muggers. I don't care what it looked

like. Rick Garrett murdered him.

Just leave me out of this, please, Walter.

I'm afraid.

I don't want you to get hurt, of course.

I see my relief.

Let me check with her and then we can get out of here.

Tracy. Hi, Julie. Listen, our patient's up in x -ray, so he won't be back for

another 20 minutes.

I sneaked out.

I wanted to get away a little early, if that's okay.

Oh, sure.

Go ahead. I've got to go.

Okay, thanks, hon. Okay, see you.

Okay.

There's a little place around the corner. We can get a bite to eat and

there.

Um, my sweater. I had it here. Oh, I see.

Oh, great. And I just washed it. I'll get it. Oh, thank you.

No pulse.

Anybody got the license number? I think I saw him with somebody. A nurse, maybe.

I'm not sure.

It was not just a hit and run. It was premeditated murder. I'm convinced of

I told the police that, but this is just another case to them.

And I'm an impatient man, Mr. Jones.

Who would want to kill your brother, Mr. Harrison?

Rick Garrett threatened his life.

Garrett, the gambler?

Yeah, isn't he the one who promotes those junkets to gambling spots all over

world?

He's also a loan shark, as Walter found out.

Did your brother borrow money from him?

Walter went on one of Garrett's trips to London.

He was a compulsive gambler.

And a compulsive gambler doesn't quit when he's broke, not if he can get

And Garrett gave it to him?

$20 ,000 to be paid back when they got home.

That's a high rate of interest, I'll bet. It grew to $50 ,000.

Did he pay it?

We paid it.

Our company did.

Well, I don't understand. If you paid Garrett off, why would he want to kill

your brother?

He had already killed Walter's friend, Jim Haynes, who was in the same bind and

couldn't pay.

Walter was there when Garrett warned Jim to pay up or die.

Are you saying that your brother was murdered because he was a witness

Garrett? Yes.

I made him promise to go to the police. He said he would that night.

The night he was hit by the car.

That happened near Webster Hospital.

His car was found in the parking lot. Why did he stop there?

All I know is he said he had to see someone first.

But he didn't say who or where.

Well, Jedediah, looks like you got a pretty good starting place.

Hmm.

You don't happen to have a recent picture of your brother, do you?

Yes, that's the man, all right.

I was the first one there after the accident.

Did anybody see him before he was hit?

Or was he with anybody? That's really what I want to know, who he came to the

hospital to see.

Didn't you say he was with a nurse?

Yes. I said I saw a man crossing the street with a woman in uniform.

And there was a white sweater near the body.

The police took that.

You didn't notice anybody, though? The only thing I remember for sure is that

was a green car that hit him, four -door.

Too dark to get a license number. And he really bugged out.

Did anybody see him while he was in the hospital?

That's him.

That's the man that was killed.

Yes, ma 'am. We know that.

Name's Harrison.

Walter Harrison.

You knew him?

He was sitting right over there.

Just before it happened.

Are you sure?

He was talking to a nurse.

Do you know which one?

Of course I do.

But she's not one of our staff nurses.

She just does private duty.

Can you give me your name?

I already gave it to the police.

As soon as I saw his picture in the paper, I called the police, told them

was talking to.

Right over there.

Then they got up and they went out that way.

Yeah, well, you know, I guess I could get her name from the police.

Julie Cabot.

You want her address and phone number, too? Oh, that would be terrific, yeah.

Right this way.

Oh, hi, Tracy.

What's up?

You know the volunteer at the admissions desk?

Old mouth Vesuvius?

Who doesn't?

Julie, she is saying that you were with the man who was killed out in the

street. You know, the hit and run.

Were you?

Yes, Tracy, I was.

He was a friend of mine.

Oh. Well, you hadn't said anything.

I was pretty upset.

I didn't say anything to anyone.

Well, it doesn't matter. I've already talked to them. And there's a private

detective here now.

Oh, that's great.

I wonder what he wants.

He didn't say.

Look, Tracy, thanks for telling me.

I'll see you later, okay?

You're not fooling anybody.

garrett i know exactly how you operate you ought to lieutenant you've been

riding in my wake ever since i was a street urchin on the east side street

urchin hell nickel and dime temp oh lieutenant it must have been an

trip for you watching as my career grew some success story now you got hundred

dollar girls and you branched into loan sharking and murder murder mercy that's

a pretty harsh term lieutenant you killed jim haynes And you killed Walter

Harrison. You're going to prove it, right?

Shall we start by talking about where you were last Tuesday night?

You mean if I was anywhere near Webster Hospital? No, I wasn't.

You're going to have to prove you weren't.

Wrong, Biddle.

You've got to prove that I was. Now, if you can do that, arrest me.

If not, I'm leaving.

Get out of here.

You know, our client seemed to think this would be just a routine case for

but I'd say he's a shade off target.

More than a shade, Barnaby.

I wanted Garrett for a long time.

Garrett? Was that him that just left?

Yeah, that was him.

I'm looking forward to the day when he comes to stay.

If I just had a witness.

Well, you do, don't you?

Yeah, the nurse at Webster's.

What's her name? I got it right here.

Julie Cabot.

She was with Harrison when they created him.

Oh?

John, don't you know about this?

Didn't anybody tell you?

I don't remember.

This is unreal.

Here's the last person to see Harrison alive, Lieutenant.

This is somebody important enough to detour him on the way to see you and

bothered to tell you about it?

Well, I better look into it.

Lieutenant, this nurse could be the witness that brings Garrett down.

I think a couple of heads are going to roll around here.

And I think I can run this department without your help, J .R.

What? Get out of my case.

Well, whatever you say, Lieutenant Biddle, I'll just follow my own lead.

J .R.

Hold it, hold it.

I can't believe this is happening.

John, granted, Jedediah was a little overly helpful.

There's something else in this case that just doesn't track.

You want to tell us about it, John, or you want us to just go?

I know all about Julie Cabot.

And I didn't need a phone call from that woman at the hospital to tell me about

her. I've been developing Julie as a secret witness for weeks.

Well, why didn't you just say that?

Then it wouldn't have been much of a secret, would it?

She used to work for Garrett.

She quit, went back to nursing when she found out what he really was.

She was the companion of Jim Haynes on that junket to London.

That's the man who was killed?

Yes.

She met Walter Harrison on that same trip.

They became friends.

He had stopped by the hospital to talk to her about coming to see us when that

car hit him.

Julie figured it might be Garrett, so she ran and hid.

She called me as soon as she could get to a phone.

Well, now that we know... Now that you know, just forget you ever heard of

Cabot. Now, just a minute, gentlemen.

I mean that, Barnaby. She's my witness.

And ours.

Barnaby. Jedediah developed her name independently.

We are in the legitimate licensed business of private investigation.

We have a client whose brother was killed.

You cannot deny us the right to proceed.

Okay.

You have your rights.

But you keep me informed right up to the minute, you understand?

Don't we always?

No.

And, J .R., you let me handle Julie Cabot.

Not only is she a prime witness, she could be in jeopardy herself.

You mess around.

Anything happens to her and I'm holding you responsible.

What does it matter with him? He's never acted like this before.

He's wanted regard for so long.

I'm afraid he's turning it into a personal vendetta.

I hope he doesn't make a mistake.

Well, he's already made one if he thinks I'm going to stay away from his

witness.

I mean, it's like you said, information that I dug up independently points me

straight to Julie Cabot, and that's where I'm going.

Is everything all right?

Now it is.

Julie Cabot?

You must be J .R. Jones.

Yes.

It's pretty hard to keep a secret in a hospital.

In fact, I'm glad you showed up.

You are?

You see, I knew about you yesterday.

So I've had all this time to wonder why a private detective would want to see

me. Can we sit down?

Oh, of course.

I'm investigating the death of Walter Harrison for his brother Arthur.

He thinks that Rick Garrett did it.

I'm not going to kid you, Julie. I know that you used to work for Garrett, and I

know all about the gambling junkets. I also know why Walter was going to the

police.

But on the way over there, he stopped off to see you. Did you know he was

coming?

He called to see if I could get off.

And then he came right over.

How come?

Walter wanted me to go to the police with him to back up his story.

But I didn't know anything that could help him.

Julie, I have to tell you something else.

I know all about your arrangement with Lieutenant Biddle and that he considers

you his prime witness against Garrett. He told you?

He had no right.

He promised me.

I already had your name.

He was just trying to head me off. Julie, it's my job.

Now, I've got to find out if Garrett killed Harrison any way that I can. I

hoping you could help.

Can you?

When Walter got hit by that car, all I could think of was, it's Rick, and

he's going to kill me too.

And then I realized that Walter had just decided to go to the police. He hadn't

told them or anybody.

You mean that Walter never mentioned that when he called you?

You mean about going to the police?

No, not until he got to the hospital.

Did Lieutenant Biddle by any chance ask you that question?

No.

Sooner or later, somebody's going to.

They'll speculate that Walter told you of his plans over the phone, that you

could have called Garrett and he would have had time to set up the hit and run.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Julie, it wasn't an accusation.

Come on, I'm sorry, really.

First time I ever saw Rick Garrett.

It was in the hospital for minor surgery, and I specialed him.

When he invited me to go along on one of the junkets, first I said no, and

then I thought, why not?

Plane trip to London, luxurious parties.

Maybe a chance to meet a nice guy.

And all free.

J .R., I am a damn good nurse.

That's all I ever want to be.

Am I going to have to pay for one little indiscretion for the rest of my life?

Or even worse, maybe with my life?

I'm scared.

I'm really scared.

Here are the notes I promised you. Every detail of the junket as Walter told it

to me, and the names of some of the other customers.

Well, thank you very much, but you didn't have to bring them in yourself.

I'm still an impatient man, Mr. Jones.

Then you might like to know that we found out your brother stopped at the

Webster Hospital and saw a nurse named Julie Cabot.

Julie Cabot?

I never heard Walter mention her.

She said that he wanted her to go with him to the police.

Well, I was supposed to go with him, but then he got this call.

It must have been her.

Because he left right afterwards, and that was less than half an hour before

was killed. Excuse me, Mr. Harrison, you mean Walter made a call, don't you? No,

he was in my office when the call came in.

I had picked up the phone myself.

My secretary said that there was a lady on the line for Walter.

There was always a lady on the line for Walter. I never gave it a second

thought, but I see I should have mentioned it before.

It's not your job to think of those things, Mr. Harrison. It's ours.

And I see you're right on top of it.

Yes, sir, you can count on it. We'll keep you informed of any progress.

Yes, sir. Please do. Thank you.

And Mr.

Harrison thinks he's impatient.

What?

Do the words Bums Rush mean anything to you?

It was that obvious, huh?

Only to those who know you and love you.

And now I'm getting impatient.

Barnaby, I think Julie Cabot lied.

She told me that Walter called her.

Well, it could be an explanation.

Yeah, and I thought of one. You want to hear it?

Not sure that I do, Joe. Look, if Julie lied about one thing, why not another?

What if she set Walter up?

On the other hand, Gary could simply have followed him to the hospital.

Yeah, but how did he know that Walter was coming out of the side door?

His car was in the parking lot.

You do have a point.

If it was murder, don't get carried away, Jedediah.

We have no obligation to prove that Garrett murdered Walter.

We're just looking for the truth.

The truth, right, which is what Julie Cabot didn't tell.

I'd like to find out why, Barnaby.

Oh, Johnny, it's so sweet.

Oh, it's just beautiful.

It just kills me to ask you to meet me in a place like this.

It's not my nature to sneak and hide.

Darling, I know that we have to be careful and discreet until this case is

closed.

I mean, can't you just see the headlines now?

Lieutenant to police found...

Making out with the ex -girlfriend of a murder suspect.

Oh, and wouldn't Rick just love it?

Yeah.

Well, when he's in a safe place, there's going to be another headline for the

whole world to see.

John Biddle loves Julie Cabot.

Oh. Johnny, I can't quit.

It does feel kind of sneaky, doesn't it?

Do you know that I even imagined that someone was following me over here

tonight?

Johnny, is something wrong?

I don't know.

It wasn't your imagination.

It's J .R. Jones.

What kind of a person do you think I am?

I think you're a person with a price. You want to tell me what it is, please?

You're halfway there.

Halfway there.

You said number... Two. Number two.

Mr. and Mrs.

Abraham Lincoln.

Oh, come on.

I'm not the one who made it up.

Hi, Lieutenant Biddle.

What... Hello, John. We're just about to come over to see you.

Yeah, it isn't often we have the pleasure of... I warned you not to

my case. You didn't listen.

I warned you to stay away from my witness. You didn't listen.

But when you come down to my own department... Run my own license through

That really tears. I didn't know it was yours at the time.

You had no business tailing Julie to that motel.

And before you read something else into that, let me give you a little lesson in

police procedure.

When an officer of the law has a secret witness who's risking her life, he

protects that witness any way he can, and that includes meeting her on neutral

ground. Lieutenant, I never questioned why Julie was meeting you in a motel.

I just wanted to know who she was meeting.

Now, she lied to me.

And I think it could mean she's still tied to Garrett.

It's ridiculous.

That is not ridiculous.

She said that Walter Harrison phoned her before he came to the hospital that

night. Now, Harrison's own brother said that a girl called him.

I think it was Julie Cabot.

Which suggests that she had control of time and place and could have set him

Is that all you've got?

It was good enough, John, to make us look a little closer.

Betty. I checked the records at the hospital, John, along with the records

the nurse's registry.

I have the exact dates on my desk.

They show that Julie Cabot has not practiced nursing for over three years

she started back again about a month ago.

And then after a talk with some of the regulars on Garrett's junkets, we found

out why.

Julie wasn't a one -timer, John.

She went on all the gambling trips. She was Garrett's girlfriend and...

Chief Party Girl.

Chief Party Girl, Lieutenant.

It's a euphemism for high -class hooker.

I know what it means.

And I know all about Julie.

I haven't heard anything new here.

She still lied.

To you, maybe, not to me.

There isn't anything more to find out from her.

Or about her.

So why don't you just butt out?

Both of you.

All of you.

Eddie was acting strangely. What is it with him and Julie?

I mean, it's normal to protect your informant, but it's like he's choosing

with her against us.

John's taking this case very personally.

He doesn't want any interference from anyone.

And he'll react negatively to anything we do.

Yeah, well, I wonder how he'd react if I reminded him that the hit -and -run car

is a green four -door sedan like his own.

Should I tell you?

I don't like what you're implying.

I've known John Biddle and worked with him and socialized with him for over 20

years.

And if anyone suggests that he has any criminal connection with this case or

case... I'm going to have to tell him he's dead wrong.

Barnaby, he's my friend, too.

And I don't like the way this case is going any more than you do, but we can't

give up now.

Look, it's like you said. We're not obliged to prove anybody guilty of

Our job is to just find out the truth.

And the sooner we find it, the better for everybody.

There we are, Mr. Mitchell.

I won't be long, okay?

Johnny, there's no question about it.

Walter called me.

Now, I don't know why his brother said that he didn't.

He claims Walter was with him in his office when the call came in.

Well, then he must have been talking about somebody else.

Look, Walter called me from the mobile phone in his car.

He was only a few minutes away.

Yeah. Okay.

Were you doubting me?

Julie, I had to ask you.

You know what's at stake?

Only your whole career, your reputation.

More important, you and me.

Johnny, you're risking everything for me.

I just want to be able to deserve it.

As long as you're straight with me, Julie, you deserve everything I have to

give.

I just wish that this whole mess was over.

Rick Garrett would just disappear.

And your detective friend, too, I might add.

After he was so nice, and then to follow me the way he did.

He did more than that, Julie.

He found out all about you.

They laid it out for me, chapter and verse.

Oh, Johnny, I'm so sorry that...

It must have been terrible for you.

It'll be a lot easier when this is all behind us.

Will it?

Will we ever really be able to live with this?

We'll make it work, honey.

We'll make it work.

All I wanted to do was get away from Rick Garrett.

And you helped me to do that.

Johnny, you've turned my whole life around.

But it's no good without you.

Please don't ever decide that I'm too big a burden for you.

Julie.

Julie, I love you.

I have to get back to my patient.

I'll see you tomorrow.

You were right. It's human blood.

Are you going to tell me where you found it?

Jedediah? I found it on the front bumper of Lieutenant Biddle's car.

Jedediah! I didn't want to find it there, but I had a look.

The license plate was bent. I found hairs and fibers. And I picked up a copy

the medical examiner's report on Walter Harrison. His blood type was AB

negative.

matches.

I didn't hear you come in.

You left a message I came over. What's up?

I said what's up.

We're coming down to the wire.

Fiddle getting suspicious?

He's starting to.

I think that that private detective's pushing him.

As long as I can see his face when the dawn comes.

Rick, I'm getting tired of playing this game.

Do you know how long it's been since you told me you...

Put your nurse's cap back on and set your tender trap for that cop. I don't

know, honey. Two weeks, five weeks, what's the difference?

It was two whole weeks before he used love and Julie in the same sentence.

Well, cops are slow learners.

Not this one.

Not anymore.

Look, it's getting to be heavy duty.

I don't know how much longer I can go on playing this part.

Well, I want to milk it.

Just a little longer.

Oh, Rick, come on.

I mean, haven't you got what you want, huh?

I mean, once he finds out that it was his own car that was used to kill the

real witness that he had against you, what do you think he's going to do, huh?

I'll tell you what he's going to do, honey.

He's going to run right over to the D .A. and he's going to report that there

insufficient evidence to prosecute old Rick, honey.

Less of course he wants to see it in the headlines.

Yes, he, uh... He mentioned a headline.

Not the one you're talking about.

Hey, what do I have to do, hmm?

Wait for the wedding?

Okay, okay, okay, honey.

We're gonna show Lieutenant Biddle what it's like for him to live the rest of

his life in my hip pocket.

Oh, Rick.

Just as long as I'm there when you tell them.

All right, thank you very much.

John, before you say anything... Not now, Barnaby. Later. Come back later.

I'm sorry, John, but this won't wait till later. We've got some hard evidence

you should see, Lieutenant.

I will, but later.

This incriminates you, John.

And we want you to know that we don't believe it.

You don't believe what?

That you committed the crime.

Crime? Murder, John.

It was your car that killed Walter Harrison.

No question about it.

Oh.

I was questioning a lot of people.

Trying to get a handle on Garrett when I met Julie.

She seemed out of place with him right from the start.

I said so.

She seemed to agree.

Talked about it over a cup of coffee.

I don't know exactly when it happened.

Right then, I guess.

I just know it felt good sitting there with her.

Right, you know?

And I waited a lot of years for that.

Anyway, five cups of coffee later, I knew I had to see her again.

Every time I was with her, it got easier and easier to forget what she'd been.

What she was.

I even forgot I was a cop for a while.

And I think I remembered it a little too late.

What are you saying, Julie never broke with Garrett?

I didn't want to think that.

That's why it took me so long to put together the fact that my own car

the description of the hit -and -run vehicle.

Why did you even consider your car might have been involved?

Because it was in Julie's possession at the time.

She'd borrowed it because...

She said hers was in the shop for repairs.

I found out that wasn't true just before you walked in.

She and Garrett set you up?

Can't believe that.

I just can't believe it.

Julie was so... Barnaby, she really was a nice, straight girl before Garrett

found her.

It's one of the reasons I want him so bad.

He takes...

Girls like Julie and leads them down the garden path little by little until it's

too late for them to turn back.

I thought I could change her.

Thought she had changed.

She begged me to help her get free of Garrett.

She promised to testify.

Once she convinced me she was on my side of the law, the rest was easy for her.

She seduced me.

Same way Garrett had seduced her.

John, a thing like this can happen only to a person who has the courage to

commit himself.

People who are afraid ever to fall in love, they're the ones to be pitied.

So you got knocked down.

You'll get up again.

Not as a cop.

What do you mean? It's all over, J .R.

I have to place myself on suspension and turn in my badge, gun, until this mess

is resolved.

After that, who knows?

Nothing left for me to do.

Maybe there is, Lieutenant.

We have an idea.

It's... Well, I think it's worth a try.

Come in, Johnny.

Can I get you a drink? No, thanks.

Julie, listen.

You kept me waiting.

It's the first time you've ever done that to me.

Johnny, we have to have a talk.

Yes, I know.

We have to talk about you and me, about our futures, particularly about

yours.

We can't talk about mine without talking about yours, can we?

Yes, you might say that.

And that, of course, that includes Rick Garrett, doesn't it?

Oh, can't forget my man, Rick.

My main man.

Did you hear what I said?

Oh, yeah.

I heard.

Is that all you have to say?

You want me to be shocked?

Is that it?

You're not?

I was.

When I found out the reason you borrowed my car was so Garrett could kill Walter

Harrison with it.

What?

Yes, I was shocked.

And I was hurt.

Because I did love you.

Maybe I still do in a way because in spite of everything you've done, I still

don't want to see you fall when I take Garrett down.

You're bluffing.

You can't touch Rick without proof.

And without proof, you know what that makes you?

His boy.

I have a witness, Julie.

A witness who can put your boyfriend in my car when it hit Harrison.

No.

No, you're lying.

You know me better than that.

I'm arresting Garrett tonight, Julie, but...

How can I be the one to put handcuffs on the woman I wanted to marry?

Johnny... Johnny,

it wasn't all pretending.

Not all of it.

You must believe that.

Because I want to.

It was all there, Julie.

Everything we needed.

Just a few years too late.

I'm really sorry.

What's going to happen to me?

When I leave here, I'm going to pick up my witness.

Place him in protective custody.

Then I'm going after Garrett.

That gives you about two hours to get out of town.

I wouldn't stop to pack.

Johnny!

What a waste.

Oh, that was touching.

I thought you were tired of the game.

Well, maybe I just flashed on what might have been if you hadn't come along.

You want to go back?

I can't.

You know I can't.

Look, baby, everything's going to be all right.

Just as soon as I take care of one cop and one witness.

I'm looking for Eddie Scott.

Can you tell me where he's working tonight?

Yeah, he's in the supply room.

Take this door right here, Lieutenant.

Thank you.

Eddie?

Eddie? Eddie Scott?

Over here.

Oh, hi, Lieutenant.

I'm not sure, but what you'd be safer hiding down here than in protective

custody. You came to get me, huh?

I have to, Eddie.

Gonna make the bus tonight. I don't want to lose my star witness.

I've been thinking about this, Lieutenant. I'll tell you the truth. Oh,

come on, Eddie. You can't poop out on me now.

Look, Lieutenant, what happens if this guy gets out and comes looking for me?

Eddie, your testimony is gonna put him away for murder.

Besides, you'll be protected.

It's gonna take a lot of time away from work. You'll be compensated. Now, come

on. I've already cleared it with your supervisor. You're free to leave right

now. Okay?

Oh, all right. Come on.

Let's go.

I got you a witness, Fiddle. Back off!

Or he's dead.

Don't move!

I

guess

we better call the doctor, huh?

Yes. Dying would be the easy way out for him.

Hello. Hi, Lieutenant.

How are you?

I'm feeling good. Good.

Hello, Betty.

Hello, John.

Listen, did Julie take your offer and try to run it?

No. No, there wasn't a chance of that, J .R.

There's a bond between a pimp and his hooker that nobody can break.

I don't understand either.

Unless, of course, the pimp is put out of action and then self -preservation

sets in.

Well, then she'll turn state's witness?

I just picked her up.

She's downtown now with a tape recorder.

Lieutenant, I owe you an apology.

No, you don't, J .R.

You didn't do anything that was wrong.

Well, not really for what I did, for what I was thinking.

Oh. Well, in that case, we're even.

Oh, John, Barnaby did want to see you.

Yeah, what for?

I don't know. Why don't you go and see her?

Happy birthday, John. What?

Happy birthday to you.

Hold it, hold it. I don't have a birthday for three months. We know that,

Well, we just felt the need for a celebration, so we jumped the gun a bit.

see, we've all been through an experience which threatened to destroy

valuable friendships, but it didn't, which is a tribute to the durability of

those friendships.

And if that doesn't cause for celebration, then what is?

I think I'll drink to that.

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