1 00:00:00,126 --> 00:00:02,253 [Jessica] Tonight, on Murder, She Wrote. 2 00:00:02,336 --> 00:00:06,298 Young people sitting around all day long discussing their sexuality. 3 00:00:06,382 --> 00:00:08,926 I know you’ve heard horror stories about working in TV. 4 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:10,553 They’re gonna dump some people in the cast. 5 00:00:10,636 --> 00:00:11,637 Show biz! 6 00:00:11,721 --> 00:00:14,598 You and Ricki are not going to spoil my big chance. 7 00:00:14,682 --> 00:00:16,267 Oh, what happened to my MacGuffin? 8 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:18,394 Are we gonna be playing games here, Mrs. Fletcher? 9 00:00:18,477 --> 00:00:19,895 Now Ricki is not the easiest person 10 00:00:19,979 --> 00:00:20,855 in the world to deal with. 11 00:00:20,938 --> 00:00:22,857 I decide who lives and dies around here. 12 00:00:22,940 --> 00:00:25,568 Do they give an Emmy for outstanding wimp of the year? 13 00:00:25,651 --> 00:00:28,404 No! This does not give you the right to treat people like dirt! 14 00:00:28,487 --> 00:00:31,157 I think Mr. Hitchcock just gave me an idea. 15 00:01:38,641 --> 00:01:41,602 [Ricki] Oh, the network’s driving me crazy, Vince. 16 00:01:41,685 --> 00:01:43,437 We’re the number one series on TV. 17 00:01:43,521 --> 00:01:45,689 And just to save a few pennies, they’re bugging me to eliminate 18 00:01:45,773 --> 00:01:50,194 some of the series regulars. I told them, forget it. 19 00:01:50,277 --> 00:01:53,739 So I shouldn’t start looking for another job? 20 00:01:53,823 --> 00:01:54,824 Oh. 21 00:01:55,491 --> 00:01:58,285 Not to worry, honey. 22 00:02:01,247 --> 00:02:04,208 [laughs] You’ve got no problem. 23 00:02:04,834 --> 00:02:07,711 Not if you keep up the good work. 24 00:02:11,006 --> 00:02:13,133 [chuckles] 25 00:02:19,306 --> 00:02:21,392 [camera clicking] 26 00:02:29,441 --> 00:02:32,111 [bell rings] 27 00:02:32,194 --> 00:02:33,445 [Jessica] Now the term "MacGuffin" 28 00:02:33,529 --> 00:02:35,489 was coined by Alfred Hitchcock. 29 00:02:35,573 --> 00:02:38,117 The MacGuffin can be secret plans, 30 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,119 the photographs, the Maltese Falcon. 31 00:02:40,202 --> 00:02:43,831 Whatever it is that everyone else in the story is after. 32 00:02:43,914 --> 00:02:46,166 Let’s see how Mr. Hitchcock used the MacGuffin 33 00:02:46,250 --> 00:02:49,420 in one of his most celebrated films, Notorious, 34 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:51,463 that was written by Ben Hecht, 35 00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:54,133 starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, 36 00:02:54,216 --> 00:02:56,677 -and Claude Rains. -[Rosemary] Okay. 37 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,554 -[bell rings] -That’ll complete this segment, Jessica. 38 00:02:58,637 --> 00:03:00,931 Oh, what happened to my MacGuffin? 39 00:03:01,015 --> 00:03:03,684 We’ll have to matte in the clip in post-production, 40 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:05,269 if we get it. 41 00:03:05,352 --> 00:03:07,229 Look, Rosemary, if we don’t get it, 42 00:03:07,313 --> 00:03:09,398 I will have to re-write this entire sequence. 43 00:03:09,481 --> 00:03:11,859 Leo told me that he had it cleared. 44 00:03:11,942 --> 00:03:13,444 Promises, promises! 45 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:15,696 He probably got hung up on the big show. 46 00:03:15,779 --> 00:03:17,740 Listen, maybe I better pop over and see him. 47 00:03:17,823 --> 00:03:21,660 Okay. One cappuccino and two lattes. 48 00:03:21,744 --> 00:03:25,164 That dynamite blonde from Copenhagen? You took her out? 49 00:03:25,247 --> 00:03:27,541 And all evening long, all I could think of was, 50 00:03:27,625 --> 00:03:29,293 she’s got thick ankles. 51 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:31,754 Ah, you wouldn’t even mention that if she was a guy. 52 00:03:31,837 --> 00:03:33,589 If she was a guy, he wouldn’t have gone out with her. 53 00:03:33,672 --> 00:03:35,257 Ooh, who we slamming? 54 00:03:35,341 --> 00:03:37,885 [Joy] Okay, everybody, take a break. 55 00:03:37,968 --> 00:03:40,304 Excuse me, have you seen Leo Vardian around? 56 00:03:40,387 --> 00:03:43,015 [stuttering] Oh, he was up in the office a few minutes ago. 57 00:03:43,098 --> 00:03:46,268 How is your PBS lecture series going? 58 00:03:46,352 --> 00:03:48,187 [laughs] Ask me tomorrow. 59 00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:50,439 [laughs] I’m Gene Gains. 60 00:03:50,522 --> 00:03:53,359 I took your writing class at Manhattan University 61 00:03:53,442 --> 00:03:54,860 -two years ago... -Oh, I’m so sorry, Gene. 62 00:03:54,944 --> 00:03:56,153 Oh, don’t feel bad. 63 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:57,863 Uh, people tend not to remember me. 64 00:03:57,947 --> 00:04:00,366 You gave me a C-plus and told me 65 00:04:00,449 --> 00:04:02,785 that my plot lines were almost laughable. 66 00:04:02,868 --> 00:04:05,329 -Did I say that? -Oh, the best advice I ever got. 67 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:07,373 I decided to write comedy instead. 68 00:04:07,456 --> 00:04:09,833 [stuttering] I’m a staff writer here on Buds. 69 00:04:09,917 --> 00:04:11,043 Well, that’s wonderful. 70 00:04:11,126 --> 00:04:14,254 Guess I was a better talent scout than I realized. 71 00:04:14,338 --> 00:04:17,091 Gene! Gene, do me a favor 72 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:18,050 and watch what I’m doing in this scene. 73 00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:20,678 I’m trying a new attitude for my character. 74 00:04:20,761 --> 00:04:23,681 Yeah. Yeah, sure, Carly. 75 00:04:23,764 --> 00:04:27,476 So, what’s the mood around here today? Leo breathing fire? 76 00:04:27,559 --> 00:04:31,647 Oh, come on, Leo likes you... you heard the rumor. 77 00:04:31,730 --> 00:04:34,650 The six Buds are shortly to be fewer. 78 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:37,403 Question being, who gets the ax? 79 00:04:37,486 --> 00:04:38,779 Hey, I work right near Ricki. 80 00:04:38,862 --> 00:04:40,531 I’d know if anything like that was going on. 81 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:42,449 So just chill. 82 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:46,870 [Flint] Oh, come on, Leo. Fair is fair. 83 00:04:46,954 --> 00:04:48,914 And I’m not just saying this because he’s my son. 84 00:04:48,998 --> 00:04:51,000 But Timothy did publicize your show while he was in New York. 85 00:04:51,083 --> 00:04:52,793 So, be a sport. Pick up the tab for the limo-- 86 00:04:52,876 --> 00:04:54,461 He was back there seeing some broad, 87 00:04:54,545 --> 00:04:56,213 he only did two interviews for us. 88 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:58,549 You paid for Vince’s limo when he was in Chicago. 89 00:04:58,632 --> 00:04:59,800 Don’t talk to me about Vince! 90 00:04:59,883 --> 00:05:01,927 Timothy should have cleared it with us before he left. 91 00:05:02,011 --> 00:05:03,345 Read it, Leo! 92 00:05:04,221 --> 00:05:06,015 "We’re here for you." Now you and Ricki are always talkin’ 93 00:05:06,098 --> 00:05:08,767 about these kids being family, so don’t throw them away. 94 00:05:08,851 --> 00:05:09,685 Roy, I’m really late. 95 00:05:09,768 --> 00:05:12,229 We’re talking 900 lousy bucks here! 96 00:05:14,314 --> 00:05:16,316 Maybe it’s just me, but I always feel one down 97 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,444 negotiating with a man wearing a gun. 98 00:05:18,527 --> 00:05:20,320 It goes with my day job. 99 00:05:20,404 --> 00:05:21,780 [bell rings] 100 00:05:21,864 --> 00:05:23,407 So are we okay here, Leo? 101 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:27,911 Have Timothy submit the bill. We’ll pay 500. 102 00:05:27,995 --> 00:05:31,582 Perry, 30 million people like the show exactly the way it is, 103 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:34,710 and yes, I know the network has fiscal approvals, but... 104 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:36,628 [Perry] Ricki, just think about it. 105 00:05:36,712 --> 00:05:39,089 Okay, okay. I’ll at least think about it. 106 00:05:39,173 --> 00:05:40,966 Talk to you later. 107 00:05:41,050 --> 00:05:42,843 Maybe it’d work. 108 00:05:42,926 --> 00:05:44,803 We’d save a truckload of money each week. 109 00:05:44,887 --> 00:05:49,266 Dropping two of our six cast regulars is ridiculous! 110 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:51,560 It’s like trying to do The Three Musketeers 111 00:05:51,643 --> 00:05:52,770 with only one swordsman! 112 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:54,354 We’re gonna destroy all the chemistry. 113 00:05:54,438 --> 00:05:55,731 They’re not equally funny, you know. 114 00:05:55,814 --> 00:05:57,274 [sighs] 115 00:05:57,357 --> 00:06:00,402 Take Vince, for instance, he’s a lox. 116 00:06:00,486 --> 00:06:05,032 [laughs] A lox who draws 27,000 fan letters per week. 117 00:06:05,115 --> 00:06:07,159 Come on, Leo, you’re supposed to be on my side. 118 00:06:07,242 --> 00:06:08,577 Ricki, you gotta understand, 119 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:09,703 the network’s under new management. 120 00:06:09,787 --> 00:06:11,246 They’re under pressure to tighten purse strings. 121 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:13,707 Well, maybe we could save some money by firing you. 122 00:06:13,791 --> 00:06:16,043 How come you talk nice to everybody but me? 123 00:06:16,126 --> 00:06:17,878 Because you’re my husband. 124 00:06:17,961 --> 00:06:20,589 My all-trusting pillar of strength. 125 00:06:20,672 --> 00:06:22,966 Did I even ask you what time you got home last night? 126 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:25,260 But you were thinking it. 127 00:06:25,344 --> 00:06:26,386 So, just for the record, I was right here, 128 00:06:26,470 --> 00:06:27,387 burning the midnight oil, 129 00:06:27,471 --> 00:06:30,057 -making us both richer. -[phone rings] 130 00:06:30,140 --> 00:06:32,184 This is Ricki. 131 00:06:32,267 --> 00:06:33,560 [woman] Ricki, they need you on the set now. 132 00:06:33,644 --> 00:06:35,145 Yeah, uh, I’ll be right there. 133 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:37,731 [sighs] Gotta go down to the set. 134 00:06:37,815 --> 00:06:40,651 Madame director doesn’t understand some of the jokes. 135 00:06:46,532 --> 00:06:49,451 Alex, she said she worked late. 136 00:06:49,535 --> 00:06:52,162 Uh, that’s a coincidence, ’cause so did I. 137 00:07:06,218 --> 00:07:08,262 [Timothy] Dad, I wish you’d stay out of these things, you know. 138 00:07:08,345 --> 00:07:10,764 -I’ve got an agent. -And who stays on top of him? 139 00:07:10,848 --> 00:07:13,267 Look, Timmy, you’re the good cop and I’m the bad cop. 140 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,352 When there’s unpleasant stuff to be said, that’s my job. 141 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:17,771 Just like it’s always been. Am I right? 142 00:07:17,855 --> 00:07:19,022 Yeah, I guess. But I feel kinda funny 143 00:07:19,106 --> 00:07:21,692 taking any money for the limo. It was totally personal stuff. 144 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,527 Don’t you get it? The more you get the studio to spend on you, 145 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,279 the more they think you’re worth it. 146 00:07:25,362 --> 00:07:27,281 Leo’s always been fair with me. 147 00:07:27,364 --> 00:07:28,657 Hey, wake up! If the nasty rumor I’ve been picking up 148 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:31,076 is true about their cutting some of the Buds, 149 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,619 then we’d better be lookin’ for some leverage to use 150 00:07:32,703 --> 00:07:33,787 on your so-called pal, Leo. 151 00:07:33,871 --> 00:07:35,581 That is not my style. 152 00:07:35,664 --> 00:07:37,166 Well, maybe it oughta be. 153 00:07:37,249 --> 00:07:39,585 I’ve gotta get back to work. 154 00:07:40,836 --> 00:07:43,714 Timmy. 155 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:48,719 Dad, don’t do anything that’s gonna cause hard feelings. Okay? 156 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:51,054 Hey, I can be diplomatic. 157 00:07:51,138 --> 00:07:52,931 You go be creative. 158 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:02,399 [bell rings] 159 00:08:04,526 --> 00:08:06,195 [phone rings] 160 00:08:06,278 --> 00:08:07,362 -[man] Hello? -Records division, please. 161 00:08:07,446 --> 00:08:09,031 One moment. 162 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:10,699 -[woman] Records. -Yeah. Records? 163 00:08:10,782 --> 00:08:12,534 This is lieutenant Flint. 164 00:08:12,618 --> 00:08:15,329 Do we have a file on a Leo Vardian? 165 00:08:15,412 --> 00:08:16,997 That’s V as in vermin, 166 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,083 A as in armpit, R as in rat. 167 00:08:26,715 --> 00:08:28,258 -Leo! There you are! -Ah, Jessica. 168 00:08:28,342 --> 00:08:29,426 I was just coming over to see you. 169 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:31,136 Leo, I realize how busy you’ve become, 170 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:34,431 graduating from our little PBS show to running 171 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:36,391 a top-five network comedy series, but-- 172 00:08:36,475 --> 00:08:39,061 I know, I’ve heard the clip from Notorious fell out, 173 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:41,104 but we have permission to use Strangers On A Train instead. 174 00:08:41,188 --> 00:08:42,898 -I forgot to tell Rosie... -Well, that’s fine. 175 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:45,192 I mean, Strangers On A Train will work just as well. 176 00:08:45,275 --> 00:08:46,735 Jessica, you’ve been very patient 177 00:08:46,818 --> 00:08:49,071 and I’ve been very distracted. Is there anything else you need? 178 00:08:49,154 --> 00:08:51,907 The PBS air date for this episode is coming up very fast-- 179 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:53,992 Don’t worry, I’ll tell Rosie 180 00:08:54,076 --> 00:08:56,119 to take whatever overtime she needs to make the air date. 181 00:08:56,203 --> 00:08:58,747 Dyan. I’ll come and see you later. 182 00:08:58,830 --> 00:09:01,625 -Dyan! You wanted to see me? -Yeah! I have to talk to you! 183 00:09:03,293 --> 00:09:05,462 -Show biz! -[clicks tongue] 184 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:08,924 Uh, well, it’s not totally official yet, Leo. 185 00:09:09,007 --> 00:09:11,969 But I’ve been offered a starring role in a feature film. 186 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:15,055 Rob Reiner’s directing. Isn’t that incredible? 187 00:09:15,138 --> 00:09:17,432 When’s all this happening? 188 00:09:17,516 --> 00:09:18,558 Oh well, that’s a teensy problem. 189 00:09:18,642 --> 00:09:20,352 It starts shooting right away. Two months in New Delhi-- 190 00:09:20,435 --> 00:09:23,063 you’re not going anywhere, Dyan. 191 00:09:23,146 --> 00:09:24,273 You’re under contract to us for the run of the series. 192 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:26,024 But that’s four more years! 193 00:09:26,108 --> 00:09:27,567 A year ago when nobody ever heard of you, 194 00:09:27,651 --> 00:09:29,736 you were thrilled to sign up. 195 00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:32,114 Look, Dyan, be patient, there’ll be other features. 196 00:09:32,197 --> 00:09:33,907 This show’s making you a superstar. 197 00:09:33,991 --> 00:09:36,076 Girls all over America are copying your hairdo-- 198 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:39,413 You and Ricki are not going to spoil my big chance. 199 00:09:42,874 --> 00:09:46,712 I’m just worried that you and Ricki are gonna get caught. 200 00:09:46,795 --> 00:09:50,799 And Leo can’t afford to blame her, so that leaves you. 201 00:09:50,882 --> 00:09:53,176 Leo is so desperate, he’s capable of anything. 202 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:56,722 How’d I get tangled up in this mess? 203 00:09:56,805 --> 00:09:59,266 Look, I can’t afford to offend Ricki. 204 00:09:59,349 --> 00:10:00,434 Don’t you see? 205 00:10:00,517 --> 00:10:03,895 That’s what she’s counting on. She’s just using you... 206 00:10:03,979 --> 00:10:06,523 I know, I know, but what can I do, Carly? 207 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:08,233 You’re a real actress, 208 00:10:08,317 --> 00:10:10,277 Shakespeare in the Park and all that, but me, 209 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,238 I’m just a guy they found posing for a jockey shorts ad. 210 00:10:13,322 --> 00:10:15,157 If Ricki kicks me off the show, 211 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:16,950 no one else’ll hire me as an actor. 212 00:10:17,034 --> 00:10:18,577 No, that’s not true. 213 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:21,204 You’re better than you give yourself credit for. 214 00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:23,582 -You think so? -Mmm-hmm. 215 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:30,714 [Ricki] Hi, Carly dear! 216 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:33,717 Vince, I wrote some new lines for you that we need to go over. 217 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,302 Excuse us? 218 00:10:38,013 --> 00:10:40,599 [sighs] 219 00:10:40,682 --> 00:10:44,269 You know what black widow spiders do with their discarded mates? 220 00:10:44,353 --> 00:10:46,980 Yeah. They kill them. 221 00:10:53,445 --> 00:10:55,447 Timmy, it really is a phenomenon. 222 00:10:55,530 --> 00:10:58,992 I mean, who would have thought a group of 20-something 223 00:10:59,076 --> 00:11:02,829 young people sitting around all day long discussing their sexuality 224 00:11:02,913 --> 00:11:05,957 would turn out to be a top TV show? 225 00:11:06,041 --> 00:11:08,377 Come on! There’s a whole lot more to it than that. 226 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:11,838 There’s, you know, the way we... and the whole... 227 00:11:11,922 --> 00:11:13,715 Ugh, I guess you’re right. 228 00:11:13,799 --> 00:11:16,343 But that’s what 20-something people really do! 229 00:11:20,263 --> 00:11:23,517 Um, Jessica, the hot word on the set is that 230 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,477 they’re gonna dump some people in the cast. 231 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:27,813 Well, I heard that rumor, too. 232 00:11:27,896 --> 00:11:31,358 What makes you think you’re gonna be dumped? 233 00:11:31,441 --> 00:11:33,276 Just something in my gut. 234 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,114 Listen, Timmy, I’ve watched your growth as an actor 235 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:40,117 way back from the early days at Manhattan University. 236 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,744 You have a natural talent, 237 00:11:42,828 --> 00:11:44,413 and it doesn’t begin or end 238 00:11:44,496 --> 00:11:47,958 with some television comedy, believe me. 239 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:50,627 Thanks, Jessica. 240 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:54,548 I just... I just wish I could convince my old man of that. 241 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:56,341 Hi, Mrs. Fletcher. 242 00:11:56,425 --> 00:11:57,968 -Hello, Carly. -Timmy, did you get the message? 243 00:11:58,051 --> 00:12:00,220 We’ve got a 6:00 a.m. call. 244 00:12:00,303 --> 00:12:02,597 On a Wednesday? To do what? 245 00:12:02,681 --> 00:12:04,766 Ricki’s thrown out the entire script. 246 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:06,977 We’ll be reading a total rewrite. 247 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:10,313 [scoffs] See you in the morning. 248 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:16,111 All right, Perry, I’ll give you one body. 249 00:12:16,194 --> 00:12:18,029 We can reduce our deficits by that much. 250 00:12:18,113 --> 00:12:20,532 -I’ll kill off one Bud. -Who will it be? 251 00:12:20,615 --> 00:12:22,075 -Hmm? -Which character? 252 00:12:22,159 --> 00:12:25,954 Which one? That’ll be my secret for now. 253 00:12:26,037 --> 00:12:28,790 But don’t worry, babe, if I’m gonna do this, I’ll do it right. 254 00:12:28,874 --> 00:12:32,544 It’ll be the biggest stunt since "Who Killed J.R.?" Trust me. 255 00:12:34,254 --> 00:12:35,672 [sighs] 256 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:40,010 Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. 257 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:42,179 Do I get a vote? 258 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:45,265 Nope. I decide who lives and dies around here. 259 00:12:47,309 --> 00:12:50,479 We’ll distribute the new scripts in the morning, 260 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:51,855 with the final scene missing. 261 00:12:51,938 --> 00:12:54,608 Which I’ll write tonight 262 00:12:54,691 --> 00:12:58,945 and put in here, for safekeeping. 263 00:12:59,029 --> 00:13:00,697 From everyone, including me? 264 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:02,032 Mmm-hmm. 265 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:04,284 [scoffs] 266 00:13:04,367 --> 00:13:06,828 Our six little monsters, 267 00:13:06,912 --> 00:13:10,624 plus their agents and their managers and their families, 268 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:12,709 are all gonna be bugging me. 269 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:16,129 Tell them the truth for once. That you don’t know. 270 00:13:16,213 --> 00:13:17,756 That’s so embarrassing, Ricki. 271 00:13:17,839 --> 00:13:20,592 I am supposed to be co-executive producer. 272 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:24,554 Then act like one! Field the flak, don’t pass it on to me. 273 00:13:24,638 --> 00:13:26,973 How about I pass this on to you, instead? 274 00:13:36,733 --> 00:13:39,903 [Ricki] Mmm! 275 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:41,905 Ooh! That’s not my good side. 276 00:13:44,491 --> 00:13:46,785 [sighs] Why put your little slave Alex 277 00:13:46,868 --> 00:13:48,453 to all this trouble, hmm? 278 00:13:48,537 --> 00:13:50,288 If you’d asked me directly, I would have told you. 279 00:13:50,372 --> 00:13:53,333 It has got to stop, Ricki, 280 00:13:53,416 --> 00:13:56,086 before I become a laughingstock in front of everyone. 281 00:13:56,169 --> 00:13:59,214 Getting laughs is what we’re paid for, love. 282 00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:02,467 Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a very important scene to write. 283 00:14:02,551 --> 00:14:04,302 [computer beeping] 284 00:14:04,386 --> 00:14:07,222 Damn, this thing is slow as molasses! 285 00:14:20,443 --> 00:14:21,903 Doin’ okay, Leo? 286 00:14:21,987 --> 00:14:25,073 Yeah. Terrific. But someone else may not be. 287 00:14:25,156 --> 00:14:28,285 I want you to take care of the situation for me. 288 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:29,953 Keep closer tabs on Ricki and Vince? 289 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:33,123 No, we already did that. It doesn’t work! 290 00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:35,000 What are you saying? 291 00:14:35,083 --> 00:14:37,043 We’ve got to do more. 292 00:14:37,127 --> 00:14:40,130 Make it go away! 293 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:49,180 Larry love, you promised 294 00:14:49,264 --> 00:14:53,101 to deliver my new SX-1300 laptop two days ago. 295 00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:55,937 I’m making do with this ten-year-old clunker. 296 00:14:56,021 --> 00:14:57,731 -You’ll get it. I promise. -Mmm-hmm. Yeah, okay. 297 00:14:57,814 --> 00:14:59,941 If this was wartime, 298 00:15:00,025 --> 00:15:02,319 I could have you shot for dereliction of duty. 299 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:04,321 -[laughing] -You’ll get it today. 300 00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:07,949 Okay. 5:00 today the latest, hmm? 301 00:15:08,033 --> 00:15:10,368 Want some, Jessica? 302 00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:11,911 Oh. No, thanks. 303 00:15:11,995 --> 00:15:14,664 Working on a series just devours your life. 304 00:15:14,748 --> 00:15:17,959 I am chained to this desk from morning to night. 305 00:15:18,043 --> 00:15:20,754 Well, I can imagine that the rewards of a hit TV show 306 00:15:20,837 --> 00:15:23,089 are commensurate with its problems. 307 00:15:23,173 --> 00:15:25,800 [laughing] That’s what I want to talk to you about. 308 00:15:25,884 --> 00:15:27,677 There are several characters in your books 309 00:15:27,761 --> 00:15:30,430 that I think could combine to make a riveting TV show. 310 00:15:30,513 --> 00:15:33,308 Would you be interested in working with me on a new series? 311 00:15:33,391 --> 00:15:36,061 [laughs] Ricki, I’ve been through that-- 312 00:15:36,144 --> 00:15:37,437 I’ve noodled a few pages, 313 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,272 just to give you an idea what I’m talking about. 314 00:15:39,356 --> 00:15:41,441 -[knock on door] -I think-- What? 315 00:15:41,524 --> 00:15:43,318 I got the rewrite on the video store scene, Ricki. 316 00:15:43,401 --> 00:15:46,529 You said to bring it in soon as I finish. Hi, Mrs. Fletcher. 317 00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:49,574 Hi, Gene. When does this, uh, episode tape? 318 00:15:49,658 --> 00:15:52,243 Tomorrow night. Lord willing. 319 00:15:52,327 --> 00:15:56,122 Boy! I’m used to working to deadlines, but, uh... 320 00:15:56,206 --> 00:15:58,875 No. Not only isn’t this funny enough or truthful enough, 321 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:01,294 but what’s this gobbledygook, 322 00:16:01,378 --> 00:16:04,297 "angling at" this and "angling at" that? 323 00:16:04,381 --> 00:16:06,466 [stuttering] It’s just, you know, camera directions. 324 00:16:06,549 --> 00:16:08,760 Well, it’s not my style. 325 00:16:08,843 --> 00:16:12,305 And all the scripts should read as if I wrote every word, hmm? 326 00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:14,474 Right. 327 00:16:14,557 --> 00:16:17,644 [sighs] Now where were we, Jessica? 328 00:16:17,727 --> 00:16:19,979 Oh, yes. Why don’t you look at this? 329 00:16:20,063 --> 00:16:22,941 -We can go over it later. -Ricki, I really don’t think-- 330 00:16:23,024 --> 00:16:25,902 I know! You’ve heard horror stories about working in TV. 331 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:28,613 Not to worry. You’ll have me to protect you! 332 00:16:28,697 --> 00:16:30,615 [laughs] 333 00:16:30,699 --> 00:16:33,618 Sally, get me Todd in Telecine. 334 00:16:33,702 --> 00:16:36,329 Okay, Ricki. 335 00:16:36,413 --> 00:16:38,623 [police sirens wailing] 336 00:16:38,707 --> 00:16:42,168 So, I understand that ex-jock who plays the hunk on Buds, 337 00:16:42,252 --> 00:16:44,671 Vince DeNisco, 338 00:16:44,754 --> 00:16:46,756 got into a few scrapes when he was a kid. 339 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,551 And you want me to pull DeNisco’s jacket for you? 340 00:16:49,634 --> 00:16:51,136 Leo’d be grateful. 341 00:16:51,219 --> 00:16:53,430 Come on, Bower, you used to be a cop. 342 00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:55,390 All juvenile records are sealed. 343 00:16:55,473 --> 00:16:57,767 Yeah. But, Roy, this is you and me. 344 00:16:57,851 --> 00:16:59,561 I know what the official line is... 345 00:16:59,644 --> 00:17:02,063 Then you also know what Internal Affairs could do to me 346 00:17:02,147 --> 00:17:04,607 for using official files for personal gain. 347 00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:07,610 Now, why should I risk my badge for you or for Leo? 348 00:17:07,694 --> 00:17:09,988 Leo could be a good friend. 349 00:17:10,071 --> 00:17:12,615 [laughing] I seriously doubt that. 350 00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:15,160 So, these are the kinds of errands 351 00:17:15,243 --> 00:17:17,078 you’re running these days? 352 00:17:17,162 --> 00:17:19,456 You kept better company when you were working vice. 353 00:17:19,539 --> 00:17:21,666 Yeah, I gotta hustle. 354 00:17:25,962 --> 00:17:28,131 But, you know, Roy, I don’t have a big daddy like you 355 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:30,008 kicking over Hollywood doors for me, 356 00:17:30,091 --> 00:17:31,926 getting me cushy gigs. 357 00:17:32,010 --> 00:17:36,514 Hey, pal, Timothy got where he is today on his own talent. 358 00:17:36,598 --> 00:17:38,558 Well, that’s what I’m trying to do. 359 00:17:40,643 --> 00:17:42,937 [door slams shut] 360 00:17:43,021 --> 00:17:45,732 -[dialing tone] -[phone rings] 361 00:17:45,815 --> 00:17:47,901 -Ricki Vardian’s office. -Yeah. Roy Flint for Ricki. 362 00:17:47,984 --> 00:17:49,778 [Ricki] Hello? 363 00:17:49,861 --> 00:17:53,907 -Hey, Ricki, how you doing? -Swamped. What do you want? 364 00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:55,784 So, are you knocking Timmy off the show or what? 365 00:17:55,867 --> 00:17:58,661 The network forbids me to say anything at this point, Roy. 366 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:01,080 They think it’s good business to keep everybody in the business 367 00:18:01,164 --> 00:18:03,666 wondering and talking about the show because... 368 00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:05,877 Yadda-yadda-yadda-yadda. I guess in order to get 369 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,421 a straight answer at this point, you gotta be a safecracker! 370 00:18:08,505 --> 00:18:10,965 [laughs] Don’t even think it, Roy. 371 00:18:11,049 --> 00:18:12,926 How do you know about my safe? 372 00:18:13,009 --> 00:18:15,053 Don’t mess with us, Ricki. 373 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:28,483 "Watch out! This chick’s into the three C’s." 374 00:18:28,566 --> 00:18:31,945 [Dyan] the three C’s? Let me see, character, commitment and... 375 00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:35,281 communication. None of which you’re interested in. 376 00:18:35,365 --> 00:18:38,493 Uh, what is going on here? Where’s the energy, huh? 377 00:18:38,576 --> 00:18:41,079 Carly, you’re supposed to be snide and sarcastic! 378 00:18:41,162 --> 00:18:42,914 It’s dead! 379 00:18:42,997 --> 00:18:46,125 Dy, those glasses belong on your nose, not in your mouth. 380 00:18:46,209 --> 00:18:47,544 In rehearsals? 381 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:50,338 Wear them, they help you get into character! 382 00:18:50,421 --> 00:18:53,299 Joy. 383 00:18:53,383 --> 00:18:56,344 That is the sloppiest rehearsal I’ve ever seen. 384 00:18:56,427 --> 00:18:58,721 Well, it can’t be a reflection on my directing 385 00:18:58,805 --> 00:19:01,808 because you haven’t backed off long enough to let me do any. 386 00:19:01,891 --> 00:19:04,269 Better get started, baby, because we tape tomorrow. 387 00:19:04,352 --> 00:19:06,020 In case you forgot. 388 00:19:06,104 --> 00:19:07,856 Oh, don’t put it on me, Ricki. 389 00:19:07,939 --> 00:19:11,025 You toss a whole new script at us at dawn this morning, 390 00:19:11,109 --> 00:19:13,945 with the final scene under lock and key somewhere. 391 00:19:14,028 --> 00:19:16,906 Those kids are scared stiff that some of them are gonna be 392 00:19:16,990 --> 00:19:18,992 filing for unemployment next week. 393 00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:22,620 Well, they might have you for company, joyful. 394 00:19:29,711 --> 00:19:32,088 This sounds like the kiss-off, Ricki, am I right? 395 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:35,675 [sighs] I’ll always be fond of you, Vince, 396 00:19:35,758 --> 00:19:38,136 but maybe it’s better for everybody if we just stop 397 00:19:38,219 --> 00:19:40,847 our extracurricular activities, 398 00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:42,557 at least for now, hmm? 399 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,727 Whatever. Does that mean... 400 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:47,312 Sh. Let’s not talk business 401 00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:49,856 at an emotional moment like this. 402 00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:56,696 Vince. 403 00:19:56,779 --> 00:19:59,115 Vince, did Ricki say anything about who’s getting the ax? 404 00:20:01,910 --> 00:20:05,038 No, Carly. She didn’t say anything. 405 00:20:10,501 --> 00:20:13,713 But after decades of hard-boiled male detectives, 406 00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:16,883 we then began to see the emerging of female sleuths 407 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:20,511 created by such writers as Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, 408 00:20:20,595 --> 00:20:23,973 Gillian Roberts, and, of course, [chuckling] ...yours truly. 409 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:25,600 Okay. That’s a keeper. 410 00:20:25,683 --> 00:20:26,976 -[bell rings] -Let’s move in, boys. 411 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:29,270 -[chattering] -[sighs] 412 00:20:29,354 --> 00:20:31,856 -You got a minute, Jessica? -Oh, of course, Tim, what’s up? 413 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:34,609 It’s my dad. I just got off the phone with him. 414 00:20:34,692 --> 00:20:37,862 He’s trying to dig up some dirt to use on our producers... 415 00:20:37,946 --> 00:20:39,364 In case they try to fire you? 416 00:20:39,447 --> 00:20:42,408 Yes! I told him to stop, but he just won’t. 417 00:20:42,492 --> 00:20:44,494 [stuttering] And I don’t know what to do. 418 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:49,040 Tim, do you know what makes Alfred Hitchcock movies so special? 419 00:20:49,123 --> 00:20:51,042 ’Cause they’re so scary? 420 00:20:51,125 --> 00:20:53,169 [laughs] Well, that’s part of it. 421 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:56,339 They’re about ordinary people trapped in terrible situations 422 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:58,675 who take charge of their own lives. 423 00:20:58,758 --> 00:21:01,928 I hear you. Okay. 424 00:21:02,011 --> 00:21:05,306 I’m gonna handle this situation myself, in a business-like way. 425 00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:08,351 I’ll just make an appointment to see Ricki after rehearsals 426 00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:10,478 and just let her know what my dad’s up to. 427 00:21:10,561 --> 00:21:14,190 Good. Ricki is not the easiest person in the world to deal with, 428 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:17,902 -but you’re up to it. -Yeah. 429 00:21:19,862 --> 00:21:21,906 [bell rings] 430 00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:24,033 -Okay, Jessica. We’re ready to go. -Good. 431 00:21:24,117 --> 00:21:26,494 Can you just tell me if Carly’s out? 432 00:21:26,577 --> 00:21:29,580 You see, she’s got this offer to be in the new Valerie Harper pilot. 433 00:21:29,664 --> 00:21:31,374 Of course, she’d much rather stay here, 434 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:33,334 but if she’s gonna be dropped anyway, then... 435 00:21:33,418 --> 00:21:35,753 What, is this your business? Are you making it with her? 436 00:21:35,837 --> 00:21:39,173 No. No, she’s just a friend. 437 00:21:39,257 --> 00:21:41,718 You know, a nice kid, I wanted to help out if I could. 438 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:44,762 -Maybe if I explain to Ricki that-- -You wanna lose your head? 439 00:21:44,846 --> 00:21:47,682 Just get back to your computer and think up more jokes. 440 00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:54,397 Thanks, Gene. It was sweet of you to try. 441 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,607 What are you gonna do? 442 00:21:56,691 --> 00:21:58,943 [sighs] Well, I’m a big girl. 443 00:21:59,027 --> 00:22:01,654 I can take care of myself. 444 00:22:01,738 --> 00:22:03,614 [stuttering] Milton, I know you’re trying 445 00:22:03,698 --> 00:22:05,366 to make the best deal possible, 446 00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:07,076 but this is Rob Reiner. 447 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,204 Okay. Let me tell you the news, all right. 448 00:22:10,288 --> 00:22:12,749 It’s all over the studio, 449 00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:14,876 they’re making changes here in the cast. 450 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:17,587 Isn’t that totally perfect timing for us? 451 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,630 That might explain the threat of a lawsuit. 452 00:22:19,714 --> 00:22:23,217 What? Who’s threatening a lawsuit? 453 00:22:23,301 --> 00:22:25,678 [Ricki] Mmm, thank you, dear. 454 00:22:25,762 --> 00:22:28,139 That’s one of the best things about working on this show, 455 00:22:28,222 --> 00:22:29,098 free cappuccino. 456 00:22:29,182 --> 00:22:31,100 You’re trying to kill my movie deal with Rob Reiner, 457 00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:33,728 -Aren’t you? -Me? What are you talking about? 458 00:22:33,811 --> 00:22:36,564 My agent told me that someone is pulling strings. 459 00:22:36,647 --> 00:22:38,691 They’re pouring on legal pressure. 460 00:22:38,775 --> 00:22:40,276 Oh, that’s Leo’s department, sweetie. 461 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,153 He’s business. I’m creative. 462 00:22:42,236 --> 00:22:44,280 And I’m hurt that you think I would ever do anything 463 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,282 to stand in the way of what’s good for you. 464 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,284 So it’s Leo? 465 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:49,327 [sighs] 466 00:22:51,454 --> 00:22:54,290 What am I supposed to say when she catches up with me? 467 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,084 Take the rap. Play the heavy. 468 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:57,794 That’s what I pay you for, 469 00:22:57,877 --> 00:23:01,589 so people will hate you instead of me. 470 00:23:01,672 --> 00:23:04,050 -Uh-huh. -Gary, love, wait up! 471 00:23:09,806 --> 00:23:12,016 Punish me and not him, okay? 472 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:14,393 Please, don’t fire Vince because you think that-- 473 00:23:14,477 --> 00:23:16,562 In case you forgot, missy, I’m in charge here. 474 00:23:16,646 --> 00:23:18,815 I’ll hire and fire anyone I please. 475 00:23:18,898 --> 00:23:22,777 This does not give you the right to treat people like dirt! 476 00:23:27,198 --> 00:23:28,616 That woman is a monster! 477 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:33,663 [door closing] 478 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:38,751 Uh, Ricki. 479 00:23:38,835 --> 00:23:40,378 Would you believe? 480 00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:43,256 Uh, I finally get my new SX-1300, 481 00:23:43,339 --> 00:23:45,216 and it doesn’t paginate properly. 482 00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:50,972 Oh, let me see it, sometimes if you... if you futz with it. 483 00:23:53,641 --> 00:23:55,434 Hope you didn’t come here to find out 484 00:23:55,518 --> 00:23:57,895 what the final scene in the script is. 485 00:24:01,357 --> 00:24:05,111 [laughs] Well, now that you mention it... 486 00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:13,119 [Leo] Looking for me, Jessica? 487 00:24:13,202 --> 00:24:14,495 Leo? 488 00:24:17,081 --> 00:24:19,750 [chuckles] What are you doing sitting here in the dark? 489 00:24:19,834 --> 00:24:22,920 -Thinking dark thoughts. -About what? 490 00:24:23,004 --> 00:24:24,797 Ricki and Leo. 491 00:24:24,881 --> 00:24:27,175 Decided there’s no such thing. 492 00:24:27,258 --> 00:24:29,427 Ricki’s for Ricki. Period. 493 00:24:29,510 --> 00:24:33,973 Sounds to me as if you’re having one of those days. 494 00:24:34,056 --> 00:24:36,142 Too many of them. 495 00:24:36,225 --> 00:24:38,477 Can’t go on fooling myself anymore. 496 00:24:38,561 --> 00:24:42,607 "Leo, I want a pre-nuptial agreement, 497 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:44,692 but that doesn’t mean I don’t love you." 498 00:24:44,775 --> 00:24:46,777 "Sure, Ricki." 499 00:24:46,861 --> 00:24:49,155 "Leo, work with me, 500 00:24:49,238 --> 00:24:51,616 I’ll give you a big title but it won’t mean anything." 501 00:24:51,699 --> 00:24:54,452 "Sure, Ricki." 502 00:24:54,535 --> 00:24:58,539 "We’re married, Leo, we’re partners, 503 00:24:58,623 --> 00:25:01,834 but I keep all kinds of secrets from you." 504 00:25:01,918 --> 00:25:03,711 "Sure, Ricki." 505 00:25:07,757 --> 00:25:11,344 Do they give an Emmy for outstanding wimp of the year? 506 00:25:11,427 --> 00:25:15,556 I think you’re telling all this to the wrong person. 507 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,642 You’re absolutely right. 508 00:25:17,725 --> 00:25:21,520 I should be telling it to Ricki. 509 00:25:21,604 --> 00:25:25,024 And then a divorce lawyer. 510 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,694 Do you need anything? 511 00:25:28,778 --> 00:25:31,864 [chuckling] It’ll keep. 512 00:25:36,410 --> 00:25:38,537 Well, that’s the rest of the audio. 513 00:25:38,621 --> 00:25:39,872 One more session, and we’ll be finished. 514 00:25:39,956 --> 00:25:42,416 -Mmm-hmm. -Another project? 515 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:44,794 I don’t think so, Rosie. 516 00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:49,423 As a matter of fact, I’d like to get it off my hands. 517 00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:56,097 Ricki? Leo? 518 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,156 [gasps] Ricki! 519 00:26:20,955 --> 00:26:22,707 [chattering] 520 00:26:37,305 --> 00:26:39,932 Mrs. Fletcher. I’m lieutenant Flint. 521 00:26:40,016 --> 00:26:43,227 Oh, of course. Yes. You’re Timothy’s father. 522 00:26:43,311 --> 00:26:45,396 Lieutenant Caceras over at Hollywood division 523 00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:46,897 says that you’ve gotten involved 524 00:26:46,981 --> 00:26:49,150 with a couple of cases there, is that right? 525 00:26:49,233 --> 00:26:52,653 -Lieutenant Caceras and I are friends. -I see. 526 00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:54,572 Well, uh, would you mind telling me 527 00:26:54,655 --> 00:26:56,574 what you were doing in Ricki’s office here tonight? 528 00:26:56,657 --> 00:26:58,117 I was just returning a treatment 529 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:59,452 that she wanted me to read. 530 00:26:59,535 --> 00:27:01,454 I’m working on the lot. 531 00:27:01,537 --> 00:27:04,332 Uh, lieutenant, did you notice any signs 532 00:27:04,415 --> 00:27:07,626 of forced entry on that safe? 533 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:09,045 Nope. Nope. 534 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:10,963 Either the killer knew the combination, 535 00:27:11,047 --> 00:27:14,383 or more likely surprised Ricki when the lid was open, 536 00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:16,761 and Ricki got clobbered. Excuse me. 537 00:27:16,844 --> 00:27:18,512 Brand, I want you personally 538 00:27:18,596 --> 00:27:21,307 to catalog the contents of the safe. 539 00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:23,976 Uh, you’re assuming that that is the murder weapon, right? 540 00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:26,187 One might assume. 541 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:29,482 Then you’re eliminating robbery as a motive? 542 00:27:29,565 --> 00:27:31,484 At least, in the usual sense. 543 00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:33,569 Are we gonna be playing games here, Mrs. Fletcher? 544 00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:35,029 [stuttering] What’s that supposed to mean, 545 00:27:35,112 --> 00:27:36,072 "in the usual sense"? 546 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:38,240 Well, it’s just a guess. 547 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:39,367 I mean, it’s possible 548 00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:41,452 that there was something in that safe 549 00:27:41,535 --> 00:27:43,579 that was worth killing for. 550 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:45,498 For instance? 551 00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:49,126 Well, rumor has it that the only copy of the scene 552 00:27:49,210 --> 00:27:52,254 revealing who was going to be fired from the show 553 00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,965 was locked away in Ricki’s safe. 554 00:27:55,049 --> 00:27:59,220 But perhaps you already knew that through Timothy. 555 00:27:59,303 --> 00:28:02,681 Excuse me, lieutenant, we’ve been checking like you asked. 556 00:28:02,765 --> 00:28:04,683 Almost all the victim’s co-workers were floating around the lot 557 00:28:04,767 --> 00:28:06,769 at the time of the murder. 558 00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:08,604 I got preliminary statements from most of them, 559 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:12,108 including all the Buds, except for Timothy. 560 00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:13,192 He was with me. 561 00:28:17,238 --> 00:28:19,990 Forgive me for saying this, lieutenant, 562 00:28:20,074 --> 00:28:23,035 but isn’t there a certain conflict of interest 563 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,121 for you working this case? 564 00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:27,289 Mrs. Fletcher, are we gonna have a problem here? 565 00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:29,083 -Because if we are... -[Leo] I’m her husband, 566 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,419 -you’ve gotta let me in. -[officer] Hey, hold on now! 567 00:28:31,502 --> 00:28:33,587 Ricki... 568 00:28:36,090 --> 00:28:37,383 I don’t believe this. 569 00:28:37,466 --> 00:28:38,801 Leo... 570 00:28:42,179 --> 00:28:45,891 I’m sorry, Leo. I really am. 571 00:28:45,975 --> 00:28:48,686 Now, look, I’ve gotta ask you a couple of questions. 572 00:28:48,769 --> 00:28:51,605 This is the pre-nuptial agreement that you and Ricki signed. 573 00:28:51,689 --> 00:28:53,524 What has that got to do with-- 574 00:28:53,607 --> 00:28:56,318 According to which, you get bupkis in the event of divorce. 575 00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:58,404 You have any idea why Ricki took it out of the safe tonight? 576 00:28:58,487 --> 00:29:00,114 Maybe she was reminiscing. 577 00:29:00,197 --> 00:29:02,950 Ricki had a big sentimental streak. 578 00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:05,870 Where were you about an hour ago, Leo? 579 00:29:05,953 --> 00:29:08,164 I was walking around the lot. 580 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:11,125 I was getting some air, waiting for Ricki to finish work. 581 00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:14,545 Okay. Did Ricki carry much life insurance? 582 00:29:14,628 --> 00:29:16,213 Excuse me. Uh, lieutenant... 583 00:29:20,134 --> 00:29:22,344 I think this is the famous scene 584 00:29:22,428 --> 00:29:24,305 everyone’s been wondering and worrying about. 585 00:29:24,388 --> 00:29:25,598 What’s it say? 586 00:29:25,681 --> 00:29:27,683 [Leo] "As they hear the sound of footsteps 587 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,226 coming down the stairs, 588 00:29:29,310 --> 00:29:32,605 from the front door of the cafe, they all turn. 589 00:29:32,688 --> 00:29:36,066 The camera is angling at the paramedic as he enters. 590 00:29:36,150 --> 00:29:38,277 The paramedic says, 591 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:42,072 ’I’ve got some bad news, there’s been an accident.’ 592 00:29:42,156 --> 00:29:43,574 The Buds all hold their breath, 593 00:29:43,657 --> 00:29:46,452 until the paramedic drops the dreaded bomb. 594 00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:47,995 ’It is your friend Dyan, 595 00:29:48,078 --> 00:29:50,414 I’m afraid she may not make it.’ 596 00:29:50,498 --> 00:29:52,666 -Freeze on reactions and fade out." -Dyan, I’m sorry. 597 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:55,628 -Ricki killed you? -I’m the one. 598 00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:58,631 [Leo] in light of what’s happened, some changes are necessary. 599 00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:03,260 This ending will not, I repeat, not be used. 600 00:30:03,344 --> 00:30:05,262 Gene will rewrite it at once, 601 00:30:05,346 --> 00:30:07,848 and none of the characters will be eliminated. 602 00:30:07,932 --> 00:30:09,850 [all cheering] 603 00:30:09,934 --> 00:30:12,811 -If that’s all right with you, Dyan? -Absolutely. 604 00:30:12,895 --> 00:30:15,481 I wouldn’t wanna be anywhere at a time like this, 605 00:30:15,564 --> 00:30:18,025 -Except with my Buds. -[laughter] 606 00:30:18,108 --> 00:30:21,570 Besides, um, Rob Reiner changed his mind, 607 00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:23,739 and gave the part to Meg Ryan. 608 00:30:32,915 --> 00:30:34,792 Dyan? Are you okay? 609 00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:37,545 Oh, yeah. Sure. Everything’s terrific. 610 00:30:37,628 --> 00:30:39,088 You should’ve heard it inside. 611 00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:42,758 All the pep-rally spirit for the show. 612 00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:48,764 I mean, Ricki’s dead. Nobody really seems to care. 613 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:52,601 I mean, I know she was a pill sometimes, but... 614 00:30:52,685 --> 00:30:54,103 she was real good to me. 615 00:30:54,186 --> 00:30:55,688 You know, Carly told me 616 00:30:55,771 --> 00:30:58,566 that you were her favorite character. 617 00:30:58,649 --> 00:31:01,277 In fact, she patterned your character after herself. 618 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,029 -Mmm-hmm. Yeah. Glasses and all. -[laughs] Yes. 619 00:31:04,113 --> 00:31:05,656 My eyesight’s 20-20, 620 00:31:05,739 --> 00:31:10,703 but Ricki said I was funnier with the glasses. 621 00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:14,081 [sighs] Now, no more Ricki in the office, 622 00:31:14,164 --> 00:31:18,961 tapping out the jokes on her new laptop. 623 00:31:19,044 --> 00:31:23,549 Oh, Jessica, she just saw the whole world from a different angle. 624 00:31:23,632 --> 00:31:25,551 I mean, she saw humor where... 625 00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:27,803 A different angle. 626 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:30,097 Something wrong? 627 00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:32,308 Excuse me, Dyan. I have to get over to the office. 628 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:34,518 Did you forget something? 629 00:31:34,602 --> 00:31:37,813 No, I think I just remembered something. 630 00:31:44,111 --> 00:31:45,696 Gene, I know you’re busy. 631 00:31:45,779 --> 00:31:47,114 I’m never too busy for you, Mrs. Fletcher. 632 00:31:47,197 --> 00:31:49,199 Ah, is this your new office? 633 00:31:49,283 --> 00:31:52,036 Uh, just for today. 634 00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:53,746 Leo wants me where he can look over my shoulder 635 00:31:53,829 --> 00:31:55,831 till these pages are revised. 636 00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:58,167 With Ricki gone, it looks like Leo is gonna be leaning 637 00:31:58,250 --> 00:31:59,710 much more heavily on me. 638 00:32:00,753 --> 00:32:03,130 I’ve only got one question. 639 00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:05,841 What did the original scene say, 640 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:07,718 before you changed it? 641 00:32:07,801 --> 00:32:11,138 [stuttering] I don’t know what you’re talking about. 642 00:32:11,221 --> 00:32:13,098 I know that the scene the police found in the safe 643 00:32:13,182 --> 00:32:15,059 wasn’t the version that Ricki wrote. 644 00:32:15,142 --> 00:32:18,145 She had criticized your use of the camera direction, 645 00:32:18,228 --> 00:32:21,023 "angling at" as not being her style. 646 00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:23,275 But it is yours, Gene. 647 00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:25,819 It’s not what you think, Mrs. Fletcher. 648 00:32:27,363 --> 00:32:28,989 [stuttering] I was working late, 649 00:32:29,073 --> 00:32:31,408 and I came by Ricki’s office and found her body. 650 00:32:31,742 --> 00:32:37,539 And the safe was open, so I took a peek inside and saw the scene. 651 00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:40,668 And you saw that it wasn’t Dyan who was being written out. 652 00:32:40,751 --> 00:32:43,879 No. It was my friend Carly. 653 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:46,423 But with Ricki dead, you figured, who would know, 654 00:32:46,507 --> 00:32:48,967 so you rewrote the scene. 655 00:32:49,051 --> 00:32:52,429 After all, Dyan wanted out in the worst way, 656 00:32:52,513 --> 00:32:53,764 everybody knew that. 657 00:32:53,847 --> 00:32:59,019 So maybe I could do a favor for her and for Carly. 658 00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:02,648 I figured, what’s the harm? 659 00:33:02,731 --> 00:33:04,483 The harm was that you were tampering with evidence 660 00:33:04,566 --> 00:33:05,984 at a crime scene. 661 00:33:06,068 --> 00:33:08,195 Now, if that’s all you did. 662 00:33:08,278 --> 00:33:09,822 [stuttering] I swear. I didn’t touch anything else, lieutenant. 663 00:33:09,905 --> 00:33:13,409 All right. We’ll leave it at that, for now. 664 00:33:13,492 --> 00:33:14,785 You’re free to go. 665 00:33:19,665 --> 00:33:21,959 It’d be nice if you’d share with me 666 00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:23,043 your next brainstorm, Mrs. Fletcher, 667 00:33:23,127 --> 00:33:25,045 like in advance. 668 00:33:25,129 --> 00:33:26,922 Are you saying that you’re interested 669 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,340 in my thoughts, lieutenant? 670 00:33:28,424 --> 00:33:30,342 Only the good ones. 671 00:33:30,426 --> 00:33:32,594 -And you’ll be the judge? -Who else? It’s my case. 672 00:33:32,678 --> 00:33:34,638 -[phone rings] -One moment, please. 673 00:33:34,722 --> 00:33:36,432 Flint here. 674 00:33:36,515 --> 00:33:38,392 Ricki and Leo took out some life insurance... 675 00:33:38,475 --> 00:33:39,935 -Yeah. -...three months ago... 676 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,937 -Uh-huh. -...for five million dollars. 677 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:43,397 Double indemnity in case of a violent death. 678 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,774 Uh-huh. Thanks. 679 00:33:47,568 --> 00:33:49,737 Leo and Ricki Vardian just took out 680 00:33:49,820 --> 00:33:52,740 five million dollar life insurance policies 681 00:33:52,823 --> 00:33:55,284 three months ago, with the following clause, 682 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:58,036 "double indemnity in the event of death by violent crime." 683 00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,955 Ooh! 684 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,665 [chattering] 685 00:34:09,506 --> 00:34:11,925 Hey, how you doing? 686 00:34:12,009 --> 00:34:14,303 I heard you had a meeting with Ricki last night, how’d it go? 687 00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:16,430 Does it matter? 688 00:34:16,513 --> 00:34:18,849 Where did you go after you left her? 689 00:34:18,932 --> 00:34:20,517 I went for a... 690 00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:22,269 What, are you asking me officially or something? 691 00:34:22,352 --> 00:34:24,021 Just tell me where you were. 692 00:34:24,104 --> 00:34:25,898 I was kind of upset at the time, 693 00:34:25,981 --> 00:34:28,066 you know, getting the run-around and all. 694 00:34:28,150 --> 00:34:30,152 So, I went for a run, by myself, up around the reservoir. 695 00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:37,868 If anyone asks, you were with me, 696 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:39,661 at my place the whole time. 697 00:34:39,745 --> 00:34:40,746 Look, dad, I-- 698 00:34:40,829 --> 00:34:42,998 Just do what I tell you. 699 00:34:46,877 --> 00:34:52,257 [Leo] Alex! Where you been? 700 00:34:52,341 --> 00:34:54,176 I’ve been leaving messages for you all night. 701 00:34:54,259 --> 00:34:57,471 I turned off my machine last night, and I slept like a baby. 702 00:34:57,554 --> 00:35:00,182 You know what I’m thinking? 703 00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:03,727 With everything that’s happened here, I should get a promotion. 704 00:35:03,811 --> 00:35:05,938 -A big one. -What for? 705 00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:08,941 Whoa, no details, Leo. That’s the way you like it. 706 00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:12,569 I’m thinking the title of supervising producer 707 00:35:12,653 --> 00:35:14,738 fits me pretty good. 708 00:35:14,822 --> 00:35:17,115 Let me know how much it pays. 709 00:35:24,373 --> 00:35:26,041 I’m just really scared. 710 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,544 Why? Are you afraid that the police will focus 711 00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:31,046 on Vince being thrown over by Ricki? 712 00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:33,799 No. I’m afraid for myself, Jessica. 713 00:35:33,882 --> 00:35:36,468 Everybody’s saying that the murder weapon was Ricki’s Emmy, 714 00:35:36,552 --> 00:35:39,513 and the police are gonna find my fingerprints on it, 715 00:35:39,596 --> 00:35:40,973 but I didn’t kill her. 716 00:35:41,056 --> 00:35:43,433 Well, then you’ve got nothing to worry about. 717 00:35:43,517 --> 00:35:45,561 But I think you ought to tell the lieutenant here. 718 00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:47,771 Mrs. Fletcher, kids. 719 00:35:47,855 --> 00:35:50,357 Uh, dad, I think Carly has something to tell you. 720 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,318 The reason my fingerprints are on Ricki’s Emmy was... 721 00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:55,988 [Flint] I’m not really concerned with that, Carly. 722 00:35:56,071 --> 00:35:57,781 Our lab has just established 723 00:35:57,865 --> 00:36:00,284 that the blunt object that Ricki was killed with 724 00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:02,661 was the laptop computer on her desk. 725 00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:04,496 Well, what are you getting at, lieutenant? 726 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:06,039 [Flint] We’re here because of something 727 00:36:06,123 --> 00:36:08,125 sergeant Brand picked up from Vince. 728 00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:11,378 Now, Vince didn’t want to point a finger, of course, 729 00:36:11,461 --> 00:36:14,047 but last night, Vince was comparing notes with someone, 730 00:36:14,131 --> 00:36:17,009 and it came out that despite Leo and Ricki Vardian’s assurances, 731 00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:20,554 that all six of you Buds were being paid exactly the same, 732 00:36:20,637 --> 00:36:22,055 in fact, one of you... 733 00:36:22,139 --> 00:36:24,850 Was being low-balled, namely me. 734 00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:26,602 Vince said you went ballistic when he told you that, 735 00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:28,604 and you took off looking for Ricki. 736 00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:31,064 Yeah. But I didn’t find her. I swear I didn’t. 737 00:36:32,733 --> 00:36:34,109 Dad? 738 00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:35,944 Timmy, 739 00:36:36,028 --> 00:36:39,323 the only prints found on the laptop were the salesman’s 740 00:36:39,406 --> 00:36:43,660 who delivered it yesterday, Ricki’s and yours. 741 00:36:43,744 --> 00:36:44,870 That’s from before... 742 00:36:44,953 --> 00:36:46,955 Don’t say anything else, Timmy. 743 00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:49,249 -Officer] let’s go. -You never listen to me, dad. 744 00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:50,959 You have the right to remain silent. 745 00:36:51,043 --> 00:36:53,170 If you give up that right, anything you say 746 00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:55,464 can and will be used against you in a court of law. 747 00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:57,132 You have the right to an attorney... 748 00:37:01,678 --> 00:37:03,597 Flint] it’s just for the record. 749 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,350 It’s a statement of how you found the body. 750 00:37:06,433 --> 00:37:08,560 I know it’s a bit after the fact 751 00:37:08,644 --> 00:37:10,354 now that we’ve booked a suspect, 752 00:37:10,437 --> 00:37:12,940 but, please just sign at the bottom. 753 00:37:13,023 --> 00:37:16,693 I stopped by to see Timmy on the way in. 754 00:37:16,777 --> 00:37:18,028 Yeah, I know. 755 00:37:20,739 --> 00:37:22,532 Thanks. 756 00:37:22,616 --> 00:37:26,578 I’m having a little difficulty talking to him just now. 757 00:37:26,662 --> 00:37:28,747 Under the circumstances, 758 00:37:28,830 --> 00:37:33,251 I’ve decided to take a back seat in the case. 759 00:37:33,335 --> 00:37:36,296 Just handling the paperwork, 760 00:37:36,380 --> 00:37:39,675 letting the captain do the rest. 761 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:42,386 You know, I don’t believe for one moment 762 00:37:42,469 --> 00:37:44,972 that Timmy was capable of murder. 763 00:37:45,055 --> 00:37:48,016 Neither do I, as a father. 764 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:51,103 But as a cop, I gotta admit, it adds up. 765 00:37:51,186 --> 00:37:53,063 He had motive. 766 00:37:53,146 --> 00:37:56,149 Apart from getting slightly crazed about maybe being fired, 767 00:37:56,233 --> 00:37:59,778 he then finds out that Ricki was short-changing him all last year 768 00:37:59,861 --> 00:38:01,905 and he had opportunity. 769 00:38:01,989 --> 00:38:04,741 The laptop came in brand-new and spotless 770 00:38:04,825 --> 00:38:06,326 from the computer store 771 00:38:06,410 --> 00:38:09,162 just a little while before she got clobbered with it. 772 00:38:09,246 --> 00:38:11,206 And his prints are the only clear ones on it. 773 00:38:11,331 --> 00:38:13,375 But he said that he touched the computer 774 00:38:13,458 --> 00:38:15,460 when he was in the office earlier, 775 00:38:15,544 --> 00:38:17,254 and he admits that he came back, 776 00:38:17,337 --> 00:38:21,258 but the door to Ricki’s office was closed. 777 00:38:21,341 --> 00:38:23,552 He knocked, there was no answer, and so he left. 778 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,303 And you don’t believe him? 779 00:38:25,387 --> 00:38:30,350 [sighs] What I’m beginning to believe, Mrs. Fletcher, 780 00:38:30,434 --> 00:38:33,603 is that it’s all my fault. 781 00:38:33,687 --> 00:38:35,480 All these years, 782 00:38:35,564 --> 00:38:40,277 maybe I pushed him too hard to succeed. 783 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,154 Forgive me for saying this, 784 00:38:42,237 --> 00:38:45,741 but a violent response to feeling hurt or anger 785 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:49,911 is probably more your way than Timothy’s. 786 00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:52,581 Maybe he’s more like me than I thought. 787 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:54,624 Lieutenant, 788 00:38:54,708 --> 00:38:57,085 would you tell me what happened that night 789 00:38:57,169 --> 00:39:00,630 when you came to see Ricki in her office? 790 00:39:00,714 --> 00:39:02,841 Who says I did? 791 00:39:02,924 --> 00:39:05,927 Well, Timothy told me that you had 792 00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:08,805 tried to fabricate an alibi for him. 793 00:39:08,889 --> 00:39:11,600 But it was really the other way around, wasn’t it? 794 00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:13,852 I was just tryin’ to protect us both. 795 00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:18,607 But you’re right, I... I did go back to the office, 796 00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:22,402 to make one last plea for Timothy’s job, 797 00:39:22,486 --> 00:39:24,154 but Ricki, she... 798 00:39:24,237 --> 00:39:26,907 Ricki was meaner than a sewer rat. 799 00:39:26,990 --> 00:39:28,992 And you argued. 800 00:39:29,076 --> 00:39:31,995 Oh, yes, we argued. And I have to admit, I got pretty angry, 801 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:34,456 to the point where I could’ve gotten physical, 802 00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:36,875 so I got out of there fast. 803 00:39:36,958 --> 00:39:39,336 And she was alive when I left. 804 00:39:39,419 --> 00:39:41,129 I believe you. 805 00:39:41,213 --> 00:39:43,173 And I also believe Timothy. 806 00:39:43,256 --> 00:39:46,218 Don’t you think I want to? 807 00:39:46,301 --> 00:39:48,178 [man] action, Mrs. Fletcher. 808 00:39:48,261 --> 00:39:50,013 [Jessica] and in one of Alfred Hitchcock’s 809 00:39:50,097 --> 00:39:52,224 famous scenes from Strangers On A Train, 810 00:39:52,307 --> 00:39:54,768 the audience witnesses a murder, 811 00:39:54,851 --> 00:39:59,106 but in a most unusual way, 812 00:39:59,189 --> 00:40:02,859 as it is reflected in the lenses 813 00:40:02,943 --> 00:40:05,112 of the victim’s eyeglasses that have... 814 00:40:09,574 --> 00:40:12,911 Cut! Cut! Stop tape. 815 00:40:12,994 --> 00:40:15,163 -[bell rings] -Anything wrong, Jess? 816 00:40:15,247 --> 00:40:17,124 No. Forgive me, 817 00:40:17,207 --> 00:40:21,044 but I think Mr. Hitchcock just gave me an idea. 818 00:40:39,104 --> 00:40:41,022 Come back to get your glasses? 819 00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:43,525 Oh, no, and actually, um, I’ve got mine. 820 00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:45,694 At least I think these are mine. 821 00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:47,237 I know, they look the same, 822 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:50,490 [laughs] Except for the magnifying power. 823 00:40:50,574 --> 00:40:53,118 These are Ricki’s prescription glasses. 824 00:40:53,201 --> 00:40:56,288 Last night, after the murder, I noticed Ricki’s glasses. 825 00:40:56,371 --> 00:40:58,290 It wasn’t until later that I realized 826 00:40:58,373 --> 00:41:00,625 that they were not prescription lenses. 827 00:41:00,709 --> 00:41:04,212 These are yours. 20-20, plain glass. 828 00:41:04,296 --> 00:41:07,382 You accidentally left them here when you killed Ricki. 829 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:09,843 Ricki was my friend. 830 00:41:09,926 --> 00:41:11,678 Why would I want to kill her? 831 00:41:11,761 --> 00:41:15,056 Because you felt she was out to ruin your career 832 00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:18,143 by keeping you from leaving the show to do that big movie. 833 00:41:18,226 --> 00:41:21,521 Oh! That was all over way before. 834 00:41:21,605 --> 00:41:25,108 My agent phoned me that Meg Ryan got the gig. 835 00:41:25,192 --> 00:41:26,234 So, I had no reason to... 836 00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:28,403 Dyan, I talked to your agent. 837 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:31,031 What he told you that night was, that it was Ricki, 838 00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:33,241 not Leo, who was threatening the movie company 839 00:41:33,325 --> 00:41:36,870 with a huge breach-of-contract suit if they hired you. 840 00:41:36,953 --> 00:41:38,830 Oh, Milton’s getting it all mixed up. 841 00:41:38,914 --> 00:41:42,209 No, your agent didn’t receive word 842 00:41:42,292 --> 00:41:44,252 about the other actress being signed until the next morning. 843 00:41:44,336 --> 00:41:48,298 So when you killed Ricki, you still thought you had the part, 844 00:41:48,381 --> 00:41:50,592 if Ricki was out of the way. 845 00:41:50,675 --> 00:41:54,721 Oh, okay, so maybe I’m a little confused on the timing, 846 00:41:54,804 --> 00:41:57,182 but that doesn’t mean I did it. 847 00:41:57,265 --> 00:42:00,310 Ricki and I probably got the glasses mixed up on the set. 848 00:42:00,393 --> 00:42:02,604 She brought them here by mistake. 849 00:42:02,687 --> 00:42:05,023 I was never here that night. 850 00:42:05,106 --> 00:42:06,233 Then how do you explain 851 00:42:06,316 --> 00:42:08,360 the question of Ricki’s new laptop computer? 852 00:42:08,443 --> 00:42:10,195 What does that have to do with me? 853 00:42:10,278 --> 00:42:13,114 I mean, I heard that that was the murder weapon but... 854 00:42:13,198 --> 00:42:14,950 She’d never used it until the night of her murder, 855 00:42:15,033 --> 00:42:18,203 but you told me the morning after the murder. 856 00:42:18,286 --> 00:42:21,122 Now, no more Ricki in the office 857 00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:24,459 tapping out the jokes on her new laptop. 858 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:26,836 The salesman delivered the laptop that evening. 859 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,256 The only way you could have known it was here 860 00:42:29,339 --> 00:42:30,674 was if you were here. 861 00:42:30,757 --> 00:42:32,509 Give me those glasses! 862 00:42:32,592 --> 00:42:34,386 Nice and easy, Dyan. 863 00:42:37,722 --> 00:42:40,225 All right, I did it. 864 00:42:40,308 --> 00:42:44,479 But Ricki deserved what she got. 865 00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:46,898 See, when you’re an actress, 866 00:42:46,982 --> 00:42:49,192 you constantly hear a clock ticking. 867 00:42:49,276 --> 00:42:52,737 Guys like Eastwood and Jack Nicholson 868 00:42:52,821 --> 00:42:54,447 get to be stars forever. 869 00:42:54,531 --> 00:42:58,535 But for an actress, it’s like being a ballplayer. 870 00:42:58,618 --> 00:43:02,330 When the legs go, the career’s over. 871 00:43:02,414 --> 00:43:05,875 But you’re only, what, 29? 872 00:43:05,959 --> 00:43:08,920 [scoffs] That’s what I tell People magazine. 873 00:43:09,004 --> 00:43:10,463 Try 36. 874 00:43:10,547 --> 00:43:13,591 When I got this big movie offer, 875 00:43:13,675 --> 00:43:15,969 I felt like it was my last chance. 876 00:43:16,052 --> 00:43:18,305 I couldn’t wait four years for the series to end. 877 00:43:18,388 --> 00:43:20,473 I told Ricki that. 878 00:43:20,557 --> 00:43:22,517 I pleaded with her. 879 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,353 Ricki, please, just write me out for a couple of months. 880 00:43:25,437 --> 00:43:26,855 That’s all I need! 881 00:43:26,938 --> 00:43:30,358 Sweetie, you signed a contract, and I own you. 882 00:43:32,569 --> 00:43:34,529 No! 883 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:36,781 Afterwards, I was sorry. 884 00:43:36,865 --> 00:43:40,452 Ricki had done so much for me in the past, 885 00:43:40,535 --> 00:43:45,457 but this movie, well, I thought I had it. 886 00:43:45,540 --> 00:43:49,252 It was a part any actress would... 887 00:43:49,336 --> 00:43:51,004 Kill for. 888 00:43:57,927 --> 00:43:59,804 [bell rings] 889 00:43:59,888 --> 00:44:02,724 Rehearsal. Action! 890 00:44:02,807 --> 00:44:05,685 But who sends a Valentine’s day card without signing it? 891 00:44:05,769 --> 00:44:07,437 A practical joker. 892 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,731 Or a mystery admirer. 893 00:44:09,814 --> 00:44:12,067 [man] Or one of your girlfriends 894 00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:14,652 who hasn’t learned to write her own name yet. 895 00:44:14,736 --> 00:44:17,030 Well, there were three "x’s" on the bottom of the card. 896 00:44:17,113 --> 00:44:18,865 [Carly] Ah, you see? 897 00:44:18,948 --> 00:44:20,367 I don’t know anybody with a middle name. 898 00:44:20,450 --> 00:44:22,077 Now! 899 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:23,620 [cheering] 900 00:44:23,703 --> 00:44:25,872 [bell rings] 901 00:44:32,087 --> 00:44:34,089 Oh, I, uh, thought you might like to know, 902 00:44:34,172 --> 00:44:37,467 I’m making my new year’s resolutions a little early this year. 903 00:44:37,550 --> 00:44:40,053 I decided to concentrate on what I do best-- 904 00:44:40,136 --> 00:44:43,473 Being a good cop and to stop being a bad stage-door mommy. 905 00:44:43,556 --> 00:44:46,559 Ah, well, I guess that’s the thing about kids, lieutenant. 906 00:44:46,643 --> 00:44:49,270 You have to let go sometime. 907 00:44:49,354 --> 00:44:51,689 [cheering] 908 00:44:51,773 --> 00:44:54,067 [Carly] Okay! Excuse me! Excuse me, everybody. 909 00:44:54,150 --> 00:44:56,027 [Vince] Silenzio, you guys, Carly’s got a proclamation. 910 00:44:56,111 --> 00:45:00,198 I think this is for you to read, Timmy. 911 00:45:08,289 --> 00:45:10,583 "Whereas, Jessica Fletcher 912 00:45:10,667 --> 00:45:13,169 has proven herself a friend extraordinaire, 913 00:45:13,253 --> 00:45:16,131 be it herewith resolved that she is officially designated 914 00:45:16,214 --> 00:45:18,341 an honorary Bud." 915 00:45:18,425 --> 00:45:20,552 [laughing] Oh! 916 00:45:20,635 --> 00:45:22,595 [cheering]