1 00:00:20,368 --> 00:00:22,805 Violet? You're an absolute killjoy. 2 00:00:22,892 --> 00:00:24,763 I'm sorry. I don't know anyone here. 3 00:00:24,850 --> 00:00:27,114 That's what a party's for, make a new friend. 4 00:00:27,201 --> 00:00:29,203 You never know, it could be a Hollywood star 5 00:00:29,290 --> 00:00:30,552 or a bank man. 6 00:00:30,639 --> 00:00:32,597 The Bartlebys have a beautiful home. 7 00:00:32,684 --> 00:00:34,425 Of course they have a beautiful home 8 00:00:34,512 --> 00:00:37,211 they built the railroad from here to Timbuktu. 9 00:00:37,298 --> 00:00:39,648 Do you think if you're this rich you wake up in the morning 10 00:00:39,735 --> 00:00:41,432 feeling very different from how we feel? 11 00:00:41,519 --> 00:00:43,695 Sure. You wake up warm. 12 00:00:43,782 --> 00:00:45,480 There's Bartleby. 13 00:00:45,567 --> 00:00:48,135 'Oh! He makes Valentino look like a slob.' 14 00:00:48,222 --> 00:00:50,180 I bet these Bartlebys feel well-rested 15 00:00:50,267 --> 00:00:52,226 and clear every day. 16 00:00:52,313 --> 00:00:53,836 Because they don't have to dream at night. 17 00:00:53,923 --> 00:00:55,098 Why would they? 18 00:00:55,185 --> 00:00:56,491 You're an odd duck, Violet. 19 00:00:56,578 --> 00:00:58,275 But I like you. 20 00:00:58,362 --> 00:01:00,103 I swear, 1929 is gonna be 21 00:01:00,190 --> 00:01:03,106 the most splendid year of my life. I'm gonna see the world. 22 00:01:03,193 --> 00:01:06,153 And I swear to meet a wealthy man who's also handsome. 23 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:07,589 Two! 24 00:01:07,676 --> 00:01:08,851 One! 25 00:01:08,938 --> 00:01:11,636 Happy New Year! 26 00:02:15,178 --> 00:02:17,963 - Hi. - Hi. 27 00:02:18,050 --> 00:02:20,096 I got a cup for you, too. 28 00:02:20,183 --> 00:02:21,402 I don't think it's too cold but you could 29 00:02:21,489 --> 00:02:23,012 stick a finger in and see. 30 00:02:23,099 --> 00:02:24,318 Had some at home. 31 00:02:24,405 --> 00:02:26,363 I'm so relieved to see you. 32 00:02:26,450 --> 00:02:27,930 I mean, I read about what happened to you last year 33 00:02:28,017 --> 00:02:29,627 with that maniac. 34 00:02:29,714 --> 00:02:31,977 But you're doing well? 35 00:02:33,544 --> 00:02:36,243 I...I thought maybe you would call. 36 00:02:37,374 --> 00:02:39,768 I wanted to give you your space. 37 00:02:39,855 --> 00:02:42,901 You look fine. 38 00:02:42,988 --> 00:02:43,946 So do you. 39 00:02:44,033 --> 00:02:46,035 It's 'cause I'm happy. 40 00:02:46,122 --> 00:02:48,385 It's 'cause I'm getting married. 41 00:02:49,517 --> 00:02:51,388 That's why you wanted to see me? 42 00:02:51,475 --> 00:02:53,608 Lilly, when you know someone's right for you 43 00:02:53,695 --> 00:02:55,653 you just feel it undeniably in your bones. 44 00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:59,396 You ever had that feeling? 45 00:02:59,483 --> 00:03:01,616 - What's his name? - Jackie. 46 00:03:01,703 --> 00:03:04,532 So, will you let me buy you a beautiful dress and shoes 47 00:03:04,619 --> 00:03:07,099 and will you be my maid of honor? 48 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:08,536 What about Chris? 49 00:03:08,623 --> 00:03:10,886 You're my firstborn. Chris will understand. 50 00:03:10,973 --> 00:03:12,061 You can't find her, can you? 51 00:03:12,148 --> 00:03:13,367 Your sister's not like you and me. 52 00:03:13,454 --> 00:03:15,020 She doesn't need a home base. 53 00:03:15,107 --> 00:03:16,544 She's running from the law, mom. 54 00:03:16,631 --> 00:03:18,023 Lilly, watch what you say about your sister. 55 00:03:18,110 --> 00:03:19,329 Yeah, I'm really busy. So-- 56 00:03:19,416 --> 00:03:20,548 Yeah, I know, your job's important to you. 57 00:03:20,635 --> 00:03:21,984 Well, yeah, we're overloaded. 58 00:03:22,071 --> 00:03:23,333 - Sorry. - Right. 59 00:03:23,420 --> 00:03:25,205 Well, don't have to make a decision now. 60 00:03:25,292 --> 00:03:26,945 Have dinner with me and Jackie. 61 00:03:27,032 --> 00:03:28,208 I-I'll see. 62 00:03:28,295 --> 00:03:29,731 Okay. 63 00:03:36,477 --> 00:03:39,480 My great-grandmother was murdered in 1929. 64 00:03:40,829 --> 00:03:44,180 1929. Alright. 65 00:03:44,267 --> 00:03:46,791 I know it was a long time ago, but I felt like 66 00:03:46,878 --> 00:03:49,446 I had to come in here for myself. 67 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:51,622 I've been preparing, doing the family history 68 00:03:51,709 --> 00:03:54,059 and I found this online. 69 00:03:56,279 --> 00:03:57,367 A death certificate. 70 00:03:57,454 --> 00:03:59,587 All I've got. 71 00:03:59,674 --> 00:04:00,849 There's no relatives listed 72 00:04:00,936 --> 00:04:02,981 just the boarding house where she lived. 73 00:04:03,068 --> 00:04:05,027 She gave up my grandmother for adoption 74 00:04:05,114 --> 00:04:06,115 'so all we've ever known' 75 00:04:06,202 --> 00:04:09,074 is her name, Violet Polley. 76 00:04:09,161 --> 00:04:11,294 That's not a lot for us to go on. 77 00:04:13,122 --> 00:04:14,471 - Detective Rush, Aimee Goodman. - Hi. 78 00:04:16,517 --> 00:04:20,172 Aimee's great-grandmother was murdered in '29. 79 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:21,652 '29, huh? 80 00:04:21,739 --> 00:04:23,611 Do you ever feel like you want to change your life 81 00:04:23,698 --> 00:04:25,569 but you can't outrun your screwed-up family? 82 00:04:26,570 --> 00:04:27,702 Yeah. 83 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:30,966 Well, the women in my family 84 00:04:31,053 --> 00:04:33,490 have not had the greatest lives. 85 00:04:33,577 --> 00:04:35,362 I think it goes back to Violet. 86 00:04:35,449 --> 00:04:38,626 Like...a curse hanging over us. 87 00:04:38,713 --> 00:04:40,628 'The thing is, uh..' 88 00:04:40,715 --> 00:04:42,804 ...look, we're swamped right now, Aimee. 89 00:04:42,891 --> 00:04:45,241 Just not a lot of spare time. 90 00:04:46,503 --> 00:04:48,157 We'll make the time. 91 00:04:51,203 --> 00:04:53,293 I'll give it every second I have. 92 00:05:26,456 --> 00:05:27,370 'Violet Polley, found dead' 93 00:05:27,457 --> 00:05:30,591 on Christmas day,1929. 94 00:05:30,678 --> 00:05:32,288 Cause of death, fractured skull 95 00:05:32,375 --> 00:05:34,203 from a blow to the head. 96 00:05:34,290 --> 00:05:36,248 Photo doesn't show a lot of blood at the crime scene. 97 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:38,512 'So she didn't ' die there. Body was dumped.' 98 00:05:38,599 --> 00:05:39,991 Looks like she didn't have family 99 00:05:40,078 --> 00:05:42,516 to spend the holidays with, none listed. 100 00:05:42,603 --> 00:05:44,909 Home address is Darlington boarding house in old city. 101 00:05:44,996 --> 00:05:46,171 I know that place. 102 00:05:46,258 --> 00:05:47,608 It's on the historical register. 103 00:05:47,695 --> 00:05:49,610 Susan B. Anthony lived there for a time. 104 00:05:49,697 --> 00:05:51,829 Made us go there in junior high. 105 00:05:51,916 --> 00:05:53,962 Can't remember a thing except the gift shop. 106 00:05:54,049 --> 00:05:57,052 Guys in evidence whined at me like a bunch of pre-teens. 107 00:05:57,139 --> 00:05:59,315 Guess they hate dust. 108 00:05:59,402 --> 00:06:01,796 All the belongings Violet had with her 109 00:06:01,883 --> 00:06:03,885 when the body was found. 110 00:06:06,235 --> 00:06:08,106 What's that? 111 00:06:08,193 --> 00:06:09,325 - A rattle. - For her baby. 112 00:06:09,412 --> 00:06:10,892 Aimee's grandmother. 113 00:06:10,979 --> 00:06:13,111 - We know who the father was? - No one knows. 114 00:06:13,198 --> 00:06:15,636 Don't even know specifically when the baby was born. 115 00:06:15,723 --> 00:06:17,377 Just that she was brought up at St. Mary's orphanage 116 00:06:17,464 --> 00:06:18,943 'in Germantown.' 117 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:20,728 Start with the Darlington boarding house. 118 00:06:20,815 --> 00:06:23,295 Maybe they can fill in the gaps on Violet staying there. 119 00:06:23,383 --> 00:06:26,168 Okay. 120 00:06:26,255 --> 00:06:28,170 How'd it go with your mom this morning? 121 00:06:28,257 --> 00:06:30,433 She's getting married. 122 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,261 Ah. 123 00:06:32,348 --> 00:06:34,176 For the fourth time. 124 00:06:37,745 --> 00:06:40,487 'That quilt was made from hand.' 125 00:06:40,574 --> 00:06:42,576 'Amazing, right?' 126 00:06:42,663 --> 00:06:45,535 That's a girl with time on her hands. 127 00:06:45,622 --> 00:06:46,971 Better than snacking. 128 00:06:47,058 --> 00:06:48,364 Single girls 129 00:06:48,451 --> 00:06:51,933 lived in this place from 1860 to 1934 130 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:54,109 and left a lot behind. 131 00:06:54,196 --> 00:06:55,893 Quilt included. 132 00:06:55,980 --> 00:06:57,373 Plus, this. 133 00:06:59,462 --> 00:07:02,726 - Girl's journal. - Covers the years '28 and '29. 134 00:07:02,813 --> 00:07:04,946 Ever seen the name Violet Polley in there? 135 00:07:05,033 --> 00:07:07,470 She's one of your main characters. 136 00:07:07,557 --> 00:07:09,777 Uh, starting on this page. 137 00:07:13,563 --> 00:07:15,565 "Ginger Swensen made it her business 138 00:07:15,652 --> 00:07:17,741 "to turn Violet from a rag-a-muffin 139 00:07:17,828 --> 00:07:19,003 to a real Sheba." 140 00:07:19,090 --> 00:07:21,092 No kidding. What's the date? 141 00:07:21,179 --> 00:07:23,530 December 31, 1928. New Year's eve. 142 00:07:25,009 --> 00:07:27,447 "First order of business, the hair." 143 00:07:33,627 --> 00:07:35,803 I won't even recognize myself. 144 00:07:35,890 --> 00:07:38,153 That's the idea, out with the old 145 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,808 in with the swanky. 146 00:07:40,895 --> 00:07:42,462 Where'd you say you're from, Violet? 147 00:07:42,549 --> 00:07:44,768 Oley Valley, near reading. 148 00:07:44,855 --> 00:07:47,379 - Mm? - I don't drink. 149 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:48,816 I keep my mind sharp because I'm a writer. 150 00:07:50,948 --> 00:07:53,560 Well, that's funny, 'cause every writer I've ever met 151 00:07:53,647 --> 00:07:57,085 is fried to the hat or passed out on Nick Bartleby's couch. 152 00:07:57,172 --> 00:07:59,174 Violet, you got a daddy? 153 00:07:59,261 --> 00:08:00,436 He's dead. 154 00:08:00,523 --> 00:08:02,525 And my mother, too. 155 00:08:02,612 --> 00:08:04,919 - I mean, fella. - Oh. 156 00:08:05,006 --> 00:08:08,400 I did, but... that's all over. 157 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:09,967 The male persuasion are saps 158 00:08:10,054 --> 00:08:11,316 all of 'em. 159 00:08:11,403 --> 00:08:13,101 I moved to Philadelphia because that's what 160 00:08:13,188 --> 00:08:15,016 the bus ticket I stole said on it. 161 00:08:15,103 --> 00:08:16,670 What about you? 162 00:08:16,757 --> 00:08:20,064 I heard a song on the radio one day, back at home. 163 00:08:20,151 --> 00:08:23,024 It was the most on-the-level song I'd ever heard 164 00:08:23,111 --> 00:08:27,289 and when it was over, I felt utterly different. 165 00:08:27,376 --> 00:08:28,682 What song? 166 00:08:28,769 --> 00:08:31,641 "Poor man's blues" by Bessie Smith. 167 00:08:31,728 --> 00:08:33,338 'That's why I'm here' 168 00:08:33,425 --> 00:08:35,906 to sell my songs to wonderful singers. 169 00:08:35,993 --> 00:08:38,387 But Bessie Smith's a negro. 170 00:08:38,474 --> 00:08:40,998 A writer needs to see the world. 171 00:08:41,085 --> 00:08:44,262 Well, it ain't the world, it's Philadelphia. 172 00:08:44,349 --> 00:08:46,743 We'll see it tonight at the Bartleby mansion. 173 00:08:46,830 --> 00:08:48,702 It's gonna be the berries. 174 00:08:53,663 --> 00:08:55,926 Bartleby mansion. Hmm. 175 00:08:56,013 --> 00:08:57,362 You seen that place? 176 00:08:57,449 --> 00:09:00,670 I could fit 25 of my apartments in there. 177 00:09:00,757 --> 00:09:03,238 Those people were American royalty. 178 00:09:03,325 --> 00:09:05,545 Their parties were known all over the east coast. 179 00:09:05,632 --> 00:09:07,851 Pretty good invitation for a boarding-house girl. 180 00:09:07,938 --> 00:09:10,071 The girls who stayed here would've been single 181 00:09:10,158 --> 00:09:11,986 and on the younger side. 182 00:09:12,073 --> 00:09:13,770 Ain't a party without cute girls. 183 00:09:15,424 --> 00:09:17,078 Any Bartlebys left in Philly? 184 00:09:17,165 --> 00:09:19,820 Nick Bartleby died in a hunting accident, I know that 185 00:09:19,907 --> 00:09:22,823 and the only one that's left here is Muriel, and they say 186 00:09:22,910 --> 00:09:25,695 the old girl hasn't left the house in years. 187 00:09:27,218 --> 00:09:28,916 Can we borrow this journal? 188 00:09:29,003 --> 00:09:31,527 Well, it's bad enough I'm letting you touch it 189 00:09:31,614 --> 00:09:34,008 with your bare hands. 190 00:09:34,878 --> 00:09:36,053 Fine. 191 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:40,101 But no direct sunlight, and no moisture. 192 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:55,943 I was plotting my escape, but then I found something helpful. 193 00:09:56,030 --> 00:09:57,988 Shh! 194 00:10:02,384 --> 00:10:04,212 'WPA transcripts.' 195 00:10:04,299 --> 00:10:06,344 Interviewee, Ginger Swensen. 196 00:10:06,431 --> 00:10:07,650 Name from the boarding house journal. 197 00:10:07,737 --> 00:10:09,521 Girl who cut Violet's hair. 198 00:10:09,609 --> 00:10:11,872 WPA, during the new deal 199 00:10:11,959 --> 00:10:14,396 paid people to do interviews with everyday Joes. 200 00:10:14,483 --> 00:10:17,791 This Ginger was one of them talking about her roarin' 20s. 201 00:10:17,878 --> 00:10:20,445 "Before the big crash, we whooped it up." 202 00:10:20,532 --> 00:10:22,752 According to this, biggest whoop of all 203 00:10:22,839 --> 00:10:24,536 was that New Year's eve party. 204 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,887 "Where a friend of mine, an inexperienced farm girl 205 00:10:26,974 --> 00:10:31,282 from Oley valley, had a bit too much to drink." 206 00:10:32,675 --> 00:10:34,721 Mine, it's my house. 207 00:10:34,808 --> 00:10:37,593 Your brother says to bed right now, Muriel. 208 00:10:41,945 --> 00:10:43,686 You were right about liquor. 209 00:10:43,773 --> 00:10:46,254 It is an artist's best friend. 210 00:10:46,341 --> 00:10:50,606 I'm full of a certain joie de vivre. 211 00:10:50,693 --> 00:10:52,869 I'd like to sing a song for everyone. 212 00:10:52,956 --> 00:10:54,828 Bet it's the cat's pajamas. 213 00:10:54,915 --> 00:10:56,177 Hit it, Violet. 214 00:11:01,965 --> 00:11:03,097 Violet? 215 00:11:22,943 --> 00:11:25,206 Hello! 216 00:11:25,293 --> 00:11:27,425 This is a lovely party. 217 00:11:27,512 --> 00:11:31,038 This song is about poor farmers where I'm from. 218 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:32,474 Enjoy! 219 00:11:36,434 --> 00:11:40,395 ♪ Woke up this morning ♪ 220 00:11:40,482 --> 00:11:43,659 ♪ I got one dress left ♪ 221 00:11:45,922 --> 00:11:49,143 ♪ Woke up this morning ♪ 222 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:54,191 ♪ I got one dress left ♪ 223 00:11:54,278 --> 00:11:56,193 ♪ Bank man say ♪ 224 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,502 ♪ I ain't never gonna get the rest ♪ 225 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,986 ♪ I prayed for water ♪ 226 00:12:06,073 --> 00:12:10,904 ♪ I prayed to save our land ♪ 227 00:12:10,991 --> 00:12:14,777 ♪ Lord, I prayed for water ♪ 228 00:12:14,864 --> 00:12:20,000 ♪ I prayed to save our land ♪ 229 00:12:20,087 --> 00:12:22,437 ♪ The dust done come ♪ 230 00:12:22,524 --> 00:12:24,439 ♪ And I can't find ♪ 231 00:12:24,526 --> 00:12:27,921 ♪ A helping hand ♪ 232 00:12:29,139 --> 00:12:33,448 ♪ Daddy gone and left us ♪ 233 00:12:33,535 --> 00:12:37,757 ♪ Mama up and died ♪ 234 00:12:37,844 --> 00:12:41,021 ♪ If I weren't so thirsty ♪ 235 00:12:41,108 --> 00:12:45,199 ♪ I'd be likely to cry ♪ 236 00:12:46,635 --> 00:12:50,465 ♪ Woke up this morning ♪ 237 00:12:50,552 --> 00:12:55,122 ♪ Got this old dress left ♪ 238 00:12:55,209 --> 00:12:58,908 ♪ Woke up this morning ♪ 239 00:12:58,995 --> 00:13:03,478 ♪ This old rag is all that I got left ♪ 240 00:13:03,565 --> 00:13:05,610 ♪ Gonna cut it ♪ 241 00:13:05,697 --> 00:13:09,701 ♪ Into curtains and show the world ♪ 242 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:14,445 ♪ How I look best ♪ 243 00:13:26,370 --> 00:13:28,503 Thank you. 244 00:13:28,590 --> 00:13:29,809 What's your name? 245 00:13:29,896 --> 00:13:31,680 I am Felix Spyczyk. 246 00:13:31,767 --> 00:13:33,856 'Happy New Year, Mr. Spyczyk.' 247 00:13:33,943 --> 00:13:35,118 Hey, what do you mean to do here? 248 00:13:35,205 --> 00:13:38,208 Come with me, someplace private. 249 00:13:38,295 --> 00:13:39,688 What kind of girl do you think I am? 250 00:13:39,775 --> 00:13:42,822 Kind of girl who drinks too much champagne. 251 00:13:42,909 --> 00:13:45,128 Uh, get your filthy hands off me, mister! 252 00:13:46,913 --> 00:13:49,350 "We were only young girls with the most vague idea 253 00:13:49,437 --> 00:13:51,787 of what catching a man's eye could really mean." 254 00:13:51,874 --> 00:13:53,789 So this Spyczyk takes advantage of the girls 255 00:13:53,876 --> 00:13:55,269 at his boss's party. 256 00:13:55,356 --> 00:13:57,314 Maybe what he did to her had consequences. 257 00:13:57,401 --> 00:13:58,838 And those consequences 258 00:13:58,925 --> 00:14:01,362 wound up at St. Mary's orphanage without a mother. 259 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:08,978 Felix Spyczyk was Bartleby's driver. 260 00:14:09,065 --> 00:14:11,459 That's what he told the arresting officer in 1922. 261 00:14:11,546 --> 00:14:14,549 When he's picked up for illegal possession of liquor. 262 00:14:14,636 --> 00:14:16,333 Don't forget frequenting a bawdy house in '28 263 00:14:16,420 --> 00:14:18,292 and possession of opium, '25. 264 00:14:18,379 --> 00:14:20,729 'Not the man you'd want around the young girls at your party.' 265 00:14:20,816 --> 00:14:22,470 Be great to ask the Bartlebys about it. 266 00:14:22,557 --> 00:14:24,951 Kat and Scotty went to the mansion this morning. No answer. 267 00:14:25,038 --> 00:14:26,387 Family lawyer hasn't returned any calls. 268 00:14:26,474 --> 00:14:28,084 'Hey.' 269 00:14:28,171 --> 00:14:29,694 Heard about your Bartleby visit. 270 00:14:29,781 --> 00:14:31,740 Could've sworn I saw Muriel through the curtains. 271 00:14:31,827 --> 00:14:33,524 She must leave the house sometimes. 272 00:14:33,611 --> 00:14:36,179 Lie in wait while she gets the morning paper? 273 00:14:36,266 --> 00:14:38,790 Uh, your mom called a few times. 274 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:40,314 Wanted to make sure you had the address 275 00:14:40,401 --> 00:14:41,837 for the restaurant. 276 00:14:41,924 --> 00:14:45,188 She wants me to be her maid of honor. 277 00:14:45,275 --> 00:14:47,321 Buttering you up with a free meal. 278 00:14:47,408 --> 00:14:50,280 I guess, if I go, at least she'll stop calling. 279 00:14:54,502 --> 00:14:56,852 'We're investigating the murder of a girl seen' 280 00:14:56,939 --> 00:14:59,637 at the Bartleby New Year's eve party, 1928 281 00:14:59,724 --> 00:15:02,771 being manhandled by Felix Spyczyk. 282 00:15:02,858 --> 00:15:04,773 My grandfather did many things during that period 283 00:15:04,860 --> 00:15:06,514 that he was not proud of. 284 00:15:06,601 --> 00:15:08,255 'Includes everything on his criminal record' 285 00:15:08,342 --> 00:15:11,301 and whatever young girls he was seen manhandling. 286 00:15:11,388 --> 00:15:12,607 He told you about that? 287 00:15:12,694 --> 00:15:14,478 It was part of his job. 288 00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:17,003 - He was a procurer. - For Bartleby. 289 00:15:17,090 --> 00:15:19,266 Whatever the great man wanted that's what my grandfather 290 00:15:19,353 --> 00:15:20,441 had to get him. 291 00:15:20,528 --> 00:15:21,790 Booze and girls. 292 00:15:21,877 --> 00:15:24,401 Serves the guy for seven years 293 00:15:24,488 --> 00:15:27,970 then one day, Nick Bartleby fires him. 294 00:15:28,057 --> 00:15:29,537 Plucks a clock off the mantle 295 00:15:29,624 --> 00:15:31,931 and says, "Take this and hit the road." 296 00:15:32,018 --> 00:15:33,193 He made good, though. 297 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,282 Sold the clock for $75 298 00:15:35,369 --> 00:15:37,545 and started Spyczyk shipping. 299 00:15:37,632 --> 00:15:42,767 Took me years, but I tracked it down bought it at auction. 300 00:15:42,854 --> 00:15:45,466 'Your grandfather tell you a lot about his days with Bartleby?' 301 00:15:45,553 --> 00:15:49,165 At the end of his life, he wanted to tell his stories. 302 00:15:49,252 --> 00:15:53,039 So I listened and made tapes of them. 303 00:15:53,126 --> 00:15:56,042 How about the night he procured Violet Polley 304 00:15:56,129 --> 00:15:57,869 at the New Year's party? 305 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:01,221 The one girl who said no to Nick Bartleby. 306 00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:08,793 'She said, "My name is Violet Polley from Oley valley' 307 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,709 'and I am a songwriter, not a boozy floozy."' 308 00:16:11,796 --> 00:16:13,624 That's her, our girl. 309 00:16:13,711 --> 00:16:15,887 'Mr. Bartleby had said to me' 310 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:17,846 '"Get the singing dame."' 311 00:16:17,933 --> 00:16:19,500 'So I did.' 312 00:16:23,156 --> 00:16:24,331 Let me out! 313 00:16:26,028 --> 00:16:29,118 Okay, Spyczyk, old boy, let her out! 314 00:16:29,205 --> 00:16:31,164 You told me bring this one. 315 00:16:31,251 --> 00:16:32,861 'Not if she's violently opposed to being' 316 00:16:32,948 --> 00:16:37,083 'in the same room with me, which she clearly is.' 317 00:16:37,170 --> 00:16:38,867 That is, unless I'm growing on you and you'd like a drink. 318 00:16:38,954 --> 00:16:39,911 No, thank you. 319 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,304 'Wait! Spyczyk, bar the door' 320 00:16:41,391 --> 00:16:42,914 'until the lady answers one question.' 321 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:45,265 What on earth was that song? 322 00:16:45,352 --> 00:16:48,746 "One last dress" is an original by Violet Polley. 323 00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:50,922 Oh, I know her. She's known to get a little soused 324 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:53,186 at soirees and show her knickers to strangers. 325 00:16:53,273 --> 00:16:56,058 I do not! 326 00:16:56,145 --> 00:16:57,538 Well, darn it. 327 00:17:00,715 --> 00:17:02,630 Do you ever miss being part of the human race 328 00:17:02,717 --> 00:17:04,240 with the rest of us 329 00:17:04,327 --> 00:17:08,766 or do you like life up on your mountain? 330 00:17:08,853 --> 00:17:10,333 I don't think I'm any better than the average Joe 331 00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:11,856 if that's what you're implying. 332 00:17:11,943 --> 00:17:13,989 I just wonder if it gets old 333 00:17:14,076 --> 00:17:17,558 waking up each morning with nothing to work for. 334 00:17:17,645 --> 00:17:21,997 If I had a talent like yours, I would work, Violet Polley. 335 00:17:22,084 --> 00:17:23,042 Thank you, Mr. Bartleby. 336 00:17:23,129 --> 00:17:24,782 But as God made me 337 00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:27,089 I can only offer you charm which does nothing for you. 338 00:17:27,176 --> 00:17:28,308 True. 339 00:17:28,395 --> 00:17:29,918 And my loyal driver Spyczyk 340 00:17:30,005 --> 00:17:31,702 'half as handsome but twice the man that I am.' 341 00:17:31,789 --> 00:17:34,096 He and I can see you safely home in my Packard. 342 00:17:34,183 --> 00:17:35,750 I don't think so. 343 00:17:35,837 --> 00:17:37,621 I'm a songwriter, Mr. Bartleby 344 00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:40,015 not a boozy floozy. 345 00:17:49,807 --> 00:17:51,983 So Violet rejected Nick Bartleby. 346 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:53,420 That's a bold move. 347 00:17:53,507 --> 00:17:56,075 Here's the punch line, Bartleby loved it. 348 00:17:56,162 --> 00:17:58,599 The one girl who says no turns his head? 349 00:17:58,686 --> 00:18:01,384 Sent 300 flowers to her boarding house the next day. 350 00:18:01,471 --> 00:18:05,040 Told my grandfather to lay them thick as oriental carpet. 351 00:18:05,127 --> 00:18:06,607 How many of those tapes you got? 352 00:18:06,694 --> 00:18:07,999 Days worth. 353 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:11,699 How much would you like to know about Poland? 354 00:18:11,786 --> 00:18:13,004 We'll get back to you. 355 00:18:15,268 --> 00:18:17,618 "300 flowers" is the name of an old blues standard. 356 00:18:17,705 --> 00:18:19,402 Yeah? 357 00:18:19,489 --> 00:18:22,840 The lyrics go "Like an oriental carpet, thick and sweet." 358 00:18:22,927 --> 00:18:25,669 Violet was a songwriter. Where'd you hear that? 359 00:18:25,756 --> 00:18:28,585 Singer I know covers it, Lena. 360 00:18:28,672 --> 00:18:30,021 Lena, huh? 361 00:18:31,936 --> 00:18:34,330 Let me get a look at the threads. 362 00:18:34,417 --> 00:18:36,376 - Alright. - What are you doing? 363 00:18:36,463 --> 00:18:37,899 Just making sure you look good enough to see the woman 364 00:18:37,986 --> 00:18:39,857 you talk about in your sleep. 365 00:18:39,944 --> 00:18:41,468 We're going to see her. 366 00:18:41,555 --> 00:18:42,947 Not we. 367 00:18:47,517 --> 00:18:49,954 "300 flowers" by V. Polley. 368 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:51,739 So she got a song published. 369 00:18:51,826 --> 00:18:53,436 Few dollars in her pocket. 370 00:18:53,523 --> 00:18:57,179 Pretty upbeat song, but it is about a love triangle. 371 00:18:57,266 --> 00:18:59,050 Woman choosing between two men. 372 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,922 Mm-hmm. 373 00:19:01,009 --> 00:19:05,100 "When I gave up what was ours I met a man so kind." 374 00:19:05,187 --> 00:19:06,884 Nick Bartleby could be the kind one. 375 00:19:06,971 --> 00:19:08,930 Leaving a woman 300 flowers 376 00:19:09,017 --> 00:19:11,846 is kind. 377 00:19:11,933 --> 00:19:14,065 Why don't you bring it to life? 378 00:19:27,775 --> 00:19:31,344 ♪ You and I ♪ 379 00:19:31,431 --> 00:19:33,955 ♪ Said good-bye ♪ 380 00:19:34,042 --> 00:19:38,481 ♪ I thought I'd die ♪ 381 00:19:38,568 --> 00:19:43,399 ♪ 300 flowers ♪ 382 00:19:43,486 --> 00:19:49,188 ♪ I've been sitting here for hours ♪ 383 00:19:49,275 --> 00:19:50,624 Came here to take you back. 384 00:19:50,711 --> 00:19:52,582 ♪ Can't seem to make up my mind ♪ 385 00:19:52,669 --> 00:19:53,670 But it seems like you've plumb forgotten 386 00:19:53,757 --> 00:19:55,933 what you and me made together. 387 00:19:57,326 --> 00:19:59,067 ♪ You and I ♪ 388 00:19:59,154 --> 00:20:01,939 Hate to think of what you been doing to earn these flowers. 389 00:20:02,026 --> 00:20:03,332 Been working on my songs. 390 00:20:03,419 --> 00:20:05,247 Get your head on straight, Violet. 391 00:20:05,334 --> 00:20:07,075 You're acting bigger than you are. 392 00:20:07,162 --> 00:20:09,556 I won't go home with you to tend to pigs all my life. 393 00:20:09,643 --> 00:20:11,297 That's who you are, woman. 394 00:20:11,384 --> 00:20:13,037 'I don't want to tell you again.' 395 00:20:15,257 --> 00:20:17,607 You have three guesses to guess which gorgeous man 396 00:20:17,694 --> 00:20:21,655 'is downstairs asking for you personally.' 397 00:20:21,742 --> 00:20:24,179 Oh. 398 00:20:24,266 --> 00:20:25,833 I'm.. 399 00:20:29,663 --> 00:20:31,055 Hey! 400 00:20:31,142 --> 00:20:34,624 ♪ Petals tickling my feet ♪ 401 00:20:34,711 --> 00:20:36,235 ♪ Like an oriental carpet ♪ 402 00:20:36,322 --> 00:20:37,801 You been actin' loose? 403 00:20:37,888 --> 00:20:41,631 Be careful, she kicks. I've seen it. 404 00:20:41,718 --> 00:20:44,155 She's spoken for. You scram, cake-eater. 405 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:47,028 She speaks for herself. 406 00:20:47,115 --> 00:20:48,682 You tell people back in Oley valley 407 00:20:48,769 --> 00:20:50,161 they'll be hearing about me. 408 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:52,860 They will never see me back there again. 409 00:20:54,644 --> 00:20:57,821 I'll take a ride in that fancy car. 410 00:20:57,908 --> 00:21:00,171 I'd like to see the world, please. 411 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:05,786 ♪ Don't be blue, find someone new ♪ 412 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,747 ♪ 300 flowers ♪ 413 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:15,883 Sounds like your Violet chose Bartleby. 414 00:21:15,970 --> 00:21:18,712 Song says "I left behind what was ours." 415 00:21:18,799 --> 00:21:20,496 Think that could mean a baby? 416 00:21:20,583 --> 00:21:21,758 Could be. 417 00:21:21,845 --> 00:21:23,586 Songs from this era are coded 418 00:21:23,673 --> 00:21:26,328 when referring to something scandalous. 419 00:21:26,415 --> 00:21:28,591 Hometown guy thinks he's gonna get a second chance 420 00:21:28,678 --> 00:21:30,332 with the mother of his baby 421 00:21:30,419 --> 00:21:33,727 but he gets thrown over for someone new. 422 00:21:33,814 --> 00:21:37,165 Many sad songs written about being thrown over. 423 00:21:37,252 --> 00:21:39,298 Many lives ended over it, too. 424 00:21:44,868 --> 00:21:46,522 We got the hometown boyfriend's full name 425 00:21:46,609 --> 00:21:48,959 'from the boarding house journal, Jeb Shiner.' 426 00:21:49,046 --> 00:21:51,005 Anything on him being the father of Violet's kid? 427 00:21:51,092 --> 00:21:52,267 'Not yet, but' 428 00:21:52,354 --> 00:21:54,617 we know he didn't kill Violet. 429 00:21:54,704 --> 00:21:57,968 He was too busy with his pig. 430 00:21:58,055 --> 00:22:00,231 "Farmer's almanac." 431 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:02,538 '"Jeb Shiner of Reading, Pennsylvania' 432 00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:06,586 and his prize-winning swine, December 22, 1929." 433 00:22:06,673 --> 00:22:08,283 Three days before Violet was killed. 434 00:22:08,370 --> 00:22:10,590 And the pig contest was in California. 435 00:22:10,677 --> 00:22:12,461 In 1929,it would've taken him more than three days 436 00:22:12,548 --> 00:22:14,158 to get from there to here. 437 00:22:14,245 --> 00:22:17,161 So Jeb wasn't in Philadelphia when Violet died. 438 00:22:17,248 --> 00:22:19,163 What'd you dig up on the Bartleby relationship? 439 00:22:19,250 --> 00:22:21,122 That the man was a dog. 440 00:22:21,209 --> 00:22:22,863 Check it out. 441 00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:25,692 "Photoplay", US weekly, back in the day. 442 00:22:25,779 --> 00:22:28,347 And there's Nick Bartleby looking smug with a gal named 443 00:22:28,434 --> 00:22:29,870 Carmela La Fleur. 444 00:22:29,957 --> 00:22:31,175 Who's that? 445 00:22:31,262 --> 00:22:32,438 She was Mae West-type actress. 446 00:22:32,525 --> 00:22:34,004 'Had a burlesque show.' 447 00:22:34,091 --> 00:22:35,658 It was pretty famous, and she and Bartleby 448 00:22:35,745 --> 00:22:37,486 were an on-again, off-again thing. 449 00:22:37,573 --> 00:22:39,183 Where's Violet fit in? 450 00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:41,272 According to gossip, right in the middle. 451 00:22:43,753 --> 00:22:46,756 "Nick Bartleby had the nerve to bring his new squeeze 452 00:22:46,843 --> 00:22:49,716 "to the black cat house in Philadelphia.." 453 00:22:49,803 --> 00:22:55,243 ♪ I'm wearing secondhand hats ♪ 454 00:22:55,330 --> 00:22:58,246 ♪ Secondhand cologne ♪ 455 00:22:58,333 --> 00:23:03,947 ♪ That's why they call me Secondhand Rose ♪ 456 00:23:04,034 --> 00:23:08,561 ♪ Even our piano in the parlor ♪ 457 00:23:08,648 --> 00:23:10,780 I don't have the right clothes for this place. 458 00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:12,913 To look like you do in that dress 459 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,568 these women would pay $200. 460 00:23:15,655 --> 00:23:17,787 'Well, they only need two and a quarter.' 461 00:23:21,138 --> 00:23:23,227 Nick, this might just be the greatest night 462 00:23:23,314 --> 00:23:24,968 of my entire life. 463 00:23:25,055 --> 00:23:27,144 Is it me or the dancers? 464 00:23:27,231 --> 00:23:28,929 Right now, I'm looking over your right shoulder 465 00:23:29,016 --> 00:23:33,020 at Carmela La Fleur, in the flesh. 466 00:23:33,107 --> 00:23:35,152 'Trust me, you're not seeing her in the flesh.' 467 00:23:35,239 --> 00:23:38,199 She is absolutely sensationally beautiful 468 00:23:38,286 --> 00:23:41,507 and she'd be just the right gal to sing my songs. 469 00:23:41,594 --> 00:23:42,812 Hello, Nick. 470 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,468 Carmela. 471 00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:48,470 Oh, I see. 472 00:23:48,557 --> 00:23:50,994 So Philadelphia really isa small town. 473 00:23:51,081 --> 00:23:52,300 Violet, let's go. 474 00:23:52,387 --> 00:23:54,084 'We can go anywhere you'd like.' 475 00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:57,261 I just don't want our evening ruined. 476 00:23:57,348 --> 00:23:58,611 ♪ Secondhand shoes, secondhand hose.. ♪ 477 00:23:58,698 --> 00:24:00,700 Hey, pal? What's the meaning of this? 478 00:24:00,787 --> 00:24:02,832 The milk's for the girl you're baby-sittin'. 479 00:24:02,919 --> 00:24:04,268 Help her grow up strong. 480 00:24:04,355 --> 00:24:05,748 Keep it to yourself, would you, Carmela? 481 00:24:05,835 --> 00:24:09,491 From now on, I will, mister. 482 00:24:09,578 --> 00:24:10,840 'Don't cry, darlin'.' 483 00:24:10,927 --> 00:24:12,668 This is nothing compared to what I'll do to you 484 00:24:12,755 --> 00:24:15,628 if I catch your flat behind with Nick Bartleby ever again. 485 00:24:18,152 --> 00:24:20,459 ♪ Secondhand rings ♪ 486 00:24:20,546 --> 00:24:22,025 Okay. 487 00:24:22,112 --> 00:24:23,940 Carmela La Fleur put it out there. 488 00:24:24,027 --> 00:24:25,551 Don't be in public with my man. 489 00:24:25,638 --> 00:24:27,814 Could be Violet didn't take the advice to heart. 490 00:24:27,901 --> 00:24:29,163 Got spotted again. 491 00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:31,121 Got a contact for Carmela. 492 00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:32,601 It's a local guy. 493 00:24:32,688 --> 00:24:33,646 'Where'd you get that?' 494 00:24:33,733 --> 00:24:35,343 Name on a web site. 495 00:24:38,564 --> 00:24:40,000 "Mickey Stein. 496 00:24:40,087 --> 00:24:42,742 No. 1 fan." 497 00:24:42,829 --> 00:24:45,484 I know, fan sites are so cheesy. 498 00:24:45,571 --> 00:24:49,139 I put it up to attract info for my thesis. 499 00:24:49,226 --> 00:24:51,141 What's your thesis on, Mr. Stein? 500 00:24:51,228 --> 00:24:54,405 "Carmela La Fleur, the quintessential vaudeville girl's 501 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:55,668 "re-invention of the feminine 502 00:24:55,755 --> 00:24:57,670 "in her work in Philadelphia 503 00:24:57,757 --> 00:25:01,021 from 1927 to 1930." 504 00:25:02,544 --> 00:25:03,850 Specific. 505 00:25:03,937 --> 00:25:06,461 And yet there's so much to tell. 506 00:25:06,548 --> 00:25:07,984 What sparked your interest in Carmela? 507 00:25:08,071 --> 00:25:10,030 My grandfather was her dresser. 508 00:25:10,117 --> 00:25:12,554 His job was to put her clothes on...her? 509 00:25:12,641 --> 00:25:16,776 Wardrobe. Personal assistant, hair, full-time confidante. 510 00:25:16,863 --> 00:25:19,256 He tell you about Carmela's relationship with Nick Bartleby? 511 00:25:19,343 --> 00:25:22,651 Like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, those two. 512 00:25:22,738 --> 00:25:24,392 Back and forth. 513 00:25:24,479 --> 00:25:26,176 We're looking into the murder of a girl 514 00:25:26,263 --> 00:25:27,438 that went out with Bartleby. 515 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:28,875 Carmela wasn't happy about it. 516 00:25:28,962 --> 00:25:30,441 Murder? 517 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:31,660 Really! 518 00:25:32,269 --> 00:25:34,489 Do tell! 519 00:25:34,576 --> 00:25:37,144 We're gonna be the ones taking notes here. 520 00:25:37,231 --> 00:25:38,449 Violet Polley. 521 00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:39,973 - Ever hear about her? - Sure! 522 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:41,452 Didn't know she was murdered. 523 00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:43,454 She really pissed Carmela off 524 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,500 showing up at the burlesque show with Bartleby. 525 00:25:45,587 --> 00:25:47,197 Well, that, that was then. 526 00:25:47,284 --> 00:25:51,158 A few months after that, the girls made up. 527 00:25:51,245 --> 00:25:52,376 How do you know about it? 528 00:25:52,463 --> 00:25:53,682 My granddad was there. 529 00:25:53,769 --> 00:25:55,336 It was after one of Carmela's 530 00:25:55,423 --> 00:25:59,470 "Dragon lady" performances at the Black Cat House. 531 00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:02,648 Such gorgeous silk. 532 00:26:02,735 --> 00:26:04,345 Straight from the orient, darling. 533 00:26:04,432 --> 00:26:05,825 'I've got a china man mad for me.' 534 00:26:05,912 --> 00:26:08,262 He thinks I'd be big as tea over there. 535 00:26:09,872 --> 00:26:12,222 'Hello, Carmela.' 536 00:26:12,309 --> 00:26:14,660 Can I have one moment of your time? 537 00:26:14,747 --> 00:26:17,097 Autographed pictures in an hour, behind the stage door. 538 00:26:17,184 --> 00:26:19,752 - Shoo, fly. - It's alright, Mickey. 539 00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:21,405 Don't you know who this is? 540 00:26:21,492 --> 00:26:23,059 It's Nick Bartleby's girl. 541 00:26:23,146 --> 00:26:24,887 Oh, dear. 542 00:26:24,974 --> 00:26:26,889 Carmela, please don't turn me away. 543 00:26:26,976 --> 00:26:30,501 I'd like to ask you something. 544 00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:31,546 Well, what is it? 545 00:26:33,766 --> 00:26:36,595 I'm a songwriter, writing original tunes. 546 00:26:36,682 --> 00:26:38,466 I write from the soul, about the plight 547 00:26:38,553 --> 00:26:40,642 of the average Jack or Jane. 548 00:26:40,729 --> 00:26:42,688 People like my parents were 549 00:26:42,775 --> 00:26:45,038 humble, good people.. 550 00:26:47,170 --> 00:26:49,608 - Get her a soda water. - Yes. 551 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,657 I'm sorry. This is so strange. 552 00:26:55,744 --> 00:26:58,094 You been cryin' like this regular? 553 00:26:58,181 --> 00:26:59,356 Nick's in Europe. 554 00:26:59,443 --> 00:27:00,923 I suppose I miss him. 555 00:27:01,010 --> 00:27:02,185 Feelin' queasy, too? 556 00:27:02,272 --> 00:27:04,274 Achy, like you got the flu? 557 00:27:04,361 --> 00:27:05,624 Yeah. That's it. 558 00:27:05,711 --> 00:27:06,886 'You had it, too?' 559 00:27:06,973 --> 00:27:09,715 I did. Once. 560 00:27:09,802 --> 00:27:13,240 You're knocked up, kid. 561 00:27:13,327 --> 00:27:15,677 No. 562 00:27:15,764 --> 00:27:18,071 What would you know about it? You don't have kids. 563 00:27:18,158 --> 00:27:20,943 It doesn't always have to end that way. 564 00:27:21,030 --> 00:27:23,424 But judging by the way you filled out through the middle 565 00:27:23,511 --> 00:27:26,253 it's too late for you. 566 00:27:26,340 --> 00:27:28,298 I don't know what I'll do. 567 00:27:28,385 --> 00:27:30,213 I've almost run through my savings. 568 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:31,650 Nick's gone 569 00:27:31,737 --> 00:27:34,174 and I've been too ill to get a job. 570 00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:36,176 What about your humble parents? 571 00:27:38,047 --> 00:27:39,309 They're gone. 572 00:27:40,963 --> 00:27:43,400 Uh...cigarette? 573 00:27:43,487 --> 00:27:44,663 Scotch? 574 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:46,708 No, thank you. 575 00:27:46,795 --> 00:27:50,451 Kid, how much for a song? 576 00:27:50,538 --> 00:27:51,931 How many do you want? 577 00:27:52,018 --> 00:27:54,063 How many you got? 578 00:27:58,024 --> 00:27:59,721 It was Nick Bartleby's baby. 579 00:27:59,808 --> 00:28:01,636 Aimee's a Bartleby. 580 00:28:01,723 --> 00:28:02,942 That ought a blow her socks off. 581 00:28:03,029 --> 00:28:04,683 I know I'd be thrilled. 582 00:28:04,770 --> 00:28:06,685 Rich guy doesn't wanna set up camp with his side dish? 583 00:28:06,772 --> 00:28:08,338 And her illegitimate child. 584 00:28:08,425 --> 00:28:11,515 Gorgeous, rich man seeks poor songwriter 585 00:28:11,602 --> 00:28:14,301 to birth scion and live in marital bliss? 586 00:28:16,085 --> 00:28:17,913 I don't think so. 587 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,839 Are you dating anyone? 588 00:28:30,926 --> 00:28:32,711 Ray came through town. 589 00:28:34,451 --> 00:28:36,105 Uh-oh. Who's he? 590 00:28:36,192 --> 00:28:39,239 I want better for you, is all. 591 00:28:39,326 --> 00:28:42,459 Well, there was this DA. 592 00:28:42,546 --> 00:28:44,418 Kite. 593 00:28:44,505 --> 00:28:45,636 He was a good one, but-- 594 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,987 He was too good, right? 595 00:28:48,074 --> 00:28:49,597 Not for me. I'm a lightweight. 596 00:28:49,684 --> 00:28:51,251 - She is. - Alright. 597 00:28:51,338 --> 00:28:52,818 Remember when you broke your jaw? 598 00:28:52,905 --> 00:28:54,602 She was always into something. 599 00:28:54,689 --> 00:28:56,822 What happened? You fell, right? 600 00:28:56,909 --> 00:28:58,606 A broken jaw is horrible. 601 00:28:58,693 --> 00:29:01,174 She used to run out in the middle of the night, I can't 602 00:29:01,261 --> 00:29:03,176 believe I even slept, I'd worry so much. 603 00:29:03,263 --> 00:29:04,960 I was attacked. 604 00:29:05,047 --> 00:29:07,180 I didn't fall. 605 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:11,488 We lived in some bad neighborhoods. 606 00:29:13,403 --> 00:29:15,841 How about I check on our order? 607 00:29:17,712 --> 00:29:19,409 The look on your face, all night, what? 608 00:29:19,496 --> 00:29:20,759 He doesn't even know that you're an alcoholic? 609 00:29:20,846 --> 00:29:23,370 Was. You could try being polite to him. 610 00:29:23,457 --> 00:29:25,459 - This is my new husband. - For the next month. 611 00:29:25,546 --> 00:29:27,635 Oh, stop it. Maybe I fail, but I try. 612 00:29:27,722 --> 00:29:29,680 It's more than failed when you bring home guys 613 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:31,378 who hit you, who steal from you. 614 00:29:31,465 --> 00:29:33,119 But I try. 615 00:29:33,206 --> 00:29:37,166 Okay? I find happiness, if only for a little while. 616 00:29:37,253 --> 00:29:39,212 That's more than you can say. 617 00:29:39,299 --> 00:29:41,083 At least I'm not alone. 618 00:29:41,170 --> 00:29:42,737 I'd rather be alone than clinging to a man 619 00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:44,695 who doesn't even know me. 620 00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:46,001 Well, as usual, you're so much better. 621 00:29:46,088 --> 00:29:47,524 Stop. 622 00:29:47,611 --> 00:29:49,309 How long did you and the DA keep it together, huh? 623 00:29:49,396 --> 00:29:51,267 - More than a month? - I can't go to your wedding. 624 00:29:51,354 --> 00:29:53,182 What, work is so important? 625 00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:55,881 Because I-I can't smile and-and pose for pictures 626 00:29:55,968 --> 00:29:58,448 and pretend that everything's fine when it's not. 627 00:29:58,535 --> 00:30:01,930 I just want one night of happiness with you there. 628 00:30:02,017 --> 00:30:03,453 Is that so wrong? 629 00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:05,891 Have I done so badly I can't have that? 630 00:30:05,978 --> 00:30:08,328 Well, I can't give it to you. 631 00:30:12,462 --> 00:30:14,682 You deserve it, too, Lilly. 632 00:30:14,769 --> 00:30:17,728 To just...be happy. 633 00:30:56,550 --> 00:30:59,031 'I'm out right now. Leave your message.' 634 00:30:59,118 --> 00:31:01,337 Kite. 635 00:31:01,424 --> 00:31:04,210 Lilly Rush. 636 00:31:04,297 --> 00:31:08,431 Well, you're workin' late, I bet. 637 00:31:08,518 --> 00:31:10,259 Look, I want to say something 638 00:31:10,346 --> 00:31:12,827 and I know the ship has sailed with us 639 00:31:12,914 --> 00:31:17,832 so that's not why I'm calling. 640 00:31:17,919 --> 00:31:21,444 I, uh. 641 00:31:21,531 --> 00:31:22,750 I'm just gonna say it. 642 00:31:25,274 --> 00:31:29,278 Look, I know it's on me, how we ended things. 643 00:31:30,366 --> 00:31:31,585 I got flipped out. 644 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:35,241 I just.. 645 00:31:37,634 --> 00:31:40,986 ...I just want to not end up like my mom, you know? 646 00:31:41,073 --> 00:31:43,727 But I don't wanna end up like this either. 647 00:31:45,816 --> 00:31:47,731 So, I'm done. 648 00:31:47,818 --> 00:31:52,345 I'm done with having to walk home alone. 649 00:31:52,432 --> 00:31:55,304 She can't do it, but I can. 650 00:31:55,391 --> 00:31:57,002 I can change. 651 00:31:58,568 --> 00:32:00,527 'Lilly?' 652 00:32:08,361 --> 00:32:10,102 I'm related to the Bartlebys? 653 00:32:10,189 --> 00:32:12,104 - Yes. - Definitely? 654 00:32:12,191 --> 00:32:14,628 'We got a lead from Carmela La Fleur's biographer' 655 00:32:14,715 --> 00:32:17,022 on the doctor who helped girls in trouble back then. 656 00:32:17,109 --> 00:32:20,895 This is the doctor's record of your grandmother's birth. 657 00:32:22,853 --> 00:32:26,379 "Baby girl. Eight pounds, three ounces. Rose." 658 00:32:26,466 --> 00:32:27,554 That's my grandmother. 659 00:32:27,641 --> 00:32:29,121 There's a quilt 660 00:32:29,208 --> 00:32:31,253 from the boarding house where Violet lived. 661 00:32:31,340 --> 00:32:32,515 Says "Rosie" on it. 662 00:32:32,602 --> 00:32:35,083 Maybe Violet made it. 663 00:32:35,170 --> 00:32:37,085 So why did I grow up the way I did 664 00:32:37,172 --> 00:32:40,001 and the Bartlebys grew up the way they did? 665 00:32:40,088 --> 00:32:41,742 We're gonna find out. 666 00:32:41,829 --> 00:32:44,440 Your great-grandmother was a songwriter. 667 00:32:45,615 --> 00:32:47,356 She published a song called 668 00:32:47,443 --> 00:32:49,271 "300 flowers." 669 00:32:49,358 --> 00:32:51,099 What's it sound like? 670 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,669 It's beautiful. 671 00:32:55,756 --> 00:32:56,975 I'll have to find it. 672 00:32:58,628 --> 00:33:01,153 Muriel Bartleby's gang of lawyers just called. 673 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,850 'Says you've got 20 minutes.' 674 00:33:02,937 --> 00:33:04,156 And they're timing it. 675 00:33:06,158 --> 00:33:08,943 That sounds like we're being summoned. 676 00:33:20,389 --> 00:33:23,566 I hear we've got 20 minutes with you, Muriel. 677 00:33:23,653 --> 00:33:27,527 I, uh... I don't see people, as a rule. 678 00:33:27,614 --> 00:33:29,137 Thanks for the exception. 679 00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:33,228 Do you know about our family? 680 00:33:33,315 --> 00:33:34,708 My brother had the most 681 00:33:34,795 --> 00:33:37,537 marvelous parties in this house. 682 00:33:37,624 --> 00:33:40,192 The walls pulsed with life. 683 00:33:41,323 --> 00:33:42,759 Now look. 684 00:33:42,846 --> 00:33:46,024 Violet Polley had your brother Nick's child. 685 00:33:46,111 --> 00:33:49,027 People always wanted to claim our name as their own. 686 00:33:49,114 --> 00:33:50,637 People like Violet? 687 00:33:50,724 --> 00:33:54,206 We were so careful not to allow a crooked branch 688 00:33:54,293 --> 00:33:55,990 on the family tree. 689 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,559 Now there are no Bartlebys left. 690 00:33:59,646 --> 00:34:02,736 Except for Violet's descendants. 691 00:34:02,823 --> 00:34:04,303 'Sounds like your brother will do anything' 692 00:34:04,390 --> 00:34:06,740 'to protect the family name.' 693 00:34:09,134 --> 00:34:12,311 My brother had nothing to do with Violet's death. 694 00:34:12,398 --> 00:34:14,052 How do you know? 695 00:34:14,139 --> 00:34:16,924 Because I saw him wash his hands of her. 696 00:34:17,011 --> 00:34:18,186 When? 697 00:34:18,273 --> 00:34:21,798 Some time after the crash. 698 00:34:24,584 --> 00:34:27,369 Violet was right here 699 00:34:27,456 --> 00:34:28,762 in this room 700 00:34:28,849 --> 00:34:30,894 with her baby. 701 00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:34,637 Daddy gave it to me! I won't sell it! 702 00:34:34,724 --> 00:34:35,943 Muriel! 703 00:34:36,030 --> 00:34:37,162 'Behave!' 704 00:34:39,381 --> 00:34:41,122 Our banker, Mr. Treehorn 705 00:34:41,209 --> 00:34:44,430 threw himself out of his sixth floor window today. 706 00:34:44,517 --> 00:34:46,606 Buck up, Bartleby. It'll turn around. 707 00:34:46,693 --> 00:34:48,216 It's the end of the world. 708 00:34:50,436 --> 00:34:52,873 Violet Polley is here to see you, sir. 709 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,527 Tell her I'm away. 710 00:34:56,659 --> 00:35:00,446 You should see her, sir. 711 00:35:00,533 --> 00:35:02,535 Get out of my house, Spyczyk. 712 00:35:02,622 --> 00:35:04,754 - Sir? - I cannot afford you. 713 00:35:04,841 --> 00:35:05,929 You are dismissed. 714 00:35:06,016 --> 00:35:08,367 ♪ In love with a guy ♪ 715 00:35:08,454 --> 00:35:12,284 ♪ She stuck to him, but didn't know why ♪ 716 00:35:12,371 --> 00:35:16,984 ♪ Everyone blamed her, still they all named her ♪ 717 00:35:17,071 --> 00:35:20,596 ♪ True blue Lou ♪ 718 00:35:20,683 --> 00:35:22,903 ♪ He gave her nothin' she gave him all.. ♪ 719 00:35:22,990 --> 00:35:24,818 Violet. 720 00:35:24,905 --> 00:35:28,648 You've been home a while now, and you haven't rang me back. 721 00:35:28,735 --> 00:35:30,693 It ain't on me, kid. 722 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:33,000 Me and him are strictly platonic. 723 00:35:34,219 --> 00:35:36,873 What is that? 724 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,658 This is our daughter. 725 00:35:43,750 --> 00:35:45,404 I know you meant to be through with me, Nick 726 00:35:45,491 --> 00:35:47,536 but this is our child. 727 00:35:47,623 --> 00:35:49,843 I named her Rose after the roses you gave me. 728 00:35:49,930 --> 00:35:51,410 This is scandalous. 729 00:35:51,497 --> 00:35:52,802 Then marry me. 730 00:35:52,889 --> 00:35:54,326 Violet, that's ridiculous. 731 00:35:54,413 --> 00:35:55,631 'You're a grown man.' 732 00:35:55,718 --> 00:35:57,067 You can do as you please. 733 00:35:57,155 --> 00:36:00,288 I did. And now I'm through. 734 00:36:00,375 --> 00:36:02,899 ♪ There's a reward for that kind of love ♪ 735 00:36:02,986 --> 00:36:04,727 If you won't marry me, take Rose. 736 00:36:04,814 --> 00:36:07,339 I can't provide for her alone. I need your help. 737 00:36:07,426 --> 00:36:10,342 I can't give you anything! I can't help you! 738 00:36:10,429 --> 00:36:12,822 'I can't even help myself.' 739 00:36:12,909 --> 00:36:14,215 You can take my clock. 740 00:36:15,651 --> 00:36:17,523 It's made of gold. 741 00:36:34,627 --> 00:36:36,759 You're no kind of man, Bartleby. 742 00:36:36,846 --> 00:36:38,370 Why don't you save the day, Carmela? 743 00:36:38,457 --> 00:36:40,154 Take the baby yourself, and raise it backstage 744 00:36:40,241 --> 00:36:42,200 with your opium pipe and your fairies. 745 00:36:47,205 --> 00:36:51,165 We, uh...we could've taken the little baby. 746 00:36:51,252 --> 00:36:53,036 'We survived.' 747 00:36:53,123 --> 00:36:54,299 When was this? 748 00:36:54,386 --> 00:36:56,214 Christmas day. 749 00:36:57,563 --> 00:36:58,955 You gave Violet 750 00:36:59,042 --> 00:37:00,305 your gold clock? 751 00:37:00,392 --> 00:37:02,872 A child's idea of help. 752 00:37:02,959 --> 00:37:05,310 Who knows how much it was worth? 753 00:37:06,876 --> 00:37:10,532 Seventy-five dollars. 754 00:37:10,619 --> 00:37:12,752 Daniel, we'd like to take the clock in with us. 755 00:37:12,839 --> 00:37:14,101 I'd rather you didn't. 756 00:37:14,188 --> 00:37:15,494 Why is that, Daniel? 757 00:37:15,581 --> 00:37:17,147 Well, it's a family heirloom. 758 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:20,238 You know the story Felix told you isn't true. 759 00:37:20,325 --> 00:37:22,022 Bartleby didn't give him that clock. 760 00:37:22,109 --> 00:37:24,154 Well, it's what he always told me. 761 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:26,983 Except that one time when he told you the truth. 762 00:37:28,507 --> 00:37:29,856 You said your grandfather wanted 763 00:37:29,943 --> 00:37:33,033 to tell you his stories before he died. 764 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,774 To get them off his chest. 765 00:37:34,861 --> 00:37:37,994 'We think he told you about a murder, Daniel.' 766 00:37:38,081 --> 00:37:41,389 Felix Spyczyk was an honorable man. 767 00:37:41,476 --> 00:37:43,913 He was the last one seen with her, day she died. 768 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,741 He took the clock from her. 769 00:37:45,828 --> 00:37:48,091 Why do you have to do this? 770 00:37:48,178 --> 00:37:50,877 He's gone now, he's long gone, and he can't be punished. 771 00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:53,358 Violet's family has been punished. 772 00:37:53,445 --> 00:37:55,708 Their lives would have been so different 773 00:37:55,795 --> 00:37:57,449 'if they had her around.' 774 00:37:57,536 --> 00:37:59,668 They deserve to put it to bed. 775 00:38:07,546 --> 00:38:10,853 I thought about destroying the tape. 776 00:38:10,940 --> 00:38:13,421 'But it's what he wanted.' 777 00:38:13,508 --> 00:38:15,380 He wanted to tell the truth. 778 00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:20,298 So, here. 779 00:38:30,786 --> 00:38:33,311 'That's okay, grandfather. You can rest now.' 780 00:38:33,398 --> 00:38:36,879 'I want to say it, what I did to her.' 781 00:38:36,966 --> 00:38:38,664 'It's okay.' 782 00:38:38,751 --> 00:38:41,493 'It was after she left Bartleby's' 783 00:38:41,580 --> 00:38:46,149 'with nothing but a crying baby and that gold clock.' 784 00:38:53,940 --> 00:38:58,945 It's okay, baby Rose. 785 00:38:59,032 --> 00:39:00,555 It's okay. 786 00:39:04,951 --> 00:39:07,736 - He is scum. - Yes, he is. 787 00:39:07,823 --> 00:39:10,348 People think he is like God, all of them 788 00:39:10,435 --> 00:39:15,178 in their beautiful house, Bartlebys! 789 00:39:15,265 --> 00:39:17,137 We know the truth about Bartleby 790 00:39:17,224 --> 00:39:21,184 and what he did to you and your little baby. 791 00:39:21,271 --> 00:39:23,143 We can tell the world. 792 00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:25,711 What are you suggesting, Mr. Spyczyk? 793 00:39:25,798 --> 00:39:27,930 I will tell him, give us money 794 00:39:28,017 --> 00:39:29,715 or we tell newspapers. 795 00:39:29,802 --> 00:39:31,804 He has no money. You heard him. 796 00:39:31,891 --> 00:39:34,676 These people survive like cockroach. He has money. 797 00:39:34,763 --> 00:39:37,853 He can always find what he needs, Nick Bartleby. 798 00:39:37,940 --> 00:39:39,464 No. I've made it this far. 799 00:39:39,551 --> 00:39:43,250 - I'm a girl who finds a way. - Wake up. 800 00:39:43,337 --> 00:39:46,384 You have baby and no money. 801 00:39:46,471 --> 00:39:48,124 Today I don't, but tomorrow-- 802 00:39:48,211 --> 00:39:50,083 This is good plan. 803 00:39:50,170 --> 00:39:53,042 This is how to do as the rich do in America. 804 00:39:53,129 --> 00:39:54,957 'Squeezing them.' 805 00:39:55,044 --> 00:39:58,874 I'm not that sort of person. 806 00:39:58,961 --> 00:40:01,007 You take clock already. 807 00:40:01,094 --> 00:40:03,618 You let him buy you. 808 00:40:03,705 --> 00:40:05,272 I'd rather find a way to make it on my own 809 00:40:05,359 --> 00:40:07,187 than be a lowly blackmailer. 810 00:40:07,274 --> 00:40:08,710 I am not lowly! 811 00:40:08,797 --> 00:40:11,060 Blackmailing makes you as bad as Bartleby. 812 00:40:12,975 --> 00:40:16,065 I'm not like Bartleby! 813 00:40:18,590 --> 00:40:19,852 I'm not. 814 00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:28,991 Rosie. 815 00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:06,899 'Alright, moppet. Alright.' 816 00:41:31,140 --> 00:41:35,449 ♪ You and I ♪ 817 00:41:35,536 --> 00:41:38,496 ♪ Said good-bye ♪ 818 00:41:38,583 --> 00:41:44,066 ♪ I thought I'd die ♪ 819 00:41:44,153 --> 00:41:49,463 ♪ 300 flowers ♪ 820 00:41:49,550 --> 00:41:55,904 ♪ I've been sitting here forever ♪ 821 00:41:57,993 --> 00:42:04,739 ♪ Can't seem to make up my mind ♪ 822 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,353 ♪ You and I ♪ 823 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,443 ♪ Second chance ♪ 824 00:42:13,531 --> 00:42:17,796 ♪ Hometown romance ♪ 825 00:42:19,014 --> 00:42:22,757 ♪ 300 flowers ♪ 826 00:42:24,324 --> 00:42:26,674 ♪ When I gave up ♪ 827 00:42:26,761 --> 00:42:31,374 ♪ What was ours ♪ 828 00:42:33,333 --> 00:42:39,818 ♪ I met a man so kind ♪ 829 00:42:42,951 --> 00:42:48,914 ♪ Red petals ticklin' my feet ♪ 830 00:42:50,219 --> 00:42:55,660 ♪ Like an oriental carpet ♪ 831 00:42:55,747 --> 00:42:58,140 ♪ Thick and sweet ♪ 832 00:43:00,621 --> 00:43:06,975 ♪ What once was dust now is grand ♪ 833 00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:15,114 ♪ I believe I've found my new man ♪ 834 00:43:16,071 --> 00:43:20,162 ♪ Baby, you ♪ 835 00:43:20,249 --> 00:43:23,383 ♪ Don't be blue ♪ 836 00:43:23,470 --> 00:43:27,866 ♪ Find someone new ♪ 837 00:43:28,780 --> 00:43:34,176 ♪ 300 flowers ♪ 838 00:43:34,263 --> 00:43:36,483 ♪ I've been sitting ♪ 839 00:43:36,570 --> 00:43:43,011 ♪ Here for hours ♪ 840 00:43:43,098 --> 00:43:49,452 ♪ I've up and changed my mind ♪ 841 00:43:49,539 --> 00:43:53,587 ♪ Yeah, I've up ♪ 842 00:43:53,674 --> 00:43:58,548 ♪ And changed my mind ♪ 843 00:44:11,866 --> 00:44:14,434 Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.