1 00:00:01,252 --> 00:00:03,277 Hurry. I'm losing it. 2 00:00:04,289 --> 00:00:06,348 Murder could put this little circus away. 3 00:00:06,457 --> 00:00:08,721 - You did trapeze? - Oh- 4 00:00:08,826 --> 00:00:11,090 - Hup. - [ Gasps ] 5 00:00:13,331 --> 00:00:15,526 [ Screams ] 6 00:00:15,633 --> 00:00:18,693 I got news for you, Miss Woolsey. I don't cotton to home wreckers. 7 00:00:18,803 --> 00:00:21,465 - Mildred! - Mildred! 8 00:00:21,572 --> 00:00:25,941 - Guy Nickerson is a very determined man. - Possibly a lethal one. 9 00:00:26,044 --> 00:00:28,911 If you're nervous, don't go up. 10 00:00:29,013 --> 00:00:31,106 Laura, look out! 11 00:02:13,751 --> 00:02:15,810 [ People Shrieking ] 12 00:02:18,489 --> 00:02:20,457 [ Man Speaking, Indistinct ] 13 00:02:33,103 --> 00:02:38,564 - Everybody's a winner tonight. - Three ducks, and I'll give ya $1 00 in cash. 14 00:02:38,675 --> 00:02:41,872 - Three shots for a dollar. - Hey, Angie. Hold down the fort for a second. 15 00:02:41,978 --> 00:02:45,175 Okay, boss. Don't worry. Three shots for a dollar. 16 00:02:45,281 --> 00:02:48,944 Hit three ducks, and I'll give you $ 1 00 in cash. 17 00:02:50,553 --> 00:02:54,421 How about you? Okay, dolly. You're on. Three- Hit three ducks- 18 00:02:54,524 --> 00:02:57,618 [ Man ] Come inside, folks. The show is about to commence. 19 00:03:06,236 --> 00:03:09,569 [ Man ] Hit the dolls, win a prize. Try your luck. Hey. 20 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:13,108 A lucky young man. Come on over here. 21 00:03:25,255 --> 00:03:28,986 Crank up the charm machine, lover boy. The live one's back. 22 00:03:29,092 --> 00:03:31,185 Get shills, cupcake. Whoever's not working. 23 00:03:31,294 --> 00:03:33,228 Except him. 24 00:03:38,067 --> 00:03:41,161 - Ah, Miss Krebs. - [ Chuckles ] 25 00:03:41,271 --> 00:03:44,399 The glamorous private detective. 26 00:03:44,507 --> 00:03:46,771 I knew tonight would be lucky for me. 27 00:03:46,876 --> 00:03:49,640 I just thought I'd try another night in the beyond. 28 00:03:49,746 --> 00:03:52,909 A respite from your world of dangers and deceptions? 29 00:03:53,016 --> 00:03:56,247 [ Chuckling ] Oh. Well, more or less. 30 00:03:56,352 --> 00:03:58,320 [ Laughs ] 31 00:04:00,123 --> 00:04:02,091 [ People Shrieking ] 32 00:04:05,795 --> 00:04:08,093 I shan't be a moment. 33 00:04:09,999 --> 00:04:11,967 You've been here before. 34 00:04:12,068 --> 00:04:13,433 - No. - Really? 35 00:04:13,536 --> 00:04:15,265 - First time. - Oh. 36 00:04:23,646 --> 00:04:25,978 - [ Mildred ] Good evening. - Good evening. 37 00:04:26,082 --> 00:04:28,846 [ Mildred Gasps, Chuckles ] 38 00:04:34,057 --> 00:04:37,151 - My heart beats faster already. - [ Chuckles ] 39 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:40,627 Is it you, my lovely, or is it the stars? 40 00:04:41,898 --> 00:04:44,560 If she's a private detective, I'm Jane Fonda. 41 00:04:48,938 --> 00:04:51,998 Since we are all strangers here today... 42 00:04:52,108 --> 00:04:54,542 let us join hands... 43 00:04:54,644 --> 00:04:56,669 and direct our inward karma... 44 00:04:56,779 --> 00:05:00,146 to those powers greater than ourselves. 45 00:05:01,451 --> 00:05:03,817 [ Moaning ] 46 00:05:06,389 --> 00:05:09,586 Come to us, O Rupert... 47 00:05:09,692 --> 00:05:12,627 my guide to the spirit world. 48 00:05:12,729 --> 00:05:16,460 Come, O grand guardian of all that is... 49 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:20,195 vibrant and flowering. 50 00:05:20,303 --> 00:05:24,239 Send down a sign that we may know who it is you seek to address. 51 00:05:38,554 --> 00:05:40,078 Rupert wants me? 52 00:05:40,189 --> 00:05:43,750 Rupert senses a man in your future. 53 00:05:43,860 --> 00:05:46,761 A man with insatiable thirsts... 54 00:05:46,863 --> 00:05:48,763 that only you can quench. 55 00:05:48,865 --> 00:05:52,392 Please, Senor Fresco. Tell me quick. What is his name? 56 00:05:52,502 --> 00:05:54,595 His name is, uh... 57 00:05:54,704 --> 00:05:57,434 unclear to me. 58 00:05:57,540 --> 00:06:01,738 Rupert knows. But it is you and you alone Rupert wishes to address. 59 00:06:03,246 --> 00:06:05,146 Shoot, Rupert. I gotta know. 60 00:06:11,054 --> 00:06:13,147 " T.'' 61 00:06:15,024 --> 00:06:17,424 "U. '' 62 00:06:18,594 --> 00:06:20,494 "R. '' 63 00:06:20,596 --> 00:06:22,791 "Tur-'' "Tur-'' 64 00:06:22,899 --> 00:06:24,833 "Tur-'' 65 00:06:24,934 --> 00:06:27,232 Turk. Turk. 66 00:06:27,337 --> 00:06:29,771 Oh. 67 00:06:29,872 --> 00:06:32,466 Sounds so strong. And so exotic. 68 00:06:32,575 --> 00:06:34,270 I can't wait to meet him. 69 00:06:34,377 --> 00:06:36,277 Yes, Miss Krebs. Don't wait. 70 00:06:36,379 --> 00:06:38,279 - But- - Hurry. Hurry to meet your destiny. 71 00:06:38,381 --> 00:06:40,281 - Will I meet him tonight? - Who knows? 72 00:06:40,383 --> 00:06:42,977 - But where? - When romance beckons, only the foolish linger. 73 00:06:43,086 --> 00:06:45,384 - Right. Ooh, oh, good night. - Hurry, hurry. 74 00:06:45,488 --> 00:06:48,116 Right. 75 00:06:48,224 --> 00:06:51,193 [ Calliope ] 76 00:07:07,744 --> 00:07:09,678 Are you out of your mind! 77 00:07:09,779 --> 00:07:12,304 Me? Do you think I'd bring up Turk? 78 00:07:12,415 --> 00:07:14,576 Well, if you didn't, who did? 79 00:07:14,684 --> 00:07:18,950 - Rupert? - Or perhaps it was Detective Krebs. 80 00:07:35,238 --> 00:07:37,433 Laura? 81 00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:39,508 Mildred. 82 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:44,638 [ Chuckling ] 83 00:07:45,782 --> 00:07:47,682 Well, the early bird catches the- 84 00:07:47,784 --> 00:07:49,752 [ Groans ] 85 00:08:01,798 --> 00:08:05,928 Whoever it was, they were certainly determined. Or sloppy. 86 00:08:06,035 --> 00:08:08,663 - What are they looking for? - Let me put something on that. 87 00:08:08,771 --> 00:08:11,467 Oh, you're a truly nurturing woman, Mildred. 88 00:08:11,574 --> 00:08:14,168 Miss Holt, of course, is a detective first. 89 00:08:14,277 --> 00:08:17,212 I asked if you were all right. If you start to feel faint, holler. 90 00:08:17,313 --> 00:08:19,873 [ Steele Groaning ] 91 00:08:19,982 --> 00:08:21,882 Oh.! Oh, Mildred.! 92 00:08:21,984 --> 00:08:24,544 Ah.! 93 00:08:24,654 --> 00:08:26,588 A rigging needle. 94 00:08:26,689 --> 00:08:28,623 The kind they use in circuses. 95 00:08:28,724 --> 00:08:32,660 The encyclopedic nature of your knowledge never ceases to amaze me, Laura. 96 00:08:32,762 --> 00:08:35,162 Wonder if they used it to force the door. 97 00:08:35,264 --> 00:08:37,892 But what does this have to do with this? 98 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,969 - I haven't a clue. - I do. 99 00:08:43,806 --> 00:08:47,037 - You promise you won't laugh? - I'm not in a laughing mood, Mildred. 100 00:08:47,143 --> 00:08:52,206 Well, every once in a while I get this uncontrollable urge to, uh, go to a s�ance. 101 00:08:52,315 --> 00:08:54,215 Please, don't laugh. 102 00:08:56,185 --> 00:09:01,350 Well, I've been going to one called the, uh, Fabulous Funtime Circus. 103 00:09:01,457 --> 00:09:05,450 And I told the seer there that, um, I work for the Steele Agency. 104 00:09:05,561 --> 00:09:07,426 Oh? What did you tell him you do? 105 00:09:07,530 --> 00:09:11,489 - Well, I wanted to feel important. - [ Steele ] Mildred. 106 00:09:11,601 --> 00:09:13,626 Exciting. I wanted an air of mystery. 107 00:09:13,736 --> 00:09:17,502 - Yes? - I told him I was a detective. 108 00:09:17,607 --> 00:09:23,011 Mr. Steele, I think you just took Mildred's lumps for her. 109 00:09:23,112 --> 00:09:25,808 - Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. - You see this, Mildred? Close your mouth. 110 00:09:25,915 --> 00:09:28,247 - I shall insert this in your bottom lip. - I will never- 111 00:09:44,667 --> 00:09:47,033 [ Laura ] Cordaro. [ Laughs ] 112 00:09:47,136 --> 00:09:49,832 - Cordaro. It has to be. - Has to be what? 113 00:09:49,939 --> 00:09:54,171 The Flying Cordaros. One of the great high trapeze acts. 114 00:09:54,277 --> 00:09:56,973 Seems to me they had a terrible accident a while back. 115 00:09:57,079 --> 00:09:59,741 Laura, you're an encyclopedia of circus lore. 116 00:09:59,849 --> 00:10:02,545 Mildred's a s�ance freak, I'm a circus freak. 117 00:10:02,652 --> 00:10:06,486 Professionally, I seem to be surrounded by freaks. Somehow I feel at home. 118 00:10:06,589 --> 00:10:08,489 [ Clears Throat ] 119 00:10:12,795 --> 00:10:16,492 - Can I help you? - Yes. We're looking for the owner, uh, Miss- 120 00:10:16,599 --> 00:10:19,329 Cordaro. Christy Cordaro. 121 00:10:19,435 --> 00:10:22,529 My face on a post office wall somewhere? 122 00:10:22,638 --> 00:10:25,402 It was all over my room when I was growing up. 123 00:10:25,508 --> 00:10:27,567 I wanted to be you. 124 00:10:29,045 --> 00:10:31,013 Lucky you weren't lucky. 125 00:10:35,551 --> 00:10:38,213 - Who are you two? - Remington Steele. 126 00:10:38,321 --> 00:10:41,620 Uh, Remington Steele Investigations. And this is my associate, Laura Holt. 127 00:10:41,724 --> 00:10:44,249 Hello. 128 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,920 - How can I help you? - Early this morning... 129 00:10:47,029 --> 00:10:50,362 uh, someone assaulted our files- and my cranium. 130 00:10:50,466 --> 00:10:54,903 We have reason to believe this someone is connected with your circus. 131 00:10:55,004 --> 00:10:58,735 My people are no angels, Mr. Steele. 132 00:10:58,841 --> 00:11:02,038 But they don't knock over offices or detectives. 133 00:11:02,144 --> 00:11:05,875 Our secretary, Mildred Krebs, attended a s�ance here last night. 134 00:11:05,982 --> 00:11:09,076 - Your secretary? - Secretary. 135 00:11:09,185 --> 00:11:13,121 Apparently the s�ance ended abruptly at the mention of the name Turk. 136 00:11:13,222 --> 00:11:14,917 I was there. 137 00:11:21,330 --> 00:11:24,891 The seance ended because Miss Krebs was getting bilked. 138 00:11:25,001 --> 00:11:27,697 Are your people always so considerate of their marks? 139 00:11:27,803 --> 00:11:32,536 Miss Cordaro, someone here must assume we're investigating them. 140 00:11:32,642 --> 00:11:35,873 Considering what they did to our office, not to mention Mr. Steele's head... 141 00:11:35,978 --> 00:11:37,878 you could be in danger. 142 00:11:37,980 --> 00:11:39,971 Danger's an old acquaintance of mine. 143 00:11:40,082 --> 00:11:41,640 [ Woman Screams ] 144 00:11:54,697 --> 00:11:56,631 It's jammed. I'm coming up. 145 00:11:56,732 --> 00:11:59,599 Hurry. I'm losing it. 146 00:12:01,037 --> 00:12:03,403 Hold on! 147 00:12:07,443 --> 00:12:09,343 That's it. 148 00:12:15,217 --> 00:12:17,583 Okay. Give us your hand. 149 00:12:21,857 --> 00:12:23,415 [ Yells ] 150 00:12:42,611 --> 00:12:44,841 - Hey. That was quite a catch. - [ Man ] Bravo.! 151 00:12:44,947 --> 00:12:46,847 - I'll say. - Glad I was here. 152 00:12:46,949 --> 00:12:49,474 [ Man ] Yeah. 153 00:12:53,756 --> 00:12:55,690 Can I see that for a minute? 154 00:12:56,926 --> 00:12:59,087 I thought I told you to grease those bearings. 155 00:12:59,195 --> 00:13:01,629 I did. The safety pin should've held. 156 00:13:03,999 --> 00:13:07,127 - The pin's been cut. - Cut? 157 00:13:20,816 --> 00:13:24,752 Sabotage and attempted murder are two things I can live without. 158 00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:29,722 Insurance companies have closed down circuses for less. 159 00:13:29,825 --> 00:13:32,794 I do need your help. Please. 160 00:13:34,296 --> 00:13:37,663 - Who was the man on the wheel? - Guy Nickerson. 161 00:13:37,767 --> 00:13:41,100 - He joined up with us a few weeks ago. - What's his job? 162 00:13:41,203 --> 00:13:43,763 Here at the Fabulous Funtime Circus... 163 00:13:43,873 --> 00:13:46,273 we all do a variety of jobs. 164 00:13:46,375 --> 00:13:49,435 Up in the air, Guy's a flier. 165 00:13:49,545 --> 00:13:52,742 Down here he works the booths, does maintenance. 166 00:13:52,848 --> 00:13:55,976 And the husky young man who disappeared so quickly? 167 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:58,019 - Max Hardin? - Mm-hmm. 168 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,180 Max has been with me since before my accident. 169 00:14:01,290 --> 00:14:04,054 I know Max looks rough, but he's a pussycat. 170 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,253 Sometimes pussycats can be dangerous. 171 00:14:06,362 --> 00:14:09,263 Not Max. Take my word for it. 172 00:14:09,365 --> 00:14:11,595 Well, for the moment, we'll have to. Uh... 173 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:16,069 Miss Cordaro, I think it's time you told us about the mysterious Turk. 174 00:14:18,808 --> 00:14:20,833 You might as well hear it from me. 175 00:14:34,857 --> 00:14:39,123 - Turk was a catcher, rouster, all-around man. - Was? 176 00:14:39,228 --> 00:14:43,221 A couple of weeks ago, during the break in the storm... 177 00:14:43,332 --> 00:14:45,698 Turk decided to go deep-sea fishing. 178 00:14:45,801 --> 00:14:48,895 An empty dinghy was washed onshore. 179 00:14:49,004 --> 00:14:53,236 The police figure a storm must have come back up again suddenly. 180 00:14:53,342 --> 00:14:55,936 - And Turk? - They never found him. 181 00:14:56,045 --> 00:14:57,945 The police called it an accident. 182 00:14:58,047 --> 00:14:59,742 But there was reason to believe otherwise? 183 00:14:59,849 --> 00:15:04,786 Turk never won any popularity contests around here. 184 00:15:04,887 --> 00:15:08,323 And like I said, murder could put this little circus away. 185 00:15:09,692 --> 00:15:14,152 Most of us have no place else to go. 186 00:15:18,901 --> 00:15:21,699 - Even the air feels different. - [ Sniffing ] 187 00:15:21,804 --> 00:15:25,331 Sober, rational Laura Holt with a secret desire to join the circus. 188 00:15:25,441 --> 00:15:27,341 Huh. Who would've guessed? 189 00:15:27,443 --> 00:15:31,174 Well, when you're eight years old, and the father you adore calls the circus " dreamland''... 190 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,373 it's not hard to buy that dream. 191 00:15:33,482 --> 00:15:35,473 We went to every circus we could find. 192 00:15:35,584 --> 00:15:39,850 Big ones, seedy ones, right up until the time he left. 193 00:15:39,955 --> 00:15:43,152 There have been times when I've imagined he ran away to someplace like this. 194 00:15:43,259 --> 00:15:46,422 Well, for his sake, I hope he didn't. 195 00:15:46,529 --> 00:15:48,463 You speak from experience, Mr. Steele? 196 00:15:48,564 --> 00:15:51,328 For the better part of nine months, I was a fire-breathing dragon. 197 00:15:51,433 --> 00:15:53,367 [ Clears Throat ] The Great Savini. 198 00:15:53,469 --> 00:15:57,303 - You ate fire? - Breathed fire, Laura. An illusion. 199 00:15:57,406 --> 00:16:01,206 Treated paraffin, laced with alcohol and... a little stupidity. 200 00:16:01,310 --> 00:16:05,371 What else haven't you told me? For example, that save you did on the Ferris wheel. 201 00:16:06,549 --> 00:16:08,949 I did a bit of catching. 202 00:16:09,051 --> 00:16:11,645 - You did trapeze? - Oh- 203 00:16:13,188 --> 00:16:17,181 Mr. Steele, I think I just figured out our M.O. on this case. 204 00:16:17,293 --> 00:16:19,193 Laura, listen. 205 00:16:29,972 --> 00:16:33,874 [ Steele ] Are you serious, Laura? I mean, we are dealing with an apparent murderer... 206 00:16:33,976 --> 00:16:36,877 an attempted murder and, whoever cracked my skull... 207 00:16:36,979 --> 00:16:39,539 a murderer who very likely knows that I'm Remington Steele! 208 00:16:39,648 --> 00:16:42,116 Do you honestly think it's wise to try trapeze work? 209 00:16:42,217 --> 00:16:44,515 - We've got to have some cover. - Popcorn vendors. 210 00:16:44,620 --> 00:16:47,612 I'm sure the Fabulous Funtime Circus needs fabulous popcorn vendors. 211 00:16:47,723 --> 00:16:49,657 - It's the logical choice. - Ah. 212 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:53,785 Now that Turk's gone, Christy will have to hire a new aerial act. 213 00:16:53,896 --> 00:16:55,830 I was a gymnast in college... 214 00:16:55,931 --> 00:16:58,798 and I did some trapeze work in the homecoming circus. 215 00:16:58,901 --> 00:17:01,096 For how long? 216 00:17:01,203 --> 00:17:04,104 - Uh, three nights. - Oh, I see. An old pro, eh? 217 00:17:04,206 --> 00:17:06,106 We'll ask for a day's rehearsal. 218 00:17:06,208 --> 00:17:08,108 And I'll have the Great " Savani'' to teach me. 219 00:17:08,210 --> 00:17:11,771 Oh. If I'd known the lure of the circus was gonna turn your head around completely... 220 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,405 I wouldn't have spent a small fortune on champagne and flowers. 221 00:17:14,516 --> 00:17:18,782 Oh. You wouldn't try to exploit a girl's secret desire, would you? 222 00:17:18,887 --> 00:17:20,855 Only if I were desperate. 223 00:17:25,828 --> 00:17:27,796 Any clues on Freddy the File Fouler? 224 00:17:27,896 --> 00:17:29,796 Um, not yet, I'm afraid. 225 00:17:29,898 --> 00:17:33,800 Ohh, well, when you get your hands on him, I get my hands on him. 226 00:17:33,902 --> 00:17:35,802 - Yes. - Meanwhile, Mildred... 227 00:17:35,904 --> 00:17:38,236 I want you to check out a man named Guy Nickerson. 228 00:17:38,340 --> 00:17:41,309 It seems someone tried to send him over the Ferris wheel this morning. 229 00:17:41,410 --> 00:17:45,813 Once you've initiated that, uh, we have a proposition to make. 230 00:17:45,914 --> 00:17:50,146 - A proposition? - Mr. Steele wants to expand your duties in this case. 231 00:17:51,387 --> 00:17:53,355 After I got you into this? 232 00:17:53,455 --> 00:17:56,481 Because you did, in a manner of speaking. 233 00:17:56,592 --> 00:17:58,822 Uh, we're going into the circus undercover. 234 00:17:58,927 --> 00:18:02,419 And you're the only one of us who knows who did what at the s�ance. 235 00:18:02,531 --> 00:18:04,499 We want you to come with us. 236 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,034 Undercover? Me? 237 00:18:07,136 --> 00:18:09,934 Oh! Oh, boss, what have you got in mind? 238 00:18:10,039 --> 00:18:14,305 Harem dancing? Um, bareback riding? [ Gasps ] 239 00:18:14,410 --> 00:18:17,140 - Lion taming? - Mm-mmm. 240 00:18:17,246 --> 00:18:20,306 I believe Mr. Steele has in mind something more sedentary. 241 00:18:20,416 --> 00:18:22,316 Oh, what is it, boss? 242 00:18:22,418 --> 00:18:26,354 I have to warn you, Mildred, uh, we may be dealing with a murderer. 243 00:18:29,792 --> 00:18:32,260 How far undercover can you put me? 244 00:18:36,665 --> 00:18:38,633 Ah.! Hurry, hurry, hurry.! 245 00:18:38,734 --> 00:18:44,195 Come one, come all. See Mona, the fat lady. Her girth will amaze you! 246 00:18:44,306 --> 00:18:47,605 Scheherazade. See what's behind those seven veils. 247 00:18:47,710 --> 00:18:50,201 See Delilah and her charming snake, Boris! 248 00:18:50,312 --> 00:18:52,507 Our lovely dancing girls! 249 00:18:52,614 --> 00:18:55,549 Uncle Sam, the tallest man in the world! 250 00:18:55,651 --> 00:18:57,710 The Great Savini! 251 00:18:57,820 --> 00:19:00,220 He breathes fire like a dragon! 252 00:19:00,322 --> 00:19:02,984 [ Crowd ] Ooh! Oh! 253 00:19:03,092 --> 00:19:05,117 The hottest act in town. 254 00:19:05,227 --> 00:19:07,286 Gray Otter and his flashing tomahawks! 255 00:19:07,396 --> 00:19:10,957 Hurry, hurry to Cordaro's sideshow, the greatest in the world.! 256 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:14,729 Come one.! Come all.! For fifty cents- one half of a dollar.! 257 00:19:16,505 --> 00:19:19,235 [ Crowd Cheering, Applauding ] 258 00:19:34,623 --> 00:19:36,591 [ Crowd Cheers ] 259 00:19:51,340 --> 00:19:54,002 - Here you go. - [ Man ] I won.! I won.! 260 00:19:54,109 --> 00:19:57,909 - Ah, hey. You'll win with me, cutie. - Whoo-hoo.! 261 00:19:58,013 --> 00:20:01,107 - Yoo-hoo! Yea! - The brass ring, lady! I win the grand prize! 262 00:20:01,216 --> 00:20:04,049 - And fortune smiles, eh, amigo? - Whoo-hoo! 263 00:20:04,153 --> 00:20:06,553 - I give you the grand prize. - All right! 264 00:20:06,655 --> 00:20:10,489 - Here we go. The grand prize. - Hold on, Matilda. 265 00:20:10,592 --> 00:20:12,719 I'm afraid you misunderstand, sir. 266 00:20:12,828 --> 00:20:15,922 This ring entitles you to a chance at the grand prize. 267 00:20:16,031 --> 00:20:21,196 But until you've won five of these, I'm afraid the vault must remain closed. 268 00:20:22,471 --> 00:20:24,371 Do try again. 269 00:20:25,941 --> 00:20:28,637 I thought the clowns were supposed to make the customers happy. 270 00:20:28,744 --> 00:20:31,076 Oh, I'm sorry. 271 00:20:31,180 --> 00:20:33,239 Matilda, you're rattling our cover. 272 00:20:33,348 --> 00:20:36,215 The treasure chest is the lure. It stays. Forever. 273 00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:40,345 No carny who's been in business more than an hour would ever dream of giving it away. 274 00:20:40,455 --> 00:20:43,652 I'm just not at my sharpest in a beard. [ Chuckles ] 275 00:20:43,759 --> 00:20:47,286 - Miss Woolsey? - Herself. 276 00:20:47,396 --> 00:20:50,058 Fresco Zapata. 277 00:20:50,165 --> 00:20:54,033 Clairvoyant extraordinaire, at your service. 278 00:20:54,136 --> 00:20:57,162 Perhaps you've heard of me. Tarot, s�ances. 279 00:20:57,272 --> 00:21:01,208 Believe me, Mr. Zapata, your reputation precedes you. 280 00:21:01,310 --> 00:21:03,278 [ Chuckles ] I'll say. 281 00:21:03,378 --> 00:21:05,403 Ah! My bearded beauty. 282 00:21:05,514 --> 00:21:09,109 I'm told you are the mother of this delicate petal. 283 00:21:09,218 --> 00:21:12,415 Mother. [ Chuckles ] 284 00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:15,354 But I'm still a girl at heart. 285 00:21:15,457 --> 00:21:20,292 When shall I have the pleasure of exploring your, um, future? 286 00:21:20,395 --> 00:21:22,556 Just as soon as I can get off the midway. 287 00:21:22,664 --> 00:21:26,498 - Really? - You know, your presence is overpowering. 288 00:21:26,602 --> 00:21:31,096 - Yes, yes. Well- [ Laughs ] - [ Both Laughing ] 289 00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:33,902 - I await you at my establishment. - Oh. 290 00:21:35,644 --> 00:21:37,544 Miss Holt, you're not serious? 291 00:21:37,646 --> 00:21:39,637 He just two-timed me with my own daughter. 292 00:21:39,748 --> 00:21:43,149 I'm serious, Matilda. It's one way to get into his parlor. 293 00:21:43,252 --> 00:21:46,380 - Somebody may have left a clue at that s�ance. - Oh, boy. 294 00:21:46,488 --> 00:21:50,549 - When duty calls. - Sometimes I wish it would hit a wrong number. 295 00:21:55,898 --> 00:21:57,832 - Love your flame, wonder buns. - Thank you. 296 00:21:57,933 --> 00:22:01,528 - How did we get so lucky? - Uh, didn't we work the circuit somewhere before? 297 00:22:01,637 --> 00:22:04,731 Oh, no. I'd never forget that face. 298 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,774 Delilah's the name. 299 00:22:06,875 --> 00:22:08,866 Excitement... 300 00:22:08,977 --> 00:22:10,945 is the game. 301 00:22:11,046 --> 00:22:13,344 I can believe it. 302 00:22:13,448 --> 00:22:17,908 I've worked s�ances before. Show me your layout. Maybe I can work with you sometime. 303 00:22:18,020 --> 00:22:20,545 - I shall bare my most treasured secrets. - Oh. 304 00:22:20,656 --> 00:22:22,556 [ Screams ] 305 00:22:22,658 --> 00:22:24,558 I got news for you, Miss Woolsey. 306 00:22:24,660 --> 00:22:27,686 I don't cotton to home wreckers. And neither does Boris. 307 00:22:27,796 --> 00:22:31,095 It was only a professional conference, Blossom Girl. 308 00:22:31,199 --> 00:22:33,133 You and your bimbos. 309 00:22:33,235 --> 00:22:35,294 Doesn't fidelity mean anything to you? 310 00:22:35,404 --> 00:22:38,532 - You come near my husband again... - [ Breathing Erratically ] 311 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:43,043 and Boris will reduce you to a size one. 312 00:22:45,547 --> 00:22:48,414 Excuse me, but I do believe- 313 00:22:49,718 --> 00:22:52,516 [ Grunts ] 314 00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:55,021 the show must go on. [ Chuckles ] 315 00:22:56,325 --> 00:22:59,260 What are you trying to do? Pay me back for Turk? 316 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,893 [ Guy ] Woolsey. 317 00:23:07,002 --> 00:23:08,902 Yes? 318 00:23:09,004 --> 00:23:11,529 Ah. Nigel Woolsey. 319 00:23:13,075 --> 00:23:16,135 - Yeah. I just wanted to say thanks again for the rescue. - Oh. 320 00:23:16,244 --> 00:23:18,144 - Feeling all right? - I'm fine. 321 00:23:18,246 --> 00:23:21,443 - Good. - So, Nigel. 322 00:23:21,550 --> 00:23:24,383 - [ Chuckles ] - Christy tells me you and your sister... 323 00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:26,681 are gonna be working the wire with me. 324 00:23:26,788 --> 00:23:29,086 - Mm-hmm. Looks that way. - How'd you hear about the job? 325 00:23:29,191 --> 00:23:32,524 Well, we've been out of work for a while. You know, you hear about these things. 326 00:23:32,627 --> 00:23:36,358 Yeah, it's funny though. Christy didn't exactly put it in the want ads. 327 00:23:36,465 --> 00:23:38,763 Well, we've got a lot of friends. 328 00:23:38,867 --> 00:23:41,700 You've got an accent. Your sister doesn't. 329 00:23:41,803 --> 00:23:43,703 I'm adopted. 330 00:23:43,805 --> 00:23:47,366 Tell me something. Is the job safe? 331 00:23:47,476 --> 00:23:50,934 I mean, after what happened to you this morning, we're, uh, a little nervous. 332 00:23:51,046 --> 00:23:53,378 Well, accidents happen. 333 00:23:53,482 --> 00:23:55,950 An accident? A cut pin? 334 00:23:56,051 --> 00:24:01,455 I understand, uh, my predecessor, someone named Turk- Is that right? 335 00:24:01,556 --> 00:24:03,456 He had an accident a few weeks back. 336 00:24:03,558 --> 00:24:07,016 Look, if you're nervous, don't go up. 337 00:24:20,509 --> 00:24:22,807 So, this guy Woolsey... 338 00:24:22,911 --> 00:24:25,277 is he here because of what happened to Turk? 339 00:24:27,916 --> 00:24:30,885 Not as far as I know. 340 00:24:30,986 --> 00:24:33,853 If you did know, would you tell me? 341 00:24:59,214 --> 00:25:01,114 - [ Door Slams ] - [ Both ] Shh. 342 00:25:03,351 --> 00:25:05,285 Where was Fresco during the s�ance? 343 00:25:05,387 --> 00:25:07,787 Standing right where Mr. Steele is standing. 344 00:25:07,889 --> 00:25:10,722 - Where was Guy? - Guy wasn't at the s�ance. 345 00:25:15,530 --> 00:25:17,464 - What have you got? - Magnets. 346 00:25:23,972 --> 00:25:25,530 Oh.! 347 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,232 That's how Fresco does it. 348 00:25:27,342 --> 00:25:28,809 My guess is... 349 00:25:28,910 --> 00:25:31,208 an electromagnetic relay... 350 00:25:31,313 --> 00:25:33,747 connected to the crystal ball... 351 00:25:33,849 --> 00:25:35,783 through a magnet. 352 00:25:35,884 --> 00:25:37,852 [ Mutters ] 353 00:25:46,661 --> 00:25:48,094 Ah. 354 00:25:50,198 --> 00:25:54,726 Well, Turk's name isn't even programmed on the dial. 355 00:25:54,836 --> 00:25:58,636 Laura, when does a magnet lose its draw? 356 00:25:59,875 --> 00:26:03,641 - When there's a stronger magnet. - The basement. 357 00:26:03,745 --> 00:26:05,269 - Mildred? - Yes. 358 00:26:05,380 --> 00:26:07,746 - Watch the board. - Watch the board. 359 00:26:07,849 --> 00:26:09,908 Watch the board. Watch the board. 360 00:26:20,762 --> 00:26:22,730 Okay. 361 00:26:25,267 --> 00:26:28,168 [ Water Dripping ] 362 00:26:28,270 --> 00:26:30,568 - You see a light anywhere? - Hmm? 363 00:26:35,577 --> 00:26:38,011 [ Steele ] Aha. The better mousetrap. 364 00:26:38,113 --> 00:26:41,947 [ Laura ] If Guy wasn't at the s�ance, he could have been the one down here rigging this. 365 00:26:42,050 --> 00:26:44,041 Mmm. Guy's an odd one. 366 00:26:44,152 --> 00:26:47,519 I had a strange round of cat and mouse with him this evening. 367 00:26:47,622 --> 00:26:49,556 But if he's the murderer... 368 00:26:49,658 --> 00:26:53,754 what did he hope to gain by conjuring up Turk's name, eh? 369 00:26:53,862 --> 00:26:55,830 I- 370 00:26:59,801 --> 00:27:01,701 [ Sighs ] 371 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:09,541 - Oh, my God! Oh! - [ Yells ] 372 00:27:11,513 --> 00:27:14,311 - I can't hold it! - [ Screams ] 373 00:27:14,416 --> 00:27:16,441 Laura! 374 00:27:16,551 --> 00:27:18,519 Mildred! 375 00:27:18,620 --> 00:27:19,848 [ Both ] Mildred.! 376 00:27:19,955 --> 00:27:22,515 We're in trouble! Mildred! 377 00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:26,827 - [ Banging ] - [ Faint Yelling ] 378 00:27:26,928 --> 00:27:29,192 - I can't hear you, Miss Holt. - [ Faint Yelling ] 379 00:27:29,297 --> 00:27:31,458 But nothing's happened yet. 380 00:27:34,436 --> 00:27:38,634 - Mildred! - Mildred! 381 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:41,004 Mildred! 382 00:27:46,514 --> 00:27:48,778 - Mildred! - Mildred! 383 00:27:48,883 --> 00:27:52,148 I still can't hear you. 384 00:27:52,254 --> 00:27:54,154 [ Faint Yelling ] 385 00:27:54,256 --> 00:27:57,714 What are you doing down there? What? 386 00:27:57,826 --> 00:28:00,294 - Mildred! - Mildred! 387 00:28:00,395 --> 00:28:03,125 Mildred! 388 00:28:03,231 --> 00:28:05,893 - [ Screams ] - Oh, Mildred! 389 00:28:06,001 --> 00:28:08,196 - Oh. - [ Faint Yelling ] 390 00:28:09,971 --> 00:28:12,701 The better mousetrap! 391 00:28:12,807 --> 00:28:16,641 - Ah. Good thinking, Miss Holt. Good thinking. - Drowning always inspires me! 392 00:28:16,745 --> 00:28:19,270 - Help me. - Oh, likewise, I hope. Likewise. 393 00:28:19,381 --> 00:28:21,349 Okay. 394 00:28:37,365 --> 00:28:39,265 "Sos. '' 395 00:28:39,367 --> 00:28:41,528 " S.O.S.'' 396 00:28:41,636 --> 00:28:43,604 " S.O.S.''? Oh! 397 00:28:43,705 --> 00:28:47,766 Electromagnets! They're electric! 398 00:28:49,077 --> 00:28:52,171 We'll be fried! Parboiled! 399 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,807 - Basted! - Laura! Oh, Laura! 400 00:28:55,917 --> 00:28:58,249 Oh. Spare me the recipe. 401 00:28:58,353 --> 00:29:01,811 Oh, my- Oh! Oh! Oh! 402 00:29:07,095 --> 00:29:09,689 If they tried to drown us, we must be onto something. 403 00:29:09,798 --> 00:29:11,698 Onto what? 404 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,564 Well, at the very least, we've asked someone too many questions. 405 00:29:14,669 --> 00:29:18,127 Yeah, I wish they'd just answered " No comment.'' What have you got, Mildred? 406 00:29:18,239 --> 00:29:21,902 The word on Guy Nickerson. He just finished four years in prison. 407 00:29:22,010 --> 00:29:24,205 [ Sighs ] 408 00:29:24,312 --> 00:29:26,303 " Guy Nickerson, the High-wire Bandit. 409 00:29:26,414 --> 00:29:28,644 " Apprehended while hanging by his feet... 410 00:29:28,750 --> 00:29:33,050 from the prestigious Conover Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.'' 411 00:29:33,154 --> 00:29:36,885 - A Gutenberg Bible was missing. - Fancy stealing. 412 00:29:36,991 --> 00:29:39,221 Guy didn't have the Bible, and the police never found it. 413 00:29:39,327 --> 00:29:42,319 You don't end up hanging by your feet from a museum ceiling without someone's help. 414 00:29:42,430 --> 00:29:45,695 - An accomplice. - A trapeze man. 415 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,201 A good bet. Good bet he also got away with the Bible, leaving his partner- hanging. 416 00:29:49,304 --> 00:29:51,465 What was the date of that robbery? 417 00:29:53,341 --> 00:29:57,675 - Christmas Eve, 1 97 9. - Does that ring sleigh bells? 418 00:29:57,779 --> 00:30:00,976 It happened the same night in the same town as Christy's accident. 419 00:30:01,082 --> 00:30:03,073 - Circus freak. - Mr. Steele... 420 00:30:03,184 --> 00:30:05,152 as a man of experience, what would you say... 421 00:30:05,253 --> 00:30:07,153 a Gutenberg Bible might go for? 422 00:30:07,255 --> 00:30:10,349 One sold recently for around two million dollars. That was a legitimate sale. 423 00:30:10,458 --> 00:30:12,358 In this case, the vanishing accomplice... 424 00:30:12,460 --> 00:30:15,327 would have to vanish for quite a while before he could turn the Bible over. 425 00:30:15,430 --> 00:30:17,796 Meanwhile, Guy was an exemplary prisoner. 426 00:30:17,899 --> 00:30:19,833 Four years in a maximum security prison... 427 00:30:19,934 --> 00:30:21,834 without one infraction of the rules. 428 00:30:21,936 --> 00:30:24,336 Mm-hmm. And also without revealing his accomplice. 429 00:30:24,439 --> 00:30:26,566 Would you say he was racing with the clock? 430 00:30:26,674 --> 00:30:29,336 But probably to Turk's surprise, he beat it. 431 00:30:29,444 --> 00:30:31,878 [ Clears Throat ] Four years of extraordinary patience. 432 00:30:31,980 --> 00:30:35,416 Figuring ifhe got out fast enough, he could find said accomplice. 433 00:30:35,517 --> 00:30:38,111 And get his hands on his share of the booty. 434 00:30:38,219 --> 00:30:41,017 Guy Nickerson is a very determined man. 435 00:30:41,122 --> 00:30:44,148 [ Sighs ] Possibly a lethal one. 436 00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:47,126 - And we fly with him on the high trapeze. - Mm-hmm. 437 00:30:47,228 --> 00:30:49,196 Show business. 438 00:31:09,250 --> 00:31:12,378 [ No Audible Dialogue ] 439 00:31:52,293 --> 00:31:54,853 [ Laura ] Who here was with the circus in Fort Worth? 440 00:31:55,964 --> 00:32:00,458 Max. Fresco and Delilah. Turk. 441 00:32:00,568 --> 00:32:02,729 Was Turk a catcher in the act? 442 00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:06,364 In those days, that was the big time. 443 00:32:06,474 --> 00:32:10,376 No. Turk was a rigger. He was just learning to catch. 444 00:32:10,478 --> 00:32:13,208 He may have learned more than he let on. 445 00:32:13,314 --> 00:32:15,714 Oh, this is beautiful. 446 00:32:15,817 --> 00:32:18,479 It's the one I wore that night. 447 00:32:18,586 --> 00:32:21,111 I'm not superstitious. 448 00:32:22,323 --> 00:32:24,348 May I? 449 00:32:37,138 --> 00:32:39,163 Did you know Guy Nickerson in those days? 450 00:32:39,274 --> 00:32:42,038 Only by reputation. 451 00:32:42,143 --> 00:32:44,111 He was a comer. 452 00:32:45,780 --> 00:32:48,408 But I only met him a few weeks ago. 453 00:32:48,516 --> 00:32:51,178 Did you know he had a prison record when you hired him? 454 00:32:54,122 --> 00:32:56,886 Everyone's got a past on this circuit. 455 00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:00,919 I don't think there's any connection... 456 00:33:01,029 --> 00:33:04,795 between this theft you're talking about and my accident. 457 00:33:04,899 --> 00:33:07,026 Everyone was working their stations that night. 458 00:33:07,135 --> 00:33:11,265 How can you be so sure? The accident had to traumatize you. 459 00:33:11,372 --> 00:33:15,308 Can you even remember what you were doing the week before? 460 00:33:16,878 --> 00:33:18,846 No. 461 00:33:20,315 --> 00:33:22,909 I guess I'm just telling you what people told me. 462 00:33:23,017 --> 00:33:27,044 People who may have had a vested interest in lying to you. 463 00:33:29,057 --> 00:33:31,548 Whoever was at their stations that night... 464 00:33:31,659 --> 00:33:34,958 and whoever wasn't, is still a mystery to us, isn't it? 465 00:33:38,066 --> 00:33:41,160 Had I known you were gonna drop by... 466 00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:45,569 I would have slipped into something a little more... flattering. 467 00:33:45,673 --> 00:33:47,800 Actually, I came by for a chat. 468 00:33:47,909 --> 00:33:50,969 I like a man that has more than one dimension. 469 00:33:52,313 --> 00:33:55,771 Besides, my ball and chain might be back any minute. 470 00:33:55,883 --> 00:33:58,647 Oh. [ Clears Throat ] Tell me, Delilah. 471 00:33:58,753 --> 00:34:00,653 Have you known Christy a long time? 472 00:34:00,755 --> 00:34:02,916 - Sure. - Ah. 473 00:34:03,024 --> 00:34:05,584 Consider me Old Faithful, honey. 474 00:34:05,693 --> 00:34:09,220 Were you and Fresco there the night she took her fall? 475 00:34:09,330 --> 00:34:11,230 Yeah. Why? 476 00:34:11,332 --> 00:34:13,300 Just curious. 477 00:34:14,902 --> 00:34:18,167 Um, anything funny happen that night? 478 00:34:18,272 --> 00:34:20,832 Like what? 479 00:34:20,942 --> 00:34:22,842 Is this a game? 480 00:34:22,944 --> 00:34:26,744 No game. You just hear these things on the circuit. 481 00:34:28,216 --> 00:34:30,184 Forget it, wonder buns. 482 00:34:30,284 --> 00:34:34,618 You think 'cause you got a great profile and a flat stomach, I'm gonna spill my guts out to you? 483 00:34:34,722 --> 00:34:38,283 That wasn't quite what I had in mind. 484 00:34:38,393 --> 00:34:41,157 Consider the coffee takeout. 485 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:47,793 [ Fresco ] Don't fret, cupcake. 486 00:34:58,479 --> 00:35:01,448 I don't know what you heard on the circuit, Woolsey, but, uh... 487 00:35:01,549 --> 00:35:04,575 - Delilah's trying to protect me. - Oh. 488 00:35:04,686 --> 00:35:07,519 You see, we care about each other very much. 489 00:35:07,622 --> 00:35:11,114 I suppose that seems like a joke to someone as young and vital as yourself. 490 00:35:11,225 --> 00:35:14,160 Love is never a joke, Fresco. 491 00:35:16,264 --> 00:35:19,995 - Was I, uh-Was I prying about Christmas Eve? - Yeah. 492 00:35:20,101 --> 00:35:22,729 I flew with Christy. 493 00:35:22,837 --> 00:35:25,397 I was her catcher. 494 00:35:25,506 --> 00:35:27,474 And her teacher. 495 00:35:27,575 --> 00:35:31,841 When she fell, my nerve fell with her. 496 00:35:33,848 --> 00:35:36,408 Hadn't been for Delilah- 497 00:35:36,517 --> 00:35:39,816 her loyalty, her indulgence- 498 00:35:39,921 --> 00:35:41,889 I'd be on the bum somewhere. 499 00:35:43,524 --> 00:35:45,492 Live while you can, Woolsey. 500 00:35:45,593 --> 00:35:48,084 Luck runs out fast. 501 00:35:50,498 --> 00:35:52,466 [ Clears Throat ] 502 00:36:00,975 --> 00:36:03,307 This net post doesn't look too good. 503 00:36:03,411 --> 00:36:05,379 I'm gonna get another one. 504 00:36:07,648 --> 00:36:10,116 I'm beginning to be suspicious of everyone around here. 505 00:36:10,218 --> 00:36:12,584 Any one of them could have been Guy's accomplice. 506 00:36:12,687 --> 00:36:14,814 Fresco was a catcher. Turk was learning to catch. 507 00:36:14,922 --> 00:36:16,822 And who knows what Max was learning. 508 00:36:16,924 --> 00:36:19,586 Well, Christy fell because her rigging was faulty. 509 00:36:19,694 --> 00:36:22,060 Any one of them could have been responsible for that. 510 00:36:22,163 --> 00:36:26,463 Whoever the accomplice was, when he got back to the circus that night, he was way off his game... 511 00:36:26,567 --> 00:36:29,127 knowing that he'd left Guy hanging from that museum ceiling. 512 00:36:29,237 --> 00:36:32,263 So far off his game that he never checked the rigging, so Christy fell. 513 00:36:32,373 --> 00:36:36,400 - Uh-huh. - IfTurk was the accomplice, why is Guy still hanging around? 514 00:36:36,511 --> 00:36:40,504 - He must have the Bible. - Well, if he does, he's killed for it. 515 00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:42,776 He may be hanging around to avoid suspicion. 516 00:36:42,884 --> 00:36:45,284 By staging that business on the Ferris wheel? 517 00:36:45,386 --> 00:36:48,378 Ah, Nickerson. A true star. Late for rehearsal. 518 00:36:48,489 --> 00:36:51,686 You're good with the words, Woolsey. I hope you're as good up there. 519 00:37:05,406 --> 00:37:07,931 - Oh! - [ Guy ] Careful. 520 00:37:08,042 --> 00:37:12,502 - Nice. We'll do fine together. - Thanks. I hope. 521 00:37:30,464 --> 00:37:33,865 - Now just relax. - Okay? 522 00:37:33,968 --> 00:37:35,993 - Okay. - All right. 523 00:37:36,103 --> 00:37:37,934 Laura, look out! 524 00:37:42,810 --> 00:37:44,778 - [ Gasping ] - Laura. 525 00:37:44,879 --> 00:37:46,847 Laura, you all right? 526 00:37:46,948 --> 00:37:49,883 You okay? Breathe. How the devil did that happen? 527 00:37:49,984 --> 00:37:51,952 I don't know. 528 00:37:52,053 --> 00:37:54,487 I guess you had a good reason to be nervous. 529 00:38:01,329 --> 00:38:03,263 - You're okay. Breathe. - [ Exhales ] 530 00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:05,332 - That's it. - Yeah. 531 00:38:09,170 --> 00:38:11,297 - [ Laura Breathing Heavily ] - [ Steele ] You okay? 532 00:38:11,405 --> 00:38:13,305 - Yeah. - Okay. All right.Just relax. 533 00:38:13,407 --> 00:38:16,535 I'm fine. I'm fine. I just need some air. 534 00:38:16,644 --> 00:38:19,112 Well, nevertheless, before we go back in there... 535 00:38:19,213 --> 00:38:21,681 - I wish you'd rest those lovely bones of yours. - Oh. 536 00:38:21,782 --> 00:38:23,943 I have a showdown with our rigger. 537 00:38:25,686 --> 00:38:27,654 - Mr. Steele. - Mm-hmm? 538 00:38:27,755 --> 00:38:30,451 - We don't have the same murderer anymore. - Guy? 539 00:38:30,558 --> 00:38:32,526 - Yeah. - Because he was on the ladder with you? 540 00:38:32,627 --> 00:38:35,027 - Yeah. - Well, maybe. 541 00:38:35,129 --> 00:38:37,097 Or maybe he's just keeping us guessing. 542 00:38:37,198 --> 00:38:40,326 - Let me go find Max, okay? I'll be back. - All right. 543 00:38:46,707 --> 00:38:48,675 You okay? 544 00:38:48,776 --> 00:38:51,677 Yes. Max. 545 00:38:51,779 --> 00:38:53,747 You sure? 546 00:38:56,984 --> 00:38:59,214 I checked that equipment out this morning. 547 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,756 Everything was as it should be. Do you believe me? 548 00:39:02,857 --> 00:39:05,223 If that's what you're telling me. 549 00:39:05,326 --> 00:39:07,260 Why did you run away when it happened? 550 00:39:07,361 --> 00:39:11,593 With all the things that's been going on around here, I figured I'd get the blame. 551 00:39:11,699 --> 00:39:16,033 If that were your real reason, I think you'd stay to defend yourself. 552 00:39:16,137 --> 00:39:19,129 Does it bother you to see a woman take a fall? 553 00:39:21,509 --> 00:39:25,240 - Sure. - A lot, I think. 554 00:39:28,082 --> 00:39:30,482 Christmas Eve, Max. 555 00:39:30,584 --> 00:39:32,552 What happened? 556 00:39:34,255 --> 00:39:36,155 [ Grunts ] 557 00:39:42,463 --> 00:39:44,761 If I'd known what I was doing that night... 558 00:39:44,865 --> 00:39:46,765 Christy would still be flying. 559 00:39:48,369 --> 00:39:52,601 I was 1 9. Turk got me a job with the circus. 560 00:39:52,707 --> 00:39:55,801 Cleaning up, setting up tents. 561 00:39:55,910 --> 00:39:59,073 Every now and then, he'd- he'd let me help him rig the nets. 562 00:39:59,180 --> 00:40:01,705 And that night? Christmas Eve? 563 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:07,219 Turk was late. 564 00:40:07,321 --> 00:40:09,448 He called and told me to start setting up. 565 00:40:09,557 --> 00:40:12,993 You rigged the performance alone? 566 00:40:13,094 --> 00:40:16,427 Go on, Max. You're with friends. Easy, easy. It's okay. 567 00:40:16,530 --> 00:40:18,498 It's okay. You're with friends. 568 00:40:18,599 --> 00:40:20,260 Go on. 569 00:40:21,402 --> 00:40:24,064 By the time... 570 00:40:24,171 --> 00:40:26,696 Turk got there, the show had already started. 571 00:40:26,807 --> 00:40:30,675 I asked him to check things over. He said he would, but- 572 00:40:30,778 --> 00:40:32,678 He didn't. 573 00:40:32,780 --> 00:40:35,180 I don't know. His head was in someplace else that night. 574 00:40:35,282 --> 00:40:38,513 Afterwards, Turk said he'd cover for me. 575 00:40:38,619 --> 00:40:40,553 As long as I kept my mouth shut. 576 00:40:40,654 --> 00:40:43,817 - And you've obliged ever since. - What else could I do? 577 00:40:43,924 --> 00:40:47,826 Max, a few weeks ago, when Guy Nickerson joined up here... 578 00:40:47,928 --> 00:40:49,896 did he have much to do with Turk? 579 00:40:49,997 --> 00:40:53,524 Guy was only here one or two days before Turk's accident. 580 00:40:53,634 --> 00:40:55,898 I saw them together a couple of times. 581 00:40:56,003 --> 00:40:58,335 They weren't yelling or anything... 582 00:40:58,439 --> 00:41:02,068 but I could tell something was going down between 'em. 583 00:41:15,089 --> 00:41:17,057 Lovely fellow, Turk. 584 00:41:17,158 --> 00:41:20,252 Lets a 1 9-year-old kid take an extended guilt trip. 585 00:41:20,361 --> 00:41:24,695 Leaves his partner hanging like Peking duck for the police to devour. 586 00:41:24,799 --> 00:41:27,996 - Am I boring you? - This case that never made sense still doesn't. 587 00:41:28,102 --> 00:41:30,093 - Progress. - IfTurk was the accomplice... 588 00:41:30,204 --> 00:41:32,331 and he was trying to get away from Guy... 589 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,340 why did he go by water? 590 00:41:34,442 --> 00:41:37,377 What kind of market is there for wet Bibles? 591 00:41:37,478 --> 00:41:40,879 - Pious mermaids? - Why wasn't Turk's body washed ashore? 592 00:41:40,981 --> 00:41:42,881 The dinghy was. 593 00:41:42,983 --> 00:41:45,577 Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Miss Holt? 594 00:41:45,686 --> 00:41:49,019 - I think I am, Mr. Steele. - We have a brand-new suspect. 595 00:41:49,123 --> 00:41:52,092 - Indeed we do. - No matter what. Free-falling pulley blocks- 596 00:41:52,193 --> 00:41:55,526 - Ransacked offices. - Ouija boards with minds of their own. Tonight- 597 00:41:55,629 --> 00:41:58,097 - The show- - Must go on. [ Clicks Tongue ] 598 00:42:12,313 --> 00:42:16,875 Ladies and gentlemen... 599 00:42:16,984 --> 00:42:20,112 may I direct your attention... 600 00:42:20,221 --> 00:42:22,655 high above the center ring... 601 00:42:22,756 --> 00:42:27,921 to the aerialists of the flying trapeze.! 602 00:42:28,028 --> 00:42:33,591 Woolsey, Woolsey and Nickerson! 603 00:42:33,701 --> 00:42:36,226 [ Applause, Cheering ] 604 00:42:41,542 --> 00:42:43,510 Ready? 605 00:43:03,430 --> 00:43:05,728 [ Whistling ] 606 00:43:20,147 --> 00:43:24,049 Now watch our daring aerialists... 607 00:43:24,151 --> 00:43:28,520 as they attempt the over-and-under passing leap... 608 00:43:28,622 --> 00:43:32,683 whereby two fliers pass each other in midair. 609 00:43:32,793 --> 00:43:35,353 Watch them! 610 00:43:35,462 --> 00:43:37,430 It's our turn, Miss Woolsey. 611 00:43:42,303 --> 00:43:44,362 Hup. 612 00:43:45,673 --> 00:43:47,641 [ Applause ] 613 00:43:47,741 --> 00:43:50,471 - How do you feel? - I could get addicted. 614 00:43:52,246 --> 00:43:54,214 [ Applause ] 615 00:43:58,652 --> 00:44:01,143 [ Applause, Whistling ] 616 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,586 [ Fresco ] Ladies and gentlemen... 617 00:44:09,697 --> 00:44:13,428 now watch as Miss Woolsey will perform... 618 00:44:13,534 --> 00:44:15,365 a splits across... 619 00:44:15,469 --> 00:44:18,870 and half turn to the bar.! 620 00:44:18,973 --> 00:44:22,807 Silence, please. 621 00:44:23,844 --> 00:44:26,244 - Ready? - Yeah. 622 00:44:31,151 --> 00:44:33,119 Hup. 623 00:44:44,331 --> 00:44:46,026 [ Applause ] 624 00:44:50,037 --> 00:44:51,800 So far so good. 625 00:44:51,905 --> 00:44:54,430 I hope we're not going through all this for nothing. 626 00:44:54,541 --> 00:44:57,066 Patience. Our man's gotta be getting desperate. 627 00:45:08,656 --> 00:45:10,123 Matilda. 628 00:45:18,332 --> 00:45:20,323 [ Grunts ] 629 00:45:25,139 --> 00:45:27,972 [ Applause ] 630 00:45:31,879 --> 00:45:34,712 Ooh! [ Grunts ] 631 00:45:34,815 --> 00:45:36,750 [ Cheering, Applause ] 632 00:45:36,750 --> 00:45:37,648 [ Cheering, Applause ] 633 00:45:38,752 --> 00:45:40,515 [ Steele ] It's Turk. 634 00:45:40,621 --> 00:45:42,987 - He's alive. - Oh, my God. 635 00:45:47,528 --> 00:45:49,655 [ Applause ] 636 00:45:58,605 --> 00:46:00,573 [ Calliope ] 637 00:46:01,709 --> 00:46:04,143 There he goes. 638 00:46:16,123 --> 00:46:18,057 Ah. Ah? 639 00:46:18,158 --> 00:46:22,652 You staged your own death, but you were serious about ours. Am I right, Turk, old man? 640 00:46:22,763 --> 00:46:25,323 Come on. Speak to me. I can't hear you. Speak to me. 641 00:46:27,067 --> 00:46:29,900 I suspect I can also thank you for a crack on the skull. 642 00:46:30,003 --> 00:46:34,030 - Huh? - And an electric evening in Fresco's basement! 643 00:46:47,955 --> 00:46:49,889 [ Laura ] Don't be a fool, Guy. 644 00:46:49,990 --> 00:46:52,823 You'll never get off the midway. 645 00:46:52,926 --> 00:46:55,861 Why spend more time in maximum security? 646 00:46:57,698 --> 00:47:01,429 It's the lure you're after. You should know better than that. Come on, Guy. 647 00:47:01,535 --> 00:47:04,060 I do. 648 00:47:11,211 --> 00:47:13,179 Nobody wins the lure. 649 00:47:24,191 --> 00:47:27,183 Guy never believed Turk was dead. 650 00:47:27,294 --> 00:47:29,819 He believed somebody at the circus was working with Turk. 651 00:47:29,930 --> 00:47:31,989 He knew all the regulars worked as shills... 652 00:47:32,099 --> 00:47:34,363 so he rigged the s�ance to see how they'd react. 653 00:47:34,468 --> 00:47:37,403 I mean, any experienced carny knows how to rig a s�ance. Huh! 654 00:47:37,504 --> 00:47:40,667 Or an experienced con artist. 655 00:47:40,774 --> 00:47:44,574 [ Sighs ] I'll take that as a compliment. Up you get. Oh. 656 00:47:44,678 --> 00:47:46,976 - Enjoying Christy's gift? - [ Music Box ] 657 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,071 - Hmm? - You know me and circuses. 658 00:47:49,183 --> 00:47:52,243 I just want to remind you I'll be gone for a couple of hours, okay? 659 00:47:52,352 --> 00:47:54,752 - Oh. Have a nice lunch. - Lunch? No. [ Chuckles ] 660 00:47:54,855 --> 00:47:58,256 - Friend of mine's told me about this new palm reader. - Mildred! 661 00:47:58,358 --> 00:48:01,122 Well, you never can tell. There may be romance in my future yet. 662 00:48:01,228 --> 00:48:03,958 - She's right. Perhaps we should give it a try. Come on. - Come on. 663 00:48:04,064 --> 00:48:05,497 - Mr. Steele. - Yes? 664 00:48:05,599 --> 00:48:07,829 We'll settle that question between the two of us. 665 00:48:09,736 --> 00:48:11,636 Won't we? 666 00:48:46,340 --> 00:48:47,637 [ Mews ] 667 00:48:47,687 --> 00:48:52,237 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0