1 00:00:03,283 --> 00:00:06,275 (theme music playing) 2 00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:24,771 NARRATOR: Man lives in the sunlit world 3 00:00:24,771 --> 00:00:29,231 of what he believes to be reality. 4 00:00:30,744 --> 00:00:34,181 But... there is, 5 00:00:34,181 --> 00:00:38,719 unseen by most, an underworld. 6 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:42,389 A place that is just as real 7 00:00:42,389 --> 00:00:46,493 but not as brightly lit. 8 00:00:46,493 --> 00:00:49,257 A dark side. 9 00:01:20,527 --> 00:01:21,762 Hi, Mrs. Cooper. 10 00:01:21,762 --> 00:01:23,397 This is Jeanette at Sentinel. 11 00:01:23,397 --> 00:01:25,832 Well, it looks like you let another month slip by 12 00:01:25,832 --> 00:01:27,334 without sending in your payment. 13 00:01:27,334 --> 00:01:28,699 Shame, shame. 14 00:01:30,103 --> 00:01:33,340 Oh, of course l know you're home on disability. 15 00:01:33,340 --> 00:01:35,609 Of course l know you've got doctor bills, 16 00:01:35,609 --> 00:01:39,846 but you have also got very good medical insurance! 17 00:01:39,846 --> 00:01:40,847 Oh, come on, hon. 18 00:01:40,847 --> 00:01:42,849 Now, why don't you just do a little bit 19 00:01:42,849 --> 00:01:43,950 to carry your own weight? 20 00:01:43,950 --> 00:01:45,252 After all, this is America. 21 00:01:45,252 --> 00:01:47,254 We've got all these opportunities, all this freedom. 22 00:01:47,254 --> 00:01:48,989 We also have certain obligations, 23 00:01:48,989 --> 00:01:51,124 and this is one of your obligations 24 00:01:51,124 --> 00:01:52,392 as a good citizen. 25 00:01:52,392 --> 00:01:54,327 l'll call you back tomorrow at 4:00. 26 00:01:54,327 --> 00:01:55,862 l'll call at 5:00, 27 00:01:55,862 --> 00:01:58,626 and please don't let this go to litigation. 28 00:01:59,633 --> 00:02:01,701 Well, if you won't send in your payment, 29 00:02:01,701 --> 00:02:04,371 you'll be forcing me to get the courts involved. 30 00:02:04,371 --> 00:02:06,473 That could be very ugly. 31 00:02:06,473 --> 00:02:09,042 Fine. Have your money for me by tomorrow. 32 00:02:09,042 --> 00:02:11,272 Okay, bye-bye. 33 00:02:14,414 --> 00:02:17,617 Cooper case, telephone call number ten, 34 00:02:17,617 --> 00:02:20,609 4:32 p.m., August first. 35 00:02:22,622 --> 00:02:24,491 Oh, Mr. Clark, hello! 36 00:02:24,491 --> 00:02:26,893 This is Jeanette at Sentinel. 37 00:02:26,893 --> 00:02:29,596 l have got good news for you! 38 00:02:29,596 --> 00:02:31,264 Yes, at my urging... 39 00:02:31,264 --> 00:02:35,268 Good! And send those checks in today. 40 00:02:35,268 --> 00:02:37,971 You know how forgetful you can be! 41 00:02:37,971 --> 00:02:40,974 My pleasure! Bye-bye! 42 00:02:40,974 --> 00:02:43,408 (phone rings) 43 00:02:43,977 --> 00:02:44,811 Hello. 44 00:02:44,811 --> 00:02:46,112 Hi, Jeanette, it's Bill. 45 00:02:46,112 --> 00:02:47,948 Just checking in on my favorite new worker. 46 00:02:47,948 --> 00:02:49,779 How are things going? 47 00:02:51,218 --> 00:02:52,452 Just great. 48 00:02:52,452 --> 00:02:54,688 Oh, bottom line, New York is the place to be 49 00:02:54,688 --> 00:02:56,756 if you want to make a killing in today's market. 50 00:02:56,756 --> 00:02:59,493 lf l was good in Louisville, just watch my dust here! 51 00:02:59,493 --> 00:03:01,328 What? 52 00:03:01,328 --> 00:03:02,562 Friends? 53 00:03:02,562 --> 00:03:04,831 No, not just yet. 54 00:03:04,831 --> 00:03:07,100 l will get out and meet people. Stop fussing. 55 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:08,735 Listen, Bill, l need more 56 00:03:08,735 --> 00:03:10,670 of those litigation form letters. 57 00:03:10,670 --> 00:03:13,440 l know we never sue, but we can threaten. 58 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,842 Those letters work wonders on some of these clients. 59 00:03:15,842 --> 00:03:17,143 Guess what? 60 00:03:17,143 --> 00:03:19,713 l got that old hick Mr. Clark on postdated checks! 61 00:03:19,713 --> 00:03:21,214 Oh, l just know he's so forgetful. 62 00:03:21,214 --> 00:03:23,250 The first check of his l deposit is gonna bounce 63 00:03:23,250 --> 00:03:24,684 right to Canada. 64 00:03:24,684 --> 00:03:26,887 Then l'm gonna go after him for check fraud. 65 00:03:26,887 --> 00:03:28,421 Oh, it always works. 66 00:03:28,421 --> 00:03:31,157 Listen, Bill, can we talk commission? 67 00:03:31,157 --> 00:03:33,460 l really think that l'm... 68 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:36,396 What? Oh... sure. 69 00:03:36,396 --> 00:03:39,966 Uh, when you free up, can you call me back? 70 00:03:39,966 --> 00:03:42,302 Today? 71 00:03:42,302 --> 00:03:44,771 Even tonight's okay. 72 00:03:44,771 --> 00:03:48,308 Sure. Don't forget me. 73 00:03:48,308 --> 00:03:49,605 Bye. 74 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,775 Hello, Mary Jane. ls your mommy home? 75 00:03:57,484 --> 00:03:58,485 She's not? 76 00:03:58,485 --> 00:04:00,687 Oh, that's too bad. 77 00:04:00,687 --> 00:04:04,758 Well, you know, she's in trouble. 78 00:04:04,758 --> 00:04:07,027 No, don't cry, Mary Jane. 79 00:04:07,027 --> 00:04:10,797 No, l don't want your mommy to go to jail either. 80 00:04:10,797 --> 00:04:13,567 $51 is such a tiny amount. 81 00:04:13,567 --> 00:04:14,968 For grownups, l mean. 82 00:04:14,968 --> 00:04:16,670 How? You do? 83 00:04:16,670 --> 00:04:18,605 Oh, for college. 84 00:04:18,605 --> 00:04:20,373 (phone rings) 85 00:04:20,373 --> 00:04:24,177 Hmm. No, Mary Jane, you keep your money for school. 86 00:04:24,177 --> 00:04:28,248 But you tell your mommy to call me right away, okay? 87 00:04:28,248 --> 00:04:29,616 (ringing continues) 88 00:04:29,616 --> 00:04:30,640 Bye-bye. 89 00:04:32,786 --> 00:04:33,820 Yes, hello. 90 00:04:33,820 --> 00:04:35,922 WOMAN: Hello? Hello? 91 00:04:35,922 --> 00:04:36,923 Who is this? 92 00:04:36,923 --> 00:04:38,858 WOMAN: My payment overdue... 93 00:04:38,858 --> 00:04:39,960 What payment? 94 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,096 WOMAN: lt's Rita Valdez, Miss Simpson. 95 00:04:43,096 --> 00:04:44,698 JEANETTE: This is a private line. 96 00:04:44,698 --> 00:04:46,099 This number is unlisted. 97 00:04:46,099 --> 00:04:49,034 Do not call me ever again, whoever you are. 98 00:04:51,738 --> 00:04:53,501 (tapping keys) 99 00:04:58,745 --> 00:05:00,679 (phone ringing) 100 00:05:03,650 --> 00:05:04,818 Yes? 101 00:05:04,818 --> 00:05:08,388 RlTA: lt's so lonely and cold here. 102 00:05:08,388 --> 00:05:11,191 So dark and alone. 103 00:05:11,191 --> 00:05:13,393 Payment overdue. 104 00:05:13,393 --> 00:05:15,623 l must make my payment. 105 00:05:19,466 --> 00:05:21,601 Yes, Bill-- deceased. As in dead. 106 00:05:21,601 --> 00:05:23,103 l don't like pranks, Bill. 107 00:05:23,103 --> 00:05:26,373 Some goon in your office has given out my private number. 108 00:05:26,373 --> 00:05:27,207 (intercom beeps) 109 00:05:27,207 --> 00:05:28,208 (stammers) 110 00:05:28,208 --> 00:05:30,677 Well, maybe this dead person knows somebody in your office 111 00:05:30,677 --> 00:05:32,812 who's a cleaning lady. l... 112 00:05:32,812 --> 00:05:34,280 Yes, Charles? 113 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:35,782 CHARLES: A Mr. Michael Nelson 114 00:05:35,782 --> 00:05:38,618 from City Welfare has something for you, Miss. 115 00:05:38,618 --> 00:05:39,786 Well, send him up. 116 00:05:39,786 --> 00:05:40,787 Yes, Miss. 117 00:05:40,787 --> 00:05:43,990 What if this prankster knows where l live? 118 00:05:43,990 --> 00:05:45,425 This is New York. 119 00:05:45,425 --> 00:05:49,095 People get killed for a subway token in this town. 120 00:05:49,095 --> 00:05:52,065 Well, could you check on it, please? 121 00:05:52,065 --> 00:05:55,402 Suddenly, l don't feel safe in my own apartment. 122 00:05:55,402 --> 00:05:57,237 And this place is like a fortress. 123 00:05:57,237 --> 00:05:58,872 (doorbell rings) 124 00:05:58,872 --> 00:06:00,863 Good-bye, Bill. 125 00:06:04,778 --> 00:06:07,580 Uh... Uh, Jeanette Simpson? 126 00:06:07,580 --> 00:06:11,151 Uh, l'm Michael Nelson from the city. 127 00:06:11,151 --> 00:06:12,719 Come in. 128 00:06:12,719 --> 00:06:14,949 Oh. Thank you. 129 00:06:16,189 --> 00:06:17,486 Oh, my. 130 00:06:18,825 --> 00:06:21,327 Oh, would you just feel that? 131 00:06:21,327 --> 00:06:23,063 Must be central air-conditioning. 132 00:06:23,063 --> 00:06:26,232 Ah, you don't get this kind of cooling from window units. 133 00:06:26,232 --> 00:06:28,368 lt's a studio, but it has the luxuries. 134 00:06:28,368 --> 00:06:29,569 Ooh, and a view. 135 00:06:29,569 --> 00:06:31,705 Every unit at the Suffolk has a view. 136 00:06:31,705 --> 00:06:32,939 ls that the park? 137 00:06:32,939 --> 00:06:34,741 And the museum. 138 00:06:34,741 --> 00:06:36,576 Yes. What is it you have for me? 139 00:06:36,576 --> 00:06:38,908 Um, a payment. 140 00:06:40,213 --> 00:06:42,582 To settle the account of Rita Valdez. 141 00:06:42,582 --> 00:06:43,883 Now, wait a minute. 142 00:06:43,883 --> 00:06:45,714 First a phone call, and now a check? 143 00:06:46,753 --> 00:06:47,754 Phone call? 144 00:06:47,754 --> 00:06:50,423 Did someone call from the city? 145 00:06:50,423 --> 00:06:53,256 No. Forget it. 146 00:06:55,495 --> 00:06:57,363 Shall we step into the living area? 147 00:06:57,363 --> 00:06:58,765 Oh. 148 00:06:58,765 --> 00:06:59,999 lt's lovely. 149 00:06:59,999 --> 00:07:01,830 Thank you. 150 00:07:05,238 --> 00:07:07,407 You see, Miss Valdez was one of my cases-- 151 00:07:07,407 --> 00:07:08,775 uh, welfare cases-- 152 00:07:08,775 --> 00:07:11,177 and it has fallen to me to settle her affairs. 153 00:07:11,177 --> 00:07:12,479 Oh, she died. You knew? 154 00:07:12,479 --> 00:07:13,813 -lt's in the computer. -Yeah. 155 00:07:13,813 --> 00:07:16,182 Fell or jumped, perhaps, from her sixth-floor apartment. 156 00:07:16,182 --> 00:07:17,350 lt was tragic. 157 00:07:17,350 --> 00:07:19,319 Made it all the way from El Salvador 158 00:07:19,319 --> 00:07:21,588 just to die on a sidewalk in the Bronx. 159 00:07:21,588 --> 00:07:23,156 lllegal alien? 160 00:07:23,156 --> 00:07:24,324 No, no. Political refugee. 161 00:07:24,324 --> 00:07:25,725 Her husband was sentenced to death 162 00:07:25,725 --> 00:07:27,127 down there by a high judge, 163 00:07:27,127 --> 00:07:29,696 and she remained terrified of judges or courts, 164 00:07:29,696 --> 00:07:31,798 or even the law, right up to the end. 165 00:07:31,798 --> 00:07:33,133 Fascinating, l'm sure. 166 00:07:33,133 --> 00:07:35,401 Has this got anything to do with me? 167 00:07:35,401 --> 00:07:37,070 Well, Rita made me promise to bring you this, 168 00:07:37,070 --> 00:07:39,231 from her insurance policy, to settle things. 169 00:07:40,507 --> 00:07:42,338 Why did she jump? 170 00:07:43,376 --> 00:07:44,844 Despair. 171 00:07:44,844 --> 00:07:46,312 Or pain. 172 00:07:46,312 --> 00:07:47,747 She had a brain tumor. 173 00:07:47,747 --> 00:07:49,649 Such hallucinations. 174 00:07:49,649 --> 00:07:51,451 All we found in her little tenement was, 175 00:07:51,451 --> 00:07:52,819 uh, that new washer and dryer 176 00:07:52,819 --> 00:07:54,254 she bought to take in laundry, 177 00:07:54,254 --> 00:07:57,423 a table, a chair and, uh... the phone... off the hook. 178 00:07:57,423 --> 00:07:58,583 Here. 179 00:08:05,932 --> 00:08:06,733 (laughs) 180 00:08:06,733 --> 00:08:09,402 Oh, she was very superstitious. 181 00:08:09,402 --> 00:08:12,105 That's, uh... That's supposed to be a guardian angel, someone 182 00:08:12,105 --> 00:08:13,573 to protect you when you're on earth 183 00:08:13,573 --> 00:08:15,909 and balance things out when you die. 184 00:08:15,909 --> 00:08:17,310 Balance what things? 185 00:08:17,310 --> 00:08:19,679 Well, the things between here and the next place. 186 00:08:19,679 --> 00:08:21,681 You know, if someone had harmed Rita terribly, 187 00:08:21,681 --> 00:08:24,284 this angel's supposed to come back and even the score. 188 00:08:24,284 --> 00:08:27,153 Oh, please-- l don't take things from dead people. 189 00:08:27,153 --> 00:08:28,454 But l promised. 190 00:08:28,454 --> 00:08:30,590 As she lay crumpled on the sidewalk, l promised. 191 00:08:30,590 --> 00:08:32,458 That's your problem, not mine. 192 00:08:32,458 --> 00:08:33,860 (sighs) These poor people. 193 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:35,528 lf you only knew. 194 00:08:35,528 --> 00:08:37,797 JEANETTE: Maybe l know better than you think. 195 00:08:37,797 --> 00:08:39,732 (rock music playing) 196 00:08:39,732 --> 00:08:41,097 Know what better? 197 00:08:42,635 --> 00:08:44,971 Well, l wasn't born with central air-conditioning 198 00:08:44,971 --> 00:08:46,840 and a view of the park, no. 199 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,309 l had to pull myself up on my own, 200 00:08:49,309 --> 00:08:51,778 climb up, brick by brick, and on my way, 201 00:08:51,778 --> 00:08:54,714 l learned there are no real sad stories-- 202 00:08:54,714 --> 00:08:56,883 only leeches, pretending. 203 00:08:56,883 --> 00:08:59,853 And l learned not to get involved with any of them. 204 00:08:59,853 --> 00:09:01,548 And how did you learn that? 205 00:09:02,589 --> 00:09:05,191 By marrying a real bum. 206 00:09:05,191 --> 00:09:06,860 Only for a year. 207 00:09:06,860 --> 00:09:09,162 Oh, he would have been thrilled to see you. 208 00:09:09,162 --> 00:09:12,165 There was nothing he loved more than his welfare check, 209 00:09:12,165 --> 00:09:15,768 a fifth of whiskey and me to kick around for the night. 210 00:09:15,768 --> 00:09:17,395 l'm so sorry. 211 00:09:18,671 --> 00:09:20,400 l had it coming. 212 00:09:22,408 --> 00:09:23,509 Daddy told me. 213 00:09:23,509 --> 00:09:25,879 There are two kinds of people in this world-- 214 00:09:25,879 --> 00:09:27,881 doers and takers. 215 00:09:27,881 --> 00:09:29,716 And it's the job of the doers 216 00:09:29,716 --> 00:09:31,818 not to get taken in by the takers. 217 00:09:31,818 --> 00:09:33,386 Not everyone is a taker. 218 00:09:33,386 --> 00:09:34,721 These people l work with-- 219 00:09:34,721 --> 00:09:36,256 they're in such pitiable conditions. 220 00:09:36,256 --> 00:09:38,458 A condition that you could get yourself out of 221 00:09:38,458 --> 00:09:41,761 if you were in it, because you are a doer. 222 00:09:41,761 --> 00:09:45,365 Don't be suckered in so easily. 223 00:09:45,365 --> 00:09:46,733 l know these types. 224 00:09:46,733 --> 00:09:48,301 l hear their tales of woe. 225 00:09:48,301 --> 00:09:50,870 (scoffs) l swear to God, 226 00:09:50,870 --> 00:09:53,072 you put me in any one of their places, 227 00:09:53,072 --> 00:09:55,475 and l could work my way out in no time. 228 00:09:55,475 --> 00:09:57,777 l would get help, and l would get out. 229 00:09:57,777 --> 00:09:59,112 You would? 230 00:09:59,112 --> 00:10:01,014 Yes. l would. 231 00:10:01,014 --> 00:10:03,005 (phone ringing) 232 00:10:07,787 --> 00:10:09,622 Hello? 233 00:10:09,622 --> 00:10:11,624 Now, you stop this. 234 00:10:11,624 --> 00:10:13,493 This is nuts. 235 00:10:13,493 --> 00:10:15,795 Don't you ever call this number again. 236 00:10:15,795 --> 00:10:19,132 l know the law, and l know how to get the police involved. 237 00:10:19,132 --> 00:10:21,464 (sighs) Goodness. 238 00:10:24,103 --> 00:10:25,371 Some crank. 239 00:10:25,371 --> 00:10:28,408 Some awful person is trying to scare me. 240 00:10:28,408 --> 00:10:30,808 But why? How? 241 00:10:34,814 --> 00:10:37,483 Out there in that jumble of buildings 242 00:10:37,483 --> 00:10:40,486 in some cement cubicle, 243 00:10:40,486 --> 00:10:42,221 someone is calling 244 00:10:42,221 --> 00:10:45,156 and pretending to be someone who's dead. 245 00:10:46,859 --> 00:10:48,952 Who wants to hurt me? 246 00:10:50,997 --> 00:10:53,227 l have no idea. 247 00:10:58,037 --> 00:11:00,073 Please... 248 00:11:00,073 --> 00:11:02,064 stay to dinner? 249 00:11:08,948 --> 00:11:10,950 MlCHAEL: Chocolate mousse. 250 00:11:10,950 --> 00:11:12,349 Goodness. 251 00:11:17,090 --> 00:11:18,421 Mmm. 252 00:11:20,093 --> 00:11:23,930 You have a very special quality. 253 00:11:23,930 --> 00:11:26,432 You make me feel... 254 00:11:26,432 --> 00:11:29,435 well... safe. 255 00:11:29,435 --> 00:11:31,266 From the phone caller? 256 00:11:35,308 --> 00:11:37,310 Not just that. 257 00:11:37,310 --> 00:11:39,301 Everything. 258 00:11:40,980 --> 00:11:42,815 There. 259 00:11:42,815 --> 00:11:43,850 There you are. 260 00:11:43,850 --> 00:11:45,685 Time for sleepy dreams. 261 00:11:45,685 --> 00:11:47,186 (phone rings) 262 00:11:47,186 --> 00:11:49,188 Oh, no. 263 00:11:49,188 --> 00:11:51,179 (ringing continues) 264 00:11:53,426 --> 00:11:55,428 Hello. 265 00:11:55,428 --> 00:11:56,929 Yes, now, listen here. 266 00:11:56,929 --> 00:11:58,598 Do not call this number again. 267 00:11:58,598 --> 00:12:00,933 You're causing great discomfort. 268 00:12:00,933 --> 00:12:02,602 No, l will not stand for it. 269 00:12:02,602 --> 00:12:04,593 No, that is all. 270 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:08,708 Did they say who it was? 271 00:12:08,708 --> 00:12:10,043 A man. ''Bill'' he said. 272 00:12:10,043 --> 00:12:11,544 ls that your crank caller? 273 00:12:11,544 --> 00:12:12,879 (laughing): No. 274 00:12:12,879 --> 00:12:14,547 -Bill is my boss. -Oh! 275 00:12:14,547 --> 00:12:15,748 Sorry. 276 00:12:15,748 --> 00:12:16,916 No, don't be. 277 00:12:16,916 --> 00:12:18,384 You were wonderful. 278 00:12:18,384 --> 00:12:19,585 Why don't you stay? 279 00:12:19,585 --> 00:12:20,953 Stay? 280 00:12:20,953 --> 00:12:23,523 W-Well, l-l'm not propositioning you or anything. 281 00:12:23,523 --> 00:12:25,925 lt's just-- if you could stay, even for a little, 282 00:12:25,925 --> 00:12:27,126 till-till l fall asleep. 283 00:12:27,126 --> 00:12:29,362 l'm just so jittery tonight. 284 00:12:29,362 --> 00:12:32,031 Well... maybe l'll, uh... 285 00:12:32,031 --> 00:12:35,034 l can relax on the covers here. 286 00:12:35,034 --> 00:12:36,102 (sighs) 287 00:12:36,102 --> 00:12:38,093 Just for a little while. 288 00:12:39,772 --> 00:12:41,763 (phone rings) 289 00:12:47,313 --> 00:12:48,314 Hello? 290 00:12:48,314 --> 00:12:50,149 RlTA: lt's so cold... 291 00:12:50,149 --> 00:12:53,175 and lonely here. 292 00:13:00,126 --> 00:13:03,062 So lonely here. 293 00:13:03,062 --> 00:13:05,198 Sola. 294 00:13:05,198 --> 00:13:07,533 Lonely here. 295 00:13:07,533 --> 00:13:09,569 Sola. 296 00:13:09,569 --> 00:13:11,571 So... 297 00:13:11,571 --> 00:13:14,874 The scores must be even. 298 00:13:14,874 --> 00:13:16,943 Must be even. 299 00:13:16,943 --> 00:13:19,946 The scores must be even. 300 00:13:19,946 --> 00:13:22,448 Must be even! 301 00:13:22,448 --> 00:13:25,718 Must be even...! 302 00:13:25,718 --> 00:13:27,709 Must be even! 303 00:13:30,289 --> 00:13:32,382 The score... 304 00:13:33,392 --> 00:13:36,295 My payment. 305 00:13:36,295 --> 00:13:38,965 lt's overdue. 306 00:13:38,965 --> 00:13:40,956 -(bashing) -lt's overdue. 307 00:13:42,034 --> 00:13:45,595 ...payment overdue. 308 00:13:46,606 --> 00:13:49,234 lt's overdue. 309 00:13:52,078 --> 00:13:56,115 Where is my ángel? 310 00:13:56,115 --> 00:13:57,850 Where is my angel? 311 00:13:57,850 --> 00:14:01,087 Where is Michael? 312 00:14:01,087 --> 00:14:03,656 Michael... 313 00:14:03,656 --> 00:14:05,291 Michael...! 314 00:14:05,291 --> 00:14:07,054 Michael! 315 00:14:15,701 --> 00:14:17,532 Michael! 316 00:14:19,572 --> 00:14:21,369 (groggily): Hmm? 317 00:14:31,784 --> 00:14:33,819 What's all the mess? 318 00:14:33,819 --> 00:14:37,657 Look, if you're in on it, just tell me what you want. 319 00:14:37,657 --> 00:14:38,958 ln on what? 320 00:14:38,958 --> 00:14:40,960 This Rita game. 321 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,563 The last call, the caller mentioned your name. 322 00:14:43,563 --> 00:14:46,098 Now, l don't believe that the dead can talk. 323 00:14:46,098 --> 00:14:48,568 But l do believe that there are some among the living 324 00:14:48,568 --> 00:14:50,269 who can be very cruel. 325 00:14:50,269 --> 00:14:53,206 But why would anyone want to be cruel to you? 326 00:14:53,206 --> 00:14:55,241 Well, if they thought that l had 327 00:14:55,241 --> 00:14:57,243 something to do with someone's bad luck-- 328 00:14:57,243 --> 00:15:00,246 like this Rita's dying or something-- l don't know. 329 00:15:00,246 --> 00:15:01,447 But you didn't. 330 00:15:01,447 --> 00:15:02,848 Right? 331 00:15:02,848 --> 00:15:05,985 l didn't bring that Rita any more problems 332 00:15:05,985 --> 00:15:08,020 than she had created on her own. 333 00:15:08,020 --> 00:15:10,011 Good. 334 00:15:12,158 --> 00:15:15,995 Then let's get this settled once and for all. 335 00:15:15,995 --> 00:15:18,164 Your last call to Rita, when was it? 336 00:15:18,164 --> 00:15:19,665 l don't know. 337 00:15:19,665 --> 00:15:21,400 -Won't your computer have it? -No. 338 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,096 Sure, it will. Come on. 339 00:15:25,404 --> 00:15:27,206 Let's get the information. 340 00:15:27,206 --> 00:15:28,774 Come on. 341 00:15:28,774 --> 00:15:31,766 You'll rest much easier when you see that you're not responsible. 342 00:15:43,256 --> 00:15:44,290 Ah. 343 00:15:44,290 --> 00:15:47,727 Rita Valdez, last call July 10. 344 00:15:47,727 --> 00:15:49,729 l sometimes record my calls. 345 00:15:49,729 --> 00:15:51,564 And you recorded your last call to Rita. 346 00:15:51,564 --> 00:15:52,898 Perfect. 347 00:15:52,898 --> 00:15:54,233 Now, where's the tape? 348 00:15:54,233 --> 00:15:56,224 l'm not sure. 349 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,099 ls this the one? 350 00:16:04,110 --> 00:16:06,305 l cut the wires. 351 00:16:09,348 --> 00:16:12,511 Well, l'm pretty handy with these things. 352 00:16:23,929 --> 00:16:24,797 RlTA: ¿Alo? 353 00:16:24,797 --> 00:16:26,499 lt's Jeanette at Sentinel. 354 00:16:26,499 --> 00:16:28,534 Do you have a payment for me yet? 355 00:16:28,534 --> 00:16:29,635 RlTA: No entiendo. 356 00:16:29,635 --> 00:16:31,871 Uh, sorry, my-my English. 357 00:16:31,871 --> 00:16:34,640 They sometimes say they don't speak English, but they all do. 358 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:35,975 -Really. -Really? 359 00:16:35,975 --> 00:16:38,277 Miss Valdez, it has been three months. 360 00:16:38,277 --> 00:16:41,013 RlTA: Please, l-l so sick. 361 00:16:41,013 --> 00:16:42,581 JEANETTE: Your payment is overdue. 362 00:16:42,581 --> 00:16:43,916 You must make your payment. 363 00:16:43,916 --> 00:16:46,786 RlTA: My head, it-it hurts so bad. 364 00:16:46,786 --> 00:16:49,455 JEANETTE: l'm afraid l have to put your case up for litigation. 365 00:16:49,455 --> 00:16:51,991 RlTA: Please, the words-- too big. 366 00:16:51,991 --> 00:16:54,026 We never really sue. 367 00:16:54,026 --> 00:16:56,028 lt means you have to go to court. 368 00:16:56,028 --> 00:16:57,229 See the judge. 369 00:16:57,229 --> 00:17:00,066 RlTA: No! No! No! Judge kills. 370 00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:02,368 JEANETTE: Someone from a court of law will call you soon. 371 00:17:02,368 --> 00:17:04,837 RlTA: The courts, they kill, and my head... 372 00:17:04,837 --> 00:17:05,838 (dial tone) 373 00:17:05,838 --> 00:17:09,365 JEANETTE: Call to Valdez, July 10, 4:15. 374 00:17:11,577 --> 00:17:15,081 Now, how was l supposed to know that she was really sick, 375 00:17:15,081 --> 00:17:17,083 or what a judge meant to her? 376 00:17:17,083 --> 00:17:18,284 How? 377 00:17:18,284 --> 00:17:20,286 You could've asked. 378 00:17:20,286 --> 00:17:22,550 At 4:15, she dropped the receiver and jumped. 379 00:17:24,590 --> 00:17:27,193 Are you saying... that l...? 380 00:17:27,193 --> 00:17:28,956 No. You just didn't listen. 381 00:17:30,062 --> 00:17:32,223 Not a grave sin. Not normally. 382 00:17:34,266 --> 00:17:35,468 Uh, now wait a minute. 383 00:17:35,468 --> 00:17:37,603 You are not my judge or jury. 384 00:17:37,603 --> 00:17:40,239 l'm sorry, but l am. 385 00:17:40,239 --> 00:17:44,477 Things must be balanced, so the dead can rest. 386 00:17:44,477 --> 00:17:46,979 Rita must rest. 387 00:17:46,979 --> 00:17:49,248 l am getting the doorman. 388 00:17:49,248 --> 00:17:51,478 Please don't fight. 389 00:17:52,518 --> 00:17:54,353 MlCHAEL: Don't fight. 390 00:17:54,353 --> 00:17:57,356 lt's gonna hurt enough without the fighting. 391 00:17:57,356 --> 00:17:59,358 Charles? 392 00:17:59,358 --> 00:18:01,360 -Charles! -RlTA: Did my payment arrive? 393 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:03,529 ls Michael there? 394 00:18:03,529 --> 00:18:05,531 -¿Alo? -What do you want, money? 395 00:18:05,531 --> 00:18:09,365 You know, Rita never had air-conditioning. 396 00:18:13,072 --> 00:18:15,574 And it got so hot in there. 397 00:18:15,574 --> 00:18:17,576 Especially in the daytime. 398 00:18:17,576 --> 00:18:20,579 (Jeanette gasps) 399 00:18:20,579 --> 00:18:21,814 Oh, and the lovely view. 400 00:18:21,814 --> 00:18:23,983 No... No, she had a sixth-floor view 401 00:18:23,983 --> 00:18:26,652 of the back of a sewage plant. 402 00:18:26,652 --> 00:18:28,487 (Jeanette gasping) 403 00:18:28,487 --> 00:18:31,524 All day, all night, such ugly street noises. 404 00:18:31,524 --> 00:18:34,660 (subway train passing) 405 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:36,529 Oh. 406 00:18:36,529 --> 00:18:38,554 No, no nice furniture. 407 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:43,068 No, nothing at all. 408 00:18:43,068 --> 00:18:44,763 (jackhammer pounding outside) 409 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,110 But she did have that. 410 00:18:51,110 --> 00:18:53,646 And she had that new washer-dryer. 411 00:18:53,646 --> 00:18:56,882 Took in neighbors' laundry for a living. 412 00:18:56,882 --> 00:18:58,884 You're behind in your payments. 413 00:18:58,884 --> 00:19:00,886 But you said you could catch up. 414 00:19:00,886 --> 00:19:02,888 No, this is a trick. 415 00:19:02,888 --> 00:19:05,057 Some kind of hallucination. 416 00:19:05,057 --> 00:19:06,892 You've hypnotized me, haven't you? 417 00:19:06,892 --> 00:19:09,395 No, wait-- l remember her hair. 418 00:19:09,395 --> 00:19:10,763 lt wasn't like that. 419 00:19:10,763 --> 00:19:12,431 And that nice robe. 420 00:19:12,431 --> 00:19:14,433 No, no, it was more like... 421 00:19:14,433 --> 00:19:16,424 that. 422 00:19:19,238 --> 00:19:21,240 No. 423 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,242 lt's impossible. 424 00:19:23,242 --> 00:19:24,743 You've drugged me. 425 00:19:24,743 --> 00:19:26,812 You've made me see things that aren't there-- stop it. 426 00:19:26,812 --> 00:19:30,783 No... no, Rita... Rita couldn't speak like that. 427 00:19:30,783 --> 00:19:32,785 Come here. 428 00:19:32,785 --> 00:19:34,218 Let me show you. 429 00:19:40,392 --> 00:19:43,395 What happen? 430 00:19:43,395 --> 00:19:44,930 l no understand. 431 00:19:44,930 --> 00:19:46,532 l... 432 00:19:46,532 --> 00:19:48,534 l Jeanette. 433 00:19:48,534 --> 00:19:49,702 l no talk like this. 434 00:19:49,702 --> 00:19:50,936 l'm not Spanish! 435 00:19:50,936 --> 00:19:52,905 Somebody help. 436 00:19:52,905 --> 00:19:53,939 Of course. 437 00:19:53,939 --> 00:19:55,702 l'll help you. 438 00:19:56,942 --> 00:19:59,912 l've been assigned to your case, after all. 439 00:19:59,912 --> 00:20:01,914 (gasping) 440 00:20:01,914 --> 00:20:03,916 You trick me. 441 00:20:03,916 --> 00:20:06,919 l no can be like this. 442 00:20:06,919 --> 00:20:08,120 This is trick. 443 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:10,122 You trick me! 444 00:20:10,122 --> 00:20:12,454 Oh, and this. 445 00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:16,451 (groans) 446 00:20:18,597 --> 00:20:20,588 Oh, it hurt. 447 00:20:23,936 --> 00:20:25,938 Oh, it... it beating... 448 00:20:25,938 --> 00:20:27,139 inside... 449 00:20:27,139 --> 00:20:30,442 l know... l'm so sorry. 450 00:20:30,442 --> 00:20:33,445 (phone rings) 451 00:20:33,445 --> 00:20:34,947 Must be for you. 452 00:20:34,947 --> 00:20:36,949 Go on, answer it-- l'm right here. 453 00:20:36,949 --> 00:20:38,940 (ringing continues) 454 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,155 ¿Alo? 455 00:20:43,155 --> 00:20:46,959 Miss Valdez, this is Jeanette at Sentinel Collection. 456 00:20:46,959 --> 00:20:49,295 Your payments on that washer and dryer are way overdue. 457 00:20:49,295 --> 00:20:52,865 And l need to know just what you intend to do about that. 458 00:20:52,865 --> 00:20:55,367 Miss Valdez? 459 00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:58,370 Answer me. 460 00:20:58,370 --> 00:21:01,607 Answer me right now, or l will have to take drastic measures. 461 00:21:01,607 --> 00:21:03,837 l will have to get the courts involved. 462 00:21:04,977 --> 00:21:07,980 Answer me... 463 00:21:07,980 --> 00:21:09,447 Answer me! 464 00:21:19,625 --> 00:21:23,429 NARRATOR: The dark side is always there. 465 00:21:23,429 --> 00:21:25,965 Waiting for us to enter. 466 00:21:25,965 --> 00:21:29,201 Waiting to enter us. 467 00:21:29,201 --> 00:21:35,436 Until next time, try to enjoy the daylight.