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Next on Vegas, terror strikes a private

eye convention as detectives are

murdered one by one.

>> What's bugging you?

>> Two dead detectives in one day. That's

what's bugging me.

>> I'm just a an ordinary run-of-the-mill

private investigator.

>> Could be in big trouble if you've ever

worked on this case.

>> [music]

>> Heat up here.

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>> [music]

>> Heat. [music] Heat.

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Heat

>> [music]

>> up [music]

here.

Heat.

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Heat.

Heat. Heat.

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>> [music]

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>> It's just beautiful. I love it.

>> Well, you chose it, Miss Silverton. So,

you're stuck with it for the rest of our

lives.

You know, I was beginning to wonder if

you were ever going to get around to

giving me one.

>> Oh, you were, were you? Well, I just

wanted to get you an engagement ring

with loads of diamonds.

>> Just cuz you're closing a big case and

you're going to have a lot of money

doesn't mean that you should

>> Uh-uh. We are going to have a lot of

money. The detective business is looking

up. I've been grinding away on this case

for almost 2 years now.

>> Oh, this case? When are you going to

tell me about this case?

>> I can't, honey. It's confidential.

Maybe someday.

or some night when Chicago was snowed in

and snuggled up next to a fireplace.

I'll tell you a real mystery story with

a twist ending.

You know,

I am going to love being Mrs. Bradshaw,

housewife.

>> You're not going to miss the Vegas

footlights, are you?

>> Maybe a little.

>> Hey,

>> well, not enough to keep me there past

the end of your detective convention.

>> Oh, I see. Well, then get moving so I

get my last bit of bachelor time in

before the wedding.

>> [screaming]

>> Elvis, somebody get an ambulance.

Oh, for God's sake. Somebody help us.

Will all detectives who have not yet

registered for the private eye

convention please report to the paradise

room?

I'm sorry, Mr. Prescott, but the desk

people tell me that the sweet area you

want has already been filled.

>> Well, that's okay. I'll just spend less

time in my room and more time out where

I should be. Getting a jump on my

competition. We'll start with dinner

tonight. Seven okay with you? Now, wait

a minute before you answer. I'm from Los

Angeles. I serve only the finest wine.

California, of course. And I do tell

fabulous stories about all my cases.

What do you say?

>> Well, we'll see.

>> Okay. Okay.

Thanks.

>> How's it going?

>> Uh, normal. I've had uh three

propositions, two proposals, and a

chance to get adopted. [laughter]

>> I'm still smiling, and the host is still

hosting.

>> Nice. Nice.

Uh, Eric, right?

>> Eric Marshall, Marshall Detective Agency

in Boston.

>> Yeah, I remember your uh demonstration

in Miami last year. Uh, computers

against crime, right?

>> I'm flattered you remembered. Oh,

>> sure. Dan 10 in Las Vegas. How?

>> Yeah, we've got your computer set up in

the Paradise room for the demonstration

tomorrow.

>> Well, I uh I hope I'll see you there

tomorrow.

>> Well, I'll be there. What you just said?

Good.

>> Okay.

>> You're the host.

>> Uh, excuse me. See you later.

>> All right. Uh, yeah. I'm the host. My

name's Dant.

>> Okay. Now, look, some fathead has lost

my electronic surveillance gear.

>> Well, no. Actually, we put it in the

crown room for you. Uh, Mr. uh, Regosce

from New York. Huh?

>> Tony. Hey, Tony. Hey, you just saved my

sanity. I thought this was another

difficult convention screw up.

>> Well, we just try to anticipate

everybody's needs, Tony. So, you're the

host. I guess that means you work and

you live in this hell hole, huh?

>> Well, as a matter of fact, I think it's

the best town, the best people in the

world. I love Las Vegas.

>> Come on. You just do a little

surveillance. You're going to burn those

pretty eyebrows off looking through the

keyhole. It's so damn hot.

>> See you, Tony.

>> How you doing? Hey, Bins. I'm here. I

want you to do something for me.

>> What?

>> Go to the crown.

>> Mr. Tana. Mr. Tana.

Charlotte Henderson.

>> All right. Uh, Miss Henderson, you're

the one who's going to conduct a

self-defense demonstration.

>> Well, I'm not sure. You should have

called me.

>> Well, I did try to call you several

times in Atlanta last week, and we kept

missing each other, so I just assigned

you an activity from your biography. It

said you were great at scuba, skydiving,

and hand to hand combat.

>> Well, I can't demonstrate self-defense

techniques without a partner.

>> I thought you'd never ask. Hand to hand,

cheek to cheek. See you at the pool at

three. [screaming]

What happened? What's the matter?

[laughter]

>> He's dead.

>> It's okay.

>> Okay, listen. Ben, did you take care of

things up here?

>> Fine, folks. Could we go back to

registering, please? Ben,

>> he was going to get the firearms

demonstration. I talked to him this

morning.

>> They were getting married.

>> Come on.

>> He was walking behind the back of the

car and

>> sit down.

>> I begged by it.

>> Okay. Okay. Shh. It's all right. It's

all right.

>> He looks so scared.

If you'd seen his face,

he just looked so scared when he saw

what was happening to him.

The police said it was an accident,

but I know it wasn't. Dan, please.

You've just got to help me. You've just

got to help me.

>> Okay, take it easy. Just listen to me.

How do you know it wasn't an accident?

>> I saw the car. It didn't have to hit

Tim. The guy went right for him.

>> Did you see who was driving the car?

>> No.

>> Could you tell if it was a man or a

woman?

Maryannne, what about the make, the

color, the license, anything?

Look, I know it's tough to be asking

questions like this at a time like this,

but you got to try.

Maybe it was a

a Buick. I don't know. [snorts]

Tim was a detective. He was he was

working on a very important case.

And somebody wanted to kill him. And I

want to know who. And I want to know

why.

Damn. Look.

I have a little bit of money that Tim

and I put away for our move to Chicago.

I can pay you.

>> Hey, don't worry about the money. Okay.

>> Oh, God.

>> Okay. It's all right.

>> Dan, can I help?

>> Maryanne,

why don't you go back to your place and

try to rest? All right.

>> Okay.

>> You drive her home. Sure.

>> Where are you going?

Going to go see Nelson.

>> Dave, I'm telling you, Maryanne said it

wasn't an accident.

>> Do you know how many conventions are in

town now?

>> What does that get?

>> Booze, parties, whoopy time. There are

over 5,000 reblers out there. Now, the

driver could have been drunk. It was a

typical hit and run.

>> Dave, I've known Maryanne for a long

time. If she thought it was an accident,

she wouldn't have asked for my help.

>> All right. I questioned five witnesses.

They all said the car was out of

control. Did

>> you get a description of the driver?

>> Probably a man, but all happened too

fast.

Miss Henderson, I told you at the front

desk. I have no further information on

the Bradshaw case.

>> I couldn't help but notice Mr. Tanner's

license on his T-Ird out front, and I

thought perhaps something might have

broken in the meantime.

>> Not yet.

>> Miss Anderson, if you don't mind my

asking, what's your interest in this

case?

>> Friendship.

Tim and I worked in a couple of

interstate cases together last year.

>> Do you have any idea why someone would

want to kill Tim Bradshaw?

Mr. Tanner, you and I make our living

prying into other people's lives. Who

would want to kill you or Tim Bradshaw?

Take your pick. Tim was in this business

long enough to run up quite a list.

>> I thought I'd tell you what you do, Miss

Henderson. You take that list apart if

you want to. Right now, I have a hit and

run.

>> No offense, Lieutenant, but um I've

heard that tune before. No real

evidence. And you're overworked and

you're understaffed.

>> And you've got it.

>> Lieutenant Anna,

>> might I make a suggestion, please?

>> Sure. As long as it isn't something like

teaming up. I prefer to work alone.

>> I just suggest that you tread softly.

The people in this town respond to a

light touch.

>> Like I said, uh, no offense.

That lady has more than a passing

interest in this case

>> and the determination of a pitbull. I'm

going to go see if I can locate some of

Tim Branchaw's [music] enemies.

>> If he actually had any.

>> Well, he had at least one. The one who

killed him.

>> How'd you get into it? I'm, you know,

detective work.

>> 20 years. I wore the blues and a badge

in the Big Apple.

>> You're a cop?

>> Yeah. And a good one, too. But, you

know, I got a little tired of hassling

the punks on the street. And my kids

grew up and my wife.

God bless that lady. She passed on.

>> I'm sorry.

>> Oh, no. We had a good life. But then my

ticker wasn't as good as it used to be.

And how to decide? I had to decide

either to retire

>> or hang up an investigator signal.

>> I got to get that

private investigators convention. Bener

speaking.

>> Benzer, can you get free from the

convention for a few minutes?

>> Yeah, I think so. Everybody's going to

demonstrations or lectures in a few

minutes.

>> Okay. I want you to call Chicago and

arrange for Tim Branchaw's case files to

be sent to Las Vegas on the next flight.

>> Dan, shame on you. Those are

confidential. No one's going to release

those to you.

>> Of course, they won't. That's why I want

you to contact Vincent Colby. You'll

find him in my telephone directory under

Vinnie the Fly.

>> Vinnie the Fly. Someone you met at Charm

School? Why's he got a name like that?

>> Never seen a fly walk up a wall.

>> Dan, is this guy a burglar?

>> Just tell him uh what I need and he'll

take care of the rest.

>> Okay. Where are you going to be if I

need you?

>> Well, I'll be at the pool picking up

some tips on self-defense. Bye-bye.

Okay, y'all. Your turn. Let's see how

well you listen to this Georgia girl.

>> Attack

circle defense.

Do I get a chance to uh try my hand at

something other than the fall?

>> Well, you volunteered to be my partner

for this demonstration.

>> He always takes the bombs.

>> I can see why he stayed home.

>> CPR. Yeah. Go.

2

3

4

It's not used. He's dead.

Follow me.

[music]

I did a little research once on job

hazards. You know what the worst one in

our profession is? There's not bullets

or car chases.

It's stress.

You show me a good working detective,

I'll show you a guy that's probably got

a bad stomach and a bad heart. A New

York detective.

>> Tony Regosi didn't seem to be the kind

of guy to buckle under tension.

>> Take a look at these.

>> Endron probably for his heart.

>> So when you get the autopsy report, I'd

like to see it.

>> Sure.

What's bugging you?

>> Two dead detectives in one day. That's

what's bugging me.

>> Say Tana,

you know, I did hear the New Yorker Tony

talking to your friend Benzer.

He was telling him about his heart. Oh,

>> I'm sorry. John Prescott, LA. John,

>> this is Lieutenant Dave Nelson, Metro

PD.

>> Mr. Prescott,

well, there's nothing in here but some

bar receipts, a wallet, and a room key.

>> Mind if I uh borrow that key for a few

minutes?

>> You want to check out the room?

>> Uh, Mr. Prescott, you were the closest

one to Mr. Rgoi when he collapsed. I'll

need a statement from you later. Where

can you be reached?

>> Uh in the bar.

I uh I think I'm going to indulge my

work hazard and have a stiff one. I also

think I'll have one for my New York

friend Tony. I'll see you. Yeah.

Hi.

>> Hey.

>> What are you doing back here?

>> Well, Maryanne wanted to work so she

could keep her mind off of Tim's death.

I thought maybe I could help you here.

>> You can be. There was a detective at the

convention. His name was Tony Regosce.

Find out if he made any calls from the

DI and where he ate, with whom, what

time.

>> I thought our case is with Tim Bradshaw.

What's with this Regosce?

>> He's dead.

>> Dead.

Dan, what's going on?

>> I don't know, B, but I'm going to find

out. I'm going to go talk to Marian at

the drop. Maybe she settled down enough

to uh tell me something.

5 minutes, huh?

She's been sitting like that for over an

hour, Dan. Ever since that detective

lady with a southern accent came and

talked to her.

>> Southern accent. A tall woman. Very

pretty.

>> Pretty insensitive if you want to know.

Asking Maryanne about Tim and he's not

even dead 24 hours.

>> Make her go home, Dan.

Okay, I'll take care.

Hi.

>> Hi.

Why don't you let me take you home?

>> I don't want to go home.

I was all packed to go to Chicago,

man. I can't just sit there and look at

the boxes.

Let me get you out of here. You can't

stay here.

>> No. Um,

I'll just take a room here. I

I need to be by myself.

Did Charlotte Henderson come to see you

tonight?

I think that was her name.

All she said was that she was

a friend of Tims and she wanted to help

find his killer.

you mind telling me uh what she wanted

to know?

>> Not very much.

I told her about how

Tim and I met two years ago when he came

to Vegas.

Well, then she wanted to know if he ever

mentioned any case he was working on.

>> What did you tell her?

Well,

Tim had mentioned

an open case he was working on. He

wouldn't tell me anything about it, but

he he was almost close to solving it.

>> Did she mention a man named Tony

Rigosce? No,

but Tim mentioned somebody who

who was going to be in big trouble or

something as soon as he told his client

what he'd learned. I don't know.

Something about

uh twist ending or or something. I don't

>> Did Tim ever talk about Charlotte

Henderson?

>> No.

He had a

a thing with a lady detective once. It

lasted quite a while, but it was over.

From the way Charlotte was acting, I my

female intuition tells me that she might

have been the one.

>> Yeah, well, you might be right.

She's certainly putting her all into

this case.

Tomorrow is the day.

We were supposed to get there.

Who killed him, man?

Tell me that. Who?

>> I don't know.

>> But I promise you this, I'll find out.

Oh,

>> please.

Hi. How's Maryanne?

>> Well, she's a very classy lady, hanging

in there all the way.

>> The autopsy report come in?

>> Yeah. Nelson called it in 15 minutes

after I talked to you. I figured it

could wait till you got home.

>> Then it was a heart attack.

>> Yeah. Helped along by a stomach full of

amphetamines. Listen, you tell me why a

smart ex- cop who who knows he has a

heart problem is taking speed.

>> Lindsay, you don't have to yell.

>> It's nothing. I

I talked to this guy at the convention.

He was a nice guy. I liked him. That's

all.

>> Well, maybe somebody helped him along.

Huh?

What did you find out about Regosce

activities?

>> Not a whole lot. I talked to the chief

operator at the Desert Inn. Regosi made

two phone calls to a Julian Dietrich in

Ann Arbor, Michigan.

>> Julian Dietrich of Dietrich

International Steel Corporation. He owns

half the blast furnaces in Michigan.

>> What's he need a detective for?

>> Well, I don't know why he needs one now,

but three years ago, his son was

kidnapped.

>> That's right. His 24year-old son. I

remember reading it in the paper. They

took him all over the country before the

father finally paid the ransom.

>> Yeah. The kidnappers had him in six or

seven different cities before he was

released unharmed.

>> How much did they get?

>> 5 million. Never recovered.

>> Wasn't there some sort of scandal where

people thought that the son rigged the

whole kidnapping?

>> Yeah, but nothing ever came of it.

>> Oh, by the way, somebody's been asking

about Rio's calls and uh they say

they're working for Dan Tana.

>> A man or a woman?

>> I don't know. The operator that took the

call went off duty for the night.

Okay, get back to her. Tell her I'd like

to talk to her. You get on this Dietrich

thing. Find out what was so important

that Regosce called him twice in

Michigan. All right.

>> Okay. Um, I'm sorry I yelled before.

>> Tanner.

>> Dad, I'd like for you to meet me at

Metro.

>> Sure. What's up?

>> Well, one of your conventioners, Eric

Marshall, was just brought in.

>> You mean the guy from Boston?

>> Yeah. is in some kind of trouble. He's

dead.

>> Source the story on Eric Marshall.

Another accident prone private

detective.

>> Thank you, Don. No, I'm not going to buy

it on this one, Dan.

Three dead private investigators is more

than a coincidence.

Eric Marshall, Boston bred lawyer who

turned investigator.

He worked for society, jet setters, and

even other lawyers. And he was also one

of the highest paid men in this country.

That is until last night when we took a

dip in the pool.

>> So, what did the coroner have to say

about the drowning?

>> Eric Marshall never knew what happened

to him. When he hit that water, he was

200 proof, smashed out of his gourd.

Well, I'm glad to see I'm not the only

one Lieutenant Nelson dragged out of

bed.

>> Sorry I had to do it, Mr. Prescott, but

recent events make whatever happened to

Mr. Reggoi about which you know doubly

important.

>> Oh, look, I'm kidding. I want to be uh

any help I can.

>> I want you to uh conduct your business.

Thanks for coming down, John.

>> Hey, we're all in this together, right?

Sorry to say, everybody does not believe

the way that you do.

>> Miss Henderson,

>> I'd like to talk to you

>> about what?

>> About Maryannne Silverton.

>> What about her?

>> Well, you paid her a little visit

tonight and after you finished, she was

a basket case.

>> I know. And I was sorry about it. I was

only trying to get some information on

Tim. I told her I'd take her home, but

she wouldn't go.

Now look, she doesn't need two private

investigators coming at her.

>> Are you telling me to stay out of it?

>> No, but I'm telling you that she hired

me because I'm her friend, and I don't

want her hassled.

>> Well, I was more than Tim Bradshaw's

friend for a long time. Only he can't

answer my questions, and he can't hire

me either. So, I'm just going to have to

muddle my way through. Hassles or no

hassles.

>> And for heaven's sake, let's stop

stepping on each other's toes and work

together.

I suppose that'll uh open your

lieutenant friend's files for me.

>> Dave Nelson helps when he can without

breaking the law.

>> Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Tanner, but I

believe in the burden the hand school of

detective work. I can't afford the

luxury of a police lieutenant who will

pull his cooperation whenever he feels

like it. So, I'll just continue on my

own.

Morning.

>> Hi.

>> Morning.

>> Hey, you got a

>> air mail from Vinnie the Fly.

>> Very good. Let's hope it tells us

something.

>> Is this guy really a burglar?

>> There's a lot of brain surgery.

Look at there. See that?

>> Tim Bradshaw was working on the Dietrich

case when the boy was being held in

Chicago.

So that's two dead detectives who are

working on the case. What about Eric

Marshall? The Dietrich people say

anything about him when you talk to him?

>> Dan, I tried really hard. I was on the

phone with 20 different people. I'm

telling you, all I could get was the

corporate shuffle. You just don't get

through to Julian Dietrich.

>> The Dietrich case. That was the case

that Tim Bradshaw was telling Maryanne

about. Had to be. B. What time does that

operator go on duty? The one who got the

call requesting information on Tony

Robosi? Uh about a half hour.

>> Okay. I want you to call Nelson. See if

he can exert some official pressure on

these Dietrich people. Maybe we can get

some information from them. All right.

Spender,

my friend. We've got an entire

convention full of private detectives

who need a host. Can you handle it?

>> As my mother is fond of saying, not to

worry.

>> Okay,

about that.

You got to understand, Danny. I thought

you were expanding your business and

took on a new partner.

>> I don't know, Jennifer. Uh, was it a man

or a woman?

>> It was a woman, near as I could tell.

>> You remember what she said?

>> Oh, boy. You sure do know how to tax a

girl, don't you? Y'all know how many

calls come through the switchboard a

day?

>> Thousands, right?

>> That's right.

Look, she was just another voice, Dan.

>> Was there anything different about her

voice? Was she nervous? Was it high or

low? A stutter? Did she have an accent?

>> Not that I recall.

She sure didn't have no accent. At least

not like you. Anyway,

>> Jennifer, I love you.

>> Wow.

I just came in from the pool and I'm

going to take a steam.

>> Your steam will wait.

>> I want to know why you told a hotel

operator you worked for Dantana.

>> I knew y'all could get whatever

information you wanted around Vegas and

I couldn't. So are even the odds.

>> Whatever happened to the little word

called ethics?

>> Mr. Tana, I don't have the connections

you have in this town. So I have to use

the tools I've got. Now if that's

unethical, I'm sorry.

>> What do you know about Julian Dietrich?

>> Not much. I remember his son's

kidnapping.

>> What did Tim say about that kidnapping

or ROSI or Marshall?

I had never met Regosce or Marshall

before I came to this Jinx convention.

I'm just a an ordinary run-of-the-mill

private investigator.

>> I could be in big trouble if you've ever

worked on this case because I sure don't

believe those three dead men went out in

accidents.

>> I appreciate your concern, but I can

take care of myself.

Well, for your sake, Miss Henderson, I

hope you're right because otherwise I

think you're really skating on thin ice.

Mr. Prescott, please.

Telephone.

Mr. Dan Tana.

>> This is Dan Tana. You have a call for

me?

>> Go ahead, please.

>> I just got off the phone with Julian

Dietrich.

>> It seems that after his son was returned

to him, he offered a million dollars

reward for information leading to the

capture of the kidnappers.

>> So, the detectives who were hired

originally just kept plugging along,

including Tony Rossi and Marshall.

That's right.

>> Uh Dave, how many cities was the

Dietrich boy kept in?

>> Seven.

>> Seven.

>> So, I guess we can assume that there

were four detectives working on the case

besides the three who were already

killed, right?

>> Dietrich has turned the case over to his

company security. That's where it stands

as of now. I thought she might be

interested in the seventh name on the

detective list.

>> Who is it?

>> Your little southern bell, Charlotte

Henderson.

I have a TX coming in with information

on the others. Okay, I'll talk to you

about that later. First, I want to talk

to Charlotte Henderson.

Help me.

Let me out. [music]

Help me.

Somebody help me.

Help me.

>> Help me.

>> Okay, get down on the floor.

Keep down.

Feeling

better?

>> Lucky to be alive.

>> You've been killed 5 minutes ago. And I

don't think it was an accident. Don't

you think it's about time you started

telling me the truth?

>> I haven't lied.

>> Holding back information is the same

thing.

>> Tim and I met on a case three years ago.

We had a beautiful affair for two years.

We parted friends. I want very much to

find out who killed him.

>> How do I know you're not just trying to

get more information so you can collect

your million-dollar reward for finding

Gary Dietrich's kidnappers?

>> I've earned that reward. I worked on the

case for 2 years and spent every nickel

I've got.

>> Did you ever think of uh pulling your

information with the other detectives

who worked on the case and splitting the

reward? We didn't even know who they

were. If there was a break in the case,

Dietri's man kept us all equally

informed.

>> Who is Dietri's man?

>> That I won't tell you.

>> Three detectives are dead and you don't

want to tell me.

>> Mr. Tanner, I don't want you anywhere

near my case or the reward.

Now, as my daddy used to say, don't let

the doornob hit you on your backside on

the way out.

>> You have got to be kidding. You're a

target.

>> No, I'm not kidding.

>> You know, Miss Henderson, it's pretty

tough to spend a million dollars in a

cemetery. Would daddy ever tell you

that?

>> Pinser.

>> Hi.

>> Listen, I got a little surveillance work

for you.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. I want you to keep an [music] eye

on Miss Henderson. If she goes out

anywhere, you call me, Lieutenant

Nelson's house. All right.

>> Yeah.

>> Okay.

>> I'll take good care of her.

>> All right. Good.

Mr. Prescott, please.

>> Prescott here.

>> Hello, this is Charlotte Henderson. I

think I'm on the verge of solving the

Dietrich [music] case.

>> Mr. Dietrich will be ecstatic.

>> Shall I call him? Uh,

>> no. Why? Why don't you come down here?

Bring your files. We'll go [music] over

them. Then we'll just call him together.

>> I'll be right there.

So, one keeps cropping up in all these

reports. Prescott.

But he wasn't one of the seven working

for the reward. No, but he was Dietri's

coordinator on the search for the

kidnapper from the very beginning.

>> So all the others had to report directly

to him.

>> Yeah. Charlotte said that none of the

detectives knew what the others were

doing. But the one person who knew what

everyone was doing close to solving the

case was our friend Prescott.

>> Wait a minute. Are you saying that

Prescott wanted a million for himself

and now he's killing off the competition

before they cash in?

>> I don't know, Dave. He hasn't tried to

cash in yet. But according to this, he

was going to get a big fee no matter who

solved the case.

>> Doesn't make sense, Dan. Hold this.

>> Well, the world's prettiest detective

looking as beautiful as usual.

Well, thank you, but I didn't come for

your usual flattery.

>> I think I see money signs in those eyes.

Must be the Vegas influence.

>> Well, come on. Sit down. Sit down. Let's

see what you got.

>> I can't sit down. I'm too excited. Do

you know that the answer's been staring

at us right in the face for over 2

years, and we were all too dumb to

accept it?

>> What's that?

>> The newspapers were right. It was an

inside job. Dietrich's son set the whole

thing up himself. We could never find

any kidnappers because there weren't

any.

>> That's a very clever theory, Charlotte.

>> Well, you bet it is. And when Tim and

Reggoi and the Bostononian got too

close,

>> he had to kill them.

>> You know, you may be right. Or at least

partially. Let me see the file.

>> Why are you packing? The convention

isn't over till tomorrow.

>> My reason for being here is over,

Charlotte.

>> Which was? to see all my people and to

eliminate the ones that got too close to

the truth.

>> I don't understand.

>> Charlotte, you were right about the

kidnapping being an inside job, but I'm

afraid you just picked the wrong man.

You see, young Dietrich didn't have it

in him to plan the perfect kidnapping.

But I did.

Okay, let's try this once more. Now, we

know this has got to be tied into the

Dietri case because all three detectives

who were killed were working on it.

Charlotte Henderson admitted she was

working on it. Now, we have information

that involves Prescott, too. Well, with

three out of five people dead, that

leaves two suspects. Charlotte or

Prescott. And

>> just one, Charlotte Henderson wouldn't

try to kill herself.

>> That leaves out Prescott, too. Because

regardless of who gets credit for

solving the case, he still gets his fee.

So, we're back to square one.

>> Unless in solving the case, he'd have

more to lose than gain. Like if someone

found out that he was involved in the

kidnapping.

Lieutenant Nelson.

>> Yeah, it's for you. I'm going to put a

special line in here for you and charge

you for it.

>> Lieutenant.

>> Hi, this is Binser. Listen, Charlotte

just left, but you don't have to worry

about her.

>> Why?

>> Well, she's in very good company. She

took off with uh one of the detectives,

Prescott.

>> Bins, did you see where they went?

>> Well, it went out to the parking lot. I

think they took his car.

>> What kind of car was that?

>> Well, it was a a black Trans Am. One of

those tea bar things. Hey, listen. You

did just say to call. I mean, you didn't

want me to stop or anything, did you?

>> Right. Thanks, Ben. You did good.

Charlotte just left the hotel with

Prescott.

>> All right, I'll put on an APB and we'll

take a squad car.

>> We can't just keep on killing people.

>> We'll see.

Heat.

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>> [screaming]

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>> Suspect is moving down Pal Street. Pick

him up on Charles A19 intercept

away. Not for long.

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Heat.

Heat.

What are you going to do? Just pull over

to his door and hold it steady. You

>> jump out of his car, you can kill

yourself. Just hold it steady.

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>> Heat.

Heat.

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>> Get out.

Came real close to that cemetery.

See you in Atlanta next year.

>> Computers. You can't program a good

detective, can you? No. No, you can't.

You can't. You can't.

Hi.

>> Hi.

>> I uh I wanted to drop by on my way to

rehearsal to thank you and to give you a

check.

>> Mary, as host of the convention, it was

my responsibility to find out what

happened to Tim. You don't owe me a

thing.

>> Oh, no. Dan, I insist. It's only fair.

Now, what's fair is uh you allowing me

to do this because we're friends.

>> He's right. You know,

>> thank you.

>> It's good to have a friend.

She's not the only lady that owes you

more than thanks.

You know, you're a pretty good private

eye, Mr. Tannon.

>> You saved my life.

And you helped solve the case. I'd like

to offer you 10% of the reward money.

Ah, that's very generous, Miss

Henderson, but I I can't accept that.

You're a good detective. You earned that

money.

>> You know, the convention's in Atlanta

next year.

>> Yeah, I know.

>> Maybe y'all could come down and we could

uh be partners again.

>> Uh but only if uh it doesn't involve me

falling down a lot.

Ah,

>> not on a bet.

You just gave up $100,000.

That would have paid so many bills.

>> Yeah, I know.

>> Let's go commiserate over a couple of

belts in the raffles bar.

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Heat.