Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: {3773}{3812}It's his uncompromising standard. {3844}{3880}He never meets his clients. {3897}{4003}He doesn't speak with them|or communicate directly. {4009}{4046}It's his policy. {4052}{4126}I'm his sole representative,|he's my only employer... {4132}{4265}...and I have full authorization to|speak on his behalf on all his business. {4271}{4354}I have with me|a signed letter to that effect. {4387}{4446}He doesn't negotiate his fee. {4453}{4506}He works at a flat rate. {4602}{4731}Under some unusual circumstances|he'll work pro bono. Never in between. {4737}{4824}I suppose I don't qualify|for the latter category. {4834}{4897}I haven't heard your proposal yet. {4904}{5006}I have a feeling that mine|is not a charity case. {5012}{5052}Most aren't. {5082}{5189}Mr. Arlo, you realize|this is all very strange. {5207}{5271}I mean, nobody in your field... {5281}{5385}...asks the kind of money|your employer does and nobody... {5392}{5451}...communicates via... {5483}{5566}...a messenger.|It's all very unusual. {5574}{5686}Let me tell you about the case of the|man with the mismatched shoelaces. {5694}{5772}Years ago, when I first|came into his employ... {5780}{5838}...he was contracted to find a man. {5844}{5905}I can't give much detail... {5911}{6007}...but believe me, if this man|had not been located... {6014}{6122}...our country's good diplomacy|with a certain economic superpower... {6130}{6206}...might have a different face today. {6213}{6285}Federal, state, local authorities|all over the world... {6291}{6405}...searched for a face whose|significance they couldn't fathom. {6412}{6468}He'd vanished without a trace. {6474}{6586}On the 8th morning, a non-political|third party contacted me... {6592}{6652}...with an unrelated private agenda. {6659}{6797}My employer had never heard of this|missing man, knew nothing about him. {6810}{6887}After just one hour of desk work... {6893}{6978}...just an hour after accepting|the case... {6989}{7073}...he picked up the telephone|and placed a call. {7086}{7141}Guess who answered the phone. {7188}{7232}The missing man. {7250}{7327}The man with the mismatched shoelaces. {7361}{7425}Without ever leaving the house. {7436}{7489}I'm telling you, he never even... {7495}{7545}...leaves the house, okay? {7551}{7629}I mean, he's like some kind of recluse. {7636}{7698}A complete freak. {7726}{7778}No social life. {7786}{7837}In fact, no social skills. {7843}{7910}Fucking strange. When he works... {7916}{7977}...the smoothest operator you've seen. {7983}{8032}Brave, slick... {8038}{8075}...cunning... {8081}{8125}...do anything. {8173}{8226}Soon as he gets off work... {8251}{8291}...it's all gone. {8300}{8368}Afraid to go to the dry cleaners. {8376}{8416}Literally. {8438}{8531}Too uncomfortable in his own skin|to go out and eat. {8595}{8641}Tactless... {8666}{8713}...and inept. {8782}{8869}Rude too.|Just an asshole. {8893}{9002}You could meet him 5 times|and not realize it's the same person. {9008}{9112}He can tell you where you were born,|how old your mother was at the time... {9118}{9225}...and what you had for breakfast,|all within 30 seconds of meeting you. {9231}{9361}He can get a criminal to confess without|his realizing he's being questioned. {9397}{9445}How does he do it? {9461}{9572}He has a deeply nuanced and functional|understanding of human behavior... {9578}{9680}...to rival the great psychoanalytical|minds of our time. {9686}{9777}He understands the criminal mind|as well as the innocent mind... {9783}{9897}...the stable mind as well as the|psychotic, sociopathic mind... {9903}{9983}...the male as well as the female. {9994}{10031}I don't think he's ever... {10037}{10073}...kissed a girl. {10089}{10156}He's thirty-something years old. {10170}{10245}What does he do when he's not working? {10253}{10325}Does he just sit around the house? {10350}{10434}When private investigation|won its most worthy champion... {10440}{10559}...academia and the arts|suffered a loss, a great loss. {10566}{10691}In addition to his many scholarly gifts,|he's a terrifically talented musician. {10726}{10781}He writes songs. {10796}{10843}He's terrible. {10861}{10959}His metaphors are thin,|his imagery is cliched... {10965}{11068}...and his thematic material is trite|and heavy-handed. {11091}{11140}Why do you do it? {11191}{11281}I left the firm, didn't know|what I was going to do... {11326}{11404}...and I get this message on my machine. {11434}{11511}He'd watched me argue a case in court... {11531}{11658}...said I was the only person for the job.|I don't know. The guy's nuts, okay? {11719}{11765}What's his name? {11785}{11830}The mysterious... {11836}{11904}...and brilliant Daryl Zero. {11929}{12019}Certainly does take himself|seriously, doesn't he? {12176}{12224}All right, Mr. Arlo. {12279}{12321}I'm sold. {12334}{12375}What happens now? {12421}{12491}You tell me how my employer|can be of service... {12497}{12557}...then I fly home and speak to him. {12609}{12648}Where is home? {12664}{12736}Not to be coy,|but I can't tell you that. {12742}{12786}Of course not. {12814}{12900}You know, I'm not used|to being in this position. {12913}{12950}Being needy. {12961}{13006}I understand. {13056}{13093}Yes. {13130}{13195}You know, it's of the|utmost importance... {13201}{13298}...what I'm about to tell you|not leave your confidence... {13304}{13353}...or that of your... {13386}{13435}...inaccessible employer. {13455}{13505}That I can guarantee. {13523}{13630}Mr. Arlo, I have lost my keys|and I need to find them. {13660}{13725}I'm being blackmailed, Mr. Arlo. {13740}{13843}It's cost me a good deal|of money and many nights' sleep. {13873}{13925}I need the matter resolved. {13931}{14045}I need questions answered|and I must know who stole the key... {14051}{14108}...to my safe deposit box. {14493}{14538}Mr. Arlo, good to see you. {14544}{14632}Thanks, Rahim. Keep it close.|I'll be 20 minutes. {14638}{14674}We'll keep it up top. {14680}{14731}Great. Thanks, Raoul. {15043}{15133}If I come a-knocking... {15170}{15245}... a-knocking at your door {16495}{16571}... on this October day {16596}{16674}Would you say, "It'd be a joy {16681}{16749}With you, my good boy" {16755}{16828}'Cause if you would... {16836}{16891}I'd say, {17001}{17039}"Let's run off... {17045}{17090}... and get married {17121}{17220}It's the only thing for us to do {17241}{17344}Let's run off and get married {17351}{17397}If you love me" {17404}{17464}... like I... {17471}{17509}... love you' {17515}{17593}If I come a-calling... {17618}{17658}... on a rainy afternoon {17664}{17737}Would you be glad if I called {17743}{17845}And whistle a merry tune {17851}{17930}And if I'd pop the question {17955}{18029}Straight from my heart {18035}{18087}Would you say... {18125}{18250}..."Let's run away|And be happy and gay?" {18258}{18378}'Cause if you would I'd say, {18438}{18489}"Let's run off and get married {18496}{18569}It's the only thing for us to do {18575}{18685}Let's run off and get married {18694}{18803}If you love me... {18810}{18899}... like I... {19124}{19203}... love... {19250}{19310}... you" {19715}{19756}That's good. {19769}{19804}It's really good. {19974}{20013}You like it. {20336}{20423}I had the first verse a while ago... {20488}{20553}...but I just got that second one... {20610}{20673}...just a couple hours ago. {20695}{20765}- You really like it?|- Yeah. {20908}{20990}Where the fuck have you been? {21030}{21068}What do you mean? {21075}{21168}Where the fuck have you been? {21183}{21230}I've been waiting for you. {21248}{21315}I came straight from the airport. {21358}{21445}I've been awake for three days. {21463}{21500}Three! {21605}{21671}Just love those amphetamines. {21759}{21803}Got to love them. {21828}{21853}Got to. {21879}{21921}Sounds healthy. {21935}{21994}It's good for my skin. {22055}{22141}If you do enough of that stuff|over a short period of time... {22147}{22235}...you get these canker|sores on your tongue. {22241}{22283}They bleed and... {22289}{22317}See? {22323}{22368}Disgusting. {22519}{22575}What'd the guy in Portland want? {22591}{22628}Blackmail. {22713}{22765}- Name?|- Stark. {22770}{22845}Gregory Stark, Oregon Timber. {22918}{22967}He's a very rich man. {22973}{23015}Old money. {23073}{23118}Blackmail, huh? {23195}{23254}Did he kill somebody|or fuck somebody? {23260}{23372}Fucked somebody over.|Sounds like embezzlement, maybe. {23378}{23459}Runs in the family, I guess.|His old man, Jordan... {23465}{23548}...had a big tax evasion suit|against him in '82. {23556}{23698}He was legally exonerated but karmically|convicted because he died right after. {23708}{23773}It was a massive coronary. {23795}{23897}He just didn't take care of himself.|He ate like a pig. {23903}{23951}He was just a fat man. {23958}{24068}Gregory Stark is the son of a fat man. {24100}{24189}You wouldn't be the first hound|down this trail. {24238}{24295}- Who?|- Clearburg. {24305}{24379}- Didn't turn a thing.|- Fucking hack! {24385}{24452}You know the trouble|with fucking Clearburg? {24458}{24539}He has absolutely no fucking tact. {24545}{24659}He stinks up the whole neighborhood.|And he's press hungry. {24665}{24729}He's just repulsive. {24754}{24853}Gregory Stark. How desperate?|Scale of 1 to 10. {24860}{24913}Bordering on manic. {24963}{25033}Do I need to go there? {25044}{25091}You'd want to check it out. {25098}{25152}There isn't too much to go on here. {25173}{25229}I'd have to go there? {25235}{25275}I don't like it. {25303}{25392}Fuck it! Sure. Yeah.|Tell him I'll do it. {25424}{25518}Wait. Don't you even want|to hear what it is? {25546}{25598}What is it today? {25647}{25689}What day is it? {25700}{25743}Sunday. {25763}{25842}I'll get on the plane to Portland... {25848}{25906}...at 11: 15 tonight... {25912}{26018}...arriving Portland at 1:32 am. {26024}{26127}You'll give me the details on the way|to the airport tonight. {26133}{26198}- Wait a minute. Tonight?|- Yeah. 10:00. {26204}{26304}Can't it wait till tomorrow?|I can have one night with Jess? {26325}{26382}No, you'll go tomorrow... {26388}{26461}...at 7:36 a. M... {26467}{26565}...because I need you to drive me|to the airport tonight... {26571}{26626}...at 10:00. {26640}{26725}Do you want that low-cal breakfast? {26825}{26904}My abilities are seriously impaired... {26910}{26972}...maybe even disabled... {26978}{27027}...right at the moment. {27070}{27112}Because I got to... {27118}{27188}...get to sleep right now. {27225}{27299}- Daryl.|- I'll see you at 10:00. {28095}{28130}Jess? {29645}{29681}You're all wet. {29687}{29728}I don't care. {29772}{29860}- Thank you for the flowers.|- You're welcome. {29908}{29947}You want to come in? {30160}{30210}I'm glad you're back. {30223}{30275}I'm glad to be back. {30323}{30397}Where are you taking me tonight? {30659}{30703}Jesus. {30953}{31003}He wouldn't say what's in the box. {31009}{31137}It sounds like some sort of financial|record, but he didn't want to tell me. {31142}{31238}So whatever he's hiding,|he keeps it in a safe deposit box. {31244}{31357}But then he keeps the key to the box|cleverly hidden on his key ring... {31363}{31441}...with his car keys and his house keys? {31448}{31513}I'm telling you what he said. {31530}{31622}So anyway, about a year ago...|It'll be a year on the 12th... {31645}{31724}...he loses his keys.|They had a gold-plated... {31730}{31807}... Swiss Army knife attached.|A couple days pass. {31813}{31909}- He gets a little panicky.|- Flight 2064 to Portland. {31915}{31990}Harold Burges. {32000}{32084}Then on June 23rd,|he gets a letter at the office. {32090}{32191}Comes FedEx.|Stamped "Personal and Confidential." {32197}{32286}Sender's name marked as|"Past Due Collections." {32292}{32327}That's nice. {32333}{32378}Laser-printed, not very long. {32384}{32484}Starts out: "Mr. Stark, I have evidence|linking you to your crime. {32490}{32613}You may entertain notions of impunity.|But in the end everyone is culpable." {32619}{32708}There's a succession of|$ 100,000 payments to be collected. {32714}{32767}He gets letters|which lay out a maze... {32773}{32901}... and at the end of the maze he makes|the drop. He's done it 7 times so far. {32907}{32981}He gave me copies of the letters|which are in a file... {32987}{33111}...that I'm putting in your briefcase|with the case file. {33128}{33216}There's a drop tomorrow.|I said he should plan... {33222}{33267}...to go through with it. {33273}{33304}Good. {33324}{33463}There's a lack-of-information|problem here, and he won't say much. {33469}{33546}- What's wrong with these people?|- I said not to lie. {33553}{33654}Eventually you always figure it out.|It just slows things down. {33660}{33738}You mention the case|of the guy who lied about his age? {33745}{33779}Of course. {33785}{33835}Was he impressed? {33907}{33950}Really impressed? {33980}{34039}Fucking flabbergasted. {34065}{34137}I think if you look truthfully|you'll see... {34143}{34214}...you maybe moved in|with her prematurely. {34228}{34259}What? {34280}{34359}You heard me.|Your problems with Jess... {34365}{34409}...aren't my fault. {34420}{34497}Could we please|not talk about this now? {34503}{34614}You're not ready to get married and|I think you should look at that and... {34620}{34655}Please? {34763}{34897}I'm thinking maybe I should get|in touch with Hodgemeyer for this case. {34938}{34986}Reservation for Hodgemeyer... {34994}{35029}...Mitchell... {35035}{35067}...Hodgemeyer. {35092}{35150}This guy will be a pain in the ass. {35157}{35237}- Try to figure out which bank it is.|- All right. {35284}{35397}We got one shot to break through this.|Tomorrow afternoon. {35403}{35464}That's about the size of it. {35535}{35584}Easy enough. {35675}{35765}It's not without serious|reservation that I begin... {35772}{35840}... the seemingly impossible task... {35846}{35929}... of documenting my own methods. {35949}{35990}It always seemed that... {35996}{36047}... someone else should do it. {36055}{36147}Unfortunately, my faithful|legal representative... {36153}{36242}... has shown no interest whatsoever. {36249}{36358}And so I am forced|to take on the task myself... {36364}{36409}... with no intention... {36415}{36555}... of glorifying or aggrandizing|or immortalizing my own memory... {36562}{36608}... but rather in the hope... {36615}{36675}... that such a memoir might someday... {36682}{36721}... be useful to others. {36735}{36791}I begin my examination... {36799}{36841}... of the method. {36870}{36946}I always say my work|relies fundamentally... {36952}{37013}... on two basic principles: {37037}{37125}Objectivity and observation. {37131}{37206}Or the 2 Obs, as I call them. {37297}{37393}My work relies on my ability|to remain absolutely... {37400}{37434}... purely... {37440}{37471}... objective. {37486}{37526}Detached. {37615}{37664}I have mastered... {37670}{37706}... the fine art... {37712}{37749}... of detachment. {37760}{37836}And while it comes at some cost... {37840}{37912}... this supreme objectivity is what|makes me... {37933}{38074}... I dare say, the greatest observer|the world has ever known. {38871}{38961}Observing a subject,|particularly a client... {38967}{39097}... in his or her own element|is usually very telling. {39103}{39232}Behavior is always more revealing|than language... {39236}{39296}... if you know what to look for. {39386}{39469}No rain. Would you believe it? {39486}{39541}What? You talking to me? {39552}{39679}I said, would you believe|it finally stopped raining? {39904}{40016}What are you doing over there,|if you don't mind my asking? Level 8? {40020}{40056}What? {40079}{40144}Are you doing about an 8? {40156}{40186}Seven. {40192}{40221}Seven. {40227}{40261}That's funny. {40270}{40314}That's what I'm doing. {40376}{40409}What? {40439}{40496}Nothing. I didn't say anything. {40565}{40609}Name's Carmine. {40641}{40719}- Nick Carmine.|- Greg Stark. {40749}{40826}Real pleasure to make|your acquaintance, Stark. {40834}{40866}Likewise. {41832}{41888}You're right, but remember... {41894}{41985}...since Maxwell's gone,|we don't have a fast break. {41991}{42086}No team's gotten to the finals|without a fast break. {42097}{42140}The Celtics... {42146}{42189}...of the mid-80's... {42201}{42254}...had no fast break. {42281}{42321}That's true. {42336}{42378}They were a slow team. {42384}{42503}One of the best shooting teams.|I know. I went to school in Cambridge. {42509}{42585}The Starks are a long dynasty|of Celtic fans. {42661}{42731}This is my good friend Gerald Auerbach. {42752}{42792}Nick Carmine. {42907}{42981}How was everything for you, Mr. Carmine? {42987}{43023}Terrific. {43029}{43136}Daisy, could I book|a massage for tomorrow morning? {43142}{43192}Sure, no problem. {43219}{43271}Betsy comes highly recommended. {43291}{43354}Betsy is excellent. {43402}{43452}How about 9:00? {43497}{43583}Betsy has an appointment|every morning at 9:00. {43589}{43627}How about 10:00? {43654}{43713}That's the time I wanted. {43727}{43801}- Sorry.|- It's all right. You beat me to it. {43918}{43969}Are you a paramedic? {43989}{44069}Yes. How did you know that? {44118}{44158}Just a hunch. {44169}{44262}What do you mean, just a hunch?|How did you know? {44413}{44458}I'm very intuitive. {44534}{44613}Give this lady the 10:00 massage. {44619}{44704}You take it.|You need it more than I do. {44712}{44757}What does that mean? {44839}{44888}What'd she mean? {44934}{44981}Who was that? {44987}{45058}Her name is Gloria Sullivan. {45076}{45103}She's not married. {45182}{45227}Fantastic. {45722}{45779}Wait at the end. {46709}{46768}I really hope you're being followed. {46774}{46817}You can't be too careful... {46835}{46908}...because we need to talk now. {46914}{46954}First of all... {46982}{47023}...how was your trip? {47053}{47091}Fine. {47112}{47146}Good. {47152}{47215}I just left Stark at the gym. {47222}{47296}Some major revelations. Guy's a mess. {47302}{47391}Somebody's holding something|serious over his head... {47397}{47451}...and I don't think it's about money. {47474}{47551}He doesn't move|like a white-collar criminal. {47557}{47623}When he walks, his shoulders... {47629}{47676}... ride at ear level. {47682}{47800}Also, he cut himself shaving|3 times in the last 10 days or so. {47816}{47932}These are symptoms|of a deeply ingrained paranoid fear. {47954}{48008}Fear of being found out. {48014}{48150}I get on the treadmill next to his and I|get my machine going at his exact pace. {48157}{48222}I ask him what level he's running at. {48232}{48328}I guess 8. He says level 7. {48334}{48410}I'm running at the same speed he is. {48416}{48458}Level 5. {48470}{48538}He'd sooner lie to|a complete stranger... {48543}{48638}... than to admit to being|3 levels below my guess. {48647}{48726}As soon as I talk to him,|he runs the other way. {48732}{48788}It's conditioning, though.|A reflex. {48794}{48913}He obviously didn't think to connect me|to the blackmail business at all. {48920}{48970}If he'd suspected me... {48977}{49063}... he would have remembered my name,|which he didn't. {49069}{49205}Also, like most lvy League graduates,|he drops his alma mater with... {49212}{49276}...almost no prompting whatsoever. {49286}{49377}I say Celtics, he says Cambridge. {49385}{49526}Oh yeah, the gentleman prefers redheads.|He lusts after his red-haired masseuse. {49552}{49615}You can tell by the way|he takes his massage. {49622}{49681}It's more than a little eroticized. {49689}{49778}He does it every day at the same time|with the same woman. {49784}{49869}I found an e-mail message|from Clearburg. {49875}{49926}Kind of cryptic. Note said... {49932}{50036}..."Thorough check finds no boxer|with the name K. V. " {50049}{50163}K.V. Are obviously initials. We have to|figure out what they stand for. {50187}{50248}Lets see, what else? {50282}{50339}That's the important stuff. {50419}{50454}It's Sergio. {50472}{50518}Sergio Knight. {50524}{50581}Right. Whatever. {50587}{50624}Can I ask you a question? {50678}{50713}What's that? {50726}{50784}Why are we talking on the phone? {50792}{50877}I told you. We can't be too careful. {50883}{50921}Two guys... {50927}{50966}...in an airport... {50972}{51007}...talking? {51032}{51072}It's a little fishy. {51079}{51176}Why are we even in an airport?|Why don't we just leave? {51183}{51233}Okay, I see the confusion. {51242}{51283}I need more research. {51289}{51382}I need you to go back to L.A.|And get in the computer. {51389}{51518}Then break into Clearburg's|computer and pull anything pertinent. {51524}{51635}I've written elaborate directions.|They're in the phone book. {51642}{51702}In front of you. Turn to Rentals. {51708}{51791}I'll meet you at the motel tonight|when you get back. {51797}{51895}Instead of calling me,|you had me fly up here to tell me... {51901}{52003}...to go back to the computer|and then fly back again tonight? {52009}{52151}It wasn't an emergency. There was no|reason to risk the long-distance lines. {52157}{52202}They listen, you know. {52329}{52382}Are you still there? {52921}{52955}Here we go. {52999}{53082}"Transaction instructions|for this Monday night. {53288}{53355}$ 100,000 cash... {53361}{53457}... transported in a discreet|black leather bag... {53463}{53546}... that you shall provide for yourself. {53558}{53632}Wear your business suit|and your gray overcoat. {53638}{53717}Carry the enclosed pager set to the... {53723}{53783}... inaudible vibrating response. {53789}{53908}Go about your day per usual.|Go to the gym, then the office. {53915}{53965}Leave the office at 5 p.m. {54004}{54044}Your course is as follows: {54084}{54124}Number 1: {54130}{54271}At 5:30 p.m., be at the intersection|of Powell and Green with the cash. {54441}{54558}2: When the clock|in your car reads 5:34... {54564}{54656}... begin driving northbound up Powell. {54843}{54958}Number 3: Pager will go off,|displaying 6 digits. {54966}{55030}When your vehicle's odometer reads... {55037}{55110}... the same overall mileage,|pull over and park... {55116}{55147}... ASAP. {55171}{55242}Number 4: Funds in hand,|walk to the nearest... {55248}{55336}... bus stop, same side of the street. {55343}{55401}Get on the next bus. {55453}{55488}Five: {55494}{55591}Pager will deliver a 3-digit number. {55597}{55700}Get off the bus at the next stop,|cross the street... {55888}{55960}... get on the train|with the painted number... {55967}{56054}... that corresponds|with the pager message. {56109}{56197}Sit in the front-most available seat. {56477}{56507}Six: {56514}{56594}Pager will deliver a third|and final message. {56887}{56931}Get off the train... {56938}{57032}... walk to the corresponding|street address. {57057}{57122}7: Upon arrival, enter the building. {57131}{57198}Enter the first possible men's room. {57643}{57743}Go to the toilet stall|furthest from the door... {57749}{57793}... lock yourself in... {57799}{57907}... in tank of toilet, find plastic bag. {57913}{57975}Transfer cash into bag... {57981}{58040}... replace in tank... {58046}{58157}... walk outside|and trip the nearest fire alarm... {58163}{58214}... then leave immediately. {58228}{58341}You have 3 minutes to get out|of the building from the time you enter. {58412}{58473}You are not to be accompanied... {58479}{58582}... you are not to be followed.|Your complete cooperation..." {58589}{58651}Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. {58681}{58778}A few words here|about following people. {58804}{58877}People know they're being followed|when they turn... {58883}{58944}... and see someone following them. {58971}{59086}They can't tell they're being followed|if you get there first. {60137}{60195}Okay folks, that's the fire alarm. {60201}{60264}Everybody must leave the building. {60271}{60332}Please, do not run. {64444}{64498}Gloria Sullivan. {64653}{64692}You Arlo? {64698}{64776}That other guy left this for you.|That Olson? {64858}{64918}He has a strange personality. {65206}{65353}I can't possibly overstate|the importance of good research. {65373}{65463}Everyone goes through life|dropping crumbs. {65469}{65600}Recognize the crumbs and you can trace|a path from your death certificate... {65606}{65723}... to the dinner and movie|that resulted in you in the first place. {65738}{65795}But research is an art... {65801}{65837}... not a science. {65852}{65937}Because anyone can find the crumbs... {65943}{66022}... the wheres, whats and whos. {66031}{66087}The art is in the whys... {66093}{66184}... the ability to read|between the crumbs... {66191}{66251}... not to mix metaphors. {66281}{66366}For every event,|there is a cause and effect. {66374}{66453}For every crime a motive. {66478}{66551}And for every motive, a passion. {66583}{66679}The art of research is the ability|to look at the details... {66701}{66752}... and see the passion. {68951}{68982}Excuse me. {68988}{69058}Okay, so, you have to tell me now. {69064}{69161}Yesterday, how could you|tell that I was a paramedic? {69211}{69260}You really want to know? {69340}{69396}I could smell it. {69421}{69460}What do you mean? {69478}{69531}I could smell iodine. {69557}{69659}That's a very specific scent|that's unique largely... {69665}{69722}...to ambulances and hospitals. {69753}{69885}I could see that your hair had been wet,|but dried naturally. {69900}{69977}But I smelled iodine,|so you hadn't gone home... {69984}{70060}...to bathe or scrub down|since your last shift. {70066}{70181}Then I assumed you worked|the night before, when it rained. {70202}{70278}Then I figured paramedic,|not doctor or nurse. {70286}{70326}That's how... {70361}{70425}...I just kind of guessed. {70478}{70530}You're right about... {70540}{70581}...each part. {70658}{70718}Do you enjoy that work? {70726}{70771}Sometimes. {70781}{70823}Sometimes? {70881}{70925}It can be a thrill. {70947}{71071}You rush in the middle of something,|some chaotic mess, and get involved... {71077}{71121}...intervene... {71137}{71200}...maybe help somebody... {71206}{71245}...maybe revive their body. {71275}{71329}Some of it's just boring, though. {71363}{71415}The hours are terrible. {71432}{71546}12 and 18-hour shifts...|I'm rambling now, so... {71650}{71701}That's interesting to me. {71800}{71871}What about you?|Do you live around here? {71881}{71926}"Do you live around here?" {71933}{71972}Stupid question. {71978}{72024}What difference does that make? {72030}{72081}No, that's okay. {72122}{72199}I'm only here for|a couple of days on business. {72233}{72285}So you're with that conference? {72410}{72457}So you're an accountant? {72578}{72648}That's pretty exciting, I know. {72657}{72790}I don't know how you do that.|All the forms, all the time... {72820}{72876}The forms grow on you. {72933}{72969}Where do you live? {73011}{73042}Nick. {73066}{73116}I know. Nick Carmine. {73175}{73246}Daisy, the front desk. She told me. {73589}{73661}What did I tell you|about these curtains? {73667}{73721}And these over here? {73977}{74031}Fucking whales? {74079}{74125}Fuck the whales! {74247}{74295}I'm a mess. {74304}{74367}All that fucking exercise. {74392}{74465}Maybe you should|stop snorting that shit. {74471}{74542}It keeps my teeth sharp. {74565}{74671}I went back to L.A. And got that stuff|that you sent me to get... {74687}{74780}...but since you then|went back to L.A. Yourself... {74786}{74845}...you probably don't need it anymore. {74851}{74991}Did you see that poem that Stark|wrote in college, "An Ode to Clarissa?" {75002}{75162}Worst I've read since the case of the|shrinking gypsy stripper's scribblings. {75196}{75229}Tell me this: {75235}{75321}How do you rhyme|'towards' and 'birds'? {75340}{75393}"Dropping, falling... {75400}{75478}...diving towards... {75484}{75542}Two lovers lost. {75560}{75591}Plummeting... {75629}{75694}...birds"?|They don't rhyme. {75725}{75779}Maybe it's not supposed to rhyme. {75785}{75820}Also... {75835}{75904}...how do you write a poem|about Clarissa... {75910}{75978}...and never have the name|in the poem? {75985}{76118}If ever a name deserved, begged|to be in a poem, it's Clarissa. {76177}{76323}Anyway, I did that phone book-database|cross-reference thing you asked for... {76329}{76408}...and there are 1800 men in Oregon... {76414}{76463}...with the initials 'K.V.' {76469}{76604}And about a million in the United States|that are listed. {76660}{76749}How about you?|Have any luck on your end? {76835}{76891}I found the blackmailer. {76950}{77000}- You did?|- Yeah. {77015}{77086}Her name is Gloria Sullivan. {77092}{77144}How do you know it's her? {77156}{77193}I watched her... {77199}{77245}...walk into the bathroom... {77251}{77298}...and get the money. {77330}{77406}I have to admit I was a bit surprised. {77412}{77519}I had a few guesses about suspects,|but I'd never... {77527}{77620}I mean, I just didn't even|think twice about that girl. {77626}{77697}So what's her deal? {77709}{77751}Her deal? {77763}{77901}Her deal is that there is absolutely|nothing out of the ordinary about her. {77949}{78042}She's a model citizen,|college graduate, good paramedic. {78048}{78196}She volunteers at a hospital for the|elderly. She has no criminal record. {78202}{78283}I mean, she's very even-tempered. {78308}{78356}She's friendly... {78367}{78419}...eager to chat. {78462}{78589}There's no nervousness about her,|which is odd for a blackmailer. {78624}{78701}Even at the pickup yesterday,|she's just... {78717}{78783}She's very cool. {78837}{78888}She's very cool. {78940}{79016}But there's a definite|intensity about her. {79023}{79083}She looks you right in the eye. {79089}{79157}Sort of a sensual quality. {79163}{79218}Very personable. {79243}{79303}A nice sense of humor... {79316}{79381}...and actually very charming. {79448}{79488}Charming? {79524}{79581}Did you just say charming? {79764}{79846}Keep looking for that|safe deposit box... {79862}{79925}...and then get Stark out of the office. {79931}{80026}Make plans for him|to pay you at 5:00 tonight. {80061}{80152}Then maybe you could go home|for a couple of nights. {80162}{80206}Couple of nights? {80221}{80346}Aren't we done? You found|the blackmailer. He only wanted a name. {80364}{80414}We're not done yet. {80426}{80531}First I have to find out|what her deal is. {81020}{81055}Is this your kid? {81062}{81095}Nope. {81101}{81146}Just a rental. {81165}{81256}- You got the money?|- It's in the trunk. The first third. {81419}{81460}You want a turn? {81527}{81589}Does he know who's doing this to me? {81596}{81638}Can't tell you anything yet. {81644}{81673}Nothing. {81679}{81759}Too soon. Could interfere|with the investigation. {81767}{81805}Jesus. {81811}{81875}Okay, so here's how this is|going to work. {81882}{81955}You gave your car|to the valet like I asked? {81961}{81991}Good. {81997}{82053}Now when we get out of sight... {82059}{82190}...give me your valet ticket, I'll give|you one. Go back to the restaurant. {82196}{82228}Order something. {82234}{82308}I had a late lunch. I'm not hungry. {82314}{82394}Then order something light,|like a salad. {82400}{82463}When you're done,|give the valet your ticket. {82469}{82528}He'll bring a car identical to yours. {82534}{82590}Follow the map in the glove box. {82596}{82744}It'll lead you back to your own car,|which I'll have taken our money out of. {82750}{82799}Keys'll be in the visor. {82814}{82905}Now is there anything|you want to tell Mr. Zero... {82913}{82965}...that might make his job easier? {82994}{83041}What do you have in mind? {83072}{83125}Like for example... {83142}{83221}...what's in the safe deposit box|and where is it? {83242}{83289}I told you... {83299}{83372}...that is not pertinent to his task. {83791}{83828}"K.V." {83909}{83986}Now, a few words on looking for things. {84008}{84078}When you look for something specific... {84084}{84175}... your chances of finding it|are very bad... {84181}{84285}... because of all things in the world,|you only want one of them. {84321}{84392}When you look for anything at all... {84398}{84489}... your chances of finding it|are very good... {84496}{84551}... because of all the|things in the world... {84559}{84629}... you're sure to find some of them. {84646}{84690}And the most important rule: {84696}{84755}Often what you're looking for... {84761}{84821}... is right in front of your nose. {85066}{85106}There he is. {85164}{85243}I told you about his thing|for redheads, right? {85249}{85348}Guess what color hair his secretary has. {85396}{85429}Red? {85500}{85565}Men are so predictable. {85609}{85669}So did you find anything useful? {85679}{85719}Gold mine. {85774}{85922}First of all, I got a full name on that|boxer that Clearburg couldn't find. {85931}{85990}Kragen Vincent. {85996}{86039}K.V. {86049}{86107}It was on a letter|from our blackmailer... {86116}{86250}...to our blackmailee. "I warn you:|Stay away from Kragen Vincent." {86256}{86325}He said he gave us all the letters. {86339}{86390}He didn't give us that one. {86396}{86508}Mr. Stark apparently doesn't want me|to know about Kragen Vincent. {86514}{86604}So we'll have to figure out|who he is and where. {86675}{86765}I did find one other thing|of interest, though. {86859}{86980}Holy shit! Those are the keys.|You found the gold Swiss Army knife. {86987}{87010}I know. {87020}{87095}And the safe deposit box key.|Where'd you find them? {87111}{87168}In the sofa under the cushion. {87174}{87203}What? {87209}{87265}They were stuck in the couch... {87271}{87306}...in his office. {87324}{87388}Was he hiding them? Is that possible? {87394}{87449}No. Not possible. {87464}{87555}That's where they fell out|of his pocket over a year ago. {87629}{87670}What do you make of this? {87676}{87801}I think, just as I feared, Ms. Sullivan|doesn't know a thing about these keys. {87839}{87907}The keys are a coincidence? {88061}{88124}That's confusing. {88266}{88313}Doesn't seem like a... {88319}{88363}...good thing. {88396}{88435}Sure it is. {88441}{88584}It's good because the man has been|looking for his keys for a year... {88593}{88661}...and I found them. {88771}{88836}Now, I'm going to go home. {88846}{88965}So tell me you won't need me tomorrow|because I could check out this Kragen... {88972}{89024}I won't need you tomorrow. {89061}{89119}I'm trusting you here, Daryl. {89134}{89181}Have a nice trip. {89481}{89557}It's cold and dark... {89564}{89621}...in my heart {89736}{89870}Said it's cold and dark in my heart... {89934}{89962}...Mama {90233}{90339}Look, I know this is totally|inappropriate but... {90360}{90420}- Never mind.|- What? {90449}{90514}You know what I'm going|to ask you. {90756}{90846}Is there any way I can get you to|look over my tax returns? {91198}{91280}You can speak 6 languages|and fly a jetliner... {91286}{91369}...but you don't know|how to file a tax return? {91409}{91458}It's never come up? {91475}{91540}Does this have to happen right now? {91663}{91765}No, that's a W-2.|WW II was the Second World War. {91906}{91945}Here it is. {92108}{92162}My humble... {92180}{92216}...palace. {92229}{92276}It's very nice. {92471}{92530}How long have you been here? {92536}{92577}3 years. {92616}{92656}That's something. {92795}{92861}You're going to need a calculator? {92980}{93044}That would be great. {93139}{93189}You're an accountant... {93231}{93282}...so you would know. {93369}{93460}What is the Corrodium 3 deduction? {93512}{93571}The Corrodium 3 deduction. {93577}{93664}That's a very good question because... {93682}{93824}...that, in fact, is probably|the most widely misunderstood... {93830}{93880}...deduction in the book. {93929}{93961}Really. {94009}{94049}Indeed. {94081}{94156}The Corrodium 3 deduction... {94162}{94242}...is an incentive used by|large manufacturers... {94249}{94415}...who are able to moderate their use|of Class 3 decay toxins such as... {94424}{94482}...Corrodium and... {94627}{94675}...Maalgorium. {94744}{94786}Anything else? {94889}{94923}All right. {94930}{94977}Time to get dirty. {95016}{95106}About how long is this going to take? {95171}{95235}A little while. {95256}{95381}If you don't mind, I was|going to take a nap. {95571}{95625}Are you sure it's okay? {95631}{95674}I'll just... {95683}{95712}...be here. {95756}{95834}Just yell if you need anything else. {96909}{96961}How's it going over there? {96967}{97021}Just another minute. {97027}{97082}I'm rechecking my math. {97232}{97295}You really ought to try... {97301}{97350}...to keep all your receipts... {97356}{97404}...for everything. {97445}{97499}I know. I never remember. {97702}{97751}Just put them in an envelope. {97757}{97854}That's the thing to do.|I try to keep all my receipts. {97869}{97937}It's just a matter of habit now. {98026}{98095}I can't thank you enough. {98114}{98176}You really helped me out there. {98206}{98241}That's... {98252}{98305}...really my pleasure. {98415}{98457}Okay, listen. {98492}{98536}Let me make you dinner. {98645}{98736}No, you don't have to do that. {98762}{98801}I insist. {98807}{98901}I'll hop in the shower real quick,|then make us some food. {98982}{99017}All right. {102984}{103018}"Retired." {103024}{103056}Jesus! {103062}{103097}Another 7-letter word. {103103}{103153}17 plus 50... {103159}{103201}...67 points. {103282}{103321}Retire. {103434}{103471}Retire. {103535}{103585}It's not quite that simple. {103601}{103674}Why is it not that simple, Steve? {103694}{103748}Whenever you say that... {103754}{103789}...it creeps me out. {103821}{103904}I told you, it's nothing weird. {103939}{104061}I mean, okay, yes. It's a little weird.|But it's nothing creepy... {104114}{104156}...exactly. {104184}{104239}What do you get out of this? {104247}{104349}What kind of a hold does this guy,|whoever he is... {104355}{104391}...have on you? {104470}{104514}He needs me. {104676}{104719}He needs you. {104829}{104874}Who needs who? {105109}{105149}I need you. {105260}{105332}It's time to get away from him, Steve. {105801}{105866}I'll do it tomorrow when I get there... {105926}{105957}...if... {105964}{106024}...you will marry me. {106334}{106371}Marry me. {106596}{106645}Absolutely vital: {106651}{106724}The ability to blend in. {106741}{106834}To very discreetly assimilate. {106844}{106900}It's not usually very difficult. {106906}{106977}All you have to do is look around... {106983}{107058}... see how all the ordinary people|are behaving... {107064}{107131}... and try to behave like one of them. {107301}{107366}You know, when I was in L. A... {107379}{107459}...it seemed like such a lonely town. {107504}{107634}Everybody's driving in their cars,|nobody talks to each other... {107764}{107854}I don't really know,|to tell you the truth... {107870}{107914}...about that. {107966}{108019}So where are you from? {108026}{108066}Originally? {108135}{108176}Minnesota. {108219}{108261}Minnesota. {108321}{108373}I've never been there. {108379}{108436}Do you go back there much? {108634}{108694}You still have family there? {108865}{108925}We're not really in touch. {109014}{109049}So... {109076}{109153}...what are you doing in L.A.? {109254}{109331}Oh, I was there twice. {109426}{109496}Once when I was little. {109526}{109599}I was there with my aunt and uncle. {109613}{109714}I was raised by my aunt and uncle.|They adopted me. {109806}{109895}Then last year I was there skydiving. {109924}{109966}Skydiving? {110113}{110158}Why do you do that? {110184}{110236}Because I love it. {110276}{110348}It's the most amazing|thing in the world. {110384}{110459}Aren't you afraid you'll die|or something? {110544}{110599}I know what you need. {110834}{110869}Try again. {110902}{110981}Take your time now.|Really set yourself. {111014}{111082}Remember to bend your elbows a little. {111117}{111156}A little less. {111162}{111232}Keep the right arm straight|with the left elbow. {111252}{111301}Check your aim again. {111317}{111368}Then whenever you're ready. {112163}{112222}You do this all the time? {112229}{112282}Whenever I can. {112299}{112384}I find it deeply satisfying. {112589}{112625}Nice. {112662}{112701}You try again. {112886}{112927}Take your time. {112956}{113001}Don't be afraid. It's safe... {113008}{113086}...just as long as you're careful.|It's all about... {113096}{113127}...staying relaxed. {113181}{113213}Sorry. {113254}{113289}It's okay. {113379}{113423}Just relax. {113514}{113561}Bend this a little. {113567}{113616}Keep this straight. {113664}{113704}Hips back a little. {113724}{113768}Lean into it. {113827}{113869}Commit to it. {113982}{114028}Check your aim again. {114102}{114139}Relax... {114171}{114212}...and fire. {114394}{114431}There you go. {114468}{114513}Doesn't that feel good? {114751}{114818}- Want to try the shotgun?|- Sure. {115323}{115396}You want to stay at my place tonight? {115468}{115575}I mean, you don't have to.|But the couch folds out. {115634}{115708}I just thought it'd be silly|to go to my place... {115715}{115839}...then you'd have to drive across town|to some crummy old motel. {116069}{116118}That'd be great. {116124}{116156}Good. {116197}{116312}I'll even give you a receipt.|You can write it off. {116342}{116395}You know my motto: {116457}{116518}Always save the receipt. {116916}{116958}You slept at her house? {117004}{117058}She thought it'd be easier... {117065}{117127}...than driving back to the motel. {117133}{117197}I can't believe you slept at her house. {117204}{117272}I can't believe,|with all that time with her... {117278}{117367}...I couldn't tell more|what was going on in her head. {117377}{117444}I couldn't tell what she|was thinking. {117471}{117559}That's usually how it is|in the beginning. {117623}{117722}Maybe I'll be able to see more|tonight at dinner. {117769}{117818}You're taking her to dinner. {117828}{117886}What was I going to say, no? {117897}{117956}You got anymore on Kragen Vincent? {117962}{118055}There's one serving time|at the State Penitentiary. {118061}{118157}A life sentence.|Prison records didn't say what for. {118163}{118248}We better go find out. Anything else? {118291}{118326}What is it? {118351}{118383}Nothing. {119020}{119082}You the officer in charge of records? {119088}{119151}I'm him. Lieutenant Earl Hagans. {119159}{119253}- Steve Arlo. Can I come in?|- What is this regarding? {119259}{119297}I work for a private... {119304}{119428}The Department does not share records|with P.I. S except by court order. {119435}{119517}I assume that you do not have|a court order. {119523}{119592}I work for a private detective|named Daryl Zero. {119712}{119800}Murder One, in 1972. Single count. {119820}{119883}And guess what the victim's name is. {119889}{119920}Let me guess. {119926}{120026}I don't mean really guess.|No way you could actually guess. {120032}{120075}Clarissa. {120122}{120184}Yeah. Clarissa Devereau. {120209}{120254}Of 'plummeting birds' fame. {120260}{120297}Seems likely, doesn't it? {120304}{120336}Very likely. {120340}{120448}Two shots, one to the head,|one to the torso, execution style. {120455}{120496}In her motel room. {120502}{120545}Sounds professional. {120551}{120684}Except he made a complete mess.|A ton of evidence, prints on everything. {120721}{120775}I got crime scene photos. {120781}{120900}Remember the case of the hired gun|who made way, way too many mistakes? {120912}{121044}It's a lot like that. They pick him up,|try him, give him life, no parole. {121049}{121115}They think he works for someone|but he won't talk... {121123}{121178}...even when they offer him a deal. {121184}{121275}And Clarissa has quite|an arrest record for a young girl. {121287}{121348}Mostly political, New York and Boston. {121354}{121453}Disturbing the peace,|public indecency... {121459}{121503}...breaking and entering. {121510}{121548}Regular firecracker. {121554}{121617}Regular 'plummeting bird.' {121676}{121727}And Vincent's still in jail? {121741}{121860}No. He was moved for medical reasons|a couple years ago. {122552}{122599}Kragen is her father. {122629}{122727}She was raised by his sister|because he was in prison. {122745}{122839}She blames Stark|for ruining her father's life. {122852}{122951}Stark hired Vincent to kill Clarissa... {122961}{123009}...for some reason. {123017}{123133}Vincent got caught, spent his life|in prison. Now he's dying... {123139}{123211}...this slow, painful death. {123224}{123356}She's watched her father's life|drip away and she's getting even. {123369}{123451}She has something,|some evidence or something... {123457}{123530}...that ties Stark to the murder. {123546}{123664}I got to figure out what it is|and where she's keeping it. {123729}{123825}Take me to the scene of the crime. {123924}{123980}It's right up here. {124000}{124072}Ready? 1, 2, 3. {124189}{124271}The bed we just moved|is a full-size bed. {124277}{124370}In 1972, there was no size|called full. {124376}{124434}They had doubles and queens. {124439}{124540}The full was invented|to combine the width of a queen... {124546}{124630}...with the space-efficient|length of a double... {124636}{124734}...and eventually replaced the double|in North America and Europe... {124740}{124818}...except for Quebec and Sweden. {124824}{124896}The bed in the picture... {124917}{124961}...is not a double. {124971}{125063}It's too long. It's not a full.|It wasn't invented. {125069}{125132}It is a queen. {125230}{125353}Which means that that bed then|was longer than this bed... {125359}{125396}...now. {125452}{125556}So sometime in the last 30 years,|somebody must have replaced the bed. {125665}{125690}Hear that? {125725}{125759}Secret room? {125786}{125904}It's a pipe. There once was a radiant|water heater right there. {125969}{126019}Kragen bursts into the room. {126027}{126153}Her body was found face up. She must've|been facing him, probably standing... {126159}{126233}...close to where you are now. {126239}{126330}Right away, before she could scream,|she's down... {126336}{126401}...she's dead, it's over. {126419}{126506}The only question is,|once she was dead... {126536}{126598}...why didn't he get out of there? {126626}{126733}Instead he proceeds|to touch the dresser, the sink... {126739}{126824}...the doorknob and the nightstand. {126889}{126956}What does the bed have to do with it? {126986}{127070}In 1972, it was against code... {127076}{127175}...to have a hotel bed|2 feet from a door that opens inwards... {127181}{127241}...7 feet from a fish tank... {127247}{127291}...or a lava lamp... {127299}{127393}...or 3 feet from a radiant... {127397}{127432}...heater. {127456}{127562}Imagine if you will,|a bed longer than this one... {127569}{127632}...and a heater over here. {127645}{127679}Wouldn't clear 2 feet... {127685}{127789}...much less 3. And no inspector|would let that pass. {127818}{127852}Which means...? {127867}{127913}Which means... {128012}{128073}...lKragen may have moved the bed. {128099}{128168}I see. So you're proposing... {128176}{128230}...that he busts in the room... {128236}{128311}...sees her standing there,|shoots her twice... {128347}{128386}...moves the bed. {128392}{128431}Something like that. {128437}{128492}Why would anybody do that? {128500}{128566}Hello.|I don't know. {128572}{128706}I'm trying to figure out some physical|evidence that Kragen might have taken... {128712}{128823}...that he gave to his daughter|so that she could blackmail Stark. {128831}{128925}I'm trying to figure out what is absent. {128964}{129081}Something happened in here. Something|involving his touching the dresser... {129087}{129233}...touching the sink, touching the|doorknob, touching the nightstand... {129272}{129308}...and probably... {129314}{129358}...moving the bed. {129384}{129421}Probably? {129457}{129516}Somebody else could have moved it. {129522}{129609}Come on. There were only|two of them. Him and her. {129778}{129803}Exactly. {129907}{129963}You need to talk to Stark. {129999}{130069}We got a few questions for him. {130108}{130188}I had a feeling you two|would be a good match. {130193}{130257}I'm good at reading people. {130319}{130357}Thank you. {130394}{130442}Do you want my opinion? {130482}{130533}You should try to hold onto him. {130539}{130653}How often do you meet a wealthy single|architect from Los Angeles? {130677}{130753}Daisy, he's an accountant. {130774}{130813}Are you sure? {130834}{130979}He's here for their convention.|That's why I asked him to do my taxes. {130987}{131057}I swear I thought he said|he was an architect. {131567}{131602}Question: {131622}{131666}- Sorry to startle you.|- Jesus. {131674}{131782}How do you pronounce|the word t-o-w-a-r-d-s? {131794}{131845}You nearly gave me a heart attack. {131851}{131914}I had to contact you right away. {131929}{131969}What do you need? {131978}{132052}I must ask you some things.|Just drive. {132059}{132109}Fasten your seat belt. {132153}{132254}First of all, how do you pronounce|the word t-o-w-a-r-d-s? {132294}{132330}Towards? {132337}{132414}And things that have wings and fly? {132448}{132483}You mean birds? {132503}{132555}That's right. They don't rhyme. {132562}{132593}What!? {132599}{132638}Never mind. {132644}{132713}The other thing was,|why did you kill Clarissa? {132802}{132893}I met her my sophomore year.|I was 19... {132909}{132996}...and she was 25, I think. {133009}{133079}From New York, living in Cambridge. {133093}{133157}I met her at a demonstration. {133171}{133251}I have never seen anybody like her. {133272}{133400}She let me walk her home and she|kissed me for the first and only time. {133407}{133521}You can skip right to the part|where you decide to kill her. {133579}{133629}Watch yourself, Arlo. {133673}{133822}Please describe the circumstances|surrounding your contracting her murder. {133982}{134063}After that first night, I was hooked. {134113}{134169}I was like an addict. {134209}{134288}Finally, she didn't want|to see me anymore. {134318}{134382}I guess I got a little obsessive. {134489}{134592}My last year of graduate school|I met my wife. {134617}{134742}And after I graduated, we moved|back here, we got married... {134757}{134843}...and I went to work|with my dad at the company. {134954}{135034}And I had all but forgotten about... {135044}{135083}...Clarissa. {135172}{135267}Then, in 1972,|we'd been back about a year... {135343}{135407}...I got a letter from her. {135449}{135516}She was here in Portland. {135578}{135625}The letter was... {135632}{135698}...a threatening letter. {135748}{135787}What was it? {135847}{135932}I don't think that makes|a thread of difference. {135997}{136064}What did the letter say? {136209}{136288}She was accusing me of something. {136496}{136529}Rape. {136621}{136668}Did she want money? {136697}{136767}No, she wanted to ruin my life. {136791}{136892}I knew no jury'd convict me.|I was convinced of that. {136898}{137007}But I couldn't take this|kind of publicity, nor could my family. {137013}{137053}I saw... {137059}{137141}...my whole future flash before my eyes. {137213}{137272}So you hired Kragen Vincent. {137303}{137384}He said that for $5,000... {137397}{137457}...he could solve my problem. {137586}{137671}And that's all I know|about the subject, officer. {137791}{137876}So what's in the safe deposit box? {137969}{138002}A tape. {138008}{138100}A tape he made of our meeting.|Audio tape. {138105}{138147}My hiring him... {138168}{138245}...our names as clear as day. {138255}{138320}Why didn't you just destroy it... {138327}{138362}...years ago? {138386}{138447}Because I don't know where it is. {138466}{138501}Go on. {138536}{138611}About a week after he gets caught... {138617}{138712}...a man comes to my house|in the middle of the night... {138718}{138851}...and tells me that Kragen expects me|to bankroll his defense... {138872}{138932}...though a middleman, obviously. {138955}{138999}And he also... {139005}{139070}...wanted money for his family. {139105}{139177}Then he played me a copy of this tape... {139208}{139327}...and said if I refused he would|turn the tape over to the police. {139351}{139395}He then gave me... {139411}{139444}...a key to... {139450}{139508}...a safe deposit box. {139517}{139594}Said at the end of 25 years... {139600}{139688}...when Kragen got out|or if he should die... {139697}{139780}...I would be given|the location of the box. {139798}{139851}In the meantime... {139876}{139937}...I'm to hang onto this key... {139945}{140082}...with no lock and our friend|would hang onto his lock with no key. {140141}{140249}What would you do if someone was|threatening you like that... {140256}{140343}...or blackmailing you like this?|What do you do? {140377}{140412}I don't know. {140418}{140467}It's never come up. {140496}{140545}Imagine it. {140551}{140595}Imagine some... {140602}{140644}...opportunistic... {140650}{140709}...piece of birdshit... {140715}{140786}...has got a way to compromise you. {140812}{140939}What do you do about it? You can't|buy silence. You can only rent it. {140945}{141042}If somebody has something on you,|they'll always have it. {141053}{141115}So the cost has no ceiling... {141178}{141235}...and the fear has no end. {141337}{141372}That's why... {141390}{141477}...some knowledge, some information... {141546}{141607}...is like a terminal disease. {141686}{141721}It's... {141742}{141782}...contagious... {141788}{141830}...and it's fatal. {141972}{142057}Passion is the enemy of precision. {142067}{142149}Forget the misnomer 'crime of passion. ' {142156}{142279}All crime is passionate. It's passion|that moves the criminal to act... {142285}{142385}... that disrupts the static inertia|of morality. {142392}{142531}The client's passion for this dead|woman had facilitated his downfall. {142537}{142594}And the blackmailer's passion... {142600}{142654}... would facilitate hers. {142734}{142786}When you live with no passion... {142792}{142899}... other people's passions|come into glaring relief. {142905}{142945}Bullshit, bullshit... {142951}{142983}...bullshit! {142990}{143060}Jesus! Would you stop it? {143102}{143134}Stop it! {143140}{143169}Jesus! {143175}{143226}Control yourself, all right? {143232}{143286}Control myself? {143292}{143372}This is fucking bullshit! {143395}{143494}Haven't I been good to you?|Haven't I been fucking incredibly... {143501}{143641}...mindblowingly, fuckingly, divinely|generous as a fucking saint... {143649}{143693}...you ungrateful fuck! {143711}{143741}Hey, watch it... {143749}{143779}...all right? {143785}{143839}Ungrateful fuck! {143848}{143882}Shut up! {143942}{143983}Why? {144040}{144123}I told you why.|I cannot live like this anymore. {144129}{144226}I can't do it to Jess.|I can't do it to myself... {144232}{144333}...and I'm sick and tired of working|for the Starks of the world... {144345}{144454}...the lowest scum of the earth, buying|their way out of their own messes. {144460}{144582}These people are victims of plots|and they need our help. {144611}{144727}This guy is a murderer-at-large|who needs our help. {144761}{144861}Their business equals their business. {144867}{144949}We're not involved.|It has nothing to do... {144956}{144984}...with us. {144990}{145029}Do you believe that? {145045}{145111}We're the good guys. {145150}{145207}What are you talking about? {145213}{145280}There aren't any good guys. {145295}{145359}You realize that, don't you? {145365}{145486}You realize there aren't evil guys|and innocent guys. {145567}{145660}It's just a bunch of guys. {145757}{145811}What am I supposed to do? {145877}{145967}Just start taking meetings with people? {146025}{146100}Just start talking with people? {146125}{146162}Maybe. {146242}{146287}Fuck that. {146420}{146480}You know, you'll figure it out. {146516}{146546}I mean... {146552}{146605}...you're probably the best... {146613}{146641}Excuse me? {146697}{146776}Excuse me. You are the best. {146810}{146881}I'm telling you that after this case... {146945}{146991}...I'm finished. {147165}{147214}I meant... {147246}{147315}...what am I supposed to do... {147389}{147449}...without you? {147716}{147774}You want my honest opinion? {147857}{147960}You should take all this money|that you've made... {147990}{148040}...and move to Europe. {148060}{148117}Meet a girl. {148145}{148292}See the world. Really see the world.|Don't observe it. See what it's like. {148420}{148470}What do you know? {148565}{148649}I'm the greatest private investigator... {148655}{148704}...in the world. {149170}{149294}I'll go check for safe deposit boxes|under the name Kragen Vincent. {149313}{149363}I don't know if that's necessary. {149417}{149496}What Clearburg probably|meant when he says... {149502}{149599}...there's no boxer with the name|Kragen Vincent... {149605}{149653}...is that there's no boxes... {149675}{149777}...with the name Kragen Vincent.|I think it's a typo. {149810}{149867}Right. Right. {149902}{149962}He probably used a different name. {150012}{150065}That's what I think. {150090}{150136}Well, then... {150142}{150227}...I'll go get a beer|with my friend Bill. {150247}{150295}I said, I think. {150322}{150421}But you should go and check|just to make sure. {150501}{150536}Fine. {150582}{150656}But I really hope that you've heard me. {151085}{151132}Sorry to startle you. {151164}{151211}What are you doing here? {151225}{151254}I followed you. {151315}{151380}Back at my car,|this was on the windshield. {151386}{151446}Another payment,|due tomorrow morning. {151487}{151540}You sure you weren't followed? {151546}{151586}I wasn't. {151605}{151670}I told you how to contact me. {151677}{151729}You should not have come here. {151735}{151773}Is he in there? {151779}{151896}If I walked in there now,|would Mr. Zero be happy to meet me? {151944}{151977}Go home. {151991}{152104}Right now. Make the payment tomorrow.|We're very, very close. {152110}{152164}I'm sick of cooperating. {152172}{152304}It used to be 2 or 3 weeks. Now it's|every two days. Why so close together? {152312}{152447}Maybe he's nervous. Maybe he wants|to kill me. I should carry a weapon. {152488}{152532}No, you shouldn't. {152550}{152602}Look, just don't panic... {152608}{152640}...all right? {152678}{152723}How dedicated are you, really? {152774}{152838}Your timing's impeccable. {152858}{152922}- How do you mean?|- Never mind. {152955}{153057}Maybe you've got some ambition|of your own. Maybe you want... {153063}{153106}...to have your own firm. {153124}{153238}You got me pegged. That's all I want|is to someday be Daryl Zero. {153257}{153342}I'll give you $ 1 million|if you sell out your boss. {153358}{153418}Just turn over your suspect. {153425}{153479}Name and address. {153550}{153594}$ 2 million... {153600}{153674}...for a name and an address. {153683}{153752}Cash.|We can go to the bank right now. {153769}{153889}You'd give me $ 2 million so you|don't have to do this thing tomorrow? {153915}{153967}I'm willing to give you $5 million. {153985}{154040}How much does he pay you? {154072}{154124}$5 million... {154130}{154239}...so you can kill someone right away|instead of a day later. {154249}{154281}For $5 million... {154288}{154330}...you do it. {154575}{154668}- What if I walked in right now...|- He's not in there. {154678}{154727}What if I want to find out myself? {154747}{154793}What would happen? {154813}{154852}I'll shoot you. {154915}{154973}Really. I will. {155012}{155070}I have a gun and everything. {155169}{155206}You're threatening me? {155268}{155318}I'm threatening to kill you. {157423}{157454}What? {157472}{157543}Right before you jump off the plane... {157590}{157669}...you stand there|with all the equipment on. {157675}{157736}You know what to do,|you can't wait. {157743}{157837}Is there a time when you think: {157842}{157952}"What if it doesn't open? What if this|is the last thing I ever do?" {157958}{158038}You're really stuck|on the skydiving thing. {158119}{158219}I'm stuck on what it is that makes you|do very dangerous things. {158230}{158329}Even dangerous things|can be safe if you're careful. {158352}{158413}There's such a thing as|knowing the odds. {158419}{158478}Quitting while you're ahead. {158517}{158577}Quitting before you're dead. {158785}{158863}You know, you, me... {158895}{159042}...anyone could walk out here and|get killed by some drunk in a pickup. {159112}{159204}I could slip in the shower|and break my neck. {159213}{159282}When your number's up it's up. {159323}{159418}There's no sense to it.|There's no justice. {159474}{159528}Innocent people suffer... {159534}{159605}...and murderers get away with it. {159630}{159769}So when my number's up,|whether I'm walking down the street... {159892}{159952}...or doing something else... {159964}{160017}...that will be that. {160105}{160203}And until then, I'm just going to do|what I need to do. {160280}{160342}What is it you need to do? {160425}{160469}I need... {160529}{160584}...to try to feel right. {160657}{160702}Can I get you anything else? {160708}{160755}No, I think that's it. {160775}{160819}Do you need anything? {160832}{160872}I'm okay. {160909}{160944}I'll take the check. {160959}{161017}You got it. Be right back. {161058}{161109}When I was a little girl... {161147}{161269}...I used to hope that someday|I'd grow up to look like that waitress. {161447}{161514}My mother had hair like that. {161583}{161628}My natural mother. {161669}{161704}Really? {162332}{162404}God, I forgot how that works.|Wait a minute. {162410}{162536}Can a person be considered|physical evidence? Like in a rape case? {162567}{162647}You mean if the guy|doesn't know about the kid? {162727}{162756}I think so. {162772}{162824}We think so. Why? {162883}{162911}You mean... {162923}{162991}She is the evidence. {162997}{163062}She's not Kragen's daughter. {163128}{163179}She's Stark's daughter. {163423}{163499}I must admit, I like this place. {163760}{163794}What? {163815}{163903}You said that you don't|speak to your family. {163990}{164027}Why not? {164077}{164142}I realize I'm prying... {164157}{164217}...but what can I say? I'm prying. {164238}{164289}I want to know about you. {164684}{164764}Just look me in the eyes and talk to me. {164902}{164937}All right. {165217}{165278}My father was... {165312}{165392}...an evil, abusive man. {165529}{165589}And he killed my mother... {165627}{165688}...when she was sleeping. {165742}{165778}And then... {165784}{165842}...he slit his wrists... {165890}{165928}...when I was... {165934}{165974}...13. {166314}{166379}I don't talk about that... {166472}{166507}...much. {166524}{166597}I used to when it happened... {166634}{166707}...and then one day I woke up... {166744}{166777}...and... {166827}{166867}...I don't know. {166957}{167016}Everything was different. {167259}{167307}How about that? {167488}{167569}What doesn't kill you defines you. {168055}{168212}I don't believe in|an interventionist God {168372}{168447}But I know darling... {168457}{168523}... that you do {168694}{168753}But if I did... {168759}{168859}... I would kneel down and ask Him {168999}{169074}Not to intervene... {169080}{169159}...when it came to you {169227}{169328}Or not to touch a hair in your head {169334}{169397}Leave you as you are {169404}{169478}If he felt he had to direct you {169484}{169559}Then direct you into my arms {170589}{170694}Sometimes what you're looking|for is right in front of your nose. {170824}{170887}That's what I've always said. {171819}{171939}You just going to stand there watching|or you going to do something about it? {172389}{172539}And I don't believe|in the existence of angels {172694}{172745}But looking at you... {172751}{172834}... I wonder if that's true {173007}{173061}But if I did... {173067}{173143}... I would summon them together {173317}{173466}And ask them to watch over you {174034}{174078}I got to get going. {174324}{174416}So I'll see you around 6:00|at my place. {174497}{174567}As soon as I'm done with my meetings. {174573}{174607}Good. {174672}{174709}Bye. {174877}{174997}At this point, you will receive|a final message on the pager. {175004}{175119}Get on the corresponding bus|and take it to the end of the line. {175132}{175205}Find the nearby bank of outhouses. {175212}{175330}In center unit, find pair|of blue plastic garbage bags. {175337}{175404}Make your deposit as usual. {175687}{175771}When you have done this|get back on the bus. {175777}{175897}Do not hesitate. Do not deviate|from the designated course. {175914}{175964}You'll be monitored|at every interval. {175991}{176056}We are prepared to act. {176104}{176202}The words were similar but there was|a new component this time: {176238}{176274}Desperation. {176285}{176367}When you spend enough time around|the chemistry of desperation... {176373}{176430}... you come to recognize the smell. {176508}{176575}One desperate element is combustible. {176581}{176669}More than one desperate element|is lethal. {177818}{177858}Shit. {178946}{179006}Call 911. Hurry up. {179018}{179051}All right. {180197}{180225}Are you okay? {180271}{180324}Do you know your name? {180351}{180379}Who are you? {180422}{180499}That's right, sir. Who are you?|You know? {180614}{180680}- What happened?|- Cardiac arrest. {180697}{180739}Are you a doctor? {181222}{181291}What's the name on that box, sir? {181298}{181347}The name is Stark. {181353}{181409}Gloria Stark. {181427}{181556}According to our records, nobody's|been to that box for more than 20 years. {181586}{181641}She lost the key. {181669}{181717}Her father had it. {184492}{184568}Hi, it's Gloria. I'll call you back. {184639}{184679}Are you there? {185095}{185134}I'm here. {185204}{185299}I'm about to get on a plane|and be gone forever. {185427}{185490}I think that's a mistake. {185542}{185619}Yeah, I don't see any choice. {185652}{185707}What if I come find you? {185742}{185809}You're so sure that you could? {185844}{185936}Thai Air. Flight 214.|Direct to Bangkok. {185942}{185997}Departs in half an hour. {186212}{186267}Okay, it's over. {186288}{186335}You figured me out. {186343}{186397}Nobody else got close. {186417}{186482}You know, he doesn't know about you. {186514}{186573}He doesn't know he has a child. {186581}{186612}I know. {186620}{186673}She never told him. {186683}{186760}She wanted him to deny|that he'd even touched her. {186766}{186874}Then at the last minute, surprise!|Look who's a daddy. {186910}{186979}And a rapist. And a murderer. {187092}{187167}He hires Kragen Vincent. {187179}{187288}Kragen decides to hit her|in her motel room late at night. {187294}{187340}He comes in the room... {187351}{187388}... shoots her twice. {187394}{187551}But he doesn't realize that you,|less than a year old, are in the room. {187557}{187648}He doesn't see you at first,|because you're in a crawl space... {187654}{187772}...she's made for you by pulling the|corner of the bed closer to the wall. {187778}{187908}And even with the silencer on the gun,|and it all happening so quickly... {187914}{187961}... you start crying. {187967}{188062}He's got to do something.|You're screaming your lungs out now. {188112}{188202}So he picks you up.|You stop crying. {188232}{188286}And once he's got the baby... {188292}{188342}... it's a done deal. {188349}{188397}There he is... {188409}{188454}... holding the infant. {188460}{188516}That's when he decides... {188522}{188577}... he'd rather risk it all. {188591}{188717}He'd rather risk life in prison|than leave you in that room. {188731}{188820}To protect you from Stark,|he gets rid of all the evidence. {188828}{188892}Diapers, diaper bag... {188901}{188946}...bottles, blankets... {188955}{189025}... something on the dresser,|something in the sink... {189031}{189083}... something hanging off a doorknob... {189089}{189137}... something on the nightstand. {189143}{189220}And then he leaves his prints|everywhere. {189234}{189331}He leaves the body, takes the baby|and hauls ass out of there... {189338}{189421}... because he knows he's got to|get you to his sister. {189427}{189504}You grow up thinking|Vincent is your father... {189510}{189582}...and you're being raised|by your aunt and uncle. {189597}{189622}And then... {189630}{189687}... Vincent comes clean. {189694}{189809}He told me what happened,|but he would never tell me who it was. {189824}{189868}And then about... {189874}{189989}...a year ago, I figured that out.|Mr. Stark. {190029}{190101}So then you start writing letters. {190107}{190192}Stark pays and the rest is history. {190257}{190314}You got the whole thing. {190346}{190388}You win. {190524}{190589}You saved his life this morning. {190625}{190662}I know. {190694}{190786}I guess a person|can't escape their nature. {190849}{190901}How did you know... {190912}{190957}... about me? {191005}{191057}Couple of things. {191102}{191160}And the receipt last night. {191166}{191201}I know. {191217}{191268}I forgot to take it. {191317}{191406}"Passion is the enemy of precision." {191532}{191581}I got sloppy. {191739}{191802}Are you going|to come looking for me? {191859}{192002}Will you tell him about me so he can|have somebody kill me? Because he will. {192017}{192052}I know. {192069}{192139}So what are we going to do about this? {192190}{192296}There's a man sitting on a bench|behind you. {192342}{192366}Oh, God! {192372}{192405}It's okay. {192432}{192474}Relax. {192497}{192538}He has an envelope. {192553}{192686}Inside are some fake identification|and some plane tickets. {192694}{192787}First Ecuador,|and then wherever you want. {192819}{192881}Keep moving, first couple of months. {192887}{192980}Stay out of westernized countries|for a while. {192988}{193068}Don't carry too much cash on your body. {193077}{193131}Give incorrect information... {193137}{193179}...everywhere. {193202}{193269}And never use your real name. {193427}{193463}Thank you. {193552}{193589}Thank you. {193632}{193672}If you knew I was here... {193678}{193736}...why didn't you come yourself? {193782}{193832}I'm not sure. {193872}{193928}I knew you'd be there... {193997}{194064}...but I'd hoped you'd be here. {194119}{194192}You know, you could join me. {194444}{194499}A person can't escape... {194508}{194554}...their nature. {194754}{194812}That's what I thought. {194911}{194971}You're the best I've ever seen. {195141}{195188}So are you. {195399}{195487}I've never said the words before... {195577}{195617}...to anyone. {195708}{195756}You don't have to. {195807}{195862}I love you too... {195899}{195948}... Daryl Zero. {196407}{196497}So ends my account|of the case that I have named... {196503}{196598}"...The Case of the Man Who Got So|Stressed-Out Over His Lost Keys... {196604}{196671}... That He Eventually Had|a Heart Attack... {196677}{196750}... And It Turned Out|They Were in the Sofa All Along. " {196772}{196840}I returned the first installment|of my fee... {196847}{196918}... as I had not given|a complete explanation. {196936}{196991}Some questions are for answering... {196997}{197081}... others are better left|to torture and torment... {197088}{197125}... for all eternity. {197184}{197243}A nagging itch|for the rest of his life... {197329}{197420}... seemed reasonable, especially since|I did solve his problem. {197426}{197516}He got the tape he'd been waiting for|for so long. {197522}{197602}He wouldn't be throwing anymore|money down the toilet. {197608}{197697}And I gave back his keys. {197932}{198035}This did, in fact, prove to be|my final work experience... {198041}{198113}... with my longtime associate... {198163}{198252}... though I have assured him|that when he someday finds... {198261}{198316}... that he cannot live without me... {198322}{198401}... his position will again|be available to him. {198421}{198552}He thanked me and suggested|that I not hold my breath. {198579}{198660}I also attended the funeral|of the hit man... {198667}{198766}... who died not long after|these events described above. {198788}{198901}For some reason, I felt|a certain kinship with this man... {198907}{199007}... whose life was forever changed|after he failed to remain objective... {199013}{199083}... about the lady blackmailer. {199112}{199188}Which brings me|to the other participant. {199209}{199283}I never made any attempt to find her. {199300}{199447}But if my suspicion is correct, she's|flying through the sky as we speak. {199470}{199553}"...plummeting towards the earth|like a falling bird..." {199560}{199648}... to quote one of my favorite poets. {199655}{199802}After investigating her, I found myself|in better shape than ever before. {199855}{199982}To me, she will always be a singular,|unforgettable event: {200066}{200163}The only time I ever took leave|of my objectivity. {200169}{200264}Perhaps the most able blackmailer|of her time, she was at once... {200270}{200367}... the worthiest opponent|and the greatest ally. {200412}{200502}And the only woman I have ever... {200567}{200606}The only woman. {200612}{200652}Period. {200742}{200823}And though I never would have|have anticipated it... {200829}{200954}... in the end she did for me|what I have done for so many. {200988}{201103}Helped solve a problem,|first by observation... {201112}{201179}... then by careful intervention. {201239}{201284}In other words: {201303}{201356}The Zero Effect. 74314