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[Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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My murder victim dies
here in the animal park,
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and there are several major suspects,
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all of them animals.
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Naturally, he's too small
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to swallow that .45-caliber
ammunition clip.
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Their agenda is not to fire you, Sir.
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It's to close down the park.
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We're talking serious felonies here.
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What do you know? "Zoogate".
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All I've ever wanted is what's
best for the animal park.
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You tell the gate
I'm pulling Russell's pass,
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and if you show your face on zoo property,
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I'll have you arrested!
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Be distressed somewhere else if you must,
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but not in my house.
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There's a moment I could've killed him.
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I felt so betrayed.
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Corpses just seem to be
part of our job description.
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This should be your killer, Jessica.
[roars]
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[woman] Good evening, Mr. Russell.
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Why don't you come out
where I can see you?
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There'll be an appropriate time and place.
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What do you know? "Zoogate".
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[laughing] I don't think you realize
how right you are.
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You're aware of the petition calling for
the immediate dismissal
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of Norman Gilford as director of
the animal park?
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Yeah. Petitions don't usually cut it.
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You and your newspaper
can help promote it.
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I suggest you interview Gilford.
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He hates my guts.
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Ask him about the suppliers he works with
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that bill the animal park
for beef and ship horse meat.
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They kick back the difference to Gilford.
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And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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That's all for now.
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Oh, and the key I sent you?
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This better be real.
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Trust me.
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[Kelly] I'm happy to show
you around, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Now, tell me about your new plot.
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[Jessica] My new book will be
something of a departure.
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It's kind of wild, actually.
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You see, my murder victim...
a woman or a man...
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I haven't quite decided,
dies here in the animal park
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and there are several major suspects,
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all of them animals,
although none of them did it.
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Oh, I love it!
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Is it gonna be another
Inspector Jellicoe story?
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I don't think so.
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Anyway, last time I was in town,
a friend brought me out here
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and I met Ted Fraley and Dr. Stinson.
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They have never stopped talking about you.
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Well, I just hope they're
still as enthusiastic
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when I get through picking their brains.
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I can't tell you how proud we are
that you've chosen
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the animal park as the site of
your next novel.
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Oh, God! Spoken like a true flack.
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I am really becoming a cliche.
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Miss Michaels, I've gotta talk to you!
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Jessica Fletcher,
City Councilman Joe Gandolph.
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-Mrs. Fletcher.
-How do you do?
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You wrote this nonsense
about me, didn't you?
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I wish that I could take
credit for it, but no.
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That's one that the boss insisted
on writing himself.
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I think it showed a lot of eloquence.
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-Then you can tell him for me--
-I'm sorry.
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You'll just have to tell him yourself.
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That man goes whichever way
the wind is blowing.
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Right now it's blowing
against our director, Mr. Gilford.
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Something to do with all
the repair work in progress?
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Well, that's part of the problem.
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A lot of it isn't in progress.
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Between earthquake damage
and an aging facility,
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we're between a rock and a hard place.
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Hmm.
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Mr. Gilford told me that
it would cost me my job
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if I didn't bring you by
so he could say hello.
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[Gilford] I don't give a hoot in hell
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how The Chronicle grades my performance.
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And I won't be drawn
and quartered for running this place
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on the totally inadequate
budget I've been given.
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Then how about Councilman Gandolph's
recent attacks?
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He calls this park
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"an outrage to the body politic."
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Would you like to comment?
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I consider Councilman
Gandolph's personal attack
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a contemptible political ploy.
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And I won't dignify it by a response.
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Jessica, this is Bea Huffington.
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-Anything you need to know, just ask her.
-Hello.
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Come on, Norm, talk to me.
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I mean, whoever started this petition,
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the word is it's turning
into a real groundswell,
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-and it's only gonna get bigger when--
-Get out of my office.
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So I guess my getting
a look at your ledger entries
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regarding feed purchases
is out of the question?
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Get out of here!
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You tell the gate I'm
pulling Russell's pass,
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and if you show your face on zoo property,
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I'll have you arrested!
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And that goes for anybody else
from The Chronicle!
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Thanks, pal, you just gave me
tomorrow's page-one lead story.
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[phone ringing]
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Oh. Forgive my manners.
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J.B. Fletcher, isn't it?
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Mr. Gilford, if this is a bad time--
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Oh, no, not at all. Not at all.
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Kelly, see if you can find Stinson.
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He's not answering his beeper.
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And since we can't prevent
Councilman Gandolph
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from entering the premises,
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be sure you keep him away from me.
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Call the gate, Bea, now.
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And see if you can rustle up some coffee
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for Mrs. Fletcher and me.
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Oh, Mr. Gilford, I'm on
a very tight schedule.
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Nonsense. For the moment at least,
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this is still my park,
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and I want to hear all about your book.
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[Ted] I'm really worried about
another aftershock, Doc.
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Several of these glass panes
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were shaken out of their frames.
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We can kiss half our species good-bye
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if we get another aftershock
like that last one.
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Yeah. So what did Gilford say?
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Take a guess. He will not
touch the contingency fund.
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He wants FEMA to
come through with the money.
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I guess you heard about that petition
going around this morning.
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A lot of folks think
you ought to have his job.
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No. I'm an animal doctor, Ted.
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So is this our guy with the problem?
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Yeah. He's been off his feed
since the earthquake.
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Yeah. There's a little nasal discharge.
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[Bea] Look who's here.
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Jessica!
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-Hello, Ted.
-How are you?
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-And Ray.
-Hello, Jessica!
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Gilford's looking for you.
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He wants you in his office muy pronto.
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Well, Mr. Gilford's gonna have to wait.
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I've got a problem with the elephants.
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-So, Jessica, I'll see you again later?
-Oh, yes.
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Have I got some clues for you.
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Ever since I got your fax,
I've been making notes like crazy.
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I wake up in the middle of the night
with these ideas.
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You better watch out, because that is
a writer's disease.
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Here. I hope this is
what you're looking for.
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Oh, this is gonna be
a tremendous help, Ted. Thank you.
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Doc thinks maybe it was
the earthquake dust
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that got everything all stirred up.
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Oh, poor baby.
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My goodness.
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What a beautiful bird.
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Hello.
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So, 7 o'clock okay?
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Ted, I'm really sorry. I've gotta cancel.
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Couldn't let me know a little later?
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Something personal came up. I'm sorry.
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-Jessica.
-Hmm?
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Let's take a stroll this way,
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and I'll show you that alligator you
expressed interest in.
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Great.
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Norman, I had nothing
whatsoever to do with any petition.
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Of course you didn't.
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I just want to remind you
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that politicking of any kind
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is a violation
of your employment contract.
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Uh, pardon me, Mr. Gilford, I--
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Kelly, stay out of this.
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Look, Ray, let me spell it out for you.
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Contrary to anything you may have heard
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about my imminent departure,
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I have no intention of going away,
gently or otherwise.
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And when the dust settles,
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I'll be taking a hard look
at where everyone stood.
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Ray, please.
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Norman, despite your
paranoid fantasies,
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I have no interest in your job.
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Let me tell you something else.
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This petition is the least
of your worries.
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It's Mark Atwater
and these earth speak people
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you should be keeping your eye on,
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because from the few straight answers
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that I've been able to
extract from Atwater...
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come on, Ray, that's not fair.
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I gather that their agenda
is not to fire you, Sir.
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It's to close down the park, period...
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which, while it pains me to admit it,
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puts us on the same team.
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Excuse me.
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-Well?
-I think he's wrong about Mark.
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Really?
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I'm sure that your relationship
with Mr. Atwater
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doesn't color your opinion.
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Now, Clarence here is just a youngster,
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and naturally he's too small to swallow
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that.45-caliber ammunition clip
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you described in your fax.
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But give him a couple more years,
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he'd sooner eat you than the entire gun.
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No problem. It's not
an absolute requirement of the plot.
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-There you go. Got him?
-Yes.
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Now, you mentioned poisonous snakes.
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This should be your killer, Jessica,
the black mamba.
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It's one of the elapidae family,
like the cobras.
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I could give you a few pointers
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on what makes them
such dangerous critters.
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[Atwater] Yo, Ted.
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-Excuse me, Jessica.
-Of course.
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Payday, friend.
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[Ted] Atwater, listen, I'm sorry.
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Things are still really tight.
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You said that last week, Ted.
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And the week before.
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Well, I'd better see $1,200
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before the banks close tomorrow,
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or past transgressions
become public knowledge.
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And we're gonna learn
about this wonderful little creature
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from Melanie Bryan here.
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But first, we're honored
to welcome Joe Gandolph,
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a City Councilman who's made no secret
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of his sentiments
regarding the animal park.
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The cat's out of the bag, Joyce.
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The petition is circulating,
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calling for the removal of the animal
park director, Norman Gilford, and--
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Mr. Gandolph, I think our audience knows
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where I stand on this issue.
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I'm only giving you this forum to allow--
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Look, my responsibility
is to the taxpayer.
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As I started to say,
after Mr. Gilford's ousted,
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we have to take a hard look
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as to whether or not the animal park
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will continue to exist at all.
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[line ringing]
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[man] Hello?
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All right.
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If the offer still stands,
I'm ready to talk.
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When would you like to meet?
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-Tonight.
-Tonight's no good.
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Tomorrow, then.
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We're not exactly overstaffed,
as you can see.
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Help yourself to any one of these desks.
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Well, hey, what is this?
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A deserving gift for
the lady of my dreams.
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-Hi, doll.
-Mark.
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Jessica, this is Mark Atwater.
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-Oh, hello.
-Hi. How are you?
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Nice to meet you.
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Let's get out of here.
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[laughing]
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The bad penny himself.
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00:12:44,306 --> 00:12:45,724
You're sounding more and more
254
00:12:45,807 --> 00:12:47,058
like a rotten loser, Ray.
255
00:12:47,184 --> 00:12:48,477
It's very unattractive.
256
00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:50,145
[Kelly] Will you guys cool it?
257
00:12:50,228 --> 00:12:52,772
God, I'm beginning to feel like a referee.
258
00:12:57,402 --> 00:12:59,488
Damn!
259
00:12:59,571 --> 00:13:00,780
[clears throat]
260
00:13:00,864 --> 00:13:03,283
Heh.
261
00:13:03,366 --> 00:13:04,701
I'm sorry.
262
00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:07,329
What exactly does Mr. Atwater do?
263
00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:08,997
He's passionately on the side
264
00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,749
of whoever's willing to pay him.
265
00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:12,876
Right now, that's Earth Speak,
266
00:13:12,959 --> 00:13:15,962
an organization dedicated
to closing down all zoos.
267
00:13:16,046 --> 00:13:18,465
Oh, yes. I've read
some of their arguments.
268
00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:22,093
The theory that if a species
is destined to die out, so be it?
269
00:13:22,177 --> 00:13:24,471
Hmm. And zoos are buying time
270
00:13:24,554 --> 00:13:26,306
for a lot of those species.
271
00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:27,724
When you've got some time,
272
00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:29,601
I'll be glad to show you our plans
273
00:13:29,684 --> 00:13:32,187
for breeding programs
and interdependent ecosystems,
274
00:13:32,270 --> 00:13:34,064
which, of course, are still on
the drawing board
275
00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:36,816
because Gilford won't
fight for more money.
276
00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:39,236
But right now, I've got two
sick elephants.
277
00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:41,738
-Excuse me.
-Of course.
278
00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:52,499
[Joyce] My late husband
Cornelius was a surgeon
279
00:13:52,582 --> 00:13:54,125
and big-game hunter, Mrs. Fletcher.
280
00:13:54,209 --> 00:13:56,336
-Hmm.
-I was his chief nurse,
281
00:13:56,419 --> 00:13:59,923
until he mercifully took me away
from all the syringes and bedpans.
282
00:14:00,006 --> 00:14:01,550
[laughing]
283
00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:03,468
Actually, I find this a bit embarrassing.
284
00:14:03,552 --> 00:14:05,804
He believed he was doing
humanity a service
285
00:14:05,887 --> 00:14:09,015
by helping to kill off endangered species.
286
00:14:09,099 --> 00:14:10,850
Well, that's an interesting logic.
287
00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:12,561
[laughs] Indeed.
288
00:14:12,644 --> 00:14:14,437
And the only issue Corny and I
ever disagreed on.
289
00:14:14,521 --> 00:14:16,439
I'd always had an interest in zoology
290
00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:18,567
and knew the value of live animals
as opposed to dead ones,
291
00:14:18,650 --> 00:14:21,611
which is why I'm such a passionate
defender of the animal park.
292
00:14:21,695 --> 00:14:23,280
Mrs. Fletcher, my wife and I
293
00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:24,864
so enjoyed your book Endangered.
294
00:14:24,948 --> 00:14:27,325
-A real page-Turner.
-Thank you.
295
00:14:27,409 --> 00:14:29,160
In payment for being invited tonight,
296
00:14:29,244 --> 00:14:31,329
Mr. Gandolph has promised
not to say anything hostile
297
00:14:31,413 --> 00:14:33,415
to the friends of the animal park.
298
00:14:33,498 --> 00:14:35,917
So if you catch him breaking his word,
I want to hear about it.
299
00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:37,294
Shush, Joyce.
300
00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,254
[chuckling]
301
00:14:39,337 --> 00:14:41,172
-[Bea] Jessica!
-Hello!
302
00:14:41,256 --> 00:14:42,882
Hi! Ray tells me you've already come up
303
00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:44,426
with a protagonist for your new book.
304
00:14:44,509 --> 00:14:46,094
Well, subject to change, of course.
305
00:14:46,177 --> 00:14:48,388
I've decided that she'll
be a zoo veterinarian,
306
00:14:48,471 --> 00:14:50,056
just like Dr. Stinson here,
307
00:14:50,140 --> 00:14:53,059
and she'll use her knowledge
of animal sciences
308
00:14:53,143 --> 00:14:55,729
to solve a human mystery.
309
00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:57,647
You'll have to explain
that one to me, Jessica.
310
00:14:57,731 --> 00:14:59,399
I'd like to make a statement
311
00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:01,568
that's going to be
unpopular in present company.
312
00:15:01,651 --> 00:15:03,278
Oh, Mark, do you have to?
313
00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:06,531
It distresses me to see
a writer of your stature
314
00:15:06,615 --> 00:15:08,575
undertaking a novel that glorifies
315
00:15:08,658 --> 00:15:11,453
an abusive, medieval system
of animal confinement.
316
00:15:11,536 --> 00:15:14,331
Oh, please, be distressed
somewhere else if you must,
317
00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:16,499
but not in my house. Kelly, talk to him.
318
00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:19,336
Bea, darling, may I borrow
Ray for a few minutes?
319
00:15:21,546 --> 00:15:23,715
-Look, Mrs. Hacker, it's--
-Wait a minute.
320
00:15:23,798 --> 00:15:25,508
First off, I want you to understand
321
00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:27,802
I have nothing to do with
this cabal against Norman.
322
00:15:27,886 --> 00:15:29,846
My God, we've been friends for years,
323
00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,806
but the tide's turned against him.
324
00:15:31,890 --> 00:15:34,351
And that's okay. I'm an animal doctor,
325
00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:36,645
I'm not an administrator.
326
00:15:36,728 --> 00:15:39,356
Nonsense. You're the only person
around who can do the job.
327
00:15:39,439 --> 00:15:41,191
I'll find you the help you need.
328
00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:43,193
Starting with Joe Gandolph?
With friends like that,
329
00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,320
the animal park does not need any enemies.
330
00:15:45,403 --> 00:15:47,238
You let me handle him.
331
00:15:47,322 --> 00:15:49,115
He practically owns the Parks Department,
332
00:15:49,199 --> 00:15:51,868
and he's guaranteed me
the chair on the new zoo board,
333
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,204
with the right to appoint my own members.
334
00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:56,289
Hmm.
335
00:15:56,373 --> 00:15:59,876
Well, no question, I'm flattered.
336
00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:04,839
Ray, I just know you'll
do an outstanding job.
337
00:16:04,923 --> 00:16:07,175
Yeah.
338
00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:18,645
[chuckling]
339
00:16:18,728 --> 00:16:20,980
Not exactly a pushover.
340
00:16:21,064 --> 00:16:22,857
He'll do it.
341
00:16:22,941 --> 00:16:25,068
It was needlessly risky for you to
come here tonight.
342
00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:27,320
You're only paying for my day job.
343
00:16:27,404 --> 00:16:29,698
My evenings are my own.
344
00:16:29,781 --> 00:16:31,408
Besides, if you didn't want me to come,
345
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,743
you shouldn't have invited my fiancee.
346
00:16:33,827 --> 00:16:36,746
[laughs] I've been meaning to
talk to you about that.
347
00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:39,457
Well, since you won't
have me, I have no choice.
348
00:16:39,541 --> 00:16:42,544
Besides, her father
is a partner in Berns, Fowler.
349
00:16:42,627 --> 00:16:44,921
And I thought Cornelius was amoral.
350
00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:47,841
Mmm.
351
00:16:55,932 --> 00:16:57,684
[door closes]
352
00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:06,943
-Jessica.
-Hi, Ted.
353
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,487
You missed a good movie last night.
354
00:17:09,571 --> 00:17:11,239
You know, I've got some time
355
00:17:11,322 --> 00:17:12,657
if you want to talk about the black mamba?
356
00:17:12,782 --> 00:17:14,159
Oh, I most certainly do,
357
00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:15,618
but could we make it a little later?
358
00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:16,953
Bea's going to show me the leopards.
359
00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:18,538
Sure.
360
00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:23,585
I said I was sorry, Ted. No rain check?
361
00:17:23,668 --> 00:17:24,919
I didn't see any rain last night.
362
00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:27,297
Okay.
363
00:17:29,466 --> 00:17:31,801
Thanks for not letting on
about Dr. Stinson and I.
364
00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:33,219
Last night, I mean.
365
00:17:33,303 --> 00:17:34,888
It's really not my business, Bea.
366
00:17:34,971 --> 00:17:36,514
Well, I don't like sneaking around.
367
00:17:36,598 --> 00:17:38,391
It's just Ted, he's so insecure.
368
00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:40,477
If I told him the truth,
he wouldn't believe me.
369
00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,687
I take it you were on a mission of mercy?
370
00:17:42,771 --> 00:17:44,939
Yeah, a regular Florence nightingale.
371
00:17:45,023 --> 00:17:47,692
Ray and I go way back as friends,
372
00:17:47,776 --> 00:17:51,404
and he's just so down because of losing
Kelly to Mark Atwater.
373
00:17:51,488 --> 00:17:53,156
Well, he needed me.
374
00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:54,741
I'll straighten it out
with Ted eventually.
375
00:17:54,824 --> 00:17:56,367
What?
376
00:17:56,451 --> 00:17:59,120
I was just thinking about Kelly.
377
00:17:59,204 --> 00:18:00,872
She was supposed to supply me
378
00:18:00,955 --> 00:18:02,749
with some research material this morning,
379
00:18:02,832 --> 00:18:05,627
but I haven't seen her all day.
380
00:18:27,774 --> 00:18:30,401
Look, Kell, I'm sorry,
381
00:18:30,485 --> 00:18:31,986
but you've got this whole thing wrong.
382
00:18:32,070 --> 00:18:33,363
For starters,
383
00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:35,281
Joyce and I were an item once.
384
00:18:35,365 --> 00:18:36,991
Now we're just friends.
385
00:18:37,075 --> 00:18:39,327
That's what you said about
the flight attendant.
386
00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:42,121
Oh, come on, kid, there's a very
simple explanation for this.
387
00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:44,123
I'd really love it if there were, Mark.
388
00:18:44,207 --> 00:18:47,752
Believe me, I would,
but right now I'm just not buying it.
389
00:18:51,923 --> 00:18:55,301
Gee, Norman, imagine my surprise
390
00:18:55,385 --> 00:18:57,554
to actually receive an invitation
391
00:18:57,637 --> 00:18:59,180
to meet you face-to-face--
392
00:18:59,264 --> 00:19:01,683
-Are you finished?
-You tell me, Norman.
393
00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:04,102
Okay. I know my days here are numbered,
394
00:19:04,185 --> 00:19:07,355
but I'm asking you
as a fellow human being,
395
00:19:07,438 --> 00:19:09,232
take this place down if you want to,
396
00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:11,067
but don't take me with it.
397
00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:12,902
That's part of the deal, Norman.
398
00:19:12,986 --> 00:19:15,405
The public has to have a heavy,
and you're elected.
399
00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:17,490
Joe, if I take the fall for this fiasco
400
00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:18,992
you've been orchestrating,
401
00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:20,660
my career is over, finished.
402
00:19:20,743 --> 00:19:22,662
Now, you find somebody else to blame.
403
00:19:22,745 --> 00:19:25,248
Joyce hacker, the board of directors...
404
00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:27,458
Ah, but, Norman, why should I?
405
00:19:29,043 --> 00:19:33,548
I can suggest about 150,000 reasons.
406
00:19:33,631 --> 00:19:35,341
Really?
407
00:19:35,425 --> 00:19:37,886
And untraceable.
408
00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:40,597
Already in an offshore bank.
409
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,641
I don't know, Norm.
I'll have to think that one over.
410
00:19:43,725 --> 00:19:46,853
But I'll get back to you.
411
00:19:46,936 --> 00:19:48,688
I'd really appreciate it
412
00:19:48,771 --> 00:19:51,900
if you can mention
something to your boss about it.
413
00:19:51,983 --> 00:19:53,443
Miss Huffington?
414
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:55,236
I'm sorry, Chris. What were you saying?
415
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,363
[grunting]
416
00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:05,413
-How's it coming, Doc?
-Almost finished.
417
00:20:05,496 --> 00:20:07,457
I heard the scuttlebutt.
418
00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:09,584
You gotta be feeling pretty good.
419
00:20:09,667 --> 00:20:11,669
I don't know, Ted.
420
00:20:11,753 --> 00:20:13,713
I'd be taking on an awful lot
of responsibility.
421
00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:15,131
Nah.
422
00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:17,759
No worse than surgery on a rhino.
423
00:20:17,842 --> 00:20:19,177
Well...
424
00:20:19,260 --> 00:20:20,845
Besides, if you're the director,
425
00:20:20,929 --> 00:20:22,263
maybe you could make
some changes around here.
426
00:20:22,347 --> 00:20:23,848
Yeah.
427
00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:25,683
I just wish I could be sure of that.
428
00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:02,053
Okay, Norman,
429
00:21:02,136 --> 00:21:05,473
you didn't get me out here
for a nature walk.
430
00:21:05,556 --> 00:21:07,934
I want Joyce hacker off my case,
431
00:21:08,017 --> 00:21:10,520
and if she folds, Gandolph will go away.
432
00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:14,232
Now, that's a public statement you'll make
433
00:21:14,315 --> 00:21:16,359
disavowing your association
with earth speak
434
00:21:16,442 --> 00:21:18,444
and its policies on zoos.
435
00:21:18,528 --> 00:21:19,904
Plus, you now have serious doubts
436
00:21:19,988 --> 00:21:21,614
about earth speak's integrity.
437
00:21:21,698 --> 00:21:23,950
Furthermore, you've given it deep thought
438
00:21:24,033 --> 00:21:25,827
and decided that Norman Gilford
439
00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:28,329
is a pretty damn fine
administrator after all.
440
00:21:28,413 --> 00:21:30,331
You were simply misled by Gandolph.
441
00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:34,210
Well, you don't ask for much.
442
00:21:34,585 --> 00:21:37,255
All right, pal, what kind of dollars
we talking about?
443
00:21:37,338 --> 00:21:40,008
Well, the park's got
a small contingency fund
444
00:21:40,091 --> 00:21:42,218
that I can dip into for a few thousand--
445
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:45,471
Norman, I want half of everything
446
00:21:45,555 --> 00:21:47,056
that you've skimmed out of there,
447
00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:48,683
from the horsemeat scam
448
00:21:48,766 --> 00:21:50,560
to the donations
449
00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:52,270
to the cash from
the trash removal kickbacks.
450
00:21:52,353 --> 00:21:54,522
Why, you're crazy. I...
451
00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:59,110
I can give you 20%.
452
00:21:59,193 --> 00:22:03,322
Norman, we're talking
serious felonies here.
453
00:22:03,406 --> 00:22:05,033
If any of this gets out,
454
00:22:05,116 --> 00:22:07,660
it's adios, amigo.
455
00:22:07,744 --> 00:22:12,457
I'll give you until 9:00 tonight, okay?
456
00:22:12,540 --> 00:22:14,375
You have my number.
457
00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:34,562
Mrs. Fletcher, you're here so late.
458
00:22:34,645 --> 00:22:36,856
I got a call from Kelly to meet her here.
459
00:22:36,939 --> 00:22:40,026
Really? I haven't seen Kelly all day.
460
00:22:40,109 --> 00:22:43,154
I guess that she must have
told you about last night.
461
00:22:44,906 --> 00:22:47,700
She didn't have to. I was there.
462
00:22:47,784 --> 00:22:49,827
[phone rings]
463
00:22:52,246 --> 00:22:54,290
Yeah?
464
00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,918
What? Now?
465
00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:59,337
All right. I'll see you
in a couple of minutes.
466
00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:07,303
You know, maybe you shouldn't be
so quick to judge, Mrs. Fletcher.
467
00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:09,722
You don't exactly have all the facts.
468
00:23:32,703 --> 00:23:35,915
Okay. Where are you?
469
00:23:40,795 --> 00:23:44,924
[hissing]
470
00:23:45,007 --> 00:23:46,551
[gasping]
471
00:23:46,634 --> 00:23:48,803
Help me.
472
00:23:48,886 --> 00:23:50,346
Help...
473
00:23:52,515 --> 00:23:54,600
[exhales]
474
00:24:00,314 --> 00:24:03,985
[chatter on police radio]
475
00:24:04,235 --> 00:24:06,195
[Caceras] Captain, I guarantee
476
00:24:06,279 --> 00:24:08,781
nobody's more aware of
my caseload than I am,
477
00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:11,450
or that this is not a job for homicide.
478
00:24:11,534 --> 00:24:13,911
But Councilman Gandolph
called me at 4 a.m.,
479
00:24:13,995 --> 00:24:16,122
told me to get down here to investigate,
480
00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:18,124
and I didn't figure you'd be
all that wild about me
481
00:24:18,207 --> 00:24:20,334
waking you up to get your opinion.
482
00:24:20,418 --> 00:24:22,086
[chattering] Right.
483
00:24:22,170 --> 00:24:23,921
Oh, come on, don't put it
in my face, will you?
484
00:24:24,005 --> 00:24:25,882
-Where'd you find it?
-Down the road apiece,
485
00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:27,884
trying to rustle up a warm snack.
486
00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:30,011
-It all right if I lock him up?
-Yeah, go ahead.
487
00:24:30,094 --> 00:24:32,346
If I need his fingerprints, I'll call you.
488
00:24:37,185 --> 00:24:38,561
Nutley.
489
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:40,313
We've got a couple of witnesses.
490
00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:42,648
The reporter and a novelist,
Jessica Fletcher.
491
00:24:42,732 --> 00:24:44,400
She's here?
492
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:47,195
Lieutenant Caceras? [laughs]
493
00:24:47,278 --> 00:24:49,906
My goodness, we do seem fated to meet
494
00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:52,158
under less than ideal circumstances.
495
00:24:52,241 --> 00:24:54,785
What was it you said
when you were out last year? Um...
496
00:24:54,869 --> 00:24:57,413
"corpses just seem to be
part of our job description."
497
00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:59,165
[sighs]
498
00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:01,209
Stevens found it in the deceased's pocket.
499
00:25:01,292 --> 00:25:03,544
Uh-huh. All right, for the record,
500
00:25:03,628 --> 00:25:05,838
you last saw Mark Atwater when?
501
00:25:05,922 --> 00:25:08,716
Well, it was just after 8 o'clock
last night in the bull pen.
502
00:25:08,799 --> 00:25:10,927
He was supposed to meet
Kelly Michaels there,
503
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:13,763
and then he got a call
on his cellular phone.
504
00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:16,307
He seemed to be anticipating the call,
505
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:18,267
and he left immediately.
506
00:25:18,351 --> 00:25:20,561
Without saying who the caller was
or where he was headed?
507
00:25:20,645 --> 00:25:22,063
Mm-hmm.
508
00:25:22,146 --> 00:25:23,397
Mean anything?
509
00:25:23,481 --> 00:25:24,774
Mm-mm. No.
510
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:27,235
I'm sorry. Afraid not.
511
00:25:27,318 --> 00:25:29,695
So you figure the caller
512
00:25:29,779 --> 00:25:32,365
might've been this, uh,
this Michaels woman?
513
00:25:32,448 --> 00:25:35,660
I have no idea, Lieutenant.
514
00:25:35,743 --> 00:25:37,620
You got anything to add, Mr. Russell?
515
00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:39,455
I told the officer
everything I could remember.
516
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,874
I just can't get it out of my head.
517
00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:44,961
This poor guy crawling
around on the floor, mumbling for help.
518
00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:46,796
Yeah. Well, I guess I'd be mumbling, too.
519
00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:49,840
Now, you never actually saw
this mysterious zoo lady?
520
00:25:49,924 --> 00:25:51,676
Like I said, I always found a key
521
00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:54,136
in an envelope under my door with
a typewritten slip
522
00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:56,055
telling me where and when we should meet.
523
00:25:56,138 --> 00:25:58,641
Well, guess that about wraps it up.
524
00:26:00,810 --> 00:26:03,854
Lieutenant, um...
525
00:26:03,938 --> 00:26:06,232
I don't mean to second-guess,
526
00:26:06,315 --> 00:26:08,567
but don't you find it strange
527
00:26:08,651 --> 00:26:12,154
for Mr. Atwater to have been
summoned to the reptile area
528
00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:14,657
at the exact moment that a poisonous snake
529
00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,909
just happens to be
slithering around on the floor?
530
00:26:16,993 --> 00:26:18,577
No. It's just your basic case
531
00:26:18,661 --> 00:26:20,329
of being in the wrong place
at the wrong time.
532
00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:22,248
-What, Jessica?
-And that woman...
533
00:26:22,331 --> 00:26:24,375
the woman who sends
the key to Mr. Russell.
534
00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:26,711
Well, that's just somebody
one sandwich short of a picnic,
535
00:26:26,794 --> 00:26:29,005
with a grudge against Norman Gilford.
536
00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:31,215
Well, she certainly is
familiar with the place.
537
00:26:31,299 --> 00:26:34,218
I mean, it's just possible that she
might have witnessed
538
00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:35,886
what happened last night.
539
00:26:35,970 --> 00:26:37,555
Jessica, a word, huh?
540
00:26:37,638 --> 00:26:39,473
We're talking an accident here.
541
00:26:39,557 --> 00:26:41,309
There's no need for a witness.
542
00:26:41,392 --> 00:26:43,477
Now, forgive an overused metaphor,
543
00:26:43,561 --> 00:26:45,813
but please don't build
a mountain out of a molehill.
544
00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:48,607
By the way, Gabe, on what part of his body
545
00:26:48,691 --> 00:26:50,526
was Mr. Atwater bitten?
546
00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:53,529
The puncture marks were on the neck.
547
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:55,781
Period. The end.
548
00:26:55,865 --> 00:26:57,450
Right.
549
00:27:01,037 --> 00:27:02,872
Something the matter, Ray?
550
00:27:02,955 --> 00:27:04,582
Yeah. Where's our esteemed director?
551
00:27:04,665 --> 00:27:06,584
We have a potential disaster on our hands,
552
00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:08,544
and he hides in his office.
553
00:27:18,346 --> 00:27:20,681
Dr. Stinson, I must talk to you.
554
00:27:20,765 --> 00:27:22,975
-Hello.
-Mrs. Fletcher...
555
00:27:23,059 --> 00:27:24,810
I was just about to tell Joyce,
556
00:27:24,894 --> 00:27:27,063
what with Atwater's death,
557
00:27:27,146 --> 00:27:28,773
it's clear that the animal park
558
00:27:28,856 --> 00:27:30,941
has become a major public safety risk.
559
00:27:31,025 --> 00:27:33,569
I'm going to recommend
it be shut down, effective tomorrow.
560
00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:35,404
No. Mr. Gandolph, please,
561
00:27:35,488 --> 00:27:37,948
let's just cool this,
for a few days, anyway.
562
00:27:38,032 --> 00:27:39,325
Mrs. Hacker--
563
00:27:39,408 --> 00:27:40,910
No, I'm with you, Ray.
564
00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:42,536
Joe, you've got to back off--
565
00:27:42,620 --> 00:27:44,330
believe me, Joyce, I only want
566
00:27:44,413 --> 00:27:46,207
what's best for the city, for the animals,
567
00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:47,750
but I've got a responsibility here.
568
00:27:47,833 --> 00:27:49,585
[Jessica] If I may say something.
569
00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:52,046
My observation is that,
with the right leadership,
570
00:27:52,129 --> 00:27:54,215
this could be a fine park.
571
00:27:54,298 --> 00:27:57,385
Now, Ray tells me that you've
asked him to take charge,
572
00:27:57,468 --> 00:27:59,804
and I believe that
he passionately believes
573
00:27:59,887 --> 00:28:01,931
in all the same things that you do.
574
00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:04,725
Both of you. That is, in making the park
575
00:28:04,809 --> 00:28:07,853
more humane and more habitat-oriented.
576
00:28:07,937 --> 00:28:09,522
Bravo, Jessica.
577
00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:11,273
-Joyce--
-Oh, Joe, come on.
578
00:28:11,357 --> 00:28:12,733
For heaven's sake, stop being a politician
579
00:28:12,817 --> 00:28:14,276
for just a minute.
580
00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:16,862
I'll think about it.
581
00:28:16,946 --> 00:28:18,614
What is there to think about?
582
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,242
Ray, I believe it's best
to quit while we're ahead.
583
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:27,706
[sighs] All this drama,
a nocturnal death by snakebite,
584
00:28:27,790 --> 00:28:30,000
a mysterious, unseen woman.
585
00:28:30,084 --> 00:28:32,795
It would probably be
wonderful grist for you as a writer
586
00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:34,797
if it weren't so tragic for this place.
587
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,925
It will probably end up
in one of my books.
588
00:28:38,008 --> 00:28:39,760
Good-bye, Mr. Gandolph.
589
00:28:39,844 --> 00:28:42,221
Have a nice day, Mrs. Fletcher.
590
00:28:45,850 --> 00:28:49,395
Joyce, I have something
you have got to hear.
591
00:28:49,478 --> 00:28:51,689
A rather interesting conversation I had
592
00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:55,109
with Norman Gilford.
593
00:28:55,192 --> 00:28:58,362
Oh, I don't know, Doc.
I checked her temperature last night
594
00:28:58,446 --> 00:29:00,364
and everything seemed to be fine.
595
00:29:00,448 --> 00:29:02,408
She seems okay to me.
596
00:29:02,491 --> 00:29:04,285
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
597
00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:09,123
Ray, would it be accurate
598
00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:11,125
if I were to portray zoo personnel
599
00:29:11,208 --> 00:29:13,669
milking poisonous snakes for their venom?
600
00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:16,172
No, no. That doesn't happen.
Well, not in a zoo.
601
00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:18,424
The milking severely weakens the animal.
602
00:29:18,507 --> 00:29:21,635
Oh. But I notice that you have here
603
00:29:21,719 --> 00:29:23,721
-a record of recent milkings.
-That's not ours.
604
00:29:23,804 --> 00:29:26,765
The animal regulation people
605
00:29:26,849 --> 00:29:28,476
busted this guy out in Tarzana
606
00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:30,186
for keeping two dozen rattlers
607
00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:31,854
and assorted other venomous snakes.
608
00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:33,856
He was illicitly extracting the venom.
609
00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:36,025
And harboring venomous reptiles
610
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:38,944
outside of an authorized facility
is against the law.
611
00:29:39,028 --> 00:29:40,821
The animal reg people didn't have a place
612
00:29:40,905 --> 00:29:42,907
for the snakes or the venom, so...
613
00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:45,034
-So both of them ended up here, huh?
-Yeah.
614
00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:46,660
Hey, Mrs. Fletcher.
615
00:29:46,744 --> 00:29:48,787
-Hello, Ted.
-Ted.
616
00:29:48,871 --> 00:29:52,458
Well, this is all very helpful.
617
00:29:52,541 --> 00:29:55,794
Okay. Good. How about some lunch?
618
00:29:55,878 --> 00:29:57,546
Oh, yes, if it's on me.
619
00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,298
Okay. [laughs]
620
00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:25,241
[phone rings]
621
00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:28,410
Caceras.
622
00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:30,454
Gabe, I have a quick question.
623
00:30:30,538 --> 00:30:33,791
My favorite kind. Uh, hold on, Jessica.
624
00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:36,335
Nutley, you look like your pet duck
625
00:30:36,418 --> 00:30:37,920
got run over by a lawnmower.
626
00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:40,923
Heh. You better come in and take a look.
627
00:30:41,006 --> 00:30:42,841
Somebody's tossed Atwater's place.
628
00:30:42,925 --> 00:30:44,677
Could've been this they were looking for.
629
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,262
Found it behind a picture frame.
630
00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:47,972
-Any prints?
-Only Atwater's.
631
00:30:48,055 --> 00:30:49,974
We found another set on this.
632
00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:54,436
Uh, sorry, Jessica.
What was it you were saying?
633
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:56,855
Gabe, I was wondering
if the autopsy verified
634
00:30:56,939 --> 00:30:59,900
that it was black mamba venom
that killed Mr. Atwater.
635
00:30:59,984 --> 00:31:02,695
-On the money.
-Well, that's very strange, Gabe.
636
00:31:02,778 --> 00:31:04,655
In doing research for my book,
637
00:31:04,738 --> 00:31:06,365
I discovered that
the black mamba's habitat
638
00:31:06,448 --> 00:31:08,033
is ordinarily elevated
639
00:31:08,117 --> 00:31:10,911
in trees or in thatched
roofs, for example,
640
00:31:10,995 --> 00:31:14,164
and when it does strike human victims,
it's usually from above.
641
00:31:14,248 --> 00:31:16,417
-Yeah? So?
-Well, as I recall,
642
00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:18,002
there was nothing on
the ceiling of that area
643
00:31:18,085 --> 00:31:19,712
where Mr. Atwater was killed.
644
00:31:19,795 --> 00:31:22,464
That a snake could hang from. So...
645
00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:25,551
how was he bitten on the neck?
646
00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:27,595
That's terrific, Jessica.
647
00:31:27,678 --> 00:31:29,513
Between that and some other new evidence,
648
00:31:29,597 --> 00:31:31,807
I'm logging Atwater's death as a homicide.
649
00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:34,977
With any luck, we'll have a suspect
in custody by 5:00.
650
00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:38,606
Kelly, Lieutenant Caceras now believes
651
00:31:38,689 --> 00:31:42,192
that Mark's death wasn't an accident.
652
00:31:43,986 --> 00:31:45,404
[exhales]
653
00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:49,033
There was a moment I could've killed him.
654
00:31:49,116 --> 00:31:51,785
I felt so betrayed.
655
00:31:51,869 --> 00:31:55,831
I realized that I had known
all along what he was.
656
00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:58,959
I just feel this compulsive
need to be with someone.
657
00:31:59,043 --> 00:32:02,087
Mark told me that you called to have
him meet you here
658
00:32:02,171 --> 00:32:04,173
at 8 o'clock last night.
659
00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:06,050
I wanted to tell him what I really felt.
660
00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:10,554
I wanted to end it.
I didn't have the courage.
661
00:32:10,638 --> 00:32:13,724
The police are going
to ask where you were.
662
00:32:13,807 --> 00:32:15,809
And of course you can count on me, Norman.
663
00:32:15,893 --> 00:32:17,936
All I'm saying is I don't know
if I'll be able to control him.
664
00:32:18,020 --> 00:32:19,688
Now that the police are calling it murder,
665
00:32:19,772 --> 00:32:21,649
Joe's like a wild man.
666
00:32:21,732 --> 00:32:24,318
It's as if this is the opportunity
he's been waiting for.
667
00:32:24,401 --> 00:32:26,111
Not to mention the fact that you made
668
00:32:26,195 --> 00:32:27,821
a horrible tactical mistake with him.
669
00:32:27,905 --> 00:32:29,448
Mistake? How?
670
00:32:29,531 --> 00:32:31,367
By trying to bribe him.
671
00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:35,454
Bribe? Joyce, what in hell
are you talking about?
672
00:32:35,537 --> 00:32:38,332
He recorded your conversation,
Norman. I heard it.
673
00:32:38,415 --> 00:32:40,250
Oh, my God.
674
00:32:40,334 --> 00:32:42,086
I'm a dead man.
675
00:32:42,169 --> 00:32:43,921
Not necessarily.
676
00:32:44,004 --> 00:32:45,589
I've been thinking about it.
The way I see it,
677
00:32:45,673 --> 00:32:47,216
you have a couple of choices.
678
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:48,967
For instance,
679
00:32:49,051 --> 00:32:50,761
I might be able to talk Gandolph
680
00:32:50,844 --> 00:32:53,597
into forgetting about the tape
if you'd resign...
681
00:32:53,681 --> 00:32:55,641
you know, with a mild mea culpa
682
00:32:55,724 --> 00:32:57,309
about how the animal park just...
683
00:32:57,393 --> 00:32:58,852
kind of got away from you.
684
00:32:58,936 --> 00:33:01,939
Wonderful. Next?
685
00:33:02,022 --> 00:33:07,444
Or...you could just go away.
686
00:33:07,528 --> 00:33:10,197
You've skimmed enough
off the top of this operation
687
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,449
to live out your life very comfortably
688
00:33:12,533 --> 00:33:14,702
in some nice third-world country
689
00:33:14,785 --> 00:33:16,954
that doesn't have
an extradition treaty with the U.S.
690
00:33:17,037 --> 00:33:19,873
I... I... no, I can't.
691
00:33:19,957 --> 00:33:21,959
Well, don't reject it
out of hand, darling.
692
00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:24,837
I mean, you have my word
that I'll try my best
693
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,090
to keep them from tearing
down your reputation.
694
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:30,384
Wait.
695
00:33:30,467 --> 00:33:32,845
What do you get out of all this?
696
00:33:32,928 --> 00:33:35,889
-Me?
-Yeah.
697
00:33:35,973 --> 00:33:38,892
[scoffs] I thought you understood, Norman.
698
00:33:38,976 --> 00:33:40,477
All I've ever wanted
699
00:33:40,561 --> 00:33:42,479
is what's best for the animal park.
700
00:33:49,695 --> 00:33:51,697
And we keep all of our tranquilizer guns
701
00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:53,907
-right over there.
-Oh.
702
00:33:53,991 --> 00:33:57,286
And I suppose it would be possible
to load one of them
703
00:33:57,369 --> 00:34:00,080
with snake venom instead
of tranquilizer serum?
704
00:34:00,164 --> 00:34:03,292
Yeah. It's possible.
I just can't imagine why anybody would.
705
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:04,960
[chuckles] Oh.
706
00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:06,879
You're talking about
Mark Atwater, aren't you?
707
00:34:06,962 --> 00:34:08,630
Well, perhaps.
708
00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:10,466
But a dart fired from a gun
709
00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:12,134
would leave a larger wound.
710
00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:14,136
Unless it was somehow modified,
711
00:34:14,219 --> 00:34:17,097
it wouldn't look anything
like a snakebite.
712
00:34:17,181 --> 00:34:20,601
That mamba...
wasn't that one of the snakes
713
00:34:20,684 --> 00:34:24,480
that you were boarding for the animal
regulation people?
714
00:34:24,563 --> 00:34:26,815
-Mm-hmm.
-Wasn't he milked recently?
715
00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:29,193
Yeah. About three days ago, illegally.
716
00:34:29,276 --> 00:34:32,654
It takes about, oh,
five or six days for the venom
717
00:34:32,738 --> 00:34:34,698
to get back up to lethal strength.
718
00:34:34,782 --> 00:34:37,826
But you're storing
the illegal venom, too, aren't you?
719
00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:46,418
[exhaling]
720
00:34:46,502 --> 00:34:48,420
It's the black mamba venom.
721
00:34:48,504 --> 00:34:50,255
There's about ten milliliters
of this missing.
722
00:34:50,339 --> 00:34:52,007
It was checked in full.
That means that somebody--
723
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:53,634
You better put it down, Ray.
724
00:34:53,717 --> 00:34:55,511
The fewer fingerprints on it, the better,
725
00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:58,055
although I doubt they'll find
the killer's prints on it.
726
00:35:01,183 --> 00:35:04,478
Somebody must've been
very familiar with park procedures
727
00:35:04,561 --> 00:35:06,230
to have stolen that venom.
728
00:35:06,313 --> 00:35:08,690
Somebody who arranged to meet Mark Atwater
729
00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:10,400
last night in the reptile area.
730
00:35:10,484 --> 00:35:12,152
On the money, Dr. Stinson.
731
00:35:12,236 --> 00:35:14,488
This area will have to be secured, doctor.
732
00:35:14,571 --> 00:35:16,740
Well, we got our suspect, like I said,
733
00:35:16,824 --> 00:35:19,868
and he fulfills all those
requisites and then some.
734
00:35:19,952 --> 00:35:22,079
Left his fingerprints
all over Atwater's place
735
00:35:22,162 --> 00:35:24,164
looking for something he had to kill for.
736
00:35:24,248 --> 00:35:25,415
Who, Lieutenant?
737
00:35:25,499 --> 00:35:27,084
They arrested Ted,
738
00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:29,461
and he would never kill
another living thing.
739
00:35:29,545 --> 00:35:31,421
Oh, Jessica, do you think
you could help us?
740
00:35:31,505 --> 00:35:34,091
Well, of course, Bea, but--
Don't waste your time.
741
00:35:34,174 --> 00:35:35,968
We've got Mr. Fraley dead to rights.
742
00:35:36,051 --> 00:35:39,263
Means, opportunity
and total hatred for the victim.
743
00:35:48,689 --> 00:35:51,984
Jessica, I did not kill Mark Atwater.
744
00:35:52,067 --> 00:35:54,528
When I heard he was dead,
I busted into his place
745
00:35:54,611 --> 00:35:57,573
to find something that would've cost
me my job had it gotten out.
746
00:35:57,656 --> 00:35:59,825
The records from the
fish and game department.
747
00:35:59,908 --> 00:36:02,494
When I was too young
and too dumb to know any better,
748
00:36:02,578 --> 00:36:05,038
I got involved in an illegal operation
749
00:36:05,122 --> 00:36:07,708
bringing in animals
from overseas for private sale.
750
00:36:07,791 --> 00:36:10,836
I actually thought I was helping
endangered species.
751
00:36:10,919 --> 00:36:13,005
Anyway, I was sentenced to six months,
752
00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:15,090
and I never mentioned it
when I applied for my job here.
753
00:36:15,465 --> 00:36:17,426
And Atwater somehow learned about it
754
00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,386
and held it over you?
755
00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:20,888
For 1,200 bucks a month.
756
00:36:20,971 --> 00:36:22,264
I could barely make my rent,
757
00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:23,724
let alone have a social life.
758
00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:25,225
And if you admitted it
759
00:36:25,309 --> 00:36:26,727
to the park administration,
760
00:36:26,810 --> 00:36:28,395
Gilford would've fired you.
761
00:36:28,478 --> 00:36:30,522
In a second. With that on my record...
762
00:36:30,606 --> 00:36:33,692
Ted, this morning in Dr. Stinson's lab,
763
00:36:33,775 --> 00:36:35,777
you replaced a vial in the refrigerator--
764
00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:38,196
And one of the tranquilizer guns, yeah.
765
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,115
Caceras doesn't know that,
766
00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:42,200
but sure as heck you spotted it.
767
00:36:42,284 --> 00:36:44,578
It won't change his mind,
but I was covering
768
00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:46,622
for one of the other
curators who was on his honeymoon.
769
00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:50,250
I had to sedate one of his hippos
who had a TB shot coming.
770
00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:52,836
I believe you, Ted,
771
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,464
and I'm going to do
everything I can to help.
772
00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:57,424
Whoever set up Atwater
773
00:36:57,507 --> 00:37:00,969
had to have removed the glass
from the enclosure.
774
00:37:01,053 --> 00:37:03,680
And knew a lot about dangerous reptiles.
775
00:37:03,764 --> 00:37:04,848
That sinks me.
776
00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:07,392
Sorry. Time's up.
777
00:37:08,852 --> 00:37:10,687
Listen, Jessica...
778
00:37:10,771 --> 00:37:13,148
tell Bea she's got that rain check
after all, will you?
779
00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:16,193
I promise. Keep the faith, Ted.
780
00:37:17,444 --> 00:37:19,488
[clears throat]
781
00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:22,240
Well, good guys don't
always win, you know.
782
00:37:22,532 --> 00:37:25,327
-What's the matter?
-Oh, spider bite.
783
00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:27,287
It's that time of year.
784
00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:30,332
Ha! Somebody's gonna be out 35 smackers
785
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:33,001
plus a tow charge if he's not out of here.
786
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,505
Gabe, do us both a favor.
787
00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:37,965
Shoot.
788
00:37:38,048 --> 00:37:39,591
There's a tract of undeveloped land
789
00:37:39,675 --> 00:37:41,343
North of the animal park.
790
00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:44,721
On the city map,
it's described as parcel 154.
791
00:37:44,805 --> 00:37:46,139
Could you find out who owns it?
792
00:37:46,223 --> 00:37:48,433
Lot 154? Sure, Jess--
793
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,526
[phone rings]
794
00:37:59,861 --> 00:38:01,363
Jessica Fletcher.
795
00:38:01,446 --> 00:38:03,365
[Caceras] According
to the hall of records,
796
00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:09,204
parcel 154 is 172 acres adjacent
to the animal park.
797
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:10,998
Now, that's primo.
798
00:38:11,081 --> 00:38:13,458
With 180s of the ocean, the city... mmm!
799
00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:15,210
Wouldn't mind having
a piece of that myself.
800
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,295
Gabe, do you have that slip of paper
801
00:38:17,379 --> 00:38:19,589
that your people found on Atwater?
802
00:38:19,673 --> 00:38:22,050
Oh, yeah. Sure, Jessica,
I got it right here.
803
00:38:22,134 --> 00:38:25,012
As I recall, there's a top and a bottom,
804
00:38:25,095 --> 00:38:27,014
and the top is shaped
like a fire hydrant?
805
00:38:27,097 --> 00:38:28,515
Yeah, come to think of it.
806
00:38:28,598 --> 00:38:30,350
With the initials "C.H."
807
00:38:30,434 --> 00:38:31,893
and isn't there a line going
through the bottom half
808
00:38:31,977 --> 00:38:33,145
to the top half?
809
00:38:33,228 --> 00:38:34,896
Right.
810
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:36,648
Suppose that's a sketch of the animal park
811
00:38:36,732 --> 00:38:38,191
and parcel 154.
812
00:38:38,275 --> 00:38:40,652
Who owns the top half, Gabe?
813
00:38:40,736 --> 00:38:42,988
An outfit called the C.H. foundation.
814
00:38:43,071 --> 00:38:45,157
It's a trust set up in 1982.
815
00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:47,951
But we haven't been able to learn
anything more about them so far.
816
00:38:48,035 --> 00:38:51,913
Gabe, I'll check with you later.
817
00:38:51,997 --> 00:38:55,250
Jessica, I hadn't expected to find
you here this late.
818
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:58,628
Oh, I kind of got hung up on an idea.
819
00:38:58,712 --> 00:39:01,214
Actually, I'm here looking for, um, Kelly.
820
00:39:01,298 --> 00:39:02,716
There's no answer at her number.
821
00:39:02,799 --> 00:39:04,384
Oh, sorry, I can't help you there.
822
00:39:05,886 --> 00:39:08,388
You, um... you seem worried.
823
00:39:08,472 --> 00:39:12,309
Oh, just wondering what it's all about.
824
00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:15,979
As a matter of fact,
you've given me an idea.
825
00:39:16,063 --> 00:39:19,524
What my protagonist, Clair Forrester,
needs is a boyfriend.
826
00:39:19,608 --> 00:39:22,027
Someone who'll take her mind off
all those animals
827
00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:23,570
once in a while.
828
00:39:23,653 --> 00:39:26,490
Oh. Glad I could help.
829
00:39:26,573 --> 00:39:28,366
Good night, Jessica.
830
00:39:28,450 --> 00:39:30,327
Good night.
831
00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:40,295
Access. That's what it's about.
832
00:39:52,766 --> 00:39:54,726
Mrs. Fletcher.
833
00:39:54,810 --> 00:39:56,812
Bea, just the person I wanted to see.
834
00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:58,313
Oh, about what?
835
00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:00,357
You asked me if I could help Ted.
836
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,484
Now you have a chance to help him.
837
00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:04,945
It'll require your honesty,
838
00:40:05,028 --> 00:40:07,864
starting with admitting
you're the mysterious unseen woman
839
00:40:07,948 --> 00:40:09,533
who kept anonymous rendezvous
840
00:40:09,616 --> 00:40:11,284
with that reporter, Jimmy Russell.
841
00:40:11,368 --> 00:40:13,036
How did you know?
842
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:14,955
Oh, she had to be someone
843
00:40:15,038 --> 00:40:17,040
who's wired into the who, what and where
844
00:40:17,124 --> 00:40:18,708
of the animal park
845
00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:21,128
and details of Norman Gilford's moves
846
00:40:21,211 --> 00:40:23,213
and his finances.
847
00:40:23,296 --> 00:40:25,298
I just...
848
00:40:25,382 --> 00:40:28,051
I saw what was happening,
you know, his cheating,
849
00:40:28,135 --> 00:40:30,470
the whole place was deteriorating.
850
00:40:30,554 --> 00:40:32,389
And you were afraid
that if you went public with it,
851
00:40:32,472 --> 00:40:34,015
you'd be the loser.
852
00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:36,184
Well, I saw it happen to other people.
853
00:40:36,268 --> 00:40:38,562
They'd get fired,
and Mr. Gilford would see to it
854
00:40:38,645 --> 00:40:40,188
that they looked like the crook.
855
00:40:40,272 --> 00:40:42,065
So you started feeding information
856
00:40:42,149 --> 00:40:44,860
to Mr. Russell and to one other person.
857
00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:48,697
Bea, I want you to make a phone call
858
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:51,074
to a number you must already know.
859
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:05,714
[snarling]
860
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:10,677
Thanks for coming.
861
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,263
What did you expect?
862
00:41:15,015 --> 00:41:17,809
Look, I have to know.
863
00:41:17,893 --> 00:41:19,686
Did you tell anyone else about, uh...
864
00:41:19,769 --> 00:41:21,771
you know, about this?
865
00:41:21,855 --> 00:41:24,024
Of course not.
866
00:41:24,107 --> 00:41:25,942
And you don't want money?
867
00:41:26,026 --> 00:41:27,903
I told you when I first started
868
00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:29,738
giving you information about Mr. Gilford,
869
00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:32,449
I only want the park to survive.
870
00:41:32,532 --> 00:41:35,744
Mrs. Hacker, I saw you kill Mark Atwater,
871
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:37,746
and I will tell the police
872
00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:40,707
unless you forget about
this real estate thing.
873
00:41:40,790 --> 00:41:42,667
I just can't believe you're this stupid,
874
00:41:42,751 --> 00:41:45,462
but I guess you are, so...
875
00:41:45,545 --> 00:41:48,632
come on. We're gonna
take a little walk up into the Hills.
876
00:41:49,966 --> 00:41:51,551
Put the gun down, Mrs. Hacker.
877
00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:54,429
You're under arrest
878
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:56,431
for the murder of Mark Atwater.
879
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,225
Wait a minute. I didn't kill anyone.
880
00:41:58,308 --> 00:42:00,310
She threatened me over the phone--
881
00:42:00,393 --> 00:42:02,354
what Bea wants is simple justice, Joyce,
882
00:42:02,437 --> 00:42:04,439
and freedom for Ted Fraley.
883
00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:06,483
Thanks, Miss Huffington.
That took real courage.
884
00:42:06,566 --> 00:42:08,485
Heh. This must have sprung
885
00:42:08,568 --> 00:42:10,820
from your overactive imagination, Jessica.
886
00:42:10,904 --> 00:42:13,698
Why on earth would I have
killed Mark Atwater?
887
00:42:13,782 --> 00:42:15,200
Access, Joyce.
888
00:42:15,283 --> 00:42:17,118
Access through the animal park
889
00:42:17,202 --> 00:42:20,956
to that 172 acres adjacent to the park
890
00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:22,832
owned by C&H Trust.
891
00:42:22,916 --> 00:42:24,542
[Caceras] Left to you
by your late husband.
892
00:42:24,626 --> 00:42:26,378
I just tracked the new trustees.
893
00:42:26,461 --> 00:42:28,797
You and City Councilman Joe Gandolph.
894
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,840
Oh, please. Do you people honestly think
895
00:42:30,924 --> 00:42:32,801
you can fantasize
a connection between that
896
00:42:32,884 --> 00:42:35,136
and the death of Mark Atwater?
897
00:42:35,220 --> 00:42:37,889
I mean, we'd been lovers, for God's sake.
898
00:42:37,973 --> 00:42:39,391
I cared about him.
899
00:42:39,474 --> 00:42:41,142
But you cared a great deal more
900
00:42:41,226 --> 00:42:43,228
about the bonanza you'd realize
901
00:42:43,311 --> 00:42:45,313
if that useless tract
of yours became accessible.
902
00:42:45,397 --> 00:42:47,107
The only way that would ever happen
903
00:42:47,190 --> 00:42:49,859
was if the park was
closed down permanently
904
00:42:49,943 --> 00:42:52,362
so that you could build a road through it.
905
00:42:52,445 --> 00:42:54,281
Friends of the park was a charade
906
00:42:54,364 --> 00:42:56,658
to mask your real intentions.
907
00:42:56,741 --> 00:42:58,368
Atwater figured out the little scheme
908
00:42:58,451 --> 00:43:00,370
you and Gandolph concocted
to make it all happen.
909
00:43:00,453 --> 00:43:02,080
He even drew a picture of it.
910
00:43:02,163 --> 00:43:05,500
My guess is Atwater tried
to blackmail you.
911
00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:08,003
You killed him,
using your familiarity with animals
912
00:43:08,086 --> 00:43:10,755
and your background as a nurse.
913
00:43:10,839 --> 00:43:14,592
Cornelius was a surgeon
and big-game hunter, Mrs. Fletcher.
914
00:43:14,676 --> 00:43:17,137
I was his chief nurse,
until he mercifully took me away
915
00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:19,848
from all the syringes and bedpans.
916
00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:22,392
You can't prove any of this.
917
00:43:22,475 --> 00:43:25,228
I think that we can.
Though he was unaware,
918
00:43:25,312 --> 00:43:27,647
Lieutenant Caceras
reminded me earlier today
919
00:43:27,731 --> 00:43:30,150
that your own words betrayed you.
920
00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:31,776
At the park this morning,
921
00:43:31,860 --> 00:43:33,820
you referred to the way Mr. Atwater died.
922
00:43:33,903 --> 00:43:36,072
A nocturnal death by snakebite,
923
00:43:36,156 --> 00:43:38,825
a mysterious unseen woman.
924
00:43:38,908 --> 00:43:42,203
This evening, I realized
you had no way of knowing
925
00:43:42,287 --> 00:43:45,540
about either of those circumstances
in Mr. Atwater's death
926
00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:47,292
or the location of his wound,
927
00:43:47,375 --> 00:43:49,085
unless you'd been there.
928
00:43:49,169 --> 00:43:50,879
You had access to every part
929
00:43:50,962 --> 00:43:52,630
of the animal park, Mrs. Hacker.
930
00:43:56,509 --> 00:43:58,386
The other night in my study,
931
00:43:58,470 --> 00:44:00,722
Mark told me he knew
about the real estate.
932
00:44:00,805 --> 00:44:02,432
I've been doing some research,
933
00:44:02,515 --> 00:44:04,601
and guess what I turned up?
934
00:44:04,684 --> 00:44:06,644
You got an inheritance
from your husband
935
00:44:06,728 --> 00:44:09,230
that turned out to be a whole lot less
than meets the eye,
936
00:44:09,314 --> 00:44:10,982
so far.
937
00:44:11,066 --> 00:44:12,692
[chuckles]
938
00:44:12,776 --> 00:44:14,277
What do you want, Mark?
939
00:44:14,361 --> 00:44:16,571
It isn't a matter of want, darling.
940
00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:19,324
We're partners, you, Joe Gandolph and I.
941
00:44:20,992 --> 00:44:24,829
It's that, or I blow it wide open.
942
00:44:24,913 --> 00:44:27,123
He had to die.
943
00:44:27,207 --> 00:44:30,168
I called him to meet me
at the reptile area at 9 o'clock.
944
00:44:30,251 --> 00:44:32,587
Since I had a master key,
945
00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:35,298
I got here early and let
myself into the lab.
946
00:44:35,382 --> 00:44:38,134
I knew that the park was keeping
snake venom in the refrigerator
947
00:44:38,218 --> 00:44:40,762
for the animal regulation people.
948
00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:42,597
I unlocked the refrigerator
949
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,933
and located the vial of mamba venom.
950
00:44:45,016 --> 00:44:46,810
I grabbed the syringe from the table
951
00:44:46,893 --> 00:44:50,105
and drew off enough
of the venom to kill him.
952
00:44:50,188 --> 00:44:52,107
I always knew my training as a nurse
953
00:44:52,190 --> 00:44:54,275
would come in handy again someday.
954
00:45:00,532 --> 00:45:02,575
Joyce?
955
00:45:02,659 --> 00:45:04,619
[gasping]
956
00:45:12,669 --> 00:45:14,629
[Joyce grunting]
957
00:45:24,514 --> 00:45:27,392
I knew my way around animals...
958
00:45:27,475 --> 00:45:30,478
except for the human kind.
959
00:45:30,562 --> 00:45:33,606
I guess I should've taken some
lessons from you, Jessica.
960
00:45:36,901 --> 00:45:38,445
Let's go, ma'am.
961
00:45:38,528 --> 00:45:41,656
Well, Jessica, sure hope
next time we meet,
962
00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:43,992
it isn't over somebody's corpse.
963
00:45:44,075 --> 00:45:46,828
But I'm not betting my house on it.
964
00:45:46,911 --> 00:45:49,497
[Bea] Jessica, it's hard
to know where to begin.
965
00:45:49,581 --> 00:45:52,000
Dr. Stinson accepted the director's job.
966
00:45:52,083 --> 00:45:55,253
Oh, and Councilman Gandolph
finally resigned.
967
00:45:55,336 --> 00:45:57,881
And even better, I just heard on the radio
968
00:45:57,964 --> 00:46:01,217
that Norman Gilford was arrested
boarding a plane for Mexico City.
969
00:46:01,301 --> 00:46:02,927
Well, I'm glad to hear that.
970
00:46:03,011 --> 00:46:04,971
Listen, I better pick up
my stuff from the office
971
00:46:05,054 --> 00:46:06,681
if I'm going to catch my plane.
972
00:46:06,764 --> 00:46:08,808
-Why don't you let us give you a ride?
-Thanks.
973
00:46:08,892 --> 00:46:10,977
I think I can handle this.
974
00:46:14,230 --> 00:46:16,065
Wow, this has got a lot of zip! Oh!
975
00:46:16,149 --> 00:46:18,401
-[man] Careful!
-[Jessica] I think I've got it now.
976
00:46:20,195 --> 00:46:21,362
[laughs]
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