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Who is it?
Who's back there?
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[Woman]Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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Not here. Somebody's gonna see us.
Relax, Pru. Maggie doesn't own me.
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I'm sorry the kid died.
Rest her soul, but it's good for business.
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The killer must have
been after Maggie. Murder by mistake.
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I'd think you'd leap
at the chance to go on. On opening night?
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Maggie did this to me once before.
She's not going to do it again.
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Well, I'll be damned.
We're going to die before we get back on Broadway.
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I wonder if the audience is
coming to see the play or another murder.
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Hey! Stop!
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[Reporters]Why'd you pick this theater?Why'd you pick this play?
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Are you taking it to Broadway?Is there anything going onbetween you two?
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How about a kiss?Mr. Lord, whose idea was this reunion?
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Miss Tarrow, was your stay at that
Arizona health clinic a success?
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Well, the, ah,
weather was dry, and so am I. [Laughter]
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Does this mean the Battling Lords
are rekindling their romance?
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Mmm, I'm not sure.
Bonfires can be dangerous.
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[Laughter]
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But it must be terribly romantic
to come back to where you had your first torrid affair so long ago.
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Ah, yes, when we weren't
married for the first time. Twenty years isn't so long.
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She just dropped 10 years
without batting a false eyelash.
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Excuse me, Miss Tarrow,
wasn't that 30 years?
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And who are you,
the bureau of birth dates?
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She's starting in already.
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I told you that would happen.
Relax, Alex. We're selling out.
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You may be producing
this opus, Mr. Saperstein,
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but it's my theater and my production.
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The focus should be on the play.
Oh, don't hand me that.
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The reason we're selling tickets is
people want to see the Battling Lords,
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the couple that trashes hotel rooms.
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Miss Bennington!
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[Reporters]
- Miss Bennington! - Oh, she's fabulous.
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Miss Bennington, you're a very
successful soap opera star.
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Why did you take
an understudy job?
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Well, it was such an honor
for me to be asked,
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not that I'd ever dream of being
able to replace Miss Tarrow.
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Of course I haven't missed a
performance in 30- 20 years.
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It helps that she hasn't been
on stage for the past 10.
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[Lord]Ladies and gentlemen, we would be happyto go on talking to you all day,:however-
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Speak for yourself, darling.
However, Miss Tarrow and I have a dress rehearsal.
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- Jessica!
- Julian!
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Jessica, love.
Oh, Julian. [Laughs]
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And Maggie.
Jessica, oh.
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How wonderful to see you,
both of you.
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What's your angle here,
Mrs. Fletcher?
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Writing a book about
these old troupers? Old troupers?
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May I remind you
I was starring in movies...
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when you were...
just a... college graduate.
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Mrs. Fletcher was a valued member
of our company that summer too. Oh.
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I was delighted when
Alexander invited me.
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It was a great chance to see
my old- my good friends. [Laughs]
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So we can add acting
to your list of credits, Mrs. Fletcher?
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Oh, certainly not.
No, but I was Applewood's second-best set painter.
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And in case you haven't guessed,
there were only two.
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Well, here we are.
Always different, yet always the same.
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I must confess to a certain
fondness for this theater.
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[Maggie]
Remember how much fun we had here that summer, the four of us?
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Oh, but, uh, where's that sweet
boy you married? Ah, Fred?
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Frank.
Oh.
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- He died a few years ago.
- Oh.
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Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you knew.
Julian came to the funeral.
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Oh, well, I wish
somebody had told me.
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You know, he wasso fond ofboth of you.
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In fact, in a way,
he carried on the torch.
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He formed the Cabot Cove
Dramatic Society.
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I can't tell you how much
those weekends in Cabot Cove meant to me.
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Julian, why don't you run along and
study your lines or something. I'm stealing Jessica.
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We have oodles to catch up on.
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Jessica, dear heart,
did Julian ever visit you after Frank passed on?
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Maggie, all he ever
talked about was you. [Laughs]
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Well, I wish he'd talk
about me to my face.
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So, are you two back together again,
not just on the marquee?
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Actually, I haven't seen
Julian in years.
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But being back here
in this magical place-
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It does seem to make
anything possible, doesn't it?
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However unlikely.
[Laughs]
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- Mmm, some wine?
- Not right now, thanks.
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Oh, my doctor would
have a fit if he saw this,
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but he has never had to face
the sharp point of a critic's pencil. [Laughs]
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Ah! Julian!
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If this is your idea of a joke!
What?
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This was in my makeup case!
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Oh, what a relief, Miss Tarrow.
I heard you scream.
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I'm fine.
I don't know what I'd do if I had to go on for you.
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You can cut
the sweetness act, ballerina. I've seen that movie too.
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But, Helen, he's a cad.
Charm isn't everything.
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"Who cares about the other
five percent? I love him, Victor. I can't help myself."
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Neither can I.
Larry, the line goes, "That kind"-
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I know how the line goes.
Not here. Somebody's gonna see us.
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Relax, Pru.
Maggie doesn't own me.
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No, but I do pay the rent.
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We were just... running lines.
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Larry, may I suggest that
you save your performance such as it is for the stage?
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And, Pru darling, remind me.
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You are the resident
stage manager, yes? Not the resident bedspread.
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[Maggie]We don't choose who we love.
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If we did, do you think
I'd fall all over again for that human bacteria?
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But, Helen, he's a cad.
[Finger Snaps]
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"Charm isn't everything."
Charm isn't everything. Charm isn't everything!
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Oh, damn it! I'm sorry. L-
Oh, shh-shh, my love, it's all right. It happens to-
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Who is it?
Who's back there?
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Pru! No visitors!
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You were at
the press conference.
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A reporter backstage?
Alexander!
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T.J.'s not a reporter, Miss Tarrow.
He's my fiancé from New York.
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Mr. Preston,
you said it would be all right.
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Yes, well, just try to keep
out of the way.
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Okay, Terry?
Perfect. Just don't let her find out who I really am.
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Not to worry, Maggie.
Everything's under control.
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As long as we've stopped, Alex.
Yes, Chief Drock?
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Chief?
Of police.
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What's my motivation
in this scene?
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You're a butler.
Your motivation is to "butle."
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[Sighs]
Ah!
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In my day, they always had
to give a role to the mayor.
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Yeah, well, I guess political
wheels always have to be greased, but Chief Drock's really the worst.
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Oh, I don't know. The mayor
thought that Hamlet was about a soldier named Marcellus...
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who happened to work
for the prince. Oh.
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[Laughing]
Oh, darling,
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the last thing a woman wants to see
after leaving her husband are photos of her lover's previous marriage.
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But these are of
our previous marriage. Oh. [Laughs]
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[Maggie]Oh.
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Look, here we are at the altar.
And here we are in court.
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How could you do this to me?
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Maggie!
Julian?
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[Man]
Is she all right?
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Pru, call a doctor.
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- [Man] Get some water.
- [Man #2] I've got it.
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[Woman]I think there's a first aid in the back.[Woman #2] Okay.
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[Man #1]Bring the water now!
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She just needs some rest.
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Julian.
Yes, darling. I'm here.
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It was him, Julian.
It was him. Ah.
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Jessica, would you stay
with her for a minute?
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Oh, yes, of course.
Thank you.
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But the doctor says
she's okay!
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If you want her for tonight,
you must let her rest now. Take her back to the hotel.
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What is with you guys?
We've got technical stuff- They know their parts.
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The understudies
can finish rehearsal. Thank you, Alex.
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Places for act two.
Understudies! Come on, understudies!
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Pru, where did you
find the scrapbook? I didn't know I'd lost it.
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But it wasn't here earlier.
Well, now it's back where it belongs.
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May I have a look at it?
Just put it back right there.
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[Julian]The doctor simply will notallow her to go on.
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Doctors. What do they know?
Can they help me with the back I got against the wall here?
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What about the neck I broke
gettin' the critics up here to Sunnybrook Farm tonight?
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Don't you understand?
She's at the hotel under sedation.
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Tomorrow the critics will be
back in civilization. DeNiro's opening in a one-man show.
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Well, looks like I'll just have to opt
for the Star Is Born approach.
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- Alex, you tell Barbara she's going on.
- What?
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Now look, kiddo, my backers
are very nervous about Maggie. You know her reputation.
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Don't worry.
You and only you will have your name above the title.
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Barbara's name will be down
at the bottom in little tiny letters.
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Who do you think
you're kidding, kiddo?
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- You have a personal services
contract with Barbara Bennington- - That has nothing to do with it.
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- Which no doubt includes other
kinds of services from her as well. - Will you get your mind out of your pants?
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Stop trying to run this show
from yours!
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Barbara was great in rehearsal.
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You may put Barbara Bennington on
if you please, but not with me!
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Believe me, I'm behind
your decision 100%.
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My goodness, Miss Bennington.
I'd think you'd leap at the chance to go on.
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On opening night?
With one rehearsal, in front of critics?
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That kind of career break
I don't need.
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Julian, I'm worried about Maggie.
I'm afraid someone is trying to frighten her.
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First with the note
and then with the scrapbook.
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Maggie's imagination has beena little overactive lately.
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Well, did she tell you
what she saw in the scrapbook? Now hear me out, Julian.
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The days when emotional prima
donnas ruled the theater are gone.
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It simply costs too muchto mount a production.
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Nicky's budget isn't what's really
bothering you, is it, Alex?
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Damn it! Maggie did
this to me once before. She's not going to do it again.
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Forgive me, Alex. Perhaps Maggie
has good reason to be upset.
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Oh, Jessica, please!
I'll tell you what. I'll make a deal with you.
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I'll go on tonight if you can
convince Nicky that Maggie resumes the role tomorrow.
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Very well.
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But this is her last chance.
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And remember, your first stage
entrance has been changed to upstage right, okay?
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I know where
I come in, sweetie.
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Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt.
Uh, Julian asked me to get Maggie's sweater.
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He said it was on the rack.
Help yourself, please.
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Thanks.
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[Sighs]
Stage fright?
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[Laughs]
How about sheer terror?
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Look, maybe a glass of wine would
help you calm your nerves, huh?
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[Barbara]Red wine? Swell, honey,that's all I need.
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[Sighs]
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap. It's this pressure, that's all.
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[Julian]Time? What is time to me?
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The past is present, then is now.
It is not a question of starting afresh.
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We merely pick up
from where we left off.
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[Audience Laughing]
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James, that will do.
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You make it seem so easy.
It is easy. Trust me.
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I may regret this in the morning.
But God, help me, I do.
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Well, darling, what is it to be?
Shall we go for marriage number three?
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But first, we must get
rid of our number twos.
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[Laughter, Applause]
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Fifteen minutes
for intermission. Fifteen minutes!
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Jessica, how's it look
from the front? Oh, wonderful.
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Julian, look, I don't want to worry you,
but I've been trying to call Maggie, you know, just to check up,
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and I keep getting the busy signal.
No. Not to worry. She takes the phone off the hook when she sleeps.
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[Barbara Groaning]
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Barbara?
Oh!
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We really must
bring in the police. I'm afraid, Jessica, that is the police.
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[Julian]You can't be serious, Alex.
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I mean, that's all rightfor summonses or whatever,but a murder?
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This is his jurisdiction, Julian.
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Unless he asks for help
from the state police, they won't interfere.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I have
discovered that Miss Barbara Bennington was murdered by poison.
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- Brilliant.
- Merci.
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[Coughing]
Uh, Chief, I think you'll find that the poison used was cyanide.
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Ah, yes, the odor of bitter almonds.
I noticed it myself.
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The questions become
immediately apparent.
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How was the poison administered?
When? And who would wish to kill Miss Barbara Bennington?
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Uh, Chief, it has no doubt
occurred to you that the killer must have been after Maggie.
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00:16:02,095 --> 00:16:08,056
After all, Barbara only took
the role on very short notice. Intriguing. Murder by mistake.
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Mrs. Fletcher,
you will accompany me to the dressing room.
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Your observations will be
most helpful to me in this inquiry, n'est-ce pas?
218
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Good Lord, I think
he's playing Hercule Poirot.
219
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Yes. And badly too.
220
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Chief, are you all right?
Just a bad case of stage fright.
221
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How did I seem?
Seem?
222
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My performance. I mean,
did I exude confidence, professionalism?
223
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Oh, yes, but ah-
I could give it more.
224
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Oh, no, no. Uh, I think
you gave it plenty, but Chief-
225
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Mrs. Fletcher, I have been
chief of police in this township for the last 13 years.
226
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It's a very drab job
for a very drab man. Oh, no.
227
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Let me finish, Mrs. Fletcher.
228
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As Chief Merton P. Drock,
I could never even attempt this investigation.
229
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It's only in performing a role
that I come alive, authoritative, outgoing, interesting,
230
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Ah, I see.
231
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This responsibility to be Inspector Maigret,
eh, Monsieur Poirot, whoever-
232
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- And I am convinced that
with your help, I can carry it off. - My help?
233
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Otherwise, I see no choice
but to resign my office.
234
00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:47,931
But, Chief, you see
I'm really not a detective.
235
00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:53,165
Dear lady, I have read all your books.
I know of your reputation.
236
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If anyone can steer me
to the truth, it is you.
237
00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:02,244
Well, l- I certainly wouldn't
want to see a murder go unsolved.
238
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Good! Then you shall write the
scenario, and I shall play the part.
239
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And together, we shall be unbeatable.
Now, where shall we begin?
240
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Well, uh, I think that we should
start with that bottle of wine.
241
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Unless my nose deceives me,
your bitter almonds. You're right.
242
00:18:27,006 --> 00:18:32,967
You know, I think it also might be
wise to, uh, take samples from the soda, from the coffee-
243
00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:36,481
Oh, yes, and also from
all of those props on stage.
244
00:18:36,549 --> 00:18:39,643
But, Mrs. Fletcher,
if the decanter of grape juice had been poisoned,
245
00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:42,347
then Julian would
also have been killed.
246
00:18:42,421 --> 00:18:47,154
Chief, the first rule. Be thorough.
Explore every possibility.
247
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I am so very grateful to you,
Mrs. Fletcher.
248
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To our partnership.
249
00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:57,527
[Maggie]Jessica, tell me the truth.
250
00:18:57,603 --> 00:19:02,666
Is somebody trying to kill me?
I was hoping that you could tell me.
251
00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:05,711
Now the killer may very well
have been after Barbara.
252
00:19:05,778 --> 00:19:08,804
Of course.
So you see, there's nothing to be frightened of.
253
00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:12,248
Now sit down, darling,
eat your eggs. You have a performance tonight.
254
00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:17,915
- I'm not going back to that theater.
He'll only try to kill me again. - He?
255
00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:20,481
[Julian]Nobody's trying to get you, darling,
256
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,688
except perhaps the critics,
and they were all there last night.
257
00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:28,763
Now stop all this foolishness.Everybody's relying on you.
258
00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:36,102
Alex!
Jessica! Good morning. How's Maggie?
259
00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,440
Well, she's better,
but she's still a little nervous.
260
00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:44,142
Alex, you said something toJulian
last night about Maggie having done this to you before?
261
00:19:44,217 --> 00:19:46,151
Well, it's hardly a secret.
262
00:19:46,219 --> 00:19:50,246
Thirty years ago, when we took the play
to Broadway, Julian and Maggie had run-of-the play contracts.
263
00:19:50,323 --> 00:19:53,850
Which means they were obligated
to remain with the show as long as it ran.
264
00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:59,228
Exactly. But after a few months,
Maggie wanted out, to do a movie, she said.
265
00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:02,461
Her lawyers threatened to sue,
so I let her leave.
266
00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:06,596
Yes, but Maggie didn't
make her first movie until several years later.
267
00:20:06,672 --> 00:20:09,004
She just disappeared
for almost a year.
268
00:20:09,075 --> 00:20:11,771
It had been a ruse to
get out of the show.
269
00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:14,142
I wonder why?
270
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:19,241
[Nicky Yelling]
Maggie's always been highly strung, but I've never seen her quite as bad as this.
271
00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:21,616
Well, perhaps
she shouldn't go on.
272
00:20:21,687 --> 00:20:23,621
Uh, uh, uh,
what's that, Gerry?
273
00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:27,056
Wait, I can't hear you.
We got a bad connection, I gotta call you back.
274
00:20:27,126 --> 00:20:30,425
Maggie's got to go on. We'reall over the New York papers.
275
00:20:30,496 --> 00:20:34,762
Isn't it the murder that's all over
the New York papers, Mr. Saperstein?
276
00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:40,204
Look, I'm sorry the kid died.
Rest her soul, but it's good for business.
277
00:20:40,273 --> 00:20:42,400
You mean,
it's good for your business.
278
00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:46,343
What are you saying? That
I killed an understudy just to get this show on Broadway?
279
00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:49,844
I bring news!
280
00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:53,783
But let's adjourn to
somewhere more private. My dressing room perhaps?
281
00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:58,013
Hey!
282
00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:04,620
Cyanide was indeed responsible
for the death of our luckless "thespianette."
283
00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:07,564
Ah! The prop decanter
from the stage?
284
00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:11,535
Alas no. Everything else
was clean, save for the-
285
00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:16,166
The red wine in
the dressing room? The red wine in the dressing room!
286
00:21:16,242 --> 00:21:20,178
Yes, but that still doesn't tell us
who the murderer wanted to kill.
287
00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:25,707
Au contraire. Obviously the villain
doctored the wine earlier in the day,
288
00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:29,380
intending for it to be
consumed by Maggie Tarrow.
289
00:21:29,455 --> 00:21:33,516
And what better suspect
than the mistreated lover, Julian Lord.
290
00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:39,421
Chief, you don't really believe
thatJulian wants to kill Maggie.
291
00:21:39,498 --> 00:21:42,729
Besides, the wine could have been
laced just before the show.
292
00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:45,362
Lots of people went in and
out of that dressing room.
293
00:21:45,438 --> 00:21:48,134
All of whom knew
Barbara replaced Maggie.
294
00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:53,235
In which case, the killercould have gotten exactlywho he or she intended.
295
00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:56,509
But of course! Maggie Tarrow.
296
00:21:56,582 --> 00:21:59,142
Didn't we just go through this?
Not Maggie, Barbara.
297
00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:04,178
You need not repeat yourself, sir.
I am not an imbecile.
298
00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:08,352
- I meant that Maggie
could have killed Barbara. - Maggie was asleep at the hotel.
299
00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:14,388
She could have taken the phone
off the hook, left the hotel unobserved and come back to the theater.
300
00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:19,495
Well, I hardly think that Maggie
could go unobserved anywhere.
301
00:22:19,572 --> 00:22:24,168
No, Chief, I think that our answer
is up there on that stage,
302
00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:28,202
and I really believe that
it has something to do with that scrapbook.
303
00:22:50,970 --> 00:22:54,303
[Man's Voice]That's about the worst paintjobI've ever seen.
304
00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:59,209
[Jessica's Voice]It's so frustrating.I can't get the perspective right.
305
00:22:59,278 --> 00:23:01,974
- [Man]What's your name again? - Jessica.
306
00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:04,880
Mine's Frank.Frank Fletcher.
307
00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:07,316
Here, let me show you.
308
00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:10,822
Put the paintbrush in your hand,and I'll guide it.
309
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,290
[Pru]I'm just gonna get my script.
310
00:23:15,361 --> 00:23:19,695
Oh, Larry,
we've gotta be careful. Oh, come on.
311
00:23:19,765 --> 00:23:24,395
Nobody knows except Maggie,
and she's so soused up all the time, she doesn't know what she's seeing.
312
00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:26,461
Besides, I can take care of her.
313
00:23:26,539 --> 00:23:29,440
[Pru]Chief Drock saw you leavemy house this morning.
314
00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:31,499
[Larry]Well, he's got a murderon his hands.
315
00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:34,637
And I've got you in mine.
Come on.
316
00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:45,781
[Man]All vanilla, extra nuts,no cherry, right?
317
00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:48,850
You have quite
a memory, Eddie. [Laughs]
318
00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:51,260
I remember everything
about that summer, Jessica.
319
00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:55,391
How bright the apple blossoms were.
How beautiful Miss Tarrow was.
320
00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:57,902
She's as wonderful as ever.
Mm-hmm.
321
00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:02,304
I, uh, also remember that
tall fellow who used to follow you around everywhere.
322
00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:07,277
- Frank.
- Yeah, Frank. My dad used to yell at him for snitching extra nuts.
323
00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:09,644
Well, tell me about yourself, Eddie.
324
00:24:09,715 --> 00:24:14,379
Not much to tell.
Never married.
325
00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:17,354
Nobody ever measured up
to Miss Tarrow.
326
00:24:17,423 --> 00:24:20,551
And you're still a prop man
at the theater. Keeps me busy.
327
00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:25,461
You know, there's one thing
I've always wondered about.
328
00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:31,492
When a prop like
a notebook is used in a play, are the pages always just blank?
329
00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:34,164
Unless the actors need
help with their lines.
330
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:39,371
Ah. So that scrapbook in the play
has always been empty.
331
00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:43,870
Sure. Miss Tarrow's a pro.
She doesn't need that kind of help.
332
00:24:46,919 --> 00:24:50,184
[Laughter]
[Julian] Faithful?I've always been faithful.
333
00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:56,152
Not always to you,but I could be.
334
00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:59,527
I shall be again one more time.
335
00:24:59,598 --> 00:25:03,625
What is time to me?
The past is present, then is now.
336
00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:05,966
It is not a question
of starting afresh.
337
00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:08,632
We merely pick up from
where we left off.
338
00:25:08,707 --> 00:25:14,668
You make it sound so easy.
Well, it is easy. Trust me.
339
00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:19,582
I may regret it
in the morning, but God help me, I do.
340
00:25:19,652 --> 00:25:25,420
So what is it to be, darling?
Shall we go for marriage number three?
341
00:25:25,491 --> 00:25:28,858
Ah, first we've got to get
rid of our number twos.
342
00:25:28,928 --> 00:25:31,795
[Laughter]
343
00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,698
[Glass Breaking]
[Gasps]
344
00:25:42,975 --> 00:25:45,443
[Applause]
345
00:25:47,513 --> 00:25:50,710
It was cyanide.
I smelled it in the glass. But that's impossible.
346
00:25:50,783 --> 00:25:55,618
I'm afraid so.
Well, I'll be damned. We're going todie before we get back on Broadway.
347
00:25:55,688 --> 00:25:59,749
Somebody must have put
the cyanide into the decanter just before it was taken onstage.
348
00:25:59,825 --> 00:26:02,191
You see, Mrs. Fletcher,
someone is tryin' to kill Maggie.
349
00:26:02,261 --> 00:26:05,094
Now who had access
to the decanter? I believe you did, Chief.
350
00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:14,272
That's ridiculous! I simply
brought it on the stage. Pru gave it to me, and l-
351
00:26:17,042 --> 00:26:20,569
Of course, Pru.
I think you and I have some things to discuss.
352
00:26:20,646 --> 00:26:24,138
Well, that's insane.
I didn't do anything. Mrs. Fletcher!
353
00:26:32,324 --> 00:26:36,420
[Drock]Oh, Mrs. Fletcher,it all seemed so clear, so obvious.
354
00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:41,159
If Pru had given me
the decanter laced with poison- But the decanter wasn't guarded.
355
00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:44,691
Anyone backstage could have slipped
the cyanide into the grape juice.
356
00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:49,901
But she had motive.
I saw Larry Matthew leaving her house early yesterday morning.
357
00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:53,274
And with Maggie
out of the way, Pru would have had Larry all to herself.
358
00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:58,078
Chief, in all your years in the theater,
you must have seen dozens of backstage romances.
359
00:26:58,150 --> 00:27:03,281
Perhaps even been part of a few?
I mean, how many have you known that ended in murder?
360
00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:10,057
You can't just flail around
willy-nilly theorizing. You need evidence.
361
00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:14,358
Yes, you're right. Evidence.
362
00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:17,702
And I'm sorry, Mrs. Fletcher.
363
00:27:17,770 --> 00:27:21,001
From now on,
you're calling the shots.
364
00:27:24,109 --> 00:27:27,340
You try it, Preston, and I'll-
Yeah, what is it?
365
00:27:27,413 --> 00:27:30,405
Excuse me, have you seen
Maggie orJulian? They're not in their hotel.
366
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:33,349
Yeah. Try the
unemployment line. Well, surely you're not closing.
367
00:27:33,419 --> 00:27:35,751
Don't look at me.
368
00:27:35,821 --> 00:27:39,348
I'm sorry, Jessica. But it's
too dangerous to stay open with some maniac on the loose.
369
00:27:39,425 --> 00:27:42,326
And never mind that
there's a line around the corner for tickets!
370
00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:46,694
Mr. Saperstein, I wonder if
the audience is coming to see the play or another murder.
371
00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:50,428
This is my theater. I refuse
to accept responsibility for any further mayhem.
372
00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:52,868
[Nicky]It may be your theater,but we've got a contract.
373
00:27:52,938 --> 00:27:58,171
You close my play, my lawyers won't
leave you a splinter of that stage.
374
00:28:06,552 --> 00:28:09,680
[Jessica]Oh, Mr. Matthew. Oh, hi, Mrs. Fletcher.
375
00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:14,454
I'm just trying to get this lighter
to work. It failed miserably last night. Oh.
376
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:17,859
So, I understand you were around
when this old barn first got started.
377
00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:22,026
Oh, yes. But I quickly learned
that I wasn't much of an actress.
378
00:28:22,101 --> 00:28:24,035
But you're sure
one helluva writer.
379
00:28:24,103 --> 00:28:28,233
Oh, that's what I'm thinking
of doing, writing my own play, so I can star in it myself.
380
00:28:28,307 --> 00:28:30,707
Oh, yes. Mr. Matthew,
381
00:28:30,776 --> 00:28:35,577
yesterday, I couldn't help
overhearing when you were talking backstage to Pru.
382
00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:38,047
Yes?
383
00:28:38,117 --> 00:28:41,951
You said something about
taking care of Maggie.
384
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:45,956
Oh, but I'd never hurt Maggie,
I owe her too much.
385
00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:50,289
Yes, of course.
She got you this job, didn't she?
386
00:28:50,362 --> 00:28:54,389
Sure, but there's
nothing between us. It's, uh, it's all show.
387
00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:57,162
Designed to makeJulian jealous.
388
00:28:57,236 --> 00:29:00,137
That sounds like Maggie.
By the way, have you seen them?
389
00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:02,435
Yes. They were in her dressing room
a few minutes ago.
390
00:29:02,508 --> 00:29:05,068
What Miss Tarrow sees in that guy
Julian, I'll never know.
391
00:29:06,178 --> 00:29:10,080
I've got some new props here.Will you see Pru gets them? Oh, sure.
392
00:29:10,149 --> 00:29:12,982
After 30 years, you'd
think Maggie would've learned her lesson.
393
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:19,854
[Jessica]If I'm going to help you,you have got to be honest with me.
394
00:29:19,925 --> 00:29:21,916
But, Jessica,
we always have been.
395
00:29:21,994 --> 00:29:25,691
Look, I know that
you've lived your lives in the glare of the press and-
396
00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:29,097
And that has made you cautious,
but I'm your friend.
397
00:29:29,168 --> 00:29:32,035
Now none of us wants
anyone else to get hurt.
398
00:29:32,104 --> 00:29:35,904
If we knew anything, darling,
we would tell you.
399
00:29:35,974 --> 00:29:41,105
But you do, Maggie. You know
what was written on that note in your makeup case, for example.
400
00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:57,952
What happened 30 years ago?
401
00:29:59,565 --> 00:30:04,002
Something very wonderful.
We fell in love.
402
00:30:04,069 --> 00:30:09,473
Our play went to Broadway.
We were the toast of Manhattan.
403
00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:13,033
We had each other, and-
404
00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:15,477
But then something happened.
405
00:30:16,582 --> 00:30:22,214
You told Alexander that you had a
movie offer but disappeared instead.
406
00:30:22,287 --> 00:30:25,814
Maggie.
Julian, no.
407
00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:29,918
Then it's pointless to ask
what you saw in that scrapbook.
408
00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:34,261
Jessica, I can't.
Please, please, don't ask me.
409
00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:39,633
Whoever is behind all this has
gone to a great deal of trouble.
410
00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:42,674
Whose idea was it anyway
to do this revival?
411
00:30:42,741 --> 00:30:47,007
Well, Nicky Saperstein called
and said thatJulian had agreed to do it if I would.
412
00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:49,013
[Julian]He told me the same about you.
413
00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:52,050
That snake!
[Laughing] Oh, darling.
414
00:30:52,117 --> 00:30:55,780
After all, he is a producer.
[Both Laughing]
415
00:30:57,456 --> 00:31:02,689
But with this secret hanging
between you, I mean, why did you agree to come back here?
416
00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:07,596
Well, if truth be told, I wanted to
prove that I could still do something other than camera commercials.
417
00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:10,966
I used to be quite
respected, you know.
418
00:31:11,036 --> 00:31:13,470
[Maggie]And I needed a job.
419
00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:18,237
Oh, I know, my name is
all over the papers and all that, but I need to work.
420
00:31:19,978 --> 00:31:21,969
And you know something?
421
00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:26,347
I'm not gonna let some
practical joker stop me.
422
00:31:26,418 --> 00:31:28,909
I'm going on tonight.
423
00:31:30,122 --> 00:31:34,422
Julian, obviously you wanted to
tell me more than Maggie did.
424
00:31:34,493 --> 00:31:37,951
What did she see in that scrapbook?
I have to know if I'm to help.
425
00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:41,591
I'm sorry, Jess. I must
respect Maggie's wishes.
426
00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:47,105
Julian, Alexander told me
that 30 years ago, Maggie disappeared for almost a year.
427
00:31:47,172 --> 00:31:49,231
Nine months is almost a year.
428
00:31:49,308 --> 00:31:54,405
I'm sorry. This is a scene
in which I have no lines.
429
00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:01,517
- Mr. Holt.
- Mrs. Fletcher.
430
00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:03,577
How long have you beenstanding here listening?
431
00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:07,113
I don't know what you're
talking about. Excuse me.
432
00:32:07,192 --> 00:32:09,387
You know, it seems
very strange to me.
433
00:32:09,461 --> 00:32:15,093
Surely, surely a fiancé would've wanted
to accompany his loved one's body back to Manhattan for burial.
434
00:32:15,167 --> 00:32:18,659
Burial is a pagan custom,
Mrs. Fletcher.
435
00:32:18,737 --> 00:32:22,298
I'm much more interested
in learning who killed Barbara.
436
00:32:22,374 --> 00:32:28,040
No, I've been watching you, and
frankly, you're far more interested in the lives ofJulian and Maggie.
437
00:32:28,113 --> 00:32:30,946
And I've been watching
you nosing around.
438
00:32:31,016 --> 00:32:35,077
And frankly, ma'am,
forgive me, but you are something of a busybody.
439
00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:39,283
Well, call it professional curiosity.
Who are you, Mr. Holt?
440
00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:42,486
And just exactly
what are you doing here?
441
00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:47,696
I'm sure the state police will
be able to find out your identity...
442
00:32:47,766 --> 00:32:51,031
and your place of birth.
443
00:32:56,942 --> 00:33:00,400
[Alex]
Larry Matthew. Photo, résumé. Just what is it you're looking for, Jessica?
444
00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,413
Vital statistics.
445
00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:06,008
If you're looking for accuracy
on an actor's résumé, my dear, you're looking in the wrong place.
446
00:33:08,086 --> 00:33:10,748
Ah, here we go, Mr. Preston.The bill for the new props.
447
00:33:10,822 --> 00:33:12,949
Antique picture frame,
couple of quarts of grape juice,
448
00:33:13,025 --> 00:33:16,017
and a glass to replace the one that
got lost right after opening night.
449
00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:18,722
I'll put this with the others.
Thank you, Eddie.
450
00:33:18,797 --> 00:33:22,324
Ah, I'd appreciate a check, Mr. Preston.
The tab's getting a little high.
451
00:33:22,401 --> 00:33:23,834
[Knocking]
452
00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:28,101
Alexander Morgan Preston.
453
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:31,472
You will excuse us, Mr. Bender.
Official business.
454
00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:35,536
Well, l-Yeah, sure. Yeah.
455
00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:39,411
And what can I do for you, Chief?
456
00:33:39,484 --> 00:33:44,046
It came to me like a flash of light.
I have been very blind.
457
00:33:44,122 --> 00:33:48,388
Who better than you has motive
to want to kill Maggie Tarrow? Uh, Chief.
458
00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:50,860
Uh, really, l-
459
00:33:50,929 --> 00:33:55,730
- This is absurd!
- Maggie Tarrow cost you a bundle when she left the play.
460
00:33:55,801 --> 00:34:01,603
So you persuaded Nicky Sapersteinto produce this revival for the solepurpose of wreaking this revenge.
461
00:34:01,673 --> 00:34:07,441
After 30 years?
And why would Alexander want to close down the play now?
462
00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:12,882
You slipped into Maggie Tarrow's
dressing room, and you put the cyanide in the red wine,
463
00:34:12,951 --> 00:34:16,352
which you knew
it was her habit to drink before the performance.
464
00:34:16,421 --> 00:34:22,257
- I did no such thing.
- But Barbara drank the wine by mistake.
465
00:34:22,327 --> 00:34:24,659
But Chief, cyanide works
in a matter of minutes.
466
00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:27,061
She never could have made it
through the first act.
467
00:34:27,132 --> 00:34:30,192
Well, then he laced the wine
during the intermission.
468
00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:34,796
During the intermission,I was in the box office countingthe receipts with Mr. Saperstein.
469
00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:38,775
Besides, by that time, everybody knew
that Barbara was playing the part,
470
00:34:38,844 --> 00:34:42,109
so if anybody had laced the wineduring the intermission,
471
00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:44,842
it was Barbara
that they meant to kill.
472
00:34:47,319 --> 00:34:50,811
[Thud]
473
00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:04,164
Hey! Stop!
474
00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:07,905
Hey, somebody stop that guy!
475
00:35:19,251 --> 00:35:21,685
I order you to stop!
Larry? Mr. Holt?
476
00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:25,689
I said, cease!
He took something from Maggie's dressing room.
477
00:35:28,059 --> 00:35:30,459
[Drock]A birth certificate?
478
00:35:38,737 --> 00:35:40,534
[Drock]
Admit it, Mr. Holt.
479
00:35:40,605 --> 00:35:44,063
You were about to plant
that birth certificate in Maggie Tarrow's dressing room...
480
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:48,078
just as you planted that note
in her makeup case, just as- Note? What note?
481
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:51,673
Just as you tried to kill
Maggie Tarrow because she deserted you as a baby.
482
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:55,242
Ah, Chief, didn't we have a little
talk once about accusations?
483
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,481
As well as evidence, Mrs.
Fletcher, which we now have.
484
00:35:57,556 --> 00:35:58,887
Chief Drock,
What is it?!
485
00:35:58,957 --> 00:36:02,916
Half-hour till curtain.
Oh. Well, we can finish this later.
486
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:07,021
Yes, but Chief, I really think that
discovering Mr. Holt's real identity...
487
00:36:07,098 --> 00:36:09,760
is far more important than
changing for the show.
488
00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:12,132
Wrong, Mrs. Fletcher.
The show must go on.
489
00:36:12,204 --> 00:36:17,198
Besides, we know his real identity.
This man who calls himself TerrenceJ. Holt,
490
00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:21,712
is undoubtedly the son of
Maggie Tarrow and Julian Lord.
491
00:36:22,814 --> 00:36:27,217
I was taking that certificate
from the dressing room, and I can prove I'm not their son.
492
00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:31,119
I do have a birth
certificate of my own. And a job of your own?
493
00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:33,123
Ajob?
494
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:36,957
Mr. Holt, you're much too knowledgeable
about the lives of Maggie and Julian,
495
00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:40,987
and if your interest isn't personal,
then it has to be professional.
496
00:36:41,066 --> 00:36:45,196
So I'm writing a biography.
An unauthorized biography.
497
00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:47,568
Okay. Look, Barbara
was an acquaintance.
498
00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:49,573
When she got this job,
we made a deal.
499
00:36:49,641 --> 00:36:53,634
She pretended to be my fiancée,
so I could hang around and watch those two birds firsthand.
500
00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:58,809
But what was your end of the deal?
I had to tell her everythingI knew about Maggie.
501
00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:02,546
But why?
I think that she came here to be more than an understudy.
502
00:37:02,621 --> 00:37:08,423
She saw it as a chance to further
her career, but to do that she'd need to remove Maggie from the picture.
503
00:37:08,493 --> 00:37:11,724
Yeah, she got real jazzed
when I told her the rumor about the kid.
504
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:15,493
Oh. So- So it was Barbara who
tracked down the birth certificate.
505
00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:17,899
She told me she got it bybribing hospital officials.
506
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:20,437
I've been searching for it
ever since she was killed.
507
00:37:20,505 --> 00:37:23,372
You see, that's what I was
doing in the dressing room.
508
00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:26,001
You see, first she plants the note
in Maggie's makeup case.
509
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:29,308
Then she puts the certificate
in the scrapbook to drive Maggie over the edge.
510
00:37:29,381 --> 00:37:34,011
She must have retrieved it in the
commotion after Maggie collapsed. So she could go on opening night.
511
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,747
Now that's a motive
I understand.
512
00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:40,450
But how did you know
the birth certificate was in Maggie's dressing room?
513
00:37:40,525 --> 00:37:43,255
I didn't.
It was the only place I hadn't looked.
514
00:37:43,328 --> 00:37:46,491
Hey, I didn't figure
any of this out until just a little while ago.
515
00:37:46,564 --> 00:37:51,797
Chief, this all explains why
Maggie thoughtJulian was responsible for the note and the certificate.
516
00:37:51,870 --> 00:37:57,638
Who else could have known?And why she was so upset whenshe saw Mr. Holt in the wings.
517
00:37:57,709 --> 00:38:02,112
She thought that he was her son.
That's why she told Julian, "It was him."
518
00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:04,273
But why didn't she tell us, me?
519
00:38:04,349 --> 00:38:06,476
Oh, I don't know, Chief.
520
00:38:06,551 --> 00:38:09,543
Guilt for having abandoned
her only child 30 years ago.
521
00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:13,455
You saw the way she reacted.
The scars must be very deep.
522
00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:18,690
Yes, it's all very clear to me now.
523
00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:22,426
You killed Barbara Bennington, soyou could obtain the birth certificate.
524
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:25,025
[T.J.]What? Aw, come on.You'rejust blowin'smoke!
525
00:38:25,103 --> 00:38:29,199
You poisoned her by putting
cyanide in the red wine in that dressing room.
526
00:38:29,274 --> 00:38:32,903
But she couldn't have been
poisoned like that. Barbara was allergic to red wine.
527
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:35,673
She never drank it.
Of course!
528
00:38:37,082 --> 00:38:41,917
Before the show,
Barbara took her aspirin with soda.
529
00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:44,716
She wouldn't drink the red wine.
530
00:38:45,757 --> 00:38:48,726
Well, then how was she poisoned?
Everything else tested clean.
531
00:38:50,095 --> 00:38:55,226
I think I know the answer to that.
Chief, we've got work to do.
532
00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:57,530
Five minutes to curtain.
533
00:38:57,602 --> 00:39:00,571
I know what you're doing,
Mrs. Fletcher. I wish you would tell me why.
534
00:39:00,638 --> 00:39:04,972
I'm sorry, Chief. I can't.
Not this time. You'll just have to trust me.
535
00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:09,002
Stay on top of your cues,
and don't rattle this evening, Mr. Larry.
536
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,480
It's, ah, Larry Matthew, sir.
537
00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:16,577
Have you ever thought of
changing your name? I already did.
538
00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:25,552
[Larry]That's quite some womanyou're marrying again.
539
00:39:25,630 --> 00:39:28,121
You're a good sport
to let her go.
540
00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:31,896
Well, I wonder if you'll
think so after you read this.
541
00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:38,236
What is it, darling?
He's suing.
542
00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:45,107
What is it, darling?
543
00:39:48,052 --> 00:39:51,419
He's suing you for alimony.
544
00:39:51,489 --> 00:39:57,450
Oh, well, at least
we've got each other. [Laughs]
545
00:39:57,529 --> 00:40:02,330
You know what they say, darling:
Finders keepers, losers reapers.
546
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,233
[Laughter]
547
00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:12,904
[Man]Bravo! Magnificent!
548
00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:30,449
[Nicky]
Hello, Broadway! You were great.
549
00:40:30,528 --> 00:40:35,124
I'm forced to admit
that you were both more than adequate.
550
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,658
Alex, I think I can get us
the Aurora Theater!
551
00:40:38,736 --> 00:40:43,139
The Aurora? That jinx house?
[Laughs] Don't start with me.
552
00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:48,612
Ladies and gentlemen,
I hate to put a damper on these well-deserved celebrations,
553
00:40:50,014 --> 00:40:54,314
but I have discernedthe identity of Miss BarbaraBennington's murderer,
554
00:40:54,385 --> 00:40:58,788
and the killer is among us
on this very stage.
555
00:40:58,857 --> 00:41:02,384
Chief Drock, before you-
Our murderer's intention from the very first...
556
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:05,827
was to remove from
our sky the bright star...
557
00:41:05,897 --> 00:41:09,333
that is Maggie Tarrow.
558
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,868
Killing Barbara Benningtonwas a mistake.
559
00:41:11,936 --> 00:41:15,667
And our villain made
another mistake tonight.
560
00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:20,803
A trap was set. A trap into which
our killer was, uh... trapped.
561
00:41:22,614 --> 00:41:25,378
Mr. Lord, may I see that letter?
562
00:41:27,151 --> 00:41:30,678
Surely, not in front of everybody.
Mr. Lord, the letter.
563
00:41:30,755 --> 00:41:32,985
Chief, no!
Mrs. Fletcher,
564
00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:37,016
your assistance in this case
has been invaluable, but the scenario is over.
565
00:41:37,095 --> 00:41:39,655
Allow me my moment.
566
00:41:42,066 --> 00:41:45,058
Mr. Lord,
may I have the letter?
567
00:41:55,046 --> 00:41:56,980
Witness!
568
00:41:57,048 --> 00:42:01,849
The birth certificate for the long lost
son ofJulian Lord and Maggie Tarrow. [Gasps]
569
00:42:04,422 --> 00:42:08,882
The son who is
among us even now.
570
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:13,863
Are you not, Larry Matthew?
What?
571
00:42:13,932 --> 00:42:18,869
An almost perfect crime
if you hadn't made one tiny but enormous slip.
572
00:42:18,937 --> 00:42:22,930
Before the show, you admittedthat you had changed your name.
573
00:42:23,007 --> 00:42:26,773
You killed Barbara Benningtonby mistake...
574
00:42:26,844 --> 00:42:31,304
intending to kill the mother
who had deserted you and denied you her name.
575
00:42:35,420 --> 00:42:37,445
Take him away!
576
00:42:37,522 --> 00:42:40,423
You're crazy.
I didn't murder anyone.
577
00:43:16,928 --> 00:43:19,761
Maggie, I'm sorry.
578
00:43:19,831 --> 00:43:23,858
I'm sorry
I had lied to you, Jessica, but you have to understand.
579
00:43:24,969 --> 00:43:29,770
I can't remember a single day
when I haven't wondered what happened to him.
580
00:43:29,841 --> 00:43:34,335
[Julian] We made a decision, darling.He has never been part of our lifenor ever can be.
581
00:43:34,412 --> 00:43:38,348
But whoever he is, he certainly
is not Larry Matthew.
582
00:43:38,416 --> 00:43:42,182
Oh that fool chief,
what in heaven's name was he trying to prove?
583
00:43:42,253 --> 00:43:46,587
Don't blame the chief,
Julian, or Larry.
584
00:43:46,658 --> 00:43:49,650
Substituting the birth certificate
for the letter was my doing.
585
00:43:49,727 --> 00:43:52,355
Jessica, how could you?
586
00:43:52,430 --> 00:43:56,161
I was certain Julian would never
let you see it, but I had to be sure.
587
00:43:56,234 --> 00:43:59,294
His reaction confirmedmy worst suspicions.
588
00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:05,240
I'm terribly sorry. I see now
I should have confided in the chief, but I couldn't rely on his discretion.
589
00:44:05,309 --> 00:44:07,243
Jessica, what are you talking about?
590
00:44:07,311 --> 00:44:10,144
Barbara wasn't poisoned by the
red wine in the dressing room.
591
00:44:10,214 --> 00:44:13,980
That meant she could'veonly been poisoned on the stage.
592
00:44:14,052 --> 00:44:17,419
- But there was no poison
in the decanter. - No, not the decanter.
593
00:44:17,488 --> 00:44:21,083
The poison was in the glass.
Barbara's glass, only Barbara's glass.
594
00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:23,184
I don't see how that's possible.
595
00:44:23,261 --> 00:44:26,924
Eddie replaced the glass which
disappeared on opening night.
596
00:44:26,998 --> 00:44:29,558
Why did it disappear?
597
00:44:29,634 --> 00:44:35,163
Because no amount of scrubbing could
remove the microscopic traces of poison a state police lab might uncover.
598
00:44:39,377 --> 00:44:43,404
- Julian?
- Jessica, whatever you're thinking, you're wrong.
599
00:44:43,481 --> 00:44:48,043
You don't know how much
I wish that were true.
600
00:44:48,119 --> 00:44:52,180
Oh, Jessica, dear,
what are you talking about?
601
00:44:52,256 --> 00:44:56,693
Shall I tell her or will you?
602
00:44:59,797 --> 00:45:04,894
Only one person could control who
got the poisoned glass onstage,
603
00:45:04,969 --> 00:45:08,530
and that personhad the perfect alibi.
604
00:45:08,606 --> 00:45:11,803
Hundreds of people saw him pour
both drinks from the decanter.
605
00:45:11,876 --> 00:45:14,436
Julian?
606
00:45:14,512 --> 00:45:19,643
You then planted some poisonin the red wine here duringintermission to misdirect attention.
607
00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:23,209
You didn't know that Barbara
couldn't drink red wine.
608
00:45:23,287 --> 00:45:26,848
And then to further ensurethat we believedthat the killer was after Maggie,
609
00:45:26,924 --> 00:45:29,392
you staged the secondmurder attempt last night.
610
00:45:31,662 --> 00:45:35,928
- Julian, you could've killed me.
- No. Never.
611
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:40,096
[Jessica]He knew he'd be able to preventyou from drinking the poison...
612
00:45:40,171 --> 00:45:42,435
by smelling its distinctive odor.
613
00:45:42,507 --> 00:45:45,408
Julian. Why? Why?
614
00:45:45,476 --> 00:45:47,535
Why?
615
00:45:48,546 --> 00:45:51,709
To protect you,
my darling, from Barbara.
616
00:45:51,783 --> 00:45:54,274
She was the one who
planted the birth certificate.
617
00:45:54,352 --> 00:45:57,913
Oh, I figured out her gamewhen I went back to the theater.
618
00:45:57,989 --> 00:46:03,950
She'd planned it all very carefullywith the exception of my refusalto go on with her.
619
00:46:04,028 --> 00:46:06,622
Yes, then the real Barbara came out.
620
00:46:06,697 --> 00:46:09,291
You really want to see
that lady go over the edge?
621
00:46:09,367 --> 00:46:13,701
You cancel this performance,
and tomorrow's newspapers are going to have a field day.
622
00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:18,640
Oh, you're going to go on
tonight, Mr. Lord.
623
00:46:18,709 --> 00:46:22,839
Believe me, I'm behind
your decision 100%.
624
00:46:22,914 --> 00:46:28,147
L-I knew I would never be
free of her blackmail.
625
00:46:28,219 --> 00:46:30,312
Jessica, I had to do it.
626
00:46:30,388 --> 00:46:32,856
It's all my fault.
627
00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:39,562
If you hadn't protected me-
628
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,659
I'll notify the state police.
629
00:46:44,709 --> 00:46:49,259
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