1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,671 All right, partner, drop it. Raise them high. 2 00:00:03,754 --> 00:00:05,798 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 3 00:00:05,881 --> 00:00:07,007 Aha! 4 00:00:07,717 --> 00:00:10,302 He’s a nut, but he’s a certified genius. 5 00:00:10,386 --> 00:00:13,681 Why don’t you offer her a job, get her on your team? 6 00:00:13,764 --> 00:00:15,391 Cut the baloney, Steloff. 7 00:00:15,474 --> 00:00:17,143 Everybody knows you’ve taken the contest into the bedroom. 8 00:00:17,226 --> 00:00:18,769 Did you kill your wife? 9 00:00:18,853 --> 00:00:20,730 If JB Fletcher has to ask that, 10 00:00:20,813 --> 00:00:22,106 I better get myself a good lawyer. 11 00:00:22,189 --> 00:00:23,816 Nobody’s above suspicion 12 00:00:23,899 --> 00:00:25,234 in the game of Murder Will Out. 13 00:00:25,317 --> 00:00:27,653 What kind of a toy would someone kill for? 14 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:34,452 [cheerful orchestral music] 15 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:12,091 [woman] This week marks our 25th year, Liz. 16 00:02:12,174 --> 00:02:14,635 So your Wall Street angle should be about 17 00:02:14,718 --> 00:02:17,763 Marathon’s expanding industry share over that period. 18 00:02:17,847 --> 00:02:19,974 Miss Delaney, there’s talk you’ve thrown 19 00:02:20,057 --> 00:02:22,560 your ad agency situation into review. 20 00:02:22,643 --> 00:02:24,395 Right, Annie. The end of the month, 21 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:26,021 the Marathon account will be repped 22 00:02:26,105 --> 00:02:29,358 either by Steloff Associates or Peyton and Company. 23 00:02:29,441 --> 00:02:32,152 And I have broken precedent by asking the top execs 24 00:02:32,236 --> 00:02:36,323 of these two competing firms to be with us this morning. 25 00:02:36,407 --> 00:02:38,534 Boris Steloff, responsible 26 00:02:38,617 --> 00:02:41,495 for the Springfield Athletics campaign last year 27 00:02:41,579 --> 00:02:45,541 and Miles Packard to his right, of Peyton Company 28 00:02:45,624 --> 00:02:47,042 with his two creative directors 29 00:02:47,126 --> 00:02:49,211 Brian Singer and Amanda North. 30 00:02:49,295 --> 00:02:52,089 They developed the Nuit d’Amour perfume ad 31 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:54,008 that hit so big during the Olympics this year. 32 00:02:54,091 --> 00:02:55,426 There’s word around that you people 33 00:02:55,509 --> 00:02:56,719 have a breakthrough line. 34 00:02:56,802 --> 00:02:59,138 You know better than to ask me 35 00:02:59,221 --> 00:03:02,057 about our development plans, Stromberg. 36 00:03:02,141 --> 00:03:05,603 This was over drinks with your CEO, Edgar Greenstreet. 37 00:03:05,686 --> 00:03:07,771 The old man talked about a Project 2100. 38 00:03:07,855 --> 00:03:09,523 Oh, please, don’t hold me 39 00:03:09,607 --> 00:03:12,234 to Mr. Greenstreet’s after-hours comments. 40 00:03:12,318 --> 00:03:14,486 Now I think that about covers everything. 41 00:03:14,570 --> 00:03:15,905 [overlapping questions] 42 00:03:15,988 --> 00:03:19,116 Except to say that we are in negotiations 43 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,327 with a top mystery novelist 44 00:03:21,410 --> 00:03:22,953 for a new board game 45 00:03:23,037 --> 00:03:24,747 which will be entitled appropriately enough, 46 00:03:24,830 --> 00:03:26,582 Murder Will Out. 47 00:03:26,665 --> 00:03:29,501 And that’s all. Thank you very much, everybody. 48 00:03:29,585 --> 00:03:31,003 [indistinct] 49 00:03:32,796 --> 00:03:35,257 Mrs. Fletcher, Jessica Fletcher, 50 00:03:35,341 --> 00:03:37,009 I should have known, I should have known 51 00:03:37,092 --> 00:03:38,260 it would have been you with that board game. 52 00:03:38,344 --> 00:03:40,554 Good heavens, Brian. 53 00:03:40,846 --> 00:03:43,807 Allow me to introduce you to my boss, Miles Packard. 54 00:03:43,891 --> 00:03:45,517 -How do you do? -Hello. 55 00:03:45,601 --> 00:03:47,394 I broke into the business as a media coordinator 56 00:03:47,478 --> 00:03:48,812 on one of Mrs. Fletcher’s books. 57 00:03:48,896 --> 00:03:50,272 Miles, 58 00:03:50,356 --> 00:03:52,232 would this be an apt time to wish each other luck? 59 00:03:52,316 --> 00:03:53,943 Cut the baloney, Steloff. 60 00:03:54,026 --> 00:03:55,778 Everybody knows you’ve taken the contest into the bedroom, 61 00:03:55,861 --> 00:03:59,323 not that it’ll get you anywhere, so forget it. 62 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:00,908 Mrs. Fletcher. 63 00:04:03,035 --> 00:04:06,872 Look, I’ve got a table booked at Carter’s at 12:30. 64 00:04:06,956 --> 00:04:08,582 We’ve got a lot of catching up to do. 65 00:04:08,666 --> 00:04:11,251 Mrs. Fletcher, boss lady called. 66 00:04:11,335 --> 00:04:14,380 If that’s an invitation to lunch, you’re on. 67 00:04:17,132 --> 00:04:18,175 Mrs. Fletcher, it’s good to see you again. 68 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:19,551 Thank you. 69 00:04:19,635 --> 00:04:21,428 I’m Meredith Delaney. This is my husband. 70 00:04:21,512 --> 00:04:23,305 Otherwise known as Mr. Meredith Delaney. 71 00:04:23,389 --> 00:04:25,599 How are you? Oh, just fine. Thank you, Devery. 72 00:04:25,683 --> 00:04:27,017 My husband will be your project supervisor. 73 00:04:27,101 --> 00:04:28,310 [phone buzzing] 74 00:04:28,394 --> 00:04:29,603 Excuse me, just a moment. 75 00:04:34,108 --> 00:04:35,609 Officer Joseph. 76 00:04:36,110 --> 00:04:38,487 Correct me if I’m wrong, but do I not have that 77 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:41,407 mealy-mouthed little bastard from the Register, Stromberg, 78 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:42,741 on the list of people 79 00:04:42,825 --> 00:04:43,993 who are not allowed in this building, 80 00:04:44,076 --> 00:04:45,828 let alone my office? 81 00:04:45,911 --> 00:04:48,122 I have to tell you, I think your basics are sensational, 82 00:04:48,205 --> 00:04:51,000 I’ve got the art department doing sketches. 83 00:04:51,083 --> 00:04:54,169 -So soon. That’s wonderful. -[Devery] Mr. Greenstreet’s taken... 84 00:04:54,253 --> 00:04:56,255 ...a special interest in this project. 85 00:04:56,338 --> 00:04:59,216 He suggested character figures for the playing pieces. 86 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:02,136 Really, Devery, you’re like a runaway horse. 87 00:05:02,219 --> 00:05:03,804 Oh, that’s quite all right, Miss Delaney. 88 00:05:03,887 --> 00:05:06,640 I mean, after all if that is what Mr. Greenstreet wants. 89 00:05:06,724 --> 00:05:08,183 I mean, my gosh, he’s a legend. 90 00:05:08,267 --> 00:05:09,643 Every kid in America knows 91 00:05:09,727 --> 00:05:12,354 Billy Bonkers and Bonkers Skeleton. 92 00:05:12,438 --> 00:05:14,064 And few people are aware 93 00:05:14,148 --> 00:05:16,817 that the anatomically correct skeleton play kit 94 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:18,402 was my idea, 95 00:05:18,485 --> 00:05:21,280 along with many things at Marathon. 96 00:05:21,363 --> 00:05:24,408 Mrs. Fletcher, to be perfectly frank, 97 00:05:24,491 --> 00:05:27,202 Mr. Greenstreet is an eccentric 98 00:05:27,286 --> 00:05:29,329 and I really run the company for him. 99 00:05:32,624 --> 00:05:34,585 [Jessica] I mean, I have heard advertising described 100 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:36,295 as a bare-knuckle business 101 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:40,049 but after what I saw this morning, I’m a believer. 102 00:05:40,132 --> 00:05:41,675 Here’s our dessert tray. I’ll be right back. 103 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:44,553 The Marathon account will bill 40 million next year. 104 00:05:44,636 --> 00:05:45,971 As far as our competition goes, 105 00:05:46,055 --> 00:05:48,057 it’s not exactly a level playing field, 106 00:05:48,140 --> 00:05:50,142 but Amanda and I have a proposal 107 00:05:50,225 --> 00:05:52,728 which stresses better creative and media coordination. 108 00:05:52,811 --> 00:05:55,939 It’s really been tough, trying to create a proposal 109 00:05:56,023 --> 00:05:57,649 for a line of toys we’ve never seen. 110 00:05:57,733 --> 00:05:59,485 Oh, yes, rather like trying to paint 111 00:05:59,568 --> 00:06:01,820 a landscape, blindfolded. 112 00:06:01,904 --> 00:06:03,322 It’s Edgar Greenstreet. 113 00:06:03,405 --> 00:06:05,699 He ratchets up our creative juices that way. 114 00:06:05,783 --> 00:06:08,410 And next month he decides who gets the account. 115 00:06:08,494 --> 00:06:10,454 Well, now I’m confused. 116 00:06:10,537 --> 00:06:12,998 I mean, this morning Meredith Delaney told me 117 00:06:13,082 --> 00:06:15,667 that Mr. Greenstreet wasn’t running the business anymore. 118 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:18,879 Don’t believe everything the iron butterfly tells you. 119 00:06:18,962 --> 00:06:20,798 Old man Greenstreet is the toy maker. 120 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:23,509 He’s a nut but he’s a certified genius. 121 00:06:23,592 --> 00:06:25,135 Small change of subject. 122 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:28,472 Brian, what did the client say about our Urge storyboards? 123 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:30,057 Oh, Urge is a line of cosmetics 124 00:06:30,140 --> 00:06:32,226 we’re doing some TV spots for. 125 00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:34,603 Brian? 126 00:06:34,686 --> 00:06:36,230 [Brian] I didn’t give him your copy, hon. 127 00:06:36,313 --> 00:06:37,773 I’m afraid you missed the boat. 128 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:39,441 What do you mean missed the boat? 129 00:06:39,525 --> 00:06:41,235 Well, who cares if a spritzer fits into the handbag 130 00:06:41,318 --> 00:06:44,196 or if the blush comes in a dozen shades? 131 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,533 That’s not the selling point, honey. 132 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:49,868 Now the blueberry cheesecake here is fantastic. 133 00:06:49,952 --> 00:06:51,245 Oh, no, thank you. 134 00:06:51,328 --> 00:06:54,289 But I wonder if either one of you know 135 00:06:54,373 --> 00:06:56,834 if there’s a room B-100 in the Marathon building. 136 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:58,043 Oh, sure. 137 00:06:58,127 --> 00:06:59,253 Yeah, I’ve never seen it 138 00:06:59,336 --> 00:07:00,838 but everybody’s heard about it. 139 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:03,465 It’s a high security section on the basement floor. 140 00:07:03,549 --> 00:07:05,175 Please excuse me, Mrs. Fletcher. 141 00:07:05,259 --> 00:07:07,553 I just remembered I have an appointment. 142 00:07:07,636 --> 00:07:09,012 Amanda. 143 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:12,307 I’ll be right back, Mrs. Fletcher. 144 00:07:21,150 --> 00:07:22,818 Amanda, what’s the matter? 145 00:07:22,901 --> 00:07:25,654 -Incredibly enough you have no idea. -No, I don’t. 146 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:28,282 Whatever the project is, even if it’s women’s cosmetics 147 00:07:28,365 --> 00:07:30,951 for crying out loud, your opinion always prevails. 148 00:07:31,034 --> 00:07:32,244 I figured out why. 149 00:07:32,327 --> 00:07:33,579 It’s because you’re so pigheaded. 150 00:07:33,662 --> 00:07:35,247 You want me take a backseat? 151 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:37,040 I want equality in the relationship. 152 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:39,626 And for starters, you can stop calling me honey. 153 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:33,096 All right, partner, drop it. 154 00:08:35,098 --> 00:08:36,350 Come on, get them up! 155 00:08:39,228 --> 00:08:40,520 Raise them high. [gunshots] 156 00:08:46,235 --> 00:08:47,527 [locomotive whistle blows] 157 00:09:01,375 --> 00:09:03,126 Do you want to play? 158 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:06,463 Come along, follow me if you dare. 159 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:09,174 Okay, someone wants to play. 160 00:09:09,258 --> 00:09:10,425 Aha! 161 00:09:15,430 --> 00:09:16,473 Got you, Mrs. Fletcher. 162 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:18,267 Edgar Greenstreet. 163 00:09:18,350 --> 00:09:19,393 I couldn’t resist having some fun with you. 164 00:09:19,476 --> 00:09:22,145 You really had me going. 165 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:25,399 Check the eyeball. 166 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:28,110 Is the green scarier? 167 00:09:29,444 --> 00:09:32,114 Oh, no the red, definitely the red. 168 00:09:32,197 --> 00:09:34,533 An eyeball, our first serious collaboration. 169 00:09:34,616 --> 00:09:37,369 Here, here let me get you a chair. 170 00:09:37,452 --> 00:09:38,704 Thank you. 171 00:09:40,455 --> 00:09:41,415 There. 172 00:09:41,498 --> 00:09:43,709 Oh, great. 173 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:45,252 Tell me, 174 00:09:46,169 --> 00:09:50,299 do you believe that toys and games like yours, 175 00:09:50,382 --> 00:09:54,511 Mrs. Fletcher, are the sublimation of all the evil in us? 176 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,680 I’m not certain I know what you mean. 177 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:58,932 Well, with toys you can bomb and strafe, 178 00:09:59,016 --> 00:10:01,226 win World War III and IV. 179 00:10:01,310 --> 00:10:02,644 You can even commit murder 180 00:10:02,728 --> 00:10:04,396 and go to bed with an easy conscience, 181 00:10:04,479 --> 00:10:07,524 which brings us to your game. 182 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:10,360 I’ve read your notes, and... 183 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:16,533 I think you’ll want six players, not five. 184 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:18,744 I had in mind a grumpy neighbor. 185 00:10:18,827 --> 00:10:20,245 Call him, Snipes. 186 00:10:20,329 --> 00:10:22,539 He snoops a lot, you know, looks in windows, 187 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:24,624 picks up clues-- 188 00:10:24,708 --> 00:10:27,544 Snipe’s a snoop. 189 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:28,962 We’ll make them out of plastic. 190 00:10:29,046 --> 00:10:30,130 People can feel them, touch them, 191 00:10:30,213 --> 00:10:31,506 have their favorite colors. 192 00:10:31,590 --> 00:10:33,467 And they would move with the roll of the dice. 193 00:10:33,550 --> 00:10:35,469 Draw to see who the murderer is. 194 00:10:35,552 --> 00:10:36,720 And the squares on the board 195 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:38,764 will give the players an opportunity 196 00:10:38,847 --> 00:10:40,682 to pick up a motive card 197 00:10:40,766 --> 00:10:43,435 like a scene of the crime card or a clue card. 198 00:10:43,518 --> 00:10:45,687 Which may or may not be genuine. 199 00:10:45,771 --> 00:10:47,981 Oh, you mean, a false clue, 200 00:10:48,065 --> 00:10:49,649 like a wild card in poker. 201 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:52,486 This is just wonderful, it really is. 202 00:10:52,569 --> 00:10:54,196 But, you know, 203 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:57,991 your Executive Vice President, Miss Delaney, has some concerns. 204 00:10:58,075 --> 00:11:00,869 I already know what that female Caligula said. 205 00:11:00,952 --> 00:11:02,537 Ignore her. 206 00:11:02,621 --> 00:11:04,623 She’s on a power trip. 207 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:08,210 And like in your books, 208 00:11:08,877 --> 00:11:13,507 things are never quite what they seem to be, are they? 209 00:11:16,593 --> 00:11:19,096 Don’t tell anyone you have access to B-100. 210 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,514 That’s our little secret. 211 00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:22,516 Oh, yes, yes, of course, of course. But-- 212 00:11:22,599 --> 00:11:25,977 Over here, Mrs. Fletcher, on the double. 213 00:11:26,061 --> 00:11:28,188 I want to be in the game. 214 00:11:28,271 --> 00:11:31,233 I want to be one of your characters. 215 00:11:31,316 --> 00:11:33,443 All right, partner, drop it. 216 00:11:33,527 --> 00:11:34,611 Come on, get them up. [gunshots] 217 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:36,947 Raise them high. 218 00:11:45,914 --> 00:11:47,916 [Edgar] Talk to your friend Brian Singer. 219 00:11:47,999 --> 00:11:51,336 He did a campaign for a board game called Waffles. 220 00:11:51,420 --> 00:11:54,506 Not half as clever as yours but maybe he can help. 221 00:12:00,804 --> 00:12:02,597 [Steloff] It’s not gonna work. 222 00:12:03,765 --> 00:12:05,976 Why do you say that? 223 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:07,394 Well, face it, darling, 224 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:09,646 the old man still has the key decision, 225 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,606 the choice of agency. 226 00:12:11,690 --> 00:12:13,900 Without Marathon’s business, 227 00:12:13,984 --> 00:12:17,446 this agency is through and I’m through. 228 00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:19,114 But you’re not gonna let that happen. 229 00:12:21,116 --> 00:12:23,076 Greenstreet has a very special feeling 230 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,703 for Packard’s brain trust, 231 00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:26,496 Brian Singer and that girl, what’s her name? 232 00:12:26,580 --> 00:12:27,497 Amanda North. 233 00:12:27,581 --> 00:12:29,040 Amanda North. 234 00:12:29,124 --> 00:12:33,879 I understand the relationship is very vulnerable. 235 00:12:33,962 --> 00:12:36,923 Why don’t you offer her a job, get her on your team? 236 00:12:39,551 --> 00:12:42,012 I can do that. 237 00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:43,013 I’ll do it. 238 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,354 But if you make a play for her, it’s all over. 239 00:12:56,067 --> 00:12:58,361 [knocking sound] 240 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:29,559 Hello. 241 00:13:30,060 --> 00:13:31,186 Taxi, taxi! 242 00:13:31,269 --> 00:13:32,521 [car honking] 243 00:13:39,528 --> 00:13:41,112 Amanda, it’s Boris Steloff. 244 00:13:41,196 --> 00:13:43,698 Can I give you a lift? 245 00:13:43,782 --> 00:13:44,991 Sure. 246 00:13:58,922 --> 00:14:01,967 It’s quite serendipitous bumping into each other. 247 00:14:02,050 --> 00:14:03,927 I was going to call. 248 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:06,555 I thought you and Miles were at each other’s throats 249 00:14:06,638 --> 00:14:07,722 until the Marathon account settled. 250 00:14:07,806 --> 00:14:09,140 True. 251 00:14:09,224 --> 00:14:12,185 I--I just thought you and I should have a chat. 252 00:14:12,269 --> 00:14:14,813 So we didn’t just bump into each other, did we? 253 00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:15,897 What’s this about? 254 00:14:15,981 --> 00:14:18,191 Well, you have incredible talent. 255 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:19,609 You need to spread your wings. 256 00:14:19,693 --> 00:14:21,236 And Miles is giving me every break. 257 00:14:21,319 --> 00:14:22,612 Miles... 258 00:14:22,696 --> 00:14:25,615 I’m not talking about Miles. 259 00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:27,367 You mean Brian? 260 00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:28,785 Mmm. 261 00:14:43,008 --> 00:14:44,384 Thanks. 262 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:47,470 You could do a whole lot better with me, Amanda. 263 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:49,723 I’m talking substantially better. 264 00:14:50,265 --> 00:14:54,227 Amanda, my office, tomorrow night? 265 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,146 You’ve nothing to lose. 266 00:15:02,277 --> 00:15:03,278 [Meredith] In as few words as possible, 267 00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:04,738 could I ask you to describe 268 00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:06,990 what this monstrosity represents? 269 00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:10,994 Well, it’s a dump truck, like sales ordered, 270 00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:12,412 only it’s designed like the real thing. 271 00:15:12,495 --> 00:15:13,955 An apt description 272 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:16,249 because that’s where it belongs, in the dump. 273 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:17,751 For cost purposes 274 00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:19,419 I asked you to make it four wheels. 275 00:15:19,502 --> 00:15:22,547 No, dump trucks can’t operate on four wheels. 276 00:15:22,631 --> 00:15:24,883 [Meredith] And you have six. 277 00:15:24,966 --> 00:15:27,427 At our last meeting, we discussed color 278 00:15:27,510 --> 00:15:29,179 and agreed upon number three green 279 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,848 of which we have an ample supply and yet-- 280 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:34,559 No, no, no, now hold on a minute, Miss Delaney. 281 00:15:34,643 --> 00:15:37,103 Now I was making the changes you requested 282 00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:39,981 when Mr. Greenstreet happened to stop by my bench. 283 00:15:40,065 --> 00:15:42,609 Now you know what a bug he is on authenticity. 284 00:15:42,692 --> 00:15:45,362 Thank you, Frank. That will be all. 285 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:46,780 It’s no big deal-- 286 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:54,329 Right, 287 00:15:54,412 --> 00:15:56,206 whatever you say. 288 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:11,638 You’re JB Fletcher. 289 00:16:11,721 --> 00:16:13,264 That’s right. 290 00:16:13,348 --> 00:16:15,266 I’m Frank Christy, one of Marathon’s designers. 291 00:16:15,350 --> 00:16:18,019 Oh, how do you do? 292 00:16:18,103 --> 00:16:21,731 Well, I’ve read all your books and I heard about your game. 293 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:23,858 -All the best with it. -Well, that’s very kind. 294 00:16:23,942 --> 00:16:25,235 If I’m not mistaken that’s a very handsome 295 00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:26,569 dump truck you’ve got there. 296 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:28,863 I wish you luck with it. 297 00:16:28,947 --> 00:16:30,198 Thanks, Mrs. Fletcher. 298 00:16:34,536 --> 00:16:36,371 Have accounting cut his last check, 299 00:16:36,454 --> 00:16:39,040 severance, whatever, I want him out of here today. 300 00:16:42,377 --> 00:16:45,672 Mrs. Fletcher, I am truly, truly sorry for bringing you 301 00:16:45,755 --> 00:16:49,718 in on such short notice but I have upsetting news. 302 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:51,136 Oh, I’m sorry. 303 00:16:51,219 --> 00:16:52,512 You’ve been spending time 304 00:16:52,595 --> 00:16:55,181 with Mr. Greenstreet on this game of yours. 305 00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:56,808 Oh, yes, that’s true but-- 306 00:16:56,891 --> 00:16:58,184 Well, Mrs. Fletcher, I don’t know 307 00:16:58,268 --> 00:16:59,394 how to make this any clearer, 308 00:16:59,477 --> 00:17:02,063 but the man is just not with it. 309 00:17:02,147 --> 00:17:04,065 With it or without it, 310 00:17:04,149 --> 00:17:06,067 Mr. Greenstreet may be an eccentric, 311 00:17:06,151 --> 00:17:09,070 Miss Delaney, but in the impromptu meeting 312 00:17:09,154 --> 00:17:11,448 that I’ve had with him, he gave me major help. 313 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:15,034 I think you understand what I’m telling you, Mrs. Fletcher. 314 00:17:15,118 --> 00:17:17,412 I certainly do. You’re telling me not to talk to Mr. Greenstreet. 315 00:17:17,495 --> 00:17:21,833 And I have to tell you that I find that a very difficult adjustment. 316 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:27,255 Mrs. Fletcher. 317 00:17:28,590 --> 00:17:31,092 Try to understand. 318 00:17:31,176 --> 00:17:33,887 Boss lady has such heavy responsibilities, 319 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:36,598 and no one to share them with. 320 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:39,184 But she’ll always have you, won’t she, Moffett? 321 00:17:50,653 --> 00:17:52,739 Would it change your mind to know that 322 00:17:52,822 --> 00:17:55,575 Frank Christy has worked for this company for 15 years? 323 00:17:55,658 --> 00:17:58,745 Then he should have been fired years ago. 324 00:17:58,828 --> 00:18:01,164 We have too many Neanderthals as it is. 325 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:05,251 Canning Frank Christy is a snap. 326 00:18:05,335 --> 00:18:07,462 Firing your husband’s not so easy, is it? 327 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,175 What are you getting at? 328 00:18:12,258 --> 00:18:14,010 Don’t you think the whole town knows 329 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:15,887 about you and Boris Steloff? 330 00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:19,015 When and where am I going to be served papers, Meredith? 331 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:20,350 On the job? 332 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:21,768 In the bedroom? 333 00:18:21,851 --> 00:18:24,979 So it was you who was spying on us. 334 00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:27,065 Someone’s been spying on you and Steloff? 335 00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:28,817 God, what a bore that must be. 336 00:18:30,735 --> 00:18:32,487 I want you out of here 337 00:18:32,570 --> 00:18:34,113 by the end of your contract term. 338 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:43,081 You haven’t forgotten our pre-nuptial agreement, have you? 339 00:18:43,164 --> 00:18:46,209 How could I? It’s been a lot on my mind lately. 340 00:18:53,883 --> 00:18:55,635 Now take your pick of the cosmetic lines, 341 00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:57,554 plus, you’ll have sole creative 342 00:18:57,637 --> 00:18:59,514 and media responsibility for the Marathon account. 343 00:18:59,597 --> 00:19:02,851 What makes you so sure you’ll get Marathon? 344 00:19:02,934 --> 00:19:05,812 Well, let’s say I hold some aces. 345 00:19:05,895 --> 00:19:07,647 Look, Amanda, I’m offering you twice 346 00:19:07,730 --> 00:19:10,441 what you’re getting at Peyton, three years firm-- 347 00:19:10,525 --> 00:19:11,985 And a vice presidency. 348 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:14,904 Yes, with the likelihood of a full partnership 349 00:19:14,988 --> 00:19:17,740 this time next year. 350 00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:19,576 You’re a hard man to refuse. 351 00:19:38,011 --> 00:19:41,639 I hope you’re not planning on building that into the deal. 352 00:19:41,723 --> 00:19:43,433 No. 353 00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:45,059 I couldn’t resist. 354 00:19:45,143 --> 00:19:47,687 It won’t happen again, I promise. 355 00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:49,522 Give me several days, Boris. 356 00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:51,316 There are some people that I have to tell first. 357 00:19:51,399 --> 00:19:52,734 Of course, I understand. 358 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:00,408 [Brian] Sorry I’m late, Mrs. Fletcher. 359 00:20:00,491 --> 00:20:02,827 Oh, Brian, thank you for your time. 360 00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:05,330 Listen, someone mentioned to me 361 00:20:05,413 --> 00:20:07,582 that you did a very successful ad campaign 362 00:20:07,665 --> 00:20:11,502 for a game called Waffles. 363 00:20:11,586 --> 00:20:14,339 You mean Pancake Man. 364 00:20:14,422 --> 00:20:15,757 Oh, right, yes, the Pancake Man. 365 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,842 Anyway, they told me 366 00:20:17,926 --> 00:20:21,596 that you came in early at the concept stage 367 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,640 and I was wondering if you might like 368 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:25,308 to take a look at my... 369 00:20:27,685 --> 00:20:29,604 Brian? 370 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:33,566 I’m sorry, I’m sorry. 371 00:20:33,650 --> 00:20:34,859 I should have called this off. 372 00:20:34,943 --> 00:20:36,903 My head isn’t anywhere today. 373 00:20:36,986 --> 00:20:38,613 Oh, is something wrong? 374 00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:40,698 Amanda called. 375 00:20:40,782 --> 00:20:42,116 She is leaving the agency 376 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,701 and she’s going with Boris Steloff. 377 00:20:43,785 --> 00:20:45,662 Oh, dear. 378 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,121 You know what that means? 379 00:20:47,205 --> 00:20:48,665 That means she’ll take all the ideas 380 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:51,501 she and I developed for the Marathon project 381 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:52,877 and give them to Steloff. 382 00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:01,177 The deal is made, lover. 383 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:02,971 Amanda North signs with me tomorrow. 384 00:21:06,474 --> 00:21:10,520 You never cared for me or us, just the Marathon account. 385 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:13,523 It was a harmless moment, for God’s sake. 386 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:15,024 You did the one thing 387 00:21:15,108 --> 00:21:17,068 for which I will never forgive anyone. 388 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,529 You could’ve been the biggest man in town. 389 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:21,906 Now your name is gonna be dirt. 390 00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:22,949 Count on it. 391 00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:38,339 [man] Ladies and gentlemen, 392 00:21:38,423 --> 00:21:42,176 welcome to Marathon’s silver jubilee. 393 00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:43,928 At this time it’s my great pleasure 394 00:21:44,012 --> 00:21:47,515 to present five real special Marathoners, 395 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:49,684 the very first members of the 20-year club. 396 00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:52,979 And as a token of those 20 years, 397 00:21:53,062 --> 00:21:54,689 for the two ladies we have earrings, 398 00:21:54,772 --> 00:21:56,983 cufflinks for the three gentlemen. 399 00:21:57,066 --> 00:21:58,651 Leading off, let’s hear it 400 00:21:58,735 --> 00:22:02,363 for our Executive Vice President, Meredith Delaney. 401 00:22:09,871 --> 00:22:11,581 Fred Stinson, Shipping. 402 00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:18,755 Paul Bogdanovich, Personnel. 403 00:22:23,009 --> 00:22:24,677 Everett Davenport, Design, 404 00:22:26,888 --> 00:22:30,475 and Sylvia Moffett, Secretarial. 405 00:22:34,103 --> 00:22:35,855 Let’s hear it for these outstanding Marathoners. 406 00:22:40,401 --> 00:22:41,819 Poor Moffett. 407 00:22:42,403 --> 00:22:44,947 Hello, Devery, why poor Moffett? 408 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:47,116 Working for boss lady all that time, 409 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,243 my term was only two years. 410 00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:52,997 Mr. McFarlane has joined the elite group. 411 00:22:53,081 --> 00:22:55,500 What makes you so happy, Frank? 412 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:56,918 Ah, hell, 413 00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:59,212 there are worse things than being fired. 414 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:01,380 I guess Mrs. Fletcher would agree with that. 415 00:23:03,424 --> 00:23:07,303 I’m only sorry you won’t be working on my project. 416 00:23:08,930 --> 00:23:11,099 Watch out for the end of next month. 417 00:23:11,182 --> 00:23:13,226 I’m not sure even Edgar Greenstreet 418 00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:15,770 can save this company from madam’s claws. 419 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:21,984 Do you feel like dancing, Mrs. Fletcher? 420 00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:23,986 Of course, she does. 421 00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:28,032 Excuse us, young man. 422 00:23:37,792 --> 00:23:39,168 Hi. 423 00:23:39,252 --> 00:23:40,503 Hi. 424 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:42,296 Amanda, I’ve been thinking about us 425 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:45,508 and how I behaved and... 426 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,345 there’s still time for us to start again. 427 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,556 I mean, for me. 428 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:54,892 You’ve been right about a lot of things, damn it, 429 00:23:54,976 --> 00:23:58,020 and more--more than that, I love you 430 00:23:58,104 --> 00:24:00,565 and nothing’s important to me anymore except you. 431 00:24:03,860 --> 00:24:06,404 Boris, I’ve been calling all day. 432 00:24:06,487 --> 00:24:07,947 I went over the materials you sent yesterday-- 433 00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:10,992 Uh, we have a problem. 434 00:24:11,075 --> 00:24:14,078 I hope you haven’t burned any bridges. 435 00:24:14,162 --> 00:24:16,956 Uh-oh, trouble in River City. 436 00:24:17,039 --> 00:24:19,125 He’s telling that poor girl 437 00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:23,129 he doesn’t have a lock on Marathon anymore. 438 00:24:23,212 --> 00:24:25,131 You are a role player. 439 00:24:25,214 --> 00:24:26,924 You know a lot more about 440 00:24:27,008 --> 00:24:30,386 what’s going on here than certain people realize. 441 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:34,932 Well, maybe that’s my defense against certain people. 442 00:24:37,268 --> 00:24:38,811 Then let’s talk some more about the game. 443 00:24:38,895 --> 00:24:43,441 What say, we blow this joint, like 10:30, B-100? 444 00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:46,652 Well, I’ll have to check with my escort, 445 00:24:46,736 --> 00:24:49,405 but, okay, 10:30. 446 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:26,150 Oh, forgive the intrusion, Miss Delaney. 447 00:25:26,234 --> 00:25:27,151 Have you seen Brian Singer? 448 00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:28,152 Brian Singer? 449 00:25:28,236 --> 00:25:30,154 [telephone ringing] 450 00:25:34,242 --> 00:25:35,910 Yes. 451 00:25:36,327 --> 00:25:37,495 You're what? 452 00:25:37,578 --> 00:25:40,081 Yes, but how did-- 453 00:25:40,164 --> 00:25:42,875 Never mind, just stay where you are. 454 00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:44,210 I’ll be right there. 455 00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:47,004 No, I haven’t seen him. 456 00:26:15,366 --> 00:26:17,159 Howdy, partner. 457 00:26:20,538 --> 00:26:23,374 [laughter] 458 00:26:48,357 --> 00:26:49,817 She’s dead, Mr. Greenstreet. 459 00:26:55,489 --> 00:26:57,992 [man] There’s been no detailed analysis of the cause of death 460 00:26:58,075 --> 00:26:59,702 completed at this time. 461 00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:01,162 However-- 462 00:27:01,245 --> 00:27:04,749 Preliminaries indicate massive trauma to the skull 463 00:27:04,832 --> 00:27:07,126 produced by a blow that knocked the deceased 464 00:27:07,209 --> 00:27:11,756 into toy railroad car, followed by two more blows 465 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:13,090 and the weapon was a crowbar, 466 00:27:13,174 --> 00:27:17,219 same used to open the security cabinet. 467 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:20,389 Apparently the victim interrupted... 468 00:27:22,183 --> 00:27:25,770 a robbery in progress. 469 00:27:25,853 --> 00:27:30,483 Item, one earring found missing on decedent, 470 00:27:30,566 --> 00:27:33,110 recovered on floor. 471 00:27:33,194 --> 00:27:34,904 Lieutenant Hornbeck, please forgive me. 472 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:38,366 But truly if the motive was robbery and the first blow 473 00:27:38,449 --> 00:27:41,118 landed Miss Delaney in the railway car, 474 00:27:41,202 --> 00:27:42,828 then the second and the third blow 475 00:27:42,912 --> 00:27:44,038 would be somewhat redundant. 476 00:27:46,207 --> 00:27:47,708 Your point, Mrs. Fletcher? 477 00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:51,212 That the assailant’s motive was to kill, not to rob, 478 00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:53,255 in which case the broken security cabinet 479 00:27:53,339 --> 00:27:55,633 would simply be misdirection. 480 00:27:55,716 --> 00:27:57,718 Yeah, excuse me. 481 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,303 -Harry! -Yeah. 482 00:27:59,387 --> 00:28:00,930 Take this, the murder weapon. 483 00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:02,556 Get it to forensics right away. 484 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:03,808 Yes, sir. 485 00:28:03,891 --> 00:28:07,728 Um, Mrs. Fletcher, among my colleagues, 486 00:28:07,812 --> 00:28:09,355 you have a fast-growing reputation 487 00:28:09,438 --> 00:28:11,607 for deductive reasoning, but if you don’t mind, 488 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:14,819 for now, it’s robbery interruptus. 489 00:28:14,902 --> 00:28:18,823 The perpetrator committed the homicide to avoid exposure. 490 00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:22,660 Excuse me. 491 00:28:22,743 --> 00:28:24,245 Moffett, I’m--I'm so sorry. 492 00:28:24,328 --> 00:28:26,539 It’s Mr. McFarlane. 493 00:28:26,622 --> 00:28:28,666 He’s waiting upstairs for the lieutenant. 494 00:28:28,749 --> 00:28:31,419 Uh, that’s the woman’s husband, lieutenant. 495 00:28:31,502 --> 00:28:33,838 Oh, upstairs. 496 00:28:36,257 --> 00:28:39,427 No one will blame you if you want to go home, you know, Moffett. 497 00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:43,472 Thank you, Mrs. Fletcher, but there’ll be tidying to do. 498 00:28:49,270 --> 00:28:51,480 [Devery] I’d be less than honest if I said 499 00:28:51,564 --> 00:28:54,984 my wife was universally loved, 500 00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:56,527 but I can’t think of anyone 501 00:28:56,610 --> 00:28:58,362 who hated her enough to kill her. 502 00:28:58,446 --> 00:29:00,322 I have told you those two men 503 00:29:00,406 --> 00:29:03,159 whose agencies would live or die 504 00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:04,910 on Marathon advertising account, 505 00:29:04,994 --> 00:29:06,662 either one of them would have given anything 506 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:08,414 for the contents of that security cabinet 507 00:29:08,497 --> 00:29:10,249 you say was broken into. 508 00:29:10,332 --> 00:29:13,085 Look, who had access to B-100? 509 00:29:13,169 --> 00:29:15,963 I don’t know. 510 00:29:16,046 --> 00:29:20,551 The industry is very paranoid when it comes to security. 511 00:29:20,634 --> 00:29:22,136 My wife was even more so. 512 00:29:22,219 --> 00:29:25,222 A digital code was required only after work hours. 513 00:29:28,976 --> 00:29:30,519 It was for Miss Delaney herself, 514 00:29:30,978 --> 00:29:35,149 Mr. McFarlane, Mr. Greenstreet 515 00:29:35,232 --> 00:29:37,776 and five designers who work there. 516 00:29:37,860 --> 00:29:39,612 I’ll need the names of all those designers. 517 00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:42,656 -Yes, sir. -Yeah. 518 00:29:44,867 --> 00:29:46,535 I got to tell you, it’s a whole new world. 519 00:29:47,244 --> 00:29:49,163 What kind of a toy would someone kill for? 520 00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:51,123 It wasn’t a toy yet, 521 00:29:51,207 --> 00:29:52,333 but the design and specs for one. 522 00:29:52,416 --> 00:29:55,711 Project 2100, a concept 523 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:58,506 that would lead the industry in to the next century. 524 00:29:58,589 --> 00:30:00,007 You’re kidding. 525 00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:02,343 Into the next century? 526 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:03,552 And you figure that’s what was stolen huh? 527 00:30:03,636 --> 00:30:06,096 Yes, I do. 528 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:15,147 Believe it or not, two years ago I was in love with Meredith. 529 00:30:15,231 --> 00:30:18,651 I married her in good faith, but almost everybody knew, 530 00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:20,444 I came to despise her. 531 00:30:20,528 --> 00:30:24,198 You must have heard about her affair with Boris Steloff? 532 00:30:24,281 --> 00:30:26,867 Yes, I’m afraid so. 533 00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:29,828 But what few know is that Meredith and I 534 00:30:29,912 --> 00:30:31,747 had a pre-nuptial agreement. 535 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:35,000 With a divorce I get nothing, but now she’s dead, 536 00:30:35,084 --> 00:30:37,962 I inherit whatever there is to inherit. 537 00:30:38,045 --> 00:30:39,547 Which must be considerable. 538 00:30:39,630 --> 00:30:41,006 You’re the writer. 539 00:30:41,090 --> 00:30:42,633 What will the police do with that? 540 00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:44,093 It depends. 541 00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:45,678 Did you kill your wife? 542 00:30:45,761 --> 00:30:47,555 If JB Fletcher has to ask that, 543 00:30:47,638 --> 00:30:49,431 I better get myself a good lawyer. 544 00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:52,309 In the morning if you wonder 545 00:30:52,393 --> 00:30:56,105 why Edgar Greenstreet suddenly looks ten years younger, 546 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:58,691 get a copy of the annual report. 547 00:30:58,774 --> 00:31:00,150 It comes out tomorrow. 548 00:31:03,779 --> 00:31:05,364 Hello, Amanda? 549 00:31:05,447 --> 00:31:06,991 Jessica Fletcher. 550 00:31:07,074 --> 00:31:11,412 I’m sorry to be calling you so early in the morning. 551 00:31:11,495 --> 00:31:15,207 Oh, then you know. 552 00:31:15,291 --> 00:31:18,919 Yes, just an awful tragedy. 553 00:31:19,003 --> 00:31:20,629 Well, I was calling you to see 554 00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:23,507 if by any chance you’d heard from Brian. 555 00:31:23,591 --> 00:31:27,052 No? 556 00:31:27,136 --> 00:31:30,306 Well, he disappeared on me last night. 557 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,474 Oh, yeah, I tried him at home. 558 00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:34,476 Well, thank you, Amanda. 559 00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:43,569 Moffett. 560 00:31:43,652 --> 00:31:45,112 I was here at eight o’clock 561 00:31:45,195 --> 00:31:46,363 and they were still tearing the place apart. 562 00:31:46,447 --> 00:31:48,240 Yes, it must be so distressing, 563 00:31:48,324 --> 00:31:50,367 and I’m afraid that I’m gonna have to trouble you 564 00:31:50,451 --> 00:31:52,453 for my signed copy of the contract. 565 00:31:52,536 --> 00:31:54,246 Of course. 566 00:31:56,498 --> 00:31:57,750 Mrs. Fletcher. 567 00:31:57,833 --> 00:31:59,960 Oh, you’ve had a long night, lieutenant. 568 00:32:00,044 --> 00:32:01,712 Are you any closer? 569 00:32:01,795 --> 00:32:03,756 Uno phone call away. 570 00:32:03,839 --> 00:32:05,090 But, you know, all the designers 571 00:32:05,174 --> 00:32:06,425 who had access to B-100? 572 00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:08,177 They all had corroborated alibis. 573 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:11,305 -Including Frank Christy? -The guy she fired? 574 00:32:11,388 --> 00:32:13,057 See, that was my hunch too, 575 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:15,434 but he had an airtight alibi just like the rest. 576 00:32:15,517 --> 00:32:17,519 There was something strange, though. 577 00:32:17,603 --> 00:32:21,273 His bank account showed a $20,000 cash deposit made two days ago 578 00:32:21,357 --> 00:32:22,941 and then the whole chunk was withdrawn 579 00:32:23,025 --> 00:32:24,276 in traveler’s checks late yesterday, 580 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:25,569 and by this morning he disappeared. 581 00:32:25,653 --> 00:32:27,446 Goes to show 582 00:32:27,529 --> 00:32:29,448 there’s a lot of money to be made in toys, huh? 583 00:32:29,531 --> 00:32:31,450 Hello. Lieutenant, it’s for you. 584 00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:32,910 Excuse me. 585 00:32:36,372 --> 00:32:38,123 Hello. 586 00:32:38,207 --> 00:32:39,625 Thank you, Moffett. 587 00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:40,626 Got it. 588 00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:45,005 All right, boys, wrap it up. 589 00:32:45,089 --> 00:32:47,007 Forensics identified our killer. 590 00:32:47,091 --> 00:32:48,676 They found his fingerprints on the murder weapon 591 00:32:48,759 --> 00:32:50,302 and all over the door to B-100. 592 00:32:50,386 --> 00:32:51,970 Some guy named Brian Singer. 593 00:32:52,054 --> 00:32:53,138 Brian? 594 00:32:53,222 --> 00:32:54,556 Oh, lieutenant, I’m afraid 595 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,142 you’re jumping to some very fast conclusions. 596 00:32:57,226 --> 00:32:58,435 You know this guy? 597 00:32:58,519 --> 00:33:00,229 Well, yes. 598 00:33:00,312 --> 00:33:02,773 It happens he was my escort last night. 599 00:33:02,856 --> 00:33:04,817 Oh. 600 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:06,235 Well, then I guess you and I are gonna be spending 601 00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:08,070 some more time together, Mrs. Fletcher. 602 00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:17,246 [Jessica] Brian, the police have been looking all over for you. 603 00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:18,664 Where have you been? 604 00:33:18,747 --> 00:33:20,791 I’m really sorry I ran out on you last night. 605 00:33:20,874 --> 00:33:22,960 Things just seemed to go haywire real quick. 606 00:33:23,043 --> 00:33:25,212 All right, Brian, I’ll start at the beginning. 607 00:33:25,295 --> 00:33:29,174 Now the last time we saw each other was around 9:30. 608 00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:30,592 A little after that, 609 00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:32,761 I saw Greenstreet get into the elevator 610 00:33:32,845 --> 00:33:34,263 and go down to the basement. 611 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:37,182 He was by himself. I followed him. 612 00:33:37,266 --> 00:33:39,017 And you thought that if you could get him one-on-one, 613 00:33:39,101 --> 00:33:41,520 you just might be able to sell him your agency’s proposal? 614 00:33:41,603 --> 00:33:44,648 Yep. Amanda is right. I am pigheaded. 615 00:33:44,732 --> 00:33:47,526 But as it turned out, I couldn’t find him anyway. 616 00:33:47,609 --> 00:33:51,029 So I got to exploring some of the workshops down there. 617 00:33:51,113 --> 00:33:53,365 I must have lost track of time 618 00:33:53,449 --> 00:33:56,452 and then when I started back I came across B-100. 619 00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:59,413 But surely you knew that access to B-100 620 00:33:59,496 --> 00:34:00,748 was only with the digital code. 621 00:34:00,831 --> 00:34:02,249 It was open. 622 00:34:02,332 --> 00:34:05,169 I thought maybe Greenstreet was in there 623 00:34:05,252 --> 00:34:08,088 and I saw this busted security cabinet on the wall 624 00:34:08,172 --> 00:34:09,173 and went for that, 625 00:34:09,256 --> 00:34:10,340 and then I tripped on something. 626 00:34:10,424 --> 00:34:12,384 The crowbar, wet with blood. 627 00:34:12,468 --> 00:34:13,552 I thought somebody might have thought 628 00:34:13,635 --> 00:34:17,014 that I'd broken in so I ran. 629 00:34:17,097 --> 00:34:19,183 And you didn’t see anybody else down there? 630 00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:20,225 No. 631 00:34:20,309 --> 00:34:21,977 [telephone ringing] 632 00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:28,525 This is Jessica Fletcher. 633 00:34:28,609 --> 00:34:31,528 Hi, it’s Edgar Greenstreet. 634 00:34:31,612 --> 00:34:33,530 I know it’s not the best of times, 635 00:34:33,614 --> 00:34:35,449 but would you care to pick up 636 00:34:35,532 --> 00:34:37,451 where we left off on Murder Will Out? 637 00:34:37,534 --> 00:34:39,244 Oh, yes, yes, yes, I would 638 00:34:39,328 --> 00:34:41,747 but could we possibly make it later in the day? 639 00:34:41,830 --> 00:34:43,123 I’ve got some errands. 640 00:34:43,207 --> 00:34:45,250 How’s six o’clock here at B-100? 641 00:34:45,334 --> 00:34:46,835 Six is fine. 642 00:34:46,919 --> 00:34:49,838 And plan on dinner later. 643 00:34:49,922 --> 00:34:51,507 All right. 644 00:34:53,634 --> 00:34:58,263 Brian, I want a straight answer to a simple question. 645 00:34:58,347 --> 00:35:00,474 Did you kill Meredith Delaney? 646 00:35:00,557 --> 00:35:02,893 No, Mrs. Fletcher. 647 00:35:02,976 --> 00:35:05,020 Everything happened just like I said. 648 00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:08,106 I came here because I just didn’t know where to turn to for help. 649 00:35:08,190 --> 00:35:12,653 All right, but you’re guilty of some very foolish behavior. 650 00:35:12,736 --> 00:35:14,613 But I will help on one condition, 651 00:35:14,696 --> 00:35:17,533 that you immediately contact the police. 652 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:20,118 I’ll do that right now, Mrs. Fletcher. 653 00:35:20,202 --> 00:35:21,245 Thank you. 654 00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:34,383 Uh, I wonder if you might tell me 655 00:35:34,466 --> 00:35:36,969 where I can find a friend of mine, his name is Frank Christy. 656 00:35:37,052 --> 00:35:39,513 You’re too late, ma’am. Frank left early this morning. 657 00:35:39,596 --> 00:35:41,557 Oh, did he say where he was going? 658 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,517 Nope. Had his passport, plane ticket 659 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,394 and some brand-new luggage. 660 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:48,313 Said he was off to faraway places. 661 00:35:48,397 --> 00:35:49,982 Isn’t that just like Frank? 662 00:35:50,065 --> 00:35:51,358 How’s that? 663 00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:53,777 Well, I loaned him my ten-cup coffee pot. 664 00:35:53,861 --> 00:35:57,990 It’s poker night tonight, and the girls are coming over. 665 00:35:58,073 --> 00:36:01,743 Uh, I’ll suppose I could just, you know... 666 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:04,496 down the hall, the door’s open. 667 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:06,456 His sister just came by for her bread maker. 668 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:14,965 Hello, anybody here? 669 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:38,655 Mrs. Fletcher, 670 00:36:38,739 --> 00:36:41,825 what in the heck are you doing here? 671 00:36:47,122 --> 00:36:48,957 After I talked to you on the phone this morning, 672 00:36:49,041 --> 00:36:50,375 I began to think that Brian 673 00:36:50,459 --> 00:36:52,252 had finally done something really pigheaded. 674 00:36:52,794 --> 00:36:55,756 Like trying to bribe Frank Christy for the access code. 675 00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:58,342 Yes, that’s what brought me here too 676 00:36:58,425 --> 00:37:01,303 and I suspect that somebody did bribe 677 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:03,472 Mr. Christy to the tune of $20,000. 678 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,641 Frank Christy could tell us 679 00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:07,976 but he’s probably in London by now. 680 00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:11,146 Well, if it’s any consolation, it wasn’t Brian. 681 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:12,564 And I don’t see anything here that would tell us 682 00:37:12,648 --> 00:37:15,442 who it was. 683 00:37:15,525 --> 00:37:18,612 I’m late for an appointment. Can I give you a ride across town? 684 00:37:18,695 --> 00:37:21,281 Thank you, Mrs. Fletcher, but I wanna try to find where they have Brian. 685 00:37:21,365 --> 00:37:23,992 -Maybe I can see him. -I think he’d like that. 686 00:37:24,076 --> 00:37:25,994 Do you think it’s possible he’s learned a lesson? 687 00:37:26,078 --> 00:37:28,413 Trust your instincts and don’t forget to lock up. 688 00:37:32,876 --> 00:37:34,169 Do you always do that? 689 00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:36,964 Do what? 690 00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:39,341 Remove your earring when you make a phone call? 691 00:37:40,676 --> 00:37:42,636 Guess it’s just a habit. 692 00:37:44,304 --> 00:37:46,640 Just a habit. 693 00:37:46,723 --> 00:37:48,100 Cute. 694 00:37:56,650 --> 00:38:00,445 Oh, Moffett, I’m glad I caught you. 695 00:38:00,529 --> 00:38:02,656 I just stopped by a broker friend to pick up 696 00:38:02,739 --> 00:38:05,367 a copy of the Marathon annual report. 697 00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:07,828 Perhaps you could clarify something for me. 698 00:38:07,911 --> 00:38:09,788 I’ll certainly try, Mrs. Fletcher. 699 00:38:09,871 --> 00:38:11,331 Now, it says here that Miss Delaney 700 00:38:11,415 --> 00:38:14,960 owned over 300,000 shares of Marathon stock. 701 00:38:15,043 --> 00:38:16,503 Something like that. 702 00:38:16,586 --> 00:38:19,131 Each year her contract entitled her to options. 703 00:38:19,214 --> 00:38:20,799 She always exercised them. 704 00:38:20,882 --> 00:38:23,510 Now those shares would be Devery McFarlane’s now. 705 00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:25,929 I would suppose, unless she arranged for them 706 00:38:26,013 --> 00:38:27,681 to be left to somebody else. 707 00:38:27,764 --> 00:38:30,475 And it also says that on the last day of next month 708 00:38:30,559 --> 00:38:34,730 she could have acquired an additional 200,000 shares. 709 00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:36,440 Why does that surprise you? 710 00:38:36,523 --> 00:38:38,984 Well, with allies on the board, 711 00:38:39,067 --> 00:38:42,696 she would have had even more power than Edgar Greenstreet. 712 00:38:44,906 --> 00:38:48,368 You’ll have to excuse me, Mrs. Fletcher. 713 00:38:48,452 --> 00:38:49,870 It’s all been too much for me. 714 00:38:49,953 --> 00:38:51,705 Of course. 715 00:38:54,124 --> 00:38:57,210 Moffett just called to say you have doubts about me, something to do 716 00:38:57,294 --> 00:38:59,963 with Meredith Delaney’s stock options. 717 00:39:00,047 --> 00:39:02,215 Only questions, Mr. Greenstreet. 718 00:39:02,299 --> 00:39:03,592 Brian Singer may have been 719 00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:05,385 in the wrong place at the wrong time, 720 00:39:05,469 --> 00:39:07,387 but he’s an unlikely candidate 721 00:39:07,471 --> 00:39:09,306 for Meredith Delaney’s murderer. 722 00:39:09,389 --> 00:39:12,100 Well, what are the alternatives? 723 00:39:12,184 --> 00:39:14,686 Well, let’s start with your mechanical gunslinger. 724 00:39:14,770 --> 00:39:16,313 Oh, what happened to him? 725 00:39:16,396 --> 00:39:18,648 I had Pistol Pete removed from the premises. 726 00:39:18,732 --> 00:39:22,277 This whole thing has been very traumatic for him. 727 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:23,612 What about those two blood suckers, 728 00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:25,739 Boris Steloff and Miles Packard? 729 00:39:25,822 --> 00:39:27,115 Possibles. 730 00:39:27,199 --> 00:39:29,409 I’ve been told that either one of them 731 00:39:29,493 --> 00:39:30,619 would have killed his mother 732 00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:32,537 for the Marathon account 733 00:39:32,621 --> 00:39:35,999 but I think that Mr. Steloff had more reason. 734 00:39:36,083 --> 00:39:37,459 Yes, after Meredith discovered him 735 00:39:37,542 --> 00:39:40,587 making a hit on Amanda North. What about Amanda? 736 00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:43,548 Nobody’s above suspicion in a game of Murder Will Out. 737 00:39:43,632 --> 00:39:45,675 Agreed, 738 00:39:45,759 --> 00:39:48,637 but there’s still another alternative, isn’t there? 739 00:39:50,806 --> 00:39:54,935 You’re saying I’ve drawn the murderer’s card. 740 00:39:55,018 --> 00:39:56,853 All right, draw a scene of the crime 741 00:39:56,937 --> 00:40:00,148 and tell the other players what it says. 742 00:40:00,232 --> 00:40:02,025 It says that about a half an hour 743 00:40:02,109 --> 00:40:04,569 before you and I came upon her body, 744 00:40:04,653 --> 00:40:08,240 Meredith Delaney received a call at her desk. 745 00:40:08,323 --> 00:40:12,452 It upset her at first and then it seemed to thrill her. 746 00:40:12,536 --> 00:40:14,162 Doubtless from her killer. 747 00:40:14,246 --> 00:40:16,498 Apparently, someone she knew 748 00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:18,792 and what drew her here was the promise of something 749 00:40:18,875 --> 00:40:20,627 so important that the killer 750 00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:22,087 was certain that she’d come. 751 00:40:22,170 --> 00:40:23,463 You’d have to draw a clue card 752 00:40:23,547 --> 00:40:25,841 to substantiate that, Mrs. Fletcher. 753 00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:30,262 The clue card reads Project 2100. 754 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:33,056 You’ve been tantalizing Meredith Delaney with it 755 00:40:33,140 --> 00:40:35,058 knowing that without all that sizzle 756 00:40:35,142 --> 00:40:36,601 she could never have the credibility 757 00:40:36,685 --> 00:40:38,478 she needed to inherit your job. 758 00:40:38,562 --> 00:40:39,771 Motive rears its ugly head. 759 00:40:39,855 --> 00:40:42,357 Her growing power in the company 760 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,693 was beginning to threaten you. 761 00:40:44,776 --> 00:40:46,611 If she’d lived, she would have had enough 762 00:40:46,695 --> 00:40:49,573 leverage to take your place as CEO. 763 00:40:49,656 --> 00:40:52,576 There’s a card that’s left out, Mr. Greenstreet. 764 00:40:52,659 --> 00:40:54,327 You mean the wild card? 765 00:40:54,411 --> 00:40:57,414 Yes, and what would that be? 766 00:40:57,497 --> 00:41:01,001 That Project 2100 never existed, 767 00:41:01,084 --> 00:41:03,712 except perhaps in your head. 768 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:05,088 That’s nonsense. 769 00:41:05,172 --> 00:41:08,341 Then it really was stolen, just as you implied 770 00:41:08,425 --> 00:41:10,135 to Lieutenant Hornbeck last night. 771 00:41:10,218 --> 00:41:12,721 There’s a real problem with that, Mr. Greenstreet. 772 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:14,848 You came in with me, 773 00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:17,684 so we both know that you hadn’t been near the cabinet, 774 00:41:17,767 --> 00:41:20,520 unless you’d been here earlier. 775 00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:21,771 Go on. 776 00:41:21,855 --> 00:41:23,732 Brian Singer followed you down 777 00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:25,442 to the basement to talk to you. 778 00:41:25,525 --> 00:41:27,402 The door was open and he entered 779 00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:29,404 thinking that he would find you here. 780 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:32,866 Instead he discovered Meredith Delaney. 781 00:41:32,949 --> 00:41:34,659 If you are the murderer, 782 00:41:34,743 --> 00:41:37,454 you were probably still here at the time. 783 00:41:37,537 --> 00:41:42,292 Right in every respect but one, Mrs. Fletcher. 784 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:48,381 Moffett, what are you talking about, huh? 785 00:41:48,465 --> 00:41:49,716 How did you get in here? 786 00:41:49,799 --> 00:41:51,301 Calm down, Mr. Greenstreet. 787 00:41:51,384 --> 00:41:52,719 Moffett’s just doing what 788 00:41:52,802 --> 00:41:55,263 she’s done for the last 20 years, 789 00:41:55,347 --> 00:41:57,057 looking after you. 790 00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:58,683 As for getting in here without the code, 791 00:41:58,767 --> 00:42:01,102 it cost her a pot full of money. 792 00:42:01,186 --> 00:42:03,313 Frank Christy solved that problem for you, 793 00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:04,773 didn’t he, Moffett? 794 00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:07,609 I’ve read enough of your books, Mrs. Fletcher, 795 00:42:07,692 --> 00:42:09,986 to know that you counted on my being here. 796 00:42:10,070 --> 00:42:12,447 Yes, I suspected you wouldn’t allow 797 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:14,574 Mr. Greenstreet to appear to be 798 00:42:14,658 --> 00:42:17,494 Meredith Delaney’s killer. 799 00:42:17,577 --> 00:42:19,496 It must have been very difficult 800 00:42:19,579 --> 00:42:21,373 over all these years. 801 00:42:21,456 --> 00:42:25,752 Playing the role of the perfect little drudge was easy, 802 00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:28,672 watching her grow more and more powerful, 803 00:42:28,755 --> 00:42:30,006 not so easy. 804 00:42:30,090 --> 00:42:32,425 I’m lost. 805 00:42:32,509 --> 00:42:34,511 What told you it was Moffett? 806 00:42:34,594 --> 00:42:38,265 It had to do with the 20-year earrings you gave out. 807 00:42:38,348 --> 00:42:40,183 They were identical except for the fact 808 00:42:40,267 --> 00:42:42,519 that Moffett’s were for pierced ears 809 00:42:42,602 --> 00:42:44,646 and Miss Delaney’s were clip-ons. 810 00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:46,606 [Jessica] This afternoon I was reminded 811 00:42:46,690 --> 00:42:49,025 that Miss Delaney had the habit of removing her left earring 812 00:42:49,109 --> 00:42:51,528 when she took a phone call. 813 00:42:51,611 --> 00:42:53,113 She did that last night 814 00:42:53,196 --> 00:42:54,990 when she took Moffett’s call here. 815 00:42:55,073 --> 00:42:57,409 And forgot to put it back on. 816 00:42:57,492 --> 00:43:00,912 So Miss Delaney was only wearing one earring, 817 00:43:00,996 --> 00:43:03,873 a clip-on, when she died, which raised the question 818 00:43:03,957 --> 00:43:05,792 whose earring was it 819 00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:09,129 that Lieutenant Hornbeck found on the floor? 820 00:43:09,212 --> 00:43:10,964 It was for a pierced ear 821 00:43:11,047 --> 00:43:12,966 and since you only gave out two sets of earrings, 822 00:43:13,049 --> 00:43:14,801 it had to be Moffett’s, 823 00:43:14,884 --> 00:43:17,929 which meant that she had access to B-100 824 00:43:18,013 --> 00:43:21,433 and was at some point on the scene of the murder. 825 00:43:21,516 --> 00:43:23,310 [Moffett] The stud on my earning was loose. 826 00:43:23,393 --> 00:43:24,519 No! 827 00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:27,314 It got knocked off when I struck her. 828 00:43:27,397 --> 00:43:30,108 Upstairs I realized what happened. 829 00:43:30,191 --> 00:43:31,901 The first thing I did was to put on the clip-on 830 00:43:31,985 --> 00:43:34,321 she’d left behind. 831 00:43:34,404 --> 00:43:37,866 I want to make a statement to Lieutenant Hornbeck now. 832 00:43:54,841 --> 00:43:58,011 Mr. Greenstreet thinks I did it for him 833 00:43:58,094 --> 00:43:59,679 but I did it for myself. 834 00:43:59,763 --> 00:44:01,890 Boss lady had teeth and claws 835 00:44:01,973 --> 00:44:05,018 and I didn’t. 836 00:44:05,101 --> 00:44:06,853 She worked nights 837 00:44:06,936 --> 00:44:10,023 and made keys to all the offices. 838 00:44:10,106 --> 00:44:12,901 She copied people’s ideas and claimed them as her own. 839 00:44:12,984 --> 00:44:15,028 She made love to the men who could help her 840 00:44:15,111 --> 00:44:16,905 and when she couldn’t use them anymore, 841 00:44:16,988 --> 00:44:18,573 she fired them. 842 00:44:20,492 --> 00:44:21,826 The day she became more powerful 843 00:44:21,910 --> 00:44:24,871 than you could handle, Mr. Greenstreet, 844 00:44:24,954 --> 00:44:27,123 that’s the day you came to me 845 00:44:27,207 --> 00:44:29,292 and I became your mole. 846 00:44:29,376 --> 00:44:32,712 I’ve got to thank you. 847 00:44:32,796 --> 00:44:36,591 It’s the only thing that made it bearable over the years. 848 00:44:36,674 --> 00:44:40,887 That and knowing that someday 849 00:44:40,970 --> 00:44:43,348 I’d have my own kind of revenge. 850 00:44:45,225 --> 00:44:49,938 Moffett, I don’t know what to say. 851 00:44:50,021 --> 00:44:52,941 Then stop calling me Moffett. 852 00:44:53,024 --> 00:44:54,776 My name is Sylvia. 853 00:44:59,322 --> 00:45:02,158 And so it gives me great pleasure to present you 854 00:45:02,242 --> 00:45:03,993 with this prototype copy 855 00:45:04,077 --> 00:45:07,455 of the JB Fletcher game, Murder Will Out. 856 00:45:07,539 --> 00:45:09,249 Thank you, Edgar, 857 00:45:09,332 --> 00:45:11,835 and thank you for making it happen. 858 00:45:11,918 --> 00:45:13,837 All right, everybody, to the table 859 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,964 while the food is still hot. 860 00:45:16,047 --> 00:45:18,133 There’s something I need to ask you. 861 00:45:18,216 --> 00:45:19,175 What’s that? 862 00:45:19,259 --> 00:45:20,927 Now your Project 2100, 863 00:45:21,010 --> 00:45:23,263 is that a reality or is that simply 864 00:45:23,346 --> 00:45:26,266 another figment of your overactive imagination? 865 00:45:26,349 --> 00:45:28,017 Oh, it’s a reality, all right. 866 00:45:28,101 --> 00:45:30,437 In fact, it’s called Virtual Reality, 867 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:34,399 toys with the ultimate in touchy-feely immediacy. 868 00:45:34,482 --> 00:45:35,817 Congratulations, Mrs. Fletcher. 869 00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:37,777 Thank you, Amanda, Brian. 870 00:45:37,861 --> 00:45:40,280 It’s good to see you two working together again. 871 00:45:40,363 --> 00:45:41,656 Oh, better than that, we’ve decided 872 00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:43,074 it’s time to go out on our own. 873 00:45:43,158 --> 00:45:46,202 You mean your own agency? That’s wonderful. 874 00:45:46,286 --> 00:45:48,621 Edgar, you haven’t made any final decision 875 00:45:48,705 --> 00:45:50,457 about the Marathon agency, have you? 876 00:45:50,540 --> 00:45:52,584 Well, no. 877 00:45:52,667 --> 00:45:54,669 Mr. Greenstreet, if you have a moment, 878 00:45:54,752 --> 00:45:56,045 Amanda and I would really like to pitch you 879 00:45:56,129 --> 00:45:59,424 on our new agency, Singer & North. 880 00:45:59,507 --> 00:46:01,050 -That’s North & Singer. -North & Singer. 881 00:46:01,134 --> 00:46:02,969 You, with your version of virtual reality 882 00:46:03,052 --> 00:46:04,429 coming off the drawing board. 883 00:46:04,512 --> 00:46:05,972 Us with the design and marketing approach 884 00:46:06,055 --> 00:46:08,475 to bring toys into the 21st century.