1. I looked over Jordan
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or a gray early model...
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Okay, John?
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I'm just the producer.
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Like pulling teeth.
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- Mmm-hmm. Shrimp Salad.
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44. Yeah, meeting.
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is getting a little anxious.
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46. Do you really
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47. - Gentlemen.
- Kay.
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48. Hello.
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49. Let me worry about New York.
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50. Clay Gardner, what's he
really gonna cost us?
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51. Henry, did you check
his agent out?
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His agent just smiles and smiles.
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another three days.
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58. Yes, you can show it
and yes, you will want to.
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guarantees a 40 share.
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on the six Clay Gardner movies.
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his strongest appeal...
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64. Yes, Madge.
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65. Mr. Flanagan
in New York, on three.
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66. Hello, Mark.
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67. Hello, Frank, how are you?
How's that great New York weather?
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It's still snowing.
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I went sailing yesterday.
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to give up sailing in the winter?
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It's cold and it's damp
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I got New York.
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82. The whole damn network.
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83. Baby, we did it,
we did it, we did it.
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84. When do we leave?
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89. I can't give you
the West Coast, babe.
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90. Well, now.
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you're the best there is.
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There's a difference.
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any tougher than it is.
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102. Poor baby. Here I am worrying
about myself.
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through the awful truth.
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the time has come.
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107. But onward and upward.
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109. Kay in the end all we
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111. Nobody was keeping tabs,
were they?
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so much for double time,
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114. Kay.
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That make you feel better?
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117. Right through the heart.
Make me a perfect murder, babe.
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118. Kay.
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these out there.
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But it's registered in your name.
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"Kay #1."
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from the management.
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127. Goodbye, Kay?
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130. Tilt your head back.
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131. What... What are you gonna do?
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132. Just give your neck
a little adjustment.
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133. What do you mean by adjustment?
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134. Don't worry, Lieutenant,
it won't hurt at all.
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135. I'll tell you, Sam, I don't
think it hurts anymore.
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137. Sam, it already
doesn't hurt at all.
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138. Relax. Relax.
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140. You have one minute and 10 seconds.
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141. You have one minute.
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142. You have 50 seconds.
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144. You have 30 seconds to go.
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145. You have 20 seconds.
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146. You have 10 seconds left.
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147. Nine seconds. Eight.
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148. Seven. Six.
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149. Five. Four. Three. Two.
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150. One. Out.
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152. Sorry, Jonathan.
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Clay Gardner demographs...
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154. first thing in the morning.
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155. Kay, that's gonna take all night.
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156. Well, unless you'd like to explain
your troubles to Mr. Flanagan,
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on spending the night.
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158. Condolences, Junior.
Comes with the territory.
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159. Well, who says Clay Gardner's
ready to do TV?
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160. Just once I'd like
to sit down to a hot meal.
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161. At $7 million a season,
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he might be tempted.
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164. - No, I'm still setting it.
- Planes don't count.
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165. - That's toy food.
- It's really up to Frank.
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167. - Before, I got to be a VP...
- Now I put it between bread.
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169. Do you really want to lay out
that kind of cash, Frank?
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170. If we start paying $7 million,
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will wanna renegotiate.
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173. Thank God.
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174. Mr. Flanagan, gentlemen.
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175. - Kay.
- Hi, Kay.
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your ice cream and cookies,
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178. - All right, guys, let's go.
- This way, gentlemen.
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179. - That's right.
- What have you got?
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180. I hope I'm gonna see you guys
in my office later.
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181. We'll see you later.
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182. Mark.
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183. Let's roll the dice on Clay Gardner
before I change my mind.
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184. You got it.
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we're gonna go with Gardner.
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186. So, first thing tomorrow
set up a negotiating session.
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187. I'll call Herbie Stone.
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188. - You all right?
- I'm fine.
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189. No, I mean really.
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190. I mean, I'm really fine, Mark.
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191. Good.
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192. He can handle it.
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193. Well, this picture is very much a
Kay Freestone effort, I understand.
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194. Oh, yes. You'll find
little flecks of my blood...
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196. Gentlemen, I'll be in the booth.
Enjoy yourselves.
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197. Thank you.
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Morris will cave-in that much on the price?
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199. A million at least.
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200. You got to be kidding it's seven.
Nobody believes seven.
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201. Evening, Walter.
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202. Hi, Kay. VIP time, huh?
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203. Oh, it's murder.
You got all nine reels here?
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204. Ninety minutes, nine reels.
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back here again, huh?
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that nutty studio for six months.
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one mistake in a changeover,
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211. Yowsah, Miss Freestone.
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through this gate...
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of 90 feet per minute.
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214. You just watch
this little old counter here.
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215. And no sooner will this first
reel finish up when I will see...
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out there...
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of your lovely picture.
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218. And then I will,
with lightning speed,
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projector right here.
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220. And not only will your
big-shots not know...
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one little old thing.
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223. Bravo.
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224. Kay, roll when you're ready.
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226. What's this called?
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227. - The Professional.
- Mmm.
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229. Thanks, I'll need it.
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230. Frank, has Standards and Practices
seen this yet?
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232. Flash.
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is it?
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237. Walter, where are
those other reels?
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238. What other reels?
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for Broad Land.
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240. Flanagan might want to see them.
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241. Oh, somebody goofed. They must
still be down in Shipping.
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242. Well, you better go get them.
Four reels.
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coming in about two minutes.
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244. I'll take care of the changeover.
You just get those reels for me, please.
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246. You have three minutes and 50 seconds.
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247. You have three minutes and 40 seconds.
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248. You have three minutes and 30 seconds.
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249. You have three minutes and 20 seconds.
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250. You have three minutes and 10 seconds.
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254. Yes.
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260. You have one minute and 30 seconds.
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261. You have one minute and 20 seconds.
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262. You have one minute and 10 seconds.
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277. All right.
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279. Well, no one's left yet.
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280. How long are they gonna keep
putting that stuff on television?
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in here a minute?
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282. What?
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I'm so sorry.
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the first one to say...
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in our just doing our jobs.
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in Mark's office.
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Mr. McAndrews was lying,
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I can be of help, Lieutenant?
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Nice of you to offer.
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The doctors are making tests.
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Yes, ma'am, I think there is.
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with the victim.
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that these were his glasses?
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through that door, ma'am?
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come through that door, please.
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you about Mr. McAndrews, ma'am.
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his desk a little piece of paper.
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she used to say.
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everything was bad for your eyes.
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bad for your eyes.
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that'd strike you blind on the spot.
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337. I don't know what I did
with that damn paper.
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than a gallstone.
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a gallstone, ma'am?
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Lieutenant...
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Lieutenant. Is that enough?
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348. We haven't found the weapon, ma'am.
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on the premises.
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on this desk.
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351. Oh, Sergeant Burke,
this is Miss Freestone.
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352. She was Mr. McAndrews'
executive assistant.
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353. Found you.
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356. Oh, thank you.
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something you should see.
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361. Yes, sir.
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than manpower.
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we can get the pieces back together.
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You all right?
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they need, Lieutenant?
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367. Well, it's very confusing, sir.
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368. I mean, there were only so many
people in the building last night.
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and the projectionist...
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Every single one of them is accounted for.
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or out of the building.
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at these, Lieutenant.
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376. You personally won
this award yourself, ma'am?
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377. Indeed she did, Lieutenant.
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a very clever woman, ma'am.
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381. Very clever indeed.
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382. Let's just say I work like an ox.
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I'm gonna ask something of you.
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taking over all of Mark's duties,
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389. Of course. Anything I can
do to help, Mr. Flanagan.
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390. Good. I knew I could count on you.
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Clay Gardner in The Broad Land.
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392. Oh, Mr. Flanagan,
I wanted to talk to you...
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the film last night?
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about that some other time.
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it'll be off in a few days.
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about these threats?
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that the network gets blamed...
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403. be it communism, fascism, atheism,
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You name it.
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It's all the same thing.
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406. "Support decency or we'll kill you."
Signed in blood.
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in here and killed Mr. McAndrews?
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410. Well, other attempts have been made,
twice on Mr. Flanagan.
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411. I don't think so, ma'am.
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running around, some of them dangerous.
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414. Not in this case.
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416. That's because Mr. McAndrews
recognized his murderer.
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but there's no doubt about it.
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of the bullet, ma'am.
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by the time he pulled the trigger.
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be 18 feet into a room?
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this way, ma'am.
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at night, lying on a couch,
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what he looked like?
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to take a really good look.
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on his forehead when he was shot.
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exactly who that person was,
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ma'am, these bifocals,
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Mr. McAndrews could see his killer.
Copy !req
442. If the killer was a stranger, that is.
Which he couldn't have been.
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443. But I'll keep your theory in mind.
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444. Interesting, isn't it,
Copy !req
445. how you can work
these small things out...
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446. if you just think about it?
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447. Like you got a tiny voice
whispering right in your ear,
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448. trying to tell you who did it.
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449. You're a very attentive
listener, Lieutenant.
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450. Oh, yes, ma'am. Why that's all
we got to go on.
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451. Listen and look, look and listen.
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452. You see, you watch
your counter for the blip...
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453. and then you stand by for the blip.
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454. You mean to tell me
that all these years,
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455. every time I took Mrs. Columbo to the theater,
those flashes were on the screen?
Copy !req
456. They have been on the screen
even before Mrs. Columbo, Lieutenant.
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457. The upper right hand corner.
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458. - In a regular theater?
- A regular theater.
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459. If I go to the movies tonight,
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460. 8:30, down the block,
a dollar and a half,
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461. and I walk in and sit down
and watch the movie,
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462. you mean to tell me...
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463. that I will see those flashes
on the screen?
Copy !req
464. Right.
Copy !req
465. That goes to show you,
you learn something new every day.
Copy !req
466. Now, the flashes tell
the projectionist...
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467. when he's supposed
to change his reel.
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468. All right, all right, watch.
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469. Flash.
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470. Now, you tell me when you see
the second one.
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471. Flash.
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472. Mr. Mearhead,
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473. I would say you did that
like an artist.
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474. Listen, you wanna
see art, Lieutenant?
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475. Lieutenant,
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476. this is art.
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477. Isn't that remarkable?
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478. You did that yourself?
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479. That I did, sir.
Copy !req
480. When I was a kid,
I used to build model airplanes.
Copy !req
481. I'd start them but I could never
finish them.
Copy !req
482. I'd always wreck them.
Copy !req
483. Miss Freestone,
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484. she made the changeover
last night...
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485. when you went out for
The Broad Land screen tests?
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486. Yeah, about two minutes after I left.
I checked that counter.
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487. You checked the counter,
Copy !req
488. Miss Freestone,
she changed the projector.
Copy !req
489. Did Miss Freestone make
the splice, too?
Copy !req
490. What splice?
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491. You mean the film didn't break?
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492. Isn't this one of
those editor's gloves?
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493. Right. I mean, she could've
fixed the film...
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494. if anything happened,
but nothing happened to the film.
Copy !req
495. You see,
Copy !req
496. I use these gloves
because of the glue.
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497. Well, thank you very much, sir.
Copy !req
498. Do you think it would be
asking too much...
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499. if I took one of these things
for my nephew?
Copy !req
500. Sure, help yourself.
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501. The kid's 15-years-old and...
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502. he sold all his stereo stuff
to make eight-millimeter movies.
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503. When I was a kid in my
neighborhood, we had heroes.
Copy !req
504. DiMaggio, Rizzuto...
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505. You know who he's got on the wall?
Copy !req
506. Francis Ford Coppola.
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507. - Sorry, ma'am.
- Excuse me, Lieutenant.
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508. Oh, Walter, you can send those
test reels back to Shipping anytime.
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509. Oh, those tests, ma'am,
Copy !req
510. the tests, they've already
gone back to Shipping.
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511. I spoke to the gentleman in charge.
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512. Oh.
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513. Fine, then.
Copy !req
514. Ma'am. Ma'am.
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515. About those tests that
you sent out for last night.
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516. Those were tests for a new series
called The Broad Land?
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517. Yes, Lieutenant,
they were talent tests.
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518. Yes, well there's something
that I don't understand, ma'am,
Copy !req
519. and maybe I should...
I probably should...
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520. Lord knows I'm not the
brightest guy on the force.
Copy !req
521. Another detective, he could
cut right through all this.
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522. I understand, Lieutenant.
Just ask your questions.
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523. That's the problem, ma'am.
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524. When I ask the questions, I know
I'm putting you on the spot.
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525. It's perfectly all right, Lieutenant.
It's your job. I appreciate that.
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526. Thank you very much, ma'am.
If only more people felt that way.
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527. The question is...
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528. Mr. Flanagan says that he...
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529. already approved Clay Gardner
to star in that new series.
Copy !req
530. So I had to ask myself,
if he already approved him,
Copy !req
531. why would you wanna
show him more tests?
Copy !req
532. You see my problem, ma'am?
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533. Yes, I do, and I wondered
exactly the same thing myself.
Copy !req
534. - Did you?
- Mmm-hmm.
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535. This time I think you're listening to the
wrong little voice in your ear, Lieutenant.
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536. I was just following instructions.
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537. Mr. Flanagan's instructions?
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538. Mr. McAndrews' instructions.
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539. Written instructions, ma'am?
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540. Verbal instructions, Lieutenant.
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541. I see.
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542. Well, we certainly can't ask
Mr. McAndrews, can we?
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543. I'm afraid I do have to go, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
544. Oh, ma'am.
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545. Excuse me, ma'am.
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546. I know you're pressed.
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547. I don't wanna hold you up.
Copy !req
548. Can we walk and talk?
Copy !req
549. Let's.
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550. I know that Mr. McAndrews
was an important executive,
Copy !req
551. and I know that CNC is
a big television network.
Copy !req
552. But I have no idea
what he did all day...
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553. and night, from what
I can see around here.
Copy !req
554. Well, I can hardly speak
for his nights, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
555. I didn't mean to imply, ma'am.
Copy !req
556. His days were mostly like mine.
Copy !req
557. We run a fire department
around here.
Copy !req
558. Do you want to look
at some of the flames?
Copy !req
559. Flames, ma'am?
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560. Yes, mostly we put out fires.
Copy !req
561. Nancy, monitor two.
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562. One, please.
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563. Thank you, sweetheart.
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564. Yeah, now, that's the angle
I want for the third position.
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565. Looking nice kids.
Looking very good.
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566. Start from the top
and I'll watch it up here.
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567. Oh, Kay, we've
already lost two hours.
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568. Where is she?
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569. Luther will tell you.
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570. Oh, Lieutenant, I'll be busy for a minute.
Just help yourself.
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571. Don't worry about me, ma'am.
Copy !req
572. Luther?
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573. Coming down.
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574. You can take a break now,
Nancy. Thanks.
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575. All right, everybody,
five minutes, please.
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576. Where are we?
Copy !req
577. Replace her, Kay.
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578. Valerie?
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579. She's never gonna make it.
Not a live show.
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580. Not in this world.
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581. Oh, come on, we're on tomorrow night.
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582. She's terrified, she's hysterical.
Copy !req
583. She's losing her mind. I mean,
she doesn't even understand...
Copy !req
584. that this is not an
MGM sound stage 20 years ago.
Copy !req
585. She hates the blocking,
she hates the camera, she hates me.
Copy !req
586. You, I don't know about.
Copy !req
587. Look, a few times a day
she'll have a nice rush of...
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588. confidence for 10 minutes and then
she'll remember it's a live show,
Copy !req
589. bite one of the dancers on the leg
and run to her dressing room and hide.
Copy !req
590. Aside from all that, her work is lousy.
Copy !req
591. Where is she?
Copy !req
592. Dressing room.
Copy !req
593. Luther, is she on anything?
Copy !req
594. Oh, please.
Copy !req
595. You mean it's gonna be live TV,
just the way it used to be?
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596. A little bit better,
Lieutenant, we hope.
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597. This is where the director
will sit. Here, sit down.
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598. This is a technical director's console.
Copy !req
599. Does that bother you?
Copy !req
600. That's just whiplash.
I mean, I think it's a whiplash.
Copy !req
601. My doctor thinks it's a whiplash.
Copy !req
602. The chiropractor, he thinks
I just got a bad massage.
Copy !req
603. And my wife's osteopath,
he thinks it might be a back problem.
Copy !req
604. It doesn't look like a back problem.
Copy !req
605. That's what the orthopedic man said.
Copy !req
606. Listen, all these screens
for just one show?
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607. That's a line monitor.
That's what's going on the air.
Copy !req
608. Preview monitor is what
the director wants up next...
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609. and those are what
the four cameras see.
Copy !req
610. I do the switching.
Copy !req
611. Hey, all these beautiful
machines in here,
Copy !req
612. all these buttons to push.
Copy !req
613. I know it costs millions
and I know that everybody works very hard.
Copy !req
614. But I gotta tell you the truth.
To me, it looks like fun.
Copy !req
615. It is, but I wouldn't
swear to it in court.
Copy !req
616. And Miss Freestone,
Copy !req
617. she understands all about this, too?
Copy !req
618. I'll tell you about that.
If there's one thing worse...
Copy !req
619. than a television lady who
thinks she knows everything,
Copy !req
620. it's a television lady
who knows everything.
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621. I'll see you later, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
622. Valerie.
Copy !req
623. Val, it's Kay.
Copy !req
624. Whose side are you on?
Copy !req
625. Whose do you think?
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626. Prove it.
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627. You can keep
the key to my apartment.
Copy !req
628. Oh, Kay. Give me a hug.
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629. Oh, I thought you'd
never get here.
Copy !req
630. Did Luther get over his snit yet?
Copy !req
631. How about yours?
Copy !req
632. Big deal.
I tried to tell that genius...
Copy !req
633. where to put my key light
and the roof fell in.
Copy !req
634. Big man from New York.
Copy !req
635. Luther's very good. He's the best
in the business for live shows.
Copy !req
636. He'll make you look like a million.
Copy !req
637. A million years old.
Copy !req
638. Is that how you feel?
Copy !req
639. Want your key back?
Copy !req
640. Val,
Copy !req
641. are you clean?
Copy !req
642. Oh, my God.
Copy !req
643. I look like a junky, huh?
Copy !req
644. I've had no booze, no pills,
Copy !req
645. no sniff and no smoke.
Copy !req
646. Except these damn things,
that's all.
Copy !req
647. Can you look at me, babe?
Copy !req
648. How scared are you?
Copy !req
649. I'm terrified.
Copy !req
650. I can't do it, Kay.
Copy !req
651. I just don't know
how to do it anymore.
Copy !req
652. I don't know what you have to do.
Copy !req
653. Sing, dance, be funny
in front of 40 million people.
Copy !req
654. I'd do it myself if I had the time.
Copy !req
655. Come on.
Copy !req
656. And then we'll go
to four after the crane shot.
Copy !req
657. - Luther.
- Mmm?
Copy !req
658. Take a look at this.
Copy !req
659. What's that?
Copy !req
660. Oh, boy.
Copy !req
661. Eddie, give me a tight two-shot
on Kay and Valerie, would you?
Copy !req
662. Valerie Kirk.
Copy !req
663. Valerie Kirk?
Wait till I tell my wife.
Copy !req
664. Hey, boss, you
want a willing worker?
Copy !req
665. Well, what are we waiting for?
Copy !req
666. And the lighting is terrific.
Copy !req
667. I don't believe it.
Copy !req
668. What are you waiting for?
Let's go to work.
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669. Anything else, maestro?
Copy !req
670. Yeah. How about walking on water?
Copy !req
671. Oh, yeah.
Copy !req
672. Valerie, I'm coming
right down. Wait for me.
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673. Ma'am?
Copy !req
674. Lieutenant, you frightened me.
Copy !req
675. Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am.
Your secretary said you were coming here.
Copy !req
676. I'll just take that.
Copy !req
677. Are you supposed to take that off?
Copy !req
678. Well, I thought
I'd cheat for a while.
Copy !req
679. An hour won't hurt.
What do you think?
Copy !req
680. I think you're
very attractive without it,
Copy !req
681. but that's not a medical opinion.
Copy !req
682. Well, I'll tell you, ma'am,
it's the nicest opinion I've heard yet.
Copy !req
683. She said, your secretary,
Copy !req
684. that you used to live here.
Copy !req
685. Yes.
Copy !req
686. My mother raised three of us
in this place.
Copy !req
687. I guess nothing sends you
scurrying back to your roots...
Copy !req
688. like somebody else's death, does it?
Copy !req
689. Oh, I thought, ma'am, now that
you have this new, important job...
Copy !req
690. you might have paid a visit
just to see how far you've come.
Copy !req
691. Excuse me. I'll just get another chair.
Copy !req
692. May I, ma'am?
Copy !req
693. Let's dine by candlelight,
Lieutenant.
Copy !req
694. That'd be very nice, ma'am.
Copy !req
695. You know, I always knew
this place was small...
Copy !req
696. but I never realized
it was quite this tiny.
Copy !req
697. Four of us cramped in here.
Never a chance to be alone.
Copy !req
698. I took a trip a few years ago.
Copy !req
699. Took Mrs. Columbo back
to the house where I grew up.
Copy !req
700. It looked all shrunken.
Copy !req
701. I had five brothers
and one sister, Miss Freestone,
Copy !req
702. and that was really terrific.
Copy !req
703. There was always someone around for company.
Copy !req
704. We were never lonely.
Copy !req
705. You're a very special man,
Lieutenant.
Copy !req
706. You accept things as they are.
Copy !req
707. I try to change them.
Copy !req
708. That's to your credit, ma'am.
Your success and ambition and all.
Copy !req
709. Now, I'm supposed to ask you
questions about all that.
Copy !req
710. You're supposed to?
Copy !req
711. Well, nobody told me to,
Copy !req
712. but that's the way I'm
supposed to do my job.
Copy !req
713. They're certainly not personal.
Copy !req
714. Whenever anyone says
it's not personal,
Copy !req
715. that's exactly
when it's very personal.
Copy !req
716. It's not by choice, ma'am.
Copy !req
717. Sometimes I get all tense
when I have to do it.
Copy !req
718. Well, then that's
your problem, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
719. We have to do something to relieve
some of that tension.
Copy !req
720. Oh. Be careful, ma'am.
Copy !req
721. I won't touch your neck.
Just relax.
Copy !req
722. That's a real relief.
Copy !req
723. What I wanted to ask you, ma'am,
Copy !req
724. would you have gotten this new job,
in charge of West Coast production,
Copy !req
725. if Mr. McAndrews hadn't been murdered?
Copy !req
726. Go on, ma'am.
You're not hurting me.
Copy !req
727. No. I don't think Mark would have
given me the job.
Copy !req
728. May I ask, ma'am,
why you say that?
Copy !req
729. He never mentioned it.
Copy !req
730. Now the fact is,
Copy !req
731. he never mentioned it
to any of his executive staff.
Copy !req
732. But you were his main assistant.
Copy !req
733. Perhaps Mr. Flanagan had objections.
Copy !req
734. Well, I don't mean
to pin you down, ma'am,
Copy !req
735. but it was Mr. Flanagan
who gave you your promotion.
Copy !req
736. Yes.
Copy !req
737. But it's not a permanent promotion,
Lieutenant. Remember that.
Copy !req
738. Well, Mr. Flanagan told me...
Copy !req
739. that it would have been okay
with him if the murdered man...
Copy !req
740. had given you the job.
Copy !req
741. Then it was Mark's decision.
Copy !req
742. I hear those little voices going
around in your ear, Lieutenant,
Copy !req
743. asking could I possibly
have miraculously...
Copy !req
744. murdered Mark for his job?
Copy !req
745. Oh, no, ma'am.
I don't think that at all.
Copy !req
746. You were up in the projection booth.
Copy !req
747. And I don't think people
kill people for just a job.
Copy !req
748. Even an important job like yours.
Copy !req
749. A little lower down, ma'am,
if you don't mind.
Copy !req
750. Either there was no motive at all,
Copy !req
751. like in these crazy kind of murders that
you read about in the newspaper,
Copy !req
752. or there was a very good motive.
Copy !req
753. One that makes terrific sense.
Copy !req
754. And that's what keeps
going around in my mind.
Copy !req
755. The motive.
Copy !req
756. No, I couldn't think those
thoughts about you, Miss Freestone.
Copy !req
757. Not as long as all you had
with Mr. McAndrews...
Copy !req
758. was a business relationship.
Copy !req
759. Well, I'm sure you've checked
that out with the executive staff,
Copy !req
760. haven't you, Lieutenant?
Copy !req
761. Not by choice, ma'am.
Copy !req
762. I wish I could help you, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
763. You have, Miss Freestone.
Copy !req
764. I'm gonna try sleeping tonight
without this thing.
Copy !req
765. Well then, if you'll forgive me.
Copy !req
766. I've had enough of my olden times.
Copy !req
767. Yes, ma'am.
Copy !req
768. How do you like that?
I almost forgot again.
Copy !req
769. That item that I found
on the victim's desk.
Copy !req
770. The one that I lost.
Well, I found it again.
Copy !req
771. It was a slip of paper.
Copy !req
772. Like a note that he was
making to himself.
Copy !req
773. Some numbers
and the capital letter "K."
Copy !req
774. Take a look at this, ma'am.
Maybe you can help me.
Copy !req
775. You see the capital letter "K"...
Copy !req
776. and the numbers 280,
450 with a circle around it,
Copy !req
777. 240 and 230.
Copy !req
778. Now, the "K" with those numbers.
Copy !req
779. Does that mean anything to you, ma'am?
Copy !req
780. Not a thing.
Copy !req
781. No.
Copy !req
782. You see, the numbers part,
Copy !req
783. I think that they form
some kind of a pattern.
Copy !req
784. I think they got something in common
and it's right on the tip of my tongue...
Copy !req
785. but I can't put my finger on it.
Copy !req
786. You can't help me?
Copy !req
787. Sorry.
Copy !req
788. Well, thanks a lot anyway.
Copy !req
789. What's your first name, ma'am?
Copy !req
790. Katherine.
Copy !req
791. But they call you Kay.
Copy !req
792. Yes.
Copy !req
793. And there's this capital
letter "K" on the note.
Copy !req
794. Yes.
Copy !req
795. Does that ring a bell, ma'am?
Copy !req
796. No.
Copy !req
797. Nothing at all?
Copy !req
798. No, no help at all.
Copy !req
799. In this case, the "K"
must simply be a "K."
Copy !req
800. Can't blame me for trying, ma'am.
Copy !req
801. You see, Mrs. Columbo,
Copy !req
802. she never believed the doctor
right from the start.
Copy !req
803. She claimed
I was sleeping in a draft.
Copy !req
804. Well, last night she insisted
upon closing the windows.
Copy !req
805. Well, I woke up this morning,
I tell you, Sergeant,
Copy !req
806. my neck felt terrific.
Copy !req
807. That's very good, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
808. I was getting so desperate
that I was gonna go to this clinic...
Copy !req
809. where my brother-in-law
goes for his back problem.
Copy !req
810. What they did,
Copy !req
811. they said they had to
deaden the nerves in his nose.
Copy !req
812. His nose, Lieutenant?
Copy !req
813. His nose.
Copy !req
814. They stuck a needle in his nose.
Copy !req
815. Sticking right out
of his nose, like this.
Copy !req
816. That's how he had to walk around,
Copy !req
817. with a needle in his nose.
Copy !req
818. What do you think of that,
Sergeant?
Copy !req
819. That's very interesting, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
820. I think so, too.
Copy !req
821. Don't let me hold you up,
Sergeant. You go ahead.
Copy !req
822. Yes, sir.
Copy !req
823. Mr. Mearhead?
Copy !req
824. Oh, hi, Lieutenant. Come on in.
Copy !req
825. I just wanted to say that...
Copy !req
826. I dropped the glove off for my nephew.
Copy !req
827. He figures it'll improve his editing 100%.
Copy !req
828. Well, you tell him he ought to
become a surgeon.
Copy !req
829. That way he won't have
to see so much blood.
Copy !req
830. You got any opinions
about violence on television?
Copy !req
831. Well, I work nights a lot.
Copy !req
832. I wanna tell you something.
Copy !req
833. The other night, I come back
from Film Shipping...
Copy !req
834. and the first thing I see is
some guy blowing his brains out.
Copy !req
835. I mean, you think that's right?
Copy !req
836. I got a change coming up.
Copy !req
837. You know, it's crazy, Mr. Mearhead,
Copy !req
838. but since I've been hanging around here
I think I've become a button freak.
Copy !req
839. - Buttons and switches.
- Mmm-hmm.
Copy !req
840. You don't suppose I could...
Copy !req
841. try to make one
of these changeovers myself?
Copy !req
842. I don't see why not. All it is,
is a writer watching an old movie.
Copy !req
843. All right, when you see
your first flash, buttons up.
Copy !req
844. Button up.
Copy !req
845. Round before your dowser.
Copy !req
846. Dowser up.
Copy !req
847. On your second flash, Lieutenant,
Copy !req
848. button here, button there, press.
Copy !req
849. Button, button.
Copy !req
850. Dowser down.
Copy !req
851. - Down on dowser.
- Left light off.
Copy !req
852. So, on the first flash,
buttons up?
Copy !req
853. Buttons up.
Copy !req
854. And the dowser up.
Copy !req
855. Flash coming up.
Copy !req
856. First flash.
Copy !req
857. Flash up.
Copy !req
858. Second flash coming up.
Copy !req
859. Second flash. Now the buttons
go on the flash or before?
Copy !req
860. Did I miss?
Copy !req
861. - It goes on the flash, Lieutenant.
- On the flash.
Copy !req
862. - On the flash.
- There it is. Okay.
Copy !req
863. What happened?
Copy !req
864. Walter, we lost our film in here.
What's going on?
Copy !req
865. Walter, can you hear me?
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866. What the hell are you
playing at in there?
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867. Walter.
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868. Sorry. Excuse me.
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869. Lieutenant.
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870. Lieutenant! Lieutenant!
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871. Can I talk to you?
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872. Certainly, Sergeant.
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873. Can we go in here?
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874. I'd rather not.
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875. - McAndrews?
- Uh-huh.
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876. Got anything to go?
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877. No, nothing to go.
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878. All right. Hold on.
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879. I heard your promises last night
and the night before.
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880. Now, out of the carousel
location by midnight tonight.
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881. Kay, Luther's on one.
You have to talk to him.
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882. What it is
is a 90-minute melodrama.
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883. Now, you get that on tape
tonight, by midnight,
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884. or I am personally coming
out there to pull the plug.
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885. It's about Valerie.
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886. Yes, Luther.
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887. Valerie is gone.
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888. What do you mean, she's gone?
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889. I mean she's gone.
Gone is gone. Up the chimney.
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890. Nobody's seen her since we
finished the dress rehearsal...
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891. on the USO number.
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892. And we go on the air in
three hours and 20 minutes.
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893. Well, did she leave the building?
Has anyone checked with the guards?
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894. Kay, she left the building.
She's at your place. Line four.
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895. I'll get right back to you, Luther.
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896. Valerie?
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897. She's gone.
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898. I'll get her back.
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899. I'll get her back.
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900. Valerie.
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901. Val!
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902. Valerie!
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903. Did you call, madam?
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904. You call me, "Madam," but never
call me, "Late for dinner."
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905. - Come on.
- Don't you touch me.
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906. I don't want to!
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907. I have to do the show.
I'm gonna do the show.
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908. Luther's scared. Luther's so scared.
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909. Valerie's gonna do it live!
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910. Kay, please.
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911. Sure.
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912. Please.
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913. I hurt myself.
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914. Me, too, kiddo. Me, too.
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915. I told you I couldn't do it!
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916. Nobody listens.
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917. They'll listen when I sing.
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918. They'll listen when I sing.
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919. They'll listen when I sing.
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920. Please, give me a hug.
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921. No more hugs.
We're fresh out of hugs.
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922. I tried.
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923. I'm just not good anymore.
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924. Anymore.
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925. Mr. Ames, please.
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926. Henry, Valerie Kirk's at my
apartment.
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927. She won't be able
to make the show tonight.
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928. It doesn't matter right now.
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929. Look, just get control of yourself.
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930. We'll put in something else.
We'll put in a picture.
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931. What else have we got?
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932. Run The Professional.
It's the right length.
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933. I got it made, didn't I?
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934. Just tell the press that she fell down
some stairs and hurt her leg.
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935. What did you do?
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936. What all good girls do.
The best I can.
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937. Come on. Give us a hug.
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938. I really did it to you,
didn't I, Kay?
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939. I mean, I really did it.
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940. It doesn't matter.
It's only a show.
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941. I've got a million of them, kiddo.
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942. Closed.
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943. You promised.
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944. What?
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945. You promised.
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946. Closed.
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947. What?
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948. Promised what?
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949. My television set.
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950. Lieutenant Columbo.
You brought it in this morning.
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951. Yeah, I wanted it for tonight
but I had to work late.
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952. I'm working late myself
on your television set.
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953. Well, you see, sir,
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954. working nights, I don't get
to see much television.
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955. Mrs. Columbo,
she does a lot of reading...
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956. and she takes a lot
of night school courses.
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957. So the real TV fan
in the house, that's my dog.
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958. Boy, you got it going.
That's terrific.
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959. He likes television.
He can't get enough of it.
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960. You see that. You like that?
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961. He like it?
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962. Yes, sir, I think he likes it.
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963. How do you know he likes it?
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964. He never saw nothing yet
he didn't like.
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965. Well, if he didn't like it,
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966. how would you know
he didn't like it?
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967. Well, he would look very bored, sir.
All droopy and listless.
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968. I'll tell you the reason that
we wanted to see TV tonight is,
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969. we wanted to see the second half
of The Valerie Kirk Show.
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970. Not on.
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971. Not on?
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972. I said it's not on. This is the channel.
They got something else on instead.
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973. Something called The Professional.
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974. Oh, The Professional.
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975. Would you believe I know
the lady that made that show?
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976. Not a bad picture.
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977. Spy stuff.
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978. Spies. Your favorite.
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979. You gonna start that again?
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980. Come on, we gotta...
Up where the view is here.
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981. All right, move over. That's it.
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982. There, are you comfortable?
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983. Come on, up here
where you can see.
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984. Is that all right?
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985. Sorry, Lieutenant. Still not right.
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986. Not bad, sir.
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987. Not bad at all.
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988. You just keep working.
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989. I could fix you up with a
terrific new one. Under $400.
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990. Your dog would love it.
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991. No.
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992. I gotta buy a new bumper for my car,
maybe a new pair of shoes.
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993. I think I'll pass. Okay with you?
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994. It's okay with him.
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995. If it's okay with him, it's okay with me.
Good night, Lieutenant.
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996. Good night, sir.
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997. Not bad.
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998. Not bad at all.
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999. New York. Average rating 5.4,
average share 9.3.
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1000. Los Angeles, a little worse.
You want the numbers?
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1001. No, and I don't want
a hatpin in the ear, either.
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1002. We should probably get
the nationals by tomorrow.
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1003. All right, it comes
with the territory, Junior.
Copy !req
1004. Wendy, you still on Flanagan?
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1005. He's been out all day.
I'll keep trying.
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1006. What time did the carousel
location wrap up last night?
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1007. They didn't.
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1008. Get me that genius Benjamin.
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1009. Lieutenant.
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1010. You're working rather late
tonight, aren't you?
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1011. Yes, ma'am.
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1012. Working late like
a television executive.
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1013. That's a very impressive desk, ma'am.
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1014. You could run the world
from a desk like that.
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1015. The world doesn't count.
Just the West Coast.
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1016. Through for the day, ma'am?
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1017. No. Not quite.
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1018. Mr. McAndrews,
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1019. he wasn't married?
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1020. He wasn't married.
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1021. Was he ever married, ma'am?
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1022. I don't know.
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1023. Engaged?
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1024. Engaged?
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1025. Engaged, ma'am.
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1026. I don't know.
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1027. What about women?
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1028. Did he run around a lot?
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1029. Kay.
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1030. Can I help you?
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1031. Yes, I'll be moving
in here tomorrow.
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1032. Would you please call the beach
location and let them know...
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1033. that I'm coming out there tonight?
And then that would be all.
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1034. Okay. Good night.
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1035. I was asking, ma'am, if he
ran around with a lot of women.
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1036. I don't know.
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1037. He must've had companions.
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1038. Would you say that...
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1039. women found Mr. McAndrews attractive?
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1040. I'm sure his secretaries did.
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1041. You, personally,
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1042. did you find him attractive?
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1043. Yes,
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1044. Mark was a very attractive man,
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1045. in his way.
Copy !req
1046. You're an attractive man,
in your way, too.
Copy !req
1047. I guess I told you that.
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1048. Yes, ma'am.
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1049. Please sit down.
Copy !req
1050. Now, I ask people questions
and they answer.
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1051. Now, I ask them the same question
another time...
Copy !req
1052. and they answer in a different way.
Copy !req
1053. That's not because they're lying, ma'am.
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1054. I know that and I appreciate that.
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1055. There's been a death.
Copy !req
1056. People are in shock, confusion.
Copy !req
1057. People misremember.
They misspeak themselves.
Copy !req
1058. Have I said something wrong?
Copy !req
1059. Well, let's go all over again.
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1060. You said you knew nothing about
how Mr. McAndrews spent his nights.
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1061. That had nothing to do with you?
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1062. Mmm-hmm.
Copy !req
1063. Sometimes we dined together
if we worked late.
Copy !req
1064. And dates,
Copy !req
1065. girls.
Copy !req
1066. Maybe somebody he lived with.
Copy !req
1067. We never asked each other.
Copy !req
1068. Well, that holds
with what you said before.
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1069. But I'm surprised, ma'am.
Copy !req
1070. And I don't mind tell you,
I find it all very troubling.
Copy !req
1071. Because I was at Mr. McAndrews'
house yesterday.
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1072. The beach house.
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1073. And some cleaning was delivered,
some slacks and this blazer.
Copy !req
1074. And that's the problem, ma'am.
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1075. This blazer.
Copy !req
1076. You see, I noticed that the
buttons are on the wrong side.
Copy !req
1077. It buttons right over left,
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1078. the wrong side
for a man's jacket that is,
Copy !req
1079. because this is a woman's blazer.
Copy !req
1080. There's a tailor's label in it.
Copy !req
1081. And I checked on that.
This jacket was made for you.
Copy !req
1082. It's your jacket.
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1083. Would you like to try it on, ma'am?
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1084. No.
Copy !req
1085. Well, since you were sending your cleaning
out from Mr. McAndrews' house,
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1086. I can only assume...
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1087. All right, Lieutenant.
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1088. You've done very good work.
You've caught me in a lie.
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1089. I would say so, ma'am, yes.
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1090. Well, the corporation being
what it is,
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1091. Mark and I didn't feel
it would be very discrete...
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1092. to advertise our relationship.
Copy !req
1093. Now, you can understand
that, can't you?
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1094. Yes, ma'am,
I can understand that.
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1095. But being discrete with the police,
that's something else again.
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1096. Is it so really important
to the police?
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1097. Well, you might have been able
to tell us things.
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1098. Now, we're gonna have
to talk about that.
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1099. All right.
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1100. I'm due on location now,
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1101. so perhaps we can talk
about it later on tomorrow.
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1102. As you say, you're not racing
the clock and I am.
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1103. I guess another day won't make
that much difference.
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1104. And I promise not to
change my address...
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1105. or renew my passport or leave town...
Copy !req
1106. or ever tell another lie.
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1107. Well, you weren't even
under oath, ma'am.
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1108. But what we have here,
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1109. it's a matter of civic responsibility.
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1110. All the way down, ma'am?
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1111. All the way down.
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1112. I mean, if everybody kept their
little secrets from the police,
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1113. we'd be forever getting
to the bottom of our cases.
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1114. My goodness.
Copy !req
1115. I'm not supposed
to do this in the elevator.
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1116. Excuse me?
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1117. I was talking about cooperation, ma'am.
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1118. I had a case once.
A man was cheating on his wife...
Copy !req
1119. and he was
a very important witness,
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1120. but he was afraid to tell me.
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1121. I understand.
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1122. I hope you do, ma'am.
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1123. I apologize, Lieutenant.
I hope you forgive me.
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1124. Well, it's not my place, ma'am.
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1125. Oh, just so we have
a meeting of minds.
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1126. Oh, about that note,
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1127. the one that was
on Mr. McAndrews' desk.
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1128. The one with all the numbers on it,
the 450, the 280, the 230, the 250.
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1129. Nothing to worry about, ma'am.
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1130. It came to me. Those were
just some automobile models,
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1131. different kinds of Mercedes cars.
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1132. So I guess, Mr. McAndrews,
Copy !req
1133. he must have been in
the market for a new car.
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1134. Aren't you coming, ma'am?
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1135. No, there's a phone call
I forgot to make.
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1136. - Good night, Lieutenant.
- Good night, ma'am.
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1137. Good night.
Copy !req
1138. Miss Freestone,
a young fellow from the agency left it.
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1139. I was supposed to give you these.
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1140. I don't know anything about it.
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1141. This...
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1142. And this.
Copy !req
1143. And these two pages.
Copy !req
1144. It only hurts
for a little while, boys.
Copy !req
1145. And they'll never miss
what they don't know.
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1146. Now, at least you're back
on schedule for tonight.
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1147. Where's the AD?
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1148. Kay,
Copy !req
1149. got a minute for me?
Copy !req
1150. Mr. Flanagan. Of course.
Copy !req
1151. All right if we sit in the car?
Copy !req
1152. If you like.
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1153. Oh, Carl.
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1154. Does this bother you?
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1155. No, not at all.
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1156. I want to talk about some of the
difficulties you've been having.
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1157. Valerie Kirk.
Copy !req
1158. I understand she's
a close personal friend.
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1159. Yes, that's true.
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1160. I also understand that her director
tried to warn you about her incompetence.
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1161. That's also true.
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1162. Well,
Copy !req
1163. we'll put that aside.
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1164. The decision to use The Professional
as a replacement for Valerie's show,
Copy !req
1165. I'm sure you know
the ratings were very poor.
Copy !req
1166. Well, under the circumstances...
Copy !req
1167. Well, you created the circumstances.
Copy !req
1168. Now, Kay,
Copy !req
1169. nobody knows better than you that
The Professional cost us $1,600,000,
Copy !req
1170. including a second run.
Copy !req
1171. Now, you wasted the first one.
Copy !req
1172. You threw away an impressive film.
Copy !req
1173. I was under the impression that
you didn't like that film at all.
Copy !req
1174. You had no right to make
an assumption about what I like.
Copy !req
1175. We'll... We'll put that aside, too.
Copy !req
1176. I've also been told that you're...
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1177. You're planning to...
Copy !req
1178. To move into Mark's office tomorrow.
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1179. Why not?
Copy !req
1180. I'll be needing more space.
The office comes with the job.
Copy !req
1181. But you don't, Kay.
Copy !req
1182. Nobody ever told you that your
present duties were permanent.
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1183. Also, I question your taste...
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1184. in leaping so quickly
behind a dead man's desk.
Copy !req
1185. Well, I seem to have made
quite a big hit.
Copy !req
1186. All in all.
Copy !req
1187. Now, you don't have to rush
looking for a new position.
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1188. We'll, let's say, make it official
at the end of the month?
Copy !req
1189. I'll try to consult you
in the press release.
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1190. Do you expect hysterics?
Copy !req
1191. I hope not.
Copy !req
1192. I'm as tough as you are.
Copy !req
1193. I'll survive.
Copy !req
1194. And you'll want me back.
Copy !req
1195. I hope so.
Copy !req
1196. Let's go to the party, Carl.
Copy !req
1197. Dinner break, one half hour, folks.
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1198. Excuse me.
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1199. I'm looking for Miss Freestone.
Copy !req
1200. Search me.
We're on dinner break.
Copy !req
1201. Miss Freestone!
Copy !req
1202. Miss Freestone, ma'am, are you here?
Copy !req
1203. Miss Freestone.
Copy !req
1204. We're very busy
where I am, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1205. You're going to have to
forgive me. We have problems.
Copy !req
1206. Too many problems to speak now.
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1207. So I'm sorry, you'll have to forgive me.
I can't speak right now, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1208. Oh, I get it.
Copy !req
1209. The cameras.
Copy !req
1210. Oh, you're up
in that control place.
Copy !req
1211. You can see me
on those big screens?
Copy !req
1212. I'm right. You can see me.
Right, ma'am?
Copy !req
1213. Lieutenant, can we speak
tomorrow at the office?
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1214. No, I... I'll call you.
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1215. I definitely promise I'll do that,
Lieutenant. I'll call you.
Copy !req
1216. Well, it's very important
that we talk tonight, ma'am.
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1217. I'm afraid that's impossible.
Copy !req
1218. I'm afraid I'll have to insist,
ma'am. I really have to do that.
Copy !req
1219. I can't accept that.
I can't speak now!
Copy !req
1220. Please bear with me, ma'am.
Copy !req
1221. It has to do with the car.
Copy !req
1222. The 450SL, the silver one that's
registered in your name.
Copy !req
1223. The one that Mr. McAndrews bought.
That's all very puzzling, ma'am.
Copy !req
1224. And there are other things.
Copy !req
1225. There's your picture, The Professional,
Copy !req
1226. and this connection with whoever
murdered Mr. McAndrews.
Copy !req
1227. And there is a connection.
I'm pretty sure of that, ma'am.
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1228. I'm afraid it's necessary.
Copy !req
1229. I know you're under
a lot of pressure, ma'am,
Copy !req
1230. but there are these things
that we should talk about tonight.
Copy !req
1231. I don't like to have to talk
to you this way, ma'am.
Copy !req
1232. I know how you feel.
Copy !req
1233. But it's very hard
not being able to see you.
Copy !req
1234. Ma'am?
Copy !req
1235. I told you I have work to do,
Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1236. This show needs a lot of work.
The script needs work.
Copy !req
1237. Ma'am,
Copy !req
1238. like I asked you before,
this new job you got,
Copy !req
1239. would you have it if
Mr. McAndrews hadn't been murdered?
Copy !req
1240. No. I already told you,
I don't think so.
Copy !req
1241. I don't think so either.
Is that why he bought you the car?
Copy !req
1242. Sort of a parting gift
considering your relationship,
Copy !req
1243. like he was getting rid of you?
Copy !req
1244. I find that very intrusive, Lieutenant.
Copy !req
1245. And I don't think you have a right.
Copy !req
1246. Oh, I have the right, ma'am.
But I understand your feelings.
Copy !req
1247. Please, keep bearing with me,
ma'am. Sit down.
Copy !req
1248. You know, maybe it was fate.
Copy !req
1249. But I came within 30 seconds...
Copy !req
1250. of not seeing your
TV movie The Professional.
Copy !req
1251. But I did see it, ma'am.
Copy !req
1252. And I noticed something very peculiar.
Copy !req
1253. So peculiar that I had the
projectionist run it again today.
Copy !req
1254. And that Technical Director that I met,
Copy !req
1255. he made this up for me
on television tape.
Copy !req
1256. It's your movie, ma'am.
Copy !req
1257. The part where the fella's
in the hotel room...
Copy !req
1258. and he's gonna shoot himself.
Copy !req
1259. Now, the Technical Director
told me...
Copy !req
1260. that there would be
an eject button, blue.
Copy !req
1261. Yes.
Copy !req
1262. And a slot right here.
Copy !req
1263. And an RT button one.
Copy !req
1264. Here.
Copy !req
1265. There it is ma'am.
Copy !req
1266. Now, we'll just
watch this together, ma'am.
Copy !req
1267. There it is now, there.
Copy !req
1268. There he is. He's by the sink.
Copy !req
1269. And there he's washing.
Copy !req
1270. There, right there,
you see the flash?
Copy !req
1271. Yes, Lieutenant, it's a cue blip.
Copy !req
1272. And now the second one.
Copy !req
1273. There. There's the second cue.
Copy !req
1274. Now that's the cue for the
projectionist to make his changeover.
Copy !req
1275. Am I right, Miss Freestone?
Copy !req
1276. Yes, Lieutenant, I'm very impressed.
Copy !req
1277. Excuse me, ma'am.
I don't mean to interrupt.
Copy !req
1278. Right there, that high shot where
the man's lying on the hotel bed.
Copy !req
1279. That's where the new reel begins.
Just watch it, ma'am.
Copy !req
1280. And there, that's where
the man commits suicide.
Copy !req
1281. And that's what
the projectionist saw...
Copy !req
1282. right after he got back
from the shipping room.
Copy !req
1283. That's what Mr. Mearhead told me.
Copy !req
1284. He came back into the booth,
Copy !req
1285. looked up and he saw
a man blowing his brains out.
Copy !req
1286. You had to make the changeover...
Copy !req
1287. right before Mr. Mearhead got back
from the shipping room.
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1288. Not a few minutes earlier,
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1289. not sometime before, like he thought.
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1290. I'm afraid, in this case,
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1291. Walter must be confused, Lieutenant.
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1292. He checked the footage counter
before he left.
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1293. You must've fooled him
about that, ma'am.
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1294. What I think,
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1295. I think you changed
the footage counter...
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1296. to place yourself in the projection
booth at the time of the murder.
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1297. But really, ma'am,
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1298. you had time enough to leave the booth
and get to Mr. McAndrews' office.
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1299. Just enough time.
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1300. Because when you rushed back
to make the changeover,
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1301. that's when you must've
dropped this glove...
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1302. by the projector.
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1303. It's Walter's glove.
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1304. Walter's projection booth.
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1305. I don't think you have
a case against Walter.
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1306. No, ma'am. Not the way he kept
that booth, so immaculate and all.
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1307. I don't see him just throwing
a glove on the floor.
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1308. And the lab says that this glove
has powder burns on it.
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1309. And then there's the gun.
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1310. Mr. McAndrews' gun,
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1311. the gun that murdered him.
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1312. The one that you put on the elevator.
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1313. Our people found it this afternoon.
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1314. And then we took a second gun,
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1315. one that looked like this gun
and we put it back on the elevator.
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1316. But we put it
where it could be seen...
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1317. as if the continuous movement
of the elevator had jiggled it...
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1318. so now it became visible.
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1319. Watch this, ma'am.
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1320. That's a TV picture of where
we placed the second gun,
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1321. just before you got on
the elevator with me, ma'am.
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1322. There it is. Now, there...
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1323. That's the way it looked...
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1324. right after you got back on
the elevator and came off it.
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1325. And you'll notice,
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1326. there is no gun.
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1327. Not anymore.
Because you got rid of it.
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1328. But this gun...
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1329. This is the gun that
you murdered him with.
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1330. I see.
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1331. I'm sure you do, ma'am.
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1332. It's very odd.
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1333. They say there's
a great sense of relief...
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1334. that comes when
something like this is over.
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1335. I don't feel that at all.
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1336. Quite the opposite.
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1337. Will you be taking me?
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1338. Yes, ma'am, into town. After that...
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1339. After that, I think
I know what will happen.
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1340. I'll fight.
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1341. I'll survive.
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1342. I might even win.
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1343. Yes, ma'am.
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1344. Should we turn this off, ma'am?
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1345. It doesn't matter.
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1346. Yes, ma'am, the power shortage.
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1347. I think I know the right button.
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