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0:01:28 > 0:01:30He's outside awaiting the lock up.

0:01:30 > 0:01:32All right, thank you.

0:01:34 > 0:01:36The company was on their lunch break,

0:01:36 > 0:01:38no-one saw her come off the catwalk.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42'Life has burned too brightly in my breast

0:01:42 > 0:01:43'and I can no longer endure.'

0:01:46 > 0:01:47Suicide.

0:01:49 > 0:01:50Excuse me.

0:01:50 > 0:01:54Mary Beth. Want to take this to the lab, please?

0:01:59 > 0:02:03- What is wrong with you? - Nothing, I got something in my eye.

0:02:03 > 0:02:05- You're crying.- No, I'm not!

0:02:05 > 0:02:08I got some dust or something in my eye. It is very dusty here.

0:02:08 > 0:02:10Mary Beth, talk to me, what is...?

0:02:10 > 0:02:13Do me a favour, Christine, don't argue.

0:02:13 > 0:02:16You're right, it is very dusty in here.

0:02:18 > 0:02:20I can't believe it.

0:02:21 > 0:02:25I can't believe that Noreen Dixon would commit suicide.

0:02:25 > 0:02:27There was nobody else in the theatre, Mary Beth,

0:02:27 > 0:02:30there was a suicide note found in her pocket,

0:02:30 > 0:02:32- there was nothing... - No, no, I don't mean that,

0:02:32 > 0:02:35Christine, I mean that she was Noreen Dixon.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40Aw. Hey, listen to me, she was an actress.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43Actresses are a little weird, you know that.

0:02:45 > 0:02:49- That is a very prejudiced thing to say, Christine.- What?

0:02:49 > 0:02:51Hey, I'm sorry, actresses are artists.

0:02:51 > 0:02:54Everybody knows that artists have a couple of screws lose.

0:02:54 > 0:02:59- And none of us regular, ordinary people do?- I wouldn't say that.

0:02:59 > 0:03:02Well, I wouldn't say that either.

0:03:06 > 0:03:07Mary Beth, wait up.

0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Hello!- Hey.- Hey!

0:03:14 > 0:03:16- How are you, babe?- Hiya.

0:03:16 > 0:03:18Hiya.

0:03:25 > 0:03:27- You miss me?- Yeah.

0:03:27 > 0:03:28A lot.

0:03:30 > 0:03:33We are in great shape, Mary Beth. If the weather holds in Saratoga,

0:03:33 > 0:03:36we can start laying the foundation at the end of the month.

0:03:36 > 0:03:38Oh, that's wonderful, sweetheart. That's wonderful.

0:03:40 > 0:03:45Oh. Hey, you seem a little down. Anything wrong?

0:03:47 > 0:03:49Noreen Dixon died today, Harv.

0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Oh, the movie star.- Yeah.

0:03:51 > 0:03:55- I thought she was already dead. - Harv!- Oh, I'm sorry, Mary Beth.

0:03:55 > 0:03:58- How did it happen? - Suicide, it looks like.

0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Oh.- I know it is silly, Harv, but I feel like I lost an old friend.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Remember her in Grand Destiny?- Yeah. - We saw that one on our first date.

0:04:05 > 0:04:08Yeah. It's a real tearjerker.

0:04:08 > 0:04:11- And at that movie, that's when I knew I liked you.- Yeah.

0:04:11 > 0:04:13You were crying your eyes out

0:04:13 > 0:04:15and I was kicking myself for not having a handkerchief.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18Yeah. I had to give you mine cos you were crying, too.

0:04:18 > 0:04:21Oh, baby, they don't make them like they used to.

0:04:21 > 0:04:23Oh, man.

0:04:23 > 0:04:26From Here To Eternity, that was my favourite.

0:04:26 > 0:04:29Yeah, I'll never forget the first time I saw it.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31That movie got Angela and me so worked up,

0:04:31 > 0:04:33we just took off for Maryland.

0:04:35 > 0:04:36Maryland?

0:04:38 > 0:04:39What, you wanted seafood?

0:04:39 > 0:04:41No. Uh...

0:04:44 > 0:04:46Well, we were, uh...

0:04:46 > 0:04:48Underage.

0:04:48 > 0:04:49Underage for what?

0:04:50 > 0:04:51Who is Angela?

0:04:53 > 0:04:56HE SIGHS

0:05:01 > 0:05:03Mary Beth, I was 16-years-old, uh...

0:05:03 > 0:05:05I mean, I thought I was in love.

0:05:05 > 0:05:08I...I...I mean, you know how kids are.

0:05:08 > 0:05:09Uh...uh...

0:05:09 > 0:05:15Angela, she told her parents she was going to spend the night with

0:05:15 > 0:05:19a girlfriend and so we drove down to Maryland and we, uh, got...

0:05:19 > 0:05:22HE SIGHS

0:05:22 > 0:05:24- You got what?- Married.

0:05:28 > 0:05:29Married?

0:05:29 > 0:05:33Sweetheart, we didn't even spend the night together.

0:05:33 > 0:05:37I mean, we couldn't afford a motel room. So we drove back.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40We were going to try and borrow my brother's apartment,

0:05:40 > 0:05:45but Angela's father was waiting for us at the Jersey Turnpike and, yeah,

0:05:45 > 0:05:49he took us straight home and he got the marriage annulled the next day.

0:05:49 > 0:05:51So, you see, babe, it was nothing.

0:05:51 > 0:05:53SHE LAUGHS

0:05:53 > 0:05:54Angela!

0:05:55 > 0:05:58- The first Mrs Harvey Lacey. - Oh, Mary Beth.

0:06:00 > 0:06:02You better get ready for dinner, Harv.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06You're not mad, are you?

0:06:06 > 0:06:07Dinner is going to be ready soon, Harvey,

0:06:07 > 0:06:10and if you're not, it gets cold.

0:06:12 > 0:06:17Wow, yeah. Boy, it sure smells good, babe. What is it?

0:06:17 > 0:06:20You have your secrets, Harvey...

0:06:20 > 0:06:21So do I.

0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Good morning, Chris. - Oh, nice of you to come in.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57Sorry, the subway was so jammed,

0:06:57 > 0:07:00I had to wait for three trains before I could get on.

0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Who's Gordon Lazaroff? - Oh, he's a graphologist.

0:07:04 > 0:07:08He does handwriting analysis for the Document Examiners Office.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10They sent him Noreen Dixon's suicide note.

0:07:10 > 0:07:14- Claims he has discovered something very important.- What?

0:07:14 > 0:07:17I don't know. He says he has to come over and tell us in person.

0:07:17 > 0:07:19That's exactly how I wanted to spend my morning.

0:07:19 > 0:07:24- Maybe he really has something. - Maybe the next Pope will be Jewish.

0:07:24 > 0:07:27Maybe Mr Lazaroff will be single and good-looking.

0:07:27 > 0:07:29Maybe the next Pope will be a woman.

0:07:29 > 0:07:30Sergeant Cagney.

0:07:30 > 0:07:32- Yes?- I'm Gordon Lazaroff.

0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Yes, Mr Lazaroff. Please, won't you sit down?- Oh, thanks, yes.

0:07:38 > 0:07:40I'll try not to take too much of your time.

0:07:40 > 0:07:43We appreciate anything you can tell us, sir.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45You're very kind, most of the Department isn't.

0:07:45 > 0:07:48They think what I do is...strange.

0:07:48 > 0:07:52Some people even in my own office hum the theme from The Twilight Zone

0:07:52 > 0:07:54- when I walk by.- Hard to believe.

0:07:56 > 0:07:57Could you tell us,

0:07:57 > 0:08:01please, exactly what you found in the suicide note, Mr Lazaroff?

0:08:01 > 0:08:04Yes. You can see it very clearly right in this part here.

0:08:04 > 0:08:10'Life has burnt too brightly in my breast and I can no longer endure.'

0:08:10 > 0:08:14Now, look at the energy in the B loops -

0:08:14 > 0:08:16burnt, brightly, breast -

0:08:16 > 0:08:20and the way the Os are crossed - too, no -

0:08:20 > 0:08:24and look at the strength in those Ls - life, longer.

0:08:24 > 0:08:26This is not Noreen Dixon's handwriting.

0:08:26 > 0:08:28Oh, no, no, it's hers all right.

0:08:28 > 0:08:30No, there's no doubt that Noreen Dixon wrote this note.

0:08:30 > 0:08:33So what is your point?

0:08:33 > 0:08:37When she wrote it, Noreen Dixon was not the least bit suicidal.

0:08:42 > 0:08:45How does this guy think you can write a suicide note without

0:08:45 > 0:08:46being suicidal?

0:08:46 > 0:08:49Well, sir, apparently this science of handwriting,

0:08:49 > 0:08:53graphology that is, has come a long way, sir, and they can tell things

0:08:53 > 0:08:56about the way a person is feeling from the energy of the loops

0:08:56 > 0:08:58and whether or not he or she is writing on the line

0:08:58 > 0:09:00- or under the line...- Cagney!

0:09:00 > 0:09:02Personally, I think it's a lot of bull.

0:09:02 > 0:09:04But you don't.

0:09:04 > 0:09:08Well, sir, I had a kind of feeling that maybe this wasn't a suicide.

0:09:08 > 0:09:12I mean, she doesn't seem to be a very likely type for suicide to me.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14And I thought so even before this handwriting business.

0:09:14 > 0:09:18Noreen Dixon is at the top of her profession.

0:09:18 > 0:09:20Noreen Dixon has millions of fans all over the world.

0:09:21 > 0:09:23Now, why would she want to kill herself?

0:09:28 > 0:09:30Evidence. When do we get the ME's report?

0:09:30 > 0:09:32- Any minute now, sir.- All right,

0:09:32 > 0:09:34- so let me know when it comes in. - Yes, sir.

0:09:36 > 0:09:38Cagney, you got a minute?

0:09:39 > 0:09:41Yeah, sure.

0:09:41 > 0:09:42Maybe you better sit down.

0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Do you want me to close the door? - Yeah, please.

0:09:51 > 0:09:54Cagney, you know a lot of classy ladies.

0:09:54 > 0:09:57Well, I need one of those for this thing I got to go to.

0:10:01 > 0:10:03You want me to...find you a date?

0:10:03 > 0:10:06It's black tie and it's Friday night.

0:10:06 > 0:10:08- This Friday?!- Yes.

0:10:08 > 0:10:10Short notice, I know that, I'm sorry,

0:10:10 > 0:10:12but the woman that I was going to take,

0:10:12 > 0:10:15it turns out that she's got other plans that night.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18Lieutenant, I'm not even sure I'd know your type. Maybe you should...

0:10:18 > 0:10:21Well, she should be good-looking, but not a Miss Universe.

0:10:23 > 0:10:24Beautiful but not a stunner.

0:10:24 > 0:10:26And she should be intelligent.

0:10:26 > 0:10:28But, you know,

0:10:28 > 0:10:31not so smart that I don't know what she's talking about.

0:10:31 > 0:10:33No rocket scientists, huh?

0:10:33 > 0:10:38And she should have a good sense of humour, a nice laugh.

0:10:38 > 0:10:40But she doesn't have to be a stand-up comic.

0:10:40 > 0:10:42So forget Joan Rivers.

0:10:42 > 0:10:45And if she's a little younger, well, I can handle that.

0:10:45 > 0:10:48But no teeny boppers, OK?

0:10:49 > 0:10:50Well, Lieutenant,

0:10:50 > 0:10:53most of the women I know are a little more sophisticated than that.

0:10:53 > 0:10:56Oh, yeah, sure. What am I worried about?

0:10:56 > 0:10:59If she's a friend of yours, chances are she's no spring chicken.

0:11:08 > 0:11:11- The ME's report.- Yeah? - Finding of the autopsy.

0:11:11 > 0:11:13This is not what you could call a simple suicide.

0:11:13 > 0:11:16And I think I could tell you who done it, too.

0:11:17 > 0:11:20We apologize for bothering you again, ladies and gentlemen.

0:11:20 > 0:11:23We know that you have already given your statements,

0:11:23 > 0:11:25but we have to check some facts here.

0:11:25 > 0:11:28And make sure that we have them all right.

0:11:28 > 0:11:33OK, you, you're Iris McIntyre, the late Ms Dixon's understudy.

0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Am I correct, ma'am? - I am the producer, Gerilee Thackeray.

0:11:36 > 0:11:38Or I was when we still had a play.

0:11:38 > 0:11:40And those rumours about her being the Beast of Broadway

0:11:40 > 0:11:43- are simply untrue. - Cute.- She stoops to conquer.

0:11:44 > 0:11:48- You must be the playwright, Mr Eric...- Webber, right.

0:11:48 > 0:11:50I was also the director.

0:11:50 > 0:11:53Isn't that a little unusual, Mr Webber,

0:11:53 > 0:11:56- for a playwright to direct his own play?- Noreen insisted.

0:11:56 > 0:12:00- That way she thought she could really direct the play herself.- Cute.

0:12:00 > 0:12:04So, you must be Iris Redfern, Ms Dixon's secretary.

0:12:04 > 0:12:07No, I was her understudy.

0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Jean McIntyre.- Oh, gee, I got you all mixed up.

0:12:11 > 0:12:12So...

0:12:14 > 0:12:19- You must be Iris Redfern.- Yes. - Ms Dixon's secretary.- That's right.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23Well, at least we all know who you are, sir.

0:12:23 > 0:12:28Who among us would not recognize Mr Chet Gardner,

0:12:28 > 0:12:30Ms Dixon's co-star in so many of her movies.

0:12:30 > 0:12:33And here, too, I'm afraid.

0:12:33 > 0:12:35And second billing once again.

0:12:35 > 0:12:38It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr Gardner, I've loved all your movies.

0:12:38 > 0:12:40What a lovely compliment.

0:12:42 > 0:12:44Especially from such a charming young lady.

0:12:46 > 0:12:47Thank you.

0:12:47 > 0:12:49I mean, you're welcome.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51You were married to Ms Dixon for a time, sir.

0:12:51 > 0:12:54Am I right? Her death must have been a terrible shock.

0:12:54 > 0:12:56About as terrible as our marriage.

0:12:56 > 0:12:59I thanked my lucky stars when Noreen divorced me.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04Oh. Ok.

0:13:05 > 0:13:09Well, I think I got you all straight.

0:13:09 > 0:13:13Oh, gee, this is great!

0:13:13 > 0:13:15I love the theatre!

0:13:15 > 0:13:18We never could go much when I was a kid.

0:13:18 > 0:13:20It was a big treat, big treat.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23Well, thank you.

0:13:23 > 0:13:25How Do I Love Thee? It's the name of the play, huh?

0:13:25 > 0:13:28It's about Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

0:13:28 > 0:13:30Oh, I love her poetry.

0:13:30 > 0:13:33"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

0:13:33 > 0:13:37"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can..."

0:13:37 > 0:13:39What is that, make-up?

0:13:39 > 0:13:41Noreen and Chet came out during intermission

0:13:41 > 0:13:44and did a make-up transformation into their character's later years.

0:13:44 > 0:13:48Yes, I did it downstage left and she sat over there.

0:13:48 > 0:13:50Right here in front of the audience.

0:13:50 > 0:13:52Huh, isn't that something?

0:13:53 > 0:13:55What is this?

0:13:55 > 0:13:57It's for the neck. Noreen was very proud, she had to wear it.

0:13:57 > 0:14:00She had very few wrinkles for a woman her age.

0:14:00 > 0:14:03I saw about this once on TV how they do this.

0:14:03 > 0:14:06They stick it on with this here.

0:14:06 > 0:14:08Spirit gum, they call it.

0:14:08 > 0:14:11That's got kind of a strong smell, huh?

0:14:11 > 0:14:14You take this, you put it on the rubber thing,

0:14:14 > 0:14:17and then you stick the rubber thing on your neck.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19Detective, I wouldn't put that on.

0:14:19 > 0:14:20I'll be very careful.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23You may have an allergy to spirit gum, a lot of people do.

0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Thanks, I can't afford allergies. - Detective, please don't.- Why not?

0:14:26 > 0:14:28Ms McIntyre,

0:14:28 > 0:14:32because you know it's dangerous to put this spirit gum on one's neck?

0:14:33 > 0:14:37That spirit gum has traces of synthetic arsenic in it.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Which you've been using to poison Noreen Dixon.- What?!

0:14:47 > 0:14:49Ms McIntyre, I'm afraid we're going to have to take you

0:14:49 > 0:14:51downtown for questioning.

0:14:54 > 0:14:57I told you, I didn't want to kill her.

0:14:57 > 0:15:00The medical examiner confirmed there was not enough arsenic to kill her.

0:15:00 > 0:15:02It's still attempted murder, Ms McIntyre.

0:15:02 > 0:15:04I only wanted her to miss a few performances -

0:15:04 > 0:15:06the last few previews and opening night.

0:15:06 > 0:15:11- So you could be reviewed by the critics?- I am 55-years-old.

0:15:11 > 0:15:14My career was never secure like Noreen's.

0:15:14 > 0:15:16I still have to worry about my next job.

0:15:16 > 0:15:18Well, wouldn't people think it was funny,

0:15:18 > 0:15:20Ms Dixon missing her opening night like that?

0:15:20 > 0:15:23Noreen was famous for what she called her little sinking spells.

0:15:23 > 0:15:26She'd pulled them before on opening night.

0:15:26 > 0:15:28Can I get this straight?

0:15:28 > 0:15:31You say you have no hard feelings for Ms Dixon,

0:15:31 > 0:15:36you just wanted to help your career by poisoning her?

0:15:38 > 0:15:41All right, you'll find out sooner or later.

0:15:43 > 0:15:44I didn't kill her...

0:15:45 > 0:15:49..but I hated Noreen Dixon more than I've ever hated anyone in my life.

0:15:49 > 0:15:53We met when we were both ingenues back in summer stock.

0:15:53 > 0:15:56In one play, I had the lead, she was my sister.

0:15:56 > 0:15:58We had a big emotional scene where she had to slap me.

0:15:58 > 0:16:02At our dress rehearsal, she accidentally forgot to

0:16:02 > 0:16:06take off her ring, cut my face all the way to the eye.

0:16:06 > 0:16:09I went to the hospital and Noreen went on in my place.

0:16:11 > 0:16:12You don't think she did that on purpose?

0:16:12 > 0:16:15Oh, absolutely.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19Oh, I know what you're thinking,

0:16:19 > 0:16:22"Millions of people loved Noreen Dixon."

0:16:22 > 0:16:24But they never knew what she really was.

0:16:34 > 0:16:38OK, so the understudy has an airtight for the time of death.

0:16:38 > 0:16:40This producer could have pushed Noreen Dixon off that catwalk.

0:16:40 > 0:16:43Forensics didn't find anything to prove she was pushed.

0:16:43 > 0:16:46They didn't find anything to prove she wasn't.

0:16:46 > 0:16:49The producer does make a fortune due to Ms Dixon's death.

0:16:49 > 0:16:52You think she's the type to kill for money?

0:16:52 > 0:16:53Vito! Vito, no.

0:16:53 > 0:16:56Be careful with that backdrop, it costs a mint

0:16:56 > 0:16:58and I want to use it again. Oh, hello, ladies.

0:16:58 > 0:17:01I can give you exactly five minutes of my time. Oh, love the coat.

0:17:01 > 0:17:04This is a homicide investigation, Ms Thackeray.

0:17:04 > 0:17:06Well, you arrested Jean McIntyre, I thought it was over.

0:17:06 > 0:17:09She was charged with felonious assault and released on bail.

0:17:09 > 0:17:11There's no actual evidence that she killed Ms Dixon.

0:17:11 > 0:17:15I see, so, uh, I'm a suspect again.

0:17:15 > 0:17:18We found out something quite interesting, Ms Thackeray.

0:17:18 > 0:17:21You had trouble insuring this production, didn't you?

0:17:21 > 0:17:25Every company in town knows about Noreen Dixon's reputation.

0:17:25 > 0:17:28Apparently, you had to settle for a policy with a special clause

0:17:28 > 0:17:30in it - you weren't covered if she got sick.

0:17:30 > 0:17:31The only way you could cash in on your play

0:17:31 > 0:17:35if it failed to open was if Ms Dixon died.

0:17:35 > 0:17:36In case you've forgotten,

0:17:36 > 0:17:39I accounted for my whereabouts at the time of Noreen's death.

0:17:39 > 0:17:41Yes. In your original statement,

0:17:41 > 0:17:44you said you went to have lunch with your accountant.

0:17:44 > 0:17:45And he confirmed it!

0:17:45 > 0:17:48The waiter said that you were gone from the table when the salad

0:17:48 > 0:17:52was served and the stage doorman remembers your coming back here.

0:17:52 > 0:17:55- Well, I forgot my appointment book, that's why I came back.- Uh-huh.

0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Did you see Noreen Dixon when you came back?- No.

0:17:58 > 0:18:02But, well, I could hear her going over her lines in the orchestra pit.

0:18:02 > 0:18:04I knew better than to bother her.

0:18:04 > 0:18:09- Why's that?- Well, Noreen had a tendency to, um...scream at people.

0:18:09 > 0:18:12You didn't like her very much, did you?

0:18:12 > 0:18:15SHE LAUGHS

0:18:15 > 0:18:18Our relationship was a legend in show business.

0:18:19 > 0:18:22Everybody knew we loathed each other.

0:18:27 > 0:18:31Years ago, Noreen broke up my marriage.

0:18:31 > 0:18:35Well, that particular husband I happened to love...very much.

0:18:35 > 0:18:37A month after the divorce,

0:18:37 > 0:18:41- Noreen dropped him. I think she did it deliberately.- Why?

0:18:41 > 0:18:45Well, Noreen loved making people miserable.

0:18:45 > 0:18:47Ms Thackeray, we'll probably be wanting to talk to you again

0:18:47 > 0:18:50later, so you'll certainly let us know if you have to leave town?

0:18:50 > 0:18:52Certainly. Certainly!

0:18:53 > 0:18:57Oh, I wasn't the only one who could have cheerfully killed Noreen,

0:18:57 > 0:19:00almost everyone I know had something against her.

0:19:00 > 0:19:01Ta!

0:19:03 > 0:19:05Not exactly Miss Congeniality.

0:19:05 > 0:19:08Sometimes, Christine, when people are on top,

0:19:08 > 0:19:10- other people get jealous.- Jealous?

0:19:10 > 0:19:13We've heard things about Noreen Dixon that make Lady Macbeth

0:19:13 > 0:19:15look like Mary Poppins.

0:19:15 > 0:19:18Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you hear, Christine.

0:19:18 > 0:19:20Thank you.

0:19:21 > 0:19:23Thank you.

0:19:33 > 0:19:35I played this part in college.

0:19:35 > 0:19:36A saint!

0:19:37 > 0:19:39Interesting casting.

0:19:39 > 0:19:41I was very good.

0:19:42 > 0:19:46The director was kind of a jerk. But I played all ten performances.

0:19:46 > 0:19:49It was my last fling at acting, however.

0:19:51 > 0:19:54I feel kind of funny going through her belongings, Christine.

0:19:54 > 0:19:56She'll forgive you, Mary Beth.

0:19:56 > 0:19:59Especially if we find out which one of her friends bumped her off.

0:20:06 > 0:20:08Come here, look at this.

0:20:10 > 0:20:11Look at this here.

0:20:12 > 0:20:15'My Life Upon The Wicked Stage, by Noreen Dixon.'

0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Her memoirs?- Oh...- What?- Let me.

0:20:26 > 0:20:27So where are they?

0:20:30 > 0:20:33Uh, leave a message when you come in, please.

0:20:36 > 0:20:39Ms Dixon's secretary didn't answer,

0:20:39 > 0:20:42so I left a message on the writer's machine.

0:20:42 > 0:20:45Well, they should all be at the memorial service tomorrow.

0:20:45 > 0:20:48If the writer and the secretary don't know about the missing

0:20:48 > 0:20:50memoirs, somebody else will.

0:20:52 > 0:20:54Do you have any single friends, Mary Beth?

0:20:56 > 0:20:59It's not for me, it's for a friend.

0:20:59 > 0:21:03A male friend. I have to get a date for this guy I know.

0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Can you tell me anything about this man?- No.

0:21:06 > 0:21:10- Christine!- I think that my friend would prefer that I remain discreet.

0:21:10 > 0:21:13You're asking me to blindly set this fellow up on a blind date?

0:21:13 > 0:21:15You don't want to help me, you don't have to.

0:21:15 > 0:21:16I'd like to help you, Christine.

0:21:16 > 0:21:18You're not giving me much to go on here.

0:21:21 > 0:21:24I've called everybody I know. Laura Carter's getting engaged.

0:21:24 > 0:21:27Nikki Levine just moved back in with her ex-husband.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29And Julia Barker gave up men for Lent.

0:21:29 > 0:21:31I tell you, women friends, they're a dying breed.

0:21:31 > 0:21:34Sure for somebody who spends their time only with men.

0:21:53 > 0:21:55You missed a great musical, babe.

0:21:57 > 0:22:00I was not in the mood for Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03You're not going to wear that stuff to bed?

0:22:03 > 0:22:05This is deep cleansing, Harvey.

0:22:05 > 0:22:08I can't get deep cleansing in five minutes.

0:22:09 > 0:22:12Directions said overnight.

0:22:12 > 0:22:14About as long as your first marriage.

0:22:14 > 0:22:16Mary Beth, I don't know what you want from me.

0:22:16 > 0:22:19- The truth would've been nice. - I told you the truth.

0:22:19 > 0:22:22By accident, after 17 years.

0:22:22 > 0:22:25- You think you know a person.- Babe, it never occurred to me to tell you.

0:22:25 > 0:22:27Sure, I'm only the second wife.

0:22:27 > 0:22:29Dammit, Mary Beth, it didn't mean anything!

0:22:29 > 0:22:31We were married less than a total of 24 hours.

0:22:31 > 0:22:34And then it completely slipped your mind.

0:22:34 > 0:22:37OK, OK, you want to know what it was? It was sex!

0:22:37 > 0:22:38Not in front of the baby, Harvey!

0:22:38 > 0:22:40That's what it was, we wanted to do it,

0:22:40 > 0:22:42but we felt too guilty if we weren't married.

0:22:42 > 0:22:44- Is this supposed to be making me feel better?- Dammit,

0:22:44 > 0:22:47we didn't get near a bed. The father caught us before we did anything more

0:22:47 > 0:22:50than kiss!

0:22:50 > 0:22:51Poetic justice.

0:22:54 > 0:22:57APPLAUSE

0:23:01 > 0:23:06Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you all for coming this afternoon.

0:23:06 > 0:23:08Would you look at that man?

0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Huh? 20 years, he hasn't aged one bit.- Shh!

0:23:11 > 0:23:13..as dear Noreen used to say.

0:23:14 > 0:23:18That wherever she is, she is touched and gladdened...

0:23:18 > 0:23:21If everybody hated Noreen Dixon so much,

0:23:21 > 0:23:23how come there isn't an empty seat?

0:23:23 > 0:23:26Give the people what they want, Mary Beth, they'll show up for it.

0:23:26 > 0:23:30No-one more than I know what the passing of our beloved Noreen

0:23:30 > 0:23:32really means - the sudden emptiness...

0:23:32 > 0:23:34Makes you want to throw up, doesn't it?

0:23:34 > 0:23:36I told Chet I'd write him a eulogy, but no,

0:23:36 > 0:23:39he insisted on giving his own. Actors!

0:23:39 > 0:23:42He could read the phone book.

0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Still the sexiest man in the world.- Will you please!

0:23:44 > 0:23:47So you said you wanted to know about Noreen's memoirs, huh?

0:23:47 > 0:23:50- Have you seen them?- Oh, no, Noreen wouldn't let anybody read them.

0:23:50 > 0:23:54She took them with her everywhere. That scared poor Chet to death.

0:23:54 > 0:23:57And her greatest qualities always came out in the littlest ways.

0:23:57 > 0:23:59- For instance...- Scare Mr Gardner?

0:23:59 > 0:24:02Well, for 20 years, she threatened to tell his secret to the world.

0:24:02 > 0:24:04Every time Noreen wanted to get Chet,

0:24:04 > 0:24:07she'd just haul out those precious memoirs that supposedly told all.

0:24:07 > 0:24:09Told all what?

0:24:09 > 0:24:11You're kidding.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13I thought everybody in New York knew,

0:24:13 > 0:24:15even if they didn't in Peoria.

0:24:15 > 0:24:19Noreen and Chet were married in name only.

0:24:19 > 0:24:21He's as gay as the 1890s.

0:24:21 > 0:24:22With regal grandeur,

0:24:22 > 0:24:25she stepped out of that limousine and, with a wave of her hand,

0:24:25 > 0:24:27she stopped that traffic cold!

0:24:27 > 0:24:30And I thought, "This, this is a true lady."

0:24:30 > 0:24:34Sergeant, there were times I could have annihilated Noreen.

0:24:34 > 0:24:36But I am an actor -

0:24:36 > 0:24:39I don't do such things in real life any more than you do.

0:24:39 > 0:24:43You and Ms Dixon went back a long ways, didn't you, Mr Gardner?

0:24:43 > 0:24:48Your first picture together, Broadway Babies, 1950. Am I right?

0:24:48 > 0:24:50As much as I hate to admit it, yes.

0:24:50 > 0:24:53I'll tell you our whole sordid story over a pot of tea.

0:24:53 > 0:24:56- Please, make yourselves comfortable. - Oh, thank you.

0:24:59 > 0:25:00Another fantasy down the tubes.

0:25:02 > 0:25:05Still, he has nice eyes, don't you think?

0:25:12 > 0:25:14Mary Beth, look at this.

0:25:15 > 0:25:18- Come here!- Oh, no.- Come here!

0:25:18 > 0:25:20If this is another secret, I'm not so sure I want to know.

0:25:20 > 0:25:23Remember when Chet Gardner said he didn't steal Noreen's memoirs?

0:25:23 > 0:25:25- Yes.- How do you think he's going to explain that?

0:25:27 > 0:25:29'My Life Upon The Wicked Stage, by Noreen Dixon.'

0:25:32 > 0:25:34That's kind of coincidental, isn't it, Christine?

0:25:34 > 0:25:37It is like something out of an Agatha Christie book.

0:25:42 > 0:25:45KNOCK ON DOOR Yeah, sweetheart.

0:25:45 > 0:25:46Be with you in a minute.

0:25:49 > 0:25:51KNOCK ON DOOR Yes, honey.

0:25:55 > 0:25:56- Hi.- Thank you.

0:26:00 > 0:26:02What is all this? Where is everybody?

0:26:02 > 0:26:05The boys are at my mother's, Alice is asleep.

0:26:14 > 0:26:15It's for you, babe.

0:26:18 > 0:26:20- Feeling pretty guilty, aren't you, Harvey?- Huh?

0:26:22 > 0:26:24You went to a lot of trouble here.

0:26:26 > 0:26:28I'm trying to make up, Mary Beth.

0:26:28 > 0:26:30Is this what worked on your first wife?

0:26:30 > 0:26:32For crying out loud, would you leave it alone?

0:26:32 > 0:26:35You been mad longer than I was married.

0:26:35 > 0:26:38It's not the marriage, Harv, it's the deceit.

0:26:38 > 0:26:40OK, OK, so I didn't tell you,

0:26:40 > 0:26:44but I could have kept a lot worse secrets from you, Mary Beth.

0:26:44 > 0:26:46I could've...I could've been an axe murderer.

0:26:46 > 0:26:48I could've been...I could've been a slumlord.

0:26:48 > 0:26:51But no, no, I made a bigger mistake,

0:26:51 > 0:26:53I got married once, for one day!

0:26:55 > 0:26:57And now, I'm going to have to be crucified for it

0:26:57 > 0:26:59- the rest of my life.- Harvey...

0:26:59 > 0:27:02- Here, you eat the dinner, I'm going out!- Harvey, wait a minute.

0:27:02 > 0:27:04You know, it could've been a lot worse,

0:27:04 > 0:27:07Mary Beth, I could have worked for the CIA.

0:27:19 > 0:27:20Cagney.

0:27:25 > 0:27:28- Good morning, Lieutenant.- Would you tell me what is going on?

0:27:28 > 0:27:30- I beg your pardon? - My date, have you found her yet?

0:27:32 > 0:27:35Lieutenant, you know, if you had just given me more notice...

0:27:35 > 0:27:37Yeah, I understand, I understand.

0:27:37 > 0:27:40- I tried.- Oh, yeah, sure, I understand. Thanks.

0:27:40 > 0:27:43Maybe I should talk to Isbecki. The other day I overheard him

0:27:43 > 0:27:46raving about some female musician friend of his.

0:27:46 > 0:27:49Cheryl Carey.

0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Sherry Carey?- Yeah, you know her?

0:27:51 > 0:27:55She is a stripper who plays the accordion, Lieutenant.

0:27:55 > 0:27:57Wouldn't make the right impression.

0:27:57 > 0:28:00What is this event you are supposed to go to anyway?

0:28:00 > 0:28:02Well, it is sort of a celebration, you know?

0:28:02 > 0:28:06My son, my kid, David, he has managed to put together enough money

0:28:06 > 0:28:09to buy into a restaurant.

0:28:09 > 0:28:10Why don't you take Thelma?

0:28:10 > 0:28:12Cagney, remember I told you

0:28:12 > 0:28:15about this woman that I wanted to take but she had other plans?

0:28:15 > 0:28:17That was Thelma.

0:28:17 > 0:28:21She's going already, with an airline pilot that she has been dating.

0:28:22 > 0:28:25Thin and, uh, tall.

0:28:25 > 0:28:27With a lot of hair.

0:28:27 > 0:28:29Certainly not my type.

0:28:29 > 0:28:31Didn't used to be Thelma's.

0:28:34 > 0:28:38- Lieutenant, I do know somebody who would fit the bill.- Oh, yeah?

0:28:39 > 0:28:42- She's a workaholic. - I can relate to that.

0:28:42 > 0:28:45- She's fun.- I've got nothing against fun once in a while.

0:28:45 > 0:28:47Is it a problem if she works in the Department?

0:28:47 > 0:28:50Hell no! No, what precinct is she in?

0:28:50 > 0:28:5214th.

0:28:54 > 0:28:55Are you serious?

0:28:55 > 0:28:57Every now and then.

0:28:57 > 0:28:59That's...that's just great.

0:29:02 > 0:29:06Um, cocktails start at six o'clock.

0:29:06 > 0:29:08And then a buffet dinner after that.

0:29:10 > 0:29:12- I'll pick you up, OK?- OK.

0:29:14 > 0:29:16Uh, Cagney.

0:29:16 > 0:29:19- You know, you don't have to do this. - Yeah, I know.

0:29:24 > 0:29:29Yes, sir, and she had received the advance and everything was...?

0:29:29 > 0:29:32But you never saw any of the actual manuscript ever?

0:29:34 > 0:29:36All right.

0:29:37 > 0:29:40Thank you very much. Bye-bye.

0:29:40 > 0:29:43- What was that all about? - Noreen Dixon's publisher.

0:29:43 > 0:29:45He said Noreen Dixon never turned in any of her memoirs.

0:29:45 > 0:29:48Maybe she was holding out until they were all finished.

0:29:48 > 0:29:50Or maybe she never started.

0:29:50 > 0:29:54Lab findings on the ashes from the fireplace - negative for ink.

0:29:54 > 0:29:58- You mean the whole thing was blank? - Except for the title page.

0:29:58 > 0:30:01Somebody only wanted us to think they were the missing memoirs.

0:30:04 > 0:30:06I didn't kill her.

0:30:06 > 0:30:10- I swear, I didn't!- Either way, we could take you in for obstruction.

0:30:10 > 0:30:13- You burned those memoirs. - Fake memoirs, fake!

0:30:13 > 0:30:16She carried around blank pages and tantalized everyone with them

0:30:16 > 0:30:18for 20 years.

0:30:18 > 0:30:20So, you burned up blank pages and the title page

0:30:20 > 0:30:22and you planted them in Chet Gardner's apartment.

0:30:22 > 0:30:24Chet has to be the killer.

0:30:24 > 0:30:26I was sure that once you were on to him, Chet would confess.

0:30:26 > 0:30:29If you had reason to believe that Chet Gardner was guilty,

0:30:29 > 0:30:32- why didn't you come forward? - I didn't think you would believe me.

0:30:32 > 0:30:34I have written enough mysteries to know what it takes to convict

0:30:34 > 0:30:37someone - I don't have that kind of proof. But I know how he did it.

0:30:37 > 0:30:39Noreen was rehearsing in the pit.

0:30:39 > 0:30:41She wouldn't hear Gardner sneak up on her.

0:30:41 > 0:30:44He knocks her out and then he throws her over his shoulder, just like

0:30:44 > 0:30:46he did with LaFlor in Pirates Cove, and then he climbs up a ladder,

0:30:46 > 0:30:50and he walks across the catwalk, and then he throws her off.

0:30:51 > 0:30:54Isn't Chet Gardner a little old for that, Mr Webber?

0:30:54 > 0:30:56Chet Gardner is in very good shape.

0:30:56 > 0:30:59LAUGHTER

0:30:59 > 0:31:01That's very funny, Eric.

0:31:01 > 0:31:05- I didn't know you did comedy. - I don't find murder very amusing.

0:31:05 > 0:31:06Neither do I.

0:31:06 > 0:31:09But the idea of Chet Gardner climbing into the fly loft...

0:31:09 > 0:31:11You should look up from your typewriter more often.

0:31:11 > 0:31:13What are you talking about?

0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Chet Gardner is afraid of heights. - What?

0:31:16 > 0:31:21- That isn't true!- Trust me, stuntmen live off of Chet Gardner.

0:31:21 > 0:31:23The man gets nose bleeds if he stands on a chair.

0:31:23 > 0:31:25So much for that theory.

0:31:25 > 0:31:26Maybe you should ask Eric why he is

0:31:26 > 0:31:28so anxious to prove Chet Gardner killed Noreen.

0:31:28 > 0:31:31He has a very interesting reason, don't you, Eric?

0:31:31 > 0:31:32Or maybe you should ask Iris Redfern.

0:31:32 > 0:31:34You play your little games with someone else, Gerilee,

0:31:34 > 0:31:36I don't enjoy them.

0:31:40 > 0:31:43You care to explain what you just said, Ms Thackeray?

0:31:43 > 0:31:46Moi?

0:31:46 > 0:31:48You haven't been very straight with us, neither one of you.

0:31:48 > 0:31:51- I don't know what you mean.- Well, my partner loves old movies,

0:31:51 > 0:31:53Ms Redfern.

0:31:53 > 0:31:56And she remembers that Noreen Dixon had played a character named Iris...

0:31:56 > 0:31:59- Mayfield. - Around the time that you were born.

0:31:59 > 0:32:04- In All My Tomorrows, with David Niven.- So we did some checking.

0:32:04 > 0:32:09We found out that you, Iris Redfern, are Ms Dixon's niece.

0:32:09 > 0:32:10Since when is nepotism a crime?

0:32:10 > 0:32:14Nepotism is not, Mr Webber, but fabrication of evidence is.

0:32:14 > 0:32:17You went out of your way to set up Chet Gardner

0:32:17 > 0:32:18as Noreen Dixon's murderer, why?

0:32:18 > 0:32:21- I told you, I thought... - I know what you told us.

0:32:21 > 0:32:25What you didn't tell us is that you and Ms Redfern are rather involved.

0:32:25 > 0:32:27Ms Thackeray said that Noreen Dixon

0:32:27 > 0:32:29had forbidden the two of you to see each other.

0:32:30 > 0:32:34Ms Thackeray also told us that you were rather bitter about that.

0:32:34 > 0:32:35Working night and day for a prima donna

0:32:35 > 0:32:37who wouldn't let you have a private life of your own.

0:32:37 > 0:32:39Maybe bitter enough to kill for your freedom.

0:32:39 > 0:32:42Oh, come on, that's ridiculous. Iris couldn't murder anyone.

0:32:42 > 0:32:44Why should we believe you, Mr Webber?

0:32:44 > 0:32:46You've already lied about Chet Gardner,

0:32:46 > 0:32:48setting him up to protect your girlfriend here.

0:32:48 > 0:32:50I did not kill my aunt.

0:32:51 > 0:32:54She was mean and vain and impossible to work for,

0:32:54 > 0:32:57but she was also the only family I have left.

0:32:57 > 0:32:59I could have never hurt her.

0:33:00 > 0:33:02Eric lied to protect me because he knew

0:33:02 > 0:33:05I didn't have an alibi the afternoon she died.

0:33:05 > 0:33:07It was a mistake, that's all.

0:33:10 > 0:33:11Because he loves me.

0:33:14 > 0:33:17Haven't you ever been in love?

0:33:19 > 0:33:22I guess we can scratch them off.

0:33:22 > 0:33:23What is that supposed to mean?

0:33:23 > 0:33:26Well, you saw them, Christine, they're lovers, not murderers.

0:33:26 > 0:33:29Oh, you're breaking my heart, Mary Beth.

0:33:29 > 0:33:31They were lying to protect one another.

0:33:31 > 0:33:34Christine, do you really think that those two people murdered

0:33:34 > 0:33:36Noreen Dixon?

0:33:36 > 0:33:38At this point, I think they all could have done it,

0:33:38 > 0:33:40and probably wanted to.

0:33:42 > 0:33:45Cynic, you are a cynic, Christine.

0:33:45 > 0:33:48- My money is on the producer.- No way, it's got to be Chet Gardner,

0:33:48 > 0:33:50he is the only one man enough to carry her up to the catwalk.

0:33:50 > 0:33:52He is afraid of heights, Isbecki.

0:33:52 > 0:33:54That's like saying John Wayne is afraid of horses.

0:33:54 > 0:33:56Maybe it was the playwright, he tried to frame them.

0:33:56 > 0:33:58He had a tasty thing going with the niece.

0:33:58 > 0:34:00She probably inherits a fat piece of change if it's a homicide.

0:34:00 > 0:34:03Yeah, but don't forget the understudy, she tried to poison her.

0:34:03 > 0:34:07- Where is Ms Marple when we need her? - Wait a minute!

0:34:07 > 0:34:10Maybe it is like Murder On The Orient Express,

0:34:10 > 0:34:12- maybe they all did it! - Colonel Mustard did it.

0:34:12 > 0:34:15- In the library.- With a pipe wrench. - Cut it out.

0:34:15 > 0:34:18I would like to remind you people, this is a homicide here,

0:34:18 > 0:34:20it's not some game.

0:34:20 > 0:34:24- A great star lost her life. - We know that, Mary Beth.

0:34:24 > 0:34:26Good, cos I couldn't tell.

0:34:26 > 0:34:28I mean, this may be a lot of fun for all of you,

0:34:28 > 0:34:30but it wasn't too terrific for Noreen Dixon.

0:34:30 > 0:34:34You want to play games, go ahead, count me out.

0:34:36 > 0:34:38- What's eating her?- She's a fan.- Ah.

0:34:40 > 0:34:41Too bad there's no butler.

0:34:41 > 0:34:43LAUGHTER

0:35:00 > 0:35:03Are we going to work this out or what?

0:35:03 > 0:35:07How long are you going to continue acting like a teenager, Mary Beth?

0:35:07 > 0:35:09Did you love Angela?

0:35:09 > 0:35:13Yeah, as much as you can love somebody when you're 16-years-old.

0:35:15 > 0:35:18That's how old you were the first time...

0:35:18 > 0:35:20Was she the one?

0:35:20 > 0:35:21Yeah, but that was much later.

0:35:23 > 0:35:26We were supposed to not see each other,

0:35:26 > 0:35:30so we sneaked off to my brother's place - Romeo and Juliet.

0:35:30 > 0:35:32You don't have to tell me all the details, Harvey.

0:35:32 > 0:35:34Oh, honey, that was such a long time ago.

0:35:37 > 0:35:41What Angela and I felt for each other, that was puppy love.

0:35:41 > 0:35:43It was a warm-up for the real thing.

0:35:47 > 0:35:50It wasn't the marriage, Harvey, it was the secrets.

0:35:50 > 0:35:52I felt like I didn't know you,

0:35:52 > 0:35:56like I had been with some stranger the whole time.

0:35:56 > 0:35:57Honey, I swear, I didn't mean

0:35:57 > 0:36:00to keep any secrets. I had almost forgotten.

0:36:01 > 0:36:06I want us to be honest, Harvey, not like the rest of the world.

0:36:06 > 0:36:07I promise.

0:36:07 > 0:36:09I cross my heart.

0:36:15 > 0:36:18So this Angela, was she pretty?

0:36:18 > 0:36:20We're being honest here, Harvey.

0:36:20 > 0:36:22How honest?

0:36:24 > 0:36:26Never mind.

0:36:41 > 0:36:43"Guess now who holds the...

0:36:45 > 0:36:47"..death," I said.

0:36:48 > 0:36:52But there the silver answer rang -

0:36:52 > 0:36:54not death,

0:36:54 > 0:36:55but love.

0:37:00 > 0:37:04I love thee with the love that I seem to lose with my lost saints.

0:37:06 > 0:37:09I love the with the breath, smiles,

0:37:09 > 0:37:11tears of all my life.

0:37:18 > 0:37:19And, if God choose...

0:37:21 > 0:37:23..I shall but love thee better after death.

0:37:25 > 0:37:26Ah!

0:37:27 > 0:37:28Great stuff.

0:37:51 > 0:37:55- Good morning, Christine. What is going on?- I read the play.

0:37:55 > 0:37:58Yeah, we both read the play. There was nothing in it.

0:37:58 > 0:38:02I read Noreen Dixon's copy. It was a very illuminating. Come with me.

0:38:09 > 0:38:13In the scripts we read, there was no mention of suicide.

0:38:13 > 0:38:15Elizabeth Barrett Browning didn't commit suicide.

0:38:15 > 0:38:17I know it, but Noreen Dixon thought she should have.

0:38:17 > 0:38:21And in her version of the play, she tore out the last scene

0:38:21 > 0:38:23and rewrote a whole new one.

0:38:23 > 0:38:25The only thing missing is the last speech.

0:38:27 > 0:38:28- The suicide note.- Exactly!

0:38:28 > 0:38:30That's why she wasn't suicidal when she wrote it,

0:38:30 > 0:38:33these are just words her character was supposed to say.

0:38:33 > 0:38:35I told you actresses are weird!

0:38:35 > 0:38:37You think the rest of them know about the note?

0:38:37 > 0:38:42- Theatre is a small world. - So... What now?

0:38:42 > 0:38:45We can't even prove it's murder, never mind who did it.

0:38:45 > 0:38:47I want to look at the catwalk up there,

0:38:47 > 0:38:49see if forensics missed anything.

0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Why don't you just look around down here?- Right.

0:39:28 > 0:39:30Mary Beth!

0:39:30 > 0:39:32Help!

0:39:34 > 0:39:37Christine! What are you doing down there?

0:39:37 > 0:39:39Here, Mary Beth!

0:39:40 > 0:39:42Where? I can't see you.

0:39:42 > 0:39:45Whoooooooa!

0:39:45 > 0:39:47Christine!

0:39:47 > 0:39:49What are you doing?

0:39:49 > 0:39:53- Peter Pan.- Your voice was coming from the orchestra pit.

0:39:53 > 0:39:55I'll explain it later, OK?

0:39:55 > 0:39:59Just get me down from here.

0:39:59 > 0:40:00Sure, Chris.

0:40:03 > 0:40:04Hang on, OK?

0:40:13 > 0:40:15This theatre plays an acoustical trick -

0:40:15 > 0:40:18you all thought that Ms Dixon did her rehearsing in the orchestra pit

0:40:18 > 0:40:21during your lunch hour because it seemed as though her voice

0:40:21 > 0:40:22were coming from there.

0:40:22 > 0:40:25But in reality, she was on the catwalk every day!

0:40:27 > 0:40:30But it sounded as though her voice was coming from the pit.

0:40:30 > 0:40:35On the day she died, Noreen Dixon was up there, as usual.

0:40:35 > 0:40:40She was rehearsing a very emotional scene,

0:40:40 > 0:40:42the scene she was hoping Mr Webber might put in his play.

0:40:42 > 0:40:44Which you were all aware of.

0:40:46 > 0:40:48Unfortunately,

0:40:48 > 0:40:50Ms Dixon got a little carried away with what she was doing

0:40:50 > 0:40:54and she leaned her weight against a faulty gate in the railing.

0:40:54 > 0:40:55The gate swung open...

0:41:00 > 0:41:01And she fell.

0:41:05 > 0:41:08- So it wasn't murder. - It was an accident.

0:41:08 > 0:41:10It was death by overacting.

0:41:17 > 0:41:20God, I am so tired.

0:41:20 > 0:41:22That was very crazy up there, Christine.

0:41:22 > 0:41:23Yep.

0:41:23 > 0:41:26Chet Gardner would've had his stuntman do it.

0:41:30 > 0:41:33- Go home, get some rest. - That's what I'm going to do.

0:41:34 > 0:41:38A hot bath, a stiff drink and 12 hours of uninterrupted deep sleep.

0:41:40 > 0:41:41What are you going to do?

0:41:41 > 0:41:44Oh, Harvey is trying to get me to go to the movies.

0:41:44 > 0:41:47I don't know if I ever want to go to the movies again.

0:41:49 > 0:41:51- Good night, Chris.- Good night.

0:41:54 > 0:41:56Oh, Lieutenant,

0:41:56 > 0:41:59- you look like a million dollars. - Thank you.

0:41:59 > 0:42:00Have a lovely time, sir.

0:42:00 > 0:42:03- Thank you, Lacey.- Good night. - Good night.

0:42:14 > 0:42:16Good evening, Cagney.

0:42:19 > 0:42:23- Lieutenant, hi. You look great! - It's a rental. Nice, huh,

0:42:23 > 0:42:27to know there's other guys around exactly my size.

0:42:27 > 0:42:29- Yeah, I was just on my way home to get dressed.- Cagney.

0:42:29 > 0:42:32- All I need is 30...45 minutes tops. - Cagney, please, listen.

0:42:32 > 0:42:34You said cocktails aren't until six o'clock, right?

0:42:34 > 0:42:38Cagney, I hope you understand, but I changed my mind.

0:42:38 > 0:42:39I thought, you know,

0:42:39 > 0:42:42it would be better if I would hack this on my own.

0:42:42 > 0:42:44You're just saying that because I look tired.

0:42:44 > 0:42:47You give me a couple cups of coffee and I'll dance all night.

0:42:47 > 0:42:49I thought I told you, though,

0:42:49 > 0:42:52that dragging somebody else to this, it doesn't make any sense.

0:42:54 > 0:42:56What, I should impress Thelma?

0:42:56 > 0:43:00Thelma is going to be impressed tonight by our son.

0:43:00 > 0:43:02- You sure?- Yeah.

0:43:02 > 0:43:05Now why don't you get out of here, huh? Go on home, get some sleep.

0:43:05 > 0:43:07All right, I will.

0:43:07 > 0:43:10- I was just going to sign this DD-5 you were waiting for.- Good.

0:43:13 > 0:43:16- Have a good time, Lieutenant. - Oh, thanks, I intend to.

0:43:20 > 0:43:21Great.

0:43:55 > 0:43:58- You're not mad I made you see her again?- No, sweetheart.

0:43:59 > 0:44:01I don't know how many times I've seen that picture,

0:44:01 > 0:44:04not including reruns on TV,

0:44:04 > 0:44:08- and every time my heart breaks. - As long as you had a good time, babe.

0:44:08 > 0:44:10- Why is that?- What?

0:44:10 > 0:44:13That I know all these terrible things about Noreen Dixon,

0:44:13 > 0:44:16and I see her up on the screen, it doesn't matter.

0:44:16 > 0:44:19- Everything else goes away. - Well, it's magic, babe.

0:44:19 > 0:44:22All the great ones got it, it's why we keep going back.

0:44:22 > 0:44:25- Magic?- Yep. And romance.

0:44:25 > 0:44:30- In fact, I have been thinking about that all day long.- Lacey!

0:44:30 > 0:44:31Mrs Lacey.

0:44:34 > 0:44:36Oh, honey.

0:44:37 > 0:44:39Madame?

0:44:40 > 0:44:42Perfect timing, Jimmy.

0:44:56 > 0:44:59Magic and romance. Once around the park, Jimmy.