Remington Steele S02E07
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00:08Mildred!
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00:11I'm starting to think that we're the only two people in the whole state who have yet
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00:22I think someone's shooting at us.
00:23Why?
00:24Because we're kissing.
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05:18What do you say, Game?
05:19Great setting.
05:20Not a single word about work.
05:22Good food.
05:23Good wine.
05:24And?
05:25Tons of fresh air.
05:26And?
05:27Lots and lots of running.
05:32The film dripping with passion...
05:35and all she remembers is the running.
05:43Oh, look out!
05:48Are you all right?
05:50I'm fine. Where did that come from?
05:52I don't know.
05:54Let's take a breather, shall we?
05:56Come on.
06:00Go! Come on!
06:12This way.
06:18Come on.
06:36Oh, my.
06:38Oh, my.
06:42Oh, Mildred, you're here already.
06:44Anything yet on that serial number?
06:46What serial number?
06:48Oh, right.
06:50From yesterday, you called.
06:52No license plate.
06:54Just the make off the car and a serial number, right?
06:56Right.
06:58Well, maybe that's the information.
07:00Oh, no, no.
07:02I think that came in already.
07:04Mildred, if that isn't the information you're practically sitting on,
07:06then what is it?
07:08Oh, trust me, Miss Holtz,
07:10you don't really want to see this.
07:12Mildred.
07:14I can't stop him.
07:16I try to trace it back to the source,
07:18but he's using an encoded signal,
07:20and I can't crack it.
07:22He longed to unveil
07:24the mystic secrets of her flesh,
07:26to run his hands
07:28madly across the soft,
07:30tawny curves of her shimmering form.
07:32Whoever's sending this
07:34has done the obscene phone call
07:36one better.
07:38Oh, well, his style gets a little steamy at times,
07:40but I wouldn't call it obscene.
07:42How long have you been getting these transmissions
07:44from the Dark Prince?
07:46A day or two.
07:48Maybe three.
07:50A week. A week?
07:52Oh, please, Miss Holtz, don't tell Mr. Steele.
07:54I don't want the boss to think that I'm using
07:56company equipment for my personal stuff.
08:00Can I count on you for that, sort of gal to gal?
08:04You can count on me, Mildred.
08:06Gal to gal.
08:08Thanks.
08:12Thanks.
08:20What are you doing?
08:22Oh, merely stroking a lady
08:24into revealing her secrets.
08:26Ah, she's in outstanding condition for an Auburn.
08:281936, I'd say.
08:30Supercharged speedster.
08:32Are you hoping that the horn will start honking
08:34or the lights will blink on and off in Morse code?
08:36Ah, you'd be surprised at things a car can tell you
08:38with a little, uh, forbearance.
08:40Take this fender, for instance.
08:42It's a replacement.
08:44How can you tell? The paint.
08:46The color's off just a hair.
08:48Has a different feel to it. Also, have a look at this.
08:50It appears
08:52something nicked the grillwork
08:54out of shape.
08:56Whoever straightened it out was none too handy about it, either.
08:58Anything else? Well, the gauges have taken
09:00some scratching and the upholstery's seen its share
09:02of wear and tear. That's about all I could get
09:04from a quick once-over. Oh, did Mildred come up
09:06with the address on that owner of record?
09:08Dr. Ellis Harvey of Bel Air.
09:10But he has yet to file a stolen car report.
09:14So he took her as only a man
09:16can take a woman who yearns,
09:18who begs to be taken?
09:20This is the address.
09:22Yes, thank you.
09:38Well,
09:40what do you think?
09:42Should we try the classic insurance agent ruse
09:44or something more unconventional like
09:46door-to-door evangelist on the holy mission?
09:48He's the one that's missing the car that tried to kill us.
09:50Why don't we let him do the talking?
09:52Oh.
10:08Nobody answers.
10:10Perhaps I should slip around the back and...
10:12Break in.
10:14Laura, why must you always assume that my intentions
10:16are criminal? Don't answer that.
10:18You just keep an eye out, and don't worry,
10:20I'll be very discreet.
10:38Okay.
11:02Look out!
11:08Help me!
11:12My luggage?
11:14My car? My house? What's happening?
11:16Hello, I'm Laura Holton. You must be Dr. Harvey,
11:18am I right?
11:34Ah, we're in luck.
11:36I think we arrived just in time to scare them off,
11:38and from the looks of things, nothing was taken.
11:40But they took the car.
11:42They did?
11:44I'm afraid so.
12:00Looks as if they came in through there.
12:02Good thing we're happy to be walking by just now, eh?
12:04You were walking? In Bel-Air?
12:06Isn't that illegal?
12:08Perhaps we should report the car to the police.
12:10No, that is, I'd rather not involve
12:12the authorities if at all possible.
12:14The fact is, I was planning to sell it
12:16as soon as I got back anyway.
12:18Oh, you've been away?
12:20In Europe for three months.
12:22I needed some time with my wife.
12:24Practicing psychiatry really can be murder on a marriage.
12:26But if you don't file a police report,
12:28you won't even be able to collect the insurance.
12:30It's not that I don't want to get it back somehow, but...
12:32Ellis, stop it.
12:36You're allowing a defense mechanism
12:38to suppress the guilt at the expense of your true feelings.
12:42I had an affair in that car.
12:44Dr. Harvey, please,
12:46you don't have to say another word.
12:48No, but I do.
12:50Shame is a non-growth emotion,
12:52even with total strangers.
12:54I offered to drive a young woman home from a party.
12:56I guess with the wine we had
12:58and the rush that bourbon gives you
13:00tooling it up through the canyons,
13:02our libido's got the best of us.
13:04But your wife found out?
13:06I had to tell her.
13:08She didn't compensate for it at all well.
13:10She took a hammer to one of the fenders.
13:12It cost me a fortune to get it replaced.
13:14So we decided
13:16to take some time together
13:18to recommit.
13:20Naturally, the car became a symbol of my transgression.
13:24So that's why I decided
13:26to come back early and get rid of it.
13:28I'm afraid that if she has to go through
13:30weeks of calls from the police
13:32and the insurance company,
13:34it'll be worse than if it was sitting out there in the garage.
13:38I don't know what to do.
13:40Perhaps you should consider hiring a private detective.
13:42It so happens
13:44we have some friends who are wonderful
13:46with this kind of problem.
13:48Isn't that right, dear?
13:50Or the best. Very discreet.
13:54Yes, I've been holding.
13:56No.
13:58I don't want to buy the car.
14:00I'm just trying to find out
14:02who owned it before a Dr. Har...
14:04Yes, I know
14:06your DMV computer is very busy now,
14:08but... No, no, no, please don't hang up on me again.
14:14There's nothing nice about a bureaucracy.
14:16Maybe Mildred's had better luck.
14:18She should be here soon.
14:20I hope so. I think our friend the doctor
14:22might be right about the streets of Bel-Air.
14:26This is city property.
14:28They can't do anything to us.
14:38If Mildred's not here in five minutes,
14:40let's look for a bus stop in Meck.
14:42Laura.
14:44Most people are hesitant to intrude on something like that.
14:46I applaud your thinking, but I don't quite understand
14:48why we're checking out the car's previous owners.
14:50I got the idea from you.
14:52Oh, I see.
14:54No, I don't.
14:56Fender, you were right about having it replaced.
14:58Whatever's going on
15:00must have something to do with that car.
15:02Maybe one of the past owners can give us a lead.
15:08I'm afraid
15:10we might have to forgo the bus stop.
15:20I got here as soon as I could,
15:22but did I come at a bad time?
15:24Uh, yes and no.
15:42I'm sorry I didn't get any more on that car,
15:44but when the DMV's computer
15:46finally came through,
15:48our computer was kind of tied up.
15:50Dead end, huh?
15:52Well, in that case,
15:54we might as well head right back for the office.
15:56What's this car look like?
15:58The Auburn? Uh-huh.
16:00Well, I'd say it's very stylish
16:02without being flashy or daring,
16:04yet understated.
16:06Actually, it looks a lot like... Like that!
16:08All right, that's it. Mildred, follow that car.
16:10You really mean that, Mr. Steele?
16:12Mildred, we're gonna lose it!
16:14Oh, Lord, my first tail!
16:20You don't have to run him down, Mildred.
16:22Right.
16:24Just see if you can keep
16:26a couple of car lengths back, Mildred.
16:28Right.
16:30Damn, he made me!
16:32Mildred, quickly, catch up to him!
16:34No, Ford! Go, woman, go!
16:36You've got it!
16:38Whoa!
16:40Whoa!
16:42Easy, ladies.
16:51Come on!
16:59Where is he?
17:01There he goes! Where? Come on!
17:03Come on, Mildred! Hit it!
17:05Don't panic! Don't panic!
17:21I blew it!
17:23My first chase, and I blew it!
17:25Steady. Steady.
17:27That's a supercharged speedster you were trying to catch.
17:29Even the best of them may have lost it.
17:31Maybe not.
17:33Look at that.
17:35Uh-huh.
17:51Hi, Wesley Poon, Timeless Motors.
17:53Hello.
17:55How can we serve you today?
17:57Are we looking to take a step up in our driving image?
17:59Or perhaps a gift?
18:01Or becoming to Mother's speed in vintage?
18:03And what vintage is that supposed to...
18:05Now, Mother, please, I'm sure Mr. Poon,
18:07Poon, was only trying to be helpful.
18:09The fact is, we've really been after
18:11that, uh, very special car.
18:13Oh, I see.
18:15I see.
18:17The fact is, we've really been after that, uh,
18:19very special Auburn.
18:25You know, I, uh, I did have this car,
18:28but I thought I sold it.
18:30Uh-huh.
18:32I know I sold this car.
18:34It was a little more than a year ago
18:36to some doctor in the area.
18:38Uh, Vanessa.
18:40Vanessa, be an angel and bring me the file on this Auburn.
18:44Oh, this car.
18:46This, you remember this car, don't you, Wes?
18:49Vanessa, I remember every car I sell.
18:51Oh, no, Wes, this car.
18:53Remember the night you won the Million Dollar Sales Club thing?
18:56We celebrated in this car.
18:58Remember? I brought the champagne.
19:00Oh, Vanessa, Vanessa, that'll be all.
19:02They don't need to be bored by company chit-chat.
19:04Oh, say, are you here about the letter?
19:06Letter?
19:07What letter?
19:08The, the letter.
19:09It arrived a couple months ago.
19:11At first I thought it was some weird kind of promotional gimmick,
19:14but it had Auburn in it, so I stuck it in the file.
19:17May I?
19:19The key to something of great value is hidden in your Auburn,
19:22and you know what I mean.
19:24Soon.
19:25Well, that certainly makes everything very clear.
19:27It does?
19:28Oh, of course, thank you very much, Mr. Poon,
19:30and you, of course, Vanessa.
19:32You've been more than helpful.
19:34If you just let Mother have a copy of that file here,
19:36we'll take it from here.
19:37I'll see you soon, Mother.
19:39Excuse me, where are you taking this car?
19:41Oh, don't worry.
19:43Gaylord's a very good driver.
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20:06Oh.
20:08Any luck?
20:09I don't know.
20:11Oh.
20:12Hmm?
20:14Last November's issue of Psychology Today,
20:18and a parking ticket.
20:20Oh.
20:21What about you?
20:22Six parking stubs and an aspirin.
20:24Doesn't seem like the sort of things the letter had in mind, does it?
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20:32You know, we still don't know if this letter has anything to do
20:35with a car coming after us.
20:38What?
20:40Nothing.
20:41I just can't help thinking of Dr. Harvey's libido
20:44getting the better of him in here.
20:46Oh, of Vanessa welcoming Wesley Poon
20:48into the Million Dollar Club.
20:50Although it seems an awfully tight space
20:52to trip the light fantastic, doesn't it?
20:55Well, where there's a will...
20:57There's a way.
20:59Laura, this afternoon when you suggested that we, um...
21:04Neck...
21:07Was that really to avoid the policeman?
21:09Yes.
21:12And no.
21:14Yes.
21:15And no.
21:18I think someone's shooting at us.
21:20Why?
21:21Because we're kissing.
21:22Someone always shoots at us when we're kissing.
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21:36The key to something great, Vanessa,
21:39is to have a good time.
21:42The key to something of great value...
21:45The love she had protected for so long
21:48and now could not wait to have snatched...
21:50Is hidden in your auburn.
21:52Deep in a place so private, she hardly knew it herself.
21:56You know what I mean.
21:58Oh, he knew what she meant.
22:00Soon.
22:02Any moment, the wave would crest,
22:05crashing through her in rippling undulations.
22:08Mildred, this doesn't make any sense.
22:10Who cares?
22:12It's still wonderful.
22:14I meant this.
22:17Oh.
22:19Now, according to Wesley's file,
22:21the car was bought by a Joseph Berkholzer,
22:24and before that, it was owned by a Clarissa McCollum.
22:26McCollum, like the park?
22:28It could be. I don't know.
22:30But let's run a check on all of them,
22:32including Dr. Harvey.
22:34This letter, the shooting at the park,
22:36somebody must have something to hide.
22:38What were you doing in Los Amantes' lookout?
22:41Oh, well, Mr. Steele and I,
22:44we stopped to, uh...
22:47Yes.
22:50All right, Mildred, let's have it,
22:52because I know I'm not going to get anywhere on this letter
22:54with you staring at me like that.
22:56I'm sorry.
22:58Who am I to think you want to tell me about your personal life?
23:01I can't help wondering.
23:03The picnic? The lookout?
23:05Do you and the boss have something going?
23:08Yes, we have.
23:10Oh!
23:12And this something, is it really something?
23:15If you mean the something your dark prince writes about, no.
23:19Oh.
23:21Well, what sort of something do you have?
23:25Well, I don't really know yet, Mildred,
23:28but it's definitely something.
23:30But I'll keep you posted, sort of, uh, gal to gal.
23:33All right?
23:36Oh, dear God!
23:39Is it the same one?
23:41It must be.
23:43Oh, you promised.
23:45I promised.
23:47Oh, my God!
23:49Oh, my God!
23:51Oh, my God!
23:53Oh, my God!
23:55Oh, my God!
23:57Oh, my God!
23:59Oh, my God!
24:01Oh, my God!
24:04Is it the same one?
24:06It must be.
24:08Oh, he promised me a surprise.
24:10How on Earth did you find it?
24:12Oh, you're wonderful.
24:14I don't care, I don't care,
24:16if it is bad luck to see him before everybody go get Joe quick.
24:20I take it, you must be Mrs. Bercossa?
24:23No, but I will be in 20 minutes
24:25if the reverend can remember his lines.
24:28I suppose Joe told you that we made love
24:30for the very first time in this car.
24:32I was still married to Calvin then,
24:34and, oh, I can remember sitting there and telling Joe
24:36that no matter what we thought, it was impossible for us,
24:39something that was never meant to be.
24:41But I was wrong, wasn't I?
24:43And here's the proof.
24:44Well, I hate to shatter anyone's illusions, but.
24:46Oh, no, no.
24:47I mean, that's not possible.
24:48I thought that I would never get over Calvin's death.
24:51Oh, I knew that it was just one of those senseless shootings
24:54you hear about on the news all the time.
24:57But I felt so guilty.
24:58I blamed myself.
25:00And now Joe is back, and, oh.
25:03Oh, Joseph, I think you are the most extraordinary man alive.
25:15Where am I now?
25:16I don't know.
25:31What can I do for you?
25:32My name is Laura Holt.
25:34I'm looking for a Clarissa McCollum.
25:35Does she still live here?
25:36Well, I, uh.
25:37Who is it, Sam?
25:39Mrs. McCollum?
25:40Actually, I'm from Classic Motor Magazine,
25:42and my editor had this crazy idea of doing an article
25:45tracing the histories of some great classic cars.
25:48Well, I'm afraid we don't own anything like that.
25:50What classic car?
25:52A 1936 supercharged Auburn Speedster.
25:55According to the DMV records, you were the original owner.
25:58The Auburn.
25:59What do you want to talk about an old car for?
26:01Oh, now, don't be rude, Sam.
26:03We have a guest.
26:05Go in there and make us a pot of tea.
26:09Can I offer you a cup?
26:10I'd love one.
26:13Boy, you really put me in a bind
26:15showing up like that, sport.
26:18Are you sure you won't change your mind now
26:20and sell me that car?
26:21I'll guarantee you 50% profit.
26:23Well, the car's really not mine to sell.
26:25I'm merely looking into this little mystery for a friend.
26:28You wouldn't by any chance receive a copy of a letter
26:30that looked like this?
26:33The key to something of great value
26:36is hidden in your Auburn, and you know what I mean.
26:39Soon.
26:41It's weird, but it's news to me.
26:43And you can't think of any reason or anything
26:45that would make someone willing enough to kill for that car?
26:47To tell you the truth, I never really bought the car.
26:50Way back when, I did some work for the first owner.
26:55She ran out of cash, and so I took the car in trade.
26:58After a while, I got bored with it,
26:59and I sold it to some car dealer.
27:02Well, in that case, sorry for the inconvenience,
27:04and thanks for your time.
27:05Hey, you're welcome to stay for the wedding if you want.
27:08That's very kind, but, uh, weddings make me cry.
27:11Ha, ha, ha.
27:20My husband, John, bought me that car.
27:23John bought me lots of things.
27:25He seemed determined to prove to the world how much he loved me.
27:30I don't think he really knew how.
27:33What did you do?
27:35I fell in love with someone else.
27:37Langston.
27:38Langston Drews.
27:40My husband had hired him to do some surveying on the estate,
27:44and I'd walk along with him on the surveys.
27:47He was always checking his compass,
27:50counting his strides, scribbling maps.
27:54But he was so frightfully handsome,
27:58and I felt so empty.
27:59And your husband never knew?
28:01Not at first.
28:03Langston would meet me in the Auburn by the garden,
28:07and we'd drive through the woods to the large chestnut tree
28:10with the bench and make love.
28:13The best love.
28:16Not that sordid stuff you see in the movies nowadays.
28:20I'm almost afraid to ask.
28:22Yes, John found out.
28:25He'd given me a senselessly expensive necklace
28:28and invited all our friends over to appreciate his generosity.
28:32I got an urgent note from Langston.
28:35It was risky, but I slipped away.
28:38When I met him at the car, he insisted that we run
28:41away together then and there.
28:42Well, I hadn't expected anything like that.
28:46I thought he'd gone mad.
28:47I was terrified.
28:48I said no.
28:50Somehow, he took the necklace.
28:54When I returned to the party, it was gone, and John knew.
28:58Did you think he had something like that in mind
28:59from the very beginning?
29:01I couldn't believe that, but I didn't know what to think.
29:06Langston knew that estate better than any of us.
29:09He knew they'd be waiting for him at the gate.
29:12He was arrested.
29:14John used his influence to get him
29:16a hopeless prison sentence.
29:20They searched the car 100 times, the house, the grounds.
29:25But to my knowledge, the necklace was never recovered.
29:28And you never saw Langston again?
29:31Never.
29:33Sometime later, John died.
29:38And except for the Auburn, he left
29:41the entire estate to the city.
29:43I think it's a park now.
29:45Then you met and married Sam?
29:47Oh, Sam and I aren't married.
29:49We're just living together.
29:52I think it's more exciting that way, anyhow.
29:54Oh.
29:54Oh.
29:55Oh.
29:56Oh.
29:57Oh.
29:58Oh.
29:59Oh.
30:00Oh.
30:01Oh.
30:02Oh.
30:02Oh.
30:03Oh.
30:04Oh.
30:05Oh.
30:06Oh.
30:07Oh.
30:08Oh.
30:09Oh.
30:10Oh.
30:11Oh.
30:14How was it for you, Laura?
30:17Oily.
30:19But it hardly seems like the key to something of great value.
30:23Well, the letter said it was in the Auburn.
30:26Something was keeping this wedged in place.
30:28Come on.
30:29Back under.
30:32Well, so far, all we've managed to come up with
30:34is a massive recording tape caught in the seat coils.
30:38And the yellow Rolls Royce.
30:40This is still an Auburn, no?
30:41No.
30:42The yellow Rolls Royce.
30:43Rex Harrison, George C. Scott, Shirley MacLaine, Art Carney,
30:48Ingrid Bergman, Uma Sharif, MGM 1965.
30:51Is there a movie for every case we have?
30:54It seems that way, doesn't it?
30:57You see, this yellow Rolls Royce is
30:58passed on from owner to owner.
31:01The only connection between them is
31:03that they each had an affair in the car, which changed
31:05the course of their lives.
31:06This car does seem to have that effect on people.
31:08Of course.
31:10With a passion.
31:11Mm.
31:13Mm.
31:14What is that?
31:16What is it?
31:16Oh.
31:18Oh.
31:21It looks like a bullet.
31:24A bullet.
31:26Naturally.
31:28The grill of the car.
31:29Come on.
31:35The shot must have torn through the grill,
31:36gone under the engine, and lodged itself in the carriage.
31:39Didn't you tell me the new Mrs. Berkholzer
31:40said her first husband was killed in a senseless shooting?
31:43I think it's time we had another little chat
31:45with Mr. Berkholzer.
31:46That won't be necessary.
31:49I don't know how you found out about me and Calvin,
31:51but for what it's worth, it was an accident.
31:55He'd gotten wise to me and Jeanette.
31:56He didn't know she was going to break it off,
31:58so he threatened to kill me.
32:00We struggled in front of the car.
32:02The gun went off.
32:03I was just a construction worker for him then.
32:07I couldn't give Jeanette the life she needed,
32:09but I knew if she ever found out that I shot Calvin,
32:11I'd never get her back.
32:13So I dumped his body in the park.
32:15I fixed the grill.
32:16I spent the last eight years building a contracting
32:19company of my own.
32:20Yes, well, it seems you have everything now, doesn't it?
32:23That's right, and I don't intend to lose it now.
32:29I didn't want to do this.
32:31That's why when I got your letter,
32:32I tried to steal the car, but you got it back.
32:35Then I thought a couple of shots would scare you off,
32:37but you just kept coming.
32:38We never sent any letter, but that
32:40didn't explain why you tried to run us down
32:42in the park in the first place.
32:44What park?
32:45I don't know what you're talking about.
32:48I've got a honeymoon plane to catch,
32:50and we're all out of time.
32:52I'm sorry.
32:53Move!
32:54I could have sworn you didn't have a gun.
33:02I don't.
33:11Incredible.
33:12A little too well-timed, even for a good Samaritan.
33:15And we're not even kissing.
33:32Gun, the bullet, Burke Holzer's confession.
33:36We've certainly done a heck of a night's work for the DA.
33:38Yep, which doesn't solve our problem, eh?
33:41Do you think whoever sent those letters
33:43was out to blackmail Burke Holzer?
33:44I'd like to think so, but it just doesn't make any sense.
33:48If they knew about the murder, why
33:49send letters to everyone else?
33:52Now, whoever's behind this wants us right in the middle.
33:55Now all we have to figure out is why.
33:58Which leaves us with a coil full of tape.
34:01Maybe there's something on this that
34:02can put all the pieces together.
34:04I'll try to get this unscrambled.
34:07There certainly are enough pieces
34:08to go around, aren't there?
34:10Laura?
34:11Laura?
34:24Morning.
34:25Morning.
34:26You know, I realized when I got home last night,
34:28we still had to put the car back together.
34:30No problem.
34:40Nothing left over.
34:41Nothing of any importance.
34:43Now the tape.
35:11Well, they seem fairly engrossed in their own mysteries.
35:13I don't think it's doing us any good.
35:17Well, one runs across this kind of problem
35:19time and time again in detective work.
35:22The trick simply is to think of it purely as evidence.
35:24Nothing more.
35:26And you can listen to this without being moved?
35:29No.
35:30Leave.
35:31No.
35:33Leave.
35:34Leave.
35:36No.
35:37Leave.
35:38No.
35:42No.
35:43No.
35:47No.
35:48No.
35:49Leave.
35:51Leave.
35:51Leave.
35:56What?
35:59All right, so it's driving me crazy, so I'm human.
36:02So am I.
36:04So?
36:05So the whole bloody case has been like this.
36:07I'm starting to think that we're the only two people in the whole state
36:10who have yet to make love in that car.
36:12Well, I didn't go looking for that.
36:14And what about Tom Jones then, eh?
36:17And all those other little hints you've been dropping.
36:19What hints?
36:23And so he took her.
36:25As only a man can take a woman.
36:28Who yearns, who begs to be taken.
36:32Laura, can you honestly stand there and tell me that you don't want us to be lovers?
36:36You know I do.
36:38Well, then why aren't we on the phone right now?
36:41I mean, planning a weekend in paradise.
36:45What is it you're really afraid of?
36:47Langston Drews.
36:49Who?
36:50Exactly, who.
36:51A mystery man who cut a fast tangle through a woman's life
36:54and left her with nothing but a scrapbook full of memories.
36:57I don't want that.
36:59You mean my past, don't you?
37:11Oh, I see you got my research on Dr. Harvey and Clarissa McCollum.
37:15Yes, well, just on our way out.
37:17The case, as it were?
37:18The case.
37:19The case.
37:28Well, good news, Dr. Harvey.
37:30We found your car, by the way.
37:32Oh, that's wonderful.
37:35Tell me, Dr. Harvey, has your wife returned yet?
37:37No, she decided to stay a few days longer.
37:39Well, that's very interesting, because according to our research,
37:42you've never been married.
37:43Now, are there any other little corrections you'd like to make to your story?
37:49You found the tape, didn't you?
37:51As a matter of fact, I did.
37:54You found the tape, didn't you?
37:56As a matter of fact...
37:57I knew when I came back and found you in here it was no accident.
38:01And then when I went through my mail and found the letter you sent...
38:05How much do you want to keep quiet about her?
38:08Her who?
38:09You know who. Monica.
38:12The patient of mine I had the affair with.
38:14You had an affair with one of your patients?
38:16Oh, I knew you could get me drummed right out of psychiatry for something like that.
38:21But when Monica first came to see me, she was a broken spirit.
38:24Crushed by betrayal and rejected at every turn.
38:27And then, week by week, bit by bit, we began to build a whole new life together.
38:34New job, new friends, new clothes.
38:39You don't know what it's like to do that for someone.
38:41Right before my eyes, she blossomed, and she loved me for it.
38:46As a doctor, I knew I should have discounted that, but...
38:49I couldn't.
38:51She continued to come and see me, even though we both knew it was no longer necessary.
38:55We'd go out to dinner and call it a session.
38:58We'd go to the theatre and call it a session.
39:00And then one night we went out for a ride in the Auburn, and it was a session no longer.
39:07Somebody must have got wind of it, because I found a tape recoil under the seat.
39:11The tape was all mixed up with the coils.
39:13I tore out as much as I could, but I always suspected I didn't get all of it.
39:19It was then I realized how wrong I'd been.
39:22So, a few days later, I told her it had to end.
39:26She lost control. She started to smash the fender with a rock.
39:32Well, after she calmed down, I referred her to another psychiatrist at my expense.
39:36Had the fender fixed and took off for Europe to let things cool down.
39:40Dr. Harvey, we never sent you any letter,
39:43and we have no interest in your previous indiscretions.
39:46Oh, the sounds of them. There are no more copies.
39:51I don't understand.
39:53Join the club?
39:59Back to where it all started. Now what?
40:02I don't know, but if it wasn't for Dr. Harvey and his tape,
40:06or Burke Holzer and his bullet,
40:08then the only one left is Clarissa and her missing necklace.
40:11Well, it's not in that car, and you can take my word for it.
40:14She told me they searched the car when they stopped him at the gate,
40:17and they couldn't find it.
40:19But he had it when he left here.
40:21He?
40:23Langston Drews.
40:25Ah, yes, the mystery man. Whatever happened to him?
40:28According to Mildred's research, he died six months ago in prison.
40:31They mailed his papers and effects to Clarissa.
40:34Oh, pity he's not here to give us a clue.
40:37Isn't he?
40:39Maybe he is.
40:41But I'm not planning on cutting a fast tango through your life,
40:44and I'm not going to stop wanting you,
40:46but those are the only guarantees I can give you.
40:48I know.
40:52Shall we go?
40:54I'd like some time to myself here.
40:57Okay. See you in the car.
41:04See you.
41:22He was always checking his compass,
41:25counting his strides, scribbling maps,
41:27and we'd drive through the woods to the old chestnut tree.
41:31Well, the gauges have taken some scratching.
41:54You were right. Langston did give us a clue.
41:57A map of some kind.
42:00Can you think of anything? Gauges.
42:02The rims are all nicked, but they're too regular to be accidental.
42:05Do you have a compass?
42:07As a matter of fact, I do, on my keychain.
42:12And I think I know where he may have stopped.
42:14Okay. Okay.
42:30Is this the place? I think so.
42:33Give us that piece of paper with the compass markings.
42:38Okay. Let's go to the tree.
42:40All right. Yep. Let's try it.
42:45All right. Okay.
42:48Ready? Yep. North.
42:50One, two, three, four.
42:53One, two, three, four.
42:57That's roughly it. Roughly. Okay.
43:00One, two, three, four.
43:05Well, if that's right, this is it.
43:08Okay. Let's see.
43:10Should we move it around?
43:18Okay.
43:28Uh-huh. Okay.
43:33Necklace. Necklace.
43:37Found by the best detectives in the city.
43:40Sam!
43:42Sam.
43:44You sent those letters? Guilty.
43:46I thought maybe one of the former owners had found what I was looking for,
43:50and I had to test their reactions.
43:52Who would have thought that an old car could have so many secrets?
43:55But if you knew about the necklace...
43:57Knew about it, yes.
43:59But where it was, how to find it, no.
44:01In the papers that they sent us after Langston died,
44:04all he said was that the key to the necklace was in the car.
44:08That was all.
44:10Look, you know that Clarissa and I are not rich.
44:14You know, I thought if we could lay our hands on that necklace,
44:18I could give her everything that I want for her.
44:21All the things that I can't give her.
44:25Without her knowing, I took my savings out,
44:29and I hired this private detective, a cheap one.
44:32He took all my money, but all I got in return
44:35was a list of the names of the previous owners.
44:38No key, no necklace, nothing.
44:40So you stole the car and tried to run us both down in the park, is that it?
44:43That wasn't meant to harm you.
44:45But I didn't have any more money, and I wanted the best,
44:48and that seemed like a good way to get you interested.
44:51Then it was you who shot at Burkholzer.
44:53I never figured there was going to be a killer in this,
44:56but when he took those shots at you, I figured I'd better stay close by.
45:00You were working for me, even though you didn't know it,
45:03and I couldn't see you getting hurt.
45:07Well, now I, uh...
45:13I'd like to have that necklace, if you don't mind.
45:16Sam, don't do this.
45:18Don't, Sam?
45:20I told you to wait at the car.
45:22There was one to do what I'm told. You know that.
45:25Clarissa, that necklace is worth a million dollars.
45:28It can mean a whole new life for us.
45:31It's a little late for a whole new life now, Sam.
45:35I don't want the necklace.
45:37I didn't want it when John gave it to me,
45:40and I don't want it from you.
45:42Not like this.
45:46Will Sam have to go to prison now, like Langston?
45:49Well, he did save our lives, after all.
45:52If he cooperates with us, there's a good chance he won't have to.
45:57Put down the gun, Sam, and come home now.
46:03Someone to make the tea, keep our bed warm.
46:08You're all I want now, Sam.
46:11Don't you know that yet?
46:20You know where to find me.
46:35What was that?
46:36Oh, no, nothing, nothing. Just a rundown of the case.
46:39I guess Clarissa meant what she said
46:41about turning the necklace over to the city with the rest of the estate.
46:44But it's hard to stop thinking about all those people,
46:47all that passion, all for love.
46:50Well, at least we won't be tortured by the constant thought
46:52of what we might be doing in that Auburn, eh?
46:56Excuse me. I'm Alma Prince, and I'm looking for Mildred Krebs.
47:01Miss Krebs isn't here right now, but perhaps we could help you.
47:04Well, it seems that my son Robert
47:06has become a little too fond of playing with his computer
47:09and has been sending Miss Krebs, among others,
47:11shall we say, transmissions of a sensitive nature,
47:14and I think that Robert owes her an apology.
47:17You mean he's the Dark Prince?
47:19Who?
47:20Well, I did it.
47:22Now, before you say anything, I want you to know we need another write-off,
47:25and the agency could always use another car,
47:27and Dr. Harvey let it go for a song, so I did it.
47:30I bought the Auburn.
47:31What?
47:32I knew you'd be excited.
47:34Oh, hi.
47:36Well, who might you be, young man?
47:38Someone called the Dark Prince.
47:40What?
47:41Oh!
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