Remington Steele S03E13
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00:00That man is an imposter. I'm Atomic Man.
00:03I love that man.
00:05I'll kill you before I'll let you destroy my creation.
00:08Atomic Man is wanted for murder.
00:11I didn't realize the penalty for bad acting was that stiff in this country.
00:14Doc!
00:16We know that Max didn't kill Spooner.
00:19Well, you have to do one more thing.
00:21What's that?
00:22You have to prove it.
00:24But Miss Davenport has an airtight alibi.
00:26Pick, pick. Is that all you can do?
00:28If there are holes in this case, we'll plug them.
00:30Television, Mildred.
00:32Dens the mind, corrupts the soul.
02:28A laboratory experiment explodes, transforming everyday scientist Mark Slate into the Atomic Man.
02:43A force with such power the world has never known.
02:58Mark uses his superhuman strength to rid the world of crime and injustice wherever he finds it
03:23in an endless battle to bring peace to mankind.
03:35What you've just seen is a clip from the original Atomic Man TV series.
03:41A series that, in spite of poor direction, simplistic writing, and, at best, adequate acting by the lead,
03:49is enjoying phenomenal success in syndication today.
03:54Why?
03:57Heroes.
04:01People wanted them then.
04:03People need them now.
04:05When I first saw Atomic Man, I knew I would one day make it into a big-budget feature,
04:11but only if I had the right actor.
04:15My associate, Jennifer Davenport,
04:22and I scoured the country looking for the one man who could embody the virtues of the Atomic Man
04:30and yet still have the look of the 80s.
04:33We didn't want just another hunk.
04:35We wanted an actor with ability.
04:37An actor with depth.
04:39An actor with sincerity.
04:42Ladies and gentlemen, the star of Atomic Man, the movie,
04:47Brit Bostwick.
04:52Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
04:55That man is an imposter! I'm Atomic Man!
04:58Everybody, a hand for my surprise guest.
05:02The main actor who originally portrayed Atomic Man, Maxwell Donahue.
05:07Listen, you can't treat me this way. I gave the best years of my life to that character.
05:11I'm the only one who can play Atomic Man, and I'm the only one who will.
05:14I love that man. You're beautiful, Donahue.
05:17Yeah, well, you're a treacherous snake-spooner.
05:19I'll kill you before I'll let you destroy my creation!
05:23So, you really think it went well?
05:26They thought you were terrific.
05:28They did, didn't they?
05:30Oh, I love this business.
05:33You don't think that has-been Donahue brought things down to you?
05:37No, the press ate it up.
05:39Yeah.
05:41Did you hear the reaction when they heard I landed Roger Foreman to produce?
05:45The man's a legend.
05:47Hasn't made a picture in a decade, and he comes out of retirement to work with me.
05:51Isn't that beautiful?
05:53Why didn't you tell me about Foreman?
05:56We're partners.
05:58You direct, I produce.
06:00That's what you said when we signed the papers.
06:02Listen, baby, it's not me.
06:04We're talking a $25 million project.
06:07The studio wanted somebody with experience.
06:10Well, this whole project was my idea.
06:12I got the studio interested. I got you involved.
06:15I went to the mat to wrestle away the rights.
06:17I'm gonna take care of you, baby.
06:20I'm thinking of making you my assistant, my executive assistant.
06:23Oh, so I can fetch your coffee and polish your ego?
06:26No thanks.
06:29Hey, you don't want to be a part of this project?
06:32It's up to you.
06:37It's not only the project, is it, Stephen?
06:41It's us.
06:44You're bored with me.
06:46I always did have a short attention span.
06:50You're not getting rid of me that easily.
06:53Baby, you're gone.
06:55You're gone.
07:04Though many evil forces have tried,
07:07none have yet discovered the secret source of Atomic Man's great power.
07:17Atomic Man.
07:19I was just waiting for the news.
07:21Quick look at the day's events, weather, stock market quotations.
07:25Our client, Mooney the Carpet King, is waiting in my office.
07:29I hope you know your cut pile from your loot pile.
07:32I'll just gather my notes.
07:35Go ahead and shoot. You can't hurt me. I'm Atomic Man.
07:39I have a great power that radiates from inside me and cannot be extinguished.
07:44Wonderfully dreadful.
07:48That show is timeless.
07:50You're a fan, are you?
07:52I used to watch it as a child.
07:54It reported all the values that my mother wanted me to adopt.
07:58Goodness, truth, justice.
08:00Chastity?
08:02As a matter of fact,
08:04it was those values that I had in mind when I created Remington Steel.
08:09I'm not sure I like the fact that my origins have come from a comic book television hero.
08:14It was that television hero who in some part inspired me to choose this profession.
08:19Well, lucky for Mr. Mooney he had.
08:22Now, what say we join forces to, you know,
08:26do battle with the evil carpet thieves of the world, eh?
08:29Yeah.
08:36Sorry, pal, your name's not on the list.
08:38No, it has to be.
08:40Spooner's office called me no more than an hour ago.
08:42You check with him. You'll see.
08:44All right.
08:49Isn't that the loon they booted out of here?
08:54Stephen Spooner's office.
08:56No, absolutely not.
08:58No, the man has been harassing Mr. Spooner for days.
09:03Oh, and be careful.
09:05He has a violent temper.
09:15Sorry, pal.
09:17But this is ridiculous.
09:19I was told to get into my costume and come down here and see Spooner,
09:23and that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
09:25Hey, Sid!
09:27Come on.
09:29Hey!
09:48Hazel?
09:50Would you mind doing my office now?
09:52I have an important call to make. I don't want to be interrupted.
09:55Oh, sure thing, Miss Davenport.
09:57Thanks.
10:18Hazel?
10:20Can you see the time?
10:22My contacts are making everything blurry.
10:2411 o'clock on the button.
10:26Oh, just in time for Atomic Man.
10:28Hey, would you turn the set on, please?
10:30Oh, sure thing.
10:47Aah!
11:05Go ahead and shoot.
11:07The power of the atom is only realized when it is split.
11:18Hazel, I have to make that call now.
11:21Hmm?
11:23Oh, oh, sure thing, Miss Davenport.
11:47Aah!
12:11Jennifer?
12:14Don't call me baby.
12:32Hey, it's that cook we just tossed.
12:43Aah!
13:13Hazel, I'm sorry. I am just so clumsy.
13:15Oh, don't worry about it, Miss Davenport.
13:19I'm running ahead of schedule tonight anyway.
13:29And turning to the local scene,
13:31all Hollywood is saddened by the tragic death of Steven Spooner,
13:34who was murdered last night in his Studio City office.
13:37The 25-year-old director was preparing his latest film,
13:40Atomic Man, the movie.
13:42Luckily, Maxwell Donahue,
13:44the actor who portrayed Atomic Man on television from 1961 to 1964,
13:48is being sought in connection with the crime.
13:51Homicide detective James Jarvis had this to say at the scene last night.
13:56Well, things are still kind of sketchy,
13:58but we do have several eyewitnesses
14:00who claim they saw Mr. Donahue running from the scene of the crime.
14:03And, of course, you know he did threaten to kill Mr. Spooner
14:06at a press conference earlier this week.
14:08So at the moment, he is our primary murder suspect,
14:11and we have a murder arrest warrant.
14:21Ah, good morning! Yes!
14:24Ready to take a magic carpet ride
14:26into the fascinating world of...
14:29floor coverings? Persian, Chinese, Turkish?
14:32Huh?
14:34Perhaps your interest lies in domestic tuff, sir.
14:36What would you say to a nice little American shag?
14:38Hello, nice little American shag.
14:40What's wrong, Laura?
14:41Atomic Man is wanted for murder.
14:43Really?
14:45I didn't realize the penalty for bad acting was that stiff in this country.
14:48No, real murder. The police are after him.
14:51He's innocent, and he's being hunted down like an animal.
14:55How do you know he's innocent?
14:57Atomic Man could never hurt anyone.
15:00Laura, I realize how important Atomic Man was to you in your formative years,
15:05but you must remember one thing.
15:07What's that?
15:09He's just an actor in a silly suit.
15:17You promised Mooney that we'd meet him there before ten
15:20so it wouldn't interfere with those live television commercials he does.
15:23Remember?
15:25Right!
15:27I am.
15:29Poor man needs help. He's alone. Frightened.
15:33He can't get to us. We'll have to get to him.
15:40Are we still talking about the carpet, Kate?
15:43Huh?
15:58Steel, glad to see you.
16:00Oh, good morning.
16:02Where's Miss Holt?
16:04Well, she was right behind me. I had no doubt she was working on that.
16:07Your security system.
16:09The sooner we install it, the better.
16:11Last week, I had enough indoor-outdoor stolen
16:14from this store alone to blanket the Astrodome.
16:17And I've got 19 outlets.
16:19Oh, excuse me. I have one of my commercials to do.
16:22Go ahead.
16:38Theodore Mooney of Mooney's Carpets,
16:40where we've had happy customers since 1964.
16:43We have a large selection of brand names in stock.
16:46Lifgym, Schlatt, Grubb.
16:51The Flift, Melman, Glimm.
16:56Really, Laura?
16:58You've not only reverted to childhood, you've practically returned to the womb.
17:02I had to let Max know I wanted to help.
17:04Television seemed the best medium for the message.
17:06Lifgym, Schlatt, Grubb is a message?
17:09With the Atomic Man decoder ring, yes.
17:11Yes.
17:13Remington Steel.
17:15Remington Steel Investigations.
17:17Mildred? No, she's not here.
17:19Laura, what makes you so sure this man's going to call?
17:22I mean, the chances of him having seen this...
17:24Allow me.
17:26I guess I could try some filing.
17:28Steel here.
17:31Ziff.
17:33Klimp.
17:35Blurg, blurg, blurg, blurg.
17:37It's for you.
17:39Mr. Donahue?
17:41Yes, I'm Laura Holt.
17:43I believe in your innocence and I want to help.
17:45Is there a place that we can meet?
17:47Mildred, I'm worried.
17:49Miss Holt?
17:51Usually she's the logical one.
17:53I mean, everything by the book, allowing precious little time for emotions to creep in
17:55and cloud her perceptions.
17:57Now look at her.
18:00Laura, where are you going?
18:02To meet Max.
18:04Laura, the man is dangerous. He's already wanted by the police for murder.
18:06The fugitive.
18:08Yes, the fugitive, Maxwell Donahue.
18:10No, the fugitive.
18:12David Janssen, a Quinn Martin production, 1963 to 1967.
18:14Mm-hmm.
18:16But, Mildred, you're an American.
18:18What's she talking about?
18:20It's an old television series.
18:22David Janssen played a man running from the police
18:24for a murder he didn't commit.
18:26He'd been framed.
18:29You think you can get your innocence on a television show?
18:31How many times have I followed you blindly
18:33just because you thought one of our cases
18:35bore a faint resemblance to the plot of some silly movie?
18:37Press on, Miss Holt.
18:41I'm with you every step of the way.
18:43Uh, just one moment.
18:45Where does one find an atomic man?
18:49They call themselves Tommies.
18:51Oh, really?
18:53They're all fans of the show.
18:55A few times a year they get together for...
18:58No costume this year.
19:00I'm sure you look positively fetching
19:02in your little cape and booties, eh?
19:04Never mind. We've got to find Max.
19:06Oh, yeah? And how do you propose we do that
19:08in this sea of duplicates?
19:10You won't have to.
19:12He just found us.
19:17Miss Holt?
19:23This is my boss, Remington Steele.
19:25He's a very famous private detective,
19:27and he wants to help you very much.
19:29Yes, Miss Holt has convinced me
19:31that you're the David Janssen of your time.
19:33Um, thank you both really for believing in me.
19:35Are you sure you weren't followed here?
19:37Uh, well, a couple of cops chased me,
19:39but I shook them off.
19:41I'm still pretty fast on my feet.
19:43I do a little jogging and workout.
19:45You know, this damn costume shows every bulge and ripple.
19:47Yes, well, apparently you weren't fast enough.
19:49Have a look, Laura.
19:51Jarvis?
19:53Mm-hmm. You two slip out the front.
19:55I'll occupy the huckleberry fin of homicide, okay?
19:57Oh.
19:59Ah, Detective Jarvis! Good to see you.
20:01Remember me? Oh, Mr. Steele!
20:03Mr. Steele! Yes!
20:05I haven't seen you since you hunted me
20:07for a murder I didn't commit. Remember that?
20:09Hey, tell me, are you a Tommy, too?
20:11Hmm? Hmm?
20:13Oh, no. No, no, no.
20:15Actually, I'm working on a case.
20:17Oh, I see. Fascinating. Tell me all about it, Detective.
20:19Please do. Hmm?
20:21What? No, no, no, no, no.
20:27There he is, and I think she has something I'm after.
20:29Hey, look, everybody! It's Jimmy Jones!
20:31Jimmy Jones, right here!
20:37Coming!
20:39Coming!
20:45Detective Jarvis, what a surprise.
20:47I want Maxwell Donahue.
20:49He's innocent.
20:51He threatened to kill Stephen Spooner.
20:53He was spotted leaving the scene of the crime.
20:55Circumstantial.
20:57His fingerprints were on the murder weapon.
21:01Now, I suggest you get him to the nearest police station
21:03as quickly as possible.
21:05Otherwise, you'll be looking at a few charges yourself.
21:07Such as?
21:09Obstructing justice,
21:11aiding and abetting a fugitive,
21:13accessory after the fact. How does that sound so far?
21:15Impressive.
21:17It's a very nice place you've got here.
21:19It's light and airy
21:21and a hell of a lot more spacious
21:23than a jail cell.
21:27Is there no way you can prove
21:29Spooner wanted to see you
21:31in costume at precisely
21:3310.30 last night?
21:35No, I already told you.
21:37His secretary called me about 9.30.
21:39She said she went home at 6,
21:41and her time card backs her up.
21:43Somebody called me.
21:45That didn't look good, Max.
21:47Oh. If you think that looks bad.
21:49Wait till you hear this.
21:51The...
21:53murder weapon?
21:55What about it?
21:57Well, it, uh...
21:59just may have
22:01my fingerprints on it.
22:03Well, how could that be?
22:05It was a prop in the show,
22:07and when I read that Spooner was gonna do the movie version,
22:09I sent it to him.
22:11My way of reminding him that I was Atomic Man.
22:13Good heavens, Max.
22:15The more you explain, the worse it sounds.
22:17Mr. Steele, please,
22:19believe me, I'm not a murderer.
22:21I'm just an actor
22:23who wants to act.
22:25Atomic Man was probably
22:27the best and the worst thing
22:29that ever happened to me.
22:31As a struggling actor, it was great.
22:33Money was good, put food on the table,
22:35sent a couple of nieces through college.
22:37But then...
22:39The series got canceled?
22:41Yeah, and I couldn't get arrested.
22:43I mean, it didn't seem to matter to anybody
22:45that I played Hamlet, I played Tartuffe.
22:47One rave notices
22:49from the San Francisco Theater Guild.
22:51No, I was Atomic Man,
22:53and they didn't think
22:55I could play anything else.
22:57But you know, in the long run,
22:59it really didn't seem
23:01to matter because...
23:03everywhere I went,
23:05people still thought of me
23:07as a hero.
23:09I like that.
23:11Yes, well,
23:13it can be addictive, can't it?
23:15Mr. Steele,
23:17don't you see?
23:19If I killed someone,
23:21I'd lose the only thing I have left from my career.
23:23My reputation.
23:25You understand that? You're a hero.
23:27The amazing sleuth
23:29who's never been stumped.
23:31Yes, well,
23:33that's me all right, isn't it?
23:35Of course, the only difference between us
23:37is that you really are Remington Steele.
23:39I'm just an actor
23:41playing a part.
23:43Well, we're all actors,
23:45Max, at one time or another.
23:47Some of us just have better roles.
23:49What now, Chief?
23:51When Jarvis comes up empty
23:53at Miss Holt's, he's sure to look for him here.
23:55Mmm.
23:57Well, Mildred, what Max needs
23:59is...
24:01a new costume.
24:03This is my security system?
24:05Simply a provisional measure
24:07until Mr. Steele can install
24:09the electronic surveillance and protection hardware.
24:11But I have 19 stores!
24:13Oh, and we will take care
24:15of each and every one of them, I assure you.
24:17Now, Officer Kimball here
24:19is merely here to provide uninterrupted service
24:21in the interim.
24:23One officer?
24:25He's the best in the business.
24:27And we're prepared to provide
24:29round-the-clock protection
24:31if you have a place for him to stay.
24:33There's a storeroom in the back.
24:35Follow me.
24:39What'd you say your name was?
24:41You look very familiar.
24:43Uh, Kimball.
24:45Kimball.
24:51Oh, oh.
24:53I'm-I'm sorry.
24:55I-I didn't expect to find anyone in here.
24:57I'm Laura Holt.
24:59Jennifer Davenport.
25:01Can I help you?
25:03Yes, I'm a private investigator
25:05working on the Stephen Spooner murder case.
25:07I thought the police had their man.
25:09Well, there are a few things
25:11that don't quite add up.
25:13Such as?
25:15Uh, you and Stephen Spooner
25:17were partners, yes?
25:19Stephen and I were united
25:21in every sense of the word.
25:25Well, I'm-I'm surprised
25:27after a loss like that you wouldn't
25:29close down for a while.
25:31Well, rather than suffer depression,
25:33I choose to bury myself in work.
25:35Stephen would have wanted it that way.
25:37Ah.
25:39I'm dedicating the picture to him, of course.
25:41Oh!
25:43Jeez.
25:47Ladies,
25:49lovely day, isn't it?
25:53Oh, thank you.
25:55Thank you very much.
25:57Oh, God.
25:59Mind your hand, Miss Holt.
26:01Oh, um, Wellington Steele.
26:03Hello. Odd.
26:05To say the least.
26:07That service couldn't support me.
26:09It supposedly held up fine under Maxwell Donahue,
26:11who has me by pounds.
26:13Another thing that doesn't quite add up.
26:15You keep saying that, Miss Holt.
26:17Now, what exactly
26:19troubles you about Max's guilt,
26:21aside from the fact that you're obviously
26:23working for him?
26:25No, for one,
26:27why throw the murder weapon with your fingerprints on it
26:29through a window and alert witnesses
26:31to your presence at the scene?
26:33Well, the man panicked.
26:35Ah, that doesn't explain why he wore his Atomic Man costume
26:37to commit a crime. I mean, hardly an ideal
26:39way to conceal his identity, is it?
26:41Or why he showed up at the main gate instead of simply
26:43climbing over a wall?
26:45You have a great many questions.
26:47Do you have answers to go with them?
26:49Ah, no, not yet. But the most important thing is
26:51we know that Max didn't kill Spooner.
26:53Now, all we have to do is
26:55figure out who did.
26:57Well, you have to do one more thing.
26:59Oh? Really?
27:01What's that?
27:03You have to prove it.
27:09She did it. I know she did it.
27:11But what's her motive?
27:13I thought she and Spooner
27:15were cozy under the covers
27:17as well as business partners.
27:19It's there, Mildred.
27:21All we have to do is dig it up.
27:23Laura, I hate to be a wet blanket,
27:25but Miss Davenport has an airtight alibi.
27:27The cleaning lady
27:29puts her in her office at 11 o'clock,
27:31precisely the time the studio guards
27:33saw the killer climbing down the trellis.
27:35Pick, pick. Is that all you can do?
27:37If there are holes in this case,
27:39we'll plug them.
27:41Laura, you're going off half-cocked,
27:43letting your emotions cloud your judgment.
27:45Now, I say we sit down, look at this calmly, logically good Lord.
27:47I'm beginning to sound like you, and you're beginning to sound like me.
27:49Nice change of pace, isn't it?
27:51You establish that Jennifer was the one who called Max
27:53while I punched some holes in her alibi.
27:55Television, Mildred.
27:57Dens the mind, corrupts the soul.
28:19Max?
28:21Officer Kimball here. May I help you?
28:23It's Steele.
28:27You can't be too careful.
28:29Max, would you recognize the voice
28:31that told you to come to the studio the night of the murder?
28:33Oh, gee, I don't know.
28:35Say yes, Max. We're desperate.
28:39What is it now, Mr. Steele?
28:41Oh, I just thought I'd give you a call
28:43to see how you're faring up.
28:45How do you think I'm faring
28:47with the man I loved brutally murdered?
28:49Mozart.
28:51When the woman called, there was music playing in the background
28:53just like that.
28:55What about the voice?
28:57Mr. Steele, are you still there?
28:59I'd stake my life on it.
29:01You are.
29:03Miss... Miss Davenport, rest assured,
29:05we're closing in on this murder
29:07even as we speak.
29:09Yes, good day.
29:11Good work, Max.
29:13Now, back to your old ends and remnants.
29:15Go on, mate.
29:17Fact.
29:19Stephen Spooner was going to have you replaced
29:21as producer of the Atomic Man movie.
29:23I'm a great admirer of Roger Foreman.
29:25I think he'll add a lot to the production.
29:27Fact.
29:29Your contract with Spooner for the Atomic Man rights
29:31carried a survivorship clause,
29:33which means now that he's dead,
29:35you own it all.
29:37His love for Spooner
29:39means now you own it all.
29:41His lawyer insisted on that clause.
29:43Fact.
29:45Maxwell Donahue recognized your voice
29:47as the one who called him to the studio
29:49the night of the murder.
29:51A desperate man will say anything.
29:53Under the circumstances, which one of us
29:55do you think the police will believe?
29:57You killed Stephen Spooner.
29:59I was watching Atomic Man with Hazel
30:01at the exact moment
30:03Maxwell Donahue
30:05dispatched my beloved
30:07onstage in the sky.
30:09Well, she has you there.
30:11Only for the moment.
30:13There's got to be a way to nail her for Spooner's murder.
30:15So long as Hazel swears
30:17she was watching television with her,
30:19we're going to have a hell of a time proving she's guilty.
30:21That's it. The time.
30:23She changed the time.
30:25Nice try, Laura, but the station broadcasts
30:27Atomic Man at 11 o'clock.
30:29Columbo.
30:31Peter Falk. Universal Studios.
30:331975.
30:35An episode entitled Playback.
30:37Oscar Burner kills his mother-in-law.
30:39He seems to have the perfect alibi
30:41until Columbo discovers he used a videotape
30:43to alter the apparent time of the murder.
30:45Are you suggesting
30:47Spooner wasn't killed at 11 o'clock?
30:49No. I'm saying Hazel wasn't with Jennifer at 11.
30:51She only thought she was
30:53because Atomic Man was on.
30:55But she was actually watching the tape.
30:57Now all we have to do is find that tape.
30:59If Columbo can do it,
31:01so can we.
31:05Come on.
31:11The fugitive.
31:13Columbo.
31:15Really, Laura, I'm learning more about television than I cared.
31:17Shh.
31:25Okay, let's go.
31:35Come on.
31:57Have a look.
31:59She had the means.
32:05And the tape.
32:13Psst.
32:15I suggest we watch this one at home.
32:17Come on, quick. Let's go.
32:35Max?
32:41Max?
32:43I warn you, I'm armed.
32:45And dangerous.
32:47It's Laura Holt.
32:49Oh, Miss Holt.
32:51Um...
32:53What are you doing here?
32:55I thought it was time you finally heard some good news.
32:57We're this close to clearing you.
32:59Oh, that's wonderful.
33:01I'm glad you're here.
33:03Oh, that's wonderful.
33:05Atomic Man triumphs again.
33:07Oh, no, no, no, no.
33:09I'm afraid Atomic Man had very little to do
33:11with this triumph.
33:13Oh, I don't know.
33:15He gave me the inspiration to press on with the case.
33:17Well, now, you know,
33:19it's fans like you that have kept me going
33:21all these years.
33:23I was, uh...
33:25I was four when the show first came on.
33:27I couldn't even
33:29pronounce Atomic Man.
33:31So I came out
33:33Tom Mix Man,
33:35and that's what my father always called it.
33:37I used to...
33:39I used to climb up on his lap,
33:41and we'd sit there, the two of us,
33:43entranced by your exploits.
33:45And I'd always cry
33:47when the show was over. I wanted more.
33:49Yeah.
33:51So did I.
33:53After the first season,
33:55my father wasn't around
33:57very much.
33:59My mother...
34:01I...
34:03That's how marriages go
34:05after a while, you know.
34:07I guess he found
34:09more and more excuses to stay away
34:11from the house.
34:13So I'd have to climb up into his chair
34:15and watch you all by myself.
34:19But I always made believe
34:21I was sitting in my daddy's lap
34:25with his arms around me.
34:27The smell of his aftershave
34:29in my nostrils.
34:33And we were both watching him.
34:37You gave me a lot of happiness, Max.
34:41A lot of memories I could call on
34:43after my father
34:45finally left for good.
34:57Where are you going?
34:59To call the police.
35:01Max, you're a fugitive.
35:03Lie low.
35:05Hide.
35:27Shhh.
35:57Laura!
36:03My hero.
36:13First-rate, Kimball.
36:15Thank you, sir.
36:19Congratulations.
36:21You're both under arrest.
36:27Ah, Miss Holt.
36:29Mr. Steele has made your bail.
36:31Would you please get
36:33Miss Holt's personal effects?
36:35Really, Miss Holt,
36:37I'm absolutely astounded by your behavior.
36:39I'm seriously going to have to consider
36:41your position within this agency.
36:43After all, I have my reputation to maintain.
36:45I'm going to have to consider
36:47your position within this agency.
36:49After all, I have my reputation to maintain.
36:51I'm going to have to consider
36:53your position within this agency.
36:55I have my reputation to maintain.
36:57You got the wrong man, Jarvis.
36:59That's not what the evidence says.
37:01Max was framed
37:03by Jennifer Davenport.
37:05I'll prove it.
37:07Are you going to bully a confession out of her?
37:09I don't know if there's enough room
37:11on the sheet for harassment.
37:13I assure you, Detective, Miss Holt
37:15would not break any laws from now on.
37:17I promise you that.
37:19A good doctor, the proper drugs,
37:21a little shock therapy,
37:23okay.
37:25Check them and sign for them.
37:27What's this?
37:29That's, uh, something I bought
37:31at the Atomic Man convention.
37:35You know, you really ought to have him
37:37take off the studio property sticker next time.
37:39It kind of makes it look stolen.
37:43We are not looking at
37:45a breaking and entering charge here,
37:47are we, Miss Holt?
37:49Uh,
37:51I think I'm going to hang on
37:53to it just until the morning.
37:57I just want to make sure
37:59Miss Davenport's collection is complete.
38:03Perhaps we can see the prison now, hmm?
38:05Things couldn't look better, Max.
38:11You ought to see it from this side.
38:13We know who killed Spooner.
38:15That's great.
38:17And with your help, we're going to prove it.
38:19How can I help?
38:21By giving the performance of your life, mate.
38:25Okay.
38:27Mr. Donahue,
38:29since it is your confession,
38:31please start wherever you like.
38:33It all started
38:35at a 5,000-watt radio station.
38:37Mr. Donahue, I meant the night of the murder.
38:39Oh, oh.
38:41Um, well, um,
38:43after the guards
38:45tossed me off the lot,
38:47I, um,
38:49I doubled back
38:51and I jumped the fence.
38:53I landed in a clump of hydrangea.
38:59Hmm.
39:01Looked around
39:03to make sure no one was watching.
39:05And I slipped into the production building.
39:09I crept down the hall
39:11one step at a time,
39:13planning
39:15planning,
39:17plotting,
39:19knowing what I had to do.
39:21Knowing what I'd been driven to do,
39:25I arrived at Stephen Spooner's office
39:29and I flung open the door.
39:33There!
39:35Make sure you get all of this.
39:37There sat Stephen Spooner,
39:39the man who told me
39:41I was too old to be a superhero.
39:45Then I saw it.
39:47May I?
39:51My atomic scepter.
39:55Actually, um,
39:57this looks more like my proton.
39:59Uh, anyway,
40:01I took the scepter in my hand
40:05and it felt good.
40:07And I crept
40:09up on Spooner
40:11and I...
40:13I hit him!
40:15Do something!
40:17Max is going into his big finish. Come on!
40:21But I missed.
40:25This made Spooner angry.
40:29So, um,
40:31we fought!
40:37I...
40:39I struggled
40:41and he struggled
40:43and I...
40:49And I...
40:51choked him!
40:53Yes!
40:55I mean, no.
40:57He died from a blow to the head.
41:01Then obviously
41:03I'm not the murderer.
41:05What are you talking about?
41:07Uh, well, I say I choked him and you say I hit him.
41:09One of us better get our story straight.
41:19Oh, Max was nothing short of brilliant tonight.
41:21You see?
41:23Maybe television isn't the vast wasteland
41:25you think it is.
41:27Perhaps I misjudged the medium.
41:31Then again...
41:35You know, you need to dampen your spirits,
41:37Lieutenant Columbo, but the fact that
41:39Jennifer has a tape of Atomic Man doesn't prove
41:41that she played it the night of the murder, you know.
41:43One thing at a time, all right?
41:45What's gotten into you anyway?
41:47You used to have such flair, such style.
41:49Always ready to take a chance,
41:51play a hunch.
41:53Well, one of us has to keep our feet on the ground, Laura.
41:57You're really enjoying this role of Ursula, aren't you?
41:59Punching holes in my theories,
42:01threatening me with shock therapy.
42:03Really trying to keep you from going off the deep end?
42:07Yes, of course.
42:09You'd like company.
42:11Oh.
42:13Shut up and watch.
42:21Go ahead and shoot.
42:23The power of the atom is only realized
42:25when it is split.
42:33No!
42:45Oh, dear God.
42:47It's still the same.
42:49I keep hoping I'll wake up
42:51and I'll be watching Gone with the Wind.
42:53Or even Heaven's Gate.
43:03I'm sorry, Miss Hope,
43:05but it took me a while
43:07to find anybody working at the station this early.
43:09Now, here's the broadcast tape
43:11of the atomic man show.
43:13Great.
43:17I'm gonna have a shower.
43:33An evil man.
43:35The Commandant dedicates his life
43:37to the task of destroying the atomic man
43:39and all that is good.
43:45What are we looking for?
43:47I'll let you know when we find it.
43:51That's fair.
43:57Aha!
43:59Aha what?
44:01Throw a towel on Mr. Steele, Mildred.
44:03We're going to make mincemeat
44:05out of a murderess.
44:09You almost got away with it.
44:11You had everything figured.
44:13Everything except this tape.
44:17I hope this dreadfully boring woman
44:19has a point to all this, Detective Jarvis.
44:21I gave up a racquetball game
44:23to be here today.
44:25The least we can do is hear her out.
44:27Before I bust her for stealing police property...
44:29You simply borrowed it, Detective.
44:35Stephen Spooner dumped you.
44:37You knew eliminating him
44:39would save your career.
44:41Having seen Max
44:43at the press conference,
44:45you knew you had the perfect scapegoat.
44:47So you proceeded with the perfect crime.
44:49You used a prop
44:51you knew Max had handled
44:53and then threw it out the window
44:55to attract attention.
44:57When they saw you in your borrowed costume,
44:59they naturally assumed you were Max.
45:01How many ways can I say it?
45:03I was right here in this office
45:05watching TV with Hazel.
45:07Ah, yes. The perfect alibi.
45:09And it was perfect.
45:11Almost.
45:13Like they say in Hollywood, Miss Holt.
45:15Cut to the chase, eh?
45:17It was easy to figure out
45:19that you'd set the clock in your office ahead
45:21and playing a tape
45:23of Atomic Man for Hazel
45:25was brilliant.
45:27Hazel?
45:37Handy gadgets,
45:39these remote controls.
45:49Watch very carefully.
45:55Hazel, do you remember seeing this scene?
45:57Sure do.
46:01Miss Davenport?
46:03Of course. I was right here with Hazel.
46:05Is all this leading somewhere?
46:07Really, Detective.
46:09Forgetting Miss Holt's criminal tendency,
46:11she is still a brilliant investigator.
46:13Brilliant.
46:15Is all this leading somewhere?
46:25Aah!
46:31Aah!
46:37Here's how the show aired that night.
46:41That's impossible.
46:45No, Miss Davenport.
46:47That's syndication.
46:49When a program is broadcast for a local station,
46:51its length is edited to allow for more commercials.
46:53The scene you both claim you saw
46:55was unceremoniously cut in the middle.
46:59You and your Atomic Man.
47:03A killer caught by a lousy television show
47:05on a rotten commercial.
47:07There's something poetic about that.
47:09Although for the life of me,
47:11I can't think of what.
47:15You know, I just don't know how to thank you.
47:19You never lost faith in me.
47:21Well, after all, you are the Atomic Man, eh?
47:23Oh, no, not anymore.
47:25Sorry to hear they killed the movie project.
47:27No, don't be.
47:29My agent just called,
47:31and he's got me the title role in a new TV series.
47:35Laser Man.
47:37Hey, Max, well done.
47:39I must say, Max,
47:41since I've known you,
47:43I've developed a deeper satisfaction
47:45and gratification for the small screen.
47:47You know something?
47:49You're not such a bad-looking guy yourself.
47:53You ever consider an acting career?
47:55Ha, ha, ha!
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