Remington Steele S03E19

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00:00Very flattering for us to be immortalized in such a popularized art form.
00:06Dashing Dave, you?
00:08They've captured you quite well, Laura.
00:09Doll face?
00:10Dits with the orphan Annie eyes?
00:12The hair has a certain similarity.
00:15Someone's trying to kill me.
00:22Whatever happens to Dick Darkside happens to me.
00:27You're here on business for that no-good, self-righteous weasel.
00:32You're not welcome here.
02:26No, no, no, no, no.
02:56This place is starting to look like beacons on a bad day.
03:11If you'd just let me put all these into the computer.
03:14Absolutely not, Mildred.
03:16I will not have this agency's history condensed on a single floppy disk.
03:20You hit a wrong button and you bring a whole new meaning to Gone in 60 Seconds.
03:25We need more room.
03:27Some place that's not being used.
03:31Wasted space.
03:33Oh, no, no, no, no, Miss Holt.
03:34No, the boss has strict orders not to be disturbed.
03:37I'll take full responsibility, Mildred.
03:39But...
03:48Ah, good morning, Miss Holt.
03:51Yes.
03:54Oh, my signature, yes, right.
03:57No, we're running out of room for our old case files.
04:01Oh, well, in that case, carry on.
04:03Please do, please do.
04:08The Blaster.
04:10I might have known.
04:11Oh, yes, wonderful, isn't it, eh?
04:13Very flattering for us to be immortalized in such a popularized art form.
04:17Don't you agree?
04:20Dashing Dave, you?
04:23Well, that granite jaw, that luxuriant black hair,
04:28those steely blue eyes.
04:32You can't deny the resemblance is uncanny.
04:36Oh, look at this.
04:37I think they've captured you quite well, Laura.
04:40Doll face?
04:42That ill-defined blob?
04:45The dits with the orphananny eyes?
04:48Yes, well, the hair has a certain similarity.
04:51So what are we up to these days?
04:54Well, it seems Dashing Dave and Doll Face
04:57are awaiting the arrival of Dick Darkside.
05:00Dick Darkside has just double-crossed the Blaster,
05:03so the Blaster has cut Dick's spray can, see?
05:06Mm-hmm.
05:14Someone's trying to kill me.
05:19Dick Darkside?
05:21Oh, gosh, no, I'm sorry. It's Artie.
05:23Er, Arthur, Arthur Wayne.
05:25Hello.
05:27I inked the Blaster.
05:33Um, you said someone's trying to kill you.
05:36About two weeks ago,
05:38the character of Dick Darkside was put into the Blaster strip.
05:41Just for fun, I kind of filled in his features to look like me.
05:49Ever since then, whatever happens to Dick Darkside happens to me.
05:53Would you care to elaborate?
05:55When Dick Darkside was chased by killer Dobermans
05:58and the next day a strange dog came at me like Cujo,
06:01I didn't even get the connection.
06:03When Dick Darkside was nearly run down by a hitman
06:06and the next day a car ran a red light and almost hit me,
06:09I just thought, hey, Artie, you're in the wrong place at the wrong time.
06:12And yesterday?
06:13My brake line was cut.
06:15From the second I started down Malibu Canyon,
06:17I jumped just before...
06:19So what you're saying is that whoever's reading this strip
06:22could be making these attempts on your life?
06:25Doesn't narrow it down much, does it?
06:27Is there anyone who's threatening you?
06:30Well, someone who might hold a grudge against you?
06:35Anyone who dislikes you a teensy-weensy bit?
06:38Well...
06:40Oh, gosh, I'd hate to get anyone into trouble.
06:43Artie, someone's trying to kill you.
06:45Okay, there are a couple of people,
06:48and, well, I think they hate me.
06:51Hate him? What's to hate?
06:54Artie's one of the nicest guys that I know.
06:57Mr. Steuben, uh, Artie tells me
07:00that you and he had a rather large, um...
07:03disagreement a couple of weeks ago
07:06and that you haven't spoken since then.
07:08Look, it's my job to have disagreements with people like Artie.
07:12I supervise production on a half-dozen strips here at Allied Press Syndicate.
07:16It's up to me to make sure that the stories and the drawings are all up to snuff.
07:20So Artie's work hasn't been, uh, up to snuff lately?
07:23Artie's work was perfect.
07:25But Raymond Kelly, the man who writes the blaster,
07:28he asked me to lean on him, keep him humble.
07:31Well, is that common between an artist and an inker?
07:34Uh, no.
07:36But there's nothing common about Raymond Kelly.
07:39You see, about three years ago, we were gonna drop the blaster.
07:42Nobody was reading it. Well, suddenly, Raymond hires Artie to ink.
07:45Pow. Now the drawings are jumping off of the page.
07:48The whole style has changed. He's saved that strip.
07:51Well, I would have thought that Ray would have been indebted to Artie, surely.
07:55Yeah, but he's not. Instead of being thankful, he's resentful.
07:58His ego won't allow it.
08:00In fact, I think he'd just as soon kill somebody who's shared the credit with him.
08:04Okay, thank you very much.
08:06Good day. Mr. Steele.
08:09I don't know if anyone has ever told you this or not,
08:12but you look an awful lot like Dashing Dave.
08:15Really? Hmm. I must have a look at it sometime.
08:18Good day.
08:20No, I am not, dollface.
08:23I'm sorry. I just assumed.
08:26I know Artie modeled Dashing Dave after Mr. Steele.
08:29He's always admired.
08:31Miss Dirks, could we get back to your feelings about Artie?
08:35Sure. I, um... I love him.
08:39You love him? Artie thinks you hate him.
08:42Oh, Miss Holt, I could never hate Artie.
08:45I don't think any woman could.
08:47He's so open and so caring and so...
08:51Independent.
08:53I guess that's why it didn't work out.
08:56I was suffocating him. Women do that with Artie.
08:59There's something about him that just makes you want to mother him.
09:02Tell me, Miss Dirks, do you know of any other women
09:05who would have granted Artie his freedom?
09:08Someone less understanding than yourself?
09:11Mrs. Kelly. Who is Mrs. Kelly?
09:14Mrs. Raymond Kelly.
09:16The wife of the man who draws the blaster?
09:19It wasn't Artie's fault. Believe me.
09:22She had this Mrs. Robinson complex or something.
09:25She seduced him.
09:27Could she hold a grudge against him?
09:29I don't see how.
09:31She died about three months ago.
09:34Did... Did Mr. Kelly ever learn of the affair?
09:37Oh, no. And please, Miss Holt,
09:39you have to promise that you will never tell him.
09:42If Raymond ever found out, I... Why, he'd kill Artie.
09:46Hmm. Perhaps we should ask Artie a few questions
09:49about the man behind the blaster.
09:51My thoughts exactly, Mrs. Stephen.
09:55Mildred, could you get me Arthur Wayne's address?
10:02Thank you. Uh, I'm sorry, what was that?
10:08I'll tell him.
10:117753 Cedar Road, Fred.
10:16Seems, uh, Aspen has just received
10:19five inches of fresh powder
10:22over an eight-foot packed base.
10:25Really? How interesting.
10:30I didn't know you skied.
10:32On occasion, I was just down the Alps with Jean-Claude.
10:41I was a junior downhill champ when I was ten.
10:45Hmm. Hmm.
10:47I'd love to invite you, Laura, but I couldn't bear the disappointment.
10:51What makes you think you'd be disappointed?
10:54Past history. I mean, every time we've planned
10:57a few uninterrupted moments together, a case interferes.
11:00You don't think that I'm capable of having fun, do you?
11:03I didn't intimate that.
11:05It's just that your idea of a vacation is coming back late from lunch.
11:08I could shut the agency down like that.
11:10Yes, but you never would. I wouldn't?
11:12No. When this case is done,
11:14I will close the office down for a week,
11:16send Mildred on a vacation, and we'll hit the slopes.
11:19I'll show you fun.
11:21I can hardly wait.
11:49Yes?
11:51Uh, Remington Steel?
11:53No, Mr. Steel. I'll buzz you in.
12:49What's that smell?
12:51It smells like almonds.
12:55Almonds?
12:57Yes.
12:59Oh.
13:01Oh.
13:03Oh.
13:05Oh.
13:07Oh.
13:09Oh.
13:11Oh.
13:13Oh.
13:15Oh.
13:18Artie?
13:20Artie?
13:22Open the door!
13:27No time for that, Miss Holt. Excuse me.
13:34Artie!
13:38Is he breathing?
13:48Seems someone put capsules
13:50containing potassium cyanide in your kettle.
13:55Hence the almond scent.
13:57Once they dissolved in water,
13:59they turned ordinary steam into a deadly gas.
14:03You said this comic strip won't be running until tomorrow.
14:06Does anybody know about its contents before then?
14:09Me.
14:11I guess Paul Steuben.
14:13He approves the stories and the rough sketches.
14:15And Sid Rothman. He runs the newspaper syndicate.
14:20What about Raymond Kelly?
14:22Well, sure, he drew.
14:25No, absolutely not.
14:27Mr. Steel, Ray would never...
14:29Did Raymond have access to that tea kettle?
14:32No.
14:34Artie.
14:36He brought some sketches down from Santa Barbara yesterday.
14:39But Sid was here, too.
14:41He came by to check on my work.
14:43Well, I think it's about time he took a trip to Santa Barbara
14:46to have a chat with the blaster himself, don't you, Miss Holt?
14:48Mr. Steel, you don't understand.
14:50Ray has no reason to want me dead.
14:52He loves me.
14:54I'm like the son he never had.
14:56Artie.
15:00We know about your liaison with Mrs. Kelly.
15:06We also know you could be jealous about your, uh, talents.
15:09Miss Holt, Ray's wife chased me.
15:12I didn't know how to say no.
15:15And as for Ray being jealous, everything I am, I owe to him.
15:19Three years ago, when I left art school,
15:22he's the only person who would give me a break.
15:25He worked with me, trained me.
15:27It's not Ray.
15:29I know.
15:42♪♪
15:52♪♪
16:02♪♪
16:12♪♪
16:20Miss Holt?
16:22Psycho.
16:25I beg your pardon?
16:28Anthony Perkins, Janet Lee, Paramount, 1960.
16:32When I was four, my sister Frances took me to see it.
16:36I couldn't go near a shower for years after that.
16:39This reminds me of that psycho house.
16:42Laura, this looks nothing like the psycho house.
16:45I didn't say it looked like it. I said it reminded me of it.
16:48There's a reminiscent foreboding,
16:52an aura of doom,
16:55an almost palpable feeling of evil.
16:59♪♪
17:05Well, rest easy, Miss Holt.
17:08We're here to see Raymond Kelly, not Norman Bates.
17:11Shall we?
17:13♪♪
17:23♪♪
17:33Still, eh?
17:35Now, what's your name, toots?
17:38I'm Laura Holt. We're private investigators.
17:41Oh, yeah, couple of dicks.
17:43I suppose you come for some help from the blaster.
17:46Uh, yes, you could say that.
17:49We'd like to ask you a few questions about Arthur Wayne.
17:52Get out! What?
17:54You get out right now.
17:56You're here on business for that no-good, self-righteous weasel.
17:59You're not welcome here.
18:01Mr. Kelly, I don't think you understand.
18:03Artie is in great physical danger.
18:05Now, you don't understand, doll.
18:07I don't know what Artie's up to this time,
18:09but he's getting nothing more from Raymond Kelly.
18:12Mr. Kelly, we have evidence to strongly suggest
18:15you're trying to kill Artie.
18:17You know, you're worse than those attorneys
18:20and other three-piece suits Artie sends up here.
18:23But you can tell that parasite what I tell them.
18:26The well is dry.
18:29Artie reveres you.
18:31And why not?
18:33I'm Fort Knox.
18:35But money isn't good enough for him.
18:37Oh, he wants credit for saving the blaster.
18:40Well, lady, he's not going to get it.
18:43There's only one blaster, and that's me.
18:47Mr. Kelly, if anything happens to Artie,
18:50we're going to nail you to the wall.
18:53Okay.
19:03Well, it appears we have our man.
19:06I think we should talk to Sid Rothman.
19:08Since Artie's convinced Ray loves him,
19:10I'd like to see if Sid knows what's really going on between them.
19:14Dragging your feet a bit, aren't we?
19:16Not afraid we might have to wrap this case up
19:19and you'll actually have to follow through on your vacation plans, are we?
19:23Ah.
19:33Open return.
19:35Impressive.
19:37But I'm afraid the jury's still out.
19:39They won't be convinced until I see you making snow angels in Aspen.
19:43Why is it that the prospect of a relaxing vacation
19:47has turned from an invitation to a dare?
19:50Because I know how you really should challenge Miss Holden.
20:04Ray hates Artie.
20:06The kid is just too busy worshipping him to notice.
20:09So why doesn't Ray just fire him?
20:11Well, if he'll admit it or not,
20:13Ray knows that he simply doesn't have the style Artie does.
20:17It seems as if Artie should have his own strip.
20:19Well, he tried.
20:20A couple of months back, he brought me an idea that was just great.
20:23Just great.
20:24Of course, I had to turn it down.
20:26Why?
20:27This isn't television, Miss Hold.
20:29We don't change our shows like dirty underwear.
20:32I told him we'd talk when one of our strips fell out,
20:35which is not likely to be soon.
20:37Does Ray know about Artie's strip?
20:40The day after we talked, I saw Artie with his hand in a cast.
20:44He said it was Ray's opinion of his grand notions.
20:58Why didn't you tell us that Ray broke your hand?
21:01He didn't. He didn't break it. He just cracked it.
21:04Anyway, it was my fault. I got in the way of his putter.
21:07Artie, face the facts. The man wants to kill you.
21:10Who knows what he's dreaming up for you in that strip?
21:13Messenger just brought this.
21:15The blaster has Dick Darkside out in the middle of a jungle.
21:18Not too many of them around here.
21:20The arboretum could be a jungle.
21:22The park down the street, the garden out the back.
21:24As far as Ray is concerned, the whole bloody thing could be a jungle.
21:27What are you telling me, Mr. Steele, that it's a jungle out there?
21:32All Mr. Steele is saying is that perhaps it would be a good idea
21:36if someone stayed with you until the guilty party,
21:39whoever it is, is apprehended.
21:41No, I've got a lot of work to do, and I won't be able to concentrate
21:44if I know someone's hovering around babysitting me.
21:47Artie. Really. Go home.
21:50I will call you if I need you.
22:06Dashing Dave to Dollface.
22:09Dashing Dave to Dollface.
22:11Come in, Dollface. Over.
22:16Laura here. There's really no need for code names.
22:20How are things where you sit?
22:24To paraphrase a great American leader,
22:28surveillance is hell.
22:35Any sign of Ray down your end?
22:38Uh-uh. And I'm freezing.
22:41Well, perhaps this might, uh, thaw you out a bit.
22:48Picture a ski lodge in the center of a fireplace.
22:54A stone fireplace with a large, roaring fire.
22:59And people all around, their faces glowing in the light.
23:04I see only two people.
23:06A man and a woman,
23:09shoes off, feet by the hearth.
23:13They're sitting very close together,
23:15mugs of, um, hot, buttered rum in hand.
23:20Toasting one another on a splendid run down the slopes.
23:23He leans into her.
23:25And she to him.
23:27And gives her a big, big, warm...
23:32Handkerchief.
23:48Mr. Steele, get down here. Artie just left.
24:02Where'd he go?
24:04I don't know. I lost him.
24:06I was watching for someone trying to get into the building, not out.
24:09How do you know the man didn't go looking for a carton of milk?
24:12Do we not believe that Ray is trying to kill Artie?
24:15Right.
24:16And that what appears in the strip subsequently happens to him.
24:19So we look for the nearest jungle?
24:21There's gotta be a clue in the drawings.
24:23What exactly was in that jungle?
24:25Bushes, rocks, vines, a waterfall, a...
24:32Oh, no.
24:42Here! Here!
24:46Kick!
24:48Ah!
24:50Ah!
24:56Ah!
25:02Ah!
25:10Ah!
25:32It's okay. It's over.
25:37He was like a father to me. How could he want to hurt me?
25:41Artie, what made you come here?
25:45Ray called.
25:47He asked my advice on some new storylines.
25:50He never wanted my opinion before.
25:53I was so excited.
25:56You're gonna have to give a statement.
25:58It's really more a formality than anything else.
26:01I'm sorry I didn't let you handle this your way.
26:04I'm sorry.
26:12Oh, the poor guy.
26:15Yes.
26:17He's a good man.
26:19He's a good man.
26:21He's a good man.
26:23He's a good guy.
26:25Yes. So it appears.
26:36I still can't believe we're closing down for a week.
26:39Oh.
26:41Miss Holt, you sure the boss doesn't want me to just hang around and cover the phones?
26:45No, Mildred. We all need a vacation.
26:48Mr. Steele ready?
26:50Beats me.
26:52Good morning.
27:01Mr. Steele?
27:03Aspen awaits.
27:07A vacation?
27:09Schussing?
27:11Hot buttered rum?
27:13Après ski?
27:15In a minute, Laura. Something's not right here.
27:18Look at this.
27:20Dashing Dave loses dimples?
27:23No, look at this.
27:25Notice the blue pencil?
27:27It's pretty.
27:29Non-photo blue.
27:31That's a color they use so it won't be reproduced when it's copied.
27:34Oh. How did you learn that?
27:36Well, I had a dash of commercial art training and...
27:42Never mind that. The point is...
27:45Artie claims this is the way he received the artwork, messengered from Ray.
27:49But look at this.
27:52Okay?
27:54Notice the black lead and the type of paper?
27:57This is from Ray's studio.
27:59He doesn't use blue pencils, nor does he have blue pencils, nor this type of paper.
28:04Where are you driving at? I'm not sure.
28:06You're stalling. No, I'm merely following your lead.
28:08I'm not stalling. I'm ready to go. Let's have fun.
28:11I mean your attention to detail, your compulsion to tie up loose ends.
28:14There are no loose ends. The case is closed and we've got plane reservations.
28:20Laura, your slapdash approach to this case is absolutely unfathomable.
28:25Oh, I see.
28:27The picture is becoming very clear now.
28:30Portrait of a devious man.
28:32Could it be that the only reason you invite me on these little jaunts is because you know that I'll say no?
28:36And now that I'm ready to go, you're getting cold feet.
28:45After you, Miss Holt.
28:56Take a left. Just up here.
28:59Six nights and seven days at the fabulous Aspen Chalet,
29:04nestled in a small hamlet at the foot of rolling hills,
29:08the lodge offers the expected, a coup de grace.
29:11Fireplace, hot tub, jacuzzi.
29:14Uh-huh, right.
29:16You said it.
29:18Oh, turn right.
29:20Oh.
29:24I already got the lift tickets.
29:26Have you? Okay, just pull over here, will you?
29:36Okay.
29:38Okay.
29:40That won't be a moment.
29:49Nope.
29:51Doesn't look like we deliver this to any Arthur Wayne.
29:54But this is your receipt? Yeah.
29:57Well, when was the last delivery made from Raymond Kelly to Arthur Wayne?
30:01Uh...
30:03Never.
30:06Care to explain what we're doing here?
30:08Merely retiring a few nagging questions before our trip.
30:12Now, our records do show deliveries from Arthur Wayne to Raymond Kelly.
30:20About three a week.
30:22Thank you very much. Good day.
30:24Must get to the airport, mustn't I?
30:27We're nowhere near the airport.
30:29Hmm.
30:31Just down the hill, I believe.
30:33I never knew you'd go to such great lengths to avoid going away with me.
30:37Well, merely checking Artie's story.
30:40If he lied about receiving the waterfall strip from Ray,
30:43he may well have lied about his rollercoaster ride down the canyon.
30:46He nearly died.
30:48Well, I don't know.
30:50I don't know.
30:52How to murder your wife.
30:54Jack, Lemon, Vin and Lisa United Artists, 1965.
30:58Lemon plays a cartoonist who has a habit of acting things out
31:01before he puts them in his strip.
31:03But Artie only drew what Ray gave him.
31:06Miss Holt, if you're so sure about Artie setting up his own accident,
31:10then I dare you to make it from here to the point where his car went off the road
31:14without using your brakes.
31:17I'm sorry.
31:19I'm sorry.
31:21I'm sorry.
31:23I'm sorry.
31:25I'm sorry.
31:27I'm sorry.
31:29I'm sorry.
31:31I'm sorry.
31:33I'm sorry.
31:35I'm sorry.
31:48Buckle up.
32:05Buckle up.
32:19Oh, Lord, break with discretion, please, Laura.
32:25If this test is gonna prove anything, I've gotta do it just like Artie.
32:36Must you be so faithful, Laura?
32:48Ah, Laura!
32:50I don't think we're gonna make it!
33:06Laura!
33:16Oh!
33:18Oh!
33:20Excellent call, Miss Holt. Excellent.
33:24How did Artie do it?
33:26At night yet?
33:29Well, I doubt a brakeless car can do it.
33:33Well, I doubt a brakeless car could have made these.
33:37And at the speed Artie would have been going without brakes,
33:40there's no way he would have survived a jump from his car.
33:44Speedy Express has no record of delivering any artwork from Ray to Artie.
33:49Yet Artie was always sending material to Ray.
33:53Could it be that Artie was artist, author, and inker?
34:00And with Ray dead,
34:03Artie would have control of the blaster and get everything he felt he had coming.
34:09Perhaps we better catch a later flight, huh?
34:12Ah.
34:19Thank you both so much for coming.
34:22Here, an extra thank-you gift.
34:30Miss Holt, I hope you're pleased with the changes I made to Doll Face,
34:34especially the eyes.
34:36Excuse me, I have to say a few words.
34:39Please, have a seat.
34:53Thank you, one and all, for being here today.
34:56Ray was a wonderful man,
34:59and all our lives will be diminished by his passing.
35:03I'm sure all of us have our own fond memories of Raymond Kelly.
35:10As for me, well,
35:13I owe the man everything I am today.
35:17Before I say a few words about Ray Kelly,
35:22I hope you'll indulge me for just a minute,
35:25and let me tell you about this fine young man, Artie West.
35:30He's a fine young man.
35:32He's a fine young man.
35:34He's a fine young man.
35:36He's a fine young man.
35:38He's a fine young man.
35:40He's a fine young man.
35:42He's a fine young man.
35:44Let me tell you about this fine young man, Artie Wayne.
35:51He has decided to let the blaster rest
35:56and leave us with, well, fond memories.
36:01So much for motive.
36:03Fortunately, for my own personal concerns,
36:06Artie will soon be starting a new strip of his own creation.
36:11Motive, Miss Holder?
36:13Proof, Mr. Steele. Proof.
36:21Find anything?
36:23A disturbing pattern.
36:25Artie started courting Cindy Dirks three months ago,
36:29the same time Ray's wife died.
36:33Artie took his new strip idea to Sid three months ago.
36:37And get this.
36:39Ray's characters, Dashing Dave and Dollface,
36:42were added to the pages of the blaster.
36:44Three months ago.
36:46The little bugger.
36:48He planned this murder three months ago.
36:51He knew then that we'd be the perfect patsies to corroborate his story.
36:55Something happened between Ray and Artie three months ago
36:58that drove Artie to murder.
37:00There might be a clue in Ray's house.
37:03But...
37:05What about the ski trip?
37:07Is that all you can think of?
37:24What's that?
37:27A contract.
37:30Between Artie and Ray?
37:33It appears our troubled inker was more of an indentured servant than a hired hand.
37:37Artie was bound by this contract for seven years.
37:40He was exclusive to Ray.
37:42Anything of Arthur Wayne's created during that tenure
37:45automatically became the property of Raymond Kelly.
37:48Like a new comic strip.
37:50Hmm.
37:52It appears we have a motive, but no proof.
37:58Gaslight.
38:00The flashlight's fine, thanks.
38:02Chapman. Charles Boyer. MGM 1944.
38:06I like your choice of films, Mr. Steele.
38:09Fiendishly appropriate, isn't it?
38:32Yeah.
39:32I like it, sir.
39:34No, no. It's got to be changed. That's all.
39:39Artie, my boy.
39:41How are you?
39:43I saw today's paper.
39:45Yeah, I saw it too.
39:47It's a good one.
39:49It's a good one.
39:51It's a good one.
39:53It's a good one.
39:55It's a good one.
39:57It's a good one.
39:59How are you?
40:01I saw today's paper.
40:03Yeah.
40:05I was surprised to see the blaster.
40:07Did Ray have some extra strips I didn't know about?
40:10Oh, yeah. It's the darndest stroke of good fortune.
40:13How's that?
40:15Sit down.
40:17This bright young talent comes into my office
40:20and says he simply can't stand to see the blaster die.
40:23He loved the strip. He grew up with it.
40:27I'm sure Ray would have wanted...
40:29Listen to me.
40:31So he opens his portfolio, and I swear to you,
40:34he had at least two years' worth of blaster strips and ideas in there,
40:38some of them ready to be inked.
40:40So I said, son, welcome aboard.
40:42But I thought you wanted to let the blaster rest.
40:45You know, for Ray's memory.
40:47Don't you see? Ray was the blaster.
40:49What better way of keeping him alive than to keep the strip alive?
40:52Yes, yes, but...
40:54I want you to rush right on home.
40:56I told this new guy to send you some strips to get inked.
40:59But what about Artie's strip?
41:01There's only so much room in the paper. You know that.
41:06Bird's-eye view is just gonna have to wait.
41:11Artie.
41:15Artie.
41:17How can you do this to me? You promised I could do my own strip.
41:20Calm down. Everything will be all right.
41:22It won't be if you don't get a hold of yourself.
41:24Artie, you're not helping anything by getting so excited.
41:28It isn't good.
41:30Artie.
41:32Artie.
41:52Artie.
42:22Artie.
42:52Artie.
43:22He's here. Come on.
43:53Doesn't sound like part of the plan.
44:10It seems your comic strip was frighteningly prophetic.
44:15Would either of us buy an accident?
44:36Remember in Psycho, when the private detective...
44:39Played by Martin Dawson.
44:41...went to the Psycho house to interview Norman Bates' mother?
44:44Mm-hmm.
44:46He began to climb the stairs one step at a time.
44:50Mm-hmm.
44:52And suddenly,
44:54a woman with a butcher knife comes bursting out of a room and...
44:58Laura, this isn't Psycho. I'm not listening.
45:00Aah!
45:02Aah!
45:04Aah!
45:06Aah!
45:08Aah!
45:11Aah!
45:15Are you okay?
45:24Cindy?
45:30Without your help, we never could have pulled it off.
45:36Oh.
45:39I'll tell him.
45:41Bye.
45:43Sid Rothman?
45:45Yeah.
45:47He told me to tell you that you show great promise as a cartoonist...
45:50and there's an opening for you on the comic page.
45:53Really?
45:55You know, it's difficult to believe that Cindy masterminded that entire thing.
45:59Not when you realize how desperately she wanted to share credit with Artie...
46:02on that new Bird's Eye View strip.
46:04Mm-hmm.
46:06She worked in pushing Artie over the edge.
46:08You know, she was frightened that he'd botch up his attempt to kill us...
46:11and then confess everything.
46:13Well, case closed.
46:15How's the ankle?
46:17It's down to a dull throb.
46:19Terrible, senseless accident,
46:21tumbling down the stairs like that and spreading your ankle.
46:23Small price to pay for bringing a murderer to justice.
46:26Ah, yes, well...
46:28All set to go, boss?
46:30I can't wait to try out these new skis.
46:33Take care of that ankle.
46:35I'll wait for you in the car.
46:37She told me how much she's been wanting to learn to ski...
46:41and since all the reservations are made for two...
46:44I...
46:46Don't worry about me. I've got all this filing to do.
46:48I won't even know you're gone. Have a good time.
46:54Yes, well, another missed opportunity, Miss Holt.
46:58Looks like we're never gonna get together, doesn't it?
47:01Mm-hmm.
47:12Don't bet on it, Mr. Steele.
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