Cobra (1993–1994): Season 1, Episode 12 - Death on the Line - full transcript
Scandal must protect a lonely hearts radio show host when a murderous stalker threatens her again.
the reason women don't respond to you is
because you're not responding to them
you're not being yourself stop thinking
about scoring and start thinking about
connecting
i don't know if i can do that i know you
can
give me a call and let me know how it
goes this is wendy hewitt speaking just
to you on
koxo the station that knows how you feel
why are you alone tom
my wife left me
i wanted to live her life she said stop
loving me years ago she said
she said uh she said and then she went
what do you want i want it back
do you or do you just want someone to
love i
just want someone to be their guest
just close your eyes and i'll be there
i'm glad you called tom tell me what
you're feeling
tyler i got rid of that guy who was
hitting on my girlfriend
you remember don't you of course i do
tyler you're very special to timmy
my girl was running around with other
guys you said to be honest
direct and forceful and she'd realize
she wanted me well
i was forceful and i'm sure she wants
you now more than ever
i know i would thanks for calling tyler
and let me know how it goes with you and
your special lady and i'll be here for
you
right after this
and i'll always be here for you wendy
[Applause]
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so
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orange juice
i made this for your office but i can
think of a much better place for it now
come on renee
do i smell formaldehyde renee's a
taxidermist she works for the county
museum
oh a professional woman that's a stiff
up unless you count the girl that made
balloon animals for the children's
parties
renee and i aren't dating anymore what
happened
i don't know everything was going great
until she took me home and i met her
dobermans
mean and vicious stuffed and mounted
then she wanted to take me home to see
her parents
yeah i don't know the right girl's out
there somewhere i'll find her
i'll die trying and then you can start
seeing monet again
q dallas is meeting with a client at
headquarters maybe that'll take your
mind off your problems
the police believe ernie wallingren was
killed when he surprised a burglar in
his hotel room
i don't think so well what do you think
mr foster and how do you think cobra can
help you
i'm not the one who needs your help it's
my on-air talent wendy hewitt
the love lady do you know our show
yes tell us do you listen to wendy
hewitt well once maybe twice by accident
then you know what the show's like she
establishes a sense of intimacy with her
listeners to create a
the provocative illusion that she's
talking only to you it means she talks
dirty
it's not about sex it's about making
guys who are lonely or
in trouble feel like they've got someone
out there who cares
who'll listen to their problems without
making them feel like jerks
and it doesn't hurt that she has a
sultry seductive voice that drives men
wild
well i won't say that there isn't an
element of flirtation but that's not
what she's about
she really does care about these guys
well i'll tell you truth i don't see
what this has to do with the murder
or with us the gimmick's a ratings
grabber for my station
but like i've told wendy a hundred times
when you reach out into the darkness you
never know who or
what you're gonna touch so what you're
saying is wendy hewitt
may have touched the wrong person ernie
walinggren was one of our sponsors
only in town for a couple of days he was
killed after having lunch with wendy
the last call made from his hotel room
was to her radio show right around the
time of the murder
well maybe he needed some advice
now if ernie wanted to talk to wendy he
wouldn't have called the on-air number
he knew her direct line
but if he didn't make the call who did
somebody who thought she was talking
only to him somebody who might have
gotten jealous
that's what's keeping me awake at night
thought that he might get jealous again
okay mr foster
we look into it thank you
listen scandal if you need advice on
your love life you can always come to me
it was an accident i was looking for a
sports station yeah
you're right
[Laughter]
don't be ashamed to tell her you want
her fred
that you dream about her that all you
can think about is being with her
and she won't be unobtainable anymore
she'll be yours
but what if i tell her all that energy
hello koxo your name please where are
you calling from
okay jack what would you like to talk
with wendy about today
something wrong no
i just thought that all radio
personalities look like rush limbaugh
hmm
five just like me fred i'll always be
you on ko
and i'll be back right after this
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[ __ ] what a surprise now either you've
come down to give me my much deserved
raise or you're replacing me with the
baking with bernice
i want you to meet scandal jackson and
danielle lapointe
they're with cobra
the medical plan or or the malt laker
they're looking into ernie wallingren's
murder
oh look i'll do anything i can to help
but contrary to what mitch thinks his
murder has nothing to do with me or my
show
what makes you so sure there isn't a
connection it's a radio show
i'm not some cersei luring men to their
doom
i'm just somebody to talk to how could
that lead to murder
well there's a lot of desperate lonely
people out there who are looking for
anything to hold on to
it could be that someone has fixated on
you to the point of obsession
my listeners aren't crazy they are
ordinary men who
just want someone to listen that doesn't
make them lunatics
what about the guy who wanted to buy
your underwear to line his coffin
so you listened to my show once or twice
by accident by accident
so tell me does my show drive you mad
with passion
would you kill for the woman you hear on
the radio no
but i'm old-fashioned i also wouldn't
call a stranger with my intimate
problems and let a million people listen
in
hey wendy 15 seconds here thanks sid
we'll talk after the show mitch and i
are grabbing a bite at laguerre
unless you'd rather call in
and three two one
hi i'm back i've been thinking about
fred's call
do you have our old shows on tape no
i was asking mr foster
i knew that uh-huh we got them all and
every call she gets is logged on the pc
and stored on printouts
this was her show the day ernie was
killed great we can start with this and
work backwards and see if anybody stands
out
unless of course you've heard them all
before
i haven't
this is wendy just to you on koxo the
station that knows how you
feel tell me what you're feeling tyler
my girl was running around with other
guys you said to be honest
direct and forceful and she realized she
wanted me
well i was forceful and i'm sure she
wants you now more than
ever that was phoned in at the time of
the murder
dallas has he called before according to
these logs almost every night
we're gonna have to pull all the shows
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this guy's really troubled listen to
and i this her so much but there are
other men
you have to be forceful tyler she needs
to know you're the only man
for her i know i am i can hear her
whispering to me wherever i go
then you are the man of her dreams she
doesn't have to look anymore
good luck tyler and remember no matter
what happens
you can always find me here on koxo
this lady's lighting fuse is out there
this tyler guy thinks wendy is his girl
let me get this straight tyler falls in
love with the woman he's never met he
watches her go out on a date with a man
she hardly knows
then he kills the guy at a jealousy then
he calls up the girl to chat about it on
the radio
help us please is there some coffee out
there two coffees just the kind of guy
you want to set up with your daughter
huh
is there any way we can get the station
to pull a show while we look for this
guy
uh once the fuse is left there's no
point in blowing out the match you gotta
find the dynamite
tyler but who is he who is he what kind
of a guy would fall in love with
somebody he's never met
and then be willing to kill for her my
guess and i do mean guess is that
tyler's had disastrous relationships
with women
that knows the feel he's probably
desperately afraid of intimacy
what appeals to him about wendy is that
he can have intimacy without actually
having to relate to her as a human being
she in danger i don't think so at least
not right now but any man in her life
certainly is
does she have one i don't know does she
scandal
i was joking i don't think tyler's
laughing
when he went to dinner with mitch foss
our station manager
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no
are you all right okay yeah i think so
who the hell was that just a man with a
problem
want someone to listen
well at least she wasn't hurt but we
can't be sure tyler won't strike again
so we put mitch in the cobra safe house
till this is over
and and what am i supposed to do until
then nothing that's what we're here for
just go on with your life as usual
how can i my my life as usual is what
got ernie wallingrt killed what
nearly killed mitch wendy you didn't do
anything tyler did
and what's he gonna do next if i go out
to eat is the waiter dead
if the mailman tries to deliver a letter
to me is he taking his life in his hands
what if a guy smiles at me on the street
will he die too
no one's gonna die how do you know
because i'm not gonna leave you until
tyler's got
help look
you're gonna be safe no one else is
gonna get hurt okay
how can you be so sure
that's why they pay me the big bucks
thanks it means a lot
to me to have you here just return in
the favor
and when have i ever helped you
well what i meant was
i can really use your help to stop this
guy what do you want me to do
what you do best your love life got you
down
did your wife kick you out you just feel
lonely
wendy hewitt's here for you with advice
answers
and a shoulder to cry on coming up next
on
koxo the heart of bay city we've voted
the phone lines through the cobra
control center
we're set up there to trace any call to
its point of origin the important thing
is to keep tyler on the line long enough
to capture him i can keep him on all day
and then what scandal's in the middle of
bay city waiting for dallas to tell him
where the call's coming from
sounds so easy well let's hope it is
can you hear me dallas just like he was
standing there whispered in my ear
scandal ow
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we're ready you'll be fine okay
you're on in five wendy
three
you can feel the heat radiating off her
body
she's so close you can't tell if the
sweat on your skin
is hers or yours that's what it's all
about on a day like this
hello dan tell me why you feel alone
today
because i am alone i don't have friends
[Music]
this is wendy hewitt talking just to you
on koxo
the station that knows how you feel i'll
be here for you
right after this
hello tyler what did you want to talk
with wendy about today
he's online too dallas
all right he's calling from five five
five eight one eight one
computer is zeroing in on location girl
problems
okay we're in commercial right now
you're gonna have to hold for a minute
this is it wendy keep him on as long as
you can
got him he's at 6320 sprague street
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i'm back and i'm here for you tyler
my girl she's still seeing other men
i was forceful like you said but it
didn't change
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maybe you were too forceful tyler
maybe i wasn't forceful enough doesn't
she know i love her
doesn't she know how much it hurts me to
see her with other men i don't think she
wants to hurt you tyler
maybe you've got her all wrong just
because a woman is with a man
that doesn't mean that she's cheating on
you the man wants her i know i do
hang on to him wendy you can't punish
her just because men find her attractive
i can punish
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no problem i'm at his house
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you're not the gardener
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great thing about being a lineman you
never need a quarter make a phone call
how's a little missy you know how it is
it's always something
women
and there's no sign of tyler anywhere
scandal was absolutely certain we had
the wrong address
is it possible our technicians screwed
up the trace possible but not likely i
think tyler's having a little fun with
us
fun i think this guy's shifty enough to
tap into the phone system and make his
calls come from anywhere he might as
well have been calling from mongolia
i have a cookie oh scandal that's very
sweet of you
thank granny biddle who's granny biddle
oh
the little old lady at 6320 sprague
street
he just happens to have 12 photo albums
of her grandchildren no one to show them
to
well you knew this job wasn't easy when
you took it you know this tyler may just
be too smart for his own good
it takes more than just savvy to tap
into a phone system the way he did
it takes technical smarts and inside
knowledge i think we're gonna find him
at the phone company well that's a good
move dallas but reality is we're just
waiting around for tyler to strike well
if you've got a better idea
i think we should draw him out oh i see
you want to be the new guy in wendy
hewitt's life so that if tyler's
watching he'll come after you
that's the plan not a bad one either so
long as you don't mind going around with
a target on your back
well i knew this job wasn't easy when i
took it
all right you stay with her but be
careful you check in with us every two
hours danielle
you and i got to get somebody from the
phone company over here have a little
pow-wow
pow-wow gee scandal tough assignment
playing boyfriend to some beautiful dj
i'm just doing my job yeah right
i wonder sting needs my protection
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only 4 000 employees we run a tight ship
here dallas
but not at the expense to service course
not
phone system is the backbone to this
country keeping the lines in top shape
is a matter of national security
absolutely danielle did you know that
dave here
actually installed j edgar hoover's red
phone personally
really each phone is the same to me dave
can you tell us
do all these people have access to uh
phone lines and equipment
well one time or another throughout the
day the phone company never sleeps
i haven't had many weeks lately myself
supposing we rule out supervisory
personnel who remain at the office
well what makes you think they couldn't
be involved too many eyes on them
including yours you think it's somebody
who can get around somebody out in the
field
920 that's better all right let's narrow
it down still further
to day shift maintenance and repair
cruise
342. so now how about only those people
who were in the vicinity of topeka and
van alden or people who could have
access to those lines
good that leaves ten names that's a
whole lot better unfortunately not a
single tyler in the bunch
i guess it was too much to hope for that
he'd use his own name
do you have their addresses and phone
numbers sure
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belle what do you think
wow i want to drive that cycle wild
you will so where to
best food in town do you think your
expense account can handle it
i think so although you might be a
little overdressed
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really
look at this what'd i tell you huh
this place has got the best banana
splits in town you know the best thing
about working on the radio hmm
i can eat whatever i want because nobody
ever sees me what a waste
my goodness scandal that sounds almost
like a compliment
all this romantic atmosphere brings out
my good side
tell me something hmm
did you always want to be on the radio
um
when i was a kid i used to corner my
friends with a tape recorder
and do my own talk radio shows what
about you
i never knew what i wanted to do just
sort of bounced around here and there
and ended up where i am
bouncing yeah i've done my share of
bouncing
city to city format to format
personality to personality
you have no idea how hard it is to
change your own identity when you have
to
i can imagine finally i found a job that
i love
and this one is gonna last you know why
why
this one is me can i tell you a little
secret
safe with me ever since i heard your
voice on the radio
just once or twice by accident
i try to imagine what uh
what you look like how you'd smile
oh you look at me if we met
and i turned out to be this hideous
ogre well
my imagination didn't do you justice
that's for sure
i'll tell you a little secret safe with
me
since i came to bay city i've been
pretty lonely you know when men find out
i'm that lady on the radio
they get so intimidated you are the
first man who has treated me
like a woman not a celebrity well
i wouldn't know how to treat a celebrity
a woman i could understand
sort of give me a call sometime i'll
give you some advice
hey not that you needed
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thanks for a wonderful evening
well i've had worse assignments
and i've definitely had worse dates
wendy
you don't have any unusual hobbies like
uh
taxidermy do you no why
nothing just wondering
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you know um if tyler is out there
watching
we probably should make this look
[Music]
convincing
well we might as well give him something
to get
really mad about
be forceful yeah
i'll be forced
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thanks for staying last night i really
felt
so much safer yeah
yeah well that's what i'm here for
listen i want you to do me a little
favor
i want you to talk about me on the radio
and what should i say
that you have the body of adonis that
with one
kiss you've reduced me to your quivering
love slave
or should i just go with the truth and
tell them that you slept on my couch
we'll go with the fiction i really want
to push
tyler
scandal you don't want to push this guy
too far
that's exactly what i want to do
i can see you the room is dark
your skin is damp the sheets cling to
you like a lover
she broke your heart you're all alone
but i'm here and i want to know what
you're feeling
talk to me on koxo i'm waiting for your
call
hey we're going to walk buddy
you okay she betrayed me
i gave her everything i could i thought
she loved me
yeah right
well look i can see you're kind of busy
working on your table so i'm just gonna
i'm just gonna mosey along okay you
won't stop seeing other guys
[Applause]
i'm gonna have to put my foot down
yeah you do that
go ahead without me
i got a call to make sure no mercy there
kill her
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no mercy
[Applause]
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i don't know wendy you know what i gotta
do is find a babe as hot as you
and then we do it for each other right
well that shouldn't be hard for a hot
guy like you mike
hey how about this because i'm so hot
and you're so hot
why don't we get together our own fun
our own private little meltdown
oh sorry mike but i have a guy and he's
everything that i could ever want in a
man
he's strong stoic and he's always there
when i need him
though he could lose a few pounds
i can't tell you what it means to have a
real man in my life again
strong arms to hold me firm lips to kiss
me
oh please give me a break don't you
think she's laying it on a little thick
to know me is to love me step outside
now you're liable to get a mouthful of
buckshot
well that's why you're outside the cobra
van ready to protect my winning smile
right
yeah danielle's been out talking to
telephone lineman all day
well i knew this job wasn't easy when i
took it someone to open up to you no one
really stands out yet
but let me tell you i'm running out of
clever ways to approach these guys
it's tyler and what did you want to talk
with wendy about today tyler
hold on you want me to keep him talking
no
uh tyler we got a lot of callers today
uh it could be a while
aren't you gonna trace it no aren't you
gonna do anything
hang it up yeah but suppose we hang it
up
but you make him pretty mad do that
whenever he calls
i've talked a lot about romance in the
past
if only i knew then what i know today
till i'll be back when the show's over
it's time to be a sitting duck
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i guess he's not going to kill me today
maybe we can catch him before he kills
you well that would be nice
i'll take wendy straight home from the
radio station i don't think he'll strike
when we're together
careful scandal
where's my fries
my fries
do me a favor don't give me any of them
oh my god
are you all right i'm okay tyler just
killed a perfectly good 15
shirt that's all yo it's him hello
tyler we're in commercial here and
show's almost
she just want to talk to you tyler
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she's mine you can't take her away from
me
i already have hang it up
i might please do you happen bye with my
car pooped out
of course it dwayne that's my boyfriend
if he knew i was letting a strange guy
fix my car he'd kill me
he'd say jolene you should have sat in
that car until the bullies come along
and then you should have waited for one
of those police girls because the
policeman is a man
first and foley second cause dwayne
that's my boyfriend
he'd be afraid that the guy would ask me
out for a b or something like that
and then dwayne he'd just have to kill
both of us
stop with your life with the women you
love pose as if hell no
way i figured if she doesn't want me i
can find two dozen other babes to do
it's fixed he just had a loose hose that
was so very kind of you
so i guess dwayne he's just one of a
kind then well no ass he kind of reminds
me of my buddy joel
really oh yeah he called in sick you
know for the past two weeks he's been
whining about how his girlfriend wendy's
been running around with some other guy
he lets it tear it up inside you know
what i mean sometimes i swear he's gonna
explode like one of those
post office people you know what i mean
oh oh yes i think i know exactly what
you mean
listen you have been so sweet fixing my
car and all could i take you out for a
cup of coffee and maybe you could tell
me a little bit more about your friend
joel what about dwayne huh
your boyfriend oh oh dewine
oh we broke up
danny says his name is joel metzger
lives in apartment number three
all right
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i think we found our guy
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he's been in and out of mental
institutions his entire life tyler was
the name of a shrink
oh he must be flattered the shrink says
that metzger has a psychotic fixation
complex
when he was 12 he strangled his mother's
lover yeah but who knows where metzker
is now he may not even be in the country
let alone bay city
maybe we should give him something he
can't run away from
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i didn't know just how much i loved him
until i almost lost him
that's why from now on we're always
going to be together
today we're going to get married a
private ceremony at my house
but that doesn't mean i won't be here
for you i still care
and i still want to know what's on your
mind what's on yours
jim
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security cameras in position yep along
with our all cobra guest list
what about the reverend reverend gleason
will perform the ceremony relax
i am relaxed good cause you're making
the right decision she is a
fine girl and we'll make a good wife
stop it
oh it's only natural to get the jitters
when you're making a lifetime commitment
reverend does know this isn't for real
right of course he does
absolutely but just in case he doesn't
don't you worry i'm sure we can get you
an annulment
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it's official wendy hewitt is now mrs
scandal
jackson save a slice of cake for us
wendy and congratulations
we know all you devoted listeners out
there will want to join with us in
wishing
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a long and happy life
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wow
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wow
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congratulations
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so
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oh
you won't be forceful anymore
it's over
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it's been great being here for uk xo
but it's time for me to move on and if
you miss me
call me think of me as your old friend
in new york
well it's time for our last call
what's on your mind robert a good friend
of mine
we've only known each other for a short
time
but we've become very close we even got
married once
but it didn't last maybe the two of you
weren't ready for marriage
no we weren't but we care a lot about
each other
and she's leaving tomorrow and i wanted
her to know what a great girl she is
i'm sure she appreciates that
maybe she'll come back someday well
whether she does or not
she'll always be special to me
goodbye wendy goodbye
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scandal
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you
because you're not responding to them
you're not being yourself stop thinking
about scoring and start thinking about
connecting
i don't know if i can do that i know you
can
give me a call and let me know how it
goes this is wendy hewitt speaking just
to you on
koxo the station that knows how you feel
why are you alone tom
my wife left me
i wanted to live her life she said stop
loving me years ago she said
she said uh she said and then she went
what do you want i want it back
do you or do you just want someone to
love i
just want someone to be their guest
just close your eyes and i'll be there
i'm glad you called tom tell me what
you're feeling
tyler i got rid of that guy who was
hitting on my girlfriend
you remember don't you of course i do
tyler you're very special to timmy
my girl was running around with other
guys you said to be honest
direct and forceful and she'd realize
she wanted me well
i was forceful and i'm sure she wants
you now more than ever
i know i would thanks for calling tyler
and let me know how it goes with you and
your special lady and i'll be here for
you
right after this
and i'll always be here for you wendy
[Applause]
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so
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orange juice
i made this for your office but i can
think of a much better place for it now
come on renee
do i smell formaldehyde renee's a
taxidermist she works for the county
museum
oh a professional woman that's a stiff
up unless you count the girl that made
balloon animals for the children's
parties
renee and i aren't dating anymore what
happened
i don't know everything was going great
until she took me home and i met her
dobermans
mean and vicious stuffed and mounted
then she wanted to take me home to see
her parents
yeah i don't know the right girl's out
there somewhere i'll find her
i'll die trying and then you can start
seeing monet again
q dallas is meeting with a client at
headquarters maybe that'll take your
mind off your problems
the police believe ernie wallingren was
killed when he surprised a burglar in
his hotel room
i don't think so well what do you think
mr foster and how do you think cobra can
help you
i'm not the one who needs your help it's
my on-air talent wendy hewitt
the love lady do you know our show
yes tell us do you listen to wendy
hewitt well once maybe twice by accident
then you know what the show's like she
establishes a sense of intimacy with her
listeners to create a
the provocative illusion that she's
talking only to you it means she talks
dirty
it's not about sex it's about making
guys who are lonely or
in trouble feel like they've got someone
out there who cares
who'll listen to their problems without
making them feel like jerks
and it doesn't hurt that she has a
sultry seductive voice that drives men
wild
well i won't say that there isn't an
element of flirtation but that's not
what she's about
she really does care about these guys
well i'll tell you truth i don't see
what this has to do with the murder
or with us the gimmick's a ratings
grabber for my station
but like i've told wendy a hundred times
when you reach out into the darkness you
never know who or
what you're gonna touch so what you're
saying is wendy hewitt
may have touched the wrong person ernie
walinggren was one of our sponsors
only in town for a couple of days he was
killed after having lunch with wendy
the last call made from his hotel room
was to her radio show right around the
time of the murder
well maybe he needed some advice
now if ernie wanted to talk to wendy he
wouldn't have called the on-air number
he knew her direct line
but if he didn't make the call who did
somebody who thought she was talking
only to him somebody who might have
gotten jealous
that's what's keeping me awake at night
thought that he might get jealous again
okay mr foster
we look into it thank you
listen scandal if you need advice on
your love life you can always come to me
it was an accident i was looking for a
sports station yeah
you're right
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don't be ashamed to tell her you want
her fred
that you dream about her that all you
can think about is being with her
and she won't be unobtainable anymore
she'll be yours
but what if i tell her all that energy
hello koxo your name please where are
you calling from
okay jack what would you like to talk
with wendy about today
something wrong no
i just thought that all radio
personalities look like rush limbaugh
hmm
five just like me fred i'll always be
you on ko
and i'll be back right after this
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[ __ ] what a surprise now either you've
come down to give me my much deserved
raise or you're replacing me with the
baking with bernice
i want you to meet scandal jackson and
danielle lapointe
they're with cobra
the medical plan or or the malt laker
they're looking into ernie wallingren's
murder
oh look i'll do anything i can to help
but contrary to what mitch thinks his
murder has nothing to do with me or my
show
what makes you so sure there isn't a
connection it's a radio show
i'm not some cersei luring men to their
doom
i'm just somebody to talk to how could
that lead to murder
well there's a lot of desperate lonely
people out there who are looking for
anything to hold on to
it could be that someone has fixated on
you to the point of obsession
my listeners aren't crazy they are
ordinary men who
just want someone to listen that doesn't
make them lunatics
what about the guy who wanted to buy
your underwear to line his coffin
so you listened to my show once or twice
by accident by accident
so tell me does my show drive you mad
with passion
would you kill for the woman you hear on
the radio no
but i'm old-fashioned i also wouldn't
call a stranger with my intimate
problems and let a million people listen
in
hey wendy 15 seconds here thanks sid
we'll talk after the show mitch and i
are grabbing a bite at laguerre
unless you'd rather call in
and three two one
hi i'm back i've been thinking about
fred's call
do you have our old shows on tape no
i was asking mr foster
i knew that uh-huh we got them all and
every call she gets is logged on the pc
and stored on printouts
this was her show the day ernie was
killed great we can start with this and
work backwards and see if anybody stands
out
unless of course you've heard them all
before
i haven't
this is wendy just to you on koxo the
station that knows how you
feel tell me what you're feeling tyler
my girl was running around with other
guys you said to be honest
direct and forceful and she realized she
wanted me
well i was forceful and i'm sure she
wants you now more than
ever that was phoned in at the time of
the murder
dallas has he called before according to
these logs almost every night
we're gonna have to pull all the shows
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this guy's really troubled listen to
and i this her so much but there are
other men
you have to be forceful tyler she needs
to know you're the only man
for her i know i am i can hear her
whispering to me wherever i go
then you are the man of her dreams she
doesn't have to look anymore
good luck tyler and remember no matter
what happens
you can always find me here on koxo
this lady's lighting fuse is out there
this tyler guy thinks wendy is his girl
let me get this straight tyler falls in
love with the woman he's never met he
watches her go out on a date with a man
she hardly knows
then he kills the guy at a jealousy then
he calls up the girl to chat about it on
the radio
help us please is there some coffee out
there two coffees just the kind of guy
you want to set up with your daughter
huh
is there any way we can get the station
to pull a show while we look for this
guy
uh once the fuse is left there's no
point in blowing out the match you gotta
find the dynamite
tyler but who is he who is he what kind
of a guy would fall in love with
somebody he's never met
and then be willing to kill for her my
guess and i do mean guess is that
tyler's had disastrous relationships
with women
that knows the feel he's probably
desperately afraid of intimacy
what appeals to him about wendy is that
he can have intimacy without actually
having to relate to her as a human being
she in danger i don't think so at least
not right now but any man in her life
certainly is
does she have one i don't know does she
scandal
i was joking i don't think tyler's
laughing
when he went to dinner with mitch foss
our station manager
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no
are you all right okay yeah i think so
who the hell was that just a man with a
problem
want someone to listen
well at least she wasn't hurt but we
can't be sure tyler won't strike again
so we put mitch in the cobra safe house
till this is over
and and what am i supposed to do until
then nothing that's what we're here for
just go on with your life as usual
how can i my my life as usual is what
got ernie wallingrt killed what
nearly killed mitch wendy you didn't do
anything tyler did
and what's he gonna do next if i go out
to eat is the waiter dead
if the mailman tries to deliver a letter
to me is he taking his life in his hands
what if a guy smiles at me on the street
will he die too
no one's gonna die how do you know
because i'm not gonna leave you until
tyler's got
help look
you're gonna be safe no one else is
gonna get hurt okay
how can you be so sure
that's why they pay me the big bucks
thanks it means a lot
to me to have you here just return in
the favor
and when have i ever helped you
well what i meant was
i can really use your help to stop this
guy what do you want me to do
what you do best your love life got you
down
did your wife kick you out you just feel
lonely
wendy hewitt's here for you with advice
answers
and a shoulder to cry on coming up next
on
koxo the heart of bay city we've voted
the phone lines through the cobra
control center
we're set up there to trace any call to
its point of origin the important thing
is to keep tyler on the line long enough
to capture him i can keep him on all day
and then what scandal's in the middle of
bay city waiting for dallas to tell him
where the call's coming from
sounds so easy well let's hope it is
can you hear me dallas just like he was
standing there whispered in my ear
scandal ow
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we're ready you'll be fine okay
you're on in five wendy
three
you can feel the heat radiating off her
body
she's so close you can't tell if the
sweat on your skin
is hers or yours that's what it's all
about on a day like this
hello dan tell me why you feel alone
today
because i am alone i don't have friends
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this is wendy hewitt talking just to you
on koxo
the station that knows how you feel i'll
be here for you
right after this
hello tyler what did you want to talk
with wendy about today
he's online too dallas
all right he's calling from five five
five eight one eight one
computer is zeroing in on location girl
problems
okay we're in commercial right now
you're gonna have to hold for a minute
this is it wendy keep him on as long as
you can
got him he's at 6320 sprague street
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i'm back and i'm here for you tyler
my girl she's still seeing other men
i was forceful like you said but it
didn't change
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maybe you were too forceful tyler
maybe i wasn't forceful enough doesn't
she know i love her
doesn't she know how much it hurts me to
see her with other men i don't think she
wants to hurt you tyler
maybe you've got her all wrong just
because a woman is with a man
that doesn't mean that she's cheating on
you the man wants her i know i do
hang on to him wendy you can't punish
her just because men find her attractive
i can punish
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no problem i'm at his house
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you're not the gardener
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great thing about being a lineman you
never need a quarter make a phone call
how's a little missy you know how it is
it's always something
women
and there's no sign of tyler anywhere
scandal was absolutely certain we had
the wrong address
is it possible our technicians screwed
up the trace possible but not likely i
think tyler's having a little fun with
us
fun i think this guy's shifty enough to
tap into the phone system and make his
calls come from anywhere he might as
well have been calling from mongolia
i have a cookie oh scandal that's very
sweet of you
thank granny biddle who's granny biddle
oh
the little old lady at 6320 sprague
street
he just happens to have 12 photo albums
of her grandchildren no one to show them
to
well you knew this job wasn't easy when
you took it you know this tyler may just
be too smart for his own good
it takes more than just savvy to tap
into a phone system the way he did
it takes technical smarts and inside
knowledge i think we're gonna find him
at the phone company well that's a good
move dallas but reality is we're just
waiting around for tyler to strike well
if you've got a better idea
i think we should draw him out oh i see
you want to be the new guy in wendy
hewitt's life so that if tyler's
watching he'll come after you
that's the plan not a bad one either so
long as you don't mind going around with
a target on your back
well i knew this job wasn't easy when i
took it
all right you stay with her but be
careful you check in with us every two
hours danielle
you and i got to get somebody from the
phone company over here have a little
pow-wow
pow-wow gee scandal tough assignment
playing boyfriend to some beautiful dj
i'm just doing my job yeah right
i wonder sting needs my protection
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only 4 000 employees we run a tight ship
here dallas
but not at the expense to service course
not
phone system is the backbone to this
country keeping the lines in top shape
is a matter of national security
absolutely danielle did you know that
dave here
actually installed j edgar hoover's red
phone personally
really each phone is the same to me dave
can you tell us
do all these people have access to uh
phone lines and equipment
well one time or another throughout the
day the phone company never sleeps
i haven't had many weeks lately myself
supposing we rule out supervisory
personnel who remain at the office
well what makes you think they couldn't
be involved too many eyes on them
including yours you think it's somebody
who can get around somebody out in the
field
920 that's better all right let's narrow
it down still further
to day shift maintenance and repair
cruise
342. so now how about only those people
who were in the vicinity of topeka and
van alden or people who could have
access to those lines
good that leaves ten names that's a
whole lot better unfortunately not a
single tyler in the bunch
i guess it was too much to hope for that
he'd use his own name
do you have their addresses and phone
numbers sure
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belle what do you think
wow i want to drive that cycle wild
you will so where to
best food in town do you think your
expense account can handle it
i think so although you might be a
little overdressed
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really
look at this what'd i tell you huh
this place has got the best banana
splits in town you know the best thing
about working on the radio hmm
i can eat whatever i want because nobody
ever sees me what a waste
my goodness scandal that sounds almost
like a compliment
all this romantic atmosphere brings out
my good side
tell me something hmm
did you always want to be on the radio
um
when i was a kid i used to corner my
friends with a tape recorder
and do my own talk radio shows what
about you
i never knew what i wanted to do just
sort of bounced around here and there
and ended up where i am
bouncing yeah i've done my share of
bouncing
city to city format to format
personality to personality
you have no idea how hard it is to
change your own identity when you have
to
i can imagine finally i found a job that
i love
and this one is gonna last you know why
why
this one is me can i tell you a little
secret
safe with me ever since i heard your
voice on the radio
just once or twice by accident
i try to imagine what uh
what you look like how you'd smile
oh you look at me if we met
and i turned out to be this hideous
ogre well
my imagination didn't do you justice
that's for sure
i'll tell you a little secret safe with
me
since i came to bay city i've been
pretty lonely you know when men find out
i'm that lady on the radio
they get so intimidated you are the
first man who has treated me
like a woman not a celebrity well
i wouldn't know how to treat a celebrity
a woman i could understand
sort of give me a call sometime i'll
give you some advice
hey not that you needed
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thanks for a wonderful evening
well i've had worse assignments
and i've definitely had worse dates
wendy
you don't have any unusual hobbies like
uh
taxidermy do you no why
nothing just wondering
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you know um if tyler is out there
watching
we probably should make this look
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convincing
well we might as well give him something
to get
really mad about
be forceful yeah
i'll be forced
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thanks for staying last night i really
felt
so much safer yeah
yeah well that's what i'm here for
listen i want you to do me a little
favor
i want you to talk about me on the radio
and what should i say
that you have the body of adonis that
with one
kiss you've reduced me to your quivering
love slave
or should i just go with the truth and
tell them that you slept on my couch
we'll go with the fiction i really want
to push
tyler
scandal you don't want to push this guy
too far
that's exactly what i want to do
i can see you the room is dark
your skin is damp the sheets cling to
you like a lover
she broke your heart you're all alone
but i'm here and i want to know what
you're feeling
talk to me on koxo i'm waiting for your
call
hey we're going to walk buddy
you okay she betrayed me
i gave her everything i could i thought
she loved me
yeah right
well look i can see you're kind of busy
working on your table so i'm just gonna
i'm just gonna mosey along okay you
won't stop seeing other guys
[Applause]
i'm gonna have to put my foot down
yeah you do that
go ahead without me
i got a call to make sure no mercy there
kill her
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no mercy
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i don't know wendy you know what i gotta
do is find a babe as hot as you
and then we do it for each other right
well that shouldn't be hard for a hot
guy like you mike
hey how about this because i'm so hot
and you're so hot
why don't we get together our own fun
our own private little meltdown
oh sorry mike but i have a guy and he's
everything that i could ever want in a
man
he's strong stoic and he's always there
when i need him
though he could lose a few pounds
i can't tell you what it means to have a
real man in my life again
strong arms to hold me firm lips to kiss
me
oh please give me a break don't you
think she's laying it on a little thick
to know me is to love me step outside
now you're liable to get a mouthful of
buckshot
well that's why you're outside the cobra
van ready to protect my winning smile
right
yeah danielle's been out talking to
telephone lineman all day
well i knew this job wasn't easy when i
took it someone to open up to you no one
really stands out yet
but let me tell you i'm running out of
clever ways to approach these guys
it's tyler and what did you want to talk
with wendy about today tyler
hold on you want me to keep him talking
no
uh tyler we got a lot of callers today
uh it could be a while
aren't you gonna trace it no aren't you
gonna do anything
hang it up yeah but suppose we hang it
up
but you make him pretty mad do that
whenever he calls
i've talked a lot about romance in the
past
if only i knew then what i know today
till i'll be back when the show's over
it's time to be a sitting duck
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i guess he's not going to kill me today
maybe we can catch him before he kills
you well that would be nice
i'll take wendy straight home from the
radio station i don't think he'll strike
when we're together
careful scandal
where's my fries
my fries
do me a favor don't give me any of them
oh my god
are you all right i'm okay tyler just
killed a perfectly good 15
shirt that's all yo it's him hello
tyler we're in commercial here and
show's almost
she just want to talk to you tyler
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she's mine you can't take her away from
me
i already have hang it up
i might please do you happen bye with my
car pooped out
of course it dwayne that's my boyfriend
if he knew i was letting a strange guy
fix my car he'd kill me
he'd say jolene you should have sat in
that car until the bullies come along
and then you should have waited for one
of those police girls because the
policeman is a man
first and foley second cause dwayne
that's my boyfriend
he'd be afraid that the guy would ask me
out for a b or something like that
and then dwayne he'd just have to kill
both of us
stop with your life with the women you
love pose as if hell no
way i figured if she doesn't want me i
can find two dozen other babes to do
it's fixed he just had a loose hose that
was so very kind of you
so i guess dwayne he's just one of a
kind then well no ass he kind of reminds
me of my buddy joel
really oh yeah he called in sick you
know for the past two weeks he's been
whining about how his girlfriend wendy's
been running around with some other guy
he lets it tear it up inside you know
what i mean sometimes i swear he's gonna
explode like one of those
post office people you know what i mean
oh oh yes i think i know exactly what
you mean
listen you have been so sweet fixing my
car and all could i take you out for a
cup of coffee and maybe you could tell
me a little bit more about your friend
joel what about dwayne huh
your boyfriend oh oh dewine
oh we broke up
danny says his name is joel metzger
lives in apartment number three
all right
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i think we found our guy
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he's been in and out of mental
institutions his entire life tyler was
the name of a shrink
oh he must be flattered the shrink says
that metzger has a psychotic fixation
complex
when he was 12 he strangled his mother's
lover yeah but who knows where metzker
is now he may not even be in the country
let alone bay city
maybe we should give him something he
can't run away from
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i didn't know just how much i loved him
until i almost lost him
that's why from now on we're always
going to be together
today we're going to get married a
private ceremony at my house
but that doesn't mean i won't be here
for you i still care
and i still want to know what's on your
mind what's on yours
jim
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security cameras in position yep along
with our all cobra guest list
what about the reverend reverend gleason
will perform the ceremony relax
i am relaxed good cause you're making
the right decision she is a
fine girl and we'll make a good wife
stop it
oh it's only natural to get the jitters
when you're making a lifetime commitment
reverend does know this isn't for real
right of course he does
absolutely but just in case he doesn't
don't you worry i'm sure we can get you
an annulment
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it's official wendy hewitt is now mrs
scandal
jackson save a slice of cake for us
wendy and congratulations
we know all you devoted listeners out
there will want to join with us in
wishing
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a long and happy life
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wow
[Applause]
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wow
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congratulations
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so
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oh
you won't be forceful anymore
it's over
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it's been great being here for uk xo
but it's time for me to move on and if
you miss me
call me think of me as your old friend
in new york
well it's time for our last call
what's on your mind robert a good friend
of mine
we've only known each other for a short
time
but we've become very close we even got
married once
but it didn't last maybe the two of you
weren't ready for marriage
no we weren't but we care a lot about
each other
and she's leaving tomorrow and i wanted
her to know what a great girl she is
i'm sure she appreciates that
maybe she'll come back someday well
whether she does or not
she'll always be special to me
goodbye wendy goodbye
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scandal
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you