Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001): Season 7, Episode 18 - The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A. - full transcript
Despite his clumsy and willful appearance, his honesty gets Steve picked in a TV dating program by candidate Lily Wilson.
WELL, WELCOME BACK
EVERYBODY TO...
All:
MAKE A DATE.
WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO
LET'S BRING OUT
OUR LOVE GODDESS
OF THE DAY.
YES, OUR LOVELY
OUR FABULOUS,
OUR GORGEOUS LILY.
COME ON OUT, GIRL.
WHAT'S GOING ON, DARLING?
SIT DOWN. RELAX.
I KNOW THIS IS VERY
NERVE-WRACKING RIGHT NOW.
BUT LILY, MY DARLING,
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR
ELIGIBLE PUBLIC SERVANTS
AROUND THE CORNER THERE
JUST A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS
TO SEE IF THEY'RE
WORTHY OF YOU.
NOW PLEASE REMEMBER YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CHOOSE ANY OF THEM.
YOU CAN CHOOSE A DATE
OR A DAY OF PAMPERING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A FABULOUS,
ALL-EXPENSES-PAID
DAY AT THE SPA.
MANICURE, PEDICURE
JACUZZI, SAUNA.
SOUNDS GOODS TO ME.
BUT, OF COURSE,
THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
SO, OFF YOU GO, LILY.
OKAY.
WELL, UM, I'M A VETERINARIAN
SO, ELIGIBLE NUMBER ONE
IF YOU WERE A DOG
WHAT KIND OF DOG
WOULD YOU BE?
I WOULD BE A SAINT BERNARD.
BECAUSE I'M BIG
AND STRONG.
AND AFTER I RESCUE YOU
I'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU OUT
FOR A DRINK.
OOH.
WOOF, WOOF,
BIG BOY.
Lily:
GREAT.
HAVE BOOZE
WILL TRAVEL.
OKAY, HOW ABOUT YOU, NUMBER TWO?
UH, I WOULD BE A WEIMARANER.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW...
THEY'RE REALLY...
THEY'RE GREAT DOGS.
AND THEY DON'T SHED.
Lily:
Okay.
I like a man who's neat
around the house.
UH, NUMBER THREE?
Hello?
Number three?
HMM, OH, ME?
I, UH...
I PASS.
Host:
OH, NO.
ELIGIBLE NUMBER THREE
IS BEING A BAD DOG.
Steve:
I'M NOT
A BAD DOG.
I'M NOT ANY KIND OF DOG.
I LIKE DOGS.
IT'S JUST THAT...
IT'S A RIDICULOUS
QUESTION.
Lily:
WOW.
YOU WON'T GET A DOGGY TREAT IF
YOU DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
BLACK LAB.
OOH.
SOUNDS GOOD.
WHY?
UH...
'CAUSE THEY'RE SMART
AND, UH, LOYAL.
GOOD ANSWER.
IT'S STILL A STUPID QUESTION.
WELL, I CAN'T SAY
I DISAGREE WITH YOU THERE
BUT WHY DID YOU
COME ON THE SHOW
IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE
TO ANSWER
SILLY QUESTIONS?
YEAH, GO, LILY.
GIRL POWER.
WHY?
ACTUALLY, I, UH...
DREW THE SHORT STRAW
AT THE PRECINCT.
THE CAPTAIN THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE GOOD P.R.
I GUESS I'M NOT SUPPOSE
TO SAY THAT EITHER.
NO. I DON'T THINK SO.
HE'S BLOWING IT.
HE'S A LITTLE NERVOUS.
WELL, THAT'S IT.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
SO, LILY, MY LITTLE
LOVE GODDESS DIVA.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE?
HOT LOVE OR HOT TUB?
REMEMBER, IS IT
GOING TO BE A DATE
OR A DAY OF PAMPERING?
FLUFFING...
ALL THAT FLUFFING
AND LOVE.
WELL, I HAVE
TO ADMIT
THE PAMPERING SOUNDS
REALLY GOOD.
IT SOUNDS SO GOOD.
BUT I'M GOING TO GO ON A DATE
WITH ELIGIBLE
NUMBER THREE.
Host:
WHOA.
WOW, WHAT
A SURPRISE.
WELL, THAT MEANS
WE'VE GOT TO SAY THANK YOU
AND GOOD-BYE TO OUR
OTHER HUNKS OF THE DAY.
LILY, PLEASE
TELL OUR AUDIENCE
AND THE VIEWERS AT HOME
EXACTLY WHY YOU CHOOSE
ELIGIBLE NUMBER THREE?
THE, UH, VERY OUTSPOKEN
POLICE LIEUTENANT
STEVE SLOAN.
WELL, UH, THE THING I VALUE MOST
IN A PERSON IS HONESTY.
AND IT SOUNDS TO ME
LIKE HE HAS THAT.
YES. TO A FAULT,
I MAY ADD.
ANYWAY, STEVE SLOAN,
COME AND MEET YOUR DATE.
LET ME
TAKE THAT.
YOU MIGHT NEED
BOTH HANDS.
OKAY, GUYS
DON'T FORGET
TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK
AFTER OUR VIDEO CREW HAVE
ACTUALLY FOLLOWED STEVE AND LILY
ON THEIR DATE.
OOH.
VIDEO CREW?
AND WE'RE JUST GOING
TO SEE EXACTLY HOW LILY FARES
WITH THE MAN
WHO REFERS TO HIMSELF
AS THE UNLUCKIEST
BACHELOR IN L.A.
ON...
All:
MAKE A DATE.
MAKE A DATE.
YOU GOT IT.
THE DATE HASN'T EVEN STARTED
AND I'M BLEEDING ALREADY.
NOT A GOOD SIGN.
YOU KNOW ANYTHING
AT ALL
ABOUT THIS GIRL
YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH?
OF COURSE, I DO.
I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS.
SHE'S, UH, CUTE,
FUNNY, SMART.
YOU KNOW, IT'S,
UH, TOUGHER
TO GET INTO
VETERINARY SCHOOL
THAN IT IS TO GET
INTO MED SCHOOL?
WELL, A DOG CAN BE
VERY PICKY.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO WONDER THOUGH
WHY A GIRL WITH THAT
MUCH ON THE BALL
WOULD HAVE TO GO ON
A TELEVISION SHOW
TO GET A DATE.
SHE DIDN'T
HAVE TO, DAD.
SHE'S NEW IN TOWN,
AND SHE'S ADVENTUROUS.
I MEAN, SHE LIKES
SNOWBOARDING
BACKPACKING
AND THAT OTHER THING...
WHAT IS IT... SPINNING.
I MEAN, SHE'S GREAT.
OR SHE'S A PSYCHO?
GIVEN MY DATING HISTORY,
IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
HAVING OUR
VERY OWN PAPARAZZI
KIND OF MAKES ME FEEL
FAMOUS OR SOMETHING.
DON'T LOOK.
ACT NONCHALANT.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.
SOMEONE AS BRIGHT AND, UH,
ATTRACTIVE AS YOU...
WAIT, I'M SORRY.
I DON'T THINK
THEY HEARD THAT.
CAN YOU SPEAK
INTO THE MICROPHONE?
OH, UH, WHATEVER CONVINCED YOU
TO GO ON
MAKE A DATE?
MY BEST FRIEND.
SHE DARED ME.
YOU SEE, I HAVEN'T BEEN
IN L.A. THAT LONG
AND ALTHOUGH
IT'S A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT
MOST MEN WITH PETS ARE MARRIED.
YOU'RE KIDDING?
THAT CAN'T
BE TRUE.
CAN IT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?
WELL, NO.
BUT, UH...
SO WHAT ABOUT YOU?
I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T REALLY DRAW
A SHORT STRAW, DID YOU?
THAT'S THE LAMEST STORY
I EVER HEARD.
HERE'S TO, UH, SHORT STRAWS
AND BEST FRIENDS.
Steve:
I REFUSE TO ANSWER
THAT ON THE GROUNDS
IT MAY TEND
TO INCRIMINATE ME.
OH, COME ON.
YOUR SECRET IS SAFE WITH ME.
AND OUR LURKING FILM CREW.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING
YOU EVER DID?
BESIDE, YOU KNOW, GO ON TV
TO GET A DATE?
OKAY. HERE IT IS.
WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD
I STOLE A WHOLE BOX OF THOSE,
UH, SNOWBALL CUPCAKES.
THE PINK ONES?
UH-HUH.
I LOVE THOSE.
AFTER I STOLE THEM
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH THEM, SO I ATE THEM ALL.
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SICK
FOR A WEEK.
NAH.
WELL, ONLY FOR A MINUTE.
BUT EATING THE EVIDENCE,
THAT WAS VERY SMART.
Steve:
OKAY, YOUR TURN.
OH, MINE IS WORSE.
OKAY, I WAS SIX.
MY BROTHER HAD JUST CHOPPED
ALL THE HAIR OFF MY BARBIES
SO I JUST...
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT,
REALLY.
I JUST PUSHED HIM
DOWN THE STAIRS.
THAT'S NOT SO BAD.
HE FRACTURED HIS SKULL.
HMM. THAT'S BAD.
I FEEL TERRIBLE
ABOUT IT TO THIS DAY.
YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY,
THAT'S A FELONY ASSAULT.
OH, LOOK WHO'S TALKING,
MR. GRAND THEFT CUPCAKES.
BESIDES, HE ASSAULTED
MY BARBIES.
AND JURIES TEND TO BE
VERY SYMPATHETIC
ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
LISTEN, THIS IS, UH...
KIND OF EMBARRASSING,
BUT, UH...
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF
WE'D GET ALONG OR NOT...
SO YOU MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT
SO YOU'D HAVE AN EXCUSE TO BAIL.
NO, NOT EXACTLY.
I, UH, I GOT TO GO TO WORK.
OH, SURE.
BUT I'D LOVE TO TAKE
YOU TO DINNER.
THAT'S OKAY.
I UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
CALL YOU TONIGHT?
GET DOWN.
HE COULD FIRE AGAIN.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
DUDE!
YOU'RE, LIKE, SHOT.
THANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP.
YOU THINK YOU CAN CALL 911?
TOTALLY.
NOT A PROBLEM.
HEY, DO YOU MIND?
STEVE, WHAT HAPPENED
TO YOU?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE OUT
ON YOUR BIG DATE.
YEAH, I WAS.
I, UH, KIND OF GOT SHOT.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
YOU GOT TO SIT DOWN.
SHE SHOT YOU?
NO.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
FIRST, YOU DATE
THAT WOMAN
WHO TURNS OUT
TO BE A COP KILLER.
JESSIE.
THEN YOU STARTED SEEING THAT
WOMAN THE FBI AGENT
WHO TOOK ANOTHER
ASSIGNMENT
JUST WHEN THINGS
WERE GETTING GOOD.
HEY... YOU GOT TO SIT DOWN.
JESSIE, IT'S JUST A
SCRATCH.
THEN YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH
THAT MARRIED WOMAN, MAEVE.
REMEMBERED HER MARRIED.
YEAH, I REMEMBER.
AND NOW THIS.
STEVE, YOU ARE THE UNLUCKIEST
BACHELOR IN L.A.
JESSE, JUST GIVE ME
THE ANTIBIOTICS
OR DO WHATEVER IT IS
YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO ME.
NOT UNTIL YOU
SIT STILL, MISTER.
TRAUMA THREE.
LOOK, IT'S JUST
A SCRATCH.
I DON'T NEED
AN OPERATING ROOM.
HIS DATE SHOT HIM.
I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOU
IN A MINUTE.
Amanda:
DR. WILSON,
THANK YOU
FOR COMING RIGHT OVER.
I'M STACKED UP ON ROUNDS.
IS THIS IMPORTANT?
YES, I WAS FINISHING
MY AUTOPSY REPORT
ON YOUR PATIENT
WHO DIED DURING SURGERY.
OH, YES, UH, THE GALLBLADDER.
LEVINE, ARTHUR.
I WAS WONDERING.
YOU WENT STRAIGHT
FOR THE OPEN PROCEDURE.
YES?
WHY NOT THE LAPAROSCOPIC?
I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS PROCEDURE
USED IN YEARS.
NO ONE USES IT
AS A FIRST OPTION.
I DO.
I LEARNED THE
OLD TECHNIQUE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN COMFORTABLE
WITH THE NEW ONE.
AS OVERWEIGHT AS LEVINE WAS
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
TO USE THE SCOPE.
I HAD TO OPEN HIM UP.
HMM. I SEE.
IS THERE A PROBLEM
WITH THE FAMILY?
NO.
THE HOSPITAL?
NO.
IS SOMEONE THREATENING ME
WITH A MALPRACTICE
SUIT?
DR. WILSON, I SIMPLY NEED
TO ACCOUNT FOR IT IN MY REPORT.
THAT'S ALL.
I'M THE DOCTOR.
I USED THE PROCEDURE
I DO BEST.
ANYTHING ELSE?
NO.
THANKS FOR DINNER.
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
OW.
OH, SORRY, SORRY.
FORGOT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, FOR
FUTURE REFERENCE
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE
SOMEONE TO SHOOT ME
TO KEEP ME FROM
GOING TO WORK.
YOU KNOW, I CAN ALWAYS
CALL IN WITH THE FLU.
I'M WILLING TO GO
TO ANY LENGTH
TO GET THAT SECOND DATE.
YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU DON'T
THINK THAT YOU'RE IN DANGER
OF GETTING SHOT
EVERY TIME YOU
GO OUT WITH ME.
I'M THE ADVENTUROUS TYPE.
I SHOULD GO.
ALREADY?
IT'S LATE.
AND, UH, I HAVE
A GERMAN SHEPHERD NAMED BRUNO
THAT I NEED TO NEUTER
AT 7:00 A.M.
I THINK HE'D WANT ME
WELL RESTED.
HOW ABOUT LATER AFTER,
UH, YOU RUIN BRUNO'S LIFE?
I KNOW A GOOD LITTLE
PLACE FOR LUNCH.
ALL RIGHT.
CALL ME AT THE CLINIC
AROUND 1:00?
GOOD.
I HAVE TO GO.
WHO'S STOPPING YOU?
OH, SOME COP
WHO'S OUT TO GET ME.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
LILY!
LILY.
OH, GOD.
COME ON, COME ON.
YES, THIS IS
LIEUTENANT STEVE SLOAN.
I'VE GOT A HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM
AT THE CORNER
OF 26th AND WOODLEY.
I NEED AN AMBULANCE FAST.
PLEASE HURRY.
PLEASE HURRY.
90/50.
IRREGULAR PULSE.
70.
THERE'S A LOT
OF JUGULAR VENOUS DISTENTION.
I'M AFRAID THERE'S
PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE.
WE MUST TAKE AN X-RAY.
NO, NO, NO.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LET'S GET HER INTO TRAUMA TWO.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
JESS.
STEVE, WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
MEDS IN.
PRESSURE'S COMING
BACK UP. 100/60.
THANK GOD.
OKAY, LET'S SET UP FOR
A TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHO.
WE'LL NEED ANOTHER
LARGE-BORE I.V.
SHE'S IN V-FIB.
OH, GOD. PADDLES.
LET'S GO. HURRY.
200.
CLEAR.
OKAY, LET'S GO AGAIN.
CLEAR.
OKAY, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
TRY IT AGAIN.
LET'S BRING IT UP TO 300.
CLEAR.
DAMN.
COME ON, LILY! AGAIN.
CLEAR.
AGAIN.
DR. TRAVIS...
I SAID, CLEAR!
I'M SORRY.
STEVE.
UH, AMANDA, JUST...
THEY SAID YOU WERE IN SURGERY
WITH A PATIENT
NAMED LILY WILSON.
YEAH.
WELL, IT CAN'T BE HER.
SHE LIVES IN CONNECTICUT.
IT'S GOT TO BE
ANOTHER LILY WILSON, HUH?
FREDERICK, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
MY SISTER'S NAME IS LILY.
LILY?
OH, LILY...
DR. WILSON...
NO!
Mark:
FREDERICK.
THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE IN HERE.
I'M SO SORRY
TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SISTER.
YEAH.
LOOK, WE'RE COVERED HERE.
WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME?
YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.
AT LEAST HERE I CAN...
I HAVE THINGS TO DO.
I CAN FEEL USEFUL.
Amanda:
HI.
HE WANTS TO FINISH
OUT HIS SHIFT.
SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER
FOR PEOPLE TO JUST KEEP GOING.
HOW IS STEVE?
HE LEFT EARLY THIS MORNING.
HE REALLY HASN'T SPOKEN
ABOUT IT.
DID YOU KNOW
FREDERICK HAD A SISTER?
NOT UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
MARK.
I COULD BE
OVERTHINKING THIS
BUT DOESN'T IT SEEM
A LITTLE ODD TO YOU?
FREDERICK WILSON'S SISTER...
HE'S NEVER TALKED
TO ANYBODY ABOUT HER.
SHE'S IN LOS ANGELES
ON TELEVISION,
DATING STEVE
AND HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW
SHE'S HERE?
YEAH, HE MENTIONED
THAT YESTERDAY.
HE SAID THAT THEY HAD
HAD A FALLING OUT
THAT SHE HAD DRUG PROBLEMS
AND THAT HE HADN'T HEARD
FROM HER
SINCE HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES.
HMM.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
I DON'T KNOW.
NOTHING, I GUESS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT
OF COINCIDENCE TO ME.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS
SOMETHING ELSE
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD
GIVEN EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED,
BUT FREDERICK'S
BEEN ACTING STRANGE LATELY.
FOR INSTANCE,
YESTERDAY I ASKED HIM
TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS
REGARDING AN AUTOPSY
I WAS PERFORMING
ON ONE OF HIS PATIENTS
AND HE GOT REALLY DEFENSIVE
AND ASKED ME
IF I WAS ACCUSING HIM
OF MALPRACTICE.
WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM?
WELL, HIS PATIENT DIED
DURING A ROUTINE
GALLBLADDER SURGERY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO FIND OUT
WHY HE USED THE OPEN PROCEDURE
VERSUS THE SCOPE.
HE TOLD ME THAT
HE HAD LEARNED
THE OPEN PROCEDURE
FIRST AND WASN'T WILLING
TO CHANGE.
SEEMS KIND OF ODD
THAT HE HASN'T LEARNED
THE NEW PROCEDURE, THOUGH.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
EXCUSE ME.
Steve:
WELL, LOOK AT YOU.
OH!
HEY, HANDSOME.
OH, YOU'RE
A FRIENDLY GUY.
HI, STEVE SLOAN?
YES.
UM, I SAW YOU
ON THE T.V. SHOW.
OH, YEAH, WELL, I, UH...
HI, I'M JEANIE
LILY'S ROOMMATE
AND, UH, BEST FRIEND.
YOU'RE THE ONE
THAT DARED HER
TO GO ON THE SHOW.
GUILTY.
PLEASE, SIT DOWN.
WELL, I SHOULDN'T
REALLY STAY.
BUT, UH, I JUST WONDERED
IF YOU FOUND ANYTHING OUT
ABOUT THE PERSON WHO...?
NO?
THEY SAID THAT THE CAR
CAME STRAIGHT AT HER?
CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE
THAT MIGHT HAVE WANTED
TO SCARE OR HURT LILY?
NO.
I MEAN, LILY WAS
MY BEST FRIEND.
IN SOME WAYS, I FELT
LIKE I KNEW EVERYTHING
THAT THERE WAS
TO KNOW ABOUT HER.
BUT SOMETIMES I FELT LIKE
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HER AT ALL.
I MEAN, THERE WERE THINGS
ABOUT HER PAST
THAT SHE JUST WOULDN'T
TALK ABOUT.
UM, I FOUND THIS IN HER OFFICE.
"LOU TYLER PRIVATE
INVESTIGATIONS."
YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE
ONE OF THOSE RAYMOND CHANDLER
TYPES, DOESN'T IT?
YOU KNOW, THE KIND THAT KEEPS
THE FIFTH OF SCOTCH IN HIS DESK?
UH, I'M LOOKING
FOR LOU TYLER.
I'M LIEUTENANT
STEVE SLOAN.
I'M LOU.
SO MUCH FOR A
FIFTH OF SCOTCH
IN A DESK DRAWER.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHY
I SHORTENED IT
FROM LOUISE TO LOU.
SIT, PLEASE.
IF YOU WERE LOOKING
FOR AN INVESTIGATOR
IN THE YELLOW PAGES,
WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
A GIRL-SOUNDING NAME
LIKE LOUISE
OR A GRIZZLED, RAYMOND-
CHANDLER-SOUNDING NAME
LIKE LOU TYLER, P.I.?
I SEE YOUR POINT.
I'M INVESTIGATING
THE DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN,
UH, LILY WILSON.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY
SHE HIRED YOU?
SHE WAS LOOKING
FOR HER ESTRANGED BROTHER,
FREDERICK WILSON.
ANOTHER P.I. IN
CONNECTICUT HAD
TRACKED HIM TO L.A.
WHEN SHE GOT HERE, HE'D MOVED.
AND AFTER ALMOST A YEAR,
YOU HADN'T MANAGED TO FIND HIM?
SHE ONLY HIRED ME A WEEK AGO.
WHY WOULD SHE WAIT SO LONG?
MAYBE SHE THOUGHT
SHE COULD FIND HIM HERSELF.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW HARD IT CAN BE
TO TRACK SOMEONE IN THIS TOWN
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND.
WELL, I DON'T THINK
HE WAS HIDING FROM HER.
HE'S A DOCTOR
AT COMMUNITY GENERAL.
WELL, IF I'D KNOWN
HE WAS A DOCTOR
I COULD HAVE FOUND HIM
IN 15 MINUTES.
HE WAS ON DUTY
THE NIGHT THEY BROUGHT HER IN.
OH, POOR GUY.
WHAT A SHAME.
FIX YOU SOME BREAKFAST?
NO, I ATE ALREADY.
FUNERAL'S AT 10:00.
I WANT TO GET
THERE EARLY.
I TOLD AMANDA AND JESSE
I'D PICK THEM UP.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
LISTEN, DAD
AFTER THE FUNERAL,
YOU THINK WE COULD TALK?
SURE.
SOME THINGS HERE
JUST DON'T ADD UP.
MARK.
MIND IF I COME IN?
OH, SURE.
DO YOU WANT SOMETHING?
LIKE A DRINK
OR SOMETHING?
NO, NO, THANKS.
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
MY COMING BY FEDRERICK.
YOU WEREN'T AT THE FUNERAL.
WE GOT A LITTLE
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
I COULDN'T DECIDE
WHAT TO WEAR.
I STOOD THERE
IN FRONT OF MY CLOSET
LOOKING AT MY SUITS
ALL PRESSED
AND HANGING NEATLY
AND I COULDN'T GO.
I COULDN'T GO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN
WE WERE KIDS, LILY...
OUR GRANDMOTHER RAISED US.
WELL, SHE TOOK US IN.
I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO SAY
WE RAISED OURSELVES.
I WATCHED AFTER HER
LIKE SHE WAS MINE.
I KNEW YOUR SON
WAS GOING TO BE
ON THAT T.V. SHOW.
EVERYBODY IN THE
HOSPITAL KNEW.
I FORGOT TO WATCH.
I FORGOT.
I WOULD HAVE SEEN HER.
I LET HER DOWN.
HOW COULD I GO
AND SEE HER TODAY
WHEN I LET HER DOWN?
HOW'S STEVE?
THE, THE GUNSHOT WOUND?
OH, MORE OF A SCRATCH
THAN A WOUND, REALLY.
ARE THEY ANY CLOSER
TO FINDING THE GUY
WHO WAS TRYING TO KILL HIM?
WELL, I WANTED TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THAT, FREDERICK.
THE POLICE HAVE
ABOUT DECIDED
WHOEVER SHOT STEVE
WAS ACTUALLY TRYING
TO KILL LILY.
DRUGS.
DAMN IT.
UH, AMANDA SAID YOU MENTIONED
SOMETHING ABOUT A PROBLEM.
"A PROBLEM"?
NO, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
SHE WAS JUST THROWING
HER WHOLE LIFE INTO THE GUTTER.
BUT, HEY, NO PROBLEM.
I WASN'T ABOUT
TO STICK AROUND
AND WATCH.
I TOLD HER I WOULD
DO ANYTHING FOR HER: REHAB
THERAPY, ANYTHING.
BUT SHE WAS
JUST SO COMPLETELY IN DENIAL.
IS THAT WHY
YOU CAME TO CALIFORNIA?
YOU THINK THAT'S HARSH?
I WASN'T THERE,
FREDERICK.
SO...
SHE COMES OUT HERE TO FIND ME
AND BRINGS HER DRUG PROBLEMS
ALONG WITH HER, HUH?
YEAH, I SUPPOSE
THAT'S POSSIBLE.
WELL, LISTEN, CALL ME
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
NO. THANK YOU
FOR STOPPING BY.
OH, THERE IS ONE
POSSIBLE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS.
THE CAMERA CREW SAID
THEY SAW A WHITE CONVERTIBLE
PULLING AWAY
QUICKLY
FROM THE JAPANESE GARDEN.
THEY TRACK IT DOWN?
NO. COULDN'T GET
THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.
WELL, HOW MANY
WHITE CONVERTIBLES COULD THERE
BE IN L.A.?
TEN THOUSAND? 15?
COULDN'T EVEN GUESS.
ONE OF WHICH, OF COURSE,
IS MINE.
OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE AN ALIBI...
NOT FOR THE SHOOTING,
NOT FOR THE HIT-AND-RUN.
WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE
PROBABLY AT THE HOSPITAL.
THERE'D BE NO WAY TO ACCOUNT
FOR EVERY HOUR.
YEAH, I GUESS NOT.
YOU'RE A GOOD SURGEON,
FREDERICK.
YOU'RE HIGHLY RESPECTED
IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
I MEAN, THAT MEANS AT LEAST
AS MUCH AS A WHITE CONVERTIBLE.
WELL, BETTER GO.
CALL ME IF I CAN DO ANYTHING.
OH, AMANDA MENTIONED
SOMETHING ABOUT A GALLBLADDER
PROCEDURE YOU DID.
WHAT?
I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE
AGAINST THE LAPAROSCOPY?
IF HE'S LYING,
HE'S PRETTY GOOD.
THAT WAS ADORABLE.
MARCUS WELBY LIKES YOU.
HE REAL LIKES YO.
SHUT UP.
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO CONSIDER
DRINKING A LITTLE
LESS, FREDERICK.
JUST A THOUGHT.
SO WHERE WERE WE
BEFORE WE WERE SO
RUDELY INTERRUPTED?
I'M SORRY IF I GAVE YOU
THE IMPRESSION
THAT IT WAS LILY
WHO'S BEEN BLACKMAILING YOU
ALL THESE MONTHS.
"IMPRESSION"?
YOU COME TO THE HOSPITAL
AND TELL ME
SHE'S GOING TO THE PRESS
IF I DON'T GIVE HER MORE MONEY.
THAT'S NOT AN
IMPRESSION, LOU.
YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T
LET YOURSELF GET ALL WORKED UP.
I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN EXPOSING YOU.
I DON'T WANT JUSTICE.
I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN MONEY.
I'M NOT OUT TO GET YOU.
SO, DO YOU WANT
TO HEAR MY NEW TERMS?
Mark:
WHEN I ASKED HIM WHY HE DIDN'T
USE THE LAPAROSCOPE
HE SAID THAT HIS MENTOR
IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
DR. ARNEBERG, HAD TAUGHT HIM
THE OPEN GALLBLADDER.
"IF IT WAS GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ARNEBERG"
IT'S GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME."
THAT MAKES SENSE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
TOM ARNEBERG?
YES.
I THINK HE PUBLISHED A TEXTBOOK
ON GENERAL SURGERY.
RIGHT... WHICH RECOMMENDED
THE LAPAROSCOPE
FOR GALLBLADDER SURGERY.
SO THE GUY'S
A LITTLE QUIRKY.
HE LIKES TO DO THINGS
HIS OWN WAY.
WHAT HAS THAT GOT
TO DO WITH ANYTHING?
QUIRKY? THE GUY LIED.
STEVE, YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM
IDENTIFY LILY.
THE GUY WAS DEVASTATED.
OKAY, FREDERICK WILSON
IS DEVASTATED
BY HIS SISTER'S DEATH.
WHAT DOES HE DO
IN HIS GRIEF?
HE STARTS SPINNING A TALE
OF HER YEARS OF DRUG ABUSE.
SHE DIDN'T SEEM
LIKE A DRUG ADDICT TO ME.
STEVE, I'M SORRY,
BUT YOU KNEW THE GIRL
FOR, LIKE,
A SUM TOTAL OF TWO DAYS.
I HATE TO REMIND YOU,
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
THE BEST JUDGMENT
WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN.
CAN I HAVE THE SALT?
WHAT DO THE TOXICOLOGY
REPORTS SAY?
Amanda:
CLEAN, NO DRUGS
IN HER SYSTEM
AND NO LIVER DAMAGE.
WELL, NOT EVERY ADDICT
HAS LIVER DAMAGE.
GARLIC SALT?
BLOOD PRESSURE.
YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS,
YOU DON'T HAVE MOTIVE.
THEY FOUGHT.
BIG DEAL.
YOU AND I FIGHT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
HEY, CAN I HAVE THAT SALT AGAIN?
YOU COOKED THE CHICKEN, RIGHT?
UH-HUH.
WHY DIDN'T YOU PREPARE IT
THE WAY YOU WANTED IT TO BE?
WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE
SHOULDN'T EAT SALT.
IT'S BAD FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, I
HAVE TO ADMIT
I HAVE NOT A CLUE
AS TO WHAT THAT MOTIVE COULD BE.
Amanda:
HE DOESN'T
HAVE AN ALIBI
FOR THE SHOOTING
OR THE HIT-AND-RUN.
OH, WELL, THERE YOU GO.
NO ALIBI. HANG HIM.
JESSE, WHAT'S THE
MATTER WITH YOU?
YOU ACT LIKE WE'RE TRYING
TO STRING UP ALBERT SCHWEITZER
OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW WHAT? FREDERICK WILSON
MAY NOT BE ALBERT SCHWEITZER
BUT HE IS A GOOD DOCTOR.
LOOK, I JUST FEEL PERSONALLY
GRATEFUL TO THE GUY, OKAY?
Steve:
NO, THAT'S NOT OKAY.
LOOK, JESSE, YOU WANT
TO GIVE THIS GUY
A PASS ON MURDER ONE.
I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE THAN
"I FEEL PERSONALLY GRATEFUL."
OKAY, LOOK. I WAS IN THE E.R.
AND I WAS PRETTY GREEN.
I WAS DOING
A VERY
TRICKY PROCEDURE
AND THE PATIENT STARTED
TO GO SOUTH.
WELL, FREDERICK COMES IN
AND JUST TURNED IT AROUND
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WAS DOING
ANYTHING WRONG.
IT'S JUST,
HE WAS BETTER THAN I WAS
AND HE DIDN'T
RUB MY FACE IN IT.
HE SAVED THAT
PATIENT'S LIFE
AND HE WASN'T ARROGANT ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, I,
I RESPECT HIM FOR THAT.
WELL, I RESPECT
THAT TOO, JESSE
BUT, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE CAN HAVE
A LOT OF CONTRADICTIONS.
I READ AN ARTICLE
ABOUT A, A HIT MAN
WHO LIKED TO TAKE IN
STRAY CATS.
EXCUSE ME.
YOU DIDN'T LIKE
MY CHICKEN?
IT WAS TOO SALTY.
TAKE A SEAT.
THANK YOU FOR MEETING
WITH ME, DR. ARNEBERG.
MY FATHER SENDS
HIS BEST REGARDS.
TELL HIM I'LL EXPECT HIM
TO WRITE THE FOREWORD
TO MY NEXT BOOK.
WELL, HE'D LIKE THAT.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
A STUDENT YOU HAD YEARS AGO.
OH, WELL, NOW,
I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MADE
A LONG, ALBEIT PICTURESQUE,
JOURNEY FOR NOTHING.
I LIKE TO FORGET MY STUDENTS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HIS NAME IS
FREDERICK WILSON.
OH, WELL, NOW, YOU'VE MADE
A LIAR OUT OF ME.
FREDERICK WAS ONE
OF MY FAVORITE STUDENTS.
I LIKE TO THINK
THAT I WAS A MENTOR TO HIM.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
HE DID?
FREDERICK'S IN L.A.?
YES.
OH... WELL, I THOUGHT
HE WAS SOMEWHERE BACK EAST.
WELL, WELL,
CALIFORNIA IS BLESSED
FOR HAVING HIM
ON THIS SIDE OF THE CONTINENT.
YOU, UH, SEEM TO THINK
VERY HIGHLY OF HIM.
OH, INDEED I DO.
I ALWAYS KNEW HE'D
MAKE A FINE SURGEON.
HE WAS A WONDERFUL STUDENT,
STRAIGHT "A's"
BUT MORE THAN THAT
HE HAD THE SOUL OF A SURGEON.
I'M NOT SURE I KNOW
WHAT THAT IS.
WHO CAN DEFINE IT, REALLY?
YOU SEE IT... OR YOU DON'T.
WELL, I JUST
WANTED TO GET
A PERSONAL
REFERENCE ON HIM.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
HAPPY TO BE OF HELP.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TRIED
TO THROW FREDERICK OUT
I FOUGHT LIKE HELL FOR HIM
AND I'M GLAD I DID.
THEY TRIED
TO THROW WILSON
OUT OF MEDICAL SCHOOL?
OH, YES.
WHY?
HE RAN OUT OF MONEY.
BUT EMILY
MY WONDERFUL SECRETARY
FOUND A SCHOLARSHIP
THAT HAD GONE UNAWARDED
WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNATED
FOR MINORITY STUDENTS.
MINORITY?
WELL, SINCE
HE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
SO I CALLED
THE REAL FREDERICK WILSON.
HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS.
WELL, IF FREDERICK'S SMART
ENOUGH TO IMPERSONATE A SURGEON
GETTING FAKE PAPERS
AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S LICENSE
WOULD BE NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
OH, NANCY, HAVE YOU
SEEN DR. WILSON?
UH, TRAUMA ONE,
GUNSHOT WOUND.
LISTEN, CALL SECURITY.
HAVE THEM WAIT
OUTSIDE TRAUMA ONE NOW.
SURE, DR. SLOAN.
STEVE, HE'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF A CODE YELLOW.
I HAVE TO STOP HIM.
DAD, I'LL GET THERE
AS FAST AS I CAN.
DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY.
OH. TO WHAT DO I
OWE THIS HONOR?
DOCTOR, I HAVE TO ASK
YOU TO STEP ASIDE.
SECURITY'S WAITING
OUT IN THE HALL.
AND WHY IS THAT?
A PROBLEM
WITH YOUR MEDICAL LICENSE.
YOU SAID
I WAS A GOOD SURGEON
BUT A PIECE OF PAPER
CHANGES YOUR OPINION?
HOW GOOD YOU ARE
DOESN'T ALTER THE FACT
THAT YOU CAN'T PRACTICE MEDICINE
WITHOUT A LICENSE.
IF I WALK AWAY BEFORE
I INSERT THIS CHEST TUBE
THIS MAN WILL DIE.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU FINISH.
I'LL CONNECT HIM
TO THE PLUERADACT.
TELL YOU THE TRUTH
I'M JUST AS GLAD YOU FOUND OUT.
I'M SICK OF HAVING
TO WATCH MY STEP.
YOU KNOW I'M ENTIRELY
SELF-TAUGHT.
I'VE GOT A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
LISTEN TO THE CHEST.
SEE IF HIS LUNG
IS INFLATED.
HEH. I SAVED EXACTLY
84 PEOPLE IN THE TIME I WOULD
HAVE WASTED IN MEDICAL SCHOOL.
I KEPT TRACK.
OTHER DOCTORS COULD HAVE
TREATED THOSE 84 PEOPLE.
ODDS ARE THOSE
OTHER DOCTORS
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
AS GOOD AS I AM
BECAUSE MOST
OTHER DOCTORS AREN'T.
I CAN PROVE THAT STATISTICALLY.
I'VE GOT A BLEEDER HERE.
I NEED ANOTHER CLAMP.
WASN'T EASY CONVINCING
THE LICENSE BOARD
TO SEND ME ANOTHER MAN'S LICENSE
BUT IF YOU'RE CLEVER ENOUGH
AND PERSISTENT ENOUGH.
AND LUCKY ENOUGH...
LUCK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
OOP. ANOTHER BLEEDER.
HUH. GET A CLAMP.
YOU GOT IT?
I GOT IT.
GOOD.
GIVE ME SOME SUCTION
AND WIDE-OPEN I.V.s!
I NEED HELP HERE.
HE'S HEMORRHAGING.
GET IN THERE.
THERE'S A MAN WITH A GUN.
WHERE'S THE PERP?
DR. WILSON. GET HIM.
DR. WILSON SAID THERE WAS A
GUY...
DR. WILSON IS THE PERP.
COULDN'T HOLD HIM.
YEAH, SLOAN HERE.
PUT OUT AN A.P.B.
ON FREDERICK WILSON.
ALERT THE AIRPORTS
AND THE BORDER PATROL.
RIGHT, THANKS.
I'M GOING TO GO
OVER TO HIS PLACE.
YOU WANT TO COME?
NO, WE JUST GOT
HIS PATIENT STABILIZED.
I HAVE TO MAKE SURE
HE'S ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU.
HI. WELL, THE BODY WAS BURNED
BEYOND RECOGNITION.
HOWEVER, THE DENTAL RECORDS
MATCHED PERFECTLY.
FREDERICK WILSON WAS DEFINITELY
IN THAT WHITE MERCEDES.
OUR FREDERICK
WILSON...
HE'S THE LAST PERSON
ON EARTH
I WOULD FIGURE
FOR A SUICIDE.
WE FOUND A TRACE OF VALIUM
IN HIS SYSTEM.
POSSIBLY HE WAS A VALIUM USER,
SELF-PRESCRIBED.
HMM.
AND HE COULD HAVE BEEN
SEDATED AND MURDERED
AND PUSHED
OVER THAT CLIFF.
WHY WOULD SOMEONE
WANT TO KILL HIM?
SUPPOSE LILY
WASN'T THE ONE
THREATENING
TO EXPOSE HIM?
SUPPOSE IT WAS
SOMEBODY ELSE.
BUT WHY KILL THE GOOSE
THAT'S LAYING
THE GOLDEN EGG?
NO REASON.
UNLESS THE GOOSE WAS
ABOUT TO BE COOKED
AND WANTED TO TAKE
YOU WITH HIM.
AND HOW DO YOU PROVE THAT?
Woman:
UH, DOUBLE ESPRESSO,
RISTRETTO
WITH, UH,
A SLIVER OF LEMON.
OKAY,
RISTRETTO DOUE.
AND HOW ABOUT YOU, SIR?
UH... A CUP OF COFFEE.
SORRY?
UH, COFFEE WITH A COUPLE
OF SUGARS.
IN A CUP.
COME ON.
I HURT HIS FEELINGS.
THANKS A LOT
FOR COMING TO MEET ME.
OH, LISTEN,
IT'S MY PLEASURE.
THANKS FOR COMING
ALL THE WAY OUT HERE.
I WANT TO HELP
IN ANY WAY I CAN.
YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE INVESTIGATING
FREDERICK'S DEATH
AS A MURDER,
NOT A SUICIDE.
REALLY?
DO THEY HAVE ANY SUSPECTS?
UH, NO,
NOT SO FAR.
ONE EYEWITNESS...
SOME GUY ON A MOTORCYCLE
SAW A BLONDE WOMAN
STANDING WHERE
THE WHITE CONVERTIBLE
WENT OVER THE CLIFF.
THAT'S INTERESTING.
SPEAKING AS ONE
OF THE THREE MILLION SLIGHTLY
ENHANCED BLONDES IN L.A.
I GOT TO TELL YOU,
THAT'S NOT A LOT TO GO ON.
RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THEY DISCOVERED
SOMETHING KIND OF DISTURBING
ABOUT FREDERICK.
HE WASN'T REALLY A DOCTOR.
AND WHY DID YOU WANT TO SEE ME?
WELL, THE POLICE HAVE DISCOVERED
THAT FREDERICK MADE
A SUBSTANTIAL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HIS BANK
ALMOST A QUARTER
OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
OKAY.
RISTRETTO FOR THE LADY.
AND COFFEE.
TWO SUGARS.
REALLY LOOKS GREAT.
THANKS.
YOU KNOW, I NEVER UNDERSTOOD
WHY COFFEE GOT SO FANCY
ALL OF A SUDDEN.
YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING
ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
OH, YEAH. THERE
WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
THERE WERE SOME
PREVIOUS WITHDRAWALS
MADE OVER A PERIOD
OF ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
UH, YOU KNOW,
NOTHING REALLY BIG
BUT STILL SUBSTANTIAL.
WHAT'S YOUR PROFESSIONAL
TAKE ON THAT?
BLACKMAIL.
YEAH. THAT'S WHAT
I THOUGHT, TOO.
I DON'T SUPPOSE
TOO MANY PEOPLE KNEW
ABOUT HIS SECRET, DID THEY?
HIS SISTER WOULD
HAVE KNOWN.
YEAH, POSSIBLY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
MIGHT KNOW, TOO.
SHE ONLY HIRED ME
A WEEK AGO.
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU TOLD ME THAT.
MAYBE THEN YOU CAN EXPLAIN
THIS SURVEILLANCE TAPE TO ME.
THIS WAS TAKEN
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
AT COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL
ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE
THE FIRST ATTEMPT
ON LILY'S LIFE.
YOU WERE THERE
FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
OH... YEAH.
I WENT FOR A HIKE AND RAN
INTO SOME POISON OAK.
I FIGURED I'D GO GET
A SHOT OF CORTISONE
AT THE E.R.
BUT THEY WERE JAMMED
WITH FLU PATIENTS
AND THEY TOLD US
"IF YOU DON'T HAVE A KNIFE
OR GUNSHOT WOUND
GO HOME AND COME BACK LATER."
SO I FIGURED I'D GO HOME
AND TOUGH IT OUT
WITH THE CALAMINE
AND OATMEAL POULTICES.
HOW'D IT HEAL UP?
NOT A SINGLE SCAR.
NOW, MY GUESS IS THAT
THAT GUY SITTING ON THE BENCH
OVER THERE
STARING AT ME
IS EITHER "A":
DESPERATELY IN LOVE WITH ME
YOUR
MOTORCYCLIST EYEWITNESS.
AND I ASSUME THAT
HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE
TO POSITIVELY I.D. ME
OR I WOULD HAVE
BEEN ARRESTED
BY YOUR HANDSOME SON
SITTING NEXT TO HIM.
PRETTY FAIR ASSUMPTION.
SO, SINCE I'M NOT UNDER ARREST
AND I'VE FINISHED
MY OVERPRICED
FANCY COFFEE
I TRUST YOU WON'T MIND
IF I GET ON WITH MY DAY.
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN MORE HELP TO YOU.
COME.
I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T TELL. SORRY.
CAPTAIN LAMERY JUST CALLED.
LOU TYLER'S BOOKED
ON A PLANE
TO BUENOS AIRES
THIS AFTERNOON.
BOOKED UNDER
HER OWN NAME?
TO A COUNTRY
WITH NO MUTUAL EXTRADITION.
AND WE HAVE NO WAY
TO STOP HER.
YOU KNOW, IF SHE'S GOT
THAT 250 THOUSAND ON HER
THEY'LL SEARCH HER
BUT, OF COURSE, SHE'S WAY
TOO SMART FOR THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW
SHE'S ALSO TOO SMART
TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW
SHE'S GOING TO BE
ON THAT PLANE.
MAYBE THAT RESERVATION
WAS A DECOY.
MAYBE, BUT WHERE DO WE START?
DID ANYBODY EVER COLLECT
ON FREDERICK'S LIFE INSURANCE?
EVERYTHING KEEPS COMING
TO A DEAD END.
YOU KNOW, IF LOU KILLED,
UH, FREDERICK
SHE'S GETTING AWAY WITH IT.
WITH FREDERICK DEAD
WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING
IF HE KILLED LILY.
HELLO.
STEVE, YOU WERE RIGHT.
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
I'M FROM I.T.L.
I'M HERE TO PICK
UP A BODY.
STEVE, CAN YOU
HOLD ON A SECOND?
YEAH.
IT'S A "FREDERICK WILSON."
THE CASKET'S OUT BACK.
MAY I SEE THE PAPERWORK?
HUH? OH, YEAH.
HERE YOU GO.
SOMEBODY FILED NEXT OF KIN.
THIS IS BEING SHIPPED
OUT OF VAN NUYS.
STEVE, YOU STILL THERE?
Steve:
YEAH, I'M HERE.
WHAT YOU GOT?
HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
I THOUGHT WE WERE
CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.
THE TOWER CALLED.
THEY SPOTTED A FLARE
IN OUR NUMBER-TWO ENGINE
AS WE WERE WARMING UP.
IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO SEND
A COUPLE OF MECHANICS
TO CHECK IT OUT.
LOU TYLER, YOU'RE
UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
I'M TRANSPORTING FREDERICK
WILSON'S BODY TO RELATIVES
I'VE TRACKED DOWN IN FLORIDA.
THAT ISN'T FREDERICK'S BODY.
BUT SURPRISING
CONSIDERING YOUR FRIEND
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID
THAT IT
WAS
BASED ON DENTAL RECORDS.
RIGHT.
UNLESS, OF COURSE
YOU MURDERED SOMEONE
WHO ROUGHLY FIT
FREDERICK'S DESCRIPTION
AND THEN BROKE IN
TO FREDERICK'S
DENTIST OFFICE
AND SUBSTITUTED
HIS DENTAL RECORDS
FOR YOUR JOHN DOE.
WHY, PRAY TELL, WOULD I DO THAT?
SO YOU AND
FREDERICK COULD
MAKE IT SEEM LIKE
FREDERICK WILSON WAS DEAD.
YOU GUYS ARE ALL OVER THE MAP.
FIRST, YOU HAVE ME
MURDERING FREDERICK.
THEN YOU HAVE ME
CONSPIRING WITH HIM.
OF COURSE,
YOU DON'T HAVE PRINTS.
YOU HAVE NO PROOF
OF A BREAK-IN.
YOU HAVE NO PROOF
THAT THAT BODY ISN'T HIS.
WELL, THAT'S ONE THING
YOU DIDN'T COUNT ON.
WE CAN PROVE IT'S NOT
FREDERICK'S BODY.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
THAT BODY DIDN'T HAVE
THE SKULL FRACTURE
THAT FREDERICK GOT
WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY.
HIS SISTER PUSHED HIM
DOWN THE STAIRS.
SAID IT WAS THE WORST THING
SHE EVER DID.
THE WORST THING FREDERICK DID
WAS KILL HIS SISTER
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
SHE WAS BLACKMAILING HIM.
IT WAS YOU, WASN'T IT?
OH, WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN
CLEVER OF ME?
Steve:
AND YOU KEPT
BLACKMAILING HIM.
BUT WHEN IT WAS CLEAR
HE WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP
ON CHARGES FOR BEING
A FAKE DOCTOR
HE THREATENED TO TAKE YOU
DOWN WITH HIM.
SINCE EACH OF YOU
HAD THE GOODS
ON THE OTHER
THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY OUT.
SPLIT UP WHAT MONEY THERE WAS
AND PART COMPANY.
FAKE FREDERICK'S DEATH
AND SPLIT THE INSURANCE MONEY
AND THEN THERE WAS THE $250,000
IN THE LINING OF THE CASKET.
WHAT THE HELL IS
TAKING THESE GUYS
SO LONG?
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
IT WASN'T MY IDEA
TO KILL LILY.
OH, SHUT UP!
I THOUGHT SHE WAS
GOING TO EXPOSE ME.
DESTROY EVERYTHING
I'D BUILT UP.
SHE NEVER DID
BELIEVE IN ME
EVEN WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS
GOING TO RUIN MY LIFE.
FREDERICK, NOBODY WANTED
TO RUIN YOUR LIFE.
YOU DID THAT YOURSELF.
SHALL WE?
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING
UNTIL I SPEAK WITH A LAWYER.
WELL, I THOUGHT
THE LEAST YOU'D DO
IS SAY "THANK YOU."
AND WHY WOULD I
WANT TO THANK YOU?
BECAUSE
FREDERICK WILSON
IS NO MORE A JET PILOT
THAN HE IS A DOCTOR.
EVERYBODY TO...
All:
MAKE A DATE.
WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO
LET'S BRING OUT
OUR LOVE GODDESS
OF THE DAY.
YES, OUR LOVELY
OUR FABULOUS,
OUR GORGEOUS LILY.
COME ON OUT, GIRL.
WHAT'S GOING ON, DARLING?
SIT DOWN. RELAX.
I KNOW THIS IS VERY
NERVE-WRACKING RIGHT NOW.
BUT LILY, MY DARLING,
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR
ELIGIBLE PUBLIC SERVANTS
AROUND THE CORNER THERE
JUST A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS
TO SEE IF THEY'RE
WORTHY OF YOU.
NOW PLEASE REMEMBER YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CHOOSE ANY OF THEM.
YOU CAN CHOOSE A DATE
OR A DAY OF PAMPERING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A FABULOUS,
ALL-EXPENSES-PAID
DAY AT THE SPA.
MANICURE, PEDICURE
JACUZZI, SAUNA.
SOUNDS GOODS TO ME.
BUT, OF COURSE,
THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
SO, OFF YOU GO, LILY.
OKAY.
WELL, UM, I'M A VETERINARIAN
SO, ELIGIBLE NUMBER ONE
IF YOU WERE A DOG
WHAT KIND OF DOG
WOULD YOU BE?
I WOULD BE A SAINT BERNARD.
BECAUSE I'M BIG
AND STRONG.
AND AFTER I RESCUE YOU
I'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU OUT
FOR A DRINK.
OOH.
WOOF, WOOF,
BIG BOY.
Lily:
GREAT.
HAVE BOOZE
WILL TRAVEL.
OKAY, HOW ABOUT YOU, NUMBER TWO?
UH, I WOULD BE A WEIMARANER.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW...
THEY'RE REALLY...
THEY'RE GREAT DOGS.
AND THEY DON'T SHED.
Lily:
Okay.
I like a man who's neat
around the house.
UH, NUMBER THREE?
Hello?
Number three?
HMM, OH, ME?
I, UH...
I PASS.
Host:
OH, NO.
ELIGIBLE NUMBER THREE
IS BEING A BAD DOG.
Steve:
I'M NOT
A BAD DOG.
I'M NOT ANY KIND OF DOG.
I LIKE DOGS.
IT'S JUST THAT...
IT'S A RIDICULOUS
QUESTION.
Lily:
WOW.
YOU WON'T GET A DOGGY TREAT IF
YOU DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
BLACK LAB.
OOH.
SOUNDS GOOD.
WHY?
UH...
'CAUSE THEY'RE SMART
AND, UH, LOYAL.
GOOD ANSWER.
IT'S STILL A STUPID QUESTION.
WELL, I CAN'T SAY
I DISAGREE WITH YOU THERE
BUT WHY DID YOU
COME ON THE SHOW
IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE
TO ANSWER
SILLY QUESTIONS?
YEAH, GO, LILY.
GIRL POWER.
WHY?
ACTUALLY, I, UH...
DREW THE SHORT STRAW
AT THE PRECINCT.
THE CAPTAIN THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE GOOD P.R.
I GUESS I'M NOT SUPPOSE
TO SAY THAT EITHER.
NO. I DON'T THINK SO.
HE'S BLOWING IT.
HE'S A LITTLE NERVOUS.
WELL, THAT'S IT.
WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
SO, LILY, MY LITTLE
LOVE GODDESS DIVA.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE?
HOT LOVE OR HOT TUB?
REMEMBER, IS IT
GOING TO BE A DATE
OR A DAY OF PAMPERING?
FLUFFING...
ALL THAT FLUFFING
AND LOVE.
WELL, I HAVE
TO ADMIT
THE PAMPERING SOUNDS
REALLY GOOD.
IT SOUNDS SO GOOD.
BUT I'M GOING TO GO ON A DATE
WITH ELIGIBLE
NUMBER THREE.
Host:
WHOA.
WOW, WHAT
A SURPRISE.
WELL, THAT MEANS
WE'VE GOT TO SAY THANK YOU
AND GOOD-BYE TO OUR
OTHER HUNKS OF THE DAY.
LILY, PLEASE
TELL OUR AUDIENCE
AND THE VIEWERS AT HOME
EXACTLY WHY YOU CHOOSE
ELIGIBLE NUMBER THREE?
THE, UH, VERY OUTSPOKEN
POLICE LIEUTENANT
STEVE SLOAN.
WELL, UH, THE THING I VALUE MOST
IN A PERSON IS HONESTY.
AND IT SOUNDS TO ME
LIKE HE HAS THAT.
YES. TO A FAULT,
I MAY ADD.
ANYWAY, STEVE SLOAN,
COME AND MEET YOUR DATE.
LET ME
TAKE THAT.
YOU MIGHT NEED
BOTH HANDS.
OKAY, GUYS
DON'T FORGET
TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK
AFTER OUR VIDEO CREW HAVE
ACTUALLY FOLLOWED STEVE AND LILY
ON THEIR DATE.
OOH.
VIDEO CREW?
AND WE'RE JUST GOING
TO SEE EXACTLY HOW LILY FARES
WITH THE MAN
WHO REFERS TO HIMSELF
AS THE UNLUCKIEST
BACHELOR IN L.A.
ON...
All:
MAKE A DATE.
MAKE A DATE.
YOU GOT IT.
THE DATE HASN'T EVEN STARTED
AND I'M BLEEDING ALREADY.
NOT A GOOD SIGN.
YOU KNOW ANYTHING
AT ALL
ABOUT THIS GIRL
YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH?
OF COURSE, I DO.
I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS.
SHE'S, UH, CUTE,
FUNNY, SMART.
YOU KNOW, IT'S,
UH, TOUGHER
TO GET INTO
VETERINARY SCHOOL
THAN IT IS TO GET
INTO MED SCHOOL?
WELL, A DOG CAN BE
VERY PICKY.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO WONDER THOUGH
WHY A GIRL WITH THAT
MUCH ON THE BALL
WOULD HAVE TO GO ON
A TELEVISION SHOW
TO GET A DATE.
SHE DIDN'T
HAVE TO, DAD.
SHE'S NEW IN TOWN,
AND SHE'S ADVENTUROUS.
I MEAN, SHE LIKES
SNOWBOARDING
BACKPACKING
AND THAT OTHER THING...
WHAT IS IT... SPINNING.
I MEAN, SHE'S GREAT.
OR SHE'S A PSYCHO?
GIVEN MY DATING HISTORY,
IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.
HAVING OUR
VERY OWN PAPARAZZI
KIND OF MAKES ME FEEL
FAMOUS OR SOMETHING.
DON'T LOOK.
ACT NONCHALANT.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.
SOMEONE AS BRIGHT AND, UH,
ATTRACTIVE AS YOU...
WAIT, I'M SORRY.
I DON'T THINK
THEY HEARD THAT.
CAN YOU SPEAK
INTO THE MICROPHONE?
OH, UH, WHATEVER CONVINCED YOU
TO GO ON
MAKE A DATE?
MY BEST FRIEND.
SHE DARED ME.
YOU SEE, I HAVEN'T BEEN
IN L.A. THAT LONG
AND ALTHOUGH
IT'S A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT
MOST MEN WITH PETS ARE MARRIED.
YOU'RE KIDDING?
THAT CAN'T
BE TRUE.
CAN IT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?
WELL, NO.
BUT, UH...
SO WHAT ABOUT YOU?
I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T REALLY DRAW
A SHORT STRAW, DID YOU?
THAT'S THE LAMEST STORY
I EVER HEARD.
HERE'S TO, UH, SHORT STRAWS
AND BEST FRIENDS.
Steve:
I REFUSE TO ANSWER
THAT ON THE GROUNDS
IT MAY TEND
TO INCRIMINATE ME.
OH, COME ON.
YOUR SECRET IS SAFE WITH ME.
AND OUR LURKING FILM CREW.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING
YOU EVER DID?
BESIDE, YOU KNOW, GO ON TV
TO GET A DATE?
OKAY. HERE IT IS.
WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD
I STOLE A WHOLE BOX OF THOSE,
UH, SNOWBALL CUPCAKES.
THE PINK ONES?
UH-HUH.
I LOVE THOSE.
AFTER I STOLE THEM
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
WITH THEM, SO I ATE THEM ALL.
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SICK
FOR A WEEK.
NAH.
WELL, ONLY FOR A MINUTE.
BUT EATING THE EVIDENCE,
THAT WAS VERY SMART.
Steve:
OKAY, YOUR TURN.
OH, MINE IS WORSE.
OKAY, I WAS SIX.
MY BROTHER HAD JUST CHOPPED
ALL THE HAIR OFF MY BARBIES
SO I JUST...
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT,
REALLY.
I JUST PUSHED HIM
DOWN THE STAIRS.
THAT'S NOT SO BAD.
HE FRACTURED HIS SKULL.
HMM. THAT'S BAD.
I FEEL TERRIBLE
ABOUT IT TO THIS DAY.
YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY,
THAT'S A FELONY ASSAULT.
OH, LOOK WHO'S TALKING,
MR. GRAND THEFT CUPCAKES.
BESIDES, HE ASSAULTED
MY BARBIES.
AND JURIES TEND TO BE
VERY SYMPATHETIC
ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
LISTEN, THIS IS, UH...
KIND OF EMBARRASSING,
BUT, UH...
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF
WE'D GET ALONG OR NOT...
SO YOU MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT
SO YOU'D HAVE AN EXCUSE TO BAIL.
NO, NOT EXACTLY.
I, UH, I GOT TO GO TO WORK.
OH, SURE.
BUT I'D LOVE TO TAKE
YOU TO DINNER.
THAT'S OKAY.
I UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T THINK YOU DO.
CALL YOU TONIGHT?
GET DOWN.
HE COULD FIRE AGAIN.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
DUDE!
YOU'RE, LIKE, SHOT.
THANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP.
YOU THINK YOU CAN CALL 911?
TOTALLY.
NOT A PROBLEM.
HEY, DO YOU MIND?
STEVE, WHAT HAPPENED
TO YOU?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE OUT
ON YOUR BIG DATE.
YEAH, I WAS.
I, UH, KIND OF GOT SHOT.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
YOU GOT TO SIT DOWN.
SHE SHOT YOU?
NO.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.
FIRST, YOU DATE
THAT WOMAN
WHO TURNS OUT
TO BE A COP KILLER.
JESSIE.
THEN YOU STARTED SEEING THAT
WOMAN THE FBI AGENT
WHO TOOK ANOTHER
ASSIGNMENT
JUST WHEN THINGS
WERE GETTING GOOD.
HEY... YOU GOT TO SIT DOWN.
JESSIE, IT'S JUST A
SCRATCH.
THEN YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH
THAT MARRIED WOMAN, MAEVE.
REMEMBERED HER MARRIED.
YEAH, I REMEMBER.
AND NOW THIS.
STEVE, YOU ARE THE UNLUCKIEST
BACHELOR IN L.A.
JESSE, JUST GIVE ME
THE ANTIBIOTICS
OR DO WHATEVER IT IS
YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO ME.
NOT UNTIL YOU
SIT STILL, MISTER.
TRAUMA THREE.
LOOK, IT'S JUST
A SCRATCH.
I DON'T NEED
AN OPERATING ROOM.
HIS DATE SHOT HIM.
I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOU
IN A MINUTE.
Amanda:
DR. WILSON,
THANK YOU
FOR COMING RIGHT OVER.
I'M STACKED UP ON ROUNDS.
IS THIS IMPORTANT?
YES, I WAS FINISHING
MY AUTOPSY REPORT
ON YOUR PATIENT
WHO DIED DURING SURGERY.
OH, YES, UH, THE GALLBLADDER.
LEVINE, ARTHUR.
I WAS WONDERING.
YOU WENT STRAIGHT
FOR THE OPEN PROCEDURE.
YES?
WHY NOT THE LAPAROSCOPIC?
I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS PROCEDURE
USED IN YEARS.
NO ONE USES IT
AS A FIRST OPTION.
I DO.
I LEARNED THE
OLD TECHNIQUE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN COMFORTABLE
WITH THE NEW ONE.
AS OVERWEIGHT AS LEVINE WAS
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
TO USE THE SCOPE.
I HAD TO OPEN HIM UP.
HMM. I SEE.
IS THERE A PROBLEM
WITH THE FAMILY?
NO.
THE HOSPITAL?
NO.
IS SOMEONE THREATENING ME
WITH A MALPRACTICE
SUIT?
DR. WILSON, I SIMPLY NEED
TO ACCOUNT FOR IT IN MY REPORT.
THAT'S ALL.
I'M THE DOCTOR.
I USED THE PROCEDURE
I DO BEST.
ANYTHING ELSE?
NO.
THANKS FOR DINNER.
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
OW.
OH, SORRY, SORRY.
FORGOT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, FOR
FUTURE REFERENCE
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE
SOMEONE TO SHOOT ME
TO KEEP ME FROM
GOING TO WORK.
YOU KNOW, I CAN ALWAYS
CALL IN WITH THE FLU.
I'M WILLING TO GO
TO ANY LENGTH
TO GET THAT SECOND DATE.
YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU DON'T
THINK THAT YOU'RE IN DANGER
OF GETTING SHOT
EVERY TIME YOU
GO OUT WITH ME.
I'M THE ADVENTUROUS TYPE.
I SHOULD GO.
ALREADY?
IT'S LATE.
AND, UH, I HAVE
A GERMAN SHEPHERD NAMED BRUNO
THAT I NEED TO NEUTER
AT 7:00 A.M.
I THINK HE'D WANT ME
WELL RESTED.
HOW ABOUT LATER AFTER,
UH, YOU RUIN BRUNO'S LIFE?
I KNOW A GOOD LITTLE
PLACE FOR LUNCH.
ALL RIGHT.
CALL ME AT THE CLINIC
AROUND 1:00?
GOOD.
I HAVE TO GO.
WHO'S STOPPING YOU?
OH, SOME COP
WHO'S OUT TO GET ME.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
LILY!
LILY.
OH, GOD.
COME ON, COME ON.
YES, THIS IS
LIEUTENANT STEVE SLOAN.
I'VE GOT A HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM
AT THE CORNER
OF 26th AND WOODLEY.
I NEED AN AMBULANCE FAST.
PLEASE HURRY.
PLEASE HURRY.
90/50.
IRREGULAR PULSE.
70.
THERE'S A LOT
OF JUGULAR VENOUS DISTENTION.
I'M AFRAID THERE'S
PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE.
WE MUST TAKE AN X-RAY.
NO, NO, NO.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LET'S GET HER INTO TRAUMA TWO.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
JESS.
STEVE, WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
MEDS IN.
PRESSURE'S COMING
BACK UP. 100/60.
THANK GOD.
OKAY, LET'S SET UP FOR
A TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHO.
WE'LL NEED ANOTHER
LARGE-BORE I.V.
SHE'S IN V-FIB.
OH, GOD. PADDLES.
LET'S GO. HURRY.
200.
CLEAR.
OKAY, LET'S GO AGAIN.
CLEAR.
OKAY, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
TRY IT AGAIN.
LET'S BRING IT UP TO 300.
CLEAR.
DAMN.
COME ON, LILY! AGAIN.
CLEAR.
AGAIN.
DR. TRAVIS...
I SAID, CLEAR!
I'M SORRY.
STEVE.
UH, AMANDA, JUST...
THEY SAID YOU WERE IN SURGERY
WITH A PATIENT
NAMED LILY WILSON.
YEAH.
WELL, IT CAN'T BE HER.
SHE LIVES IN CONNECTICUT.
IT'S GOT TO BE
ANOTHER LILY WILSON, HUH?
FREDERICK, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
MY SISTER'S NAME IS LILY.
LILY?
OH, LILY...
DR. WILSON...
NO!
Mark:
FREDERICK.
THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE IN HERE.
I'M SO SORRY
TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SISTER.
YEAH.
LOOK, WE'RE COVERED HERE.
WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME?
YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.
AT LEAST HERE I CAN...
I HAVE THINGS TO DO.
I CAN FEEL USEFUL.
Amanda:
HI.
HE WANTS TO FINISH
OUT HIS SHIFT.
SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER
FOR PEOPLE TO JUST KEEP GOING.
HOW IS STEVE?
HE LEFT EARLY THIS MORNING.
HE REALLY HASN'T SPOKEN
ABOUT IT.
DID YOU KNOW
FREDERICK HAD A SISTER?
NOT UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
MARK.
I COULD BE
OVERTHINKING THIS
BUT DOESN'T IT SEEM
A LITTLE ODD TO YOU?
FREDERICK WILSON'S SISTER...
HE'S NEVER TALKED
TO ANYBODY ABOUT HER.
SHE'S IN LOS ANGELES
ON TELEVISION,
DATING STEVE
AND HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW
SHE'S HERE?
YEAH, HE MENTIONED
THAT YESTERDAY.
HE SAID THAT THEY HAD
HAD A FALLING OUT
THAT SHE HAD DRUG PROBLEMS
AND THAT HE HADN'T HEARD
FROM HER
SINCE HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES.
HMM.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
I DON'T KNOW.
NOTHING, I GUESS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT
OF COINCIDENCE TO ME.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS
SOMETHING ELSE
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD
GIVEN EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED,
BUT FREDERICK'S
BEEN ACTING STRANGE LATELY.
FOR INSTANCE,
YESTERDAY I ASKED HIM
TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS
REGARDING AN AUTOPSY
I WAS PERFORMING
ON ONE OF HIS PATIENTS
AND HE GOT REALLY DEFENSIVE
AND ASKED ME
IF I WAS ACCUSING HIM
OF MALPRACTICE.
WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM?
WELL, HIS PATIENT DIED
DURING A ROUTINE
GALLBLADDER SURGERY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO FIND OUT
WHY HE USED THE OPEN PROCEDURE
VERSUS THE SCOPE.
HE TOLD ME THAT
HE HAD LEARNED
THE OPEN PROCEDURE
FIRST AND WASN'T WILLING
TO CHANGE.
SEEMS KIND OF ODD
THAT HE HASN'T LEARNED
THE NEW PROCEDURE, THOUGH.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
EXCUSE ME.
Steve:
WELL, LOOK AT YOU.
OH!
HEY, HANDSOME.
OH, YOU'RE
A FRIENDLY GUY.
HI, STEVE SLOAN?
YES.
UM, I SAW YOU
ON THE T.V. SHOW.
OH, YEAH, WELL, I, UH...
HI, I'M JEANIE
LILY'S ROOMMATE
AND, UH, BEST FRIEND.
YOU'RE THE ONE
THAT DARED HER
TO GO ON THE SHOW.
GUILTY.
PLEASE, SIT DOWN.
WELL, I SHOULDN'T
REALLY STAY.
BUT, UH, I JUST WONDERED
IF YOU FOUND ANYTHING OUT
ABOUT THE PERSON WHO...?
NO?
THEY SAID THAT THE CAR
CAME STRAIGHT AT HER?
CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE
THAT MIGHT HAVE WANTED
TO SCARE OR HURT LILY?
NO.
I MEAN, LILY WAS
MY BEST FRIEND.
IN SOME WAYS, I FELT
LIKE I KNEW EVERYTHING
THAT THERE WAS
TO KNOW ABOUT HER.
BUT SOMETIMES I FELT LIKE
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HER AT ALL.
I MEAN, THERE WERE THINGS
ABOUT HER PAST
THAT SHE JUST WOULDN'T
TALK ABOUT.
UM, I FOUND THIS IN HER OFFICE.
"LOU TYLER PRIVATE
INVESTIGATIONS."
YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE
ONE OF THOSE RAYMOND CHANDLER
TYPES, DOESN'T IT?
YOU KNOW, THE KIND THAT KEEPS
THE FIFTH OF SCOTCH IN HIS DESK?
UH, I'M LOOKING
FOR LOU TYLER.
I'M LIEUTENANT
STEVE SLOAN.
I'M LOU.
SO MUCH FOR A
FIFTH OF SCOTCH
IN A DESK DRAWER.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHY
I SHORTENED IT
FROM LOUISE TO LOU.
SIT, PLEASE.
IF YOU WERE LOOKING
FOR AN INVESTIGATOR
IN THE YELLOW PAGES,
WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
A GIRL-SOUNDING NAME
LIKE LOUISE
OR A GRIZZLED, RAYMOND-
CHANDLER-SOUNDING NAME
LIKE LOU TYLER, P.I.?
I SEE YOUR POINT.
I'M INVESTIGATING
THE DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN,
UH, LILY WILSON.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY
SHE HIRED YOU?
SHE WAS LOOKING
FOR HER ESTRANGED BROTHER,
FREDERICK WILSON.
ANOTHER P.I. IN
CONNECTICUT HAD
TRACKED HIM TO L.A.
WHEN SHE GOT HERE, HE'D MOVED.
AND AFTER ALMOST A YEAR,
YOU HADN'T MANAGED TO FIND HIM?
SHE ONLY HIRED ME A WEEK AGO.
WHY WOULD SHE WAIT SO LONG?
MAYBE SHE THOUGHT
SHE COULD FIND HIM HERSELF.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW HARD IT CAN BE
TO TRACK SOMEONE IN THIS TOWN
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND.
WELL, I DON'T THINK
HE WAS HIDING FROM HER.
HE'S A DOCTOR
AT COMMUNITY GENERAL.
WELL, IF I'D KNOWN
HE WAS A DOCTOR
I COULD HAVE FOUND HIM
IN 15 MINUTES.
HE WAS ON DUTY
THE NIGHT THEY BROUGHT HER IN.
OH, POOR GUY.
WHAT A SHAME.
FIX YOU SOME BREAKFAST?
NO, I ATE ALREADY.
FUNERAL'S AT 10:00.
I WANT TO GET
THERE EARLY.
I TOLD AMANDA AND JESSE
I'D PICK THEM UP.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
LISTEN, DAD
AFTER THE FUNERAL,
YOU THINK WE COULD TALK?
SURE.
SOME THINGS HERE
JUST DON'T ADD UP.
MARK.
MIND IF I COME IN?
OH, SURE.
DO YOU WANT SOMETHING?
LIKE A DRINK
OR SOMETHING?
NO, NO, THANKS.
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
MY COMING BY FEDRERICK.
YOU WEREN'T AT THE FUNERAL.
WE GOT A LITTLE
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
I COULDN'T DECIDE
WHAT TO WEAR.
I STOOD THERE
IN FRONT OF MY CLOSET
LOOKING AT MY SUITS
ALL PRESSED
AND HANGING NEATLY
AND I COULDN'T GO.
I COULDN'T GO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN
WE WERE KIDS, LILY...
OUR GRANDMOTHER RAISED US.
WELL, SHE TOOK US IN.
I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO SAY
WE RAISED OURSELVES.
I WATCHED AFTER HER
LIKE SHE WAS MINE.
I KNEW YOUR SON
WAS GOING TO BE
ON THAT T.V. SHOW.
EVERYBODY IN THE
HOSPITAL KNEW.
I FORGOT TO WATCH.
I FORGOT.
I WOULD HAVE SEEN HER.
I LET HER DOWN.
HOW COULD I GO
AND SEE HER TODAY
WHEN I LET HER DOWN?
HOW'S STEVE?
THE, THE GUNSHOT WOUND?
OH, MORE OF A SCRATCH
THAN A WOUND, REALLY.
ARE THEY ANY CLOSER
TO FINDING THE GUY
WHO WAS TRYING TO KILL HIM?
WELL, I WANTED TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THAT, FREDERICK.
THE POLICE HAVE
ABOUT DECIDED
WHOEVER SHOT STEVE
WAS ACTUALLY TRYING
TO KILL LILY.
DRUGS.
DAMN IT.
UH, AMANDA SAID YOU MENTIONED
SOMETHING ABOUT A PROBLEM.
"A PROBLEM"?
NO, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
SHE WAS JUST THROWING
HER WHOLE LIFE INTO THE GUTTER.
BUT, HEY, NO PROBLEM.
I WASN'T ABOUT
TO STICK AROUND
AND WATCH.
I TOLD HER I WOULD
DO ANYTHING FOR HER: REHAB
THERAPY, ANYTHING.
BUT SHE WAS
JUST SO COMPLETELY IN DENIAL.
IS THAT WHY
YOU CAME TO CALIFORNIA?
YOU THINK THAT'S HARSH?
I WASN'T THERE,
FREDERICK.
SO...
SHE COMES OUT HERE TO FIND ME
AND BRINGS HER DRUG PROBLEMS
ALONG WITH HER, HUH?
YEAH, I SUPPOSE
THAT'S POSSIBLE.
WELL, LISTEN, CALL ME
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
NO. THANK YOU
FOR STOPPING BY.
OH, THERE IS ONE
POSSIBLE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS.
THE CAMERA CREW SAID
THEY SAW A WHITE CONVERTIBLE
PULLING AWAY
QUICKLY
FROM THE JAPANESE GARDEN.
THEY TRACK IT DOWN?
NO. COULDN'T GET
THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.
WELL, HOW MANY
WHITE CONVERTIBLES COULD THERE
BE IN L.A.?
TEN THOUSAND? 15?
COULDN'T EVEN GUESS.
ONE OF WHICH, OF COURSE,
IS MINE.
OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE AN ALIBI...
NOT FOR THE SHOOTING,
NOT FOR THE HIT-AND-RUN.
WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE
PROBABLY AT THE HOSPITAL.
THERE'D BE NO WAY TO ACCOUNT
FOR EVERY HOUR.
YEAH, I GUESS NOT.
YOU'RE A GOOD SURGEON,
FREDERICK.
YOU'RE HIGHLY RESPECTED
IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
I MEAN, THAT MEANS AT LEAST
AS MUCH AS A WHITE CONVERTIBLE.
WELL, BETTER GO.
CALL ME IF I CAN DO ANYTHING.
OH, AMANDA MENTIONED
SOMETHING ABOUT A GALLBLADDER
PROCEDURE YOU DID.
WHAT?
I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE
AGAINST THE LAPAROSCOPY?
IF HE'S LYING,
HE'S PRETTY GOOD.
THAT WAS ADORABLE.
MARCUS WELBY LIKES YOU.
HE REAL LIKES YO.
SHUT UP.
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO CONSIDER
DRINKING A LITTLE
LESS, FREDERICK.
JUST A THOUGHT.
SO WHERE WERE WE
BEFORE WE WERE SO
RUDELY INTERRUPTED?
I'M SORRY IF I GAVE YOU
THE IMPRESSION
THAT IT WAS LILY
WHO'S BEEN BLACKMAILING YOU
ALL THESE MONTHS.
"IMPRESSION"?
YOU COME TO THE HOSPITAL
AND TELL ME
SHE'S GOING TO THE PRESS
IF I DON'T GIVE HER MORE MONEY.
THAT'S NOT AN
IMPRESSION, LOU.
YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T
LET YOURSELF GET ALL WORKED UP.
I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN EXPOSING YOU.
I DON'T WANT JUSTICE.
I'M ONLY INTERESTED IN MONEY.
I'M NOT OUT TO GET YOU.
SO, DO YOU WANT
TO HEAR MY NEW TERMS?
Mark:
WHEN I ASKED HIM WHY HE DIDN'T
USE THE LAPAROSCOPE
HE SAID THAT HIS MENTOR
IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
DR. ARNEBERG, HAD TAUGHT HIM
THE OPEN GALLBLADDER.
"IF IT WAS GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ARNEBERG"
IT'S GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME."
THAT MAKES SENSE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
TOM ARNEBERG?
YES.
I THINK HE PUBLISHED A TEXTBOOK
ON GENERAL SURGERY.
RIGHT... WHICH RECOMMENDED
THE LAPAROSCOPE
FOR GALLBLADDER SURGERY.
SO THE GUY'S
A LITTLE QUIRKY.
HE LIKES TO DO THINGS
HIS OWN WAY.
WHAT HAS THAT GOT
TO DO WITH ANYTHING?
QUIRKY? THE GUY LIED.
STEVE, YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM
IDENTIFY LILY.
THE GUY WAS DEVASTATED.
OKAY, FREDERICK WILSON
IS DEVASTATED
BY HIS SISTER'S DEATH.
WHAT DOES HE DO
IN HIS GRIEF?
HE STARTS SPINNING A TALE
OF HER YEARS OF DRUG ABUSE.
SHE DIDN'T SEEM
LIKE A DRUG ADDICT TO ME.
STEVE, I'M SORRY,
BUT YOU KNEW THE GIRL
FOR, LIKE,
A SUM TOTAL OF TWO DAYS.
I HATE TO REMIND YOU,
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
THE BEST JUDGMENT
WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN.
CAN I HAVE THE SALT?
WHAT DO THE TOXICOLOGY
REPORTS SAY?
Amanda:
CLEAN, NO DRUGS
IN HER SYSTEM
AND NO LIVER DAMAGE.
WELL, NOT EVERY ADDICT
HAS LIVER DAMAGE.
GARLIC SALT?
BLOOD PRESSURE.
YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS,
YOU DON'T HAVE MOTIVE.
THEY FOUGHT.
BIG DEAL.
YOU AND I FIGHT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
HEY, CAN I HAVE THAT SALT AGAIN?
YOU COOKED THE CHICKEN, RIGHT?
UH-HUH.
WHY DIDN'T YOU PREPARE IT
THE WAY YOU WANTED IT TO BE?
WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE
SHOULDN'T EAT SALT.
IT'S BAD FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, I
HAVE TO ADMIT
I HAVE NOT A CLUE
AS TO WHAT THAT MOTIVE COULD BE.
Amanda:
HE DOESN'T
HAVE AN ALIBI
FOR THE SHOOTING
OR THE HIT-AND-RUN.
OH, WELL, THERE YOU GO.
NO ALIBI. HANG HIM.
JESSE, WHAT'S THE
MATTER WITH YOU?
YOU ACT LIKE WE'RE TRYING
TO STRING UP ALBERT SCHWEITZER
OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW WHAT? FREDERICK WILSON
MAY NOT BE ALBERT SCHWEITZER
BUT HE IS A GOOD DOCTOR.
LOOK, I JUST FEEL PERSONALLY
GRATEFUL TO THE GUY, OKAY?
Steve:
NO, THAT'S NOT OKAY.
LOOK, JESSE, YOU WANT
TO GIVE THIS GUY
A PASS ON MURDER ONE.
I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE THAN
"I FEEL PERSONALLY GRATEFUL."
OKAY, LOOK. I WAS IN THE E.R.
AND I WAS PRETTY GREEN.
I WAS DOING
A VERY
TRICKY PROCEDURE
AND THE PATIENT STARTED
TO GO SOUTH.
WELL, FREDERICK COMES IN
AND JUST TURNED IT AROUND
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WAS DOING
ANYTHING WRONG.
IT'S JUST,
HE WAS BETTER THAN I WAS
AND HE DIDN'T
RUB MY FACE IN IT.
HE SAVED THAT
PATIENT'S LIFE
AND HE WASN'T ARROGANT ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, I,
I RESPECT HIM FOR THAT.
WELL, I RESPECT
THAT TOO, JESSE
BUT, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE CAN HAVE
A LOT OF CONTRADICTIONS.
I READ AN ARTICLE
ABOUT A, A HIT MAN
WHO LIKED TO TAKE IN
STRAY CATS.
EXCUSE ME.
YOU DIDN'T LIKE
MY CHICKEN?
IT WAS TOO SALTY.
TAKE A SEAT.
THANK YOU FOR MEETING
WITH ME, DR. ARNEBERG.
MY FATHER SENDS
HIS BEST REGARDS.
TELL HIM I'LL EXPECT HIM
TO WRITE THE FOREWORD
TO MY NEXT BOOK.
WELL, HE'D LIKE THAT.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
A STUDENT YOU HAD YEARS AGO.
OH, WELL, NOW,
I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MADE
A LONG, ALBEIT PICTURESQUE,
JOURNEY FOR NOTHING.
I LIKE TO FORGET MY STUDENTS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HIS NAME IS
FREDERICK WILSON.
OH, WELL, NOW, YOU'VE MADE
A LIAR OUT OF ME.
FREDERICK WAS ONE
OF MY FAVORITE STUDENTS.
I LIKE TO THINK
THAT I WAS A MENTOR TO HIM.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
HE DID?
FREDERICK'S IN L.A.?
YES.
OH... WELL, I THOUGHT
HE WAS SOMEWHERE BACK EAST.
WELL, WELL,
CALIFORNIA IS BLESSED
FOR HAVING HIM
ON THIS SIDE OF THE CONTINENT.
YOU, UH, SEEM TO THINK
VERY HIGHLY OF HIM.
OH, INDEED I DO.
I ALWAYS KNEW HE'D
MAKE A FINE SURGEON.
HE WAS A WONDERFUL STUDENT,
STRAIGHT "A's"
BUT MORE THAN THAT
HE HAD THE SOUL OF A SURGEON.
I'M NOT SURE I KNOW
WHAT THAT IS.
WHO CAN DEFINE IT, REALLY?
YOU SEE IT... OR YOU DON'T.
WELL, I JUST
WANTED TO GET
A PERSONAL
REFERENCE ON HIM.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
HAPPY TO BE OF HELP.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TRIED
TO THROW FREDERICK OUT
I FOUGHT LIKE HELL FOR HIM
AND I'M GLAD I DID.
THEY TRIED
TO THROW WILSON
OUT OF MEDICAL SCHOOL?
OH, YES.
WHY?
HE RAN OUT OF MONEY.
BUT EMILY
MY WONDERFUL SECRETARY
FOUND A SCHOLARSHIP
THAT HAD GONE UNAWARDED
WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNATED
FOR MINORITY STUDENTS.
MINORITY?
WELL, SINCE
HE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
SO I CALLED
THE REAL FREDERICK WILSON.
HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS.
WELL, IF FREDERICK'S SMART
ENOUGH TO IMPERSONATE A SURGEON
GETTING FAKE PAPERS
AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S LICENSE
WOULD BE NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
OH, NANCY, HAVE YOU
SEEN DR. WILSON?
UH, TRAUMA ONE,
GUNSHOT WOUND.
LISTEN, CALL SECURITY.
HAVE THEM WAIT
OUTSIDE TRAUMA ONE NOW.
SURE, DR. SLOAN.
STEVE, HE'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF A CODE YELLOW.
I HAVE TO STOP HIM.
DAD, I'LL GET THERE
AS FAST AS I CAN.
DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY.
OH. TO WHAT DO I
OWE THIS HONOR?
DOCTOR, I HAVE TO ASK
YOU TO STEP ASIDE.
SECURITY'S WAITING
OUT IN THE HALL.
AND WHY IS THAT?
A PROBLEM
WITH YOUR MEDICAL LICENSE.
YOU SAID
I WAS A GOOD SURGEON
BUT A PIECE OF PAPER
CHANGES YOUR OPINION?
HOW GOOD YOU ARE
DOESN'T ALTER THE FACT
THAT YOU CAN'T PRACTICE MEDICINE
WITHOUT A LICENSE.
IF I WALK AWAY BEFORE
I INSERT THIS CHEST TUBE
THIS MAN WILL DIE.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU FINISH.
I'LL CONNECT HIM
TO THE PLUERADACT.
TELL YOU THE TRUTH
I'M JUST AS GLAD YOU FOUND OUT.
I'M SICK OF HAVING
TO WATCH MY STEP.
YOU KNOW I'M ENTIRELY
SELF-TAUGHT.
I'VE GOT A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
LISTEN TO THE CHEST.
SEE IF HIS LUNG
IS INFLATED.
HEH. I SAVED EXACTLY
84 PEOPLE IN THE TIME I WOULD
HAVE WASTED IN MEDICAL SCHOOL.
I KEPT TRACK.
OTHER DOCTORS COULD HAVE
TREATED THOSE 84 PEOPLE.
ODDS ARE THOSE
OTHER DOCTORS
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
AS GOOD AS I AM
BECAUSE MOST
OTHER DOCTORS AREN'T.
I CAN PROVE THAT STATISTICALLY.
I'VE GOT A BLEEDER HERE.
I NEED ANOTHER CLAMP.
WASN'T EASY CONVINCING
THE LICENSE BOARD
TO SEND ME ANOTHER MAN'S LICENSE
BUT IF YOU'RE CLEVER ENOUGH
AND PERSISTENT ENOUGH.
AND LUCKY ENOUGH...
LUCK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
OOP. ANOTHER BLEEDER.
HUH. GET A CLAMP.
YOU GOT IT?
I GOT IT.
GOOD.
GIVE ME SOME SUCTION
AND WIDE-OPEN I.V.s!
I NEED HELP HERE.
HE'S HEMORRHAGING.
GET IN THERE.
THERE'S A MAN WITH A GUN.
WHERE'S THE PERP?
DR. WILSON. GET HIM.
DR. WILSON SAID THERE WAS A
GUY...
DR. WILSON IS THE PERP.
COULDN'T HOLD HIM.
YEAH, SLOAN HERE.
PUT OUT AN A.P.B.
ON FREDERICK WILSON.
ALERT THE AIRPORTS
AND THE BORDER PATROL.
RIGHT, THANKS.
I'M GOING TO GO
OVER TO HIS PLACE.
YOU WANT TO COME?
NO, WE JUST GOT
HIS PATIENT STABILIZED.
I HAVE TO MAKE SURE
HE'S ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU.
HI. WELL, THE BODY WAS BURNED
BEYOND RECOGNITION.
HOWEVER, THE DENTAL RECORDS
MATCHED PERFECTLY.
FREDERICK WILSON WAS DEFINITELY
IN THAT WHITE MERCEDES.
OUR FREDERICK
WILSON...
HE'S THE LAST PERSON
ON EARTH
I WOULD FIGURE
FOR A SUICIDE.
WE FOUND A TRACE OF VALIUM
IN HIS SYSTEM.
POSSIBLY HE WAS A VALIUM USER,
SELF-PRESCRIBED.
HMM.
AND HE COULD HAVE BEEN
SEDATED AND MURDERED
AND PUSHED
OVER THAT CLIFF.
WHY WOULD SOMEONE
WANT TO KILL HIM?
SUPPOSE LILY
WASN'T THE ONE
THREATENING
TO EXPOSE HIM?
SUPPOSE IT WAS
SOMEBODY ELSE.
BUT WHY KILL THE GOOSE
THAT'S LAYING
THE GOLDEN EGG?
NO REASON.
UNLESS THE GOOSE WAS
ABOUT TO BE COOKED
AND WANTED TO TAKE
YOU WITH HIM.
AND HOW DO YOU PROVE THAT?
Woman:
UH, DOUBLE ESPRESSO,
RISTRETTO
WITH, UH,
A SLIVER OF LEMON.
OKAY,
RISTRETTO DOUE.
AND HOW ABOUT YOU, SIR?
UH... A CUP OF COFFEE.
SORRY?
UH, COFFEE WITH A COUPLE
OF SUGARS.
IN A CUP.
COME ON.
I HURT HIS FEELINGS.
THANKS A LOT
FOR COMING TO MEET ME.
OH, LISTEN,
IT'S MY PLEASURE.
THANKS FOR COMING
ALL THE WAY OUT HERE.
I WANT TO HELP
IN ANY WAY I CAN.
YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE INVESTIGATING
FREDERICK'S DEATH
AS A MURDER,
NOT A SUICIDE.
REALLY?
DO THEY HAVE ANY SUSPECTS?
UH, NO,
NOT SO FAR.
ONE EYEWITNESS...
SOME GUY ON A MOTORCYCLE
SAW A BLONDE WOMAN
STANDING WHERE
THE WHITE CONVERTIBLE
WENT OVER THE CLIFF.
THAT'S INTERESTING.
SPEAKING AS ONE
OF THE THREE MILLION SLIGHTLY
ENHANCED BLONDES IN L.A.
I GOT TO TELL YOU,
THAT'S NOT A LOT TO GO ON.
RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THEY DISCOVERED
SOMETHING KIND OF DISTURBING
ABOUT FREDERICK.
HE WASN'T REALLY A DOCTOR.
AND WHY DID YOU WANT TO SEE ME?
WELL, THE POLICE HAVE DISCOVERED
THAT FREDERICK MADE
A SUBSTANTIAL WITHDRAWAL
FROM HIS BANK
ALMOST A QUARTER
OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
OKAY.
RISTRETTO FOR THE LADY.
AND COFFEE.
TWO SUGARS.
REALLY LOOKS GREAT.
THANKS.
YOU KNOW, I NEVER UNDERSTOOD
WHY COFFEE GOT SO FANCY
ALL OF A SUDDEN.
YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING
ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
OH, YEAH. THERE
WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
THERE WERE SOME
PREVIOUS WITHDRAWALS
MADE OVER A PERIOD
OF ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
UH, YOU KNOW,
NOTHING REALLY BIG
BUT STILL SUBSTANTIAL.
WHAT'S YOUR PROFESSIONAL
TAKE ON THAT?
BLACKMAIL.
YEAH. THAT'S WHAT
I THOUGHT, TOO.
I DON'T SUPPOSE
TOO MANY PEOPLE KNEW
ABOUT HIS SECRET, DID THEY?
HIS SISTER WOULD
HAVE KNOWN.
YEAH, POSSIBLY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
MIGHT KNOW, TOO.
SHE ONLY HIRED ME
A WEEK AGO.
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU TOLD ME THAT.
MAYBE THEN YOU CAN EXPLAIN
THIS SURVEILLANCE TAPE TO ME.
THIS WAS TAKEN
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
AT COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL
ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE
THE FIRST ATTEMPT
ON LILY'S LIFE.
YOU WERE THERE
FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
OH... YEAH.
I WENT FOR A HIKE AND RAN
INTO SOME POISON OAK.
I FIGURED I'D GO GET
A SHOT OF CORTISONE
AT THE E.R.
BUT THEY WERE JAMMED
WITH FLU PATIENTS
AND THEY TOLD US
"IF YOU DON'T HAVE A KNIFE
OR GUNSHOT WOUND
GO HOME AND COME BACK LATER."
SO I FIGURED I'D GO HOME
AND TOUGH IT OUT
WITH THE CALAMINE
AND OATMEAL POULTICES.
HOW'D IT HEAL UP?
NOT A SINGLE SCAR.
NOW, MY GUESS IS THAT
THAT GUY SITTING ON THE BENCH
OVER THERE
STARING AT ME
IS EITHER "A":
DESPERATELY IN LOVE WITH ME
YOUR
MOTORCYCLIST EYEWITNESS.
AND I ASSUME THAT
HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE
TO POSITIVELY I.D. ME
OR I WOULD HAVE
BEEN ARRESTED
BY YOUR HANDSOME SON
SITTING NEXT TO HIM.
PRETTY FAIR ASSUMPTION.
SO, SINCE I'M NOT UNDER ARREST
AND I'VE FINISHED
MY OVERPRICED
FANCY COFFEE
I TRUST YOU WON'T MIND
IF I GET ON WITH MY DAY.
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HAVE
BEEN MORE HELP TO YOU.
COME.
I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T TELL. SORRY.
CAPTAIN LAMERY JUST CALLED.
LOU TYLER'S BOOKED
ON A PLANE
TO BUENOS AIRES
THIS AFTERNOON.
BOOKED UNDER
HER OWN NAME?
TO A COUNTRY
WITH NO MUTUAL EXTRADITION.
AND WE HAVE NO WAY
TO STOP HER.
YOU KNOW, IF SHE'S GOT
THAT 250 THOUSAND ON HER
THEY'LL SEARCH HER
BUT, OF COURSE, SHE'S WAY
TOO SMART FOR THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW
SHE'S ALSO TOO SMART
TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW
SHE'S GOING TO BE
ON THAT PLANE.
MAYBE THAT RESERVATION
WAS A DECOY.
MAYBE, BUT WHERE DO WE START?
DID ANYBODY EVER COLLECT
ON FREDERICK'S LIFE INSURANCE?
EVERYTHING KEEPS COMING
TO A DEAD END.
YOU KNOW, IF LOU KILLED,
UH, FREDERICK
SHE'S GETTING AWAY WITH IT.
WITH FREDERICK DEAD
WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING
IF HE KILLED LILY.
HELLO.
STEVE, YOU WERE RIGHT.
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
I'M FROM I.T.L.
I'M HERE TO PICK
UP A BODY.
STEVE, CAN YOU
HOLD ON A SECOND?
YEAH.
IT'S A "FREDERICK WILSON."
THE CASKET'S OUT BACK.
MAY I SEE THE PAPERWORK?
HUH? OH, YEAH.
HERE YOU GO.
SOMEBODY FILED NEXT OF KIN.
THIS IS BEING SHIPPED
OUT OF VAN NUYS.
STEVE, YOU STILL THERE?
Steve:
YEAH, I'M HERE.
WHAT YOU GOT?
HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
I THOUGHT WE WERE
CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.
THE TOWER CALLED.
THEY SPOTTED A FLARE
IN OUR NUMBER-TWO ENGINE
AS WE WERE WARMING UP.
IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO SEND
A COUPLE OF MECHANICS
TO CHECK IT OUT.
LOU TYLER, YOU'RE
UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
I'M TRANSPORTING FREDERICK
WILSON'S BODY TO RELATIVES
I'VE TRACKED DOWN IN FLORIDA.
THAT ISN'T FREDERICK'S BODY.
BUT SURPRISING
CONSIDERING YOUR FRIEND
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID
THAT IT
WAS
BASED ON DENTAL RECORDS.
RIGHT.
UNLESS, OF COURSE
YOU MURDERED SOMEONE
WHO ROUGHLY FIT
FREDERICK'S DESCRIPTION
AND THEN BROKE IN
TO FREDERICK'S
DENTIST OFFICE
AND SUBSTITUTED
HIS DENTAL RECORDS
FOR YOUR JOHN DOE.
WHY, PRAY TELL, WOULD I DO THAT?
SO YOU AND
FREDERICK COULD
MAKE IT SEEM LIKE
FREDERICK WILSON WAS DEAD.
YOU GUYS ARE ALL OVER THE MAP.
FIRST, YOU HAVE ME
MURDERING FREDERICK.
THEN YOU HAVE ME
CONSPIRING WITH HIM.
OF COURSE,
YOU DON'T HAVE PRINTS.
YOU HAVE NO PROOF
OF A BREAK-IN.
YOU HAVE NO PROOF
THAT THAT BODY ISN'T HIS.
WELL, THAT'S ONE THING
YOU DIDN'T COUNT ON.
WE CAN PROVE IT'S NOT
FREDERICK'S BODY.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
THAT BODY DIDN'T HAVE
THE SKULL FRACTURE
THAT FREDERICK GOT
WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY.
HIS SISTER PUSHED HIM
DOWN THE STAIRS.
SAID IT WAS THE WORST THING
SHE EVER DID.
THE WORST THING FREDERICK DID
WAS KILL HIS SISTER
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
SHE WAS BLACKMAILING HIM.
IT WAS YOU, WASN'T IT?
OH, WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN
CLEVER OF ME?
Steve:
AND YOU KEPT
BLACKMAILING HIM.
BUT WHEN IT WAS CLEAR
HE WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP
ON CHARGES FOR BEING
A FAKE DOCTOR
HE THREATENED TO TAKE YOU
DOWN WITH HIM.
SINCE EACH OF YOU
HAD THE GOODS
ON THE OTHER
THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY OUT.
SPLIT UP WHAT MONEY THERE WAS
AND PART COMPANY.
FAKE FREDERICK'S DEATH
AND SPLIT THE INSURANCE MONEY
AND THEN THERE WAS THE $250,000
IN THE LINING OF THE CASKET.
WHAT THE HELL IS
TAKING THESE GUYS
SO LONG?
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
IT WASN'T MY IDEA
TO KILL LILY.
OH, SHUT UP!
I THOUGHT SHE WAS
GOING TO EXPOSE ME.
DESTROY EVERYTHING
I'D BUILT UP.
SHE NEVER DID
BELIEVE IN ME
EVEN WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS
GOING TO RUIN MY LIFE.
FREDERICK, NOBODY WANTED
TO RUIN YOUR LIFE.
YOU DID THAT YOURSELF.
SHALL WE?
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING
UNTIL I SPEAK WITH A LAWYER.
WELL, I THOUGHT
THE LEAST YOU'D DO
IS SAY "THANK YOU."
AND WHY WOULD I
WANT TO THANK YOU?
BECAUSE
FREDERICK WILSON
IS NO MORE A JET PILOT
THAN HE IS A DOCTOR.