Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001): Season 7, Episode 21 - Two Birds with One Sloan - full transcript
Wheelchair user Saul Singer has a car accident but Mark gets him by ambulance to TV presenter Drew McIntyre's trivia quiz "Through the Roof" where he is breaking the earnings records.
Man:
MARY ANN EVERS.
NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
PETE BEST IN THE CAVE.
THE 42nd PARALLEL.
54-40 OR FIGHT.
THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN.
MIA FARROW.
93 MILLION MILES.
COSTA RICA.
CAN'T YOU HURRY
IT UP SOME?
LOOK, IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW FAST I DO MY WORK.
WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT
FOR YOUR X RAYS TO COME BACK.
NOTHING'S BROKEN.
WELL, YOU CAN'T
KNOW THAT.
I KNOW EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHERE I
KNOW YOU FROM.
NO ONE
KNOWS EVERYTHING.
NAH, THIS IS SAUL SINGER
FROM
THROUGH THE ROOF...
THE GAME SHOW.
OH, I'VE BEEN MEANING
TO CATCH THAT SHOW.
FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS,
HOW SOON CAN I GET OUT OF HERE?
WELL, DR. TRAVIS
IS RIGHT.
IT'S A LOT QUICKER
TO WAIT FOR THOSE X RAYS
THAN IT IS TO DEAL
WITH COMPLICATIONS LATER.
WHAT'S THE RUSH?
THAT SHOW IS LIVE.
IF I'M NOT AT THE STUDIO
IN HALF AN HOUR
I'M GOING TO LOSE MY SHOT
AT 500 LARGE.
YOU MEAN THEY WON'T GIVE YOU
ANOTHER CHANCE?
THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES
ON
THROUGH THE ROOF.
YOU KNOW, JESSE,
YOU'RE THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
BUT I HAVE AN IDEA.
Announcer:
AND NOW, AMERICA'S
FAVORITE GAME SHOW,
THROUGH THE ROOF.
NOW LET'S WELCOME THE MAN
WHO MAKES PEOPLE RICH,
DREW McINTYRE.
HOW HIGH CAN YOU GO?
All:
THROUGH THE ROOF!
THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS.
THIS IS THE GAME SHOW
WHERE YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY
THROUGH! THE! ROOF!
WHOA! ALL RIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS,
DOC.
OH, YOU'RE WELCOME,
BUT JUST REMEMBER:
IF ANY FRACTURES SHOW
UP IN THAT X RAY
YOU'RE GOING
BACK WITH ME.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING RID
OF SAUL SINGER THAT EASY.
SAUL, SAUL, SAUL
SAUL, SAUL, SAUL...
I KNOW. I KNOW.
WE ALL WANTED
TO SEE SAUL SINGER COME BACK
AND RISK IT ALL
FOR HALF A MILLION SMACKEROOS
BUT, MY FRIENDS,
SAUL NEVER CAME TO THE STUDIO.
I GUESS
HE JUST COULDN'T FACE YOU
AND SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH."
THE MAN DECIDED
TO KEEP HIS MONEY
AND THAT'S OKAY.
WE GOT
TWO GREAT NEW CONTESTANTS.
LET'S SEE HOW THEY CAN DO.
LET ME INTRODUCE...
Singer:
NOT SO FAST.
I'M BACK
AND I'M A PLAYER!
SAUL, WE THOUGHT YOU DECIDED
TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AND RUN.
NOT A CHANCE.
THE ONLY REASON I'M LATE
IS BECAUSE I HAD A LITTLE
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON THE WAY
OVER HERE.
I'VE GOT
MY DOCTOR
HIMSELF
RIGHT HERE WITH ME.
YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAD TO BRING HIM
IN AN AMBULANCE.
AND THEY SAY
DOCTORS DON'T MAKE HOUSE CALLS.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S PLAY
THROUGH THE ROOF!
WHERE'S MY LUCKY JACKET?
LORRAINE SAYS IT.
PSST.
Announcer:
DREW, SAUL WILL BE CHALLENGED
BY KRISTA FALLOW
FROM SAULT SAINT MARIE.
KRISTA... KRISTA,
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
WE CAN WATCH FROM IN HERE.
SAUL SAID
YOU DO THIS SHOW LIVE.
WELL, YOU KNOW
THE OLD SAYING...
YOU GOT TO HAVE
A GIMMICK.
WELL, THAT'S NOT
SUCH AN OLD SAYING, REALLY.
IT'S FROM A SHOW
CALLED
GYPSY.
YOU KNOW,
I SAW THAT SHOW THREE TIMES...
ONCE WITH ETHEL MERMAN,
ONCE WITH ANGELA LANSBURY
AND ONCE WITH TYNE DALY.
NOT BAD.
OH, IT'S A GREAT SHOW.
NO, I MEAN IF IT
WAS A QUESTION
YOU'D HAVE ALL
THE ANSWERS.
OH.
Mclntyre:
Start the clock.
The subject is pseudonyms.
Mark Twain was...
Singer:
Samuel Clemens.
The mystery writer
Ross Macdonald.
OH, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
UH, KENNETH MILLAR.
Kenneth Millar.
The novelist George Eliot.
UH, THAT'S UH,
MARY ANN... EVERS, I THINK.
Mary Ann Evers.
UH, SAUL USES THAT ASTHMA
INHALER ALL THE TIME?
ONLY WHEN HE'S NERVOUS.
BOY, HE'S KILLING US.
WINNING TOO MUCH MONEY?
OUR STATISTICIANS
ASSURED US
THAT NO ONE WOULD MAKE IT
PAST THE FOURTH ROUND.
AND HE'S WAY PAST?
WAY, WAY PAST.
Who was the original
drummer for the Beatles?
OH, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
PETE BEST.
Pete Best.
YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY
SHOULD TRY OUT FOR THE SHOW.
OH, WHO WANTS TO SEE
A KNOW-IT-ALL DOCTOR?
I THINK YOU'D BE
VERY SYMPATHETIC.
Now, they don't know it,
but there's just 35 seconds
LEFT ON THE CLOCK.
CONTESTANTS, WE'RE BACK.
THE SUBJECT IS "THE GREAT WAR."
WHO WAS ASSASSINATED
IN WHAT CITY
TO PROVOKE THE FIRST WORLD WAR?
ARCHDUKE FERDINAND IN SARAJEVO.
I KNEW THAT.
YOU KNOW,
THAT WAS JUST AN EXCUSE
TO START THE WAR.
On what date
WAS THE PEACE TREATY SIGNED
THAT ENDED WORLD WAR I?
UH, ARMISTICE DAY...
NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
YOU KNOW, HE'S USING THAT THING
WAY TOO MUCH.
YOU COULD SAVE HIM FROM HIMSELF.
PLAY AGAINST HIM... YOU'D WIN.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
RIGHT AGAIN!
Next question.
What was the international
ORGANIZATION
THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER
TWO OPPOSING FACTIONS...?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THAT'S THE FINAL BUZZER.
HE'S DONE IT AGAIN.
GET HIM OUT OF THE BOOTH.
SAUL SINGER, YOU'VE
JUST WON HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS
AND YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.
YOU'RE WAY UP
IN THE ATTIC.
FROM HERE ON OUT, EACH
ROUND IS WORTH $100,000.
LET'S PLAY, DREW.
WHOA!
HOLD THOSE RUNAWAY HORSES
THERE, SAUL.
LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS
FOR A MINUTE.
ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO PUT
HALF A MILLION ON THE LINE?
YOU DON'T GET OFF THAT EASY.
SAUL, I PRODUCE THIS GAME.
I HOST THIS GAME
BECAUSE I LIKE
MAKING PEOPLE RICH.
NOW, YOU'RE RICH.
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO
IS WALK AWAY.
IF ONLY I COULD WALK AWAY, DREW.
ROLL AWAY... THEN.
I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET.
Steve:
EXCUSE ME.
UH, HELLO?
EXCUSE ME.
NO ACCIDENT.
IF THAT'S THE ANSWER,
WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
HAD THE VAN BEEN TAMPERED WITH?
THAT WAS THE QUESTION
YOU WERE GOING TO ASK.
DO YOU ALWAYS ANSWER
BEFORE YOU HEAR THE QUESTION?
YOU'RE A DETECTIVE.
DETECTIVES ARE PREDICTABLE.
NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME
WHAT I'M THINKING.
I'M A REGULAR SAUL SINGER.
HEY, YOU EVER NOTICE
HOW FIRST HE BUZZES IN
THEN HE THINKS
ABOUT THE QUESTION?
THAT'S HOW HE WINS.
YOU STUDYING
TO BE A CONTESTANT?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU THINK GREASE MONKEYS
AREN'T SMART?
I NEVER SAID THAT.
AND DON'T TELL ME
THAT'S
WHAT I WAS THINKING.
ON TOP OF WHICH IT DOES NOT TAKE
A GENIUS TO COMPETE.
I MEAN, ALL THEY DO IS TEST YOU
FOR HOW MANY USELESS PIECES
OF TRIVIA
YOU GOT STUCK IN YOUR HEAD.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
NOW, CAN WE TALK
ABOUT SAUL SINGER'S BRAKES
AND NOT
HIS PERFORMANCE?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THE WAY THE MODIFICATION WORKS
IS THIS:
THE HAND CONTROL
IS WIRED TO THE ACCELERATOR
AND THE BRAKES.
THIS IS DONE
FOR PARAPLEGICS,
AMPUTEES, M.S. VICTIMS...
GOT IT.
ONLY IN THIS CASE
THE CENTER ROD WAS LOOSENED.
LOOSENED... NOT SEVERED.
NO. IF IT WAS SEVERED
HE WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE IT
OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY.
THE WAY THIS BABY WAS RIGGED
SAUL WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN
WHAT WAS WRONG
TILL HE WAS CRUISING
AT FULL SPEED.
SO, SOMEONE WANTED HIM TO CRASH.
AND HE IS RIGHT!
IF I WAS A DETECTIVE...
WHICH I'M NOT...
I'D ASK SAUL SINGER WHO IT WAS
WHO DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GET
WHEREVER IT WAS HE WANTED TO GO.
THE NETWORK.
I'M GOING
TO BREAK THE BANK.
THAT MAY NOT BE A JOKE.
AREN'T THESE SHOWS SUPPOSED
TO BE CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT?
THEY'RE ALSO SUPPOSED
TO GET RATINGS.
I'M A CELEBRITY, LIEUTENANT...
A CERTIFIED CEREBRAL GEEK.
THANKS TO ME,
THE SHOW IS NUMBER ONE.
FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING, BUT, UH,
HOW DID YOU END UP PARALYZED?
I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WHY NOT?
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED.
I WAS UP IN, UH, FRANKLIN CANYON
TRYING TO LIST
THE RED-BREASTED
CANYON WARBLER.
IS THAT, UH, WHAT
WE'RE HEARING NOW?
THESE ARE WATERFOWL
FROM THE MORO BAY ESTUARY
TAPED BACK IN DECEMBER
OF '96...
WHEN I STILL HAD LEGS.
AND, UH, FRANKLIN CANYON?
I'D SET UP MY TAPE RECORDER.
I WAS CROSSING THE ROAD
ON THE WAY BACK TO MY CAR.
NEXT THING I KNEW,
I'M LYING IN THE HOSPITAL
PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
I'M SORRY.
ACCORDING
TO THE POLICE
THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WASN'T.
WHAT WAS HIS STORY?
HE DIDN'T
STICK AROUND
TO TELL ONE.
AS BEST
THEY CAN RECONSTRUCT IT
THE SON OF A BITCH HIT ME,
TOOK OFF, LEFT ME TO BE FOUND
BY A PARK RANGER
SIX HOURS LATER.
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
"TERRIBLE."
YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S TERRIBLE?
IF I'D HAVE MADE IT
TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT AWAY
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE
I'D BE WALKING TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THESE TWO ACCIDENTS
MAY WELL BE RELATED.
I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
WHY NOT?
'CAUSE THAT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO.
WHY WOULD ANYBODY WAIT A YEAR
TO TRY TO KILL ME?
BESIDES, I SAW
THE POLICE REPORTS.
THEY DID
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
L.A.P.D. CAME UP AS EMPTY AS ME.
YOU'RE A WINNER.
IT'S YOUR FAVORITE CONTESTANT.
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO BE
CALLING ME ON MY CELL.
WE'RE PLAYING A DANGEROUS
ENOUGH GAME AS THIS IS.
DO YOU WANT TO END UP IN JAIL?
IT'S NOT MY JAIL TIME
YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT.
THE POLICE WERE HERE
telling me
what happened to my van.
WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH WITH YOU?
WHEN I SAY SO.
ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, SAUL?
JUST GIVE ME A NUMBER.
HOW MUCH MORE
DO YOU HAVE TO WIN?
YOU KNOW, BUBELEH,
I HAD A NUMBER.
A NICE LITTLE FIGURE IN MY HEAD.
BUT AFTER THAT LITTLE ACCIDENT
YOU CAUSED YESTERDAY
IT'S DOUBLE.
OH, YEAH? WELL, MAYBE I'LL STOP
FEEDING YOU THE ANSWERS
BEFORE EACH SHOW...
LET THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE SEE
WHAT A GENIUS YOU REALLY ARE.
YEAH. AND MAYBE
I'LL TELL THAT SAME AUDIENCE
JUST HOW IT IS
I'VE BEEN WINNING, AND WHY.
Amanda:
MARK, I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT YOU TURNED DOWN
THROUGH THE ROOF.
I WOULD PROBABLY BLOW
THE FIRST QUESTION.
OH, ARE YOU
KIDDING?
I DON'T KNOW. I SURE WOULDN'T
WANT TO PLAY
AGAINST SAUL SINGER.
IF YOU ASK ME,
I THINK THAT'S AN ARROGANT MAN.
HE'S SMART. THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG
WITH BEING SMART.
SMART? HE'S RISKING
A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
HE DOESN'T SOUND
SO SMART TO ME.
GUYS, JUST
WATCH.
SAUL'S GOING TO
GO ALL THE WAY
TO A MILLION.
Announcer:
Five more rounds to go...
FIVE MORE ROUNDS?
I DON'T THINK SO.
I KNOW WHAT I'D DO.
YEAH, QUIT.
YEAH, WHILE I'M AHEAD.
SAUL IS NO QUITTER.
HE'S GOT GUTS.
"WHAT POPULAR ACTOR
NAMED HIMSELF AFTER
A POPULAR ACTRESS
WHO NAMED HERSELF AFTER
A FAMOUS COMEDIAN?"
Can you answer
the question, Saul?
I'LL REPEAT THE QUESTION.
"WHAT POPULAR ACTOR NAMED
HIMSELF AFTER A POPULAR ACTRESS
WHO NAMED HERSELF
AFTER A FAMOUS
COMEDIAN?"
SAUL, YOUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
SAUL...
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
AFTER THIS MESSAGE.
GET HIM OUT OF THERE!
Get him out!
Get him out!
HURRY UP. GO, GO. HURRY.
GET HIS FEET.
ONE, TWO...
HURRY.
HE'S DEAD.
DEATH WAS DUE TO ACUTE
RESPIRATORY FAILURE
APPARENTLY BROUGHT ON BY
HIS ASTHMATIC CONDITION.
NO FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
IN THE BODY?
MM-MM. NOT EVEN
METAPROTERENOL.
THAT'S THE MAIN INGREDIENT
IN HIS ASTHMA MEDICINE.
NOT ONLY WAS IT ABSENT
FROM HIS BLOOD WORK
IT WASN'T EVEN IN HIS
BRONCHIAL SECRETIONS.
I HAVE TO DEDUCE
THAT THE INHALER WAS EMPTY.
YOU THINK MAYBE
IT WAS TAMPERED WITH?
NO, THERE WAS
NO OBVIOUS TAMPERING.
IT WAS EMPTY.
I'D HAVE TO SAY
THAT SAUL SINGER DIED
OF NATURAL CAUSES.
TWO DAYS AFTER HIS
CAR WAS SABOTAGED?
WELL, COINCIDENCES
DO HAPPEN, MARK.
BOY, I'LL TELL YOU
THIS GUY HAD A LOT OF BOOKS
ABOUT BIRDS, HUH?
TAPES, TOO.
HE PLAYED THEM
INSTEAD OF MUSIC.
AMAZING.
ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT
IT WAS PRETTY WEIRD.
LOOK AT THESE.
THIS GUY WAS
CRAZY ABOUT BIRDS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY
FOR A GUY WHO KNEW
SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING
HE DOESN'T HAVE
ANY HISTORY BOOKS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE
ANY ENCYCLOPEDIAS.
YEAH. NOT EVEN
A DICTIONARY.
THE GUY WAS
A REAL GENIUS.
YEAH. MAYBE JUST BONED UP
BY USING THE INTERNET.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK HE HAD A
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
THEN WHY WOULD HE NEED
AN ELECTRONIC ORGANIZER?
LOOK,
THE FIRST TWO NUMBERS
DON'T HAVE ANY NAMES
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
UH-HUH. PROBABLY TO HIDE
WHO THEY ARE FROM PRYING EYES.
I DON'T THINK
THAT HE NEEDED THE NAMES.
I THINK HE SAW THE NUMBERS
AND HE KNEW.
WHY DON'T WE FIND
OUT WHO THESE
NUMBERS BELONG TO
THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY?
YOU'VE REACHED VALLEYBROOK
INVESTMENTS. PLEASE ENTER YOUR PIN NOW.
You're a winner!
You've reached the personal
cell phone of Drew McIntyre.
Leave the right message and I
shall personally call you back.
DR. SLOAN, SO NICE
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND
ABOUT BEING ON OUR SHOW?
ALL MY COLLEAGUES
INSISTING
WHAT GOOD PUBLICITY
IT'D BE FOR THE HOSPITAL.
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE
TO THANK THEM FOR ME.
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE
A TERRIFIC CONTESTANT.
THANK YOU.
DREW, YOU REMEMBER
DR. SLOAN, DON'T YOU?
OH, RIGHT. SAUL
SINGER'S PHYSICIAN.
GOD, WHAT A TRAGEDY.
THE AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED
AT COMMUNITY GENERAL,
WHERE I PRACTICE.
SO WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED?
WAS IT THE INHALER?
WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
I'D READ SOMEWHERE
THAT IT'S QUITE
DANGEROUS TO USE
THEM TOO OFTEN.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE,
BUT SAUL'S INHALER WAS EMPTY.
THAT'S BECAUSE
HE KEPT TAKING
HITS OFF IT.
THAT, OR SOMEBODY TAMPERED
WITH IT.
THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
WELL, ALL YOU'D HAVE TO DO
IS KEEP PUMPING
UNTIL ALL THE MEDICATION
WAS GONE.
WELL, SURE.
BUT TO DO THAT
SOMEONE WOULD HAVE
NEEDED ACCESS
TO THE INHALER
BEFORE THE SHOW,
WHICH...
DIDN'T SAUL CARRY
HIS INHALER
IN HIS SPORTS JACKET?
I SAW SOME YOUNG LADY
GIVE IT TO HIM ON THE AIR.
SAUL'S LUCKY
BLUE JACKET.
WHICH WE KEPT
UNDER 24-HOUR GUARD
BY A BONDED
SECURITY AGENT.
ISN'T THAT
A LITTLE EXTREME?
NO. WE'RE
VERY SECURITY
CONSCIOUS HERE
AT THROUGH THE R.
THE NETWORK WATCHES US
LIKE A HAWK.
WE HAVE TO BE LIKE
CAESAR'S WIFE.
ABOVE SUSPICION.
THAT'D BE A GOOD
QUESTION...
I CAN'T SUGGEST
QUESTIONS, CAN I?
NO, NOT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A CONTESTANT.
YOU-YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A CONTESTANT?
MY IDEA. DR. SLOAN IS
JUST WHAT WE NEED.
WELL, IN THAT CASE,
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR
THE PRODUCER AND THE CONTESTANT
TO HAVE ANY CONTACT
BEFORE THE SHOW.
OH, NETWORK RULES,
HUH?
ACTUALLY, FEDERAL LAW.
I COULD GO TO JAIL.
OH. WELL,
DON'T YOU DO
SOME KIND
OF PRESHOW INTERVIEW?
NO. THAT'S
SAVANNAH'S
DEPARTMENT.
UH, DREW?
YOU KNOW, SAUL WAS
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE
THE CAR THAT HIT HIM
DID SO BY ACCIDENT.
OH, HE SAID THAT IN THE AUTOPSY,
DID HE?
NO, ACTUALLY,
HE TOLD MY SON
WHO WAS THE POLICE DETECTIVE
WHO INVESTIGATED
SAUL'S SECOND ACCIDENT
AND HE WAS A BIT SURPRISED.
HE THINKS THERE'S A CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE TWO INCIDENTS.
SAVANNAH,
DID YOU KNOW DR. SLOAN'S SON
WAS INVESTIGATING SAUL'S DEATH?
OH, I DIDN'T DISQUALIFY
MYSELF, DID I?
NO. NOT AT ALL.
YOUR CONNECTION IS
WITH MR. SINGER,
NOT THE SHOW.
SAVANNAH WILL
TEST YOU, DOCTOR.
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CONTESTANT.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED
HOW FEW PROFESSIONALS MAKE
THE FIRST CUT.
MM.
OKAY.
NOW, WE'RE GOING
TO PLAY A TRIAL
VERSION OF THE GAME.
UH, YOU BOTH
KNOW THE RULES.
SO GET USED TO
BEING IN THE BOOTH.
WE WANT YOU TO MAKE
A GOOD IMPRESSION.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT
FOR ME TO ASK THE QUESTION
STUIE, OKAY?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
UH, "THE PURCHASE
OF WHAT LANDMASS
WAS REFERRED
TO AS 'SEWARD'S FOLLY'?"
THAT'S ALASKA.
NOT BAD.
ACCORDING TO HIS MANSERVANT
HOW MANY ITALIAN WOMEN
DID DON GIOVANNI SEDUCE?
1,003.
IT'S THE CHORUS TO A SONG.
YOU'RE DOING GREAT
DR. SLOAN.
OKAY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS
NOT A BRITISH POP BAND:
PORTISHEAD
RADIOHEAD
PROPELLERHEADS
WEBHEAD?
ABOUT TIME YOU STOPPED ASKING
OLD-GUY QUESTIONS.
AND THE ANSWER IS?
PROPELLERHEADS.
NO. I'M SORRY.
UH, DR. SLOAN,
YOU HAVE A CHANCE
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
WEBHEAD?
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?
LUCKY GUESS.
Announcer:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND NOW,
HERE'S YOUR HOST FOR FOR THROUGH THE ROOF
DREW McINTYRE!
OUR NEXT CONTESTANT ON
FORTHROUGH THE ROOF WILL BE DR.
MARK SLOAN
OF COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
DR. SLOAN, I'M AFRAID
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
ENTIRELY FORTHCOMING
WITH US.
NO, I THINK I'VE BEEN
COMPLETELY TRUTHFUL.
PERHAPS A TRIFLE
OVERLY MODEST, THEN.
MY ASSOCIATE
JUST INFORMED ME
YOU'RE NOT ONLY
A DOCTOR
BUT YOU'RE
ALSO A POLICE
CONSULTANT.
OH, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING
I DO FROM TIME TO TIME.
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO BELIEVE THIS, FOLKS.
IN FACT, I HAD A HARD
TIME BELIEVING THIS.
THIS MAN HAS SOLVED
OVER, NOW... WHAT IS IT?
150 MURDERS. WOW.
THANK YOU.
I WOULDN'T SAY, "SOLVED."
I WOULD SAY,
"HELPED OUT A LITTLE."
YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN
TO BE HOT ON THE TRAIL
OF A KILLER RIGHT NOW,
WOULD YOU, DOC?
WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU NEVER DO KNOW
WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE ASKING YOU.
SO, DR. MARK SLOAN,
LET'S PLAY...
All:
THROUGH THE ROOF!
WHOA-HO!
Drew:
NOW LET'S SEE IF OUR CONTESTANTS
CAN GO ALL THE WAY.
THE SUBJECT IS
"MUSICAL COMEDIES."
"WHAT REAL-LIFE INCIDENT
INSPIRED THE MUSICAL
BYE BYE BIRDIE?"
ELVIS PRESLEY BEING INDUCTED
INTO THE U.S. ARMY.
I ALWAYS LIKED THAT SHOW.
WELL, LET'S SEE
IF YOU LIKE THIS ONE.
"WHAT'S THE NIGHT RENTAL
ON THE BILTMORE GARAGE?"
$1,000! OR, LIKE
THEY SAID IN
GUYS AND DOLLS
"A GRAND."
RIGHT YOU ARE!
OKAY, FOLKS.
NOW, OUR CONTESTANTS DON'T KNOW
THIS, BUT THEY'RE TIED
AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
THIS COULD BE
THE $50,000 QUESTION!
ALL RIGHT. CONTESTANTS,
WE'RE BACK.
"WHAT WAS THE PHONE NUMBER
OF JUDY HOLLIDAY'S LOVE INTEREST
IN BELLS ARE RINGING?"
IT WAS A SONG...
AND HIS NUMBER IS
BEACHWOOD-4 5-7-8-9.
AND THAT'S...
NOT RIGHT.
DR. SLOAN,
DO I NEED
TO REPEAT
THE QUESTION
FOR YOU?
UM...
♪ I'M IN LOVE WITH A MAN
AND HE SINGS!
OH! AND THAT'S THE FINAL BUZZER.
GET HIM OUT OF THERE.
WE GOT
A NEW WINNER!
Announcer:
TUNE IN NEXT TIME
TO SEE WHETHER DR. SLOAN
BUSTSTHROUGH THE ROOF!
JUST STAND AND WAVE
WHILE THE CREDITS ROLL.
Announcer:
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PLAY THROUGH
THE ROOF,
THAT'S 1-800-555-ROOF!
CAN THEY HEAR
WHAT WE'RE SAYING?
NO, OUR MICS ARE OFF.
OH, GOOD.
THERE'S SOMETHING
I'VE BEEN MEANING
TO ASK YOU.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW
SAUL SINGER GOT AHOLD
OF YOUR CELL PHONE
NUMBER?
SON OF A GUN.
HE MUST HAVE GOT IT
FROM ONE OF THOSE
DAMN SERVICES.
I'VE HAD THE MOBILE
NUMBER CHANGED
THREE TIMES
SINCE THE SHOW
BECAME A HIT.
OH, I SEE.
WOULD HE BE DISQUALIFIED
IF HE CALLED YOU?
DEFINITELY.
THEN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THE THREE-MINUTE PHONE CALL
THE PHONE COMPANY RECORDED
FROM SAUL'S HOUSE
TO YOUR CELL PHONE
THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED?
I... I CAN'T.
AFTER SAUL'S FIRST ACCIDENT,
$5,000 WAS DEPOSITED
IN HIS INVESTMENT ACCOUNT
EVERY MONTH.
SO?
IT STOPPED RIGHT
AFTER HE STARTED...
WINNING MONEY
ON THIS SHOW.
DR. SLOAN, I'M
BEGINNING TO WONDER
IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME A
CONTESTANT ON THIS SHOW
UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
TIME'S UP.
WE'LL PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW.
AND IF YOUR SON
HAS ANY MORE INQUIRIES...
HE CAN CALL
MY ATTORNEY.
OOP.
HMM?
HERE YOU GO.
MMM.
DID I LOOK AS NERVOUS
AS I FELT UP THERE?
OH, MARK,
YOU WERE FANTASTIC.
I TELL YOU ONE THING
I KNOW WHY SAUL WAS
MOPPING HIS BROW.
IT'S HOT IN THAT BOOTH.
DON'T THEY HAVE
ANY TYPE OF VENTILATION?
WELL, YEAH, THEY DO
BUT THEY TURN IT ON AND
OFF ALL THROUGH THE SHOW.
THERE'S STILL ONE THING
THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
HOW DID DREW KNOW
THAT SAUL WOULD HAVE AN ATTACK?
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T
WATCH THE SHOW, STEVE.
FOR A GUY WHO KNEW
ALL THE ANSWERS
SAUL WAS
PRETTY NERVOUS.
IT WAS PART
OF HIS CHARM.
YOU KNOW, STRESS CAN BE
A REAL TRIGGER FOR ASTHMA.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION:
IF SAUL'S INHALER
WAS IN HIS JACKET POCKET
AND HIS JACKET
WAS UNDER SUCH TIGHT SECURITY
HOW DID DREW EMPTY
THE MEDICATION?
IF I KNEW THE ANSWER
TO THAT ONE
I WOULD STOP PLAYING
THIS DUMB GAME
AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE.
AND WIN FEWER DOLLARS.
MMM.
I HATE TO MAKE THINGS
MORE DIFFICULT
THAN THEY ALREADY ARE
BUT I DID TALK TO THE DETECTIVES
THAT DID THE INVESTIGATION
ON THAT HIT-AND-RUN
IN FRANKLIN CANYON.
YEAH?
ALL THE SKID MARKS
SHOW INDICATIONS
OF A DRUNK DRIVER.
WHOEVER PARALYZED SAUL
MAY HAVE BECOME A CRIMINAL
AFTER THE FACT
BUT IT WAS NOT
AN INTENTIONAL ACT.
Woman:
LIEUTENANT SLOAN?
I'M SARAH FINCH,
UH, THE BISC-ETTE LADY?
BIRDERS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
OH, RIGHT, YES.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
UH, PLEASE,
SIT DOWN.
I, UH... I TAKE IT
YOU KNEW SAUL SINGER.
OH, EVERY BIRDER
KNEW SAUL.
HIS FIELD RECORDINGS
ARE THE SINGLE GREATEST
COLLECTION OF BIRDSONGS
IN THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES.
I WAS HOPING YOU CAME
ACROSS THEM IN HIS CLOSET.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DID.
THAT'S A RELIEF.
I DO HAVE TO ASK...
HOW DID YOU KNOW HE KEPT
THOSE TAPES IN HIS CLOSET?
SAUL WASN'T JUST
MY VICE-CHAIR.
HE WAS MY FIANCE...
BEFORE THE ACCIDENT,
THAT IS.
MMM.
ONLY TWO THINGS IN THE WORLD
MATTERED TO SAUL.
THOSE FIELD RECORDINGS AND...
INTIMATE MATTERS.
I'M SORRY.
NOTHING TO BE SORRY ABOUT.
I SAT BY HIS BEDSIDE
EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT...
LISTENING TO HIM
GO ON AND ON
AND RAVING AND RAVING.
CAN YOU RECALL THE NATURE
OF THESE "RAVINGS"?
HOW COULD I EVER FORGET?
SAUL KEPT GOING ON AND
ON ABOUT "THE BLOOTY BIRD."
I'M NOT A BIRDER,
BUT, UH, I'VE NEVER
HEARD OF A "BLOOTY BIRD."
WHO HAS?
IT DOESN'T EXIST.
WHEN SAUL REGAINED
CONSCIOUSNESS
I ASKED HIM WHAT
IN HEAVEN'S NAME
WAS HE THINKING OF?
HE HADN'T A CLUE.
DON'T YOU THINK
THAT'S ODD?
VERY.
HERE'S YOUR COAT, DR. SLOAN.
YOU DO THE WARDROBE
FOR ALL OF THE CONTESTANTS?
ACTUALLY, I STARTED OUT
AS MR. McINTYRE'S
WARDROBE ASSISTANT.
THEN WHEN MR. SINGER
CAME ON THE SHOW
WITH HIS LUCKY JACKET
I TOOK CARE OF THAT.
I COULDN'T SHOW FAVORITES.
ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER.
I SEE.
DREW... I MEAN
MR. McINTYRE...
HE HAS A VISION.
A VISION
FOR THE SHOW.
HE WANTS IT TO BE
AS CLASSY AS HE IS.
YOU MUST'VE NOTICED
THAT OUR PEOPLE
LOOK BETTER THAN THEY DO ON
THOSE OTHER QUIZ PROGRAMS.
YEAH.
EXCUSE ME.
ALL SET? WE'RE ON
IN FIVE MINUTES.
OKAY.
OKAY, JUST THIS WAY HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
PUT YOU IN THE
MAKEUP CHAIR.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE REALLY
NEVER REALIZED
HOW MUCH WORK GOES
INTO THESE PRODUCTIONS.
YOU SHOULD TALK
TO THE WRITERS SOMETIME.
WELL, I CAN'T
DO THAT.
NO, THAT'S TRUE.
YOU'RE ALL SET.
THANK YOU.
FABULOUS!
THANK YOU.
OK, I'M GOING TO SHUFFLE
ON THIS WAY, OVER HERE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS
NOTICING THIS
BOOTH BEFORE.
WAS IT CONSTRUCTED JUST
FOR HANDICAP ACCESS?
THAT'S RIGHT.
I KNOW YOU TRY
TO WATCH COST ON
THINGS LIKE THIS.
WASN'T IT EXPENSIVE?
UM, VERY.
WE EVEN HAD TO INSTALL
A HYDRAULIC LIFT.
OH.
AS PRODUCER, MR. McINTYRE
DIDN'T OBJECT TO THAT?
ACTUALLY, THIS BOOTH
IS DREW'S IDEA.
HE WANTED TO EXPAND
THE CONTESTANT BASE
FOR THE SHOW.
SAUL SEEMED LIKE
A DREAM COME TRUE.
HAVE YOU SEEN
MR. McINTYRE?
ARE YOU IN CHARGE
OF MR. McINTYRE'S CAR?
I WASH IT FOR HIM.
HEY, HE'S THE MAN.
YOU ALWAYS
GOT TO DO
FAVORS FOR THE MAN.
I HAD ALWAYS BELIEVED
IN THE COMPETENCY OF THE
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT'S WRONG?
THOSE TAPES ARE BLANK.
TEN YEARS WORK ERASED.
ALL OF THEM?
EVERY ONE.
THEN IT WASN'T
AN ACCIDENT.
I AM SO MAD
I COULD SPIT.
BELIEVE ME, I'M GOING
TO LOOK INTO THIS.
NO, NO,
I'M NOT MAD AT YOU.
I'M MAD AT SAUL.
HE SENT
THOSE NORTHERN BIRDERS...
THOSE SNOBBY
NORTHERN BIRDERS...
A COMPLETE SET
OF COPIES.
NOW I'M GOING
TO HAVE TO BEG.
WELL, SAVE
YOUR PRIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO WANT
TO LISTEN TO THOSE
TAPES OURSELVES.
AS A MATTER OF FACT
I'VE GOT A
CIVILIAN VOLUNTEER.
Jesse:
TAPE 56.
THE BISC-ETTES
SENT
THE NOCK-BEES...
THAT WOULD BE THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
BIRDERS?
YEAH. THEY SENT EVERYTHING
EXCEPT FOR TAPE 56.
SO I CHECKED
THE ORIGINALS FROM SAUL'S HOUSE.
I THOUGHT THOSE
WERE ALL BLANK.
ERASED, BUT THE TAPE
WAS STILL THERE.
TAPE 56 WAS RECORDED
IN FRANKLIN CANYON
ON JULY 16, 1998.
JULY 16... WASN'T
THAT THE NIGHT
OF SAUL'S FIRST ACCIDENT?
EXACTLY.
Mclntyre:
HEY, MARK
MARK, MARK...
UH-UH.
HEY, BOSS.
DR. SLOAN,
DR. SLOAN...
HI.
I CAN'T HAVE YOU
FRATERNIZING
WITH THE CREW.
OH, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T KNOW
THE TEAMSTERS
HAD ACCESS
TO THE QUESTIONS.
THEY DON'T.
OH. THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT
SOMETHING KIND OF INTERESTING.
SAUL SINGER RECORDED A TAPE
UP THERE IN FRANKLIN CANYON
THE NIGHT
OF THE HIT-AND-RUN.
REALLY?
YEAH. I WAS HOPING MAYBE
HE PLAYED IT FOR YOU...
YOU KNOW, AS PART
OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN BIRDS. THIS WAY.
WELL, MOST OF US
TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, I KNOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
REALLY PAY ATTENTION...
DID YOU KNOW WHERE WAS A THING
CALLED A BLOOTY BIRD?
GOT ME STUMPED, DOC.
WELL, ACTUALLY,
IT STUMPED ME, TOO
AND I CHECKED AND FOUND OUT
THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS A BLOOTY BIRD.
BUT STILL, THERE IT IS
ON THE TAPE
RECORDED BY SAUL
UP THERE IN THE CANYON.
SAUL SINGER RECORDED
A NONEXISTENT BIRD.
WELL, IN A MANNER
OF SPEAKING.
YOU KNOW, THE POLICE
ALWAYS SURVEY
ALL THE REPAIR SHOPS
WHENEVER THERE IS A SERIOUS
HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT.
NOT ONE GARAGE REPORTED
ANYTHING THAT NIGHT.
SO WE'VE GOT A
NONEXISTENT REPAIR
TO GO WITH THE
NONEXISTENT BIRD.
WELL, MAYBE NOT.
THE GENTLEMEN TO WHOM
I WAS JUST SPEAKING OUT THERE
SAID THAT HE REPAIRED
THE BUMPER ON YOUR CAR
AT ABOUT THAT TIME.
UH, BLUE THUNDERBIRD.
BLUE T-BIRD.
MY CAR IS RED.
YEAH, IT IS NOW.
BUT HE SAID HE,
UH, REPAINTED IT.
I HAVE A FEELING
IF THE POLICE STRIPPED
OFF THAT RED PAINT
THEY'D FIND A BLUE COAT
UNDERNEATH.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, DOC
I GOT SOME SHOW BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO.
WHAT KIND OF WRITERS
ARE YOU?!
THEY ARE KILLING US
OUT THERE... KILLING US!
FIRST SAUL SINGER
AND NOW DR. SLOAN.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
THIS IS SUPPOSED
TO BE A CHEAP SHOW!
NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO GET
PAST THE FOURTH ROUND.
NOBODY!
I WANT HARDER QUESTIONS!
CAN YOUR LITTLE MINDS
BEGIN TO COMPREHEND THAT?
HARDER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
MORONS.
Drew:
THAT'S RIGHT,
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
OKAY.
THE SUBJECT IS "BASEBALL."
"IN WHAT BALLPARK
DID THE DODGERS PLAY
THEIR MOST WORLD SERIES GAMES?"
DOCTOR,
YOU MAY HAVE MET YOUR MATCH.
WELL, UH, THE DODGERS WON MORE
WORLD SERIES IN LOS ANGELES
BUT I'M BETTING
THAT THEY PLAYED MORE GAMES
AT EBBETS FIELD.
AND THAT'S... A BAD BET.
DOCTOR, DO I NEED
TO REPEAT THE QUESTION?
NO. IT'S
A TRICK QUESTION.
IT WAS YANKEE STADIUM.
THE MAN KNOWS
EVERYTHING.
NOT REALLY EVERYTHING.
IT'S A QUESTION THEY ASK
ON THE SCOREBOARD
AT DODGER STADIUM ALL THE TIME.
WELL, TAKE ME OUT
TO THE BALL GAME, DOCTOR.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE
IF YOU CAN GET THIS ONE.
"WHO IS
THE ONLY MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYER
"TO WEAR THE UNIFORM
OF ALL FOUR MODERN-DAY
NEW YORK BASEBALL TEAMS?"
OH...
THAT'S GOT
TO BE CASEY STENGEL.
SEE, HE PLAYED FOR THE GIANTS
AND THE DODGERS
AND HE MANAGED THE YANKEES
AND THE METS.
DR. SLOAN, YOU'RE
BATTING A THOUSAND.
MOVING WESTWARD.
"IN THE FAMOUS CHICAGO CUB
INFIELD
OF TINKER TO EVERS TO CHANCE,
WHO PLAYED THIRD BASE?"
HMM.
THAT'S, UH,
ANOTHER TRICK QUESTION.
YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER
I CAN GIVE IT
TO YOUR OPPONENT.
NO I SAID IT'S A TRICK QUESTION.
I DIDN'T SAY
I COULDN'T ANSWER IT.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. UM...
JOE TINKER WAS AT, UH,
SHORTSTOP.
UH, JOHNNY EVERS WAS AT, UH...
SECOND BASE.
FRANK CHANCE WAS ON FIRST BASE.
THIRD BASE DIDN'T FIGURE
INTO THAT, UH, THE DOUBLE-PLAY
COMBINATION, SEE?
THAT PLAYER ON THIRD BASE
WAS JUST AS GOOD
AS THE REST OF THEM
AND HIS NAME
WAS HARRY STEINFELDT.
OH, UM...
WELL, WE JUST CAN'T
GET YOU OUT,
CAN WE, DOCTOR?
HE'S RIGHT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
AND HE'S DONE IT AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE
COULD GET THAT LAST QUESTION...
BUT DR. SLOAN
JUST KEEPS ON COMING.
DOCTOR, OUR AUDIENCE
ADORES YOU.
YOU SHOULD SEE YOURSELF.
OH, I THOUGHT
THE SHOW WAS LIVE.
OH, IT IS, BUT WE HAVE
TO EDIT IT FOR SYNDICATION.
OH. THANK YOU.
DO YOU TAKE ANYTHING?
YES. SWEETENER,
PLEASE.
UH, DOES THAT MEAN
YOU HAVE COPIES
OF EVERYBODY'S
PERFORMANCE?
UH, YES, WE DO.
Mclntyre::
"WHAT ARTIST
HAS WON THE MOST GRAMMY AWARDS?"
NICE QUESTION.
YOU'D EXPECT A POP SINGER
BUT IT'S NOT.
THE MAN WITH THE MOST GRAMMYS
is Sir Georg Solti.
CAN YOU FREEZE
THAT THERE?
SURE.
NOW CAN YOU BRING UP
A PICTURE OF SAUL
FROM ANOTHER PROGRAM?
DO YOU WANT THE SAME
KIND OF CLOSE-UP?
YEAH, IF YOU CAN,
AND LEAVE THAT ONE
UP THERE.
YEAH...
NOW, WHAT ABOUT
THAT LAST QUESTION...
THE ONE JUST
BEFORE HE DIED?
"WHAT POPULAR ACTOR NAMED
HIMSELF AFTER A POPULAR ACTRESS
WHO NAMED HERSELF
AFTER A FAMOUS COMEDIAN?"
YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S INTERESTING.
Savannah:
NO KIDDING.
YOU KNOW,
NO ONE EVER GOT THAT.
OH, THE, UH...
WELL, YOU KNOW,
MICHAEL KEATON
NAMED HIMSELF
AFTER DIANE KEATON
WHO HAD
NAMED HERSELF
AFTER JOSEPH FRANCIS
"BUSTER" KEATON.
I WAS A BIG
BUSTER KEATON FAN.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S
INTERESTING HERE.
AMANDA, YOU STILL HAVE
THE EVIDENCE BAG
WITH SAUL SINGER'S
CLOTHES IN IT?
YEAH, WHAT'S UP?
MY DAD SAID
HE ALWAYS HAD
A POCKET HANDKERCHIEF
WITH HIM
WHEN HE APPEARED
IN A PROGRAM.
RIGHT, WELL, I CHECKED
ALL OF HIS CLOTHING
FOR FOREIGN
SUBSTANCES
BUT I DIDN'T SEE
ANY HANDKERCHIEF.
MAYBE IT GOT STUFFED
INSIDE THE BREAST POCKET.
I DON'T THINK SO.
WHY NOT?
BECAUSE THIS
BREAST POCKET
HAS BEEN SEWN SHUT.
DOCTOR, YOU MAY BE
WINNING A LOT OF MONEY
BUT I THINK YOU ARE
GREAT FOR THE SHOW.
WELL, THANK YOU.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING
I CAN DO FOR YOUR WARDROBE...
NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT
PERFECTLY
DRESSED.
I MEAN, NOT THAT
YOU DON'T CLASS UP THE SHOW.
ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE
ABOUT MY WARDROBE.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SAUL SINGER'S LUCKY JACKET.
OH.
YOU KNOW, I WATCHED
ALL THE SHOWS
THAT SAUL WAS ON
AND IN ALL BUT
THE LAST ONE
HE HAD A POCKET
HANDKERCHIEF.
OH.
BUT THE ONE HE
WAS WEARING THE
NIGHT HE DIED
THIS POCKET
WAS SEWN SHUT.
OH.
IT WASN'T THE
SAME JACKET,
WAS IT?
I FEEL SO GUILTY.
ABOUT WHAT?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT WASN'T SAUL'S LUCKY JACKET.
SOMEBODY SNEAK PAST THE GUARDS
AND SWITCH IT?
OH, NO.
IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?
OH, NO. NOT AT ALL.
WE JUST...
WE HAD AN ACCIDENT.
WHAT KIND OF AN ACCIDENT?
OH, THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN THE
WARDROBE ROOM WENT OFF SOMEHOW
AND SAUL'S JACKET WAS RUINED.
IT SHRANK THREE SIZES.
WHAT'D YOU DO ABOUT IT?
I WENT RIGHT TO DREW.
HE TOLD ME TO GO OUT
AND BUY ANOTHER JACKET.
YOU KNOW, IDENTICAL LIKE.
DREW SWORE THAT SAUL
WOULD NEVER KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE
BUT I KNEW.
I KNEW
IT WASN'T THE LUCKY JACKET.
DON'T YOU SEE?
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME.
I THOUGHT THAT UNFORTUNATE MAN
WAS GOING TO LOSE...
GO HOME WITHOUT ANY MONEY.
HE'D NEVER KNOW THAT HE LOST
BECAUSE HE WASN'T WEARING
THE REALLY LUCKY JACKET.
I JUST NEVER THOUGHT THAT NEW
JACKET WOULD BE SO UNLUCKY
HE WOULD DIE IN IT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK
IT WAS THE JACKET
THAT KILLED HIM, CHARMAINE.
HE WENT FROM THE GUY
WITH ALL THE ANSWERS TO DEAD.
I CALL THAT REALLY BAD LUCK.
OH, ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, INHALER?
OH, THAT WAS THE RIGHT INHALER,
ALL RIGHT.
DREW GAVE IT TO ME HIMSELF.
I PUT IT IN THE NEW JACKET
BEFORE I GAVE IT TO SAUL.
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME?
NEED YOUR WARDROBE
REARRANGED?
YOU TOLD HIM ABOUT THE JACKET,
DIDN'T YOU?
DR. SLOAN?
HE TOLD ME.
I WAS EMBARRASSED AT FIRST
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK
IT DID ME GOOD TO FINALLY TALK.
YEAH?
WELL, YOU DIDN'T DO THE SHOW
ANY GOOD.
OH, NO...
DR. SLOAN SAID THAT JACKET
HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH SAUL'S DEATH.
HE WAS ONLY INTERESTED
IN THE INHALER.
THANK YOU, CHARMAINE.
YOU CAN GO NOW.
THAT'S A FIRST.
YEAH.
I'VE GOT SOME VERY
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO.
HELLO?
HELLO?
ANYBODY HERE?
Drew:
OVER HERE,
DR. SLOAN.
SORRY TO CALL YOU OUT
ON A SATURDAY.
I JUST THOUGHT WE'D BETTER
SET SOME THINGS STRAIGHT.
OH, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE
THAT MUCH TO DISCUSS, DREW.
I WAS GOING TO WALK AWAY
AFTER THE NEXT SESSION ANYWAY.
YOU WANTED TO KNOW
HOW SAUL GOT HIS ANSWERS.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A LOOK
IN SAUL'S SPECIAL LITTLE BOOTH?
I HAD IT BROUGHT
BACK ON STAGE
JUST SO I COULD
DEMONSTRATE.
OH, AND PAY
PARTICULAR
ATTENTION
TO THE VIDEO SCREEN.
Mark:
WHERE YOU SHOW
THE CONTESTANTS THE QUESTIONS.
THAT'S HOW YOU DID IT.
YOU KNOW, FOR A MAN WHO
SOLVED ALL THOSE MURDERS
YOU'RE WAY TOO
TRUSTING A SOUL.
YOU CAN'T
GET AWAY WITH THIS, DREW.
OH, REALLY? HMM.
I'M PLAYING A
NEW GAME, DOC.
IT'S CALLED,
"YOU... BET... YOUR... LIFE."
AND THE FIRST
QUESTION IS:
WHAT IS THE DRUG THAT COLLAPSES
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
BUT THAT IS METABOLIZED
BY THE BODY EVEN AFTER DEATH?
ANY OF THE NERVE GASES
USED IN CHEMICAL WARFARE.
SARIN, FOR EXAMPLE.
YES, AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. HMM.
NOW, IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF JUST AN ITSY TEENSY-WEENSY
LITTLE BIT OF THIS DRUG
WERE TO... OH, I DON'T KNOW
SAY, FLOW THROUGH
YOUR BOOTH'S VENTILATION SYSTEM?
YOU KNOW, DREW, YOU HAVE
A VERY DISTINCTIVE VOICE.
I'LL BET YOU WHEN,
UH, SAUL SINGER
LISTENED TO HIS TAPE
OF FRANKLIN CANYON
HE HEARD MORE THAN BIRDS.
PROBABLY, UH, HEARD THE ACCIDENT
THAT CRIPPLED HIM.
AND PROBABLY HEARD YOU, TOO.
YEAH? HMM.
THEY WHY DIDN'T HE
JUST GO TO THE COPS?
OH, HE DIDN'T WANT
THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO PAY.
HE WANTED YOU TO PAY.
HE WASN'T ABOVE BLACKMAIL,
WAS HE?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
RIGHT AGAIN.
WERE YOU, UH,
DRUNK WHEN YOU HIT HIM?
AS A SKUNK ON MOONSHINE, DOC.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALMOST
GOT AWAY WITH IT, TOO
IF YOU HADN'T COME UP WITH
THE IDEA OF HAVING THE SHOW
PAY FOR YOUR BLACKMAIL.
YEAH. CALL IT A
BUSINESS DEDUCTION.
MOST PEOPLE
WOULD CALL IT MURDER.
YEAH, WELL, TOO BAD IN THIS GAME
YOU CAN'T WIN.
YOU'RE DEAD,
DR SLOAN.
NOW, HOW LONG BEFORE
SARIN TAKES EFFECT?
NOT MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES.
RIGHT AGAIN. I GUESS YOU DESERVE
THE BOOBY PRIZE.
I JUST WANT YOU TO TELL ME
HOW YOU KILLED SAUL.
SO STUPID.
I PUT AN EMPTY INHALER
IN THE GUY'S NEW JACKET
AND WATCHED WHILE NATURE
TOOK ITS COURSE.
OOH, DIFFICULT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN
ADMISSION OF GUILT
TO ME, DREW.
TOO BAD YOU CAN'T USE IT.
YOU NEVER READ ME MY RIGHTS.
Steve:
WRONG ANSWER.
YOU WEREN'T
UNDER ARREST
BUT NOW YOU ARE.
MY FATHER'S
NOT ENTIRELY TRUSTING.
WE CHECKED OUT THE VENTILATION
SYSTEM BEFORE HE ARRIVED.
IT WAS A VERY UNLUCKY JACKET,
CHARMAINE.
INTENTIONALLY UNLUCKY JACKET
BUT IT'S ALL ON THE VIDEOTAPE
ALONG WITH YOUR CONFESSION.
I GUESS THIS IS THE END
OF
THROUGH THE ROOF.
I'M NOT SO SURE
ABOUT THAT.
Announcer:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME THE
NEW HOST OF
THROUGH THE ROOF
CHARMAINE DUFOUR!
IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?
YOU ARE SO SWEET.
I'M SO EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD
SOME REAL TRAGEDY ON THE SHOW
BUT THAT IS ALL BEHIND US
AND THE REASON IT IS
IS BECAUSE
OF THIS REALLY TERRIFIC MAN...
OUR DEFENDING CHAMPION,
DR. MARK SLOAN.
COME ON OUT HERE.
SO WHAT'S IT GOING
TO BE, DOCTOR?
YOU HAVE WON
$150,000.
ARE YOU GOING TO
RISK EVERYTHING
OR ARE YOU GOING
TO WALK AWAY?
WELL, I'M NOT THE, UH,
GREEDY TYPE.
SO, YOU'RE LEAVING
US A WINNER.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO WITH ALL THAT MONEY?
WELL, HALF OF THE MONEY
IS GOING TO GO
TO THE COMMUNITY GENERAL
PEDIATRIC AIDS UNIT.
THAT'S GREAT.
WOW. IS THAT GREAT?
SO TELL US
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO WITH YOUR SHARE?
NEW CAR?
NO, THE OTHER HALF IS GOING TO
GO INTO BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
THAT'S THE BEST ANSWER
I'VE EVER HEARD.
ISN'T HE THE MOST DARLING THING
YOU'VE EVER LAID EYES ON?
MARY ANN EVERS.
NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
PETE BEST IN THE CAVE.
THE 42nd PARALLEL.
54-40 OR FIGHT.
THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN.
MIA FARROW.
93 MILLION MILES.
COSTA RICA.
CAN'T YOU HURRY
IT UP SOME?
LOOK, IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW FAST I DO MY WORK.
WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT
FOR YOUR X RAYS TO COME BACK.
NOTHING'S BROKEN.
WELL, YOU CAN'T
KNOW THAT.
I KNOW EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHERE I
KNOW YOU FROM.
NO ONE
KNOWS EVERYTHING.
NAH, THIS IS SAUL SINGER
FROM
THROUGH THE ROOF...
THE GAME SHOW.
OH, I'VE BEEN MEANING
TO CATCH THAT SHOW.
FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS,
HOW SOON CAN I GET OUT OF HERE?
WELL, DR. TRAVIS
IS RIGHT.
IT'S A LOT QUICKER
TO WAIT FOR THOSE X RAYS
THAN IT IS TO DEAL
WITH COMPLICATIONS LATER.
WHAT'S THE RUSH?
THAT SHOW IS LIVE.
IF I'M NOT AT THE STUDIO
IN HALF AN HOUR
I'M GOING TO LOSE MY SHOT
AT 500 LARGE.
YOU MEAN THEY WON'T GIVE YOU
ANOTHER CHANCE?
THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES
ON
THROUGH THE ROOF.
YOU KNOW, JESSE,
YOU'RE THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
BUT I HAVE AN IDEA.
Announcer:
AND NOW, AMERICA'S
FAVORITE GAME SHOW,
THROUGH THE ROOF.
NOW LET'S WELCOME THE MAN
WHO MAKES PEOPLE RICH,
DREW McINTYRE.
HOW HIGH CAN YOU GO?
All:
THROUGH THE ROOF!
THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS.
THIS IS THE GAME SHOW
WHERE YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY
THROUGH! THE! ROOF!
WHOA! ALL RIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS,
DOC.
OH, YOU'RE WELCOME,
BUT JUST REMEMBER:
IF ANY FRACTURES SHOW
UP IN THAT X RAY
YOU'RE GOING
BACK WITH ME.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING RID
OF SAUL SINGER THAT EASY.
SAUL, SAUL, SAUL
SAUL, SAUL, SAUL...
I KNOW. I KNOW.
WE ALL WANTED
TO SEE SAUL SINGER COME BACK
AND RISK IT ALL
FOR HALF A MILLION SMACKEROOS
BUT, MY FRIENDS,
SAUL NEVER CAME TO THE STUDIO.
I GUESS
HE JUST COULDN'T FACE YOU
AND SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH."
THE MAN DECIDED
TO KEEP HIS MONEY
AND THAT'S OKAY.
WE GOT
TWO GREAT NEW CONTESTANTS.
LET'S SEE HOW THEY CAN DO.
LET ME INTRODUCE...
Singer:
NOT SO FAST.
I'M BACK
AND I'M A PLAYER!
SAUL, WE THOUGHT YOU DECIDED
TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AND RUN.
NOT A CHANCE.
THE ONLY REASON I'M LATE
IS BECAUSE I HAD A LITTLE
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON THE WAY
OVER HERE.
I'VE GOT
MY DOCTOR
HIMSELF
RIGHT HERE WITH ME.
YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAD TO BRING HIM
IN AN AMBULANCE.
AND THEY SAY
DOCTORS DON'T MAKE HOUSE CALLS.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S PLAY
THROUGH THE ROOF!
WHERE'S MY LUCKY JACKET?
LORRAINE SAYS IT.
PSST.
Announcer:
DREW, SAUL WILL BE CHALLENGED
BY KRISTA FALLOW
FROM SAULT SAINT MARIE.
KRISTA... KRISTA,
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
WE CAN WATCH FROM IN HERE.
SAUL SAID
YOU DO THIS SHOW LIVE.
WELL, YOU KNOW
THE OLD SAYING...
YOU GOT TO HAVE
A GIMMICK.
WELL, THAT'S NOT
SUCH AN OLD SAYING, REALLY.
IT'S FROM A SHOW
CALLED
GYPSY.
YOU KNOW,
I SAW THAT SHOW THREE TIMES...
ONCE WITH ETHEL MERMAN,
ONCE WITH ANGELA LANSBURY
AND ONCE WITH TYNE DALY.
NOT BAD.
OH, IT'S A GREAT SHOW.
NO, I MEAN IF IT
WAS A QUESTION
YOU'D HAVE ALL
THE ANSWERS.
OH.
Mclntyre:
Start the clock.
The subject is pseudonyms.
Mark Twain was...
Singer:
Samuel Clemens.
The mystery writer
Ross Macdonald.
OH, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
UH, KENNETH MILLAR.
Kenneth Millar.
The novelist George Eliot.
UH, THAT'S UH,
MARY ANN... EVERS, I THINK.
Mary Ann Evers.
UH, SAUL USES THAT ASTHMA
INHALER ALL THE TIME?
ONLY WHEN HE'S NERVOUS.
BOY, HE'S KILLING US.
WINNING TOO MUCH MONEY?
OUR STATISTICIANS
ASSURED US
THAT NO ONE WOULD MAKE IT
PAST THE FOURTH ROUND.
AND HE'S WAY PAST?
WAY, WAY PAST.
Who was the original
drummer for the Beatles?
OH, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
PETE BEST.
Pete Best.
YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY
SHOULD TRY OUT FOR THE SHOW.
OH, WHO WANTS TO SEE
A KNOW-IT-ALL DOCTOR?
I THINK YOU'D BE
VERY SYMPATHETIC.
Now, they don't know it,
but there's just 35 seconds
LEFT ON THE CLOCK.
CONTESTANTS, WE'RE BACK.
THE SUBJECT IS "THE GREAT WAR."
WHO WAS ASSASSINATED
IN WHAT CITY
TO PROVOKE THE FIRST WORLD WAR?
ARCHDUKE FERDINAND IN SARAJEVO.
I KNEW THAT.
YOU KNOW,
THAT WAS JUST AN EXCUSE
TO START THE WAR.
On what date
WAS THE PEACE TREATY SIGNED
THAT ENDED WORLD WAR I?
UH, ARMISTICE DAY...
NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
YOU KNOW, HE'S USING THAT THING
WAY TOO MUCH.
YOU COULD SAVE HIM FROM HIMSELF.
PLAY AGAINST HIM... YOU'D WIN.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
RIGHT AGAIN!
Next question.
What was the international
ORGANIZATION
THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER
TWO OPPOSING FACTIONS...?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THAT'S THE FINAL BUZZER.
HE'S DONE IT AGAIN.
GET HIM OUT OF THE BOOTH.
SAUL SINGER, YOU'VE
JUST WON HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS
AND YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.
YOU'RE WAY UP
IN THE ATTIC.
FROM HERE ON OUT, EACH
ROUND IS WORTH $100,000.
LET'S PLAY, DREW.
WHOA!
HOLD THOSE RUNAWAY HORSES
THERE, SAUL.
LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS
FOR A MINUTE.
ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO PUT
HALF A MILLION ON THE LINE?
YOU DON'T GET OFF THAT EASY.
SAUL, I PRODUCE THIS GAME.
I HOST THIS GAME
BECAUSE I LIKE
MAKING PEOPLE RICH.
NOW, YOU'RE RICH.
ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO
IS WALK AWAY.
IF ONLY I COULD WALK AWAY, DREW.
ROLL AWAY... THEN.
I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET.
Steve:
EXCUSE ME.
UH, HELLO?
EXCUSE ME.
NO ACCIDENT.
IF THAT'S THE ANSWER,
WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
HAD THE VAN BEEN TAMPERED WITH?
THAT WAS THE QUESTION
YOU WERE GOING TO ASK.
DO YOU ALWAYS ANSWER
BEFORE YOU HEAR THE QUESTION?
YOU'RE A DETECTIVE.
DETECTIVES ARE PREDICTABLE.
NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME
WHAT I'M THINKING.
I'M A REGULAR SAUL SINGER.
HEY, YOU EVER NOTICE
HOW FIRST HE BUZZES IN
THEN HE THINKS
ABOUT THE QUESTION?
THAT'S HOW HE WINS.
YOU STUDYING
TO BE A CONTESTANT?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU THINK GREASE MONKEYS
AREN'T SMART?
I NEVER SAID THAT.
AND DON'T TELL ME
THAT'S
WHAT I WAS THINKING.
ON TOP OF WHICH IT DOES NOT TAKE
A GENIUS TO COMPETE.
I MEAN, ALL THEY DO IS TEST YOU
FOR HOW MANY USELESS PIECES
OF TRIVIA
YOU GOT STUCK IN YOUR HEAD.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
NOW, CAN WE TALK
ABOUT SAUL SINGER'S BRAKES
AND NOT
HIS PERFORMANCE?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THE WAY THE MODIFICATION WORKS
IS THIS:
THE HAND CONTROL
IS WIRED TO THE ACCELERATOR
AND THE BRAKES.
THIS IS DONE
FOR PARAPLEGICS,
AMPUTEES, M.S. VICTIMS...
GOT IT.
ONLY IN THIS CASE
THE CENTER ROD WAS LOOSENED.
LOOSENED... NOT SEVERED.
NO. IF IT WAS SEVERED
HE WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE IT
OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY.
THE WAY THIS BABY WAS RIGGED
SAUL WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN
WHAT WAS WRONG
TILL HE WAS CRUISING
AT FULL SPEED.
SO, SOMEONE WANTED HIM TO CRASH.
AND HE IS RIGHT!
IF I WAS A DETECTIVE...
WHICH I'M NOT...
I'D ASK SAUL SINGER WHO IT WAS
WHO DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GET
WHEREVER IT WAS HE WANTED TO GO.
THE NETWORK.
I'M GOING
TO BREAK THE BANK.
THAT MAY NOT BE A JOKE.
AREN'T THESE SHOWS SUPPOSED
TO BE CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT?
THEY'RE ALSO SUPPOSED
TO GET RATINGS.
I'M A CELEBRITY, LIEUTENANT...
A CERTIFIED CEREBRAL GEEK.
THANKS TO ME,
THE SHOW IS NUMBER ONE.
FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING, BUT, UH,
HOW DID YOU END UP PARALYZED?
I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WHY NOT?
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED.
I WAS UP IN, UH, FRANKLIN CANYON
TRYING TO LIST
THE RED-BREASTED
CANYON WARBLER.
IS THAT, UH, WHAT
WE'RE HEARING NOW?
THESE ARE WATERFOWL
FROM THE MORO BAY ESTUARY
TAPED BACK IN DECEMBER
OF '96...
WHEN I STILL HAD LEGS.
AND, UH, FRANKLIN CANYON?
I'D SET UP MY TAPE RECORDER.
I WAS CROSSING THE ROAD
ON THE WAY BACK TO MY CAR.
NEXT THING I KNEW,
I'M LYING IN THE HOSPITAL
PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
I'M SORRY.
ACCORDING
TO THE POLICE
THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WASN'T.
WHAT WAS HIS STORY?
HE DIDN'T
STICK AROUND
TO TELL ONE.
AS BEST
THEY CAN RECONSTRUCT IT
THE SON OF A BITCH HIT ME,
TOOK OFF, LEFT ME TO BE FOUND
BY A PARK RANGER
SIX HOURS LATER.
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
"TERRIBLE."
YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S TERRIBLE?
IF I'D HAVE MADE IT
TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT AWAY
THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE
I'D BE WALKING TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THESE TWO ACCIDENTS
MAY WELL BE RELATED.
I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
WHY NOT?
'CAUSE THAT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO.
WHY WOULD ANYBODY WAIT A YEAR
TO TRY TO KILL ME?
BESIDES, I SAW
THE POLICE REPORTS.
THEY DID
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
L.A.P.D. CAME UP AS EMPTY AS ME.
YOU'RE A WINNER.
IT'S YOUR FAVORITE CONTESTANT.
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO BE
CALLING ME ON MY CELL.
WE'RE PLAYING A DANGEROUS
ENOUGH GAME AS THIS IS.
DO YOU WANT TO END UP IN JAIL?
IT'S NOT MY JAIL TIME
YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT.
THE POLICE WERE HERE
telling me
what happened to my van.
WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH WITH YOU?
WHEN I SAY SO.
ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, SAUL?
JUST GIVE ME A NUMBER.
HOW MUCH MORE
DO YOU HAVE TO WIN?
YOU KNOW, BUBELEH,
I HAD A NUMBER.
A NICE LITTLE FIGURE IN MY HEAD.
BUT AFTER THAT LITTLE ACCIDENT
YOU CAUSED YESTERDAY
IT'S DOUBLE.
OH, YEAH? WELL, MAYBE I'LL STOP
FEEDING YOU THE ANSWERS
BEFORE EACH SHOW...
LET THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE SEE
WHAT A GENIUS YOU REALLY ARE.
YEAH. AND MAYBE
I'LL TELL THAT SAME AUDIENCE
JUST HOW IT IS
I'VE BEEN WINNING, AND WHY.
Amanda:
MARK, I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT YOU TURNED DOWN
THROUGH THE ROOF.
I WOULD PROBABLY BLOW
THE FIRST QUESTION.
OH, ARE YOU
KIDDING?
I DON'T KNOW. I SURE WOULDN'T
WANT TO PLAY
AGAINST SAUL SINGER.
IF YOU ASK ME,
I THINK THAT'S AN ARROGANT MAN.
HE'S SMART. THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG
WITH BEING SMART.
SMART? HE'S RISKING
A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
HE DOESN'T SOUND
SO SMART TO ME.
GUYS, JUST
WATCH.
SAUL'S GOING TO
GO ALL THE WAY
TO A MILLION.
Announcer:
Five more rounds to go...
FIVE MORE ROUNDS?
I DON'T THINK SO.
I KNOW WHAT I'D DO.
YEAH, QUIT.
YEAH, WHILE I'M AHEAD.
SAUL IS NO QUITTER.
HE'S GOT GUTS.
"WHAT POPULAR ACTOR
NAMED HIMSELF AFTER
A POPULAR ACTRESS
WHO NAMED HERSELF AFTER
A FAMOUS COMEDIAN?"
Can you answer
the question, Saul?
I'LL REPEAT THE QUESTION.
"WHAT POPULAR ACTOR NAMED
HIMSELF AFTER A POPULAR ACTRESS
WHO NAMED HERSELF
AFTER A FAMOUS
COMEDIAN?"
SAUL, YOUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
SAUL...
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
AFTER THIS MESSAGE.
GET HIM OUT OF THERE!
Get him out!
Get him out!
HURRY UP. GO, GO. HURRY.
GET HIS FEET.
ONE, TWO...
HURRY.
HE'S DEAD.
DEATH WAS DUE TO ACUTE
RESPIRATORY FAILURE
APPARENTLY BROUGHT ON BY
HIS ASTHMATIC CONDITION.
NO FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
IN THE BODY?
MM-MM. NOT EVEN
METAPROTERENOL.
THAT'S THE MAIN INGREDIENT
IN HIS ASTHMA MEDICINE.
NOT ONLY WAS IT ABSENT
FROM HIS BLOOD WORK
IT WASN'T EVEN IN HIS
BRONCHIAL SECRETIONS.
I HAVE TO DEDUCE
THAT THE INHALER WAS EMPTY.
YOU THINK MAYBE
IT WAS TAMPERED WITH?
NO, THERE WAS
NO OBVIOUS TAMPERING.
IT WAS EMPTY.
I'D HAVE TO SAY
THAT SAUL SINGER DIED
OF NATURAL CAUSES.
TWO DAYS AFTER HIS
CAR WAS SABOTAGED?
WELL, COINCIDENCES
DO HAPPEN, MARK.
BOY, I'LL TELL YOU
THIS GUY HAD A LOT OF BOOKS
ABOUT BIRDS, HUH?
TAPES, TOO.
HE PLAYED THEM
INSTEAD OF MUSIC.
AMAZING.
ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT
IT WAS PRETTY WEIRD.
LOOK AT THESE.
THIS GUY WAS
CRAZY ABOUT BIRDS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY
FOR A GUY WHO KNEW
SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING
HE DOESN'T HAVE
ANY HISTORY BOOKS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE
ANY ENCYCLOPEDIAS.
YEAH. NOT EVEN
A DICTIONARY.
THE GUY WAS
A REAL GENIUS.
YEAH. MAYBE JUST BONED UP
BY USING THE INTERNET.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK HE HAD A
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
THEN WHY WOULD HE NEED
AN ELECTRONIC ORGANIZER?
LOOK,
THE FIRST TWO NUMBERS
DON'T HAVE ANY NAMES
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
UH-HUH. PROBABLY TO HIDE
WHO THEY ARE FROM PRYING EYES.
I DON'T THINK
THAT HE NEEDED THE NAMES.
I THINK HE SAW THE NUMBERS
AND HE KNEW.
WHY DON'T WE FIND
OUT WHO THESE
NUMBERS BELONG TO
THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY?
YOU'VE REACHED VALLEYBROOK
INVESTMENTS. PLEASE ENTER YOUR PIN NOW.
You're a winner!
You've reached the personal
cell phone of Drew McIntyre.
Leave the right message and I
shall personally call you back.
DR. SLOAN, SO NICE
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND
ABOUT BEING ON OUR SHOW?
ALL MY COLLEAGUES
INSISTING
WHAT GOOD PUBLICITY
IT'D BE FOR THE HOSPITAL.
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE
TO THANK THEM FOR ME.
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE
A TERRIFIC CONTESTANT.
THANK YOU.
DREW, YOU REMEMBER
DR. SLOAN, DON'T YOU?
OH, RIGHT. SAUL
SINGER'S PHYSICIAN.
GOD, WHAT A TRAGEDY.
THE AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED
AT COMMUNITY GENERAL,
WHERE I PRACTICE.
SO WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED?
WAS IT THE INHALER?
WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
I'D READ SOMEWHERE
THAT IT'S QUITE
DANGEROUS TO USE
THEM TOO OFTEN.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE,
BUT SAUL'S INHALER WAS EMPTY.
THAT'S BECAUSE
HE KEPT TAKING
HITS OFF IT.
THAT, OR SOMEBODY TAMPERED
WITH IT.
THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
WELL, ALL YOU'D HAVE TO DO
IS KEEP PUMPING
UNTIL ALL THE MEDICATION
WAS GONE.
WELL, SURE.
BUT TO DO THAT
SOMEONE WOULD HAVE
NEEDED ACCESS
TO THE INHALER
BEFORE THE SHOW,
WHICH...
DIDN'T SAUL CARRY
HIS INHALER
IN HIS SPORTS JACKET?
I SAW SOME YOUNG LADY
GIVE IT TO HIM ON THE AIR.
SAUL'S LUCKY
BLUE JACKET.
WHICH WE KEPT
UNDER 24-HOUR GUARD
BY A BONDED
SECURITY AGENT.
ISN'T THAT
A LITTLE EXTREME?
NO. WE'RE
VERY SECURITY
CONSCIOUS HERE
AT THROUGH THE R.
THE NETWORK WATCHES US
LIKE A HAWK.
WE HAVE TO BE LIKE
CAESAR'S WIFE.
ABOVE SUSPICION.
THAT'D BE A GOOD
QUESTION...
I CAN'T SUGGEST
QUESTIONS, CAN I?
NO, NOT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A CONTESTANT.
YOU-YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A CONTESTANT?
MY IDEA. DR. SLOAN IS
JUST WHAT WE NEED.
WELL, IN THAT CASE,
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR
THE PRODUCER AND THE CONTESTANT
TO HAVE ANY CONTACT
BEFORE THE SHOW.
OH, NETWORK RULES,
HUH?
ACTUALLY, FEDERAL LAW.
I COULD GO TO JAIL.
OH. WELL,
DON'T YOU DO
SOME KIND
OF PRESHOW INTERVIEW?
NO. THAT'S
SAVANNAH'S
DEPARTMENT.
UH, DREW?
YOU KNOW, SAUL WAS
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE
THE CAR THAT HIT HIM
DID SO BY ACCIDENT.
OH, HE SAID THAT IN THE AUTOPSY,
DID HE?
NO, ACTUALLY,
HE TOLD MY SON
WHO WAS THE POLICE DETECTIVE
WHO INVESTIGATED
SAUL'S SECOND ACCIDENT
AND HE WAS A BIT SURPRISED.
HE THINKS THERE'S A CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE TWO INCIDENTS.
SAVANNAH,
DID YOU KNOW DR. SLOAN'S SON
WAS INVESTIGATING SAUL'S DEATH?
OH, I DIDN'T DISQUALIFY
MYSELF, DID I?
NO. NOT AT ALL.
YOUR CONNECTION IS
WITH MR. SINGER,
NOT THE SHOW.
SAVANNAH WILL
TEST YOU, DOCTOR.
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CONTESTANT.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED
HOW FEW PROFESSIONALS MAKE
THE FIRST CUT.
MM.
OKAY.
NOW, WE'RE GOING
TO PLAY A TRIAL
VERSION OF THE GAME.
UH, YOU BOTH
KNOW THE RULES.
SO GET USED TO
BEING IN THE BOOTH.
WE WANT YOU TO MAKE
A GOOD IMPRESSION.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT
FOR ME TO ASK THE QUESTION
STUIE, OKAY?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
UH, "THE PURCHASE
OF WHAT LANDMASS
WAS REFERRED
TO AS 'SEWARD'S FOLLY'?"
THAT'S ALASKA.
NOT BAD.
ACCORDING TO HIS MANSERVANT
HOW MANY ITALIAN WOMEN
DID DON GIOVANNI SEDUCE?
1,003.
IT'S THE CHORUS TO A SONG.
YOU'RE DOING GREAT
DR. SLOAN.
OKAY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS
NOT A BRITISH POP BAND:
PORTISHEAD
RADIOHEAD
PROPELLERHEADS
WEBHEAD?
ABOUT TIME YOU STOPPED ASKING
OLD-GUY QUESTIONS.
AND THE ANSWER IS?
PROPELLERHEADS.
NO. I'M SORRY.
UH, DR. SLOAN,
YOU HAVE A CHANCE
TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
WEBHEAD?
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?
LUCKY GUESS.
Announcer:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND NOW,
HERE'S YOUR HOST FOR FOR THROUGH THE ROOF
DREW McINTYRE!
OUR NEXT CONTESTANT ON
FORTHROUGH THE ROOF WILL BE DR.
MARK SLOAN
OF COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
DR. SLOAN, I'M AFRAID
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
ENTIRELY FORTHCOMING
WITH US.
NO, I THINK I'VE BEEN
COMPLETELY TRUTHFUL.
PERHAPS A TRIFLE
OVERLY MODEST, THEN.
MY ASSOCIATE
JUST INFORMED ME
YOU'RE NOT ONLY
A DOCTOR
BUT YOU'RE
ALSO A POLICE
CONSULTANT.
OH, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING
I DO FROM TIME TO TIME.
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO BELIEVE THIS, FOLKS.
IN FACT, I HAD A HARD
TIME BELIEVING THIS.
THIS MAN HAS SOLVED
OVER, NOW... WHAT IS IT?
150 MURDERS. WOW.
THANK YOU.
I WOULDN'T SAY, "SOLVED."
I WOULD SAY,
"HELPED OUT A LITTLE."
YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN
TO BE HOT ON THE TRAIL
OF A KILLER RIGHT NOW,
WOULD YOU, DOC?
WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU NEVER DO KNOW
WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE ASKING YOU.
SO, DR. MARK SLOAN,
LET'S PLAY...
All:
THROUGH THE ROOF!
WHOA-HO!
Drew:
NOW LET'S SEE IF OUR CONTESTANTS
CAN GO ALL THE WAY.
THE SUBJECT IS
"MUSICAL COMEDIES."
"WHAT REAL-LIFE INCIDENT
INSPIRED THE MUSICAL
BYE BYE BIRDIE?"
ELVIS PRESLEY BEING INDUCTED
INTO THE U.S. ARMY.
I ALWAYS LIKED THAT SHOW.
WELL, LET'S SEE
IF YOU LIKE THIS ONE.
"WHAT'S THE NIGHT RENTAL
ON THE BILTMORE GARAGE?"
$1,000! OR, LIKE
THEY SAID IN
GUYS AND DOLLS
"A GRAND."
RIGHT YOU ARE!
OKAY, FOLKS.
NOW, OUR CONTESTANTS DON'T KNOW
THIS, BUT THEY'RE TIED
AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
THIS COULD BE
THE $50,000 QUESTION!
ALL RIGHT. CONTESTANTS,
WE'RE BACK.
"WHAT WAS THE PHONE NUMBER
OF JUDY HOLLIDAY'S LOVE INTEREST
IN BELLS ARE RINGING?"
IT WAS A SONG...
AND HIS NUMBER IS
BEACHWOOD-4 5-7-8-9.
AND THAT'S...
NOT RIGHT.
DR. SLOAN,
DO I NEED
TO REPEAT
THE QUESTION
FOR YOU?
UM...
♪ I'M IN LOVE WITH A MAN
AND HE SINGS!
OH! AND THAT'S THE FINAL BUZZER.
GET HIM OUT OF THERE.
WE GOT
A NEW WINNER!
Announcer:
TUNE IN NEXT TIME
TO SEE WHETHER DR. SLOAN
BUSTSTHROUGH THE ROOF!
JUST STAND AND WAVE
WHILE THE CREDITS ROLL.
Announcer:
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PLAY THROUGH
THE ROOF,
THAT'S 1-800-555-ROOF!
CAN THEY HEAR
WHAT WE'RE SAYING?
NO, OUR MICS ARE OFF.
OH, GOOD.
THERE'S SOMETHING
I'VE BEEN MEANING
TO ASK YOU.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW
SAUL SINGER GOT AHOLD
OF YOUR CELL PHONE
NUMBER?
SON OF A GUN.
HE MUST HAVE GOT IT
FROM ONE OF THOSE
DAMN SERVICES.
I'VE HAD THE MOBILE
NUMBER CHANGED
THREE TIMES
SINCE THE SHOW
BECAME A HIT.
OH, I SEE.
WOULD HE BE DISQUALIFIED
IF HE CALLED YOU?
DEFINITELY.
THEN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THE THREE-MINUTE PHONE CALL
THE PHONE COMPANY RECORDED
FROM SAUL'S HOUSE
TO YOUR CELL PHONE
THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED?
I... I CAN'T.
AFTER SAUL'S FIRST ACCIDENT,
$5,000 WAS DEPOSITED
IN HIS INVESTMENT ACCOUNT
EVERY MONTH.
SO?
IT STOPPED RIGHT
AFTER HE STARTED...
WINNING MONEY
ON THIS SHOW.
DR. SLOAN, I'M
BEGINNING TO WONDER
IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME A
CONTESTANT ON THIS SHOW
UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
TIME'S UP.
WE'LL PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW.
AND IF YOUR SON
HAS ANY MORE INQUIRIES...
HE CAN CALL
MY ATTORNEY.
OOP.
HMM?
HERE YOU GO.
MMM.
DID I LOOK AS NERVOUS
AS I FELT UP THERE?
OH, MARK,
YOU WERE FANTASTIC.
I TELL YOU ONE THING
I KNOW WHY SAUL WAS
MOPPING HIS BROW.
IT'S HOT IN THAT BOOTH.
DON'T THEY HAVE
ANY TYPE OF VENTILATION?
WELL, YEAH, THEY DO
BUT THEY TURN IT ON AND
OFF ALL THROUGH THE SHOW.
THERE'S STILL ONE THING
THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
HOW DID DREW KNOW
THAT SAUL WOULD HAVE AN ATTACK?
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T
WATCH THE SHOW, STEVE.
FOR A GUY WHO KNEW
ALL THE ANSWERS
SAUL WAS
PRETTY NERVOUS.
IT WAS PART
OF HIS CHARM.
YOU KNOW, STRESS CAN BE
A REAL TRIGGER FOR ASTHMA.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION:
IF SAUL'S INHALER
WAS IN HIS JACKET POCKET
AND HIS JACKET
WAS UNDER SUCH TIGHT SECURITY
HOW DID DREW EMPTY
THE MEDICATION?
IF I KNEW THE ANSWER
TO THAT ONE
I WOULD STOP PLAYING
THIS DUMB GAME
AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE.
AND WIN FEWER DOLLARS.
MMM.
I HATE TO MAKE THINGS
MORE DIFFICULT
THAN THEY ALREADY ARE
BUT I DID TALK TO THE DETECTIVES
THAT DID THE INVESTIGATION
ON THAT HIT-AND-RUN
IN FRANKLIN CANYON.
YEAH?
ALL THE SKID MARKS
SHOW INDICATIONS
OF A DRUNK DRIVER.
WHOEVER PARALYZED SAUL
MAY HAVE BECOME A CRIMINAL
AFTER THE FACT
BUT IT WAS NOT
AN INTENTIONAL ACT.
Woman:
LIEUTENANT SLOAN?
I'M SARAH FINCH,
UH, THE BISC-ETTE LADY?
BIRDERS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
OH, RIGHT, YES.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
UH, PLEASE,
SIT DOWN.
I, UH... I TAKE IT
YOU KNEW SAUL SINGER.
OH, EVERY BIRDER
KNEW SAUL.
HIS FIELD RECORDINGS
ARE THE SINGLE GREATEST
COLLECTION OF BIRDSONGS
IN THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES.
I WAS HOPING YOU CAME
ACROSS THEM IN HIS CLOSET.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DID.
THAT'S A RELIEF.
I DO HAVE TO ASK...
HOW DID YOU KNOW HE KEPT
THOSE TAPES IN HIS CLOSET?
SAUL WASN'T JUST
MY VICE-CHAIR.
HE WAS MY FIANCE...
BEFORE THE ACCIDENT,
THAT IS.
MMM.
ONLY TWO THINGS IN THE WORLD
MATTERED TO SAUL.
THOSE FIELD RECORDINGS AND...
INTIMATE MATTERS.
I'M SORRY.
NOTHING TO BE SORRY ABOUT.
I SAT BY HIS BEDSIDE
EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT...
LISTENING TO HIM
GO ON AND ON
AND RAVING AND RAVING.
CAN YOU RECALL THE NATURE
OF THESE "RAVINGS"?
HOW COULD I EVER FORGET?
SAUL KEPT GOING ON AND
ON ABOUT "THE BLOOTY BIRD."
I'M NOT A BIRDER,
BUT, UH, I'VE NEVER
HEARD OF A "BLOOTY BIRD."
WHO HAS?
IT DOESN'T EXIST.
WHEN SAUL REGAINED
CONSCIOUSNESS
I ASKED HIM WHAT
IN HEAVEN'S NAME
WAS HE THINKING OF?
HE HADN'T A CLUE.
DON'T YOU THINK
THAT'S ODD?
VERY.
HERE'S YOUR COAT, DR. SLOAN.
YOU DO THE WARDROBE
FOR ALL OF THE CONTESTANTS?
ACTUALLY, I STARTED OUT
AS MR. McINTYRE'S
WARDROBE ASSISTANT.
THEN WHEN MR. SINGER
CAME ON THE SHOW
WITH HIS LUCKY JACKET
I TOOK CARE OF THAT.
I COULDN'T SHOW FAVORITES.
ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER.
I SEE.
DREW... I MEAN
MR. McINTYRE...
HE HAS A VISION.
A VISION
FOR THE SHOW.
HE WANTS IT TO BE
AS CLASSY AS HE IS.
YOU MUST'VE NOTICED
THAT OUR PEOPLE
LOOK BETTER THAN THEY DO ON
THOSE OTHER QUIZ PROGRAMS.
YEAH.
EXCUSE ME.
ALL SET? WE'RE ON
IN FIVE MINUTES.
OKAY.
OKAY, JUST THIS WAY HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
PUT YOU IN THE
MAKEUP CHAIR.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE REALLY
NEVER REALIZED
HOW MUCH WORK GOES
INTO THESE PRODUCTIONS.
YOU SHOULD TALK
TO THE WRITERS SOMETIME.
WELL, I CAN'T
DO THAT.
NO, THAT'S TRUE.
YOU'RE ALL SET.
THANK YOU.
FABULOUS!
THANK YOU.
OK, I'M GOING TO SHUFFLE
ON THIS WAY, OVER HERE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS
NOTICING THIS
BOOTH BEFORE.
WAS IT CONSTRUCTED JUST
FOR HANDICAP ACCESS?
THAT'S RIGHT.
I KNOW YOU TRY
TO WATCH COST ON
THINGS LIKE THIS.
WASN'T IT EXPENSIVE?
UM, VERY.
WE EVEN HAD TO INSTALL
A HYDRAULIC LIFT.
OH.
AS PRODUCER, MR. McINTYRE
DIDN'T OBJECT TO THAT?
ACTUALLY, THIS BOOTH
IS DREW'S IDEA.
HE WANTED TO EXPAND
THE CONTESTANT BASE
FOR THE SHOW.
SAUL SEEMED LIKE
A DREAM COME TRUE.
HAVE YOU SEEN
MR. McINTYRE?
ARE YOU IN CHARGE
OF MR. McINTYRE'S CAR?
I WASH IT FOR HIM.
HEY, HE'S THE MAN.
YOU ALWAYS
GOT TO DO
FAVORS FOR THE MAN.
I HAD ALWAYS BELIEVED
IN THE COMPETENCY OF THE
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT'S WRONG?
THOSE TAPES ARE BLANK.
TEN YEARS WORK ERASED.
ALL OF THEM?
EVERY ONE.
THEN IT WASN'T
AN ACCIDENT.
I AM SO MAD
I COULD SPIT.
BELIEVE ME, I'M GOING
TO LOOK INTO THIS.
NO, NO,
I'M NOT MAD AT YOU.
I'M MAD AT SAUL.
HE SENT
THOSE NORTHERN BIRDERS...
THOSE SNOBBY
NORTHERN BIRDERS...
A COMPLETE SET
OF COPIES.
NOW I'M GOING
TO HAVE TO BEG.
WELL, SAVE
YOUR PRIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO WANT
TO LISTEN TO THOSE
TAPES OURSELVES.
AS A MATTER OF FACT
I'VE GOT A
CIVILIAN VOLUNTEER.
Jesse:
TAPE 56.
THE BISC-ETTES
SENT
THE NOCK-BEES...
THAT WOULD BE THE
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
BIRDERS?
YEAH. THEY SENT EVERYTHING
EXCEPT FOR TAPE 56.
SO I CHECKED
THE ORIGINALS FROM SAUL'S HOUSE.
I THOUGHT THOSE
WERE ALL BLANK.
ERASED, BUT THE TAPE
WAS STILL THERE.
TAPE 56 WAS RECORDED
IN FRANKLIN CANYON
ON JULY 16, 1998.
JULY 16... WASN'T
THAT THE NIGHT
OF SAUL'S FIRST ACCIDENT?
EXACTLY.
Mclntyre:
HEY, MARK
MARK, MARK...
UH-UH.
HEY, BOSS.
DR. SLOAN,
DR. SLOAN...
HI.
I CAN'T HAVE YOU
FRATERNIZING
WITH THE CREW.
OH, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T KNOW
THE TEAMSTERS
HAD ACCESS
TO THE QUESTIONS.
THEY DON'T.
OH. THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT
SOMETHING KIND OF INTERESTING.
SAUL SINGER RECORDED A TAPE
UP THERE IN FRANKLIN CANYON
THE NIGHT
OF THE HIT-AND-RUN.
REALLY?
YEAH. I WAS HOPING MAYBE
HE PLAYED IT FOR YOU...
YOU KNOW, AS PART
OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN BIRDS. THIS WAY.
WELL, MOST OF US
TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, I KNOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
REALLY PAY ATTENTION...
DID YOU KNOW WHERE WAS A THING
CALLED A BLOOTY BIRD?
GOT ME STUMPED, DOC.
WELL, ACTUALLY,
IT STUMPED ME, TOO
AND I CHECKED AND FOUND OUT
THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS A BLOOTY BIRD.
BUT STILL, THERE IT IS
ON THE TAPE
RECORDED BY SAUL
UP THERE IN THE CANYON.
SAUL SINGER RECORDED
A NONEXISTENT BIRD.
WELL, IN A MANNER
OF SPEAKING.
YOU KNOW, THE POLICE
ALWAYS SURVEY
ALL THE REPAIR SHOPS
WHENEVER THERE IS A SERIOUS
HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT.
NOT ONE GARAGE REPORTED
ANYTHING THAT NIGHT.
SO WE'VE GOT A
NONEXISTENT REPAIR
TO GO WITH THE
NONEXISTENT BIRD.
WELL, MAYBE NOT.
THE GENTLEMEN TO WHOM
I WAS JUST SPEAKING OUT THERE
SAID THAT HE REPAIRED
THE BUMPER ON YOUR CAR
AT ABOUT THAT TIME.
UH, BLUE THUNDERBIRD.
BLUE T-BIRD.
MY CAR IS RED.
YEAH, IT IS NOW.
BUT HE SAID HE,
UH, REPAINTED IT.
I HAVE A FEELING
IF THE POLICE STRIPPED
OFF THAT RED PAINT
THEY'D FIND A BLUE COAT
UNDERNEATH.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, DOC
I GOT SOME SHOW BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO.
WHAT KIND OF WRITERS
ARE YOU?!
THEY ARE KILLING US
OUT THERE... KILLING US!
FIRST SAUL SINGER
AND NOW DR. SLOAN.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
THIS IS SUPPOSED
TO BE A CHEAP SHOW!
NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO GET
PAST THE FOURTH ROUND.
NOBODY!
I WANT HARDER QUESTIONS!
CAN YOUR LITTLE MINDS
BEGIN TO COMPREHEND THAT?
HARDER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
MORONS.
Drew:
THAT'S RIGHT,
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
OKAY.
THE SUBJECT IS "BASEBALL."
"IN WHAT BALLPARK
DID THE DODGERS PLAY
THEIR MOST WORLD SERIES GAMES?"
DOCTOR,
YOU MAY HAVE MET YOUR MATCH.
WELL, UH, THE DODGERS WON MORE
WORLD SERIES IN LOS ANGELES
BUT I'M BETTING
THAT THEY PLAYED MORE GAMES
AT EBBETS FIELD.
AND THAT'S... A BAD BET.
DOCTOR, DO I NEED
TO REPEAT THE QUESTION?
NO. IT'S
A TRICK QUESTION.
IT WAS YANKEE STADIUM.
THE MAN KNOWS
EVERYTHING.
NOT REALLY EVERYTHING.
IT'S A QUESTION THEY ASK
ON THE SCOREBOARD
AT DODGER STADIUM ALL THE TIME.
WELL, TAKE ME OUT
TO THE BALL GAME, DOCTOR.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE
IF YOU CAN GET THIS ONE.
"WHO IS
THE ONLY MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYER
"TO WEAR THE UNIFORM
OF ALL FOUR MODERN-DAY
NEW YORK BASEBALL TEAMS?"
OH...
THAT'S GOT
TO BE CASEY STENGEL.
SEE, HE PLAYED FOR THE GIANTS
AND THE DODGERS
AND HE MANAGED THE YANKEES
AND THE METS.
DR. SLOAN, YOU'RE
BATTING A THOUSAND.
MOVING WESTWARD.
"IN THE FAMOUS CHICAGO CUB
INFIELD
OF TINKER TO EVERS TO CHANCE,
WHO PLAYED THIRD BASE?"
HMM.
THAT'S, UH,
ANOTHER TRICK QUESTION.
YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER
I CAN GIVE IT
TO YOUR OPPONENT.
NO I SAID IT'S A TRICK QUESTION.
I DIDN'T SAY
I COULDN'T ANSWER IT.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. UM...
JOE TINKER WAS AT, UH,
SHORTSTOP.
UH, JOHNNY EVERS WAS AT, UH...
SECOND BASE.
FRANK CHANCE WAS ON FIRST BASE.
THIRD BASE DIDN'T FIGURE
INTO THAT, UH, THE DOUBLE-PLAY
COMBINATION, SEE?
THAT PLAYER ON THIRD BASE
WAS JUST AS GOOD
AS THE REST OF THEM
AND HIS NAME
WAS HARRY STEINFELDT.
OH, UM...
WELL, WE JUST CAN'T
GET YOU OUT,
CAN WE, DOCTOR?
HE'S RIGHT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
AND HE'S DONE IT AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE
COULD GET THAT LAST QUESTION...
BUT DR. SLOAN
JUST KEEPS ON COMING.
DOCTOR, OUR AUDIENCE
ADORES YOU.
YOU SHOULD SEE YOURSELF.
OH, I THOUGHT
THE SHOW WAS LIVE.
OH, IT IS, BUT WE HAVE
TO EDIT IT FOR SYNDICATION.
OH. THANK YOU.
DO YOU TAKE ANYTHING?
YES. SWEETENER,
PLEASE.
UH, DOES THAT MEAN
YOU HAVE COPIES
OF EVERYBODY'S
PERFORMANCE?
UH, YES, WE DO.
Mclntyre::
"WHAT ARTIST
HAS WON THE MOST GRAMMY AWARDS?"
NICE QUESTION.
YOU'D EXPECT A POP SINGER
BUT IT'S NOT.
THE MAN WITH THE MOST GRAMMYS
is Sir Georg Solti.
CAN YOU FREEZE
THAT THERE?
SURE.
NOW CAN YOU BRING UP
A PICTURE OF SAUL
FROM ANOTHER PROGRAM?
DO YOU WANT THE SAME
KIND OF CLOSE-UP?
YEAH, IF YOU CAN,
AND LEAVE THAT ONE
UP THERE.
YEAH...
NOW, WHAT ABOUT
THAT LAST QUESTION...
THE ONE JUST
BEFORE HE DIED?
"WHAT POPULAR ACTOR NAMED
HIMSELF AFTER A POPULAR ACTRESS
WHO NAMED HERSELF
AFTER A FAMOUS COMEDIAN?"
YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S INTERESTING.
Savannah:
NO KIDDING.
YOU KNOW,
NO ONE EVER GOT THAT.
OH, THE, UH...
WELL, YOU KNOW,
MICHAEL KEATON
NAMED HIMSELF
AFTER DIANE KEATON
WHO HAD
NAMED HERSELF
AFTER JOSEPH FRANCIS
"BUSTER" KEATON.
I WAS A BIG
BUSTER KEATON FAN.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S
INTERESTING HERE.
AMANDA, YOU STILL HAVE
THE EVIDENCE BAG
WITH SAUL SINGER'S
CLOTHES IN IT?
YEAH, WHAT'S UP?
MY DAD SAID
HE ALWAYS HAD
A POCKET HANDKERCHIEF
WITH HIM
WHEN HE APPEARED
IN A PROGRAM.
RIGHT, WELL, I CHECKED
ALL OF HIS CLOTHING
FOR FOREIGN
SUBSTANCES
BUT I DIDN'T SEE
ANY HANDKERCHIEF.
MAYBE IT GOT STUFFED
INSIDE THE BREAST POCKET.
I DON'T THINK SO.
WHY NOT?
BECAUSE THIS
BREAST POCKET
HAS BEEN SEWN SHUT.
DOCTOR, YOU MAY BE
WINNING A LOT OF MONEY
BUT I THINK YOU ARE
GREAT FOR THE SHOW.
WELL, THANK YOU.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING
I CAN DO FOR YOUR WARDROBE...
NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT
PERFECTLY
DRESSED.
I MEAN, NOT THAT
YOU DON'T CLASS UP THE SHOW.
ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE
ABOUT MY WARDROBE.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SAUL SINGER'S LUCKY JACKET.
OH.
YOU KNOW, I WATCHED
ALL THE SHOWS
THAT SAUL WAS ON
AND IN ALL BUT
THE LAST ONE
HE HAD A POCKET
HANDKERCHIEF.
OH.
BUT THE ONE HE
WAS WEARING THE
NIGHT HE DIED
THIS POCKET
WAS SEWN SHUT.
OH.
IT WASN'T THE
SAME JACKET,
WAS IT?
I FEEL SO GUILTY.
ABOUT WHAT?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT WASN'T SAUL'S LUCKY JACKET.
SOMEBODY SNEAK PAST THE GUARDS
AND SWITCH IT?
OH, NO.
IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK?
OH, NO. NOT AT ALL.
WE JUST...
WE HAD AN ACCIDENT.
WHAT KIND OF AN ACCIDENT?
OH, THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN THE
WARDROBE ROOM WENT OFF SOMEHOW
AND SAUL'S JACKET WAS RUINED.
IT SHRANK THREE SIZES.
WHAT'D YOU DO ABOUT IT?
I WENT RIGHT TO DREW.
HE TOLD ME TO GO OUT
AND BUY ANOTHER JACKET.
YOU KNOW, IDENTICAL LIKE.
DREW SWORE THAT SAUL
WOULD NEVER KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE
BUT I KNEW.
I KNEW
IT WASN'T THE LUCKY JACKET.
DON'T YOU SEE?
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME.
I THOUGHT THAT UNFORTUNATE MAN
WAS GOING TO LOSE...
GO HOME WITHOUT ANY MONEY.
HE'D NEVER KNOW THAT HE LOST
BECAUSE HE WASN'T WEARING
THE REALLY LUCKY JACKET.
I JUST NEVER THOUGHT THAT NEW
JACKET WOULD BE SO UNLUCKY
HE WOULD DIE IN IT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK
IT WAS THE JACKET
THAT KILLED HIM, CHARMAINE.
HE WENT FROM THE GUY
WITH ALL THE ANSWERS TO DEAD.
I CALL THAT REALLY BAD LUCK.
OH, ONE MORE QUESTION.
WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, INHALER?
OH, THAT WAS THE RIGHT INHALER,
ALL RIGHT.
DREW GAVE IT TO ME HIMSELF.
I PUT IT IN THE NEW JACKET
BEFORE I GAVE IT TO SAUL.
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME?
NEED YOUR WARDROBE
REARRANGED?
YOU TOLD HIM ABOUT THE JACKET,
DIDN'T YOU?
DR. SLOAN?
HE TOLD ME.
I WAS EMBARRASSED AT FIRST
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK
IT DID ME GOOD TO FINALLY TALK.
YEAH?
WELL, YOU DIDN'T DO THE SHOW
ANY GOOD.
OH, NO...
DR. SLOAN SAID THAT JACKET
HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH SAUL'S DEATH.
HE WAS ONLY INTERESTED
IN THE INHALER.
THANK YOU, CHARMAINE.
YOU CAN GO NOW.
THAT'S A FIRST.
YEAH.
I'VE GOT SOME VERY
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO.
HELLO?
HELLO?
ANYBODY HERE?
Drew:
OVER HERE,
DR. SLOAN.
SORRY TO CALL YOU OUT
ON A SATURDAY.
I JUST THOUGHT WE'D BETTER
SET SOME THINGS STRAIGHT.
OH, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE
THAT MUCH TO DISCUSS, DREW.
I WAS GOING TO WALK AWAY
AFTER THE NEXT SESSION ANYWAY.
YOU WANTED TO KNOW
HOW SAUL GOT HIS ANSWERS.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A LOOK
IN SAUL'S SPECIAL LITTLE BOOTH?
I HAD IT BROUGHT
BACK ON STAGE
JUST SO I COULD
DEMONSTRATE.
OH, AND PAY
PARTICULAR
ATTENTION
TO THE VIDEO SCREEN.
Mark:
WHERE YOU SHOW
THE CONTESTANTS THE QUESTIONS.
THAT'S HOW YOU DID IT.
YOU KNOW, FOR A MAN WHO
SOLVED ALL THOSE MURDERS
YOU'RE WAY TOO
TRUSTING A SOUL.
YOU CAN'T
GET AWAY WITH THIS, DREW.
OH, REALLY? HMM.
I'M PLAYING A
NEW GAME, DOC.
IT'S CALLED,
"YOU... BET... YOUR... LIFE."
AND THE FIRST
QUESTION IS:
WHAT IS THE DRUG THAT COLLAPSES
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
BUT THAT IS METABOLIZED
BY THE BODY EVEN AFTER DEATH?
ANY OF THE NERVE GASES
USED IN CHEMICAL WARFARE.
SARIN, FOR EXAMPLE.
YES, AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. HMM.
NOW, IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF JUST AN ITSY TEENSY-WEENSY
LITTLE BIT OF THIS DRUG
WERE TO... OH, I DON'T KNOW
SAY, FLOW THROUGH
YOUR BOOTH'S VENTILATION SYSTEM?
YOU KNOW, DREW, YOU HAVE
A VERY DISTINCTIVE VOICE.
I'LL BET YOU WHEN,
UH, SAUL SINGER
LISTENED TO HIS TAPE
OF FRANKLIN CANYON
HE HEARD MORE THAN BIRDS.
PROBABLY, UH, HEARD THE ACCIDENT
THAT CRIPPLED HIM.
AND PROBABLY HEARD YOU, TOO.
YEAH? HMM.
THEY WHY DIDN'T HE
JUST GO TO THE COPS?
OH, HE DIDN'T WANT
THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO PAY.
HE WANTED YOU TO PAY.
HE WASN'T ABOVE BLACKMAIL,
WAS HE?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
RIGHT AGAIN.
WERE YOU, UH,
DRUNK WHEN YOU HIT HIM?
AS A SKUNK ON MOONSHINE, DOC.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALMOST
GOT AWAY WITH IT, TOO
IF YOU HADN'T COME UP WITH
THE IDEA OF HAVING THE SHOW
PAY FOR YOUR BLACKMAIL.
YEAH. CALL IT A
BUSINESS DEDUCTION.
MOST PEOPLE
WOULD CALL IT MURDER.
YEAH, WELL, TOO BAD IN THIS GAME
YOU CAN'T WIN.
YOU'RE DEAD,
DR SLOAN.
NOW, HOW LONG BEFORE
SARIN TAKES EFFECT?
NOT MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES.
RIGHT AGAIN. I GUESS YOU DESERVE
THE BOOBY PRIZE.
I JUST WANT YOU TO TELL ME
HOW YOU KILLED SAUL.
SO STUPID.
I PUT AN EMPTY INHALER
IN THE GUY'S NEW JACKET
AND WATCHED WHILE NATURE
TOOK ITS COURSE.
OOH, DIFFICULT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN
ADMISSION OF GUILT
TO ME, DREW.
TOO BAD YOU CAN'T USE IT.
YOU NEVER READ ME MY RIGHTS.
Steve:
WRONG ANSWER.
YOU WEREN'T
UNDER ARREST
BUT NOW YOU ARE.
MY FATHER'S
NOT ENTIRELY TRUSTING.
WE CHECKED OUT THE VENTILATION
SYSTEM BEFORE HE ARRIVED.
IT WAS A VERY UNLUCKY JACKET,
CHARMAINE.
INTENTIONALLY UNLUCKY JACKET
BUT IT'S ALL ON THE VIDEOTAPE
ALONG WITH YOUR CONFESSION.
I GUESS THIS IS THE END
OF
THROUGH THE ROOF.
I'M NOT SO SURE
ABOUT THAT.
Announcer:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME THE
NEW HOST OF
THROUGH THE ROOF
CHARMAINE DUFOUR!
IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?
YOU ARE SO SWEET.
I'M SO EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD
SOME REAL TRAGEDY ON THE SHOW
BUT THAT IS ALL BEHIND US
AND THE REASON IT IS
IS BECAUSE
OF THIS REALLY TERRIFIC MAN...
OUR DEFENDING CHAMPION,
DR. MARK SLOAN.
COME ON OUT HERE.
SO WHAT'S IT GOING
TO BE, DOCTOR?
YOU HAVE WON
$150,000.
ARE YOU GOING TO
RISK EVERYTHING
OR ARE YOU GOING
TO WALK AWAY?
WELL, I'M NOT THE, UH,
GREEDY TYPE.
SO, YOU'RE LEAVING
US A WINNER.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO WITH ALL THAT MONEY?
WELL, HALF OF THE MONEY
IS GOING TO GO
TO THE COMMUNITY GENERAL
PEDIATRIC AIDS UNIT.
THAT'S GREAT.
WOW. IS THAT GREAT?
SO TELL US
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO WITH YOUR SHARE?
NEW CAR?
NO, THE OTHER HALF IS GOING TO
GO INTO BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
THAT'S THE BEST ANSWER
I'VE EVER HEARD.
ISN'T HE THE MOST DARLING THING
YOU'VE EVER LAID EYES ON?