Mission: Impossible (1966–1973): Season 2, Episode 22 - The Killing - full transcript

Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.

WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT
IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT

THE UNDERWORLD'S POLICY
OF ENFORCEMENT,

THIS MAN, BURT GORDON,
HAS SET UP AN ORGANIZATION

SIMILAR TO THE OLD
"MURDER, INCORPORATED."

GORDON WILL ARRANGE
FOR THE DISPOSAL OF ANYONE,

ANYWHERE, FOR A PRICE.

THE VICTIMS ALWAYS DISAPPEAR
WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY,

AND THE BODY
IS NEVER RECOVERED.

ALTHOUGH WE ARE SURE GORDON

IS THE MAN
BEHIND THIS MURDER RING,



HE HAS KEPT HIMSELF

SO FAR REMOVED
FROM THE ACTUAL KILLINGS,

WE ARE UNABLE
TO PIN ANYTHING ON HIM.

YOUR MISSION,
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,

IS TO PROVE GORDON IS,
IN FACT, A KILLER

AND PUT HIM AWAY FOR GOOD.

AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU
OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE

BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,

THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.

PLEASE DESTROY THIS RECORDING
IN THE USUAL MANNER.

GOOD LUCK, JIM.

GOOD.
VERY GOOD, ROLLIN.

JUST A SMALL SAMPLE, JIM.

THAT WILL APPEAL GREATLY
TO MR. GORDON'S NATURE.



HOW ABOUT THE EFFECTS
AT THE HOUSE, BARNEY?

THEY'RE IN THE WORKS.
I ALSO HAVE THE MEN.

JIM, HOW DOES
GORDON HANDLE

THESE SO-CALLED
CONTRACTS FOR MURDER?

PICKS UP THE PHONE,
AND THE JOB GETS DONE.

BUT HE NEVER DOES IT
HIMSELF.

EVEN IF THE JOB'S HERE
IN TOWN?

NO, HE HAS AN ASSISTANT.
MAN NAMED CONNIE.

ALWAYS USES ONE OF THESE
DELIGHTFUL THINGS.

THE BODIES ARE DISPOSED OF

IN THE INCINERATOR
AT GORDON'S LUMBERYARD.

WHY DON'T WE JUST KEEP
AN EYE ON CONNIE

UNTIL HE TRIES IT AGAIN?

ALL WE GET IS CONNIE.
WE WANT GORDON.

HOW ABOUT THE SWEATER,
BARNEY?

RIGHT HERE, JIM.

HEAVY.

IT HAS EIGHT LAYERS OF
LAMINATED NYLON UNDERNEATH,

BACKED BY FINE CHAIN MAIL.

AND THE BLOOD?

IT'S IN THE RIBBING.

AHHH.

ROLLIN, WERE YOU ABLE
TO WORK OUT THE MASK?

YES, I HAVE IT
RIGHT HERE.

IT'LL DISINTEGRATE
TWO MINUTES

AFTER BEING EXPOSED
TO THE AIR.

AND DID MR. GORDON ACCEPT

THE HARPER'S INVITATION
TO DINNER?

HIS RSVP WAS
IN THIS MORNING'S MAIL.

WELL, IN THAT CASE...

MRS. HARPER, I THINK WE
BETTER GET HEADED FOR HOME.

HOW ARE YOU, BURT?

HAVEN'T LOST
YOUR TOUCH, HUH?

Gordon:
WHAT DO YOU GOT, LOU?

ANYTHING I SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT ANY OF THESE?

THE THIRD NAME.

YEAH, THE GUY IN CLEVELAND.
WHAT ABOUT HIM?

HE'S THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
THERE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HANDLE IT.

ANYTHING ELSE?

THE LAST NAME. IT'S GOT
TO BE DONE ON FRIDAY.

THAT'S THE 13th.
FRIDAY THE 13th.

IT'LL BE DONE
THE FOLLOWING DAY.

SOME OF THE BOYS
THINK IT'S BAD LUCK

TO TAKE A CONTRACT
FOR THE 13th,

AND WE CAN'T PUSH OUR LUCK.

SORRY I CAN'T ASK YOU
TO STAY, LOU.

GOT TO GET DRESSED FOR DINNER.

NEXT TIME, FOR SURE.

[ DOORBELL RINGS ]

HI.

COME ON IN.

I'M LYNN HARPER, MR. GORDON.
THANKS FOR COMING.

I WANTED TO WELCOME
MY NEW NEIGHBORS.

I'M GLAD YOU BELIEVE
IN BEING NEIGHBORLY.

ALWAYS.

COME,

I'LL INTRODUCE YOU
TO MY HUSBAND AND HIS BROTHER.

THEN WE'LL HAVE DINNER.

LEAD THE WAY.

[ CROWD CHEERING AND YELLING ]

[ CHEERING AND YELLING
CONTINUE ]

OPEN THE VALVE.

[ HISSING ]

EXCELLENT DINNER,
MRS. HARPER.

EVERYTHING WE DELICIOUS.

THANK YOU,
AND IT'S LYNN.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE IN
THE LUMBER BUSINESS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

DOES THAT MEAN TREES?
NO.

I DON'T OWN
ANY FOREST LAND.

I DON'T DO ANY MILLING,
JUST LUMBERYARDS, REALLY.

DOUGLAS IS AN ATTORNEY
AND A VERY GOOD ONE.

DO ANY TRIAL WORK?

NO, NO,
NOTHING AS EXCITING AS THAT.

I CONFINE MYSELF TO HANDLING
THE HARPER INTEREST.

IT'S A FANCY WAY OF SAYING
HE HOLDS...THE PURSE STRINGS.

YEEUCCH!

CAN'T STAND THAT VINEGAR
YOU SERVE.

WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT STUFF ANYWAY?

THE WINE IS LOVELY, STAN.

IT JUST DOESN'T MIX WELL
WITH SCOTCH.

[ BOTTLE SLAMS ]

NOW SHE'S TRYING TO TELL ME
WHAT TO DRINK.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DRINK, STAN.
IT'S HOW MUCH.

YOU ARE NOT MARRIED,
ARE YOU, MR. GORDON?

NO. I'M A BACHELOR.

WELL NOW, YOU JUST
TAKE MY ADVICE,

AND YOU STAY A BACHELOR.

[ LAUGHING ]

PLEASE, TRY TO IGNORE HIM,
MR. GORDON.

YOU CAN SEE THAT HE'S --

YOU CAN SEE
THAT HE IS DRUNK.

RIGHT, MR. GORDON? HMM?

HE'S BACK.

YES, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, MR. GORDON.

JUST BE QUIET.
IT'LL PASS IN A FEW MOMENTS.

BOBBY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, BOBBY.

WE'RE HERE TOGETHER.

GO TO SLEEP, BOBBY.
GO BACK TO SLEEP.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, BOBBY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.
GO BACK TO SLEEP.

WE'RE HERE TOGETHER.

I THINK WE COULD ALL USE
ONE OF THOSE.

MR. GORDON.

SHALL WE GO INTO
THE OTHER ROOM?

[ MEN SHOUTING ]

[ HISSING CONTINUES ]

LET'S GO.

GET STARTED ON THE CLOCK.

STAN AND I
HAD A BROTHER...BOBBY.

HE WAS YOUNGER
THAN EITHER OF US...

NOT QUITE SEVEN WHEN HE DIED.

STAN AND I WERE...12 AND 14.

WE LIVED IN A BIG HOUSE

WITH GROUNDS
THAT BORDERED A RIVER.

THAT PARTICULAR DAY,

OUR MOTHER ASKED US TO STAY
AT HOME AND LOOK AFTER BOBBY.

WE WANTED TO GO SWIMMING.

WHAT WE WANTED TO DO,
BOBBY WANTED TO DO, NATURALLY.

HE IDOLIZED HIS BIG BROTHERS.

SO, WE TOLD HIM TO STAY
IN THE HOUSE, AND OFF WE WENT.

HE FOLLOWED US.

WE WERE PRETTY FAR OUT
WHEN WE SPOTTED HIM.

HE WAS TRYING TO...
TO GET TO US.

HE STILL IS.

YOU MEAN IT'S HIS --

SPIRIT? GHOST?

HMM.

I DON'T KNOW, MR. GORDON.

I DO KNOW THAT OFTEN WHEN
STAN AND I ARE TOGETHER,

THIS HAPPENS.

AND YOU BELIEVE?

IT HAPPENS, MR. GORDON.

WHEN I WAS A KID, A TENEMENT
ON OUR BLOCK COLLAPSED,

BURIED SOME PEOPLE ALIVE.

FROM THEN ON, EVERY TIME
I PASSED THAT SPOT,

I BELIEVED
I COULD ALWAYS HEAR THEM

MOANING AND CRYING FOR HELP.

[ UNEVEN FOOTSTEPS ]

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

[ RINGING CONTINUES ]

[ RINGING STOPS ]

YOU THROUGH THERE?

GET STARTED UPSTAIRS.

HMPH.

WHY DON'T YOU
GO TO BED, STAN?

HUH?

WHY SHOULD I?

BECAUSE YOU MAKE ME SICK
TO MY STOMACH.

[ LAUGHS ]

DOUGLAS.

ALL RIGHT, STAN.

YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH.
LET'S GO.

MR. GORDON WILL EXCUSE YOU.
LET'S GO.

EXCUSE ME?

DO YOU THINK
I HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK?

WHOA!

WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT...

GOOD NIGHT, MY DEAR.

MR. GORDON.

LET'S GO, DOUGIE.
COME ON.

WHOA-WHOA!

HERE WE GO...

[ HISSING CONTINUES ]

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT
I CAN BE NEIGHBORLY, TOO.

[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]

LYNN.

WELL, HE'S IN BED.

PROBABLY DEAD TO THE WORLD
BY NOW.

THANK YOU, DOUG.

GOOD NIGHT, GORDON.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU.

MUST YOU GO?

YES, I'VE GOT
AN 8:00 APPOINTMENT

AT THE OFFICE
IN THE MORNING.

GOOD NIGHT, LYNN. DON'T
BOTHER TO SEE ME OUT.

GOOD NIGHT, DARLING.
GOOD NIGHT.

[ WHIRRING ]

[ HISSING CONTINUES ]

[ WHIRRING ]

I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH

TO KNOW THAT
YOU WANT SOMETHING, HONEY.

WHAT?

I WANT YOU
TO KILL SOMEONE FOR ME.

MY HUSBAND.

PLEASE. I KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
I'VE READ ALL ABOUT YOU.

YOU DON'T KNOW ENOUGH

NOT TO BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU READ.

IT WOULD BE SO EASY
FOR YOU.

I COULD HELP YOU.
I'LL PAY YOU ANYTHING.

I'LL BE WORTH A FORTUNE
AFTERWARDS.

YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND.

YOU'RE LUCKY
I DON'T SLAP YOU SENSELESS

FOR EVEN SUGGESTING IT.

OH, PLEASE, YOU'VE MET HIM.
YOU SEE WHAT HE'S LIKE.

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE
WHAT IT'S LIKE

LIVING WITH A MAN LIKE THAT.

I WANT HIM DEAD.

YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME.

I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

YOU GOT
THE WRONG GUY, HONEY.

YOU BETTER FORGET
THE WHOLE THING

AND JUST HOPE THAT I DO, TOO.

GOT THE CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER.

DOES IT SAY ANYTHING?

YEAH, THERE'S A SMALL ITEM
IN THE SECOND SECTION.

SAYS THE LOCAL D.A.
IS MISSING.

GOOD.

GET IN TOUCH WITH LISTER
THIS AFTERNOON,

TELL HIM HE DID OKAY,

AND HE'LL BE PAID
IN THE USUAL WAY.

OKAY.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WE'RE IN TERRIBLE TROUBLE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
WE'RE IN TROUBLE?

LAST NIGHT,

STAN PRETENDED TO BE DRUNKER
THAN HE REALLY WAS.

AFTER DOUGLAS LEFT,

HE SNEAKED DOWN
THE BACK STAIRWAY.

SO WHAT?

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
HE SAW US.

HE EVEN TOOK PICTURES.

HE'S A CREEP.

HE'S GOING TO USE THOSE
PICTURES TO DIVORCE ME.

YOU LET HIM.
I WON'T GET
A CENT FROM HIM.

THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.

OH, NO.

NO, IT'S YOUR
PROBLEM, TOO.

HE'S GOING TO SMEAR US

ACROSS EVERY FRONT PAGE
IN THIS COUNTRY.

NOW, I DON'T WANT THAT,

AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT
EITHER.

I'VE HAD WORSE PUBLICITY
THAN THIS AND SURVIVED IT.

GO HOME!

FIGURED YOU'D RUN RIGHT
OVER HERE IN THE MORNING.

Gordon: WAIT A MINUTE!

I'VE ALREADY WAITED
LONG ENOUGH.

I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
ALL NIGHT, GORDON,

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT MY WIFE
WITH A SLIME LIKE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, BUSTER --

STAY OUT OF THIS!

SMEARING YOU
ACROSS THE FRONT PAGES

IS NOT ENOUGH.

SCUM LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T BE
ALLOWED TO LIVE.

YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.

STAN, STOP IT!

STOP IT!

HELP HIM! HE'S GOING
TO KILL HIM!

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
I'M RID OF HIM.

IT'S PERFECT.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS CALL THE POLICE

AND TELL THEM
IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE.

ARE YOU CRAZY? THAT'S THE ONE
THING WE CAN'T DO.

BUT WHY NOT?
HE WAS TRYING TO KILL YOU.

I'M A WITNESS.

SHUT UP AND LISTEN!

CONNIE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

YOU JUST GO HOME, DO WHATEVER
IT IS YOU NORMALLY DO.

AND JUST ACT AS
IF NOTHING HAPPENED.

WHEN HE DOESN'T COME HOME
TONIGHT, CALL HIS BROTHER,

ASK HIM WHERE HE IS.

WHEN HE SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW,
ACT WORRIED.

DON'T CALL THE POLICE

UNTIL 2:00, MAYBE 3:00,
IN THE MORNING.

TELL THEM ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO,

EXCEPT THAT HE CAME HERE.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO WITH HIM?

HE'LL JUST DISAPPEAR.

THE POLICE WILL LOOK
FOR HIM FOR A FEW MONTHS,

AND THEN GIVE UP.

NOW, COME ON,
GET OUT OF HERE.

TAKE HIS CAR.

AFTER YOU'VE GOTTEN RID
OF HIM,

DRIVE OUT TO THE AIRPORT,
LEAVE THE CAR THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

[ SIGHS ]

HOW DID IT GO?

NOTHING TO IT.

LEFT HIS CAR
AT THE AIRPORT,

AND TOOK A BUS BACK.

GOOD, THEN ALL WE GOT
TO WORRY ABOUT IS HIS WIFE.

THIS WILL CONTROL
THE LIGHTS IN THE HOUSE.

READY, CINNAMON.

THE MORE I THINK
OF THAT HARPER DAME,

THE MORE I WONDER

IF SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE
DISAPPEARED WITH HER HUSBAND.

YEAH. WELL,
THAT CAN BE ARRANGED.

BURT!

BURT!

IT'S HER.

[ KNOCKING ]

BURT, PLEASE!

MY HUSBAND IS BACK!

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

HE'S IN THE HOUSE.

I WAS IN THE KITCHEN
FIXING SOMETHING TO EAT,

AND I HEARD A NOISE
IN THE LIVING ROOM.

I WENT IN THERE,
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

NOTHING BUT COLD.

IT WAS COLDER THAN ANYTHING
I'VE EVER FELT IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

THEN I FELT AS IF SOMEONE
WERE WATCHING ME.

I'D TURN AROUND,
AND THERE HE WAS

AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS,
LOOKING AT ME.

WELL, WHATEVER IT WAS, LADY,
IT WASN'T YOUR HUSBAND.

OH, IT WAS. IT WAS.

HE WAS JUST LIKE HE WAS
THIS AFTERNOON,

WITH BLOOD HERE
ON HIS SWEATER.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

THERE HE IS!

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.

I WAS JUST GOING ON
TO MY BROTHER'S HOUSE,

AND I SAW LYNN
COMING UP THE ROAD.

IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

LYNN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YOU LOOK STRANGE.
IS ANYTHING WRONG?

I WAS SCARED
BY THE LIGHTNING,

AND STAN HASN'T
GOTTEN HOME YET,

AND I JUST DIDN'T WANT
TO BE ALONE IN THE HOUSE.

WHEN DO YOU EXPECT HIM?

HE DIDN'T SAY
WHEN HE'D BE BACK.

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.

AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, LYNN AND I
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT STAN.

I HAD A FEELING THAT...

SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH STAN.

A HUNCH.

SO I DROVE OUT TO SEE
IF EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

OF COURSE. I UNDERSTAND.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

[ WIND BLOWS STRONGLY ]

BYE-BYE, LYNN.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

DOUGLAS, WHAT IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE A STRANGE FEELING
SOMETHING'S WRONG.

A FEELING LIKE I HAD
WHEN BOBBY...DIED.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

STAN?

STAN?

STAN IS HERE.

MY BROTHER IS HERE.

AND HE'S DEAD.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

MY BROTHER IS DEAD.

IT COULD BE BOBBY.

NO.

NO, IT'S STAN.

PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER.
HE'S DEAD.

AND DEAD IS DEAD.

I HAVE TO SIT DOWN.

STAN?

WE'RE HERE WITH YOU, STAN.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

STAN!

Douglas: STAN.

NOW DO YOU BELIEVE ME?

SHUT UP.

MUST BE AN EXPLANATION.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

YOU SURE YOU PUT HIM
IN THE INCINERATOR?

YEAH, HE'S ASHES.

I DON'T KNOW WHO OR WHAT
WE JUST SAW,

BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME GUY.

THAT COLD.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

HE'S HERE IN THE HOUSE
WITH US.

[ Whispering ] It's like
ice in here, boss.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS

WHY DID HE COME
TO THIS HOUSE?

HAS HE EVER BEEN HERE
BEFORE?

NEVER. I BARELY KNEW HIM.

I MET YOU ALL
FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT.

[ CHIMING ]

[ CHIMING CONTINUES ]

[ FAST CHIMING ]

GO!

[ CLINKING ]

LET'S GO.

WAIT. DON'T LEAVE ME.

PLEASE.
DON'T LEAVE ME.

[ CLINKING CONTINUES ]

GO UP AND SEE WHAT IT IS.

[ KNIFE CLICKS ]

[ THUD ]

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

HE'S BEEN GONE
FIVE MINUTES.

WHERE THE DEVIL IS HE?

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE...HE'S WITH STAN.

[ HISSING ]

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

I'M GOING UP THERE.

LOOK!

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

Stan:
ONE OF MY MURDERERS IS DEAD.

THE OTHERS WILL ALSO DIE.

FIRST, MY WIFE...

THEN, HER ACCOMPLICE.

UGH! UH!

NO! NO!

NO, STAN, FORGIVE ME!

LYNN, WAIT!

LYNN!

LYNN, WAIT!

LYNN, DON'T RUN!
COME BACK!

LYNN!

GORDON.

GORDON.

GOOOORDON!

I'M GOING TO KILL YOU...GORDON.

GORDON.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ GUNSHOTS ]

[ DIALING ROTARY PHONE ]

GET ME THE POLICE.

[ SIRENS APPROACH ]