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00:02:14 Hey!
00:02:22 Jeez. Buddy, you look dead.
00:02:25 I wanna see Brockton.
00:02:30 Or Ulmer.
00:02:32 - Yeah? What about?
00:02:36 Yeah? Who was murdered?
00:02:40 I was.
00:02:54 He looks bad, Dan.
00:03:16 Nice of you to fiit in
00:03:19 - We'd about given you up for--
00:03:27 Dead on arrival.
00:03:31 Just one more on the pile,
00:03:34 How many corpses now?
00:03:37 - Five?
00:03:47 You know, if, uh, Cecil B. over there
00:03:52 I'll try to piece together as best I can
00:04:09 Metcalf, a colour.
00:04:13 Uh, young. Raw.
00:04:16 - Immature.
00:04:18 -Jolly Green Giant.
00:04:20 You people are junk-culture
00:04:22 Now, I mean a literary reference, and
00:04:27 Hmm? Anybody?
00:04:30 Nick? The color green.
00:04:34 What about Shakespeare's line
00:04:36 That's Taylor and Burton
00:04:39 - All right. What's the line, Nick?
00:04:43 Good. Another one.
00:04:45 - ''The text is old,
00:04:48 - What?
00:04:51 I meant another student.
00:04:54 - A bit like a computer.
00:04:58 - ''Garbage in, garbage out.''
00:05:02 ''Don't one-up me in public. I haven't
00:05:06 Okay, can we hear from somebody else?
00:05:14 I'm glad somebody
00:05:21 Mr Sloane, good morning.
00:05:24 - Dreaming of a white Christmas?
00:05:27 - Pulled an all-nighter.
00:05:30 The color green as a metaphor.
00:05:36 - Anybody got any thoughts?
00:05:39 ''Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy.
00:05:42 It is the green-eyed monster
00:05:49 0thello.
00:05:52 Will somebody please
00:05:55 All right, everybody.
00:06:04 - Professor?
00:06:09 Fuller. Sydney Fuller.
00:06:13 I was wondering,
00:06:18 Talk about your salad days.
00:06:22 I can't believe myself, but, yeah.
00:06:24 To Sydney Fuller.
00:06:27 Taken me all semester
00:06:31 That's with a Y.
00:06:33 - S-Y--
00:06:35 S-Y-D-N-E-Y. Yeah.
00:06:37 That's the reason, you know, I took
00:06:40 they just think that liberal arts
00:06:43 I mean, I've read all of your books,
00:06:48 - Have, though. I read 'em all.
00:06:51 No, they're great.
00:06:55 I didn't stop.
00:06:59 Professor Cornell? Uh, my novel.
00:07:03 - Graded it? Finished it?
00:07:05 - Neither.
00:07:08 Yes, well, Nick, this heat's
00:07:11 - I haven't shown it
00:07:13 Should I feel privileged
00:07:16 - Can I be honest?
00:07:18 Your opinion means a great deal to me.
00:07:22 - It's because of your body of work.
00:07:24 corpse, carcass, cadaver.
00:07:27 If you don't like my novel, I'll die.
00:07:31 Oh. Even worse.
00:07:33 I've spent the whole semester
00:07:35 Well, Nick, it took Hugo 1 6 years
00:07:38 - Yeah, but it only takes
00:07:40 Come on. Anything. Any comment.
00:07:43 Nice typing.
00:07:52 - Something go down the drain?
00:07:58 Yeah. You look like shit, Hal.
00:08:00 I'm an expert on the subject.
00:08:03 Or just up all night toiling against
00:08:05 No, I was up all night
00:08:08 Ah. Playing doctor with Elaine.
00:08:12 Well, you know, the air conditioning
00:08:16 - She was on call all night.
00:08:19 How do you do it in a hospital?
00:08:22 Where else?
00:08:28 Yeah, well, you're gonna have
00:08:30 once you become a full professor.
00:08:33 You son of a bitch. I wondered how long
00:08:37 He said yes, right?
00:08:39 Yeah, another rung up the ladder,
00:08:41 But it wouldn't hurt if you showed up
00:08:44 - I'll be there with bells on.
00:08:46 It'll be your last chance to kiss ass
00:08:50 You know, if you hadn't helped me
00:08:52 I probably wouldn't even have
00:08:54 Yeah, I know. But I'm not gonna
00:08:57 - I'm serious. I wanna thank you
00:08:59 Hey, meet me in the offiice.
00:09:03 - All right.
00:09:09 Hey, Chuck, you spelled
00:09:35 Hey, Dex. Dex, you oughta
00:09:38 I thought you were a PhD,
00:09:40 You know what I am.
00:09:43 mortgaged to the eyeballs
00:09:46 Oh, congratulations, Graham.
00:09:51 Word around the faculty lounge
00:09:55 I've been here longer.
00:09:57 Well, I didn't put Hal's novel
00:09:59 You know academic politics as well
00:10:02 - Always has been, always will be.
00:10:05 Rehashing old classroom lectures
00:10:09 Oh, yeah? When was the last time
00:10:11 Now, there's an interesting article
00:10:14 Young literary lion produces
00:10:19 gets snapped up by snazzy college.
00:10:21 Strong follow-up
00:10:23 that is a little careless
00:10:27 But by then, the lion
00:10:30 Well, you know,
00:10:34 Look, some of us
00:10:37 We're just fucking good teachers!
00:10:41 - Fuckin' asshole!
00:10:44 I don't know.
00:11:26 Uh, this is Gail.
00:11:30 Everything seems to be in order.
00:11:34 Listen, I'm sorry that you had
00:11:38 Um-- Uh, there's
00:11:45 Christ, is it hot enough for you?
00:11:47 They say rain's on the way,
00:11:50 Um--
00:11:52 I'll talk to you later, okay?
00:11:58 Uh, yeah, hi, Professor.
00:12:28 Mm-hmm.
00:12:49 Oh, shit.
00:12:52 If you don't like my novel,
00:12:54 No, I will.
00:13:18 Shut that, will you?
00:13:23 - Shit.
00:13:26 Time of year, isn't it?
00:13:32 And this heat. Makes a guy
00:13:36 Pretty grim.
00:13:39 - So's this.
00:13:42 I'm on the best-seller list and
00:13:52 What the hell kind of problem could
00:13:57 That was no ordinary college kid.
00:14:02 His father was a thief.
00:14:05 One night about four years ago,
00:14:09 killed the husband.
00:14:11 So what does the widow do? She puts
00:14:15 - The Fitzwaring murder? That's the kid?
00:14:19 Guess all the money in the world
00:14:26 He was a poetic little fucker, though.
00:14:32 - That's Nick's independent project.
00:14:34 - I don't know. I didn't read it.
00:14:36 Mm-mmm.
00:14:40 Well, then what's the A for?
00:14:43 - Ambitious?
00:14:46 What, were you uptight that
00:14:50 No. I was uptight about having
00:14:53 of flatulent student fiiction.
00:14:56 Now I don't have to.
00:15:03 Oh, God.
00:15:12 Not necessarily sober, though.
00:15:17 Merry Christmas.
00:15:25 Less egg, Gail, more nog.
00:15:29 Who's this card from?
00:15:33 - Mine or yours?
00:15:35 - I thought he was dead.
00:15:44 - Student suicide on campus today.
00:15:50 We, uh, mailing out
00:15:53 - I already sent mine out.
00:15:56 Oh, I forgot.
00:16:00 Oh, God, Dex. Why?
00:16:05 Well, don't worry.
00:16:11 Hot date? Didn't think you'd dress
00:16:14 Anybody I know?
00:16:17 - Stop sounding like a husband.
00:16:19 I thought I still was one.
00:17:07 Thank you.
00:17:14 Well, it's a little nicer than
00:17:22 Couldn't you have thought
00:17:25 A lump of coal, perhaps?
00:17:27 Come on.
00:17:31 Uh, you know, this thing would be
00:17:34 I hurt, Dex. And I think
00:17:37 Why? What have I done?
00:17:39 Hmm? Have I cheated on you?
00:17:41 I mean, I'm probably
00:17:46 Maybe you oughta be. At least it'd be
00:17:50 Okay, Gail, I tell you what.
00:17:53 I'm gonna go out and fiind myself a coed
00:17:56 - Can we resume our marriage?
00:18:01 It's funny how that kind of coincides
00:18:07 So that's my great sin, huh?
00:18:10 Perhaps you should've married
00:18:12 - One for the road, Dex?
00:18:15 No. I'm exiting.
00:18:18 Make yourself at home.
00:18:21 - Because I stopped writing?
00:18:23 Goddam it, Gail, don't run out on me!
00:18:27 You did it to yourself.
00:18:31 You were so good,
00:18:35 You know, marriage can't always be
00:18:38 - Two people,
00:18:41 and you don't have the faintest idea
00:18:44 The fact that making love became
00:18:49 But I could take it,
00:18:51 Talk? I talk all day, every day.
00:18:55 No, it's ironic banter.
00:19:00 I'm sorry. I lied when I said,
00:19:02 I'm not gonna stick around and watch
00:19:04 Gail.
00:19:09 - Don't.
00:19:18 Sign those papers before you go.
00:20:18 Ah, a mistake.
00:20:33 It's unclear where the light
00:20:38 - Oh, thank you, Graham.
00:20:53 We've gotta stop meeting like this.
00:20:55 Hey, Dex.
00:21:00 Quit staring, will you?
00:21:03 What's the matter, Hal?
00:21:05 No, no, no.Just your wife.
00:21:09 - She's here?
00:21:14 Uh-oh.
00:21:17 - I know. It's been
00:21:21 Yeah, it gives me a chance
00:21:24 - Anyone special?
00:21:26 - Look what I picked up in the john.
00:21:31 - Did you enjoy your egg nog, Dex?
00:21:34 - Elaine, could you flag me down
00:21:36 - Graham, could you--
00:21:39 - Did you sign those papers?
00:21:43 Writer's block can get awfully
00:21:46 If I could have
00:21:52 Despite the tragic event
00:21:55 our benefactress,
00:21:57 insisted that we proceed
00:22:01 This gallery was long the dream
00:22:04 Four years ago,
00:22:07 of my husband's murderer
00:22:09 it shocked many people.
00:22:12 But Nicholas Lang was not responsible
00:22:15 And I believed
00:22:17 Over these last four years,
00:22:22 He triumphed over the past,
00:22:25 But sometimes,
00:22:29 - I saw his body at the med centre.
00:22:31 - Nick Lang, the student who jumped.
00:22:34 - What?
00:22:37 -Jeez, Dex.
00:22:44 Gail.
00:22:52 - I'm coming.
00:22:54 - We'll take care of her.
00:22:56 Please, don't complicate it.
00:23:00 It's okay.
00:23:02 Gail, you and Nick Lang?
00:23:06 Gail.
00:23:08 - Talk to me.
00:23:21 Scene of a crime
00:23:27 0ne gets to die
00:23:29 0ne gets the flag
00:23:32 - A slave to desire
00:23:34 The pain of rejection
00:23:37 Too much sex
00:23:42 Read it in the paper
00:23:44 0r watch it on TV
00:23:48 Cry for a stranger
00:23:53 - Try another line
00:23:55 And still no connection
00:23:58 Too much sex
00:24:02 Bartender!
00:24:12 - Thank you.
00:24:17 More where that came from.
00:24:24 You drinking to forget?
00:24:27 To oblivion.
00:24:31 What sorrow are you drowning?
00:24:34 Maybe I just drink because I like it.
00:24:37 Always a sorrow. Lost hope.
00:24:42 Lost love.
00:24:52 Hey, hey, are you all right?
00:24:59 Yeah. I'm just a few drinks
00:25:02 Well, I-- Well, I'll tell you what.
00:25:07 Hey, pal, the lady and I are trying
00:25:10 Set it yourself.
00:25:15 Mother missed you tonight.
00:25:19 ''Freaked out''?
00:25:23 Oh!Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
00:25:30 Come on, dear.
00:25:39 Professor Cornell?
00:25:43 - Uh, Miss--
00:25:45 Sydney Fuller. Yeah.
00:25:49 God, isn't it awful
00:25:53 - Yeah, just one of many.
00:25:56 Something I can do for you?
00:26:08 Will you have a drink with me?
00:26:11 Okay.
00:26:14 - Oh, a martini.
00:26:19 - First one?
00:26:22 And not enough
00:26:43 What? Okay, I give up.
00:26:50 Oh, God, Eddie.
00:26:52 You have hit rock bottom
00:26:54 but I still love you.
00:26:57 Okay, I gotta go.
00:27:02 - Where did the female reindeer go?
00:27:14 - Oh, my God. Am I where I think I am?
00:27:20 - Does this get worse? What happened?
00:27:23 - You were amazing!
00:27:26 - Can't handle praise?
00:27:29 - I'm over 1 8.
00:27:33 means that I'd better get dressed
00:27:37 I was amazing fully dressed?
00:27:41 Guess I had you going there, huh?
00:27:43 Yeah. Uh, now, wait a minute.
00:27:46 I seem to remember a lot of drinks,
00:27:51 Yeah, I made the pass.
00:27:55 You were very gracious
00:27:57 You said I was pretty, you said I was
00:28:00 about rules and ethics,
00:28:03 And then something about
00:28:05 all the while trying
00:28:08 - Yeah, but I-I didn't exit.
00:28:11 - Yeah.
00:28:14 Thank you.
00:28:16 This boyfriend of yours, um--
00:28:20 - Huh?
00:28:22 Oh, no, that's my brother, Eddie.
00:28:24 - He called with his annual
00:28:28 - Syd, want to hit the gym?
00:28:33 - Guess you've already exercised.
00:28:36 Listen, this room is strategically
00:28:39 So you can let yourself out whenever.
00:28:44 - Anyway, so it was fun, Professor.
00:28:48 Dex.
00:28:50 Okay, I guess
00:28:54 - Barb! I don't believe you!
00:29:00 I'm trapped in a girls' dormitory
00:29:22 Gail?
00:29:25 Hi, Dex.
00:29:27 Hi.
00:29:30 - How are you?
00:29:34 - Elaine gave me some pills.
00:29:40 Look, Gail, I-I--
00:29:42 but I am sorry.
00:29:45 Dex, I'm so sorry
00:29:48 There was nothing vindictive in it.
00:29:54 I guess I was just
00:29:58 - He was so young.
00:30:01 I didn't find out till later
00:30:05 Boy, some shrink would have
00:30:10 He reminded me so much
00:30:13 Remember?
00:30:16 What, you-you mean the little place
00:30:20 - Yeah.
00:30:25 You did write.
00:30:28 - You were full of passion and purpose.
00:30:33 - That wasn't love, Dex.
00:30:38 He just made me feel like
00:30:46 - Dex, there was no reason--
00:30:50 - I'm coming over there, Gail.
00:30:54 Listen.
00:30:57 Uh, come by tonight.
00:31:00 I'll go out for a bit.
00:31:03 You've got to sign those papers.
00:31:08 And you left your briefcase here.
00:31:16 I'll leave it by the tree, okay?
00:31:19 I don't think you should be
00:31:24 Please. Please don't come over.
00:31:32 I love you.
00:31:43 I know, Dex.
00:31:47 I know.
00:32:51 This is no hangover.
00:33:02 - Dex!
00:33:32 - What's taking so long?
00:33:35 - Oh, great. Let me see.
00:33:39 It's radium chloride.
00:33:42 - Are you absolutely sure about this?
00:33:46 Toxicology ran through these twice
00:34:02 Sorry you had to wait so long.
00:34:04 I'm feeling a lot better.
00:34:08 Sit down, Dex, please.
00:34:10 - What's that?
00:34:12 You're not gonna make me
00:34:14 No, Dex. You already did.
00:34:17 - We, uh, ran the test twice.
00:34:20 It's a toxic luminous solution,
00:34:24 - What, from eating too much tuna fiish?
00:34:28 Oh, bullshit, Elaine. I had too much
00:34:32 - I come over here
00:34:35 It's been in your body
00:34:37 We found toxic traces. Our
00:34:40 - Well, how did it get in there?
00:34:43 suggests you got it in some liquor.
00:34:47 Well, what are you gonna do?
00:34:50 - What?
00:34:54 This will help you.
00:34:57 Thank God I came to see you, Elaine.
00:35:04 There's not gonna be any, uh,
00:35:09 - I've given you some sodium Amytal...
00:35:12 to help relax you.
00:35:14 Dex.
00:35:17 This poison has been absorbed
00:35:22 Even if there were an antidote,
00:35:26 ''Too late'' meaning what?
00:35:32 There's nothing we can do.
00:35:42 - How long?
00:35:44 - How much was ingested, the systemic
00:35:51 Twenty-four hours.
00:35:54 It's a mistake.
00:35:57 I wish it were.
00:36:00 I need a drink.
00:36:02 Of course.
00:36:05 You'll be comfortable.
00:37:59 Shit. Come on.
00:38:01 Come on!
00:38:06 Gail!
00:38:08 Gail!
00:38:12 Gail!
00:38:17 Gail! Gail!
00:38:21 Gail!
00:38:24 Gail! G--
00:38:30 Gail!
00:38:55 Look, I gave him a sedative.
00:38:57 - I see. We'll call you if we need you.
00:39:05 Found this in your wife's hand.
00:39:10 We're guessing the rest of it's
00:39:12 A little too hot
00:39:17 Here.
00:39:26 Come on, Cornell. You and the wife had
00:39:29 Right?
00:39:31 - You found some love letters,
00:39:34 - She tried to stop you,
00:39:36 - Things escalated,
00:39:40 - Oh, you're just
00:39:43 - to talk to my wife.
00:39:47 - That I'd been a bastard.
00:39:51 To apologize to her.
00:39:56 - And to say good-bye.
00:40:01 Is that the best your prosaic,
00:40:05 It's a prosaic,
00:40:07 Yeah, well, if I'd wanted to lop off
00:40:10 - it would have been
00:40:13 - That was the next question.
00:40:16 to question your wife
00:40:18 - Heard it came as a shock to her.
00:40:22 Nick Lang didn't jump off any roof.
00:40:25 Lot of scuff marks on the roof. Nicky
00:40:29 Plus his apartment got broken into
00:40:32 - What does that have
00:40:35 Nothing seemed stolen.
00:40:39 -Maybe someone found him.
00:40:42 Did you, uh, see him there?
00:40:45 Look, this is bullshit.
00:40:47 Come on!
00:40:50 Dex didn't even know
00:40:53 - So he tells you.
00:40:57 Stopped by for a little
00:41:00 What if I did?
00:41:02 Jealous husband
00:41:06 so angry wife serves him
00:41:09 Next morning he wakes up
00:41:11 and fiinds out he was murdered.
00:41:14 So he drops by for
00:41:19 - Murdered?
00:41:23 but the prose style holds up.
00:41:25 - What do you mean, murdered?
00:41:28 That's not too easy to come by.
00:41:32 It's true, Dex. You ran out before
00:41:35 Of course,
00:41:38 Maybe Lang poisoned you,
00:41:41 Or it could go the other way.
00:41:44 You wanted to kill them.
00:41:46 - Or everybody loses.
00:41:50 Oh, right,
00:41:52 Well, just because I didn't see him
00:41:55 - Careful, Cornell. You're upset.
00:41:58 I fiind out I'm a murder victim
00:42:01 - Look, he's sick.
00:42:04 - Cornell's under arrest.
00:42:07 - Mr. Cornell, you have the right
00:42:10 - Get back! Get back!
00:42:13 - Easy, Dex!Jesus! Look.
00:42:16 First you're resisting arrest.
00:42:19 - Sorry. Don't have time to stand trial.
00:42:21 -Just hold it.
00:42:24 - Think it over, Cornell.
00:42:26 - He'll do it! He will!
00:42:29 - Back off!
00:42:32 With a rebel yell
00:42:37 Wow
00:42:40 More, more, more
00:42:43 With a rebel yell
00:42:46 More, more, more
00:42:52 He lives in his own heaven
00:42:56 Collects it to go from the 7-1 1
00:43:02 Well, he's out all night
00:43:07 Just so long, just so long
00:43:19 Don't scream!
00:43:24 God, you scared me!
00:43:27 - I needed to see you.
00:43:30 Okay, okay.
00:43:34 Okay.
00:43:37 Oh, yeah. It's kind of stupid,
00:43:40 Get it?
00:43:43 I thought it was either this
00:43:45 - But then I thought,
00:43:48 - What are you talking about?
00:43:51 You sit in my class anonymously
00:43:55 Then suddenly, you just announce
00:43:57 You ask me for an autograph.
00:44:00 - I went with a friend.
00:44:02 - I wouldn't call it a plan.
00:44:05 - Um, a cr--
00:44:07 Uh-huh. Yesterday,
00:44:10 - Today, I have no life!
00:44:13 Stop it.
00:44:46 Okay, okay,
00:44:50 And a few hours ago, my wife...
00:44:53 she was, uh, murdered
00:44:55 So, uh, you're just gonna
00:44:58 because I've never
00:45:02 Don't worry.
00:45:05 But you are my link
00:45:08 So we're gonna retrace our steps--
00:45:11 - ''We''? No. Wait a minute.
00:45:15 No, I can't help you.
00:45:18 No, I've already had the police.
00:45:21 - They think I murdered my wife.
00:45:24 Now, that's just silly,
00:45:27 I'm just gonna call the police,
00:45:31 Okay?
00:45:35 Uh, hi. Uh, is this the police?
00:45:39 No cops.
00:45:42 - Let go of my arm.
00:45:45 - Ow.
00:45:48 Bonds in seconds.
00:45:51 This is kidnapping, you know.
00:45:53 Yeah, if I'm lucky, they'll
00:45:56 No, I don't. Let go of my arm,
00:45:59 Look, if I let go of your arm,
00:46:05 One, two!
00:46:25 I'm supposed to be
00:46:27 Yeah, well, excuse me, but dying's kind
00:46:31 Ain't it a bitch?
00:46:33 I'm really sorry.
00:46:37 But I just can't handle this.
00:46:40 I'm scared. I'm confused.
00:46:42 All right. Okay.
00:46:45 That makes two of us.
00:46:47 And I have to go to the bathroom.
00:46:57 All right. Look.
00:47:00 We'll go to a men's room.
00:47:02 I'll put you in a stall,
00:47:05 No. There is no way I am walking
00:47:08 - I'm just not gonna do it.
00:47:10 You can get me on your couch any day.
00:47:14 And there's no way
00:47:16 I'm not doing it.
00:47:19 It's not enough I'm wanted for murder.
00:47:30 I can't go.
00:47:33 Make some noise.Just talk.
00:47:35 You wanna hear some snappy patter
00:47:37 nature's way of telling you
00:47:40 I mean, I don't know
00:47:42 but I'm defiinitely taking
00:47:46 I mean, Syd, I'm no good at this.
00:47:49 about my own extinction.
00:47:53 You know, it's funny.
00:47:56 I mean, I always thought
00:48:00 older people, unlucky people.
00:48:04 Not me. Not Gail.
00:48:09 I mean, I always knew my number
00:48:14 Damn it! Why?
00:48:20 - You have any enemies?
00:48:31 - What are you doing here?
00:48:33 - What-- He doesn't wanna see you.
00:48:38 Dex?
00:48:41 - Surprised to see me up and about?
00:48:44 Thought I'd be safely slid away
00:48:47 -Just calm down, Dex--
00:48:51 - I didn't do that!
00:48:53 You were much more impressive this
00:48:56 - This afternoon?
00:48:58 Of course you do.
00:49:01 -Just like every other Friday
00:49:06 Is today Friday?
00:49:16 So, who we gonna punch
00:49:19 - Got any better ideas?
00:49:23 -There's gotta be a reason for all this.
00:49:26 My Mark Twain lecture drove
00:49:28 Syd, guys like me,
00:49:31 run over by cars maybe, but nobody
00:49:35 We just don't inspire
00:49:38 The killing didn't start with you.
00:49:41 - Nick Lang.
00:49:48 Hey, you know, sometimes cops go
00:49:51 What? Wait, wait.
00:49:54 and you think the killer's
00:49:56 Yeah. Get in.
00:49:58 There's a hell of a strange story
00:50:13 So this thief breaks into
00:50:15 The old man wakes up. He's upstairs,
00:50:20 Thief shoots the old man, right?
00:50:24 Uh, he grabs the gun,
00:50:28 - Wait a minute.
00:50:33 Oh.
00:50:37 Here.
00:50:40 Like this. Here.
00:50:44 - So-So, wait, there's a struggle?
00:50:46 For the gun. The gun goes off.
00:50:49 - And the burglar is Nick's father?
00:50:52 Now, the widow, Mrs Fitzwaring...
00:50:54 she makes a special
00:50:56 - She put him through college.
00:50:59 Well, it's not exactly something
00:51:03 So you think all this
00:51:06 - Hal.
00:51:09 - Meet Syd.
00:51:13 - Hi. Those two cops are looking
00:51:15 - Tweedledum and Tweedle-dumber?
00:51:18 - You gotta get outta here, man.
00:51:21 - You fiind something out?
00:51:24 - Nothing I can do?
00:51:28 You got a fiiver on you?
00:51:33 A father whose only legacy
00:51:38 One would like to think that Nick not
00:51:44 but also that he'd found a home here.
00:51:47 And judging by the turnout tonight...
00:51:50 I'd say he had.
00:51:53 It was a pleasure to have Nick
00:51:57 Perhaps only the bard can explain
00:52:02 ''To sue to live,
00:52:07 And seeking death, fiind life.
00:52:11 Let it come on.''
00:52:15 Miss Fitzwaring, I know you'd like
00:52:22 - Nick would've loved--
00:52:26 That's Cookie Fitzwaring.
00:52:29 - My dear, may I--
00:52:33 You should've quoted
00:52:36 Nick and I, we were--
00:53:05 Shit.
00:53:12 I know that guy.
00:53:14 He was in the bar last night.
00:53:28 - Your mother's waiting.
00:53:32 You fucked things up royally tonight.
00:53:34 Don't I always?
00:53:42 You're still a few drinks short
00:53:46 How's that little nasty burn
00:53:48 -Jesus, Bernard!
00:53:54 - I don't think--
00:53:57 - I loved Nick, and he loved me.
00:54:01 - What do you know about him?
00:54:05 - We don't like what you're inferring.
00:54:08 You see, when I say something,
00:54:11 - How you take it, that's inferring.
00:54:14 Then infer this.
00:54:20 Cookie! Hey, come here!
00:54:37 - Oh, God. We're back at the stage.
00:55:51 - Wait!
00:55:57 - Wait!
00:56:07 Help me! Please! Help!
00:57:00 Syd! Sydney! Where you going?
00:57:03 Where do you think?
00:57:05 Shit. Wait, Sydney!
00:57:12 You know, I don't get off
00:57:23 I wanted to spend the night with you,
00:57:29 - Hey!
00:57:31 - Hey! Wait!
00:57:34 Wait. Wait.
00:57:36 Oh, my God, look at your arm.
00:57:38 Drop dead.
00:57:55 I didn't mean to say that.
00:58:04 So, what do you do now?
00:58:10 Find Mrs Fitzwaring
00:58:13 And what if the chauffeur
00:58:16 What have I got to lose, huh?
00:58:20 I've already screwed up my life
00:58:27 What do you mean?
00:58:31 I had just quit.
00:58:34 I was a success,
00:58:39 So I just quit.
00:58:44 I wanna help you, Dex.
00:58:46 You already have.
00:58:49 - I feel really bad.
00:58:53 I mean, you just-- you just
00:58:58 you almost got me shot--
00:59:02 I mean, most girls wait a lifetime
00:59:16 I gotta go.
00:59:19 It's getting late.
00:59:24 I'm not gonna see you again, am I?
00:59:38 Cab!
00:59:45 - Take her to the med centre.
01:00:19 Now, don't worry.
01:00:23 ''Don't worry''? That man
01:00:26 I didn't let the cat
01:00:28 What are you doing here?
01:00:34 - Professor Cornell, isn't it?
01:00:36 It was your wife who fell apart
01:00:40 Yes, and it was your Cookie
01:00:43 Seems they both had a bad case
01:00:47 - What do you know about Nick?
01:00:55 Cookie.
01:01:00 - I hope it's just you that's loaded.
01:01:03 - What did you do, Mother?
01:01:06 Enough.
01:01:10 She forced Nick to stop seeing me.
01:01:12 What, so Nick was worthy
01:01:16 The fact is that she considered Nick
01:01:19 - You're so wrong.
01:01:25 Your-- Your little diamond
01:01:28 You couldn't stand anyone else
01:01:32 - And you were always jealous of us.
01:01:35 She nearly flew into a rage when
01:01:38 Cookie! Stop this.
01:01:41 - See what I mean?
01:01:44 I wouldn't do anything
01:01:46 But you did hurt me.
01:01:50 Whatever I did, Cookie,
01:01:54 Believe me, he could never love you,
01:01:59 Not the way you wanted.
01:02:02 S-So you-- you had him killed.
01:02:05 You--
01:02:09 Cookie, come back!
01:02:21 Don't fuck with me, Bernard.
01:02:24 All right.
01:02:29 Then have a little lie-down.
01:02:37 - God, it's all such a mess.
01:02:41 We don't even know if he can prove
01:02:46 - Couldn't we just call in the police,
01:02:50 Whether he can prove anything or not,
01:02:55 - Look, it's simple.
01:02:58 And bring Cookie back. In her state,
01:03:03 -How do you know that Nick was murdered?
01:03:07 Then you know
01:03:20 It's so sick.
01:03:25 But why me?
01:03:29 I mean, I can almost understand Gail.
01:03:33 Gail.
01:03:37 - Why me?
01:03:39 Oh, come on, Bernard. Can't you
01:03:43 Where do I fiit into
01:03:47 Is the heat getting to you, old chum?
01:03:56 - We're on campus.
01:04:00 - Now, how's your archaeology?
01:04:03 I thought the tar pit might interest
01:04:06 Nothing personal.
01:04:12 What the fuck?
01:04:23 Happy hour.
01:04:27 Drinking and driving
01:04:29 I was trying to kill you,
01:04:37 Stay away from me.
01:04:42 - You can't make me go back there.
01:04:46 Let me go!
01:04:49 All right.
01:04:57 - What are you doing here?
01:05:03 - You're not taking me home.
01:05:06 - Cork it, Cornell, or else I--
01:05:10 Cornell, I'm tired of your crap.
01:05:12 - Is something burning?
01:05:16 Jesus!
01:05:34 Oh, God!
01:05:49 Fuck!
01:05:53 - Payback time, Bernard!
01:06:06 Look out!
01:06:09 - Slow down, Cookie!
01:06:27 Cookie!
01:06:30 God! Cookie!
01:09:09 Oh! Look at this jerk!Jeez!
01:09:12 The guy's drunk.
01:09:22 Fuckin' asshole.
01:09:25 And a beer!
01:09:32 Yeah, buddy!
01:09:34 Leave him alone!
01:09:44 - What? The guy's a drunk.
01:09:47 - Maybe he's hurt.
01:09:50 I'll call an ambulance.
01:10:07 You didn't have to do that, Syd.
01:10:15 So I was just supposed to let them
01:10:19 Not bad.
01:10:21 You know, my mother, she used to
01:10:27 I guess nobody does that any more.
01:10:30 Mine does.
01:10:33 Are you going home for Christmas?
01:10:36 Mm-hmm.
01:10:38 Where's home?
01:10:40 Kansas.
01:10:42 Kansas?
01:10:47 What do you do for Christmas
01:10:50 Well, um, the whole clan
01:10:52 We haven't seen each other
01:10:57 and watch Miracle on 34th Street
01:11:01 Great.
01:11:05 What else?
01:11:09 And...
01:11:13 we all give each other presents
01:11:17 And if we need them,
01:11:22 Pretty awful, huh?
01:11:29 Pretty nice.
01:11:35 - It'll be good to see Eddie.
01:11:38 Mm-hmm.
01:11:40 Oh, yeah. Where do
01:11:45 - Oh. No.
01:11:55 Where do all the female reindeer go
01:12:04 They go into town
01:12:12 Oh, no, no, no, no.
01:12:20 I'm so scared for you.
01:12:23 Oh...
01:12:25 it'll be a breeze.
01:12:29 The fiirst million years
01:12:32 The second million--
01:12:37 - It's just so unfair.
01:12:41 I've been dead for four years now.
01:12:44 Gail was right.
01:12:46 It just took a little poisoning
01:12:51 - You're more alive
01:12:56 I forgot how to appreciate life.
01:13:00 It's too late for me.
01:13:07 This is life.
01:13:10 Right here.
01:13:12 Right now.
01:13:15 Take it.
01:13:28 Please.
01:14:41 2-Bravo-6, 1 0-4. En route.
01:14:45 Check the car out.
01:15:00 I don't know what the cops told you,
01:15:06 Bernard did.
01:15:09 It's just that people have this habit
01:15:12 Didn't they?
01:15:16 So it's all come full circle, right back
01:15:20 No, you brought it to my door.
01:15:24 And you never really knew anything,
01:15:28 I know you had quite a long hit list.
01:15:31 We've been at cross purposes,
01:15:35 I don't believe you.
01:15:38 Cookie was wrong.
01:15:42 - I didn't kill Nick.
01:15:46 Now, I want to know!
01:15:50 Why were you so obsessed
01:15:56 Who was he to you?
01:16:02 My son.
01:16:06 - Cookie never knew.
01:16:13 - The man who killed your husband.
01:16:17 Abandoned along with Nick
01:16:22 I don't know how he found me
01:16:25 but he was here that night
01:16:30 I asked him what he wanted. He said
01:16:38 Lang had told Fitzwaring
01:16:41 There was a scene. Ugly words
01:16:48 Fitzwaring told Lang to leave.
01:16:51 He said that Lang
01:16:53 He told me to leave too,
01:16:56 He said I would never
01:16:59 You must understand that what I did,
01:17:03 and my son.
01:17:10 Bernard understood.
01:17:12 He told the police
01:17:15 had shot Fitzwaring, attacked me.
01:17:18 Then Bernard and the prowler
01:17:22 It went off.
01:17:25 That was our story.
01:17:30 Nick was my son.
01:17:34 Although he could never know that
01:17:38 Now he's gone.
01:17:41 They're all gone.
01:17:44 There's nothing.
01:17:50 All this time
01:19:20 God.
01:19:26 God!
01:19:32 Goddam it! Why?
01:19:39 Shit! Shit!
01:21:28 It's Dex.
01:21:30 I'm in my offiice.
01:21:34 I need you.
01:22:10 Dex?
01:22:19 Hey, Dex.
01:22:28 Dex? Hey.
01:22:31 Hey, buddy.
01:22:36 - Uh, you don't look so good.
01:22:41 I'm alive.
01:22:45 Hell, you know,
01:22:52 Can't you feel it, Hal?
01:22:55 I don't feel anything.
01:22:59 One for the road.
01:23:06 Merry Christmas.
01:23:18 No.
01:23:20 - Why?
01:23:23 - Why did you kill me?
01:23:26 Where did you get the poison?
01:23:36 I stole it from the med centre
01:23:41 playin' a little ''heigh-ho, Silver.''
01:23:44 - She had an emergency call.
01:23:51 - 0ut of Whack.
01:23:53 One minute after I give you the damn
01:23:56 - Read what?
01:23:59 Nick Lang's novel?
01:24:02 Well, I'm gonna pass it off
01:24:06 I have to, man.
01:24:09 And my book-- my book.
01:24:13 Well, everything about it that was good
01:24:19 I was in here last week
01:24:23 I see Nick Lang's book
01:24:25 So I pick it up,
01:24:33 Guess I knew what I was gonna do
01:24:44 What's so funny?
01:24:54 - What's so funny?
01:24:58 Some kid's lousy homework?
01:25:00 No. I just fiinished telling you,
01:25:03 It's one of the best damn books
01:25:06 That's why I had to do it.
01:25:11 I mean, Lang was easy.
01:25:15 Light as a feather.
01:25:23 But you, in the john the other day--
01:25:28 Why Gail?
01:25:32 - Why did you have to kill her?
01:25:36 I got all the copies
01:25:38 I put your copy in the damned garbage.
01:25:41 You picked it up,
01:25:43 - And left it at Gail's.
01:25:45 I saw it there when Elaine and I
01:25:48 So you burn it.
01:25:52 She tried to stop you.
01:25:54 You bludgeoned her, freshened up...
01:25:58 then went out for a night on the theatre
01:26:01 I thought she found something out.
01:26:04 I had to make sure that nobody knew
01:26:07 so that everybody knows
01:26:10 - That was worth somebody's life?
01:26:13 Why should that kid
01:26:16 Jesus, Dex, he was fucking your wife,
01:26:21 So, who you gonna kill
01:26:24 All I need is just
01:26:27 After this book comes out,
01:26:29 And you can bet that I'm not gonna
01:26:33 Well, at least they were my laurels.
01:26:37 Why does it come so easy
01:26:39 Big Dex. You just cruise in here,
01:26:46 You don't have a fucking clue how hard
01:26:50 I'm gonna have my shot!
01:26:52 No, you'll never know.
01:26:55 That feeling doesn't come from money.
01:26:59 It comes from doing the work, Hal...
01:27:03 from realizing a vision.
01:27:05 You think you could
01:27:08 Passion?
01:27:10 Man, where do you get off
01:27:14 - You lost it.
01:27:17 These last two days, I had it.
01:27:20 You had it, all right.
01:27:25 Man, Dex, you had a talent.
01:27:29 You had a talent others would--
01:27:34 Kill for?
01:27:37 Yeah, that's right. Kill for.
01:27:41 Isn't that what it's all about?
01:27:44 Publish or perish?
01:28:47 Perish.
01:29:55 Just somebody's homework.
01:29:58 That was all.