1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,400 Pushing Daisies - Season 02 Episode 12 "Water and Power" 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,384 Subtitles (BIA v.1.00): A²S Team --==All-about-Subs.fr==-- 3 00:00:08,385 --> 00:00:10,680 Young Emerson Cod is 11 years, 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,600 2 months, 8 days and 3 hours old. 5 00:00:14,110 --> 00:00:16,400 He is in big trouble. 6 00:00:16,875 --> 00:00:21,240 For this was his sixth visit in ten days to the principal's office. 7 00:00:21,575 --> 00:00:25,610 The previous Tuesday had seen young Emerson punch future frat boy 8 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:28,920 and current lunch money extorter, Guy Baxter. 9 00:00:29,505 --> 00:00:32,955 Wednesday saw the return of young Emerson to the big couch 10 00:00:33,095 --> 00:00:36,649 for the crime of inappropriate intentional double entendre 11 00:00:36,689 --> 00:00:38,000 during the science fair. 12 00:00:38,555 --> 00:00:42,805 He returned the following Monday after a second encounter with {\*Guy }Baxter. 13 00:00:43,227 --> 00:00:47,281 Young Emerson assured everyone that he would leave Guy alone now, 14 00:00:47,321 --> 00:00:49,520 as the bully had no more eyes. 15 00:00:49,685 --> 00:00:51,212 Specialists were summoned, 16 00:00:51,252 --> 00:00:53,680 tests given, therapies administered. 17 00:00:53,995 --> 00:00:55,964 A boy of above-average intelligence 18 00:00:56,004 --> 00:01:00,004 who previously had nothing but respect for rules and regulation, 19 00:01:00,365 --> 00:01:03,615 young Emerson's mischief remained an utter mystery. 20 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,478 Because what troubled him 21 00:01:05,518 --> 00:01:08,960 was not parental alienation or sublimated anger. 22 00:01:09,415 --> 00:01:10,425 It was a heart. 23 00:01:10,465 --> 00:01:14,200 He was in love with Principal Eleanor Swindle. 24 00:01:14,385 --> 00:01:17,993 That year, young Emerson learned his most important lesson, 25 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:20,333 love makes you stupid. 26 00:01:28,795 --> 00:01:31,126 {\pos(190,210)}Randy Mann, what brings you in out of the cold? 27 00:01:31,166 --> 00:01:33,240 {\pos(190,230)}I think we're in for a mid-winter thaw. 28 00:01:34,185 --> 00:01:36,710 {\pos(190,230)}Normally, in the mornings, I can see my breath from under the sheets, 29 00:01:36,750 --> 00:01:39,040 {\pos(190,230)}which is kind of daunting because I sleep in the nude. 30 00:01:39,545 --> 00:01:42,816 {\pos(190,230)}But as long as I cocoon myself in my comforter and... 31 00:01:43,666 --> 00:01:45,040 {\pos(190,230)}Can I help you with that? 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,120 {\pos(190,210)}I'll be okay if there's a satisfying and unexpected point to this story. 33 00:01:48,725 --> 00:01:50,360 {\pos(190,210)}I couldn't see my breath this morning. 34 00:01:51,155 --> 00:01:52,955 And I'm looking for Olive. 35 00:01:53,735 --> 00:01:55,875 {\pos(190,210)}- Now we're talking. Olive? - Yeah? 36 00:01:55,915 --> 00:01:58,240 {\pos(190,230)}You have a gentleman caller coming out of the thaw. 37 00:01:58,471 --> 00:01:59,671 What he did what what? 38 00:02:00,445 --> 00:02:01,445 {\pos(190,230)}Randy, hi. 39 00:02:03,195 --> 00:02:04,720 - I need to... - Go! 40 00:02:05,775 --> 00:02:07,918 - Randy's back. - To see Olive in an awkward 41 00:02:07,958 --> 00:02:11,480 {\pos(190,230)}"I was nowhere near your neighborhood but I thought I'd stop by" kinda way. 42 00:02:12,235 --> 00:02:13,400 {\pos(190,230)}Look, it's so sweet. 43 00:02:13,695 --> 00:02:14,729 Yeah, I'm happy. 44 00:02:14,972 --> 00:02:17,013 {\pos(190,230)}{\*Olive}She's been through a tough patch {\*that I may have}I've made tougher, 45 00:02:17,053 --> 00:02:20,835 {\pos(190,210)}and by {\*"may have",}that, I mean definitely did. I want this to work out with Randy. 46 00:02:20,875 --> 00:02:23,855 {\pos(190,210)}What better place to nurture romance than the Pie Hole? 47 00:02:23,895 --> 00:02:26,295 {\pos(190,210)}Warmth, pie, snuggly booths. 48 00:02:27,255 --> 00:02:29,002 All the right ingredients. 49 00:02:29,042 --> 00:02:31,800 {\pos(190,210)}Love doesn't need {\*all }the right ingredients, it's heartier than that. 50 00:02:33,055 --> 00:02:34,960 - What? - You said love was heartier. 51 00:02:35,085 --> 00:02:37,475 {\pos(190,210)}Well, it is heartier. I mean, we're like those... 52 00:02:37,515 --> 00:02:40,466 {\pos(190,210)}blind fish that live in volcanoes at the bottom of the ocean. 53 00:02:40,825 --> 00:02:42,935 {\pos(190,180)}Only we're two fish that can't even touch. 54 00:02:42,975 --> 00:02:45,280 Cause normally fish are all over each other. 55 00:02:46,065 --> 00:02:49,360 {\pos(190,210)}Our love has grown and survived in spite of everything we've been through. 56 00:02:49,645 --> 00:02:50,880 We've been through a lot. 57 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,610 {\pos(190,210)}Here is to us for successfully navigating 58 00:02:54,245 --> 00:02:57,120 {\pos(190,210)}some extremely rough and very complicated seas. 59 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,935 {\pos(190,210)}And here's to Randy and Olive. 60 00:02:58,975 --> 00:03:00,800 {\pos(190,210)}May they have smooth sailing ahead. 61 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:02,765 {\pos(190,210)}Cheers. 62 00:03:03,225 --> 00:03:05,083 - What are we toasting to? - You and... 63 00:03:05,123 --> 00:03:06,673 Why is... Randy leaving? 64 00:03:07,185 --> 00:03:09,395 {\pos(190,210)}Just decided to call it quits. Too much, too soon. 65 00:03:09,435 --> 00:03:11,335 {\pos(190,210)}Actually, it was just me. Singular. 66 00:03:11,375 --> 00:03:14,395 {\pos(190,210)}So, more accurately, I would say it was me who decided to call it quits. 67 00:03:14,435 --> 00:03:16,680 {\*You know what, }I'll be in the kitchen rationalizing my panic attack. 68 00:03:18,255 --> 00:03:19,455 Man overboard. 69 00:03:20,445 --> 00:03:23,089 Randy, you know when people are nervous sometimes, 70 00:03:23,129 --> 00:03:25,575 it's really easy to misunderstand what they mean. 71 00:03:25,615 --> 00:03:28,315 Yeah, I mean, everything was going fine and then, 72 00:03:28,355 --> 00:03:31,455 suddenly she said "goodbye", and "Thanks for coming". 73 00:03:31,555 --> 00:03:34,055 Then she shook my hand, which was weird. 74 00:03:34,241 --> 00:03:36,947 It's been {\*really }hard for Olive. She's been through a sticky swamp of emotions. 75 00:03:36,987 --> 00:03:39,480 She just... She doesn't wanna get stuck again. 76 00:03:39,735 --> 00:03:42,545 Well, I know all about her getting stuck on Ned, 77 00:03:42,585 --> 00:03:45,455 - but she said she was over it. - It's scary starting something new. 78 00:03:45,495 --> 00:03:47,286 It's about exposing your heart to... 79 00:03:47,326 --> 00:03:49,974 a stranger and putting your faith in the idea of someone 80 00:03:50,014 --> 00:03:53,635 before you even have a chance to get to know the truth about who they {\*really }are. 81 00:03:53,675 --> 00:03:57,275 You know what it's like? It's like driving a car blindfolded. 82 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:00,320 You just have to relax. 83 00:04:00,681 --> 00:04:01,480 Relax. 84 00:04:01,955 --> 00:04:03,016 Relax? 85 00:04:03,515 --> 00:04:05,520 Maybe bull fighting is the wrong comparison, 86 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,100 but it's hard making these things work. 87 00:04:08,295 --> 00:04:10,360 You're telling me these things are hard to make work? 88 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,395 I know that because you taught me. 89 00:04:12,435 --> 00:04:14,239 Maybe that's why Randy's scary to you. 90 00:04:14,279 --> 00:04:17,278 Because you're not used to something being easy and maybe really great. 91 00:04:17,565 --> 00:04:18,615 Oh, my God, 92 00:04:19,282 --> 00:04:20,395 I'm that girl. 93 00:04:20,785 --> 00:04:23,124 I'm that girl in high school who's afraid of real relationships 94 00:04:23,164 --> 00:04:25,305 so she's always attracted to guys in college, 95 00:04:25,345 --> 00:04:26,345 or Canada. 96 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:28,240 Or you. 97 00:04:29,155 --> 00:04:31,360 I just want you to be happy, Olive. 98 00:04:31,450 --> 00:04:34,320 So what you're saying is I shouldn't run away from Randy? 99 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:37,160 That Randy might be just what I need right now. 100 00:04:37,242 --> 00:04:37,992 Yes. 101 00:04:38,122 --> 00:04:40,997 A quick fling to heal the scars and rub ointment on the burns from us 102 00:04:41,037 --> 00:04:43,495 and then rip off and toss away like a used square of gauze. 103 00:04:43,535 --> 00:04:44,285 Not yes. 104 00:04:44,325 --> 00:04:46,725 - He's Randy Rebound. - No, he's not. 105 00:04:47,145 --> 00:04:51,295 As the pie maker began to doubt his plan to reunite the would be lovers, 106 00:04:51,485 --> 00:04:55,280 a mile to the west, another reunion was taking place. 107 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,320 Simone Hundin, breeder of well-heeled dogs... 108 00:04:58,615 --> 00:04:59,415 Stay. 109 00:04:59,455 --> 00:05:03,670 Recently returned from the Merryweather Multi City Canine Cavalcade 110 00:05:03,710 --> 00:05:05,410 with her dog, Bubblegum. 111 00:05:07,175 --> 00:05:10,680 Without constant reinforcement, even the best training gets forgotten. 112 00:05:11,595 --> 00:05:12,978 You take off like that again 113 00:05:13,018 --> 00:05:15,968 and I may just forget we got something going on. 114 00:05:16,185 --> 00:05:17,255 No such luck. 115 00:05:17,295 --> 00:05:20,555 You should know neither Bubblegum nor I are prone to bolting. 116 00:05:20,595 --> 00:05:21,695 That's good. 117 00:05:22,075 --> 00:05:23,760 That's very good. 118 00:05:24,555 --> 00:05:27,075 - Sounds like there's a story. - There was a story. 119 00:05:27,115 --> 00:05:30,450 Emerson had once fallen for a woman who had bolted 120 00:05:30,490 --> 00:05:32,801 and taken their baby daughter to boot. 121 00:05:32,841 --> 00:05:34,330 Does it have to do with this book? 122 00:05:34,370 --> 00:05:37,572 Emerson had written a pop-up book about his missing daughter, 123 00:05:37,612 --> 00:05:40,640 in hopes that one day he would get it published 124 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,315 and she would read it and come find him. 125 00:05:43,355 --> 00:05:44,240 It's nothing. 126 00:05:46,885 --> 00:05:49,080 I realize what we have is {\*still }in the paper trailing phase, 127 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:50,960 but we did agree to be honest{\ *with each other}. 128 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,390 - I am being honest... - I like you. 129 00:05:54,015 --> 00:05:55,973 I'm intensely optimistic about our prospects 130 00:05:56,013 --> 00:05:58,406 but you need to know that, like any animal in a new situation, 131 00:05:58,446 --> 00:06:00,546 the thing I hate most is being surprised. 132 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,600 Forgive me but your door was ajar. 133 00:06:05,107 --> 00:06:07,066 Just {\*because it was}being ajar doesn't change the fact 134 00:06:07,106 --> 00:06:08,599 it was a door before it was ajar, 135 00:06:08,639 --> 00:06:11,480 which would indicate to most people to a-knock before a-entering. 136 00:06:12,065 --> 00:06:13,615 How are you, Emerson? 137 00:06:16,155 --> 00:06:19,000 Simone, this is Miss Amelia Stingwell, 138 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,760 sister of Roland Rollie Stingwell, owner of Papen County Dam. 139 00:06:22,275 --> 00:06:25,791 I'd tell you more about it except for, due to various reasons, 140 00:06:25,831 --> 00:06:28,325 we haven't spoken in nine years. 141 00:06:28,365 --> 00:06:30,320 Those various reasons are dead now. 142 00:06:31,295 --> 00:06:33,245 Rollie was killed last night. 143 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:35,085 I'm sorry about your loss. 144 00:06:35,125 --> 00:06:39,046 He'd pop a vein if he knew I were here asking you to solve his murder but... 145 00:06:39,485 --> 00:06:41,520 you've always been the best in town. 146 00:06:42,449 --> 00:06:45,525 Whoever killed Rollie must have also taken the dam ruby. 147 00:06:45,565 --> 00:06:47,565 - It's gone. - The damn ruby? 148 00:06:48,202 --> 00:06:50,002 The D-A-M drop-the-N ruby, 149 00:06:50,365 --> 00:06:53,600 as in a very valuable precious stone dug up when they built the dam. 150 00:06:53,825 --> 00:06:57,000 He always had it with him, never took it off. 151 00:06:57,225 --> 00:06:59,325 You find that ruby... 152 00:06:59,835 --> 00:07:01,720 and you'll find Rollie's killer. 153 00:07:02,795 --> 00:07:06,345 After everything that happened all those years ago, Emerson, 154 00:07:06,855 --> 00:07:09,240 I'd say it was the least that you could do. 155 00:07:10,115 --> 00:07:11,065 Good day. 156 00:07:13,955 --> 00:07:15,955 What happened between you and Rollie? 157 00:07:16,750 --> 00:07:17,600 {\*It's }Nothin'. 158 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,085 The facts were these. 159 00:07:19,125 --> 00:07:23,066 Roland Rollie Stingwell, millionaire builder of the Papen County Dam, 160 00:07:23,106 --> 00:07:26,524 sole director of the Papen County Water and Power Department, 161 00:07:26,564 --> 00:07:30,514 was last seen getting ready to leave after a busy day at the office. 162 00:07:30,845 --> 00:07:33,680 His assistant said nothing seemed unusual as she said... 163 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:34,925 Good night{\, *Mr Stingwell}. 164 00:07:34,965 --> 00:07:37,715 And headed out early for a dinner engagement. 165 00:07:38,115 --> 00:07:41,391 What engagements engaged Rollie Stingwell in the following hours 166 00:07:41,431 --> 00:07:43,360 were not known until the next morning 167 00:07:43,675 --> 00:07:46,670 when his body was discovered in a dry river bed 168 00:07:46,710 --> 00:07:48,910 one half mile from the dam. 169 00:07:53,575 --> 00:07:55,109 Thanks for coming down. 170 00:07:59,205 --> 00:08:01,605 The poor man and his poor head! 171 00:08:03,555 --> 00:08:04,840 {\*Just }Think of him like an owl. 172 00:08:07,465 --> 00:08:09,840 That was funny. He said "Hoo" like an owl. 173 00:08:11,005 --> 00:08:12,405 And how's it going, Rollie? 174 00:08:12,445 --> 00:08:16,080 Of all people, I did not expect to see you here, Emerson Cod. 175 00:08:16,223 --> 00:08:18,117 - You know each other? - We're affiliates, 176 00:08:18,157 --> 00:08:19,880 affiliated with a common third party. 177 00:08:20,055 --> 00:08:22,600 There was nothing common about her and you know it. 178 00:08:22,815 --> 00:08:24,481 He stole away the love of my life, 179 00:08:24,521 --> 00:08:27,671 and the dopey thing about it is I paid him to do it. 180 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,480 - I trusted you, Cod. - Hey, you got your money back. 181 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:33,600 And it ain't stealing if the thing you're stealing wants to be stolen. 182 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:36,286 I have questions, which I will wait to ask. 183 00:08:36,326 --> 00:08:37,326 Strange. 184 00:08:37,453 --> 00:08:39,953 I spent my life being angry about this, 185 00:08:40,706 --> 00:08:41,606 but now, 186 00:08:42,215 --> 00:08:43,215 here in... 187 00:08:43,495 --> 00:08:45,680 A limbo with non-denominational way station. 188 00:08:46,735 --> 00:08:48,135 The anger has gone... 189 00:08:48,675 --> 00:08:50,565 and I can see I spent my life 190 00:08:50,605 --> 00:08:53,040 living in a haze of a broken heart. 191 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,120 I don't mean to step on toes but shouldn't someone {\*at some point}ask {\*him}who did it? 192 00:08:56,965 --> 00:08:58,465 I have tamed nature, 193 00:08:58,815 --> 00:09:00,360 I have stopped rivers from flowing. 194 00:09:00,705 --> 00:09:04,360 But there is one thing I could never do and that was make that woman love me. 195 00:09:04,545 --> 00:09:07,119 Well, if it makes you feel any better, Stingwell, 196 00:09:07,570 --> 00:09:08,600 neither could I. 197 00:09:09,230 --> 00:09:10,640 It does make me feel better. 198 00:09:11,585 --> 00:09:13,840 - Who killed you, Stingwell? - You really wanna know? 199 00:09:14,855 --> 00:09:16,400 It was Lila Robinson herself. 200 00:09:17,165 --> 00:09:19,440 I assume she came back to steal the ruby. 201 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,800 Man, I wish you'd have said anyone else. 202 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:23,180 Thank you for your time. 203 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,440 Who the heck is Lila Robinson? 204 00:09:29,165 --> 00:09:31,815 She's the baby momma that took my daughter. 205 00:09:35,945 --> 00:09:38,123 How can you not tell me that you had a daughter? 206 00:09:38,163 --> 00:09:40,045 We have buried bodies together. 207 00:09:40,085 --> 00:09:41,872 I mean, you have a daughter, a daughter. 208 00:09:41,912 --> 00:09:43,996 Have you known all this time and didn't tell me? 209 00:09:44,036 --> 00:09:45,911 You know you ain't foolin' nobody, right? 210 00:09:47,675 --> 00:09:51,368 I know that every secret I tell you spends about 20 seconds being a secret 211 00:09:51,408 --> 00:09:54,585 before it spills out of your mouth and into dead girl's ears. 212 00:09:54,625 --> 00:09:56,320 - Now, that is not true. - It is{\*'s true}. 213 00:09:56,465 --> 00:09:58,760 It's true. But I still can't believe you didn't tell me. 214 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,832 What about Simone? Does she know? 215 00:10:02,215 --> 00:10:03,400 I'll take that as a no. 216 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,268 {\*You know, }As much as I'd love to sit {\*here }ruminating about my pain for past over a {\*slice of }pie, 217 00:10:07,308 --> 00:10:09,558 can we please find something else to chatter about? 218 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,395 Emerson shouldn't feel any pressure to divulge the{\* hidden} details of his{\* hidden} past. 219 00:10:13,435 --> 00:10:16,635 It's not like we've ever shared big secrets with him. 220 00:10:17,695 --> 00:10:18,745 It's complicated. 221 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:21,850 {\*What?}What is so complicated about finding your baby-stealing baby momma 222 00:10:21,890 --> 00:10:23,280 and getting your daughter back? 223 00:10:24,155 --> 00:10:27,535 If Lila killed Roland Stingwell and stole that dam ruby, 224 00:10:27,575 --> 00:10:30,525 {\*then }we've just been hired to track her down and find your daughter. 225 00:10:30,565 --> 00:10:32,825 Chuck's right. We should trace Mr Stingwell's last steps. 226 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:34,640 Maybe Lila left a trail behind. 227 00:10:35,215 --> 00:10:38,265 I've spent the last seven years tracking down her and my kid. 228 00:10:38,305 --> 00:10:42,305 Lila is a wily genius, a man-eating, shape-shifting grifter 229 00:10:42,515 --> 00:10:45,840 who knows how to get in and get out and vanish like heat off a blacktop. 230 00:10:46,380 --> 00:10:47,600 At least we could try. 231 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:51,440 We need to try. 232 00:10:55,545 --> 00:10:57,480 Maybe I could give it one more shot. 233 00:11:00,055 --> 00:11:02,255 I don't know your daughter's name. 234 00:11:04,365 --> 00:11:05,165 Penny. 235 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:09,040 My daughter's name is Penny. 236 00:11:11,135 --> 00:11:12,505 The facts were these. 237 00:11:12,545 --> 00:11:16,045 9 years, 2 months, 14 days and 9 minutes earlier, 238 00:11:16,285 --> 00:11:19,480 Rollie Stingwell hired the PI to tail his fiancée, 239 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:21,600 Miss Emily von Alistair, 240 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:24,160 who Rollie suspected was having an affair. 241 00:11:24,305 --> 00:11:26,898 The affair, however, was with a dead man, 242 00:11:26,955 --> 00:11:29,255 one Henry David Thuroe. 243 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,880 And her furtive trips away seemed to show only her desire 244 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,477 for a moment of solitude and ornithology 245 00:11:35,517 --> 00:11:38,067 to avoid the hubbub of wedding planning. 246 00:11:38,595 --> 00:11:42,795 But hiding from a bird watcher in a Lincoln Continental is not easy. 247 00:11:44,064 --> 00:11:45,000 And so... 248 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,690 Emily von Alistair began sharing her daily solitude, 249 00:11:48,730 --> 00:11:51,830 as well as her sandwich and thermos of tomato soup. 250 00:11:52,115 --> 00:11:53,404 While unconventional, 251 00:11:53,444 --> 00:11:55,639 Emerson reasoned he was still 252 00:11:55,721 --> 00:11:58,307 very much keeping an eye on Emily. 253 00:11:58,595 --> 00:12:00,215 With each passing thermos, 254 00:12:00,255 --> 00:12:03,247 the private investigator grew more blind to the fact 255 00:12:03,287 --> 00:12:06,023 that he was fast approaching the thin line 256 00:12:06,063 --> 00:12:09,120 between stakeout and make out. 257 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,852 Emerson hesitated, knowing it was wrong, 258 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,041 but Emily had a solution, and that was to tell the truth. 259 00:12:17,750 --> 00:12:20,440 There's something I need to tell you that I should probably keep to myself. 260 00:12:21,635 --> 00:12:25,575 Emerson Cod would discover that Emily was Lila Robinson, 261 00:12:25,685 --> 00:12:29,685 a grifter come to town to steal Stingwell's dam ruby. 262 00:12:29,875 --> 00:12:31,960 She did not love the millionaire at all. 263 00:12:32,845 --> 00:12:36,945 22 days later, the PI returned the money Stingwell had paid him. 264 00:12:37,335 --> 00:12:40,635 What he could not return was his client's fiancée, 265 00:12:40,975 --> 00:12:43,975 or the new life growing inside her. 266 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,840 Furious, Stingwell swore if the grifter ever grifted again, 267 00:12:49,135 --> 00:12:52,560 he'd made sure she got put away for good. 268 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,160 Lila promised to keep on the straight and narrow 269 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:57,080 while Stingwell went on to build 270 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,760 Papen County Water and Power into a juggernaut. 271 00:13:07,677 --> 00:13:10,320 If we're gonna find Lila, we need to retrace Stingwell's steps, 272 00:13:10,685 --> 00:13:12,965 figure out how he ended up half a mile away from here. 273 00:13:13,005 --> 00:13:16,505 Welcome to the Papen County Dam, source of Papen County's water and power. 274 00:13:16,545 --> 00:13:18,000 My name is Taylor Philbean, 275 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,485 and should you choose to take a tour of this {\*historic}landmark and working utility, 276 00:13:21,525 --> 00:13:22,880 I'll be your dam guide. 277 00:13:24,805 --> 00:13:27,560 When there's a bigger group, this is where I wait for the laugh to die down. 278 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,275 Actually, we're invited guests of the Stingwell family, 279 00:13:30,315 --> 00:13:32,640 here on account of Roland Stingwell's untimely death. 280 00:13:33,315 --> 00:13:34,560 Damn sad is what it is. 281 00:13:35,055 --> 00:13:38,880 If you wait here, I'll get you {\*some visitor}passes and take you up to his private office. 282 00:13:39,615 --> 00:13:41,935 You said Lila chose to leave behind her life of crime. 283 00:13:41,975 --> 00:13:43,040 What happened? 284 00:13:43,335 --> 00:13:47,065 People's nature is like a river. You can only keep it dammed up for so long. 285 00:13:47,105 --> 00:13:48,506 One day, Lila packed up bags 286 00:13:48,546 --> 00:13:51,120 and broke back into Stingwell's house looking for the dam ruby. 287 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,500 When she couldn't find that, she stole 50 grand in cash. 288 00:13:54,655 --> 00:13:56,912 Knowing Stingwell'd track her down to the ends of the earth, 289 00:13:56,952 --> 00:13:59,281 she took Penny and they just disappeared. 290 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:01,973 If you'll follow me. 291 00:14:02,140 --> 00:14:05,325 But you knew who Lila was. Did you really not see it coming? 292 00:14:05,915 --> 00:14:07,295 I guess I was just blinded. 293 00:14:07,335 --> 00:14:08,385 Say cheese! 294 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:14,558 Does this camera take pictures of every visitor? 295 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,135 Yes, for security reasons. 296 00:14:16,175 --> 00:14:18,940 Should you be planning to blow up the dam and flood the valley, 297 00:14:18,980 --> 00:14:21,223 one copy is kept on file and another is available 298 00:14:21,263 --> 00:14:23,600 for purchase as a keepsake in our gift shop on the way out. 299 00:14:25,125 --> 00:14:26,075 This way. 300 00:14:27,855 --> 00:14:29,560 Have you seen this woman before? 301 00:14:30,335 --> 00:14:33,347 Name's Lila Robinson. That picture was taken as she was entering the building 302 00:14:33,387 --> 00:14:35,175 the same day your boss was killed. 303 00:14:35,665 --> 00:14:37,125 I remember the woman. 304 00:14:37,165 --> 00:14:40,165 She did have a private meeting with Mr Stingwell, 305 00:14:40,255 --> 00:14:43,655 but I believe she said her name was Mary Beth Acres. 306 00:14:44,095 --> 00:14:46,755 The police have already been here asking questions. 307 00:14:46,795 --> 00:14:48,760 - They ask you about Mary Beth? - No. 308 00:14:49,275 --> 00:14:52,455 They were asking about the multi-million dollar contracts 309 00:14:52,495 --> 00:14:54,654 that Mr Stingwell was negotiating 310 00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:58,080 to replace all the old pipes that bring water into the city. 311 00:14:58,245 --> 00:15:00,320 Yeah, I'd say the police are on the wrong track. 312 00:15:00,625 --> 00:15:01,523 I agree. 313 00:15:02,005 --> 00:15:03,619 I tried to tell them my theory 314 00:15:04,035 --> 00:15:05,520 but they weren't interested. 315 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:06,560 I'm interested. 316 00:15:08,675 --> 00:15:10,575 I caught a local factory 317 00:15:10,855 --> 00:15:13,955 dumping toxic chemicals into the dam reservoir. 318 00:15:14,239 --> 00:15:16,039 And you blew the whistle? You go, girl. 319 00:15:16,735 --> 00:15:19,840 It's my duty as a citizen to watch the reservoir. 320 00:15:19,955 --> 00:15:23,355 You know, one drop of certain mind altering drugs 321 00:15:23,755 --> 00:15:28,200 and we'll {\*all }be zombies under the control of those secret signals on FM radio. 322 00:15:28,425 --> 00:15:29,525 Oh, brother. 323 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,360 It's a public health issue. 324 00:15:31,595 --> 00:15:33,320 Yeah, yeah. What's this door? 325 00:15:33,580 --> 00:15:35,440 Well, that's Mr Stingwell's private exit. 326 00:15:35,735 --> 00:15:39,200 It leads back through the inside of the dam to a private stairwell. 327 00:15:41,615 --> 00:15:44,080 Do you care that I have important information? 328 00:15:44,375 --> 00:15:46,760 Oh, we do. We wanna hear all about your theory. 329 00:15:48,455 --> 00:15:50,655 Come on, woman, give me something. 330 00:15:50,795 --> 00:15:52,695 Who are you talking to, Cod? 331 00:15:52,755 --> 00:15:54,055 Detective Puget. 332 00:15:54,765 --> 00:15:55,685 Been a while. 333 00:15:55,725 --> 00:15:58,695 Figured the Stingwells would hire a private peep around this one. 334 00:15:58,735 --> 00:16:00,565 They never did like a cop they couldn't buy. 335 00:16:00,605 --> 00:16:04,255 You know, being cocky in a cheap suit is less effective than you think, Puget. 336 00:16:04,295 --> 00:16:06,545 What about Papen County's finest? They got any leads? 337 00:16:06,585 --> 00:16:08,895 Who didn't wanna knock off Stingwell? 338 00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:11,160 He got valuable re-piping contracts up for grabs, 339 00:16:11,533 --> 00:16:14,429 he got 100 angry farmers who had to cough up bill for water 340 00:16:14,469 --> 00:16:15,920 because he dammed up their river. 341 00:16:16,358 --> 00:16:17,679 Not to mention that ruby 342 00:16:17,761 --> 00:16:20,440 that he flaunted like a trophy wife at a high school reunion. 343 00:16:22,135 --> 00:16:23,935 Well, maybe I got a lead for you. 344 00:16:24,265 --> 00:16:26,715 Maybe the only lead you need to follow. 345 00:16:28,445 --> 00:16:29,995 Name's Lila Robinson. 346 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,560 Last known address was local but she's been on the fly for a while. 347 00:16:34,065 --> 00:16:36,065 Never known you to share, Cod. 348 00:16:36,385 --> 00:16:37,520 What's your angle? 349 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,779 Maybe I wouldn't mind {\*a little }help bringing down the hammer of justice on {\*whatever low life}who did this. 350 00:16:40,819 --> 00:16:44,240 Doesn't matter to me if the hammer's public or private{\* as long as a nail}. You catch my drift? 351 00:16:45,845 --> 00:16:46,795 I do not. 352 00:16:48,575 --> 00:16:50,400 Catch the bitch. 353 00:16:51,325 --> 00:16:53,384 And use {\*any and}everything you got and move quickly, 354 00:16:53,424 --> 00:16:55,932 cause I guaran-damn-tee you, she's moving fast 355 00:16:56,225 --> 00:16:58,175 and the trail's getting cold. 356 00:17:04,605 --> 00:17:06,920 - How did you get in{\* here}? - There's something {\*I've got}I have to tell you. 357 00:17:07,205 --> 00:17:10,345 There's something I gotta tell you too, and I really hate to tell you now 358 00:17:10,385 --> 00:17:12,975 because now it looks like I'm just telling you cause I have to, 359 00:17:13,015 --> 00:17:15,605 not cause I want to. That book on my desk... 360 00:17:15,645 --> 00:17:17,279 Emerson, may I go first? 361 00:17:18,415 --> 00:17:19,680 - Sure. - I'm sorry. 362 00:17:20,165 --> 00:17:21,615 What are you sorry about? 363 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:26,400 Long time, no see, honey. 364 00:17:26,835 --> 00:17:27,585 Lila. 365 00:17:35,045 --> 00:17:36,695 - Lila. - Lila? 366 00:17:37,134 --> 00:17:39,127 She told me her name was Priscilla Saltpeter. 367 00:17:39,167 --> 00:17:40,991 Said she'd shoot me if I let on she was here. 368 00:17:41,031 --> 00:17:43,605 She's told a lot of people a lot of things. 369 00:17:43,675 --> 00:17:45,360 You here to see a dead man about a ruby? 370 00:17:45,475 --> 00:17:47,125 I'm in town to see you. 371 00:17:47,335 --> 00:17:51,000 You really should lock your office door. No telling what{\* kind of} riffraff will blow in. 372 00:17:52,415 --> 00:17:53,400 Where's Penny? 373 00:17:53,965 --> 00:17:57,040 Penny is somewhere you can't find her. But I'll make you a deal. 374 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,720 I didn't kill Stingwell or steal his dam ruby. 375 00:18:00,346 --> 00:18:02,661 As soon as the cops find out I was there when he was killed, 376 00:18:02,701 --> 00:18:04,667 they'll be all over me like weevils on rice. 377 00:18:04,707 --> 00:18:05,920 Maybe they know already. 378 00:18:06,245 --> 00:18:08,560 Then your job just got significantly harder. 379 00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:10,415 Find the real killer, 380 00:18:10,455 --> 00:18:12,760 put me in the clear and I'll let you see Penny. 381 00:18:13,755 --> 00:18:17,495 Hang a red lantern in your office window and I'll arrange for a reunion. 382 00:18:17,535 --> 00:18:21,145 But the moment I get a whiff that the cops are closing in on me, 383 00:18:21,185 --> 00:18:23,440 you won't see me or your Penny again. 384 00:18:23,955 --> 00:18:24,915 Who's Penny? 385 00:18:24,955 --> 00:18:27,840 Penny's the price I paid for thinking with my heart and not my head. 386 00:18:28,465 --> 00:18:29,965 Penny's my daughter. 387 00:18:30,805 --> 00:18:32,805 That's what I was just about to tell you. 388 00:18:33,410 --> 00:18:34,360 Surprise. 389 00:18:34,596 --> 00:18:36,720 - I'll give you 48 hours. - She's lying. 390 00:18:37,086 --> 00:18:38,125 It's in her eyes. 391 00:18:38,165 --> 00:18:40,285 She's lied so damn much in her life, 392 00:18:40,325 --> 00:18:42,295 eyes look like that permanently. 393 00:18:42,335 --> 00:18:44,778 What's to stop me from taking that toy gun of yours 394 00:18:44,818 --> 00:18:47,000 and pushing your delicate frame through my wall? 395 00:18:47,665 --> 00:18:48,615 Xylazine. 396 00:18:49,025 --> 00:18:50,075 Come again? 397 00:18:58,185 --> 00:19:01,240 - Wait. It was what? - It was horse tranquillizer. 398 00:19:01,485 --> 00:19:04,175 When we woke up, Emerson made sure I was okay and then left. 399 00:19:04,215 --> 00:19:07,285 {\*He said }He was gonna start with all the {\*angry }farmers and find out who the real killer was. 400 00:19:07,325 --> 00:19:10,284 But we know who the killer is, the dead man told us so. 401 00:19:11,096 --> 00:19:12,947 In so far as a dead man can tell {\*us }anything 402 00:19:12,987 --> 00:19:16,765 by way of some very strong leads acquired in a {\*normal and }straightforward way. 403 00:19:16,805 --> 00:19:19,415 If Lila has Penny, then she holds all the cards. 404 00:19:19,455 --> 00:19:22,030 We don't even know for sure if Lila has his daughter. 405 00:19:22,070 --> 00:19:23,720 She could be lying about that, too. 406 00:19:24,095 --> 00:19:25,120 She's playing him, 407 00:19:25,563 --> 00:19:28,320 dominating his will until he's no longer listening to his instincts. 408 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:29,755 You don't dominate Emerson. 409 00:19:29,795 --> 00:19:32,495 You really think he's {\*out there} interviewing suspects he knows {\*are }innocent, 410 00:19:32,535 --> 00:19:34,280 following leads he knows lead nowhere? 411 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:35,785 He wouldn't do that. 412 00:19:35,825 --> 00:19:36,975 That's not who he is. 413 00:19:37,015 --> 00:19:39,280 But what if who he is isn't who he is right now? 414 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:41,875 Instead of analyzing him, we should be there helping him. 415 00:19:41,915 --> 00:19:43,458 Doesn't matter how crazy it seems. 416 00:19:43,498 --> 00:19:46,480 Forgive me, but if helping Emerson means we blind ourselves to truth, 417 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,081 then I won't be part of it. 418 00:19:48,121 --> 00:19:51,160 When someone backs you into a corner, you don't get obedient, you bite back. 419 00:19:52,456 --> 00:19:53,606 Simone, wait. 420 00:19:53,765 --> 00:19:57,429 All I ask from him is that we start out with honesty and no surprises. 421 00:19:57,975 --> 00:20:00,575 I would say this qualifies as a surprise. 422 00:20:07,565 --> 00:20:10,440 - Thank you for coming back, Randy. - Sure. 423 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,389 First{\* off}, I {\*just }wanna say I'm sorry if it feels like 424 00:20:12,429 --> 00:20:14,920 I'm sending you mixed signals by asking you to come back. 425 00:20:15,282 --> 00:20:17,280 I guess I was a little surprised. 426 00:20:17,585 --> 00:20:20,385 Well, signals are like nuts, mixed is better. 427 00:20:20,585 --> 00:20:22,585 No one's all the same kind, right? 428 00:20:23,515 --> 00:20:25,840 And what's important is that we have a fresh start. 429 00:20:26,315 --> 00:20:27,115 Right... 430 00:20:27,505 --> 00:20:28,825 Can I ask you a question? 431 00:20:29,275 --> 00:20:32,440 You're not just planning on using me to get over Ned, are you? 432 00:20:34,207 --> 00:20:37,172 Sometimes things are so absurd that I can't even hear them. 433 00:20:37,212 --> 00:20:39,920 Like, you just blew a dog whistle full of crazy and I'm not a dog. 434 00:20:40,415 --> 00:20:41,505 Well, I get that. 435 00:20:41,545 --> 00:20:43,145 If you're not ready, I get that. 436 00:20:43,185 --> 00:20:45,954 But, you know, I've been through this before... 437 00:20:46,975 --> 00:20:49,480 And I don't wanna be your rebound guy. 438 00:20:50,775 --> 00:20:52,475 Wait, there it is again. 439 00:20:55,235 --> 00:20:56,135 Nothing. 440 00:21:00,355 --> 00:21:01,760 Is this a bad time to talk? 441 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,020 {\*Cause }I just wanted to say{\* that} I think Randy's gonna do the trick. 442 00:21:04,060 --> 00:21:06,071 You know, wiping the emotional slate clean. 443 00:21:06,111 --> 00:21:08,475 - He's picking me up tonight after work. - That's great, Olive. 444 00:21:08,515 --> 00:21:11,167 See, soon I'll be the one lost in some distracted thought, 445 00:21:11,207 --> 00:21:14,185 not caring while you prattle on about your relationship problems. 446 00:21:14,225 --> 00:21:16,725 I'm sorry, I do care and I am distracty. 447 00:21:17,355 --> 00:21:18,440 I have a question. 448 00:21:19,085 --> 00:21:21,985 Can love make you do something absolutely crazy? 449 00:21:23,545 --> 00:21:24,495 I went... 450 00:21:25,215 --> 00:21:26,365 to a nunnery. 451 00:21:27,005 --> 00:21:29,106 - Have a great time tonight. - Yeah. 452 00:21:31,915 --> 00:21:34,322 You're right. If Emerson's desperate enough not to see the truth, 453 00:21:34,362 --> 00:21:36,645 - he's desperate enough to do anything. - He needs us. 454 00:21:36,685 --> 00:21:37,635 Let's go. 455 00:21:39,295 --> 00:21:41,245 It was the end of a long day, 456 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:43,803 and Emerson, Chuck and the Pie Maker 457 00:21:43,985 --> 00:21:46,575 had interviewed 28 disgruntled farmers, 458 00:21:46,715 --> 00:21:50,615 concluding that none were guilty of the murder of Roland Stingwell. 459 00:21:50,895 --> 00:21:52,745 But as Lila had told Emerson, 460 00:21:52,785 --> 00:21:56,885 if he proved her innocence, he could see his daughter again. 461 00:21:57,315 --> 00:21:59,815 They moved on to farmer number 29. 462 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:02,839 Mr Brunch, you had about 200 acres of river front farmland 463 00:22:02,879 --> 00:22:04,451 before they build the dam{\*. Isn't that }, right? 464 00:22:04,491 --> 00:22:07,305 My farm used to be the most prosperous in the county. 465 00:22:07,345 --> 00:22:09,115 Now with what I pay to truck in water, 466 00:22:09,155 --> 00:22:12,040 I can barely pay the rent, same as everybody else. 467 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:14,080 But what else would I do? 468 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,560 - Now, when is your birthday, precious? - December. 469 00:22:17,196 --> 00:22:19,105 Funny, I would have bet {\*you were}on an autumn birthday. 470 00:22:19,145 --> 00:22:20,958 The deep orange of orchid embers 471 00:22:21,041 --> 00:22:23,555 and asiatic lilies makes your skin tone glow. 472 00:22:23,595 --> 00:22:27,055 Well, actually, I have two birthdays and my second one's in the fall, so... 473 00:22:27,095 --> 00:22:28,745 actually, you're right. 474 00:22:30,345 --> 00:22:32,440 Your gibberish is sweet, honey. Keep the flowers. 475 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,035 - Oh, no, I'm telling the truth. - So am I. 476 00:22:35,075 --> 00:22:38,085 If I killed Stingwell, I supposed I would have done it years ago 477 00:22:38,185 --> 00:22:41,535 when my anger was fresh cut, but nothing's gonna change. 478 00:22:41,675 --> 00:22:43,640 Whoever has the water has the power. 479 00:22:45,635 --> 00:22:48,615 What about the contracts to re-pipe the county water supply? 480 00:22:48,655 --> 00:22:50,326 Might be some bad blood there. 481 00:22:50,366 --> 00:22:52,212 Stingwell would have been behind the plan 482 00:22:52,252 --> 00:22:55,035 but the mayor would have been in charge of bidding out {\*the} construction. 483 00:22:55,075 --> 00:22:56,825 There's no motive. We got nothin'. 484 00:22:56,865 --> 00:22:58,840 What about the big business polluter angle? 485 00:22:59,135 --> 00:23:00,315 Don't humour me. 486 00:23:00,355 --> 00:23:02,039 If you didn't think we were {\*running }out of leads 487 00:23:02,079 --> 00:23:03,979 and I wasn't high on Lila berry juice, 488 00:23:04,019 --> 00:23:06,514 then what would you call the big business polluter angle? 489 00:23:06,554 --> 00:23:10,762 I may call it that crazy conspiracy theory by Stingwell's crazy assistant. 490 00:23:10,802 --> 00:23:13,080 Or the last ditch crackpot angle{\* for short}. But it's something. 491 00:23:13,835 --> 00:23:15,040 {\*Well, }It's all we've got left. 492 00:23:16,241 --> 00:23:17,880 And we're running out of time. 493 00:23:19,578 --> 00:23:22,120 We appreciate you coming out to talk to us on short notice. 494 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,578 We're investigating the death of Roland Stingwell. 495 00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:27,450 His assistant said there was a heated legal dispute between Mr. Stingwell 496 00:23:27,490 --> 00:23:30,242 and your clients, the Fits And Giggles Novelty company. 497 00:23:30,282 --> 00:23:32,690 And we know that Mr. Stingwell was about to make public that 498 00:23:32,730 --> 00:23:35,080 one of your clients' factories was illegally disposing 499 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,840 dangerous chemicals into the Papen County Dam reservoir. 500 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,317 These are baseless allegations. 501 00:23:39,357 --> 00:23:42,563 Our client did not, nor would ever, dispose {\*any kind of }chemicals in a reservoir. 502 00:23:42,603 --> 00:23:44,481 This is a categorical denial. 503 00:23:44,521 --> 00:23:46,057 - Maybe once. - And one time only. 504 00:23:46,097 --> 00:23:48,520 Once we may have inadvertently allowed 505 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,839 a small amount 506 00:23:49,921 --> 00:23:52,520 of chemicals into the reservoir, but it was a long time ago. 507 00:23:52,601 --> 00:23:54,590 - It was Tuesday. - Very, very early Tuesday. 508 00:23:54,630 --> 00:23:57,040 - Nearly Monday. - What kind of lawyers are you? 509 00:23:57,130 --> 00:23:58,280 We are Mennonites, 510 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:00,595 which would not normally be a liability were it not for our 511 00:24:00,635 --> 00:24:02,040 own {\*personal }commitment not to lie. 512 00:24:02,121 --> 00:24:04,053 But to be clear, in regards to the chemicals 513 00:24:04,093 --> 00:24:05,712 - that were or weren't{\*were not}... - Were. 514 00:24:05,752 --> 00:24:07,640 Dumped {\*into the reservoir} at an indeterminate time. 515 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,276 - Last Tuesday. - 2:00 am-ish. 516 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,695 - 2:39 in the morning. - There was a spill. 517 00:24:11,735 --> 00:24:12,843 And that's the truth. 518 00:24:12,883 --> 00:24:14,874 Plastics division had an overflow 519 00:24:14,914 --> 00:24:18,320 but it was only the chemicals we use to make things glow in the dark, 520 00:24:18,537 --> 00:24:20,467 which are near identical to pure drinking water. 521 00:24:20,507 --> 00:24:22,562 Pure drinking water with chemicals in it. 522 00:24:24,622 --> 00:24:26,960 We will pay the fine to the appropriate authorities. 523 00:24:32,744 --> 00:24:34,561 They're polluters but they're no killers. 524 00:24:34,601 --> 00:24:36,613 - {\*Yeah, e}Every road's a dead end. - Except one road 525 00:24:36,653 --> 00:24:38,239 but we can't go down that road. 526 00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:39,880 No, we can't. 527 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,159 The police are gonna go down that road. 528 00:24:43,199 --> 00:24:44,669 Let's say they find Lila. 529 00:24:44,947 --> 00:24:47,640 What's to say they don't also find Penny and put an end to this? 530 00:24:47,861 --> 00:24:49,520 Yeah, and what if you're wrong? 531 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,080 Penny's the only leverage Lila has. 532 00:24:52,161 --> 00:24:53,775 What if Lila has it already set up 533 00:24:53,815 --> 00:24:56,419 that the minute she sees those flashing red and blue lights on the wall. 534 00:24:56,459 --> 00:25:00,200 She's on the phone {\*dialing out }to some accomplice who puts Penny on a bus to Mexico? 535 00:25:02,604 --> 00:25:05,880 Yeah, maybe my love for my daughter has made me stupid, 536 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,240 but Lila doesn't seem to have that problem, 537 00:25:08,404 --> 00:25:11,023 so I'm gonna continue to jump through any hoop I have to... 538 00:25:11,063 --> 00:25:13,552 to get face to face to my little girl! 539 00:25:14,448 --> 00:25:16,284 What if Lila's lying to you? 540 00:25:16,888 --> 00:25:18,711 What if she doesn't have Penny? 541 00:25:19,253 --> 00:25:21,208 Well, then, I guess I'm a chump. 542 00:25:21,459 --> 00:25:24,562 But at least I'm not a chump just sitting{\* around} here and doing nothing. 543 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,891 Poor Emerson. We can't just sit here. We've got to do something. 544 00:25:33,931 --> 00:25:35,640 Quick gawking at each other and let's go. 545 00:25:38,012 --> 00:25:40,145 Across town, a signal was set. 546 00:25:41,765 --> 00:25:43,474 As Olive came in from the cold... 547 00:25:43,514 --> 00:25:44,814 Are you in here? 548 00:25:46,512 --> 00:25:48,276 I heard about what's happened. 549 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,720 Who are you? Did you hang the lantern in the window? 550 00:25:56,397 --> 00:25:57,280 Who are you? 551 00:25:57,598 --> 00:25:59,543 I hung the lantern, bitch. 552 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:01,720 We need to talk. 553 00:26:02,317 --> 00:26:04,560 Sit tight, sister. You're in the jam now. 554 00:26:05,223 --> 00:26:07,295 I should have skedaddled when I had the chance. 555 00:26:16,579 --> 00:26:18,760 Emerson always was a sucker for a tricky dame. 556 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,121 {\*The only reason }Your tricks work on Emerson 557 00:26:20,161 --> 00:26:22,158 because he thinks you have him by the collar. 558 00:26:22,242 --> 00:26:24,501 I was ready to leave him for not showing me all his cards. 559 00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:27,750 Now {\*that }I know the card he was stakeholding was the Lying Queen Of Empty Hearts, 560 00:26:28,324 --> 00:26:29,600 I'm back to deal again. 561 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,280 Then deal. You've got the gun. 562 00:26:31,816 --> 00:26:32,914 Penny's a bluff. 563 00:26:33,349 --> 00:26:35,895 A two bit grifter like you wouldn't get saddled with a child. 564 00:26:35,935 --> 00:26:38,665 My guess is you ditched her a long time ago. 565 00:26:38,705 --> 00:26:40,903 Then when you ran out of money, you came back to try again 566 00:26:40,943 --> 00:26:43,480 - for the {\*dam }ruby and rubbed Stingwell out{\* in the row}. - Witch! 567 00:26:45,017 --> 00:26:46,722 I'm sorry. Am I playing, too? 568 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,560 No, I'm not. Continue. 569 00:26:49,822 --> 00:26:51,392 I did come back to see Stingwell, 570 00:26:51,649 --> 00:26:53,332 and he thought I was there to kill him 571 00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:55,897 but we talked it out and I gave him back all his money, 572 00:26:55,937 --> 00:26:58,480 every dime I stole when I ran away. 573 00:26:58,561 --> 00:27:02,920 So we're to believe that somehow, along the way, you suddenly grew a conscience? 574 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,673 I did grow a conscience, 575 00:27:04,933 --> 00:27:07,920 and she's sitting in a hotel room watching television... 576 00:27:09,418 --> 00:27:10,906 and eating string cheese. 577 00:27:11,256 --> 00:27:14,280 She has my eyes and Emerson's big heart. 578 00:27:14,910 --> 00:27:16,360 That's so sweet. 579 00:27:17,517 --> 00:27:18,720 And evil, right? 580 00:27:20,925 --> 00:27:22,297 The gun! Watch it! 581 00:27:26,172 --> 00:27:27,400 I got it! I got the gun! 582 00:27:28,118 --> 00:27:29,400 Aw, shoot! 583 00:27:31,076 --> 00:27:32,080 Looking for this? 584 00:27:32,623 --> 00:27:34,102 I suppose you're right, 585 00:27:34,142 --> 00:27:36,800 Emerson is still a sucker for a tricky dame. 586 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:38,280 Get her! 587 00:27:41,394 --> 00:27:43,487 Nice job, well played. 588 00:27:43,527 --> 00:27:44,482 Thank you. 589 00:27:45,451 --> 00:27:47,280 - Did you get her? - She was in a big rush. 590 00:27:47,489 --> 00:27:50,400 See if you can follow them in the van. I need to find Emerson. 591 00:27:50,481 --> 00:27:52,438 This is so much more fun than dinner and a movie. 592 00:27:52,478 --> 00:27:54,720 - It's so exciting! - Yeah, I know. 593 00:27:55,739 --> 00:28:00,184 Lila Robinson had often found herself on the run from a tricky situation. 594 00:28:00,736 --> 00:28:02,734 In her rush to disappear, however, 595 00:28:02,774 --> 00:28:04,406 the player failed to realize 596 00:28:04,446 --> 00:28:07,617 she herself was being played by Chuck and the pie maker. 597 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,622 Across town, the desperate investigator returned 598 00:28:12,662 --> 00:28:16,320 one last time in search of some dam evidence. 599 00:28:17,577 --> 00:28:19,560 Looking for more pictures of your girlfriend, Cod? 600 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,040 I think I've found your angle. 601 00:28:24,859 --> 00:28:25,882 Lila Robinson, 602 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,840 a.k.a. Emily von Alistair. 603 00:28:28,921 --> 00:28:32,000 This wasn't the first time she'd tried to steal the dam ruby from Stingwell. 604 00:28:32,274 --> 00:28:34,240 She's been on the run from him for years. 605 00:28:34,897 --> 00:28:36,296 You got it all wrong, Puget. 606 00:28:36,336 --> 00:28:37,830 What I got wrong was you. 607 00:28:38,097 --> 00:28:40,115 Thought you were wild goosing me with the bogus tip 608 00:28:40,155 --> 00:28:43,000 - to throw us monkey suits off. - Maybe that's exactly what I did. 609 00:28:43,208 --> 00:28:45,334 Maybe I got you hook, line and sinker 610 00:28:45,374 --> 00:28:47,815 wasting time chasing Lila, while I pop the real perp. 611 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,210 Come on, Puge. 612 00:28:50,250 --> 00:28:52,857 All you've got is proof she entered the building three hours before 613 00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:54,193 Stingwell disappeared. 614 00:28:54,531 --> 00:28:55,876 Here she is on her way out, 615 00:28:55,916 --> 00:28:58,470 a half hour after Stingwell's assistant saw our victim 616 00:28:58,510 --> 00:29:00,904 for the last time. That's motive and opportunity. 617 00:29:00,944 --> 00:29:02,849 How she got the body where she got it. 618 00:29:03,053 --> 00:29:05,080 I'll just let the jury use their imaginations. 619 00:29:05,441 --> 00:29:06,640 Thanks for the tip, Cod. 620 00:29:07,822 --> 00:29:08,849 And don't worry, 621 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:11,602 if she's still within 100 miles, 622 00:29:11,845 --> 00:29:13,522 we'll have her in custody by morning. 623 00:29:13,827 --> 00:29:18,140 At that moment, Emerson Cod was overcome with 100% certainty 624 00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:20,440 that he would never see his daughter again. 625 00:29:21,022 --> 00:29:23,426 And then he was un-overcome 626 00:29:23,605 --> 00:29:27,892 by an idea that had a 1% chance of being correct. 627 00:29:28,493 --> 00:29:30,027 Wait a minute. 628 00:29:35,769 --> 00:29:37,720 I knew you'd come back to the scene of the crime. 629 00:29:39,491 --> 00:29:41,307 I'm sorry I bolted on you. 630 00:29:41,841 --> 00:29:43,614 That's OK, you're here now. 631 00:29:46,038 --> 00:29:46,960 Come on. 632 00:29:47,563 --> 00:29:51,679 As the private eye set off to test his new theory for leaks, 633 00:29:51,869 --> 00:29:54,937 the tall drink of water driving into the darkness 634 00:29:55,143 --> 00:29:57,959 remained unaware of her hidden cargo. 635 00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:01,339 If love does make you stupid, then we must really love Emerson. 636 00:30:02,388 --> 00:30:04,433 It'll all be worth it if we find Penny. 637 00:30:05,475 --> 00:30:06,478 - Ned? - Yeah. 638 00:30:07,479 --> 00:30:10,196 When I said that our love was hearty... 639 00:30:11,585 --> 00:30:13,440 it was just another way of saying it's hard. 640 00:30:14,534 --> 00:30:16,176 More than for other people? 641 00:30:17,718 --> 00:30:19,838 OK, maybe more than for other people. 642 00:30:20,924 --> 00:30:23,883 If Emerson wasn't blinded by love, there would never have been a Penny 643 00:30:24,401 --> 00:30:27,240 and he wouldn't have had anything to lose, which would be so much easier. 644 00:30:27,486 --> 00:30:29,301 Do you want us to be easier? 645 00:30:30,813 --> 00:30:31,606 I dunno. 646 00:30:32,249 --> 00:30:33,600 Maybe it's the exhaust fumes. 647 00:30:34,532 --> 00:30:38,473 But {\*why, }why do we love something if loving just makes us stupid and... 648 00:30:39,998 --> 00:30:42,195 just have more to lose? 649 00:30:42,844 --> 00:30:43,961 Why love something? 650 00:30:45,548 --> 00:30:47,030 Because we can. 651 00:30:57,765 --> 00:31:00,605 In my experience, when you're hiding in the trunk of a car, 652 00:31:01,107 --> 00:31:02,240 it's best not to chat. 653 00:31:07,608 --> 00:31:09,996 - How did you lose them? - Well, they were 3 blocks away. 654 00:31:10,036 --> 00:31:12,077 I wasn't comfortable jumping the kerb. 655 00:31:12,117 --> 00:31:13,667 They're OK, right? They have to be. 656 00:31:13,707 --> 00:31:16,624 Yeah, after you disarmed that crazy-ass she wolf. 657 00:31:17,583 --> 00:31:20,112 Is it insensitive of me to say this is fun? 658 00:31:20,152 --> 00:31:22,417 Only if they're dead. But they're not, right? They're fine. 659 00:31:22,619 --> 00:31:23,543 Yeah, OK. 660 00:31:25,609 --> 00:31:27,040 Can I be honest with you? 661 00:31:29,207 --> 00:31:31,969 If you could read my mind and I'm really glad you can't. 662 00:31:32,794 --> 00:31:35,153 But it doesn't matter cause I'm gonna tell you anyway. 663 00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:36,278 When? 664 00:31:36,318 --> 00:31:37,444 Now, now. 665 00:31:39,904 --> 00:31:41,000 You were right. 666 00:31:41,787 --> 00:31:43,167 I did wanna use you 667 00:31:43,207 --> 00:31:45,704 to squeeze the feelings I had for Ned out of my head. 668 00:31:45,744 --> 00:31:48,233 But I don't think that I can do that now. 669 00:31:50,278 --> 00:31:51,869 Well, I like you, Olive. 670 00:31:52,209 --> 00:31:55,000 - I like spending time with you. - Oh, that's the problem. 671 00:31:55,783 --> 00:31:59,320 I don't want this to make you muddle headed so you make a bad decision. 672 00:32:00,248 --> 00:32:02,024 I've been through a lot, Randy. 673 00:32:03,337 --> 00:32:04,689 I'm gonna be difficult. 674 00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:08,220 I know it's stupid for me to... 675 00:32:08,965 --> 00:32:10,326 be the rebound guy. 676 00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:12,786 But I also think, with time... 677 00:32:14,257 --> 00:32:16,200 you might forget you ever bounced. 678 00:32:17,324 --> 00:32:19,936 At least I'm willing to take that chance. 679 00:32:22,813 --> 00:32:24,480 Well, if we're careful and... 680 00:32:24,561 --> 00:32:27,386 there might be a way to do it smart, we could do it without... 681 00:32:33,631 --> 00:32:34,600 How was that? 682 00:32:35,037 --> 00:32:36,998 That was brilliant. Brilliant. 683 00:32:39,211 --> 00:32:40,294 I... I... 684 00:32:41,171 --> 00:32:42,848 For the first time in... 685 00:32:43,234 --> 00:32:46,561 a very, very long time, the thoughts I have for Ned just... 686 00:32:46,754 --> 00:32:48,852 went right out of my head... 687 00:32:49,354 --> 00:32:51,244 and are standing right outside the door. 688 00:32:55,490 --> 00:32:56,852 - Clearing. - Crossing. 689 00:32:56,892 --> 00:32:57,846 What happened? 690 00:32:57,886 --> 00:33:00,506 Lila caught us, took our clothes and she left us at the side of the road. 691 00:33:00,546 --> 00:33:02,801 We {\*have to}must find Emerson. Who knows what's she gonna do{\* next}. 692 00:33:02,841 --> 00:33:05,958 {\*Randy, }Can you bring your car round? We'll get dressed and meet you out{\* front}. 693 00:33:07,444 --> 00:33:08,360 Let's go! 694 00:33:11,934 --> 00:33:14,132 Why are these flowers glowing in the dark. 695 00:33:22,145 --> 00:33:23,520 Yeah, I knew it. 696 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,620 These flowers are from Michael Brunt's farm. 697 00:33:27,301 --> 00:33:30,529 Delivered the same day that Stingwell was murdered. 698 00:33:32,152 --> 00:33:33,681 Are they meant to do that? 699 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,238 Where's Brunt's flower farm? 700 00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:38,651 Here. 701 00:33:40,163 --> 00:33:43,460 We know Stingwell was about to approve a multi-million dollar renovation 702 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:46,025 for the water pipes from the dam reservoir to the city. 703 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,712 Help me with this. 704 00:33:50,477 --> 00:33:52,432 Now, maybe I'm crazy... 705 00:33:53,158 --> 00:33:56,320 - but if pipes need renovating... - Probably means they're leaky. 706 00:33:56,766 --> 00:33:59,080 - Leaky pipes means... - Water. 707 00:33:59,465 --> 00:34:01,629 Or in this case, glow-in-the-dark water 708 00:34:01,669 --> 00:34:03,920 on account of a toy company dumping their chemicals. 709 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,997 Brunt's farm's right over the biggest, leakiest water pipe in Papen County. 710 00:34:08,321 --> 00:34:11,628 Now say Brunt gets wind Stingwell's about to replace {\*all} the pipes 711 00:34:11,668 --> 00:34:13,999 and he's gonna lose his free water and everything else. 712 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,144 So he decides to deliver the flowers himself {\*cause}as he wants to talk to the man. 713 00:34:17,184 --> 00:34:19,081 Lila said she and Stingwell had it out. 714 00:34:19,121 --> 00:34:21,320 She said he thought she came to kill him for the ruby. 715 00:34:21,745 --> 00:34:25,196 And now he overhears this and he has the perfect plan to solve... 716 00:34:25,236 --> 00:34:27,960 all his problems and steal the dam ruby for himself. 717 00:34:28,409 --> 00:34:30,990 But if Brunt did it, what about the pictures of Lila leaving the dam 718 00:34:31,030 --> 00:34:32,698 just after Stingwell was murdered? 719 00:34:33,781 --> 00:34:34,781 Follow me. 720 00:34:38,862 --> 00:34:40,907 So, end of the day, Stingwell takes the dam ruby, 721 00:34:40,947 --> 00:34:43,397 says goodbye to his assistant, leaves out of the side door. 722 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,542 He's walking up the pipe and he hears a noise... 723 00:34:47,282 --> 00:34:48,987 so he decides to investigate. 724 00:34:51,231 --> 00:34:52,520 Be careful. 725 00:34:53,652 --> 00:34:54,909 All right, now... 726 00:34:56,325 --> 00:34:59,306 Brunt had three whole hours to get ready for this moment. 727 00:35:01,494 --> 00:35:03,180 He would have been waiting... 728 00:35:04,418 --> 00:35:07,010 in order to pull off the perfect crime. 729 00:35:07,180 --> 00:35:08,200 He would... 730 00:35:08,934 --> 00:35:10,333 Yeah. No, this... 731 00:35:11,662 --> 00:35:13,709 this it nuts, I'm fooling myself. 732 00:35:14,677 --> 00:35:15,822 It's Lila. 733 00:35:16,220 --> 00:35:17,305 I know it is. 734 00:35:17,345 --> 00:35:20,431 She did it, she killed Stingwell. This is a crazy idea. 735 00:35:20,471 --> 00:35:22,305 No, it's Lila. 736 00:35:24,837 --> 00:35:26,236 No, it ain't. 737 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,639 Hey, I knew it was you. 738 00:35:32,138 --> 00:35:35,000 Good guess. Too bad no-one will ever know. 739 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:36,280 Why did you come back? 740 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,502 Stingwell hid the dam ruby somewhere in here before I did him in. 741 00:35:39,779 --> 00:35:43,760 One more visit as murderous fugitive, Lila Robinson, should do the trick. 742 00:35:46,628 --> 00:35:48,054 See you later, suckers! 743 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:00,560 Looks like he went the wrong way. 744 00:36:03,816 --> 00:36:04,880 I disagree. 745 00:36:27,264 --> 00:36:28,114 Oh God! 746 00:36:31,986 --> 00:36:36,472 I think I just figured out how Stingwell ended up half a mile away from here. 747 00:36:38,921 --> 00:36:40,219 He didn't have you! 748 00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:43,840 The facts were these. 749 00:36:44,103 --> 00:36:46,730 Cornered by Brunt but thinking it was Lila, 750 00:36:46,770 --> 00:36:50,400 Roland Stingwell decided his precious ruby should remain 751 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,556 at the Papen County dam where he'd found it. 752 00:36:52,596 --> 00:36:53,599 As he considered 753 00:36:53,681 --> 00:36:56,969 the power of the hydro-electric plant he had designed... 754 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:02,206 Stingwell was struck by the irony, then by the water. 755 00:37:08,978 --> 00:37:12,197 After flushing Stingwell, still disguised as Lila, 756 00:37:12,237 --> 00:37:16,040 Brunt would allow the photo booth to document his exit and, 757 00:37:16,732 --> 00:37:19,700 after attempting to flush Emerson and Simone, 758 00:37:19,740 --> 00:37:21,840 Brunt left the same way. 759 00:37:23,049 --> 00:37:26,549 This time, it was Brunt who was flushed out. 760 00:37:26,589 --> 00:37:29,280 Murder solved and ruby recovered, 761 00:37:29,361 --> 00:37:33,000 Amelia Stingwell informed the PI that his previous sins 762 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,002 were now washed away. 763 00:37:35,684 --> 00:37:38,949 Emerson Cod would profit from the trickle down. 764 00:37:40,261 --> 00:37:42,700 The terms of the meeting in the woods were simple, 765 00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:45,401 come alone, no police and no surprises. 766 00:37:45,967 --> 00:37:49,897 While Emerson and Lila had complied easily with terms A and B, 767 00:37:50,287 --> 00:37:52,977 there were still two surprises yet to come. 768 00:37:54,139 --> 00:37:55,648 A deal is a deal, Emerson. 769 00:37:56,094 --> 00:37:57,640 Penny's waiting in the car. 770 00:37:58,283 --> 00:37:59,880 I guess you two can catch up. 771 00:38:00,544 --> 00:38:01,640 And thank you. 772 00:38:02,178 --> 00:38:03,941 No-one else could have done what you did. 773 00:38:03,981 --> 00:38:06,456 No-one else would have been stupid enough to even try. 774 00:38:06,797 --> 00:38:08,985 You know, this is a crazy life you got go on here, Lila. 775 00:38:09,025 --> 00:38:10,680 The kid deserves some normalcy. 776 00:38:11,105 --> 00:38:13,000 You'd be shocked how normal her life is. 777 00:38:13,856 --> 00:38:15,385 School, homework... 778 00:38:16,110 --> 00:38:17,139 braces. 779 00:38:17,792 --> 00:38:18,920 She has braces? 780 00:38:20,547 --> 00:38:23,235 My life may not always be on the straight and narrow, 781 00:38:23,630 --> 00:38:24,680 but Penny's is. 782 00:38:26,276 --> 00:38:28,878 Emerson Cod looked into the eyes that had lied 783 00:38:28,918 --> 00:38:30,960 to him so many times before, 784 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,614 and decided they were lying to him again. 785 00:38:33,989 --> 00:38:36,880 I don't just wanna see Penny for ten minutes. I'm taking her. 786 00:38:38,115 --> 00:38:39,760 My turn to be her parent now. 787 00:38:39,980 --> 00:38:41,097 Surprise. 788 00:38:41,728 --> 00:38:43,834 You leave us be and I'll do what I can to get the cops 789 00:38:43,874 --> 00:38:46,035 to drop the kidnapping charge. Otherwise... 790 00:38:46,583 --> 00:38:48,320 Shoot, ain't no otherwise. 791 00:38:50,358 --> 00:38:52,280 I thought you may want something like this. 792 00:38:53,469 --> 00:38:55,400 Well, don't worry. I'll take good care of her. 793 00:38:55,859 --> 00:38:56,760 I know. 794 00:38:57,505 --> 00:39:00,240 I just don't know how I'm gonna take care of myself anymore. 795 00:39:02,050 --> 00:39:04,760 I'm broke now, car's on its last legs. 796 00:39:08,884 --> 00:39:10,360 Well, take mine. 797 00:39:11,150 --> 00:39:12,758 - No. - Go ahead, take it. 798 00:39:13,616 --> 00:39:15,200 Take it. I'll find something else. 799 00:39:22,598 --> 00:39:25,029 I always could count on your big heart. 800 00:39:27,213 --> 00:39:29,308 Maybe I was a fool to leave you. 801 00:39:32,074 --> 00:39:34,531 People do stupid things when they're in love. 802 00:39:49,385 --> 00:39:50,495 Surprise. 803 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,280 His car disabled and Lila getting away, 804 00:39:54,361 --> 00:39:57,484 Emerson realized he'd been tricked again. 805 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,960 But Penny was alive. 806 00:40:01,649 --> 00:40:06,134 And perhaps, judging from her wide smile, full of braces, 807 00:40:06,315 --> 00:40:10,280 she was with a mother who maybe even loved her as much as he did. 808 00:40:10,571 --> 00:40:12,365 One way or another, 809 00:40:12,705 --> 00:40:14,436 he would find Penny. 810 00:40:17,881 --> 00:40:20,080 Dear Mr Cod, congratulations. 811 00:40:20,713 --> 00:40:23,430 And now, with the news that his pop-up book, 812 00:40:23,470 --> 00:40:27,888 Lil'Gum Shoe, had been accepted by a publisher and was going to press, 813 00:40:28,138 --> 00:40:30,614 maybe it was only a matter of time 814 00:40:30,829 --> 00:40:33,331 before Penny found him. 815 00:40:33,750 --> 00:40:36,337 Synchro: Salomon & Gaillots Rereading: Bruno & Toupack 816 00:40:36,377 --> 00:40:38,533 Subtitles: A²S Team --==All-about-Subs.fr==-- 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net