WEBVTT 00:00:17.490 --> 00:00:24.629 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:24.629 --> 00:00:27.649 to our world of mystery and the macaw world. 00:00:28.710 --> 00:00:32.250 How much do you know about rats? About as much 00:00:32.250 --> 00:00:35.530 as I did, I suppose, before I heard of the strange 00:00:35.530 --> 00:00:37.969 crimes at the Merriweather Research Institute. 00:00:38.990 --> 00:00:42.530 It all began with certain experiments on a strain 00:00:42.530 --> 00:00:46.570 of rat known in scientific circles as Ratus Novigicus. 00:00:47.049 --> 00:00:54.429 and ended with death. Grey. What? The rat. Can 00:00:54.429 --> 00:00:57.850 the rat get out of that cage? To end? On one. 00:00:58.270 --> 00:01:01.390 Whether Wayne told the truth about Atticus being 00:01:01.390 --> 00:01:04.010 able to slip a latch on the cage? If he did, 00:01:05.049 --> 00:01:10.769 what happens to us? Grey. Don't think about it, 00:01:10.769 --> 00:01:23.689 Barrett. Don't think about it. Our mystery drama, 00:01:24.030 --> 00:01:27.049 The Rat, was written especially for the mystery 00:01:27.049 --> 00:01:31.069 theater by George Lother and stars Michael Wager. 00:01:31.909 --> 00:01:43.810 I'll be back shortly with act one. Still there? 00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:49.439 Good. I admire your nerve. All right then. Come 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.239 along with me to the laboratory of Dr. Grayson 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:55.159 Carter, behavioral scientist at the Merriweather 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:59.719 Research Institute. As you see, in that cage 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:02.659 there, which covers one wall of the laboratory, 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:09.259 are about 150 rats. Big, too, aren't they? That 00:02:09.259 --> 00:02:11.319 handsome, dark -haired man in the white coat 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:15.020 is Dr. Carter. And as you can hear, he's dictating 00:02:15.020 --> 00:02:18.539 a report. Report to Dr. Christopher Morton from 00:02:18.539 --> 00:02:21.219 Dr. Grecian Carter concerning experiment number 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:25.419 17 on Rattus norvegicus. As you know, my entire 00:02:25.419 --> 00:02:28.300 theory is based on my conviction that of the 00:02:28.300 --> 00:02:31.580 2 ,000 rat species in the world, the Muridi rat, 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.080 especially the brown rat of Norway, Rattus norvegicus, 00:02:35.139 --> 00:02:38.300 is the most intelligent. Although they originated 00:02:38.300 --> 00:02:40.219 in Asia Minor, they have spread throughout the 00:02:40.219 --> 00:02:43.740 world. As you know, my... Oh, sorry, Gray, you're 00:02:43.740 --> 00:02:46.250 just changing... Donnie, come on in. I can't 00:02:46.250 --> 00:02:49.110 stay long. I'm going to the hospital to bring 00:02:49.110 --> 00:02:51.770 Wayne home. Oh, so soon. Quick recovery, I'd 00:02:51.770 --> 00:02:53.889 say. It wasn't really a bad attack this time. 00:02:54.409 --> 00:02:57.150 Oh? Doris, he couldn't move. He was absolutely 00:02:57.150 --> 00:02:59.729 paralyzed with pain. When his back goes out like 00:02:59.729 --> 00:03:02.509 that and the muscle spasms, he is helpless, yes. 00:03:02.509 --> 00:03:04.789 And sometimes it takes weeks in traction for 00:03:04.789 --> 00:03:07.310 him to recover, but sometimes only a few days. 00:03:08.789 --> 00:03:12.650 Doris, you are going to go through with it. Tell 00:03:12.650 --> 00:03:17.020 him I want a divorce so I can marry you. Yes. 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:22.219 But I'm sure he'll refuse. I want you for my 00:03:22.219 --> 00:03:26.039 wife. And I want the world to know it. If Wayne 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.979 refuses to give you a divorce... Ray? Oh, it's 00:03:28.979 --> 00:03:32.259 Attila again. Attila? That big fella there, the 00:03:32.259 --> 00:03:35.740 one bigger than the rest. Oh, good heavens, he 00:03:35.740 --> 00:03:39.479 is good. He's killing that other rat. Attila! 00:03:40.099 --> 00:03:47.870 Stop! That'll calm him down. What is that stuff 00:03:47.870 --> 00:03:50.870 you threw into the cage? Blood feed. Blood feed? 00:03:51.469 --> 00:03:53.770 Oh, kind of rough animal feed mixed with blood. 00:03:54.490 --> 00:03:57.789 Oh, rats love it. I use it as a reward. When 00:03:57.789 --> 00:04:00.370 a rat learns to do something, perform some little 00:04:00.370 --> 00:04:02.469 task or trick, I reward him with a pan of feed. 00:04:02.930 --> 00:04:05.490 Are they as intelligent as you thought? Well, 00:04:05.490 --> 00:04:08.849 I'm not sure intelligence is the word. Cunning. 00:04:09.770 --> 00:04:13.909 Yeah, just resourceful. Cunning and resourceful. 00:04:14.590 --> 00:04:16.589 At this point in my experiments, I'm inclined 00:04:16.589 --> 00:04:18.769 to think that a rat can figure out a way to do 00:04:18.769 --> 00:04:21.430 anything. Well, within reason, of course. If 00:04:21.430 --> 00:04:23.490 there's something to be gained by it. I'm not 00:04:23.490 --> 00:04:26.730 sure I understand. Well, for example, you see 00:04:26.730 --> 00:04:29.769 that billiard ball in the cage? Yes. Attila has 00:04:29.769 --> 00:04:32.069 learned and so have some of the others, but he's 00:04:32.069 --> 00:04:34.470 the smartest. He's learned to push that ball 00:04:34.470 --> 00:04:37.089 up that trough and then to maneuver it into that 00:04:37.089 --> 00:04:39.569 hole at the top. When it goes through the hole, 00:04:39.689 --> 00:04:41.370 it drops to the bottom of the tube and triggers 00:04:41.370 --> 00:04:43.779 the opening of that trap door. And what are you 00:04:43.779 --> 00:04:45.639 supposed to be behind that tractor? Don't tell 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:49.660 me. They're feed. You learn fast, too. Yeah. 00:04:50.579 --> 00:04:52.160 Let me see if I can teach you something you'll 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:59.540 enjoy learning. Oh, Gray. Gray Guy. You're a 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:02.860 wonderful teacher. I'm sorry to interfere with 00:05:02.860 --> 00:05:06.459 your mug making. You look surprised, my dear. 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:10.939 I... I was coming to the hospital to pick you 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:14.720 up. You knew that. Wayne, let me make one thing 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.779 clear. Oh, don't bother, Gray. What's been going 00:05:17.779 --> 00:05:19.959 on between you and my wife is very clear. Wayne! 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:22.800 Do you think... Do you really think you've managed 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.120 to cover up your little game of love? There is 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:28.240 nothing illicit. Oh, isn't there? You steal my 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.699 wife just as you stole the Schuyler Award for 00:05:30.699 --> 00:05:32.779 a circuit. Stole the May Award? What are you 00:05:32.779 --> 00:05:35.800 talking about? Oh, you don't know? Well, I suppose 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:37.819 it's scarcely surprising. Oh, now look, Wayne! 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:44.800 Now get your hands off! Oh! Wayne! My back! That's 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:48.399 okay. Just a sudden cringe, thanks to you, Grey. 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:51.920 I'm sorry if I caused you any pain. I just want 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:54.259 to tell you that... Or you'll tell me nothing. 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:58.779 I'll tell you. You stole my wife. You stole the 00:05:58.779 --> 00:06:01.420 award. But there's something you're not going 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:04.220 to steal because I've got the entire track. The 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:06.439 directorship of this institute. Wayne, I have 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:08.500 no interest in becoming director of this institute. 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:14.069 Good. Because you won't get it. I will. I'm going 00:06:14.069 --> 00:06:16.589 to our apartment, Doris. I'll expect you there 00:06:16.589 --> 00:06:25.589 in five minutes. Five minutes. Or else. What 00:06:25.589 --> 00:06:29.589 does he mean, or else? Nothing. He's just upset. 00:06:29.870 --> 00:06:34.310 He meant something. I want to know what. That 00:06:34.310 --> 00:06:37.110 bruise on your cheek a few weeks ago, you didn't 00:06:37.110 --> 00:06:41.129 get it from a fall. No. Oh, that dirty... Grape 00:06:41.129 --> 00:06:43.420 leaves. You're gonna leave me. Divorce or no 00:06:43.420 --> 00:06:54.500 divorce. We'll see, darling. We'll see. Wayne, 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.600 we can't go on like this. We? I'm not going on 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.279 with anything. I'm entirely happy with things 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:04.519 as they are. Or will be, once I get rid of Dr. 00:07:04.699 --> 00:07:09.420 Grayson Carter. Get rid of him? Oh, I don't mean 00:07:09.420 --> 00:07:12.899 kill him. Morton has promised me I'll take his 00:07:12.899 --> 00:07:15.699 place as director once he retires. That'll be 00:07:15.699 --> 00:07:18.779 soon. As director of the Institute, my first 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:23.120 action will be to fire Grayson Carter. You can't 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.279 do that. Oh, I can do more than that. I'll not 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:28.100 only bounce him, but I'll sow dirty his reputation. 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.339 It'll end his career. Oh, could you possibly 00:07:31.339 --> 00:07:33.879 dirty Gray's reputation? Oh, that's very simple 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:36.360 by spreading the word that he's a wife stealer. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.759 What? That he turned a loving wife, my loving 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:43.480 wife, into a cheap... Don't you ever do that 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:47.060 again, Dallas, or you'll regret that. A lot worse 00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:50.360 than you did the last time. You lay a hand on 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.000 me again. I lay more than a hand on you, and 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:59.339 you'd better keep that in mind. Now, there will 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:04.139 be no divorce. You don't love me? I couldn't 00:08:04.139 --> 00:08:07.019 care less. But you're not going to love anyone 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:09.540 else either, and that means, beginning now, you're 00:08:09.540 --> 00:08:13.300 to stop seeing Grayson Carter. I will not stop 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:17.079 seeing Grayson. Oh, I think you will. For his 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:20.699 sake, if not yours. I've told you what I intend 00:08:20.699 --> 00:08:24.259 to do to him once I become director. But I could 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:27.300 do even more than that. I don't see how you could 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:30.639 do it. I don't intend to tell you. But there 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:34.399 is one way you can find out. Just keep seeing 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:38.970 him. Just keep letting him take you in his arms 00:08:38.970 --> 00:08:43.509 Fondling you're kissing you I could kill you 00:08:43.509 --> 00:08:48.830 come along with you. I could You look a little 00:08:48.830 --> 00:09:05.879 bro Dr. Cheney here Oh, yes Well, it certainly 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:11.179 would. I'll be there in five minutes. Well, it's 00:09:11.179 --> 00:09:14.980 come quicker than I thought. Morton wants to 00:09:14.980 --> 00:09:20.379 see me in his office, and right now. Unless I 00:09:20.379 --> 00:09:22.480 miss my guest, the next time you see me, I'll 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.159 be the director of Merriweather Institute. And 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.039 your love will be on its way down the drain. 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.620 Oh, good to see you, Wayne. Come in, come in. 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:43.519 Thank you, Chris. Sit down, sit down. How are 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:47.039 you feeling? Oh, couldn't be better. Back okay? 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:50.100 Oh, yes. A few days in traction always does the 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:53.340 trick. Eh, not always. There've been times when 00:09:53.340 --> 00:09:56.799 it took two, sometimes three weeks. No, no, never 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:00.059 that long. Well now, what I wanted to see you 00:10:00.059 --> 00:10:04.360 about. I think I know. If anyone deserves promotion, 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:08.220 you do. And... We have talked about your becoming 00:10:08.220 --> 00:10:12.820 director. As I made clear to you, Chris, I'm 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:16.360 your man. Yes, you are. Though, to put it more 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:22.440 accurately, you were. Were? I'm as sorry as I 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:27.799 can be, but the board turned you down. Well, 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:31.179 how could they? When you say you recommended, 00:10:31.379 --> 00:10:35.019 I was your first choice. That's true. Well, nobody 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:38.139 carries more weight than you. The board does, 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:42.139 I'm afraid. I'm also afraid that your record 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:47.559 was against you. My... my back problem? Yes. 00:10:49.059 --> 00:10:51.299 Well, what the hell has my back problem got to 00:10:51.299 --> 00:10:54.539 do with my ability as director? Not your ability, 00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:58.179 but your... well, your disability, you might 00:10:58.179 --> 00:11:02.159 say. To kick me aside just because I've got a 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:05.809 trick back? There was... Another reason what 00:11:05.809 --> 00:11:08.889 other reason well they felt and really Wayne. 00:11:08.889 --> 00:11:12.289 I've got to go along with this They felt it would 00:11:12.289 --> 00:11:15.769 be useful to the Institute. You know helpful 00:11:15.769 --> 00:11:19.070 in the political and social way Fundraising and 00:11:19.070 --> 00:11:22.269 all that to have a man in the director's chair 00:11:22.269 --> 00:11:26.070 with as much prestige as possible prestige I've 00:11:26.070 --> 00:11:28.909 got any number of doctorates books. I've written 00:11:28.909 --> 00:11:33.830 discovery very true But you don't have the Schuyler 00:11:33.830 --> 00:11:39.370 Award for research. Grayson Carter does. What 00:11:39.370 --> 00:11:43.429 is it, Wayne? Wayne, you've gone as wide as a 00:11:43.429 --> 00:11:50.889 sheet. Are you ill? Grayson Carter. They chose 00:11:50.889 --> 00:11:58.149 Grayson Carter? Yes. And you... you agreed? It 00:11:58.149 --> 00:12:00.450 wouldn't have served any purpose to disagree. 00:12:00.669 --> 00:12:04.769 But you agreed. After assuring me that I'd replace 00:12:04.769 --> 00:12:08.090 you after promising me the job. No, now I don't 00:12:08.090 --> 00:12:11.809 remember promising. You did, you did. Right here 00:12:11.809 --> 00:12:14.169 in this office you promised me. Wayne, my dear 00:12:14.169 --> 00:12:17.870 fellow. You'll regret this. I promise you, you'll 00:12:17.870 --> 00:12:21.389 regret it. And I'll keep my promise. You wait 00:12:21.389 --> 00:12:38.049 and see. You wait and see. Wayne! Oh, yes, Gray. 00:12:39.210 --> 00:12:40.450 That didn't wake you up or something, did it? 00:12:40.710 --> 00:12:43.169 Oh, no, gracious man, it's only nine o 'clock. 00:12:43.710 --> 00:12:46.129 But I have been lying here in my bedroom with 00:12:46.129 --> 00:12:48.649 the lights off. I've got a splitting headache. 00:12:49.070 --> 00:12:52.529 A rough day? Yeah, I broke the news to Wayne 00:12:52.529 --> 00:12:56.190 this afternoon. He took it badly. Oh, I'm sorry. 00:12:56.809 --> 00:12:59.549 Well, he'll get over it. What can I do for you, 00:12:59.769 --> 00:13:01.669 Gray? Well, I was wondering if you'd listen to 00:13:01.669 --> 00:13:03.830 that last report of mine on Rattus nervegicus. 00:13:04.129 --> 00:13:06.750 No, but I... It was just about to, actually. 00:13:07.330 --> 00:13:09.549 I got the tape recorder right here on my bedside 00:13:09.549 --> 00:13:12.529 table and was just about to turn it on. Oh, fine. 00:13:12.710 --> 00:13:14.330 Listen, I'm anxious to get your reaction. Could 00:13:14.330 --> 00:13:16.210 you call me when you're finished? Of course. 00:13:16.789 --> 00:13:19.649 How long is the tape? Oh, 20 minutes, thereabouts. 00:13:20.169 --> 00:14:03.419 I'll call you back, Gray. Even as dr. Christopher 00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:05.879 Morton listens to dr. Grayson Carter's report 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:09.440 on his experiment with rats at killer Largest 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.080 and most cunning of all flings himself at Morton's 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:18.720 throat Trouble lies ahead and stark terror. I'll 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:33.100 be back shortly with act two You suppose it was 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:36.039 dr. Wayne Cheney who put a tell of the rat in 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:40.159 dr. Morton's bedroom almost bet on it myself. 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:44.460 He certainly had the motive, his insane jealousy 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:47.860 of Dr. Grayson Carter, plus Carter being appointed 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:50.039 director of the Marowether Institute instead 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:53.899 of himself. But how could he have transported 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:57.960 the rat to Dr. Morton's bedroom? Seems to be 00:14:57.960 --> 00:14:59.960 a question that bothers Lieutenant Enright of 00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:03.360 the police, too. Sit down, gentlemen, and thank 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:05.460 you for coming here to headquarters. I'd have 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:07.740 come to the Institute, but... Frankly, I'm up 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:09.919 to my ears in emergency police work. I'm happy 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:12.259 to cooperate, Lieutenant. Of course. I asked 00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:14.179 both of you here because the two of you were 00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:16.940 closer to Dr. Morton than anyone else. But I 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:19.759 especially asked you, Dr. Carter, because, well, 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:23.039 it was one of your rats that killed Dr. Morton. 00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:26.080 A tragedy I don't expect to get over, Lieutenant. 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:29.960 Now, according to a report here made out by Sergeant 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:33.000 James of homicide, when he and his squad arrived 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.600 at the Institute last night, you would have... 00:15:35.629 --> 00:15:37.929 Apparently, captured the rat and returned it 00:15:37.929 --> 00:15:41.330 to its cage. Is that so? Yes. Tell me about that. 00:15:42.009 --> 00:15:46.190 Well, there isn't much to tell. Dr. Chaney heard 00:15:46.190 --> 00:15:49.250 Dr. Morton's screams. Hold it a second. How did 00:15:49.250 --> 00:15:51.750 you hear the screams, Dr. Chaney? Were you in 00:15:51.750 --> 00:15:54.809 Dr. Morton's house? No, I happened to be passing 00:15:54.809 --> 00:15:58.090 it on my way to the Institute Library. I want 00:15:58.090 --> 00:16:00.490 to tell you, or maybe you know, Morton lived 00:16:00.490 --> 00:16:02.710 alone except for a housekeeper and she was out 00:16:02.710 --> 00:16:05.169 for the evening. I found that out later, of course. 00:16:05.610 --> 00:16:07.970 Well, anyhow, I was passing the house, heard 00:16:07.970 --> 00:16:11.149 the screams, rushed in and up to his bedroom. 00:16:13.690 --> 00:16:18.669 Go on, please. It's all so horrible. The rat, 00:16:19.509 --> 00:16:23.870 that monster of a rat was on him, tearing at 00:16:23.870 --> 00:16:29.169 his throat. I can't go on, I'm sorry. What did 00:16:29.169 --> 00:16:32.250 you do? Well, the only thing I could do was phone 00:16:32.250 --> 00:16:36.840 me. I rushed over, of course, and... I'll capture 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:39.539 the two of them. How did you manage to do that? 00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:41.960 I've been working with these rats for months 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:45.080 now, studying their behavioral patterns, their 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:46.980 emotional reactions, and so on. My experiments 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:49.320 have included rewards for certain actions I've 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:52.299 taught them to perform. Actions? You mean tricks? 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:55.320 Well, yes, you could call them tricks, I guess, 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:57.340 but they're really experiments in rodentia IQ, 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.299 the intelligence quotient of rats. Pretty smart, 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:03.179 I understand rats. I'm discovering they're even 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:05.660 smarter than I thought. Have you any idea how 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:11.819 this Attila got into Dr. Morton's bedroom? Oh, 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:17.259 do you? Yes. He was put there. He couldn't have 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:19.599 gotten there any other way. Mind explaining? 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:22.619 My laboratory is in the Institute building, and 00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:24.640 the building is across the square from Dr. Morton's 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:29.200 house. Someone must have opened the big wrapped 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:33.119 cage, lured Attila into a portable cage. Carried 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:35.279 him to dr. Morton's house and released him in 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:37.519 Morton's bedroom for the purpose of killing dr. 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:41.799 Morton Yes, have you any ideas to who wanted 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:51.720 to kill dr. Morton? Well Yes, I do who I Can't 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:55.519 tell you that it's only a suspicion I have and 00:17:55.519 --> 00:18:01.750 he suspects me or you need not so surprised Morton 00:18:01.750 --> 00:18:03.450 promised me the directorship of the Institute 00:18:03.450 --> 00:18:06.490 and broke his promise by giving it to you. So 00:18:06.490 --> 00:18:10.029 who'd have a better motive than me, hm? The whole 00:18:10.029 --> 00:18:13.670 Institute knows you seduced my wife, stole her 00:18:13.670 --> 00:18:16.049 affection, were making love to her, were warning 00:18:16.049 --> 00:18:19.430 you... Hold it, hold it, both of you. I'm sorry. 00:18:19.470 --> 00:18:21.930 If I'd known things were like this between you, 00:18:21.930 --> 00:18:24.849 I'd have interviewed you separately. You've told 00:18:24.849 --> 00:18:27.289 me all you can at this point. Thank you for coming. 00:18:27.549 --> 00:18:32.039 Oh, and Dr. Carter. Yes? I... Take special security 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:38.700 measures with those rats of yours from now on. 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:51.140 Dr. Carter. Oh, hello, Mr. Berkowitz. Okay. Aaron, 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:53.680 then. Guess I'm not used to calling board shamans 00:18:53.680 --> 00:19:01.730 by their first names. Yes? Wildlife. I hate to 00:19:01.730 --> 00:19:03.910 wash up the experiment when it's only a few weeks 00:19:03.910 --> 00:19:07.829 short of completion. Well, yes, I know it's been 00:19:07.829 --> 00:19:11.150 a month since Dr. Morton's death, but... Well, 00:19:11.569 --> 00:19:13.930 you know, I have spent as much time as possible 00:19:13.930 --> 00:19:20.190 doing my job as director. Come in, Darce. Aaron, 00:19:20.190 --> 00:19:24.150 I couldn't agree more. Well, let me think about 00:19:24.150 --> 00:19:25.829 it, will you? I'll get back to you later today, 00:19:25.829 --> 00:19:32.650 right? Darce, sweetheart. Great, dear. That was 00:19:32.650 --> 00:19:34.950 Aaron Berkowitz, chairman of the board of trustees. 00:19:36.670 --> 00:19:38.390 The board feels I'm not giving enough time to 00:19:38.390 --> 00:19:40.730 my duties as director. You're knocking yourself 00:19:40.730 --> 00:19:46.549 out. You look tired and worried. Worried? No. 00:19:46.789 --> 00:19:53.170 Yes, you are. I can tell. What is it? Well, to 00:19:53.170 --> 00:19:55.890 be honest, there's nothing going on here in the 00:19:55.890 --> 00:20:00.849 lab. Puzzles me. I don't understand it. What? 00:20:02.049 --> 00:20:06.170 I think someone's getting in here at night and 00:20:06.170 --> 00:20:10.369 tampering with the rats. Tampering? Doing something. 00:20:10.490 --> 00:20:15.529 I don't know. The rats seem to be keyed up on 00:20:15.529 --> 00:20:18.930 edge, especially Attila. Any rats give me the 00:20:18.930 --> 00:20:23.009 shakes, but Attila, how could anyone except you 00:20:23.009 --> 00:20:25.690 get in here? You had that special lock put on 00:20:25.690 --> 00:20:28.410 the door after Dr. Morton's death. I know, but 00:20:28.410 --> 00:20:32.390 oh. Someone could have a key made, I suppose. 00:20:32.490 --> 00:20:35.329 But why? Who would want to come in here? Secretly, 00:20:35.329 --> 00:20:41.009 I mean. For what reason? Wayne. Gray. I know 00:20:41.009 --> 00:20:43.549 you think he killed Dr. Morton. I am sure he 00:20:43.549 --> 00:20:46.549 did, darling. Trouble is, I can't prove it. I 00:20:46.549 --> 00:20:48.349 can't prove he's the one who's prowling around 00:20:48.349 --> 00:20:51.450 in here when I'm gone either. But I'm pretty 00:20:51.450 --> 00:20:53.829 sure it is him. Oh, Gray, why don't you give 00:20:53.829 --> 00:20:56.289 up this whole thing? This whole experiment? These 00:20:56.289 --> 00:20:59.359 rats! Suppose they got out of that cage while 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:01.599 you were here. A hundred and fifty... Oh, hey, 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:05.000 darling, cool it. A hundred and fifty rats aren't 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:07.920 getting out of any cage. Not while I'm here. 00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:10.700 One of them did. Attila did. He did not get out. 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:13.319 He was taken out. Look here, let me show you 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:15.180 why it's impossible. Great, please, I've got 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:18.660 to... I want you to stop worrying. Now, see this 00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:23.119 boat? Yes. Well, it's on the outside of the cage. 00:21:23.589 --> 00:21:25.670 The only way to open this door is for someone 00:21:25.670 --> 00:21:29.769 to slide the bolt back, like so. What? Couldn't 00:21:29.769 --> 00:21:33.029 the rat you say that so clever? A rat. Reach 00:21:33.029 --> 00:21:37.809 through the bars and slide the bolt. Well, I... 00:21:37.809 --> 00:21:42.509 I guess so. Well? But he... he has to be taught 00:21:42.509 --> 00:21:43.869 to do it. That's the way I've taught him to do 00:21:43.869 --> 00:21:47.549 other things. Honey, I am not teaching a rat 00:21:47.549 --> 00:21:52.089 how to slide the bolt back. Well... I'll be glad 00:21:52.089 --> 00:21:54.069 when this whole experiment is over and John was 00:21:54.069 --> 00:21:56.309 in your safe behind your desk in the director's 00:21:56.309 --> 00:22:00.049 office. Oh, stop worrying, Doris. About the rats, 00:22:00.049 --> 00:22:02.450 anyway. We've got other things to worry about. 00:22:04.630 --> 00:22:10.210 Did you ask Wayne for a divorce again? Yes. He 00:22:10.210 --> 00:22:14.049 just laughed at me. I guess I'm just gonna have 00:22:14.049 --> 00:22:16.690 this out with him. But there's nothing you can 00:22:16.690 --> 00:22:20.309 do. He is my husband. He's got to give you a 00:22:20.309 --> 00:22:24.150 divorce. He won't. No, he won't. Is he at home 00:22:24.150 --> 00:22:27.210 now? Yes, at least he was when I left once. Come 00:22:27.210 --> 00:22:29.950 on. We'll see him together. Wait, wait a minute. 00:22:29.950 --> 00:22:31.930 I am not waiting another second. This thing has 00:22:31.930 --> 00:22:40.109 dragged on long enough. Drop dead, Grain. Oh, 00:22:40.150 --> 00:22:43.029 Wayne, be reasonable. Reasonable? You asked me 00:22:43.029 --> 00:22:45.849 to be reasonable? Wayne, I don't love you anymore. 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:48.319 I love Gray, so what's the use of our being? 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:52.339 There's no use. No use at all. I'd be happy to 00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:55.140 be rid of you. Happy to give you a divorce, except 00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:58.160 that would make you happy. If there's one thing 00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.660 in this world, I'll do everything to prevent 00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:01.880 it, your happiness. What kind of a man are you? 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:06.259 I detest you. I say it calmly because I have 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:09.119 to. My doctor's made it very clear to me that 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:11.059 extreme emotion, especially anger, can bring 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:13.839 on another back seizure. And what about hate? 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:17.440 Oh, I find hating you decidedly comforting, my 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:20.339 dear. It gives me greater pleasure than you'll 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:26.220 ever know. In fact, I hate you so much. Well, 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:29.859 yes, why not? I might even give you a divorce. 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:32.259 Oh, don't play games. I'm not playing games. 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:36.759 I might just give Doris her freedom. All right. 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:40.359 Why? Why? Because I know what her life with you 00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:43.529 will be like. I know you for what you are, Gray. 00:23:44.670 --> 00:23:47.410 A self -centered character who has only one interest 00:23:47.410 --> 00:23:51.529 in life, himself. And once she married you, once 00:23:51.529 --> 00:23:54.450 you got what you wanted, she'd find out what 00:23:54.450 --> 00:23:57.650 you really like. No better than those rats of 00:23:57.650 --> 00:24:02.670 yours. I ignore your insults for what they are. 00:24:03.089 --> 00:24:06.450 To me, nothing. Are you serious about giving 00:24:06.450 --> 00:24:10.009 Doris her freedom? I'll think about it. Now, 00:24:10.009 --> 00:24:12.220 if you don't mind, I'll ask you to leave. I'll 00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:18.000 see you to the door. Gray, can he possibly mean 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.119 it? I don't trust him. One way of making us miserable 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:24.640 would be to raise our hopes and then dash them 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:27.519 to the ground. Don't get your hopes too high. 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:34.640 Goodbye, dear. How can you bear to leave him 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:40.759 out of your sight? Wayne, did you mean it? Will 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:43.039 you give me a divorce? I said I'd think about 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:47.220 it, didn't I? But did you mean it? Did I mean 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:52.880 it? Why, yes, I meant it. It is possible that 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:55.000 were I to give you your freedom to marry him, 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:57.039 you'd come to loathe each other in very little 00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:01.599 time. I'd take my chances. Of course, because 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:07.200 you're in love. So madly in love. But now another 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:10.660 thought strikes me. And it's a thought I don't 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:17.579 relish at all. What thought? Wayne, what thought? 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:22.019 The thought that you might be right and I wrong. 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:25.319 But if you marry Gray, you might spend the rest 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:30.740 of your life deliriously happy. I couldn't have 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:41.779 that. Could I? Wayne? Are you all right? Wayne 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:46.339 I'm thinking You asked me if I would think it 00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:48.400 over and that's what I'm doing thinking it over. 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:53.980 Oh I'm not only thinking it over I've come to 00:25:53.980 --> 00:26:04.500 a decision and What is your decision? No What 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:16.940 do you want your death You didn't see Dr. Morton 00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:19.319 when that rat -a -tiller was finished with him. 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:22.140 Oh, no. You didn't see the throat. Oh, stop it. 00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:26.579 And all done by one rat. Think what two rats 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:30.960 could do. Or ten. Or a hundred and fifty. What 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:41.039 are you saying? You're the one. You fit in Grey's 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:45.349 lab at night. Yes. Yes, of course. What were 00:26:45.349 --> 00:26:50.089 you doing? Well, what do you do with rats? If 00:26:50.089 --> 00:26:53.130 the celebrated behavioral scientist after Grayson 00:26:53.130 --> 00:26:56.490 Carter is to be taken seriously, you teach them 00:26:56.490 --> 00:27:02.509 tricks. I have been teaching them tricks. A correction. 00:27:03.490 --> 00:27:08.450 I have been teaching one of them a trick. What 00:27:08.450 --> 00:27:11.150 kind of trick? Oh, I hate to admit this, but 00:27:11.150 --> 00:27:16.789 Gray is absolutely right. are clever. One of 00:27:16.789 --> 00:27:19.890 them is Enia. The one I lured into a portable 00:27:19.890 --> 00:27:24.009 cage with the special feed and transported to 00:27:24.009 --> 00:27:27.829 the bedroom of our late Dr. Morton. What else? 00:27:29.390 --> 00:27:32.690 You know it. Gray knows it. I'm quite sure that 00:27:32.690 --> 00:27:36.210 even Lieutenant Enright knows it. But none of 00:27:36.210 --> 00:27:41.930 you can prove it. What are you going to do? Kill 00:27:41.930 --> 00:27:56.890 you. Or rather, they are. They? The rats. Clearly, 00:27:57.150 --> 00:28:00.069 the warped and twisted brain of Dr. Wayne Cheney 00:28:00.069 --> 00:28:03.069 has survived a horrible death for his estranged 00:28:03.069 --> 00:28:06.849 wife, Doris. In a few moments, we'll learn how 00:28:06.849 --> 00:28:11.069 he plans to use those rats. I'll be back shortly 00:28:11.069 --> 00:28:27.259 with Act 3. You're still with me? Good. Well 00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:31.079 now, I'd say that Dr. Wayne Cheney has come unhinged, 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:34.299 wouldn't you? No man in his right mind would 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:37.359 plan to murder his wife by using rats. Excuse 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:42.799 me, one rat. Attila. Now just how he intends 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:48.420 to use Attila, I don't know. You? Well, let's 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:55.059 find out together. Midnight. Doris, the time 00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:58.880 has come. More properly, your time has come. 00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:05.700 Wayne, please, come to your senses. Move. No. 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:08.960 I have ways of making you, you know that. All 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:13.460 too well. You can twist my arm, bend my fingers, 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:19.420 use any of those sadistic grips you have, I will... 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:24.380 Change of mind, my darling? Does it? Oh! Oh, 00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:31.940 please! Yes, please, stop! That's good. There's 00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:42.299 a coil of rope in the closet. Get it. Yes. Very 00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:46.339 good. Bring it along. I warn you, if you try 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:48.359 anything on your way to the laboratory, I'll 00:29:48.359 --> 00:30:03.220 make you wish for death. Well, I won't keep a 00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:06.019 secret from you, Doris. Husbands and wives should 00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:09.819 have no secrets from each other. Uh -oh, I forgot. 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:13.059 You don't go along with that. You believe in 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:16.240 keeping secrets from your husband. Secrets of 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:20.619 illicit love. Wayne, you're wrong. You're so 00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:23.359 wrong. You deny the two of you were meeting secretly? 00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:26.480 Not secretly. Making love secretly? No. Did you 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.940 enjoy being crushed in his arms? Stop it! It 00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:31.970 was nothing like that. You've let your imagination 00:30:31.970 --> 00:30:36.150 invent things that never happened. What are you 00:30:36.150 --> 00:30:38.970 doing? Oh, just tying you up. Why do you think 00:30:38.970 --> 00:30:44.170 you brought the rope? What are you going to do? 00:30:44.410 --> 00:30:48.490 I am going to do nothing. The rats will do it 00:30:48.490 --> 00:30:51.930 all in a holster. I'll be sure your wrists are 00:30:51.930 --> 00:30:55.269 securely tied on your back. Oh, I almost forgot. 00:30:56.430 --> 00:30:58.829 I promised to tell you how I got a key to the 00:30:58.829 --> 00:31:01.470 lock. I don't care how you managed to get it. 00:31:01.490 --> 00:31:04.250 Oh, but you should. Without a key, I never could 00:31:04.250 --> 00:31:08.589 have done the remarkable thing. Yes, the very 00:31:08.589 --> 00:31:13.569 remarkable thing I've done. All right, now to 00:31:13.569 --> 00:31:18.509 tie your feet together at the ankles. You see, 00:31:18.549 --> 00:31:23.109 all I did was simple. All I did was call in a 00:31:23.109 --> 00:31:25.589 locksmith the day Gray went... to a board of 00:31:25.589 --> 00:31:28.609 trustees meeting. I nearly said I'd lost the 00:31:28.609 --> 00:31:33.569 key and needed another. Simple as that. Oh, sorry. 00:31:34.410 --> 00:31:39.470 But I must bind you tightly. There we go. That 00:31:39.470 --> 00:31:43.730 should hold you. Now, I'll just place you on 00:31:43.730 --> 00:31:47.109 the floor. Oh, no, no, please. Oh, I'm sorry, 00:31:47.250 --> 00:31:50.710 my dear, if the floor is cold. But you won't 00:31:50.710 --> 00:31:56.930 be chilling long. Not very long anyhow wait Listen 00:31:56.930 --> 00:32:07.970 to me What are you doing here at this hour? Are 00:32:07.970 --> 00:32:16.829 you trying to get up gray and I'll bring you 00:32:16.829 --> 00:32:29.930 with this chair want to be done out of the pleasure 00:32:29.930 --> 00:32:34.970 no no no he's not dead he's breathing gotta get 00:32:34.970 --> 00:32:41.049 him tied up too before he comes around hardly 00:32:41.049 --> 00:32:44.230 an opportunity to be missed my darling maybe 00:32:44.230 --> 00:32:49.529 there is some justice his wrists tied behind 00:32:49.529 --> 00:32:58.539 his back now for his ankles Now you move and 00:32:58.539 --> 00:33:04.599 I'll belt you again. There we go. Neatly tied 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:08.880 up the two of you. Now isn't this a pretty sight? 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:13.539 The lover and the unfaithful wife trapped... 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:17.700 He's out of his mind. He brought me here to kill 00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:25.089 me. He intends to have the rats kill me. There's 00:33:25.089 --> 00:33:27.289 no sense trying to prove yourself. You're tied 00:33:27.289 --> 00:33:31.789 securely, and so is my unfaithful wife. You wish 00:33:31.789 --> 00:33:34.750 to be parted from me, my dear? You wish to dissolve 00:33:34.750 --> 00:33:37.789 our union so you could be united with your lover? 00:33:39.009 --> 00:33:44.430 You shall be united. In death. Beginning now. 00:33:45.869 --> 00:33:49.549 Something I learned from you. Doctor, your experiments 00:33:49.549 --> 00:33:51.930 gave me the weapons with which to kill you both. 00:33:52.890 --> 00:33:55.730 You claimed that rats are animals of superior 00:33:55.730 --> 00:33:58.809 intelligence, and to prove it, and you did prove 00:33:58.809 --> 00:34:01.910 it, you experimented with these monsters in the 00:34:01.910 --> 00:34:05.869 cage for months, true? Well, you proved that 00:34:05.869 --> 00:34:10.510 rats do think. You proved that a rat can be taught, 00:34:10.750 --> 00:34:13.869 within reason, to figure out a problem for himself. 00:34:14.630 --> 00:34:19.510 If it resulted in a war, I know that. Are you 00:34:19.510 --> 00:34:22.760 in a hurry to die? I'm sorry. That doesn't fit 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:26.400 into my plan. Oh, no. I'm going to make you suffer. 00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:30.960 You're going to be torn apart by rats. Those 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:35.860 rats. All of them. Gray. Oh, Gray. Wayne, you 00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:37.679 seem to have forgotten something, Wayne. Oh, 00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:42.079 have I? Let those rats out of the cage and they'll 00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:46.280 attack you, too. Now, why didn't I think of that? 00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:49.940 Wouldn't I have said to myself Wayne the moment 00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:52.719 you slip the bolt on that door and the rats come 00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:57.340 pouring out They'll attack you, too But I did 00:34:57.340 --> 00:35:02.860 think of it Would you believe it I solved the 00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:05.780 problem No, no, no, no, no give credit where 00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:10.280 credit is due You solved it right? You proved 00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:13.079 what remarkable things a rat can do with spur 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:19.130 to do them for a reward clever Very clever. Rats. 00:35:19.369 --> 00:35:24.329 Especially your friend. And mine. A tiller. You've 00:35:24.329 --> 00:35:26.750 been breaking into the lab secretly and... You 00:35:26.750 --> 00:35:29.650 conduct an experiment of my own. And following 00:35:29.650 --> 00:35:32.590 your methods, Gray, I succeeded in teaching a 00:35:32.590 --> 00:35:35.929 tiller to perform a little trick. On command. 00:35:36.070 --> 00:35:39.510 What little trick? I taught him to slide back 00:35:39.510 --> 00:35:42.949 the boat and open the door of the cage. Oh, great. 00:35:43.949 --> 00:35:47.360 Darling. You're not... Making sense, Wayne. You 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:50.559 don't believe a tiller can do it? He's smart 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:52.699 enough to be taught to do it, but you couldn't 00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:55.400 have taught him because once he'd learned he 00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:57.940 could open a cage any time he wanted to. No, 00:35:57.940 --> 00:36:00.780 no, no, no. You're forgetting your own theory. 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:06.320 A rat performs only for a reward. Always there 00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:11.059 must be that reward. A tiller will slide the 00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:14.159 boat back only after it has been smeared with 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:19.380 feed. and I give him the command. Shall I demonstrate? 00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:24.599 Wait. Don't do this. Listen. Let us go. I promise 00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:28.539 you. Wait. I promise you. Promise what? Anything. 00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:35.900 Anything you want. Anything. Wait. I want your 00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:41.719 death and his. And I wanted to be so terrifying 00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:44.260 that you'll die a thousand deaths before the 00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:50.699 final one. A blood trade. Wayne, let Doris go. 00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:55.179 Kill me, but let her go. First I smear this feed 00:36:55.179 --> 00:37:02.019 on the bolt of the door. What do you see? You 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:04.820 see grain. Your friend Attila knows what it's 00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:08.239 all about. You see how he runs back and forth, 00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:13.300 pawing at the door? But he won't touch that bolt. 00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:20.400 Oh no, not till I give the command. No, ladies 00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:22.820 and gentlemen, may I draw your attention to that 00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:27.039 large sack of feed. There on the shelf. You know 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:31.929 what I'm going to do with that? Do you? I'm going 00:37:31.929 --> 00:37:35.050 to get that wing and all the feed it contains. 00:37:36.570 --> 00:37:43.889 Over you. Over both of you. That's heavy. You 00:37:43.889 --> 00:37:46.889 may be interested to know that once I give the 00:37:46.889 --> 00:37:50.650 command to open the boat, it takes a killer about 00:37:50.650 --> 00:37:54.150 five minutes to get it open and then send that 00:37:54.150 --> 00:38:01.980 thing all back. Great. My back. Great. He's just 00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:05.260 had one of his seizures. Seizures of the frog 00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:09.639 and the food. Food attack. My feet is all over 00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:12.860 him. I can't move. I'm paralyzed. I can't move. 00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:15.039 Oh, thank the Lord. He didn't give up till with 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:18.340 the command. He did. The food did. What? I didn't 00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:21.960 give any command. Why is it to a point at the 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:24.780 boat? Why is he trying to slide it back? No, 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:27.699 I didn't give a command. I couldn't have. What 00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:29.940 was the command, Wayne? Was it something that 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:32.679 tripled and opened the bolt? You fool! You fool! 00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:35.099 You said it! You said it! When they give the 00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:36.679 command to open the bolt, you said it'll take 00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:39.280 you till about five minutes to get it open. Oh, 00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:43.980 Lord. I just said, I did, I did. He is? Help 00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:48.559 me. Help me. Help me. How can we? We can't even 00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:54.900 help ourselves. Roll over on your side. Oh, my 00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:58.980 God. Out. Try to lean over it with your back. 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:02.840 Maybe just... Maybe I can move my fingers enough 00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:06.619 to open them. Now, with your wrist. Can you do 00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:09.940 it? You have to try. We've got you. Moran! Moran! 00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:12.599 Listen to them! Listen to them! Gray! They know 00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:16.460 what's happening! They'll come for me! For me! 00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:20.219 I'm covered with feet! They'll tear me to bits! 00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:24.679 Doris, don't move, because your hands still won't 00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:27.800 find us work at that spot. Bees sliding at bubbles, 00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:30.880 and the rats, they'll fall at the front of the 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:33.059 gate, near the door. They can't wait to get out, 00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:41.239 to get at us. Oh, man! Oh, man! Doris, try to 00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:46.719 move your hands. Can you? Can you? No! My hope's 00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:52.170 still there. Great! Your hope? It's too late! 00:39:53.190 --> 00:40:07.570 It's too late! The cage is open! And that's it, 00:40:07.650 --> 00:40:09.429 Lieutenant. That's about all there is to tell. 00:40:09.949 --> 00:40:13.190 I'm amazed you got out at all. That's every one 00:40:13.190 --> 00:40:15.769 of them went for the feed Wayne was covered with. 00:40:16.909 --> 00:40:19.369 And of course, Wayne... If only we could have 00:40:19.369 --> 00:40:21.389 done something to save him. What could you have 00:40:21.389 --> 00:40:24.449 done? If you'd wasted any time once you got untied, 00:40:24.510 --> 00:40:26.590 you'd never made it out of there alive. That 00:40:26.590 --> 00:40:31.710 is for sure. Well, it's over now. I'm not a vengeful 00:40:31.710 --> 00:40:35.170 man, but I must say your husband got what he 00:40:35.170 --> 00:40:38.150 deserved. He used a rat to murder Dr. Morton 00:40:38.150 --> 00:40:41.389 and was murdered himself in the same way. Oh, 00:40:41.489 --> 00:40:45.610 well, one thing, Dr. Carter. Yes? I hope you're 00:40:45.610 --> 00:40:49.849 finished with your experiments. I am. Now time 00:40:49.849 --> 00:40:52.550 for experiments now. I'm gonna be much too busy 00:40:52.550 --> 00:40:57.449 stretch of the Institute and... And what? And 00:40:57.449 --> 00:41:05.809 as your husband, sweetheart. And surely they 00:41:05.809 --> 00:41:09.650 deserved happiness, those two. The fates had 00:41:09.650 --> 00:41:12.030 thrown them a pretty horrible and terrifying 00:41:12.030 --> 00:41:16.590 curve. The kind few of us are ever called on 00:41:16.590 --> 00:41:21.170 to face. At least I hope we aren't. But you never 00:41:21.170 --> 00:41:35.969 know, do you? I'll be back shortly. You'll be 00:41:35.969 --> 00:41:38.610 glad to know that Doris and Grey are happily 00:41:38.610 --> 00:41:42.550 married now, and the parents of twins. Doris 00:41:42.550 --> 00:41:45.780 has kept very busy being a mother. and Gray has 00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:48.079 his hands full as director of the Institute. 00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:51.840 He keeps hoping he'll find time one of these 00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:55.559 days to continue with some research. But rest 00:41:55.559 --> 00:42:00.159 assured, it won't be with rats. Our cast included 00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:03.780 Michael Wager, Joan Loring, Ralph Bell, and Bob 00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:06.940 Caliban. The entire production was under the 00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:10.619 direction of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall 00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:12.980 inviting you to return to our Mystery Theater. 00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:17.800 for another adventure in the Macau. Until next 00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:21.099 time, pleasant dreams.