WEBVTT 00:00:17.769 --> 00:00:24.410 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:24.410 --> 00:00:27.690 to the vivid world of your own imagination. To 00:00:27.690 --> 00:00:32.039 the miracle of your own mind's eye. We have all 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:34.840 of us found ourselves at times in one predicament 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:37.479 or another and wondered how in the world we got 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:41.140 there. Like Fran and Martin Halliday, for instance. 00:00:41.899 --> 00:00:44.539 Is he going to kill us? Why doesn't he get it 00:00:44.539 --> 00:00:47.380 over with? Ever see a cat play with a mouse, 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:50.859 Fran? He's... he's... He's the cat, Van Deer. 00:00:51.259 --> 00:01:05.379 Where's the mice? Our mystery drama, Hurricane, 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.180 was written especially for the Mystery Theater 00:01:08.180 --> 00:01:12.719 by George Loper and stars Joseph Julian and E 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:16.459 .V. Juster. I'll be back shortly with Act One. 00:01:30.759 --> 00:01:34.840 Imagine yourself now in a beach house on the 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:40.620 eastern shore of Florida. It's a wild and isolated 00:01:40.620 --> 00:01:43.780 part of the shore. And right now, the savage 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:46.540 wind and rain of a hurricane are bludgeoning 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:49.939 the house. In the living room, two men are playing 00:01:49.939 --> 00:01:53.180 Scrabble by the light of a kerosene lamp. One 00:01:53.180 --> 00:01:57.140 of them is quite young. He's 20. His left eye 00:01:57.140 --> 00:02:02.620 is badly bruised. The other man was older. In 00:02:02.620 --> 00:02:06.060 his mid -30s, perhaps. He is wearing a shoulder 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:08.960 holster with a .38 caliber revolver in it. Turn 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:11.919 the radio on, Ronnie. Let's get the latest on 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:16.900 the hurricane. Ronnie? Yeah? Don't get any fancy 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:21.840 ideas. Don't make any sudden moves. What ideas? 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.449 What moves? You could put a bullet in me before 00:02:25.449 --> 00:02:27.509 I got halfway to the door. I don't think I would. 00:02:28.650 --> 00:02:42.870 I told you, no sudden moves. Get away from that 00:02:42.870 --> 00:02:47.069 window. What? I heard a car. Hey, Dick! Joe, 00:02:47.129 --> 00:02:48.969 they're crowing the track. Two people, a man 00:02:48.969 --> 00:02:50.870 and a woman, getting up. They're coming in. Damn. 00:02:51.849 --> 00:02:54.439 Shut that thing off. Let me handle this. Don't 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:56.759 give me any trouble, understand? Whatever you 00:02:56.759 --> 00:03:05.800 say, Joe. Yeah? We sorry to trouble you, but 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:07.719 will you let us in, please? I'm sorry, lady, 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:09.240 but... We have to be over on the highway under 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:12.020 one left ahead. We can't go on. We can't go back. 00:03:12.189 --> 00:03:14.250 You've got to take it in. There's a beach house 00:03:14.250 --> 00:03:16.870 about a half a mile up there alive. It's been 00:03:16.870 --> 00:03:21.289 washed away. Look, you can't turn us away. Not 00:03:21.289 --> 00:03:26.770 in there. All right, come in. Thank you. Thank 00:03:26.770 --> 00:03:31.430 you. I'm Martin Halliday. This is my wife, Fran. 00:03:32.250 --> 00:03:36.590 And you? Joe. Joe Carrington. And I'm Ronnie 00:03:36.590 --> 00:03:38.949 Prentiss. You may have heard of my father. All 00:03:38.949 --> 00:03:40.669 right, then I want you to write history. Pleasure 00:03:40.669 --> 00:03:44.110 meeting you. See, that's quite a black eye you've 00:03:44.110 --> 00:03:45.969 got. Yeah, I got it. We went down to the dock 00:03:45.969 --> 00:03:50.150 to secure our boat. Ronnie slipped. Oh, that's 00:03:50.150 --> 00:03:54.669 too bad. Can't help noticing, Mr. Harrington, 00:03:55.409 --> 00:03:59.610 your gun. What about? A little unusual, isn't 00:03:59.610 --> 00:04:02.830 it? I mean, wearing a shoulder holster and a 00:04:02.830 --> 00:04:06.310 gun in the house. Makes me feel as if I'd walked 00:04:06.310 --> 00:04:09.330 into a Humphrey boat and I'd move me. Maybe you 00:04:09.330 --> 00:04:13.039 have. Oh? What do you mean, Mr. Prince? He didn't 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:16.939 mean anything. Making a joke, is all. Where are 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:19.800 you from, you two? Fiesta Key. Yes, we have a 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:23.060 little beach house there. Shack, really. Kind 00:04:23.060 --> 00:04:25.639 of. Get away from it, old place. Get away from 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:28.019 all what? We're school teachers. Jacksonville. 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.300 Fran teaches English. I'm what you call a student 00:04:31.300 --> 00:04:35.879 counselor. Oh, you give advice to kids? Well, 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:39.220 they're not exactly kids. Not at 17 and 18. High 00:04:39.220 --> 00:04:42.029 school, yes. But at that age, adolescents have 00:04:42.029 --> 00:04:45.350 lots of problems, believe me. And you straighten 00:04:45.350 --> 00:04:48.269 them out. Well, let's say I try. My husband has 00:04:48.269 --> 00:04:52.990 a degree in clinical psychology. Oh, very interesting. 00:04:54.189 --> 00:04:56.069 Oh, I'll be back in a moment. Where are you going? 00:04:56.170 --> 00:04:58.389 Well, to heat up the coffee, Joe. They look like 00:04:58.389 --> 00:05:00.250 they could use some hot. Well, what they need 00:05:00.250 --> 00:05:02.509 is a drink. Forget the coffee. Well, I don't 00:05:02.509 --> 00:05:04.870 need a drink. I'd rather have the coffee, thank 00:05:04.870 --> 00:05:08.089 you. Me too. Well, I'll get it. No, wait. Hey. 00:05:08.529 --> 00:05:13.910 Excuse me, I'll give him a hand in the kitchen. 00:05:15.189 --> 00:05:16.829 Martin, there's something funny going on here. 00:05:17.009 --> 00:05:18.930 Yeah, I noticed the way Carrington, the one with 00:05:18.930 --> 00:05:20.990 the gun, kept watching the younger one, like, 00:05:21.350 --> 00:05:24.629 well, a cat watching a mouse. I noticed that 00:05:24.629 --> 00:05:28.269 too, but what I mean, the younger one, Ronnie. 00:05:28.949 --> 00:05:30.990 He seemed to be trying to warn me about something. 00:05:31.509 --> 00:05:34.430 What do you mean, warn you? I don't know. I could 00:05:34.430 --> 00:05:37.740 be wrong, but... There was something, came to 00:05:37.740 --> 00:05:40.319 me, something in his eyes. It's as if he were 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.980 trying to warn me. What's his eyes? And speaking 00:05:42.980 --> 00:05:44.899 of eyes, I don't think he got that shiner in 00:05:44.899 --> 00:05:48.699 a fall. Neither do I. Well, come and get it. 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:52.100 Hot and steaming. Oh, I can use a cup of that. 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:54.360 Thank you. Thank you very much. Here we are. 00:05:55.220 --> 00:05:56.879 There's cream and sugar. You can help yourself. 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.459 Oh, thank you. How do you take yours, Mr. Prendis? 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:03.850 Uh, black. And it's runny. Oh, well. Friend, 00:06:04.029 --> 00:06:08.889 then. Okay. There you are. Mr. Carrington? None 00:06:08.889 --> 00:06:12.370 for me. Ah, you play Scrabble, friend? Love it. 00:06:12.629 --> 00:06:15.129 Well, how about a game with me? Of course. You 00:06:15.129 --> 00:06:16.529 know, come to think of it, maybe I'm fighting 00:06:16.529 --> 00:06:18.569 off more than I can chew, taking on an English 00:06:18.569 --> 00:06:21.470 teacher. What do you want, a handicap? This is 00:06:21.470 --> 00:06:23.269 a nice place you've got here, Mr. Carrington. 00:06:23.629 --> 00:06:25.490 I've been admiring some of the paintings on the 00:06:25.490 --> 00:06:29.050 wall. Who's the artist? A friend of mine. And 00:06:29.050 --> 00:06:33.829 distinctive technique. He's got talent. And problems. 00:06:34.850 --> 00:06:37.790 You think so? Oh, no offense. No, no offense. 00:06:37.930 --> 00:06:40.149 I'm interested. What makes you think he's got 00:06:40.149 --> 00:06:42.790 problems? Well, there's something curious about 00:06:42.790 --> 00:06:46.910 the way... the way... Yeah? It's hard to put 00:06:46.910 --> 00:06:50.170 into words. See, here in this landscape, that 00:06:50.170 --> 00:06:52.370 distant farmhouse is only partially finished. 00:06:52.910 --> 00:06:55.370 And here, here again, these trees are only half 00:06:55.370 --> 00:06:58.449 painted in. As if... well, there's something 00:06:58.449 --> 00:07:01.500 wrong. As if the artist for some reason went 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:06.079 just so far and no further. As if something stopped 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:08.699 him. You shrieks are all alike. I beg your pardon? 00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:12.000 Your wife said you were a psychologist. So? So 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:13.759 right away you gotta read something into this 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:15.860 painting. Like the artist has problems because 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:18.019 he didn't finish painting this or painting that. 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:22.540 Maybe he ran out of paint. Did he? What? He's 00:07:22.540 --> 00:07:25.160 a friend of yours, you said. You know him. Did 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.740 he run out of paint? Or did he just not finish 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:31.990 what he started? Take it easy, Joe. Why pull 00:07:31.990 --> 00:07:34.649 the gun on us? I just accidentally upset the 00:07:34.649 --> 00:07:37.290 Scrabble game, that's all. I thought you were 00:07:37.290 --> 00:07:39.410 going to shoot me. You're pretty edgy, Carrington. 00:07:39.829 --> 00:07:43.310 Sorry. You're practically a nervous wreck. All 00:07:43.310 --> 00:07:45.850 that happened was Ronnie has hit the Scrabble 00:07:45.850 --> 00:07:50.970 game. I said I was sorry. Let me help you pick 00:07:50.970 --> 00:07:53.790 up the pieces. And maybe we could all sit down 00:07:53.790 --> 00:07:57.850 and play. How about it, Mr. Halliday? Sure. Sure, 00:07:57.910 --> 00:08:01.319 help pass the time. Yeah, you count me out. I'm 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:03.480 gonna lie down for a while. A few minutes ago 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:07.839 you wanted to play. Well, I don't now. Nonsense. 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:10.980 You like Scrabble. Not when I'm up against an 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:13.100 English teacher. She was picking her socks off 00:08:13.100 --> 00:08:16.420 me. We'll all play. Sit down, Ronnie. Uh -uh. 00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:21.019 I'm sleepy, Joe. I'm gonna catch a nap. Looks 00:08:21.019 --> 00:08:23.519 like we'll have to play three -handed. Yeah, 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:26.040 yeah. As soon as I get back, I won't be a minute. 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.200 Martin, that boy's in trouble. Where'd you get 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:34.620 that idea? He didn't upset the Scrabble game 00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:37.919 acts of destiny. He did it deliberately. After 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:42.179 he spelled out the words, help me. Help me? Yes. 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.340 I looked at the words, then at him, and he looked 00:08:45.340 --> 00:08:48.100 in Carrington's direction. Martin, that boy's 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:57.600 in danger. Maybe we are too. Joe, no, please 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:00.940 don't handcuff me to the bed. You're up to something 00:09:00.940 --> 00:09:02.960 out there, Ronnie. I'm not taking any chances. 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:05.360 I swear, I wasn't up to anything at all. I think 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.179 I haven't noticed the looks between you and her. 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:09.139 I think I haven't seen you trying to tell her 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:11.639 something with your eyes. And why did you upset 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:14.159 that Scrabble gate? It was an accident. Yeah, 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:16.500 some accident. And all of a sudden you're sleeping 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:18.600 and you want to take a nap. You think you're 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:21.059 kidding. Next thing I know you'd be out that 00:09:21.059 --> 00:09:23.279 window trying to escape. With a hurricane raging 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:25.580 out there, how far do you think I'd get? I don't 00:09:25.580 --> 00:09:28.320 think, I know. You're not getting beyond this 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:36.279 bit. I put these handcuffs on, you're not. We've 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:38.600 got to do something. Fran, I warn you again, 00:09:38.659 --> 00:09:40.620 don't rush into something you'll be sorry for. 00:09:40.820 --> 00:09:43.740 But we've got to help that boy. For all we know, 00:09:43.740 --> 00:09:46.320 we've got to help ourselves. Martin, he's got 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:49.940 a gun, and he's... More coffee before we start 00:09:49.940 --> 00:09:52.960 playing? No, thank you. Change your mind about 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:56.379 a drink, Helen? Why, uh, yes. Yes, I think I 00:09:56.379 --> 00:09:59.250 will. Uh, and on second thought, I... I'll change 00:09:59.250 --> 00:10:01.909 mine about coffee yourself scotch bourbon rye 00:10:01.909 --> 00:10:07.730 will it be what Oh Bourbon coffee cold mind if 00:10:07.730 --> 00:10:10.549 I heat it up mr. Carrington of course not there's 00:10:10.549 --> 00:10:13.350 a gas stove in the kitchen Lucky we don't cook 00:10:13.350 --> 00:10:16.809 with electricity at all went off hours ago kitchens 00:10:16.809 --> 00:10:18.909 through that door. I'll just be a few minutes 00:10:53.990 --> 00:10:58.279 The money is on the way, but What worries me 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:00.519 is I'm sure Carrington's going to kill me once 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:02.679 he gets it. What if he gets the ransom money? 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:04.960 I don't think it'll make any difference. He knows 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:07.620 I can identify him, so he hasn't much choice. 00:11:08.259 --> 00:11:12.200 He has to kill me. You and your husband, too. 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:16.220 Yes. We could identify him. You've got to do 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:18.740 something. We've got to do something. But what? 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:27.210 That's the question, honey. What? She's taking 00:11:27.210 --> 00:11:29.190 her own sweet time about heating that coffee. 00:11:29.549 --> 00:11:31.830 Oh, here she is now. Where have you been? Your 00:11:31.830 --> 00:11:34.169 clothes are soaking wet. How did it happen, Fran? 00:11:34.450 --> 00:11:36.610 While the coffee was heating, I went to the kitchen 00:11:36.610 --> 00:11:38.750 door and opened it. What for? To see what it 00:11:38.750 --> 00:11:41.190 was like out there. The wind caught the door 00:11:41.190 --> 00:11:43.470 and it hit open. I went out to try to close it 00:11:43.470 --> 00:11:45.470 and... You're lying. What have you been up to? 00:11:45.789 --> 00:11:47.590 I haven't been up to anything. You went out the 00:11:47.590 --> 00:11:49.450 kitchen door and around back, didn't you? You 00:11:49.450 --> 00:11:51.750 made your way to the bedroom. No, I swear I didn't. 00:11:51.870 --> 00:11:56.240 Well, I'll soon find out. I'll go see. Have you 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:58.919 gone crazy? You hit him with that candlestick. 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:01.620 You knocked him whole. Get his gun and the key 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:03.559 to the handcuffs out of his pocket. Handcuffs? 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:05.840 Ronnie's handcuffs are in the bed in there. Come 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:09.019 on. Here, take the gun while I hunt for the key. 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:15.460 Not this pocket. Here. Keep him covered, friend. 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:20.399 I'll release Ronnie. Mr. Halliday. It's okay, 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:22.639 Ronnie. I don't know what this is all about yet. 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:25.929 I'll soon have these cuffs off you. Carrington's 00:12:25.929 --> 00:12:30.690 out cold. There. Oh, good. Where's the gun? My 00:12:30.690 --> 00:12:32.870 wife's got it. Keeping Carrington covered. Come 00:12:32.870 --> 00:12:36.870 on. He's still out, huh? Yes. All right, I'll 00:12:36.870 --> 00:12:39.210 take the gun, friend. Yes. Here, I don't want 00:12:39.210 --> 00:12:41.769 it. I don't even like the feel of it. Where's 00:12:41.769 --> 00:12:44.690 my husband? Well, still in the bedroom, I guess. 00:12:45.049 --> 00:12:49.289 What in the world is he doing in... Martin? Martin, 00:12:49.309 --> 00:12:52.929 what are you doing in there? Coming. I thought 00:12:52.929 --> 00:12:55.600 to have a closer look at this. But what is it? 00:12:56.240 --> 00:13:00.059 It was hanging on the wall. In his bedroom. But 00:13:00.059 --> 00:13:05.100 what is it? A straitjacket, Fran. A straitjacket? 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:09.519 Fran, what would a straitjacket be doing in your... 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:15.759 Oh my God. That's right, Fran. You see, I'm insane. 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:19.799 Joe used that straitjacket to keep me quiet when 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:26.190 I got violent. Really violent. But he won't be 00:13:26.190 --> 00:13:42.230 using it on me anymore not anymore As I said 00:13:42.230 --> 00:13:45.870 we sometimes find ourselves in predicaments and 00:13:45.870 --> 00:13:49.190 wonder how we got there Well Fran and Martin 00:13:49.190 --> 00:13:51.649 Halliday needn't wonder how they got into theirs. 00:13:52.210 --> 00:13:56.950 They know I'll be back shortly with act two. 00:14:10.009 --> 00:14:13.529 There are those who say we cannot escape what 00:14:13.529 --> 00:14:16.710 the fates have ordained shall be our future. 00:14:17.710 --> 00:14:21.450 Others contend that we create our own destinies, 00:14:21.789 --> 00:14:24.399 masters of our fate. captains of our soul and 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:29.120 all that. I don't know. Seems to me there's such 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:33.460 a thing as luck, good and bad. And as Fran and 00:14:33.460 --> 00:14:35.820 Martin Halliday stare into the barrel of a gun 00:14:35.820 --> 00:14:38.600 held by Ronnie Prentice, I'd say they're just 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:42.259 victims of circumstance. Wouldn't you? He'll 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:44.299 use his straight jacket on you when you become 00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:48.279 violent. He did. But as I just told you, he won't 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:52.169 anymore. Thanks to you, dear, impulsive friend, 00:14:52.309 --> 00:14:55.429 Halliday. Harrington's coming around. Let's see 00:14:55.429 --> 00:14:57.509 if I can help him. Leave him. He could be seriously 00:14:57.509 --> 00:15:04.110 hurt. Let's hope so. I hope so. Sonny, how did 00:15:04.110 --> 00:15:07.769 you get that gun? She gave it to me after she 00:15:07.769 --> 00:15:11.250 took it away from you. Oh, maybe you made a big 00:15:11.250 --> 00:15:14.649 mistake. He told me you kidnapped him. We're 00:15:14.649 --> 00:15:17.090 holding him for ransom. Did you swallow that? 00:15:17.570 --> 00:15:20.600 I'm afraid I did. Well, don't blame yourself 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:22.820 too much. Ronnie's conned smarter people than 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:25.879 you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Oh, no, 00:15:25.899 --> 00:15:27.899 you shouldn't have said that, Joe. You've offended 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:30.879 her. She's an obvious narcissist type. You should 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:33.679 have realized that. As you did. Of course. That's 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.960 why I went after her sympathy instead of his. 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:39.379 I knew she'd be a pushover. Well, quite the amateur 00:15:39.379 --> 00:15:42.860 psychologist. Amateur? I'll have a lot better 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:45.610 psychologist than you are, Halliday. I'm not 00:15:45.610 --> 00:15:47.889 wasting my life as a kid counselor. And what's 00:15:47.889 --> 00:15:49.450 that supposed to mean? Ronnie, give me the gun. 00:15:49.649 --> 00:15:51.889 Oh, you gotta be kidding. Oh, Ronnie. One more 00:15:51.889 --> 00:15:55.370 step, Joe, and I'll kill you. No. Not me. Not 00:15:55.370 --> 00:15:58.669 after all these years. How many, Joe? I've lost 00:15:58.669 --> 00:16:02.610 count. Nineteen. In four months and 27 days. 00:16:03.250 --> 00:16:06.330 Oh, that's a long time. But never know how long. 00:16:07.269 --> 00:16:11.730 Annoying truth of time. Well, it's over now, 00:16:11.809 --> 00:16:14.879 Joe. End of the line and no transfer. No transfer 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:17.659 for you either if you kill me. I'll put you in 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:22.820 asylum, Ron. Not me. Too clever. Wow, would y 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:25.879 'all like a drink, or is the situation sufficiently 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.360 intoxicating? Your friend? No, thank you. How 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:32.559 about that? Not me. How about you, dear brother 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:37.519 Joe? Dear dedicated, generous, self -sacrificing, 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:41.559 moderish brother. Dear gentle, understanding, 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:47.840 all -suffering... She's back! hit me just once 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:56.220 again ron and and what skip it i'm going over 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:58.980 the bar to make myself a drink now while you 00:16:58.980 --> 00:17:01.799 stay right where you are don't move not an inch 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.500 i said not an inch i was only going to sit down 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:08.319 in this chair and oh my god i'll do more than 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:10.240 tell you with this gun if you disobey me again 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:14.000 now don't move not an inch martin oh martin i'm 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:18.349 sorry it's not your fault Are you sure you don't 00:17:18.349 --> 00:17:21.970 want to drink? Anyone? It's your last chance, 00:17:21.970 --> 00:17:26.869 you know. Well, I'll shoot yourself. And now 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:32.650 who's first? You, Halliday? Yeah, why not you? 00:17:33.630 --> 00:17:36.769 Just one bullet through the head. Painless. So 00:17:36.769 --> 00:17:39.789 don't be afraid. Don't do it. Are you afraid, 00:17:39.849 --> 00:17:45.799 Halliday? I... I don't think so. No. Not afraid 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:50.880 of death? How come? I don't know. I guess if 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:55.500 you believe in God, and I do, I guess you... 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:58.140 Well, you can't be very much afraid of anything, 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.000 really. Well, many people who believe in God 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:05.019 are afraid to die, wouldn't you say? No. I don't 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:08.299 see how they could be afraid if they did. Oh, 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:10.660 provocative speculation. Give me the gun, Ron. 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:14.259 Oh, you're afraid, aren't you? I point the gun 00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:15.599 at you like this, and you don't know whether 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:17.599 I'm going to pull the trigger or not. You are 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:20.160 afraid, aren't you Joe? I certainly don't want 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:24.140 to die. Yet you believe in God. Maybe I do, and 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:27.220 maybe I don't. You do? You do? You told me you 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:30.059 did! I remember a long time ago, you told me 00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:32.259 that you did! You did! Okay, I did. Now you're 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:35.819 trying to confuse me! He - He - He - He just 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:37.420 - He does it all the time! He keeps making me 00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:39.019 think I got things twisted, all mixed up, that 00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:40.400 I'm - that I'm not thinking straight, that I'm 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:43.049 crazy! Don't start that with me Jonah. I'm warning 00:18:43.049 --> 00:18:45.049 you don't start right right and then don't take 00:18:45.049 --> 00:18:46.829 that tone either You know, I can't stand that 00:18:46.829 --> 00:18:49.250 Tom Ron. I will not be treated like a child and 00:18:49.250 --> 00:18:51.470 it can't come I will not Joe I will not and why 00:18:51.470 --> 00:18:53.490 don't you stop behaving like one how they don't 00:18:53.490 --> 00:19:00.390 cross it? Go ahead. How are they? Say anything 00:19:00.390 --> 00:19:06.490 you like to me anything You won't Well, then 00:19:06.490 --> 00:19:09.299 how about your friend? You say something, you 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:11.819 cross me. Would you please let us go? Please. 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:14.599 We have nothing to do with all of this. We just 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:16.980 happened to come in here... Save it. You can't 00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:20.380 reason with a homicidal maniac. He... He really 00:19:20.380 --> 00:19:24.960 is? Yes, Mrs. Halliday, he really is. Liar! Liar! 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:31.460 Oh, clever. Oh, yeah, clever. But not as clever 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:34.579 as I am. You see, he wants my father's money 00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:37.180 all for himself. There's enough for both, more 00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:40.279 than enough. When my father goes to that great 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:43.640 hunt club in the sky, you have marvelous huntsmen, 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:46.240 my father. Redcoats, breeches, toptats, they're 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.299 all in the whole bed. Ta -ta -ta -ta -ta -ta 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:52.960 -ta, hunting we will go. We all fall down and 00:19:52.960 --> 00:20:02.480 go smash. Smash! I'll never smash them. I'll 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:10.059 never smash them. For me? For me? What do you 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:17.000 mean, smash for you? Would you... Would you like 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:20.359 to know? Would you... Would you really be interested? 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:28.480 I would, yes. No, we... We never tell about it 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:32.359 until we go. Never have, never will. Oh, but 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:35.500 fondest friends say. Garrett Plenders' father, 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:40.000 the maniac. That's what they'd say. Garrett Plenders 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:44.039 would shrivel up with shame. Who exactly is Garrett 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:50.599 Plenders? Who is he? Oh, here's a man who never 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:53.619 heard of father. Oh, a wonderment. Oh, well, 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:56.500 an abyss. Why, dear man, where have you been? 00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:58.200 Everyone has heard of father. I'm afraid I'm 00:20:58.200 --> 00:21:01.680 not in that category. Oh, then let me tell you 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:04.680 about him, all about him. And about Joe and me... 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:07.359 Ron, no, don't, please, no. But alas, stop, Joe. 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:10.359 Final destination, why not open the luggage? 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:15.579 He won't be taking it with him. You see, Joe's 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:18.799 mama married my dear Papa after his Papa died. 00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:22.720 Now, in, as you might say, the ordinary course 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:25.819 of biological eventuality, I appeared on the 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:30.859 scene. And alas, poor Joe's mama left it. Joe 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:34.180 hated me for killing his mom. No, Ron, I never... 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:36.839 You did. You did. If you didn't, why didn't you 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.720 hit me and knock me down and make me hurt my 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:42.200 head? I didn't mean to. You were two years old, 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:45.539 almost two. You always wanted whatever I had, 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:49.420 a toy, a game, whatever. That day, I wouldn't 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:51.619 give up what you wanted and I pushed you away. 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:53.799 You knocked me down. You knocked me down and 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:57.119 you hurt my head, Joe. I did injure him. I am 00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:59.519 responsible when I pushed him and he fell. Knocked 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:02.650 down? All right, Ron, when I knocked him down, 00:22:03.150 --> 00:22:05.609 he struck his head on the metal corner of a bed. 00:22:06.529 --> 00:22:08.809 He was unconscious for more than an hour. He 00:22:08.809 --> 00:22:13.450 went, went... Go on. When the doctor brought 00:22:13.450 --> 00:22:16.130 him around, he seemed all right, except for headaches 00:22:16.130 --> 00:22:18.609 that blotted him from time to time, but otherwise 00:22:18.609 --> 00:22:22.369 all right. Then when he was about four, he tried 00:22:22.369 --> 00:22:25.450 to kill his governess. At four? Yes. He wanted 00:22:25.450 --> 00:22:27.109 her to give him something. I don't remember what, 00:22:27.210 --> 00:22:29.559 and she wouldn't, and he... He flew into a rage. 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:32.900 He bit, he clawed, he kicked her. Small as he 00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:35.220 was, she was no match for him. He'd have killed 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:37.200 her if other servants hadn't come in time and 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:40.980 dragged him off. Then, a year or so later, he 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:44.140 attacked a playmate. Boy, his age. And he would 00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:46.319 have killed him if there hadn't been other boys 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:49.799 who pulled him away. From then on, he couldn't 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:52.839 be sent to school. He had to be tutored at home. 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:56.099 He'd fly into these sudden unexpected rages, 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:59.240 attack his tutors. He nearly murdered one with 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:01.839 a pair of scissors. The psychiatrist to examine 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.180 him, did they have any... I've never been to 00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:05.960 a psychiatrist. Well, you can't mean that. That's 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:09.779 true. But that... it's senseless. Our apprentice 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:13.700 senseless? Wealthy financier, handsome playboy, 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:17.079 beloved darling of the jet set, senseless? Oh, 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:23.819 no. Atlas, yes. Oh, God, yes, Atlas. He couldn't 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:26.480 bear the shame and the notoriety of others knowing, 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:29.829 but... Carrington. Joe, you can't mean that all 00:23:29.829 --> 00:23:32.670 these years you've taken care of him, alone. 00:23:33.369 --> 00:23:36.130 It was my fault. So you took on the burden of... 00:23:36.130 --> 00:23:39.349 Wouldn't you? You've dedicated your entire life 00:23:39.349 --> 00:23:41.349 to him. Oh, it isn't as bad as you make it sound. 00:23:41.430 --> 00:23:44.690 Most of the time he's rational enough. Our lives 00:23:44.690 --> 00:23:47.710 are quite ordinary, except... I have to keep 00:23:47.710 --> 00:23:49.970 watching for the signs, the symptoms that warn 00:23:49.970 --> 00:23:53.210 me that another attack is coming on. I try to 00:23:53.210 --> 00:23:56.009 give him as much freedom as I can. Still I do 00:23:56.009 --> 00:23:58.910 have to keep an eye on it. You know, I hate being 00:23:58.910 --> 00:24:02.690 watched You only know how it feels to have someone's 00:24:02.690 --> 00:24:05.509 eyes glued on you all the... Why are you looking 00:24:05.509 --> 00:24:08.769 at me like that, Holliday? Like what? As if... 00:24:08.769 --> 00:24:11.009 As if you're studying me. I... I don't know what 00:24:11.009 --> 00:24:13.390 you mean. Yes, you do. Answer me. Answer me or 00:24:13.390 --> 00:24:15.630 I'll put a hole in your head. No! Make that turn 00:24:15.630 --> 00:24:18.849 away from these people! Easy, easy. All right? 00:24:19.490 --> 00:24:22.910 I have been studying you. Why? There's something... 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:27.539 I can't put my finger on it, but something... 00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:30.440 I've known kids. Well, young men and women, really. 00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:33.859 High school seniors who... who seem rational 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:36.839 at times. It's only the calm before the storm, 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:39.019 Halliday. It's one of those symptoms that I mentioned. 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:42.299 The silence before the volcano erupts, say Joe. 00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:47.839 Something like that. And then... BOOM! I erupt! 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:51.640 Well, better to do that than to hold it in and 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:54.559 let it eat you alive inside like most people. 00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:58.839 Like you, Halliday. Me? Nothing's eating me. 00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:01.940 Liar! You're all but eaten up with bitterness, 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:05.720 frustration. You, you, you couldn't be more off 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:10.359 base, believe me. Am I? Ask her. Ask Fran. She 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:17.359 knows. My right friend. Well, answer him, Fran. 00:25:18.769 --> 00:25:23.190 He's right. Haha, you see? Aw, come on, Fran. 00:25:23.970 --> 00:25:27.730 He is right, Martin. You know it. I know it. 00:25:28.710 --> 00:25:31.569 We just never talk about it, that's all. Talk 00:25:31.569 --> 00:25:36.910 about what? Nothing. Forget it. No. You just 00:25:36.910 --> 00:25:39.309 said that he's right. I am, eaten alive inside 00:25:39.309 --> 00:25:43.950 with frustrations, regrets. You are. Darling, 00:25:44.089 --> 00:25:47.250 you know you are. You never mentioned it because... 00:25:48.250 --> 00:25:53.869 Well, because you're you. Good Lord, Fran. Are 00:25:53.869 --> 00:25:56.509 you... are you talking about what happened at 00:25:56.509 --> 00:25:59.890 State College? Is there anything else we don't 00:25:59.890 --> 00:26:03.029 talk about? Since it happened? What in heaven's 00:26:03.029 --> 00:26:06.549 name, Fran? That was 12 years ago. It makes no 00:26:06.549 --> 00:26:12.789 sense. Doesn't it? Oh, Martin. Dear, darling 00:26:12.789 --> 00:26:19.160 Martin. Doesn't it? You know... Maybe it does. 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:23.200 Maybe it does it back. If all these years you've 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:26.500 been thinking that I... Because I never talked. 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:31.440 Thinking you ruined my life. I did. You know 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:36.039 I did. Ruined it? Randiris, you made it. How 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.359 could you have lived with me all these years 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:41.119 and not know that I... What a fool I've been. 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:45.220 You. Yes, me. A so -called psychologist. Not 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:48.549 knowing you'd feel guilty. That you've been... 00:26:48.549 --> 00:26:51.690 Martin, do you get silent about it all these 00:26:51.690 --> 00:26:53.670 years? Get silent? Nothing. I haven't got silent. 00:26:53.730 --> 00:26:55.710 I just haven't talked to you about it because 00:26:55.710 --> 00:26:59.470 I scarcely ever think about it. And when I do, 00:26:59.829 --> 00:27:02.630 I'm glad it happened. You're just saying that. 00:27:02.690 --> 00:27:05.269 I'm not saying anything. I'm telling you the 00:27:05.269 --> 00:27:12.410 truth. Too late. Too late. Just too late. Because 00:27:12.410 --> 00:27:16.119 I'm sick of all this talk. The time has come 00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:23.940 to get rocked. To strike. And I think... Now 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:28.619 I'm sure. I'll strike at you first, dear friend. 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:49.559 Oh yes. I'll kill you first. an ironic twist. 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:53.240 When in the very instant Martin Halliday discovers 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:57.440 that all unknowingly he and his wife have misunderstood 00:27:57.440 --> 00:28:00.480 each other over the years, the homicidal maniac 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:05.420 Ron Prentiss kills Fran Halliday. I'll return 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:24.380 in a moment with Act 3. Remarkable, isn't it? 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:27.539 That no matter how intimately our lives are bound 00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:30.880 up with another's, we never really know what 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:35.000 he's like underneath. What he truly thinks, truly 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:39.460 feels. It's almost inconceivable that Fran Holliday 00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:41.819 would believe that her husband Martin has been 00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:44.640 eaten up with bitterness and frustration over 00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:48.299 something she did 12 years ago. When actually, 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:52.809 the reverse is true. But no matter now, it seems, 00:28:53.250 --> 00:28:56.210 because Ron Prentice has just fired point blank 00:28:56.210 --> 00:29:03.630 at Fran. Fran! Fran! I'm alright. I think. He 00:29:03.630 --> 00:29:06.250 missed. Lucky you, Fran. If you'd jerk your head 00:29:06.250 --> 00:29:07.970 at the right moment, you'd be dead with a bullet 00:29:07.970 --> 00:29:10.349 between your eyes right now. Fool, you crazy 00:29:10.349 --> 00:29:12.509 fool! Yeah, my dear brother. You won't think 00:29:12.509 --> 00:29:14.690 so when I finally decide to kill you, too. If 00:29:14.690 --> 00:29:16.430 you kill any one of us, it'll be the end for 00:29:16.430 --> 00:29:19.720 you, Ron. Oh, no. Not an end. A beginning. I 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:23.160 put you away, behind bars, in an asylum for the 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:25.500 criminally insane. You could never bear that, 00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:29.240 Ron. I've grown this for nearly 20 years. 19 00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:32.880 years, 4 months, 27 days, as you said. What are 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:35.079 you talking about? You've lived an almost normal 00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:37.500 life. I've seen to that. And never a day out 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:40.859 of your sight. The feel of your eyes, always 00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:43.920 on me. Waking, sleeping. You were always there. 00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:48.160 Never alone, never. Handcuffs, straight jacketed, 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:51.210 chain. Chained to you! Chained! You think I have 00:29:51.210 --> 00:29:55.250 never wanted to be alone? To live my life? To 00:29:55.250 --> 00:29:58.049 fall in love? Marry? Have kids? Even to go for 00:29:58.049 --> 00:30:01.170 a walk by myself? You think it's been any easier 00:30:01.170 --> 00:30:04.390 for me? Chained to you? You made the chain, not 00:30:04.390 --> 00:30:09.470 me. You! Now I'm gonna break it, Joe. Once and 00:30:09.470 --> 00:30:12.289 for all. Great! Don't shoot! Run! Please, I beg 00:30:12.289 --> 00:30:31.430 you, don't shoot! I thought we were finished. 00:30:31.890 --> 00:30:35.450 You are. Well, that's the house can't last. They 00:30:35.450 --> 00:30:37.250 said on the radio these winds would hit 110, 00:30:37.329 --> 00:30:39.309 120 miles an hour. That's what they're starting 00:30:39.309 --> 00:30:40.890 to do. And we damn well better ought to get out 00:30:40.890 --> 00:30:42.990 of here. Where can we go? To the beach. There 00:30:42.990 --> 00:30:45.289 are caves down there. We could make it. No, dear 00:30:45.289 --> 00:30:48.470 brother, not you. Me. What do you mean, you? 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:50.440 Fran, go into the bedroom and get those handcuffs 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:53.299 my brother used on me. What are you up to? You'll 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:56.720 find a second set in the top bureau drawer. Joe 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:59.779 always kept a spare. Bring the straight jacket, 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:02.240 too. I... I... I don't... I always tell you, 00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:04.799 don't get any fancy ideas or it'll be the end 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.980 of these two. Do as he says, Mrs. Halliday. All 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:10.880 right. What rotten scheme have you dreamed up 00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:15.289 now, Ron? Well, not me. The hurricane. The hurricane 00:31:15.289 --> 00:31:17.670 dreams it up. What the hell are you talking about? 00:31:21.390 --> 00:31:23.210 Those winds are getting worse. The house can't 00:31:23.210 --> 00:31:27.589 last. Call on the sun to smash the kindling. 00:31:28.750 --> 00:31:31.289 All three of you will be smashed to kindling, 00:31:31.609 --> 00:31:36.410 human kindling, with it. Ah, here's Infosupran 00:31:36.410 --> 00:31:39.849 with the handcuffs and the straitjacket. You, 00:31:39.990 --> 00:31:43.430 Colivace, put that straitjacket on Brother Joe. 00:31:43.589 --> 00:31:46.829 Run. Ronnie, you can't do this. I'm not. You 00:31:46.829 --> 00:31:49.890 are. Get that jacket on him. Now! That's what 00:31:49.890 --> 00:31:51.470 he said, Halliday. He'll kill you if you don't 00:31:51.470 --> 00:31:54.210 obey him. Come on now. Get this jacket on me. 00:31:54.910 --> 00:31:58.769 Halliday! If I could only be sure... Of what, 00:31:58.990 --> 00:32:02.650 Martin? Sure of what? That he's late, that he 00:32:02.650 --> 00:32:07.650 can't shoot to kill. Sorry me, Halliday. I'm 00:32:07.650 --> 00:32:11.180 gonna count five. If you haven't got that straitjacket 00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:13.019 in the jaw, I'll put a bullet through your head. 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:15.579 And he can do it! He's a cross shot! Then how 00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:18.180 come he missed Fran? I missed because... Don't 00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:20.339 give me that! Fran couldn't have dirt her head 00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:22.920 fast enough to avoid the bullet! You missed! 00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:26.900 Deliberately missed! Why? Halliday, you're pushing 00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:29.640 your luck! Maybe. I'm not saying I couldn't be 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:31.680 wrong. No one ever really knows what's in another 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:34.819 man's head. But if I'm right... Aladdin! Give 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:37.859 me the gun, Ron. I warn you, put that straight 00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:40.039 jacket on, Joe, or I'll kill you here and now! 00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:43.279 I don't think so. If you were going to shoot 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:45.900 us, you'd have done it instead of talking about 00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:48.799 it. How would I do? I've been sizing you up, 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:51.759 Ron. The way I size up high school kids sent 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:54.140 to me when they're in trouble. They do a lot 00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:56.880 of talking, too. A lot of bluster, a lot of bluff. 00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:59.480 Half the time not knowing it is nothing but bluff 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:03.619 because nobody's called them on it. Well... I'm 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:07.619 calling you. Here and now. Calling you, Ron. 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.980 One more step. Now, in heaven's name, you're 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.819 not dealing with a high school kid. You're dealing 00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:14.079 with a maniac. That's the chance I'm taking, 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:16.759 Joe. That your brother is no more insane than 00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:20.079 I am. Well, you are insane if you think he isn't. 00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:22.059 I've been with him night and day all his life. 00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:25.079 I tell you, he's mad. I don't believe it. He 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:27.200 believes it. Oh, yes, he believes it, all right. 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:31.319 Right now, this minute, he believes he'll shoot 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:34.410 to kill me. But I'm gambling that when the chips 00:33:34.410 --> 00:33:37.990 are down, he'll throw in his hand. Oh, you seem 00:33:37.990 --> 00:33:40.650 very sure of yourself, Halliday. And anything 00:33:40.650 --> 00:33:44.170 but sure, Ron. But what have I got to lose? If 00:33:44.170 --> 00:33:46.609 I don't take that gun from you, we'll all die 00:33:46.609 --> 00:33:49.049 when the hurricane destroys the house. And even 00:33:49.049 --> 00:33:52.190 if you do shoot to kill, and do kill me, it'll 00:33:52.190 --> 00:33:54.170 give Joe a chance to get that gun away from you. 00:33:54.789 --> 00:33:58.690 Joe? Yeah? Get ready. If he shoots me, you have 00:33:58.690 --> 00:34:08.800 a split second to jump in. Okay? Okay One more 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:12.000 step and you're dead not if I'm right about you 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:15.079 Ronnie I'm willing to take a calculated risk 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:17.820 Based on what I've learned about you in the past 00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:23.179 hours learned About me you nearly killed your 00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:25.619 governess Joe said when you were a child But 00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:29.079 didn't I was stopped before I could were you 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:31.739 or could you have killed her before anyone came 00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:35.230 to save her? But held off until they came. What 00:34:35.230 --> 00:34:37.750 about the playmaker who tried to murder? Somehow 00:34:37.750 --> 00:34:40.329 you didn't succeed there either. Or the tutor 00:34:40.329 --> 00:34:43.030 you nearly killed with a scissor. Or my wife's 00:34:43.030 --> 00:34:47.110 friend. Those pictures on the walls. You painted 00:34:47.110 --> 00:34:50.429 them, didn't you? What of it? None of them. Not 00:34:50.429 --> 00:34:54.429 one is finished. That's what of it. Why? Because 00:34:54.429 --> 00:34:57.949 you don't finish anything you start. You want 00:34:57.949 --> 00:34:59.809 to know the truth as I see it, Ronnie? I don't 00:34:59.809 --> 00:35:01.570 give a damn what I see. As I see it... When you 00:35:01.570 --> 00:35:04.230 were a child and Joe knocked you down, yes, you 00:35:04.230 --> 00:35:06.570 were knocked unconscious. But when you came to, 00:35:06.969 --> 00:35:09.989 you felt a warmth, a security you'd never felt 00:35:09.989 --> 00:35:12.949 before. Because for the first time in your life, 00:35:13.130 --> 00:35:16.409 you were the center of attention. Especially 00:35:16.409 --> 00:35:20.309 your father's attention. You felt it, loved it, 00:35:20.570 --> 00:35:26.349 wanted more of it. Wanted to shoot. You, did 00:35:26.349 --> 00:35:28.409 you? Time went on and you got no more attention. 00:35:28.949 --> 00:35:32.489 You missed it, yearned for it. Then one day, 00:35:32.489 --> 00:35:35.190 if I see it, when your governess refused to give 00:35:35.190 --> 00:35:37.289 you something you wanted, you flew at her in 00:35:37.289 --> 00:35:40.230 a childish tantrum. Not tantrum, Ronnie, that's 00:35:40.230 --> 00:35:44.369 all it was. But again, you got attention. And 00:35:44.369 --> 00:35:47.469 again, you found it pleasurable and wanted more. 00:35:47.969 --> 00:35:51.730 And had found a way to get more. Am I right? 00:35:51.989 --> 00:35:56.409 You can't be. Ron, if I'm right, for nearly 20 00:35:56.409 --> 00:35:59.650 years you've been playing at being insane. without 00:35:59.650 --> 00:36:02.750 knowing you were playing. You told yourself a 00:36:02.750 --> 00:36:05.630 lie, the same lie so often, you came to believe 00:36:05.630 --> 00:36:10.130 it. But the fact is, you're not insane at all. 00:36:11.969 --> 00:36:19.409 John, for the last time, give me that gun. Alright 00:36:19.409 --> 00:36:32.219 then, I'll take it from you. I knew he would. 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:36.800 I was right. Your husband was wrong. We won't 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:40.739 need the straitjacket now. All right, Joe, handcuff 00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:44.739 her to the water pipe. Move! Let's run. Yes. 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:49.920 All right, now handcuff yourself to her. Run. 00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:52.840 She'll come after you. She'll put you away. Do 00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:59.599 as I say! All right. All right. And now... Goodbye, 00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:02.440 children. In a little while, the house will be 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:07.179 gone, and you're with it. I'll be free of you! 00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:33.739 Free of you! At last! At last! Is holiday? What? 00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:37.599 The hurricane's getting worse. We can't last 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:42.360 long. I just want to say, I'm sorry you got caught 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:46.760 up in all this. It's my fault. No, no, no. If 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:52.300 I hadn't for me, just rather... Martin! That 00:37:52.300 --> 00:38:00.719 was Martin! He just moved! He isn't dead. a chance 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:02.639 to look at him close up. That bullet could have 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:07.800 only creased his skull. Oh, thank God, thank 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:13.900 God. Martin, here. Look over here. We're handcuffed 00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:20.960 together. Here. What? Ben. Oh, my God. Ben. What 00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:26.519 happened? Ron shot you. Oh, yeah. Here, my... 00:38:26.510 --> 00:38:29.550 Oh, my head. He went to the caves on the beach. 00:38:29.590 --> 00:38:34.090 He left us handcuffed to this pipe. Gotta get 00:38:34.090 --> 00:38:36.210 out of here. There's no way, Halliday. We're 00:38:36.210 --> 00:38:39.750 handcuffed to this water pipe. He got the keys? 00:38:39.829 --> 00:38:45.889 Yes. We're cooked. Not if I was right. What about 00:38:45.889 --> 00:38:49.309 Rod? You were wrong. He shot you, didn't he? 00:38:49.469 --> 00:38:54.809 No, he didn't. He didn't kill me. He could have. 00:39:19.969 --> 00:39:29.730 There isn't much. This could be it. We can't 00:39:29.730 --> 00:39:35.909 last much longer. I can't move. I can't move 00:39:35.909 --> 00:40:36.309 you. I can't let you die. Moving on to each other, 00:40:36.510 --> 00:40:39.489 dragging Martin who couldn't stand, they fought 00:40:39.489 --> 00:40:42.610 their way to the caves on the beach, even as 00:40:42.610 --> 00:40:46.769 the house exploded into flying wreckage. I'll 00:40:46.769 --> 00:41:03.590 be back shortly. So, curiously, out of possible 00:41:03.590 --> 00:41:07.539 death, came new life for Joe Carrington and his 00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:11.340 half -brother Ron, and for Fran and Martin Holliday. 00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:16.699 It's trite to say, I suppose, but God does work 00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:20.940 in mysterious ways. Consider, if 12 years ago, 00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:24.079 Fran had not sounded off impetuously to the Dean's 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:27.460 wife, Joe and Ron would still be bound to each 00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:31.269 other in misery. And Martin... would never have 00:41:31.269 --> 00:41:34.590 found the life he finds so rich and rewarding. 00:41:35.730 --> 00:41:39.590 Consider that. Our cast included Joe Julian, 00:41:39.909 --> 00:41:43.750 Evie Juster, Jack Grimes, and Gordon Gould. The 00:41:43.750 --> 00:41:46.150 entire production was under the direction of 00:41:46.150 --> 00:41:49.670 Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:41:49.670 --> 00:41:52.590 you to return to our Mystery Theater for another 00:41:52.590 --> 00:41:58.449 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:41:58.449 --> 00:41:59.590 dreams.