1 00:00:04,963 --> 00:00:06,464 ALLISON ( whispers ): Hey, guys. 2 00:00:06,548 --> 00:00:08,216 Let's take these seats back here. 3 00:00:08,299 --> 00:00:09,592 Then we can make a quick exit. 4 00:00:12,345 --> 00:00:13,179 ( sighs ) 5 00:00:13,263 --> 00:00:14,472 ( whispers ): Joe, come on. 6 00:00:14,556 --> 00:00:16,099 Hey, guys. 7 00:00:16,181 --> 00:00:18,101 Joe, not in front. 8 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:19,686 Can I help you, Mrs. Dubois? 9 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:22,981 Uh, I don't think so. 10 00:00:26,651 --> 00:00:30,071 Oh, I didn't realize that someone had passed away. 11 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:32,115 I'm not really fond of funerals. 12 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:34,117 I deal with death a lot in my work. 13 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,285 Me, too. 14 00:00:35,368 --> 00:00:38,246 Truth be told, these things are really more for the family 15 00:00:38,329 --> 00:00:40,081 than for the deceased. 16 00:00:40,165 --> 00:00:42,167 I suppose so. You're right. 17 00:00:42,250 --> 00:00:44,252 Gives everyone a sense of closure, 18 00:00:44,335 --> 00:00:45,211 an opportunity to say good-bye, 19 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:48,590 creates an atmosphere of civility and control 20 00:00:48,673 --> 00:00:51,134 I think people find comforting when faced with the sudden 21 00:00:51,217 --> 00:00:54,471 and sometimes random reality of death. 22 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:56,097 So. 23 00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:58,183 Here we are. 24 00:01:07,442 --> 00:01:11,029 I think... now 25 00:01:11,112 --> 00:01:12,322 would be an excellent time 26 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:14,449 for you to take your place, Allison. 27 00:01:16,618 --> 00:01:19,662 ( gasps ) 28 00:01:27,337 --> 00:01:28,338 Captioning sponsored by PARAMOUNT TELEVISION, 29 00:01:31,299 --> 00:01:32,342 NBC, 30 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:27,480 Do we have a current will? 31 00:02:27,564 --> 00:02:29,691 Huh? 32 00:02:29,774 --> 00:02:30,692 You know, a will. 33 00:02:30,775 --> 00:02:32,527 For when people die. 34 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:36,823 Aha. 35 00:02:38,157 --> 00:02:40,869 Suddenly it's becoming very clear. 36 00:02:40,952 --> 00:02:43,204 The sleep deprivation. 37 00:02:44,873 --> 00:02:46,624 You're trying to kill me. 38 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:48,668 I'm serious. 39 00:02:48,751 --> 00:02:50,295 Oh, okay. 40 00:02:50,378 --> 00:02:52,046 Let me put your mind at ease. 41 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:54,924 We have a current will. 42 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,093 We also have a mortgage. 43 00:02:57,176 --> 00:02:59,470 We also have a mound of debt. 44 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:01,639 And should I die before you, 45 00:03:01,723 --> 00:03:04,601 all that becomes yours. 46 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:05,727 What about the kids? 47 00:03:05,810 --> 00:03:07,729 I'll throw them in as well. 48 00:03:07,812 --> 00:03:09,814 But... what if it's me? 49 00:03:09,898 --> 00:03:11,608 What if I go first? 50 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:14,235 Allison, stop it. 51 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:15,945 You're not going anywhere. 52 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:18,072 How do you know? 53 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:19,407 All right. 54 00:03:19,490 --> 00:03:20,783 You win. 55 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:22,619 I'll play. 56 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:24,913 I don't know. 57 00:03:24,996 --> 00:03:25,955 You feel better? 58 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:27,123 I don't. 59 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:28,791 And for what it's worth, 60 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:31,628 I'm not enjoying this conversation. 61 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:33,046 Why are you mad? 62 00:03:33,129 --> 00:03:34,422 I don't know. 63 00:03:34,505 --> 00:03:36,299 'Cause I think maybe conversations like this 64 00:03:36,382 --> 00:03:37,467 are a waste of time. 65 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:39,260 We have a will, we have some insurance. 66 00:03:39,344 --> 00:03:41,804 We have kids we have to get up and go to school. 67 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:43,932 No, I'm just being silly. 68 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:46,601 No, you're not silly, but, just... 69 00:03:46,684 --> 00:03:49,354 Don't you think if it was really your time to go, 70 00:03:49,437 --> 00:03:51,648 that maybe you'd get some kind of a heads up 71 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:52,815 from the universe? 72 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:53,816 Like what? 73 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,360 I don't know. A dream. 74 00:03:55,443 --> 00:03:58,655 ( door closes ) 75 00:03:58,738 --> 00:03:59,989 Can I get a cell phone? 76 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:01,199 No. 77 00:04:01,282 --> 00:04:02,492 Why not? 78 00:04:02,575 --> 00:04:04,827 Because they're very expensive. 79 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:06,496 They're not allowed in school. 80 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:08,957 And besides, who are you going to call? 81 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:10,667 She could call me. 82 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:12,543 Bridge. 83 00:04:12,627 --> 00:04:14,504 Well, then, can I get a pager? 84 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:15,838 No. 85 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:19,050 Also expensive, also not allowed. 86 00:04:19,132 --> 00:04:20,718 And who are you going to page? 87 00:04:20,802 --> 00:04:21,719 I don't know, 88 00:04:21,803 --> 00:04:24,222 but can I at least get a computer in my room? 89 00:04:24,305 --> 00:04:25,682 Ha! 90 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:28,810 You're batting three for three, sweetie. 91 00:04:28,893 --> 00:04:31,854 Well, you asked me what I wanted for my birthday. 92 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:33,439 Ask for a trampoline. 93 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:35,400 How about a watch? 94 00:04:35,483 --> 00:04:36,651 You're gonna be 13. 95 00:04:36,734 --> 00:04:38,403 Couldn't you use a nice, pretty watch? 96 00:04:38,486 --> 00:04:41,030 Maybe, but if I had a phone, I wouldn't need a watch. 97 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:43,741 What about the computer right here? 98 00:04:43,825 --> 00:04:45,702 Okay, fine. 99 00:04:45,785 --> 00:04:47,578 Can I at least get my own private e-mail? 100 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:50,957 I think that's something we can talk about... 101 00:04:52,291 --> 00:04:54,752 ...tonight or tomorrow, 102 00:04:54,836 --> 00:04:56,838 maybe next week. 103 00:04:56,921 --> 00:04:58,172 Look at that. 104 00:04:58,256 --> 00:04:59,716 Time to get ready for school. 105 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:01,426 Darn, these things are handy. 106 00:05:02,510 --> 00:05:03,469 There's a woman in the conference room 107 00:05:03,553 --> 00:05:06,097 with Detective Scanlon, a Mrs. Sondra Bannister. 108 00:05:06,180 --> 00:05:08,057 Her husband, Dean, is an oncologist 109 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:09,726 at Mariposa Memorial. 110 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:11,269 Hasn't been seen since he left the hospital 111 00:05:11,352 --> 00:05:12,270 yesterday evening 112 00:05:12,353 --> 00:05:13,271 around 6:00 113 00:05:13,354 --> 00:05:14,856 Okay, but don't we usually insist 114 00:05:14,939 --> 00:05:16,524 that people wait at least 24 hours 115 00:05:16,607 --> 00:05:17,859 before filing a missing persons report? 116 00:05:17,942 --> 00:05:18,860 Well, usually, 117 00:05:18,943 --> 00:05:19,652 the people doing the filing 118 00:05:19,736 --> 00:05:21,571 aren't related to a sitting judge. 119 00:05:21,654 --> 00:05:25,033 Sondra is the daughter of the Honorable Henry Minder. 120 00:05:25,116 --> 00:05:28,619 I know you think I'm being premature, but... 121 00:05:28,703 --> 00:05:30,580 Dean is a creature of habit 122 00:05:30,663 --> 00:05:34,083 and he is compulsive about keeping his appointments. 123 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:36,085 He's already missed two patients this morning. 124 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,795 It's just... 125 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:39,380 it's-it's not like him 126 00:05:39,464 --> 00:05:40,923 to-to not come home. 127 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:42,133 To not call, 128 00:05:42,216 --> 00:05:44,761 not call me, not call the office. 129 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:45,595 Let's begin at the beginning. 130 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:47,430 He left the hospital at 6:00 a.m. 131 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:50,808 He has a standing racquetball game at the club, 132 00:05:50,892 --> 00:05:53,352 every Tuesday night for about a year now. 133 00:05:53,436 --> 00:05:55,271 Who with? 134 00:06:03,404 --> 00:06:05,907 Detective Scanlon will call the club 135 00:06:05,990 --> 00:06:07,742 and figure out where he was supposed to be, 136 00:06:07,825 --> 00:06:09,911 who he was supposed to be with. 137 00:06:09,994 --> 00:06:13,456 Does your husband have a medical condition? 138 00:06:13,539 --> 00:06:16,125 Is it possible he could be incapacitated somewhere? 139 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:19,420 Not that I'm aware of. 140 00:06:19,504 --> 00:06:20,630 He-he's... he's a doctor. 141 00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:22,006 I would know. 142 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:28,137 No, this is all wrong. 143 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:30,890 Something's happened to him. 144 00:06:32,183 --> 00:06:33,643 Dr. Bannister. 145 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:35,770 Ready to do a little business? 146 00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:40,817 The Angel of Death. 147 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,652 Well, he didn't say that. 148 00:06:42,735 --> 00:06:44,445 He didn't actually announce himself. 149 00:06:44,529 --> 00:06:47,532 But I know that's what he stands for, I know that's 150 00:06:47,615 --> 00:06:48,658 what he represents. 151 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:51,327 And you know this... how? 152 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:52,328 Well, I've 153 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:53,663 seen him before in my dreams. 154 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:55,498 This is not the first time. 155 00:06:55,581 --> 00:06:56,749 I see. 156 00:06:56,833 --> 00:07:00,670 And these prior appearances have all preceded the discovery 157 00:07:00,753 --> 00:07:02,296 of someone who perished? 158 00:07:04,423 --> 00:07:06,843 Allison... 159 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:07,969 the man's been out of touch 160 00:07:08,052 --> 00:07:10,263 less than a day, 161 00:07:10,346 --> 00:07:12,515 and while I have enormous respect for your intuition-- 162 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:15,351 I am the one who asked you to be in that meeting-- 163 00:07:15,434 --> 00:07:17,687 I'd prefer not to jump the gun here. 164 00:07:17,770 --> 00:07:18,855 ( knocking ) 165 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:20,690 Sorry to interrupt, but I thought 166 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:22,191 you might want to hear this. 167 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:23,860 When I got back to my desk 168 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:25,695 there was a message waiting from Commerce General Bank. 169 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:28,322 Still no action on the good doctor's credit cards, 170 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:30,658 but they did run a quick check on this other finances 171 00:07:30,741 --> 00:07:33,244 and discovered something a bit unusual. 172 00:07:33,327 --> 00:07:34,871 For instance? 173 00:07:34,954 --> 00:07:36,289 No withdrawals, 174 00:07:36,372 --> 00:07:38,749 but a lot of cash deposits over the past year or so, 175 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:40,084 pretty near once a week. 176 00:07:40,168 --> 00:07:41,878 12 grand here, 16 grand there. 177 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:44,338 Not enough to trip any bank alarms. 178 00:07:44,422 --> 00:07:46,883 But it all added up to about a million dollars. 179 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:48,593 Okay. 180 00:07:48,676 --> 00:07:49,886 Gets better. 181 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:51,220 Unlike their other accounts, 182 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:53,848 which are in the name of Mr. and Mrs., 183 00:07:53,931 --> 00:07:56,017 this is Dr. Bannister's and Dr. Bannister's alone. 184 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:58,352 I don't understand. 185 00:07:58,436 --> 00:07:59,562 What could that mean? 186 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:02,732 It could mean he's been saving up for a disappearing act. 187 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:05,234 This is Allison Dubois. 188 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:07,278 I'm Marie's mother. Can you hear me? 189 00:08:07,361 --> 00:08:08,738 I'm having a difficult time hearing you. 190 00:08:13,409 --> 00:08:14,702 Um... 191 00:08:14,785 --> 00:08:16,913 Yeah, I'm gonna be there in about 20 minutes. 192 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:18,831 Can you...? ( air horn blaring ) 193 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:23,794 ( screaming ) ( tires screeching ) 194 00:08:25,713 --> 00:08:27,757 ( gasping ) 195 00:08:45,983 --> 00:08:47,276 Hello. 196 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:48,945 Anybody home? 197 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:50,696 GIRLS: In here! 198 00:08:52,823 --> 00:08:54,909 Good evening, ladies. 199 00:08:54,992 --> 00:08:56,285 Girls, 200 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,538 can you give Dad and me a minute, please? 201 00:09:09,674 --> 00:09:11,759 Okay, who died? 202 00:09:11,842 --> 00:09:13,469 That's a terrible choice of words. 203 00:09:13,552 --> 00:09:15,763 Uh, why? What? 204 00:09:15,846 --> 00:09:17,139 Did someone actually die? 205 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:19,809 No, not actually. Not yet. 206 00:09:22,270 --> 00:09:26,107 Remember that conversation that we were having this morning? 207 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:28,484 What to get Ariel for her birthday? 208 00:09:28,567 --> 00:09:31,988 No. I was asking you about wills. 209 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:34,991 Well, I had this dream last night. 210 00:09:35,074 --> 00:09:37,994 I saw my own death. 211 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:39,745 Well, not my death. 212 00:09:41,330 --> 00:09:43,791 ( voice breaking ): My own funeral. 213 00:09:43,874 --> 00:09:45,668 And you were all there, and I was there. 214 00:09:45,751 --> 00:09:47,837 And it... 215 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,171 Okay. 216 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:52,133 It was a dream, Allison. 217 00:09:52,216 --> 00:09:55,845 And even you have dreams that are just dreams. 218 00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:59,056 Obviously you're not dead. 219 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:02,184 I think we have to let this one go, Allison. 220 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:07,356 This afternoon I came this close to plowing into a huge truck. 221 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,150 Well, no... actually, 222 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:13,321 a huge truck came this close to plowing into me. 223 00:10:14,655 --> 00:10:17,825 I was a fraction of an inch away from death, Joe. 224 00:10:17,908 --> 00:10:19,327 Wait a second. For real? 225 00:10:19,410 --> 00:10:20,620 Yes. 226 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:21,746 I mean, I'm fine. 227 00:10:21,829 --> 00:10:23,080 There are no cuts or bruises. 228 00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:24,623 The car's fine. 229 00:10:26,208 --> 00:10:28,878 But I was inches away from death. 230 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:30,880 Okay, that's called a coincidence. 231 00:10:30,963 --> 00:10:32,048 A very scary, 232 00:10:32,131 --> 00:10:34,050 very unsettling coincidence. 233 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:36,344 I don't know. 234 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:39,096 There was this man in my dream. 235 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:41,849 He was the only person who could see me. 236 00:10:41,932 --> 00:10:44,393 What do you mean? What man? 237 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:45,895 'Cause I was dead. 238 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:47,897 So you couldn't see me, the girls couldn't see me, 239 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,398 but he could see me. 240 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,942 He seemed to know all about it. 241 00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:54,070 He seemed to be running everything. 242 00:10:54,153 --> 00:10:56,072 I don't follow. 243 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:57,907 Death. 244 00:10:57,990 --> 00:10:59,700 ( chuckles ): Death. 245 00:10:59,784 --> 00:11:02,787 He was in charge of death. 246 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:06,582 He was Death. 247 00:11:06,665 --> 00:11:09,377 The Angel of Death. 248 00:11:09,460 --> 00:11:12,088 Okay. 249 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:14,006 Again, this was a dream, Allison. 250 00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:17,385 And not a realistic dream, obviously. 251 00:11:17,468 --> 00:11:19,470 Now, that's what I thought. 252 00:11:19,553 --> 00:11:21,972 Or that's what I hoped. 253 00:11:22,056 --> 00:11:24,934 But then this thing happens with the truck. 254 00:11:25,017 --> 00:11:27,728 And I turn... 255 00:11:27,812 --> 00:11:28,896 and he's there. 256 00:11:28,979 --> 00:11:30,773 Standing on the corner 257 00:11:30,856 --> 00:11:31,899 looking at his watch 258 00:11:31,982 --> 00:11:35,069 like he had a schedule and I was on his to-do list. 259 00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:41,075 Okay, you were in shock. 260 00:11:41,158 --> 00:11:42,451 You may still be in shock. 261 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:45,121 He was trying to tell me something. 262 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:46,914 I mean, not with words... 263 00:11:46,997 --> 00:11:50,418 but it was like... 264 00:11:50,501 --> 00:11:54,880 "Time up, Allison. Prepare." 265 00:12:01,345 --> 00:12:03,139 I mean, it's funny 266 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:05,933 that I vaguely remember leaving the scene. 267 00:12:06,016 --> 00:12:10,479 I barely remember picking the girls up from school. 268 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:16,610 I just... I remember getting home, 269 00:12:16,694 --> 00:12:20,281 going into the room, closing the door, 270 00:12:20,364 --> 00:12:21,824 and starting to sob. 271 00:12:21,907 --> 00:12:23,993 And swearing to myself 272 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:27,705 I would never drive again. 273 00:12:35,087 --> 00:12:37,339 It's okay, it's okay. ( sobbing ) 274 00:12:37,423 --> 00:12:39,884 We're going to figure this out, all right? 275 00:12:39,967 --> 00:12:41,469 It's going to be okay. 276 00:12:41,552 --> 00:12:43,971 ( sobbing louder ) Shh, shh, shh, shh. 277 00:12:45,764 --> 00:12:47,224 ( knocking ) 278 00:12:47,308 --> 00:12:49,477 Hey, it's 10:00. 279 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:51,645 Um, five more minutes? 280 00:12:51,729 --> 00:12:53,856 Yeah. 281 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:56,025 Is Mommy feeling better? 282 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:58,027 I don't know. I think so. 283 00:12:58,110 --> 00:12:59,236 She's asleep. 284 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,863 She had a pretty big scare today. 285 00:13:00,946 --> 00:13:03,032 But I'm sure she's going to get over it. 286 00:13:03,115 --> 00:13:06,869 You guys probably didn't have a chance to talk about 287 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:09,997 any of the stuff I mentioned at breakfast. 288 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:13,667 I'll tell you what, 289 00:13:13,751 --> 00:13:15,836 I'm going to make an executive decision here. 290 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,380 And I'm sure that Mommy's going to be fine with it. 291 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:19,924 Tomorrow or the next day, 292 00:13:20,007 --> 00:13:21,884 we'll get you started on your own e-mail account... 293 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:23,052 ( muffled squeal ) 294 00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:25,221 Shh, shh, shh. Shh... 295 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:29,934 Okay, here's the thing. 296 00:13:30,017 --> 00:13:33,229 Mommy and I are going to have full access. 297 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:35,397 We're both going to know your password. 298 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:36,899 We'll be able to check your e-mails, 299 00:13:36,982 --> 00:13:37,900 we'll be able 300 00:13:37,983 --> 00:13:39,318 to check your trash. 301 00:13:39,401 --> 00:13:40,569 Okay, Daddy. 302 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:42,738 I promise you won't be disappointed. 303 00:13:42,821 --> 00:13:44,949 Okay, I'm counting on you. 304 00:13:45,032 --> 00:13:47,910 This is the best birthday present ever. 305 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,870 Well, don't say that. 306 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:51,580 Don't say that till you've had your birthday 307 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,415 and seen your other presents. 308 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:55,417 You know, they make these clocks now-- 309 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:56,669 you can actually wear them 310 00:13:56,752 --> 00:13:59,213 on your wrist. 311 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:01,131 Good night, sweetie. 312 00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:03,050 Good night, Daddy. 313 00:14:03,133 --> 00:14:05,427 Five minutes. 314 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:09,265 ( knocking ) 315 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:10,766 Oh, hello, Allison. Good to see you again. 316 00:14:10,849 --> 00:14:11,934 Please come in. 317 00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:13,978 Take a seat. 318 00:14:14,061 --> 00:14:16,939 Clearly we are destined to do some business together, 319 00:14:17,022 --> 00:14:19,441 given the way we keep crossing paths. 320 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:22,736 Oh, heavens... you look disappointed. 321 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:25,739 Might I suggest that you simply surrender to the idea. 322 00:14:25,823 --> 00:14:27,950 It's inevitable, I'm afraid. 323 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:30,953 How do I know? 324 00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:34,456 Allison, like it or not, 325 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:36,584 by a hair, by a second, 326 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:39,670 by luck, by fate, six times a day 327 00:14:39,753 --> 00:14:43,090 you come this close to meeting the god to whom you pray. 328 00:14:43,173 --> 00:14:44,300 Sometimes you sense it, like today 329 00:14:44,383 --> 00:14:46,302 when you managed to avoid that truck. 330 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:48,345 But more often than not, you have no idea 331 00:14:48,429 --> 00:14:50,806 just how close you've come to... 332 00:14:50,889 --> 00:14:52,975 Bathroom? 333 00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:55,352 Right outside. 334 00:14:55,436 --> 00:14:57,479 Through the waiting room and to the left. 335 00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:59,148 Be careful. 336 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:01,942 Bathrooms can be very dangerous places. 337 00:15:02,026 --> 00:15:04,320 Did you know that 47% of all accidental deaths 338 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:05,446 take place in the home 339 00:15:05,529 --> 00:15:09,491 and that 61% of those happen in the family bathroom? 340 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:10,659 ( phone ringing ) 341 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:11,660 That's all right. 342 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:13,120 You go ahead, I'll get that. 343 00:15:13,203 --> 00:15:15,205 ( phone ringing ) 344 00:15:15,289 --> 00:15:16,957 What's going on? 345 00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:18,125 Hello. 346 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:20,169 Allison, it's Manuel Devalos. 347 00:15:20,252 --> 00:15:22,630 Sorry to wake you at this ungodly hour, 348 00:15:22,713 --> 00:15:25,174 but I just got a call that a body was discovered 349 00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:26,842 at the Viceroy Motel downtown 350 00:15:26,925 --> 00:15:27,968 that matches the general description 351 00:15:28,052 --> 00:15:30,137 of Dr. Dean Bannister. 352 00:15:30,220 --> 00:15:32,514 I'm on my way over there now. 353 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:34,224 Do you want to meet me there? 354 00:15:34,308 --> 00:15:37,019 I... I don't know. 355 00:15:37,102 --> 00:15:39,688 Drive downtown. 356 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:41,649 Would it help if I picked you up? 357 00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,068 I can run the kids to school. 358 00:15:44,151 --> 00:15:47,029 That would be great. 359 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:49,031 ( garbled radio transmission) 360 00:15:49,114 --> 00:15:50,866 SCANLON: It's him. 361 00:15:50,949 --> 00:15:52,826 Wallet was still in his pants. 362 00:15:52,910 --> 00:15:55,120 All his ID plus about 400 bucks. 363 00:15:55,204 --> 00:15:57,706 So we're not looking at robbery. 364 00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:00,042 I'm not sure we're looking at foul play of any kind. 365 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:01,168 They found the body in there. 366 00:16:01,251 --> 00:16:03,003 In the bathroom? 367 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:06,382 You'd be amazed at how treacherous bathrooms can be. 368 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:07,925 No. I've heard. 369 00:16:08,008 --> 00:16:09,802 Appears as though he slipped in the shower, 370 00:16:09,885 --> 00:16:12,221 cracked his skull on the bathtub spigot. 371 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:13,889 He's been laying in there for hours 372 00:16:13,972 --> 00:16:15,099 with the water running on him. 373 00:16:15,182 --> 00:16:16,350 The maid found him. 374 00:16:16,433 --> 00:16:17,851 Anybody talk to the desk clerk? 375 00:16:17,935 --> 00:16:18,977 That's where it gets interesting. 376 00:16:19,061 --> 00:16:22,523 Apparently, Dr. Bannister checked into the hotel at 7:00 377 00:16:22,606 --> 00:16:24,566 the night before last... alone. 378 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:25,901 Just like he did every Tuesday. 379 00:16:25,984 --> 00:16:26,902 Paid cash. 380 00:16:26,985 --> 00:16:30,030 Signed an illegible signature on the ID card. 381 00:16:30,114 --> 00:16:32,533 So much for the Tuesday racquetball game. 382 00:16:32,616 --> 00:16:34,076 Did the clerk happen to see 383 00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:35,411 who he might have been meeting? 384 00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:36,995 No, but as he reminded me, 385 00:16:37,079 --> 00:16:38,914 in places like this, you're actually paid not to see. 386 00:16:38,997 --> 00:16:40,624 Shall we take a look? 387 00:16:43,043 --> 00:16:44,878 Seems pretty clear what happened. 388 00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:46,922 I guess when your time's up, your time's up. 389 00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:49,925 I think I ought to really drive over 390 00:16:50,008 --> 00:16:51,760 to Dr. Bannister's, house, talk to his widow. 391 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,262 Any way that you can give Allison 392 00:16:53,345 --> 00:16:55,806 a ride home so she can pick up her car? 393 00:16:55,889 --> 00:16:58,100 I don't want you to go out of your way. 394 00:16:58,183 --> 00:17:00,227 Just if you could give me a ride to City Hall, 395 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:02,104 Joe can pick me up on the way home. 396 00:17:02,187 --> 00:17:04,772 Yeah, sure, whatever works for you. 397 00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:09,319 Did you see any condoms? 398 00:17:09,403 --> 00:17:11,070 Excuse me? 399 00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:11,989 In the room back there-- 400 00:17:12,071 --> 00:17:13,115 did you see any condoms 401 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:14,116 or condom wrappers? 402 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:15,617 No, but what does that prove? 403 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:17,118 Threw them out, flush them down the toilet, 404 00:17:17,202 --> 00:17:18,954 maid cleaned the room after his guest left. 405 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,582 Where you going with this? 406 00:17:21,665 --> 00:17:23,166 The bed was made perfectly. 407 00:17:23,250 --> 00:17:24,417 They did it in the bathroom. 408 00:17:24,501 --> 00:17:28,130 No. The clothes were in a pile on the floor next to the bed. 409 00:17:28,213 --> 00:17:29,965 So he did a little horizontal rumba on the bed, 410 00:17:30,048 --> 00:17:32,134 went out for a bite to eat, the maid cleaned the room. 411 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:33,969 Yeah, then he came back and took a shower? 412 00:17:34,052 --> 00:17:36,180 Since when did you become an expert on these matter? 413 00:17:36,263 --> 00:17:38,140 I'm just saying, he had limited time. 414 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:39,641 His wife thought he was playing racquetball. 415 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,810 She expected him home at 9:00 or so. 416 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,812 Just doesn't make any sense to me. 417 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,606 What doesn't make sense to you? 418 00:17:45,689 --> 00:17:47,441 I don't think he was with a woman. 419 00:17:47,524 --> 00:17:48,984 What, he rented a seedy hotel room 420 00:17:49,067 --> 00:17:50,235 so he could take a shower? 421 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:51,987 That's my point. 422 00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:53,489 We don't know why he was there. 423 00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:54,490 We're just guessing. 424 00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:55,866 Until we know why he was there, 425 00:17:55,949 --> 00:17:57,659 we can't be sure what happened to him. 426 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:58,619 Sure we can. 427 00:17:58,702 --> 00:18:00,537 He slipped and fell in the shower, Allison. 428 00:18:00,621 --> 00:18:02,164 Slips happen. It was his time. 429 00:18:02,247 --> 00:18:04,041 And when it's your time, it's your time. 430 00:18:04,124 --> 00:18:05,918 Says who? 431 00:18:15,719 --> 00:18:17,888 I... I've been thinking about the Bannister case. 432 00:18:17,971 --> 00:18:19,348 It's not a case, Allison. 433 00:18:19,431 --> 00:18:21,058 These are cases. 434 00:18:21,141 --> 00:18:22,684 There's a crime, there's a motive, there's a suspect. 435 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:23,894 But I have those. 436 00:18:23,977 --> 00:18:25,687 Really? 437 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:28,106 So now you tell me you think some fiend 438 00:18:28,190 --> 00:18:31,610 slicked up that tub so Dr. B would slip on purpose? 439 00:18:34,196 --> 00:18:35,697 Sykes v. Bannister. 440 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:38,033 Turns out Dr. Bannister is being sued 441 00:18:38,116 --> 00:18:40,077 by the father of a patient named Jeremy Sykes 442 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:41,912 who died while under his care. 443 00:18:41,995 --> 00:18:42,996 He's a cancer doctor, Allison. 444 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,040 Lawsuits are practically part of the job description. 445 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:48,210 Yes, but Sykes went so far as to physically attack Bannister 446 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:49,419 during pretrial hearings. 447 00:18:49,503 --> 00:18:52,005 I take it he thought his son's death 448 00:18:52,089 --> 00:18:54,091 was somehow Bannister's fault. 449 00:18:54,174 --> 00:18:56,176 Well, apparently, Bannister was one of a handful of doctors 450 00:18:56,260 --> 00:19:00,514 treating patients with Diathamoxin. 451 00:19:00,597 --> 00:19:03,517 I know. I haven't heard of it either. 452 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:04,518 It's new. 453 00:19:04,601 --> 00:19:05,561 It's from Switzerland. 454 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:07,896 Hasn't been approved by the FDA, 455 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:09,731 so insurance won't cover it. 456 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:12,442 So Sykes thought he was paying for a miracle cure, 457 00:19:12,526 --> 00:19:13,861 and when he didn't get it... 458 00:19:13,944 --> 00:19:15,404 Not only didn't he get it, 459 00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:17,573 but according to the claim that Sykes filed, 460 00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:20,450 Jeremy got precipitously worse after taking this drug 461 00:19:20,534 --> 00:19:22,411 and died six months later. 462 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:25,247 You have a crime, you have a suspect, you have a motive. 463 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:28,417 I'll tell you what. 464 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:29,918 The coroner's report should be issued tomorrow. 465 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:31,962 Why don't you and I take a ride down there. 466 00:19:32,045 --> 00:19:34,756 If he gives me some reason to think that it wasn't an accident, 467 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,051 I'll follow up on this hunch of yours. 468 00:19:41,179 --> 00:19:42,681 Something else? 469 00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:46,935 Can you give me a ride somewhere? 470 00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:48,645 It was so cool, Daddy. 471 00:19:48,729 --> 00:19:50,939 I bet that the kids at school thought 472 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:53,233 that we were getting arrested. 473 00:19:53,317 --> 00:19:55,736 One can only hope. 474 00:19:55,819 --> 00:19:58,780 Detective Scanlon let me turn on the sirens. 475 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:00,616 It was pretty exciting. 476 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,117 Could we do it again tomorrow? 477 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:04,202 Yeah, Mom, can you drive me to work? 478 00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:09,416 ( electronic beeping ) 479 00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:18,800 ( mechanical wheezing ) 480 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:28,101 Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. 481 00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:30,938 Not exactly Dante's Inferno, 482 00:20:31,021 --> 00:20:32,397 but close enough. 483 00:20:35,943 --> 00:20:37,986 Six months. 484 00:20:45,994 --> 00:20:47,579 Six weeks. 485 00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:56,004 Two years tops. 486 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,173 And there's no hope for any of them? 487 00:20:58,256 --> 00:20:59,174 There's an old saying. 488 00:20:59,257 --> 00:21:02,636 "The enemies of death are luck and hope." 489 00:21:02,719 --> 00:21:04,054 It's not true by the way. 490 00:21:04,137 --> 00:21:05,347 I'm good friends with both. 491 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:12,354 I'm going to let you in on a secret, Allison. 492 00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:15,023 It's not about the archetypal constructs of good and evil, 493 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:17,192 faith and hope, life and death. 494 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:20,696 It's about science, math, biology, 495 00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:22,990 the politics of finance, global economics, 496 00:21:23,073 --> 00:21:26,326 the cost of living versus the cost of dying, 497 00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:29,204 who can afford how much and who's willing to pay. 498 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:34,543 Death is good. 499 00:21:34,626 --> 00:21:36,420 Death is necessary. 500 00:21:36,503 --> 00:21:38,046 And with a little bit of planning, 501 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:41,925 death can even be a win-win. 502 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,427 I honestly marvel 503 00:21:43,510 --> 00:21:45,178 at how passionately some people resist it. 504 00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:46,179 Take this case. 505 00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:48,890 Truly tragic. 506 00:21:54,438 --> 00:21:56,064 Is he going to die soon? 507 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,775 No, damn it. He's going to go into remission. 508 00:21:58,859 --> 00:22:00,986 He's going to live a long and happy life, I'm afraid. 509 00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:07,367 Tell me, 510 00:22:07,451 --> 00:22:11,246 have you had a physical recently? 511 00:22:11,329 --> 00:22:12,497 ( gasps ) 512 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:20,130 Is there any way I could come in today? 513 00:22:20,213 --> 00:22:22,132 Who's Mommy talking to? 514 00:22:22,215 --> 00:22:23,467 Doctor's office. 515 00:22:23,550 --> 00:22:26,720 If you don't have time for a full physical, 516 00:22:26,803 --> 00:22:28,138 is there any way I can come in 517 00:22:28,221 --> 00:22:32,225 for like a mini checkup just to tide me over? 518 00:22:32,309 --> 00:22:36,396 1:30 today. Okay, great. 519 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,231 Thanks. Bye. 520 00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:39,816 Good morning. 521 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:41,777 Mini checkup? 522 00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:44,196 I don't think they have those in our plan. 523 00:22:44,279 --> 00:22:47,282 Hey, can I talk to you over here for a moment? 524 00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:58,251 I'm having a little anxiety about my health. 525 00:22:58,335 --> 00:22:59,044 I don't see why. 526 00:22:59,127 --> 00:23:00,587 What with all the extra walking 527 00:23:00,670 --> 00:23:01,922 you'll be doing not that you won't drive. 528 00:23:02,005 --> 00:23:04,299 I'm asking for your help. 529 00:23:04,382 --> 00:23:07,135 What? 1:30? 530 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:08,678 You want me to drive you? 531 00:23:08,762 --> 00:23:10,097 I'll be at work, Allison. 532 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:12,474 I don't need you to take me. 533 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:14,643 Detective Scanlon's coming to pick me up this morning 534 00:23:14,726 --> 00:23:15,936 to take me to the morgue. 535 00:23:16,019 --> 00:23:17,479 I'll probably get him to drop me off. 536 00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:19,940 I just need you to pick me up around 3:00 537 00:23:20,023 --> 00:23:21,483 so we can go get the girls. 538 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:22,651 Are you listening to yourself? 539 00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:24,986 One simple errand now involves 540 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:27,989 a police escort and your husband taking off work early. 541 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:30,784 Could I take that as a yes? 542 00:23:33,411 --> 00:23:35,038 Are you sure? I mean, he couldn't have been hit 543 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:35,872 and moved into the shower 544 00:23:35,956 --> 00:23:37,290 to make it look like an accident? 545 00:23:37,374 --> 00:23:39,417 Not likely. 546 00:23:39,501 --> 00:23:42,504 You see here how this fits 547 00:23:42,587 --> 00:23:43,880 the indentation in the skull? 548 00:23:43,964 --> 00:23:46,424 So his injury is completely consistent 549 00:23:46,508 --> 00:23:48,176 with an accidental fall in the bathtub. 550 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,428 You'd be surprised how common that is. 551 00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:55,183 You're not taking Thomas Road? 552 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,185 It's faster. 553 00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:58,854 This is the intersection 554 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:00,689 where I almost got hit by that truck. 555 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:07,195 Oh, my God. 556 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:10,073 That's him. That's Death. 557 00:24:10,157 --> 00:24:12,868 Huh, what are you talking about? 558 00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:15,245 On that bus bench. 559 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:25,046 Death's name is "Bob"? 560 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,841 ARIEL: But I don't understand. 561 00:24:27,924 --> 00:24:29,050 No one I know sends me an e-mail. 562 00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:31,178 No one I know has my e-mail address, 563 00:24:31,261 --> 00:24:33,889 but I still keep getting mail from people I've never met. 564 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:35,056 It's called spam, sweetie. 565 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:37,434 It's like junk mail, but it goes through your computer. 566 00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:39,561 But I don't like it. 567 00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,104 I want real mail. 568 00:24:41,188 --> 00:24:42,105 Tell you what. 569 00:24:42,189 --> 00:24:44,149 When I get into work, I'll send you something. 570 00:24:46,234 --> 00:24:48,111 Here. 571 00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:50,989 Thank you. 572 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:55,911 You still looking at this guy? 573 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:57,412 I'm going to call him. 574 00:24:57,495 --> 00:25:00,790 Why? We already have an insurance agent. 575 00:25:00,874 --> 00:25:03,084 Besides, I'm not sure how I feel 576 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,086 about buying life from Death. 577 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:06,922 Not funny. 578 00:25:07,005 --> 00:25:08,089 I'm going to buy anything. 579 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:09,925 I'm not going to sign anything. 580 00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:11,718 I'm just going to meet with him, 581 00:25:11,801 --> 00:25:13,094 get to the bottom of this thing. 582 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:14,971 What thing? 583 00:25:15,055 --> 00:25:18,767 I'm just going to say this, Allison. 584 00:25:18,850 --> 00:25:22,270 You used to drive through that intersection every day. 585 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:23,396 So? 586 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,106 So isn't it possible that you may 587 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:29,110 have personified your anxieties about death? 588 00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:32,906 About mortality, about leaving the girls, 589 00:25:32,989 --> 00:25:37,118 leaving me and given them a face, 590 00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:39,287 his face? 591 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:44,793 You know what? I take it back. 592 00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:46,294 Call this guy. Go see him. 593 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,255 But do yourself a favor and drive there. 594 00:25:48,338 --> 00:25:50,465 Whyare you saying this? 595 00:25:50,548 --> 00:25:53,134 Because if this guy is really Death 596 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:55,303 and your number really is up, 597 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:59,808 then it's up whether you drive or not. 598 00:25:59,891 --> 00:26:02,644 But if this guy is just an insurance agent, 599 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:04,145 then you living your life 600 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:07,148 in fear of something that might happen, 601 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:09,317 that's no way to live. 602 00:26:15,573 --> 00:26:17,117 ( door opens ) 603 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,493 Anything you need, 604 00:26:18,576 --> 00:26:19,661 anything at all. 605 00:26:19,744 --> 00:26:21,371 I hear there's a doctor in Flagstaff 606 00:26:21,454 --> 00:26:23,331 who might be willing to prescribe it. 607 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:24,666 If you have any trouble getting in to see him, 608 00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:25,917 you tell them your viatical is with me 609 00:26:26,001 --> 00:26:28,003 and there's plenty of money left over for your treatment. 610 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:29,004 Thank you, Mr. Sherman. 611 00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:31,172 SHERMAN: It's my pleasure. 612 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:33,258 For everything. Of course. 613 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:38,555 I still can't believe he's gone. 614 00:26:38,638 --> 00:26:41,725 Yes, Dr. Bannister was a lovely, lovely man. 615 00:26:44,978 --> 00:26:47,856 Oh, you must be Mrs. Dubois. 616 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:52,027 The only inevitable things in life are death, taxes 617 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:53,737 and my assistant catching the flu 618 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:55,155 at the worst possible time. 619 00:26:55,238 --> 00:26:57,073 I'm just about done here. 620 00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:59,034 Thank you for seeing me on such short notice. 621 00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:01,202 Oh, it's my pleasure. 622 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:04,080 You're one of the few, Mrs. Dubois, I can tell. 623 00:27:04,164 --> 00:27:05,498 The few? 624 00:27:05,582 --> 00:27:07,625 Most people think they're going to live forever, 625 00:27:07,709 --> 00:27:09,210 but there are a few of us 626 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:12,505 who realize that each moment could potentially be our last. 627 00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:15,300 We are the ones who prepare for the inevitable. 628 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:18,887 It's none of my business, but the man who just left. 629 00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:21,348 Leukemia. 630 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:24,392 Was he a patient of Dr. Bannister's? 631 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:26,686 Oh, did you know Dean? 632 00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:29,022 No, not personally. 633 00:27:29,105 --> 00:27:32,067 I know people who are very fond of him. 634 00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:35,737 Pathetic way to lose one's life, isn't it, 635 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:38,782 taking a spill in the shower? 636 00:27:38,865 --> 00:27:40,075 Pathetic but not uncommon, I'm afraid. 637 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:42,077 Did you know 638 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,912 that the average bathroom is one of the most 639 00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:45,080 perilous places on Earth, 640 00:27:45,163 --> 00:27:46,206 statistically speaking of course? 641 00:27:46,289 --> 00:27:50,126 I heard that. 642 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:52,253 How well did you know Dr. Bannister? 643 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,923 Oh, I wrote a policy for him and his wife several years ago 644 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:56,091 and we became friends. 645 00:27:56,174 --> 00:28:00,095 We used to play racquetball virtually every Tuesday. 646 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,430 Him. That's him. 647 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:03,765 And the crime is? 648 00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:05,725 He said they played racquetball. 649 00:28:05,809 --> 00:28:09,396 Racquetball-playing and the claim to have played racquetball 650 00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:11,481 both have been decriminalized in Arizona for quite some time. 651 00:28:11,564 --> 00:28:13,775 You're mocking me. 652 00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:15,235 I'm trying to reason with you. 653 00:28:15,318 --> 00:28:16,444 The victim in question appears to have slipped 654 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,238 and fallen in a bathtub. 655 00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:21,116 That's heartbreaking, Allison, but it's not illegal. 656 00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:25,328 ( EKG beeping, beeps faster, then steady tone ) 657 00:28:28,164 --> 00:28:32,460 Someone! Anyone! 658 00:28:39,342 --> 00:28:41,469 You can't stop the inevitable, Allison. 659 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:45,265 So why not hurry it along instead? 660 00:28:45,348 --> 00:28:46,349 ( gasps ) 661 00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:52,814 ( chuckles ) 662 00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:53,940 Morning, early bird. 663 00:28:54,023 --> 00:28:55,733 What you doing, homework? 664 00:28:55,817 --> 00:28:58,528 No, I'm sending an e-mail. 665 00:28:58,611 --> 00:29:01,322 So one of your friends finally sent you an e-mail, huh? 666 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:02,615 No, I'm writing this company 667 00:29:02,699 --> 00:29:04,701 telling them to stop e-mailing me. 668 00:29:04,784 --> 00:29:05,785 They're writing, like, 20 e-mails a day, 669 00:29:05,869 --> 00:29:08,163 and I have no idea what they're even talking about. 670 00:29:11,249 --> 00:29:14,461 There's usually something you can click 671 00:29:14,544 --> 00:29:17,005 on the bottom of the letter to get off their mailing list. 672 00:29:17,088 --> 00:29:18,214 I've done that. 673 00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:19,883 I've done that, like, ten times, 674 00:29:19,966 --> 00:29:21,551 and every time they'd write me a letter 675 00:29:21,634 --> 00:29:23,178 assuring me that this is not spam 676 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:25,472 and that they're writing especially to me. 677 00:29:25,555 --> 00:29:27,140 Can I see some of these letters? 678 00:29:27,223 --> 00:29:28,516 Can you print some out? 679 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,810 "Ariel, you could be making big money 680 00:29:30,894 --> 00:29:32,520 buying and selling viaticals." 681 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:36,816 "Ariel, why aren't you profiting from the easy money 682 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,735 to be made in viaticals?" 683 00:29:38,818 --> 00:29:41,070 "Ariel, want to get started in viaticals? 684 00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:42,906 We'll show you how." 685 00:29:42,989 --> 00:29:44,699 What's a viatical? 686 00:29:44,782 --> 00:29:46,159 A viatical. 687 00:29:46,242 --> 00:29:48,286 It's an instrument created 688 00:29:48,369 --> 00:29:50,830 to theoretically help people realize the value 689 00:29:50,914 --> 00:29:53,374 of their life insurance before they die. 690 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,668 You mean a way to borrow against it? 691 00:29:55,752 --> 00:29:57,212 Well, sort of. 692 00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:59,881 Say you have a life insurance policy that pays out 693 00:29:59,964 --> 00:30:01,716 a million dollars upon your death, 694 00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:03,843 but you need the money now to, 695 00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:05,970 I don't know, pay for an experimental drug treatment 696 00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:07,222 to keep you alive. 697 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:10,391 You can sell your policy to someone like Sherman, who agrees 698 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,227 to give you a couple hundred grand up front, 699 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:14,771 pay your premiums, plus give you a monthly stipend 700 00:30:14,854 --> 00:30:15,897 as long as you're alive. 701 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,524 Well, what's in it for Sherman? 702 00:30:17,607 --> 00:30:19,859 Well, he's betting that you die 703 00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:21,861 before he has to pay out the whole million. 704 00:30:21,945 --> 00:30:24,781 And if you do, he gets to pocket the balance. 705 00:30:24,864 --> 00:30:27,450 What a cynical way to make a living. 706 00:30:27,534 --> 00:30:29,244 No wonder I dreamt he was Death. 707 00:30:29,327 --> 00:30:31,746 Still doesn't make him a murderer. 708 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:33,665 I know, but there is some connection, 709 00:30:33,748 --> 00:30:35,124 and it's not just racquetball. 710 00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:38,086 I saw him standing in that motel room, 711 00:30:38,169 --> 00:30:41,464 a wall of fire behind him, welcoming Bannister. 712 00:30:41,548 --> 00:30:43,466 Well, they were colleagues of a sort. 713 00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:45,969 One man administered the experimental drug treatment, 714 00:30:46,052 --> 00:30:47,804 and the other helped you pay for it. 715 00:30:49,847 --> 00:30:52,725 What if the drugs were bad? 716 00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:55,228 I don't follow. 717 00:30:55,311 --> 00:30:58,731 I had this dream last night I was in this hospital ward, 718 00:30:58,815 --> 00:31:01,401 and this woman, she was struggling 719 00:31:01,484 --> 00:31:02,777 against the drugs she had been given. 720 00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:04,445 Turns out, they weren't drugs at all. 721 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:06,948 It was just... sand. 722 00:31:07,031 --> 00:31:09,450 I still don't follow. 723 00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:12,287 If your drugs are bad, you die quicker, right? 724 00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:16,791 Which is good for whoever buys your viatical, isn't it? 725 00:31:16,874 --> 00:31:21,129 It's an interesting theory. 726 00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:24,173 Maybe I'll have Scanlon do a little research. 727 00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:25,967 Research? That's it? 728 00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:28,052 Well, let's see how the research goes, 729 00:31:28,136 --> 00:31:31,139 and if we like what we see, maybe we'll play a little poker. 730 00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:33,933 Poker? 731 00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:36,519 With who? 732 00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:46,988 Mr. Sherman, I appreciate you coming down here. 733 00:31:47,071 --> 00:31:50,950 In the course of investigating the death of your friend, 734 00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:52,994 your client Dr. Bannister, some questions have arisen 735 00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:54,662 about the nature of his medical practice. 736 00:31:54,746 --> 00:31:57,498 My questions really have to do with certain 737 00:31:57,582 --> 00:32:00,001 civil suits that were pending against Dr. Bannister 738 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:01,294 prior to his passing. 739 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:04,088 I see. 740 00:32:04,172 --> 00:32:08,635 I was hardly privy to everything about his practice, 741 00:32:08,718 --> 00:32:10,720 but I'll be glad to tell you what I know. 742 00:32:10,803 --> 00:32:13,806 ( paper rustling ) 743 00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:16,142 SCANLON: Do you recognize any of the names on the list? 744 00:32:16,225 --> 00:32:18,895 I take it this is a list of Dean's patients? 745 00:32:21,105 --> 00:32:22,148 Yes, I do. 746 00:32:22,231 --> 00:32:24,317 I did business with several of them. 747 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,693 By business, 748 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:27,737 you mean you purchased their life insurance policies, 749 00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:28,863 isn't that right? 750 00:32:28,946 --> 00:32:32,700 Providing viaticals for them to pay for their treatments? 751 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,744 With several of them, yes. 752 00:32:34,827 --> 00:32:35,870 Nine, actually, 753 00:32:35,953 --> 00:32:37,789 out of the 23 patients on the list. 754 00:32:37,872 --> 00:32:38,831 Out of the 23 patients 755 00:32:38,915 --> 00:32:40,500 involved in Bannister's experimental 756 00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:41,876 drug treatments, you purchased 757 00:32:41,959 --> 00:32:43,544 the life insurance policies of nine. 758 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:44,712 Isn't that correct? 759 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,589 It's possible. 760 00:32:46,673 --> 00:32:48,424 I don't have my records with me. 761 00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:51,761 Be glad to confirm that figure when I return to my office. 762 00:32:51,844 --> 00:32:53,554 Am I missing something here? 763 00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:56,891 I'm curious. Did Dr. Bannister refer these patients to you? 764 00:32:56,974 --> 00:32:57,934 Yes, he did. 765 00:32:58,017 --> 00:32:59,560 I was only too happy to help. 766 00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:00,895 Help? 767 00:33:00,978 --> 00:33:03,022 I'm confused. 768 00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:04,315 The way that I understood it, 769 00:33:04,399 --> 00:33:07,860 the quicker these patients die, the more you stand to profit. 770 00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:12,365 Everyone dies. 771 00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:16,202 And every business exists to make a profit. 772 00:33:16,285 --> 00:33:18,413 Now, it's true, mine may appear to be 773 00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:19,747 an especially morbid business, 774 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:22,792 but... the fact is, 775 00:33:22,875 --> 00:33:25,545 a viatical can be a godsend 776 00:33:25,628 --> 00:33:27,588 to a poor soul who's fighting for his life 777 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:29,882 and has no other resources. 778 00:33:29,966 --> 00:33:31,843 Still, what you do 779 00:33:31,926 --> 00:33:34,429 isn't exactly charity, Mr. Sherman. 780 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:37,473 You don't really understand the business of dying, do you? 781 00:33:37,557 --> 00:33:40,435 I'm a homicide detective, sir. 782 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:42,103 Oh, yes. You know about death. 783 00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:44,772 The messy aftermath, the suffering. 784 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:47,608 But I'm talking about the suffering itself, Detective. 785 00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:48,818 I'm talking about dying. 786 00:33:48,901 --> 00:33:50,945 A dying man 787 00:33:51,028 --> 00:33:53,781 will do anything in his power to cling 788 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:55,158 to the last shreds of life, 789 00:33:55,241 --> 00:33:58,619 no matter how painful his existence has become. 790 00:33:58,703 --> 00:34:05,001 He'll do anything, give anything, sell anything 791 00:34:05,084 --> 00:34:06,461 all for a little hope. 792 00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:07,962 And you gave that hope. 793 00:34:08,045 --> 00:34:09,922 Yes, I did. 794 00:34:11,047 --> 00:34:12,800 And Dr. Bannister gave them even more than that. 795 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:13,926 He gave them results. 796 00:34:14,010 --> 00:34:16,012 The man was considered something of a miracle worker. 797 00:34:16,094 --> 00:34:17,638 You see, that's the strange part. 798 00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:19,474 That's the part that we can't quite figure out 799 00:34:19,556 --> 00:34:20,433 because, for a miracle worker, 800 00:34:20,516 --> 00:34:22,435 Dr. Bannister was having a pretty off year. 801 00:34:22,518 --> 00:34:24,478 How do you mean? 802 00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:25,980 Of the 23 patients involved 803 00:34:26,063 --> 00:34:27,440 in Bannister's experimental drug program, 804 00:34:27,523 --> 00:34:29,317 12 of them died in the past nine months. 805 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,277 And of that 12, 806 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,321 seven of them had sold their life insurance policies 807 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:34,322 to you. 808 00:34:34,405 --> 00:34:35,322 Seven, you say? 809 00:34:35,406 --> 00:34:36,324 Hmm. 810 00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:37,867 I had no idea it was that many. 811 00:34:37,949 --> 00:34:39,827 You want to hear another strange statistic? 812 00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:41,913 According to the records of Bannister's 813 00:34:41,996 --> 00:34:44,540 Swiss drug supplier, Bannister purchased 814 00:34:44,623 --> 00:34:46,876 enough medication to treat ten patients last year. 815 00:34:46,958 --> 00:34:49,837 Remarkably, he managed to treat 23. 816 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,507 ALLISON: We believe that Dr. Bannister 817 00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:54,842 may have been diluting his drugs. 818 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:55,885 That's absurd. 819 00:34:55,967 --> 00:35:00,181 Dr. Bannister was a brilliant, compassionate man. 820 00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:02,683 He loved his patients above all things. 821 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,853 Well, maybe not above all things. 822 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:08,981 And as you pointed out, everyone dies eventually. 823 00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:10,817 Anyway. 824 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:13,194 The sad truth is, it appears 825 00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:16,364 the good doctor's patients paid full price for their treatment 826 00:35:16,447 --> 00:35:18,699 and were getting medications that were only a third 827 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:19,867 of the necessary potency. 828 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:22,036 With Bannister pocketing the difference. 829 00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:23,788 I'm sorry. 830 00:35:23,871 --> 00:35:26,040 None of this sounds like the man I know. 831 00:35:26,123 --> 00:35:27,250 I mean, really, 832 00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:28,751 how much money could possibly be made 833 00:35:28,835 --> 00:35:30,753 by diluting a handful of patients' drugs? 834 00:35:30,837 --> 00:35:31,838 It sounds preposterous. 835 00:35:31,921 --> 00:35:32,797 I agree. 836 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,882 Which brings me back to the seven patients 837 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:36,843 whose life insurance policies you bought 838 00:35:36,926 --> 00:35:39,053 and who began dying shortly after you 839 00:35:39,136 --> 00:35:40,888 started paying for their treatment. 840 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:44,225 Were they just terribly unlucky, 841 00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:47,520 or were you incredibly good at picking winners? 842 00:35:49,522 --> 00:35:51,816 The two of you were quite a team, weren't you? 843 00:35:51,899 --> 00:35:53,734 He would make sure the patients 844 00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:55,736 whose viaticals you owned 845 00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:57,572 started dying a little quicker, and in return, 846 00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:59,782 he got a cut of the payment. 847 00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:03,202 Am I being charged with something? 848 00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:05,079 Is that what's going on here? 849 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:13,754 I'm guessing from your collective silence 850 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:14,589 that you don't have the evidence 851 00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:17,758 to support these absurd allegations. 852 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:20,761 Of course not. 853 00:36:20,845 --> 00:36:22,138 They're not true. 854 00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:27,435 My... 855 00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:30,021 what active imaginations you all have. 856 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:34,609 How dare you? 857 00:36:34,692 --> 00:36:37,194 For God's sake, the man slipped and fell in his shower. 858 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:41,115 You'll be hearing from my attorney. 859 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:42,825 Have no fear. 860 00:36:42,909 --> 00:36:45,620 Your attorney will be hearing from me. 861 00:37:37,254 --> 00:37:39,507 I know how he did it. 862 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:41,968 Dr. Bannister didn't slip and fall by accident. 863 00:37:42,051 --> 00:37:43,678 Sherman planned the whole thing. 864 00:37:43,761 --> 00:37:44,845 Allison. 865 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:46,138 I saw it. 866 00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:47,682 He unscrewed the spigot from the bathtub wall. 867 00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:49,684 He smashed Bannister in the skull, then he 868 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:50,977 dragged his body back over to the tub 869 00:37:51,060 --> 00:37:52,979 to make it look like a fall. Allison... 870 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:53,896 You should have seen him. 871 00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:55,564 That cold bastard. 872 00:37:55,648 --> 00:37:57,692 Arranging Bannister's body so it would match 873 00:37:57,775 --> 00:37:59,360 the hundreds of slip-and-sue cases 874 00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:00,695 he's settled on over the years. 875 00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:01,612 Putting plastic on the floor 876 00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,698 so their would be no blood for us to... 877 00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:04,865 Allison! 878 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:08,160 I believe you. 879 00:38:08,244 --> 00:38:09,912 I believe you. I'm just not sure 880 00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:11,497 there is anything I can do about it. 881 00:38:11,580 --> 00:38:15,668 The fact is, Forensics has already been over that spigot. 882 00:38:15,751 --> 00:38:17,878 The bathtub, Bannister's body, 883 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:19,422 they're all clean. 884 00:38:19,505 --> 00:38:21,507 I don't understand, then. 885 00:38:21,590 --> 00:38:22,550 Why would you believe me? 886 00:38:22,633 --> 00:38:24,552 What-what's changed your mind? 887 00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:25,553 Well... 888 00:38:25,636 --> 00:38:27,596 After our meeting yesterday, I had a thought. 889 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,725 I told Detective Scanlon to go back to that motel 890 00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:32,727 and ask the desk clerk one more time 891 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:33,894 if he remembered seeing anyone 892 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:35,896 that might have been meeting Bannister, 893 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,399 and, to make it clear that we weren't necessarily 894 00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:39,567 talking about a female. 895 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:41,569 I also asked him to bring along 896 00:38:41,652 --> 00:38:43,279 the ad from the phone book you had given me, 897 00:38:43,362 --> 00:38:45,740 the one with Sherman's picture in it. 898 00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:47,116 That he recognized. 899 00:38:47,199 --> 00:38:48,951 Turns out he was very familiar with Sherman. 900 00:38:49,035 --> 00:38:50,369 Well, what are we going to do now? 901 00:38:50,453 --> 00:38:51,746 That's what I'm trying to tell you. 902 00:38:51,829 --> 00:38:53,205 I already did it. I told Scanlon 903 00:38:53,289 --> 00:38:55,416 to bring Sherman back in for questioning. 904 00:38:55,499 --> 00:38:57,918 He went over to his office first thing this morning. 905 00:38:58,002 --> 00:38:59,754 Oh, my God, that's great. 906 00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:00,755 It's closed. 907 00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:03,007 Excuse me? 908 00:39:03,090 --> 00:39:04,258 His office. 909 00:39:04,341 --> 00:39:05,426 It's closed. 910 00:39:05,509 --> 00:39:08,429 Looks like he got out all the important things last night. 911 00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:10,598 Scanlon went over to his house-- same thing there. 912 00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:11,724 Bank accounts emptied, 913 00:39:11,807 --> 00:39:13,893 no forwarding numbers on his phones. 914 00:39:13,976 --> 00:39:15,311 Well, where would he have gone? 915 00:39:15,394 --> 00:39:17,104 Out of the country, I guess. 916 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:18,272 Cayman Islands, maybe. 917 00:39:18,355 --> 00:39:19,899 They like American money. Who knows. 918 00:39:19,982 --> 00:39:22,610 He did it. 919 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:24,987 Yeah. 920 00:39:25,071 --> 00:39:26,197 I think he did. 921 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:27,948 And I think, 922 00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:32,119 for the moment, he wins. 923 00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:34,288 It's just... just wrong, Joe. 924 00:39:34,371 --> 00:39:37,625 It's wrong that this guy should cause so much pain and misery 925 00:39:37,708 --> 00:39:39,668 to others and just get away with it. 926 00:39:39,752 --> 00:39:40,669 I agree with you. 927 00:39:40,753 --> 00:39:44,965 It's a terrible thing, and he's a terrible guy. 928 00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:47,218 But there's nothing for you to do now. 929 00:39:47,301 --> 00:39:50,012 You've done all that you can do. 930 00:39:50,096 --> 00:39:52,640 Now you just have to, I don't know, 931 00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:54,475 let it go and trust that... 932 00:39:54,558 --> 00:39:55,810 Trust that what? 933 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:58,813 Trust that what goes around comes around, 934 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:00,981 that he'll get his, that there's some kind of justice 935 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,316 out there in the universe. 936 00:40:02,399 --> 00:40:03,984 You don't believe that. 937 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,820 I don't know what I believe. 938 00:40:05,903 --> 00:40:07,196 It's almost midnight, 939 00:40:07,279 --> 00:40:09,615 and we've been talking about this for hours. 940 00:40:09,698 --> 00:40:12,993 I believe we need to get some sleep. 941 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,496 I believe that everything will work out. 942 00:40:15,579 --> 00:40:16,997 It always does. 943 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:20,626 I'm glad that you're so certain. 944 00:40:20,709 --> 00:40:24,004 'Cause I'm not sure I believe that anymore. 945 00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:27,049 I'm not sure that things do come around. 946 00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:28,342 ( sighs ) 947 00:40:28,425 --> 00:40:30,427 I'm not sure about anything. 948 00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:42,857 ( knocking ) 949 00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:45,401 If that's the mai tai I ordered, could you just please bring it 950 00:40:45,484 --> 00:40:48,529 in here and place it on the counter, my good fellow? 951 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:55,536 ( footsteps approaching ) 952 00:41:03,002 --> 00:41:04,879 Nice to see you, Mr. Sherman. 953 00:41:04,962 --> 00:41:08,048 Ready to do a little business? 954 00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:10,551 Did you know that 47% of all accidental deaths 955 00:41:10,634 --> 00:41:11,969 take place in the home? 956 00:41:12,052 --> 00:41:15,139 And 61% of those happen in the bathroom. 957 00:41:17,099 --> 00:41:19,685 Caymans are really lovely this time of year. 958 00:41:19,768 --> 00:41:22,563 You really should be quite pleased with yourself. 959 00:41:22,646 --> 00:41:25,399 You've chosen a spectacular place to die. 960 00:41:29,278 --> 00:41:31,030 Watch that soap. 961 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:32,907 ( screams ) 962 00:41:32,990 --> 00:41:33,991 ( thud ) 963 00:41:47,296 --> 00:41:48,964 ( gasps ) 964 00:41:49,048 --> 00:41:51,634 Huh? 965 00:41:51,717 --> 00:41:52,885 Are you all right? 966 00:41:52,968 --> 00:41:54,929 Everything okay? 967 00:41:55,012 --> 00:41:57,097 What's going on? 968 00:41:57,181 --> 00:42:00,142 Oh, nothing. 969 00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:04,480 I just got woken up by the sound of everything coming around. 970 00:42:04,563 --> 00:42:05,481 ( chuckles ) 971 00:42:05,564 --> 00:42:06,941 Huh? 972 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:08,108 ( sighs ) 973 00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:10,110 Nothing. 974 00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:11,654 Never mind. 975 00:42:11,737 --> 00:42:14,281 Everything's fine. 976 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,116 ( sighs ) 977 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,285 Go back to sleep. 978 00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:19,370 Captioning sponsored by PARAMOUNT TELEVISION, 979 00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:21,247 NBC, 980 00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:25,251 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org