03x03 - m*rder Is a One-Act Play

[bunniefuu]

(horn and chime music)

(birds chirping)

(car horns honking)

(suspenseful music)

(frantic music)

- [Man] Stay away
from Sister Mary!

(dramatic music)

(bell tolling)
(birds chirping)

- Mary?

Sister Mary?

- Larry, but you're
supposed to be in Taiwan.
- The deal folded.

Well, aren't you pleased?

- Now get out of here.

You'll get me excommunicated.

- I'll see you later.

- Hamburger?
- No thanks.

- The (mumbles) it was all
right for them huh, Joe?

Eh?

All right, okay, studio.

(mumbles) Let's have a
bit of quiet,

get this show on the road.

- Ms. Mary?
- Hmm?

- Have you seen Mark Field?

- No.
- Dicky,
have we located Mark here?

- Why no, he's not

in his dressing room.
- Well, try the bar.

Don't forget the bar.

- We'll just have to sh**t
out of sequence, that's all.

Look Joe, have you been
managed to get out of secrets?

- [Man] It's all right.

The (mumbles) will you?

Just keep them away from me.

I just counted (mumbles).

(suspenseful music)

(loud clattering)

- What?
- Well, that's what

we just heard, yeah.

Of course, Mark wasn't
able to talk himself.

They just took him straight

up to hospital.
- This is terrible.

How badly was he hurt?
- All right, places!

Well, we now have problems.
- You have problems?

- You all heard about Mark,
I suppose.

Well, it's just too bad,
but we'll have to work

around it somehow.

The first thing is we'll
drop scene two,

and then the writers are
going to invent some reason

to keep him out of
this altogether.

That will mean working late,
I'm afraid.

Dicky.
- Oh, not that.

- Will you check for the crews,

see if it's okay with them?

It's okay with you,
isn't it Madame?

Yes.
- Works.

- But I thought?

(suspenseful music)

- You're late!
- Oh!

Larry, look.

Three surprises in one
day are enough.

- Told you I'd see you later

Three?

- Mark Fields.

He's been mugged.

- Mugged
- Hm.

- How?

I mean, where?
- I don't know the details,

just that he was, that's all.

Bad enough to take him to
hospital, too.

But that's why I'm so late,
you see.

They wouldn't.
- The news I react to

with mixed feelings.
- Why?

- Always had the feeling
Mark fancied you

more than somewhat.

- Out.

- Out?

I'll give you 10 minutes.

Penny?
- Mm-hmm?

- Okay?

- Okay.
- I'll bring the car

around the front.

(suspenseful music)

- Hey, you!

What are you getting up to?

Have you got a pass?

Well, I know you got in
here, but you can be sure

you're going out right now.

This way.

Come on.

- What's going on?

- Sister Mary!
- I found him

outside your door, miss.

- I didn't mean any harm.

I just wanted to see you,
that's all,

to talk to you about the
fan club, your fan club.

- Come on.
- Fan club?

- We're starting one
devoted to you,

the Sister Mary Fan Club.

- I'm sorry about this, miss.

- There's been a mistake.

I invited him.

- You, miss?
- Sorry, I forgot

to tell the main gate.

Well, come in, won't you?

Well, mister?

- Rook, Charles Rook.

I can't tell you

what a great honor it is.
- Oh, you mentioned

fan club, Mr. Rook, and
that's an irresistible phrase

to any actor.

Tell me more.

- The formation's all agreed,
the membership, everything.

All we need is your blessing,
so to speak, Sister Mary.

(laughing)

- My blessing.

- Your patronage to
make it official.

There's a magazine planned,
club premises lined up.

- Premises?

Well, how big is this club?

- The membership is
substantial and loyal.

It's the Sister Mary Fan Club.

- Just for me?

- Oh, you're deeply loved,
Sister Mary,

more than you know.

- Oh, but it's crazy!

My part in the show is, well,
it is important I suppose,

but it isn't big, certainly
not a starring role.

- To us, it is, Sister Mary.

To us you are a shining
star, example to all of us.

- It really is crazy.
- No, it's not!

We've been preparing layouts
for the official magazine.

We haven't been able
to decide which on yet,

but we thought that you
might make the final choice.

- You really mean it, don't you?

It isn't a joke.

- No, I wouldn't joke
about something like this.

- No, of course not.

I'm very flattered.

- Yeah, I think you'll agree.

You see, it won't
really mean anything

unless you officially say yes.

- Well, of course I agree.

What actress wouldn't?

By the way, I do wish
you'd call me Penny.

That's my real name, you see,
Penny Stacy.

- Yes, I prefer Sister Mary.

(Penny laughing)

Oh, it's marvelous
that you agree.

There are a lot of things
I want to discuss with you

of course, and I'd
like to send you

some of the prose brochures.

Do you think I could
have your home address?

- I don't see why not.

It's 4B Streetly Towers.

Are you the president,
the secretary, or what?

- Both, until we can have
formal elections, of course.

I can't tell you what this
means to me, Sister Mary.

Do you know, I've watched
every episode?

I've collected every bit
of information about you,

but to actually meet you.
- Mr. Rook,

Mr. Rook, I'm very sorry,

but I'm going to have to
throw you out.

- Well, of course.

I'm sorry, you must be tired.

- No, it's just that I do
have other things to do.

- Thank you.

Sister Mary.

(suspenseful music)

- [Penny] You were going
to tell me about Taiwan.

- It was hot.
- My, your descriptions

are so graphic!

- I let my camera tell
the story, remember?

Anyway, I hated the place.

- Why?
- Two very good reasons.

One, the story I was supposed
to be covering didn't happen.

- And two?
- And two,

you weren't there.
(laughing)

(doorbell buzzing)

- Now who do we think that is?

- Someone with lousy timing.
(doorbell buzzing)

- Sister Mary!
- Mr. Rook.

- I'm sorry to
disturb you so late,

but I saw the light was on.

- Well, if it isn't
number one fan.

- Well, you'd better come in.

- No, not if you're busy.

- Not anymore, we aren't.
- It's all right.

Come in.

Larry, this is Mr. Rook.

- Larry Turner.
- Hi.

- How do you do?

Don't you play one of the monks?

- A monk?

(laughing)

- Well, not exactly, Mr. Rook.

Larry is my fiance.

- Fiance?
- Mm-hm, that's right.

- Well, that can't be right.

Nuns aren't allowed to Mary,
are they?

- My fiance, Mr. Rook,
Penny Stacy's.

Well, you mustn't make the
mistake of mixing me up

with Sister Mary.
- No, I suppose not.

- Well, what was it
that you wanted

to see me about?
- Some details

on the magazine, but
it doesn't matter now.

- Now you are here, you
might just as well discuss

whatever it was

that you were.
- No, I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have burst
in on you like this.

- It's all right.
- It was unthinking of me.

- It's all right.
- I'm so.

(loud clattering)

(faint speaking)

- Mr. Rook!

(suspenseful music)

What did you make of him?

- Who?
- Rook, him.

What did you think of him?
- I didn't think of him.

- It's sad.
- A nut.

- No!
- Look, anyone who can cherish

an image, someone he
doesn't even know,

he's got to be loose somewhere.

- Well then (mumbles)
compensating.

I think he's a sad man.
- I hate him.

- What?
- He interrupted us.

(laughing)

- Yes, well I was
about to anyway.

Early morning for me
tomorrow and I have lines.

- Okay.

- Will I phone for a cab?

- No, no, I'll get one outside.

But tomorrow night.

- Tomorrow night.

(door slamming)

(car engine revving)

(loud crashing)

(suspenseful music)

Larry!

- Hey Charlie!

Can you come and move
this down a bit?

dicky, what's happening

this evening?
- I'm doing a Charlie.

(faint speaking)

- Oh hi, Mark.

You okay?
- I'm fine, thank you.

- Hello, Mark.
- Do you know,

I honestly think that
the emphasis is all wrong

in this scene.
- But it's my scene.

- You had the lines,
but the scene

is about me, my character.

I really don't think the
(mumbles) understands

the camera really
should pan round.

- She's game.
- She's what?

- Penny, I didn't think
she'd turn up today.

- Why ever not?

- Her fiance.
- Oh yes, of course.

But of course, she had to.

It's the duty of the
real trooper.

The show must go on!

- Well, whoever thought
up that phrase

is an idiot or a sadist.

(loud knocking)

- Who is it?

- Mark.

- Come in.

- I'll leave if you wish.

- No, I'm due on the
floor in a minute.

- Well, there's nothing I
can say except

if you need a shoulder.

- Thanks, Mark.

- I'm making a stupid
fool of myself.

(sobbing)
- No, go ahead, cry.

It's better if you cry.

I wish I had

after my wife died.

Instead, I turned to the bottle.

Tears would have been
better and cheaper.

- I haven't even asked
you how you are.

- Oh, I'm okay now
except for this

and a few bruises that I
couldn't show ya

unless I knew ya a
whole lot better.

It's crazy, I came all
the way from New York

to be mugged in London.
- Well, what was it,

a g*ng or what?
- I don't know,

it's all very hazy.

I think it was just one man,
though.

Hardly anyone believes me,
though.

The story is that I
got drunk and fell down

a flight of stairs.

- Oh, how could they?
- Oh, I guess I deserve it.

I've tried on some good ones
these last couple years,

but not recently and
not that night.

Anyway, I better let
you get ready,

but if there's anything,
anything.

You got the best
scene this week.

Tony's ripping mad about it.

(door slamming)

- And that is my last word.

I have nothing more to
say, nothing what so ever.

- Okay, studio, that's fine!

On we go!
- Precious little

to say in the scene, either.

(faint speaking)
- Dicky, can we set up

for scene 12, please?

Oh Penny, my love?

Thank you, dear.

Oh Tony, you've finished now,
haven't you?

Thanks very much.

You can go now.

- It's ridiculous giving
the whole weight

of the show to that girl.

She has no style at all!
- Bye, Gary.

I'll see you tomorrow.

- [Gary] I tell you,
it's quite right

to have written after
the show all together!

- [Man] Cut!

(suspenseful music)

(car engine revving)

(horn honking)

(dramatic music)

- [Mother Superior] Sister
Mary, there is no room

here of individualism.

We all have faults and
doubts at the beginning,

but we learn to put
them behind us.

We learn through suffering
and self-privation.

- I've tried, I promise you.

I'm trying.
- You haven't tried

hard enough, so now I
must guide you

by punishing your body,
by wrecking it.

It's the only way to
get to the soul.

Why, it must be driven
out of you, Sister Mary.

- Superior, please, try
to understand.

- You must find humility,
and find humility

you must be humbled.

(church organ music)

- Help you?

CJS.

- CJS Television.

Can I help you?

- Putting you through now.
- I'm afraid the producer

isn't available at the moment.

Can I take a message?
- Hello, CJS Television.

Can I help you?
- Yes, sir.

Well, I am sorry about
that, but after all.

Well, it is only a
program and I don't.

Sir?
- CJS Television,

can I help you?
- Not cool.

Saints and Sinners, tell
Mother Superior

to lay off Sister Mary or else.

(suspenseful music)

(car tires squealing)

(doorbell buzzing)

- I thought so.

(door slamming)

Can't concentrate on anything?

Everything seem useless, no
ray of sunshine anywhere?

I've been there, remember?

And this is no answer.

- I can't get him
out of my mind.

He was so alive.

- Yes, I know, and you
loved him very much.

You'll forget him.

You have to, Penny.

He's gone.

You have to face that.

The sooner the better.

That's the brutal truth.

That's why I'm here.

This is no time for
you to be alone.

What you need now is
noise, people around you.

Believe me, it's the best
possible thing.

- No, no.

- Look Penny, it won't
help you to forget,

but it might help you to cope.

Dicky's throwing a party.

- Hm?
- Dicky,

our floor manager.
- Oh, yes.

- Well, he wanted to
invite you, but he thought

it would be in the worst
possible taste.

I have very poor upbringing,
so I don't have any taste.

(laughing)

Might do you some good.
- Maybe.

- You'll give it a try?

Good, good.

Come on, I'll get a cab.

You go on in there and
get some clothes on.

Well, get on with it!

(suspenseful music)

(faint tapping)

(suspenseful music)

- Sister Mary?

(suspenseful music)

Sister Mary?

- Oh!

- I'm sorry, I didn't
mean to frighten you.

The door was open.
- It's all right.

- The last thing in the
world I wanted to do

was frighten you.

I knocked, I called, too.

You look very pretty.

- Oh, thank you.

- I prefer you

in your real clothes, though.

- You mean the nun's habit?

Mr. Rook, I have
told you before.

I have a cab waiting.
- Mark, this is Mr. Rook.

He's a great fan of mine.

And Mark Fields you know,
of course.

- How do you do?
- Yes, the American priest.

I'm glad you decided not
to let the lust

of the flush get better of you.

- Yeah, he means the show, Mark.

You remember?

A week or so ago they wrote
it so that you were taking

a very unhealthy interest
in Sister Mary.

- Yes, I hated it, hated it.

- Mr. Rook takes it all
very seriously.

Don't you?
- Hm, of course.

I haven't missed a
single episode,

not since the fifth week.

- Fifth week.

That's when you joined the show,
isn't it?

- That's right.

Sister Mary missed the train
and had to accept a lift

from that terrible man.

Ooh, I hated him.
- George, you mean?

- Yes.

Do you know, I really
couldn't stand him.

It was the way he looked at you.

- Well, he isn't in the
show anymore.

- Yes, poor Georgie.

He was dropped after he
broke his hip.

- I know.
- A bit of bad luck.

He just stepped off the
curb and the car.

- It was fate.

God's will, perhaps.

- Yes, look, Mr. Rook,
I think it's about time

we all said goodbye.

We have a party to go to,
don't we?

- Yes.
- Party?

- We'll talk some other time,
hm?

- Oh, well, I didn't
come here to talk.

Well, not just to talk.

I brought you this.

- Oh, thank you.
- It's a very fine one.

I'm not religious, but
the man I bought it from

assured me that it was a
very fine one.

- Yes, it looks like an antique,
very old.

Thank you very much.

- And you'll be able to use it.

- In the show, yes!

- No, not just then,
all the time.

- Oh, sorry, Mr. Rook,
but like you,

I'm not very religious either.

- What?

- To my shame, I'm not much
of a church girl at all.

- But you're a nun in
the holy order.

- That's just in the show.

I have told you.

If it makes any difference,
if you don't want me

to have it.

- No, no.

I bought it for you.

Please keep it.

- Well, we certainly
do find them, don't we?

All wound up about
Saints and Sinners.

Still, harmless enough.

- I suppose so.

(people chattering)
(upbeat music)

- Hey!
- Oh wow!

(people chattering)

- Lovely party, dear.
- Ah, thank you.

- Quite a noisy party.

Good job I'm your
nextdoor neighbor

really there would
be some words.

- Especially if I hadn't
invited you, eh?

- He had to.

I feed this thing for
him whilst he's away.

By the way, have you
heard about my car?

- Oh, irksome.
- Tires slashed,

absolutely ruined.

I tell you, if I could lay
my hands on whoever did it,

I'd k*ll him!

(people chattering)

- Why hello, girl!
(man laughing)

- [Man] You never
partied like this.

(man laughing)

- I'm sorry, I got
cornered over there.

It was a mistake, wasn't it?

Bringing you to this, it
was just a big mistake.

- The very worst, I told you.

- Well, he didn't twist my arm.

He knows that.

Sorry, Mark.

I'm just not in the
mood for a party.

- Look, I saw that 10
minutes ago,

so I called a taxi to take
you home and it's here now.

- You didn't!

Marvelous.

Listen, it is, it's a
super party.

- Yeah, but not for you, eh?

- Well look, I'll see you home.

Come on.
- No, no.

- Penny!
- Look, there's no sense

of (mumbles), well, stay on

and enjoy yourself, honestly.

I absolutely insist.

I'm going straight home, take
a pill, and get some sleep.

- Well at least let me see
you to the cab.

- Hey, that's the
host's prerogative.

Come on Penny, love.

Look Mark, why don't you
go and chat up

that redhead over there?

I don't know her name,
but if she goes on

drinking the way she is,
we'll have to close up

the place before (mumbles).

Bye, love.

(car engine running)

(car engine revving)

(laughing)

- Well, I think it wrong,
quite wrong to give up

these minor characters.

It's much too much for
these young actors.

- Well, it's much too
much for you,

don't you, Tony?
- Oh, nothing (mumbles).

- Harry, you're beginning
to get jealous of (mumbles).

- Oh no, it's rubbish.

Why should I be?
- You need to develop

as a character.

There's some key
scenes between you.

And she'll do them very
well, won't she, darling?

- I know she's doing the
special ones, especially the.

- Dicky!
- Dicky?

Dicky, what happened?

Where's Penny?

- Penny.
- Yes, Penny.

Where is she?
- She got into the cab.

- Well then, what is it?

- Then some crazy.

He must have been raving drunk.

He just drove straight at me.

If I hadn't jumped.

I need a drink.

- Of course you do.

Tony!
- If I could (mumbles).

- Dicky, are you all right?
- Yeah, I think so.

I've cut myself and
broken my glasses,

but I'm just more shaken
than anything.

- Did you see the driver
or get the license number?

- Ah, I didn't get the number,
I told you.

Another second, if I
hadn't jumped.

I didn't get the number.
- Come on, here.

- Thanks.

Look, I'm sorry.

There's number damage
done, just me glasses.

- But our night, as far as
cars are concerned, is it?

Well, first of all, my
tires and now this?

A lucky coincidence.

- Yes, coincidence.

(knocking on door)

- Hurry up, Penny!
- That'll be lovely.

Thanks.

Okay, just coming.

Mr. Rook!
- Good morning, Sister Mary.

- You see?

It'll be on the show today,
only there won't be any show

unless I get a move on.

- I wanted you to be the
first one to have this,

number one, volume one.

- It's incredibly professional.

It must have cost a fortune.

- It's worth every penny.

- Oh, I doubt a top star
rates anything

as grand as this.

- Only the best for you,
Sister Mary, the very best.

- I don't know how to thank you.

- I do.

The clubhouse.

- Penny, come on!
- Just a second.

What do you mean, the clubhouse?

- Well, as I told you, we were
getting premises arranged.

We're cleaning them up
tonight and hoping

for an official
opening on the 10th.

You can make it?

- The 10th?
- Now Joe's going purple

and so am I.

So come on now.
- Yes, all right!

- [Man] Can you come to
track 19, please?

(people chattering)

- Oh, you see?

What did I tell you?

Give her an extra scene
and she thinks

she's the star of the show,

keeping us all
waiting like this.

- All right studio, now
settle down, please!

Penny is here now (mumbles).

- Oh, about time!
- Yes, I'm sorry

I'm late, everybody.

Would you like

to stop (mumbles)?
- Let me.

Come on!

- There you go love, please.
- Oh.

(faint speaking)

- [Man] Please, come on.

(faint speaking)

- Right, Joe?
- Yes, sir?

- I'm not too happy
about this scene.

- Oh my love, we discussed

those scenes before.
- I know.

I've had enough time to
think about it.

Now I now I'm supposed to
be a hard man,

but I am a fair one,
certainly not a brutal one.

- Well, you just say the lines
as we rehearsed them, okay?

- All right.

Quite out of character.
- Oh, Dicky!

Come on.

For heaven's sake,
let's get this show

on the road.
- Okay, studio.

Let's have a bit of quiet.

Now Julie, put that
sandwich away.

Quiet on rehearsal studio.

Stand by!

- 10 seconds.
- Just a minute

if you don't mind.
- Five!

- Thank you.
- Four, three.

- Father, it has to be
this way, it has to be.

- I shall leave you
alone for a few minutes.

Remember, it's Sister
Mary's decision.

- Mary, you're too young

to make a decision like this.
- My mind is made up.

- Then I shall have
to unmake it.

- No, father.
- You're my daughter,

for Pete's sake!
- I am me, my own person

and you're not going to sway me,
twist me.

You're not going to ruin my life

the way you ruined mother's.

(loud slapping)

- [Man] Okay, studio.

That's fine!

We're going for a take.

Stand by for a take on that,
studio.

Right, all right?
- Yes, thank you.

(faint speaking)

- That wasn't so bad, was it?
- On the contrary.

I thought it worked
extremely well.

I especially enjoyed
slapping that little.

Ah, congratulations, my dear.

Very nicely played, very nicely.

- Thank you, Tony.
- (mumbles) Sham.

- Mind your own blasted,
(mumbles).

I hope I didn't hurt
you too much

with that little slap.

I should hate to think that I,
fan club?

- The Sister Mary Fan Club.

Well, must have taken
quite a bit to produce

this so glossily.

You've got a lot of fans

that are rooting for you, Penny.

- Goodnight.
- Goodnight, Julie.

- Goodnight, Penny.
- Goodnight, Mark.

- Ah, Tony, don't worry.

I'm sure somehow,
somewhere, there's someone

who loves you, too.
- I should hurry.

Probably hordes of fans
waiting outside to mob you.

Goodnight, Tony.

- Goodnight.

- Now Tony, do us a favor,
will you?

- What?
- Well, I got to work late,

so will you feed my cat for me?

- I hate cats.
- Oh come on,

you've done it before.

It won't take a minute.

The food's in the cupboard
and you can leave the key

under the mat.
- No.

- Tony?

Didn't I read in that
last interview you gave

that you were very
fond of animals?

- All right.

(cat meowing)

Cats.

I'll feed you in a minute.

Stay there!

(cat meowing)

(suspenseful music)

(faint speaking)

(suspenseful music)

(Tony screaming)

(suspenseful music)

- He's a bore, I know, a
terrible egotist,

but who would want to
do that to him?

- It's horrible.

Horrible.
- Poor Tony, and poor Dicky

finding him like that.

- Dicky, how is there any?
- What's new?

- Well, he's still in a coma,

transferred to the
Intensive Care Unit.

- Intensive Care?
- There's a chance

he may not make it.

He's lost a lot of blood.

There was such a lot of blood.

- Well, what happened?

- Well, it was obvious
he interrupted somebody

burglaring my place.

If I hadn't worked late,
it could have been me.

- A burglar?

That's the police theory?
- Well yeah, of course.

What else?

- Now what, the show?

- Well it's obvious
Tony isn't coming back.

There are meetings going on now.

Script writers are
sorting it out.

Your father is to die in
a car accident.

It's gonna throw all the
schedules out of gear.

- Including Tony's.
- Yeah, I see what you mean.

- What hospital is he in?

- St. Benedict's, but
there's no point

you going to see him.

He won't even know you're there.

- Well all the same.

- Well, I better be going.

Could have been me.

- Mary, I'm sorry, I'm
desperately sorry.

- An accident.

How badly was he hurt?
- Very badly.

You must face it,

he may not recover.
- Father.

(church organ music)

- Don't cry!

Oh please, don't cry.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

I did it for you.

(church organ music)

I was so brutal to you.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- Down for a drink?
- Yes, but remember,

there's not visitors after 8:00.

- How is he?
- Oh, he's still in the coma.

Three days now, but
there's still a chance.

- Look, hold this.

(phone ringing)

Hello?
- Sister Mary?

- Oh, hello, Mr. Rook.

- I said I'd call.

- What?
- Well, you haven't forgotten

have you, the 10th?

You said you'd let me know.

- The 10th?

Oh yes, oh sorry, I
had forgotten.

- But you can make it?

The official opening, you
will be there?

- Well, you see.
- I spent so much time,

effort getting it ready.

If you didn't turn up now,

it would be a disaster.
- Mr. Rook.

- [Mr. Rook] Everything's
arranged, every detail.

- What time did you
have in mind?

- About 4:00.

You can make it?
- Well you've gone

to so much trouble, I
couldn't possibly

let you down, could I?

No, that'll be all right,
Mr. Rook, four o'clock.

- [Mr. Rook] Thank you,
Sister Mary.

I'm so.
- I'm sorry about this.

- I gather it's your pet net.
- What, what was that?

- Four o'clock, Mr. Rook.

- [Mr. Rook] I'll pick
you up myself

and drive you there.
- Yes, fine.

- We'll immortalize you,
Sister Mary.

You'll be as you are for
ever and ever.

- That sounds great.

Look, I'm awfully sorry.

I've got to rush now, but
thanks very much for calling.

Bye.

You know, he's going to
immortalize me

so that I stay as I am
for ever and ever.

(laughing)

(loud beeping)

- [Moore] Moore, Detective
Sergeant Moore.

- How do you do?

- Well, his breathing's easier.

It might be my imagination,
but his breathing seems easier.

Are you family, are you?

- No.
- No, we just.

We're friends.

We all work together.

- [Moore] Yeah, Saints
and Sinners, yeah.

I've seen you.

You're Sister Mary.

- Has he, well, has he
tried to say anything yet?

- No, no, not a word
since he was brought in.

Probably die that way,
without a word, I mean.

(door slamming)
- Coffee?

- No, I think I need a drink,
scotch.

Come on, sit down.

I'll get you a drink.

- Oh, Mark.

When I saw him, I kept
thinking of Larry.

- Well, so did I, but
for a different reason.

So many coincidences.

- Thanks.

- A few days before it happened,

somebody slashed the
tires on Tony's car.

There's Larry, Tony, and me.

Well, I know it's old
ground , but then again

there was George.
- George?

- [Mark] You remember.

His hip was broken.
- It was a car accident.

- Well accident or not,
the result was the same.

He left the show.

Penny, I think someone has
a grudge against the show.

- That's ridiculous.

- Is it?

Think about it.
- Who would want to?

I mean, for what reason?

- I don't know, that's
the puzzling part about it

but every puzzle has an
answer somewhere.

Somehow, I think I have it.

- That tune you can't recall?

- Maybe.

Look, you're tired and upset
and I'm just agitating you.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

- Penny, don't pay any
attention to me.

I'm just crazy, that's all.

I think that mugging must
have rattled my brains.

(suspenseful music)

(car engine starting)

(car engine revving)

(dramatic music)

(doorbell buzzing)

- Mark, did you
forget something?

Mark?

- There was a car waiting!

- [Penny] Car waiting for what?

- To k*ll me.

(suspenseful music)

(doorbell buzzing)

- Four o'clock precisely.

I see you did as I asked.
- Well, come in for a minute.

- Thank you.
- I must say,

I feel pretty silly
going out into the street

with these clothes.
- Oh no,

the car's right outside.

I think it's only right that
the Sister Mary Fan Club

should be opened by Sister
Mary as she is,

as she really.
- Excuse me one moment.

Is it far, this place?
- No, about 30 minutes.

I looked at so many places
before I found the right one.

We've bought the freehold.
- Good.

Then you'll be able to
make a profit

when you sell it again one day.

- Oh, I'm not going to sell it.

- Hmm?
- No, it's a permanent

monument, that was
very important.

Permanent, forever and ever.

- (laughing) You'll change
your mind when the series

comes to an end and
Sister Mary is no more.

- That won't ever happen.

You ready?
- Yes.

(people chattering)

(loud beeping)

- Nothing.

Do you have any thoughts
about a nine letter

word meaning retribution?

Mind you, it'll have to start
with an X and end with a Q,

or I got all the others wrong,

which wouldn't surprise me.

I'm terrible at these.

(faint speaking)

Mr. Barton, can you hear me?

- Perhaps.
- Shh!

- Hurt, hurt me.
- Who hurt you, Mr. Barton?

Did you see him?

- Voice.

- He spoke and you
heard his voice.

Is that what you mean?

What did he say, Mr. Barton?

What did he say to you?

- Away, keep away.

- [Moore] Away from what?

Away from who?
- Sis,

Sister.

Sis.
- Mr. Barton, Mr. Barton?

(suspenseful music)

That narrows it down a bit.

Keep away from my sister.

Wasn't burglary, it was revenge,
either he

or the fella whose flat it was.

Been mucking around with a woman

and she had an angry brother.

Yeah, I'll check on
that right away.

- No, don't.

Wait a minute.
- Hmm?

- He didn't finish it.

Not my sister, but Sister Mary.

That's what he was
trying to say.

It was the same thing with me,

stay away from Sister Mary.

- You're not making
yourself clear.

- It was him, and he
k*lled Larry.

(suspenseful music)

- [Mr. Rook] We planned
it all very carefully.

It's exactly like Sister
Mary's domain,

the convent, the courtyard,
everything.

Do you like it?
- It's different.

- It's perfect.

Would you like a
glass of sherry?

- [Penny] Oh, thank you.

Where are the others?

- They'll be along shortly.

I wanted you to myself
for a few moments.

Can't blame me for that,
can you, Sister Mary?

(doorbell buzzing)

- Now what?
- We'll take a look anyway.

The (mumbles) don't have a key.

- [Mark] No, wait a minute.

She hides the key
here somewhere.

Here it is.

- That's great.

She hides a key and then
tells you where to find it.

- I'm a friend.
- Now statistically,

if a girl's gonna have trouble,
it'll come from a relative

or a friend.

There's nobody here.

- I forgot.

She went to open up
some fan club.

- It'd be nice if you
remember that

before we came
rushing over here.

- Well, I'm sorry.

It's just that ever since
I made that connection,

my mind had been.

- Look, is that
where she's gone?

- Fan, film fan, pop fan.

I just remembered that
fan is an abbreviation.

You know what for, don't you?

- I told you, I'm no good
at crosswords.

- Well, it's short for fanatic,

the obsessive desire and
involvement with a public image.

Keep her the way she is
forever and ever.

- What?

- That's what he said to her.

What do you suppose he meant?

- I don't now.

- Look, if he is responsible
for what happened,

it's because he cares
for Sister Mary,

because he wants to protect her,

so there's no cause for panic,
is there?

- All I know is he sounds nutty

and nutty people are dangerous.

They can switch, change
course without logic.

Secretary Rook, President Rook.

No address.

The printer.

(phone dial clicking)

(soft music)

- It's awfully cold in here.

- Used to belong to a butcher.

Cold storage.

- Oh, thank you.

Well, show me the rest of it.

- With pleasure.

I designed it all myself.

I had it made up.
- Oh, that must have cost

quite a bit.
- Mm.

When yeah mother died, she
left me comfortably off enough.

Poor mummy.

No, I do miss her.

- What's around there?

- I'd rather you.

(dramatic music)

I was saving this until
later, the grand finale.

- I don't know that I
should let you in,

but I suppose being police.

- Leave it.

You were wrong.

No need to panic.

You said there's every need.

- What do you mean?

It's obvious by all
these pictures

that he just wants to
protect her.

He's crazy about her.

- These aren't Penny,

these are a girl we've been
looking for fr 18 months!

18 months she's been missing.

He's in a fantasy that
could take him anywhere.

- Where do you suppose
he's taken her?

- This doesn't appear
in the show anywhere.

- I know.

- Well, the writers

would k*ll you if they knew you
were changing the storyline.

- The show's one thing,
but this is real.

- [Penny] Shouldn't the
others be here by now?

- Others?

- Yes, the other fan
club members.

- Yes.

I always intended.

I couldn't share you
with anyone, Sister Mary.

I've had to, and I hated that,

but not anymore.

I won't have to share
you anymore.

(suspenseful music)

- Here, take a look at
some of these, will you?

This could be it.

Purchase of an old cold store.

That's not 10 minutes from here.

- He said he was gonna
immortalize her.

- What?
- Invoices

for embalming fluid.

- I won't harm you.

I couldn't bear to
break your skin.

The drink'll you sleep.

It's just a triple dose
of sedative, that's all.

I take them myself when I
can't sleep, thinking of you.

And then once you are
asleep, I'll suffocate you.

You won't feel a thing.

I've worked it all
out for myself.

You see, my mother was wrong.

I can work things
out for myself.

Well, I've had to.

There were too many, you see?

Too many people knowing you,
touching you, abusing you.

I couldn't deal with them all.

Well look, I couldn't deal
with them all, could I?

I got the idea from a magazine.

Then I sent off for all the
books, all the materials.

I'm sure I can do it.

It's this place, you see.

It's perfect, so cold.

Constant cold temperature.

That's what they do to
saints, you know, embalm them.

They preserve them forever.

You see, I'm not religious,

but then neither are you.

You're not religious at
all, but I do know goodness

and you are good.

There's such a lot of
badness in this world,

not enough good people.

That's why we have to
hang onto it, don't we?

Preserve them.

(suspenseful music)

You are so very good.

(door slamming)

(loud crashing)

(shouting)

(loud crashing)

(loud thudding)

(dramatic music)

(dramatic music)