1 00:00:01,185 --> 00:00:05,087 - Mr. Steele's opened up a new aspect of our work. - Stealing? 2 00:00:05,189 --> 00:00:07,020 - The Pitkins? - The Pitkins. 3 00:00:07,125 --> 00:00:11,528 - It's even possible that he's keeping her in the gallery. - Then let's storm the joint. 4 00:00:13,865 --> 00:00:15,594 - You get Molly. I'll get the Pitkins. - All right. 5 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:19,261 - You think of everything. - They never did find the body. 6 00:00:19,370 --> 00:00:21,804 - ...two, three. - Okay. 7 00:00:21,906 --> 00:00:25,706 - [ Laughing ] - I don't want to dim your newfound passion for thieving. 8 00:00:25,810 --> 00:00:28,301 - [ Yells ] - [ Gunshots ] 9 00:00:28,413 --> 00:00:31,109 The gallery. We'll knock over the gallery again. 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:39,074 Play one of the best new FPS shooters, search Steam for PROJECT WARLOCK 11 00:01:59,337 --> 00:02:02,272 [ Man ] Do I hear 430,000? 12 00:02:04,675 --> 00:02:07,143 430,000. 13 00:02:09,247 --> 00:02:12,614 $425,000 once. 14 00:02:12,717 --> 00:02:14,810 425 twice. 15 00:02:16,821 --> 00:02:21,224 - [ Gavel Pounds ] - Sold for $425,000 to number 27. 16 00:02:21,325 --> 00:02:25,625 [ Murmuring ] 17 00:02:27,231 --> 00:02:31,793 And now, a work by our local artist of the month- 18 00:02:31,903 --> 00:02:34,064 Joanne Pitkin. 19 00:02:34,172 --> 00:02:39,542 Miss Pitkin seems to me to be an artist of unique and unusual vision. 20 00:02:39,644 --> 00:02:44,604 While her work is still maturing, it is, nonetheless, eminently collectible. 21 00:02:44,715 --> 00:02:47,411 This work, entitled Anxiety One... 22 00:02:47,518 --> 00:02:51,113 is one of the artist's most complex visions. 23 00:02:52,890 --> 00:02:56,326 Shall we open the bidding at, say, $ 1,000? 24 00:03:00,364 --> 00:03:03,128 I have 1 ,000. Who will make it 1 ,1 00? 25 00:03:05,636 --> 00:03:08,503 1 ,1 00. Now 1 ,200? 26 00:03:10,608 --> 00:03:13,668 1 ,200. 27 00:03:13,778 --> 00:03:16,110 1 ,300. 28 00:03:26,324 --> 00:03:28,815 1 ,400. 29 00:03:28,926 --> 00:03:31,793 1 ,500. 30 00:03:36,601 --> 00:03:39,126 $1 ,600. 31 00:03:48,446 --> 00:03:50,710 1,600 twice. 32 00:03:52,617 --> 00:03:56,383 - [ Gavel Pounds ] - Sold for $1 ,600 to, uh- 33 00:04:00,491 --> 00:04:03,153 Number nine. 34 00:04:10,368 --> 00:04:12,598 Thank you. 35 00:04:34,992 --> 00:04:37,483 - They told you she paid for the painting and left? - Right. 36 00:04:37,595 --> 00:04:40,393 - And you're sure Miss Donovan wouldn't have done this? - Right. 37 00:04:40,498 --> 00:04:44,434 Mr. Walker, the Conant Galleries practices its share of felonies. 38 00:04:44,535 --> 00:04:47,698 Their prices are highway robbery, their arrogance is criminal... 39 00:04:47,805 --> 00:04:51,206 and they should do hard time for some of the artists they represent. 40 00:04:51,309 --> 00:04:53,869 But kidnapping doesn't seem in their line. 41 00:04:53,978 --> 00:04:56,003 Maybe. Maybe not. 42 00:04:58,416 --> 00:05:02,682 - Go on. - Maybe. Maybe not. 43 00:05:02,787 --> 00:05:04,687 Uh, um- 44 00:05:04,789 --> 00:05:06,757 Oh! Oh! Vinegar will take that right out... 45 00:05:06,857 --> 00:05:09,257 as long as you get to it before it dries. 46 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,761 You realize that's the longest sentence you've spoken since you walked through that door. 47 00:05:14,999 --> 00:05:17,900 Others talk, Rick Walker listens. 48 00:05:18,002 --> 00:05:20,800 You're not going to leave us in suspense on that one? 49 00:05:20,905 --> 00:05:25,501 Molly and I are, uh, investigative reporters. The L.A. Trib? 50 00:05:25,610 --> 00:05:28,272 You were investigating the gallery? 51 00:05:28,379 --> 00:05:30,847 - About what? - It's very hush-hush. 52 00:05:32,249 --> 00:05:34,149 [ Whispering ] You can tell us. 53 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:36,151 Look, can't you muscle Conant a bit? Shake him up? 54 00:05:36,253 --> 00:05:40,349 You may have noticed the sign on the door- Remington Steele, not Sam Spade. 55 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:44,956 If anything happens to Molly, I'll never forgive myself. 56 00:05:45,062 --> 00:05:47,724 That's not the longest answer you gave us, Mr. Walker... 57 00:05:47,832 --> 00:05:50,801 but it's certainly the most persuasive. 58 00:06:08,285 --> 00:06:12,346 - Molly Donovan paid money for this woman's work? - For an exposé. 59 00:06:12,456 --> 00:06:15,653 [ Steele ] Exposing what? A shocking lack of talent? 60 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,992 I didn't know you had such definite opinions about art. 61 00:06:20,097 --> 00:06:23,294 Laura, must I remind you that only a couple of years ago... 62 00:06:23,401 --> 00:06:25,733 I was appropriating some of the finest works in Europe. 63 00:06:25,836 --> 00:06:28,703 I do my best to forget that. 64 00:06:30,274 --> 00:06:32,242 The artist herself. 65 00:06:33,611 --> 00:06:36,011 [ Laura ] Nice wheels for a struggling artist, eh? 66 00:06:36,113 --> 00:06:38,308 Makes you wonder who she's been struggling with. 67 00:06:38,416 --> 00:06:42,944 Perhaps I should look into that one. You think you can penetrate this bastion of culture alone? 68 00:06:43,054 --> 00:06:45,045 Oh, of course. Laura, you've changed my life. 69 00:06:45,156 --> 00:06:47,681 I'm actually looking forward to going through the front door. 70 00:06:53,731 --> 00:06:56,165 Oops. Sorry, my fault. 71 00:06:59,970 --> 00:07:03,371 Mr. Steele, I think what we're dealing with here... 72 00:07:03,474 --> 00:07:07,240 is a lovers' misunderstanding. 73 00:07:07,344 --> 00:07:11,246 I suspect Miss Donovan may have gotten carried away. 74 00:07:11,348 --> 00:07:13,441 I suspect the same thing. 75 00:07:13,551 --> 00:07:15,849 With her purchase. 76 00:07:15,953 --> 00:07:18,183 - The Pitkin? - The Pitkin. 77 00:07:18,289 --> 00:07:21,747 Molly Donovan is only the third-string art critic for the Tribune... 78 00:07:21,859 --> 00:07:24,760 but she obviously has an eye for talent. 79 00:07:24,862 --> 00:07:28,229 It must have cost her a month's salary to buy Anxiety One. 80 00:07:28,332 --> 00:07:30,698 I certainly hope that's the only anxiety she bought. 81 00:07:30,801 --> 00:07:34,965 Mr. Steele, this conversation is becoming pointless. 82 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:39,171 Who is this Remington Steele? 83 00:07:39,276 --> 00:07:42,143 He's, uh, no one, Mr. Asuda. A buyer. 84 00:07:42,246 --> 00:07:45,977 - What is he buying? - Nothing you'd be interested in, sir. 85 00:07:46,083 --> 00:07:48,881 You know what I'm interested in. 86 00:07:48,986 --> 00:07:53,855 Now, I have paid my deposit. 87 00:07:53,958 --> 00:07:58,395 You tell Conant this delay is bad for my blood pressure and his. 88 00:07:58,496 --> 00:08:00,521 [ Woman ] Give him a message from me too. 89 00:08:00,631 --> 00:08:03,600 Oh, Mrs. Haddon. I, uh, didn't hear you come in. 90 00:08:03,701 --> 00:08:08,161 - Remind him of the Venice Art Festival. - The one that, um- 91 00:08:08,272 --> 00:08:10,570 Ended so tragically. 92 00:08:10,674 --> 00:08:14,166 I'd contracted to purchase a rather unique Rubens... 93 00:08:14,278 --> 00:08:16,746 but the young man entrusted to deliver it... 94 00:08:16,847 --> 00:08:20,476 thought he could obtain a better price elsewhere. 95 00:08:20,584 --> 00:08:25,578 All those canals. They never did find the body. 96 00:08:26,690 --> 00:08:30,421 I'll, uh, pass it on. 97 00:08:51,415 --> 00:08:54,350 - Miss Pitkin. - How did you find me here? 98 00:08:54,451 --> 00:08:58,387 That's part of my job. I'm Laura Holt, Art Insight magazine. 99 00:08:59,857 --> 00:09:05,523 Oh! Art Insight? Honey, you people are heavy. Heavy! 100 00:09:05,629 --> 00:09:08,063 Even Cliff Conant doesn't understand your articles. 101 00:09:08,165 --> 00:09:11,430 We do believe that obscureness is the avenue towards revelation... 102 00:09:11,535 --> 00:09:14,698 with a sharp left turn, of course, at referential analysis. 103 00:09:14,805 --> 00:09:19,401 Yeah. Art Insight is interested in me? 104 00:09:19,510 --> 00:09:22,775 A profile. Perhaps, five or six pages. 105 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,316 Possibility of a cover. You do seem to be prospering. 106 00:09:26,417 --> 00:09:28,578 Oh, that? 107 00:09:28,686 --> 00:09:31,985 Well, we all have our prisons. 108 00:09:32,089 --> 00:09:35,650 In your bio, it says you live in a garret in Hermosa Beach. 109 00:09:36,994 --> 00:09:41,988 Sounds better. Besides, Hermosa Beach is in here. 110 00:09:42,099 --> 00:09:44,932 Did you say... cover? 111 00:09:46,036 --> 00:09:49,335 After all, we gave one to Picasso. 112 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:53,274 Listen, why don't you come on inside? Have a drink. 113 00:09:53,377 --> 00:09:56,403 Stay for dinner. Stay the month. 114 00:10:11,629 --> 00:10:15,963 - Who are you working for, Miss Donovan? - No one. 115 00:10:16,066 --> 00:10:19,968 Then why did you bid so relentlessly for Anxiety One? 116 00:10:20,070 --> 00:10:23,767 - Well, I told you. I like Pitkins. - [ Scoffs ] 117 00:10:23,874 --> 00:10:26,069 A woman with your eye, your critical judgment? 118 00:10:26,176 --> 00:10:28,269 You wouldn't hang a Pitkin in your broom closet. 119 00:10:28,379 --> 00:10:31,542 Well, that's what they used to say about the Impressionists. 120 00:10:31,649 --> 00:10:35,141 Perhaps some Tchaikovsky would help. The " 1 81 2 Overture.'' 121 00:10:35,252 --> 00:10:37,516 The brass is so effective. 122 00:10:43,027 --> 00:10:45,552 # [ " 1 81 2 Overture'' ] 123 00:10:52,569 --> 00:10:55,470 # [ Playing Loudly ] 124 00:11:01,845 --> 00:11:05,178 - # [ Volume Decreases ] - Now then, let's try again. 125 00:11:05,282 --> 00:11:08,046 - # [ Continues ] - Why did you bid for the Pitkin? 126 00:11:10,254 --> 00:11:13,155 Why shouldn't I have bid for the Pitkin, Mr. Conant? 127 00:11:31,208 --> 00:11:33,904 Clifford Conant changed my life. 128 00:11:34,011 --> 00:11:36,070 I'd bought things from him for years- 129 00:11:36,180 --> 00:11:39,843 the Rauschenberg in the living room, the Pollock in the study... 130 00:11:39,950 --> 00:11:42,043 the Cézanne in the powder room. 131 00:11:42,152 --> 00:11:46,088 Oh. A Cézanne in the powder room. How nice for your guests. 132 00:11:46,190 --> 00:11:48,522 Well, you have to look at something. 133 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:52,061 Anyway, when Pitkin and I went bad, I just- 134 00:11:52,162 --> 00:11:54,357 - Your husband? - My ex. 135 00:11:54,465 --> 00:11:57,332 Pitkin's Pizza Palazzos? 136 00:11:57,434 --> 00:12:02,337 863 franchises all across the country. 137 00:12:02,439 --> 00:12:06,876 How could Murray seeJoanne if his head was in pepperoni? 138 00:12:08,645 --> 00:12:11,205 Anyway, once Pitkin and I went kaput... 139 00:12:11,315 --> 00:12:14,546 I liberated myself at my easel. 140 00:12:14,651 --> 00:12:19,486 I put myself on the line. I plumbed my depths. 141 00:12:19,590 --> 00:12:22,684 Well, you did an excellent job, Miss Pitkin. 142 00:12:22,793 --> 00:12:26,991 This is a fine example of, uh, plumbing. [ Chuckles ] 143 00:12:27,097 --> 00:12:31,727 I'm free! Free of this prison Pitkin has trapped me in. 144 00:12:31,835 --> 00:12:34,565 I paint whatever I want, however I want... 145 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:38,334 just as long as I paint on Cliff's canvases. 146 00:12:38,442 --> 00:12:41,502 I have to paint to certain sizes. 147 00:12:41,612 --> 00:12:45,207 I- I guess that sounds hackneyed, commercial? 148 00:12:46,917 --> 00:12:51,047 Mr. Conant provides you with these canvases? 149 00:12:51,155 --> 00:12:53,282 - Off the record? - Oh, of course. 150 00:12:53,390 --> 00:12:57,952 Cliff's got this thing about shapes. Dimensions. 151 00:12:58,062 --> 00:13:00,758 He's very specific. 152 00:13:00,864 --> 00:13:04,527 Every man's got his kinks, right? 153 00:13:04,635 --> 00:13:07,934 At least Cliff's are putting me on the art map. 154 00:13:08,038 --> 00:13:13,135 What did I get after 1 8 years of Pitkin's kinks? Carpools. 155 00:13:15,746 --> 00:13:20,240 She told me she's just completed a 46-by-54... 156 00:13:20,350 --> 00:13:26,152 a 2 4-by-30 and a 60-by-20 that comes to a point at the top. 157 00:13:26,256 --> 00:13:29,054 60-by-20? 158 00:13:29,159 --> 00:13:33,391 Well, well, what do you know? That is a coincidence. 159 00:13:33,497 --> 00:13:35,829 Although I'll admit it is a rather odd size... 160 00:13:35,933 --> 00:13:39,369 it does seem to hold a great deal more significance for you than for me. 161 00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:41,700 As I remember, those are the dimensions of a panel... 162 00:13:41,805 --> 00:13:44,205 - that was stolen from the Bordeaux triptych. - You didn't? 163 00:13:44,308 --> 00:13:46,469 - Oh, of course not. - Oh, thank God! 164 00:13:46,577 --> 00:13:48,943 I got there too late. 165 00:13:51,014 --> 00:13:54,848 - How much is it worth? - Oh, to the right buyer, millions. 166 00:13:54,952 --> 00:13:58,615 Now, who would want to pay millions for a stolen Old Master? 167 00:13:58,722 --> 00:14:01,691 I mean, what's the thrill of sitting alone in a locked room... 168 00:14:01,792 --> 00:14:04,260 looking at a painting you can't show anyone else? 169 00:14:04,361 --> 00:14:07,888 Well, I've known people who have achieved an almost sexual satisfaction... 170 00:14:07,998 --> 00:14:11,764 because they possess something the rest of the world couldn't have... 171 00:14:11,869 --> 00:14:14,337 no matter how secret they had to keep their treasure. 172 00:14:14,438 --> 00:14:17,532 I've been wondering where these Pitkins fit in. 173 00:14:17,641 --> 00:14:19,700 Only it's the other way around. 174 00:14:19,810 --> 00:14:22,278 The Old Masters fit in the Pitkins. 175 00:14:22,379 --> 00:14:26,247 Quite possibly. And should they leave the country, customs is provided with documents... 176 00:14:26,350 --> 00:14:28,511 from one of our most prestigious galleries, authenticating- 177 00:14:28,619 --> 00:14:31,452 A Pitkin. 178 00:14:31,555 --> 00:14:34,854 [ Intercom Buzzes ] 179 00:14:34,958 --> 00:14:37,051 Be gentle with him, Inspector Krebs. 180 00:14:38,729 --> 00:14:42,426 - They got something? - A few questions first, Mr. Walker. 181 00:14:42,533 --> 00:14:46,594 - Shoot. - How do I get a bourbon stain out of my living room carpet? 182 00:14:46,703 --> 00:14:50,833 And I've got a hole in a tweed skirt that I would love to reweave. 183 00:14:50,941 --> 00:14:54,604 And my house plants arejust dying on the vine. 184 00:14:58,048 --> 00:15:01,142 - How'd you find out? - They sent me to the Trib to check you out. 185 00:15:01,251 --> 00:15:04,550 - Why? What-What gave me away? - I think it was the trench coat. 186 00:15:04,655 --> 00:15:08,022 And when Mr. Steele learned that Miss Donovan is an art critic- 187 00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:12,653 You found out who I am- Helpful Harriet, The Homemaker's Friend. 188 00:15:12,763 --> 00:15:14,663 The Housewife's Kierkegaard. 189 00:15:14,765 --> 00:15:17,393 - Come in, Rick. - Richie. 190 00:15:19,970 --> 00:15:24,066 Okay, so I wanted to be an investigative reporter. Molly knew that. 191 00:15:24,174 --> 00:15:26,267 So, when she said she was onto something hot... 192 00:15:26,376 --> 00:15:29,004 I put up the money for her to bid on the Pitkin. 193 00:15:29,112 --> 00:15:31,672 Why didn't she tell you what was so hot? 194 00:15:31,782 --> 00:15:34,774 Oh, be honest, Miss Holt. Would you tell a wimp like me? 195 00:15:34,885 --> 00:15:38,719 - Walker, old man- - Call me, Richie, please? It makes me feel clean again. 196 00:15:38,822 --> 00:15:43,316 - Was Miss Donovan interested in any special school of painting? - Like what? 197 00:15:43,427 --> 00:15:49,229 Uh, landscape painting? Genre painting? Um, stolen paintings? 198 00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:52,166 She was. She was kind of interested in stolen paintings. 199 00:15:52,269 --> 00:15:54,203 She was always clipping out news items about them. 200 00:15:54,304 --> 00:15:56,636 Said she was gonna write an article on missing Old Masters. 201 00:15:59,643 --> 00:16:01,941 ButJoanne Pitkin is not an Old Master. 202 00:16:02,045 --> 00:16:06,209 We feel that her work is, uh, very close to several of them. 203 00:16:07,684 --> 00:16:09,982 Look,just how deeply is Molly into this? 204 00:16:10,087 --> 00:16:12,612 I mean, could they have... killed her? 205 00:16:12,723 --> 00:16:15,658 No, I doubt that, Richie. Mr. Conant wouldn't do anything irreversible... 206 00:16:15,759 --> 00:16:17,886 until he was absolutely sure he knew what she was up to. 207 00:16:17,995 --> 00:16:20,930 It's even possible that he's keeping her in the gallery. 208 00:16:21,031 --> 00:16:22,931 Well, then, let's storm the joint. 209 00:16:23,033 --> 00:16:25,092 Well, uh, given the delicate nature of the mission... 210 00:16:25,202 --> 00:16:28,569 I think it best if only the more experienced of us should go. 211 00:16:28,672 --> 00:16:31,300 - You? - Who else? 212 00:16:31,408 --> 00:16:36,846 Would you excuse us just for a moment, please? Mr. Steele, please, after you. 213 00:16:36,947 --> 00:16:38,938 [ Chuckles ] 214 00:16:41,251 --> 00:16:45,153 - You're awfully anxious to get into that gallery. - A woman's life is at stake. 215 00:16:45,255 --> 00:16:49,214 - Is that the only thing you're interested in rescuing? - Why, whatever do you mean? 216 00:16:49,326 --> 00:16:52,693 The one that got away? That panel from the Bordeaux triptych? 217 00:16:52,796 --> 00:16:57,290 Laura, I'm shocked, hurt and indignant that you should entertain such a thought. 218 00:16:57,401 --> 00:17:00,495 Then, you won't mind if I came along, acted as your backup, your lookout? 219 00:17:00,604 --> 00:17:04,973 - Conscience? - Why, Mr. Steele, whatever do you mean? 220 00:17:16,219 --> 00:17:19,279 Come back in 20 minutes and try to look inconspicuous, okay? 221 00:18:46,843 --> 00:18:48,811 [ Quietly ] Try the door. 222 00:19:06,196 --> 00:19:09,757 - I'm relieved to see you haven't lost your touch. - Thank you. 223 00:19:09,866 --> 00:19:12,699 - Well, let's get to it. - Ah, ah, ah, ah! 224 00:19:12,803 --> 00:19:14,737 We could be on Candid Camera. 225 00:19:14,838 --> 00:19:17,136 And although we're here on a mission of mercy... 226 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,265 I doubt if the authorities would appreciate our methods. 227 00:19:19,376 --> 00:19:22,675 Oh! Mr. Steele, you think of everything. 228 00:19:22,779 --> 00:19:24,974 An ounce of prevention, Miss Holt. 229 00:19:37,961 --> 00:19:40,191 Ron. 230 00:20:21,438 --> 00:20:23,906 Didn't Walker say Molly's number was nine? 231 00:20:25,208 --> 00:20:27,108 Well, at least we know she was here. 232 00:20:27,210 --> 00:20:29,644 Perhaps they simply moved her to another room. 233 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,148 [ Banging ] 234 00:21:01,378 --> 00:21:04,814 Laura, will you slow down? We're not trying to do a 50-yard dash, you know. 235 00:21:06,349 --> 00:21:08,249 - She's not here. Let's go. - But don't you see? 236 00:21:08,351 --> 00:21:10,444 If Conant had those two working the night shift... 237 00:21:10,554 --> 00:21:12,886 he must obviously be sitting on something. 238 00:21:12,989 --> 00:21:15,719 Laura, we have been through every room in the building. 239 00:21:15,825 --> 00:21:19,989 - Pitkins. We need a Pitkins. - Whatever happened to my conscience? 240 00:21:20,096 --> 00:21:23,725 We'll simply borrow a few Pitkins and trade them for Molly. 241 00:21:23,833 --> 00:21:25,733 They've got to be here somewhere. 242 00:21:25,835 --> 00:21:28,895 Where would you hide a five-foot painting that comes to a point at the top? 243 00:21:29,005 --> 00:21:30,905 I'll admit I've been trying to lead you astray... 244 00:21:31,007 --> 00:21:33,498 but this is not quite the direction I had in mind. 245 00:21:33,610 --> 00:21:36,738 - The bathroom! - I know you're excited, but can you wait till we get home? 246 00:21:36,846 --> 00:21:39,280 He's got to look at something. 247 00:21:40,584 --> 00:21:42,609 [ Whispering ] Oh, my God. 248 00:21:42,719 --> 00:21:46,018 [ Laughing ] 249 00:21:46,122 --> 00:21:48,090 [ Sighs ] 250 00:21:48,191 --> 00:21:50,659 Do you suppose he's making a critical comment, do you? 251 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:55,925 Oh, let's go. One, two, three. 252 00:21:58,068 --> 00:22:01,936 # Y ou and the night and the music # 253 00:22:02,038 --> 00:22:06,065 # Fill me with flaming desire # 254 00:22:06,176 --> 00:22:09,873 # Setting my being completely # 255 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:13,347 # On fire # 256 00:22:13,450 --> 00:22:15,577 - # [ Humming ] - Thank you. 257 00:22:15,685 --> 00:22:17,812 # [ Stops Humming ] 258 00:22:17,921 --> 00:22:20,287 [ Sighs ] 259 00:22:20,390 --> 00:22:22,258 A Rembrandt. Stolen from a Belgium museum. 260 00:22:22,258 --> 00:22:24,624 A Rembrandt. Stolen from a Belgium museum. 261 00:22:24,728 --> 00:22:27,561 [ Chuckles ] Why stop at three? 262 00:22:27,664 --> 00:22:30,497 He must have a whole museum hidden in that gallery. 263 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,500 I'd call this a fair night's work. 264 00:22:32,602 --> 00:22:34,934 Fair? I call it fantastic! 265 00:22:36,706 --> 00:22:40,039 # Y ou and the night and the music # 266 00:22:40,143 --> 00:22:42,134 You seem awfully up, Miss Holt. 267 00:22:42,245 --> 00:22:46,614 Why shouldn't I be? Mr. Steele's opened up a whole new aspect of our work for me. 268 00:22:46,716 --> 00:22:50,208 - Stealing? - I prefer to think of it as purloining. 269 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,153 Even though it's in a good cause, should you be quite so happy about it? 270 00:22:53,256 --> 00:22:55,156 I mean, you are a private detective. 271 00:22:55,258 --> 00:22:58,887 Oh, believe me, after a while it gets just as predictable as any other job. 272 00:22:58,995 --> 00:23:02,396 Find a body, find some clues, find the killer. 273 00:23:02,499 --> 00:23:04,626 Oh, yes. 274 00:23:04,734 --> 00:23:08,670 By the time afternoon rolls around, we're watching the clock like everyone else. 275 00:23:10,273 --> 00:23:12,833 [ Gasps ] 276 00:23:15,845 --> 00:23:21,147 Monet, taken from the private collection of a Parisian banker. 277 00:23:21,251 --> 00:23:24,015 I think we're gonna need a top-notch forger for this, Laura. 278 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:26,020 [ Richie ] Forger? 279 00:23:26,122 --> 00:23:28,955 You don't think I'm gonna hand the originals back to Conant, do you? 280 00:23:29,059 --> 00:23:32,927 I'll wager there's a hefty finder's fee for each one of these little beauties. 281 00:23:33,029 --> 00:23:36,328 Mr. Steele is very big on finder's fees. 282 00:23:36,433 --> 00:23:39,266 - I thought we were gonna trade them for Molly. - [ Laura ] We are. 283 00:23:39,369 --> 00:23:42,668 Only, we're going to substitute copies for the originals. 284 00:23:42,772 --> 00:23:46,333 Couldn't that be dangerous, palming off fakes on a man like Conant? 285 00:23:46,443 --> 00:23:49,378 - Not that I'm a coward. - We understand, Richie. 286 00:23:49,479 --> 00:23:53,438 [ Sighs ] I think I'll take a walk. Clear my head. 287 00:23:58,822 --> 00:24:01,689 I'm beginning to understand why you did it. 288 00:24:01,791 --> 00:24:04,191 - Did what? - What you did. 289 00:24:06,096 --> 00:24:08,963 Oh, that. 290 00:24:09,065 --> 00:24:13,695 Laura, please, this is painstaking enough without that sort of distraction. 291 00:24:13,803 --> 00:24:17,295 Oh, my heart's going a mile a minute. I can't seem to stop. 292 00:24:17,407 --> 00:24:19,466 Oh, the rush is incredible. 293 00:24:22,879 --> 00:24:25,211 - [ Laura Sighs ] - [ Steele ] The Bordeaux panel. 294 00:24:25,315 --> 00:24:28,250 Oh. 295 00:24:28,351 --> 00:24:33,345 I finally feel as if I'm holding a woman that I've been after all my life. 296 00:24:33,456 --> 00:24:38,393 Conant's giving a party tomorrow in honor ofJoanne Pitkin. She invited me. 297 00:24:38,495 --> 00:24:42,454 [ Chuckling ] I think we stole his appetizers. 298 00:24:42,565 --> 00:24:45,932 Sounds like a perfect setting for a swap meet. 299 00:24:46,035 --> 00:24:49,766 How very bold you are, Mr. Steele. 300 00:24:49,873 --> 00:24:53,900 Now, how would you like to hold another woman you've been waiting for? 301 00:25:01,317 --> 00:25:05,777 - And they say crime doesn't pay. - It does tonight. 302 00:25:05,889 --> 00:25:07,789 [ Door Slams Shut ] 303 00:25:07,891 --> 00:25:11,884 I'm really not a coward. I'm just... overly cautious. 304 00:25:20,703 --> 00:25:23,171 Did Miss Holt say why she wanted to see me? 305 00:25:23,273 --> 00:25:25,673 No, Mr. Grumman, she didn't. 306 00:25:25,775 --> 00:25:28,209 She been getting any, uh, calls about me? 307 00:25:29,345 --> 00:25:31,813 Not that I know of. 308 00:25:31,915 --> 00:25:33,815 Who exactly are you? 309 00:25:33,917 --> 00:25:35,817 She didn't tell you? 310 00:25:35,919 --> 00:25:38,888 - No, she didn't. -# [ Humming ] 311 00:25:38,988 --> 00:25:42,617 Hello, Mildred. Louis, it's so nice to see you again. 312 00:25:42,725 --> 00:25:47,094 - You mean that, Miss Holt? - I certainly do. Come in. Come in. 313 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:56,167 - [ Both Chuckling ] - I, uh, don't know what's up, Miss Holt, but I'm straight. 314 00:25:56,272 --> 00:26:00,868 I go to work from 9:00 to 6:00 every day at a greeting card company. 315 00:26:00,977 --> 00:26:06,244 I know, Louis. I get a little thrill of pride every time I read your probation reports. 316 00:26:06,349 --> 00:26:11,582 But, cutting to the point, is there a way I could, uh, bend you just a little? 317 00:26:11,688 --> 00:26:13,588 Miss Holt. You? 318 00:26:13,690 --> 00:26:16,557 I'm not even gonna try to explain. 319 00:26:16,659 --> 00:26:20,493 Three pictures are worth a thousand words. 320 00:26:20,597 --> 00:26:22,588 Ohh! 321 00:26:26,736 --> 00:26:29,466 - [ Groans ] - [ Chuckles ] 322 00:26:29,572 --> 00:26:32,166 - One... - [ Groans ] 323 00:26:32,275 --> 00:26:34,709 - [ Groans Louder] - two... 324 00:26:34,811 --> 00:26:37,439 - and three. - Mm. 325 00:26:37,547 --> 00:26:42,507 Miss Holt, do you have any idea what this means to me? 326 00:26:42,619 --> 00:26:46,919 Do you have any idea what I'm feeling? Just to look at these. 327 00:26:47,023 --> 00:26:50,186 To see those colors, those brush strokes... 328 00:26:50,293 --> 00:26:53,194 those unmistakable signs of genius. 329 00:26:53,296 --> 00:26:57,824 Believe me, if it weren't a matter of life and death, I'd never ask you this. 330 00:26:58,902 --> 00:27:00,802 Do you think you can reproduce them? 331 00:27:00,904 --> 00:27:03,964 - You want me to reproduce these? - Yes. 332 00:27:04,073 --> 00:27:09,943 I don't know why. These are three of the finest forgeries I've ever seen. 333 00:27:10,046 --> 00:27:13,243 Forgeries? 334 00:27:13,349 --> 00:27:17,445 # [ Classical ] 335 00:27:17,553 --> 00:27:23,389 You see, I paint what I feel and I feel what I paint. 336 00:27:23,493 --> 00:27:26,018 - [ Woman ] This is wonderful. - I like this. I like this. 337 00:27:26,129 --> 00:27:28,461 [ Chattering ] 338 00:27:37,607 --> 00:27:40,098 I don't see my Pitkin on display. 339 00:27:40,209 --> 00:27:45,237 - [ Chuckles ] You don't think I'd display your Pitkin. - Or mine? 340 00:27:45,348 --> 00:27:49,944 There are Pitkins for the peasants and Pitkins for the connoisseurs. 341 00:27:50,053 --> 00:27:54,649 After tomorrow's auction, your Pitkins will all be safely in your hands. 342 00:27:56,759 --> 00:28:00,718 That's so reassuring, Clifford. 343 00:28:00,830 --> 00:28:06,029 It would distress me no end to see a repeat of what happened in Venice. 344 00:28:06,135 --> 00:28:10,071 Oh, that poor young man died so badly. 345 00:28:10,173 --> 00:28:12,801 I could barely finish dinner. 346 00:28:12,909 --> 00:28:16,208 Your concern for my well-being touches me, Monica. 347 00:28:16,312 --> 00:28:19,509 Now, if you'll excuse me, I really should mingle. 348 00:28:27,757 --> 00:28:30,453 I don't recall extending an invitation to you, Mr. Steele... 349 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,189 but then you have a bothersome habit of intruding where you're not wanted. 350 00:28:34,297 --> 00:28:36,390 How else would I discover the finer things in life? 351 00:28:38,167 --> 00:28:41,159 May I present Richard Walker, a very great friend of Molly Donovan's. 352 00:28:41,270 --> 00:28:44,034 I'm afraid there's nothing here for you. 353 00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:46,904 Then it's fortunate I brought my own exhibit. 354 00:29:00,356 --> 00:29:05,988 I had no idea you were such a resourceful... collector, Mr. Steele. 355 00:29:06,095 --> 00:29:07,995 These are worth a king's ransom. 356 00:29:08,097 --> 00:29:10,065 We'll settle for Molly Donovan. 357 00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:14,694 Frankly, that's a trade I'd be more than willing to make, if I knew where Miss Donovan was. 358 00:29:14,804 --> 00:29:18,331 - You're lying. You know you're lying! - Easy, Richie, easy, easy. 359 00:29:18,441 --> 00:29:19,876 You're in far too refined a company. 360 00:29:19,876 --> 00:29:21,002 You're in far too refined a company. 361 00:29:21,110 --> 00:29:23,578 I'll find a security guard to help you on your way. 362 00:29:25,715 --> 00:29:28,513 Well, he's cool, I'll give him that. 363 00:29:28,618 --> 00:29:32,418 What say we build a little fire under him, eh? 364 00:29:32,522 --> 00:29:37,960 I wonder how Mr. Conant would react if, having stolen his Old Masters... 365 00:29:39,996 --> 00:29:42,362 we also stole his buyers? 366 00:29:44,734 --> 00:29:46,634 You know something? The more I'm with you and Miss Holt... 367 00:29:46,736 --> 00:29:49,603 the more I hate being a coward. 368 00:29:49,705 --> 00:29:53,004 Well, we have to do something to pressure him into releasing Molly. 369 00:29:53,109 --> 00:29:55,600 Come along, Richie. Let's work the room. 370 00:29:59,949 --> 00:30:02,713 - Mr. Schneiderman? - Yes? 371 00:30:02,819 --> 00:30:05,720 I thought you looked familiar when I bumped into you the other day. 372 00:30:05,822 --> 00:30:10,782 Felix Schneiderman. He buys for European collectors. 373 00:30:10,893 --> 00:30:13,191 Also writes books on the Renaissance. 374 00:30:13,296 --> 00:30:16,595 Renaissance paintings, Renaissance sculptures. Thank you. 375 00:30:16,699 --> 00:30:20,135 Renaissance poisons. 376 00:30:20,236 --> 00:30:25,435 Quite a tasty volume. And this gentleman is, uh, Koji Asuda. 377 00:30:25,541 --> 00:30:27,805 He works the Far East. 378 00:30:27,910 --> 00:30:31,346 No one's ever been quite sure how he gets what he's after. 379 00:30:31,447 --> 00:30:35,144 - But I never come back empty-handed. - Mm. 380 00:30:35,251 --> 00:30:38,687 And last, but not least, Monica Haddon. 381 00:30:38,788 --> 00:30:44,192 She represents certain English eccentric collectors. 382 00:30:44,293 --> 00:30:48,753 She once told someone that murder is the only truly erotic experience. 383 00:30:48,865 --> 00:30:51,459 - Have we met? - Not officially. 384 00:30:51,567 --> 00:30:54,331 But we were in Venice at the same time. 385 00:30:54,437 --> 00:30:58,669 The young man with the Rubens was on his way to see me when he, uh... 386 00:30:58,774 --> 00:31:01,208 lost his footing and disappeared in a canal? 387 00:31:01,310 --> 00:31:04,211 We were just discussing that tragedy. 388 00:31:04,313 --> 00:31:06,838 Yes, I'm sure it still haunts all of us today even. 389 00:31:06,949 --> 00:31:10,885 What brings you to this exhibition, Mr., uh- 390 00:31:10,987 --> 00:31:14,684 I should imagine the same thing that brought all of you here. 391 00:31:14,790 --> 00:31:20,023 An insatiable craving for... Pitkins. 392 00:31:20,129 --> 00:31:22,654 We have all the Pitkins we need. 393 00:31:24,267 --> 00:31:26,497 These are from Mr. Conant's private collection. 394 00:31:36,345 --> 00:31:40,145 They do leave one rather speechless, don't they, hmm? Thank you. 395 00:31:40,249 --> 00:31:44,379 We already paid Mr. Conant a substantial deposit for these. 396 00:31:44,487 --> 00:31:47,820 And, uh, our employers don't relish the idea... 397 00:31:47,924 --> 00:31:52,554 of paying for the same merchandise twice. 398 00:31:52,662 --> 00:31:55,495 Miss Holt. This is Laura Holt of Art Insight magazine. 399 00:31:55,598 --> 00:31:57,930 Oh! Loved your article on the Ashcan School. 400 00:31:58,034 --> 00:32:01,629 Oh, well, I may be researching there any minute. If you'll excuse me. 401 00:32:03,673 --> 00:32:07,268 I've always prided myself on not being a greedy man. 402 00:32:07,376 --> 00:32:11,335 So why don't you simply pay me the rest of what you were going to pay Conant, eh? 403 00:32:14,383 --> 00:32:16,408 [ Mouths Words ] 404 00:32:16,519 --> 00:32:20,512 Then it's settled. Tonight? My apartment? 8:00? 405 00:32:20,623 --> 00:32:24,115 Let's hope this turns out better than Venice... 406 00:32:26,529 --> 00:32:28,759 for all concerned. 407 00:32:31,601 --> 00:32:33,569 Tell me you didn't offer them the paintings. 408 00:32:33,669 --> 00:32:36,069 He was brilliant. Had 'em eating out of the palm of his hand. 409 00:32:36,172 --> 00:32:39,300 - You offered them the paintings. - They practically devoured them. 410 00:32:39,408 --> 00:32:42,343 That's not all they're going to devour. 411 00:32:42,445 --> 00:32:44,936 My foray into burgling? 412 00:32:45,047 --> 00:32:47,641 It netted us three forgeries. 413 00:32:47,750 --> 00:32:49,684 - Forgeries? - Forgeries? 414 00:32:49,785 --> 00:32:51,946 Forgeries. 415 00:33:03,933 --> 00:33:07,061 - Conant has Molly. - He has the original Old Masters. 416 00:33:07,169 --> 00:33:11,196 And he has us selling fakes to three people who'd kill us to keep their reputations intact. 417 00:33:11,307 --> 00:33:13,571 How could he pass off fakes to experts like Schneiderman? 418 00:33:13,676 --> 00:33:16,907 No doubt he was gonna show them the originals, then ship the copies. 419 00:33:17,013 --> 00:33:20,608 And keep the originals in his own locked room? That's a wrinkle on a wrinkle. 420 00:33:20,716 --> 00:33:25,346 I suppose when you deal long enough with the kinky rich, you decide it's stylish to ape them. 421 00:33:25,454 --> 00:33:27,945 If we're gonna save Molly's skin, not to mention our own... 422 00:33:28,057 --> 00:33:30,582 we have got to find out where these originals are. 423 00:33:30,693 --> 00:33:33,560 Yes. Where do we look? 424 00:33:34,897 --> 00:33:37,991 The gallery! We'll knock over the gallery again. 425 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:42,594 - What's taking them so long? - Oh, they're at their best at this point in the case. 426 00:33:42,705 --> 00:33:47,039 They're cool, logical, working out their next move in a professional manner. 427 00:33:47,143 --> 00:33:49,043 [ Steele ] Have you gone berserk? 428 00:33:49,145 --> 00:33:51,272 [ Nervous Chuckle ] They're getting close. 429 00:33:51,380 --> 00:33:55,476 [ Laura ] Well,you haven't come up with anything that makes sense. 430 00:33:55,584 --> 00:33:57,609 Very close. I can tell. 431 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,314 I don't want to dim your newfound passion for thieving... 432 00:34:00,423 --> 00:34:03,119 but Conant is much too clever to keep the originals in his gallery... 433 00:34:03,225 --> 00:34:05,193 after our previous visit! 434 00:34:06,429 --> 00:34:08,954 I wish I were back at the Trib. 435 00:34:09,065 --> 00:34:11,693 Sitting in my ugly, windowless, little cubbyhole. 436 00:34:11,801 --> 00:34:14,326 Then Molly would be back at her desk. 437 00:34:14,437 --> 00:34:18,965 Wasn't such a bad life. Dull, pointless, no future. 438 00:34:19,075 --> 00:34:21,475 But it was safe. 439 00:34:21,577 --> 00:34:24,705 I'd give anything if we were eating stale sandwiches out of the vending machine... 440 00:34:24,814 --> 00:34:27,908 or putting anonymous complaints in the suggestion box. 441 00:34:28,017 --> 00:34:31,350 But no. I wanted adventure! 442 00:34:31,454 --> 00:34:35,322 - We're all entitled to new horizons. - You think so? 443 00:34:35,424 --> 00:34:40,657 Absolutely! How do you think I wound up here? 444 00:34:40,763 --> 00:34:43,926 I know it's tough to believe, but I wasn't always a hard-bitten dick... 445 00:34:44,033 --> 00:34:47,594 ready to lay my life on the line for a hundred a day plus expenses. 446 00:34:47,703 --> 00:34:51,332 Oh, no. I seized the moment. 447 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,739 I grabbed my destiny, and I ran with it. 448 00:34:54,844 --> 00:34:56,744 That's what you ought to do, Richie. 449 00:34:56,846 --> 00:34:59,906 Yeah, well, I'll grab my destiny right after we find Molly. 450 00:35:00,015 --> 00:35:03,416 They won't be long now. You hear that silence? 451 00:35:04,453 --> 00:35:07,445 That means the boss has got it. 452 00:35:07,556 --> 00:35:10,582 Usually, at this juncture, you remember an old movie... 453 00:35:10,693 --> 00:35:12,957 that puts everything into perspective. 454 00:35:13,062 --> 00:35:17,123 Sorry. I can't seem to come up with one in this particular circumstance. 455 00:35:17,233 --> 00:35:19,827 Conant has three pictures worth millions. 456 00:35:19,935 --> 00:35:23,837 Where would he keep them safe, yet accessible, where no one would think of looking? 457 00:35:23,939 --> 00:35:26,874 - Uh, his bank vault? - His wine cellar? 458 00:35:26,976 --> 00:35:29,171 His gym locker? 459 00:35:29,278 --> 00:35:31,303 - Charade. - The game or the movie? 460 00:35:31,414 --> 00:35:34,906 - Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn. - Universal, 1 964. 461 00:35:35,017 --> 00:35:37,110 Everybody's looking for a fortune in stolen money... 462 00:35:37,219 --> 00:35:39,949 only the thief has converted it into priceless stamps. 463 00:35:40,055 --> 00:35:42,114 And put them on a letter he'd written to Audrey Hepburn. 464 00:35:42,224 --> 00:35:45,819 That's where those paintings are. They've been under my nose the whole time. 465 00:35:45,928 --> 00:35:48,761 Apparently, your nose has been in far more interesting places than mine has. 466 00:35:48,864 --> 00:35:52,265 Now, where's the safest place to lock something up? 467 00:35:52,368 --> 00:35:55,166 - A prison. - A prison? 468 00:36:02,378 --> 00:36:04,346 [ Laura ] A prison. 469 00:36:10,019 --> 00:36:12,920 - Let's try a window. - Let's try the front door. 470 00:36:13,022 --> 00:36:15,320 You're still from Art Insight, I'm your editor... 471 00:36:15,424 --> 00:36:19,360 and we're simply here to borrow the Pitkins for the profile, okay? 472 00:36:19,462 --> 00:36:23,592 [ Doorbell Chimes ] 473 00:36:23,699 --> 00:36:27,829 Hello. I'm sorry to, uh, disturb the creative process, but Miss Holt and- 474 00:36:27,937 --> 00:36:29,837 Miss Holt? 475 00:36:29,939 --> 00:36:34,035 - Laura Holt? Love her. Love her. Love her! - Yes. 476 00:36:34,143 --> 00:36:36,543 She does evoke strong emotion, doesn't she? 477 00:36:36,645 --> 00:36:39,045 Is, uh, is she with you? 478 00:36:39,148 --> 00:36:41,048 Oh, around and about. 479 00:36:41,150 --> 00:36:46,213 I'm Adam Canfield, uh, Miss Holt's editor from Art Insight. 480 00:36:46,322 --> 00:36:49,382 I'm here to, uh, discuss the upcoming profile on you. 481 00:36:49,492 --> 00:36:54,452 Well, in that case, mi casa es su casa. 482 00:36:54,563 --> 00:36:56,827 Thank you very much. 483 00:36:58,434 --> 00:37:02,530 Uh, speaking of profiles... 484 00:37:02,638 --> 00:37:05,004 Laura didn't tell me anything about you. 485 00:37:05,107 --> 00:37:09,510 [ Chuckles ] Well, uh, perhaps she was keeping me as a surprise. 486 00:37:09,612 --> 00:37:12,080 Miss Holt is so full of surprises these days. 487 00:37:12,181 --> 00:37:14,741 - [ Clanking ] - Did you feel that? 488 00:37:14,850 --> 00:37:18,149 - What? - Slight tremor. Must have been an earthquake. 489 00:37:20,356 --> 00:37:25,885 Come back to my studio. I, uh, I wanna give you a private exhibition. 490 00:37:25,995 --> 00:37:31,433 You know, I always get so much more out of hearing what an artist sees in her work. 491 00:37:31,534 --> 00:37:36,437 I mean... I mean, anyone can look at a painting. 492 00:37:36,539 --> 00:37:38,507 - Heavy. - [ Clanking ] 493 00:37:38,607 --> 00:37:40,632 - An aftershock. - There is someone in my studio. 494 00:37:40,743 --> 00:37:42,643 - [ Chiming ] - There's also someone at your door. 495 00:37:42,745 --> 00:37:46,181 Why don't you catch the door, and I'll check the studio? Run along, dear. 496 00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:54,951 We've come for the Pitkins, Miss Pitkin. 497 00:37:55,057 --> 00:37:57,582 I've got two of them. Check over there, quick! 498 00:37:57,693 --> 00:37:59,593 Oh, uh- 499 00:38:00,629 --> 00:38:02,529 [Joanne ] Miss Holt.! 500 00:38:02,631 --> 00:38:05,225 - There's- - [ Yelling ] 501 00:38:06,702 --> 00:38:09,034 I found it! 502 00:38:09,138 --> 00:38:12,266 Mr. Canfield! Miss Holt! 503 00:38:12,374 --> 00:38:14,239 Where are you going with my paintings? 504 00:38:16,478 --> 00:38:21,279 I've made the big time. I've been stolen! 505 00:38:35,664 --> 00:38:37,723 Wait a minute. 506 00:38:37,833 --> 00:38:40,301 [ Tires Screeching ] 507 00:38:58,587 --> 00:39:03,286 It saddens me to say this, Laura, but you have gone berserk. 508 00:39:06,729 --> 00:39:11,564 I don't know what came over me. I'm sure it's just a temporary aberration. 509 00:39:11,667 --> 00:39:13,567 Like eating jelly beans or- 510 00:39:13,669 --> 00:39:17,002 [ Laughing ] buying Chinese cookbooks. 511 00:39:17,106 --> 00:39:20,473 [ Yells ] I'm positive it'll pass! 512 00:39:20,576 --> 00:39:23,977 It certainly is a lot more satisfying than jelly beans. 513 00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:26,206 Is this the way you used to feel? 514 00:39:26,315 --> 00:39:30,479 Skin tingling, heart pounding, blood coursing, head spinning? 515 00:39:30,586 --> 00:39:32,486 Laura, please, you're making me ill. 516 00:39:32,588 --> 00:39:35,853 But it's not an uncommon feeling when one first starts, but then you get used to it. 517 00:39:35,958 --> 00:39:37,823 Oh! How sad! 518 00:39:37,926 --> 00:39:40,053 It's not all thrills and tingles, Laura, you know. 519 00:39:40,162 --> 00:39:42,722 There's also the very real possibility of getting caught. 520 00:39:42,831 --> 00:39:46,426 Well, at least there's one positive aspect to all this. 521 00:39:46,535 --> 00:39:49,333 Now I can truly relate to your former profession. 522 00:39:53,642 --> 00:39:57,373 - What are you doing? - Now that they know we have the real paintings... 523 00:39:57,479 --> 00:39:59,709 we might as well let them have them. 524 00:40:01,183 --> 00:40:06,246 Mr. Steele, you're one hell of a partner in crime. 525 00:40:13,262 --> 00:40:15,492 - Whoops! - Whoops! 526 00:40:17,766 --> 00:40:20,098 - You got them! - But not for long. 527 00:40:20,202 --> 00:40:22,363 In with the old- 528 00:40:24,373 --> 00:40:26,534 Out with the new. 529 00:40:33,415 --> 00:40:35,576 Would I be a dolt if I asked what's going on? 530 00:40:35,684 --> 00:40:40,815 Stay cool, Richie. We're about to enact our version of one of Mr. Steele's favorite films- 531 00:40:40,923 --> 00:40:44,415 - The Sting. - [ Buzzer Buzzes ] 532 00:40:47,196 --> 00:40:52,031 - Who is it? - I believe you have something which belongs to us, Miss Holt. 533 00:40:53,135 --> 00:40:55,865 And we intend to collect them. 534 00:40:55,971 --> 00:40:59,702 - The Pitkins? - The Pitkins. Let him in. 535 00:41:03,212 --> 00:41:06,704 Well, at least we had them for one brief moment. 536 00:41:35,644 --> 00:41:37,544 Authentic. 537 00:41:37,646 --> 00:41:39,580 Was there ever any doubt? 538 00:41:39,681 --> 00:41:43,981 Well, we'll just get them back into their Pitkins and bring them to the auction tomorrow. 539 00:41:44,086 --> 00:41:48,455 - Auction? - It's quite all right. I, uh, struck a deal with Conant. 540 00:41:48,557 --> 00:41:50,957 As I said, I'm not a greedy man. 541 00:41:51,059 --> 00:41:54,085 Besides, you want your Pitkins authenticated, don't you? 542 00:41:54,196 --> 00:41:57,996 Of course. To play out the charade. 543 00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:00,261 Aptly put, Mrs. Haddon. 544 00:42:09,411 --> 00:42:11,777 We've brought you to the gallery for a reason, my dear. 545 00:42:13,816 --> 00:42:16,751 You're going to make a phone call. 546 00:42:16,852 --> 00:42:19,013 The most important call of your life. 547 00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,140 As soon as they've bought their Pitkins, we'll hit Conant with the sad news... 548 00:42:48,250 --> 00:42:50,445 that he's sold them all fakes. 549 00:42:50,552 --> 00:42:54,010 Either he coughs up Molly or we inform the treacherous trio of his deception. 550 00:42:54,122 --> 00:42:56,386 I think we're finally on top of this one. 551 00:42:56,491 --> 00:42:59,790 Yes, all we have to do now is collect our finder's fee. [ Chuckles ] 552 00:42:59,895 --> 00:43:03,353 Shall we, uh, get comfortable and wait for the fireworks? 553 00:43:04,967 --> 00:43:07,333 I think they've started sooner than we expected. 554 00:43:11,473 --> 00:43:13,373 What are you doing here? 555 00:43:13,475 --> 00:43:15,636 I've settled everything. I've freed Molly. 556 00:43:15,744 --> 00:43:18,212 You freed her? How, Richie? 557 00:43:18,313 --> 00:43:23,114 - I gave Conant the Pitkins. - My bedroom Pitkins? 558 00:43:23,218 --> 00:43:25,914 The genuine Old Masters? 559 00:43:26,021 --> 00:43:28,683 Harriet, that was not helpful. 560 00:43:35,264 --> 00:43:37,357 Everything is under control. 561 00:43:37,466 --> 00:43:41,197 Molly called last night. Then Conant got on and offered to let her go. 562 00:43:41,303 --> 00:43:43,737 So, I just took Miss Krebs's advice and seized the moment. 563 00:43:43,839 --> 00:43:47,935 We've got to speak to Miss Krebs about her little pep talks. 564 00:43:48,043 --> 00:43:49,943 Listen, I've learned a lot being with you two. 565 00:43:50,045 --> 00:43:53,412 I made him show me Molly on the security monitors before I handed over the paintings. 566 00:43:53,515 --> 00:43:56,484 - She's here? In the building? - Of course. What do you take me for? 567 00:43:56,585 --> 00:44:01,488 - Where? - I don't know. A room, uh, full of paintings and statues. 568 00:44:01,590 --> 00:44:04,457 You didn't happen to notice a life-size sculpture without a head, did you? 569 00:44:04,559 --> 00:44:07,050 Yes. I thought that was very unique. 570 00:44:07,162 --> 00:44:11,724 - I really do think we should say our farewells first. - Yes, you're right. 571 00:44:13,468 --> 00:44:16,335 If you'll excuse us, uh, we'll take our leave. 572 00:44:16,438 --> 00:44:18,872 Aren't you going to stay for the auction? 573 00:44:18,974 --> 00:44:20,942 You've contributed so much to it. 574 00:44:21,043 --> 00:44:23,773 Well, we really have nothing left to offer. 575 00:44:23,879 --> 00:44:26,404 No, Miss Holt, you don't. 576 00:44:26,515 --> 00:44:30,178 It's been a deceptively delightful experience. Uh, come along. 577 00:44:35,090 --> 00:44:37,923 - You get Molly. I'll get the Pitkins. - All right. 578 00:44:51,273 --> 00:44:54,242 It's all right. We're with Richie. 579 00:44:55,410 --> 00:44:58,004 It's all right now. 580 00:44:58,113 --> 00:45:00,343 How do you know they're here? 581 00:45:01,550 --> 00:45:05,042 I don't. But one has to start somewhere. 582 00:45:11,126 --> 00:45:13,094 Actually, this is a very ingenious hiding place. 583 00:45:13,195 --> 00:45:17,029 I mean, who'd think of looking here a second time, eh? Eh? 584 00:45:22,004 --> 00:45:24,666 You all right? Let's go. Let's go. 585 00:45:26,041 --> 00:45:28,009 The Pitkins! 586 00:45:31,947 --> 00:45:34,507 - Laura.! - [ Both ] I got the- 587 00:45:34,616 --> 00:45:37,016 - Molly! - Rick! 588 00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:39,849 Richie. From now on, it's just plain Richie. 589 00:45:39,955 --> 00:45:44,016 Your persistence is becoming enervating, Mr. Steele. 590 00:45:52,334 --> 00:45:54,393 Not with that! 591 00:46:14,056 --> 00:46:16,456 Are the Pitkins all right? 592 00:46:16,558 --> 00:46:18,458 Ha ha! Unscathed. 593 00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,620 Now, if we could only tell which have the real paintings and which have the fakes. 594 00:46:21,730 --> 00:46:24,756 - Uh, lets take all of them. - No.! 595 00:46:24,866 --> 00:46:29,200 I have three very determined people who are waiting for me to deliver them their Pitkins. 596 00:46:29,304 --> 00:46:33,468 Laura, I lost my finder's fee in Acapulco. I don't want to repeat the same folly here. 597 00:46:33,575 --> 00:46:36,908 Don't you understand? They'll kill me if I don't give them, uh, something. 598 00:46:37,012 --> 00:46:40,243 - Then pick a set! - They all look alike. 599 00:46:40,348 --> 00:46:45,047 - You're the art expert. - We each have a 50% chance of getting what we want. 600 00:46:49,691 --> 00:46:52,057 [ Laura ] Oh! 601 00:47:03,572 --> 00:47:05,699 Well? 602 00:47:05,807 --> 00:47:08,901 A masterpiece, every one of them. 603 00:47:09,010 --> 00:47:14,448 - And we have- - The kind of forgeries that only a true artist could paint. 604 00:47:14,549 --> 00:47:16,983 That means the treacherous trio have the real ones. 605 00:47:17,085 --> 00:47:21,283 - And some customs inspector has them now. - Thanks to our tip. 606 00:47:21,389 --> 00:47:25,485 Good work, chief. You really put one over on that Conant. 607 00:47:25,594 --> 00:47:28,324 Yes, Mildred. The joke's certainly on him. 608 00:47:28,430 --> 00:47:31,126 I'll bet we get a commendation for this. 609 00:47:31,233 --> 00:47:33,963 That's not exactly the reward I had in mind, Mildred. 610 00:47:34,069 --> 00:47:36,594 Oh, Mr. Steele. 611 00:47:36,705 --> 00:47:41,540 Now what's a six-figure finder's fee compared with the knowledge... 612 00:47:41,643 --> 00:47:45,977 that you've helped put four dangerous criminals behind bars? 613 00:47:46,081 --> 00:47:49,175 If you care so little for money, Miss Holt... 614 00:47:49,284 --> 00:47:53,118 why, may I ask, are you filching my wallet? 615 00:48:27,822 --> 00:48:28,948 [ Mews ] 616 00:48:29,305 --> 00:48:35,385 Craving big poker? Feast your eyes on Venom. $5 million GTD. AmericasCardroom.com