S2E7: Dead Ringer

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>> Welcome to the second season
of "If You Please,
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Himan Brown's
Radio Mystery Theater."
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On this series,
we are offering rebroadcasts
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of a select group of programs
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created by this legendary
producer for CBS
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between 1974 and 1982.
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Brown reimagined radio drama
for contemporary times.
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Our new series offers some
of these exciting works again.
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In Season 1,
we delivered riveting tales
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of foul play, betrayal, greed,
and misguided love.
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We foiled a murder,
considered reincarnation,
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pondered the nature of guilt,
and traveled through time.
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We heard Himan Brown's troupe
of seasoned audio actors
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embody a wide range
of characters
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and deliver thrills time
and again.
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And for Season 2, they are all
set to keep our headsets on
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and our fingers tapping play.
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Before each program,
Commentator John Slavney
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shares details about the cast,
the writer, and the plot.
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Your job -- listen.
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"If You Please" is produced in
loving memory
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of Robert Isaacson.
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♪♪
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>> Hello, everyone,
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and welcome to the latest
episode of our podcast,
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a psychological thriller
with a supernatural twist
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entitled
"The Man Who Heard Voices."
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I'm John Slavney.
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I hear voices all the time,
and you do too.
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You're hearing my voice
right now,
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and ordinarily it's nothing
to be alarmed about.
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But when the voices you hear
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are the unspoken thoughts
of other people,
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a certain degree of alarm
might be in order.
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Our protagonist here is 42-year-
old George Wesley Sanderson,
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a successful lawyer in
a big-time Manhattan law firm.
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Fifteen years ago,
George's wife, Margaret,
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developed a strange illness
that left her bedridden
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and dependent on pills.
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Into the mix drops the lively
and beautiful Sally Cartwright,
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his boss's daughter,
who sets her sights on George,
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wife or not.
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George wants to be a good
husband and an honest man,
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but he finds himself falling
for Sally
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and soon forgetting
his marriage vows.
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He also begins to hear voices --
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voices from the past,
the present, and the future,
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even his own voice.
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And this weird talent
only complicates matters more.
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The great Larry Haines stars
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as our beleaguered attorney
Sanderson.
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His film "The Seven-Ups"
had opened in theaters
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just five days before
this recording session.
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On Broadway, he was nominated
in 1969 for a Tony
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for his work as Dr. Dreyfuss
in "Promises, Promises,"
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a production that also featured
"RMT" players Jerry Orbach
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and later Tony Roberts.
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California-born Augusta Dabney
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voices George's unfortunate
wife, Margaret.
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A graduate of U.C. Berkeley,
she moved to New York
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to attend the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts
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and was soon appearing
on Broadway stages.
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In the early 1950s,
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Dabney frequently appeared
in early TV anthology series
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including "Studio One,"
"Kraft Television Theatre,"
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and "The Philco
Television Playhouse."
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Later, she could be seen
on a variety
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of New York-based soap operas,
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and at the time of this
recording, she was appearing
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on the daytime drama
"As the World Turns" on CBS.
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Swiss-born Suzanne Grossman,
an actress and playwright
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who made her Broadway debut
in the original 1966 production
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of "The Lion in Winter,"
plays fiery Sally Cartwright.
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Grossman earned
her bachelor's degree
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at McGill University in Quebec
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and, along with "RMT" colleague
Paul Hecht,
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was among the first graduates
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of the National Theatre School
of Canada in 1963.
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Gravel-voiced Leon Janney,
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whom we've heard
in two previous episodes,
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doubles capably as George's
boss, Mr. Cartwright,
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and as the Sanderson
family doctor.
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Also in the cast, as sharp-eared
listeners may notice,
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is "Radio Mystery Theater"
producer/director Himan Brown
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in the small role
of the minister
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who officiates at George
and Margaret's wedding.
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Over the years, Brown appeared
in numerous episodes
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of "Mystery Theater,"
always in smaller roles,
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and he clearly seems to enjoy
stepping in front of the mic
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now and again.
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It was his first appearance
on his own show.
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Our show was recorded
on Wednesday, December 19, 1973,
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and it aired just six weeks
later, on January 29, 1974.
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Now I hope you enjoy hearing
the voices of our "RMT" actors
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in "The Man Who Heard Voices."
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♪♪
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>> "The CBS Radio
Mystery Theater" presents...
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[ Door opens, hinges creaking ]
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♪♪
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>> Come in.
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Welcome.
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I am E.G. Marshall, and I have
a ghost story to tell you.
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But a most unusual ghost story,
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since it violates
all the established rules.
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You know the rules
for a ghost story.
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It must be set on some desolate,
windswept moor
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or perhaps in a ruined,
isolated mansion
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or a lonely, deserted castle.
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However, this spine-tingling
tale actually takes place
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in a modern luxury
high-rise apartment building --
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and in broad daylight.
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>> I...don't want to die,
George.
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Please.
I don't want to die!
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>> Margaret, darling,
listen to me.
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>> No. No!
>> Margaret, it would be better.
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>> Better for who?
>> For you, dear. For you.
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>> I have...very little left,
George.
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Please. Just let me live
a little longer.
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>> Margaret, life means nothing
to you now.
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>> I know, but...just let
me live a little bit longer.
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>> I can't, Margaret.
>> [ Gasps ]
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>> I can't!
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♪♪
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>> Our mystery drama,
"The Man Who Heard Voices,"
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was written especially for the
"Mystery Theater" by Sam Dann
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and stars Larry Haines.
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I'll be back shortly with Act 1.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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At 42, George Wesley Sanderson
is handsome,
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intelligent, and wealthy.
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He is married
to a most beautiful woman.
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He is a partner
in a prestigious law firm.
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He has a host of friends
because he is gracious,
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considerate, sensitive,
and obliging.
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And so you look at him,
sipping his morning coffee
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in his luxurious apartment
in New York City,
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and you say to yourself,
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"Here indeed
is one of fortune's favorites."
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How wonderful life must be
for George Wesley Sanderson.
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But we have invaded his privacy.
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We have caught him alone
and off guard.
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And so we see a look of terror
in his eyes.
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And no wonder.
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Because George Wesley Sanderson
hears a voice --
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a woman's voice.
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>> [ Voice echoing ] It's time
for my pills, George.
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>> The voice is clear
and distinct.
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>> May I have my pills, George?
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>> But George is alone
in the room.
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>> My pills!
George?
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>> Not only is George Wesley
Sanderson alone in the room,
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but the voice belongs
to a woman 10 years dead.
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♪♪
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>> Margaret.
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Margaret.
>> George...
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you must give me my pills.
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>> Oh, no.
No, no.
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>> George!
[ Inhales deeply ]
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George...
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I understand.
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I forgive you...George.
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I forgive you.
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[ Telephone ringing ]
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[ Receiver rattles,
ringing stops ]
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>> Hello.
>> Georgie?
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Get on the 10:00 plane
and come down.
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Georgie?
George, are you there?
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>> Uh, yes. Yes, I'm, uh,
I'm here, Sally.
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>> We all decided
that you should be down here.
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>> Well, I, uh...
>> Well you what?
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Are you all right, George?
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>> Y-Yes. I'm fine.
>> Good. Get on the plane.
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>> W-Well, darling,
somebody has to work.
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>> Oh, come on.
That silly place runs itself.
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>> Goodbye, dear.
>> [ Sighs ]
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Georgie.
Are you sure you're all right?
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>> Y-Yes.
Yes, I'm -- I'm fine.
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And, uh, really, I-I have to
get to the office.
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>> I notice you'd rather get
to the office than fly to me.
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>> Darling, it's not
what I'd rather do.
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It's what I have to do.
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>> My next husband will be a man
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with absolutely no ethics
at all.
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Goodbye.
[ Click, receiver rattles ]
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>> My name, as you know,
is George Wesley Sanderson.
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And I must talk to somebody,
unburden myself.
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But there is nobody.
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Oh, my wife loves me.
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My father-in-law
is most understanding.
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I have good friends.
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I could confess to a priest...
visit a psychiatrist.
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But you see, each,
in its own way, would fail me
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because no one would accept
the basic point of my problem.
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No one would ever believe
that...
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that I'm a man who hears voices.
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There are times when I can hear
what people think
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or what they're going to think.
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And there are times
when I can hear people
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who are miles away
or...or even dead.
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It started, oh...15 years ago.
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I was married to my first wife
then.
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Her name was Margaret.
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She was 23 years old, vivacious,
active, loved sports.
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She could even beat me
in tennis.
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But she did it with such charm.
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I didn't mind it a bit.
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[ Racket thuds ]
>> That's out!
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>> Oh, that looked in to me.
>> Okay! [ Laughs ]
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If you want the point,
you can have the point.
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You should have a handicap
anyhow.
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>> Okay.
Just look out for this ace!
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[ Racket thuds ]
Ha! An ace.
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How'd you like that, huh?
[ Birds chirping ]
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I say! How'd you like that?
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Margaret?
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Margaret, is something wrong?
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>> No.
I'm fine.
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>> Well, you had a funny look
on your face.
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>> Did I? [ Chuckles weakly ]
It's just...
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>> Just what?
>> Nothing, nothing I-I...
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[ Inhales sharply ]
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I just had a funny little twinge
in my back.
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But it's gone now.
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Your serve.
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Then and there, I heard a voice.
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It was the voice of our doctor.
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>> [ Voice echoing ] You both
should know the truth.
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We don't know what's wrong
with Margaret.
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She won't be able to walk.
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She'll have to stay in bed --
for a while, anyway.
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These pills will keep her alive.
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♪♪
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>> Exactly one year later,
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the doctor spoke those very
words to us in the hospital.
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♪♪
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[ Knock on door ]
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[ Door opens,
footsteps approaching ]
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[ Door closes ]
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You, uh, sent for me,
Mr. Cartwright?
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>> Yes, George. Sit down.
>> Thank you, sir.
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>> George, I, uh,
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I read your brief
on the Hollingsworth case.
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Brilliant.
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Is that what you'd like to
specialize in -- criminal law?
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>> Yes, sir.
>> Good.
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This firm could use
a crackerjack trial lawyer.
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Uh, let's have dinner
one night this week
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and start making some plans
for you.
250
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>> Well, sir, I, uh, really
can't go out much at night.
251
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>> No?
>> No. You see, uh,
252
00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:43,236
my -- my wife is, uh, bedridden.
253
00:11:43,236 --> 00:11:45,438
>> Oh. Well, I'm --
I'm sorry to hear that.
254
00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:47,173
>> We, uh,
we don't even know what it is.
255
00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:49,309
One of those, uh,
mysterious ailments.
256
00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:51,844
Anyhow, she has to have
constant attention.
257
00:11:51,844 --> 00:11:54,447
I have a woman who stays
with her during the day,
258
00:11:54,447 --> 00:11:56,549
but at night,
I can't leave her alone.
259
00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:59,519
>> Mm.
Well, that's too bad.
260
00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:01,988
We'll arrange for lunch,
perhaps.
261
00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:07,193
>> Then I heard his voice,
his silent voice.
262
00:12:07,193 --> 00:12:10,196
But to me, it was crystal clear.
263
00:12:10,196 --> 00:12:12,265
>> [ Voice echoing ]
Too bad.
264
00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:15,768
We may have to forget
about George.
265
00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:18,238
It's a tragedy.
266
00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:24,444
But if he wants to be
an eight-hour-a-day man,
267
00:12:24,444 --> 00:12:29,015
he'll remain
in an eight-hour-a-day job.
268
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♪♪
269
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That's, uh...
that's all for now, George.
270
00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:40,393
I just wanted to let you know
how pleased I am with your work.
271
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And the other partners are, too.
>> Well, thank you, sir.
272
00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:44,797
[ Door opens ]
>> Hi, Dad.
273
00:12:44,797 --> 00:12:47,433
Your secretary said you were
busy, but I'll only be a minute.
274
00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:49,602
>> [ Chuckles ]
>> Well, hello. Who is this?
275
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>> Uh, this is one
of our new young attorneys --
276
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George Wesley Sanderson.
My daughter, Sally.
277
00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:57,810
>> How do you do?
278
00:12:57,810 --> 00:13:01,114
>> George Wesley Sanderson.
Even sounds like a great lawyer.
279
00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:02,915
>> [ Chuckles ]
>> Now, dear.
280
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Save that ravishing smile for
where it'll do you some good.
281
00:13:06,719 --> 00:13:09,088
George Sanderson
is a married man.
282
00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:10,823
♪♪
283
00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:15,328
>> Then, once again...
I heard a voice.
284
00:13:15,328 --> 00:13:17,196
Sally's voice.
285
00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:19,432
>> [ Voice echoing ]
I don't care if he is married.
286
00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:21,734
I want him.
I never believed it.
287
00:13:21,734 --> 00:13:24,804
But now I know it's
absolutely true.
288
00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:28,007
There is such a thing as love
at first sight.
289
00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:29,676
I love him.
290
00:13:29,676 --> 00:13:32,912
♪♪
291
00:13:32,912 --> 00:13:34,914
[ Utensils clattering ]
292
00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:37,216
>> Oh, thank you, dear.
293
00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:39,585
But I don't want any more.
294
00:13:39,585 --> 00:13:41,354
It's time for my pill.
295
00:13:41,354 --> 00:13:43,456
>> Oh, yes. So it is.
I'll, uh, I'll get it for you.
296
00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:45,758
>> Those pills,
they're like a lifeline.
297
00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:47,560
>> Well, let's be thankful
they work.
298
00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,429
>> Poor George.
299
00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:51,831
You've become a full-time nurse.
300
00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:55,334
And in addition,
you've got a full-time job.
301
00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:58,805
You really don't get much sleep,
darling.
302
00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:02,875
You have to set an alarm every
two hours to give me my pill.
303
00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:06,279
>> Darling, we stood up
together, and we took a vow --
304
00:14:06,279 --> 00:14:08,815
for richer or for poorer,
for better or for worse,
305
00:14:08,815 --> 00:14:10,650
in sickness and health...
306
00:14:10,650 --> 00:14:13,786
>> Till death do us part.
307
00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:17,523
>> Let's, uh,
change the subject, huh?
308
00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:19,759
>> Okay.
309
00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:21,527
Well, how'd it go at work today?
310
00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:23,029
>> Oh, everybody flipped
311
00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:25,131
for the way I handled
the Hollingsworth case.
312
00:14:25,131 --> 00:14:27,467
>> Ah. Will it mean a promotion?
>> Well, maybe.
313
00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:29,469
But more important
is the additional money.
314
00:14:29,469 --> 00:14:32,238
>> Oh, George.
>> Now what?
315
00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:35,775
If you become important, we'll
be expected to entertain and --
316
00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:37,610
>> Oh, no. No.
Nothing of the sort.
317
00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:39,946
I'm gonna run my business
the way I want.
318
00:14:39,946 --> 00:14:42,482
I intend to do my work
during the day, in the office.
319
00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:45,151
I don't have to socialize
with people.
320
00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:48,488
Merit, ability --
That's what should count.
321
00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:51,357
♪♪
322
00:14:51,357 --> 00:14:53,826
And for the third time
that day...
323
00:14:53,826 --> 00:14:57,997
I heard a voice,
this time, Margaret's.
324
00:14:57,997 --> 00:15:00,266
>> [ Voice echoing ]
Oh, Lord.
325
00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:02,402
I want to live.
326
00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,071
I'm not much use.
327
00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:07,707
I can't do a thing.
328
00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:11,410
I'm a drag on the man I love.
329
00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:14,347
I'm good for absolutely nothing.
330
00:15:14,347 --> 00:15:16,415
But I want to live!
331
00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:21,387
♪♪
332
00:15:21,387 --> 00:15:25,158
>> And we have
a clear precedent here.
333
00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:27,760
When Theodore Roosevelt was, uh,
police commissioner
334
00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,264
of the city of New York,
the question of injury incurred
335
00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:32,999
while making
a citizen's arrest --
336
00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:35,468
>> Do you always talk
to yourself?
337
00:15:35,468 --> 00:15:38,838
>> Oh, I happen to be dictating
into this recorder.
338
00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:40,840
How did you get in here?
>> [ Chuckles ]
339
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,375
Being the boss's daughter
340
00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:44,076
ought to give a girl
certain privileges.
341
00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:46,279
I came by hoping
you might have pity on me.
342
00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:48,147
>> Pity?
>> I'm famished!
343
00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:50,049
You might take me to lunch.
344
00:15:50,049 --> 00:15:51,784
>> Well, uh...
>> Well what?
345
00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:53,519
It wouldn't hurt you
with the chief.
346
00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:55,321
Might even pave the way
to a promotion.
347
00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:57,123
>> Well, on the other hand,
it might backfire.
348
00:15:57,123 --> 00:15:58,891
>> How?
>> Well, how does your father
349
00:15:58,891 --> 00:16:02,728
regard married male employees
who take his daughter to lunch?
350
00:16:02,728 --> 00:16:05,198
>> I don't know.
It's never happened before.
351
00:16:05,198 --> 00:16:08,634
As you legal types might say,
there are no precedents.
352
00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:12,171
Come on. Take a chance.
Live dangerously.
353
00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,574
>> I'll get my hat.
354
00:16:14,574 --> 00:16:18,411
♪♪
355
00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:21,714
[ Alarm clock ringing ]
Mm. [ Groans ]
356
00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:24,884
[ Ringing stops ]
357
00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:27,587
>> Darling, I'm sorry.
I need my pill.
358
00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:29,689
>> No. It's okay.
It's okay, darling.
359
00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:32,825
[ Sighs ]
[ Footsteps approaching ]
360
00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:34,827
Here you are, dear.
361
00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:37,230
>> Thank you.
362
00:16:37,230 --> 00:16:38,831
>> There.
363
00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:41,567
Now, just let me set
the alarm again.
364
00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,437
[ Dial clicking ]
>> You must be exhausted.
365
00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:46,172
>> No, no, no. Not really.
366
00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:50,877
Are you, uh, feeling any better?
>> Yes, a little.
367
00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:52,912
I was so tired
when you came home, though.
368
00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:54,847
We couldn't even talk.
369
00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:58,885
And I look forward to our talks
so much.
370
00:16:58,885 --> 00:17:00,920
Anything interesting happen
today?
371
00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,390
>> Uh, no. No.
Just, uh, a lot of routine.
372
00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:06,192
>> What did you have for lunch?
>> Lunch?
373
00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:07,793
Uh, lunch.
Let's see.
374
00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:10,930
Uh, I just had a sandwich
at the desk.
375
00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:14,133
>> Oh, George.
You should go out.
376
00:17:14,133 --> 00:17:16,369
>> No. No, dear.
No, I shouldn't.
377
00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:22,642
♪♪
378
00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:24,844
But I did.
379
00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:27,847
She would drop by
two, three times a week,
380
00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:32,184
and it just became...
well, a-a thing we did.
381
00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:35,154
We were friends.
That's all.
382
00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:36,923
I knew she was in love with me,
383
00:17:36,923 --> 00:17:39,926
but I was discovering
something else,
384
00:17:39,926 --> 00:17:43,296
something very unsettling,
very disturbing.
385
00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:47,333
I was falling in love with her,
too.
386
00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:49,769
I tried to fight it.
387
00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:52,071
[ Engine humming ]
388
00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:54,774
How about right here?
>> Okay.
389
00:17:54,774 --> 00:17:56,909
[ Engine decelerates, stops ]
390
00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:58,611
>> There.
391
00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:01,247
Well, now that, uh,
we've scared away every fish
392
00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:03,215
between here and Europe...
>> [ Laughs ]
393
00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:05,718
I wouldn't know what to do
with a fish if I caught one.
394
00:18:05,718 --> 00:18:08,921
>> Well, uh, let's just drift
for a bit, huh?
395
00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:11,958
>> [ Chuckles softly ]
You didn't have to say that.
396
00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:14,360
>> Say what?
>> "Drift."
397
00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:17,930
Haven't we been doing
just that since the day we met?
398
00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,967
>> [ Sighs ] Yes.
Yes, I suppose we have.
399
00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:24,337
>> What are we gonna do, George?
400
00:18:24,337 --> 00:18:27,506
>> I, uh, I don't know.
401
00:18:27,506 --> 00:18:29,976
>> I'm willing to settle.
>> Settle?
402
00:18:29,976 --> 00:18:31,911
>> For half a loaf.
>> Oh, no. No, no.
403
00:18:31,911 --> 00:18:33,613
That -- That wouldn't work.
404
00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:35,481
After a while,
you'd get to hate me.
405
00:18:35,481 --> 00:18:38,651
>> No, George, I wouldn't.
>> Well, I'd hate myself.
406
00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:42,121
>> Do you still love her?
407
00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:44,957
>> No.
[ Water lapping ]
408
00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:47,226
No.
It's a terrible thing, but I...
409
00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:49,428
I don't love her anymore.
410
00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:51,430
You know,
that happens to people.
411
00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:55,134
Just as they can fall in love,
they can also fall out of love.
412
00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,769
It's --
It's just that the timing
413
00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:59,605
and the circumstances are bad
for Margaret and for me.
414
00:18:59,605 --> 00:19:01,240
>> But if you no longer
love her...
415
00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:02,842
>> Well, how could I ever
divorce her?
416
00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:04,644
[ Engine starts ]
Hey! Hey, where are we going?
417
00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:06,145
>> I don't know.
418
00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:09,548
But the one thing I can't do
is just to stand still.
419
00:19:09,548 --> 00:19:12,451
[ Engine revving ]
420
00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:18,758
♪♪
421
00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:24,664
>> Nothing and no one in this
world ever really stands still.
422
00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:28,200
Wheels are always turning.
Gears are shifting.
423
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,136
Minds are changing,
424
00:19:30,136 --> 00:19:34,240
perhaps slowly, imperceptibly,
subtly.
425
00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:38,878
Even a marriage vow contains the
seeds of its own dissolution.
426
00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:43,749
For it says
"Until death do us part."
427
00:19:43,749 --> 00:19:46,285
We'll be back shortly
with Act 2.
428
00:19:46,285 --> 00:19:47,953
♪♪
429
00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:50,156
>> Like what you're hearing
so far?
430
00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:52,958
Are you curious about the
history behind radio programs
431
00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:54,560
just like this one
432
00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,029
and the dramatic genius
who created them?
433
00:19:57,029 --> 00:20:00,633
In the nine-part award-winning
documentary "Audio Maverick,"
434
00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:02,935
we explore the golden age
of radio
435
00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:05,104
through the life of Himan Brown.
436
00:20:05,104 --> 00:20:08,274
You'll hear the history of radio
come to life as we travel
437
00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:10,176
from the birth of audio drama
438
00:20:10,176 --> 00:20:12,511
to the programs that brought
millions of families
439
00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:14,814
into their living rooms
every night.
440
00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:18,751
"Audio Maverick" is available
anywhere you get your podcasts.
441
00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:26,392
♪♪
442
00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:31,397
♪♪
443
00:20:31,397 --> 00:20:37,069
>> George Wesley Sanderson is in
a motorboat just off Long Island
444
00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:41,307
on a beautiful day with
a beautiful woman who loves him.
445
00:20:41,307 --> 00:20:45,277
And to make it perfect,
he also loves her.
446
00:20:45,277 --> 00:20:47,913
However, there's a complication.
447
00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:50,716
George Wesley Sanderson
is married,
448
00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:54,553
and he takes his vow seriously.
449
00:20:54,553 --> 00:20:56,589
[ Engine humming ]
450
00:20:58,023 --> 00:21:00,359
>> W-We'll do something, Sally.
451
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,228
>> You'll have to do something,
George.
452
00:21:02,228 --> 00:21:04,630
People don't stand still.
>> Yes, I know.
453
00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:06,532
>> You can't freeze
a relationship.
454
00:21:06,532 --> 00:21:09,268
It grows better every day
or it becomes worse.
455
00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:12,204
You fall in love because another
person has something you need,
456
00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:16,208
and sometimes...
it's the terrible truth --
457
00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:17,676
When that person loses
458
00:21:17,676 --> 00:21:20,246
what attracted you
in the first place,
459
00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:23,482
love also goes with it.
>> I know. I know.
460
00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:26,585
>> So many people
can't face up to it.
461
00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:31,423
They're unable to end a thing
that really no longer exists.
462
00:21:31,423 --> 00:21:33,759
>> I love you, Sally.
463
00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:39,064
>> I love you, George,
but...I'm human.
464
00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:42,268
If I can't have you,
sooner or later I'll face it,
465
00:21:42,268 --> 00:21:46,105
and then...I'll make
other arrangements for my life.
466
00:21:46,105 --> 00:21:49,175
>> Sally, wait for me.
467
00:21:49,175 --> 00:21:51,844
>> Oh, I'll wait, George.
468
00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:54,113
But I can't promise to wait
forever.
469
00:21:54,113 --> 00:21:55,514
♪♪
470
00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,683
>> Just then,
I heard another voice.
471
00:21:57,683 --> 00:21:59,752
It was a voice
I'd never heard before,
472
00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:01,720
but there was n-no mistaking
who it could be
473
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,255
and what the meaning was.
474
00:22:03,255 --> 00:22:05,224
>> [ Voice echoing ]
And do you, George,
475
00:22:05,224 --> 00:22:09,028
take Sally
for your lawful wedded wife,
476
00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:12,932
to have and to hold...
[ Engine humming ]
477
00:22:12,932 --> 00:22:16,836
>> Oh, Sally, darling,
don't ask me how or when or why.
478
00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:19,004
>> George, look out!
You'll upset the boat!
479
00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:21,006
>> Who cares?
Sally, it's gonna happen.
480
00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:22,975
>> What's going to happen?
>> You and me.
481
00:22:22,975 --> 00:22:24,743
We're gonna happen.
We're gonna be married.
482
00:22:24,743 --> 00:22:27,146
>> But --
>> No buts. Just believe me.
483
00:22:27,146 --> 00:22:30,015
>> I believe you, George.
484
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:31,584
I believe you.
485
00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:37,690
♪♪
486
00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:39,625
[ Silverware clanking ]
487
00:22:39,625 --> 00:22:42,828
>> Mm. That was good.
I was so hungry.
488
00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:45,130
>> Oh, Margaret,
that's a good sign.
489
00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:47,800
>> Oh, I don't know.
490
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,803
Sometimes I just wish...
491
00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:54,440
>> What?
What do you wish?
492
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,476
>> Oh...nothing. Nothing.
[ Chuckles ]
493
00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:59,845
I don't want to talk about it.
494
00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:02,881
Well, now, you must have had
an interesting morning.
495
00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:05,951
>> Oh, just so-so.
>> Well, what was it?
496
00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:08,387
What did you have to do
at the office?
497
00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:10,923
You never did tell me.
>> No. No, I didn't.
498
00:23:10,923 --> 00:23:12,891
Well, uh, we had to take
a deposition.
499
00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:14,560
>> Oh?
>> And, uh,
500
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,595
we just spent the morning
listening to witnesses
501
00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:18,631
and, uh...
502
00:23:18,631 --> 00:23:20,799
Margaret?
503
00:23:20,799 --> 00:23:22,334
Margaret?
504
00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:24,336
>> [ Sighs ] What?
505
00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:26,572
Oh, dear.
What is it, George?
506
00:23:26,572 --> 00:23:29,008
>> Don't close your eyes yet.
507
00:23:29,008 --> 00:23:30,809
It's time for your pill.
508
00:23:30,809 --> 00:23:34,046
Here.
Take it down with some juice.
509
00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:37,283
That's all we'd have to do --
just forget one pill.
510
00:23:37,283 --> 00:23:39,051
>> Oh, George.
511
00:23:39,051 --> 00:23:44,456
Darling...
maybe we'd both be better off.
512
00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:54,366
♪♪
513
00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:56,602
[ Door closes,
footsteps approaching ]
514
00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:59,004
>> Good morning. George.
>> Good morning, sir.
515
00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:00,806
>> Sit down.
>> Thank you.
516
00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:04,677
>> Now, George, I, uh...
I want you to go to Washington.
517
00:24:04,677 --> 00:24:06,545
I know you have
personal problems.
518
00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:08,080
>> Yes, sir.
519
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,215
>> I want you to argue
the Stilwell case
520
00:24:10,215 --> 00:24:12,484
before the Court of Appeals.
>> Well, sir --
521
00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:14,920
>> You can win this case for us.
You're a natural.
522
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,323
Lawyers like you come along
once in a generation.
523
00:24:17,323 --> 00:24:18,624
>> Yes, but, Mr. Cartwright --
524
00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:20,693
>> The trial date
is in six weeks.
525
00:24:20,693 --> 00:24:25,431
Now, I'm sure you can find a way
to, uh, resolve your problem.
526
00:24:25,431 --> 00:24:27,766
You can buy nursing care
while you're gone.
527
00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:30,469
>> Sir, it's more than that.
>> I'm sure it is.
528
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:33,772
Now, I don't want to intrude
in your personal affairs,
529
00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:38,310
although I understand
I'm indirectly affected.
530
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:42,247
My daughter evidently is, uh,
quite taken with you.
531
00:24:42,247 --> 00:24:44,249
Well, that's between
the two of you.
532
00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:45,984
>> I assure you --
>> Of what?
533
00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:48,120
The two of you are in love.
534
00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:51,123
It's a very difficult situation.
535
00:24:51,123 --> 00:24:53,192
But it's your situation.
536
00:24:53,192 --> 00:24:57,229
For my part, I need you for the
Stillwell trial in Washington.
537
00:24:57,229 --> 00:24:59,932
Now, don't -- don't give me
your answer right now.
538
00:24:59,932 --> 00:25:02,534
♪♪
539
00:25:02,534 --> 00:25:06,238
>> And then...I heard a voice.
540
00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:11,110
And this voice I knew very well,
because it was my own voice,
541
00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:13,112
and I could hear myself say...
542
00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:15,347
[ Voice echoing ]
If it please the court,
543
00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:19,685
the prosecution claims that the
defendant, Captain Stillwell,
544
00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:22,087
has committed the crime
of high treason
545
00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:24,690
against the government
of the United States.
546
00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:29,495
♪♪
547
00:25:29,495 --> 00:25:30,996
>> George?
>> Mm?
548
00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:32,798
>> George!
>> Uh, w-what? What? What?
549
00:25:32,798 --> 00:25:34,767
>> Well, that's what I want to
ask you -- What happened?
550
00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:37,069
You turned pale.
Is, uh, is everything all right?
551
00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:39,204
>> Oh.
Y-Yes, sir.
552
00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:41,874
Yes, sir. Everything's fine.
Just fine. I, uh...
553
00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:45,144
I mean, I-I b-believe that
I will be able to plead
554
00:25:45,144 --> 00:25:47,479
the Stillwell case after all.
555
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:56,188
♪♪
556
00:25:56,188 --> 00:25:58,490
>> Has she been taking
these pills regularly?
557
00:25:58,490 --> 00:26:00,025
>> Oh, religiously, Doctor.
558
00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:01,593
The woman we have here
in the daytime
559
00:26:01,593 --> 00:26:03,162
is absolutely trustworthy.
560
00:26:03,162 --> 00:26:04,730
And, of course,
I'm here all night.
561
00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:06,598
>> And he's a tyrant about it,
Doctor.
562
00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:08,000
>> Well, he should be.
563
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,569
>> Uh, Doctor,
what about Margaret?
564
00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:13,205
>> Well, for the first time
since --
565
00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:17,042
since this thing struck,
I have good news.
566
00:26:17,042 --> 00:26:19,478
>> Uh, good news?
>> I say good.
567
00:26:19,478 --> 00:26:22,815
These words, "good" and "bad,"
are relative.
568
00:26:22,815 --> 00:26:24,450
>> Yes, but what do you mean
by "good"?
569
00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:26,151
>> Well, for the first time,
570
00:26:26,151 --> 00:26:28,520
I can detect no further signs
of deterioration.
571
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,988
>> I see.
572
00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:32,558
>> Unless some other
complication occurs,
573
00:26:32,558 --> 00:26:35,494
Margaret can live on
indefinitely,
574
00:26:35,494 --> 00:26:38,197
provided she takes her pills
on a regular basis.
575
00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:39,832
>> Oh, we'll --
we'll see to that, Doctor.
576
00:26:39,832 --> 00:26:41,533
We'll see to that.
577
00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:44,069
>> Well, keep in touch
if anything unusual happens.
578
00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:45,838
And I'll be here again
next week.
579
00:26:45,838 --> 00:26:47,639
>> Yes. I'll see you
to the door, Doctor.
580
00:26:47,639 --> 00:26:49,208
>> Goodbye, Margaret.
581
00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:52,044
>> Goodbye, Doctor.
[ Footsteps receding ]
582
00:26:52,044 --> 00:26:54,880
>> Oh, a lovely day,
isn't it, George?
583
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,849
[ Door opens ]
>> Uh, yes. Yes.
584
00:26:56,849 --> 00:26:59,384
>> Oh, uh, about those pills,
George --
585
00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:01,987
Make sure you never run out.
586
00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:04,790
And she must have one
every two hours.
587
00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:07,926
♪♪
588
00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:10,762
>> That's what his speaking
voice was saying to me --
589
00:27:10,762 --> 00:27:12,764
the little amenities,
the weather,
590
00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:15,968
"Don't forget her pills,"
and so on.
591
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:21,874
But there was another voice --
his inner voice.
592
00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:24,710
And I could hear it so clearly,
so plainly.
593
00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:27,846
>> [ Voice echoing ]
Poor kids.
594
00:27:27,846 --> 00:27:30,516
I'm glad I don't have to decide.
595
00:27:30,516 --> 00:27:35,754
She's in such terrible pain
constantly.
596
00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:39,291
Well, that's between
the two of them.
597
00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:42,394
Or maybe it's up to him.
598
00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:46,064
I only know I wouldn't
want to be in his shoes
599
00:27:46,064 --> 00:27:48,634
for all the money in the world.
600
00:27:48,634 --> 00:27:52,871
♪♪
601
00:27:52,871 --> 00:27:54,706
Goodbye, George.
>> Goodbye, Doctor.
602
00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:56,775
And, uh, thank you for
everything.
603
00:27:56,775 --> 00:27:59,144
[ Door closes ]
>> George?
604
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:01,346
George?
>> Uh, yes, dear?
605
00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:03,081
>> I like a pillow.
606
00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:05,350
>> Yes, dear. I'm coming.
[ Footsteps approaching ]
607
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:07,486
Here we are.
608
00:28:07,486 --> 00:28:10,923
Now...does that feel
more comfortable?
609
00:28:10,923 --> 00:28:13,358
>> Mm-hmm. I think so.
610
00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:16,562
>> Margaret?
Look at me.
611
00:28:16,562 --> 00:28:18,630
>> I'm looking at you, darling.
612
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:23,602
♪♪
613
00:28:23,602 --> 00:28:25,871
>> I wanted to hear her voice --
614
00:28:25,871 --> 00:28:28,273
not her speaking voice,
but her thinking voice,
615
00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:32,110
her feeling voice, the way
I'd heard it once before.
616
00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:35,247
But this -- this ability,
this -- this gift,
617
00:28:35,247 --> 00:28:36,949
this talent --
call it what you will --
618
00:28:36,949 --> 00:28:38,450
doesn't work at my command.
619
00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:41,153
It comes and goes
of its own accord.
620
00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:44,456
I wanted to know how she felt,
what she really wished for.
621
00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:48,393
But try as I might, I...I simply
couldn't hear her inner voice.
622
00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:52,764
And I knew that the decision,
one way or another,
623
00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:56,435
would have to be mine --
all mine, mine alone.
624
00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:59,471
♪♪
625
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:01,373
>> I'm looking at you, darling.
626
00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:04,443
>> Margaret, are you in pain?
>> Oh.
627
00:29:04,443 --> 00:29:06,478
It doesn't matter really.
628
00:29:06,478 --> 00:29:08,547
The pill takes care of it.
629
00:29:08,547 --> 00:29:12,651
Oh, it's such a miraculous pill.
It takes care of everything.
630
00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:16,455
Oh, I think I'd better sleep
for a while, George.
631
00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:19,725
I...I...I just want to sleep.
632
00:29:19,725 --> 00:29:22,527
>> Margaret, what do you mean?
Please tell me.
633
00:29:22,527 --> 00:29:25,130
What -- What do you mean by --
by "sleep"?
634
00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:26,732
Margaret?
[ Telephone ringing ]
635
00:29:26,732 --> 00:29:29,001
Oh. Here. I'll get that.
[ Receiver rattles ]
636
00:29:29,001 --> 00:29:30,602
Uh, hello?
637
00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:32,604
>> George?
>> Oh, yes, Mr. Cartwright.
638
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:35,407
>> Can you arrange to fly to
Washington a week from Friday?
639
00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:37,442
>> Uh, a week from Friday?
>> Yes.
640
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:40,045
For a pretrial
on the Stilwell case.
641
00:29:40,045 --> 00:29:41,713
>> Well, sir,
I hadn't expected to --
642
00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:43,315
>> Well, uh, you told me
643
00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:45,317
just yesterday in the office
that you'd handle it.
644
00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:47,319
>> Well, yes, sir,
but that was, uh,
645
00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:49,254
because I-I thought
I had six more weeks.
646
00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:50,889
>> Well, you do.
647
00:29:50,889 --> 00:29:52,958
This will just involve you
down there
648
00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:55,894
for a day or two this time.
>> I understand.
649
00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:57,929
>> I'll have Miss Gordon book
your flight.
650
00:29:57,929 --> 00:29:59,431
>> Well, a-a week from Friday.
651
00:29:59,431 --> 00:30:01,867
That's, uh, that's about
10 days, isn't it?
652
00:30:01,867 --> 00:30:05,504
>> We'll have all the papers
for you at the office tomorrow.
653
00:30:05,504 --> 00:30:07,839
And I'm taking you off
everything else.
654
00:30:07,839 --> 00:30:09,841
Just remember,
we want this case.
655
00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:11,843
>> Yes, sir.
>> Goodbye, George.
656
00:30:11,843 --> 00:30:13,645
>> Goodbye, sir.
[ Receiver rattles ]
657
00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:14,946
>> George?
>> Hm? Oh.
658
00:30:14,946 --> 00:30:17,215
Oh, darling.
I thought you were asleep.
659
00:30:17,215 --> 00:30:19,384
>> The ringing of the phone
woke me.
660
00:30:19,384 --> 00:30:21,787
I thought it was the alarm
for my pill.
661
00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:24,589
>> Oh, no. No. We still have
another hour for that.
662
00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:27,626
>> Now, what's supposed to
happen a week from Friday?
663
00:30:27,626 --> 00:30:29,161
>> Mm? Oh.
664
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:31,997
Oh, uh, just a lunch date
with Mr. C-Cartwright
665
00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:33,432
and, uh, a client.
666
00:30:33,432 --> 00:30:35,333
>> He must like you a lot,
doesn't he?
667
00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:37,569
>> Well, I'm not really
a bad lawyer.
668
00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:43,408
>> Oh, George, I wish I could be
of help to you.
669
00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:46,278
I wish there was something
I could do.
670
00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:53,919
♪♪
671
00:30:53,919 --> 00:30:56,955
>> Here I am, George.
>> Oh, hi. I'm sorry I'm late.
672
00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:58,890
>> Dad tells me how busy
you are.
673
00:30:58,890 --> 00:31:00,959
I ordered you
your extra dry gimlet.
674
00:31:00,959 --> 00:31:02,627
>> Thanks.
I could use it.
675
00:31:02,627 --> 00:31:04,563
>> Dad also tells me
you're going to Washington.
676
00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:07,165
>> Yes.
Uh, that is, I think so.
677
00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:08,767
>> You think so?
678
00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:10,602
I understand the plans
are all set.
679
00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:13,605
>> Well, the fact is, I, uh,
know I'll be going, but, uh...
680
00:31:13,605 --> 00:31:16,775
>> But what?
>> Oh, nothing.
681
00:31:16,775 --> 00:31:18,243
>> Once the trial begins,
682
00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:20,512
there's no telling how long
it may run.
683
00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:22,314
These government things
can go on for months.
684
00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:24,516
>> Yes, I know.
>> How about --
685
00:31:24,516 --> 00:31:26,852
>> How about Margaret?
>> Yes. Margaret.
686
00:31:26,852 --> 00:31:28,386
>> Let's not talk about
Margaret.
687
00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:30,756
>> But, George --
>> Please.
688
00:31:30,756 --> 00:31:33,158
>> I said I'd be satisfied
with half a loaf.
689
00:31:33,158 --> 00:31:35,360
>> Right now,
I don't want to talk about it.
690
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:36,762
>> But, George, I'm entitled --
691
00:31:36,762 --> 00:31:39,231
>> There are things
I must decide.
692
00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:42,167
>> I want to help you.
>> No, no, no.
693
00:31:42,167 --> 00:31:45,971
>> But when people are in love,
there should be no barriers,
694
00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:49,007
nothing held back.
>> Sally...
695
00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:50,976
Sally, you have a lot to learn
about love.
696
00:31:50,976 --> 00:31:52,844
>> George, I won't be spoken to
like --
697
00:31:52,844 --> 00:31:54,146
>> Please, Sally,
don't press me.
698
00:31:54,146 --> 00:31:55,647
Don't push me, huh?
699
00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:57,883
I don't care who you are
or how deeply you love.
700
00:31:57,883 --> 00:32:01,787
There are certain things...
I must decide on my own.
701
00:32:01,787 --> 00:32:06,591
♪♪
702
00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:10,495
>> George Wesley Sanderson
is faced with a decision.
703
00:32:10,495 --> 00:32:13,765
And it's a decision
a man doesn't make lightly.
704
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:16,535
Nor does he make it every day.
705
00:32:16,535 --> 00:32:19,304
Because what George must decide
706
00:32:19,304 --> 00:32:22,474
is whether or not to kill
his wife.
707
00:32:22,474 --> 00:32:25,277
We shall return shortly
with Act 3.
708
00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:27,479
♪♪
709
00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:29,681
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so far?
710
00:32:29,681 --> 00:32:32,484
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711
00:32:32,484 --> 00:32:34,085
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00:32:34,085 --> 00:32:36,555
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714
00:32:40,158 --> 00:32:42,427
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715
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716
00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:47,799
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717
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:49,668
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718
00:32:49,668 --> 00:32:52,037
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719
00:32:52,037 --> 00:32:54,306
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720
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721
00:32:58,276 --> 00:33:00,679
♪♪
722
00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:10,555
♪♪
723
00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:13,892
>> It is one minute
before 2 in the morning
724
00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:16,895
in the apartment
of George Wesley Sanderson.
725
00:33:16,895 --> 00:33:21,066
An alarm clock is set to go off
exactly on the hour.
726
00:33:21,066 --> 00:33:22,834
It must awaken George
727
00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:26,238
so that he can give his wife,
Margaret, a pill --
728
00:33:26,238 --> 00:33:29,507
a pill she takes
every two hours.
729
00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:34,212
Without her regular pill,
Margaret will die.
730
00:33:34,212 --> 00:33:37,716
[ Alarm clock clicking,
ringing ]
731
00:33:37,716 --> 00:33:39,251
>> George?
732
00:33:39,251 --> 00:33:41,319
George, wake up.
>> Hm?
733
00:33:41,319 --> 00:33:42,921
>> George?
>> Wha-- Oh.
734
00:33:42,921 --> 00:33:44,723
[ Coughs ] Oh.
Wait a minute.
735
00:33:44,723 --> 00:33:47,359
>> Oh.
>> Wait a minute.
736
00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:49,961
>> I was afraid for a minute
the clock wouldn't wake you.
737
00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:52,864
>> Yes. I'm sorry.
I was sleeping pretty soundly.
738
00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,566
>> Poor George.
You never get any rest.
739
00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:56,001
>> It's all right.
It's all right.
740
00:33:56,001 --> 00:33:57,669
Here, darling.
Take a pill.
741
00:33:57,669 --> 00:33:59,804
>> Oh.
[ Pill rattling ]
742
00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:03,575
Thank you, darling.
Thank you.
743
00:34:03,575 --> 00:34:05,243
And now go -- go back to sleep.
744
00:34:05,243 --> 00:34:07,846
>> Well, I better reset
the alarm.
745
00:34:07,846 --> 00:34:10,649
>> You're so good to me, George.
746
00:34:10,649 --> 00:34:13,118
>> There.
There it is.
747
00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:15,787
I've set it for 4.
748
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:17,589
Good night, darling.
>> Good night.
749
00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:21,326
♪♪
750
00:34:21,326 --> 00:34:23,495
>> I turned to look at her.
751
00:34:23,495 --> 00:34:25,764
Her eyes were closed.
752
00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:30,201
She was only 28,
but her face was lined.
753
00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:34,372
Her skin was drawn and flushed,
and she looked old.
754
00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:36,374
Old.
755
00:34:36,374 --> 00:34:39,077
Where was the pert,
vivacious Margaret
756
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:43,848
who only a few months before
had been bursting with life?
757
00:34:43,848 --> 00:34:47,919
Wasn't she as good or as bad
as dead already?
758
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:50,455
Wasn't it a mercy
to end her suffering?
759
00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:54,526
Wasn't her living merely a sham
and a pretense?
760
00:34:54,526 --> 00:34:56,194
Suppose I...
761
00:34:56,194 --> 00:35:00,799
I would somehow forget
to give her the next pill.
762
00:35:00,799 --> 00:35:03,768
What would I be ending?
763
00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:05,837
And then, once again,
I heard the voices.
764
00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:08,506
But these were voices
from the past --
765
00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:10,709
the recent past.
766
00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:13,311
>> [ Voice echoing ]
This firm could use
767
00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:15,046
a crackerjack criminal lawyer.
768
00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:18,216
>> [ Voice echoing ]
I love you, George. I love you.
769
00:35:18,216 --> 00:35:20,885
>> [ Voice echoing ]
We have plans for you.
770
00:35:20,885 --> 00:35:23,154
>> [ Voice echoing ]
I'll wait for you, darling.
771
00:35:23,154 --> 00:35:25,390
But I can't promise to wait
forever.
772
00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:28,560
>> [ Voice echoing ] We're all
pleased with your work.
773
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,229
>> [ Voice echoing ]
Why hold on to a relationship
774
00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:32,731
that no longer exists?
775
00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:34,966
>> [ Voice echoing ]
I can't do a thing.
776
00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:39,237
I'm absolutely useless.
777
00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:41,706
But I want to live.
778
00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:43,641
I want to live.
779
00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:47,012
[ Alarm clock ringing ]
780
00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:48,346
>> George?
781
00:35:48,346 --> 00:35:50,448
George, the alarm.
782
00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:52,684
George, wake up.
783
00:35:52,684 --> 00:35:55,387
George, It's time for my pill.
784
00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:58,990
George, wake up.
You must wake up!
785
00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,426
George?
[ Ringing stops ]
786
00:36:01,426 --> 00:36:05,630
♪♪
787
00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:07,966
>> [ Voice echoing ]
I heard the alarm, Margaret.
788
00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:11,936
I heard it.
>> George...you must wake up.
789
00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:14,639
>> Believe me, Margaret.
I'm doing it for you.
790
00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:19,077
>> George...
George, I must have my pills.
791
00:36:19,077 --> 00:36:22,280
George, wake up!
>> Believe me, Margaret.
792
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,950
Please believe me.
It isn't Sally or the job.
793
00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:27,852
I admit they both tempt me.
794
00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:31,656
But I don't want to see you
suffer any more.
795
00:36:31,656 --> 00:36:37,896
>> Aren't you going to give me
my pills...George?
796
00:36:37,896 --> 00:36:41,599
Let me live...
just a little longer, please.
797
00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:44,936
>> And I'm...so tired, Margaret.
798
00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:46,871
So tired.
>> George!
799
00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:50,575
George, please.
>> It's all so mixed up.
800
00:36:50,575 --> 00:36:53,311
>> George, don't pretend
to be asleep.
801
00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:55,613
>> I'm doing it for you,
Margaret.
802
00:36:55,613 --> 00:36:59,150
Maybe for me too,
but mostly for you.
803
00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:02,587
>> [ Weakly ]
Oh, George!
804
00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:09,160
Darling...I forgive you.
805
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,529
I forgive you.
806
00:37:11,529 --> 00:37:18,636
♪♪
807
00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:21,906
>> Sit down, George.
Sit down.
808
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:25,110
Now, you didn't have to come
into the office today.
809
00:37:25,110 --> 00:37:29,047
>> Yes, I know, sir,
but...she's been dead a week,
810
00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:32,350
and, uh...well, things go on.
811
00:37:32,350 --> 00:37:34,552
I'm due to leave for Washington
tomorrow.
812
00:37:34,552 --> 00:37:36,654
>> Yes.
Uh, we, uh...
813
00:37:36,654 --> 00:37:38,857
Well, we wondered whether
under the circumstances
814
00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:40,425
to ask for a delay.
815
00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:42,127
>> There's no point to that,
sir.
816
00:37:42,127 --> 00:37:44,796
What I need now is lots of work.
>> Well...[ Chuckles ]
817
00:37:44,796 --> 00:37:46,598
...we have lots of work
around here.
818
00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:48,333
[ Door opens ]
>> George,
819
00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:50,602
I've been trying to reach you
to tell you how sorry --
820
00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:53,371
>> Sally, it's all right.
>> Now, there is a possibility
821
00:37:53,371 --> 00:37:56,107
that you people have something
to discuss.
822
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:58,777
Excuse me for a moment.
823
00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:01,346
[ Footsteps receding,
door closes ]
824
00:38:01,346 --> 00:38:06,651
>> [ Exhales deeply ]
Well, Sally...here we are.
825
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:11,356
>> Yes.
How did it happen, George?
826
00:38:11,356 --> 00:38:16,161
>> Well, it's something that
could have happened at any time.
827
00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:20,532
She just, uh, fell asleep,
and, uh...
828
00:38:20,532 --> 00:38:23,134
and she didn't wake up.
[ Sighs ]
829
00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:27,071
>> And now what, George?
>> And now...
830
00:38:27,071 --> 00:38:29,240
we can be married.
831
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:30,909
That is, if you'll still
have me.
832
00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:32,744
>> Oh, darling.
>> I have to go to Washington.
833
00:38:32,744 --> 00:38:35,046
>> I'll go with you.
834
00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:37,749
And you know, of course,
what Dad's been talking about.
835
00:38:37,749 --> 00:38:39,717
>> Well, actually, I don't.
836
00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:42,921
>> Well...we're fairly direct
people, all of us.
837
00:38:42,921 --> 00:38:46,991
Dad was saying that since you
and I would be married,
838
00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:49,127
there'd be a partnership
in the firm as well.
839
00:38:49,127 --> 00:38:50,929
>> Mm.
840
00:38:50,929 --> 00:38:52,830
Well, as long as we're fairly
direct people,
841
00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:54,866
I may as well tell you
that I deserve it.
842
00:38:54,866 --> 00:38:56,868
[ Both chuckle ]
843
00:38:56,868 --> 00:38:58,570
>> Darling, do you know
844
00:38:58,570 --> 00:39:01,206
that this is the first time
I've ever seen you smile?
845
00:39:01,206 --> 00:39:02,874
>> Oh, I smile all the time.
846
00:39:02,874 --> 00:39:05,476
>> You listen to me,
George Wesley Sanderson.
847
00:39:05,476 --> 00:39:08,213
You're going to live.
You're going to travel.
848
00:39:08,213 --> 00:39:10,348
You're going to mingle with
all the people worth knowing
849
00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:12,517
in government, politics,
the theater, art --
850
00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:14,519
>> Wait, wait, wait.
Now, when do I work?
851
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:16,554
>> Oh, you can work as hard
as you like --
852
00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:19,591
as long as you remember
you have to play hard too.
853
00:39:19,591 --> 00:39:22,794
>> When do we start?
>> Right now.
854
00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:26,397
♪♪
855
00:39:26,397 --> 00:39:29,167
>> That was, uh, what,
15 years ago?
856
00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:32,437
I was 30.
She was 25.
857
00:39:32,437 --> 00:39:35,240
And the years haven't changed
either of us.
858
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,675
Well, not very much, anyhow.
859
00:39:37,675 --> 00:39:40,678
Life has been
full of excitement, zest,
860
00:39:40,678 --> 00:39:42,880
and, of course, satisfaction,
861
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,116
because I've won some
very well-publicized cases,
862
00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:48,586
and there's talk of a judgeship,
but that's all for the future.
863
00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:52,824
The important thing
is that for almost 15 years
864
00:39:52,824 --> 00:39:56,928
since she died...
I haven't heard voices.
865
00:39:56,928 --> 00:39:59,364
You know, those voices.
866
00:39:59,364 --> 00:40:03,368
Until...Until last week.
867
00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:06,371
And it happened
when I was alone,
868
00:40:06,371 --> 00:40:08,439
in the morning, at breakfast.
869
00:40:08,439 --> 00:40:11,709
>> [ Voice echoing ]
May I have my pills, George?
870
00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:14,212
My pills.
871
00:40:14,212 --> 00:40:16,648
I want to live.
872
00:40:16,648 --> 00:40:19,784
Please, George.
873
00:40:19,784 --> 00:40:21,586
My pills.
874
00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:26,157
♪♪
875
00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:28,559
>> And I've kept hearing them.
876
00:40:28,559 --> 00:40:31,129
I don't know what to make of it,
because after all,
877
00:40:31,129 --> 00:40:34,766
she did say...she's forgiven me.
878
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:36,567
Why should I hear her now?
Why?
879
00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:38,836
I don't understand it.
Why now?
880
00:40:38,836 --> 00:40:47,545
♪♪
881
00:40:47,545 --> 00:40:50,548
In the case of
Delay vs International Power...
882
00:40:50,548 --> 00:40:52,150
[ Door opens,
footsteps approaching ]
883
00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:55,053
...the precedent is clearly
stated --
884
00:40:55,053 --> 00:40:58,256
Sally!
Sally, what are you doing here?
885
00:40:58,256 --> 00:41:00,591
>> I'm here to tell you
about a precedent
886
00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:02,827
which is going to be established
right now.
887
00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:04,962
>> I thought you were in London.
>> I was.
888
00:41:04,962 --> 00:41:07,799
And then I decided to come
back here for some litigation.
889
00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:10,401
>> Litigation? With whom?
>> With you.
890
00:41:10,401 --> 00:41:13,671
>> Oh? What, uh,
what kind of litigation?
891
00:41:13,671 --> 00:41:16,474
>> I want to review the basis
for our marriage.
892
00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:18,876
It is rooted in the factors
of common interests.
893
00:41:18,876 --> 00:41:21,145
We're both alive.
We like to do things, go places.
894
00:41:21,145 --> 00:41:22,547
Do you agree?
>> Surely.
895
00:41:22,547 --> 00:41:24,148
>> So why aren't we going
and doing?
896
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:25,850
>> Well, we --
>> Well we what?
897
00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:27,552
Do you realize
that for the past year,
898
00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:29,387
you've been working day
and night?
899
00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:32,357
>> Well, darling, it so happens
we have some crucial cases.
900
00:41:32,357 --> 00:41:35,193
>> Do you want our relationship
to change permanently?
901
00:41:35,193 --> 00:41:38,096
Do you want us to drift apart?
>> Do you know you're a nut?
902
00:41:38,096 --> 00:41:39,564
>> Darling.
903
00:41:39,564 --> 00:41:42,800
A long time ago,
we talked about this.
904
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,304
Nothing,
no one ever stands still.
905
00:41:46,304 --> 00:41:48,373
People change.
906
00:41:48,373 --> 00:41:51,509
And if they do, so does
the basis of their relationship.
907
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,811
>> All right.
We'll go skiing.
908
00:41:53,811 --> 00:41:56,614
>> Turn your work over to
the bright, young eager beavers
909
00:41:56,614 --> 00:41:59,317
and let's you and I start
having fun again.
910
00:41:59,317 --> 00:42:04,322
♪♪
911
00:42:04,322 --> 00:42:06,791
>> And we did.
We traveled. We played.
912
00:42:06,791 --> 00:42:09,527
We danced.
We enjoyed ourselves.
913
00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:11,896
And I even managed
to get some good work done, too.
914
00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:13,931
We were never so happy.
915
00:42:14,966 --> 00:42:19,771
There was, of course,
one small dark cloud for me.
916
00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:24,242
I could hear Margaret's voice.
917
00:42:24,242 --> 00:42:27,745
>> [ Voice echoing ]
I need my pills, George.
918
00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:31,549
Aren't you going to give me
my pills?
919
00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:33,151
Please.
920
00:42:33,151 --> 00:42:34,952
>> Penny for your thoughts,
George.
921
00:42:34,952 --> 00:42:36,754
>> Hm? Oh.
922
00:42:36,754 --> 00:42:40,792
Well, you couldn't buy my high-
priced thoughts for a penny.
923
00:42:40,792 --> 00:42:42,894
>> You seem to be in a state
of reverie.
924
00:42:42,894 --> 00:42:44,395
>> I was?
925
00:42:44,395 --> 00:42:46,464
>> As if you were listening
to something.
926
00:42:46,464 --> 00:42:49,267
>> Oh.
Must be your imagination.
927
00:42:49,267 --> 00:42:52,403
>> Why, as if...
you were listening to voices.
928
00:42:52,403 --> 00:42:55,907
>> Voices?
Are you sure you're all right?
929
00:42:55,907 --> 00:42:59,076
>> It's positively spooky.
>> Spooky?
930
00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:01,412
Here in our apartment,
in the bright sunlight?
931
00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:03,114
Oh, no.
932
00:43:03,114 --> 00:43:05,850
You've got to look for your
spooks in the dead of night.
933
00:43:05,850 --> 00:43:08,352
>> Well, I know
what we both need.
934
00:43:08,352 --> 00:43:10,721
>> All right. Tell me.
>> A good hard hour of tennis.
935
00:43:10,721 --> 00:43:12,690
>> Oh, now, darling,
I have to be at the office.
936
00:43:12,690 --> 00:43:16,294
>> You don't have to be anywhere
except with me.
937
00:43:16,294 --> 00:43:18,963
>> Okay.
You're on -- for one hour.
938
00:43:18,963 --> 00:43:20,531
>> Ha.
939
00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:22,600
♪♪
940
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,569
[ Birds chirping ]
941
00:43:24,569 --> 00:43:26,771
>> Ha. That's out.
>> [ Laughs ]
942
00:43:26,771 --> 00:43:30,241
This set has one more game.
Your luck won't hold forever.
943
00:43:30,241 --> 00:43:32,610
>> Oh, no. I don't need luck.
I happen to be good!
944
00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:35,613
[ Racket thuds, George groans ]
>> Oh! That was definitely out!
945
00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,415
I think I'm gonna break
your service.
946
00:43:37,415 --> 00:43:40,118
>> Oh. [ Exhales deeply ]
[ Birds chirping ]
947
00:43:40,118 --> 00:43:42,453
>> Well?
>> [ Exhales deeply ]
948
00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:44,755
>> George, what's the matter?
>> It's nothing, dear.
949
00:43:44,755 --> 00:43:48,226
>> Well, I'm waiting! Serve!
>> Oh. [ Exhales deeply ]
950
00:43:48,226 --> 00:43:50,361
>> What is it, George?
Is something wrong?
951
00:43:50,361 --> 00:43:51,963
>> [ Weakly ]
No, no. No. No. I'm fine.
952
00:43:51,963 --> 00:43:53,364
>> You have a funny look
on your face.
953
00:43:53,364 --> 00:43:54,632
>> Have I?
954
00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:56,167
>> Are you sure
you're all right?
955
00:43:56,167 --> 00:43:57,735
>> Yes. Yes. I'm sure.
It's -- It's just...
956
00:43:57,735 --> 00:44:00,972
>> Just what?
>> Oh, it's nothing.
957
00:44:00,972 --> 00:44:07,845
I, uh...I just had this...
little twinge in my back.
958
00:44:07,845 --> 00:44:09,847
But it's -- it's gone now.
959
00:44:09,847 --> 00:44:13,651
♪♪
960
00:44:13,651 --> 00:44:16,254
But it wasn't gone.
961
00:44:16,254 --> 00:44:18,489
It wasn't much,
but it didn't go away.
962
00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:20,758
And so that afternoon,
instead of going to the office,
963
00:44:20,758 --> 00:44:22,760
I went to the doctor.
964
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,762
>> I can't see anything.
965
00:44:24,762 --> 00:44:26,964
Could be a muscle strain.
966
00:44:26,964 --> 00:44:29,033
Try a little heat at home.
967
00:44:29,033 --> 00:44:31,669
If it persists, we'll give you
some physiotherapy.
968
00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:35,973
>> Doctor, it's nothing serious,
would you say?
969
00:44:35,973 --> 00:44:39,677
>> Well, right now
it doesn't look serious.
970
00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:42,413
♪♪
971
00:44:42,413 --> 00:44:45,049
>> I looked very hard
at the doctor.
972
00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:49,520
I tried to listen for another
voice -- his inner voice...
973
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:53,624
perhaps...perhaps a voice
he didn't even know he had...
974
00:44:54,559 --> 00:44:58,229
...the voice I'd heard
15 years before with Margaret,
975
00:44:58,229 --> 00:45:01,132
when he predicted...
976
00:45:01,132 --> 00:45:04,035
But no, there was nothing.
977
00:45:04,035 --> 00:45:06,203
I sighed with relief.
978
00:45:06,203 --> 00:45:09,407
♪♪
979
00:45:09,407 --> 00:45:12,610
[ Cup and saucer rattling ]
>> Pour me a cup of that coffee.
980
00:45:12,610 --> 00:45:15,279
>> Yeah. Sure thing.
>> How's the back this morning?
981
00:45:15,279 --> 00:45:17,815
>> Fine. Just fine.
>> How about some tennis?
982
00:45:17,815 --> 00:45:19,750
>> If you'd like.
>> Sure your back's okay?
983
00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:21,786
>> I said so, honey.
984
00:45:21,786 --> 00:45:25,089
>> I found out you'd seen
the doctor the other day.
985
00:45:25,089 --> 00:45:28,159
>> Oh? Well, it was, uh,
just a check-up.
986
00:45:28,159 --> 00:45:31,028
>> And the back?
>> Oh, a twinge now and then.
987
00:45:31,028 --> 00:45:34,065
>> Oh. Everybody gets a twinge
now and then.
988
00:45:34,065 --> 00:45:36,767
Dinner tonight at the Caswells'.
I'd better call her.
989
00:45:36,767 --> 00:45:38,836
Then we'll try a few sets.
990
00:45:38,836 --> 00:45:40,304
Do you love me?
991
00:45:40,304 --> 00:45:41,872
>> I think so.
992
00:45:41,872 --> 00:45:43,975
>> I think I love you, too.
993
00:45:43,975 --> 00:45:46,410
[ Footsteps receding ]
994
00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:49,814
>> She left the room.
I was all alone.
995
00:45:49,814 --> 00:45:53,651
For a week now, I've been
hearing Margaret's voice.
996
00:45:53,651 --> 00:45:54,919
♪♪
997
00:45:54,919 --> 00:45:57,888
But now there wasn't a sound.
998
00:45:57,888 --> 00:46:01,926
I listened, but as mysteriously
as it had begun...
999
00:46:02,994 --> 00:46:05,496
...perhaps it was coming
to an end.
1000
00:46:05,496 --> 00:46:10,134
Maybe I was losing this --
this ear I had for voices.
1001
00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:13,471
And then I heard it -- a voice.
1002
00:46:13,471 --> 00:46:15,906
It was very indistinct at first,
but I recognized it.
1003
00:46:15,906 --> 00:46:17,908
It was my own voice,
1004
00:46:17,908 --> 00:46:21,012
but I couldn't believe
what it was saying.
1005
00:46:21,012 --> 00:46:23,948
I didn't want to believe
what it was saying.
1006
00:46:23,948 --> 00:46:26,150
♪♪
1007
00:46:26,150 --> 00:46:27,718
[ Voice echoing ]
Sally.
1008
00:46:27,718 --> 00:46:30,655
Oh, please, Sally.
1009
00:46:30,655 --> 00:46:33,791
Sally, give me my pills, please.
1010
00:46:33,791 --> 00:46:37,695
Sally, I-I must have my pills.
1011
00:46:37,695 --> 00:46:40,931
Sally, aren't you gonna give me
my pills?
1012
00:46:40,931 --> 00:46:43,000
Sally, don't kill me.
1013
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,670
I don't want to die.
1014
00:46:45,670 --> 00:46:47,805
Sally, my pills.
1015
00:46:47,805 --> 00:46:50,975
>> George. George, what's wrong?
>> [ Exhales deeply ] Sally...
1016
00:46:50,975 --> 00:46:53,310
Sally, it's my back.
>> I'll call the doctor.
1017
00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:55,846
>> Yes, Sally. Quickly.
The pain is terrible.
1018
00:46:55,846 --> 00:46:58,082
Sally, please.
[ Telephone dialing ]
1019
00:46:58,082 --> 00:47:01,085
You won't kill me, will you?
>> What are you talking about?
1020
00:47:01,085 --> 00:47:03,254
>> When -- When the time comes,
you won't kill me.
1021
00:47:03,254 --> 00:47:05,956
You won't -- You won't, Sally.
1022
00:47:05,956 --> 00:47:08,159
Or will you?
Will you?
1023
00:47:08,159 --> 00:47:13,564
♪♪
1024
00:47:13,564 --> 00:47:15,132
>> Who knows?
1025
00:47:15,132 --> 00:47:18,936
George and Margaret,
that's one story.
1026
00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:23,040
George and Sally,
that's another.
1027
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:27,211
Yes, we often think, many of us,
how wonderful
1028
00:47:27,211 --> 00:47:30,448
if we could only hear voices
from the future,
1029
00:47:30,448 --> 00:47:33,551
voices that could predict
our fate.
1030
00:47:33,551 --> 00:47:38,322
But maybe it's not such
a good idea after all.
1031
00:47:38,322 --> 00:47:41,525
Maybe it's better never to know.
1032
00:47:41,525 --> 00:47:43,728
I'll be back in a moment.
1033
00:47:43,728 --> 00:47:51,736
♪♪
1034
00:47:51,736 --> 00:47:59,710
♪♪
1035
00:47:59,710 --> 00:48:01,645
Voices.
1036
00:48:01,645 --> 00:48:05,249
What are the voices
we think we hear in the night?
1037
00:48:05,249 --> 00:48:11,055
Are they merely dreams,
fantasies, or our own wishes?
1038
00:48:11,055 --> 00:48:13,023
Or are they real?
1039
00:48:13,023 --> 00:48:15,326
And why shouldn't they be real?
1040
00:48:15,326 --> 00:48:19,296
After all,
reality is what we think it is.
1041
00:48:19,296 --> 00:48:22,566
Our cast included Larry Haines,
Augusta Dabney,
1042
00:48:22,566 --> 00:48:25,469
Leon Janney,
and Suzanne Grossman.
1043
00:48:25,469 --> 00:48:28,839
The entire production was under
the direction of Himan Brown.
1044
00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:31,675
>> This is E.G. Marshall
1045
00:48:31,675 --> 00:48:34,445
inviting you to return
to our "Mystery Theater"
1046
00:48:34,445 --> 00:48:37,715
for another adventure
in the macabre.
1047
00:48:37,715 --> 00:48:42,720
Until next time,
pleasant dreams.
1048
00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:51,595
♪♪
1049
00:48:51,595 --> 00:49:00,437
♪♪
1050
00:49:00,437 --> 00:49:09,313
♪♪
1051
00:49:09,313 --> 00:49:18,155
♪♪
1052
00:49:18,155 --> 00:49:27,031
♪♪
1053
00:49:27,031 --> 00:49:29,867
>> "If You Please, Himan Brown's
Radio Mystery Theater"
1054
00:49:29,867 --> 00:49:33,070
is produced and directed
by Sarah Montague.
1055
00:49:33,070 --> 00:49:37,241
Our executive producers are
Melina Brown and Sarah Montague.
1056
00:49:37,241 --> 00:49:41,011
CUNY TV's executive director
is Chiqui Cartagena.
1057
00:49:41,011 --> 00:49:43,747
The director of production
is Susan Iger.
1058
00:49:43,747 --> 00:49:46,116
The associate producer
is Corinne Wallace,
1059
00:49:46,116 --> 00:49:49,720
and our audio production intern
is Sofia Cedeño.
1060
00:49:49,720 --> 00:49:54,024
Margot Avery is the voice of the
series introduction and credits.
1061
00:49:54,024 --> 00:49:57,528
The program commentaries
are by John Slavney.
1062
00:49:57,528 --> 00:49:59,930
Our technical team at CUNY TV
1063
00:49:59,930 --> 00:50:03,367
includes senior audio engineer
Richard Kim
1064
00:50:03,367 --> 00:50:07,838
and broadcast audio engineers
Jackie Mitchell and Kevin Wolfe.
1065
00:50:07,838 --> 00:50:10,474
Our staff photographer
is Laura Fuchs.
1066
00:50:10,474 --> 00:50:14,078
Our archivists are David Rice
and Catriona Schlosser.
1067
00:50:14,078 --> 00:50:17,615
Our closed caption coordinator
is Amy Monte.
1068
00:50:17,615 --> 00:50:19,950
The "If You Please" program
mix engineer
1069
00:50:19,950 --> 00:50:21,986
is Lisa Gosselin-Vincent.
1070
00:50:21,986 --> 00:50:25,322
Tink Media handles our publicity
and marketing.
1071
00:50:25,322 --> 00:50:28,158
Our director of social media
is Karen A. Brown
1072
00:50:28,158 --> 00:50:31,795
In collaboration
with StardustBlue PR.
1073
00:50:31,795 --> 00:50:34,598
"If You Please, Himan Brown's
Radio Mystery Theater"
1074
00:50:34,598 --> 00:50:38,068
is a production of CUNY TV
and Radio Drama Network.
1075
00:50:38,068 --> 00:50:39,904
♪♪
1076
00:50:39,904 --> 00:50:41,906
If you enjoyed the show
and are curious
1077
00:50:41,906 --> 00:50:44,375
about the history
of these radio programs,
1078
00:50:44,375 --> 00:50:46,176
listen to "Audio Maverick."
1079
00:50:46,176 --> 00:50:49,280
In this award-winning
nine-part documentary,
1080
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:51,415
we explore the golden age
of radio
1081
00:50:51,415 --> 00:50:54,551
through the life
of dramatic genius Himan Brown
1082
00:50:54,551 --> 00:50:57,955
and then explore the work
of contemporary audio dramatists
1083
00:50:57,955 --> 00:50:59,690
who are part of his legacy.
1084
00:50:59,690 --> 00:51:02,960
"Audio Maverick" is available
anywhere you get your podcasts.