"[TIRES SCREECH]" "JENNIE:" "It's 10 past." "MATT:" "Give him time." "JENNIE:" "You know, I got a call from your son's school today." "Oh." " What now?" " During play period your son built quite an impressive fort which he then defended with his slingshot using leftover bits of graham cracker as ammunition." "And I told her it was brilliant strategy but very bad behavior." "[MATT CHUCKLES]" "Here we are." "Glad you could make it, Mr. Blackthorne." "I don't think I had much choice." " There's more where this came from?" " There's quite enough." " I see." " Tomorrow, then." "My office at 11." "If I bring you what you want..." " ...you'll leave me alone?" " If you tell us everything I'm sure we can reach a satisfactory agreement." "[CAR DOOR CLOSES]" "[ENGINE STARTS]" "You're awfully quiet, Mrs. Stetson." "Just wondering if Blackthorne will come through tomorrow." "If he's smart, he'll be there." "Then this whole protracted affair will be...." "[TIRES SCREECHING]" "[FIRE CRACKLING]" "[ENGINE REVVING]" "No, no." "No problem, Chris, I'm just, uh, glad I called." "I'm sure I can find something to do with two incredibly expensive Maine lobsters." "Ah, but you could do me one favor though." "Uh, in your little phonebook under D, where it says Desmond, Francine?" "Cross it out." "Problem, Francine?" "No, just a TV newsman committing social suicide with me." "I'll tell you, brother...." "Oh, sorry, sir, heh." "It's just, I mean one broken date for the Rene Sinclair story." "All right, I can understand that." "Two, he's history." "Francine, look over these files for me, will you?" "Remember that Rene Sinclair will most certainly be elected the new president of Ile de Marin." "That's probably why your newsman friend wanted the story." "Ah, Thomas Blackthorne, heh." "Now there's a real man for you." "An American folk hero." "You know, he stood by Rene Sinclair and his country before anybody else recognized them." "He deserves some of the glory." "He's powerful, he's rich, he's single." "And as far as he knows, there is no such thing as a Francine Desmond." "Try to get your mind back to this office, Francine." "[SIGHS]" "Lobster for one." "No." "No, I'm gonna be busy here all day." "Believe me." "Uh...." "So I'm just gonna have to say-- I am gonna have to say goodbye." "Goodbye, ahem." " Good morning." " Morning." " Pretty morning, huh?" " Yes, it is." "I grew these flowers in my own garden." " Well, they're very pretty." "Ha, ha." " Lovely, I know." " Okay, what's up?" " Absolutely nothing." " You're kidding." " Nope." "All of my reports are in." "No urgent cases pending and my calendar is clear." "So, what do you say we get out of here before Billy comes up with something?" "You mean, ditch?" " Uh, a lesson in casual surveillance." " No." "A walk in the park, huh?" "Mrs. Martson gave this to me to give to you." " Yeah, yeah." "Well, it can wait." " It's CIA." "I'm not looking." ""Dear Mr. Stetson, in request...."" "What's the matter?" "Nothing." "Amanda, I just thought of something that I have to do." " Take the day off, huh?" " You're kidding." " No, no, I'm not." "It's just a routine thing." " I'm here to work." "I'm not here to" " It's okay." " Maybe I can help you." " Take the day off while you can." " Really, you should" "[SIGHS]" "British intelligence?" "My mother?" "Hey, Stetson." "How they treating you out in the low-rent district, huh?" "[LAUGHS]" "Why don't we talk about Madrid, McCrary, the apartment, the girl--?" "Come on, Stetson." "For crying out loud." "Heh, what's the matter, pal?" "Look, uh, I have got season tickets to The Skins." "Now, they're yours." "I mean they're just yours." " I'll tell my wife I'm bored with football." " No, I don't think that'll do it." "Come on, Stetson, cut me some slack, huh?" " What do you want?" " I need a name." "A name?" "That's it?" "I want to know the original source of these reports." "Well, this is pretty routine stuff." "Not to me." "Okay, it's a deal." "Just give me a day to poke around and you'll get your name." "Good morning." "[SIGHS]" "[SIGHING]" "[DOOR OPENS]" " Amanda." " Hello." " What are you doing here?" " Well, uh...." " I told you to take the day off." " That was yesterday, not today." " What are you doing?" " Straightening up your desk." "You know that, uh, I can never find anything, anywhere when someone straightens up my desk, right?" "Well, I'm sorry." "I just thought I, uh-- Where are you going?" "I've got some things to do." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "[CHUCKLES]" "[SIGHS]" "Mom?" "Dad?" "Dad?" "Mom?" "Where are you?" "[GASPS THEN SCREAMS]" "Dad!" "[MAN BREATHING HEAVILY]" "Dad, let me in." "[SCREAMING]" "[PHONE RINGS]" "LEE [ON MACHINE]:" "This is Lee Stetson." "I'm not in right now." "Please leave a message." "Hello, it's me again, Amanda." "I wish you'd answer." "I'm really sorry I upset you." "And I'd like to at least talk about it." "So I hope you'll call me as soon as you get a chance." "Okay, bye." "[TELEPHONE RINGS]" "Hello?" "Oh, hi, Joe." "Oh." "Uh, ball game on Sunday?" "Sure, let me just ask him." "Fellas, ball game with your dad on Sunday?" "Fellas?" "[CHUCKLES]" "Boy, are they ever excited, yeah." "Okay." "Yeah, that'd be fine." "Oh, yeah, I'm just great." "Thanks, Joe." "Yeah, you too." "Okay." "All right, I'll see you then." "Okay, heh." "Bye-bye." "RENE:" "Duclos took a great deal of money when he fled the island." "That money is desperately needed to revitalize the country's economy." "And I need to return that money." " The people, that's your first priority." " Right." "Yes, Landers?" "Telephone for Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Blackthorne." "It's Mrs. Sinclair, sir." "Thomas, if you will excuse me." " Yes, of course." " It was a pleasure." " Say hello to Maria for me." " I will." "I'm afraid I misjudged our friend Rene." "He's on a crusade to clean up the island." "I doubt that we can do business with him anymore." "Lee?" "Hello?" "Lee?" "Lee, are you all right?" "[SCREAMS]" "[GROANS]" " Amanda." " Yes." "What the hell are you doing here?" " How did you get in here anyway?" " Lock pick." "Standard issue." "I'll have to do something about that." "[AMANDA SIGHS]" "Look, I know this is about your mom and dad." " What makes you think that?" " There are pictures all over." "And besides that, I saw the CIA folders on your desk." "I mean, I didn't mean to snoop..." " ...but I snooped." "I'm sorry, I snooped." "I did." " So you snooped." "Hm-hm." " Ugh, Amanda." " Yeah." "This is something very personal." "Can't you leave it at that?" "No, because when somebody that I care about hurts, I hurt too." "I've never told anyone." "I never leaned on anybody, even when I needed to." "You can lean on me." "I'm a lot stronger than I look." "[CHUCKLES]" "Let's take a walk." " That file I just got..." " Yeah?" "...it's a follow-up to reports from an undisclosed source saying that my mother and father were double agents during the war." "Oh, come on, now, you know that isn't true." "How do I know that?" "Well, I mean, you don't know." "I guess you'll just have to prove it." " I mean, are you willing to do that?" " Yes." "Amanda, there's this nightmare that I've had ever since I was a boy." "And I've been having it a lot lately." "I'm looking for my mother and father and all of a sudden this monster comes after me and I run and I run and I run away from him." "And I get to this door, but it's locked." "Just as this monster is about to grab me I wake up." "Now, I know that this door means something." "It's important, Amanda." "Ah." "Now, I have an idea." "Do you really wanna help me?" "Oh, heh." "That's a pretty silly question." "Then you're really gonna have to trust me." "[DOOR OPENS]" "LANDERS:" "Mr. Blackthorne?" " Did you find our man?" "LANDERS:" "Yup." "He's a real pro." "Thinks killing Sinclair is his ticket to heaven and he is not going to blow it." "He just wants to know where and when." "The "when" will be the day after tomorrow." "As to the "where," you tell me." "There's an empty office building across from the Plaza Hotel." "Good." "I want your man to check it out tonight." "I don't want any screwups." " You know what you have to do?" " Yeah, I know what I have to do." " You've got it?" " I got it." " Okay." " Okay." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "ANDERSON:" "Yeah, come in?" " Hello." "Excuse me, Dr. Anderson?" " Yeah, come on in." " Well, uh, my name is Amanda King." " How are you doing?" "I don't think we've met." "It's very nice to meet you." " Pleasure." " Thank you." "Well, um, I have a question to ask something I've been wondering about for a long time." "Now, I know it may sound silly but I'm just gonna go ahead and ask it, heh." " Go ahead." " I've been wondering for a long time." "You know, when we have a headache, we take an aspirin." "ANDERSON:" "Mm-hm." "AMANDA:" "And when you have a muscle ache, you take an aspirin." "You know, we just take an aspirin, take an aspirin, take an aspirin." "Well, I was just, uh, wondering, how does it work?" "ANDERSON:" "That is an excellent question, Mrs. King." "Acetylsalicylic acid, or ASA, as we pharmacists call it is a very effective analgesic which is rapidly absorbed from the gut and is hydrolyzed to release salicylate after entering the bloodstream." "Oh." "Interestingly enough, the exact mechanisms of action are unknown." " We just know that it works." " Uh-huh." "I mean, there's one theory that says that, uh, ASA decreases the synthesis of prostaglandins, lipoperoxidases but I don't think anybody really knows." "Well, that certainly clears it up for me." " Yes." "Thank you so much." " You're more than welcome." "You haven't heard anything yet." "Come back here tomorrow, I'll tell you about acetaminophen." "Wonderful." "Thank you." " That's very nice of you, Dr. Anderson." " You're welcome." "If I don't make it, it'll only be because my boys have a ball game." " No problem." " Really, I mean, if you see me, I'm here." " Okay." "Stay well." "Bye-bye." " All right." "Bye-bye." "Thank you." " What did you just do?" " Swiped a vial of promazepam." "Are you crazy?" "That stuff's experimental, it's got side effects and it can turn your brain inside out." " That's why I need it." " It's controlled." " I've been trained to use it." " You stole it." " You helped me." " Oh, an unpleasant little detail." " Who's gonna know?" " Not the point." " Hold it right there." " Yes, sir." "What were you doing at the dispensary?" "Headache." "Horrible headache." "I needed an aspirin." " Yeah, a real lollapalooza." " Oh." "Well, you're not by yourself." "The talk on the street is that there's plot to assassinate Sinclair." "Treasury's getting antsy." "They don't like his staying at the Blackthorne estate." "I'm asking everybody, keep an ear to the ground." " Absolutely, sir." " Will do it." "Oh." "An agent from Langley, McCrary's the name, keeps calling you." " Says he has to see you ASAP." "LEE:" "Hmm." "Could you pick your messages up more than once a week?" " Yes, sir." "I'll remind him." " Yeah, Billy." " Yes, she'll remind me." " No problem." "LEE:" "Come on." " What have you got for me?" "McCRARY:" "You won't believe this one." "Yeah, this is from my father's file." "I'd like to call you attention to the name at the top of the page, the source." "LEE:" ""Thomas Blackthorne"?" "Thomas Blackthorne, the patron saint of Ile de Marin." "Well, are we square?" " Ah, yeah, thanks." " Sure." "Thomas Blackthorne?" "Why would he wanna accuse my parents of treason?" "AMANDA:" "I don't think this is such a good idea." "LEE:" "Amanda, just go along with it, okay?" "AMANDA:" "All right." " Hi." " Hello." " Hi." " Stetson and King from the agency?" "Got a line on those threats against Mr. Sinclair." "Right." "We wanna ask him a couple of questions." "Only take a few minutes." " Mm-hm." " Thanks a lot." " Nice pickup." " Yeah." "I'll probably be sorry I did that." "Mr. Landers?" "Yeah, this is the Secret Service guard at the front gate." "[DOORBELL RINGS]" "[DOOR OPENS]" "We're from the agency to see Mr. Blackthorne regarding the threats against Mr. Sinclair." " Yes, sir." "I'll announce you." " Thank you." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "Oh, boy." "[DOOR OPENS]" " Come right this way, please." " Thank you very much." "[LEE CLEARS THROAT]" "Look, um, if he says he'll see you, why don't I just wait here." "He may have some things to tell you that are private." "And, you know, you wouldn't want me around." " Would you come this way, please?" " Go ahead." "[SIGHS]" "Mr. Blackthorne?" "My name is Lee Stetson." "I came to talk to you about these." "THOMAS:" "These are the reports I filed on your parents." "Look, Mr. Stetson I heard things, I had to report them." "Report what?" "Rumors?" "Nothing ever came from them, no formal proceedings just a black mark on their records." "Look, Mr. Stetson, I know that this is very difficult for you but there's nothing I can do to help you." "I made those reports based on facts as I knew them and I stand behind these reports." "Good day, Mr. Stetson." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "I'm ready to hear an explanation now." " Sir, we could apologize to Mr. Blackthorne." " No, we can't." "Complaint did not come from Blackthorne, it came from the Secret Service." "They checked with Sinclair after you left yesterday." "You never spoke with him about the death threats." "Now, I don't like my agents to abuse their security privileges." "I don't like getting complaints from Treasury before I've had my morning coffee!" "And I don't want friction between agencies!" "Unless you have a concern about Sinclair's security and can tell me what it is, steer clear of the Blackthorne estate!" " Understood?" " Yes, sir." "I think this agency has been bruised enough for one day." "Do me a favor." "Just go away for a while." "Yeah, sure." "Yes, sir." "AMANDA:" "I wish you wouldn't go through with this." "LEE:" "We should have done this yesterday." " I'll go under pretty fast." "You got that list?" " Yeah, it's right here." "And now, remember, if my temperature spikes suddenly or I get violent, bring me right out of this." " Yeah." " If I start to convulse" "Please don't do that." "[BREATHING HEAVILY]" "See you later." "Lee?" "Can you hear me?" "LEE:" "Mm-hm." "Do you know who I am?" "Heh, my Amanda." "All right." "I want you to look at your dream." "Mm-hm." "Where are you?" "LEE:" "I'm down in the basement." "[PANTING]" "I'm not supposed to be down here." "Do you see the locked door?" " Dad?" "LEE:" "Yes." "Open the door." "What's behind it?" "LEE:" "Mommy and Daddy." "It's safe." "There's a room in the basement." "I can't tell." "It's supposed to be a secret." "Shh, shh, okay, you don't have to." "Okay?" "You're back upstairs now." "Uh, you're in the hallway and the monster's there." "[GASPS]" "[MAN BREATHING HEAVILY]" "Open the door." "He can't hurt you because, uh, he can't move." "Because he's frozen." " Uh...." "AMANDA:" "Can't move and can't hurt you." "LEE:" "Hmm." " All right, what does it look like?" " Ah." "LEE:" "It doesn't have a face." "It's gone." "The monster's gone." "When I count to three you'll wake up and you'll feel refreshed and good as if you'd had a long night's sleep." " You feeling all right?" " Hmm, I'm fine." "Do you have time for just more question?" "Never mind." "Look, okay." "One two three." " The room in the basement." " You can't get up." " You've got almost a cc of that stuff in you." " Unh." "Manual says you gotta stay down for 12 hours." "Now come on." "You just help me or I'm gonna do this on my own." "[LEE SIGHS]" "BOY:" "Hey." "Lee?" "I'm all right." "I'm all right." " What is it?" " It's that tree." "I probably spent more time in it than my room." " But I'm okay, don't worry." " All right." "[AMANDA SIGHS]" "Hello?" "Anybody home?" "[MOUTHS] Okay." "Hello?" "AMANDA:" "Anybody home?" "Which way?" "MATT:" "Daddy's home." "Daddy's home." "Hey, come give your tired old dad a big hug." "JENNIE:" "Hurry, up, Lee." "You'll be late for school." "MATT:" "We should go up to the...." "JENNIE:" "Mrs. Ward will stay with you." "We won't be gone long, I promise." "Happy birthday." "Come on, Lee." "We're going to walk to the store with daddy." " No, it's this way." " Okay." "JENNIE:" "Surprise." "I made you chocolate chip cookies for dessert." "Big kiss goodnight, sweetheart." "Sweet dreams." "MATT:" "What do you think about going over to the pet shop and get that puppy?" "JENNIE:" "Come here." " This isn't right." " You sure this is the right house?" " Of course I'm sure." " Well...." "[ECHOING]" "Lee?" "What are you doing down there?" "I thought I told it was off-limits." "JENNIE:" "Lee, where are you?" "Lee, answer me." "Lee...." "Lee, answer me." " That's it." " Lee, what?" "It's here." "AMANDA:" "What?" "I'm not looking for a locked door, it's a trap door." "And it's right here somewhere." "Here." " Be careful with that thing." " Here." "[LEE GRUNTING]" "[FLOORBOARD CREAKING]" "Shh." " Unh." " Be quiet." " That's gonna be it." " You're right." "[LEE GRUNTING]" "Ooh." " Be careful." " Yeah." "AMANDA:" "Easy." "Easy." " Yeah." " Can I come down?" " Yeah, come on." "Careful." "AMANDA:" "Give me a hand." " Here you are." "Careful." "AMANDA:" "Oh." " Here you go." "You know, they told me this place was so secret so many times..." " ..." "I guess I didn't remember it." " Will you look at this." "Yeah." "Look, Amanda, let's get this stuff out of here before someone comes home and we have to do some explaining." "Yeah." "Mr. Melrose will appreciate that." "[BOTH CHUCKLE]" "AMANDA:" "Yeah." "All right." "Another list of corporations." "I've never heard of any of these companies and so far none of them are listed on any of the exchanges." "These notes are 30 years old." "They may very well have gone out of business." " Every single one of them?" " Uh, that would be a long shot." "Mm-hm." "We'll run it through the agency computer, see what it comes up with." " I wonder what these symbols are?" "AMANDA:" "I don't know." "They're all over." " This is funny." " What?" "Well, I don't know." "They're vaguely familiar, but I don't know why." " Gotta be a code of some kind." " Yeah." "AMANDA:" "Hmm." "You have something?" "Well, it's, uh, a letter to you from your mother." "It starts up there." "[SIGHS]" ""My dear son." "There's so much I wanna tell you when you get older."" "Amanda, would you?" " Are you sure?" " Yeah." "[CLEARS THROAT]" ""My dear son." "There's so much I wanna tell you when you get older so I'm writing it all down, lest I forget." "I'll start with your father." "Everyone thinks we met in the States in 1949...."" "JENNIE:" "But it actually happened during the war in London." "I was walking down the street one night, minding my own business..." " ...when, suddenly, a cheeky yank...." " Excuse me, miss, heh." " I beg your pardon." " Look, I'm an American." " Really?" " I'm in trouble." "Someone is following me." "Just walk with me, please?" " No, heh, I will not." " No, no, no, please." "I'm in trouble." "Please?" "All right, what do you want me to do?" "It's urgent this letter be delivered to the prime minister's office immediately." " It's life or death." " Oh, no, really, this is absurd." " What's your name?" " Heh, I don't think that's your business." "Just deliver it, please?" "Just deliver it." "[SIGHS]" "JENNIE:" "But he said it was a matter of life and death so I did try to deliver the letter." ""Of course, who would let me in 10 Downing Street and I didn't think I should put it in the post, heh." "Then one night, there he was peering in the window of my basement flat."" "And it goes on and on." "There's even a family tree." "It's really quite a legacy." "[LEE SIGHS]" "Like father like son." "THOMAS:" "Sinclair." " Up so late, Thomas?" "Just having a night cap." "Join me." "No, thanks." "I'll be leaving tomorrow after my speech at the Plaza so I came to say goodbye." "I know you're anxious to get back." "You must come back to Ile de Marin soon." "And don't be surprised if all the schools are named for you." "[BOTH LAUGH]" "Well, I'm looking forward to it." " Don't work too hard now." " Don't worry." "After seven years of revolution, I think I'm due a little peace and quiet." " Heh, good." "Have a safe trip, friend." " Thank you." "It's all set." "By tomorrow afternoon, Mr. Sinclair will no longer be a problem." "Excellent." "Then in 1953, Inter-Ocean Freight was bought out by Pan-Coastal Shipping which went bankrupt in 1954." "And, sir, we can't find any evidence that these companies..." " ...ever actually conducted business." " So?" "Every one of these is a dummy corporation traced to the same company..." " ..." "Redmont Supply." " Started by Thomas Blackthorne with money that he got somehow during the war." "I thought I told you to lay off Blackthorne." "We haven't been near him." "This is research." "Come on." "Doesn't this tell you something?" "Yes." "It's tells me something." "It tells me that you have developed an obsession." " It tells me you need a couple of days off." " Ugh." "And don't argue with me." "I'm doing you a favor by giving you a couple of days to cool out." "As of now, you're on leave." "Turn this over to Francine and let her sort it out." "If there's any real crime involved, we'll follow it up." "Understood?" "Yes, sir." "[DOOR CLOSES]" " Well, we tried." " We're not finished yet." "Yeah, I know we're not." "You know, I think this stuff in the margin is shorthand." " It's not like any shorthand I've ever seen." " I know it's not." "This could be an old method called Pitman and I think I've seen Francine use it before." "Why don't I find her and we'll meet you back upstairs." "All right." "FRANCINE: "Blackthorne's signature on petrol requisition not authorized." "Blackthorne positive link, at least 200,000." "Gave Blackthorne copy of faked voucher and then advised he turn himself in." "We will meet him tonight."" " That's it." " What was the date on that last entry?" " Uh, September 18th." " It's the night they died." "Thomas Blackthorne sold Allied supplies to the Russians?" "That's treason." "And then he took the money to an obscure little country started a business empire, and kept right on stealing." "That explains why he's so friendly with Rene Sinclair." "Is he still in the country?" "The International Communications Agency is throwing a luncheon at the Plaza in his honor at 1:00 and then he's going straight from there to the airport." "If we wanna talk to him, we better get rolling." "[CLICKS]" "We've got trouble upstairs." "Amanda, you go inside and make sure Sinclair stays put, huh?" "We got a shooter on the roof across the street." "Don't look." "I don't wanna spook him." "Francine, check out Don Johnson over there, will you?" " Bag him?" " Quietly." "You know what to do." "End of the line, pal." " Well?" "Do they know?" " They know." "They've got something to show me but not here." "There's a kid." "It's gonna happen tonight." "Next time I won't ask you so nicely." " Amanda." "He did it." " Yeah?" " Who did what?" " Blackthorne's behind everything." "He put the shooter on the roof." "He killed my parents." " I heard him." " Wait." "Where are you going?" " I was in the tree and I heard it." " What tree?" " It was no accident." " Wha--?" "Wait up." "Lee?" "FRANCINE:" "Amanda?" "AMANDA:" "Yes." "FRANCINE:" "Amanda, don't." "I need that." "Amanda, don't." "I need" "Hold that car." "[TIRES SCREECH]" "[DOOR CLOSES]" "THOMAS:" "Stetson." "The Secret Service told you not to interfere with me." " They did." " If you got a point to make, make it." "I know what happened." "My mother and father found about your dealings with the Russians." "And you fed the CIA with a lot of phony accusations to discredit them." "But it was too big a risk to let them live, so you staged an accident." "I wanna hear you admit it." "A gun is not the way to get to the truth." "You killed my mother and father, you bastard!" " Now you say it!" " Stetson." "LEE:" "Your shooter missed his target today, Blackthorne and the Secret Service isn't far behind me so I think you wanna get out of here, fast." "All right, if I admit it, will you let me walk?" "Yeah, sure." "You can walk." "Everything I said before was the truth." "See, I made a lot of mistakes but I didn't wanna spend the rest of my life paying for them." "But your parents were very good at their job." "They had a lot of stuff on me, enough to nail me." "I had to discredit them." "So we set up this meeting." "But the truck, that truck came out of nowhere." " The accident was real." " No, it wasn't!" "Wait!" "I told you, I framed them." "Now we had an agreement." "I lied." "MATT:" "Daddy's home." "Hey, give me a big hug." " Amanda?" " Yeah." "The monster has a face." "Hi." "Hi." "I hope you don't mind." "I called and you weren't at the office and you weren't at home..." " ...so I figured you'd be here." " No, not at all." "I grew these in the garden." "Thank you." "Very pretty." "[BOTH SIGH]" "I haven't been by here in a long time." "Somehow, it always seemed easier to stay away but now...." " I'm gonna leave you alone now." " No, Amanda." "No, don't go." "[CHUCKLES]" "I sure wish you could have known them." "[SIGHS]" "I think I do." "[English" " US" " SDH]"