"Hey." "What the hell is going on here?" "Uh,nothing." "My mistake." "Sorry,guys." "That's okay." "See you later,dad." "Okay,shawn...out with it." "we're starting a secret club." "The "burn down the house" club?" "The gus and shawn club." "It's actually the shawn and gus club." "You know,a club needs regulations,bylaws." "You guys got any rules?" "Yes:" "No girls." "And everybody has to be under 12." "No old guys." "And they have to have a love of correct grammar." "that's not a rule!" "You said we could have one special rule--that's mine." "And that's the best rule you could think of?" "I think you mean that's the best rule of which you could think." "I'm not being in a club with this." "Fine,I don't need you and your misplaced prepositions." "Wanna be in a club?" "Present days ah,dude,I feel like the weight of the world is off my shoulders." "One phone call,and my mountain man trip with my dad is off." "Why'd he back out?" "He was sick." "He sounded horrible." "He was lurching,he was coughing." "He even sounded pale." "How do you sound pale?" "I don't know.Maybe he didn't sound pale,but he definitely sounded feverish." "maybe he's driving himself to the hospital." "You know what this means." "What?" "What?" "We gotta go." "There's no time to discuss." "Oh,gus,uh... pay." "Shawn" "I still don't see why you're so uptight." "30 seconds ago you were thrilled your dad bailed on you." "That's when I thought he was dying." "Dude,do you realize where we are right now?" "That's the monarch lodge." "Your dad's a member?" "Are you kidding me?" "We're going in." "Shawn." "You can't just walk into the monarch lodge." "They're a clandestine society." "They have a secret handshake." "Fold it,fold it,skim it." "Crouching tiger,zookeeper's boy,hairdresser on fire,girlfriend in a coma." "Slap it on a biscuit." "Oh,you might not want to do that." "Doctor guster just inseminated an appaloosa." "All the way up to the elbow." "No time to wash up." "Thank you." "you're a good man." "I've always wanted to see the inside of this place." "Oscar landon clark." "He started the santa barbara mirror." "Dude... moby's a monarch." "that's not moby,shawn." "Martin A.Turner." "The city's first postmaster." "Can you believe this?" "I'm pretty sure that's chuck from the wonder years." "Dude." "Oh,my god." "That is really disturbing." "ah,jeez,what are you doing?" "Come on,ted,dragging me all the way over here for this!" "Dad,you owe me an explanation... what the hell are you into?" "Psych Season 2 Episode 14" "You need to call the police." "We did." "A policeman and a brother." "Ted,I'm retired... from both." "S.B.P.D." "Here,I'll dial for you." "Let's go." "This is unbelievable." "Practically every doctor in the city is a member here." "Do you realize what this means?" "Yes,it means my dad,mr.Integrity,is nothing more than a lying liar from liarsburg." "That's dr.Downs." "He has a huge practice on the mesa,and he just dumped his rep." "I've been trying to get in there for years." "I'll be right back." "Don't step on the corpse head." "How'd you get in here?" "I think I should ask you the same thing... sick faker!" "Let me feel your forehead." "What are you doing,following me around?" "I don't have time for this,shawn." "Take a look,there's a dead body in the room." "Yes-- mr.Arthur holmstrom." "He was murdered." "Three creams,four sugars." "Thank you." "Oh,and here's this." "What's this?" "Yours didn't cost anything." "Dropped my name,huh?" "No,coffee club." "Buy 15 coffees,you get one free." "You should get one." "Gee,I don't know." "I mean,what am I gonna do wi **** let me give you a little lesson,o'hara" "We have 1144." "Deceased male,1385 granada place." "Detectives lassiter and o'hara en route." "you know that's littering." "Back up,what do you mean "murdered"?" "Maybe poisoned." "I'm not sure yet." "Shawn,this is not the place for one of your reckless assumptions." "Dad,take a look around." "These guys hardly seem broken up by this." "I've known arthur holmstrom since the day he joined this lodge." "He was not the most likable guy." "Fine.Whatever." "I have more important issues to deal with." "I want the truth." "What really happened to my cat,chairman meow?" "You want answers?" "I want the truth." "You can't handle the truth!" "You drive mea little crazy,shawn." "The idea of spendingan entire weekend with you" "I drive you crazy?" "And your cat?" "Got a little too familiarwith the armrest of my sofa." "There." "Henry,I am really sorryfor pulling you in on such short notice." "It's just we were allreally nervous about this." "I mean,what if we didsomething wrong?" "He had that hood onfor 20 minutes." "What if he suffocated?" "Ted,calm down." "It's a cloth hood." "You've performed this ceremony,what,a dozen times?" "I know,I know." "It's just that we wantto make sure it's handled right." "You talked to the police,right?" "Yes,yes.Thank you,thank you." "Say,is this your son?" "You know how we lovea legacy around here." "No,no,no." "No,yes,he is my son,technically,but I-- ted,I'm getting" "no,no,no,you don'T.Not here,shawn." "This is not the timefor your shenanigans." "It was a singleshenanigan." "Technically moreof a hijink." "Pet killer!" "I'm not a pet killer,shawn." "Chairman meow is livingvery happily in a retirement homein ojai." "And I don't wantto burst your bubble,but chairman meowis chairwoman meow." "Spencer." "No." "No,no,no,no,no,no,no." "What the hellare you doing here?" "Lassie,as it happens,my fatheris a member here." "That's impossible." "Benevolent lodge ruleab4567 bars any law enforcement memberfrom being a member." "Yeah,and that ruleis bogus." "We made that upto keep out undesirables." ""Undesirables"?" "People who aren'tlodge material." "Or anyone who's been marriedto my daughter." "And you are?" "This is irving parker." "He's my father-in-la excuse me." "Soon to be formerfather-in-law." "Not so fast." "Victoria and I have had severalcivil conversations lately." "Give it up,carlton!" "It was a lost causetwo years ago,and it's a lost cause now." "Get over it.She has.Move on!" "I think we'll all bebetter off for it." "can I talk to you for a second?" "Are you sure you wantto be on this case?" "You havea personal involvement here." "That's right,o'hara,this is personal." "And if it does turn outto be something,that's exactly why I needto be on it." "But these peoplehave something against you." "Well,they won't anymoreafter I solve it." "Carlton... look,you don'tunderstand,o'hara." "I need to be the hero." "I need to solvethis case quickly,and look brilliantin the process,and you needto help me do that." "Please." "It's been a pleasure talkingwith you,dr.DownS." "Well,you make quitean impression,mr.Guster." "And under the circumstances,that's saying something." "Well,thank youvery much." "And once again,I want to express my sincere condolences." "Perhaps you couldgive my office a call,and we could set asidesome time." "How about monday?" "Terrific." "Great." "We're done here." "Gus." "Thanks." "and another thing,dad." "Just when,exactly,were you a member here?" "It was a long time ago,shawn." "I'm not a partof this place anymore." "And whether or not this was murder,you are hereby ordered to steer clear." "These guys are notto be messed with." "I cannot possiblybe more serious about this." "Tuesday at 11:00 is perfect." "I'll be therewith bells on." "Okay." "Dude,who says that?" "Closers." "Closers say that." "Well,if by closersyou mean middle-aged women,then, yes,I do believeI've heard the phrase." "Are you forgetting that we many have stumbled upon a murder today?" "A murder that you're takingentirely too unseriously?" "The man's name wasarthur holmstrom,and he died duringthe sacred star ceremony." "Get over here,look at this." "it's weird." "Weird?" "those guys look downright evil." "White men in hoods?" "dude,they're violet." "that's how it starts,shawn." "Do you see that?" "Holy crap,shawn." "Your dad was right." "It's one of thosescary lodge guys." "They're here for us." "They know you thinkthey killed that guy." "Lassie." "What are youdoing here?" "I think you knowwhy I'm here." "Well,hopefullyyou're here to help." "Gus and I were aboutto do some scrapbooking." "We'll need someone who can workthe scalloped scissors." "Spencer,I get whyyou have to act like an ass at my station, but do you have to act like thisin your own office?" "It enhances my perception." "How else would I knowthat you came here because you thinkarthur holmstrom was murdered?" "No one's talkingdown at the lodge." "I was just driving bythe office and saw the lights on." "You want to hire us." "Oh,come on,lassie,it's not that tough." "Let it go." "Lass,come on." "Look around" "you're in a safe place." "Surrounded by men who love you." "Gus." "Lassiter,I love you." "Look... you have a connection in there." "So I need youto feel around and see what you canfind out." "The department'shiring us?" "Uh,not the department,me." "And I can't pay you." "Well,that soundsworthwhile." "I guess this would technicallybe called A... favor." "Maybe I could payyour expenses." "Done!" "15 grand a day." "When we're finished,we all go for a picnic." "This is a discreetinvestigation." "I'd like to show you something." "See this?" "It's the lodge radar." "And look at this." "It's me... flying underneath it." "Now look down here." "It's gus." "He can't fly." "It is imperative that you keepa low profile." "place the robeon our new brother." "That's it,huh?" "I'm official?" "No brimstone?" "I don't haveto crab walk or get tickledwith a feather?" "Come on,somebody,tickle mewith a feather--you." "Gentlemen,to the bar." "Yes." "Save me a shot." "Don't you think it's odd that it's just businessas usual when someone died herethe other day?" "Definitely." "It appears as though he's beenall but forgotten.Look." "Holmstrom's already been moved." "Those paintingsare in order of rank." "Once the highmost patriarch moves on,he's replaced by the next guy in line." "That's irving parker." "Right." "Holmstrom was fifthin line." "Somehow he leapfrogged three other guys,including parker and two of your doctor buddies." "25 "g"s for "komputersfor kids"?" "30 "g"s for "toys for kids." "" 15 grand for "clothing for kids"?" "These guys areultra-philanthropists." "They're the mostcharitable organization in the city." "Why would theycommit murder?" "Well,maybe it wasfor the kids." ""the shroud of charlemagne." "" Dude,holmstrom was wearing this hood the day he died." "Check it out,it's 100 years old." "Like a lot of the guysaround this place." "Sorry." "What?" "Nothing." "Thank you." "Oh,shawn." "You knowmy newest clients,dr.Masood nigam,and dr.Roger downs." "Yes,yes,I do." "Congratulationson your clientship." "Oh,just-- you're in good hands with gus." "Nimble,agile hands." "Surgeon's hands,really." "He once removed a boilfrom his own thigh using a paper clipand a warm can of sprite." "dude,when did you have time to make all these sales?" "We were in therefor an hour." "An hour isall you need,shawn,when you've gotsales reptitude." "Dr.Mccormerly,can I talk to youfor a second?" "You're calling me a day afterour first date?" "You really areout of practice." "So what'd you find out?" "well,it appears our victim made top dogwith very little effort." "One day he was fifth in linefor the job,the next day he was highmost patriarch." "Oh,and the next dayhe was dead." "Does anyone suspect you?" "No." "Members are beyond suspicion." "Members?" "Oh,sweet justice!" "They made you a member?" "Now,don't get all mad,lassie." "There was a 15-minutewaiting period." "I finally learned the lyrics to informer while they convened and agreed on me." "let me give you my card,dr.Mccormerly, 'cause you do not wantto miss out on this baby." "Are you staking me out?" "No." "Yes,you are." "no,I'm not." "I can sense you'reright around the corner." "Whoa,you're breaking up." "Can you call me back,lassie?" "I don't have timefor this." "I've got another call." "O'hara,finally." "Where are you?" "I'M... at lunch." "Ooh,get me a turkeyand avocado." "Let me talk to her." "Hands off!" "Is someone therewith you?" "hi,jules." "spencer." "You're having lunchwith shawn?" "Maybe." "Is something going on?" "Look,do you havethe toxicology reports on holmstrom or not?" "yeah,but they're inconclusive." "Well,actually,they're just strange." "Strange how?" "Oh,come on." "Well,it doesn't look like natural causes, and his blood had trace elements of..." "I don't even wantto say." "Come on,o'hara." "Well,it hadwhat looks like the toxin similar to the venomof a brazilian vine snake." "You've gotta be kidding me." "He got bit by a snake?" "Am I on speakerphone?" "No." "Well,then,how did he hear-- jules,how 'boutyou just tell us,huh?" "Well,he didn't havea mark on him." "There weren'tany puncture wounds." "The only thing he had wasa little skin irritation on his face." "Obviously these resultsare inconclusive,so run the tests again because we need resultsthat aren't ridiculous." "I don't know,lassie,I kinda likethis snake idea." "why are you sharing informationwith shawn on a case we haven'thired him for?" "Uh,you know what,o'hara,[Broken speech]You--breaking--uhh." "I call you back." "Nice." "You joined the lodge?" "What can I do,dad?" "I'm a legacy." "It's in our blood." "Damn it,shawn,I'm not kidding." "You've gottareconsider this." "You get a lot of powerful people into one room,and dangerous things happen." "Would you please let the policejust do their job?" "I am workingfor the police." "Sort of." "It's a discreet investigation." "Yeah,discreet--that's one of your talents." "I'm working on a theory." "Arthur holmstrom was poisonedwith snake venom." "Snake venom." "the brazilian vine snake." "Specific to remote river basinsin northern brazil." "About two to three feetin length." "So someone snucka three-foot snake into the lodgeand killed him during the ceremony?" "The perfect crime." "Right." "Except there were no marks lefton the body." "Oh,so we're lookingfor an invisible snake." "You know,shawn,that's it." "Right--right there." "That is your problem." "Maybe you'd be better off looking for somethingthat you can see." "There is a pecking order right in frontof your eyes." "Oh,dad,you're gonna ruin my diagram!" "Yep,who's at the top,huh?" "Who's the next guy in line?" "I know where the top is,you could have just pointed." "Now there's cokeall over everything." "Forget it." "Just grow up." "me grow up." "A grown man makesa crawly snake." "This is parker's place." "I can seethe sign,shawn." "Well,I bet they'revery busy inside." "Might I suggestcoming back this evening and breaking in?" "Good idea." "Let me see what I'm doing for the next threeto five years, with time offfor good behavior." "We're here now." "I can get us in." "all of a suddenyou can just "get us in"?" "Shawn,I'm totallyin a sales zone this week." "You leave thissecret handshake to me." "I'm not showingan appointment,mister... guster." "Burton guster." "And this is my associatewilliam zane." "I'm an old friend,and I'm just paying mr.Parkera birthday visit." "It's not his birthday." "I know,it's mine." "We're hereon lodge business." "That's a three right there." "What?" "Nothing better to doon your birthday?" "Well,it's my 29th,not oneof the important ones." "You'll understand whenyou get to be my age." "I'll only be a minute." "I'll just let him knowthat you're here." "No,no need,doris." "It's my birthday." "Surprise!" "You still need a sevenright there." "Billy?" "it's your birthday?" "That's your salesreptitude?" "It comes in all flavors,shawn." "Is suck a flavor?" "Dude!" "The world'svery first crock-pot." "What the hell are you guysdoing here?" "Mr.Parker,it's me,shawn spencer." "I'm the newest monarch,remember?" "Yeah,I remember." "So what the hellare you guys doing wandering aroundmy warehouse?" "This is myvery good friend gus." "He's looking to jointhe monarch lodge too." "I thought maybeyou could make that happen." "You know,haze him a little bit." "Soak his hand in warm waterwhile he's sleeping,that sort of thing." "Do you have any sheep here?" "This is not a lodge." "This is my placeof business." "And the fact that you slid into membership on the coattails of your turncoat dad, that doesn't guarantee any favors from me." "Now I'm throughtalking to you nicely." "I want you to turn around and get the hell outof here." "Right now!" "I'm surprisedhe didn't say "good day." "" What's that?" "I said good day." "Dude,did you seethose shipping crates?" ""Cci," "aif," "xap." "" Those are airport codes,all brazilian." "Brazilian airport codes?" "How do you know that?" "I lived in an airportfor a month,gus." "That was tom hanksin the terminal." "Same difference." "We need to talk to lassiter." "No,you need to talkto lassiter." "I'll drop you off." "Where are you going?" "I have appointmentswith four new clients." "And product doesn'tsell itself." "Man... lassie." "Anything?" "Well,I've got good news,and I've got bad news." "The good news is we founda pretty solid suspect on the holmstrom murder." "Finally." "Well,who is it?" "Let's go get him." "That's the bad news." "that is ridiculous!" "Who's in charge here,huh?" "I'll tell you this,I better be home for dinner!" "Heads are gonna roll,that's all I got to say!" "Heads are gonna roll!" "Oh,no." "Do not go downthat road." "Look,I'm not happyabout this either,lassie." "Now that I've joinedthe lodge,that makes your father-in-lawmy brother." "Which makes meyour uncle... in-law." "It's gonna getespecially awkward around the holidays." "Spencer,you can'tseriously suspect parker." "Unfortunately,it sort of checks out." "If it was venom that killed holmstrom,it came from a snake that only slithers in a region where parkerdoes half his business." "He's in room "A." ""Who's going to question him?" "I will." "Carlton,do you really thinkthis is a good idea?" "You're related." "It's against department policy." "O'hara,quiet." "I'm gonna handle it." "Don't you daretell the chief." "I can't believethis is happening." "Lassiter's desk." "It's your wife." "I mean your ex-wife." "Hey!" "Yeah,well,it seems that irving is kind of a,um-- well,he's a murder suspect." "Yes." "No,this is not becauseI want the barbecue." "I already gave youthe golf clubs." "So how'd he go?" "Not quietly." "You ever meet his wife?" "No,and if she's anythinglike her dad,I don't want to." "Okeydoke." "That seems fair." "O'hara,please go downto the room." "I'll be downing a minute." "Spencer,I want youto listen to me,and listen closely." "I know irving parkervery well,and he wouldn'tkill anyone." "Sure,he mighthobble their spirit and crush their soul and danceing the flaming ashes of their broken marriage, which he had a parting ending." "But he wouldn'tkill anyone." "Look... he's the only suspectwe have." "He tried to hate meto death." "I know it's circumstantial,but in a pretty bad way." "I know,and I'm goingto go treat him just as I wouldany other suspect." "But I think holmstrom'smurderer is still out there." "Just--just workshop it." "Do whatever it is you do,because at the end of the day,it absolutelycannot be him." ""Workshop it"?" "Four,five,six,seven,eight." "I don't know ifreverse engineering the case was such a good idea." ""Did its" won 12-zip." "But lassiter saidhe was sure that parker's not our guy." "Well,the board seemsto disagree vehemently." "Fine,then let'smove away from him,and check outthe other lodge members." "What do we knowabout holmstrom?" "Holmstrom." "We know he's dead." "That's a good start." "I'm serious,shawn." "I was in that lodgemaking contacts." "I know." "You have sales reptitude." "Now can we pleaseretire that expression?" "Throw it a party,put it on medicare,it's just not workinganymore." "No,shawn,what I'm saying is those other lodge members werehardly overwhelmed with grief." "Even as holmstromlay on the floor," "I was shamelesslymoving my product, and no one seemedto think anything of it." "I'd say holmstrom hadsome enemies." "Well,we gotta figure outwho they are." "And how do we do that?" "Ooh,there's somethingmuch more important we have to do first." "Tobias,I've heard the canvasadds ten pounds." "Is that accurate?" "Maybe you could paint some angry tigers or a puma laying prostrateat my feet." "This is a portraitof your head." "I thought we were here to findsomething about holmstrom ." "we are.This is for posterity." "Don't worry,you're next." "He doesn't get one." "He's not a member yet." "Maybe we could paint him in the background of mine." "Put his heading the puma's mouth." "You're going to ignore that." "Hey,uh,why did they takearthur holmstrom's painting down so quickly?" "All of his thingswere taken over to his house." "Do it lightly." "[Bickering in whispers] Say what you will aboutcredit cards and paper clips, sometimes a doorjust needs to be owned." "That's a screwdriver,shawn." "Screwdrivers too." "I think it wasunlocked." "It was not unlocked." "I think it was." "The door was most definitely not unlocked." "Gus,the man was a widower,nobody's here." "Why don't you let me usemy new contacts to get the information?" "Is that howwe do things,gus,really?" "Why talk to someoneabout holmstrom when we could havehis home office tell us everything we need to know?" "His hopes,his dreams... his lovefor the ladies." "I think that's his wife." "People lie,stuff doesn'T." "Did you lockthe front door?" "Yes,I locked the door." "I don't think it was locked." "I know I lock" "You see that?" "They had to break a window." "Burn!" "No." "I just tried that." "Well,I did itin a different spot,shawn!" "He's coming,he's coming,coming,coming!" "Watch out!" "People breaking into offices-- no one respects anything anymore." "You shh." "My god,did you seewho that was?" "It's hard to see anythingwith someone's knee in your eye." "It's your own knee." "Get out of here!" "look at this place." "Whoever was herewasn't invited either." "A secret safe." "Dude,you gottaget us in there." "I can't get using that safe,shawn." "That's a martin 16." "You're 36 monthsinto a subscription to modern safecrackermagazine-- what's the point?" "I'm an amateur,shawn." "Well,it's timeto go pro,fingers." "Fingers?" "Twist it up." "Watch out." "Would you stop it!" "Now I've gotta startall over." "This month would be good." "It's not happening,shawn." "Try 36-24-36." "Are you serious?" "Just click it in gentle." "That was a good idea." "Now what?" "I really thoughtI nailed that." "Shawn,you've really gotta work on your estimating skills." "36-24... 38" "Dude." "You're a safecrackingmachine!" "I know." "Grab that." "all right,I've got $25,000 for komputers for kids." "This one says 35,000." "One of these booksis a fraud." "Dude,holmstrom wasskimming funds from the lodge." "And look,he's writingin some secret,ancient code." "No,this isn't code,they're abbreviations." ""Hx" means history,"qd" means every day,"c" means and." ""Deposit history,"follow up with accounts every day,transfer and withdrawals." "" You're telling meyou can read this?" "Of course I can." "This is doctor'sshorthand." "And this is doctor's handwriting." "See these sticky notes?" "Holmstrom wrote these." "He wasn't skimming,he figured out who was." "One of the doctorsis cooking the books." "How sure are you?" "85,86%." "We've gone on much less." "Look,irving,it's been four hours." "Is that all?" "You know,carlton,it may be the rage talking, but if I had itto do over again,the day my torycame home with you," "I would have told her to go right back out that door... and come back alone." "That's whatI should have done." "All right,irving,that's enough!" "Now,I loved victoria,and because she loved you," "I let it slide thatyou're a pain in the ass." "But you're at my table now,and around here, we call someone like you a hostile witness." "It's a good wayto get yourself locked up." "I can make your lifea living hell, so you better give methe respect I deserve." "And I suggestyou cut the crap." "Clear?" "I want a straight answer,and I want it immediately." "How did arthur holmstrom advanceto the highmost patriarch when you were the next in line?" "Well,I don't know how artconvinced the other guys." "He asked me,and I said it was okay." "He was a friend of mine,and he had health problems." "He was getting worse." "And I gave him the only chance he'd probably ever get." "Now,as forthe snake business,I haven't traveled abroadin over three years." "I haven't beenout of the country since you got married." "Doctor's orders." "Are we done?" "We're done when I saywe're done!" "We're done." "You can go." "We've beento four doctors' offices." "None of the handwritingmatches the books." "Plus,I probably caughtsomething from somebody,and I'm tired of reading highlights for children." "They always hide the applein the bike." "Can you man up,shawn?" "Is that possible?" "I'm on an unbelievablehot streak right now,and I'm not aboutto ruin it." "Well,it's good to know thatmoving oozing infection gel is more importantthan finding a killer." "Hey,maybe we could parkon a steeper incline next time." "My quads aren'tburning enough." "tell heather to call back tomorrow." "Yes?" "Good afternoon." "I'm burton guster,with central coastpharmaceuticals." "We're closed." "Yes,well,I'm here to drop offsome product to dr.Downs." "He's a brother of mine." "He isn't here at-- well,he was expecting me." "You can leave your card." "I just thought I'd drop byand pay him a birthday visit." "It's my birthday,the big two-nine." "Remember that one?" "I'm 26." "Really?" "Uh,so... will dr.Downsbe here later?" "I will make surehe gets this." "and look,he's writing in some secret,ancient code." "Dude!" "I just solved it." "Call lassie." "O'hara." "Right." "13850 granada." "To absent friends." "to absent friends." "absent friends?" "Like arthur holmstrom?" "What?" "My sweet violet brothers,we congregate here todayin the flesh, not only to recognizeour new highmost patriarch,irv parker, but also to bear witness." "Along with the magic headof gus,the wisdom of baum... and that... that stuffed creature." "Arthur holmstromwas murdered." "Duck,duck,duck,duck,duck,duck,duck,duck,duck,duck... goose!" "Dr.Roger downs,entrusted with the proceedsof charity activities, was funneling funds into his own pocket and covering his tracks by usinga dummy accounting ledger." "Now,when holmstrom discoveredthe corruption, he confronted downsand made a play for the highmostpatriarch position." "In exchange for his silence,holmstrom got what he wanted." "But downs still couldn't chancegetting caught." "And so he killedhis own lodge brother right hereon the eye of hathor in the middle of the lodge." "And this isthe murder weapon." "How dare you accuse me?" "I am a respected officerof this lodge." "By the shores of gitchagoomee,I can see you in the house, frantically searchingfor the ledgers that holmstrom keptsecurely stored in his safe,i ronically,to keep you good to your word." "Arthur holmstrom's deathwas,um,unfortunate,but I had nothingto do with it." "Check it out,lassie." "I'm quite certainyou'll find traces of a powdered form of the venom of the brazilian vine snake,native to brazil." "It's part of an antivenom that dr.Downs uses in his charitable work abroad." "Who knewthat in small doses it acts as a vaccine,while larger dosesare absolutely lethal?" "I did..." "Really?" "This is absurd!" "Holmstrom diedof natural causes." "By the halls of montezuma,I see you taking great care to put on protective gloves while lining the inside of the hood with the powder for holmstrom's patriarch ceremony, making it deadly venomous." "The poor old man'shead and face never stood a chance." "Not too keenon the hippocratic oath,are we,rog?" "I have nothing to say." "Speak to my lawyer." "Hold it right there,dr.Downs." "You're under arrest." "And none of this,your highmost,would have been discoveredwithout the intrepid police work of one detectivecarlton lassiter, santa barbara police department's own highmost patriarch." "Nice collar,detective." "It's all in a day's work,irving." "You may t be my son-in-lawmuch longer, but I'm thinking you might be a monarch yet." "Hey!" "You ready to go?" "What could you possibly meanby that?" "Our big weekend,remember?" "I cancelled,I felt bad." "So I just thoughtwe'd go this weekend." "Ooh,dad,wow..." "I wish you'd given mea little bit of advance notice." "I'm--I'm swamped here." "Yeah,right." "All right,look,I'm gonna go." "You want to come along,you're welcome." "Whoa,dad,wait a second." "There's still something that doesn't make any sense to me." "Why did you leavethe lodge?" "Look,shawn,it's not important,let it go." "Oh,come on,you big liar." "Throw a little truthon the barbie,see if it stinks." "What are you talking about?" "I'm talking aboutman candor." "Let's have some." "All right,all right,you want some man candor." "You want the truth?" "My marriage was falling apart,and I made a choice." "I stopped caringabout the lodge, because I realizedthe only real membership that mattered... was family." "There." "Family?" "[Strained chuckle] You really expect meto believe that?" "[Tapping on wall] What the hell is that?" "Oh,this you gotta see." "Nice addition,don't you think?" "We grabbed 'em on our way outof the lodge." "Way out?" "Yeah,gus and I decided we didn't want to belongto a club that would have lassiteras a member." "You can have yoursif you want it." "Nah." "No,I think it should stayright where it is." "That way I can alwayskeep an eye on you."