Shadowing Practice: 🔥 The Mentalist | 2012 S5 EP2 – Devil's Cherry | 🎭🧠 Full Recap 🎬 Crime Psychology Breakdown - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The Hey,
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Jane.
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Got a positive ID on the victim.
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Victor Mendelson, 62.
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He was a diamond cutter.
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He has a shop in the San Francisco Diamond with an electric rotary saw.
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Excuse me.
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Your toe?
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Careful.
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Sorry.
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Is it me or does Jane seem a little bit off since the feds took Lorelai?
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Does Jane seem a little bit off since the feds took Lorelai?
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Only spent six months setting a trap for Red John.
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He has nothing to show for it.
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What do you feel?
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Maybe we should invite him out for a night with the boys.
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All right, you ask him.
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Well, I came out this morning to snip my herbs.
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It's always best to do that right after the morning dew evaporates.
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And when I didn't see Victor, I got a really bad feeling.
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Do you usually see him in the morning?
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Every morning.
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We chat over the fence.
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Hey, Jane, this is Betty Fortford.
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She lives next door.
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Patrick, Jane.
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So did Victor tell you about anybody who might want to hurt him?
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No. Although, last night when I was getting ready for bed, I did hear him arguing with a man in his house.
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What were they arguing about?
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Flowers.
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Really?
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Blue orchids, to be exact.
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They were shouting.
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Victor never shouts.
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A glimpse of the other man?
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Well, I tried to snoop, but I couldn't see into the kitchen.
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That's where they were having it out.
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What's that noise?
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I have absolutely no idea, but I will investigate.
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next video.
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next episode.
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I'm sorry.
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Everything okay in there?
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Everything's fine.
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Oh.
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What are you doing in there?
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Rabbit stew.
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Yummy.
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They just fatten you up.
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Come on, fella.
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What time did you get to the house this morning?
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Same time every Monday.
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This morning, he didn't answer the door, so I looked in the window.
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Wow, you did the right thing.
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Calling the police.
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Very brave.
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Very brave.
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I told Mr. Mendelson something bad was coming, but he didn't listen to me.
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Why did you think something bad was on its way?
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The black ants.
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For two weeks, I come now and I clean black ants from the house.
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Black ants.
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In some South American countries, it's said that if black ants enter your house, then someone in your family might die.
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Ay, gracias a Dios, you understand.
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This is an eagle's claw.
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He will help you find who did this.
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Take it, Pete.
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Honey, you're so funny.
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Here, Briggs, can you hold this?
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Has anyone seen a rabbit around here?
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Excuse me, did you happen to see a rabbit?
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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Hello, fella.
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I'm gonna find him.
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Gotcha.
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You found him.
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I take it this belongs to you.
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Yeah, it's the third time he's escaped.
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Certainly took your time getting here.
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You're expecting me?
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Yeah, of course.
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You know something about the murder?
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Yeah, poor old Mr. Mendelsohn.
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You know anything that can help us?
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You tell me.
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How can I know what you know?
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How can I know what I know will help you?
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You're testing me.
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Why?
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You don't have issues with authority figures.
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You know you're the smartest person in most rooms.
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What's your name?
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Am I required to tell you?
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I'm just a consultant.
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You don't have to tell me anything.
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Then I won't.
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Okay.
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Have it your way.
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Who's playing who?
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You think you can manipulate me with reverse psychology?
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Seems to be working.
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Well, it's not.
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I'll help you.
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But not because of your lame attempt to prey on my ego.
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I'm bored.
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Not a whole lot's going on in my world.
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In what world's that?
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Come on.
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Mr. Mendelson.
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Have you been inside before?
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No, but I've seen him go in a lot.
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He spent all of his time here.
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Wow.
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This place is so cool.
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Weird is what it is.
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Like a place in a dream.
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Close.
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No cigar.
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You're getting warmer, though.
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What? Who are you?
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What's your name?
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All the time.
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What are you hiding?
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You tell me.
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You're the mentalist.
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I never said I was a mentalist.
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Spooky.
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So how did I know?
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You're playing a little game with me.
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I want to know why. Who are you?
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What's your name?
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Charlotte.
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Okay, well, that's half a name.
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It's a start.
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Half a nice name.
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And a daughter named Charlotte.
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I know.
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Oh.
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No, you don't.
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Who put you up to this, Red John?
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Red John, Red John, Red John, I- I thought it was murdered.
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I found her body.
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You are safe, you are loved, and you are wise.
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You told you those words.
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You did.
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Every night when you took me in the bed.
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Hey Jake, how'd you find this place before we did?
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Well it's been good, could you run a background check on this girl?
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She's playing a con on me, a very good one.
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And who are you miss?
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Hello, I'm his daughter, Charlie.
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I've heard so much about you, it's nice to meet you.
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Come on buddy, why don't you have a seat?
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What is wrong with you?
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It's alright.
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We'll explain it all to you.
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We'll tell you everything.
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Just sit down first.
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Oh.
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Charlotte's dead.
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Everything okay in there?
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What's going on?
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Oh my god. Did he ingest anything?
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Tea.
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He drank hot tea.
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His heartbeats irregular.
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He was dilated.
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His skin is unusually dry.
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Right here.
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Give that to the lab.
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In fact, extend the primary crime scene into the kitchen.
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No need for the lab.
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It's Belladonna, the devil's cherry.
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Known from working narcotics.
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Belladonna is highly toxic.
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That's what users dilute it with tea.
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The berries have a sweet flavor sweet flavor.
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This sake gives you instant hallucinations.
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If the victim was tripping, it would make him a lot easier to kill.
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Is he gonna be okay?
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He's holding his own.
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That's a good sign, but we need to get him to a hospital and pump his stomach.
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I'm gonna go with Jane.
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Cho, you're in charge.
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You two pushed on the investigation.
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Can you have his client list?
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Yeah, you should see this thing.
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Leaders of industry, royalty, Hollywood stars.
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Yeah, we need to run them down.
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I'm all over it.
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I already had to call him to Clooney.
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Preliminary forensics report.
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There were no usable prints in the teapot or bowl.
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Well, except for Jane's prints.
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Great.
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Smudging fingerprints, stringing evidence.
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Just like a drunk uncle.
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What about the electric saw that was used on the victim?
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Two sets of prints.
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One belongs to Mendelssohn, the other unidentified.
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Emmy puts time of death around midnight.
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Now, Lisbon said the next-door neighbor heard Mendelssohn arguing with a man in his kitchen last night.
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Did Mendelssohn live alone?
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He was sharing his home with his daughter and Melaina.
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I guess she had hard times last year and moved in.
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She writes children's books.
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Where was you last night?
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Big Sur rented a cabin to work.
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No workers?
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An assistant named Julian Galleto.
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Bring it in.
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Let me know what you're buying.
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All right.
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Sorry, I got it.
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CBI.
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Oh, yeah, Mr. Clooney.
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Yeah, this is Agent Cho.
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I just have a couple questions for you.
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This way, this way please.
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Is he gonna be all...
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Victor was like Stradivari.
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You could hear a flaw in the diamond by the way his grinding wheel changed it so...
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How long did you work for him?
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Yesterday.
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We spent the whole day in the workshop together.
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I see him.
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Yesterday.
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We spent the whole day in the workshop together.
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He was showing me how to open a window.
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A window?
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Before making the first cut, Victor would spend weeks getting to know a rare gem.
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You have to polish a window in the cloudy surface of the stone so that you can peer into its heart.
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Sounds romantic.
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It is.
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A careless cut can shatter your treasure.
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Did your boss come into possession of any rare gems lately?
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Oh, yes.
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A hundred and two-carat blue diamond.
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Most master cutters will turn into old men and never touch a diamond over 50 carats.
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One hundred carats?
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Twenty million dollars.
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And where is that diamond?
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Victor took it home with him.
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He took all of his clients' stones home with him at night.
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He got them close in a hidden shoulder wallet.
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There was no shoulder wallet found on Victor's body.
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Did anyone have it in for your boss?
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Fahad.
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Fahad threatened him.
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Who's that?
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Fahad Ranjani, another diamond cutter, a minor talent.
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The Blue Orchid is a career-making stone.
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Fahad thought it was going to him.
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The Blue Orchid?
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Blue Orchid?
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That's right.
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When was your last contact with your father, Malena?
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Yesterday morning.
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He was so excited about that new stone.
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According to his assistant Julian, he liked to hide his client's gems on his body.
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Dad never took off that beat up shoulder pouch.
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Even in bed.
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He drove Mom crazy.
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And why would he do that?
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He was raised not to trust security services.
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His father was a German Jew who survived the Holocaust only to have the bank steal the family money.
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And did anyone other than you and Julian know about the shoulder pouch?
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We're the only ones you trusted.
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Marlena, are you a tea drinker?
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I am.
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We found a toxic substance inside your teapot.
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Can anyone confirm that you were in Big Sur last night?
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No. I rent a remote cabin for solitude.
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Would you consent to a forensics exam and an examination of your vehicle?
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No. Let me go ahead.
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Do whatever you need to.
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You're not real.
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You're an hallucination.
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Depends on your point of view, I suppose.
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It's the only reality that I know.
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I'm not.
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Listen.
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Set suction to 125 intermittent.
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Check his IV and get an electrolyte bag just in case.
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Yes, darling.
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Well, how about that? So.
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You're my daughter.
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Well, at least I imagine my daughter to be all grown up.
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Do I mean your approval?
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You're a bit living.
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Yeah, I get that from you.
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Yeah, sorry.
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Not really crazy about that.
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I hate you didn't exactly turn it the way I expected.
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What's that supposed to mean?
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What happened to you?
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I'm rich on.
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Mom would not be happy.
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My relationship with your mother is, uh, it's my business.
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Show them the respect.
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Hello, figment of your imagination and show yourself some respect.
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This is what I've been missing out of all these years?
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When are you going to college again?
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You can't even be real.
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This is what doesn't even exist.
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Does anyone know who you are?
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Yes. Who?
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Well, come on, who?
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This, Ben.
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Hey.
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Hey, Jane.
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Hey, I'm back.
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Yeah.
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You're gonna be okay?
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I pumped your stomach.
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It took some kind of...
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Hallucinogen.
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Hallucinogen.
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Is it in the tea?
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Bellidonna leaves.
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The doctor says it could take a few hours to leave your system.
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You're gonna be okay, though.
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You're gonna be okay though, you just need some rest.
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Yeah.
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How you feeling?
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I'm not sure.
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It's so thirsty.
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Can you get me out of the water?
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I'm not sure.
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Right, Mark.
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You're still here.
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You're still tripping.
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It would seem so.
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You really shouldn't be driving.
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And you especially should not be driving an ambulance.
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I'll have some strong tea.
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Uh-oh.
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Now you're stealing an ambulance.
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No, I'm just admiring the interior.
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Wicked GPS.
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How much do you think one of these rigs goes for?
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You need bed rest.
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I need to go back to the crime scene.
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Attention. In bed, now.
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When I was in the victim's kitchen, I made a breakthrough in the case.
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At least I thought I did.
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That's about when the wacky T kicked in.
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Fine, I will have Van Pelt come down here with crime scene photos.
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Not the same.
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I have to be there.
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Hallucinations are part of the subconscious.
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Mine could be clues.
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We'll go when you're lucid.
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But when I'm lucid, I could forget everything.
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But right now, let me tell you, right now, my visions are very, very real.
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In other words, you want to use drugs as off-case.
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Some great minds did their best work on hallucinogens.
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And now you have a great mind.
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I like her.
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Oh, you're funny.
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Double act, huh?
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Jake, you're scaring me.
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I would choose, but it's been chosen for me, so I must stay the course.
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Please, I implore you, take me back to the crime scene.
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The Maharaja of Jodhpur owns the Blue Orchid.
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His Royal Highness called personally to inquire about my services.
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The commission was mine, until Victor Mendelssohn used his flashy credentials to steal my job.
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I was told you threatened Victor.
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I did.
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Did you kill him too?
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Come again?
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It means, barking dogs seldom bite.
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If I intended to kill Victor, I wouldn't broadcast my intentions.
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Oh, things happen in the heat of the moment.
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Things we can't control.
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Right before he was murdered in dog, Fahad, you just said so yourself.
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Were you barking at Victor last night?
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What do you want from me?
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Do you want to arrest me?
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Then arrest me.
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If not, I'm going back to work.
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What do you have to say to that?
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You're a person of interest, Fahad interest, Fahad.
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Don't leave town without notifying CBI.
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Did that sound like the man you heard yelling last night?
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It might.
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No, he didn't sound...
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I don't think that was him.
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The man I heard yelling didn't have an accent like that.
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Last thing I remember was admiring this beautiful butterfly.
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Right here.
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Real or imagine?
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Both.
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What was in the pot?
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A rabbit.
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Like that, gobbet?
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Yeah, just like that.
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But my rabbit was real with a diamond necklace.
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That is some of those much.
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She's kind of cute.
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You mean, have you guys ever...
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You be quiet.
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Pressing on, I carried the rabbit to the foyer.
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I jumped from my hands and hopped out the door.
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And I moved down the walkway looking, where's the bunny?
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Here, little bunny, bunny.
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And I went through the gawking here.
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I met this lovely Scandinavian couple that spotted the rabbit hopping up that path.
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They're Scandinavian?
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Yes.
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It's a clue, right?
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Scandinavia.
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Reindeer.
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Reindeer at Christmas.
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I might have just figured out that the killer has a disability.
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Did the couple you met kinda look like them?
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You must have walked by them on your way to the backyard.
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Classic.
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Still waiting for those subconscious clues to kick in, Jane.
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They will.
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Follow me.
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This is wrong.
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What's wrong?
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This yard's different.
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In my hallucination, this was a manicured garden with a...
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Look at that pool.
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...ring in it.
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Okay, so tell me what happened back here in your vision.
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The water's great.
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It's very much, Charlotte.
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Charlotte?
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My daughter.
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Is that who you've been talking to?
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Yes.
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Is she here right now?
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Yeah.
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What is she doing?
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She's doing the backstroke.
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I taught her that.
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Crime scene.
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Maybe it's on your daughter.
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Why?
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I don't know.
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Can we go back to the hospital now?
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Workshop.
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What?
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Charlotte took me to the diamond cutters workshop.
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Last stop, I promise.
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If we don't find anything, I will tuck myself in the bed and sleep it off.
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I'm gonna hold you to that.
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Hey. In the back here. And who are you?
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CBI.
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We're investigating victim Mendelson's murder.
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Yours, assistant?
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Jolene Gallego.
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I work here.
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It's not what I imagine.
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You mind if we take a look around?
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Not at all.
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I'm just packing up.
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Please.
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Thank you.
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I like the other workshop better.
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This is so dull.
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Why do you even work for this?
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Okay, whatever.
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What does that mean?
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Okay, whatever.
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To be honest, Dad, your obsession is a little creepy and weird, you know?
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What?
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To vote for you and your mom?
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Yeah.
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And I hate to be the one to break this to you, Dad, but...
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There's nothing that you can do for us.
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We don't give a damn what happens to Red John... When we're dead.
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Gone.
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You need to start dealing with that.
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I deal with it every day.
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Maybe that's it.
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Don't roll your eyes at me.
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You don't need to go in there.
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That's just my stuff.
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You found it.
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You found the blue market?
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Yes. In your stuff.
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What's a 20 million dollar missing diamond doing in your bag?
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Victor's daughter say he kept it on his body at all times.
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I don't know how it got in there.
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Wait, you're...
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...last night about a diamond.
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Was that man you, Julian?
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No. I mean...
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Okay, yes, I was there.
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So you lied to Agent Van Pelt?
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No, she never directly asked me if I was at Victor's house last night.
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You should have told her.
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How would that have sounded?
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That you fought with your boss, drugged him, stole his client's diamonds, and then killed him.
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We had the creative argument over how to shape this stone.
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We're both artists, passionate.
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I didn't kill Victor.
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I idolized him.
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Turn around and put your hands behind your head.
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What? Do it.
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Hey!
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Come here!
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Well, that certainly was easy.
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Yeah, you're just saying that because I found the diamond.
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You wish.
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Come on.
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When I don't need to tell you where I'm going.
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No, yeah, I know.
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You're coming back.
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I love you, Dad.
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Hey, Jane.
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No, not now.
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Wait.
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Julian's in holding.
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The DA likes the case. Is Charlotte...
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Go on.
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T-war off.
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It's all too easy.
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What are you talking about?
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Well, I've never been to that workshop.
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I've never even met the apprentice.
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How would I know his stashing stolen goods, sir? Who cares?
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You found the rock.
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That doesn't mean we found the killer.
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We got a match for the second set of prints on the murder weapon.
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Any lines of Julian?
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Eh, you coppers in your evidence.
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You always let it confuse everything.
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Of course Julian's prints are going to be on his boss's tools.
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They would master an apprentice, right?
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You're really serious about this.
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Yes, there's something I am not seeing.
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Grigsby, where's that necklace?
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What necklace?
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The one I handed you from the maid that found the body.
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The gardener found the body.
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Well, that means I hallucinated the mess.
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Water eagles don't answer that.
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They're hunters in the sky with excellent vision.
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Just after I poured the tea, I was looking through the kitchen window,
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watching a butterfly, and I saw the bedroom of that, uh, neighbor lady.
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What was her name?
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Betty.
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Betty, yes.
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Her bedroom was on the second floor up high with an eagle's view.
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How do you know it was her bedroom?
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She had lace curtains and blackout shades.
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You bet he told me she couldn't see the kitchen from her bedroom window.
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She lied.
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Hi.
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How's the, uh, investigation going?
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Well, to tell you the truth, uh, we're a little stuck.
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Oh, well, if I can be of any more help.
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There's an idea.
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Oh, uh, would you like to come inside?
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Only if there's a cup of tea involved.
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I'd love a cup of tea.
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Ha, sure.
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Come on.
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Fantastic.
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We're closing in on Victor's killer, but before we make an arrest, we need to find his client's diamonds.
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The blue orchid.
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I've been following the news all day.
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Oh, no, we found that.
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The blue orchid was hidden in the bag of Victor's apprentice.
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Oh, so you have your killer?
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No, we don't think so.
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Orchid.
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It's hard to move such a high-profile piece quietly.
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Oh, I see.
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A smart killer would use the blue orchid to frame an innocent man for murder and keep the small diamonds.
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They're easier to fence, but still worth a couple million.
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Does anyone want lemon with their tea?
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Just, uh, something out there.
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Thank you.
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There's just one thing I don't understand.
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Why don't you believe that Julian killed Victor?
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Victor, doesn't that make more sense?
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It's more plausible than somebody framing Julian?
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Framing him was the easy part.
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After Victor was dead, all the killer had to do was take his keys, drive to his workshop, and plant the blue orchid in Julian's bag.
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Well, if that was the easy part, what was the hard part?
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Why?
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Something is tickling my toe.
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Oh, there it...
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Where did that...
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Oh!
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Where did that come from?
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Where did what come from?
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The rabbit!
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What rabbit?
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I have no idea.
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The rabbit!
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There's a rabbit right here in my house!
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Where did it come from?
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We're schneiden van hane.
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We schneiden van hane.
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Ah!
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Vinstraubit!
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Vinstraubit!
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Ah-ha!
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What is wrong with you people?
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Why are you...
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Oh, no. Oh, my lord.
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Which tea did you serve me?
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Yeah, yeah!
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Oh, lord.
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Oh, lord.
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Oh, lord.
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Oh, my god.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
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No, no, no, please, let me go.
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Let me go!
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What do you got there?
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No!
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I need help!
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Get your shoulder pouch.
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No, I need medical help, please!
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I just drank some Belladonna!
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I need help!
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You drank raspberry hibiscus.
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Sweet like Belladonna, doesn't pack the punch.
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Believe me.
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The rabbit?
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Local pet store.
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You tricked me.
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Yaya.
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I'm...
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I'm...
639
I'm...
640
I'm...
641
You tricked me.
642
Your finances are a mess, Betty.
643
The money from your late husband's insurance policy long gone.
644
You couldn't make next month's rent.
645
Two million in stolen diamonds would have kept you living in style for...
646
Jules?
647
He was begging for it.
648
How did you know he carried him on him?
649
Oh, please, I've known for years.
650
His kitchen window's right across from my bedroom.
651
Every night I would lie in bed thinking, how can I get my hands on that pouch?
652
The blue orchid was your shot.
653
Oh, framing Julian was one of like a dozen plans I've had over the years.
654
The daughter was at the cabin, and when I saw the two of them in the kitchen with that big rock, I knew it was now or never.
655
Once Julian left, I just...
656
I went on autopilot.
657
Where'd you get the belladonna?
658
I've had it for months for just such an occasion.
659
All I had to do was drop in and offer him a pot of tea.
660
The hallucinations made it easier to kill him.
661
It was the craziest thing.
662
He became so delusional, I convinced him to take his own life.
663
What do you mean?
664
How?
665
I told Victor that the diamonds were trapped in his stomach.
666
I'm
667
going to
668
go to the next episode.
669
I'm sorry.
670
I'm sorry.
671
Thank you.
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Speaking Goals for This Clip
This video is perfect for practicing conversational fluency and natural dialogue flow. The casual, interruptive exchanges (like "Excuse me. Your toe? Careful.") mimic real-life interactions, helping you master how to respond quickly and sound authentic. You’ll also work on emotional tone—notice how characters convey concern ("Got a really bad feeling") or confusion ("What's that noise?") through their speech.Phrase Bank: Reusable Expressions
- "Got a positive ID on the victim" – Useful for reporting confirmed information.
- "He has nothing to show for it" – Expresses lack of results after effort.
- "I got a really bad feeling" – Conveys intuition or worry.
- "We chat over the fence" – Describes casual, regular conversations.
- "Having it out" – Means arguing intensely (informal).
Fix Your Weak Spots: Shadowing Practice Tips
The dialogue’s natural rhythm—with pauses, overlaps, and relaxed pronunciation—is ideal for the shadowing technique. Here’s how to use it: Play a short line, pause, and repeat it immediately, mimicking the speed, tone, and stress. Focus on phrases like "Is it me or does Jane seem a little bit off"—notice how "a little bit off" is spoken quickly, with reduced stress on "bit." For extra practice, use a shadowing app to record yourself and compare. This clip also helps with shadowspeak—the ability to mirror speech patterns in real time. By practicing with these everyday exchanges, you’ll learn to speak English more like a native, not just recite it. Learning English with videos like this makes practice engaging and practical. Whether you’re working on fluency, vocabulary, or pronunciation, the key is to repeat, mimic, and refine. Start with short sections, and soon you’ll notice your confidence growing.Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
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|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been missing · you've been talking · I've been following |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If the victim was tripping, it would make · If we don't find anything, I will tuck |
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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was murdered · are loved · was dilated |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.