Mystery Woman: Game Time Page #8

Synopsis: Bright youngest graduate Randy (Stinky) Lawrence convinces Samantha to promote his brilliant murder video game in the bookstore in exchange for his help in convincing 'old friend' Donald Fiske, a celebrated author, to do a signing session there. To Randy's surprise, it works, but Fiske is poisoned after slipping out angry. Randy is Chief Connors's only suspect. Despite obvious repeated lies, Samantha sets out to prove his innocence. Fiske's greedy ex, Jody, pretends to have convinced him to remarry, yet she never even allowed their teenage son Cameron to set foot in Donald's fine home.
Genre: Mystery
Director(s): David S. Cass Sr.
Production: Hallmark Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.9
Year:
2005
105 min
140 Views


HE'S GOT TO BE

THE SAME GUY WHO HIT ME,

THE SAME GUY WHO KIDNAPPED JODY,

THE SAME GUY:

WHO STOLE FISKE'S COMPUTER.

AND THE FIRST TIME

I SAW HIM WAS RIGHT HERE.

FISKE'S BOOK SIGNING.

YEAH. HE'S OUR

RUSSIAN CONNECTION.

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

NO. THAT'S WHY I NEED YOU.

TRY TO FIND OUT WHO HE IS

AND WHO HE KNOWS.

HE'S OUR CONNECTION,

BUT NOT OUR KILLER.

HE CAME TO STEAL

FISKE'S HARD DRIVE.

BUT ONLY AFTER THE EVIDENCE

AGAINST RANDY HAD BEEN TURNED IN.

SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL US?

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE

ON THAT HARD DRIVE.

I'M SO GLAD

YOU MADE A COPY.

SEE IF I CAN COME UP

WITH SOMETHING.

YEAH, BUT IN THE MORNING.

IT'S MORNING NOW.

REALLY?

YEAH. DON'T FORGET WE GO TO REPORT THAT SHOOTING.

DID YOU REPORT THE SHOOTING

TO CHIEF CONNORS?

NO.

YOU'RE NUTS. OBVIOUSLY

SOMEONE'S TRYING TO DO YOU HARM.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT THE RUSSIAN MOB?

ONLY THAT THE MORE YOU KNOW,

THE SCARIER IT GETS.

DO YOU THINK:

THE RUSSIAN MOB IS AFTER YOU?

YOU WORKED FOR THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S

ORGANIZED CRIME DIVISION.

I CLERKED THERE:

AFTER LAW SCHOOL.

I THINK FISKE:

HAS A RUSSIAN CONNECTION.

YOU MEAN THE POISON,

THE VX.

DID YOU KNOW:

IT WAS RUSSIAN MOB?

I'M NOT SURPRISED.

SO WHAT ELSE ARE THEY INTO?

BESIDES DRUGS,

PROSTITUTION,

PEOPLE SMUGGLING,

AND MURDER FOR HIRE?

I WAS HOPING FOR SOMETHING

THAT CONNECTS FISKE.

WELL, THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONNECTION,

BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT.

WHAT IS IT?

BOOTLEGGING.

BOOTLEGGING.

AS IN PIRATED DVDs

AND SOFTWARE.

YEAH. AND COMPUTER GAMES.

THERE'S THA MAGIC WORD AGAIN.

LUCRATIVE WORD.

PIRATED GAMES SELL

IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS,

TEMPTING FOR PEOPLE

LIKE YOUR FRIEND IN JAIL.

CASSIE,

NONE OF IT ADDS UP.

YEAH?

I'M ON MY WAY.

YOU MAY WANNA:

COME ALONG FOR THIS.

FOR WHAT?

CHIEF CONNORS JUST FOUND

THE AEROSOL SPRAYER CAN

USED TO POISON FISKE.

[LINE RINGING]

Samantha:
HELLO.

I GOT A NAME:

TO GO WITH THAT FACE.

YOU GOT AN I.D. ALREADY.

THAT'S GREAT.

ILYA KALUGIN.

EUROPOL CONNECTION TO A NUMBER

OF RUSSIAN MOBSTERS.

HE FREELANCES.

FORMER KGB.

RUSSIAN MOB?

YOU KNOW:

HOW THEY LIKE POISONS.

REMEMBER WHEN THEY SPRAYED THAT GAS

INTO THE THEATER WITH ALL THE HOSTAGES?

THAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU, PHILBY.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?

LATER.

Jody:
I TOLD YOU.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHAT IT IS.

COUNSELOR.

CHIEF.

IT'S A COMPRESSED

AIR ATOMIZER:

WITH INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH

O-RINGS.

SO THE POISON STAYS OFF YOU,

BUT IT HITS YOUR TARGET.

IT'S NOT MINE.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

WELL, THEN HOW DID

IT GET IN YOUR ROOM?

STOP ASKING ME THAT.

THEN ANSWER MY QUESTION.

HOW DID YOU FIND OU THE SPRAYER WAS IN HER ROOM?

ANONYMOUS CALL.

WAS IT RECORDED?

NO. THE SWITCHBOARD

TOOK A MESSAGE,

SAID IT WAS A MALE VOICE.

WHOEVER PLANTED IT,

THAT'S WHO CALLED.

THAT'S YOUR KILLER.

I DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.

MAYBE NOT, BUT THERE IS OTHER EVIDENCE,

EVIDENCE YOU THOUGHT YOU DESTROYED.

IF YOU HAVE OTHER EVIDENCE, MS. KINSEY,

NOW'D BE A GOOD TIME TO SPILL IT.

THE NIGHT SHE GOT KIDNAPPED,

THE NIGHT I GOT HIT IN THE HEAD,

WHAT WAS SHE DOING

AT THE FISKE HOUSE?

YOU GOT HIT.

GET OVER IT.

MAYBE I DID GET OVER IT,

BECAUSE I REMEMBERED SOMETHING.

THE FIRST DAY I WENT TO THE FISKE HOUSE,

YOU TWO WERE ARGUING.

WE'RE ALWAYS ARGUING.

NO, THIS WAS ABOU SOMETHING SPECIFIC.

Donald:
GET OUT OF HERE!

MAYBE IF YOU'D STOP

COMPLAINING FOR 5 MINUTES.

YOU'RE TRYING TO GET YOUR HANDS ON

EVERYTHING. NOT ANYMORE. THAT'S OVER.

EVERYTHING I DID,

I DID FOR LOVE.

YEAH, A LOVE OF MONEY.

HE WAS TALKING:

ABOUT HIS NEW WILL.

THERE IS NO NEW WILL.

THERE IS.

DONALD FISKE WROTE I IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING,

AND HE SIGNED IT.

AND THAT NIGHT YOU WEN TO THE HOUSE, YOU DESTROYED IT.

BUT I FOUND THE LEGAL PAD.

JUST LIKE A CARBON COPY,

IT'S STILL LEGALLY BINDING.

CAMERON GETS EVERYTHING,

AND IT NAMES A NEW EXECUTOR.

THAT IS A FANTASY.

WELL, WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS

OF THE CRIME SCENE,

EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THAT TABLE.

WON'T BE THAT DIFFICULT TO CHECK IT OUT.

I DID NOT KILL DONALD.

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

HOOK HER UP.

YOU HAVE THE RIGH TO REMAIN SILENT.

PLEASE, SAVE IT.

THINGS KEEP GETTING

WEIRDER AND WEIRDER.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING

TOO CONVENIENT.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS

YOUR PRIME SUSPECT.

THIS WAS SO CONVENIENT.

YOU, TOO, BOY.

LET'S TAKE A RIDE.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

WE'LL SEE

HOW RIDICULOUS IT IS.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO WRAP THINGS UP WITH

CHIEF CONNORS. I'LL SEE YOU AT THE CAR?

- HI.

- HI. CAN I HELP YOU?

BRADLEY STILLMAN'S

ROOM, PLEASE.

MR. STILLMAN

JUST CHECKED OUT.

BUT IF YOU HURRY, YOU MIGH CATCH HIM OUT FRONT.

THANK YOU.

I THOUGH YOU WERE STAYING.

BUSINESS.

BUT I'LL BE BACK.

WELL, GIVE MY REGARDS

TO ILYA.

- WHO?

- ILYA KALUGIN.

AT FIRST, I THOUGH THE RUSSIAN MOB WAS INVOLVED,

BUT THEN I REALIZED THA YOU JUST HIRED A GOON.

DON'T KNOW WHA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BRADLEY,

I AM TALKING ABOU THE MAN YOU HIRED

TO GET RID OF FISKE,

THE MAN WHO KIDNAPPED JODY

AND THEN DELIVERED HER TO CHIEF

CONNOR'S ARMS VERY CONVENIENTLY,

MAKING HER A SUSPECT.

AND WHAT POSSIBLE PURPOSE

WOULD THAT SERVE?

A CONNIVING EX-WIFE

OF THE VICTIM,

YOU KNEW THAT NOBODY WOULD

WANT TO BELIEVE HER STORY...

AND IT TOOK THE BLAME

AWAY FROM YOU.

IT WAS YOU SHE SAW TALKING TO

FISKE OUTSIDE OF MY BOOKSTORE.

IT'S A GOOD STORY.

IT'D MAKE A FUN GAME.

BUT YOU REALLY WEREN'T INTERESTED

IN A 50-50 SHARE WITH FISKE.

YOU GOT GREEDY.

AND ONCE YOU HAD RANDY ALL

SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE,

YOU KNEW HE WAS:

TAKEN CARE OF,

AND YOU WERE LEFT WITH A

MULTIMILLION DOLLAR VIDEO GAME.

YOU HAVE:

AN OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION.

- YOU SAID HE WAS GASSED.

- WHAT?

WHEN YOU CAME:

TO MY BOOKSTORE:

PRETENDING TO CARE

ABOUT POOR, INNOCENT RANDY.

REMEMBER?

WHICH PART?

EXPLOITING THE GUY THAT GO GASSED OR RAILROADING RANDY?

YOU SAID HE WAS GASSED.

EVERYONE KNOWS HE WAS POISONED.

THAT'S NO SECRET.

EVERYBODY THOUGH HE DRANK THE POISON.

ONLY THE KILLER:

KNEW HE WAS GASSED.

YOU READ:

TOO MANY MYSTERIES.

WELL, APPARENTLY I HAVEN'T BEEN

PAYING CLOSE ENOUGH ATTENTION,

BECAUSE I MADE THE MISTAKE

OF LETTING YOU GET TO ME...

JUST LIKE YOU PLANNED.

YOU KNEW THAT WE HAD

DONALD FISKE'S HARD DRIVE,

BUT YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE

WHO KNEW THAT,

SO YOU CAME IN,

AND YOU STOLE IT...

OR YOU HAD ILYA DO IT.

YOU WANTED TO ELIMINATE

ANY TRACE OF THE GAME.

YOU KNOW, CALL ME WHEN YOU GO YOUR FAIRY TALE FIGURED OUT.

YOU WAN A HAPPY ENDING?

ILYA ONLY TOOK:

THE ORIGINAL HARD DRIVE.

WE HAVE THE COPY.

YOU'RE BLUFFING.

THEN I'M ALSO BLUFFING

ABOUT FINDING A GAS MASK

IN YOUR NICE DESIGNER BAG.

YOU PLANTED THE SPRAYER

IN JODY'S ROOM,

BUT NOBODY:

IN THEIR RIGHT MIND

WOULD SPRAY VX:

WITHOUT A MASK.

SO YOU THINK THAT I HAVE

THE GAS MASK IN MY SUITCASE?

TAKE A LOOK.

OW!

Connors:
HEY!

MS. KINSEY!

THERE'S YOUR KILLER, CHIEF.

I'LL EXPLAIN

EVERYTHING LATER.

LONNIE,

GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

Lonnie:
YOU GOT IT, CHIEF.

Connors:
I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU

TO LET ME HANDLE THIS.

NICE FOOTWORK, THOUGH.

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Michael Sloan

Michael Sloan is an American freelance illustrator. In 2018, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning along with Jake Halpern, for their comic Welcome to the New World. more…

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