Wednesday, October
16,
2002
T. Marshall Travers is at the bar in the
Lakeview Lounge when Henry walks in with a cigar in his hand and two beautiful
women on his arms. He's lying about his job to impress them, and they're
buying it. "Dangerous? Well, I suppose my line of work does
have its risks. But, uh, ooh -- but if you're not willing to live on the
edge, you're gonna miss some beautiful views. And I like beautiful things
-- beautiful, dangerous things." Marshall thinks Henry looks
familiar, and remembers catching him in his hotel room posing as a valet.
He asks the bartender if he knows who that man is, but all the bartender knows
is that he's been hanging out with Paul Ryan.
"When it comes to undercover, Coleman is
the man," brags Henry as he hands them his card. Marshall walks up to
them, takes a card, and says, "We meet again." Henry tells him
he must have him confused with someone else. Marshall wonders that the
hotel would let their valets socialize with the guests, and Henry says they're
very liberal here. "Henry Coleman, huh?" says Marshall.
"Glad to put a name with the face. Ladies, would you mind giving me a
moment with the danger junkie here?" "Help yourself," says
one of the women as they leave, disgusted that he's a valet.
"Actually, it's just a little something I do on the side," explains
Henry. "You know, I'm more of a danger dabbler. Valet by day,
danger ranger by night." He gets up and tries to leave, but Marshall
stops him. He forces him to sit down and tells him he knows about the
security work he did with Paul Ryan. Henry pretends not to know who Paul
is.
Marshall shows Henry the smoke detector
camera and asks if it looks familiar. "Yes, it's a smoke
detector," answers Henry nervously. "Uh, it's a good idea 'cause
you can never be too safe, you know?" Marshall warns Henry that his
prints are all over it, and the first thing he will do as a D.A. will be to test
it. He threatens Henry, "You and Paul and all your little helpers are
gonna do hard time in a place where your rights will depend on your cell
mate." Henry laughs nervously, and Marshall continues to threaten
Henry with a civil case. He takes Henry's cigar, crushes it, and puts it
in his drink. "Careful -- these things'll kill you," says
Marshall. "They'll kill you. I'd like to have you around for a
long, long time." He leaves and Henry looks very disturbed by the
encounter.
Henry shows up and Java Underground where he
sees Bonnie with Isaac. He makes a call on his cell phone and says, "Yeah,
I have an urgent phone call for Isaac Jenkins, please. No, I can't leave a
message. I need to talk to him immediately and personally. Can you do that
for me? Now? Because if you cannot, I will get your name, and I will
tell Isaac who the genius was that couldn't find him and put him on the
phone. Yeah, thanks, I'll hold." A waitress goes over to Isaac
and tells him he has an urgent call. Isaac passes Henry and asks him if he
voted for Jessica. "In my heart," answers Henry.
"That's all the law will let me do right now." "Hello
Duchess," he says to Bonnie. "We need to talk."
Bonnie asks him what about, and he answers, "About what to pack for
prison!"
Henry tells Bonnie that Marshall knows
everything them about bugging the hotel room and videotaping the
apartment. Bonnie asks how, and Henry says he doesn't know. Bonnie
tells Henry to slow down and start from the beginning. "He knows that
Paul Ryan is behind the whole operation. He know that I dressed up as a
valet so I could sneak a bug into one room and then put a video camera for
surveillance in the other room," explains Henry. Bonnie can't believe
that's possible. "Then not ten minutes ago, he waved that infernal
smoke detector right in front of my face, and he said that the next stop for me
and all of my secret agent buddies was gonna be the big house, including
you," says Henry. He tells Bonnie that since Marshall's first job as
D.A. will be to prosecute them, maybe Jessica's first job as a defense attorney
could be to defend them.
Bonnie orders Henry a martini and tells him to
get control of himself. She suggests that maybe Marshall was just blowing
off steam. "Honey -- honey, he looked like he wanted to eat the eyes
right out of my skull, okay? This is serious. He's not playing
around. This is like eternal damnation and hellfire and brimstone and --
and sleeping with your head a few inches from the toilet seat the next 10 to 15
years," says Henry frantically. Bonnie tells Henry to calm down and
asks if Marshall offered a deal. Henry says Marshall doesn't want to talk,
"He wants blood. He wants ours. I mean, he scared off my date,
and then he crushed my Cohiba and then -- in two weeks from now, he could have
-- he could have our freedom and all our worldly belongings." Henry
tells Bonnie that he just started a P.I. business that he would hate to lose
right now. Bonnie says she understands, looking at Isaac.
Henry asks Bonnie if her mother can find a loophole for them. He takes out
his phone and hands it to her and asks her to call her mother. "I'm
not saying she has to pull any strings, per say. Just tell her that you're
gonna spend the best years of your life behind bars. And then let's sit
back and see what happens, okay? Now I'm sure there's some kind of miracle
that woman can do for her lovely, beautiful daughter," says Henry.
Bonnie tells Henry that she is not getting her mother any more involved with
this. She will handle it herself.
Today’s episode was directed by John
O'Connell and
written by Lynn Martin.
Transcripts from ATWTweekly
[ Lakeview Lounge ]
[ Henry walks in with two women on his arms ] 
>> Henry: Dangerous? Well, I suppose my line of work does have its risks.
But, uh, ooh -- but if you're not willing to live on the edge, you're gonna miss
some beautiful views. And I like beautiful things -- beautiful, dangerous
things.
[ Marshall sees Henry and tries to place where he has seen him before ]
>> Marshall: Who are you?
>> Henry: Laundry sent me, sir. You wanted these things washed?
>> Marshall: Excuse me. Do you know the name of the guy over there with
the cigar?
>> Bartender: No, sorry.
>> Marshall: I think I may have met him with another guest here. Paul
Ryan?
>> Bartender: Now that you mention it, yeah. I think I've seen him with
Mr. Ryan once or twice.
>> Marshall: Then that must be it then. Thanks.
>> Bartender: No problem.
[ Lakeview Lounge ]
>> Henry: When it comes to undercover, Coleman is the man.
>> Marshall: Hmm. We meet again. 
>> Henry: I'm sorry. You must've confused me with someone else.
[ Light laughter ]
>> Marshall: I wasn't aware that the hotel encouraged its valets to
socialize with the guests.
>>Woman: You're a valet?
>> Henry: They're very liberal here at The Lakeview.
>> Marshall: Henry Coleman, huh? Glad to put a name with the face. Ladies,
would you mind giving me a moment with the danger junkie here?
>> Woman: Help yourself.
>> Henry: Actually, it's just a little something I do on the side. You
know, I'm more of a danger dabbler. Valet by day, danger ranger by night. Look,
I have somewhere to be. So if you'll excuse me, I'd love to stay and chat --
>> Marshall: Sit down. You know, Henry, I know all about your security
work with Paul Ryan.
>> Henry: Paul who? I don't -- sorry, I don't know who you're talking
about.
>> Marshall: Does this device look familiar to you, Henry?
>> Henry: Yes, it's a smoke detector. Uh, it's a good idea 'cause you can
never be too safe, you know? 
>> Marshall: I bet if we looked very closely, your prints would be all
over it. In fact, checking this for prints is gonna be at the top of my to-do
list, Henry. And after I'm sworn in as D.A., The three of us -- me, you and Paul
Ryan -- we'll meet again in criminal court. I don't think I'll have any problem
proving that you breached by fourth amendment rights, among other things. And
then you and Paul and all your little helpers are gonna do hard time in a place
where your rights will depend on your cell mate.
[ Henry laughs nervously ] after I'm done with you in criminal court -- I'll sue
you in civil court and take all of you for all you've got. Careful -- these
things'll kill you. They'll kill you. I'd like to have you around for a long,
long time.
[ Henry sighs ]
[ Java Underground ]
[ Henry walks into the club and spots Bonnie with Isaac ]
>> Henry: [ on his cell phone ] Yeah, I have an urgent phone call for
Isaac Jenkins, please. No, I can't leave a message. I need to talk to him
immediately and personally. Can you do that for me? Now? Because if you cannot,
I will get your name, and I will tell Isaac who the genius was that couldn't
find him and put him on the phone. 
Yeah,
thanks, I'll hold. [ hangs up ]
>> Waitress: Um, I'm sorry to interrupt. Isaac?
>> Isaac: This had better be critical.
>> Waitress: Well, there is an urgent phone call and he wouldn't let me
take a message.
>> Isaac: I'm on my way. I will be right back.
>> Bonnie: Okay. Hold you to that.
>> Isaac: Coleman -- how's it going, man?
>> Henry: Hey, hey, well, I can't complain.
>> Isaac: Did you vote for Jessica?
>> Henry: Oh, in my heart. That's all the law will allow me to do right
now. Hello, duchess.
>> Bonnie: Hello.
>> Henry: We need to talk.
>> Bonnie: About what? 
>> Henry: Um, about what to pack for prison.
[ Java Underground ]
>> Henry: Marshall Travers knows everything.
>> Bonnie: Wait. He knows we bugged his hotel room?
>> Henry: Mm-hmm. And now he knows that we had his other room hooked up
for video.
>> Bonnie: How?
>> Henry: How am I supposed to know how?
>> Bonnie: Wait, wait, back up, you said he knows everything?
>> Henry: Yes, yes. He knows that Paul Ryan is behind the whole operation.
He know that I dressed up as a valet so I could sneak a bug into one room and
then put a video camera for surveillance in the other room.
>> Bonnie: How's this possible?
>> Henry: Then not ten minutes ago, he waved that infernal smoke detector
right in front of my face, and he said that the next stop for me and all of my
secret agent buddies was gonna be the big house, including you. So, Bonnie,
here's what I'm thinking, since his first job as D.A. is gonna be putting us all
on trial, maybe the first job for your mother as defense attorney could be --
>> Bonnie: Wait, wait, wait. Excuse me? Can I have a martini here for my
friend, please? Thank you. Henry, take a deep breath and get control over
yourself.
>> Henry: All right. All right. 
>> Bonnie: Now, Marshall -- maybe he was just blowing off steam.
>> Henry: Honey -- honey, he looked like he wanted to eat the eyes right
out of my skull, okay? This is serious. He's not playing around. This is like
eternal damnation and hellfire and brimstone and -- and sleeping with your head
a few inches from the toilet seat the next 10 to 15 years.
>> Bonnie: Henry, calm down! What else did he say? Did he offer a deal?
>> Henry: No, he doesn't want to negotiate. He doesn't want to talk about
it. All right? He wants blood. He wants ours. I mean, he scared off my date, and
then he crushed my Cohiba and then -- in two weeks from now, he could have -- he
could have our freedom and all our worldly belongings. Look, I just -- I just
launched a P.I. firm, okay? And I actually have a client now who's paying me
quite well. And I don't think you can fathom the magnitude of losing a business.
Hmm? Something that I have worked on and dreamt about for -- for -- for a while
now.
>> Bonnie: No, I can. More than you know.
>> Henry: Good. Then do something, huh? There's got to be some kind of a
loophole that your mother can slide us all through. Make the call, Bonnie. Look,
I know, I'm not saying she has to pull any strings, per say. Just tell her that
you're gonna spend the best years of your life behind bars. And then let's sit
back and see what happens, okay? Now I'm sure there's some kind of miracle that
woman can do for her lovely, beautiful daughter.
>> Bonnie: I am not about to get my mother involved in this mess anymore.
And neither are you. I will handle this.
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