Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983) s01e13 Episode Script
I Am Not Now, nor Have I Ever Been... a Spy
[MEN SINGING IN SPANISH.]
[MEN CHEERING.]
EL LAGARTO: Mis amigos, mis amigos, silencio, por favor.
My friends the hour we have awaited for so long is nearly at hand.
Polo de Gregorio will be here in nearly 48 hours.
[YELLING INDISTINCTLY.]
Listen to me.
Quiet.
De Gregorio has done his best to place San Cardenza in the hands of the Americans.
But his American friends will be forced to turn their backs on him when Polo de Gregorio murders thousands of their countrymen in cold blood.
[MEN MURMURING.]
It cannot be seen, it cannot be smelled, but it is very, very deadly.
An invisible gas.
Enrico.
[MEN MURMURING.]
Nerve gas, amigos captured from a laboratorio here in the United States.
Ramon.
Enough to kill every living thing in an entire community.
Excuse me.
Enough for Presidente Polo de Gregorio to destroy every living thing in an entire community.
[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY.]
- Viva la república.
MEN: Viva la república! - Viva San Cardenza.
MEN: Viva San Cardenza! - Death to De Gregorio.
MEN: Death to De Grego! PHILIP: What's that stuff you're chopping? Watercress, Philip.
How come I've never heard of it? Well, it's a delicacy more popular with my, um generation than with yours.
- Watercrest? - "Watercress," not "watercrest.
" It's very good in sandwiches.
How come the bread's got no crusts on? Yeah, because that's the way it's eaten.
Ha, ha.
Your mother and I are having Dean's mother over for lunch.
Grandma, is Mom gonna marry Dean? Well, you can never be sure about these things.
But getting to know Dean's family better may make her more comfortable with the idea.
At least that was my thought in putting this little soiree together.
Where is Mom anyway? Oh, she'll be back any minute.
She just went out to run some errands.
- Hi.
- Oh, my gosh.
- I wish you wouldn't do that.
- Look, I am sorry I'm late.
I told them to get me out of the Jacuzzi in exactly 15 minutes.
They forgot.
I was already so relaxed from the eucalyptus steam that l Well, you know how it is.
- No.
- No.
- What'd you get from the elevator guy? - Here.
This.
- Uh, damn.
- What is it? It's nothing.
Another nothing.
You wait right here for our order.
I'm gonna phone Billy.
What do you mean, wait for our order? Milo's Daffy Dog makes the best chilidogs in all of Washington.
- Hey, Milo.
- Yeah? - Two with everything on it, huh? - I can't have a chilidog.
- I'm having lunch with Dean's mother.
- You're still seeing that guy? - I guess so.
- Why? - Well, I don't Why are you asking? - I don't see you two together.
What are you talking about? You've never even seen him.
Amanda, I have instincts, okay? I'll go make my phone call, and then you can go home.
- That's it? - All you had to do was pick up the note from the elevator guy.
- We're not gonna do anything else? - Don't look so disappointed.
I'm not disappointed.
You wanna get home in plenty of time for lunch, don't you? Go make your phone call.
Yeah, I'm at the drop now.
He probably doesn't have anything.
Amanda didn't get anything from the elevator drop.
I came out of the steam room empty-handed.
I know, Billy.
I know he's coming in tomorrow, but there's nothing we can do unless we get word from Martinez.
[ENGINE REVS.]
That'll be 3.
50, please.
- Lee! Lee! - Hey.
[AMANDA SCREAMING.]
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
[CAR HORN HONKS.]
[CAR HORN HONKS.]
[LEE GRUNTS.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
BILLY: Did you get a look at them? Not a good one.
I was trying to hold on to the hood of the car.
I'd say there were two men, mid-30s, dark.
That's about it.
I ran the plate.
The car was stolen from Delaware and P about 3:00 this morning.
- Oh, it figures.
I left that hot-dog stand for maybe a minute.
It was supposed to be a safe drop.
- I had no idea it was being watched.
- Of course you didn't.
Who knew Amanda was gonna pay for the chilidogs? Damn it, it was supposed to be my treat.
All right.
Now, we've got to assume that Martinez was trying to get through to us.
And Lee.
They were onto him, they followed him to the drop and waited there to find out who the pickup was.
If there was a message, she's got it with the chilidogs.
They have it.
- When does De Gregorio arrive? - Tomorrow.
He'll be in for about 36 hours.
He has a meeting with the secretary of state, formal dinner at the White House tour of San Cardenzan neighborhood school and some personal business.
- What kind of personal business? The state didn't have the full agenda.
They're gonna know more this afternoon.
If El Lagarto and the Cardenzan loyalists are gonna do something it's gonna occur within the next 36 hours.
- Billy, they have got Amanda.
- Maybe they won't harm her.
- They just want the message.
- Lf she's got it, it's in cipher.
- And Amanda can't break the code.
- They'll think she can.
- And then it's - Lee.
I'm concerned about Mrs.
King too.
But there's nothing we can do about it at the moment.
[PHONE RINGS.]
Melrose.
Where? Anything? I see.
Thank you.
- Martinez has surfaced.
- Where? The Potomac.
- Mrs.
Amanda King.
Is that you? - Yes.
- Who sent you to pick this up? - Pick what up? It'll be easier for you if you tell us what we want to know.
I can't see anything.
Ramon.
Thank you.
The chilidogs? Oh, well, I was out shopping, and I got a little hungry and I decided to stop off and get something to eat.
I'd heard that Milo's Daffy Dogs had the best chilidogs in Washington, so - Mrs.
King.
- Yes? We are not fools.
Who was that man with you? - Man? - There are two chilidogs.
I was very hungry.
[EL LAGARTO SIGHS.]
Shall I ask Ramon to get nasty? No, that won't be necessary.
His name was, uh, Phil Jackson.
He's a police officer.
He probably got the license number.
There's a SWAT team on the way to surround the building right now.
- Mrs.
King.
- Yes? We know Martinez was with the agency.
We know he left you information about us at the hot-dog stand.
- You are one of them too, que no? - " Que no"? Que yes.
But I'm very low-level, and I don't know anything.
What does this say? - "Slymph xlgf" - What does it mean? I don't know what it means.
I don't know code.
They give me these little things to do.
I promise, I don't know anything.
Well, that is too bad.
Because we have absolutely no use for you, then.
Oh, well, good, because I have a luncheon date, and - Take her, Ramon.
- That's all right.
Um, I can take a bus.
Where you are going, you won't be needing a bus.
I am sure she'll be back any minute.
She had a few errands to run downtown.
Now, does she often just disappear like this? Disappear? Amanda? [LAUGHING.]
Are you kidding? Amanda never disappears.
Why, she's here all the time.
I mean, sometimes I have to pry her out of that kitchen.
Well, not that she can't, well, you know, paint the town with the best of them.
- What was your question? - We were discussing dependability.
That's a very important quality.
When Amanda was a child, I used to tell her that over and over again.
It's a trait that Dean acquired naturally.
Yes, well, Amanda too.
I just told her that over and over again to make conversation.
I'm sure she has her hands full, what with the children and the part-time job, and - What was it she does again? - Uh, she, uh She owns a service.
She walks dogs and waters plants for people who, uh, can't do it themselves.
She owns a service? How many employees does she have? Well, actually, she's the only employee.
But the girl is a wonder.
I mean, we had this ficus once that just drooped over and quit one day.
Well, Amanda would not let it die.
I mean, she re-potted it, she nursed it, she talked to it she pleaded with it.
Soon, it was back on its feet.
Ha-ha-ha.
So to speak.
Yes.
Uh, well, maybe we should get started.
You must be hungry.
- Don't you think we ought to wait longer? - Oh, no.
She'll be here any minute.
- I don't know.
EL LAGARTO: Listen to me.
That was your final opportunity to speak, Mrs.
King.
Adiós.
Let's go.
Please don't hurt me.
I have two small children.
I have seven children.
Three of them are still prisoners in San Cardenza of that pig Polo de Gregorio.
- But killing me isn't gonna free them.
- Killing you is an act of political necessity.
[RAMON GRUNTS.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
MAN: Hey! [GUNSHOT.]
RAMON: Right there.
[TRUCK HORN HONKS.]
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
Uh-uh.
Come on.
MAN 1: Pull her out of the car.
MAN 2: Don't move her.
MAN 3: What happened, Bill? WOMAN [ON PA.]
: Dr.
Nelson.
Dr.
Nelson to ICU.
DOCTOR: What do we have? - Car accident.
As far as we can tell, there's no internal injuries.
Pulse is steady.
Looks like a concussion.
- She regain consciousness? - Intermittently.
We treated her for shock.
- She responded okay.
- Great.
Any ID? Nothing.
The police say the car was stolen.
[SCOFFS.]
All right.
Thanks.
We'll take it from here.
Okay, here we go.
Examination and prognosis.
[DOCTOR GRUNTS.]
Patient name: Jane Doe.
The medical examiner came up blank on Martinez.
He was a good agent.
We didn't even know where he was operating from.
- He was very careful.
- Not careful enough.
Lee, these things happen.
I blew it, didn't I, Billy? - What do you mean? - You think she's still alive? - I haven't heard any differently.
Have you? - No.
Lee, that drop has always been safe.
There is no way you could have known.
[SCOFFS.]
There's a copy of the Martinez file on your desk if you'd care to look through it again.
Francine, run a check with the police and the local hospitals for anyone matching the description of Amanda King.
Have another éclair.
- I've had three.
- Ah, make it four.
They're small.
Oh, no.
No, I really must be running along.
I just don't understand this.
Amanda always phones if there's a problem, even as a child.
She broke a shoelace on her way home from school.
She phoned.
She said: "Mother, stay calm.
I broke a shoelace.
I may be a little late.
" I'm telling you, she was a fabulous child.
Well, maybe she has a pet or a plant that's ill.
Oh, yes, that's probably it.
Disease could delay her.
Well, goodbye, Dotty, and give my best to Amanda.
- Oh, yes.
Well, I'll see you out.
- No, no, don't bother.
- And I, ahh, do hope you hear from her.
- Oh, yes.
Don't worry, I will, I will.
[CHUCKLES.]
[SIGHS.]
What do you mean, you do not know whether or not she survived the crash? I told you, we watched the car for a minute.
She wasn't moving.
And people started coming over.
Cops too.
We weren't gonna stick around any longer.
I want you to find out what happened to her any way you can.
And if she is alive, I want you to find her.
And this time, Ramon This time, she will not escape you.
NURSE: Doctor.
[AMANDA GRO ANING.]
Well, you've decided to join us again.
Can you tell me your name? - Uh, Amanda King.
- That's what you said before.
I wanted to make sure you were sticking to your story.
Oh, yes, I'm definitely Amanda King.
What happened? Well, Mrs.
King, nothing broken, no internal bleeding just a couple of bruises and a mild concussion.
We've notified your mother.
She's on her way.
Good.
Doctor.
I don't remember anything.
I don't remember what happened.
L Mrs.
King, it's not unusual to have some amnesia after a trauma like this.
- What do you mean? - Well, often, a person blocks out a certain particular aspect of his life: A person, a job.
In most cases, total memory is restored eventually.
- Oh, my gosh.
DOCTOR: No, don't you worry about it.
Oh, um, the police would like to talk to you.
- The police? - It seems that the car you were in was [CHUCKLES.]
stolen.
- Stolen? Yeah.
- Amanda? AMANDA: Mother? DOTTY: I was so worried.
AMANDA: Oh.
I'm okay.
I have a concussion.
- Are you sure you're all right? - Mm-hm.
- Are you sure she's all right? DOCTOR: She's gonna be fine.
- I'll come back later.
AMANDA: Thank you.
Goodness.
Oh, darling.
Tell me.
Tell me what happened.
Well, I was in a car accident.
Oh, you poor thing.
And the salesman told you that that car was so safe.
I wasn't in my car.
Well, the person you were riding with, are they all right? Apparently, I was alone.
- "Apparently"? - I can't remember, Mother.
I have partial amnesia.
Oh, my God, Amanda.
I saw a movie just like this.
When the woman regained her memory she suddenly remembered that she married a man in Brooklyn.
He had many bambinos.
- Mother.
- Huh? I don't think anything quite like that is gonna happen to me.
I'll have my memory back in two or three days.
- Can you remember anything? - Nothing since this morning.
- Lunch with Dean's mother? - Dean who? Oh.
Hey, excuse me.
Could you tell me which room Amanda King is in? I'm sorry, visiting hours are over.
Oh, well, you see, I am Mrs.
King's personal physician.
I didn't know Mrs.
King had a personal physician.
[LAUGHS.]
Ah, that little dickens, she still can't bring herself to talk about me or the time I pulled her through that, uh, disease.
- What disease? - These things are very confidential.
Especially things like, uh, that.
Oh.
- Yeah.
Mm-hm - I see.
- All right, doctor.
She's in, uh, 501.
- Five-oh-one.
Thank you.
WOMAN [ON PA.]
: Nurse Buckner and Dr.
Limming to Emergency.
Amnesia is fascinating from a medical point of view, Mrs.
West.
It's quite amazing sometimes just where the memory gaps occur.
Doctor, a stolen car? I mean, my daughter has never so much as cheated on a parking meter.
Well, the police are being quite decent about it.
- She has no prior record, after all.
- Oh, this is all so upsetting.
- Amanda.
- Mm-hm Amanda, are you okay? I mean, you look okay.
Thank God.
Look, we were so relieved when we got word of where you were.
I'm sorry I left you at the drop.
I had no idea it was hot.
Apparently, they were watching the place.
Look, I know we never told you about Martinez but I will give you the whole background.
But first of all, tell me as much as you can about the men who grabbed you.
I don't know what you're talking about.
[CHUCKLES.]
Amanda, I said I was sorry.
I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't know you.
I don't know Mr.
Martinez.
I don't know what a drop is.
And I would really appreciate it if you would leave my room.
I was resting.
I've been in a car accident.
Goodbye.
BILLY: Amnesia? LEE: She didn't even know who I was.
Didn't she remember anything about the men that grabbed her? No, zero.
I'm telling you, it's all gone.
Me, you, the agency.
Why, she wound up calling a nurse and having me thrown out of the hospital.
Lee, they may have shown her the message that Martinez left for you and tried to make her break the code.
- I know.
And he may have found out what they were planning for De Gregorio's visit.
But it's locked up somewhere in Amanda's mind right now.
What's the medical situation? Apparently, she's all right, except for the amnesia.
- We've got to get her out of there.
- Look, she threw me out.
- We'll have to kidnap her.
BILLY: Well, fine.
Billy.
I've got Fletcher at the hospital.
Amanda's just been discharged.
- Where'd she go? - She was with her mother.
EL LAGARTO: I just spoke to Lorenzo.
The King woman survived the crash and was taken to the hospital.
It is simple.
I will take her out of the hospital.
Ramon, it is not so simple.
- She went home this morning.
- Do you have an address? - Yes.
- Then it is simple.
[LAUGHING.]
You are ready for the installation? The firing mechanism has been installed.
All that remains is placing the canisters.
RAMON: Do you think the King woman was lying? Could she read Martinez's code? If that were the case, my friend, you and I would be in jail right now.
But I'm not taking any chances.
I will handle the installation.
You go find Mrs.
Amanda King.
You know, it's the funniest feeling.
It's like trying to remember a dream.
You know that you've dreamt something, but you just can't quite put your hand on it.
- You know? - Don't worry about it.
I mean, I have spent many a New Year's Day feeling just like that.
[LAUGHING.]
Well, first I remembered my name, then I remembered that we lived in Arlington then I remembered Mr.
Martinez.
- What? - What? - You said "Mr.
Martinez.
" - I did? - Uh-huh.
I don't know why.
Oh.
- That man in my room.
- What man? Who came to my room and told me about Martinez and the men who grabbed me.
Amanda, darling.
I mean, you've had quite a strain.
Why don't you go up to your room and go to bed with a good book and forget all about these dreams? Now, I am going to go to the market, get some meat and make your favorite dinner.
- Pot roast? - Ha, ha.
You see? - You do remember something.
- Sure.
With succotash.
- Oh, I love you.
- I love you.
Okay.
[SIGHS.]
Do I drink coffee? LEE: Hi there.
- You again.
- Uh - How dare you break in here? - Hold it.
I didn't break in here.
I walked in.
- You should be a little more careful about - Listen, you can just get out.
Out.
Amanda, I have to talk to you.
- What are you, a salesman? - No.
Amanda, you know me.
You just can't remember.
You have amnesia.
- How do you know I have amnesia? - I know a lot of things about you.
Now, please, sit down.
I'll tell you all about yourself before your mother gets back.
Why does it have to be before my mother gets back? Because no one is supposed to know that you know me.
It may make things very difficult for you.
- Who are you? - Lee Stetson.
- What are you? - Amanda, I work for the government.
I am an intelligence operative.
- Are you telling me that you're a spy? - I've never cared for that word, really.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Please, just relax and sit down? - You're a spy.
- Guess what.
- What? - You are too.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Please stop saying that.
No.
How am I supposed to stop saying that? First you come to my hospital room [STAMMERS.]
and tell me about some man named What? Martinez.
And then you break into my house and you tell me that you're a spy.
Then you tell me that I'm a spy.
Does it help that you're only a trainee spy? - No, wouldn't help at all.
- I want you to just trust me.
- Okay? - Mm-mm.
Now, just trust me, and come back with me to the office.
Maybe the surroundings, the other people, will jog your memory - Trust you? - Mm-hm.
- That's funny.
- What? What's funny? I seem to remember your asking me to trust you once before.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- And I did.
- Come on.
- So I ended up in the hospital with amnesia because I stole somebody's car and wrecked it.
Just get your coat.
Hmm? - Get down.
- Huh? Just get down.
[ENGINE REVS.]
We're here at Dulles Airport to cover the arrival of Polo de Gregorio.
He's the new president of San Cardenza.
Here he comes.
Mr.
President.
When you visit the White House, what are you gonna talk to the president about? I am going to ask the president to see the inside swimming pool and the bowling alley.
The bowling alley? All right.
Well, De Gregorio has been characterized as whimsical and somewhat unpredictable.
And as you can see, he's whimsical and somewhat unpredictable.
Why do they call him Polo? Because he rides horses and hits tiny balls with a mallet.
If he wore short pants and dribbled a basketball they would call him Basketball de Gregorio? - Yeah.
- Typical of him a large portion of his, uh, itinerary has been kept secret.
And we're going to try and find out, uh, what that secret part is.
It has been labeled "personal business.
" - I assume we know his schedule? - We think we know his schedule.
But with Polo de Gregorio, anything can happen.
Well, doesn't he know that there are San Cardenzan exiles here that want him dead? Oh, his astrologer has assured him there's no danger.
WOMAN [ON PA.]
: Agent Levine to the lounge.
Mrs.
King.
Hello.
- Do you work here? - Oh, boy.
Uh, this is Billy Melrose, our section chief.
- And Francine.
Do you remember Francine? - How do you do? - No.
- Interesting.
- I've often been told I'm unforgettable.
- Can I see you for a moment? - Yeah.
Uh, excuse me.
- Sure.
[SIGHS.]
- Quite a place.
- Yeah.
What do you do here? I am probably the single most important force in keeping this entire place organized.
Oh, really? Well, that's good to know.
Thank you.
Sure.
Billy, her brain has gone blooey, zippo, casa de nada.
The question is, does whoever took her think she's dead? The answer is no.
No.
As we were leaving her house, the two goons I saw grab her pulled up.
We can't let her go home.
She's gonna need time to think this thing out.
But I'm not sure that the office is the place for her to do that.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Come in.
She thinks she just may have remembered something.
Oh, wonderful, Amanda.
Wonderful.
All right, what is it? - Chilidogs.
- Chilidogs, chilidogs.
Yeah.
That No, that's great.
It's great.
Now, what else? - That's it.
- That's it? Can I go now? I'm sorry, it's just that these things come in little brief flashes and then they're gone, and l Oh, I think I'm having another one.
Chilidogs and, um Um Um Oh.
Napkins.
[SCOFFS.]
- Napkins.
- Sorry, l Oh, but there is a note in the napkin.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, what does it say? This is very difficult.
Keep trying, Mrs.
King.
A lot depends on it.
Well, it's just, the words don't make any sense.
They're just a jumble of letters.
Um, could you try the S combination again, please? Oh, wait a minute.
Go back one from the last one.
Okay.
- Hold it.
That's it.
- Francine, run the cipher program.
It's the funniest thing.
I cannot remember what I had for breakfast but I can remember this funny word? Amnesia is like that.
It comes back in bits and pieces with a very vivid recall.
"Alabam.
" - "Alabam"? - Lf she remembered the cipher correctly that's what it means.
- What the hell is "Alabam"? Well, what have you done with her? - We don't know where she is.
- What? We waited for a long time outside the house.
Then we broke in.
No one was there.
But we found this note.
Ramon, you must find her.
Find her and kill her.
We cannot have this operation ruined now.
- Are the canisters in place? - Yes.
De Gregorio takes delivery on his new toy this afternoon.
He is like a child.
He will insist on flying the plane himself.
The flight path will take him directly over Arlington, Virginia.
- And when he pulls the plane into its bank - The gas will be released.
And I would think that destroying an entire population of an American city will be enough to confuse diplomatic relations for a while, wouldn't you, Ramon? Adiós, Arlington.
I'm calling from Arlington.
Doctor, I did exactly what you said.
I brought her straight home.
Then I went to the market.
When I got back, she was gone.
No.
No note.
Nothing.
Yes.
She is still vague about a lot of things.
Aah.
Doctor, where could she be? AMANDA: You promised you would take me home.
I told you, I can't.
Could be very dangerous I'm beginning to think that you're making this whole thing up, you know.
- Amanda.
- Hmm? Are you absolutely sure you don't remember anything about me? Yes.
The doctor said that I might forget certain things that were emotionally complicated.
I can understand how I might forget the crash.
I don't know what could be so emotionally complicated about you that'd make me not Well, we have worked fairly closely together, you know.
How closely? Well, we've worked hours together, days together - And? - "And" what? [STAMMERS.]
Well, did we have? Are we? Have? Are we involved in any way? - Oh, you mean, did we ever? - Yes, that's what I mean.
- No.
We never - Yes.
We never did.
- We didn't.
- Mm-mm.
Yeah.
[CLEARS THRO AT.]
I'm beginning to remember one of those words.
- Think, Amanda.
Come on, think.
- I'm thinking, I'm thinking.
Come on, come on, come on.
You can do it, you can do it.
[AMANDA GRO ANING.]
I don't know.
I'm so confused.
I'm beginning to think that I dreamed the whole thing.
Maybe I made the whole thing up about the chilidogs, the napkins, the notes, and I'm confused.
I just wanna go home.
I wanna see my boys.
I want my mother.
- I know.
- She's making me a pot roast.
I know, I know.
Look, why don't you lie down and rest? You can use my bedroom.
And when you're calmer - you can call home.
All right? - In your bedroom? - Yeah.
- By myself? - Right.
- To lie down? - Lie down.
- For a nap? - Yeah.
- Then I can call home? - Absolutely.
Huh? Come on.
Mm-mm.
- Thank you very much.
- Yeah.
Oh, uh, you need me, I'll be out here.
So let me know, huh? I'll remember that.
[SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
The only thing we've come up with for "Alabam" is a small manufacturer of luxury aircraft.
That seems like the kind of thing De Gregorio might buy.
We've sent some people out there.
Nothing.
They've never heard of Polo de Gregorio.
You know, Billy, maybe this whole thing is a wild-goose chase.
I mean, Amanda's memory is highly unreliable.
BILLY [O VER PHONE.]
: Lee, this is a serious matter.
LEE: I don't know what I'm gonna do with her.
You might have to terminate her.
[O VER PHONE.]
In her present condition, she's of no value to us and you know what we have to do.
- Isn't firing her a bit extreme? - Sure, I hate to do it.
As you know, I've become quite fond of Mrs.
King.
[O VER PHONE.]
But if her condition doesn't clear up, she's not much use to us.
- Well, maybe we could retrain her.
- I'm surprised to hear you talk like this.
Usually you're complaining you have to work with her.
- I can adapt to almost anything.
- The agency appreciates your sacrifice.
Okay.
I'll call you later.
Amanda.
Amanda? Hey I know, doctor.
I'm sorry to bother you again.
I know.
It's just that I was hoping you might remember some revealing little something she could've said.
You know, something to give us an idea about where she could have gone.
[CHUCKLES.]
Doctor, I know.
I know you have other patients.
It's just that this is my baby we're talking about.
I have friends in extremely high places in the AMA.
I can assure you that this callous behavior of yours is not going to go unnoticed.
Oh, thank God.
Oh, God bless you.
God bless you, doctor.
And goodbye.
Bye.
Thank you.
Amanda? Amanda.
[AMANDA GRUNTING.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
Amanda, darling, welcome ho Amanda? Excellency, this is madness.
- There's no protection here.
- Por favor, Caesar.
You need protection.
A great many people don't like you.
Caesar, por favor, I suffocate with all those guards hovering about.
I cannot think.
Besides, my moon is in the sixth house of something or other and I simply cannot die.
But why do you need another plane? You have three planes, a locomotive, small minesweeper, a submarine Caesar.
Look at that.
Look at that and ask me why I need another plane, huh? Very well.
I will sign the papers.
But you must promise me you will not fly the plane until I am onboard.
Caesar, don't treat me like a child.
I'm sorry, Excellency, but you know there is a reason for what I ask.
Very well.
Go sign your papers.
Huh? And be quick.
[LAUGHING.]
What are you gonna do with me? You have one last chance to tell El Lagarto how many of you know about the plane.
- What plane? - Please, Mrs.
King.
Already one of your people has been here asking about the plane.
Fortunately, Polo de Gregorio never buys these things in his own name.
- It attracts too much attention.
- Listen, I can't remember.
Martinez must not have known about the gas.
Otherwise your people would have been more thorough.
- What gas? - Nerve gas, Mrs.
King.
When Polo de Gregorio lifts off and makes his first right turn the town of Arlington will die.
- What did you say? - Now, Mrs.
King, it is your turn to talk.
Hey, buddy? Hey, listen, I wonder if you could help me.
I'm looking for a woman.
She's fair, stands about so high.
Uh, name's Amanda King.
You will find, seòor, it is very dangerous knowing Amanda King.
Your gun, por favor.
To the building.
Please.
Amnesia is a very strange thing.
I can remember some things.
Some things I have no memory of at all.
I don't remember you, and I probably won't remember you.
In 10 minutes, I won't remember anything about any nerve gas or Mr.
Stetson.
Now perhaps the two of you could tell us if any others of you are coming.
[PLANE ENGINE WHINING.]
Who the hell's in that plane? No one has clearance to take off right now.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH.]
AMANDA: Sir? - Huh? Sir, excuse me, sir.
Seòor.
Seòor, el presidente.
- Ah, a stewardess.
Wonderful.
- No, you can't take off now.
Don't be foolish.
What do you mean, I can't take off? Fasten your seat belt or fix me a snack.
CONTROLLER [O VER RADIO.]
: Alabam 6-0, we have no record of flight plan, over.
Sir, you don't understand.
If you take off, you're gonna gas my family.
CONTROLLER [O VER RADIO.]
: Alabam 6-0, you are not cleared for takeoff.
Seòorita, por favor.
No, no.
Please.
Please.
[EL LAGARTO GRUNTING.]
Now, seòorita, you must admit your story is a bit far-fetched.
- It's true.
- Lf I don't take off now they will never let me pilot my plane out of here.
Just between you and me, my license has been revoked.
Why? [SPEAKS IN SPANISH.]
Sometimes I get, uh, fainting spells when I'm excited.
Don't get excited.
But you must stop this plane right now because it's loaded with nerve gas.
Oh, no.
Hello? This is the plane to the Sir? Wake up, Mr.
President.
Wake up, sir, please.
CONTROLLER [O VER RADIO.]
: Alabam, who the hell's flying that plane? - Sir, you gotta wake up.
- Okay, okay, okay.
I'll tell you everything.
I'll tell you everything.
No, no.
No, no.
Stop the plane.
Stop the plane, sir.
- Seòorita, perhaps you're right.
- Yes, yes.
Stop the plane.
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH.]
AMANDA: It was very good.
Gracias.
- Mucho gracias, seòorita.
- Yes, gracias.
I don't know.
I guess it just must've been all the excitement.
All I know is that when that plane started down the runway I saw the last two days of my life flash before my eyes.
When we started toward the end of the runway I saw my entire life flash before my eyes.
When you heard me say "terminate you" I didn't mean it in the ultimate sense.
[LEE CHUCKLES.]
Yes, sir.
Well, I'm sorry.
I wasn't thinking very clearly.
And it was an excellent job, Mrs.
King.
- Thank you, sir.
- Lee.
Thank you.
Well, I guess I better see to rounding up the rest of these exiles.
Aha.
Let's go.
How did you know where to find me? I took a chance that you knew what you were talking about with that code word.
I phoned your house, and your mother, in a rather loud way told me she hadn't seen you.
- Oh, my mother.
- What am I gonna tell my mother? - Ah, this is a tough one.
I disappeared in the middle of the afternoon.
She never got my note.
This is the worst.
What if you told her you remembered an appointment? I had amnesia.
- Impromptu college reunion? - I used that one.
- Your club.
- No, she doesn't believe that anymore.
- A sick German shepherd.
- That was last week.
- Dan.
- "Dean.
" He works weekdays.
- I got it.
I got it.
- What? You're standing in your kitchen, you hear a noise and there is an incredibly handsome man just standing there and one thing led to another, and
[MEN CHEERING.]
EL LAGARTO: Mis amigos, mis amigos, silencio, por favor.
My friends the hour we have awaited for so long is nearly at hand.
Polo de Gregorio will be here in nearly 48 hours.
[YELLING INDISTINCTLY.]
Listen to me.
Quiet.
De Gregorio has done his best to place San Cardenza in the hands of the Americans.
But his American friends will be forced to turn their backs on him when Polo de Gregorio murders thousands of their countrymen in cold blood.
[MEN MURMURING.]
It cannot be seen, it cannot be smelled, but it is very, very deadly.
An invisible gas.
Enrico.
[MEN MURMURING.]
Nerve gas, amigos captured from a laboratorio here in the United States.
Ramon.
Enough to kill every living thing in an entire community.
Excuse me.
Enough for Presidente Polo de Gregorio to destroy every living thing in an entire community.
[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY.]
- Viva la república.
MEN: Viva la república! - Viva San Cardenza.
MEN: Viva San Cardenza! - Death to De Gregorio.
MEN: Death to De Grego! PHILIP: What's that stuff you're chopping? Watercress, Philip.
How come I've never heard of it? Well, it's a delicacy more popular with my, um generation than with yours.
- Watercrest? - "Watercress," not "watercrest.
" It's very good in sandwiches.
How come the bread's got no crusts on? Yeah, because that's the way it's eaten.
Ha, ha.
Your mother and I are having Dean's mother over for lunch.
Grandma, is Mom gonna marry Dean? Well, you can never be sure about these things.
But getting to know Dean's family better may make her more comfortable with the idea.
At least that was my thought in putting this little soiree together.
Where is Mom anyway? Oh, she'll be back any minute.
She just went out to run some errands.
- Hi.
- Oh, my gosh.
- I wish you wouldn't do that.
- Look, I am sorry I'm late.
I told them to get me out of the Jacuzzi in exactly 15 minutes.
They forgot.
I was already so relaxed from the eucalyptus steam that l Well, you know how it is.
- No.
- No.
- What'd you get from the elevator guy? - Here.
This.
- Uh, damn.
- What is it? It's nothing.
Another nothing.
You wait right here for our order.
I'm gonna phone Billy.
What do you mean, wait for our order? Milo's Daffy Dog makes the best chilidogs in all of Washington.
- Hey, Milo.
- Yeah? - Two with everything on it, huh? - I can't have a chilidog.
- I'm having lunch with Dean's mother.
- You're still seeing that guy? - I guess so.
- Why? - Well, I don't Why are you asking? - I don't see you two together.
What are you talking about? You've never even seen him.
Amanda, I have instincts, okay? I'll go make my phone call, and then you can go home.
- That's it? - All you had to do was pick up the note from the elevator guy.
- We're not gonna do anything else? - Don't look so disappointed.
I'm not disappointed.
You wanna get home in plenty of time for lunch, don't you? Go make your phone call.
Yeah, I'm at the drop now.
He probably doesn't have anything.
Amanda didn't get anything from the elevator drop.
I came out of the steam room empty-handed.
I know, Billy.
I know he's coming in tomorrow, but there's nothing we can do unless we get word from Martinez.
[ENGINE REVS.]
That'll be 3.
50, please.
- Lee! Lee! - Hey.
[AMANDA SCREAMING.]
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
[CAR HORN HONKS.]
[CAR HORN HONKS.]
[LEE GRUNTS.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
BILLY: Did you get a look at them? Not a good one.
I was trying to hold on to the hood of the car.
I'd say there were two men, mid-30s, dark.
That's about it.
I ran the plate.
The car was stolen from Delaware and P about 3:00 this morning.
- Oh, it figures.
I left that hot-dog stand for maybe a minute.
It was supposed to be a safe drop.
- I had no idea it was being watched.
- Of course you didn't.
Who knew Amanda was gonna pay for the chilidogs? Damn it, it was supposed to be my treat.
All right.
Now, we've got to assume that Martinez was trying to get through to us.
And Lee.
They were onto him, they followed him to the drop and waited there to find out who the pickup was.
If there was a message, she's got it with the chilidogs.
They have it.
- When does De Gregorio arrive? - Tomorrow.
He'll be in for about 36 hours.
He has a meeting with the secretary of state, formal dinner at the White House tour of San Cardenzan neighborhood school and some personal business.
- What kind of personal business? The state didn't have the full agenda.
They're gonna know more this afternoon.
If El Lagarto and the Cardenzan loyalists are gonna do something it's gonna occur within the next 36 hours.
- Billy, they have got Amanda.
- Maybe they won't harm her.
- They just want the message.
- Lf she's got it, it's in cipher.
- And Amanda can't break the code.
- They'll think she can.
- And then it's - Lee.
I'm concerned about Mrs.
King too.
But there's nothing we can do about it at the moment.
[PHONE RINGS.]
Melrose.
Where? Anything? I see.
Thank you.
- Martinez has surfaced.
- Where? The Potomac.
- Mrs.
Amanda King.
Is that you? - Yes.
- Who sent you to pick this up? - Pick what up? It'll be easier for you if you tell us what we want to know.
I can't see anything.
Ramon.
Thank you.
The chilidogs? Oh, well, I was out shopping, and I got a little hungry and I decided to stop off and get something to eat.
I'd heard that Milo's Daffy Dogs had the best chilidogs in Washington, so - Mrs.
King.
- Yes? We are not fools.
Who was that man with you? - Man? - There are two chilidogs.
I was very hungry.
[EL LAGARTO SIGHS.]
Shall I ask Ramon to get nasty? No, that won't be necessary.
His name was, uh, Phil Jackson.
He's a police officer.
He probably got the license number.
There's a SWAT team on the way to surround the building right now.
- Mrs.
King.
- Yes? We know Martinez was with the agency.
We know he left you information about us at the hot-dog stand.
- You are one of them too, que no? - " Que no"? Que yes.
But I'm very low-level, and I don't know anything.
What does this say? - "Slymph xlgf" - What does it mean? I don't know what it means.
I don't know code.
They give me these little things to do.
I promise, I don't know anything.
Well, that is too bad.
Because we have absolutely no use for you, then.
Oh, well, good, because I have a luncheon date, and - Take her, Ramon.
- That's all right.
Um, I can take a bus.
Where you are going, you won't be needing a bus.
I am sure she'll be back any minute.
She had a few errands to run downtown.
Now, does she often just disappear like this? Disappear? Amanda? [LAUGHING.]
Are you kidding? Amanda never disappears.
Why, she's here all the time.
I mean, sometimes I have to pry her out of that kitchen.
Well, not that she can't, well, you know, paint the town with the best of them.
- What was your question? - We were discussing dependability.
That's a very important quality.
When Amanda was a child, I used to tell her that over and over again.
It's a trait that Dean acquired naturally.
Yes, well, Amanda too.
I just told her that over and over again to make conversation.
I'm sure she has her hands full, what with the children and the part-time job, and - What was it she does again? - Uh, she, uh She owns a service.
She walks dogs and waters plants for people who, uh, can't do it themselves.
She owns a service? How many employees does she have? Well, actually, she's the only employee.
But the girl is a wonder.
I mean, we had this ficus once that just drooped over and quit one day.
Well, Amanda would not let it die.
I mean, she re-potted it, she nursed it, she talked to it she pleaded with it.
Soon, it was back on its feet.
Ha-ha-ha.
So to speak.
Yes.
Uh, well, maybe we should get started.
You must be hungry.
- Don't you think we ought to wait longer? - Oh, no.
She'll be here any minute.
- I don't know.
EL LAGARTO: Listen to me.
That was your final opportunity to speak, Mrs.
King.
Adiós.
Let's go.
Please don't hurt me.
I have two small children.
I have seven children.
Three of them are still prisoners in San Cardenza of that pig Polo de Gregorio.
- But killing me isn't gonna free them.
- Killing you is an act of political necessity.
[RAMON GRUNTS.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
MAN: Hey! [GUNSHOT.]
RAMON: Right there.
[TRUCK HORN HONKS.]
[BRAKES SCREECH.]
Uh-uh.
Come on.
MAN 1: Pull her out of the car.
MAN 2: Don't move her.
MAN 3: What happened, Bill? WOMAN [ON PA.]
: Dr.
Nelson.
Dr.
Nelson to ICU.
DOCTOR: What do we have? - Car accident.
As far as we can tell, there's no internal injuries.
Pulse is steady.
Looks like a concussion.
- She regain consciousness? - Intermittently.
We treated her for shock.
- She responded okay.
- Great.
Any ID? Nothing.
The police say the car was stolen.
[SCOFFS.]
All right.
Thanks.
We'll take it from here.
Okay, here we go.
Examination and prognosis.
[DOCTOR GRUNTS.]
Patient name: Jane Doe.
The medical examiner came up blank on Martinez.
He was a good agent.
We didn't even know where he was operating from.
- He was very careful.
- Not careful enough.
Lee, these things happen.
I blew it, didn't I, Billy? - What do you mean? - You think she's still alive? - I haven't heard any differently.
Have you? - No.
Lee, that drop has always been safe.
There is no way you could have known.
[SCOFFS.]
There's a copy of the Martinez file on your desk if you'd care to look through it again.
Francine, run a check with the police and the local hospitals for anyone matching the description of Amanda King.
Have another éclair.
- I've had three.
- Ah, make it four.
They're small.
Oh, no.
No, I really must be running along.
I just don't understand this.
Amanda always phones if there's a problem, even as a child.
She broke a shoelace on her way home from school.
She phoned.
She said: "Mother, stay calm.
I broke a shoelace.
I may be a little late.
" I'm telling you, she was a fabulous child.
Well, maybe she has a pet or a plant that's ill.
Oh, yes, that's probably it.
Disease could delay her.
Well, goodbye, Dotty, and give my best to Amanda.
- Oh, yes.
Well, I'll see you out.
- No, no, don't bother.
- And I, ahh, do hope you hear from her.
- Oh, yes.
Don't worry, I will, I will.
[CHUCKLES.]
[SIGHS.]
What do you mean, you do not know whether or not she survived the crash? I told you, we watched the car for a minute.
She wasn't moving.
And people started coming over.
Cops too.
We weren't gonna stick around any longer.
I want you to find out what happened to her any way you can.
And if she is alive, I want you to find her.
And this time, Ramon This time, she will not escape you.
NURSE: Doctor.
[AMANDA GRO ANING.]
Well, you've decided to join us again.
Can you tell me your name? - Uh, Amanda King.
- That's what you said before.
I wanted to make sure you were sticking to your story.
Oh, yes, I'm definitely Amanda King.
What happened? Well, Mrs.
King, nothing broken, no internal bleeding just a couple of bruises and a mild concussion.
We've notified your mother.
She's on her way.
Good.
Doctor.
I don't remember anything.
I don't remember what happened.
L Mrs.
King, it's not unusual to have some amnesia after a trauma like this.
- What do you mean? - Well, often, a person blocks out a certain particular aspect of his life: A person, a job.
In most cases, total memory is restored eventually.
- Oh, my gosh.
DOCTOR: No, don't you worry about it.
Oh, um, the police would like to talk to you.
- The police? - It seems that the car you were in was [CHUCKLES.]
stolen.
- Stolen? Yeah.
- Amanda? AMANDA: Mother? DOTTY: I was so worried.
AMANDA: Oh.
I'm okay.
I have a concussion.
- Are you sure you're all right? - Mm-hm.
- Are you sure she's all right? DOCTOR: She's gonna be fine.
- I'll come back later.
AMANDA: Thank you.
Goodness.
Oh, darling.
Tell me.
Tell me what happened.
Well, I was in a car accident.
Oh, you poor thing.
And the salesman told you that that car was so safe.
I wasn't in my car.
Well, the person you were riding with, are they all right? Apparently, I was alone.
- "Apparently"? - I can't remember, Mother.
I have partial amnesia.
Oh, my God, Amanda.
I saw a movie just like this.
When the woman regained her memory she suddenly remembered that she married a man in Brooklyn.
He had many bambinos.
- Mother.
- Huh? I don't think anything quite like that is gonna happen to me.
I'll have my memory back in two or three days.
- Can you remember anything? - Nothing since this morning.
- Lunch with Dean's mother? - Dean who? Oh.
Hey, excuse me.
Could you tell me which room Amanda King is in? I'm sorry, visiting hours are over.
Oh, well, you see, I am Mrs.
King's personal physician.
I didn't know Mrs.
King had a personal physician.
[LAUGHS.]
Ah, that little dickens, she still can't bring herself to talk about me or the time I pulled her through that, uh, disease.
- What disease? - These things are very confidential.
Especially things like, uh, that.
Oh.
- Yeah.
Mm-hm - I see.
- All right, doctor.
She's in, uh, 501.
- Five-oh-one.
Thank you.
WOMAN [ON PA.]
: Nurse Buckner and Dr.
Limming to Emergency.
Amnesia is fascinating from a medical point of view, Mrs.
West.
It's quite amazing sometimes just where the memory gaps occur.
Doctor, a stolen car? I mean, my daughter has never so much as cheated on a parking meter.
Well, the police are being quite decent about it.
- She has no prior record, after all.
- Oh, this is all so upsetting.
- Amanda.
- Mm-hm Amanda, are you okay? I mean, you look okay.
Thank God.
Look, we were so relieved when we got word of where you were.
I'm sorry I left you at the drop.
I had no idea it was hot.
Apparently, they were watching the place.
Look, I know we never told you about Martinez but I will give you the whole background.
But first of all, tell me as much as you can about the men who grabbed you.
I don't know what you're talking about.
[CHUCKLES.]
Amanda, I said I was sorry.
I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't know you.
I don't know Mr.
Martinez.
I don't know what a drop is.
And I would really appreciate it if you would leave my room.
I was resting.
I've been in a car accident.
Goodbye.
BILLY: Amnesia? LEE: She didn't even know who I was.
Didn't she remember anything about the men that grabbed her? No, zero.
I'm telling you, it's all gone.
Me, you, the agency.
Why, she wound up calling a nurse and having me thrown out of the hospital.
Lee, they may have shown her the message that Martinez left for you and tried to make her break the code.
- I know.
And he may have found out what they were planning for De Gregorio's visit.
But it's locked up somewhere in Amanda's mind right now.
What's the medical situation? Apparently, she's all right, except for the amnesia.
- We've got to get her out of there.
- Look, she threw me out.
- We'll have to kidnap her.
BILLY: Well, fine.
Billy.
I've got Fletcher at the hospital.
Amanda's just been discharged.
- Where'd she go? - She was with her mother.
EL LAGARTO: I just spoke to Lorenzo.
The King woman survived the crash and was taken to the hospital.
It is simple.
I will take her out of the hospital.
Ramon, it is not so simple.
- She went home this morning.
- Do you have an address? - Yes.
- Then it is simple.
[LAUGHING.]
You are ready for the installation? The firing mechanism has been installed.
All that remains is placing the canisters.
RAMON: Do you think the King woman was lying? Could she read Martinez's code? If that were the case, my friend, you and I would be in jail right now.
But I'm not taking any chances.
I will handle the installation.
You go find Mrs.
Amanda King.
You know, it's the funniest feeling.
It's like trying to remember a dream.
You know that you've dreamt something, but you just can't quite put your hand on it.
- You know? - Don't worry about it.
I mean, I have spent many a New Year's Day feeling just like that.
[LAUGHING.]
Well, first I remembered my name, then I remembered that we lived in Arlington then I remembered Mr.
Martinez.
- What? - What? - You said "Mr.
Martinez.
" - I did? - Uh-huh.
I don't know why.
Oh.
- That man in my room.
- What man? Who came to my room and told me about Martinez and the men who grabbed me.
Amanda, darling.
I mean, you've had quite a strain.
Why don't you go up to your room and go to bed with a good book and forget all about these dreams? Now, I am going to go to the market, get some meat and make your favorite dinner.
- Pot roast? - Ha, ha.
You see? - You do remember something.
- Sure.
With succotash.
- Oh, I love you.
- I love you.
Okay.
[SIGHS.]
Do I drink coffee? LEE: Hi there.
- You again.
- Uh - How dare you break in here? - Hold it.
I didn't break in here.
I walked in.
- You should be a little more careful about - Listen, you can just get out.
Out.
Amanda, I have to talk to you.
- What are you, a salesman? - No.
Amanda, you know me.
You just can't remember.
You have amnesia.
- How do you know I have amnesia? - I know a lot of things about you.
Now, please, sit down.
I'll tell you all about yourself before your mother gets back.
Why does it have to be before my mother gets back? Because no one is supposed to know that you know me.
It may make things very difficult for you.
- Who are you? - Lee Stetson.
- What are you? - Amanda, I work for the government.
I am an intelligence operative.
- Are you telling me that you're a spy? - I've never cared for that word, really.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Please, just relax and sit down? - You're a spy.
- Guess what.
- What? - You are too.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Please stop saying that.
No.
How am I supposed to stop saying that? First you come to my hospital room [STAMMERS.]
and tell me about some man named What? Martinez.
And then you break into my house and you tell me that you're a spy.
Then you tell me that I'm a spy.
Does it help that you're only a trainee spy? - No, wouldn't help at all.
- I want you to just trust me.
- Okay? - Mm-mm.
Now, just trust me, and come back with me to the office.
Maybe the surroundings, the other people, will jog your memory - Trust you? - Mm-hm.
- That's funny.
- What? What's funny? I seem to remember your asking me to trust you once before.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- And I did.
- Come on.
- So I ended up in the hospital with amnesia because I stole somebody's car and wrecked it.
Just get your coat.
Hmm? - Get down.
- Huh? Just get down.
[ENGINE REVS.]
We're here at Dulles Airport to cover the arrival of Polo de Gregorio.
He's the new president of San Cardenza.
Here he comes.
Mr.
President.
When you visit the White House, what are you gonna talk to the president about? I am going to ask the president to see the inside swimming pool and the bowling alley.
The bowling alley? All right.
Well, De Gregorio has been characterized as whimsical and somewhat unpredictable.
And as you can see, he's whimsical and somewhat unpredictable.
Why do they call him Polo? Because he rides horses and hits tiny balls with a mallet.
If he wore short pants and dribbled a basketball they would call him Basketball de Gregorio? - Yeah.
- Typical of him a large portion of his, uh, itinerary has been kept secret.
And we're going to try and find out, uh, what that secret part is.
It has been labeled "personal business.
" - I assume we know his schedule? - We think we know his schedule.
But with Polo de Gregorio, anything can happen.
Well, doesn't he know that there are San Cardenzan exiles here that want him dead? Oh, his astrologer has assured him there's no danger.
WOMAN [ON PA.]
: Agent Levine to the lounge.
Mrs.
King.
Hello.
- Do you work here? - Oh, boy.
Uh, this is Billy Melrose, our section chief.
- And Francine.
Do you remember Francine? - How do you do? - No.
- Interesting.
- I've often been told I'm unforgettable.
- Can I see you for a moment? - Yeah.
Uh, excuse me.
- Sure.
[SIGHS.]
- Quite a place.
- Yeah.
What do you do here? I am probably the single most important force in keeping this entire place organized.
Oh, really? Well, that's good to know.
Thank you.
Sure.
Billy, her brain has gone blooey, zippo, casa de nada.
The question is, does whoever took her think she's dead? The answer is no.
No.
As we were leaving her house, the two goons I saw grab her pulled up.
We can't let her go home.
She's gonna need time to think this thing out.
But I'm not sure that the office is the place for her to do that.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Come in.
She thinks she just may have remembered something.
Oh, wonderful, Amanda.
Wonderful.
All right, what is it? - Chilidogs.
- Chilidogs, chilidogs.
Yeah.
That No, that's great.
It's great.
Now, what else? - That's it.
- That's it? Can I go now? I'm sorry, it's just that these things come in little brief flashes and then they're gone, and l Oh, I think I'm having another one.
Chilidogs and, um Um Um Oh.
Napkins.
[SCOFFS.]
- Napkins.
- Sorry, l Oh, but there is a note in the napkin.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, what does it say? This is very difficult.
Keep trying, Mrs.
King.
A lot depends on it.
Well, it's just, the words don't make any sense.
They're just a jumble of letters.
Um, could you try the S combination again, please? Oh, wait a minute.
Go back one from the last one.
Okay.
- Hold it.
That's it.
- Francine, run the cipher program.
It's the funniest thing.
I cannot remember what I had for breakfast but I can remember this funny word? Amnesia is like that.
It comes back in bits and pieces with a very vivid recall.
"Alabam.
" - "Alabam"? - Lf she remembered the cipher correctly that's what it means.
- What the hell is "Alabam"? Well, what have you done with her? - We don't know where she is.
- What? We waited for a long time outside the house.
Then we broke in.
No one was there.
But we found this note.
Ramon, you must find her.
Find her and kill her.
We cannot have this operation ruined now.
- Are the canisters in place? - Yes.
De Gregorio takes delivery on his new toy this afternoon.
He is like a child.
He will insist on flying the plane himself.
The flight path will take him directly over Arlington, Virginia.
- And when he pulls the plane into its bank - The gas will be released.
And I would think that destroying an entire population of an American city will be enough to confuse diplomatic relations for a while, wouldn't you, Ramon? Adiós, Arlington.
I'm calling from Arlington.
Doctor, I did exactly what you said.
I brought her straight home.
Then I went to the market.
When I got back, she was gone.
No.
No note.
Nothing.
Yes.
She is still vague about a lot of things.
Aah.
Doctor, where could she be? AMANDA: You promised you would take me home.
I told you, I can't.
Could be very dangerous I'm beginning to think that you're making this whole thing up, you know.
- Amanda.
- Hmm? Are you absolutely sure you don't remember anything about me? Yes.
The doctor said that I might forget certain things that were emotionally complicated.
I can understand how I might forget the crash.
I don't know what could be so emotionally complicated about you that'd make me not Well, we have worked fairly closely together, you know.
How closely? Well, we've worked hours together, days together - And? - "And" what? [STAMMERS.]
Well, did we have? Are we? Have? Are we involved in any way? - Oh, you mean, did we ever? - Yes, that's what I mean.
- No.
We never - Yes.
We never did.
- We didn't.
- Mm-mm.
Yeah.
[CLEARS THRO AT.]
I'm beginning to remember one of those words.
- Think, Amanda.
Come on, think.
- I'm thinking, I'm thinking.
Come on, come on, come on.
You can do it, you can do it.
[AMANDA GRO ANING.]
I don't know.
I'm so confused.
I'm beginning to think that I dreamed the whole thing.
Maybe I made the whole thing up about the chilidogs, the napkins, the notes, and I'm confused.
I just wanna go home.
I wanna see my boys.
I want my mother.
- I know.
- She's making me a pot roast.
I know, I know.
Look, why don't you lie down and rest? You can use my bedroom.
And when you're calmer - you can call home.
All right? - In your bedroom? - Yeah.
- By myself? - Right.
- To lie down? - Lie down.
- For a nap? - Yeah.
- Then I can call home? - Absolutely.
Huh? Come on.
Mm-mm.
- Thank you very much.
- Yeah.
Oh, uh, you need me, I'll be out here.
So let me know, huh? I'll remember that.
[SIGHS.]
[SIGHS.]
The only thing we've come up with for "Alabam" is a small manufacturer of luxury aircraft.
That seems like the kind of thing De Gregorio might buy.
We've sent some people out there.
Nothing.
They've never heard of Polo de Gregorio.
You know, Billy, maybe this whole thing is a wild-goose chase.
I mean, Amanda's memory is highly unreliable.
BILLY [O VER PHONE.]
: Lee, this is a serious matter.
LEE: I don't know what I'm gonna do with her.
You might have to terminate her.
[O VER PHONE.]
In her present condition, she's of no value to us and you know what we have to do.
- Isn't firing her a bit extreme? - Sure, I hate to do it.
As you know, I've become quite fond of Mrs.
King.
[O VER PHONE.]
But if her condition doesn't clear up, she's not much use to us.
- Well, maybe we could retrain her.
- I'm surprised to hear you talk like this.
Usually you're complaining you have to work with her.
- I can adapt to almost anything.
- The agency appreciates your sacrifice.
Okay.
I'll call you later.
Amanda.
Amanda? Hey I know, doctor.
I'm sorry to bother you again.
I know.
It's just that I was hoping you might remember some revealing little something she could've said.
You know, something to give us an idea about where she could have gone.
[CHUCKLES.]
Doctor, I know.
I know you have other patients.
It's just that this is my baby we're talking about.
I have friends in extremely high places in the AMA.
I can assure you that this callous behavior of yours is not going to go unnoticed.
Oh, thank God.
Oh, God bless you.
God bless you, doctor.
And goodbye.
Bye.
Thank you.
Amanda? Amanda.
[AMANDA GRUNTING.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
Amanda, darling, welcome ho Amanda? Excellency, this is madness.
- There's no protection here.
- Por favor, Caesar.
You need protection.
A great many people don't like you.
Caesar, por favor, I suffocate with all those guards hovering about.
I cannot think.
Besides, my moon is in the sixth house of something or other and I simply cannot die.
But why do you need another plane? You have three planes, a locomotive, small minesweeper, a submarine Caesar.
Look at that.
Look at that and ask me why I need another plane, huh? Very well.
I will sign the papers.
But you must promise me you will not fly the plane until I am onboard.
Caesar, don't treat me like a child.
I'm sorry, Excellency, but you know there is a reason for what I ask.
Very well.
Go sign your papers.
Huh? And be quick.
[LAUGHING.]
What are you gonna do with me? You have one last chance to tell El Lagarto how many of you know about the plane.
- What plane? - Please, Mrs.
King.
Already one of your people has been here asking about the plane.
Fortunately, Polo de Gregorio never buys these things in his own name.
- It attracts too much attention.
- Listen, I can't remember.
Martinez must not have known about the gas.
Otherwise your people would have been more thorough.
- What gas? - Nerve gas, Mrs.
King.
When Polo de Gregorio lifts off and makes his first right turn the town of Arlington will die.
- What did you say? - Now, Mrs.
King, it is your turn to talk.
Hey, buddy? Hey, listen, I wonder if you could help me.
I'm looking for a woman.
She's fair, stands about so high.
Uh, name's Amanda King.
You will find, seòor, it is very dangerous knowing Amanda King.
Your gun, por favor.
To the building.
Please.
Amnesia is a very strange thing.
I can remember some things.
Some things I have no memory of at all.
I don't remember you, and I probably won't remember you.
In 10 minutes, I won't remember anything about any nerve gas or Mr.
Stetson.
Now perhaps the two of you could tell us if any others of you are coming.
[PLANE ENGINE WHINING.]
Who the hell's in that plane? No one has clearance to take off right now.
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH.]
AMANDA: Sir? - Huh? Sir, excuse me, sir.
Seòor.
Seòor, el presidente.
- Ah, a stewardess.
Wonderful.
- No, you can't take off now.
Don't be foolish.
What do you mean, I can't take off? Fasten your seat belt or fix me a snack.
CONTROLLER [O VER RADIO.]
: Alabam 6-0, we have no record of flight plan, over.
Sir, you don't understand.
If you take off, you're gonna gas my family.
CONTROLLER [O VER RADIO.]
: Alabam 6-0, you are not cleared for takeoff.
Seòorita, por favor.
No, no.
Please.
Please.
[EL LAGARTO GRUNTING.]
Now, seòorita, you must admit your story is a bit far-fetched.
- It's true.
- Lf I don't take off now they will never let me pilot my plane out of here.
Just between you and me, my license has been revoked.
Why? [SPEAKS IN SPANISH.]
Sometimes I get, uh, fainting spells when I'm excited.
Don't get excited.
But you must stop this plane right now because it's loaded with nerve gas.
Oh, no.
Hello? This is the plane to the Sir? Wake up, Mr.
President.
Wake up, sir, please.
CONTROLLER [O VER RADIO.]
: Alabam, who the hell's flying that plane? - Sir, you gotta wake up.
- Okay, okay, okay.
I'll tell you everything.
I'll tell you everything.
No, no.
No, no.
Stop the plane.
Stop the plane, sir.
- Seòorita, perhaps you're right.
- Yes, yes.
Stop the plane.
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH.]
AMANDA: It was very good.
Gracias.
- Mucho gracias, seòorita.
- Yes, gracias.
I don't know.
I guess it just must've been all the excitement.
All I know is that when that plane started down the runway I saw the last two days of my life flash before my eyes.
When we started toward the end of the runway I saw my entire life flash before my eyes.
When you heard me say "terminate you" I didn't mean it in the ultimate sense.
[LEE CHUCKLES.]
Yes, sir.
Well, I'm sorry.
I wasn't thinking very clearly.
And it was an excellent job, Mrs.
King.
- Thank you, sir.
- Lee.
Thank you.
Well, I guess I better see to rounding up the rest of these exiles.
Aha.
Let's go.
How did you know where to find me? I took a chance that you knew what you were talking about with that code word.
I phoned your house, and your mother, in a rather loud way told me she hadn't seen you.
- Oh, my mother.
- What am I gonna tell my mother? - Ah, this is a tough one.
I disappeared in the middle of the afternoon.
She never got my note.
This is the worst.
What if you told her you remembered an appointment? I had amnesia.
- Impromptu college reunion? - I used that one.
- Your club.
- No, she doesn't believe that anymore.
- A sick German shepherd.
- That was last week.
- Dan.
- "Dean.
" He works weekdays.
- I got it.
I got it.
- What? You're standing in your kitchen, you hear a noise and there is an incredibly handsome man just standing there and one thing led to another, and