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- T.V. Reporter: According to a spokesman, Suffolk Air Flight 17, bound for Montauk, crashed into Long Island Sound shortly after takeoff. There were no survivors. Among the passengers, Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist, Dr. Max Franklin. A PhD at 15, brilliant, unpredictable. Franklin is believed to be working on a breakthrough cancer drug known as L-214. Early in his career, Franklin worked in the European laboratory of the famed Swiss scientist...
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- Jessica Fletcher: Uh, Artie?
- NYPD Lieutenant Artie Gelber: Oh, I went with the one you picked. Oh, uh, listen... Jessica, I gotta get over to the store. Henderson's coming back tomorrow, and I have a ton of paperwork to get ready for him.
- Jessica Fletcher: The picture.
- NYPD Lieutenant Artie Gelber: [chuckling] This is... I, um, had them do a little, you know, re-touching.
- Jessica Fletcher: Look, it's no sin to want to look as good as you can.
- NYPD Lieutenant Artie Gelber: You, uh, you've gotta promise not to laugh.
- Jessica Fletcher: On my honor.
- [looks at the picture]
- Jessica Fletcher: Artie... it's lovely.
- NYPD Lieutenant Artie Gelber: You're sure it isn't too much?
- Jessica Fletcher: Absolutely!
- NYPD Lieutenant Artie Gelber: You sure?
- [the camera shows the picture with the bald LT Gelber having a full head of hair]