1
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(THUNDER CLAPPlNG)

2
00:00:08,143 --> 00:00:10,643
(GATE CREAKlNG)

3
00:00:27,128 --> 00:00:29,628
(SCREECHlNG)

4
00:00:29,864 --> 00:00:32,364
(DOOR CREAKlNG)

5
00:00:47,015 --> 00:00:49,515
(DOOR CREAKlNG)

6
00:01:12,140 --> 00:01:14,640
(lNDlSTlNCT WHlSPERlNG)

7
00:01:21,516 --> 00:01:23,784
(CACKLlNG)

8
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(CRYPTKEEPER SPEAKlNG)

9
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It looks like Neptomb has just moved
from Virghoul to late Capricorn,

10
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which would mean you should avoid

11
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any serious romantic
enstranglements for a while,

12
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at least until the end of the month
when Mercury turns retrograde.

13
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Hmm.

14
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Something about your horrorscope
isn't making sense.

15
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Let me see your hand.

16
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Yes, interesting.

17
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I'm not much at bleeding palms,
but your future seems rather cloudy.

18
00:02:02,824 --> 00:02:05,492
Kind of like the woman in tonight's tale.

19
00:02:05,493 --> 00:02:09,129
She's been contemplating
her scar sign, too,

20
00:02:09,130 --> 00:02:14,124
in a nasty nugget I call,
"A Slight Case Of Murder."

21
00:02:35,023 --> 00:02:37,523
(HEAVY BREATHlNG)

22
00:02:39,394 --> 00:02:41,894
(GRAVEL CRUMBLlNG)

23
00:02:47,735 --> 00:02:50,235
(TYPEWRlTER CLACKlNG)

24
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"Murder's a tricky business,"
thought Mulligan.

25
00:04:05,179 --> 00:04:10,617
"Almost as tricky

26
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"as love.

27
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"The end."

28
00:04:26,501 --> 00:04:29,001
Yes!

29
00:04:46,821 --> 00:04:49,321
(HEAVY BREATHlNG)

30
00:04:50,892 --> 00:04:53,392
(DOOR OPENlNG)

31
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Hello, Sharon dear.

32
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I saw you writing away.
I didn't want to disturb.

33
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Cup of sugar?

34
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Mrs. Trask.

35
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I wish I could borrow
a cup of adjectives instead.

36
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How about a cup of brain cells instead?

37
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Don't think that I'm being pushy,
Sharon dear,

38
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but have you had a chance
to read my story yet?

39
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(SOFTLY) As much as I could bear.

40
00:06:01,829 --> 00:06:06,032
-Yes. Yes, I did, Mrs. Trask.
-Oh, did you like it?

41
00:06:06,033 --> 00:06:08,627
Well, let's just say,

42
00:06:10,037 --> 00:06:13,974
in the pantheon of mystery writers,
there's the greats,

43
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there's everyone else who's ever written
a book, and then there's you.

44
00:06:17,812 --> 00:06:21,681
Oh, it doesn't sound as though
you liked it very much.

45
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Agatha Christie can rest in peace
as far as you're concerned.

46
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Thanks for coming.

47
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You'll be pleased to know
I've become much more organized.

48
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I even know how my next story
is going to end.

49
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Mrs. Trask, I live by one hard-and-fast rule.

50
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In matters of murder,
never know the ending till you get there.

51
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Never know. Oh, I like that.
In matters of murder, never...

52
00:06:51,512 --> 00:06:53,313
Goodbye.

53
00:06:53,314 --> 00:06:57,584
Well, how is that husband of yours?
Is he still away?

54
00:06:57,585 --> 00:07:00,085
Thanks for the sugar.

55
00:07:08,062 --> 00:07:10,562
(CLATTERlNG)

56
00:07:11,966 --> 00:07:14,796
Christ, now what does she want?

57
00:07:19,373 --> 00:07:21,873
Nosy bloody idiot.

58
00:07:22,743 --> 00:07:25,243
You've had it.

59
00:07:30,518 --> 00:07:34,678
Sergeant Dimbleby?
It's Sharon Bannister here.

60
00:07:34,689 --> 00:07:39,979
I think I've got a prowler about.
Could you send someone?

61
00:07:39,994 --> 00:07:41,995
Oh, really?

62
00:07:41,996 --> 00:07:45,516
Thirty minutes? Well, by that time l...

63
00:07:48,636 --> 00:07:51,136
Yes, I see. Understand.

64
00:07:53,808 --> 00:07:56,308
(WlNDOW CLATTERlNG)

65
00:08:08,522 --> 00:08:11,022
(lNSECTS CHlRPlNG)

66
00:08:17,965 --> 00:08:20,465
Maybe there is someone.

67
00:08:25,306 --> 00:08:27,307
Oh, hell.

68
00:08:27,308 --> 00:08:29,808
(BEEPlNG)

69
00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,380
(TELEPHONE BEEPlNG)

70
00:08:38,686 --> 00:08:41,336
-Sergeant Dimbleby?
-MAN: No.

71
00:08:41,756 --> 00:08:42,889
Who is this?

72
00:08:42,890 --> 00:08:46,910
Well, it's Larry. Sharon, are you all right?

73
00:08:47,895 --> 00:08:49,596
Larry!

74
00:08:49,597 --> 00:08:51,998
(DOOR BANGlNG)

75
00:08:51,999 --> 00:08:54,067
I think there's somebody here.

76
00:08:54,068 --> 00:08:56,764
Honey, are you all right?

77
00:08:56,837 --> 00:08:57,904
(DOORKNOB RATTLlNG)

78
00:08:57,905 --> 00:08:59,105
Oh, my God.

79
00:08:59,106 --> 00:09:01,141
Sharon?

80
00:09:01,142 --> 00:09:02,509
(DOOR OPENlNG)

81
00:09:02,510 --> 00:09:07,004
They're coming in. They're coming in.

82
00:09:07,214 --> 00:09:09,714
Honey.

83
00:09:10,951 --> 00:09:13,749
Honey? Are you all right?

84
00:09:14,422 --> 00:09:15,522
(SlGHlNG)

85
00:09:15,523 --> 00:09:18,549
Larry, you bastard!

86
00:09:18,626 --> 00:09:22,762
You used to call me biscuit.
Come on, admit it.

87
00:09:22,763 --> 00:09:25,065
When you heard my voice, you felt better.

88
00:09:25,066 --> 00:09:27,567
I should take this poker
and rearrange your organs.

89
00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:30,070
Now, get out of my house. Get out!

90
00:09:30,071 --> 00:09:33,291
You mind if I warm up a bit first?

91
00:09:35,476 --> 00:09:39,979
Your house? That's not a good sign.
Whatever happened to our house?

92
00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:44,150
The only place this was ever our house
was in your dreams.

93
00:09:44,151 --> 00:09:47,420
I get the feeling this separation's
been harder on me than you.

94
00:09:47,421 --> 00:09:48,888
Pity.

95
00:09:48,889 --> 00:09:52,779
Probably won't like the divorce any better.

96
00:09:52,793 --> 00:09:55,662
I didn't hear your car pull up.

97
00:09:55,663 --> 00:09:58,565
Oh, I didn't bring the car, pumpkin.

98
00:09:58,566 --> 00:10:01,568
I took the train to Chumleigh,
hiked the rest of the way.

99
00:10:01,569 --> 00:10:05,005
Hiked? It's 20 miles.

100
00:10:05,072 --> 00:10:06,706
Twenty-one, actually.

101
00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,608
I wanted to surprise you.

102
00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:11,111
You know how the local busy-bodies are.

103
00:10:11,112 --> 00:10:16,062
That damned Mrs. Trask.
No secrets with her, you know.

104
00:10:17,518 --> 00:10:20,018
Surprise, sweetie.

105
00:10:20,888 --> 00:10:23,123
This is a very sick joke.

106
00:10:23,124 --> 00:10:26,226
The only sick joke
I'm aware of is our marriage,

107
00:10:26,227 --> 00:10:28,728
but then again, I'm biased.

108
00:10:28,729 --> 00:10:33,032
I may have been dishonest with you,
but I never cheated on you.

109
00:10:33,033 --> 00:10:35,533
-Meaning?
-Oh, please...

110
00:10:36,771 --> 00:10:41,808
Larry, I think you'd better go home
and sleep this off.

111
00:10:41,809 --> 00:10:44,309
Not drunk, I'm afraid.

112
00:10:44,879 --> 00:10:47,580
Oh, I need the keys to your car.

113
00:10:47,581 --> 00:10:50,311
I'll call a cab.

114
00:10:51,152 --> 00:10:52,652
(GROANlNG)

115
00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:55,655
I don't think you get it, lamby pie.

116
00:10:55,656 --> 00:10:58,658
I'm driving your car out of here.

117
00:10:58,659 --> 00:11:00,660
And when I pass Mrs. Trask's place,

118
00:11:00,661 --> 00:11:03,897
the old bag will watch
after your headlights and think to herself,

119
00:11:03,898 --> 00:11:06,666
"l wonder where
Sharon's going this time of night."

120
00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:09,227
That is almost clever.

121
00:11:09,403 --> 00:11:12,906
Oh, they'll find your abandoned car
in some roadside services.

122
00:11:12,907 --> 00:11:16,376
They'll search for a week or so.
But in the end...

123
00:11:16,377 --> 00:11:20,077
-Larry, you don't have to do this.
-No?

124
00:11:21,015 --> 00:11:24,918
Oh, I can imagine what kind of
settlement your lawyers will offer me.

125
00:11:24,919 --> 00:11:27,454
On the other hand, if you died now...

126
00:11:27,455 --> 00:11:33,359
Plus, throw in a posthumous best seller.
Qu'est-ce que c'est, snookums?

127
00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,860
(GRUNTS)

128
00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:43,269
Drop it, or I'll put a hole
right through that sick little brain of yours.

129
00:11:43,270 --> 00:11:45,505
Ooh. Ouch.

130
00:11:45,506 --> 00:11:49,509
That sounds like a line
from one of your stupid books.

131
00:11:49,510 --> 00:11:52,010
(CLlCKlNG)

132
00:11:52,847 --> 00:11:55,515
Some murder mystery writer you are.

133
00:11:55,516 --> 00:12:00,016
The safety's on,
you deceitful, two-timing bitch.

134
00:12:03,123 --> 00:12:05,623
Love hurts, doesn't it?

135
00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:15,000
(KNOCK ON DOOR)

136
00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:17,702
MRS. TRASK: Sharon?

137
00:12:18,706 --> 00:12:24,206
It's all right, Sharon.
I know where the spare key is kept.

138
00:12:35,022 --> 00:12:36,322
Sharon,

139
00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:38,391
I've got a little riddle for you.

140
00:12:38,392 --> 00:12:44,230
A box with no hinges, key or lid,
but golden treasure inside it is hid.

141
00:12:44,231 --> 00:12:48,133
Do you give up? It's an egg, of course!

142
00:12:51,639 --> 00:12:54,407
Poor dear, she's a million miles away.

143
00:12:54,408 --> 00:12:56,910
I'm sorry to disturb you, Sharon.

144
00:12:56,911 --> 00:13:01,351
It's all right.
I know where the eggs are kept.

145
00:13:01,916 --> 00:13:05,118
You know,
I've been doing all this research, dear.

146
00:13:05,119 --> 00:13:08,209
It's given me so many good ideas.

147
00:13:14,161 --> 00:13:18,665
In my next story,
the man dies with a gun in his hand.

148
00:13:18,666 --> 00:13:25,046
And as rigor mortis sets in,
his finger tightens on the trigger. Bang!

149
00:13:25,339 --> 00:13:29,099
The Murdered Murderer.
What do you think?

150
00:13:30,744 --> 00:13:33,914
Yes, well, I see that you're busy.

151
00:13:51,565 --> 00:13:55,899
To love, honor and obey? Nope.

152
00:13:57,037 --> 00:14:00,996
For richer or for poorer? Nope.

153
00:14:01,609 --> 00:14:04,109
In sickness and in health?

154
00:14:05,012 --> 00:14:07,512
Uh-uh.

155
00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:10,415
Till death us do part.

156
00:14:10,818 --> 00:14:13,828
Well, one out of four ain't bad.

157
00:14:18,459 --> 00:14:19,759
(TlMER DlNGS)

158
00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,260
Joey!

159
00:14:23,297 --> 00:14:25,797
Joey?

160
00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:28,800
SHARON: "Dear Cupcake,

161
00:14:28,836 --> 00:14:31,237
"l know I've told you in my letters
not to speak to me

162
00:14:31,238 --> 00:14:34,040
"for fear that my husband would find out.

163
00:14:34,041 --> 00:14:38,778
"But the time is coming soon when
this wall of silence will be destroyed. "

164
00:14:38,779 --> 00:14:40,346
All right.

165
00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:42,847
Joey!

166
00:14:43,851 --> 00:14:44,951
What?

167
00:14:44,952 --> 00:14:47,853
-Joey!
-Oh, bloody hell!

168
00:14:52,893 --> 00:14:55,762
I've told you, Mum,
I don't want you bothering me.

169
00:14:55,763 --> 00:14:57,463
Will you take these to Mrs. Bannister?

170
00:14:57,464 --> 00:15:00,466
I think she could do
with a bit of cheering up.

171
00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:01,567
Cheering up?

172
00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:03,269
Well, I've got a feeling
that she and her husband

173
00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:05,004
aren't getting on very well.

174
00:15:05,005 --> 00:15:07,306
Oh, he's such a violent man.

175
00:15:07,307 --> 00:15:10,309
I won't be surprised a bit
if he didn't...

176
00:15:10,310 --> 00:15:11,444
(DOOR OPENlNG AND CLOSlNG)

177
00:15:11,445 --> 00:15:13,780
What?

178
00:15:13,781 --> 00:15:15,782
You know, pet,

179
00:15:15,783 --> 00:15:19,719
when we're alone together
and you're all quiet like this,

180
00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,660
I could almost fall in love with you again.

181
00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:39,837
Mrs. Bannister?

182
00:15:52,186 --> 00:15:54,686
Mrs. Bannister?

183
00:15:55,355 --> 00:15:57,855
Sharon?

184
00:16:11,572 --> 00:16:14,072
(LARRY WHlSTLlNG)

185
00:16:30,657 --> 00:16:35,737
Right, then, my pet.
Where did you leave your car keys?

186
00:16:40,434 --> 00:16:42,668
(GASPS)

187
00:16:42,669 --> 00:16:45,169
(EXCLAlMlNG)

188
00:16:57,351 --> 00:16:59,851
Damn!

189
00:17:02,723 --> 00:17:05,223
(JOEY BREATHlNG RAPlDLY)

190
00:17:06,727 --> 00:17:07,827
(EXCLAlMlNG)

191
00:17:07,828 --> 00:17:09,829
Oh, my God.

192
00:17:09,830 --> 00:17:12,330
Sharon!

193
00:17:14,568 --> 00:17:17,068
You'll pay for this.

194
00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,660
Oh, my gods.

195
00:17:45,666 --> 00:17:49,216
Did Mrs. Bannister like her gingerbread?

196
00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:54,468
Anything going on at the house?

197
00:17:56,443 --> 00:17:58,845
(COCKlNG)

198
00:17:58,846 --> 00:17:59,979
Murder.

199
00:17:59,980 --> 00:18:02,480
Oh, that's wonderful.

200
00:18:02,583 --> 00:18:05,083
Perhaps I inspired her.

201
00:18:14,795 --> 00:18:17,295
(PHONE RlNGlNG)

202
00:18:22,202 --> 00:18:24,702
-Hello?
-Hi, lover.

203
00:18:24,838 --> 00:18:27,638
You didn't hit me hard enough.

204
00:18:27,908 --> 00:18:30,376
You always were romantic.

205
00:18:30,377 --> 00:18:32,937
Sharon, where are you?

206
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,870
By the way,
thanks for leaving the gun up here.

207
00:18:38,018 --> 00:18:39,352
(EXCLAlMS)

208
00:18:39,353 --> 00:18:41,254
(SHARON LAUGHING)

209
00:18:41,255 --> 00:18:45,855
I think I just figured
how to get the safety off.

210
00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,260
Bye, biscuit.

211
00:18:59,339 --> 00:19:01,839
(GRUNTlNG)

212
00:19:33,707 --> 00:19:36,207
(KEYCHAlN BEEPlNG)

213
00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,980
(GASPlNG)

214
00:19:44,284 --> 00:19:46,784
(GUNSHOT)

215
00:19:50,290 --> 00:19:52,790
(GROANlNG)

216
00:19:55,228 --> 00:19:57,728
(KEYS HUMMlNG)

217
00:19:58,699 --> 00:20:01,896
-You...
-You...

218
00:20:02,903 --> 00:20:05,403
Who?

219
00:20:08,008 --> 00:20:11,808
That's it. What an idea!

220
00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:15,715
That's the answer.

221
00:20:15,716 --> 00:20:18,216
Is that the Trask kid?

222
00:20:19,853 --> 00:20:22,353
You're alive. Thank God.

223
00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:25,089
Cupcake's gonna save you.

224
00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,461
(GROANlNG)

225
00:20:28,462 --> 00:20:30,830
Cupcake?

226
00:20:30,831 --> 00:20:33,331
You call him cupcake?

227
00:20:34,735 --> 00:20:36,936
(LARRY GRUNTlNG)

228
00:20:36,937 --> 00:20:41,207
I haven't the slightest idea
what he's talking about.

229
00:20:41,208 --> 00:20:42,708
Give it up, you lying cow.

230
00:20:42,709 --> 00:20:45,544
I've read the goddamn postcard
he sent you.

231
00:20:45,545 --> 00:20:48,045
What postcard?

232
00:20:49,282 --> 00:20:54,720
I never sent you a postcard.
You told me never to contact you.

233
00:20:54,721 --> 00:20:58,001
What the hell are you talking about?

234
00:20:58,792 --> 00:21:03,792
For Christ's sake, Sharon,
I know you're screwing him.

235
00:21:03,864 --> 00:21:09,702
I wouldn't sleep with that moron
if he had the last erection in the universe.

236
00:21:09,703 --> 00:21:13,070
You bitch!

237
00:21:19,012 --> 00:21:21,013
My stomach.

238
00:21:21,014 --> 00:21:23,514
It's like it's on fire.

239
00:21:23,884 --> 00:21:26,384
(RETCHlNG)

240
00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:32,623
Don't move, Larry.

241
00:21:32,926 --> 00:21:36,662
If you weren't sleeping with him,
what the flipping hell is going on here?

242
00:21:36,663 --> 00:21:38,931
That's what I want to know.

243
00:21:38,932 --> 00:21:41,432
(DOOR OPENlNG)

244
00:22:21,374 --> 00:22:24,502
Oh, dear.

245
00:22:27,614 --> 00:22:30,114
Call an ambulance.

246
00:22:34,521 --> 00:22:38,424
"Make the husband
think the wife is cheating.

247
00:22:38,425 --> 00:22:41,327
"Manipulate the boy
to fall in love with the wife.

248
00:22:41,328 --> 00:22:47,366
"Poison the ginger bread so the police
will think the boy's committed suicide."

249
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:52,671
It doesn't say anything on here
about calling for an ambulance.

250
00:22:52,672 --> 00:22:55,172
You?

251
00:22:55,242 --> 00:22:57,309
You did this?

252
00:22:57,310 --> 00:23:01,680
Of course, nothing quite went the way
I wanted it to.

253
00:23:01,681 --> 00:23:04,221
I was really very surprised.

254
00:23:04,251 --> 00:23:06,785
But you were so right, Sharon,

255
00:23:06,786 --> 00:23:08,721
"ln matters of murder,

256
00:23:08,722 --> 00:23:13,142
"you never know the ending
until you get there."

257
00:23:14,594 --> 00:23:17,496
Oh, I'm afraid you're empty, dear.

258
00:23:17,497 --> 00:23:19,997
(CLlCKlNG)

259
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:27,390
You see, you see, the breech is back.
You see, research is so important.

260
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,846
Please, I'll give you anything.

261
00:23:38,084 --> 00:23:41,024
How about your latest bestseller?

262
00:23:41,988 --> 00:23:44,788
I saw it on your writing desk.

263
00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:52,622
You conniving bitch.

264
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,134
Oh, really?

265
00:23:55,135 --> 00:23:58,625
You'll get your sweater all messed up.

266
00:24:09,249 --> 00:24:13,379
I think I'll call it Death By Love Triangle.

267
00:24:13,820 --> 00:24:16,320
Do you like that?

268
00:24:17,424 --> 00:24:19,924
(GROANlNG)

269
00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:29,333
I'll take that as a yes.

270
00:24:52,192 --> 00:24:56,295
Looks like Sharon's due
for a little career change

271
00:24:56,296 --> 00:24:59,732
from writing novels to screamplays.

272
00:24:59,866 --> 00:25:04,703
But with a talent like hers,
I'm sure she'll just grim and bear it.

273
00:25:04,704 --> 00:25:07,204
(CACKLlNG)

274
00:25:08,108 --> 00:25:13,445
Now I know what's bothering me.
You know, the zodi-hack never lies.

275
00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:18,884
You told me you were Sagittarius,
but the truth is, you're Pieces.

276
00:25:18,885 --> 00:25:21,385
(LAUGHlNG)