Episode 9, Virtual Season 7
Title:
Mighter

Written by: jmkw
Artwork: Harbor Runner
Original Virtual Air Date:
November 25, 2007

Description:   

In the best traditions of film noir, the crew from the morgue are cast in a plot that involves a seedy detective, a femme fatale, a diamond bracelet, a gangster and a nightclub. Surprising appearances of your favorite characters entertain as the darker side of life in a large city is explored.

Random Facts:

Film Noir: In the 1940s and 1950s, this genre presented a dark view of existence in which even the hero was portrayed with moral ambivalence. Thus “dark film” refers not only to the use of black and white film but also to the world the characters inhabit. The role of the femme fatale enhances this vision. She exists both as an undeniable attraction, seductive and mysterious, and as a threat. Few characters in the genre are untouched by the corrupt world in which they live. The cynicism of the hero foregrounds his survival in this dangerous world.

Louis Prima and Keely Smith: Over the decades, Louis Prima played jazz, swing, led a Big Band and in the 1950s was a Lounge Singer in Las Vegas. Married to Keely Smith at this time, they were awarded a Grammy for their performance of “That Old Black Magic” in 1959.

Music:

Italia, by Chris Botti
Laura, by Charlie Parker
That Old Black Magic, by Louis Prima and Keely Smith
The Asphalt Jungle
Jump, Jive an’ Wail, by Louis Prima
You Go To My Head, by Keely Smith

Quotes:

Bug: Excuse me if I don’t base my scientific observations on a movie!
Matt: It’s not just a movie.
Bug: Don’t tell me… you read the book too?

Bug: Dr. Macy, could you tell this…imbecile…that there’s more to forensic footwork than you can find in a Hollywood script?

Garret: I live where being drunk isn’t thought of as sin.  In fact, it’s a way of life.  I live in Boston…

Garret: I don’t work for favors, Doll. No matter how tempting the package.

Garret: Dames like Janice Chandler remind me of my ex-wife.  Warm between the sheets, hot under the collar and cold as ice beneath the skin. 

Bug: I’ll see you DEAD before I hand over everything I’ve worked for!

Garret: Murder has a way of killing a good time.  

Waitress: Fry two, let the sun shine, put some mystery in the alley and add a shingle with a little shimmy on the side!

Garret: Do I know you?
Woody:: No, but I’m about to become your best friend.
Kate: Good morning, Casey.  You can imagine my surprise when we woke up this morning to read in the paper that you murdered a man last night.

Nigel: Really, Old Man, I’m a little put out that you didn’t even call to say you were planning an evening at Banjara.  We could have made a party of it. Darling, do you remember the last time we were there?
Kate: You had one too many martinis and called another woman My Treasure.  
Nigel: The lights were so bloody low.  I saw a deliciously curvy blonde in the crowd. Happily, you were only kind to remind me of which beauty I’m married to….

Nigel: It only hurts when it rains.  
Kate: You were lucky I was in a good mood.
Nigel: For which I’m eternally thankful.
Garret: It’s a wonder you two haven’t killed each other yet.
Nigel: ’Tis the main reason I sleep with a gun under my pillow.

Garret: The last time I owed you two a favor I was babysitting that dust mop you call a dog for a week. 
Kate: Binky misses you.  You really should come over for dinner this week.  He’d love to see you again. 

Kate: We go through this every time. You and your conspiracy theories

Woody: Don’t be fooled. There’s more to her than a gorgeous package.

Garret: I’ll tell you what I told the police….
Woody: I’d prefer the truth.

Roz: I’ve never been fond of guns, Mr. Wilson. They tend to make a terrible mess.

Lily: Thumb safety, slide stop, three pound trigger pull with no creep. That pig of a husband of mine may have lousy taste in mistresses, but he never forgets my birthday.

Renée: Do I look like his social secretary? 

Bug: (sighs): She could do so much better than him.

Lily: The sad part was I believed he really loved me. At least, until she showed up. All she has to do is smile and men are falling at her feet. 

Eddie: Don’t press your luck.  I still say there are more loose ends here than there are in a whorehouse and you’re one of them.

Woody: What, no crocodile tears for me too?  Then again, they don’t have the same effect on me that they used to.

Woody:: I know you’re involved here way up to your sweet little ass.  If I find out you had anything to do with Sellers’ murder, I will personally lock you up and throw away the key myself.   

Jordan: You shouldn’t kiss a woman like that while you're wearing a gun.….  Someone might get hurt.
Woody:: I‘ll remember that next time.
Jordan: Who says there’ll be a next time?

Garret: Six years is a long time to work one case.
Woody: It’s become personal.

Garret: It just didn’t take a detective to see he was also a poor sap deep under the spell of a beautiful doll.  If I didn’t envy him so much… I’d pity him. 

Nigel: Any excuse to see you in an evening gown, my sweet. 

Kate: Thank you, but I think we’ll pass on the bubbly tonight.  Just bring us a couple of martinis…dry…two olives….no, make it three.  Intrigue makes me hungry.

Kate: Would you stop gnawing on the woman’s hand?
Nigel: I was just admiring her lovely bracelet, Dearest.

Bug: Dr Macy, I hate to tell you this, but your theory isn’t at all feasible. 
Nigel: Oh, bloody hell. Not again.

Jordan: I don’t like being told what to do.

Jordan: I could’ve killed you once before…but I didn’t. 
Woody: Los Angeles, four years ago.  I still have the scar. Every time I look at it I think of you and remember that night at the inn.  

Nigel: You have to admit she pushed her luck one too many times.
Garret: She always does.
Nigel: That’s why we love her.
Kate: Not all of us are so enamored.  It goes without saying that Jordan is going to kick your ass if she ever sees this…

Garret: It’s all part of the game of chance we call life in this wretched world. I, for one, am glad to be part of it.      

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