Columbo: Short Fuse
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:06:00
A statement from me, approving the sale
of the company that my own father started.

:06:04
He'd roll over in his grave.
:06:06
You didn't read the last paragraph.
:06:09
They'll believe it if you tell them
you've lost your interest in chemicals,

:06:13
you don't care about working here any more
and you're going to Europe.

:06:22
(Tuts) Oh.
:06:23
I've gotta calm people down around here.
I've got to get rid of this rumour,

:06:28
this fear that the sale of the company
is going to endanger their jobs.

:06:32
It's not going to change anything
around here.

:06:35
Except at the top.
:06:37
Besides being
President of Stanford Chemical,

:06:39
you would be the big man
in the conglomerate.

:06:42
It isn't just me.
:06:44
What about your vice president?
:06:46
How long will Logan last
when they find out he opposed you?

:06:49
He thinks the sale
of this company is criminal.

:06:51
I didn't inherit enough stock but Aunt Dori
did and you haven't persuaded her yet.

:06:57
She'll go along, just as soon as you do.
:07:00
If she hadn't bent over backwards
to spoil you and pamper you

:07:03
- when she took you in as a kid...
- (Chuckles)

:07:07
Oh, Quincy, isn't he amusing?
:07:08
He married my aunt
but he couldn't marry her stock.

:07:11
What's the matter?
Why can't you get her to give you control?

:07:15
It's almost 6 o'clock, Mr Buckner.
The roads are wet and it's a long drive.

:07:19
Yes, let's get on with it.
:07:23
- I thought there'd be something else.
- Yes, there is.

:07:26
I have been very patient with you
down through these past several years.

:07:31
All the trouble you've caused
in this company,

:07:33
not to mention
the half a million dollars you cost us

:07:37
by fooling around
in something you called "research".

:07:41
- Yeah, that was kind of you.
- But enough is enough.

:07:45
Quincy.
:07:47
Item. I've found the place
where you gamble in Vegas.

:07:50
This is from a handwriting expert
:07:53
that can swear you forged
your aunt's signature.

:07:56
DL, now, this...

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