Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989) s02e14 Episode Script
Presumed Guilty
Get his head up, murph.
Had dinner at the white spot.
Had dinner at the white spot.
I never heard of it.
I didn't ride over.
I walked over.
Then what? I went to the movies.
Plaza? What movie did you see? Western.
Western.
When did you go in? 7:00.
7:00.
What was the other movie? Uh, murder.
You say you were just passing through town? Yes! The gas station owner says you were working for him two months ago.
I meant I What are you doing to me? Why do you keep lying? You're a dead giveaway.
Every time you lie, you put your hand to your mouth.
You're crazy.
You say you bought it Doogie's phone.
Vinnie.
Doog! Where are you? The beach party's full-blown by now.
The Chevy's washed and ready to cruise.
I'm waiting for mcguire to relieve me, and I have to talk to Raymond's buddy about a medical problem.
We'll miss the best part of the party Where i smear cocoa butter over Janine's belly.
I can't go right now.
I'll pick you up in the Chevy.
It'll save time.
No.
My dad said you are never, ever to drive that car.
Besides, I don't even know where the spare keys are.
You forget i have gypsy blood.
I'm psychic.
Watch box, second drawer.
Vinnie, my dad will kill me.
Your dad won't know.
No.
I'm telling you Dr.
howser, please report to radiology.
Dr.
howser, to radiology.
All right, all right.
Surface streets only.
Keep both hands on the wheel at all times, and, Vinnie, please, please be careful.
Get your motor runnin' head out on the highway lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way yeah, I gotta go make it happen take the world in a love embrace Hey, uh, pardon me.
Fire all of the guns at once and Are those bugle boys? Explode into space I like smoke and lightnin' I like a woman that doesn't say much.
Heavy metal thunder racin' with the wind Ay! Please be o.
K.
Ahh, thank you, thank you.
Oh, thank you, god.
Uhh-ayeee! Yo, doogie.
Hey, ray.
How's it going, buddy? Dr.
doogie howser, this is Clayton wilburn, all-city guard, cif playoff mvp, averaged 31 points a game.
How's pacific university treating you? I told you, he knows everything.
How you doing? Relax, Clay.
He's cool.
Catch you later.
Listen, uh, this is between you and me and nobody else, right? If that's the way you like it.
Well, it's like this.
The other day during practice, I went up for a rebound.
Hamilton knocked me on my butt.
There was a lot of back pain, but I couldn't move my legs.
They went numb.
I went out for 10 or 15 seconds.
Are you still having pain? Some when I'm sitting.
Is this a serious deal or just a bruise? Well, without tests, I'd only be guessing.
Just give me your best guess.
Well, it could be something as simple as a bruise, or it could be a disc pushing out from between the vertebrae or something serious, like a tumor.
I strongly suggest you get some x-rays and an mri.
O.
K.
, thanks, but no way.
Too many people involved.
Wait.
I don't believe this.
Why did you come to me if you won't do anything about it? I was hoping it would be something simple, something we can keep quiet.
The pros find out, that's going to knock me down in the draft.
I can't take that kind of a chance.
I can't let you just leave.
Yes, you can.
This was off the record.
That was our deal.
You gave me advice.
I'm thanking you for it.
Clayton, wait.
This is as far as it goes.
You got it? Hey, doog.
I've been thinking.
Rather than take the Chevy to the beach You know how salt water wrecks the paint Let's take the Volvo.
What did you do to the car? Well, the good news is I wasn't hurt.
What did you do to the car? A piano fell on it.
Yeah, right.
What, did you take a detour through the Hollywood bowl? That was a good one.
You had me going.
A piano fell on it.
I'm serious.
I ran into a truck, and a piano rolled off.
The front end is lunched.
Luckily, the tow truck guy said it wasn't totaled.
You're not mad, are you? Now, doog, the only good part left is I wasn't hurt.
Don't go and spoil that.
You know, you could be tried as an adult.
You're looking at hard time.
Good, good.
Get it out, man.
Very therapeutic.
A piano destroyed the Chevy? Destroyed is really inaccurate.
Damaged, mom.
Damaged.
It's only $2,000 for the car and a mere $500 for the piano.
Your father's going to go through the roof.
Dad doesn't have to know.
Of course he does.
The insurance company will contact him.
That's the beauty and simplicity of the whole thing.
We don't have to inform the insurance company.
We only need your approval to let me take the money out of my trust.
And I, being the guilty party but also the gentleman that I am, have agreed to work nights and weekends to repay my debt.
Oh, I don't know, guys.
Mom, we've already learned our lesson.
We don't need dad hammering us on the head.
He doesn't need to know.
Mom, please.
Dad will be so disappointed in me.
Maybe he won't notice the car's not here.
Hi.
Doog You're home.
Where's the Chevy? Um, it's it's It's not exactly here.
Um It's being completely detailed.
A two-day job.
It's more like three days.
They're using q-tips and toothbrushes to clean out every nook and cranny.
And that car Jeez, it's practically overrun with nook and crannies.
I'm glad you're taking such good care of your vehicle.
What's up? I need to get ahold of your pal Clayton.
He shouldn't play basketball.
He can make his own decisions.
I'm really uncomfortable about this.
I should talk to his parents or his coach, or someone.
You can't do that, man.
Basketball is Clay's whole life.
Well, he's being stupid.
You don't risk your life on a sport.
You don't get it, do you? It's not just a sport.
It's his ticket out.
His ticket out could be a wheelchair.
How could he risk that? There's no choice here.
I know what it's like coming from that, and it's no life.
Don't mess this up for him.
Hello? Hello.
Is this Dr.
howser? Yes.
This is norm down at the body shop.
Your little friend smashed up that Chevy pretty good, but I finally found a windshield.
are hard to come by.
Hello? I i don't doubt that.
We're getting away with The perfect crime.
No one will ever know.
And you know why? Attention to every detail.
Absolutely.
Covered every base, didn't miss a beat.
Our deviousness is definitely maturing.
That's not my car.
My car's blue.
W-w-wait a minute.
Hold on just a second.
This is not my car.
W-where is my car? Yep, it's yours, all right.
They defaced its color.
I should warn you I'm and extremely litigious young man.
That's cool.
I don't know what that means.
There must have been some big, big hugemistake.
Look, they just told me to deliver it.
Here it is.
Here's your work order.
It says red paint.
My ride's waiting.
Have a nice day.
O.
K.
, o.
K.
, o.
K.
We can think of something.
Uh A car cover? Quick-drying spray paint? No, no.
H-how about, uh A double suicide.
What is this? Surprise! Come on, doogie.
Surprise! What happened? You know, Dr.
h, how under Rembrandt's painting night watch there's another painting? They found it with those infra-red gizmos? Well, the dude at the car place started rubbing with that buffing machine, and he noticed that some of that cheap blue paint started coming off.
He saw the original color under it, so we had the entire thing repainted tomato red.
Surprise! Surprise! You know something? I think it looks better.
Doesn't it? Very fifties.
Did you know my original '57 Chevy was red? That's exactly why we did it.
Uh-huh.
This really is a wonderful surprise.
Uh You know, a colleague of mine is having all kinds of terrible problems with his teenage sons.
On my way home i was thinking How lucky I am to have such a solid, honest relationship with you, Douglas.
And Vincent You are becoming quite a remarkable young man yourself.
I am a lucky, lucky man.
The car looks damn good.
He bought it.
It's the perfect crime, doog, and no one will be the wiser.
Possible spinal cord injury.
Partial paralysis.
Patient's conscious, vital signs stable.
We got it over the radio.
Let's get him into number two.
We're going to take care of you, Clay.
Ready? 1 2 3.
Watch out.
I got it.
Let's get emergency neck and spinal x-rays and an mri.
Clay, do you feel this? No, nothing.
It's called spinal stenosis.
It's a congenital narrowing of the spinal canal.
You've also developed spondylolisthesis, which aggravates the instability of your spine.
You were paralyzed a lot longer this time.
The next time could be permanent.
So I can forget about basketball, right? I'm sorry, Clay.
I know how much turning pro meant to you.
Your college won't yank your scholarship for a year.
You can prove you belong there as a student.
Well, just think about it.
With a college degree, you could find another way out.
He's right, man.
What are you talking about? You didn't even graduate high school, so don't give me that academic crap.
Hey, I know what I didn't do, but I'm not giving up.
I've been going to night school.
Get out of here.
It's true.
I'm going to get my high school diploma.
Yeah, homie, i might even go to a sock hop.
I'll check on you later, Clay.
Come on, let's get these legs working.
All right.
It's not the end of the world, Clay.
We could do homework together.
You'd probably cheat off me.
Well, I got to.
You're a college boy now.
Doogie.
Are you all right? I feel like the biggest hypocrite in the world.
I told a guy to face the truth when I'm involved in the most humongous lie ever told.
Did you ever lie to your father? Not with great success.
My father would look me in the eye and say "Mary Margaret spaulding.
" I'd hear the word "Margaret" and spill my guts.
Any chance your middle name is Margaret? Then you're home free.
I wish I was like Vinnie.
Lying just rolls off his back.
No.
No.
No more, please.
I don't know, I tell you.
I wasn't there.
I wasn't born yet.
Get his head up, murph.
You say you washed up and met doogie at Wanda's.
The hospital, I tell you.
You drove the Chevy.
I didn't drive.
I walked over.
Then what? We went to the beach.
Sunset beach? No.
Yes.
You drove the Chevy.
I don't We took the Volvo.
An hour ago you told us you took your car.
I meant what are you trying to do to me? Why do you keep lying? You're a dead giveaway.
Every time you lie, you put your hand to your face.
I don't know what you're talking about.
- You drove the Chevy.
- I did not! I did not.
I did not.
I did not.
I did not.
Dad, can i talk to you? Dr.
h.
, can we talk? I explained to him i had explicit instructions he was never to drive my car.
You know how persuasive Vinnie is.
I'd never go against your will, but doogie, with that genius mind of his, took over my normal brain and persuaded me to drive against my will.
He was flirting with some cheap-looking girl.
I spotted an apple-cheeked old lady.
With his hormones yacking away, he failed to see he was driving into the back of a Van.
The piano rolled out and smashed the hood.
And when it came back the wrong color, doogie's genius came up with a brilliant alibi.
When it came back red, Vinnie jumped in with another lie, but despite what he did, I take full responsibility.
I take full responsibility, despite what doogie forced me to do.
I know you boys decided to come forward separately because of the discrepancies in the details of the incident.
What did you tell him? The truth.
What did you tell him? The truth As I remembered it With a few embellishments.
The important thing is that nobody was hurt.
And if there is one thing that I want both of you to learn from this, it's that you can come to me with anything.
I might've yelled for a while, but that would've ended in a couple of hours.
You could've avoided a lot of stress and guilt.
Well, I'll tell you this.
We will never, ever lie again.
Probably.
One good thing came out of this.
I love the new color of the car.
That's why I told norm to paint it red.
I intercepted a call from the body shop.
You lied to us? You jerked us around? I loved watching your mind work, Vincent.
"Surprise, surprise!" I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing.
What a sleazebag.
Congratulations, Dr.
h.
I didn't think you had it in you.
David, it's almost time for dinner.
Well, you can't be too careful.
A wreck can cause all kinds of unseen problems, but she came through with flying colors.
Come on.
You'd better get washed up.
Katherine I've been waiting all day.
Doesn't the third member of this little conspiracy have something to say to me? Yeah.
Lighten up.
Katherine, you lied to me.
Oh, David, do you know how much grief I've spared you over the years covering for doogie? You've deceived me before? Know your prize hole-in-one golf ball on the mantel? That's not it.
Doogie flushed the original down the toilet when he was 5.
Remember the gray suit you had custom-made in London, and I told you the cleaners lost it? Doogie and Vinnie spray-painted it black to play Zorro.
I looked damn good in that suit.
Want me to stop now or tell you what really happened to your tropical fish? Don't tell me they didn't die of natural causes.
Had dinner at the white spot.
Had dinner at the white spot.
I never heard of it.
I didn't ride over.
I walked over.
Then what? I went to the movies.
Plaza? What movie did you see? Western.
Western.
When did you go in? 7:00.
7:00.
What was the other movie? Uh, murder.
You say you were just passing through town? Yes! The gas station owner says you were working for him two months ago.
I meant I What are you doing to me? Why do you keep lying? You're a dead giveaway.
Every time you lie, you put your hand to your mouth.
You're crazy.
You say you bought it Doogie's phone.
Vinnie.
Doog! Where are you? The beach party's full-blown by now.
The Chevy's washed and ready to cruise.
I'm waiting for mcguire to relieve me, and I have to talk to Raymond's buddy about a medical problem.
We'll miss the best part of the party Where i smear cocoa butter over Janine's belly.
I can't go right now.
I'll pick you up in the Chevy.
It'll save time.
No.
My dad said you are never, ever to drive that car.
Besides, I don't even know where the spare keys are.
You forget i have gypsy blood.
I'm psychic.
Watch box, second drawer.
Vinnie, my dad will kill me.
Your dad won't know.
No.
I'm telling you Dr.
howser, please report to radiology.
Dr.
howser, to radiology.
All right, all right.
Surface streets only.
Keep both hands on the wheel at all times, and, Vinnie, please, please be careful.
Get your motor runnin' head out on the highway lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way yeah, I gotta go make it happen take the world in a love embrace Hey, uh, pardon me.
Fire all of the guns at once and Are those bugle boys? Explode into space I like smoke and lightnin' I like a woman that doesn't say much.
Heavy metal thunder racin' with the wind Ay! Please be o.
K.
Ahh, thank you, thank you.
Oh, thank you, god.
Uhh-ayeee! Yo, doogie.
Hey, ray.
How's it going, buddy? Dr.
doogie howser, this is Clayton wilburn, all-city guard, cif playoff mvp, averaged 31 points a game.
How's pacific university treating you? I told you, he knows everything.
How you doing? Relax, Clay.
He's cool.
Catch you later.
Listen, uh, this is between you and me and nobody else, right? If that's the way you like it.
Well, it's like this.
The other day during practice, I went up for a rebound.
Hamilton knocked me on my butt.
There was a lot of back pain, but I couldn't move my legs.
They went numb.
I went out for 10 or 15 seconds.
Are you still having pain? Some when I'm sitting.
Is this a serious deal or just a bruise? Well, without tests, I'd only be guessing.
Just give me your best guess.
Well, it could be something as simple as a bruise, or it could be a disc pushing out from between the vertebrae or something serious, like a tumor.
I strongly suggest you get some x-rays and an mri.
O.
K.
, thanks, but no way.
Too many people involved.
Wait.
I don't believe this.
Why did you come to me if you won't do anything about it? I was hoping it would be something simple, something we can keep quiet.
The pros find out, that's going to knock me down in the draft.
I can't take that kind of a chance.
I can't let you just leave.
Yes, you can.
This was off the record.
That was our deal.
You gave me advice.
I'm thanking you for it.
Clayton, wait.
This is as far as it goes.
You got it? Hey, doog.
I've been thinking.
Rather than take the Chevy to the beach You know how salt water wrecks the paint Let's take the Volvo.
What did you do to the car? Well, the good news is I wasn't hurt.
What did you do to the car? A piano fell on it.
Yeah, right.
What, did you take a detour through the Hollywood bowl? That was a good one.
You had me going.
A piano fell on it.
I'm serious.
I ran into a truck, and a piano rolled off.
The front end is lunched.
Luckily, the tow truck guy said it wasn't totaled.
You're not mad, are you? Now, doog, the only good part left is I wasn't hurt.
Don't go and spoil that.
You know, you could be tried as an adult.
You're looking at hard time.
Good, good.
Get it out, man.
Very therapeutic.
A piano destroyed the Chevy? Destroyed is really inaccurate.
Damaged, mom.
Damaged.
It's only $2,000 for the car and a mere $500 for the piano.
Your father's going to go through the roof.
Dad doesn't have to know.
Of course he does.
The insurance company will contact him.
That's the beauty and simplicity of the whole thing.
We don't have to inform the insurance company.
We only need your approval to let me take the money out of my trust.
And I, being the guilty party but also the gentleman that I am, have agreed to work nights and weekends to repay my debt.
Oh, I don't know, guys.
Mom, we've already learned our lesson.
We don't need dad hammering us on the head.
He doesn't need to know.
Mom, please.
Dad will be so disappointed in me.
Maybe he won't notice the car's not here.
Hi.
Doog You're home.
Where's the Chevy? Um, it's it's It's not exactly here.
Um It's being completely detailed.
A two-day job.
It's more like three days.
They're using q-tips and toothbrushes to clean out every nook and cranny.
And that car Jeez, it's practically overrun with nook and crannies.
I'm glad you're taking such good care of your vehicle.
What's up? I need to get ahold of your pal Clayton.
He shouldn't play basketball.
He can make his own decisions.
I'm really uncomfortable about this.
I should talk to his parents or his coach, or someone.
You can't do that, man.
Basketball is Clay's whole life.
Well, he's being stupid.
You don't risk your life on a sport.
You don't get it, do you? It's not just a sport.
It's his ticket out.
His ticket out could be a wheelchair.
How could he risk that? There's no choice here.
I know what it's like coming from that, and it's no life.
Don't mess this up for him.
Hello? Hello.
Is this Dr.
howser? Yes.
This is norm down at the body shop.
Your little friend smashed up that Chevy pretty good, but I finally found a windshield.
are hard to come by.
Hello? I i don't doubt that.
We're getting away with The perfect crime.
No one will ever know.
And you know why? Attention to every detail.
Absolutely.
Covered every base, didn't miss a beat.
Our deviousness is definitely maturing.
That's not my car.
My car's blue.
W-w-wait a minute.
Hold on just a second.
This is not my car.
W-where is my car? Yep, it's yours, all right.
They defaced its color.
I should warn you I'm and extremely litigious young man.
That's cool.
I don't know what that means.
There must have been some big, big hugemistake.
Look, they just told me to deliver it.
Here it is.
Here's your work order.
It says red paint.
My ride's waiting.
Have a nice day.
O.
K.
, o.
K.
, o.
K.
We can think of something.
Uh A car cover? Quick-drying spray paint? No, no.
H-how about, uh A double suicide.
What is this? Surprise! Come on, doogie.
Surprise! What happened? You know, Dr.
h, how under Rembrandt's painting night watch there's another painting? They found it with those infra-red gizmos? Well, the dude at the car place started rubbing with that buffing machine, and he noticed that some of that cheap blue paint started coming off.
He saw the original color under it, so we had the entire thing repainted tomato red.
Surprise! Surprise! You know something? I think it looks better.
Doesn't it? Very fifties.
Did you know my original '57 Chevy was red? That's exactly why we did it.
Uh-huh.
This really is a wonderful surprise.
Uh You know, a colleague of mine is having all kinds of terrible problems with his teenage sons.
On my way home i was thinking How lucky I am to have such a solid, honest relationship with you, Douglas.
And Vincent You are becoming quite a remarkable young man yourself.
I am a lucky, lucky man.
The car looks damn good.
He bought it.
It's the perfect crime, doog, and no one will be the wiser.
Possible spinal cord injury.
Partial paralysis.
Patient's conscious, vital signs stable.
We got it over the radio.
Let's get him into number two.
We're going to take care of you, Clay.
Ready? 1 2 3.
Watch out.
I got it.
Let's get emergency neck and spinal x-rays and an mri.
Clay, do you feel this? No, nothing.
It's called spinal stenosis.
It's a congenital narrowing of the spinal canal.
You've also developed spondylolisthesis, which aggravates the instability of your spine.
You were paralyzed a lot longer this time.
The next time could be permanent.
So I can forget about basketball, right? I'm sorry, Clay.
I know how much turning pro meant to you.
Your college won't yank your scholarship for a year.
You can prove you belong there as a student.
Well, just think about it.
With a college degree, you could find another way out.
He's right, man.
What are you talking about? You didn't even graduate high school, so don't give me that academic crap.
Hey, I know what I didn't do, but I'm not giving up.
I've been going to night school.
Get out of here.
It's true.
I'm going to get my high school diploma.
Yeah, homie, i might even go to a sock hop.
I'll check on you later, Clay.
Come on, let's get these legs working.
All right.
It's not the end of the world, Clay.
We could do homework together.
You'd probably cheat off me.
Well, I got to.
You're a college boy now.
Doogie.
Are you all right? I feel like the biggest hypocrite in the world.
I told a guy to face the truth when I'm involved in the most humongous lie ever told.
Did you ever lie to your father? Not with great success.
My father would look me in the eye and say "Mary Margaret spaulding.
" I'd hear the word "Margaret" and spill my guts.
Any chance your middle name is Margaret? Then you're home free.
I wish I was like Vinnie.
Lying just rolls off his back.
No.
No.
No more, please.
I don't know, I tell you.
I wasn't there.
I wasn't born yet.
Get his head up, murph.
You say you washed up and met doogie at Wanda's.
The hospital, I tell you.
You drove the Chevy.
I didn't drive.
I walked over.
Then what? We went to the beach.
Sunset beach? No.
Yes.
You drove the Chevy.
I don't We took the Volvo.
An hour ago you told us you took your car.
I meant what are you trying to do to me? Why do you keep lying? You're a dead giveaway.
Every time you lie, you put your hand to your face.
I don't know what you're talking about.
- You drove the Chevy.
- I did not! I did not.
I did not.
I did not.
I did not.
Dad, can i talk to you? Dr.
h.
, can we talk? I explained to him i had explicit instructions he was never to drive my car.
You know how persuasive Vinnie is.
I'd never go against your will, but doogie, with that genius mind of his, took over my normal brain and persuaded me to drive against my will.
He was flirting with some cheap-looking girl.
I spotted an apple-cheeked old lady.
With his hormones yacking away, he failed to see he was driving into the back of a Van.
The piano rolled out and smashed the hood.
And when it came back the wrong color, doogie's genius came up with a brilliant alibi.
When it came back red, Vinnie jumped in with another lie, but despite what he did, I take full responsibility.
I take full responsibility, despite what doogie forced me to do.
I know you boys decided to come forward separately because of the discrepancies in the details of the incident.
What did you tell him? The truth.
What did you tell him? The truth As I remembered it With a few embellishments.
The important thing is that nobody was hurt.
And if there is one thing that I want both of you to learn from this, it's that you can come to me with anything.
I might've yelled for a while, but that would've ended in a couple of hours.
You could've avoided a lot of stress and guilt.
Well, I'll tell you this.
We will never, ever lie again.
Probably.
One good thing came out of this.
I love the new color of the car.
That's why I told norm to paint it red.
I intercepted a call from the body shop.
You lied to us? You jerked us around? I loved watching your mind work, Vincent.
"Surprise, surprise!" I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing.
What a sleazebag.
Congratulations, Dr.
h.
I didn't think you had it in you.
David, it's almost time for dinner.
Well, you can't be too careful.
A wreck can cause all kinds of unseen problems, but she came through with flying colors.
Come on.
You'd better get washed up.
Katherine I've been waiting all day.
Doesn't the third member of this little conspiracy have something to say to me? Yeah.
Lighten up.
Katherine, you lied to me.
Oh, David, do you know how much grief I've spared you over the years covering for doogie? You've deceived me before? Know your prize hole-in-one golf ball on the mantel? That's not it.
Doogie flushed the original down the toilet when he was 5.
Remember the gray suit you had custom-made in London, and I told you the cleaners lost it? Doogie and Vinnie spray-painted it black to play Zorro.
I looked damn good in that suit.
Want me to stop now or tell you what really happened to your tropical fish? Don't tell me they didn't die of natural causes.