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Nero Wolfe (2001) Season 2 Episode 1

Death of a Doxy (1)

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AIRED: 4/14/02

Archie finds a dead body in an apartment after Orrie Cather asked him to retrieve his detective license from her. Did Orrie do it, and if he didn't, then who did?

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When one of Wolfe's freelance detectives is arrested for murder, the genius puts Archie and his other freelancers on the case. The offer of fifty thousand dollars on top if Wolfe solves it quietly is too good to resist.moreless

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By Dandeleo, Apr 20, 2009

Despite everything the same in the brownstone home and office of Wolfe, the clothing of the other characters (apart from Wolfe)and the setting has all moved from the forties into the swinging sixties. Things are funkier with brightly-clad women working in nightclubs dancing in little more than bikinis, and female liberation walking through Wolfe's door. Still, in the changing world it is nice to see sturdy old Wolfe usin his brain to solve the case an sending Archie out as emissary into the wilds of New York.

Although lighter in places than some episodes due to some verbal sparring between the main characters and also the chorus girl, Jackie, this is mainly a serious story about one of 'Wolfe's famly' facing being sent away for murder, and the clues still have to be uncovered to lead to the mystery of why and who killed Isabel, the doxy. A nice touch is, of course, how Wolfe manages to earn his fee on the side by keeping the murdered girl's sugar-daddy out of the spotlight. Some would say it is a terrible thing he does to the real killer, some would say he had no idea what the consequences would be... but we know better. Wolfe is not a dunce.

A good episode, close to the book, and it even manages a musical number in the middle.moreless
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Bill Smitrovich	Inspector Cramer
Colin Fox	Fritz Brenner
Maury Chaykin	Nero Wolfe
Conrad Dunn	Saul Panzer
Timothy Hutton	Archie Goodwn

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Kari Matchett	Julie Jaquette/Lily Rowan	Guest Star
Robert Bockstael	Announcer	Guest Star
Nicky Gaudagni	Mrs. Ballou	Guest Star
Trent McMullen	Orrie Cather	Recurring Role
George Plimpton	Mr. Parker	Recurring Role

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- Archie: No one was in the bedroom either because, properly speaking, a corpse is not a someone.
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- Wolfe: Did he kill her, or was that your personal errand yesterday?
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- Wolfe: Archie, don't try to think. You'll injure yourself.
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- Fritz: I'm trying to seek a common ground.
  Wolfe: With anchovies, there is no common ground!
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- Archie: Wolfe's only comment was -
  Wolfe: (horrified)...You... you've had no lunch? None at all? Nothing?
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- Archie: Have you turned Orrie loose yet?
  Inspector Cramer: No, not yet, and not soon. Unless you can give me a damn good reason. Can you?
  Archie: Sure! Mr Wolfe is going to look into it.
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- Archie: You want motive? Well then it's Mrs Ballou because she is really a hell cat just boiling with jealousy but if that's the case then I'm a sap and you should fire me!
  Wolfe:I'll consider it.
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- Wolfe: Confound it! It's nearly dinner and I will not be able to digest properly with the prospect of some chorus woman up there (with the orchids) prancing about making careless sweeping gestures with her arms.
  Archie: If only the world knew how you suffered.
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- Archie: She kept a diary. Even so, I doubt her last entry was,"he is reaching for an ashtray and he's going to hit me over the head with it".
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- This episode is based on Rex Stout's 1966 novel of the same name.
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