Right. Um, you two showed up to the party around the same time... If I could pause? Because I just...
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I feel simultaneously freed by and supported by them.
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Um... This is Benoit Blanc. - Benoit Blanc? - Yes. Mr. Blanc is a private investigator of great renown. Wait a minute. I read a tweet about a New Yorker article about you. "The Last of the Gentlemen Sleuths." You solved that case with the tennis champ? You're famous. Mr. Blanc is not with the police department and not officially involved in the case, but he's offered to consult. Now, I happily obliged, and I can vouch for him. Mr. Blanc, I know who you are. I read your profile in the New Yorker. I found it delightful. I just buried my 85-year-old father who committed suicide. Why are you here? I'm here at the behest of a client.
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Everyone idolizes their dad, right? I don't know. Do they?
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And Wanetta. Great nana. Harlan's mom. - Hi, Nana. - His mom? - Nana? - Wow. How old is she? We have no idea. Okay, um, and your son, Ransom, did he attend as well? Yes, but he left early.
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I cannot say. But let me assure you this. My presence will be ornamental. You will find me a respectful, quiet, passive observer of the truth.
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Right, um... Would you say that all three of you showed up around the same time?
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- Thank you. - Just marvelous. You know, the whole family, too. And Joni with her thing, and Walt with his publishing empire... It's...
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Hmm.
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Thank you, Miss Cabrera.
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Very much not. Don't know why I said that. But my wife, Linda, does. Harlan started out with a rusty Smith Corona and built himself into one of the best-selling mystery writers of all time. Wow, seems like all his kids are self-made overachievers.
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Then I'll recede, but... As a self-made man myself, I have to express my admiration for how you followed in your father's footsteps.
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It's just not the same. But surely Walt runs the merchandising, adaptations, film and television rights, I mean... Are you baiting me, Detective?
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Sure. For the record, I'm speaking with Walt Thrombey, Harlan Thrombey's youngest son. So, you run your father's publishing company? Yeah. It's my... It's our... Uh, it's the family's publishing company. Dad trusts me to run it.
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You know he doesn't. And if you think I am dumb enough to be baited into talking family business, into shit-talking my baby brother, in front of a police detective, and a state trooper... Walt doesn't run shit. Because there are no TV and film rights. Harlan never allowed any adaptations of his books. Hated the idea. No. Yeah! Drives Walt nuts. 'Cause that's where the real money is. When Walt would get a little Irish courage in him, - he'd get into it with Harlan. - The window is... Did he "get into it" at the party?
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I mean, we're all gutted, but, uh, I was happy to have that night with him. To be by his side. To think about our books and what we've accomplished with them. It's like I can still feel his hand on my shoulder.
