Columbo: Blueprint for Murder
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:36:03
Was this just another routine checkup?
:36:05
When you have a heart pacemaker,
no visit is routine.

:36:09
- You can roll down your sleeve.
- Oh, yeah. What I mean is,

:36:12
was this appointment any more
or less important than the others?

:36:16
Well, if Beau Williamson doesn't
get to me, or any other specialist,

:36:21
he's running a grave risk with his health.
:36:24
Well, why is that?
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This is a pacemaker.
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- You mean it's that big?
- It runs on miniature energy cells.

:36:37
- That's sort of like an electric watch.
- Exactly.

:36:39
It regulates a heart that can't keep
a steady beat.

:36:42
Every year, these energy cells
have to be replaced

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or the pacemaker becomes erratic,
causing the heart to malfunction.

:36:50
- In other words, you could die.
- Put simply, yes.

:36:53
- Is this a big operation?
- No, but it is a surgical procedure.

:36:57
Could a doctor other than you perform it?
:36:59
Naturally.
But knowing Beau Williamson,

:37:02
I doubt he'd put himself in the hands
of a stranger, no matter how competent.

:37:07
I see. All right, Doc.
:37:09
I wanna thank you very much
for the time and for the checkup.

:37:13
Well, it wasn't much of a checkup.
:37:15
If you locate Mr Williamson,
tell him to contact me.

:37:19
- I'll do that.
- Are you looking for something?

:37:21
- Do you have a lighter?
- You won't find one here.

:37:24
And let me give you some free medical
advice. Stop smoking those things.

:37:29
- I've been trying.
- Trying isn't good enough.

:37:31
Remember, I deal in pacemakers.

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