The story involves arson in Rio de Janeiro six years prior. An art restorer framed for the crime weaves a copy of the valuable tapestry he was restoring while he's in prison, as a way to keep his sanity and get revenge when he is released. (Perry notes at some point during the episode that the prison tapestry is a copy, not a forgery.)
Della: What do you know about art?
Paul: Me? I don't even know what I like.
John Voss, an unscrupulous art dealer, is the victim. Paul is checking into the man's background and met Brenda Larkin, who worked with Voss and had designs on him.
PD: She's been with Voss for three years, as his, uh, executive assistant. Apparently she had a monaural romance going with him, all Brenda, no Voss.
PM: I'm just about to go downtown. Can I drop you somewhere?
Tragg: No, I'll go the hard way -- as usual.
Ooh, the murder weapon is found in a storm drain about a block from where the defendant lived.
HB: Then wouldn't you say the defendant never intended to auction off this tapestry at all, that he had some other purpose in mind?
PM: Objection, your honor. The witness may well be an expert on art, but he's scarcely an expert on mind reading.
Rich Texan to defendant: How'd you like to sell that tapestry of yours? I'd just love to take it back to Houston with me. Tell you what, I'll give you $10,000 for it.
Defendant: But it's only a copy.
Rich Texan: If the folks back in Houston don't recognize it, they're gonna be plenty impressed. And if they do, I'm gonna tell them the story and they're gonna be even more impressed.
Della: What do you know about art?
Paul: Me? I don't even know what I like.
John Voss, an unscrupulous art dealer, is the victim. Paul is checking into the man's background and met Brenda Larkin, who worked with Voss and had designs on him.
PD: She's been with Voss for three years, as his, uh, executive assistant. Apparently she had a monaural romance going with him, all Brenda, no Voss.
PM: I'm just about to go downtown. Can I drop you somewhere?
Tragg: No, I'll go the hard way -- as usual.
Ooh, the murder weapon is found in a storm drain about a block from where the defendant lived.
HB: Then wouldn't you say the defendant never intended to auction off this tapestry at all, that he had some other purpose in mind?
PM: Objection, your honor. The witness may well be an expert on art, but he's scarcely an expert on mind reading.
Rich Texan to defendant: How'd you like to sell that tapestry of yours? I'd just love to take it back to Houston with me. Tell you what, I'll give you $10,000 for it.
Defendant: But it's only a copy.
Rich Texan: If the folks back in Houston don't recognize it, they're gonna be plenty impressed. And if they do, I'm gonna tell them the story and they're gonna be even more impressed.