Now we just need to find out who he works for. But if it works, you give me enough cash to start over somewhere far away from this and you.Ĭheekbones, weirdly hurt: Ok. If they can just get to the puppeteer, they might have a way to get Softie out of the game AND convince them to put Cheekbones in charge instead of Mister Maytag. Implied message? “Or you’ll end up looking like me.” Back at crime central, Spin Class Friend overhears Mister Maytag telling Sleazy Loan Shark that he thinks Cheekbones is lying (true!) and then gets direct instructions from Mister Maytag: keep Long-Suffering Lady Cheekbones close… they might need her for leverage.Ĭheekbones, meanwhile, plots with the guys: in his estimation, Mister Maytag is a gangster, and this money laundering thing? It’s too white collar and fancy for him, which means there’s someone else pulling Mister Maytag’s strings. Remington Steele Reserve: Listen to your brother. Just then, Remington Steele Reserve makes his incredibly black and blue entrance, because apparently all of these men, save Softie, have a real flare for the dramatic.
Now I’d like my phone and a taxi out of here… why would that guy even be mad at me? I wasn’t involved! And you didn’t even give me the chance to decline?Ĭheekbones: If it helps, you’ve been making us a lot of money? Softie: Wait, so just to clarify, you set me up to launder money for a gangster. That’s why I needed you to keep doing what you’ve been doing when you tried to leave he wanted to send you a message, so I figured it’d be better for me to sneak you off instead of letting THAT happen.
It appears that Cheekbones had a few more tricks up his sleeve than I thought: the guys who grabbed Softie at the end of the last episode were sent by Cheekbones himself, and not, as I’d assumed, Mister Maytag.Ĭheekbones: Here’s the deal: I’ve been working for Mister Maytag. Passing the highlander version of Heisenberg (Heislander? Highlenberg?) Cheekbones goes into the locked billiard room where he finds an irate, but thankfully still alive Softie.
Destination: the bar where he normally has meetings with Remington Steele Reserve, which, incidentally, has a bonkers back room where they’re either decanting alcohol into new bottles or fully breaking bad, but regardless, doing something illegal. Thanks, I hate it! Cheekbones, either recognizing that he’s being followed or just naturally cautious, drives to his office, only to pop out the back and hail a taxi. Mister Maytag: *Something super creepy about how Softie is in a dark corner somewhere.* Please try again later, or contact our Help Desk at /contact.Įpisode four starts with L’Americain popping by the record shop to look for Softie, who’s pretty mysteriously (to her) not there, and Cheekbones stalking into the offices of Sleazy Loan Shark (and passing Spin Class Friend’s desk on the way in, because of COURSE he does) to find out just where the hell Softie is - from Sleazy Loan Shark, or from Mister Maytag, because obviously he’s there too.