[Stottlemeyer is unsure that Marty Eels has become a great detective overnight, so he and the others question Marty at his office]
So Captain, am I on the case, or what?
Listen, I need to ask you a couple of questions.
Sure.
Where were you yesterday morning at eight o'clock?
You mean when the robbery was happening? Why? Because you can't keep up with me on a crime scene?
Where were you, Marty?
[pouring them coffee] I was at the hospital. Saint Andrew's. They thought I had a concussion.
What happened?
Well, it's kind of embarrassing. I got hit very hard by a client--hit me very hard. Yeah. I--I was supposed to follow his wife and take pictures. [hands them a file with photos of a terrified man and woman in bed]
Whoa! She was cheating on him.
No, no. That's him. That's my client.
[incredulously] You burst in and took a picture of a man in bed with his own wife?
Yes I did. I made a mistake. I'm human! So the bottom line is that I was at the hospital when the jewelry thing was happening. You can call them.
We will.
Why is it so hard for you to believe that I'm this good?
Because, Marty, you were never this good before. In fact you sort of sucked.
