Off with Their Heads/Transcript

At the Bureau headquarters…

Chief Ripley:  , you’ll recall the ancient manuscript Dupont told us went up to auction in France…

Chief Ripley: Correct, . It’s the same manuscript we believe was used to write a threat to Enid Grimshaw in London…

Chief Ripley: The very same. We heard that the editor-in-chief of the magazine Pretty Fair, Annette Sommeur, placed the highest bid.

Chief Ripley: She’s booked the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles for a photoshoot and has the manuscript with her. Word is, she won’t let it out of her sight!

Chief Ripley: We need Archer here at headquarters, so you’ll be going with Carmen Martinez.

Chief Ripley: Martinez is an investigative journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for bringing down a major terrorist network in Yemen. You’ve probably heard of her.

Chief Ripley: She’s one tough cookie, and she’s not known for her patience, but her smarts make up for her brusque personality. Most of the time…

Chief Ripley: You and Martinez are expected at the castle in Versailles so there will be no need for introductions once you arrive. Please have a glass of Burgundy for me!

At the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles…

Carmen: So you’re the famous  ! I’m used to working alone, but let’s giddy up and you can show me what you’ve got!

Carmen: , this Annette Sommeur better not waste our time. I don’t care if she is some big-time magazine editor doing some fancy-pants photoshoot…

Carmen: People say she’s a real handful, the “Queen of Mean”! Well, she better tell us what we need to know about the manuscript she bought so we can move forward with this investigation!

Carmen: Where the heck is she? Maybe we can poke around the Hall of Mirrors and find the dang manuscript ourselves!

Chapter 1
Investigate Hall of Mirrors.

Carmen Martinez: Are you kidding me? We come here to grill our main lead about this manuscript and she got her head chopped off? This is insane!

Carmen: The guillotine must have been part of the photoshoot… We’ll have to figure out who got to Annette Sommeur… We’ll get her back in two pieces to Angela.

Carmen: You didn’t find the manuscript anywhere? What DID you find? A faded card… you think the killer left a signature or something? I’m sure you’ll uncover the information we need.

Carmen: What’s this Antiques Roadshow crap? I mean, that wooden box is pretty and all, but I don’t see how it’s relevant. Fine, dig through it, . Maybe you’ll find the manuscript…

Carmen: Look, I know I may seem blunt, but I just don’t like wasting time. You of all people must understand that, .

Carmen: We better get to the bottom of this murder quickly. We’ve got way bigger fish to fry…

Examine Business Card.

Carmen: Hmm… this business card you found at the crime scene says “Coup de Grace” and “Grace Goude, Photographe”… She must be the photographer who was working this photoshoot!

Carmen: So the victim had organized a photoshoot… And it looks like Grace Goude was the photographer… So was Grace also the victim’s executioner?

Carmen: We’d better go grill this Grace Goude about her photoshoot and fast!

Talk to Grace Goude about the victim’s photoshoot.

Grace: What do YOU want? I will not be selling any photos taken of Ms Sommeur to tabloids if you’re some of those nasty vultures!

Carmen: Definitely not vultures, Ms Goude, we’re with the Bureau and we’re here to investigate the murder of Annette Sommeur.

Grace: Oh, the Bureau is on this case? Good. Annette would’ve wanted the “crème de la crème.” That’s why she asked me to do this shoot. Because I AM the best.

Grace: Except I had to go and walk out to the gardens for some fresh air… When I came back, she was… her head was… in the basket!

Grace: Annette launched me. She made my whole career possible! You have no idea what it was like to find her like that! I was in too much shock to know what to do!

Grace: Only two hours before, I was picking her up at the Amelie B. boutique in Montmartre and now… she’s gone…

Carmen: You said she was at Amelie B.? I guess we better get over to that boutique, huh, ? Stick around, Ms Goude, we may need to ask you some follow-up questions.

Investigate Boutique.

Carmen: The photographer, Grace Goude, said that she picked up the victim at the boutique before heading to Versailles for the photoshoot… Was there anything at all that could help us?

Carmen: You found a champagne bottle near the Amelie B. boutique? How do you know it doesn’t just belong to the café?

Carmen: Oh, I see… The tag says “For Annette”…

Carmen: The label says “1945 Millèsime”… Does that mean it’s extra fancy champagne?

Carmen: And there’s some kind of… serial number? Let’s see if you can decipher it, !

Carmen: This other stuff you found near the boutique looks like torn cardboard. You want to piece it back together? If you think it will get us to the killer quicker… why not?

Examine Champagne Bottle.

Carmen: You deciphered the whole serial number from that champagne bottle, right?

Carmen: I bet young mister Elliot can tell us more about who gave this bottle to the victim. Let’s get it to him!