February 26, 2025 • 23 mins
After uncovering that the painting has been taken back to its original owner, Fernando and Juan set out to con the eccentric Mrs. Livingston. But as time runs out, Fernando and Juan’s relationship begins to crumble.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
The setup Episode three, Only Fools Russian.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
The train is approaching the extension.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Please watch you and thank you again for confirming my
mental health sabbatical with the museum.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Of course, one, though, I must say I was surprised
to receive his call. If you're truly having continued issues
in the workplace, it's something we must talk about.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Well for Ananderny are on vacation.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh, I see a vacation already now.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
One.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
A vacation is distinctly different from a mental health sabbatical.
Speaker 5 (00:38):
And it's both.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
It's it's a vacation and it's also sabbatical. And I'm
so sorry I didn't give you more notice. This was
all kind of you know, last minute, but it's totally necessary.
Two birds one stone kind of thing, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Hmm, all right, I am clearly surprised. But we can
continue our in person sessions when you return exactly.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
That would be great.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yes, of course, that sounds great and fantastic, And who knows,
you know, maybe next time you see me, I'll officially
have a boyfriend. Ah, I understand now, and understand what one.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
No one is more ecstatic than I am that you're
finally stepping off the canvas and into the dating pool.
But I would advise you to keep at least one
firm for in reality, I'd recommend you manage your expectations
with Fernando carefully.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
I'm sorry, expectations.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Did you let anyone else know where you're headed? All out? Perhaps?
Are you certain you feel safe?
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Safe? I mean, what possible reason could I have not
to feel safe?
Speaker 6 (01:45):
Right? Oh?
Speaker 5 (01:46):
Shoot, sorry, that that's up. Well now I gotta go.
Thanks for the thanks for the advice. Okay, thank you, Auilla.
Are you okay? Do you need me to come back?
Speaker 7 (01:55):
I know one more.
Speaker 8 (01:56):
I'm just calling to hiking and to see how you're
romantic getaways going.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Okay, okay, well it's it's fine.
Speaker 9 (02:05):
Good.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Yeah, great, Actually it's it's super.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Do you sound more nervous than usual?
Speaker 5 (02:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I am great, so great, never never been better.
Speaker 9 (02:16):
Actually, in the.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Less, you do not like?
Speaker 9 (02:21):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Okay, fine, fine, I guess I guess I'm just a
tiny bit worried I might be rushing into things with
this whole weekend get away. And am I maybe jumping
into all of this too quickly?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
And from where did you get this stunted?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I don't know, I don't know from my ingrained a
version to risk in general, one.
Speaker 8 (02:41):
Hue life is about taking risks. I think this trip
is exactly what you need. Time away from the museum,
time away from your team, away from the city, and
time with Fernando.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Just a second, a second, Okay, I have to go away.
Speaker 6 (02:56):
I love you.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Don't be afraid to tell Fernando how you feel.
Speaker 9 (02:58):
Okay, I'll give him keys from.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Me, a long slow keys with That's enough.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
Okay, Am I interrupting something?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Oh no, no, I was just talking to Boil she
she She says, Hi, Well that is really sweet of her.
Speaker 7 (03:15):
Yeah, well, okay, Chili. Do we have a half hour
before we hit the station, and I want us to
review the plan. Mark is Elizabeth Livingston widower eighties eccentric cult.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (03:27):
Yes.
Speaker 7 (03:27):
Her late husband, Richard was a huge fan of Margaret
Delano's early work.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Ms.
Speaker 7 (03:31):
Livingston lives in an early nineteenth century mansion in Pocatico Hill.
That was nice, About a twenty minute drive from the
train station.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Got it.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Miss Livingston is our target.
Speaker 7 (03:39):
She's our mark. The word you're looking for is mark,
right right?
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Miss Livingston is our mark. Sorry, I will I won't
screw that up again.
Speaker 7 (03:46):
Now are you doing great? Okay, I'm okay, hold on
just a second. Meet you have what you just have
a little what is it? There's a there's a piece
of fuzz in your in your scroll?
Speaker 9 (03:59):
Was it there?
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (04:00):
Let me let me just stuff who there? Got it?
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Thanks?
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Thanks for that.
Speaker 7 (04:08):
Now, I've been thinking we should do a little warm
up before we get to Miss Living Stick.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Wait a warm up.
Speaker 7 (04:14):
This is a last minute job and we haven't had
as much prep time as I will liked, So I'm
gonna need you to be on your toes, stay dynamic,
roll with the punches.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
No, totally, totally, I can do that. Oh yeah, I'll
just go with the flood.
Speaker 7 (04:25):
Right, But just in case, why don't we get you
into the right headspace? Okay, sure, than you try some
basic improvisational Techniqueah.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
You got it?
Speaker 6 (04:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (04:32):
Hit me.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
All right, let's start with yes, and I'll start a
conversation and you respond by accepting what I've already said
and building upon it. No saying no, no, saying no
no no.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
But you said no no. That's because we haven't started yet, right,
But okay, okay, Yes.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Let's begin.
Speaker 7 (04:48):
Top of the morning to you. My name is Aidan O'Connor,
and yet you had some bugger. Must be the big
city lawyer hired by my family to help me with
my grand large.
Speaker 9 (04:56):
In the case.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Correct, What holy crap? How are you so good at
that act? That is really incredible?
Speaker 7 (05:03):
Well, I'm not sure what you're referring to, sir, but.
Speaker 9 (05:05):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 5 (05:05):
That is eerie? Honestly, you could be like from Dublin.
And I said, right, I'm not even kidding.
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Okay, maybe we should try a different exercise.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
Okay, that's what you want.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
Yeah, well you can do this.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Okay, Yeah, easy for you to say. You're this worldly,
effortless central Daniel Craig guy, and I'm like this weird
awkward Melissa McCarthy.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
So I care.
Speaker 7 (05:24):
Yeah, but you're my weird awkward Melissa McCarthy's psideic great
and somehow now I'm blushing. Your dimples are showing the cute.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Okay, and now I'm blushing more.
Speaker 9 (05:34):
So let's leave it.
Speaker 7 (05:35):
You're overthinking. Yeah, just take a breath, follow my lead
when we get to Miss Livingston's Okay, trust me, you
got this.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Top of the Morning.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
Taxic, so you too, Snowboy's the onld. Lady Livingston.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
Missus Livingston hired us for a restoration job on one
of her pay.
Speaker 10 (06:01):
Yeah, well you ought to be careful of there. Wait
on the street. Is that the old bat's one fazol
short of a fajoli?
Speaker 9 (06:08):
Do we just get hate crime? I think so.
Speaker 7 (06:10):
Don't worry, sir, we're professionals.
Speaker 10 (06:13):
Professional ain't gonna save you when she comes at you
from behind with her dead husband's five iyron wam. I
don't like telling tales by the sea, but I heard
she often for the inheritance Miss Savage.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Oh who parks there?
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Come on? Okay, give me schoozy gentlemen, but I'll have
to let you boys off here. There's a damn moving
van's glocking missus Livingston's driveway. Yeah, I'm talking to you.
He's gonna have to go running up that hill to
get to her.
Speaker 7 (06:42):
I love that song. Yeah me too, Thank you, sir,
Keep the.
Speaker 10 (06:45):
Change, goluck and God bless gents.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Bye bye, gonna need it?
Speaker 7 (06:50):
Do you usually don't? Okay? Okay, well here we go.
You remember the plan?
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Yes, yes, of course, yes, we're find our restorers sent
by the museum to between Vietri su mare. And once
we're inside, i'll distract missus Linston with a barage of
questions and insurance forms while.
Speaker 7 (07:09):
You stick out the house.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yes, yes, and make sure we're alone and locate the piece.
And once she's done filling everything out, we'll explain we
need the painting to ourselves for a few hours to
do our work. And once it's you and me and
the Delano, we're home free.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
What what are you looking at?
Speaker 10 (07:28):
What?
Speaker 7 (07:28):
What what are you looking I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I
just I like seeing you like this, all excited and passionate.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Oh well, thank you?
Speaker 6 (07:37):
All right?
Speaker 7 (07:38):
Ready?
Speaker 5 (07:38):
Ready, yes, hardly a right?
Speaker 7 (07:50):
Wait Richard? Who's Richard? Her husband? I thought he was dead?
Speaker 9 (07:52):
Though at last you've all right, and I see the
right time. The spirits are mad and restless today.
Speaker 11 (08:04):
Please come in, come, in, come, in, come in, Richard, dear,
(08:29):
don't be shy.
Speaker 5 (08:30):
The spiritual advisors are here. Come and join us.
Speaker 9 (08:33):
Darling, the spiritual advisorensibly over the moon that you too
could make it on such short notice. I purchased all
the necessities you mentioned in our email correspondences. Of course,
Sage Juniper, sacred moon water, even acquired an authentic mill
glass crystal ball from a fortune telleren Rhine back.
Speaker 7 (08:59):
Oh right, that's not that's the place. How wonderful, Miss Livingstone.
I can already sense the positive orrors emanating from the
spiritual entities residing in this house. Me too, Truly, they
are very pleased with all the effort you put.
Speaker 9 (09:11):
In, all of them marvelous. Now, just let me pop
into the study and grab the pillow sun so before
we begin, I'll be back in half a tick of
a landstade.
Speaker 7 (09:25):
Oh what's going on? Okay, we're scrapping the art restores
and adapting clearly.
Speaker 9 (09:30):
But I don't think I can just think one, just
be you just don't think, don't think, just be, don't think.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
Just can't I don't think. I can't Just.
Speaker 9 (09:37):
Hi through the sacred smoke of the Pilotho. We lived
the liminal there between the earth.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
And Wow, that's a lot of smoke, isn't it. Should
we turn off for smoke detectors because as my eyes
are getting watery.
Speaker 9 (10:02):
Richard says, the smoke detectors have been dead for years.
Now let's start with a tour of the house. Shall
beach and I must warn you here in the back parler.
You must be extraordinarily cautious. The in room spirit doesn't
(10:23):
appreciate masculine energies. I'd recommend cleansing this room from the hallway.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Oh, just quite a quick question in in room spirit.
Speaker 9 (10:33):
That the small child who lives inside the walls, well,
the spirit of a small child bashed to death with
a baking pen by her older brother, so the story goes,
and now she detests men. Isn't that right? Richard?
Speaker 7 (10:50):
Excuse me, miss Livingston. The spirits tend to congregate around
objects with which they feel they have an emotional connection,
something that ties them to the physical point. To be
a room with old keepsakes, pieces of art, perhaps several.
Speaker 9 (11:06):
In fact, Richard and I are adamant collectors. O. Excellent,
dear Richard. I'll bring them to the upstairs gallery.
Speaker 7 (11:22):
Excellent, Richard, it was great.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
The shirt does talk a lot, oh, missus Lyndingston. This
room is a perfect example of early eighteenth century Dutch
homestead architecture. The exposed oak beams are exquisite.
Speaker 9 (11:38):
Oh, Richard cares for those beams are religiously. He pulls
out that step ladder and oils them by hand twice
a week.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
It's actually how it sounds like Richard loved and loves
this house as much as you do.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
He does.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
Did I'm sure you you miss him a lot.
Speaker 9 (12:00):
Enough, deallydlling Let me show you the heart of the
livingstone manner to the upstairs gallery we go?
Speaker 5 (12:10):
What is that infernal rackets?
Speaker 7 (12:13):
Oh my, I am so sorry, my sincere apologies, missus Livingston,
but I should take this call. I'll meet you two
upstairs in a minute.
Speaker 6 (12:20):
Okay, is the painting in hand?
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Fernando almost making up excuses because you're incapable of getting
the job done.
Speaker 7 (12:35):
Why are you on the line.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Oh, relax, This is still a family business man family,
whether you like it or not.
Speaker 7 (12:43):
Hang up, You hang up, No, you hang up. It's
my call you.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
I'm about three seconds away from hanging you both up
by your approach myself.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
First ly, Fernando, who is we?
Speaker 6 (12:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Cuz I thought you said partners slowed you down. You
hire an independent contractor for this job?
Speaker 7 (13:03):
No, and I meant we as in you and me, Dad.
We are just about to secure the painting. I'll have
it in hand within the hour. Mark my words.
Speaker 6 (13:12):
Fine, Now, I'm sure I don't have to remind you
about our upcoming lunch with Leonard Burton in two days.
Leonard is a valuable buyer and everything must go smoothly
with the Dilano for him. No hiccups, no excuses, and
no distractions.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Any distractions you might want to share with us, Fernando, No, I.
Speaker 7 (13:36):
Have my eyes on the prize.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Excellent, excellent. We don't want to repeat of surrech on
our hands, now, do we?
Speaker 2 (13:47):
I certainly don't. And I have all the faith in you, Fernando,
my dear cousin, especially now that the clock is ticking
forty eight hours tick talk TikTok.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
I swear to God, you're trying to get in my
head and it is not going to work.
Speaker 6 (14:03):
Made up two days, Fernando, I'm counting on you.
Speaker 7 (14:12):
Oh God, come on, where is it? Where is it?
Speaker 10 (14:19):
Enough?
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Now?
Speaker 7 (14:22):
How many damn doors are in this house?
Speaker 12 (14:25):
Can I help you?
Speaker 10 (14:27):
Sir?
Speaker 7 (14:27):
Jesus? I thought the house was empty? Wait are you?
Speaker 12 (14:32):
Are you Richard Benson, the Livingston's bottler?
Speaker 7 (14:36):
Okay, mm well, missus Livingston didn't mention she had a brother.
I see, I'm one of the spiritual advisors helping plans.
Speaker 12 (14:43):
The home and I ensure Livingstone House runs smoothly and
that intruders don't end up in places they shouldn't write.
Speaker 7 (14:53):
That's not threatening at all. Well, I appreciate your vigilance,
but I'm simply making my rounds.
Speaker 12 (14:59):
And what exactly are you doing in this particular wing.
Speaker 7 (15:03):
Well, I sensed the strong pool eminating from somewhere nearby,
perhaps a room with historical artifacts or documents, or.
Speaker 12 (15:10):
It seems you're looking for the upstairs gallery right though
it's quite a conundrum seeing as missus Livingston keeps that
room under strict lock and key.
Speaker 7 (15:19):
Well, that should be a problem. I can cleanse through
a closed door if need be.
Speaker 12 (15:23):
I suppose that's acceptable. Down the hallway too, lefts right,
another left, right, and then left again, up the spiral staircase,
turn left right, second door, down the.
Speaker 7 (15:33):
Hall right, I mean left, I mean I got it.
Thank you, Benson, very helpful, i'd you young man. Wait sorry, Benson,
wasn't two left and then a ride? Or two rights?
And Benson?
Speaker 6 (15:52):
Wait?
Speaker 7 (15:54):
Hello? All right?
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Another left, one more right, just two more lefts and okay, focus, Fernando,
the room should be right right here. Standard residential knoblock,
(16:28):
no electric backwiring. Okay, this is like shooting fish in
a barrel. Come to daddy, Margaret de Lano. No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no no no.
Speaker 7 (16:43):
This can't be, this can't Where the hell is it?
Speaker 5 (16:46):
Where the hell is it?
Speaker 9 (17:08):
I didn't have a bathing suit, but that wasn't going
to stop me from diving off that fishing boat with
just my courage and my dignity to keep me afloat,
so I stripped down naked.
Speaker 5 (17:21):
Oh wow, wow, missus.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Let me stand what a riveting and very visual story.
Very visual.
Speaker 9 (17:30):
Richard taught me that we only get one earthly life,
may as well live it fully.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
You sounds just like my Mayauela.
Speaker 9 (17:39):
Are you. Are you close with your grandmother?
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Oh yeah, she's my best friend.
Speaker 9 (17:44):
How fortunate my granddaughter Clara rarely visits me anymore. She's
always gallivanting with those no good friends of hers. She's
just moved to Brooklyn. Actually, I gave her a couple
of landscape paintings to furnish her new apartment. Of course,
she thinks party flyers are art here. Yes, take a look,
(18:08):
see what you think.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
I'm sorry, party flyers? Oh oh unicorn? Party Save a horse,
ride a unicorn doors at eleven passwords best.
Speaker 9 (18:21):
Yet seems terribly cross to me, but Clara says the
giving of the invitation is a piece of performance art itself.
Oh I suppose I should answer that? Oh have I
miss having good old bencing around coming? Just wait?
Speaker 5 (18:45):
But you are? I think I found some rules.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Alana was going.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
I know you know, yes, missus Lidcy gave it a wish.
Speaker 9 (18:53):
You must be mistaken.
Speaker 7 (18:58):
Oh we have to go. Oh my god, are we
about to get caught?
Speaker 5 (19:02):
I would be so bad in jail. The window, the what.
Speaker 7 (19:07):
We jump? It's only twenty foot drop and there's an
awning white below.
Speaker 5 (19:13):
I can't do that. But I can't make that chomp.
Speaker 7 (19:15):
I can't. I can't do that.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
I have very brittle bone that we jumped.
Speaker 7 (19:19):
Now where the chicks are?
Speaker 9 (19:20):
Now?
Speaker 7 (19:21):
No, the police don't make me one two three?
Speaker 5 (19:31):
Oh my god, Oh my god, I'm alive. I'm alive.
Oh I think this firs hum alife.
Speaker 9 (19:36):
Oh my god, where are we going?
Speaker 7 (19:37):
Come on, keep moving, keep moving anywhere that's not down.
We need to find that paint. Time is running out,
and somehow we've lost this goddamn thing again.
Speaker 5 (19:52):
No, no, no, no, it's not gone.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
It's a Brookoln What Yeah, missus Lideson said she gave
it to her granddaughter Clara, a bunch of her landscape.
Speaker 9 (19:59):
Paintings, and there was the movie truck Brooklyn movers. The
Delano was on the truck.
Speaker 5 (20:03):
Oh that's it.
Speaker 7 (20:04):
We're going back to the city and we're getting this
done tonight. No more wild goose chases, no more stupid distractions.
It ends tonight. Three minutes. I can't believe we missed
that train by three goddamn minutes.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Well this is quaint Pocantico palace bed and breakfast, not terrible. Right, yeah, okay,
but you've seen.
Speaker 7 (20:31):
I'm fine, okay, just oh no, oh no, no, no, no,
no no.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
I told the receptionist two beds. You heard me say,
two beds, right, I can't, I should, I should. Just
I'm sure the reception hast just made a mistake, and
we can call and just tell her.
Speaker 7 (20:44):
Just sleep on the floor, okay, next to Jesus Christ.
Is that a bloodstain?
Speaker 5 (20:48):
No, no, no, no, no, you can't sleep on the floor.
No you can't.
Speaker 6 (20:50):
You can't do that.
Speaker 5 (20:51):
No, I just I mean we could just maybe, you know,
we could share.
Speaker 7 (20:57):
Fine, fine, I'll just I'll take the right side.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Great. Perfect, that's that's that's great, and you know that
that totally works.
Speaker 9 (21:05):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Yeah, so I was thinking that, oh well that was
I was just I was gonna say that this whole
con has kind of prevented us from having a proper date,
you know, so I thought, maybe if we have some
time tomorrow, we finding.
Speaker 7 (21:27):
The painting is our only priority right now, no more distractions.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
Right of course, both are thinking.
Speaker 9 (21:39):
Mm hmmmm mm hmmm.
Speaker 5 (21:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (21:45):
Yeah, I second thought, I will take the floor.
Speaker 5 (21:48):
What are you sure?
Speaker 7 (21:49):
Good night one?
Speaker 3 (21:50):
All right, sure, good night, I guess.
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The setup Episode three, Only Fools Russian.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
The train is approaching the extension.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Please watch you and thank you again for confirming my
mental health sabbatical with the museum.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Of course, one, though, I must say I was surprised
to receive his call. If you're truly having continued issues
in the workplace, it's something we must talk about.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Well for Ananderny are on vacation.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh, I see a vacation already now.
Speaker 4 (00:34):
One.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
A vacation is distinctly different from a mental health sabbatical.
Speaker 5 (00:38):
And it's both.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
It's it's a vacation and it's also sabbatical. And I'm
so sorry I didn't give you more notice. This was
all kind of you know, last minute, but it's totally necessary.
Two birds one stone kind of thing, you know.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Hmm, all right, I am clearly surprised. But we can
continue our in person sessions when you return exactly.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
That would be great.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yes, of course, that sounds great and fantastic, And who knows,
you know, maybe next time you see me, I'll officially
have a boyfriend. Ah, I understand now, and understand what one.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
No one is more ecstatic than I am that you're
finally stepping off the canvas and into the dating pool.
But I would advise you to keep at least one
firm for in reality, I'd recommend you manage your expectations
with Fernando carefully.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
I'm sorry, expectations.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Did you let anyone else know where you're headed? All out? Perhaps?
Are you certain you feel safe?
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Safe? I mean, what possible reason could I have not
to feel safe?
Speaker 6 (01:45):
Right? Oh?
Speaker 5 (01:46):
Shoot, sorry, that that's up. Well now I gotta go.
Thanks for the thanks for the advice. Okay, thank you, Auilla.
Are you okay? Do you need me to come back?
Speaker 7 (01:55):
I know one more.
Speaker 8 (01:56):
I'm just calling to hiking and to see how you're
romantic getaways going.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Okay, okay, well it's it's fine.
Speaker 9 (02:05):
Good.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Yeah, great, Actually it's it's super.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Do you sound more nervous than usual?
Speaker 5 (02:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I am great, so great, never never been better.
Speaker 9 (02:16):
Actually, in the.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Less, you do not like?
Speaker 9 (02:21):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Okay, fine, fine, I guess I guess I'm just a
tiny bit worried I might be rushing into things with
this whole weekend get away. And am I maybe jumping
into all of this too quickly?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
And from where did you get this stunted?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I don't know, I don't know from my ingrained a
version to risk in general, one.
Speaker 8 (02:41):
Hue life is about taking risks. I think this trip
is exactly what you need. Time away from the museum,
time away from your team, away from the city, and
time with Fernando.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Just a second, a second, Okay, I have to go away.
Speaker 6 (02:56):
I love you.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Don't be afraid to tell Fernando how you feel.
Speaker 9 (02:58):
Okay, I'll give him keys from.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Me, a long slow keys with That's enough.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
Okay, Am I interrupting something?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Oh no, no, I was just talking to Boil she
she She says, Hi, Well that is really sweet of her.
Speaker 7 (03:15):
Yeah, well, okay, Chili. Do we have a half hour
before we hit the station, and I want us to
review the plan. Mark is Elizabeth Livingston widower eighties eccentric cult.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (03:27):
Yes.
Speaker 7 (03:27):
Her late husband, Richard was a huge fan of Margaret
Delano's early work.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Ms.
Speaker 7 (03:31):
Livingston lives in an early nineteenth century mansion in Pocatico Hill.
That was nice, About a twenty minute drive from the
train station.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Got it.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Miss Livingston is our target.
Speaker 7 (03:39):
She's our mark. The word you're looking for is mark,
right right?
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Miss Livingston is our mark. Sorry, I will I won't
screw that up again.
Speaker 7 (03:46):
Now are you doing great? Okay, I'm okay, hold on
just a second. Meet you have what you just have
a little what is it? There's a there's a piece
of fuzz in your in your scroll?
Speaker 9 (03:59):
Was it there?
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (04:00):
Let me let me just stuff who there? Got it?
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Thanks?
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Thanks for that.
Speaker 7 (04:08):
Now, I've been thinking we should do a little warm
up before we get to Miss Living Stick.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Wait a warm up.
Speaker 7 (04:14):
This is a last minute job and we haven't had
as much prep time as I will liked, So I'm
gonna need you to be on your toes, stay dynamic,
roll with the punches.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
No, totally, totally, I can do that. Oh yeah, I'll
just go with the flood.
Speaker 7 (04:25):
Right, But just in case, why don't we get you
into the right headspace? Okay, sure, than you try some
basic improvisational Techniqueah.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
You got it?
Speaker 6 (04:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (04:32):
Hit me.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
All right, let's start with yes, and I'll start a
conversation and you respond by accepting what I've already said
and building upon it. No saying no, no, saying no
no no.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
But you said no no. That's because we haven't started yet, right,
But okay, okay, Yes.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
Let's begin.
Speaker 7 (04:48):
Top of the morning to you. My name is Aidan O'Connor,
and yet you had some bugger. Must be the big
city lawyer hired by my family to help me with
my grand large.
Speaker 9 (04:56):
In the case.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Correct, What holy crap? How are you so good at
that act? That is really incredible?
Speaker 7 (05:03):
Well, I'm not sure what you're referring to, sir, but.
Speaker 9 (05:05):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 5 (05:05):
That is eerie? Honestly, you could be like from Dublin.
And I said, right, I'm not even kidding.
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Okay, maybe we should try a different exercise.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
Okay, that's what you want.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
Yeah, well you can do this.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Okay, Yeah, easy for you to say. You're this worldly,
effortless central Daniel Craig guy, and I'm like this weird
awkward Melissa McCarthy.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
So I care.
Speaker 7 (05:24):
Yeah, but you're my weird awkward Melissa McCarthy's psideic great
and somehow now I'm blushing. Your dimples are showing the cute.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Okay, and now I'm blushing more.
Speaker 9 (05:34):
So let's leave it.
Speaker 7 (05:35):
You're overthinking. Yeah, just take a breath, follow my lead
when we get to Miss Livingston's Okay, trust me, you
got this.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Top of the Morning.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
Taxic, so you too, Snowboy's the onld. Lady Livingston.
Speaker 7 (05:56):
Missus Livingston hired us for a restoration job on one
of her pay.
Speaker 10 (06:01):
Yeah, well you ought to be careful of there. Wait
on the street. Is that the old bat's one fazol
short of a fajoli?
Speaker 9 (06:08):
Do we just get hate crime? I think so.
Speaker 7 (06:10):
Don't worry, sir, we're professionals.
Speaker 10 (06:13):
Professional ain't gonna save you when she comes at you
from behind with her dead husband's five iyron wam. I
don't like telling tales by the sea, but I heard
she often for the inheritance Miss Savage.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Oh who parks there?
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Come on? Okay, give me schoozy gentlemen, but I'll have
to let you boys off here. There's a damn moving
van's glocking missus Livingston's driveway. Yeah, I'm talking to you.
He's gonna have to go running up that hill to
get to her.
Speaker 7 (06:42):
I love that song. Yeah me too, Thank you, sir,
Keep the.
Speaker 10 (06:45):
Change, goluck and God bless gents.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Bye bye, gonna need it?
Speaker 7 (06:50):
Do you usually don't? Okay? Okay, well here we go.
You remember the plan?
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Yes, yes, of course, yes, we're find our restorers sent
by the museum to between Vietri su mare. And once
we're inside, i'll distract missus Linston with a barage of
questions and insurance forms while.
Speaker 7 (07:09):
You stick out the house.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yes, yes, and make sure we're alone and locate the piece.
And once she's done filling everything out, we'll explain we
need the painting to ourselves for a few hours to
do our work. And once it's you and me and
the Delano, we're home free.
Speaker 5 (07:27):
What what are you looking at?
Speaker 10 (07:28):
What?
Speaker 7 (07:28):
What what are you looking I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I
just I like seeing you like this, all excited and passionate.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Oh well, thank you?
Speaker 6 (07:37):
All right?
Speaker 7 (07:38):
Ready?
Speaker 5 (07:38):
Ready, yes, hardly a right?
Speaker 7 (07:50):
Wait Richard? Who's Richard? Her husband? I thought he was dead?
Speaker 9 (07:52):
Though at last you've all right, and I see the
right time. The spirits are mad and restless today.
Speaker 11 (08:04):
Please come in, come, in, come, in, come in, Richard, dear,
(08:29):
don't be shy.
Speaker 5 (08:30):
The spiritual advisors are here. Come and join us.
Speaker 9 (08:33):
Darling, the spiritual advisorensibly over the moon that you too
could make it on such short notice. I purchased all
the necessities you mentioned in our email correspondences. Of course,
Sage Juniper, sacred moon water, even acquired an authentic mill
glass crystal ball from a fortune telleren Rhine back.
Speaker 7 (08:59):
Oh right, that's not that's the place. How wonderful, Miss Livingstone.
I can already sense the positive orrors emanating from the
spiritual entities residing in this house. Me too, Truly, they
are very pleased with all the effort you put.
Speaker 9 (09:11):
In, all of them marvelous. Now, just let me pop
into the study and grab the pillow sun so before
we begin, I'll be back in half a tick of
a landstade.
Speaker 7 (09:25):
Oh what's going on? Okay, we're scrapping the art restores
and adapting clearly.
Speaker 9 (09:30):
But I don't think I can just think one, just
be you just don't think, don't think, just be, don't think.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
Just can't I don't think. I can't Just.
Speaker 9 (09:37):
Hi through the sacred smoke of the Pilotho. We lived
the liminal there between the earth.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
And Wow, that's a lot of smoke, isn't it. Should
we turn off for smoke detectors because as my eyes
are getting watery.
Speaker 9 (10:02):
Richard says, the smoke detectors have been dead for years.
Now let's start with a tour of the house. Shall
beach and I must warn you here in the back parler.
You must be extraordinarily cautious. The in room spirit doesn't
(10:23):
appreciate masculine energies. I'd recommend cleansing this room from the hallway.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Oh, just quite a quick question in in room spirit.
Speaker 9 (10:33):
That the small child who lives inside the walls, well,
the spirit of a small child bashed to death with
a baking pen by her older brother, so the story goes,
and now she detests men. Isn't that right? Richard?
Speaker 7 (10:50):
Excuse me, miss Livingston. The spirits tend to congregate around
objects with which they feel they have an emotional connection,
something that ties them to the physical point. To be
a room with old keepsakes, pieces of art, perhaps several.
Speaker 9 (11:06):
In fact, Richard and I are adamant collectors. O. Excellent,
dear Richard. I'll bring them to the upstairs gallery.
Speaker 7 (11:22):
Excellent, Richard, it was great.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
The shirt does talk a lot, oh, missus Lyndingston. This
room is a perfect example of early eighteenth century Dutch
homestead architecture. The exposed oak beams are exquisite.
Speaker 9 (11:38):
Oh, Richard cares for those beams are religiously. He pulls
out that step ladder and oils them by hand twice
a week.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
It's actually how it sounds like Richard loved and loves
this house as much as you do.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
He does.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
Did I'm sure you you miss him a lot.
Speaker 9 (12:00):
Enough, deallydlling Let me show you the heart of the
livingstone manner to the upstairs gallery we go?
Speaker 5 (12:10):
What is that infernal rackets?
Speaker 7 (12:13):
Oh my, I am so sorry, my sincere apologies, missus Livingston,
but I should take this call. I'll meet you two
upstairs in a minute.
Speaker 6 (12:20):
Okay, is the painting in hand?
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Fernando almost making up excuses because you're incapable of getting
the job done.
Speaker 7 (12:35):
Why are you on the line.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Oh, relax, This is still a family business man family,
whether you like it or not.
Speaker 7 (12:43):
Hang up, You hang up, No, you hang up. It's
my call you.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
I'm about three seconds away from hanging you both up
by your approach myself.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
First ly, Fernando, who is we?
Speaker 6 (12:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Cuz I thought you said partners slowed you down. You
hire an independent contractor for this job?
Speaker 7 (13:03):
No, and I meant we as in you and me, Dad.
We are just about to secure the painting. I'll have
it in hand within the hour. Mark my words.
Speaker 6 (13:12):
Fine, Now, I'm sure I don't have to remind you
about our upcoming lunch with Leonard Burton in two days.
Leonard is a valuable buyer and everything must go smoothly
with the Dilano for him. No hiccups, no excuses, and
no distractions.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Any distractions you might want to share with us, Fernando, No, I.
Speaker 7 (13:36):
Have my eyes on the prize.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Excellent, excellent. We don't want to repeat of surrech on
our hands, now, do we?
Speaker 2 (13:47):
I certainly don't. And I have all the faith in you, Fernando,
my dear cousin, especially now that the clock is ticking
forty eight hours tick talk TikTok.
Speaker 7 (14:00):
I swear to God, you're trying to get in my
head and it is not going to work.
Speaker 6 (14:03):
Made up two days, Fernando, I'm counting on you.
Speaker 7 (14:12):
Oh God, come on, where is it? Where is it?
Speaker 10 (14:19):
Enough?
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Now?
Speaker 7 (14:22):
How many damn doors are in this house?
Speaker 12 (14:25):
Can I help you?
Speaker 10 (14:27):
Sir?
Speaker 7 (14:27):
Jesus? I thought the house was empty? Wait are you?
Speaker 12 (14:32):
Are you Richard Benson, the Livingston's bottler?
Speaker 7 (14:36):
Okay, mm well, missus Livingston didn't mention she had a brother.
I see, I'm one of the spiritual advisors helping plans.
Speaker 12 (14:43):
The home and I ensure Livingstone House runs smoothly and
that intruders don't end up in places they shouldn't write.
Speaker 7 (14:53):
That's not threatening at all. Well, I appreciate your vigilance,
but I'm simply making my rounds.
Speaker 12 (14:59):
And what exactly are you doing in this particular wing.
Speaker 7 (15:03):
Well, I sensed the strong pool eminating from somewhere nearby,
perhaps a room with historical artifacts or documents, or.
Speaker 12 (15:10):
It seems you're looking for the upstairs gallery right though
it's quite a conundrum seeing as missus Livingston keeps that
room under strict lock and key.
Speaker 7 (15:19):
Well, that should be a problem. I can cleanse through
a closed door if need be.
Speaker 12 (15:23):
I suppose that's acceptable. Down the hallway too, lefts right,
another left, right, and then left again, up the spiral staircase,
turn left right, second door, down the.
Speaker 7 (15:33):
Hall right, I mean left, I mean I got it.
Thank you, Benson, very helpful, i'd you young man. Wait sorry, Benson,
wasn't two left and then a ride? Or two rights?
And Benson?
Speaker 6 (15:52):
Wait?
Speaker 7 (15:54):
Hello? All right?
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Another left, one more right, just two more lefts and okay, focus, Fernando,
the room should be right right here. Standard residential knoblock,
(16:28):
no electric backwiring. Okay, this is like shooting fish in
a barrel. Come to daddy, Margaret de Lano. No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no no no.
Speaker 7 (16:43):
This can't be, this can't Where the hell is it?
Speaker 5 (16:46):
Where the hell is it?
Speaker 9 (17:08):
I didn't have a bathing suit, but that wasn't going
to stop me from diving off that fishing boat with
just my courage and my dignity to keep me afloat,
so I stripped down naked.
Speaker 5 (17:21):
Oh wow, wow, missus.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
Let me stand what a riveting and very visual story.
Very visual.
Speaker 9 (17:30):
Richard taught me that we only get one earthly life,
may as well live it fully.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
You sounds just like my Mayauela.
Speaker 9 (17:39):
Are you. Are you close with your grandmother?
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Oh yeah, she's my best friend.
Speaker 9 (17:44):
How fortunate my granddaughter Clara rarely visits me anymore. She's
always gallivanting with those no good friends of hers. She's
just moved to Brooklyn. Actually, I gave her a couple
of landscape paintings to furnish her new apartment. Of course,
she thinks party flyers are art here. Yes, take a look,
(18:08):
see what you think.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
I'm sorry, party flyers? Oh oh unicorn? Party Save a horse,
ride a unicorn doors at eleven passwords best.
Speaker 9 (18:21):
Yet seems terribly cross to me, but Clara says the
giving of the invitation is a piece of performance art itself.
Oh I suppose I should answer that? Oh have I
miss having good old bencing around coming? Just wait?
Speaker 5 (18:45):
But you are? I think I found some rules.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Alana was going.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
I know you know, yes, missus Lidcy gave it a wish.
Speaker 9 (18:53):
You must be mistaken.
Speaker 7 (18:58):
Oh we have to go. Oh my god, are we
about to get caught?
Speaker 5 (19:02):
I would be so bad in jail. The window, the what.
Speaker 7 (19:07):
We jump? It's only twenty foot drop and there's an
awning white below.
Speaker 5 (19:13):
I can't do that. But I can't make that chomp.
Speaker 7 (19:15):
I can't. I can't do that.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
I have very brittle bone that we jumped.
Speaker 7 (19:19):
Now where the chicks are?
Speaker 9 (19:20):
Now?
Speaker 7 (19:21):
No, the police don't make me one two three?
Speaker 5 (19:31):
Oh my god, Oh my god, I'm alive. I'm alive.
Oh I think this firs hum alife.
Speaker 9 (19:36):
Oh my god, where are we going?
Speaker 7 (19:37):
Come on, keep moving, keep moving anywhere that's not down.
We need to find that paint. Time is running out,
and somehow we've lost this goddamn thing again.
Speaker 5 (19:52):
No, no, no, no, it's not gone.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
It's a Brookoln What Yeah, missus Lideson said she gave
it to her granddaughter Clara, a bunch of her landscape.
Speaker 9 (19:59):
Paintings, and there was the movie truck Brooklyn movers. The
Delano was on the truck.
Speaker 5 (20:03):
Oh that's it.
Speaker 7 (20:04):
We're going back to the city and we're getting this
done tonight. No more wild goose chases, no more stupid distractions.
It ends tonight. Three minutes. I can't believe we missed
that train by three goddamn minutes.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Well this is quaint Pocantico palace bed and breakfast, not terrible. Right, yeah, okay,
but you've seen.
Speaker 7 (20:31):
I'm fine, okay, just oh no, oh no, no, no, no,
no no.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
I told the receptionist two beds. You heard me say,
two beds, right, I can't, I should, I should. Just
I'm sure the reception hast just made a mistake, and
we can call and just tell her.
Speaker 7 (20:44):
Just sleep on the floor, okay, next to Jesus Christ.
Is that a bloodstain?
Speaker 5 (20:48):
No, no, no, no, no, you can't sleep on the floor.
No you can't.
Speaker 6 (20:50):
You can't do that.
Speaker 5 (20:51):
No, I just I mean we could just maybe, you know,
we could share.
Speaker 7 (20:57):
Fine, fine, I'll just I'll take the right side.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Great. Perfect, that's that's that's great, and you know that
that totally works.
Speaker 9 (21:05):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Yeah, so I was thinking that, oh well that was
I was just I was gonna say that this whole
con has kind of prevented us from having a proper date,
you know, so I thought, maybe if we have some
time tomorrow, we finding.
Speaker 7 (21:27):
The painting is our only priority right now, no more distractions.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
Right of course, both are thinking.
Speaker 9 (21:39):
Mm hmmmm mm hmmm.
Speaker 5 (21:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (21:45):
Yeah, I second thought, I will take the floor.
Speaker 5 (21:48):
What are you sure?
Speaker 7 (21:49):
Good night one?
Speaker 3 (21:50):
All right, sure, good night, I guess.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
The Setup was produced by Sonro in partnership with Iheart's
Michael Tura podcast Network. Created and written by Ivy Marie
and Philippe Baugen, directed by Bettina Lopez, Produced by Luis
Luardo Castillo, developed by Bettina Lopez, story editing by Nick Milanes.
(22:31):
Executive produced by Harvey Gien and Christian Navarro. Connel Byrne
and Giselle Banss for iHeart and Camilla Victoriano and Joshua
Weinstein for Sonro. Performances in this episode by Harvey Gillen,
Christian Navarro, Danielle Alonso, J. D. Garfield, Sheila Sheila Corci,
(22:53):
Sharon Powers, Philippe Baugen and Aaron Leddock.
Speaker 9 (22:58):
Are.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Production and supervising managers are Gustavo Rila and Keeren sa Chaidis.
Recording engineering and sound design by Luin Idigoying, Juan Dias
and Andres Bayena. Casting and coordination by Ansley Martinez and
Alex Gonzilez. Voices recorded at The Invisible Studios in Los Angeles,
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