Post by queensgirl on Jan 20, 2006 13:33:59 GMT -5
I just thought of something. Since the actual person who hired them, Mrs. Kandinski, winds up 'cooling her heels' for real 3/4 of the way through the episode, who exactly was going to pay them if they finished the case? Her estate? The city? Was there something in the beginning (before the tragedy) about them getting half the money from Mrs. K upfront, half later on?
Please point out if I'm missing something, because that could very well be true, but doesn't David say something, after they're walking away from the coroner's news conference, about "that's all we have to do" or "that's how we get our fee," something like that? Since the client is dead, what's motivating the detectives beyond that time is the need to see who the murderer was. (Also basic decency, but let's go back to the other question primarily.) If they know something, they would need to tell the police. (Which I'm sure they do.) If there was a reward out, then they would get paid. Or if Mrs. K had already set up to pay them before what happened to her, they still could. They could even, I suppose, give up if they wanted to after she died, if she had earlier given them the whole fee, because there's no one to disappoint after that. (Though knowing them, they'd be driven to solve it anyway. There was still a murderer out.)
This is something of a loophole question for me. I just thought about David's line at the conference and it kind of confused me. Legally, is a private eye allowed to quit a case or fail to call it closed if the client dies? Are they allowed to call it unsolved like the cops sometimes have to? Thank you.
Please point out if I'm missing something, because that could very well be true, but doesn't David say something, after they're walking away from the coroner's news conference, about "that's all we have to do" or "that's how we get our fee," something like that? Since the client is dead, what's motivating the detectives beyond that time is the need to see who the murderer was. (Also basic decency, but let's go back to the other question primarily.) If they know something, they would need to tell the police. (Which I'm sure they do.) If there was a reward out, then they would get paid. Or if Mrs. K had already set up to pay them before what happened to her, they still could. They could even, I suppose, give up if they wanted to after she died, if she had earlier given them the whole fee, because there's no one to disappoint after that. (Though knowing them, they'd be driven to solve it anyway. There was still a murderer out.)
This is something of a loophole question for me. I just thought about David's line at the conference and it kind of confused me. Legally, is a private eye allowed to quit a case or fail to call it closed if the client dies? Are they allowed to call it unsolved like the cops sometimes have to? Thank you.