The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (TV Series)

Hot Seats: Part 1 (1996)

Irene Ng: Shelby Woo

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• Shelby Woo : Not that I blame those kids for being angry with Benny, I mean I was a victim too, but what he said made a lot of sense. We're the only people who buy tickets from him, he'd be crazy to cheat us. So the big question was, WHERE did all those fake tickets come from? I needed an expert on the criminal mind, fortunately I know where one lives; in his spare time he runs a guest house out of his home. His students call him Professor Woo, but I call him Grandpa.

• Shelby Woo : It's like you always say, Grandpa, a suspect without a motive is a lousy suspect.

  Mike 'Grandpa' Woo : Ah ha.

  Shelby Woo : The thing is Benny has no motive. I mean if he rips off the people he sells tickets to, how long can he expect to stay in business?

  Mike 'Grandpa' Woo : No too long.

  Shelby Woo : I know this is crazy, but I think Benny is being framed. I can't prove it, it's just instinct, but I think some great big terrible crime has been committed.

• Mike 'Grandpa' Woo : Shelby, please don't talk about crime in front of guests, I save it for my class in criminal science.

  Shelby Woo : I'm sorry.

  Mike 'Grandpa' Woo : And as for instinct, I tell my students 'look at the faces, the science, instinct is just guess work, and a good detective never guesses'.

• Shelby Woo : All along I thought that whoever switched Benny's tickets sold them and kept the money. But it turns out that those seats were empty, except for one, someone wanted those seats empty. And I don't know how to explain this.

  [hands Noah the wrapper] 

  Noah Allen : Well which part do you need explained? The thick creamy nougat or the crispy wispy wafers?

  [Shelby turns the wrapper around, showing the map] 

  Noah Allen : Some sort of diagram.

  Cindy Ornette : It was in our seats right next to the air vent.

  Shelby Woo : The air vent! I overheard an important clue and completely forgot it. I bet whoever left that note climbed in the air vent by our seats.

  Cindy Ornette : That's why they wanted all those seats empty.

  Shelby Woo : And this diagram must be a map of the ventilation system.

  Noah Allen : Yeah, alright here's what we don't know, what any of this means!

  Shelby Woo : All I know is this is starting to look a lot bigger than a bunch of tickets stolen from Benny.