Peter Gunn and Edie are making a dinner salad when he is taken by McCutchen voluntarily to confer with an unidentified potential client. Edie is quite annoyed by another interruption and turns away from his parting kiss. Sadly, that is the last we see her, but she does leave him an after dinner note.
At the mansion of the billionaire Carlyle, Gunn learns that a girl named Maren will try to extract $1 million in a blackmail scheme for some undisclosed documents, which Carlyle wants secured.
Fortunately, Maren is having a party at her place that evening.. While the guests are downstairs waiting for the hostess, Gunn conducts a search and finds her dead. No documents are found. After a trip to McCutchen's house, the pieces finally are put together at Carlyle's office.
This series finale, while providing screen time to its executives in a disjointed storyline, could have provided its faithful audience with better closure. Some TV shows in the years to come did better than this. Perhaps this glaring omission in the series was in itself another contribution from Peter Gunn, but I am quite perturbed by the way the series finale closed. Let me propose an alternative closing.
PETER: (Upon entering) Hi, Honey. I'm glad that you returned to help me finish my dinner. I'm quite hungry. (Moving closer to hold her shoulders from behind) The case worked out well. (Kissing the side of her neck) Carlyle is now in custody and I earned a big fee up front. (Turning to face her and to deliver a kiss on her forehead) I'm very sorry I had to leave at such an inopportune time. It is not fair to you and I apologize.
EDIE: Pete, I just miss you terribly at times. Like I said in my note: I love you. Do you love being with any of the women you meet while working a case?
PETER: Now that's a Silly question. (A kiss on her cheek)
EDIE: Pete, have you loved any of these women that you meet?
PETER: That's another Silly question. (A kiss on her other cheek)
EDIE: Pete, did you ever see Gone With the Wind?
PETER: Sure, Silly. It won some Academy Awards. (A kiss on her nose)
EDIE: Pete, do you remember Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara?
PETER: I sure do, Silly. (A short kiss on her lips)
EDIE: Then would you please pick me up and carry me away!
PETER: You're not being silly anymore! (Whereupon he picks her up to carry her as the scene fades)
At the mansion of the billionaire Carlyle, Gunn learns that a girl named Maren will try to extract $1 million in a blackmail scheme for some undisclosed documents, which Carlyle wants secured.
Fortunately, Maren is having a party at her place that evening.. While the guests are downstairs waiting for the hostess, Gunn conducts a search and finds her dead. No documents are found. After a trip to McCutchen's house, the pieces finally are put together at Carlyle's office.
This series finale, while providing screen time to its executives in a disjointed storyline, could have provided its faithful audience with better closure. Some TV shows in the years to come did better than this. Perhaps this glaring omission in the series was in itself another contribution from Peter Gunn, but I am quite perturbed by the way the series finale closed. Let me propose an alternative closing.
PETER: (Upon entering) Hi, Honey. I'm glad that you returned to help me finish my dinner. I'm quite hungry. (Moving closer to hold her shoulders from behind) The case worked out well. (Kissing the side of her neck) Carlyle is now in custody and I earned a big fee up front. (Turning to face her and to deliver a kiss on her forehead) I'm very sorry I had to leave at such an inopportune time. It is not fair to you and I apologize.
EDIE: Pete, I just miss you terribly at times. Like I said in my note: I love you. Do you love being with any of the women you meet while working a case?
PETER: Now that's a Silly question. (A kiss on her cheek)
EDIE: Pete, have you loved any of these women that you meet?
PETER: That's another Silly question. (A kiss on her other cheek)
EDIE: Pete, did you ever see Gone With the Wind?
PETER: Sure, Silly. It won some Academy Awards. (A kiss on her nose)
EDIE: Pete, do you remember Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara?
PETER: I sure do, Silly. (A short kiss on her lips)
EDIE: Then would you please pick me up and carry me away!
PETER: You're not being silly anymore! (Whereupon he picks her up to carry her as the scene fades)
