Scene
begins with two reporters, a female and male, discussing Spider's
up- coming
tennis match. The female reporter was a former tennis pro, and Spider's
ex-wife. The male reporter asks her if Spider's reputation of being
"the bad boy" who throws temper tantrums, and uses foul
language is an act, or the real thing. She tells him that it is
very real, Spider is an over-grown child, who who strives for perfection
on the court.
Meanwhile we see Spider, aggressively play against his practice
partner, and treating him brutally, it is not practice but deadly
serious. Watching him are his mentor, Dale Montrose, and his manager
Patricia Jackson who look disgust at Spider's tactics.
SPIDER:
HIT IT COME ON... (his practice partner cannot keep up. Spider is
even more merciless, hitting the ball harder and harder)... I'm trying
to get a warm up here.... you call that a back hand.
Spider
hits the ball so hard it knocks the guy over. The others watch
in disgust. Especially his manager. He swaggers over to her, very
cocky, and pours himself a drink. She is disgusted with him.
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Spider antagonizes
his manager
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SPIDER:
(You can bank your 10% of the winner's check now, Patricia, I'm
ready.
PATRICIA: You're also
a son-of-a-bitch.
SPIDER: Who's made
you rich.
PATRICIA: And made
me suffer for it everyday (walking off in disgust).
SPIDER:
(Making kissing noises) I love you too.
He
walks off. The manager asks the practice partner if he is okay.
Spider does not seem to care. He walks past the net where his
benefactor, Dale Montrose is.
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Spider antagonizes
his benefactor
45 sec; 1.7 Meg |
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MONTROSE:
Looking great, Spider... strong... dontcha think you out to see if
he is hurt?
SPIDER: Who's he, your
next charity case?
MONTROSE: It's just common
courtesy.
SPIDER: Look, old man,
I don't need you to tell me how
to lead my life anymore. I don't need anything from
you, you got that (he taps him hard on the chest). Just leave me alone.
Spider
walks away and is joined by another man, a representative from
sports product company, who also seems annoyed by him. Again,
as with the others, Spider is obnoxious and arrogant with him.
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Spider antagonizes
his corporate sponser
30 sec; 1 Meg |
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EXECUTIVE:
Spider
(Spider ignores him and keeps walking he catches up)... If you walk
out on that court you better be wearing Aries.
SPIDER:
(Smug) Why?
EXECUTIVE: Why? How about
this is called the "Aries Open." How about
we are paying you two million dollars a year to be the our spokesman.
SPIDER: So sue
me, I'm tired of being exploited. Why should Aries get rich
off my name, when I can have my own Spider Wear line and keep all
the money for myself.
EXECUTIVE: You signed
a contract.
SPIDER: My manager signed
a contract! Talk to her.
Spider
walks off, and the executive, with hatred, watches him walk off.

Spider enters his apartment.
A
sexy woman, struts up to him and starts come on to him,kissing
him very erotically; but he does not respond, and seems bored,
and turned off.
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Spider antagonizes
his girlfriend
30 sec; 1000K |
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LIZA:
You're all sweaty,
I like that in a man (she continues to kiss him seductively).
SPIDER: (Not responding,
and turned off) What do you think you're doing?
LIZA: I just thought
you could use a little loosening up.
SPIDER: (Disgusted) What
I could use, Liza, is some privacy. You know I need
to be alone before a match.
LIZA: Yeah, but what
about after?
SPIDER: (Pushing her
away) Don't cancel your manicure.
LIZA: Look, I saw the way you were looking at the
ball girl yesterday. I told you, you think you can cheat on me (storming
off).... You're going to regret it.
He
watches as she walks off and then opens a door. Inside he struts
over to a CD player and puts on some classical musical.
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One of Spider's
enemies strikes
1:25 min; 3.2 Meg |
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Spider
begins a ritual. First he does some stretching, with some hand
motions like tai chi. Then he walks over to a mirror,
and lights two scented candles. He takes off a gold chain necklace
with a spider figure,
kisses it, and then drapes it over one of the candles. Finally,
he looks intently into the mirror and begins to recite his strange
mantra.
SPIDER:
Who are you?... The Spider! (He gets louder louder.) Who are you?
The Spider! Who are you? The Spider! What are you
going to do? Kill! What are you going to do? Kill!
.... What are you going to do? Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!....
KILL!
Spider
goes to his closet, there are several tennis shirts copies of
what he is wearing, white with a red color and a spider logon,
he opens a tennis shoe box, and inside is a large tarantula, which
bites him. Frantic, he groans in agony. He is gasping for air,
and reaches for a near-by table, knocking it over. He continues
to gasp, and search for something. He reaches for a cell phone,
and tries to call, but it is too late, he gasps one final time,
then dies, with a look of horror on his face.

Later
we see his dead corpse on a gurney. The paramedic covers his face,
and he is rolled away.
By the end of the show Burke and his son solve the case. It was
his mentor/benefactor, who disgusted by Spider's actions, believes
that he needs to put a stop to such a no good jerk as Spider.
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