"The Soft Spot" is the 99th episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, originally aired on September 1, 1950. In this episode, Marlowe is hired by a frantic client to locate an elderly man suspected of theft. The investigation leads him through the darker corners of skid row, where he encounters a host of colorful and suspicious characters, including a wood-carving sot and a fallen lady. As Marlowe digs deeper into the case, he discovers that nothing is as it seems, culminating in a tense confrontation that reveals the tragic backstory behind the crime.