I am trying to make a widget that plays through episodes of strong bad email. The problem is that I don't know how to pause the movie episodes. They are external swf movies. What I have is

empty_mc.loadMovie("path of movie");

As soon as this is done, the movie starts playing. I have tried a bunch of different thing, but can't seem to get it right. I am sure I am missing something obvious, but after perusing the Abode livedocs page I am just as lost.

Any ideas?
Thanks