1 00:00:00,251 --> 00:00:01,877 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:04,296 He was in bed with another man's wife. 3 00:00:04,463 --> 00:00:07,591 This case is not as simple as it seems. 4 00:00:07,675 --> 00:00:09,885 This is a man's life we're deciding. 5 00:00:09,969 --> 00:00:12,847 And most of us here are of a mind to let him keep it. 6 00:00:12,930 --> 00:00:15,099 This jury has just been hung by this... 7 00:00:15,182 --> 00:00:16,767 gentleman with the open mind. 8 00:00:16,851 --> 00:00:20,062 Hey, we're 12 reasonably intelligent people here. 9 00:00:20,146 --> 00:00:21,272 We ought to be able to sort this thing out. 10 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:23,983 If it wasn't premeditated, then it had to be self defense. 11 00:00:24,066 --> 00:00:24,900 There's nothing else. 12 00:00:24,984 --> 00:00:26,444 But there is something else. 13 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:27,903 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 14 00:00:27,987 --> 00:00:29,947 -have you reached a verdict? -We have, your honor. 15 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:23,125 [police radio chatter] 16 00:01:23,834 --> 00:01:25,211 Get-get through. 17 00:01:34,261 --> 00:01:35,346 Get through. 18 00:01:40,142 --> 00:01:41,811 Watch out. Watch out. Easy. 19 00:01:46,232 --> 00:01:48,776 Careful. Watch it. 20 00:01:48,859 --> 00:01:51,737 Careful, now. 21 00:01:51,821 --> 00:01:53,322 I'm all right. I'm all right. 22 00:01:53,405 --> 00:01:55,407 -Take care of her. -Don't move. 23 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:01,080 [groaning] 24 00:02:02,832 --> 00:02:06,126 Use that wrecker to get that car out of here now. 25 00:02:07,586 --> 00:02:09,088 I should have made her wear the seat belt. 26 00:02:09,171 --> 00:02:10,506 I should've made her. 27 00:02:10,589 --> 00:02:12,299 She never wanted to wear her seat belt. 28 00:02:12,383 --> 00:02:14,093 She always felt like she was gonna be trapped. 29 00:02:14,176 --> 00:02:18,055 Babe, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. 30 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:20,307 Oh, she's not-- she's not going to die, is she? 31 00:02:20,391 --> 00:02:22,810 Steph, I'm sorry. 32 00:02:22,893 --> 00:02:25,187 She isn't gonna die, is she? 33 00:02:25,271 --> 00:02:29,525 [groans] I don't understand. 34 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:32,278 -Why? -It was the kid. 35 00:02:32,361 --> 00:02:33,737 It was the kid on the bike. 36 00:02:33,821 --> 00:02:36,824 I swerved to avoid him. Oh, my God. 37 00:02:42,454 --> 00:02:43,956 It was my fault. 38 00:02:49,795 --> 00:02:51,630 Oh, it should have been me. It should have been me. 39 00:02:51,714 --> 00:02:53,048 When can I talk to her? 40 00:02:53,132 --> 00:02:55,467 Well, we'll know more about that in the morning. 41 00:02:55,551 --> 00:02:58,345 The paramedic said you fractured your collarbone. 42 00:02:58,429 --> 00:03:00,055 No, it's all right. I'm all right. 43 00:03:00,139 --> 00:03:01,265 All right. 44 00:03:01,974 --> 00:03:03,225 Well, if you'd like to be with her-- 45 00:03:03,309 --> 00:03:05,227 No, no, I can't-- I can't look at her 46 00:03:05,311 --> 00:03:06,812 knowing that I'm the one that-- 47 00:03:06,896 --> 00:03:08,105 I understand that. 48 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:10,107 Well, if she does regain consciousness, 49 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,817 it won't be for, oh, several hours. 50 00:03:13,235 --> 00:03:14,403 Look, Mr. Reynolds, 51 00:03:14,486 --> 00:03:17,573 your wife has a good chance of surviving, 52 00:03:17,656 --> 00:03:19,366 but, well, I'm afraid she may never walk again. 53 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:21,619 There was severe spinal damage. 54 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:23,746 -I'm sorry. -Oh, my God. 55 00:03:24,246 --> 00:03:26,248 -Oh, my God! -Mr. Reynolds! 56 00:03:37,509 --> 00:03:38,636 Oh, wow! 57 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:40,220 Hey, pal, you been in an accident? 58 00:03:40,304 --> 00:03:42,014 Give me a shot of scotch, will ya? 59 00:03:42,097 --> 00:03:44,642 Are you sure you're all right? 60 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:47,186 Hey, Jerry, give me a clean towel, okay? 61 00:03:48,312 --> 00:03:51,774 You look awful. What happened? 62 00:03:51,857 --> 00:03:54,276 -He called it-- Accident. -Anybody else hurt? 63 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,862 Yeah. Someone else was hurt. 64 00:03:59,031 --> 00:04:01,659 It was my-- 65 00:04:16,340 --> 00:04:18,592 This little kid was so scared. 66 00:04:18,676 --> 00:04:20,427 I mean, I missed him by-- by that. 67 00:04:21,804 --> 00:04:24,056 And he just took off and never looked back. 68 00:04:24,139 --> 00:04:25,849 If my wife lives, 69 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:28,060 the doctor said she'll never walk again. 70 00:04:28,143 --> 00:04:29,895 And I did it to her. 71 00:04:29,979 --> 00:04:30,980 No, you can't think that. 72 00:04:33,816 --> 00:04:35,401 Who's that with Becky Anderson? 73 00:04:35,484 --> 00:04:36,986 What'll it be, Mr. Detweiler? 74 00:04:37,069 --> 00:04:39,613 She's a pip, isn't she? 75 00:04:39,697 --> 00:04:41,740 Her old man would be climbin' the walls if-- 76 00:04:41,824 --> 00:04:43,951 Look, the guy was in an automobile accident. 77 00:04:44,034 --> 00:04:45,202 His wife was almost killed. 78 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:46,745 Now, can I get you somethin'? 79 00:04:46,829 --> 00:04:48,831 Yeah, a beer. 80 00:04:56,046 --> 00:04:57,756 You know, I used to race sports cars. 81 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:00,426 And Stephanie used to come watch me. 82 00:05:00,509 --> 00:05:02,803 I should've been able to handle that spin-out. 83 00:05:02,886 --> 00:05:04,763 Now, you've got to stop blamin' yourself. 84 00:05:04,847 --> 00:05:07,307 No, an automobile's a dangerous thing. 85 00:05:07,391 --> 00:05:08,350 You know, I always buckled up. 86 00:05:08,434 --> 00:05:09,518 She never did. 87 00:05:09,601 --> 00:05:11,311 Your wife would be the last person 88 00:05:11,395 --> 00:05:14,064 to blame you for what happened. 89 00:05:15,274 --> 00:05:16,316 Thanks. 90 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:20,654 Oh, my gosh. Look at the time. 91 00:05:20,738 --> 00:05:22,823 -I've got to go. -Oh. 92 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:25,868 Can I drive you back to the hospital? 93 00:05:25,951 --> 00:05:27,202 Oh, no, no. That's the last thing I-- 94 00:05:27,286 --> 00:05:29,538 I can't face my wife until the morning. 95 00:05:31,749 --> 00:05:33,417 Could a friendly neighborhood stranger 96 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:35,044 offer to make you a cup of coffee? 97 00:05:35,127 --> 00:05:36,712 No, thanks. 98 00:05:38,047 --> 00:05:42,801 Well, as a matter of fact, I'd be very grateful. 99 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,766 -Good night, Becky. -Good night. 100 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:50,059 Thanks. 101 00:06:13,665 --> 00:06:15,918 Ah, well, ain't that somethin'? 102 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:17,878 What's that, Mr. Detweiler? 103 00:06:17,961 --> 00:06:20,047 Well, if I were to give it a name, 104 00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:22,466 I'd call it the sympathy jump in the making. 105 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:24,510 I didn't see nothin'. 106 00:06:24,593 --> 00:06:26,220 Open me one more, Jerry, will ya? 107 00:06:26,303 --> 00:06:27,304 I'll be right back. 108 00:06:36,772 --> 00:06:38,899 [phone ringing] 109 00:06:43,695 --> 00:06:44,780 Yeah? 110 00:06:44,863 --> 00:06:46,240 Yeah, Willie? Johnny Detweiler. 111 00:06:46,323 --> 00:06:47,449 Cliff still stayin' with you? 112 00:06:47,699 --> 00:06:49,243 Yeah. 113 00:06:49,326 --> 00:06:50,661 Detweiler. 114 00:06:55,374 --> 00:06:58,335 [sighs] Hello, creep, what's new? 115 00:07:01,380 --> 00:07:02,548 What are you talkin' about? 116 00:07:02,631 --> 00:07:05,717 Real good lookin', got-rocks type. 117 00:07:05,801 --> 00:07:06,927 She's takin' him home now. 118 00:07:12,391 --> 00:07:13,976 What'd he call for? 119 00:07:14,726 --> 00:07:16,186 Becky's picked up some guy. 120 00:07:16,270 --> 00:07:17,521 What? 121 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:19,815 Trial separation, she says. 122 00:07:19,898 --> 00:07:22,192 I'm gonna kill that broad! 123 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:25,737 [gavel pounding] 124 00:07:25,821 --> 00:07:27,614 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 125 00:07:27,698 --> 00:07:29,533 you have heard the evidence. 126 00:07:30,117 --> 00:07:33,120 And the time has come for you to deliberate on your verdict. 127 00:07:34,121 --> 00:07:38,041 It is your sworn duty to determine if the defendant, 128 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:39,918 Mark Lee Reynolds, 129 00:07:40,002 --> 00:07:41,712 is guilty, as the prosecution charges, 130 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,922 of criminal homicide, 131 00:07:44,006 --> 00:07:46,383 or, as the defense contends, innocent, 132 00:07:47,301 --> 00:07:49,136 in that he killed Clifford Anderson 133 00:07:49,219 --> 00:07:50,929 in self-defense. 134 00:07:51,013 --> 00:07:54,558 Now, your responsibility is to so determine, 135 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:57,686 based solely on the evidence and testimony presented. 136 00:07:58,353 --> 00:08:00,606 And when you are in accordance, madam foreman, 137 00:08:00,689 --> 00:08:02,608 you shall deliver your verdict to the court. 138 00:08:05,444 --> 00:08:07,029 Bailiff, you'll escort the jury 139 00:08:07,112 --> 00:08:09,156 to the jury room for deliberation. 140 00:08:10,449 --> 00:08:12,367 Court is recessed till the verdict's been reached. 141 00:08:14,036 --> 00:08:15,495 That homicide, Sharon, 142 00:08:15,579 --> 00:08:18,665 she's as full of holes as a wheel of Swiss cheese. 143 00:08:18,749 --> 00:08:21,001 -Open and shut. -Could be out of here by 4.30 pm. 144 00:08:21,084 --> 00:08:23,212 I thought a murder trial would take weeks. 145 00:08:23,295 --> 00:08:24,796 As long as the county's paying, let's order lunch. 146 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,590 Won't have time to eat it. 147 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:30,052 Mr. Bentley, please, may I call you Thornton? 148 00:08:30,135 --> 00:08:31,553 You can call me Margo. 149 00:08:31,637 --> 00:08:34,431 -I'm a widow. -Ally Collins, single sex. 150 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:36,433 -Can we get some coffee? -It's over here. 151 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:41,063 Excuse me. Excuse me, everyone. Please, we do have a foreperson. 152 00:08:41,146 --> 00:08:42,356 Oh, thank you, Jackie. 153 00:08:42,439 --> 00:08:44,900 I have to warn you that I have never been 154 00:08:44,983 --> 00:08:47,903 a jury foreperson before. 155 00:08:47,986 --> 00:08:50,405 I'm afraid this case ain't gonna let you be one for long, 156 00:08:50,489 --> 00:08:51,531 -Mrs. Fletcher. -Well, 157 00:08:51,615 --> 00:08:52,908 however long it takes. 158 00:08:52,991 --> 00:08:57,037 And I hope that you will help me to make the job as easy as possible. 159 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,414 Madam foreman, if I may. 160 00:08:59,498 --> 00:09:01,792 I think that we are all pretty much of the same mind. 161 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,461 So the job really doesn't call for very much more than our vote. 162 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:07,756 Well, don't you think we should examine the evidence first? 163 00:09:08,090 --> 00:09:10,008 The evidence says he's innocent of homicide. 164 00:09:10,092 --> 00:09:12,052 He's guilty of one thing: picking the wrong time 165 00:09:12,135 --> 00:09:14,096 at the wrong place to go to bed with another man's wife. 166 00:09:14,179 --> 00:09:16,598 You ride right over that fact now. 167 00:09:16,682 --> 00:09:18,600 He was in bed with another man's wife 168 00:09:18,684 --> 00:09:20,185 and he killed him when he walked in on them. 169 00:09:20,269 --> 00:09:21,687 In self defense! 170 00:09:21,770 --> 00:09:24,523 Oh yes. About that... 171 00:09:24,606 --> 00:09:28,068 there's one or two points there that I don't quite understand. 172 00:09:28,151 --> 00:09:30,070 -I'm not quite clear-- -Can I please make a point? 173 00:09:30,654 --> 00:09:32,823 This case is nothing but a great big sales pitch 174 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:35,617 by a politically ambitious district attorney. 175 00:09:35,701 --> 00:09:37,536 As I tell them on my radio show, 176 00:09:37,619 --> 00:09:40,831 it's the product that counts, not the package. 177 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:43,250 Well, a product or a package, I'm not buying either one. 178 00:09:43,333 --> 00:09:46,420 The point is, that this case should never have come to trial. 179 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:49,423 Then let's vote. At least we'll know how close we are to a verdict. 180 00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:52,217 Yes, I think that might be a very helpful idea. 181 00:09:52,301 --> 00:09:54,219 Frank, how should we go about... 182 00:09:54,303 --> 00:09:57,806 It's very simple. I think all we do is write down our verdict, 183 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:59,599 I'll collect 'em, and you can count 'em. 184 00:09:59,683 --> 00:10:02,477 Very well. Shall we, uh...? 185 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,524 Here we are. 186 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:11,028 Nine to two for acquittal and one undecided. 187 00:10:11,111 --> 00:10:13,155 It seems we're not too far from an agreement. 188 00:10:14,031 --> 00:10:15,032 Why do I get the feeling 189 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:16,700 that we're going to be here for a while? 190 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,952 Maybe it won't seem so long once we get started. 191 00:10:19,036 --> 00:10:20,954 Started? Start where? 192 00:10:21,038 --> 00:10:23,206 Well, we could begin with Mark Reynolds's testimony. 193 00:10:23,290 --> 00:10:25,417 I'd say that's a very good place to start. 194 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:28,086 Oh, fine! Which part of his testimony? 195 00:10:28,170 --> 00:10:31,131 Well, how about where his attorney asked him-- 196 00:10:31,673 --> 00:10:35,218 Mark, what did you feel when Dr. Webster told you, 197 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:38,972 if your wife lived, she'd be paralyzed? 198 00:10:40,682 --> 00:10:43,852 I felt, uhm... guilty. 199 00:10:44,353 --> 00:10:49,191 And I felt... lost. Empty... 200 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:53,612 What did you intend when you ran out of the hospital? 201 00:10:54,196 --> 00:10:57,324 I don't know. 202 00:10:58,533 --> 00:10:59,910 I know I wanted to die. 203 00:11:01,078 --> 00:11:02,454 But you went to a bar. 204 00:11:04,039 --> 00:11:06,541 Well, I ended up in a bar. 205 00:11:06,625 --> 00:11:09,294 Will you tell the court why you went there? 206 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:14,341 To drink. To get drunk. 207 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:18,678 And to drown out... 208 00:11:19,846 --> 00:11:21,181 reality. 209 00:11:21,264 --> 00:11:25,519 My golly, in my day, I did a lot of that. 210 00:11:25,602 --> 00:11:27,145 But for different reasons. 211 00:11:27,229 --> 00:11:29,731 I don't think anybody could call that unusual. 212 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:32,734 Under those circumstances, you're probably right. 213 00:11:32,818 --> 00:11:35,737 But remember, the district attorney's question 214 00:11:35,821 --> 00:11:37,656 in cross-examination? 215 00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:39,491 Why that bar, Mr. Reynolds? 216 00:11:40,575 --> 00:11:41,910 Between the hospital and the Last Resort, 217 00:11:41,993 --> 00:11:43,954 there are six places where you could have 218 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:46,581 drowned your guilt. Why did you go to that one? 219 00:11:47,124 --> 00:11:49,668 -I-I don't know. I just-- -Was it because Becky Anderson 220 00:11:49,751 --> 00:11:51,253 was waiting there for you? 221 00:11:51,336 --> 00:11:52,462 -No. -Waiting for you to play 222 00:11:52,546 --> 00:11:54,005 the little game of accidental meeting? 223 00:11:54,089 --> 00:11:55,006 -No. -Knowing that you're 224 00:11:55,090 --> 00:11:57,259 leaving together would lure her husband to her apartment 225 00:11:57,342 --> 00:11:58,760 so you could murder him. 226 00:11:58,844 --> 00:12:00,178 That's badgering, your honor. 227 00:12:00,262 --> 00:12:02,139 My client has answered the question twice. 228 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:03,098 No further questions at this time. 229 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:06,059 As far as I'm concerned, 230 00:12:06,143 --> 00:12:08,311 those questions did not have to be asked. 231 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:11,064 Except, that so happens to be his case. 232 00:12:11,148 --> 00:12:12,607 Exactly, and it's no case. 233 00:12:12,691 --> 00:12:14,443 Do you mind if I say something? 234 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:18,071 -Miss Conniver? -It's just that-- 235 00:12:18,155 --> 00:12:21,450 Well, when Mark Reynolds was talking, I-- 236 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:24,035 I never got the feeling he was trying to impress us. 237 00:12:24,578 --> 00:12:27,581 He was just telling us the simple truth. 238 00:12:27,664 --> 00:12:30,542 Is this your first time on jury duty, Ms. Conniver? 239 00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:33,587 Look, I served on six juries, bud. 240 00:12:33,670 --> 00:12:35,714 This happens to be my second murder trial. 241 00:12:35,797 --> 00:12:37,716 What about you? 242 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:39,009 I agree with Ms. Conniver. 243 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:41,470 If anything, I thought that Mark Reynolds' testimony 244 00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:43,221 was very straight-forward. 245 00:12:43,305 --> 00:12:45,140 Because he had nothing to hide. 246 00:12:45,223 --> 00:12:48,185 He certainly didn't hedge around about the way he met Becky Anderson. 247 00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:50,228 Will you tell the jury, Mark, 248 00:12:50,312 --> 00:12:52,647 how long you were in the Last Resort? 249 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:56,902 Uh, I don't honestly know. 250 00:12:56,985 --> 00:12:59,571 Uh, probably about two hours. 251 00:12:59,654 --> 00:13:01,531 And it was there that you met Becky Anderson? 252 00:13:01,615 --> 00:13:03,825 -That's right. -For the first time? 253 00:13:03,909 --> 00:13:04,784 Yes. 254 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:07,996 Did you have much to drink, Mark? 255 00:13:09,998 --> 00:13:11,333 I guess I did. 256 00:13:11,416 --> 00:13:13,585 You talked for almost two hours. 257 00:13:13,668 --> 00:13:15,462 And then? 258 00:13:16,421 --> 00:13:20,342 Then, uh, she drove us to her apartment. 259 00:13:20,425 --> 00:13:22,219 We talked for a while. 260 00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:24,638 She made some coffee. 261 00:13:24,721 --> 00:13:26,014 And then-- 262 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,975 Did you know Becky Anderson was married? 263 00:13:29,059 --> 00:13:31,728 No. I've since found out 264 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,939 that she was planning to get divorced. 265 00:13:34,022 --> 00:13:36,066 In fact, was separated from her husband 266 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:37,108 for several months? 267 00:13:37,192 --> 00:13:38,860 Yes. 268 00:13:38,944 --> 00:13:40,111 Go on, please. 269 00:13:40,195 --> 00:13:41,696 What happened next? 270 00:13:41,780 --> 00:13:43,740 [inhales, exhales] 271 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:45,450 Well, all of a sudden, 272 00:13:45,534 --> 00:13:48,119 there was a noise in the apartment. Some shouting. 273 00:13:48,954 --> 00:13:50,914 It was Clifford Anderson. 274 00:13:51,957 --> 00:13:53,833 The next thing I knew was, he was-- 275 00:13:53,917 --> 00:13:55,877 he was in the bedroom. 276 00:13:55,961 --> 00:13:58,338 He had a gun. 277 00:13:58,421 --> 00:14:00,715 He-- he went after her. 278 00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:02,801 And then he came after me. 279 00:14:09,432 --> 00:14:11,017 The gun went off, 280 00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:12,811 and I found myself with a-- 281 00:14:12,894 --> 00:14:15,188 with a fireplace poker in my hand. 282 00:14:15,272 --> 00:14:17,857 And I hit him... hard. 283 00:14:17,941 --> 00:14:20,819 What did you do when you realized he was dead? 284 00:14:22,904 --> 00:14:25,323 Becky called the police. 285 00:14:25,407 --> 00:14:28,034 And, uh, I was taken to the station. 286 00:14:28,118 --> 00:14:30,036 And you called a lawyer. 287 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,496 You were allowed a call. 288 00:14:31,580 --> 00:14:35,458 No. I-I-I-- I called the hospital... 289 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:37,836 to ask about my wife. 290 00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:41,464 And, uh, they told me... 291 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:45,635 that Stephanie had died without regaining consciousness. 292 00:14:46,261 --> 00:14:48,346 I don't know what more you need, Thornton. 293 00:14:48,430 --> 00:14:50,390 The husband attacked him! He defended himself! 294 00:14:50,473 --> 00:14:52,809 -I don't believe a word of it. -Well, I do. 295 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:54,644 You people are crazy! He's lying! 296 00:14:54,728 --> 00:14:56,938 What makes you think so, Mr. Bentley? 297 00:14:57,022 --> 00:14:58,148 I know he is! I know it here! 298 00:14:58,231 --> 00:15:00,191 That's a great way to reach a verdict. 299 00:15:00,275 --> 00:15:02,819 Look, miss, I know that man is guilty as sin, 300 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:05,196 and there isn't anybody here gonna change that. 301 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:07,198 It don't take much to see 302 00:15:07,282 --> 00:15:08,992 who the bleeding hearts are in this room, 303 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:10,619 but I don't much care. 304 00:15:10,702 --> 00:15:11,995 We can sit here till Christmastime 305 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:13,163 if that's what you want. 306 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:15,665 That man is guilty! 307 00:15:15,749 --> 00:15:17,417 [jurors arguing, indistinct] 308 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:20,253 Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Gentlemen! 309 00:15:20,337 --> 00:15:22,797 Please. Please. 310 00:15:22,881 --> 00:15:25,467 Mr. Callahan, Mr. Lord, won't you please sit down? 311 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:26,968 Well, what is the point, Mrs. Fletcher? 312 00:15:27,052 --> 00:15:28,261 This jury has just been hung 313 00:15:28,345 --> 00:15:30,805 by this gentleman with the open mind. 314 00:15:30,889 --> 00:15:32,515 More like an open cavity, if you ask me. 315 00:15:32,599 --> 00:15:33,808 Oh, please! 316 00:15:33,892 --> 00:15:36,478 Mr. Bentley is entitled to hold any opinion that he wishes. 317 00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:39,648 Now, maybe we should dig deeper into the testimony. 318 00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:41,274 Oh, come on, Mrs. Fletcher. 319 00:15:41,358 --> 00:15:42,734 Now, there was another witness 320 00:15:42,817 --> 00:15:44,319 who saw what happened early that morning, 321 00:15:44,402 --> 00:15:45,737 and that was Becky Anderson. 322 00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:47,197 You say your husband 323 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,324 had no right to come to your house? 324 00:15:49,407 --> 00:15:52,827 No, he didn't. We were separated. 325 00:15:52,911 --> 00:15:54,496 I had a restraining order. 326 00:15:54,579 --> 00:15:56,498 Your pending divorce, what are the grounds? 327 00:15:56,581 --> 00:15:57,499 Objection. 328 00:15:57,582 --> 00:15:59,959 Question has no bearing on the case at hand. 329 00:16:00,043 --> 00:16:02,253 Well, it does if it indicates the character of the witness. 330 00:16:02,337 --> 00:16:04,756 Overruled. The witness will answer. 331 00:16:04,839 --> 00:16:07,425 Irreconcilable differences. 332 00:16:07,509 --> 00:16:11,137 And your husband countersued, 333 00:16:11,221 --> 00:16:13,139 accusing you of infidelity. 334 00:16:13,223 --> 00:16:15,225 He had no grounds. 335 00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:18,937 Mrs. Anderson, 336 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:21,731 could you give me a-- a rough estimate 337 00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:23,108 of the number of men you've taken home 338 00:16:23,191 --> 00:16:24,359 from various bars around town? 339 00:16:24,442 --> 00:16:25,944 Your honor, I object! 340 00:16:26,027 --> 00:16:28,321 Mr. Casselli, you know better than that. 341 00:16:28,405 --> 00:16:30,156 My apologies, your honor. 342 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,284 Mrs. Anderson, 343 00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:36,079 how many times had you slept with the defendant? 344 00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:37,580 Once. I told you that. 345 00:16:37,664 --> 00:16:39,624 And did you know Mark Reynolds before that night? 346 00:16:39,708 --> 00:16:40,875 No! 347 00:16:40,959 --> 00:16:42,419 You never saw him 348 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,212 before the night your husband was murdered? 349 00:16:44,295 --> 00:16:45,422 No. 350 00:16:45,922 --> 00:16:47,841 I, for one, really resented 351 00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:49,843 the district attorney's line of questioning. 352 00:16:49,926 --> 00:16:52,512 She's as big a liar as he is, Reynolds. 353 00:16:52,595 --> 00:16:54,222 And I'll tell you something else, Callahan. 354 00:16:54,305 --> 00:16:56,099 Mr. Moneybags is not what he seems. 355 00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:58,226 -Moneybags? -Yeah. 356 00:16:58,309 --> 00:16:59,602 Rich and got it all! 357 00:16:59,686 --> 00:17:01,312 Used to havin' everything his own way. 358 00:17:01,396 --> 00:17:02,397 Hey! Hey! Hey! He isn't rich. 359 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,400 -His wife had the money. -He's got it now. 360 00:17:05,483 --> 00:17:08,111 Mr. Bentley, Mark Reynolds is on trial, 361 00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:09,404 not his lifestyle. 362 00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:10,613 Oh, I take it, Mrs. Fletcher, 363 00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:12,240 you were one of the two for conviction. 364 00:17:12,323 --> 00:17:13,491 If she wasn't, you think we'd be 365 00:17:13,575 --> 00:17:16,244 sitting here reexaminin' the evidence? 366 00:17:16,327 --> 00:17:19,330 Well, actually, Mr. Corbin, I'm undecided. 367 00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:22,083 Oh! You're the undecided one. 368 00:17:22,167 --> 00:17:23,918 What are you gonna try to do, Mrs. Fletcher, 369 00:17:24,002 --> 00:17:26,254 turn this into one of your convoluted whodunits? 370 00:17:26,963 --> 00:17:28,339 Look, I am afraid, Frank, 371 00:17:28,423 --> 00:17:31,676 that this case is not as simple as it seems. 372 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,553 Lady, this is a very simple case 373 00:17:33,636 --> 00:17:34,888 of a one-night stand 374 00:17:34,971 --> 00:17:37,432 being marred by a tragic coincidence. 375 00:17:37,515 --> 00:17:40,393 Interesting that you should say "coincidence." 376 00:17:40,477 --> 00:17:42,854 And every whodunit's got to have a few, right? 377 00:17:42,937 --> 00:17:46,524 And there's one that I have a very hard time forgetting. 378 00:17:46,608 --> 00:17:49,778 A couple of things have been puzzling me also. 379 00:17:49,861 --> 00:17:52,572 Oh, great! Another country heard from. 380 00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:53,865 Well, excuse me, 381 00:17:53,948 --> 00:17:55,909 but I was bothered by what Fenton Harris said. 382 00:17:55,992 --> 00:17:58,536 Yes, Jackie, so was I. 383 00:17:59,954 --> 00:18:02,499 My motel is called the Bide-a-Wee. 384 00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:04,918 Always hated that name. My wife picked it. 385 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:06,461 Used to call her Lola. 386 00:18:06,544 --> 00:18:09,005 -She always got what she wanted. [spectators laugh] 387 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:11,299 Will you tell the court where it's located? 388 00:18:11,382 --> 00:18:15,053 About 15 miles north of town, out on route 37. 389 00:18:15,136 --> 00:18:18,765 Mr. Harris, do you recognize anyone in the courtroom? 390 00:18:20,016 --> 00:18:21,935 In my business, it's good practice 391 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:25,480 never to recognize the customers. 392 00:18:25,563 --> 00:18:27,649 [laughs] That's a little joke. 393 00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:29,400 Mr. Harris, please. 394 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:34,113 You're askin' if he ever came to my motel. 395 00:18:34,197 --> 00:18:37,158 He did. Four, five, six times maybe. 396 00:18:37,242 --> 00:18:39,786 [spectators murmuring] 397 00:18:39,869 --> 00:18:41,913 Let the record show that the witness 398 00:18:41,996 --> 00:18:44,749 identified Mark Reynolds, the defendant. 399 00:18:46,251 --> 00:18:48,753 Will you tell the court if you recognize anyone else? 400 00:18:49,754 --> 00:18:52,465 You mean, do I recognize her? 401 00:18:52,549 --> 00:18:54,092 Ms. Anderson there? 402 00:18:54,175 --> 00:18:55,552 Like I told you before, 403 00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:57,512 I think I seen her once with Mr. Reynolds. 404 00:18:57,595 --> 00:18:59,556 [spectators murmuring] -Didn't come in the office. 405 00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:01,182 Stayed outside in the car. 406 00:19:02,892 --> 00:19:05,061 [pounds gavel] Order in the court. 407 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:08,773 Order in the court! 408 00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:11,651 When was this, Mr. Harris, approximately? 409 00:19:13,111 --> 00:19:17,031 About... three months ago. Yeah. 410 00:19:17,115 --> 00:19:19,784 Making it six weeks prior to the time 411 00:19:19,868 --> 00:19:21,494 that Mark Reynolds and Becky Anderson 412 00:19:21,578 --> 00:19:24,122 claim they met for the first time. 413 00:19:24,205 --> 00:19:25,707 I told you he was a liar! 414 00:19:25,790 --> 00:19:27,083 He said he thought he saw her. 415 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:28,501 He wasn't sure. 416 00:19:28,585 --> 00:19:30,044 How could he be sure? He's half-blind. 417 00:19:30,128 --> 00:19:32,088 Mrs. Fletcher-- 418 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:35,091 Well, if there's a chance that he recognized her, 419 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,051 I think that we seriously have to 420 00:19:37,135 --> 00:19:41,306 reexamine the notion that this was merely a one-night stand. 421 00:19:41,389 --> 00:19:42,974 One moment, please! 422 00:19:43,057 --> 00:19:44,767 On cross-examination, 423 00:19:44,851 --> 00:19:46,769 Reynolds's lawyer got him to admit he wasn't sure. 424 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:47,770 Right. 425 00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:49,230 Yeah, but suppose he was right 426 00:19:49,314 --> 00:19:50,481 and we choose to ignore it. 427 00:19:50,565 --> 00:19:51,858 Suppose this and suppose that. 428 00:19:51,941 --> 00:19:53,484 Now, you got to stop this, Mrs. Fletcher. 429 00:19:53,568 --> 00:19:54,986 You can't turn this into one of your 430 00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:56,446 make-believe murder mysteries. 431 00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:58,156 Yes. All right, I agree. 432 00:19:58,239 --> 00:20:00,909 But even if the woman in the car wasn't Becky, 433 00:20:00,992 --> 00:20:03,161 doesn't Mr. Harris's testimony say something 434 00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:05,997 about Mark Reynolds's character and his marriage? 435 00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:08,666 Yeah, makes you wonder just how far 436 00:20:08,750 --> 00:20:09,959 you really can trust him. 437 00:20:10,043 --> 00:20:12,211 Mrs. MacKay, you likely have nothing to do all day 438 00:20:12,295 --> 00:20:13,796 but sit home and listen to soap operas. 439 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,632 And just what is that supposed to mean? 440 00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:17,759 It means that I have a business to run. 441 00:20:17,842 --> 00:20:20,678 And I can't afford to waste any more time away from my shop. 442 00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:22,764 Well, that's just too bad about you, lady. 443 00:20:22,847 --> 00:20:25,308 There are a few more of us with businesses to run. 444 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:26,976 Short of turning this into a hung jury, 445 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:28,728 you're gonna have to stick it out like we are. 446 00:20:28,811 --> 00:20:31,564 Look, I'm sure that none of us want a hung jury, Mr. Bentley. 447 00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:33,483 Look, look. About Reynolds' fooling around-- 448 00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:34,609 I can understand that. 449 00:20:34,692 --> 00:20:35,985 My first wife had all the money. 450 00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:37,862 So I know what it feels like, believe me. 451 00:20:37,946 --> 00:20:40,531 You just wanna prove something, if only to yourself. 452 00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:42,867 Well, that's interesting. 453 00:20:42,951 --> 00:20:45,036 I-- I hadn't thought of it that way. 454 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,246 Well, he's got the money now-- enough to hire 455 00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:49,916 a fancy Manhattan lawyer with his $600 suits. 456 00:20:49,999 --> 00:20:51,250 Oh, will you get off that. 457 00:20:51,334 --> 00:20:52,627 His lawyer is not on trial. 458 00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:54,462 Yeah. Slick guy like that. 459 00:20:54,545 --> 00:20:56,339 Wonder why he didn't hire somebody local. 460 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:58,007 We keep getting away from the issue. 461 00:20:58,091 --> 00:20:59,676 We sure do, folks. 462 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:02,178 This is a man's life we're deciding. 463 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:03,638 Yes, that's right. 464 00:21:03,721 --> 00:21:04,722 And most of us here 465 00:21:04,806 --> 00:21:07,058 are of a mind to let him keep it. 466 00:21:07,141 --> 00:21:08,851 It's Mrs. Fletcher and her minions 467 00:21:08,935 --> 00:21:10,937 who are so anxious to see him hang. 468 00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:12,647 Good heavens. Is that what you think? 469 00:21:12,730 --> 00:21:17,026 Really, all I'm trying to do is to examine both sides. 470 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:19,195 And examine and examine and examine. 471 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,239 Well, I for one cannot find any fault with that. 472 00:21:21,322 --> 00:21:22,865 Oh, right on cue, honey. 473 00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:24,450 We know what Mr. Reynolds's lawyer 474 00:21:24,534 --> 00:21:27,412 wants us to believe. Self-defense. 475 00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:29,372 But you'll remember that the district attorney 476 00:21:29,455 --> 00:21:32,959 painted a very different picture in his opening statement. 477 00:21:33,042 --> 00:21:36,421 The prosecution will prove beyond a reasonable doubt 478 00:21:37,255 --> 00:21:41,134 that Mark Reynolds and Becky Anderson were lovers. 479 00:21:41,884 --> 00:21:44,679 And that they conspired to kill Clifford Anderson. 480 00:21:45,596 --> 00:21:46,597 If it was conspiracy, 481 00:21:46,681 --> 00:21:49,434 then why isn't Becky Anderson on trial? 482 00:21:49,517 --> 00:21:50,727 Money, my friend. 483 00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:53,438 Her lawyer fixed it so she'd get tried separately. 484 00:21:53,521 --> 00:21:54,897 Well, when we convict him, 485 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:57,066 the next jury will do the same to her. 486 00:21:57,150 --> 00:22:00,278 The district attorney said reasonable doubt. 487 00:22:00,361 --> 00:22:01,362 Well, I've got it. 488 00:22:01,446 --> 00:22:02,947 That's why I'm voting for acquittal. 489 00:22:03,031 --> 00:22:04,907 -So am I. -And me. 490 00:22:04,991 --> 00:22:07,368 Yes, but what if Fenton Harris did see Becky? 491 00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:09,996 What if Mark and Becky weren't strangers? 492 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:12,623 Gracious, I thought we'd been all through that. 493 00:22:12,707 --> 00:22:14,584 -We did, miss Webster. -Oh, for goodness' sake. 494 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:17,211 Why can't you people just listen for a minute? 495 00:22:17,295 --> 00:22:19,464 I mean, after all, this woman has a brilliant criminal mind. 496 00:22:19,547 --> 00:22:22,800 [laughs] -That's not what I meant. 497 00:22:22,884 --> 00:22:24,093 Well, you know, 498 00:22:24,177 --> 00:22:26,888 -maybe it's my "criminal mind"... [chuckles] 499 00:22:26,971 --> 00:22:29,015 ...that sees this as a very complicated puzzle. 500 00:22:29,098 --> 00:22:32,101 And if so, please, bear with me. 501 00:22:32,185 --> 00:22:35,980 But if Mr. Harris saw them at his motel, 502 00:22:36,064 --> 00:22:40,151 what light does that shed on the prosecution's case? 503 00:22:40,234 --> 00:22:42,737 And what about the bartender at the Last Resort? 504 00:22:42,820 --> 00:22:44,947 And as I remember it, he was very certain 505 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:47,325 that he had never seen Mark Reynolds before. 506 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:50,161 How about Becky Anderson? 507 00:22:50,244 --> 00:22:51,913 Had you ever seen her before? 508 00:22:51,996 --> 00:22:53,206 Oh, sure. She comes in a lot. 509 00:22:54,665 --> 00:22:56,918 -With her husband? -Yeah. 510 00:22:57,001 --> 00:23:00,129 Before they broke up. And afterwards, by herself. 511 00:23:01,756 --> 00:23:04,425 You'd call her a regular? 512 00:23:04,509 --> 00:23:06,469 Regular enough. 513 00:23:07,637 --> 00:23:09,055 Mr. Blevins, 514 00:23:10,098 --> 00:23:12,975 did Becky Anderson ever pick up a man in the bar? 515 00:23:13,851 --> 00:23:15,144 Not that I ever saw. 516 00:23:15,228 --> 00:23:16,604 But she did pick up Mark Reynolds? 517 00:23:17,939 --> 00:23:18,981 Well, I wouldn't exactly-- 518 00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:21,025 They did meet there. 519 00:23:21,109 --> 00:23:23,402 And they left together. 520 00:23:24,278 --> 00:23:25,196 Is that correct? 521 00:23:25,279 --> 00:23:27,031 Yeah. 522 00:23:27,115 --> 00:23:28,783 On the surface, 523 00:23:28,866 --> 00:23:31,577 it appears that two strangers meet in a bar 524 00:23:31,661 --> 00:23:33,329 and become fast friends. 525 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,331 But if you believe Fenton Harris, 526 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:36,999 the motel owner, you have to believe 527 00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,127 that Mark and Becky already knew one another. 528 00:23:39,210 --> 00:23:40,378 And if that's true, 529 00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:43,506 why this complicated charade in the bar? 530 00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:45,466 They wouldn't because they didn't. 531 00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:47,260 I know why! 532 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:49,011 They wanted to be seen. 533 00:23:49,637 --> 00:23:53,057 Yes. That's what I keep thinking. 534 00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:54,267 Oh, please! 535 00:23:54,350 --> 00:23:55,268 Remember when the barman 536 00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:57,812 said that Cliff Anderson still came in. 537 00:23:57,895 --> 00:23:59,605 And even if he didn't come in that night, 538 00:23:59,689 --> 00:24:02,233 they could expect some other friends to come around. 539 00:24:02,316 --> 00:24:04,485 Somebody like Detweiler. 540 00:24:05,069 --> 00:24:07,738 Hey, I wouldn't call Cliff a buddy, 541 00:24:07,822 --> 00:24:09,740 but bein' a married man myself, 542 00:24:09,824 --> 00:24:11,868 I'd want to know if my old lady was cattin' around. 543 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:12,952 So I figured he would too. 544 00:24:13,035 --> 00:24:16,581 So if the district attorney's theory is correct, 545 00:24:16,664 --> 00:24:19,584 that phone call triggered their plan 546 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:21,502 to kill Becky's husband. 547 00:24:21,586 --> 00:24:25,339 Well, after that creep called, Cliff was off like a shot. 548 00:24:26,215 --> 00:24:28,342 Had you known the deceased long? 549 00:24:28,426 --> 00:24:31,387 Oh, yeah. We fished together, oh, five or six years. 550 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:33,389 He was livin' with me for eight months. 551 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,474 Would you say he had a temper? 552 00:24:35,558 --> 00:24:37,018 Temper? [laughs] 553 00:24:37,101 --> 00:24:38,769 Does week-old fish bait stink? 554 00:24:38,853 --> 00:24:41,230 [spectators laughs] 555 00:24:42,899 --> 00:24:46,819 Well, the last thing he did say was that... 556 00:24:46,903 --> 00:24:48,196 he was gonna kill her. 557 00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:49,155 [spectators murmuring] 558 00:24:49,238 --> 00:24:52,158 One final question: 559 00:24:52,241 --> 00:24:55,661 when Clifford Anderson left your apartment, 560 00:24:55,745 --> 00:24:56,913 was he armed? 561 00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:58,539 Armed? Are you kiddin'? 562 00:24:58,623 --> 00:25:01,500 Answer the question, Mr. Patecki. 563 00:25:02,752 --> 00:25:04,295 No. 564 00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:07,215 He was not armed. 565 00:25:07,298 --> 00:25:08,216 Okay? 566 00:25:08,299 --> 00:25:09,133 Puzzle piece number one: 567 00:25:09,217 --> 00:25:11,219 where did Cliff Anderson get the gun? 568 00:25:11,302 --> 00:25:13,095 Now, that's an important question 569 00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:15,514 because a great deal of the prosecution's case 570 00:25:15,598 --> 00:25:17,516 relies on the answer. 571 00:25:18,768 --> 00:25:20,645 I think the general assumption was 572 00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:23,147 that he had picked it up on his way to his wife's house. 573 00:25:23,231 --> 00:25:24,941 It was midnight when he got the call. 574 00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:26,734 Where would he have gotten it? 575 00:25:26,817 --> 00:25:28,653 Remember, the ballistics expert 576 00:25:28,736 --> 00:25:31,280 said the gun had no registration. 577 00:25:31,364 --> 00:25:32,990 A single shot was fired. 578 00:25:33,074 --> 00:25:36,285 And he said that he had made a nitrate test 579 00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:38,287 on the hands of both Mark Reynolds 580 00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:39,622 and Cliff Anderson. 581 00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:42,083 There were powder traces on the hands of both, 582 00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:45,002 indicating that both held the gun when it discharged. 583 00:25:45,086 --> 00:25:48,422 A matching slug was removed from the living room wall. 584 00:25:48,506 --> 00:25:50,758 The only fingerprints on that gun 585 00:25:50,841 --> 00:25:53,844 were those of Cliff Anderson and Mark Reynolds. 586 00:25:53,928 --> 00:25:56,639 Proving a struggle. Proving self-defense. 587 00:25:57,473 --> 00:25:58,724 -Proving that... -Oh, come on! 588 00:25:58,808 --> 00:25:59,934 This whole thing was planned 589 00:26:00,017 --> 00:26:01,686 to lure this poor man to his death. 590 00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:04,730 And proving what I said about Reynolds all along. 591 00:26:04,814 --> 00:26:06,732 You people must be from some other planet. 592 00:26:06,816 --> 00:26:08,150 Will you listen to yourselves? 593 00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:09,777 A guy has a car accident. 594 00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:11,612 His wife is fatally injured, 595 00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:13,906 so he leaves her in a hospital to go meet a dame 596 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:15,574 because he and this dame have some idea 597 00:26:15,658 --> 00:26:16,784 about killing her husband 598 00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:18,577 by maybe luring him to her house? 599 00:26:18,661 --> 00:26:19,954 I mean, please! 600 00:26:20,037 --> 00:26:21,205 You got to have rocks in your heads! 601 00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:22,540 What'd you say to me, buddy? 602 00:26:22,623 --> 00:26:24,041 You're ready to stay here all year? 603 00:26:24,125 --> 00:26:26,002 Well, so am I, pal! 604 00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:27,420 And as for you, Mrs. Fletcher, 605 00:26:27,503 --> 00:26:29,422 you've let this whole thing get out of hand. 606 00:26:29,505 --> 00:26:31,632 I think it's about time for you to step aside 607 00:26:31,716 --> 00:26:33,634 and let somebody else run these proceedings, 608 00:26:33,718 --> 00:26:36,971 somebody who has a vague idea what they're doing. 609 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,225 Oh, sit down. You talk too much. 610 00:26:41,309 --> 00:26:44,270 Mrs. Fletcher's doing quite nicely, thank you. 611 00:26:44,353 --> 00:26:46,731 I certainly don't want the job. 612 00:26:46,814 --> 00:26:48,441 Mr. Lord, I'm perfectly willing 613 00:26:48,524 --> 00:26:49,483 to step aside if that's what-- 614 00:26:49,567 --> 00:26:51,068 That won't be necessary, Mrs. Fletcher. 615 00:26:51,152 --> 00:26:52,361 -Whoa, whoa, whoa. -Frank, sit down. 616 00:26:52,445 --> 00:26:55,781 Hey! It's perfectly okay. I got lots of time. 617 00:26:55,865 --> 00:26:58,075 Well, 618 00:26:58,159 --> 00:27:01,287 let's go back to another part of the puzzle 619 00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:03,205 that doesn't quite fit-- 620 00:27:03,289 --> 00:27:05,499 Becky Anderson's neighbor. 621 00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:08,085 Oh, yeah! The wimp who came home... 622 00:27:08,169 --> 00:27:10,838 to find the husband's car blocking the driveway. 623 00:27:11,714 --> 00:27:14,133 I had to leave my car on the street. 624 00:27:14,216 --> 00:27:16,093 Did you go say anything to him? 625 00:27:16,844 --> 00:27:20,264 With a temper like he had? Mm-mm. 626 00:27:20,348 --> 00:27:22,558 Listen, if I was Mr. Reynolds over there, 627 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:24,185 and I saw Cliff Anderson 628 00:27:24,268 --> 00:27:25,978 come bustin' through the door at me, 629 00:27:26,062 --> 00:27:27,646 I'd have grabbed for that poker. 630 00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:30,983 Better an ax or a gun, if one was handy. 631 00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:31,901 [spectators murmuring] 632 00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:36,822 I'm here to tell ya it's a good thing 633 00:27:36,906 --> 00:27:39,158 that young fella used that poker. 634 00:27:39,241 --> 00:27:41,327 If he hadn't, a couple of hours later, 635 00:27:41,410 --> 00:27:43,120 when I was lookin' through the window, 636 00:27:43,204 --> 00:27:45,081 it would've been his body 637 00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:47,625 I'd have seen the ambulance takin' away, 638 00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:48,626 not Cliff Anderson's. 639 00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:51,420 It still doesn't prove conspiracy. 640 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:53,923 It does prove that if Mark and Becky 641 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:55,758 were looking for a volatile response, 642 00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:58,844 all they had to do was wait for Clifford Anderson... 643 00:27:58,928 --> 00:28:01,389 ...to show up. 644 00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:04,767 And show up he did. 645 00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,647 But they were not in bed. 646 00:28:10,815 --> 00:28:14,068 They had not been making love. 647 00:28:16,821 --> 00:28:18,948 They had been planning his murder. 648 00:28:21,534 --> 00:28:24,328 They heard him drive up in front. 649 00:28:24,412 --> 00:28:26,163 They heard him barge into the house. 650 00:28:26,247 --> 00:28:28,499 And when he stormed towards the bedroom, 651 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,420 they were waiting. 652 00:28:32,503 --> 00:28:34,296 He didn't have a gun. 653 00:28:34,380 --> 00:28:37,133 Mark Reynolds had the gun. 654 00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:40,678 An unregistered gun. 655 00:28:40,761 --> 00:28:42,721 He needed it... 656 00:28:42,805 --> 00:28:45,391 as evidence for his self-defense. 657 00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:50,729 And when the murder was done, 658 00:28:50,813 --> 00:28:54,567 when the stage was set, 659 00:28:56,026 --> 00:28:58,070 then they called the police. 660 00:29:00,948 --> 00:29:04,869 Speculation? No. 661 00:29:04,952 --> 00:29:05,870 Ladies and gentlemen, 662 00:29:05,953 --> 00:29:08,539 it is fact. 663 00:29:12,835 --> 00:29:16,213 I look at these two people, I see... 664 00:29:16,297 --> 00:29:19,925 pleasant, all-American attractiveness. 665 00:29:20,968 --> 00:29:23,721 I'd like to believe the story they told, 666 00:29:26,056 --> 00:29:27,892 but I can't. 667 00:29:30,478 --> 00:29:33,063 Perhaps if they'd agreed to a lie detector examination-- 668 00:29:33,147 --> 00:29:34,523 Your honor, objection! 669 00:29:34,607 --> 00:29:36,150 Sustained. 670 00:29:36,233 --> 00:29:38,402 Mr. Casselli, you know better than that. 671 00:29:38,486 --> 00:29:40,404 Yes. I do, your honor, 672 00:29:40,488 --> 00:29:42,490 and I beg the court's forgiveness. 673 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:44,533 That was a pretty cheap trick. 674 00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:47,578 Even I know you can't talk about a lie detector in a courtroom. 675 00:29:47,661 --> 00:29:49,038 But he did. And we heard him. 676 00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:51,832 If they had nothing to hide, why didn't they take the test? 677 00:29:51,916 --> 00:29:54,668 You know, for once, Bentley, I think you do have a point. 678 00:29:54,752 --> 00:29:57,671 Mrs. Fletcher, maybe you've been right all along. 679 00:29:57,755 --> 00:29:59,882 Well, I haven't been saying that I'm right, Mr. Callahan. 680 00:29:59,965 --> 00:30:01,759 I'm just trying to find the proper pieces 681 00:30:01,842 --> 00:30:03,177 to fit into the proper places. 682 00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:06,055 Perhaps we were a little hasty presuming Reynolds was innocent. 683 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:08,224 Maybe Cliff Anderson didn't have the gun. 684 00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:09,558 Oh, no. 685 00:30:09,642 --> 00:30:11,477 If there's one thing I am ready to accept, 686 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,230 it's that he brought that gun into the house with him. 687 00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:15,523 If he had the gun with him-- 688 00:30:15,606 --> 00:30:16,607 Now, wait a minute. 689 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:18,317 You talk half this room out of believing 690 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,110 it was self-defense, and then you tell us-- 691 00:30:20,194 --> 00:30:22,363 I'm not telling you anything, miss Collins. 692 00:30:22,446 --> 00:30:24,573 But I would like you to remember 693 00:30:24,657 --> 00:30:26,784 the testimony of that traffic officer. 694 00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:29,537 Oh, sure. I remember him. 695 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:33,666 He arrested Anderson a year ago on drunken driving. 696 00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:35,459 He found a gun in the glove compartment! 697 00:30:35,543 --> 00:30:38,504 And I seem to remember he confiscated it. 698 00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:40,256 Yes, but doesn't it seem logical 699 00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:43,092 that a man like that might buy another one? 700 00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:44,885 Mrs. Fletcher, you're-- you're bringing us 701 00:30:44,969 --> 00:30:46,971 right back where we started from. 702 00:30:47,054 --> 00:30:48,264 Not really. 703 00:30:48,764 --> 00:30:49,807 What do you mean not really? 704 00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:51,559 If Anderson brought the gun, 705 00:30:51,642 --> 00:30:53,435 then Reynolds killing him was self-defense, 706 00:30:53,519 --> 00:30:54,895 which it was not. 707 00:30:54,979 --> 00:30:58,107 I'm sorry, Mr. Bentley, but it may have been. 708 00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,233 Oh, really, Mrs. Fletcher. 709 00:30:59,316 --> 00:31:00,401 That's what we've been contending 710 00:31:00,484 --> 00:31:01,527 since we walked in here. 711 00:31:01,610 --> 00:31:03,612 What a joyous waste of time this has been. 712 00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:05,030 Really, miss Collins! 713 00:31:05,114 --> 00:31:07,825 If you didn't want to serve, what are you doing here? 714 00:31:07,908 --> 00:31:08,993 I couldn't dream up 715 00:31:09,076 --> 00:31:10,411 another excuse they'd believe, okay? 716 00:31:10,494 --> 00:31:12,580 Oh, please! 717 00:31:12,663 --> 00:31:14,290 Look, I posed the question about the gun 718 00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:17,293 because we have all been overlooking something, 719 00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:19,169 and me included, I'm afraid. 720 00:31:19,253 --> 00:31:21,297 Well, hallelujah. 721 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:23,882 It bears on the struggle for the gun. 722 00:31:23,966 --> 00:31:25,384 And what would that be? 723 00:31:25,467 --> 00:31:27,344 The fact that Mark Reynolds 724 00:31:27,428 --> 00:31:30,973 had injured his shoulder in the automobile accident. 725 00:31:31,056 --> 00:31:32,850 Remember the testimony of the paramedics 726 00:31:32,933 --> 00:31:34,768 who took Mark and his wife to the hospital? 727 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,104 He was in a lot of pain. 728 00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:39,023 He'd broken his left collarbone, 729 00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:40,608 but he didn't want us to touch him. 730 00:31:40,691 --> 00:31:41,650 Why was that? 731 00:31:41,734 --> 00:31:43,652 He didn't want us to take the time. 732 00:31:43,736 --> 00:31:45,654 He wanted us to get his wife to the hospital 733 00:31:45,738 --> 00:31:46,739 as fast as we could. 734 00:31:48,616 --> 00:31:49,658 Somebody told me later 735 00:31:49,742 --> 00:31:51,702 they'd been married less than a year. 736 00:31:52,620 --> 00:31:54,121 He was really broken up. 737 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,208 His wife had come to for a moment. 738 00:31:58,292 --> 00:32:00,002 "Why?" she says. 739 00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:01,503 He'd swerved to keep from hitting 740 00:32:01,587 --> 00:32:03,380 some kid on a bike 741 00:32:03,464 --> 00:32:05,799 and has to watch her lie there dying. 742 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:09,595 The last thing he was thinking about was himself. 743 00:32:09,678 --> 00:32:12,473 When Dr. Webster was called to the stand to testify, 744 00:32:12,556 --> 00:32:13,515 he said the same thing. 745 00:32:13,724 --> 00:32:16,518 Mrs. Fletcher, will you please get to the point? 746 00:32:16,602 --> 00:32:20,105 Well, my point is that neither the paramedic nor Dr. Webster 747 00:32:20,189 --> 00:32:22,232 treated Mark Reynolds's shoulder. 748 00:32:23,067 --> 00:32:24,610 Are you implying he wasn't hurt? 749 00:32:24,693 --> 00:32:26,487 Oh, no. No, not at all. 750 00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:28,906 Mr. Reynolds was obviously in pain. 751 00:32:28,989 --> 00:32:31,116 But his only concern was for his wife. 752 00:32:31,742 --> 00:32:33,786 The idea that she might never walk 753 00:32:33,869 --> 00:32:35,496 sent him into a frenzy. 754 00:32:35,579 --> 00:32:37,831 I wish he'd stayed with her. 755 00:32:37,915 --> 00:32:40,459 But a little after 1:00, she suddenly went sour. 756 00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:42,461 The heart monitor alerted the nurses, 757 00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:44,254 but by the time they could get to her room, 758 00:32:44,338 --> 00:32:45,673 she was gone. 759 00:32:45,756 --> 00:32:47,841 If Mr. Reynolds had been with her, 760 00:32:47,925 --> 00:32:50,678 well, perhaps they might have reached her faster. 761 00:32:51,887 --> 00:32:53,972 But who knows? 762 00:32:54,556 --> 00:32:56,308 Okay, so would you please tell us 763 00:32:56,392 --> 00:32:57,976 what does the broken collarbone 764 00:32:58,060 --> 00:33:00,938 have to do with whether or not he had the gun? 765 00:33:01,021 --> 00:33:03,607 Would you stand up, Mr. Lord? 766 00:33:03,691 --> 00:33:06,527 May I borrow your cane just for a moment, please? 767 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:11,990 Mr. Lord. 768 00:33:12,449 --> 00:33:14,368 Good. You're right-handed too. 769 00:33:14,451 --> 00:33:15,786 What do you mean "too"? 770 00:33:15,869 --> 00:33:16,912 Well, Mark Reynolds's 771 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,164 right-hand fingerprints were on the poker. 772 00:33:19,915 --> 00:33:23,877 His injury made his left arm practically useless. 773 00:33:23,961 --> 00:33:25,462 It would have been almost impossible 774 00:33:25,546 --> 00:33:27,005 for him to aim the gun, 775 00:33:27,089 --> 00:33:29,007 let alone struggle over it with Clifford Anderson. 776 00:33:29,091 --> 00:33:30,509 Well, maybe Becky had the gun. 777 00:33:30,592 --> 00:33:33,011 Yes, but the traces of gunpowder were on his left hand. 778 00:33:33,095 --> 00:33:34,263 His and Cliff's. 779 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:35,764 Good point. 780 00:33:35,848 --> 00:33:38,016 But if he couldn't hold a gun, 781 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:39,476 much less struggle for one, 782 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,478 then how did the powder traces get there? 783 00:33:41,562 --> 00:33:44,189 Well, that's a question I can't answer. 784 00:33:44,273 --> 00:33:47,484 Now, there are a couple of other things that bother me. 785 00:33:47,568 --> 00:33:49,486 Well, with what you just came up with, 786 00:33:49,570 --> 00:33:50,946 I'm willing to listen. 787 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:52,448 You may be willing to listen to it. 788 00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:53,490 I think I've had it. 789 00:33:53,574 --> 00:33:55,325 Well, why don't you just keep an open mind? 790 00:33:55,409 --> 00:33:56,785 Listen, my friend. 791 00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:59,496 There's only so much testimony, and we've gone over it all. 792 00:33:59,580 --> 00:34:01,540 No, the stuff about the left arm, 793 00:34:01,623 --> 00:34:03,917 the powder traces-- 794 00:34:04,001 --> 00:34:05,586 That makes it all a different story for me. 795 00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:07,588 I say we stick to our original verdict. 796 00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:09,173 I'm voting for self-defense. 797 00:34:09,256 --> 00:34:10,924 Sorry. I can't go along anymore. 798 00:34:11,008 --> 00:34:13,469 Mrs. Fletcher's stopped me cold on self-defense. 799 00:34:14,636 --> 00:34:16,722 But still, murder? 800 00:34:16,805 --> 00:34:19,558 Broken collarbones, powder traces, whatever. 801 00:34:19,641 --> 00:34:21,727 Anderson is dead. Reynolds killed him. 802 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:23,020 I'm still calling it that. 803 00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:25,355 Hey, I've heard nothin' that changes my mind. 804 00:34:25,439 --> 00:34:26,607 Maybe that's because you people 805 00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:28,650 haven't been listening very hard. 806 00:34:29,443 --> 00:34:31,403 Mrs. Fletcher has made a lot of sense so far. 807 00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:34,364 Why can't we just keep talking and listening, huh? 808 00:34:34,448 --> 00:34:37,284 I mean, we're 12 reasonably intelligent people here. 809 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:39,244 We ought to be able to sort this thing out. 810 00:34:39,328 --> 00:34:41,747 Damn it, that's what we're here for, isn't it? 811 00:34:44,958 --> 00:34:47,878 Well, she is right. Why don't we just keep at it? 812 00:34:48,796 --> 00:34:51,799 Okay, Mrs. Fletcher, you've got the floor. 813 00:34:52,716 --> 00:34:53,842 Oh, dear. 814 00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:56,595 I wish I could be a little bit more sure 815 00:34:56,678 --> 00:34:58,847 about what I'm doing with it. 816 00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:02,726 Now-- Now, look, I have three major problems, 817 00:35:02,810 --> 00:35:05,979 things that make no sense the way they were presented. 818 00:35:06,063 --> 00:35:08,357 For one thing, I believe Mr. Harris. 819 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,235 -The motel owner? -Yes. 820 00:35:11,318 --> 00:35:14,404 I really do think that Mark and Becky knew each other 821 00:35:14,488 --> 00:35:16,824 before the night her husband was killed. 822 00:35:16,907 --> 00:35:18,951 Now we're getting somewhere. 823 00:35:19,034 --> 00:35:20,160 But, Mr. Lord, 824 00:35:20,244 --> 00:35:21,745 you also made a very persuasive argument. 825 00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:24,832 I mean, it seems ludicrous that these two people, 826 00:35:24,915 --> 00:35:27,584 with Mark's wife lying critically ill 827 00:35:27,668 --> 00:35:29,044 in a hospital bed, 828 00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:30,254 would choose this night 829 00:35:30,337 --> 00:35:32,798 to lure Becky's husband to his death. 830 00:35:32,881 --> 00:35:34,800 Well, thank you, Mrs. Fletcher. 831 00:35:34,883 --> 00:35:36,260 No, no, no. 832 00:35:36,343 --> 00:35:38,637 If it wasn't premeditated, then it had to be self-defense. 833 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:39,805 There's nothing else. 834 00:35:40,347 --> 00:35:42,641 But there is something else, miss Collins. 835 00:35:42,724 --> 00:35:47,396 A third possibility that none of us have yet considered. 836 00:35:48,605 --> 00:35:49,815 [all arguing] 837 00:35:49,898 --> 00:35:52,442 Mrs. Fletcher, what other possibility? 838 00:35:52,526 --> 00:35:53,527 What are you talking about? 839 00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:55,612 I'm afraid this is all beyond me. 840 00:35:55,696 --> 00:35:57,030 Mrs. Fletcher, if this is another one 841 00:35:57,114 --> 00:35:58,615 of your trips to fantasyland-- 842 00:35:58,699 --> 00:36:01,201 Frank, will you just sit there and shut up and listen? 843 00:36:01,285 --> 00:36:03,370 Let's hear it, Mrs. Fletcher. 844 00:36:03,453 --> 00:36:05,122 Well, what we have to do 845 00:36:05,205 --> 00:36:08,166 is to take a look at two particular statements, 846 00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:09,793 contradictory statements, 847 00:36:09,877 --> 00:36:12,129 starting with Mark Reynolds's description 848 00:36:12,212 --> 00:36:14,381 of what happened when Becky's husband 849 00:36:14,464 --> 00:36:16,091 burst through that bedroom door. 850 00:36:16,174 --> 00:36:17,634 We've gone over that. 851 00:36:18,302 --> 00:36:20,095 And I hope for the last time. 852 00:36:20,888 --> 00:36:23,932 Now, he said that there were words exchanged, 853 00:36:24,016 --> 00:36:26,602 and suddenly they were struggling with a gun. 854 00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:29,187 Mark picked up the poker. The gun went off. 855 00:36:29,271 --> 00:36:31,815 And Mark struck Anderson with the poker. 856 00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:33,692 Then the police were called. 857 00:36:34,234 --> 00:36:35,569 Now, all that couldn't have taken 858 00:36:35,652 --> 00:36:37,571 more than five-- well, ten minutes at the most. 859 00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:39,281 No argument. Go on. 860 00:36:39,364 --> 00:36:41,617 Then what about Arthur Jasper? 861 00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:43,452 -The next-door neighbor. -Exactly. 862 00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:45,829 The next-door neighbor whose driveway was blocked. 863 00:36:45,913 --> 00:36:47,247 Now how did he put it? 864 00:36:47,331 --> 00:36:50,208 "If Mark Reynolds hadn't hit Cliff with the poker, 865 00:36:50,292 --> 00:36:52,377 a couple of hours later when I looked out the window, 866 00:36:52,461 --> 00:36:53,545 it would have been his body 867 00:36:53,629 --> 00:36:55,130 being taken out in that ambulance 868 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:56,924 instead of Cliff Anderson's." 869 00:36:57,007 --> 00:36:59,217 -He did say that! -Mm-hmm. 870 00:36:59,301 --> 00:37:01,219 "A couple of hours later." 871 00:37:01,303 --> 00:37:02,804 If Mark Reynolds had been telling the truth, 872 00:37:02,888 --> 00:37:04,848 the police and the ambulance would have been there-- 873 00:37:04,932 --> 00:37:06,141 -Almost immediately. -Yes. 874 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:08,226 Then they lied. Why? 875 00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:09,353 And what was Cliff Anderson 876 00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:10,979 doing in her apartment all that time? 877 00:37:11,063 --> 00:37:12,814 And the way Reynolds told it, 878 00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:13,982 they called the police 879 00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:15,859 less than five minutes after he got there. 880 00:37:15,943 --> 00:37:17,444 Obviously, they didn't. 881 00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:19,655 You were right, Mr. Narramore. They lied. 882 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:21,406 Leaving us, I'm afraid, 883 00:37:21,490 --> 00:37:24,159 with only one inescapable conclusion. 884 00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:28,163 And only one possible verdict. 885 00:37:29,539 --> 00:37:30,707 [murmuring, gavel pounding] 886 00:37:30,791 --> 00:37:33,502 The defendant will rise. 887 00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:39,883 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 888 00:37:39,967 --> 00:37:41,385 have you reached a verdict? 889 00:37:42,844 --> 00:37:44,304 We have, your honor. 890 00:37:44,388 --> 00:37:45,347 How do you find? 891 00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:47,849 We find the defendant not guilty. 892 00:37:47,933 --> 00:37:50,852 [spectators murmuring] 893 00:37:57,150 --> 00:38:00,028 The defendant is released. 894 00:38:00,112 --> 00:38:01,655 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 895 00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:03,073 thank you for your efforts. 896 00:38:04,116 --> 00:38:05,117 Court is adjourned. 897 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:06,451 [gavel bangs] 898 00:38:06,535 --> 00:38:09,538 [murmuring] 899 00:38:13,083 --> 00:38:14,876 -Mr. Casselli. -Mrs. Fletcher. 900 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,004 I thought I had a pretty good case. 901 00:38:17,087 --> 00:38:18,380 I guess I can save myself the effort 902 00:38:18,463 --> 00:38:19,673 of going after Mrs. Anderson. 903 00:38:19,756 --> 00:38:21,967 Oh, my, no. 904 00:38:22,384 --> 00:38:23,844 By all means, I think you should, 905 00:38:23,927 --> 00:38:25,554 now more than ever. 906 00:38:26,263 --> 00:38:29,391 Could we meet in your office in, say, 30 minutes? 907 00:38:29,850 --> 00:38:31,059 Sure, I suppose so, but-- 908 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:33,437 You might also ask Becky Anderson 909 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:34,896 to be there with her attorney. 910 00:38:35,397 --> 00:38:38,775 Look, before I put myself in an awkward position, 911 00:38:38,859 --> 00:38:40,152 do you mind if I ask why? 912 00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:41,820 Oh, not at all. 913 00:38:41,903 --> 00:38:43,739 The last thing in the world I want to do 914 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:46,116 is to put you in an awkward position. 915 00:38:46,616 --> 00:38:50,328 Tom, I promised Martha I'd be home for supper at 6:00. 916 00:38:50,412 --> 00:38:51,621 Mrs. Fletcher said she'd-- 917 00:38:52,581 --> 00:38:54,332 Ah. 918 00:38:54,791 --> 00:38:56,209 Oh. So sorry to keep you waiting. 919 00:38:56,293 --> 00:38:57,419 I got held up. 920 00:38:57,502 --> 00:38:58,962 Not at all, Mrs. Fletcher. No problem. 921 00:38:59,046 --> 00:39:00,297 Oscar, do you know Jessica Fletcher? 922 00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:01,298 Oscar Ramsey. 923 00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:02,549 I know the lady by reputation. 924 00:39:02,632 --> 00:39:03,675 How do you do, Mr. Ramsey? 925 00:39:03,759 --> 00:39:04,718 Ma'am. 926 00:39:04,801 --> 00:39:06,678 Have you met Becky Anderson? 927 00:39:06,762 --> 00:39:08,263 Well, we haven't been introduced. 928 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:10,265 -Hello. -Mrs. Fletcher. 929 00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:11,892 Got to say, you people in the jury 930 00:39:11,975 --> 00:39:13,393 -didn't surprise me any. -That so? 931 00:39:13,477 --> 00:39:15,896 I did figure you'd come in sooner with the verdict. 932 00:39:15,979 --> 00:39:17,272 Well, we spent some time-- 933 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:20,859 Finding as you did, makes this meetin' somewhat academic. 934 00:39:20,942 --> 00:39:23,236 However, Tom said you'd explain. 935 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,864 Well, Mr. Ramsey, it's really simple. 936 00:39:25,947 --> 00:39:29,201 You see, it's our opinion, that is, the jury's, 937 00:39:29,284 --> 00:39:32,204 that Becky Anderson killed her husband. 938 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:33,580 That's not true! 939 00:39:33,663 --> 00:39:35,207 What the hell is this? 940 00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:36,208 Hear her out, Oscar. 941 00:39:36,291 --> 00:39:38,710 It gets very interesting. 942 00:39:38,794 --> 00:39:40,378 It's a bunch of damn hogwash! 943 00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:42,631 The same evidence that got the first verdict 944 00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:43,924 is gonna clear my client. 945 00:39:44,007 --> 00:39:47,552 Well, we didn't exactly find on that evidence. 946 00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:49,513 You didn't what? 947 00:39:49,596 --> 00:39:51,389 Well, of course it was the evidence 948 00:39:51,473 --> 00:39:54,392 and how we saw it after some pushing and poking. 949 00:39:54,476 --> 00:39:57,145 One thing we couldn't understand is 950 00:39:57,229 --> 00:40:00,440 what happened when your husband arrived at your apartment. 951 00:40:00,524 --> 00:40:02,275 Mark explained that. 952 00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,861 Well, not to our satisfaction, I'm afraid. 953 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,031 In fact, we feel that he was lying. 954 00:40:08,115 --> 00:40:09,241 No. 955 00:40:09,324 --> 00:40:10,617 I'm not gonna allow this. 956 00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:11,910 We are leavin'. 957 00:40:11,993 --> 00:40:13,912 You'll save us both a lot of time and work 958 00:40:13,995 --> 00:40:16,915 if you stay and listen, Oscar. 959 00:40:16,998 --> 00:40:19,292 Mark's story about struggling for the gun 960 00:40:19,376 --> 00:40:21,711 and wielding the fireplace poker-- 961 00:40:21,795 --> 00:40:24,714 Now, it really is so much nonsense, considering 962 00:40:24,798 --> 00:40:28,260 that his collarbone injury from the accident. 963 00:40:28,969 --> 00:40:30,887 I was there. I saw it. 964 00:40:30,971 --> 00:40:32,764 Yes, you were there. 965 00:40:32,848 --> 00:40:34,891 But you didn't see anything. 966 00:40:34,975 --> 00:40:37,853 You're the one who struck the fatal blow. 967 00:40:37,936 --> 00:40:40,147 While Mark stood by and watched? 968 00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:42,482 No, we don't believe that he was there when it happened. 969 00:40:42,566 --> 00:40:44,818 Really? 970 00:40:44,901 --> 00:40:47,237 And just where was he, Mrs. Fletcher? 971 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,823 He was at the hospital, murdering his wife. 972 00:40:54,828 --> 00:40:57,455 Play Hail Columbia and salute the flag! 973 00:40:57,539 --> 00:41:00,500 Will you listen to that! [laughs] 974 00:41:00,584 --> 00:41:02,502 That is what happened, isn't it, Becky? 975 00:41:02,586 --> 00:41:04,129 No. 976 00:41:04,212 --> 00:41:06,464 Isn't that why you refused to take the lie detector test, 977 00:41:06,548 --> 00:41:08,466 because you were afraid if you were asked 978 00:41:08,550 --> 00:41:11,344 if Mark had killed your husband in self-defense 979 00:41:11,428 --> 00:41:12,470 and you answered yes, 980 00:41:12,554 --> 00:41:15,098 the machine would show that you were lying? 981 00:41:15,182 --> 00:41:16,099 No! 982 00:41:16,183 --> 00:41:17,767 Not a shred of this will fly. 983 00:41:17,851 --> 00:41:19,728 You try usin' this in court, 984 00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:23,315 and I'll set your run for state office back ten years. 985 00:41:23,398 --> 00:41:25,317 Oscar, we are not talking politics here. 986 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,235 We are talking cold-blooded murder. 987 00:41:27,319 --> 00:41:29,529 Mark Reynolds had been to the bide-a-wee motel 988 00:41:29,613 --> 00:41:31,281 at least six times. 989 00:41:31,364 --> 00:41:33,408 How many others might he have gone to? 990 00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:35,076 And on the night of his wife's dying, 991 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:36,912 he picked up another woman in a tavern. 992 00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:38,830 It was an accidental encounter. 993 00:41:38,914 --> 00:41:41,875 A woman he'd been seen with six weeks earlier. 994 00:41:41,958 --> 00:41:44,294 That testimony was refuted by cross-examination. 995 00:41:44,377 --> 00:41:46,004 Not refuted, merely challenged. 996 00:41:46,087 --> 00:41:47,255 Mrs. Fletcher, 997 00:41:47,339 --> 00:41:48,757 maybe you can make somethin' like this 998 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,217 work in one of your novels, 999 00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,385 but not in a court of law. 1000 00:41:52,469 --> 00:41:54,429 That was the first time I saw him. 1001 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:55,764 You heard the bartender. 1002 00:41:56,598 --> 00:41:57,807 And the bartender heard 1003 00:41:57,891 --> 00:42:00,185 what you and Mark wanted him to hear. 1004 00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:02,187 The reason for the accidental meeting was 1005 00:42:02,270 --> 00:42:05,732 to give Mark an alibi from a so-called stranger. 1006 00:42:06,149 --> 00:42:07,859 His motive is clear. 1007 00:42:07,943 --> 00:42:09,903 He loved Becky. 1008 00:42:09,986 --> 00:42:11,988 His wife of less than a year had all the money. 1009 00:42:12,072 --> 00:42:13,323 He wanted both. 1010 00:42:13,406 --> 00:42:15,742 Next thing you'll say is the car accident 1011 00:42:15,825 --> 00:42:18,536 that damn near killed him and his wife was deliberate. 1012 00:42:19,204 --> 00:42:20,705 Well, I believe that it was. 1013 00:42:20,789 --> 00:42:23,500 A former professional race car driver? 1014 00:42:23,583 --> 00:42:26,253 He staged it so that his wife would be killed. 1015 00:42:26,336 --> 00:42:27,254 He wore a seat belt. 1016 00:42:27,337 --> 00:42:28,505 She never did. 1017 00:42:28,588 --> 00:42:30,340 He slammed her side of the car 1018 00:42:30,423 --> 00:42:31,633 into that utility pole. 1019 00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:34,135 It was made-to-order murder. 1020 00:42:34,219 --> 00:42:38,098 Remember the paramedic saying she asked "why?" 1021 00:42:38,181 --> 00:42:41,476 She was asking why he tried to kill her. 1022 00:42:41,893 --> 00:42:43,895 The fact that she didn't die on impact... 1023 00:42:43,979 --> 00:42:45,313 and the fact that the doctor said 1024 00:42:45,397 --> 00:42:48,441 she could regain consciousness and expose him 1025 00:42:48,525 --> 00:42:52,320 meant he had to quickly improvise a foolproof alibi. 1026 00:42:52,404 --> 00:42:53,446 He called Becky. 1027 00:42:53,530 --> 00:42:56,324 Who else could he trust? 1028 00:42:56,408 --> 00:42:59,995 And what better alibi than to be in bed with another woman? 1029 00:43:02,831 --> 00:43:03,915 She's wrong. 1030 00:43:03,999 --> 00:43:06,084 Mr. Ramsey, you have to believe me. 1031 00:43:06,167 --> 00:43:07,502 It would have worked 1032 00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:10,547 except for two unforeseen events. 1033 00:43:10,630 --> 00:43:13,883 First, was your being remembered by the motel man. 1034 00:43:13,967 --> 00:43:15,552 The other was your husband's learning 1035 00:43:15,635 --> 00:43:16,928 of your being in that tavern. 1036 00:43:17,012 --> 00:43:18,972 When he did, when he came home 1037 00:43:19,055 --> 00:43:21,641 to your house, he found you alone. 1038 00:43:21,725 --> 00:43:25,103 Now, you couldn't let anyone know Mark wasn't with you, 1039 00:43:25,186 --> 00:43:26,646 so you had to kill him. 1040 00:43:27,439 --> 00:43:28,732 That's not how it happened! 1041 00:43:28,815 --> 00:43:29,858 He was furious! He had a gun-- 1042 00:43:29,941 --> 00:43:31,109 Don't say any more! 1043 00:43:36,072 --> 00:43:38,408 I'm not going to face this alone. 1044 00:43:38,491 --> 00:43:41,745 Miss Anderson, don't incriminate yourself. 1045 00:43:41,828 --> 00:43:43,079 If she wants to cooperate, Oscar, 1046 00:43:43,163 --> 00:43:44,414 we could cut a deal... 1047 00:43:44,497 --> 00:43:46,458 if the husband's death really was self-defense. 1048 00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:50,211 Even if Mrs. Fletcher's right... 1049 00:43:50,295 --> 00:43:51,755 and my client and Reynolds 1050 00:43:51,838 --> 00:43:53,423 were mixed up in his wife's murder, 1051 00:43:53,506 --> 00:43:55,675 she could plead second degree in the wife's death. 1052 00:43:58,845 --> 00:44:00,889 I want Mark Reynolds. 1053 00:44:03,850 --> 00:44:04,893 Becky? 1054 00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:12,067 All right. 1055 00:44:13,735 --> 00:44:15,945 Tell us the entire story. 1056 00:44:21,534 --> 00:44:23,119 I was alone. 1057 00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:28,958 Mark had been gone a half hour, 40 minutes 1058 00:44:29,042 --> 00:44:31,378 by the time Cliff came. 1059 00:44:31,461 --> 00:44:33,713 He was in a rage. 1060 00:44:33,797 --> 00:44:36,758 He said all sorts of-- 1061 00:44:36,841 --> 00:44:38,385 He was horrible. Ugly. 1062 00:44:38,468 --> 00:44:40,553 He had a gun. 1063 00:44:40,637 --> 00:44:43,264 He wouldn't believe I was alone. 1064 00:44:43,890 --> 00:44:46,726 And when he found out I was, he demanded to know... 1065 00:44:46,810 --> 00:44:48,520 who the man was and where he was. 1066 00:44:48,603 --> 00:44:50,939 He swore he'd kill him... 1067 00:44:51,022 --> 00:44:52,649 and me. I-- 1068 00:44:53,733 --> 00:44:56,444 The poker was in my hand. 1069 00:44:56,528 --> 00:44:58,113 And I hit him. 1070 00:45:01,324 --> 00:45:02,534 He fell. 1071 00:45:03,952 --> 00:45:08,289 It was a-- a half hour maybe, 1072 00:45:08,373 --> 00:45:11,709 maybe more when-- when Mark came back. 1073 00:45:13,002 --> 00:45:15,547 He said it was made-to-order. 1074 00:45:15,630 --> 00:45:16,631 A foolproof alibi. 1075 00:45:18,299 --> 00:45:21,428 He'd confess to killing Cliff in self-defense and-- 1076 00:45:23,638 --> 00:45:25,557 and that way no one would have the slightest hint 1077 00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,767 that he'd killed his wife in cold blood. 1078 00:45:29,853 --> 00:45:32,730 And to make certain that it looked like self-defense, 1079 00:45:32,814 --> 00:45:34,899 he saw to it that his fingerprints 1080 00:45:34,983 --> 00:45:36,818 were on the poker... 1081 00:45:37,402 --> 00:45:40,071 and that the powder traces were on his left hand. 1082 00:45:41,322 --> 00:45:43,450 So with the bullet fired into the wall, 1083 00:45:43,533 --> 00:45:47,162 all that was left was for you to call the police. 1084 00:45:51,499 --> 00:45:53,084 He said it was easy 1085 00:45:53,168 --> 00:45:56,212 to sneak into his wife's hospital room. 1086 00:45:58,548 --> 00:46:01,509 A pillow over her face-- 1087 00:46:05,138 --> 00:46:08,433 As weak as she was, she died almost instantly. 1088 00:46:20,487 --> 00:46:21,488 The deal holds, Oscar, 1089 00:46:21,571 --> 00:46:23,865 but I'll need her on the witness stand. 1090 00:46:25,116 --> 00:46:26,701 She'll be there. 1091 00:46:40,715 --> 00:46:43,009 -Ah, Mrs. Fletcher. -Oh, Mr. Reynolds. 1092 00:46:44,511 --> 00:46:47,472 How can I thank you for your verdict? 1093 00:46:47,555 --> 00:46:48,473 There's no need. 1094 00:46:48,556 --> 00:46:49,849 The satisfaction is knowing 1095 00:46:49,933 --> 00:46:51,935 that the right thing has been done. 1096 00:46:52,936 --> 00:46:55,855 Nevertheless, I just want you to know 1097 00:46:55,939 --> 00:46:57,106 I'll always remember you. 1098 00:46:57,690 --> 00:46:59,484 Oh, yes. 1099 00:46:59,567 --> 00:47:01,694 I'm quite sure you will. 1100 00:47:07,283 --> 00:47:10,286 [all murmuring]