1 00:00:00,459 --> 00:00:01,919 Open up! 2 00:00:02,336 --> 00:00:04,004 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 3 00:00:04,338 --> 00:00:05,840 You never knew Rhonda Sykes. 4 00:00:05,923 --> 00:00:07,800 She was enough to drive anyone to commit murder. 5 00:00:07,883 --> 00:00:09,593 I want that money! 6 00:00:09,677 --> 00:00:12,263 Rhonda was killed between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. 7 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:15,141 by a blow to the head that Leon says he delivered. 8 00:00:15,224 --> 00:00:18,310 What you heard, uh, is all true. 9 00:00:18,394 --> 00:00:20,146 -I killed that girl. -I suppose you’ve come 10 00:00:20,229 --> 00:00:21,272 -here for your wife? -Why? 11 00:00:21,355 --> 00:00:22,732 You offering somethin’ better? 12 00:01:22,124 --> 00:01:25,127 [men humming] 13 00:01:37,056 --> 00:01:40,684 [men signing a cappella] 14 00:02:18,514 --> 00:02:19,890 [tires screech] 15 00:02:28,232 --> 00:02:29,483 Police! Open the door! 16 00:02:29,567 --> 00:02:30,776 [banging] 17 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:32,778 [police] Come on! Open the door! 18 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:35,739 Open up! 19 00:02:36,323 --> 00:02:38,576 [banging continues] 20 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:51,463 [singing ends] 21 00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:53,424 [pounding] 22 00:02:56,010 --> 00:02:58,220 [pounding continues] No, I’m not remodeling, Seth. 23 00:02:58,304 --> 00:03:00,514 No, that’s Hank Pruett. 24 00:03:00,598 --> 00:03:03,100 I woke up this morning and found two inches of water 25 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:05,352 in the basement. 26 00:03:05,436 --> 00:03:07,897 Oh, here he comes. I’ll call you right back. Bye. 27 00:03:11,442 --> 00:03:14,153 Well, Jessica, looks to me like 28 00:03:14,236 --> 00:03:17,156 you got dry rot and corroded plumbing. 29 00:03:17,239 --> 00:03:21,827 Uh, course I’m only talkin’ about the house, you understand. 30 00:03:21,911 --> 00:03:23,621 How much, Hank? 31 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:26,749 Well, materials have been goin’ up lately, 32 00:03:26,832 --> 00:03:29,376 and labor’s not cheap, either. 33 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:32,129 Oh, my. Last March it was the roof. 34 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:34,173 This summer it was the wiring. 35 00:03:34,256 --> 00:03:36,967 Well, you gotta accept that kind of thing, 36 00:03:37,051 --> 00:03:38,594 a house as old as this one. 37 00:03:38,677 --> 00:03:40,638 You and Mr. Fletcher-- you lived here for 38 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:42,723 quite a long time, as I recollect. 39 00:03:42,806 --> 00:03:44,725 Almost 30 years. 40 00:03:44,808 --> 00:03:47,436 Don’t suppose you ever, uh, considered moving? 41 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:49,480 Well, not until this year. 42 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:52,650 But, you know, living alone here and being gone as much as I am, 43 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:54,234 quite honestly, I just don’t have 44 00:03:54,318 --> 00:03:56,612 the time to deal with these things. 45 00:03:56,695 --> 00:03:57,905 But thank you for coming, Hank. 46 00:03:57,988 --> 00:03:59,865 Let me know when you can get started, okay? 47 00:03:59,949 --> 00:04:02,117 Yes, ma’am. I’ll do that. 48 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:04,578 -Bye. -Bye. 49 00:04:04,662 --> 00:04:06,789 [phone rings] 50 00:04:08,958 --> 00:04:10,501 Hello? 51 00:04:10,584 --> 00:04:13,170 [woman] Hello, Jessica? It’s Emily. Emily Dyers. 52 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:14,880 I hope I’m not calling too early. 53 00:04:14,964 --> 00:04:17,466 Emily? Oh, good heavens, no. 54 00:04:17,549 --> 00:04:19,259 When is it ever too early for one 55 00:04:19,343 --> 00:04:21,095 Delta Alpha Chi to call another? 56 00:04:21,178 --> 00:04:23,013 Oh, Jessica, I just knew you’d feel that way. 57 00:04:23,097 --> 00:04:25,474 That’s why I had to call you. 58 00:04:25,557 --> 00:04:27,351 Emily, is something wrong? 59 00:04:27,434 --> 00:04:29,144 Some trouble at the sorority? 60 00:04:29,228 --> 00:04:31,605 No, no, the girls aren’t due till next week. 61 00:04:31,689 --> 00:04:34,149 But, Jessica, it’s about professor Walker. 62 00:04:34,233 --> 00:04:35,317 He’s been arrested. 63 00:04:35,401 --> 00:04:38,112 What? Leon? 64 00:04:38,195 --> 00:04:39,947 But that’s absurd. 65 00:04:40,030 --> 00:04:42,199 Well-- well, what on earth’s he being charged with? 66 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:44,076 [sighs] Murder. 67 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:46,578 [airplane flying] 68 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:11,103 Jessica! 69 00:05:11,186 --> 00:05:13,647 -Margaret? -Jess! Oh, hello. 70 00:05:13,731 --> 00:05:15,816 Welcome back to Green Falls. 71 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:17,234 Well, what in the world-- 72 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:19,319 Emily was detained at the sorority house, 73 00:05:19,403 --> 00:05:20,738 and she asked me to meet your plane. 74 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:22,406 Well, that was very thoughtful. 75 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:23,699 You know, I could have taken a cab. 76 00:05:23,782 --> 00:05:25,200 Oh, don’t be silly. 77 00:05:25,284 --> 00:05:27,036 It’ll give us a chance to catch up. 78 00:05:27,119 --> 00:05:29,621 Unless a widely celebrated author like yourself 79 00:05:29,705 --> 00:05:31,206 objects to traveling economy class. 80 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:33,417 It’s not much, but then neither is my paycheck. 81 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:35,085 Well, at least you can take passengers. 82 00:05:35,169 --> 00:05:37,296 My bicycle will only take one. 83 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:40,132 You’ve got to be kidding. You still haven’t learned to drive? 84 00:05:40,215 --> 00:05:44,136 [laughing] How do you think I’ve lived to be so "widely celebrated"? 85 00:05:44,219 --> 00:05:49,224 [both laughing] 86 00:05:49,308 --> 00:05:51,018 [Jessica] So when my first book sold, 87 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:52,603 I decided to leave teaching 88 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:54,354 and take up writing full time. 89 00:05:54,438 --> 00:05:56,648 And what about you? Last I heard, you were-- 90 00:05:56,732 --> 00:05:59,401 You were running your own English department in a college out West. 91 00:05:59,485 --> 00:06:02,488 Well, yes. I think the heat and the smog 92 00:06:02,571 --> 00:06:04,656 finally caught up to me. [chuckles] 93 00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:07,034 That and the desperate need to have a conversation 94 00:06:07,117 --> 00:06:09,078 that didn’t include, "For sure, for sure," 95 00:06:09,161 --> 00:06:11,163 -and "Have a nice day." -Oh, I know. 96 00:06:11,246 --> 00:06:13,582 Anyway, when I heard Leon was looking for an assistant, 97 00:06:13,665 --> 00:06:16,710 I jumped at the chance to come back and work with him. 98 00:06:16,794 --> 00:06:18,629 I mean, who wouldn’t? 99 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:21,215 Oh, he’s special, all right. 100 00:06:21,298 --> 00:06:24,551 Which makes this murder charge so unbelievable. 101 00:06:24,635 --> 00:06:29,389 I mean, Leon is the most nonviolent man that I have ever known. 102 00:06:29,473 --> 00:06:31,141 You never knew Rhonda Sykes. 103 00:06:31,225 --> 00:06:32,976 She was enough to drive anyone to commit murder. 104 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:34,561 Oh? You know, 105 00:06:34,645 --> 00:06:36,939 the kind of girl who gives tramps a bad name. 106 00:06:37,022 --> 00:06:38,732 Even as an undergraduate, she was willing 107 00:06:38,816 --> 00:06:42,277 to do just about anything to get her degree, 108 00:06:42,361 --> 00:06:43,904 except study, of course. 109 00:06:48,367 --> 00:06:51,078 I really appreciate this, Margaret. 110 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:53,038 Nonsense. I’ll drop your things off 111 00:06:53,122 --> 00:06:54,748 at the Sorority House and tell Emily 112 00:06:54,832 --> 00:06:56,208 you’ll come along later. 113 00:06:56,291 --> 00:06:57,793 Are you sure you don’t want me to wait? 114 00:06:57,876 --> 00:06:59,294 After being cooped up in that plane, 115 00:06:59,378 --> 00:07:00,671 the walk will do me good. 116 00:07:00,754 --> 00:07:02,172 Okay. But do let me know what happens. 117 00:07:02,256 --> 00:07:04,508 And tell Leon I-- 118 00:07:04,591 --> 00:07:06,677 Tell him we won’t let him down. 119 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,180 I don’t know what you’re trying to pull, 120 00:07:10,264 --> 00:07:11,765 but I came here to see Professor Walker, 121 00:07:11,849 --> 00:07:13,767 and we’re not leaving until we do. 122 00:07:13,851 --> 00:07:15,352 Suit yourself. 123 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:17,271 -Steve, come on. Let’s go. -What do you mean? 124 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:18,897 We’re supposed to just walk out and leave him here? 125 00:07:18,981 --> 00:07:19,940 I don’t see we have much choice. I’m not gonna 126 00:07:20,023 --> 00:07:22,025 stand here and argue about it. 127 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:28,657 Hello, my name is Jessica Fletcher, 128 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:30,742 and I’m a friend of Professor Walker’s. 129 00:07:30,826 --> 00:07:31,994 You and everyone else. 130 00:07:32,077 --> 00:07:33,871 But if you’re here to see him, 131 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:35,581 I’m afraid you’re out of luck. 132 00:07:35,664 --> 00:07:37,207 He says he doesn’t wanna see anybody. 133 00:07:37,291 --> 00:07:40,127 Um, well, perhaps if you were to give him my name. 134 00:07:40,210 --> 00:07:42,796 It’s just that I’ve flown from Maine to be here. 135 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,756 All the way from Maine, huh? 136 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,842 [door unlocking] 137 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:51,096 [door opening] 138 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:53,724 Jessica? 139 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:57,519 Leon. I came as soon as I heard. 140 00:07:57,603 --> 00:08:01,857 Oh, Jessica, it’s so good to see you. 141 00:08:01,940 --> 00:08:05,027 I’m sorry you, uh, came a long way for nothing. 142 00:08:05,110 --> 00:08:08,280 What you heard, uh, is all true. 143 00:08:08,363 --> 00:08:10,699 I killed that girl. 144 00:08:10,782 --> 00:08:13,076 But I don’t understand. 145 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,121 You always taught that violence came from ignorance. 146 00:08:16,205 --> 00:08:17,956 I mean, how did this happen? 147 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:19,166 Well, what does it matter? 148 00:08:19,249 --> 00:08:21,001 It matters to me. 149 00:08:21,084 --> 00:08:22,753 Please. 150 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:26,131 Tell me, how did it happen? 151 00:08:26,215 --> 00:08:32,054 I suppose it was being so alone after Martha died. 152 00:08:32,137 --> 00:08:33,764 It had been just the two of us, you know, 153 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:37,684 through 40 years of marriage. 154 00:08:37,768 --> 00:08:40,771 Maybe I couldn’t stand the solitude. 155 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:45,234 Maybe I flattered myself that Rhonda really cared. 156 00:08:45,317 --> 00:08:48,487 Y-you mean, that you and this woman-- 157 00:08:48,570 --> 00:08:51,740 Well, when I realized what a fool I was making of myself, 158 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:54,201 I broke things off. 159 00:08:54,284 --> 00:08:56,703 But last night, Rhonda called 160 00:08:56,787 --> 00:08:59,873 and said she planned to expose our affair 161 00:08:59,957 --> 00:09:01,792 unless I paid her to keep silent. 162 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,127 Blackmail? 163 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:06,922 She mentioned an outrageous sum. 164 00:09:07,005 --> 00:09:10,300 So I went over to try to reason with her. 165 00:09:13,512 --> 00:09:16,473 Rhonda, we have to talk. 166 00:09:16,556 --> 00:09:18,475 That’s funny. You never regarded me 167 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:20,060 as your intellectual equal. 168 00:09:20,143 --> 00:09:21,937 I’m sorry if I made you feel that way. 169 00:09:22,020 --> 00:09:24,064 It’s too late to be sorry for anything, Leon. 170 00:09:24,147 --> 00:09:26,149 All I want from you is the money. 171 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,652 I’m afraid you have an inflated conception of a professor’s salary. 172 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:30,195 You have a savings account. 173 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:32,281 With less than $500 in it. 174 00:09:32,364 --> 00:09:34,491 No, no. Sorry to disappoint you, Rhonda. 175 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,243 I am not the mark you thought I was. 176 00:09:36,326 --> 00:09:37,411 Liar! 177 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:41,581 Damn you! I want that money! 178 00:09:41,665 --> 00:09:43,709 [Leon] All I could think of-- she’s-she’s trying to kill me. 179 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:47,587 So I-- I grabbed a candleholder when she came at me. 180 00:09:49,423 --> 00:09:51,717 I didn’t mean to kill her, 181 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,886 but, uh, she gave me no choice. 182 00:09:54,970 --> 00:09:59,641 I see. What sort of proof did she have? 183 00:09:59,725 --> 00:10:01,768 -Proof? -Leon, 184 00:10:01,852 --> 00:10:05,939 she could hardly blackmail you without some sort of evidence. 185 00:10:06,023 --> 00:10:07,899 Oh, well, uh-- 186 00:10:07,983 --> 00:10:11,111 Well, of course, she had-- she had proof. 187 00:10:11,194 --> 00:10:13,822 She, uh-- she had letters. 188 00:10:13,905 --> 00:10:17,409 Letters I’d written to her when we started seeing each other. 189 00:10:17,492 --> 00:10:21,288 Oh, yes. Letters that the police confiscated for evidence. 190 00:10:21,371 --> 00:10:23,832 Well... 191 00:10:23,915 --> 00:10:25,751 Um, I-- 192 00:10:25,834 --> 00:10:28,378 I burned them before they got there. 193 00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:32,174 I-- I burned them and, uh-- and, uh, rinsed them down the drain. 194 00:10:32,257 --> 00:10:34,426 But-- but-- but that doesn’t make any sense. 195 00:10:34,509 --> 00:10:37,262 I mean, why take the time to burn the letters 196 00:10:37,346 --> 00:10:39,681 at Rhonda’s apartment when you might have 197 00:10:39,765 --> 00:10:41,475 escaped and burned them elsewhere? 198 00:10:41,558 --> 00:10:44,394 I don’t know. Uh, I-- I wasn’t thinking. 199 00:10:44,478 --> 00:10:46,772 Why do you keep questioning me? 200 00:10:46,855 --> 00:10:49,316 Because I don’t believe that you killed anyone, 201 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:51,318 in self-defense or for any reason. 202 00:10:51,401 --> 00:10:53,695 Well, that’s absurd, Jessica, 203 00:10:53,779 --> 00:10:55,947 why would I lie about a thing like this? 204 00:10:56,031 --> 00:11:00,202 I don’t know. I wish I did. 205 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:08,668 [woman] I’m sorry. He’s not here right now. 206 00:11:08,752 --> 00:11:10,253 Do you have an appointment? 207 00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:12,756 Well, no, but it’s regarding the Rhonda Sykes case. 208 00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:15,759 Well, I’m afraid the District Attorney is booked all afternoon, 209 00:11:15,842 --> 00:11:17,010 but if you’d like to leave a message, 210 00:11:17,094 --> 00:11:18,970 I’ll be sure to see that he gets it. 211 00:11:19,054 --> 00:11:21,515 Perhaps if I wait. 212 00:11:27,396 --> 00:11:30,148 -Jessica? -Paul? 213 00:11:30,232 --> 00:11:33,819 [both laughing] 214 00:11:33,902 --> 00:11:35,195 Oh, my goodness. 215 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:37,322 My God, you haven’t changed a bit. 216 00:11:37,406 --> 00:11:39,199 Still the prettiest girl in Harrison college. 217 00:11:39,282 --> 00:11:40,992 And you haven’t changed, either. 218 00:11:41,076 --> 00:11:42,786 Still know all the right things to say. 219 00:11:42,869 --> 00:11:45,872 Not always. Otherwise, I would’ve never let you get away. 220 00:11:45,956 --> 00:11:47,791 [laughs] Tell me, what are you doing here? 221 00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:49,709 Well, the same thing you are, I guess. 222 00:11:49,793 --> 00:11:51,545 Trying to see the District Attorney 223 00:11:51,628 --> 00:11:53,839 about the murder charge against Leon Walker. 224 00:11:53,922 --> 00:11:57,759 But, uh, it seems that he hasn’t got time to see me. 225 00:11:57,843 --> 00:12:01,138 He does now. Carol, cancel my 2 o'clock. 226 00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:02,681 Something important has come up. 227 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,400 [Paul] Jess, I know how much you admire him. 228 00:12:13,483 --> 00:12:15,485 Hell, we all do. But the fact is 229 00:12:15,569 --> 00:12:17,696 that Leon has confessed of his own free will. 230 00:12:17,779 --> 00:12:19,990 Yes, I know. I’ve heard his so-called confession. 231 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:22,784 But obviously he wasn’t telling the truth. 232 00:12:22,868 --> 00:12:24,744 Even though the police found him next to the body? 233 00:12:24,828 --> 00:12:27,289 Yes. And about that-- who called the police? 234 00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:28,498 They didn’t give a name. 235 00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:29,666 They just said there was a noisy fight 236 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:31,585 over at Rhonda Sykes’s address. 237 00:12:31,668 --> 00:12:33,920 But you don’t find that the least bit fortuitous? 238 00:12:34,004 --> 00:12:35,422 Well, why should I? 239 00:12:35,505 --> 00:12:36,882 Leon said he went over to try to talk to her. 240 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:39,176 They had some wine, got a little drunk. 241 00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:41,178 Someone heard the racket and called the police. 242 00:12:41,261 --> 00:12:43,847 Someone unwilling to give a name. 243 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:45,974 Oh, it happens all the time. 244 00:12:46,057 --> 00:12:48,435 Besides, why would Leon admit that he killed her if he didn’t? 245 00:12:48,518 --> 00:12:50,645 Because he’s covering for someone. 246 00:12:50,729 --> 00:12:52,647 Someone else killed Rhonda Sykes? 247 00:12:52,731 --> 00:12:54,649 Well, from what I’ve heard, she wasn’t exactly 248 00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:57,527 -the sweetheart of Sigma Chi. -Jess, 249 00:12:57,611 --> 00:12:59,613 the preliminary report says that Rhonda 250 00:12:59,696 --> 00:13:01,823 was killed between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. 251 00:13:01,907 --> 00:13:04,868 by a blow to the head that Leon says he delivered. 252 00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:07,162 Jess, I will make sure he gets a fair trial, 253 00:13:07,245 --> 00:13:09,706 but it is my duty to prosecute this case. 254 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:12,292 But, Paul, even if they give Leon probation, 255 00:13:12,375 --> 00:13:16,254 I mean, the conviction will ruin his reputation and his entire career. 256 00:13:16,338 --> 00:13:19,925 What can I do? The man has confessed. 257 00:13:20,008 --> 00:13:22,177 Look, maybe there’s something in Rhonda’s place, 258 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:23,929 something that the police overlooked, 259 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:27,140 something that you and I might spot. 260 00:13:27,224 --> 00:13:29,226 You mean, you wanna go over to her place? 261 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:30,810 Jess, I don’t know. 262 00:13:30,894 --> 00:13:34,022 Well, I mean, if it’s impossible... 263 00:13:34,105 --> 00:13:38,109 It’s not impossible. It’s just unorthodox. 264 00:13:38,193 --> 00:13:39,694 So were you once. 265 00:13:48,078 --> 00:13:50,413 The police left everything as it was, 266 00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:52,582 except, of course, the candleholder that killed her, 267 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:54,876 and the letter opener she had in her hand. 268 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,337 Is this the mate to the one that the police have? 269 00:13:57,420 --> 00:13:59,047 Yes. Heavy, isn’t it? 270 00:13:59,130 --> 00:14:03,677 Yeah, and obviously very expensive. 271 00:14:05,595 --> 00:14:07,973 -You know, it’s odd. -What’s odd? 272 00:14:08,056 --> 00:14:10,850 Well, you told me that Rhonda Sykes was an orphan 273 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:13,603 going to school on a financial hardship loan. 274 00:14:13,687 --> 00:14:16,147 [Paul] So? [Jessica] So, look around and ask yourself 275 00:14:16,231 --> 00:14:19,150 how would a financially strapped graduate student 276 00:14:19,234 --> 00:14:22,028 afford some of the things in this apartment? 277 00:14:22,112 --> 00:14:24,990 I mean, that stereo must be worth a fortune. 278 00:14:25,073 --> 00:14:28,368 That’s what you get for giving a student credit cards. 279 00:14:28,451 --> 00:14:31,037 [chuckles] Her credit cards must have gone 280 00:14:31,121 --> 00:14:36,251 way over the limit. Look at these expensive furs and gowns. 281 00:14:36,334 --> 00:14:40,171 And I imagine there’s some jewelry around somewhere, 282 00:14:40,255 --> 00:14:42,299 if she wasn’t robbed. 283 00:14:44,342 --> 00:14:46,678 Hey, look at the drawer of her desk. 284 00:14:46,761 --> 00:14:48,013 That’s been forced open. 285 00:14:48,096 --> 00:14:49,848 [Paul] Yes, that was in the police report. 286 00:14:49,931 --> 00:14:51,933 And the only fingerprints on it were Rhonda’s. 287 00:14:52,017 --> 00:14:55,604 And for your information, the jewelry was in her dresser. 288 00:14:55,687 --> 00:14:57,397 Well, she wasn’t a very good student. 289 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,816 But then, the killer wasn’t after test papers. 290 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:01,943 You mean Leon? 291 00:15:02,027 --> 00:15:04,988 Look, if Leon had taken it, the police would have found it on him. 292 00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:06,823 Perhaps he destroyed it before they got here. 293 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:10,327 Would you have taken time to destroy it? 294 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:12,537 All right, I'll see what they’ve come up with. 295 00:15:22,130 --> 00:15:24,341 Jess, I hope you know that I hate 296 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:26,134 the idea of prosecuting Leon. 297 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:29,012 I mean, my God, I studied with him too, remember? 298 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:30,764 Yes, I remember. 299 00:15:30,847 --> 00:15:32,891 I remember typing all your papers too. 300 00:15:32,974 --> 00:15:35,101 [laughing] In that case, 301 00:15:35,185 --> 00:15:36,603 let me give you a belated thanks. 302 00:15:36,686 --> 00:15:38,438 -Deal? -Deal. 303 00:15:40,523 --> 00:15:42,776 Well, I’d better let you go. 304 00:15:42,859 --> 00:15:45,070 I’ll go by the station and call you later. 305 00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:46,780 Or better still, why don’t I give you 306 00:15:46,863 --> 00:15:48,531 the results at dinner tonight? 307 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,033 I’d love it. 308 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,369 -Pick you up at 8:00? -Yeah. 309 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:55,121 -Uh, you sure you’re free? -Free as a bird. 310 00:15:55,205 --> 00:15:57,749 After all, a bachelor’s life is nothing if it’s not his own. 311 00:15:57,832 --> 00:15:59,751 [chuckles] Ooh. Did I say that? 312 00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:03,004 [laughing] I’ll see you at 8:00. 313 00:16:05,882 --> 00:16:08,593 [engine starts] 314 00:16:15,350 --> 00:16:19,312 Jessica! Hello! 315 00:16:19,396 --> 00:16:21,147 -Emily! -Jessica! 316 00:16:21,231 --> 00:16:23,483 -Oh, Emily, how are you? -Oh, I’m fine. 317 00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:25,735 I’m better now that you’re-- look at you. 318 00:16:25,819 --> 00:16:29,447 I can’t believe this. Seeing you and Margaret and the old sorority-- 319 00:16:29,531 --> 00:16:31,491 You know, it’s just like old times. 320 00:16:31,574 --> 00:16:33,910 So I noticed. 321 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:36,871 Well, that was Paul Robbins who dropped you off, wasn’t it? 322 00:16:36,955 --> 00:16:38,123 I know, 323 00:16:38,206 --> 00:16:40,792 I’m a silly sentimentalist. 324 00:16:40,875 --> 00:16:43,086 But Jessica, I don’t know if I can ever forgive 325 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:46,131 Paul for what he’s doing to poor Leon at this point. 326 00:16:46,214 --> 00:16:49,384 But, Emily, I mean, this is not a job that he relishes. 327 00:16:49,467 --> 00:16:52,262 But Leon’s confession has tied his hands. 328 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:56,975 Jessica, I don’t know how a man like Leon 329 00:16:57,058 --> 00:16:59,769 could ever know a girl like Rhonda. 330 00:16:59,853 --> 00:17:02,647 -You knew her too? -Well, of course. 331 00:17:02,731 --> 00:17:05,567 Jessica, dear, she was our sister. 332 00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:07,652 Though how a girl like that ever became 333 00:17:07,736 --> 00:17:10,029 a Delta Alpha Chi, I will never know. 334 00:17:10,113 --> 00:17:12,866 She, uh-- she lived here as an undergraduate-- 335 00:17:12,949 --> 00:17:14,159 Uh, that is, until the accident. 336 00:17:14,242 --> 00:17:16,995 -What accident? -Well, last spring 337 00:17:17,078 --> 00:17:19,497 Rhonda asked the fiancé of a friend 338 00:17:19,581 --> 00:17:22,625 to drive her home from the April fool’s dance. 339 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:25,295 And that young man was driving his sports car 340 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:28,256 and lost control and they crashed. 341 00:17:28,339 --> 00:17:31,009 Rhonda escaped without a scratch, 342 00:17:31,092 --> 00:17:34,846 and that poor young man died before the ambulance could arrive. 343 00:17:34,929 --> 00:17:37,307 Oh, Emily, I’m so sorry. 344 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:39,267 Rhonda wasn’t. 345 00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:45,607 I shouldn’t have let him go. It was just a stupid quarrel. 346 00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:47,442 You know, I don’t even remember what it was about. 347 00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:49,736 Oh, Sarah, you can’t blame yourself. 348 00:17:49,819 --> 00:17:53,698 It wasn’t anyone’s fault. You’ve got to believe that. 349 00:17:53,782 --> 00:17:55,450 Would you like a nice hot cup of tea? 350 00:17:55,533 --> 00:17:56,785 [girl] Hi, Rhonda! 351 00:17:56,868 --> 00:17:58,119 [Emily] Rhonda came back from her 352 00:17:58,203 --> 00:18:00,163 doctor’s wearing a neck brace. 353 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,915 Since there was no other car involved, 354 00:18:01,998 --> 00:18:03,917 she was obviously trying to bilk 355 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,376 the boy’s insurance company. 356 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:08,838 Poor Sarah. It’s so tragic. 357 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:11,633 You’re just lucky I was in the car instead of you. 358 00:18:11,716 --> 00:18:13,176 He died in my arms. 359 00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:15,970 What a dreadful, callous thing for you to say. 360 00:18:16,054 --> 00:18:18,223 No, no. I’m sure she didn’t mean it like that. 361 00:18:18,306 --> 00:18:19,682 I think she meant it exactly like that. 362 00:18:19,766 --> 00:18:22,143 -Didn’t you, Rhonda dear? -Why, Miss Dyers, 363 00:18:22,227 --> 00:18:25,313 you have a truly vicious mind. 364 00:18:25,396 --> 00:18:27,607 All right, that’s enough. 365 00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:29,484 I’ve been looking for an excuse. 366 00:18:29,567 --> 00:18:32,111 We’ve put up with you all we’re going to. 367 00:18:32,195 --> 00:18:34,155 You pack up your things and get out. 368 00:18:34,239 --> 00:18:36,282 I’m paid up to the end of the semester. 369 00:18:36,366 --> 00:18:37,408 I’ll write you a check. 370 00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:46,459 The boy’s fiancée, Sarah, never even stayed to graduate. 371 00:18:46,543 --> 00:18:48,378 I guess you could say now that, uh, 372 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:50,713 justice has been served. 373 00:18:50,797 --> 00:18:53,258 Tell me, Emily, did she collect a large amount 374 00:18:53,341 --> 00:18:54,926 from the boy’s insurance company? 375 00:18:55,009 --> 00:18:58,805 Oh, no. I’m happy to say she didn’t even get a dime. 376 00:18:58,888 --> 00:19:00,640 And when she moved into her new apartment, 377 00:19:00,723 --> 00:19:02,767 I mean, did you notice any change in her lifestyle? 378 00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:06,229 I really didn’t see her much, Jessica. Oh, except once. 379 00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:08,731 I went into Boston to a restaurant. 380 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:12,443 And there was Rhonda, dressed like a movie star. 381 00:19:12,527 --> 00:19:13,987 Enough of that. 382 00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:15,613 I’ve got so much I wanna talk to you about. 383 00:19:15,697 --> 00:19:18,408 I may even let you have your old room. 384 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:21,703 Whoever said you can’t go home again? [chuckles] 385 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:24,455 -Excuse me, miss Dyers? -Oh, Steve! 386 00:19:24,539 --> 00:19:26,624 -Hi. -Jessica, you remember Cathy Hampton? 387 00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:27,876 Cathy? Of course. 388 00:19:27,959 --> 00:19:30,211 We struggled through chemistry together. 389 00:19:30,295 --> 00:19:33,256 Well, this handsome devil is her son, Steve Chambers. 390 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,383 Steve, I want you to meet a very dear friend-- 391 00:19:35,466 --> 00:19:37,552 -Jessica Fletcher. -Pleased to meet you. 392 00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:39,345 I’m happy to meet you too, Steve. 393 00:19:39,429 --> 00:19:41,764 Now, I suppose you’ve come here for your wife. 394 00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,641 Why? You offering somethin’ better? 395 00:19:43,725 --> 00:19:45,852 Oh, you devil. I just might take you up on that. 396 00:19:45,935 --> 00:19:47,353 I’ll go get her for you. 397 00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:51,441 It’s remarkable. 398 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:54,110 You know, you look exactly like your mother. 399 00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:56,779 But then, of course, with Cathy eloping as she did, 400 00:19:56,863 --> 00:19:58,990 I never really got a chance to meet your father. 401 00:19:59,073 --> 00:20:01,701 Well, unfortunately, neither did I. 402 00:20:01,784 --> 00:20:05,288 My father was killed in Korea a couple of months before I was born. 403 00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:07,457 It must have been very difficult for your mother, 404 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:09,334 raising you by herself. 405 00:20:09,417 --> 00:20:12,503 Yeah, but mom was a trouper. 406 00:20:12,587 --> 00:20:14,213 She came back, finished up her degree, 407 00:20:14,297 --> 00:20:16,049 then took a job in the school’s administration office. 408 00:20:16,132 --> 00:20:19,469 So when the time came, I was able to go to Harrison tuition-free. 409 00:20:19,552 --> 00:20:22,221 Hmm. 410 00:20:22,305 --> 00:20:24,390 And after she died my junior year, 411 00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:27,018 there was talk of revoking my scholarship. 412 00:20:27,101 --> 00:20:28,937 But, uh, well, luckily, 413 00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:30,605 one of the professors went to bat for me. 414 00:20:30,688 --> 00:20:31,814 In fact, if it hadn’t been for him, 415 00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:33,942 I wouldn’t be teaching here now. 416 00:20:34,025 --> 00:20:37,028 That professor wouldn’t, by any chance, 417 00:20:37,111 --> 00:20:39,238 happen to be Leon Walker, would it? 418 00:20:39,322 --> 00:20:41,074 -How did you know? -Well, 419 00:20:41,157 --> 00:20:43,910 I was down at the police station earlier to see him. 420 00:20:43,993 --> 00:20:46,496 And I couldn’t help but overhear 421 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:50,458 your discussion with the sergeant. 422 00:20:50,541 --> 00:20:53,836 Leon means a great deal to you, doesn’t he? 423 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,715 Yeah, though it’s hard for my wife to understand. 424 00:20:57,799 --> 00:21:00,760 To her, he’s just an interfering old man, but.. 425 00:21:00,843 --> 00:21:03,721 God, to me, Leon’s been like a rock ever since I was a kid. 426 00:21:03,805 --> 00:21:05,807 I mean, he’d see me hanging around the school 427 00:21:05,890 --> 00:21:07,350 waiting for mom to get off work, 428 00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:09,936 and he’d take me for ice cream, maybe a movie. 429 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:13,106 -You know, little things. -No wonder you were upset. 430 00:21:13,189 --> 00:21:17,193 I mean, the thought of Leon going to prison is just terrible. 431 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:19,654 There’s no way Leon is going to prison. 432 00:21:19,737 --> 00:21:22,073 I mean, according to the paper, she tried to stab him. 433 00:21:22,156 --> 00:21:23,741 It was purely self-defense. 434 00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:25,410 [woman] Spoken like a true disciple. 435 00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:28,037 Oh, hello, honey. Uh, Mrs. Fletcher, 436 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:29,497 this is my wife, Karen. 437 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:31,165 Oh, how do you do? 438 00:21:31,249 --> 00:21:33,042 Oh, a little worse for having cleaned out the attic. 439 00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:34,669 Oh. 440 00:21:34,752 --> 00:21:37,255 Karen is a Delta Alpha Chi too, class of ’84. 441 00:21:37,338 --> 00:21:40,717 ’84? Well, then you must have known Rhonda Sykes. 442 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,844 I was already a senior when she pledged. 443 00:21:42,927 --> 00:21:44,721 Besides, Rhonda never got friendly 444 00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:47,432 with anyone who couldn’t help her with her grades. 445 00:21:49,350 --> 00:21:52,979 Coming, Steve? Nice to meet you, Mrs. Fletcher. 446 00:21:57,442 --> 00:22:00,570 [piano playing] 447 00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:05,700 [Jessica] Is it me, or has this place 448 00:22:05,783 --> 00:22:07,660 remained exactly the same as when 449 00:22:07,744 --> 00:22:09,746 you brought me here at homecoming, senior year? 450 00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:11,956 Jess, don’t tell me you remember that. 451 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,833 Remember? [laughs] 452 00:22:13,916 --> 00:22:15,835 There you were, ordering the most 453 00:22:15,918 --> 00:22:18,046 expensive items on the menu-- 454 00:22:18,129 --> 00:22:21,007 Shrimp cocktail, 75 cents. [both laughing] 455 00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:23,468 Can you blame me for trying to impress you? 456 00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:24,635 I would’ve gotten away with it 457 00:22:24,719 --> 00:22:26,471 if I hadn’t forgotten my wallet. 458 00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:28,723 Luckily the manager’s son was, uh, pledging your fraternity. 459 00:22:28,806 --> 00:22:31,893 Otherwise, we might’ve been washing dishes to this very day. 460 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:33,811 I don’t know. I kinda like the image. 461 00:22:33,895 --> 00:22:36,481 You and me up to our elbows in hot, greasy suds together. 462 00:22:36,564 --> 00:22:39,484 Good evening. Would you care to order drinks? 463 00:22:39,567 --> 00:22:41,319 -How about some champagne? -Mmm. 464 00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:44,155 -A bottle of your best. -Right away, Sir. 465 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,367 Now, since I know you’re dying to find out 466 00:22:48,451 --> 00:22:50,161 what I’ve learned, let’s get this business 467 00:22:50,244 --> 00:22:52,080 out of the way right now. 468 00:22:52,163 --> 00:22:54,123 I had to pull a few strings, 469 00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:56,167 but this is all that the police found 470 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:58,211 on Leon when they arrested him. 471 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,261 Not much here, I’m afraid. 472 00:23:07,345 --> 00:23:08,763 Nothing suspicious at all. 473 00:23:22,527 --> 00:23:27,865 [Leon] My son? No, no. 474 00:23:27,949 --> 00:23:29,826 You’re forgetting, Jessica, 475 00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:32,078 Martha and I never had any children. 476 00:23:32,161 --> 00:23:34,622 True. But Cathy Hampton did 477 00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:39,794 not long after her sudden elopement in her senior year. 478 00:23:39,877 --> 00:23:43,506 She even sent Emily a photo of herself and the baby. 479 00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:45,007 This baby, Leon-- 480 00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:48,719 Your son, Steve Chambers. 481 00:23:48,803 --> 00:23:51,639 Steve’s father was killed in Korea. He’ll tell you so himself. 482 00:23:51,722 --> 00:23:55,351 Oh, I’m sure he will. But you know better, don’t you, Leon? 483 00:24:05,403 --> 00:24:08,823 Cathy and I never meant to fall in love. 484 00:24:08,906 --> 00:24:13,578 We never even wanted to. 485 00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:17,081 But love isn’t a choice. 486 00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:20,918 Martha never knew, of course. 487 00:24:21,002 --> 00:24:25,298 When Cathy got pregnant, I wanted to marry her. 488 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:28,634 She refused, saying she couldn’t be responsible 489 00:24:28,718 --> 00:24:31,846 for what a divorce would do to my career. 490 00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:37,894 Instead, she made up that phony elopement 491 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:41,439 and left to have the baby alone. 492 00:24:41,522 --> 00:24:44,108 I finally found her, 493 00:24:44,192 --> 00:24:46,485 and I begged her to come back. 494 00:24:46,569 --> 00:24:51,365 She agreed on condition that our relationship was over, 495 00:24:51,449 --> 00:24:56,370 and that Steve would never be told the truth. 496 00:24:56,454 --> 00:24:59,457 I’ve kept my promise ever since. 497 00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:04,545 Now, I ask you to do the same. 498 00:25:04,629 --> 00:25:07,715 Leon, I know that you love your son. 499 00:25:07,798 --> 00:25:10,343 But if Steve killed Rhonda Sykes, 500 00:25:10,426 --> 00:25:12,386 then he has to be held accountable. 501 00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:16,265 No! No! No! Steve never killed anyone. 502 00:25:16,349 --> 00:25:17,642 I did. 503 00:25:17,725 --> 00:25:20,811 And I’ll swear to it in any court you name. 504 00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:32,323 Emily? 505 00:25:33,449 --> 00:25:35,451 Emily, are you there? 506 00:25:38,329 --> 00:25:40,248 Whoa! Wait a minute. Let me-- 507 00:25:40,331 --> 00:25:41,958 Let me help you take some of those. 508 00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:43,668 Trying to save myself a few trips. Thanks. [chuckling] 509 00:25:43,751 --> 00:25:46,379 Well, what’s a sorority sister for, huh? 510 00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:50,341 Well, the turnout for the fall alumni cleanup gets smaller every year. 511 00:25:50,424 --> 00:25:52,510 Well, I think it’s very nice that you take time to help. 512 00:25:52,593 --> 00:25:54,345 It’s not as if I had anything better to do 513 00:25:54,428 --> 00:25:56,180 or the money to do it with. 514 00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:58,683 Steve makes so little as a teacher and works so late, 515 00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:01,811 I haven’t been out a single night in the past two weeks. 516 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:03,896 It must be very difficult. 517 00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:05,356 You know, I understand that Steve 518 00:26:05,439 --> 00:26:07,858 is a very popular teacher. 519 00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:12,488 Is Advertising Writing 401 one of his classes? 520 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:14,532 What you’re really asking me is whether Rhonda 521 00:26:14,615 --> 00:26:17,159 was in his class. The answer is yes. 522 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:19,078 I saw some of her test papers, 523 00:26:19,161 --> 00:26:20,871 and they weren’t very good. 524 00:26:20,955 --> 00:26:24,458 But the registrar said that she got a B for the course. 525 00:26:24,542 --> 00:26:27,128 Draw your own conclusion. I’m sure you will anyway. 526 00:26:27,211 --> 00:26:31,757 Steve’s kind of popularity must be an occupational hazard. 527 00:26:31,841 --> 00:26:33,968 The only hazard is to the health of any coed 528 00:26:34,051 --> 00:26:36,178 I catch coming on to him. 529 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:38,347 How do you think I caught him? 530 00:26:38,431 --> 00:26:40,516 Jessica, you’re back. 531 00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:44,562 Margaret just phoned, and she’s coming over for tea at 4:00. 532 00:26:44,645 --> 00:26:46,230 And you’ll stay, won’t you, dear? 533 00:26:46,314 --> 00:26:48,566 I’m making one of my famous sweet-tooth hot sugar cakes. 534 00:26:48,649 --> 00:26:50,860 No kidding? Um, gee, I hate to miss it, 535 00:26:50,943 --> 00:26:53,696 but the thing is, I have a dentist appointment. 536 00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:56,657 People usually go to the dentist after they have my cake. 537 00:26:56,741 --> 00:26:57,825 [chuckling] 538 00:26:57,908 --> 00:27:00,077 -I’ll save you a piece. -Great. 539 00:27:00,161 --> 00:27:03,247 Um, well, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some mattresses to air. 540 00:27:03,331 --> 00:27:05,791 Okay. 541 00:27:05,875 --> 00:27:07,209 [door closes] 542 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:10,171 You know, I’ve always been so fond of Karen, 543 00:27:10,254 --> 00:27:13,883 but lately, she’s been so... I don’t know, distant. 544 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:16,510 The other night I pulled up beside her at a stoplight, 545 00:27:16,594 --> 00:27:18,971 and I waved, and she just drove off 546 00:27:19,055 --> 00:27:20,681 as if she didn’t even see me. 547 00:27:20,765 --> 00:27:22,266 Are you sure it was Karen? 548 00:27:22,350 --> 00:27:24,185 She just told me she hadn’t been out 549 00:27:24,268 --> 00:27:26,354 a single night for the past two weeks. 550 00:27:26,437 --> 00:27:28,147 Well, she was out Monday night. 551 00:27:28,230 --> 00:27:30,441 Um, I was just comin’ home from the movies when I saw her, 552 00:27:30,524 --> 00:27:32,818 so it must have been about 10:30. 553 00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:34,236 [phone rings] 554 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:35,863 Excuse me. 555 00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:39,408 Delta Alpha Chi. 556 00:27:39,492 --> 00:27:41,243 Oh, hello, Paul. 557 00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:44,622 Yes, she’s here. Just a minute. 558 00:27:50,878 --> 00:27:53,422 [Paul] Jess! 559 00:27:53,506 --> 00:27:55,841 I’m sorry I’m late. I got hung up at the office. 560 00:27:55,925 --> 00:27:57,718 That’s why I wanted to meet you here, away from everything. 561 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,637 That’s okay. Get your breath. 562 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,680 You said on the phone it was something important, something serious. 563 00:28:01,764 --> 00:28:05,017 It is. I’m upping the charges against Leon to Murder One. 564 00:28:05,101 --> 00:28:07,770 -What? -Forensics not only found his fingerprints 565 00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:11,232 on the candleholder, but on the letter opener as well. 566 00:28:11,315 --> 00:28:13,150 And Leon has admitted that he planted 567 00:28:13,234 --> 00:28:14,652 that letter opener in her hand 568 00:28:14,735 --> 00:28:16,529 so he could claim self-defense. 569 00:28:16,612 --> 00:28:19,490 Look, Leon may have planted the letter opener, 570 00:28:19,573 --> 00:28:21,992 but he did not kill Rhonda Sykes. 571 00:28:22,076 --> 00:28:25,121 Then why has he hired a lawyer to plead him guilty as charged? 572 00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:27,331 But don’t you see? It’s obvious. 573 00:28:27,415 --> 00:28:29,917 He’s deliberately railroading himself. 574 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,961 What can I do? 575 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:33,504 If someone as close to him as you 576 00:28:33,587 --> 00:28:36,006 can’t stop him, who can? 577 00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:40,261 [Steve] Mrs. Fletcher. This is a surprise. 578 00:28:40,344 --> 00:28:42,430 -Am I disturbing you? -Oh, no, not at all. 579 00:28:42,513 --> 00:28:43,848 The truth is, I could use a break. 580 00:28:43,931 --> 00:28:45,891 I’m outlining study schedules. 581 00:28:45,975 --> 00:28:48,853 -Please sit down. -Oh, that brings back memories. 582 00:28:48,936 --> 00:28:51,063 Late nights and hard decisions. 583 00:28:51,147 --> 00:28:52,857 -I didn’t know you were a teacher. -Oh, yes. 584 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:54,942 19 years of high school English. 585 00:28:55,025 --> 00:28:56,735 You know, part of me still misses it. 586 00:28:56,819 --> 00:28:58,571 Oh, I know what you mean. Half the time, 587 00:28:58,654 --> 00:29:01,240 I don’t know who’s learning more-- the students or me. 588 00:29:01,323 --> 00:29:05,619 And that’s what makes it doubly tragic about Leon. 589 00:29:05,703 --> 00:29:08,622 Not only is a nice, decent man going to prison, 590 00:29:08,706 --> 00:29:12,585 but the school is losing a highly gifted teacher. 591 00:29:12,668 --> 00:29:16,547 Mrs. Fletcher, that’s not going to happen. 592 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:19,842 I’ve already started a petition for clemency. 593 00:29:19,925 --> 00:29:21,510 There are at least 10 faculty members 594 00:29:21,594 --> 00:29:24,221 willing to testify to his character. 595 00:29:24,305 --> 00:29:27,099 I mean, I figure with that, plus the fact that it was clearly self-defense, 596 00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:29,226 the court is bound to let him go. 597 00:29:29,310 --> 00:29:31,479 I don’t think so. 598 00:29:31,562 --> 00:29:34,231 I mean, Leon has admitted that he planted 599 00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:36,192 the letter opener in Rhonda’s hand. 600 00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:39,653 And he’s also told his attorney to plead him guilty. 601 00:29:39,737 --> 00:29:44,700 You mean, he’s not even trying to defend himself? 602 00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:48,120 It seems that he wants to be convicted. 603 00:29:48,204 --> 00:29:51,499 But-- but they can’t do that. 604 00:29:51,582 --> 00:29:53,792 The court has got to prove him guilty, right? 605 00:29:53,876 --> 00:29:56,003 Not if he confesses. 606 00:29:56,086 --> 00:29:58,214 But that’s crazy. 607 00:29:58,297 --> 00:30:02,510 What’s crazy is there’s no way to stop him. 608 00:30:02,593 --> 00:30:05,638 No! No. 609 00:30:08,224 --> 00:30:11,227 Mrs. Fletcher, there’s something you have to know. 610 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:14,730 Leon didn’t kill Rhonda. I did. 611 00:30:19,276 --> 00:30:21,529 [Steve] It started about a month ago. 612 00:30:22,071 --> 00:30:24,031 My wife walked out on me for a couple of weeks 613 00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:29,370 after I turned down a high-paying job at an ad agency in New York. 614 00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:32,748 I was pretty upset, and... 615 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:35,584 well, Rhonda had been coming on to me the whole term, 616 00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:38,712 so I-- I guess I just thought-- 617 00:30:38,796 --> 00:30:41,590 [sighs] See, I knew it was a mistake, 618 00:30:41,674 --> 00:30:43,759 but when I tried to break it off, 619 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:46,345 Rhonda said she’d tell Karen everything unless I kept seeing her. 620 00:30:48,305 --> 00:30:49,723 The night it happened, 621 00:30:49,807 --> 00:30:51,725 I told Karen I’d be working late, 622 00:30:51,809 --> 00:30:53,227 and I went over to Rhonda’s to tell her 623 00:30:53,310 --> 00:30:55,729 we were through, no matter what. 624 00:30:55,813 --> 00:30:58,691 I-- I guess I got there about 10:00. 625 00:30:58,774 --> 00:31:00,484 We had a little wine while I tried to find 626 00:31:00,568 --> 00:31:03,320 the courage to tell her. 627 00:31:03,404 --> 00:31:05,239 Rhonda, we have to talk. 628 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,623 You know how much I love you. 629 00:31:24,508 --> 00:31:27,720 [sighs] I’m sorry. 630 00:31:27,803 --> 00:31:30,472 I never should have let it go this far. 631 00:31:30,556 --> 00:31:33,392 Is it Karen? 632 00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:34,810 Leave her. 633 00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:37,187 Rhonda, I can’t do that. 634 00:31:37,271 --> 00:31:39,857 I’ve already compromised my teaching job. 635 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:42,693 Quit your job. You don’t need it. 636 00:31:42,776 --> 00:31:45,362 I struck it rich with that accident. 637 00:31:45,446 --> 00:31:48,115 My secret little gold mine will pay for everything. 638 00:31:48,198 --> 00:31:52,119 Rhonda, listen, please. 639 00:31:52,202 --> 00:31:54,121 Listen, it’s over. 640 00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:58,125 -I won’t let you go. -Rhonda, don’t be crazy. 641 00:31:58,208 --> 00:32:01,920 Don’t be crazy. We both knew it couldn’t last. 642 00:32:05,174 --> 00:32:09,637 [grunting] Stop it! Stop it! 643 00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:16,935 And when I saw she wasn’t moving, 644 00:32:17,019 --> 00:32:21,857 I-- I panicked and I ran out. 645 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,692 I must’ve driven around a half an hour 646 00:32:23,776 --> 00:32:26,820 tryin’ to think what to do. 647 00:32:26,904 --> 00:32:31,617 Finally, I decided to go home and tell my wife everything. 648 00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:33,744 But when I got there, she was out, 649 00:32:33,827 --> 00:32:36,455 so that’s when I called Leon. 650 00:32:36,538 --> 00:32:37,498 But why? 651 00:32:37,581 --> 00:32:40,334 Why would you call Leon Walker? 652 00:32:40,417 --> 00:32:42,461 I’ve always gone to Leon when I needed help. 653 00:32:44,213 --> 00:32:46,382 After I told Leon what had happened, 654 00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:48,884 well, he said she was probably only knocked unconscious 655 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:52,846 and that I should just sit there and wait things out. 656 00:32:52,930 --> 00:32:55,015 So I did. 657 00:32:55,099 --> 00:32:56,850 It-- it wasn’t till I read the morning paper 658 00:32:56,934 --> 00:32:59,353 that I saw that Leon must have 659 00:32:59,436 --> 00:33:01,021 gone to check on Rhonda himself. 660 00:33:01,105 --> 00:33:04,525 And when he saw she was dead, I... 661 00:33:04,608 --> 00:33:06,902 well, I guess he took the blame to cover for me. 662 00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,198 I know I should have come forward right then. 663 00:33:11,281 --> 00:33:13,701 But I kept thinking that with Leon’s reputation, 664 00:33:13,784 --> 00:33:16,370 plus the fact that he was pleading self-defense, 665 00:33:16,453 --> 00:33:18,664 that the jury would have to let him go. 666 00:33:20,290 --> 00:33:22,209 While me, they’d lock up for life. 667 00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:28,257 Still, I never would have let Leon go to prison, I swear. 668 00:33:30,467 --> 00:33:32,928 I just didn’t have the guts to tell the truth till now. 669 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,770 Jess, you said that Leon was innocent, 670 00:33:41,854 --> 00:33:44,231 and you were right. I’m dropping all charges 671 00:33:44,314 --> 00:33:46,984 against him and reinstating them against Steve Chambers. 672 00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:50,195 Yes, but you know, Paul, there are still some very 673 00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:52,322 puzzling little things about all this. 674 00:33:52,406 --> 00:33:54,158 What do you mean? He’s made a full confession. 675 00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:56,785 I know, and I believe it’s sincere. 676 00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:59,371 But the problem is, if he killed Rhonda 677 00:33:59,455 --> 00:34:01,415 by the door, as he said he did, 678 00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:04,752 why was the body found in the kitchenette? 679 00:34:04,835 --> 00:34:06,962 Well, maybe she didn’t die right away. 680 00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:09,381 Maybe she came to and staggered into the kitchen, 681 00:34:09,465 --> 00:34:10,507 and there she collapsed. 682 00:34:10,591 --> 00:34:12,050 Yeah, but if she had come to, 683 00:34:12,134 --> 00:34:13,427 why didn’t she call an ambulance for help? 684 00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:15,929 Oh, Jess, who knows? With a blow like that, 685 00:34:16,013 --> 00:34:17,848 maybe she wasn’t thinking. 686 00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:19,600 Besides, no matter where she died, 687 00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:21,351 Steve is the one who killed her. 688 00:34:21,435 --> 00:34:24,271 And as soon as I drop you off, I’m starting proceedings. 689 00:34:26,857 --> 00:34:28,442 If you don’t mind, I’ll-- I’ll pass 690 00:34:28,525 --> 00:34:29,777 on the ride to the sorority. 691 00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:31,820 Of course. You’ll call me? 692 00:34:31,904 --> 00:34:33,655 Yeah. 693 00:34:34,823 --> 00:34:37,659 Leon! Leon, wait! 694 00:34:37,743 --> 00:34:39,828 Please! I’m so sorry. 695 00:34:39,912 --> 00:34:42,039 You had no right to tell Steve, no right at all. 696 00:34:42,122 --> 00:34:44,124 -Oh, but I didn’t tell him. -Oh, no? 697 00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:46,210 Then why did he turn himself in? 698 00:34:46,293 --> 00:34:48,545 Well, because whether or not he knows that you’re his father, 699 00:34:48,629 --> 00:34:51,298 he cares about you. Well, look, I admit 700 00:34:51,381 --> 00:34:54,259 that there are times when he’s weak and afraid. 701 00:34:54,343 --> 00:34:57,805 But when the cards are down, Steve came through. 702 00:34:57,888 --> 00:34:59,473 Not because he thought that you were his father, 703 00:34:59,556 --> 00:35:02,392 but because you’re his friend. 704 00:35:02,476 --> 00:35:04,645 I always knew Steve had backbone. 705 00:35:04,728 --> 00:35:07,564 Now he’s proved it, and they’re sending him to prison. 706 00:35:07,648 --> 00:35:08,982 Well, maybe not. 707 00:35:09,066 --> 00:35:11,318 Leon, tell me, can you remember 708 00:35:11,401 --> 00:35:13,821 about what time you got to Rhonda’s house that night? 709 00:35:13,904 --> 00:35:16,657 Uh, it must have been about 11:00. 710 00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:20,285 I, uh-- I hung up with Steve, and I left right away. 711 00:35:20,369 --> 00:35:22,454 It would take me about, uh, 15 minutes. 712 00:35:22,538 --> 00:35:25,457 Well, with the half hour that he said that he spent driving around, 713 00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:28,877 Steve must have left Rhonda’s about 10:15. 714 00:35:28,961 --> 00:35:30,963 And if you didn’t arrive till 11:00, 715 00:35:31,046 --> 00:35:35,217 that leaves 45 minutes during which anything could have happened. 716 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:38,929 Are you saying someone else came in and killed her? 717 00:35:39,012 --> 00:35:42,307 Well, it might explain why Rhonda’s body was found in the kitchen. 718 00:35:42,391 --> 00:35:45,853 I mean, instead of by the door where Steve said that he struck her. 719 00:35:45,936 --> 00:35:47,855 And there’s something else. 720 00:35:47,938 --> 00:35:51,692 According to Steve, he and Rhonda had some wine that night. 721 00:35:51,775 --> 00:35:53,360 But when Paul and I were there the next day, 722 00:35:53,443 --> 00:35:55,445 there were no glasses out. 723 00:35:55,529 --> 00:35:57,489 When I got there and found out she was dead, 724 00:35:57,573 --> 00:35:59,658 I rinsed out the glasses and put them away so the police 725 00:35:59,741 --> 00:36:02,911 -wouldn’t find the fingerprints. -Oh, I see. 726 00:36:02,995 --> 00:36:05,455 Well, then there’s only the money. 727 00:36:05,539 --> 00:36:06,748 What money? 728 00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:08,375 Rhonda told Steve that the accident 729 00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:10,335 she was in last spring provided her with-- 730 00:36:10,419 --> 00:36:12,004 What did she say? 731 00:36:12,087 --> 00:36:14,256 A secret gold mine. 732 00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:16,216 And some of the things in her apartment 733 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:18,051 were certainly very expensive. 734 00:36:18,135 --> 00:36:20,178 Yet, according to Emily, Rhonda never made 735 00:36:20,262 --> 00:36:22,472 a dime off the insurance claim. 736 00:36:22,556 --> 00:36:25,601 Well, then what gold mine was she talking about? 737 00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,230 [Paul] I don’t get it. 738 00:36:30,314 --> 00:36:32,441 What does this ridiculous picture got to do with Rhonda’s murder? 739 00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:34,651 Well, whoever killed Rhonda 740 00:36:34,735 --> 00:36:38,405 broke into her desk drawer looking for something, remember? 741 00:36:38,488 --> 00:36:41,575 Something important enough to have killed for. 742 00:36:41,658 --> 00:36:43,410 Yes, so? 743 00:36:43,493 --> 00:36:45,662 Well, as far as I can understand, 744 00:36:45,746 --> 00:36:48,957 Rhonda was far too smart a girl to have, uh, 745 00:36:49,041 --> 00:36:52,502 well, to have hidden something that valuable in such an obvious place. 746 00:36:52,586 --> 00:36:54,588 [Jessica] Instead, she might have picked somewhere 747 00:36:54,671 --> 00:36:56,465 that no one would think of looking. 748 00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:23,492 -What is it? -Just a minute. 749 00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:32,042 [Jessica] April 2nd of this year. 750 00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:34,336 The night of the accident, 751 00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:37,756 Rhonda was riding back from an April fool’s dance. 752 00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:40,050 This must have been... 753 00:37:40,133 --> 00:37:42,594 this must have been developed the day after. 754 00:37:42,678 --> 00:37:45,806 -Pretty ghoulish memento. -That’s just it. 755 00:37:45,889 --> 00:37:47,182 According to Emily, 756 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,810 Rhonda and the boy were riding in a sports car. 757 00:37:49,893 --> 00:37:52,187 I mean, this is a compact. 758 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:55,357 I don’t know what it means, but I’ll have the police check the license. 759 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,027 If we hurry, I can drop it off before my 5 o'clock conference. 760 00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:00,988 5 o'clock? Oh, good heavens. 761 00:38:01,071 --> 00:38:03,824 I was supposed to be at the sorority at 4:00. 762 00:38:41,236 --> 00:38:42,654 Jessica! 763 00:38:43,697 --> 00:38:45,282 Jessica, what are you doing? 764 00:38:45,365 --> 00:38:47,367 Emily and I have been expecting you for an hour. 765 00:38:47,451 --> 00:38:48,827 And now I’m running late for a meeting. 766 00:38:48,910 --> 00:38:51,204 Margaret, I’m sorry. I should have called you. 767 00:38:51,288 --> 00:38:53,665 The fact of the matter is, we discovered a photograph 768 00:38:53,749 --> 00:38:58,211 at Rhonda’s place that may shed some new light on things. 769 00:38:58,295 --> 00:38:59,921 -A photograph? -Yes, it was developed 770 00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:03,675 the day after Rhonda’s accident last spring. 771 00:39:03,759 --> 00:39:05,886 It’s a picture of a damaged car. 772 00:39:05,969 --> 00:39:08,889 A picture of your car, Margaret. 773 00:39:08,972 --> 00:39:10,390 I don’t know what you’re talking about. 774 00:39:10,474 --> 00:39:12,309 I think you do. 775 00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:14,561 Let’s find somewhere quiet where we can talk. 776 00:39:19,441 --> 00:39:22,611 I guess I’d had too much to drink that night. 777 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:25,781 Guess we all drink too much at those alumni dinners. 778 00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:29,576 Anyway, coming home there was a stop sign. 779 00:39:29,659 --> 00:39:31,870 Suddenly, a sports car appeared out of nowhere. 780 00:39:31,953 --> 00:39:34,164 I mean, it was just there. 781 00:39:34,247 --> 00:39:36,374 And before I knew it... 782 00:39:49,846 --> 00:39:51,973 [Margaret] I got out of the car to see what had happened. 783 00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:05,779 That’s when I saw Rhonda. And she saw me. 784 00:40:05,862 --> 00:40:07,447 And what happened? 785 00:40:07,531 --> 00:40:09,491 I got in the car and went back home. 786 00:40:09,574 --> 00:40:12,744 Though I do remember calling an ambulance before I passed out. 787 00:40:12,828 --> 00:40:15,288 I didn’t know the boy had died until Rhonda’s 788 00:40:15,372 --> 00:40:17,874 phone call woke me the next morning. 789 00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:20,210 I know it was wrong, but it would 790 00:40:20,293 --> 00:40:21,711 have meant losing everything-- 791 00:40:21,795 --> 00:40:23,755 My work with Leon, everything. 792 00:40:23,839 --> 00:40:26,091 So, when Rhonda offered to tell the police 793 00:40:26,174 --> 00:40:28,218 that the boy had simply lost control 794 00:40:28,301 --> 00:40:29,803 of his car and hit a tree, I... 795 00:40:29,886 --> 00:40:32,681 let her lie. 796 00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:35,183 And I’ve been paying for it ever since. 797 00:40:35,267 --> 00:40:37,644 Well, it certainly explains the A 798 00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:40,772 she got in your American Lit class. 799 00:40:40,856 --> 00:40:43,400 I spoke to the registrar. 800 00:40:43,483 --> 00:40:45,318 It also explains where she got the money 801 00:40:45,402 --> 00:40:47,362 for all of her expensive things. 802 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:50,115 Money? I never gave her any money. 803 00:40:50,198 --> 00:40:52,659 Better grades, letters of recommendation, yes. 804 00:40:52,742 --> 00:40:54,786 But I couldn’t afford to give her any money. 805 00:40:54,870 --> 00:40:56,371 On what I make? 806 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:59,374 I always assumed that’s why she never asked. 807 00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:01,751 [bottle shatters] 808 00:41:08,300 --> 00:41:12,220 There’s something that you’re not telling me, isn’t there? 809 00:41:12,304 --> 00:41:14,347 The night of the accident, 810 00:41:14,431 --> 00:41:17,184 you weren’t alone in that car, were you? 811 00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:21,104 In fact, in your condition, you probably weren’t driving. 812 00:41:21,188 --> 00:41:24,524 Someone else was behind the wheel. Isn’t that the truth? 813 00:41:24,608 --> 00:41:26,943 Someone who Rhonda recognized? 814 00:41:33,408 --> 00:41:35,911 -You sure the D.A. said this is okay? -I’m sure. 815 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:38,455 He’ll be here any minute. Excuse me. 816 00:41:47,130 --> 00:41:49,466 [vehicle approaches, stops] 817 00:41:49,549 --> 00:41:52,219 [vehicle door opens, closes] 818 00:41:52,302 --> 00:41:53,553 What was that all about? 819 00:41:53,637 --> 00:41:55,013 [Paul] Jessica! 820 00:41:55,096 --> 00:41:56,348 Sergeant. 821 00:41:56,431 --> 00:41:57,891 I just got your message. 822 00:41:57,974 --> 00:41:59,976 What’s up? You find something else? 823 00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:01,436 Yes. 824 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,396 Something occurred to me while I was 825 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,857 talking to Margaret this afternoon. 826 00:42:05,941 --> 00:42:07,651 It was about the accident. 827 00:42:07,734 --> 00:42:09,694 You talked to Margaret about that? Why? 828 00:42:09,778 --> 00:42:14,074 Well, because it was Margaret’s car in that picture. 829 00:42:14,157 --> 00:42:16,201 Though that should hardly surprise you, 830 00:42:16,284 --> 00:42:19,496 since it was you who was driving it that night. 831 00:42:21,623 --> 00:42:23,833 Margaret told you that? 832 00:42:23,917 --> 00:42:26,920 Yes. She only confirmed what I already guessed. 833 00:42:27,003 --> 00:42:30,840 After all, Rhonda had to be getting her money from somewhere. 834 00:42:30,924 --> 00:42:33,426 And when I learned that it hadn’t come from Margaret, 835 00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:36,137 I realized that it had to have come from you. 836 00:42:39,391 --> 00:42:42,644 Why else would you have killed her? 837 00:42:42,727 --> 00:42:44,062 Me? 838 00:42:44,145 --> 00:42:47,482 Oh, now just a minute, Jess. 839 00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:49,693 All right, I might’ve been driving that car, 840 00:42:49,776 --> 00:42:51,987 and I might’ve given her some money 841 00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:54,864 to keep her mouth shut, but I didn’t kill her. 842 00:42:54,948 --> 00:42:58,493 [sighs] But it has to be you, Paul. 843 00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:01,621 How else would you have known about the wine glasses? 844 00:43:01,705 --> 00:43:04,249 Leon’s already said he went over to try to talk to her. 845 00:43:04,332 --> 00:43:06,418 They had some wine, they got a little drunk. 846 00:43:06,501 --> 00:43:09,838 The wine glasses hadn’t been out when we came over the next day, 847 00:43:09,921 --> 00:43:13,216 because Leon had put them away before the police arrived. 848 00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:16,136 Only someone who had been here during the 45 minutes 849 00:43:16,219 --> 00:43:19,306 between the time that Steve left and Leon arrived 850 00:43:19,389 --> 00:43:21,474 could have known about those glasses. 851 00:43:21,558 --> 00:43:22,851 How on earth would I have known 852 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:25,854 about that 45 minutes? E.S.P.? 853 00:43:25,937 --> 00:43:28,398 Rhonda must have called you. 854 00:43:28,481 --> 00:43:29,983 Why would Rhonda call me? 855 00:43:30,066 --> 00:43:33,820 Maybe she decided to hurt Steve in any way she could. 856 00:43:33,903 --> 00:43:35,989 And how more public than in court? 857 00:43:36,072 --> 00:43:38,575 Maybe she called the only attorney she knew 858 00:43:38,658 --> 00:43:41,786 who couldn’t refuse to help her. 859 00:43:41,870 --> 00:43:44,914 Even if this entire fabrication is true, Jess, 860 00:43:44,998 --> 00:43:48,084 you’d never be able to prove that Rhonda made that call. 861 00:43:50,712 --> 00:43:52,756 You may not have noticed, but... 862 00:43:52,839 --> 00:43:57,469 Rhonda’s phone has one of those redial buttons. 863 00:43:57,552 --> 00:44:03,224 The last number that Rhonda ever dialed is stored in here. 864 00:44:03,308 --> 00:44:05,727 [beeping] 865 00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:08,313 [line ringing] 866 00:44:08,396 --> 00:44:11,775 [ringing continues] 867 00:44:11,858 --> 00:44:13,401 [Paul, on answering machine] Hello, you’ve reached 868 00:44:13,485 --> 00:44:15,278 the residence of Paul Robbins. 869 00:44:15,362 --> 00:44:17,655 I’m unable to answer the phone right now, but-- 870 00:44:24,037 --> 00:44:26,039 [knocking] 871 00:44:31,336 --> 00:44:33,421 What happened? 872 00:44:33,505 --> 00:44:38,176 Steve tried to kill me. [sighs] 873 00:44:38,259 --> 00:44:43,264 Oh, damn. I’m still bleeding all over the place. 874 00:44:43,348 --> 00:44:45,975 I want you to put him away for this. 875 00:44:46,059 --> 00:44:47,894 I’d go careful with that. 876 00:44:47,977 --> 00:44:50,355 A trial could be messy for both of us. 877 00:44:50,438 --> 00:44:53,858 I don’t care. I hate him. 878 00:44:53,942 --> 00:44:59,030 I want him to be sorry for a long, long time. 879 00:44:59,114 --> 00:45:00,990 I’m sure he will be. 880 00:45:03,118 --> 00:45:04,911 [Paul, on tape] I searched her desk for the photograph 881 00:45:04,994 --> 00:45:07,914 of Margaret’s car, and when I couldn’t find it, 882 00:45:07,997 --> 00:45:09,666 I took the bloody kitchen towels 883 00:45:09,749 --> 00:45:12,836 and left to make that anonymous complaint. 884 00:45:12,919 --> 00:45:14,462 I was more surprised than anyone 885 00:45:14,546 --> 00:45:16,673 when Leon took the blame. 886 00:45:18,383 --> 00:45:20,385 Looks like you’re both free to go. 887 00:45:21,845 --> 00:45:23,471 And if either one of you were thinking about 888 00:45:23,555 --> 00:45:25,723 takin’ a sudden sabbatical, don’t. 889 00:45:25,807 --> 00:45:27,642 There are still questions to be answered about assault 890 00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:31,354 and impeding a murder investigation. 891 00:45:38,611 --> 00:45:40,780 I really wanna thank you, Mrs. Fletcher. 892 00:45:40,864 --> 00:45:43,116 And even I thought I was guilty. 893 00:45:43,199 --> 00:45:45,660 [laughs] Well that should give you pause. 894 00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:47,203 It does. 895 00:45:50,290 --> 00:45:51,916 Leon, I really let you down. 896 00:45:53,585 --> 00:45:56,629 I should have told the truth from the beginning. 897 00:45:56,713 --> 00:45:59,132 Some truths are difficult to tell. 898 00:45:59,215 --> 00:46:01,843 I just hope you can forgive me. 899 00:46:12,103 --> 00:46:13,438 I almost told him. 900 00:46:13,521 --> 00:46:17,317 I didn’t know how to... how to say it. 901 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:20,904 I think the words will come now. 902 00:46:20,987 --> 00:46:23,907 Why don’t you give it a try? 903 00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:25,408 Maybe you’re right. 904 00:46:27,243 --> 00:46:30,371 Maybe it is time to tell him. 905 00:46:30,455 --> 00:46:31,748 Steve?