1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:01,335 [gunshots] 2 00:00:01,877 --> 00:00:04,922 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 3 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:07,466 -It's been a long time, Vera. -19 years, but who's counting? 4 00:00:07,550 --> 00:00:09,176 You're just passing through, right? 5 00:00:09,260 --> 00:00:11,554 I mean, maybe you want some company back in L.A. 6 00:00:11,637 --> 00:00:16,142 Now look, I'm not sure how I got tied in to this sudden reunion. 7 00:00:16,225 --> 00:00:18,853 Anything happens to her, I'll rip you apart! 8 00:00:18,936 --> 00:00:21,564 Pete said too much. Maybe that's what got him killed. 9 00:00:21,647 --> 00:00:24,400 I've already got my favorite kind of killer, a dead one. 10 00:00:24,483 --> 00:00:26,444 I'm not here to sell you life insurance. 11 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:27,653 I'm here to pay some off. 12 00:01:19,830 --> 00:01:22,958 [train horn blowing in distance] 13 00:01:23,042 --> 00:01:25,127 [gunshots] 14 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:42,162 [groans] 15 00:03:10,024 --> 00:03:13,485 [clicks] 16 00:03:13,569 --> 00:03:16,280 Walter Murray here. 17 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:19,283 I got this feeling I'm not gonna make it... 18 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:22,703 [chuckles] A feeling in my chest. 19 00:03:22,786 --> 00:03:24,705 Anyway, uh, 20 00:03:24,788 --> 00:03:27,958 I'm not sure who's... gonna last longer, 21 00:03:28,042 --> 00:03:31,420 me or this tape, so, uh, 22 00:03:31,503 --> 00:03:33,964 I'd better quit with the wisecracks and, uh, 23 00:03:34,048 --> 00:03:35,966 get to the point. 24 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:57,655 Police! 25 00:04:01,492 --> 00:04:03,494 I know you're in there, Murray! 26 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:06,497 Now you better open up before I rearrange the architecture! 27 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:09,792 Sheriff Tugman. What on earth? 28 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:11,418 Now don't bother me, Mrs. Fletcher. 29 00:04:11,502 --> 00:04:13,212 I got a dangerous man in here. 30 00:04:13,295 --> 00:04:14,880 Walter, dangerous? He's a writer. 31 00:04:14,964 --> 00:04:16,674 You can reason with writers. 32 00:04:16,757 --> 00:04:18,342 You don't have to shoot your way in. 33 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:20,552 Well, somebody heard gunfire out past the old mine... 34 00:04:20,636 --> 00:04:24,181 and saw a car go by like that rental that you and Murray been driving. 35 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:26,350 The treads match too. Now you better stand back. 36 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:28,102 But I heard Walter come in an hour ago. 37 00:04:28,185 --> 00:04:29,645 I heard his door. 38 00:04:29,728 --> 00:04:32,147 Well, that fits like a penny loafer, 39 00:04:32,231 --> 00:04:33,649 'cause that's when the shots were heard. 40 00:04:33,732 --> 00:04:36,110 Well, there must be some other way. 41 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:46,620 -Wish that door was as thin as the walls! -Walter? Oh, my God. 42 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:49,957 The minute you two walked in here, 43 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,001 I pegged Murray for trouble. 44 00:04:52,084 --> 00:04:54,503 Isn't it evident that Walter was the one in trouble, 45 00:04:54,586 --> 00:04:56,130 not the one causing it? 46 00:04:56,213 --> 00:04:57,923 Just 'cause he's got a slug in him 47 00:04:58,007 --> 00:05:00,134 don't make him the guy in the white hat. 48 00:05:00,217 --> 00:05:01,969 Yeah, but why did he come back to his room 49 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:03,345 instead of going for help? 50 00:05:03,429 --> 00:05:05,472 I mean, obviously saving his own life 51 00:05:05,556 --> 00:05:09,226 was less important than something he wanted to put on that tape. 52 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:11,603 [Tugman] Like who plugged him, maybe? 53 00:05:11,687 --> 00:05:13,605 [train horn blowing on tape] 54 00:05:13,689 --> 00:05:15,315 [Walter on tape] I should've known the minute I saw her mug 55 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:17,484 after all these years. 56 00:05:17,568 --> 00:05:19,695 But I'm getting ahead of myself. 57 00:05:19,778 --> 00:05:23,907 This isn't the way I planned it, but since my ticket's punched, 58 00:05:23,991 --> 00:05:26,702 I figure I ought to finish the script. 59 00:05:26,785 --> 00:05:28,787 Probably wondering who shot me, huh? 60 00:05:28,871 --> 00:05:32,916 Well, it's a long story. 61 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,377 When the studio signed me to do the screenplay 62 00:05:35,461 --> 00:05:38,213 of a J .B. Fletcher book, 63 00:05:38,297 --> 00:05:40,215 we met in Vegas. 64 00:05:40,299 --> 00:05:42,968 But Vegas had a lot of memories for me, 65 00:05:43,052 --> 00:05:46,305 some bad, some worse. 66 00:05:46,388 --> 00:05:49,683 So I suggested we head back to L.A. 67 00:05:49,767 --> 00:05:51,602 The Fletcher dame wanted to fly. 68 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:53,729 I had another idea. 69 00:05:53,812 --> 00:05:55,773 [Jessica] Walter, uh, wouldn't it be quicker 70 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:57,524 to stay on the interstate? 71 00:05:57,608 --> 00:05:59,610 Picture this for the opening of the movie. 72 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:03,572 The guy plants a smacker on the girl. She slaps him. 73 00:06:03,655 --> 00:06:06,533 He kisses her again. She likes it. 74 00:06:06,617 --> 00:06:08,535 But as their lips are suctioned together, 75 00:06:08,619 --> 00:06:10,871 she pulls a gun out of her purse. 76 00:06:10,954 --> 00:06:13,874 He grabs her hand. The gun goes off. 77 00:06:13,957 --> 00:06:17,503 Uh, Walter, That sounds like a very interesting scene, 78 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:20,839 but, uh, I don't quite remember it being in my book. 79 00:06:20,923 --> 00:06:24,718 Yeah, well, uh, we're not making a movie of your book. 80 00:06:24,802 --> 00:06:27,638 We're making a movie about the essence of your book. 81 00:06:33,352 --> 00:06:34,895 Hungry? 82 00:06:36,355 --> 00:06:38,899 -Not really. -So am I. 83 00:06:45,155 --> 00:06:47,699 [Walter narrating] There she was. 84 00:06:47,783 --> 00:06:52,162 A little worse for wear, but still a hot cup of coffee to a thirsty guy like me. 85 00:06:52,246 --> 00:06:53,956 Walter. 86 00:06:59,044 --> 00:07:02,422 What's a nice kid like you doing in a dump like this? 87 00:07:02,506 --> 00:07:05,759 She's working for and married to me. 88 00:07:05,843 --> 00:07:09,471 Somewhat like the Soviets in that regard, aren't you, Sir? 89 00:07:09,555 --> 00:07:13,267 Are you callin' me a Commie? [rings] 90 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,602 Hello. 91 00:07:15,686 --> 00:07:17,187 It's been a long time, Vera. 92 00:07:17,271 --> 00:07:19,940 Nineteen years. But who's countin'? 93 00:07:20,023 --> 00:07:22,109 I can't believe I found you out here in the middle of nowhere. 94 00:07:22,192 --> 00:07:24,069 Honey, if I'd known you were comin', 95 00:07:24,153 --> 00:07:26,405 I'd have hit this joint with a fresh batch of cleanser. 96 00:07:26,488 --> 00:07:31,118 [chuckles] -Still got a mouth on you, huh? -I wish I looked a little better. 97 00:07:31,201 --> 00:07:34,121 You look OK. 98 00:07:34,204 --> 00:07:36,707 Uh, excuse my manners, Jessica, 99 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:40,627 but, it's quite a jolt seeing your youth suddenly pop up in front of you. 100 00:07:40,711 --> 00:07:43,589 I knew this gal when she was just a kid in tie-dye jeans. 101 00:07:43,672 --> 00:07:47,176 -Oh. -Jessica Fletcher, Vera... 102 00:07:47,259 --> 00:07:50,304 Gerakaris. Doesn't that beat all? 103 00:07:50,387 --> 00:07:54,057 I can't believe you and Walter just stumbled in here. 104 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:57,936 Neither can I. It's very nice to meet you, Mrs. Gerakaris. 105 00:07:58,020 --> 00:08:00,397 Hiya. 106 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:01,982 I knew a Gerakaris once. 107 00:08:02,065 --> 00:08:05,569 Somewhere in the southern climes. 108 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:08,322 -Have you spent much time in the South? -Hey, come on. 109 00:08:08,405 --> 00:08:10,490 Mm... Not lately. 110 00:08:10,574 --> 00:08:15,078 Extraordinary. You look so familiar somehow. 111 00:08:18,916 --> 00:08:22,794 -What do you want to eat? -Make sure he pays first. 112 00:08:22,878 --> 00:08:25,172 He probably won't have enough money for the coffee... 113 00:08:25,255 --> 00:08:27,341 -[sighs] -Probably not even the cream. 114 00:08:27,424 --> 00:08:28,675 [motorcycle approaching] 115 00:08:34,932 --> 00:08:36,642 See you, babe. 116 00:08:43,982 --> 00:08:48,320 [Bell dings] Hey. What do you think you're doing? 117 00:08:48,403 --> 00:08:50,364 -I need some money. -What's the matter? 118 00:08:50,447 --> 00:08:52,866 Your boyfriend forgot to rob a liquor store? 119 00:08:52,950 --> 00:08:55,702 Pete, please. You really should give her an allowance. 120 00:08:55,786 --> 00:08:57,871 [Pete] I'll give her what she needs, a swift kick in... 121 00:08:57,955 --> 00:09:02,542 You lay one finger on me and I'll blow this burg for good. I swear it. 122 00:09:02,626 --> 00:09:05,379 [Walter narrating] She looked just like her mother did at her age, 123 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:07,923 Hard and soft, spicy and sweet, 124 00:09:08,006 --> 00:09:10,926 all mixed together like a Cantonese dish. [motorcycle revving] 125 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:13,720 -Pete, please. -Make your sandwiches! 126 00:09:13,804 --> 00:09:16,348 Get out of my way. 127 00:09:16,431 --> 00:09:21,103 No daughter of mine's gonna waste her life on a bike with a punk! 128 00:09:21,186 --> 00:09:23,272 Anything happens to her, I'll rip you apart! 129 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:32,281 And you, eat up, pay up and get out. 130 00:09:32,364 --> 00:09:35,701 I don't want you here when I come back. Understand? 131 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:41,164 [Walter narrating] Pete's gracious invitation made me realize 132 00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:44,626 I'd forgotten my wallet in the car. 133 00:09:44,710 --> 00:09:46,962 I went out to get it, and when I came back, 134 00:09:47,045 --> 00:09:50,257 that corpulent copper Tugman had arrived. 135 00:09:50,340 --> 00:09:53,760 He was turning on what he thought was charm, 136 00:09:53,844 --> 00:09:56,596 but everybody saw right through him. 137 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:01,101 You sure know how to make a man happy, babe. 138 00:10:01,184 --> 00:10:03,186 From the appearance of your girth, 139 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:06,356 one can only surmise that you must be ecstatic. 140 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,358 You got a problem? 141 00:10:08,442 --> 00:10:12,112 No, I was merely observing. I hope you won't take offense, 142 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:16,700 but you seem to have put on a little weight since last we met. 143 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,452 Look, I've never seen you before, 144 00:10:18,535 --> 00:10:20,370 and I don't much ever want to see you again. 145 00:10:20,454 --> 00:10:21,955 But surely you must remember... 146 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:27,669 Don't you have someplace to go, Sir? 147 00:10:27,753 --> 00:10:30,505 Yes, of course. Indeed. Yes. 148 00:10:30,589 --> 00:10:34,384 I shall make for the open road and my search for truth. 149 00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:38,055 [laughs] For, evidently, I shan't find it here. 150 00:10:42,601 --> 00:10:46,104 Take it easy, fella. OK, come on. Take it easy. Here we go. 151 00:10:46,188 --> 00:10:49,816 -Oh. Poor guy must be hungry. -Take it easy. 152 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:53,153 [Walter narrating] I was hungry too. A different kind of hungy. 153 00:10:53,236 --> 00:10:56,323 [Vera] Listen, I don't care how little money you have. 154 00:10:56,406 --> 00:10:57,532 Tonight, you're gonna have a free meal 155 00:10:57,616 --> 00:10:59,659 and you're gonna sleep here, OK? 156 00:10:59,743 --> 00:11:03,830 That's very kind, but surely your husband wouldn't approve. 157 00:11:03,914 --> 00:11:07,501 Let me worry about my husband. 158 00:11:07,584 --> 00:11:12,589 -Walter, can I speak to you for a moment? -Uh, sure, Jessica. 159 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:15,384 Here we go. Come on. Up on your feet. 160 00:11:15,467 --> 00:11:17,886 -Got him? -Got him. OK. 161 00:11:17,969 --> 00:11:21,681 -Thank you very much, really. -Just lean on me. It's all right. 162 00:11:21,765 --> 00:11:26,603 Now look, I'm not sure how I got tied in to this sudden reunion, 163 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:29,856 but I want to be untied right now. 164 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:33,193 Yeah, well, Jessica, it's going to... It's going to be dark soon. 165 00:11:33,276 --> 00:11:35,195 Now, Walter. I don't care if it's midnight 166 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:36,696 when we get to L.A. 167 00:11:36,780 --> 00:11:40,242 But I've had all I want of this place. 168 00:11:40,325 --> 00:11:42,452 Yeah, sure. No problem. 169 00:11:42,536 --> 00:11:46,415 [engine cranks] 170 00:11:46,498 --> 00:11:49,459 [sighs] Just my luck. 171 00:11:49,543 --> 00:11:51,253 Well, it looks like you two 172 00:11:51,336 --> 00:11:52,546 are gonna have to stick around for a while. 173 00:11:52,629 --> 00:11:55,382 Let me take a look at that engine. 174 00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:59,386 Maybe I can get this car started before night. 175 00:11:59,469 --> 00:12:02,848 [Walter narrating] Night. That's when the trouble began. 176 00:12:02,931 --> 00:12:06,893 Yeah, right... One night 19 years ago. 177 00:12:06,977 --> 00:12:09,312 Anyway, the grit really hit the pan... 178 00:12:09,396 --> 00:12:13,650 when Flora came back with her biker beau later that night. 179 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,944 Yes. I thought it was quite a coincidence 180 00:12:16,027 --> 00:12:18,905 that the car just happened to fail to start. 181 00:12:18,989 --> 00:12:20,532 I suppose Walter tinkered with it 182 00:12:20,615 --> 00:12:22,409 when he said he went to get his wallet. 183 00:12:22,492 --> 00:12:25,829 Well, if he's so smart, then how come he's so dead? 184 00:12:25,912 --> 00:12:30,250 Sheriff, something that may be important... 185 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:34,463 happened before Flora returned that night. 186 00:12:34,546 --> 00:12:36,256 [Jessica narrating] I decided I needed to talk to Walter. 187 00:12:36,339 --> 00:12:38,633 I was having second thoughts about the movie. 188 00:12:38,717 --> 00:12:42,512 and Roscoe the mechanic was lurking outside Walter's room. 189 00:12:42,596 --> 00:12:47,392 [clears throat] 190 00:12:47,476 --> 00:12:49,728 Nice night out. I was just going for a walk. 191 00:12:49,811 --> 00:12:52,606 Oh, yes. It must be very confining working in the garage. 192 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:55,358 Oh, how's the car coming along, by the way? 193 00:12:55,442 --> 00:12:56,485 Car? 194 00:12:56,568 --> 00:12:57,861 Yes. Mr. Murray's car. 195 00:12:57,944 --> 00:12:59,863 You said you thought you could fix it. 196 00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:03,617 I was really hoping we'd be able to leave tomorrow. 197 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:05,827 Me too. 198 00:13:11,708 --> 00:13:15,045 -Vera was in the room with him. -And Murray was forcing himself on her? 199 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:16,963 Oh, no. No, not at all. 200 00:13:17,047 --> 00:13:19,174 [knocking] 201 00:13:23,428 --> 00:13:26,598 [Jessica narrating] It looked as if they'd been talking. 202 00:13:26,681 --> 00:13:29,809 Vera was sitting on a chair. She'd been crying. 203 00:13:29,893 --> 00:13:31,895 And Walter looked distracted, 204 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:35,023 As if he'd been told something surprising. 205 00:13:35,106 --> 00:13:37,817 Surprised, huh? Then how come it's not on the tape? 206 00:13:37,901 --> 00:13:41,905 Uh. I'm not sure. 207 00:13:41,988 --> 00:13:45,867 [Walter on tape] I heard Grange's bike pull up. I guess we all did. 208 00:13:45,951 --> 00:13:47,953 Then I heard Pete shouting. 209 00:13:48,036 --> 00:13:51,456 Hey, what are you doin'? 210 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:53,542 How can you disgrace me like that? 211 00:13:53,625 --> 00:13:55,919 Disgrace? Now that's a good one. 212 00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:58,046 Like you could sink any lower. 213 00:13:58,129 --> 00:14:01,258 Stayin' out till all hours of the night with that no-good punk. 214 00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:03,385 Hey. Hey, Pete, come on. You're drunk. Come on. 215 00:14:03,468 --> 00:14:05,679 And you? What good are you? 216 00:14:05,762 --> 00:14:10,517 How long have you had my Chevy? You can't even fix a water pump? Get outta here! 217 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,353 What's the matter with you? He's the only friend you've got! 218 00:14:13,436 --> 00:14:16,356 Don't talk back to me. You're a tramp like your mother! 219 00:14:16,439 --> 00:14:19,526 -Don't touch her! -He's right about you being a tramp. 220 00:14:19,609 --> 00:14:21,444 Hey, old man, why don't you try pickin' 221 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:22,904 on someone your own size? 222 00:14:22,988 --> 00:14:25,240 Old man? 223 00:14:25,323 --> 00:14:27,492 Yeah. Try pickin' on me like you did your girl! 224 00:14:27,576 --> 00:14:30,370 Come on! Come on! Try pickin' on a man! Come on! 225 00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:35,959 -Yeah, sure. -Take a swing. Come on. Get up. Get up. 226 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:39,504 -Damn! I didn't mean to. -Grange! 227 00:14:39,588 --> 00:14:41,881 Damn kid! [engine starts] 228 00:14:41,965 --> 00:14:44,467 -Grange, I'm going with you! -No. 229 00:14:49,848 --> 00:14:54,311 Mañana. 230 00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,062 Leave me alone! 231 00:14:56,146 --> 00:14:58,898 [Walter narrating] Well, that was the last straw. 232 00:14:58,982 --> 00:15:02,319 I'd just found Vera after all these years. I... 233 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,989 I wasn't about to leave her with a two-fisted jerk like Pete. 234 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:08,325 And I had to do something. 235 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:13,455 And the opportunity presented itself later that night. 236 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:16,583 I took a walk to clear my head. It was banging pretty bad. 237 00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:18,293 [banging] 238 00:15:18,376 --> 00:15:21,004 But not as loud as the banging coming from that garage. 239 00:15:21,087 --> 00:15:25,842 I thought maybe somebody was messing with my car... 240 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:29,304 And it was a weird time of night for Roscoe to be working. 241 00:15:29,387 --> 00:15:31,306 [banging continues] [grunting continues] 242 00:15:31,389 --> 00:15:33,266 It was Pete. He was banging my car 243 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:35,185 with a tire iron like it was a piñata. 244 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,354 Hey! Hey! What do you think you're doing? 245 00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:40,231 [Walter narrating] He came after me with that tire iron. 246 00:15:40,315 --> 00:15:42,359 You think you can just take her away from me? 247 00:15:42,442 --> 00:15:43,735 [Walter narrating] I managed to get it away from him, 248 00:15:43,818 --> 00:15:46,279 but when he came after me with a wrench... 249 00:15:49,532 --> 00:15:53,078 You want her, you're gonna have to kill me. 250 00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:55,789 [Walter narrating] I figured I'd take his advice. 251 00:15:55,872 --> 00:16:00,251 I guess I didn't have to hit him... Not so hard anyway. 252 00:16:00,335 --> 00:16:03,046 So now you know. 253 00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:06,299 I'm the one who killed Pete Gerakaris. 254 00:16:09,886 --> 00:16:12,722 -I can't believe it. -Believe it. 255 00:16:12,806 --> 00:16:16,601 The first time I saw that guy, I just got a feeling in my gut. 256 00:16:16,685 --> 00:16:19,729 But even if it's true, I mean, 257 00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:22,774 There's still the question: who killed Walter? 258 00:16:22,857 --> 00:16:28,238 Well, we still got half a tape to go. 259 00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:32,492 [Walter coughs] So there I was with a stiff on my hands... 260 00:16:32,575 --> 00:16:35,203 [chuckles] And a damn heavy one too. 261 00:16:35,286 --> 00:16:37,205 I figured nobody would believe I... 262 00:16:37,288 --> 00:16:41,751 needed to kill a sloppy drunk like Pete to defend myself. 263 00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:46,381 So I had to make it look like an accident. [air hissing] 264 00:16:51,386 --> 00:16:56,766 And it would've worked, if that busybody Fletcher dame hadn't stuck her nose in it. 265 00:16:56,850 --> 00:17:00,520 That lard-bottomed lawman would've bought the whole scheme. 266 00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:05,483 Sheriff, doesn't it seem odd that Pete was working under the car with no tools? 267 00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:07,569 [Tugman] Well, could be he was just checkin' things out. 268 00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:09,946 Well, the portable work light 269 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:12,198 is all the way over there on that bench. 270 00:17:12,282 --> 00:17:15,201 [Walter narrating] Uh, so as not to overexert his gray cells, 271 00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:19,247 Tugman jumped to the most obvious conclusion. 272 00:17:19,330 --> 00:17:21,249 Grange. 273 00:17:21,332 --> 00:17:24,419 I wasn't able to hang that liquor store homicide on him. 274 00:17:24,502 --> 00:17:29,382 This time I'll get that lowlife. 275 00:17:29,466 --> 00:17:31,968 [Walter narrating] Ah, that plan suited me fine. 276 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:37,807 As a matter of fact, I figured I could punch up the scenario. 277 00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:40,351 [dog barking] 278 00:17:40,435 --> 00:17:42,020 I, uh, waited till Grange had passed through 279 00:17:42,103 --> 00:17:43,980 to pick up Flora... 280 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:48,359 for his daily terrorization of this sorry excuse for a town. 281 00:18:00,663 --> 00:18:02,540 Ah, it was perfect. 282 00:18:02,624 --> 00:18:05,752 Just what I needed for the setup. 283 00:18:05,835 --> 00:18:07,378 It wasn't difficult to get that 284 00:18:07,462 --> 00:18:10,465 hick sheriff to go back to the garage. 285 00:18:10,548 --> 00:18:14,344 [clicks tape off] I don't have to listen to some dead jerk call me names. 286 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:17,722 -Sheriff... -Look, I got Murray's confession... 287 00:18:17,806 --> 00:18:20,892 -That's all I need. -But we still don't know who shot Walter, 288 00:18:20,975 --> 00:18:22,644 and I'm sure he's going to get to it. 289 00:18:22,727 --> 00:18:25,063 If he lived long enough to finish his story, that is. 290 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:27,899 All right. 291 00:18:27,982 --> 00:18:30,193 Well, he better finish it soon. 292 00:18:34,989 --> 00:18:39,452 [Walter narrating] Sure enough, Tugman fell for it. 293 00:18:39,536 --> 00:18:42,038 I couldn't have written him any dumber. 294 00:18:44,499 --> 00:18:47,544 Let him go! Come on! 295 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:50,547 Let him go! Stop it! 296 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:54,425 Let him... Let him go, you pig! 297 00:18:54,509 --> 00:18:55,677 You'd better lay off him, Flora. 298 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,428 That copper likes being beaten up. 299 00:18:57,512 --> 00:18:59,931 It's the only way a woman ever touches him. 300 00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:02,058 -Watch your head. -[Flora] Yeah, right! 301 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:06,688 A woman touching you is something you're a recent expert on. 302 00:19:06,771 --> 00:19:09,315 Grange! Grange! 303 00:19:09,399 --> 00:19:11,818 [tires squealing] 304 00:19:11,901 --> 00:19:15,113 [Walter narrating] I hadn't considered how this would affect Flora. 305 00:19:15,196 --> 00:19:20,535 I should've realized Flora's a girl who knows how to take care of herself. 306 00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:24,956 [knocking] 307 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:29,210 -Hi. -Hi, kid. 308 00:19:29,294 --> 00:19:31,713 Can I come in, just for a minute? 309 00:19:31,796 --> 00:19:34,132 Yeah, sure. I'd like that. 310 00:19:36,718 --> 00:19:37,969 I guess I sort of want to... 311 00:19:38,052 --> 00:19:41,347 apologize about what I said earlier. 312 00:19:41,431 --> 00:19:44,684 I didn't mean that you and Vera, that... 313 00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:48,980 Well, that you had, you know, this thing going. 314 00:19:49,063 --> 00:19:51,566 It's OK. 315 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:55,778 Ah, you're a pretty good kid after all, huh? 316 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:58,114 But I was just thinking. 317 00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:00,491 I mean now that my... 318 00:20:00,575 --> 00:20:04,579 Well, now that Pete's dead and the sheriff arrested Grange, 319 00:20:04,662 --> 00:20:06,998 I can't really count on Pete's money or Grange's bike 320 00:20:07,081 --> 00:20:09,334 to get me out of this one-diner town. 321 00:20:09,417 --> 00:20:11,419 But you're just passing through, right? 322 00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:15,840 I mean, maybe you want some company back in L.A. 323 00:20:18,134 --> 00:20:21,012 Uh, sit down, kid. 324 00:20:21,095 --> 00:20:22,847 You know, Flora, 325 00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:26,351 The big city isn't all it's cracked up to be... 326 00:20:26,434 --> 00:20:28,686 it eats kids like you alive. 327 00:20:28,770 --> 00:20:32,023 [chuckles] I ought to know. I've been on both sides of that fence. 328 00:20:35,026 --> 00:20:38,321 Maybe you'd be better off just... stickin' around here with your mother. 329 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:40,031 I wouldn't hang around this cow town 330 00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:42,075 even if my mother wasn't here. 331 00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:43,868 Wait a minute. 332 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:46,454 I was thinking about sticking around here myself for a while. 333 00:20:46,537 --> 00:20:48,206 Look, I'm packed up and ready to roll. 334 00:20:48,289 --> 00:20:50,208 If you're not gonna help me, 335 00:20:50,291 --> 00:20:52,043 I'm just gonna find another way out. 336 00:20:52,126 --> 00:20:55,421 Flora, honey, don't go! Please. Baby, look. Honey. 337 00:20:55,505 --> 00:20:59,968 Please, my whole life, everything I've done was for you, baby. 338 00:21:00,051 --> 00:21:03,221 Baby, but this isn't what it looks like. 339 00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:05,473 Really, it isn't. 340 00:21:05,556 --> 00:21:08,893 I always knew that you were a cheap waitress. 341 00:21:08,977 --> 00:21:11,020 I just should've figured you for a cheap tramp too. 342 00:21:11,104 --> 00:21:12,855 I mean, I had to get it from somewhere. 343 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:14,774 -You're not a tramp. -Sure I am. 344 00:21:14,857 --> 00:21:17,360 Seems it's the only way I can get free of you. 345 00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:19,362 Free of me... 346 00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:22,031 You don't get it, do you? 347 00:21:22,115 --> 00:21:24,951 -I hate you. -No. 348 00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:28,413 I hate the greasy smell of you. 349 00:21:28,496 --> 00:21:31,374 I hate the way that you got yourself 350 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:33,918 stuck in this... This truck stop! 351 00:21:34,002 --> 00:21:36,129 It's not gonna happen to me! 352 00:21:39,215 --> 00:21:41,259 [Vera] Flora! 353 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:45,263 [Walter narrating] Just when everything was going so well too. 354 00:21:45,346 --> 00:21:48,224 That Fletcher dame kept leaning on me... 355 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:52,562 about when we were gonna blow this fruitsicle stand. 356 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:55,314 Anyway, I figured I ought to have a chat... 357 00:21:55,398 --> 00:21:59,902 with that missing link who was working on my car. [coughs] 358 00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:05,491 Little did I know that that ape was about to drop a coconut on my head. 359 00:22:05,575 --> 00:22:09,078 Still don't have that water pump licked? 360 00:22:09,162 --> 00:22:12,582 Water pump's fine... Always has been. 361 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:16,044 Well, I guess my ears need cleaning. I thought Pete said... 362 00:22:16,127 --> 00:22:17,670 Pete said too much. 363 00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:19,756 Maybe that's what got him killed. 364 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:21,966 He drank too much too. 365 00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:24,761 It's the reason I kept his Chevy up on the lift, 366 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:27,305 so he couldn't drive it when he was drunk. 367 00:22:27,388 --> 00:22:31,142 You thought it might get him killed? 368 00:22:31,225 --> 00:22:34,520 -Guess it did. -Lucky guy to have a friend like you. 369 00:22:34,604 --> 00:22:38,066 I don't know that you'd call us friends. 370 00:22:38,149 --> 00:22:41,235 He thought I liked his wife too much. 371 00:22:41,319 --> 00:22:44,989 Gerakaris and I were in the service together before he met her. 372 00:22:45,073 --> 00:22:47,950 I always knew she was no good. 373 00:22:48,034 --> 00:22:50,995 I guess that's why I liked her. 374 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:54,123 The service... Is that were you got the limp? 375 00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:57,543 -I got it dancing. -Sorry. 376 00:22:57,627 --> 00:23:02,381 -Don't be. -If that's the way you want it. 377 00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:04,383 That's the way it is. 378 00:23:07,428 --> 00:23:12,016 [Walter narrating] Roscoe knew something. That was clear. 379 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:14,393 But what? How much? 380 00:23:14,477 --> 00:23:20,316 About this car of yours... Somebody disconnected the fuel line. 381 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,819 Maybe somebody who wanted an excuse... 382 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:26,322 to stick around here and do something. 383 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,117 -Do something? -Something got done. 384 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,911 Not by that biker neither. 385 00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:36,082 I happen to know that his glove didn't just walk in here. 386 00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:39,710 -Gloves don't walk. -They need a hand. [chuckles] 387 00:23:43,131 --> 00:23:47,260 So do I. 388 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:51,264 He wanted money and for me to clear out. 389 00:23:51,347 --> 00:23:54,225 Ah, he was a problem with only one solution. 390 00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:58,187 I told him I had to go into town to cash a check, 391 00:23:58,271 --> 00:24:02,066 but... [coughs] that I'd bring him the money later that night. 392 00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:04,152 He told me how to get out of his place. 393 00:24:04,235 --> 00:24:07,363 I figured he wasn't so smart after all. 394 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:11,159 Nobody had found the murder weapon, remember? 395 00:24:11,242 --> 00:24:15,037 I figured if I planted it in Roscoe's car, 396 00:24:15,121 --> 00:24:18,416 I could make it look like Roscoe killed Pete. 397 00:24:18,499 --> 00:24:22,420 Everybody knew he had a thing for Vera. 398 00:24:22,503 --> 00:24:26,257 And if I played it right, it'd look like Roscoe tried to kill me... 399 00:24:26,340 --> 00:24:29,218 because I was onto him. 400 00:24:29,302 --> 00:24:31,470 And everybody'd understand that, 401 00:24:31,554 --> 00:24:34,390 well, I had to kill him in self-defense. 402 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:36,851 It seemed like a good script to me, 403 00:24:36,934 --> 00:24:40,438 but Roscoe wasn't crazy about the role I'd written for him. 404 00:24:40,521 --> 00:24:43,941 Have you got the money? 405 00:24:44,025 --> 00:24:45,902 Sure. 406 00:24:48,696 --> 00:24:51,866 [gagging] 407 00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:06,422 [Walter narrating] Well, so... 408 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:10,551 So now you know the whole story. 409 00:25:10,635 --> 00:25:14,222 [sighs] I killed Pete to get Vera. 410 00:25:14,305 --> 00:25:18,100 I killed Roscoe to keep her. 411 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:21,979 and now she's gonna be all alone. 412 00:25:22,063 --> 00:25:24,357 [chuckles, coughs] 413 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,943 Well they always said... 414 00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:31,906 Walter Murray was good at irony. 415 00:25:31,989 --> 00:25:35,618 [coughing] 416 00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:44,919 Well, we'd better go to Roscoe's. 417 00:25:49,257 --> 00:25:52,677 [train horn blowing in distance] 418 00:25:57,056 --> 00:26:00,309 Well, it all wraps up like Murray described. 419 00:26:00,393 --> 00:26:03,229 I guess I'll have to release Grange. Damn. 420 00:26:03,312 --> 00:26:07,692 -Sheriff, doesn't it seem strange that... -Now, don't you start with me. 421 00:26:07,775 --> 00:26:09,777 I've got me a confession on tape, 422 00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:11,112 and I wasn't there, so nobody can accuse me 423 00:26:11,195 --> 00:26:12,863 of beatin' it out of him. 424 00:26:12,947 --> 00:26:16,492 But that's what bothers me, Sheriff: his confession. 425 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:18,160 Why didn't he come and talk to me 426 00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:19,829 instead of putting it on tape? 427 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,956 Maybe he was afraid you'd disagree with him. 428 00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:26,168 But is that any reason not to seek help for a gunshot wound? 429 00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:28,963 He knew he was dead meat, OK? 430 00:26:29,046 --> 00:26:31,757 I mean, uh, 431 00:26:31,841 --> 00:26:34,719 maybe that was his way of making his peace, ma'am. 432 00:26:34,802 --> 00:26:36,971 I'm sorry, Sheriff, 433 00:26:37,054 --> 00:26:40,474 but there's something peculiar about Walter's whole story. 434 00:26:40,558 --> 00:26:42,893 I mean, if he and Vera wanted to get together again, 435 00:26:42,977 --> 00:26:44,937 why not run away or divorce Pete? 436 00:26:45,021 --> 00:26:48,274 But why was it necessary for him to kill Pete? 437 00:26:48,357 --> 00:26:50,818 Why are you making such a big deal out of this? 438 00:26:50,901 --> 00:26:54,488 Even supposin' that he told a lie on his deathbed... 439 00:26:54,572 --> 00:26:57,491 which I've never heard of in my life... What's it matter? 440 00:26:57,575 --> 00:27:01,746 What's it matter? Aren't you interested in bringing the killer to justice? 441 00:27:01,829 --> 00:27:04,040 Well, sure, that's my job. But look... 442 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:06,000 If it makes you happy, 443 00:27:06,083 --> 00:27:09,503 I'll have the state cops run caliber and fingerprint tests. 444 00:27:09,587 --> 00:27:11,297 They ought to be here pretty soon, OK? 445 00:27:11,380 --> 00:27:12,590 Well, thank you, Sheriff. 446 00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:15,343 That certainly will be a good start. 447 00:27:15,426 --> 00:27:18,804 Start? Listen, as far as I'm concerned, 448 00:27:18,888 --> 00:27:20,973 I've already got my favorite kind of killer... 449 00:27:21,057 --> 00:27:22,933 A dead one. 450 00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:40,409 Oh. I thought I'd straighten up the room. 451 00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:42,578 Maybe I'll feel better if I put things right. 452 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:45,748 -Yeah. Let me help you. -No. No, don't bother. It's all right. 453 00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:50,711 Well, Tugman took Walter's things? 454 00:27:50,795 --> 00:27:52,755 It was state police, actually. 455 00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:54,673 I imagine they'll return them when they're done. 456 00:27:54,757 --> 00:27:58,928 Sure. They'll return it to the next of kin. 457 00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:03,224 I mean, I just... hoped I could find... 458 00:28:03,307 --> 00:28:07,853 something to remember him by. 459 00:28:07,937 --> 00:28:10,147 I guess I'll remember him anyway. 460 00:28:13,818 --> 00:28:17,571 It's just a room, right? 461 00:28:17,655 --> 00:28:20,699 It's a room in a dingy motel in the middle of nowhere, 462 00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:22,326 and it's the only place 463 00:28:22,410 --> 00:28:25,955 I've been anything close to happy in 20 years. 464 00:28:29,250 --> 00:28:33,170 So, you drivin' back to L.A. soon? 465 00:28:33,254 --> 00:28:35,256 Well, I'm afraid that I don't drive. 466 00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:38,384 In fact, I was meaning to ask you about the bus. 467 00:28:38,467 --> 00:28:41,720 Oh. The interstate already came through today. 468 00:28:41,804 --> 00:28:45,307 -It's not due again to tomorrow mornin'. -My Lord. 469 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:49,228 If you did get stuck here, I'd sure be glad of the company. 470 00:28:49,311 --> 00:28:51,897 And I mean, I've been thinkin'. 471 00:28:51,981 --> 00:28:56,652 Fact is, I should be movin' on myself. 472 00:28:56,735 --> 00:29:00,239 But where would I go? 473 00:29:00,322 --> 00:29:04,535 I just don't understand. 474 00:29:04,618 --> 00:29:08,998 After all those years, I find him again, and... 475 00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:12,918 It doesn't seem fair, does it? 476 00:29:15,838 --> 00:29:18,716 [sighs] 477 00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:22,761 When I looked up and I saw his face... 478 00:29:22,845 --> 00:29:25,389 Jessica, I don't get it. 479 00:29:25,473 --> 00:29:27,433 Why would God go to all that trouble 480 00:29:27,516 --> 00:29:31,437 to create this incredible coincidence, 481 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,522 then just snatch him away like that? 482 00:29:33,606 --> 00:29:36,692 Vera, I'm not so sure... 483 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:39,945 that Walter and I turning up here was a coincidence. 484 00:29:40,029 --> 00:29:45,784 He insisted on renting the car and driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. 485 00:29:45,868 --> 00:29:48,662 Now, it would've been far quicker for us to fly. 486 00:29:48,746 --> 00:29:51,415 Now, do you have any idea... 487 00:29:51,499 --> 00:29:53,834 how he could've known where you were? 488 00:29:53,918 --> 00:29:57,880 No. I didn't... He didn't even know my married name. 489 00:29:57,963 --> 00:30:02,551 [stammers] I don't figure... 490 00:30:02,635 --> 00:30:05,888 I just saw Tugman outside with the state cops. What gives? 491 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:08,098 Honey, something terrible's happened. 492 00:30:08,182 --> 00:30:11,435 They finally sent out the health inspector? 493 00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:13,729 No. Walter's dead. 494 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:17,733 What? 495 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:21,111 Mom, my God. 496 00:30:23,656 --> 00:30:25,658 -Well, it's gonna be all right. -It's- 497 00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:27,868 Walter was very likable, wasn't he, 498 00:30:27,952 --> 00:30:31,413 despite his tough-guy shell? 499 00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:37,211 Well, Flora hardly knew him. I mean, how could she? 500 00:30:37,294 --> 00:30:40,422 He... He just seemed like a real nice man. That's all. 501 00:30:40,506 --> 00:30:43,425 -Wasn't he, Mom? -Nice. 502 00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:46,720 That's why I can't believe his confession. 503 00:30:46,804 --> 00:30:51,267 -Confession? -He admitted killing both Pete and Roscoe. 504 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:54,436 He couldn't have. 505 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,273 That means the sheriff has to release Grange. 506 00:30:57,356 --> 00:30:59,441 Oh! 507 00:31:01,986 --> 00:31:04,697 Hey, Tugman. Guess you're not gonna get Grange 508 00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:06,782 on this one after all, huh? 509 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:11,120 -Guess not. -You must think that's what a smile is. 510 00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:14,331 So you released him. Where is he? 511 00:31:14,415 --> 00:31:16,166 My gosh, Miss. I just don't know where he is. 512 00:31:16,250 --> 00:31:18,544 What do you mean? 513 00:31:18,627 --> 00:31:22,172 As soon as I released him, he skipped town faster than a felon in heat. 514 00:31:22,256 --> 00:31:23,757 You're lying. 515 00:31:23,841 --> 00:31:26,885 Grange wouldn't leave here without me. 516 00:31:26,969 --> 00:31:29,638 Guess you're gonna be stuck here for a while, huh? 517 00:31:31,682 --> 00:31:34,560 -Flora. -I can help you look for him. 518 00:31:34,643 --> 00:31:36,770 Oh, Sheriff. 519 00:31:36,854 --> 00:31:39,481 Just tryin' to be helpful, ma'am. That's my job. 520 00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:42,526 Skipping town faster than a felon in heat? 521 00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:44,111 Well, that's something that you... 522 00:31:44,194 --> 00:31:46,155 have personal experience with... 523 00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:49,617 Isn't that so, Sheriff? 524 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:51,410 I don't know who you are, Mister, 525 00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:53,120 but if you know what's good for you, 526 00:31:53,203 --> 00:31:55,623 I wouldn't plan on making this a relationship. 527 00:31:55,706 --> 00:31:57,750 Ah. 528 00:32:04,465 --> 00:32:06,925 Sheriff, did you happen to find an envelope 529 00:32:07,009 --> 00:32:09,803 in Walter's clothes or maybe among his possessions? 530 00:32:09,887 --> 00:32:12,723 No envelope, no stamps, no love letters. 531 00:32:12,806 --> 00:32:16,685 I saw him consulting an envelope as we drove here and it isn't in his room. 532 00:32:16,769 --> 00:32:21,023 I just know you can't wait to tell me how special this envelope is. 533 00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:23,067 Well, I'm not sure, actually, 534 00:32:23,150 --> 00:32:24,652 but I do feel certain that Walter and I 535 00:32:24,735 --> 00:32:26,737 didn't arrive here accidentally. 536 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:29,948 Now look, ma'am. I got a nice, tight little case here, 537 00:32:30,032 --> 00:32:32,660 -and the state police agree with me. -You're both wrong. 538 00:32:32,743 --> 00:32:35,537 I'm sorry, but Walter's story doesn't make any sense. 539 00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:39,166 I mean, why would Pete attack his car with a tire iron? 540 00:32:39,249 --> 00:32:41,794 He was anxious for Walter to leave town. 541 00:32:41,877 --> 00:32:44,254 Wrecking his car would've only prolonged our staying here. 542 00:32:44,338 --> 00:32:46,507 Pete was drunk, remember? 543 00:32:46,590 --> 00:32:50,094 Well, where are the dents on Walter's car? 544 00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:53,263 So Murray missed a few details, he was dyin' when he made that tape. 545 00:32:53,347 --> 00:32:56,266 That doesn't seem like a detail to me, Sheriff. 546 00:32:56,350 --> 00:32:58,644 Now whoever killed Roscoe killed Pete, right? 547 00:32:58,727 --> 00:33:01,480 Yes, it would seem so. 548 00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:04,191 Now, I've got something that even you can't argue with. 549 00:33:04,274 --> 00:33:06,819 Now, this is a state police report. 550 00:33:06,902 --> 00:33:11,407 Now, the bullet from Murray's gun killed Roscoe. 551 00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:13,409 Murray had powder burns on his hand. 552 00:33:13,492 --> 00:33:14,952 Now, it's all here in black and white, 553 00:33:15,035 --> 00:33:16,453 including a report of Pete's murder. 554 00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:18,831 Uh, might I see those reports, Sheriff? 555 00:33:18,914 --> 00:33:21,750 Oh, ma'am, you can have this copy 556 00:33:21,834 --> 00:33:24,253 as a little souvenir of your stay here, 557 00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:26,672 which I assume is coming to a close. 558 00:33:31,093 --> 00:33:32,886 Oh, Mr. Desmond, 559 00:33:32,970 --> 00:33:35,472 you wouldn't happen to have an extra cup, would you? 560 00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:37,599 Oh, yes, absolutely. 561 00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:40,352 It seems our hostess has made some excellent coffee this morning. 562 00:33:40,436 --> 00:33:44,648 I'm sure she won't mind us availing ourselves of some. 563 00:33:44,732 --> 00:33:47,609 -There you are. -Thank you. 564 00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:51,280 Uh, Mr. Desmond, I hope you don't mind me asking you, 565 00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:54,199 But, uh, you seem to have had some sort of... 566 00:33:54,283 --> 00:33:56,952 previous acquaintanceship with Sheriff Tugman. 567 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:58,996 I find it rather amusing that he's been able 568 00:33:59,079 --> 00:34:03,292 to secure gainful employment, especially as a sheriff. 569 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:06,879 It restores my lack of faith in the Amercan justice system. 570 00:34:06,962 --> 00:34:08,964 Uh... [chuckles] 571 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:11,550 I'm sorry, I, uh... I don't follow you. 572 00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:17,556 In the Old West, many a lawman started as a desperado... 573 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:19,600 A man on the wrong side of the law. 574 00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:23,228 Oh, I see. And how, Mr. Desmond, 575 00:34:23,312 --> 00:34:26,064 did you find all this out about Sheriff Tugman? 576 00:34:26,148 --> 00:34:30,194 Excuse me. uh, I'm looking for a Ms. Gerakaris. 577 00:34:30,277 --> 00:34:33,405 I'm Mrs. Gerakaris. 578 00:34:33,489 --> 00:34:37,242 Oh. Terence Locke. 579 00:34:37,326 --> 00:34:40,704 Wide West Life Insurance Company? 580 00:34:40,788 --> 00:34:42,289 Look, this really isn't the very best time 581 00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:44,458 for you to try to sell me life insurance. 582 00:34:44,541 --> 00:34:46,668 I'm not here to sell life insurance. 583 00:34:46,752 --> 00:34:48,796 I'm here to pay some off. 584 00:34:48,879 --> 00:34:51,048 Specifically to resolve the matter... 585 00:34:51,131 --> 00:34:55,552 of one Mr. Peter Gerakaris's $250,000 life insurance policy. 586 00:34:56,845 --> 00:35:01,141 Two... hundred and fifty? 587 00:35:01,225 --> 00:35:05,562 Two... He never told me. 588 00:35:05,646 --> 00:35:08,774 Well, didn't you call our company yesterday... 589 00:35:08,857 --> 00:35:13,070 about two hours after your husband passed away? 590 00:35:13,153 --> 00:35:14,822 No. 591 00:35:17,324 --> 00:35:18,909 Oh. 592 00:35:22,538 --> 00:35:24,414 And there's no way it could've been an accident? 593 00:35:24,498 --> 00:35:27,417 Oh, no, I'm afraid not. Not with the blows to the head. 594 00:35:27,501 --> 00:35:29,169 That couldn't have been caused by the car? 595 00:35:29,253 --> 00:35:31,129 Well, not according to this report. 596 00:35:31,213 --> 00:35:34,049 Well, then I'm gonna need to speak to the local authorities. 597 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:37,135 Perhaps you could show me the way to the sheriff's office. 598 00:35:37,219 --> 00:35:39,096 Well, I'd be happy to, 599 00:35:39,179 --> 00:35:41,265 but I don't know how much good Sheriff Tugman is going to be. 600 00:35:41,348 --> 00:35:42,891 -Mmm. -Uh, Mr. Locke, 601 00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:47,646 you mentioned that you'd had a phone call from a Ms. Gerakaris. 602 00:35:47,729 --> 00:35:51,275 Is that how the caller identified herself? 603 00:35:51,358 --> 00:35:53,777 Well, actually, I'm not sure. 604 00:35:53,861 --> 00:35:57,281 My secretary told me that a woman had called. She hadn't identified herself. 605 00:35:57,364 --> 00:36:00,117 -I assumed that it was the beneficiary. -Mm-hmm. 606 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,704 Now, why did you have to get him all stirred up? 607 00:36:03,787 --> 00:36:08,709 Sheriff, Mr. Locke came here with his own agenda. 608 00:36:08,792 --> 00:36:11,128 Not unlike Mr. Desmond, who just happened to arrive 609 00:36:11,211 --> 00:36:13,088 at the truck stop when all this started. 610 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:15,924 That snot-nosed pip-squeak. 611 00:36:16,008 --> 00:36:19,595 Sheriff, goodness knows you're a master at masking your feelings, 612 00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:21,513 but I sense that you've had some problems 613 00:36:21,597 --> 00:36:23,807 with Desmond before? 614 00:36:23,891 --> 00:36:27,644 Yeah. Years ago down in Texas, 615 00:36:27,728 --> 00:36:31,607 that slimy piece of uppity pond crap tried to obtain... 616 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:35,569 an article of merchandise that I was protectin'. 617 00:36:35,652 --> 00:36:38,071 Oh, you were a sheriff in Texas? 618 00:36:38,155 --> 00:36:40,407 Well, you might say I had private accounts. 619 00:36:40,490 --> 00:36:42,242 I have informed the company that, 620 00:36:42,326 --> 00:36:44,328 I agree with your theory of Mr. Gerakaris's death, 621 00:36:44,411 --> 00:36:46,163 Mrs. Fletcher. 622 00:36:46,246 --> 00:36:48,332 And just, uh, what might that be? 623 00:36:48,415 --> 00:36:50,292 Well, you remember the state police report 624 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:52,169 that you were kind enough to give me? 625 00:36:52,252 --> 00:36:54,796 I knew I'd regret that. 626 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,882 Well, the description of Pete's head wounds 627 00:36:56,965 --> 00:37:00,010 indicates that he was clubbed from behind. 628 00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:02,846 Oh, of course. So what? 629 00:37:02,930 --> 00:37:04,806 Well, on the tape, Walter said 630 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:07,184 Pete was coming straight at him... 631 00:37:07,267 --> 00:37:09,269 when he hit him with the tire iron, 632 00:37:09,353 --> 00:37:12,648 which would seem to mean that he clubbed Pete from the front. 633 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:15,692 So he wanted us to think he killed Pete in self-defense. 634 00:37:15,776 --> 00:37:17,861 Now forgive me, Sheriff, but if Walter wanted 635 00:37:17,945 --> 00:37:20,948 whoever heard that tape to believe that he killed Pete, 636 00:37:21,031 --> 00:37:24,826 and he knew he was dying, why make it seem like self-defense? 637 00:37:24,910 --> 00:37:28,121 You believe that Mr. Murray was lying to protect somebody else? 638 00:37:28,205 --> 00:37:30,791 -Who? -Well, I'm not sure. 639 00:37:30,874 --> 00:37:32,709 But the medical examiner indicated 640 00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:34,711 that the wounds from the tire iron... 641 00:37:34,795 --> 00:37:37,381 weren't deep enough to kill Pete. 642 00:37:37,464 --> 00:37:38,715 Which has to make me wonder, 643 00:37:38,799 --> 00:37:41,218 who would've clubbed Pete from behind, 644 00:37:41,301 --> 00:37:44,388 but not hard enough to kill him? 645 00:37:44,471 --> 00:37:48,100 -A woman, perhaps? -Perhaps. 646 00:37:48,183 --> 00:37:49,893 Perhaps the same woman who phoned you. 647 00:37:49,977 --> 00:37:52,187 The same woman who is the beneficiary. 648 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:56,483 Oh, that'd work out great for you, wouldn't it, Locke? 649 00:37:56,566 --> 00:37:57,859 You wouldn't have to pay the policy 650 00:37:57,943 --> 00:37:59,861 if the beneficiary was the murderer. 651 00:37:59,945 --> 00:38:03,031 Well, I know Vera, and she can be nice and nasty, 652 00:38:03,115 --> 00:38:06,451 but she's not the kind of woman that'd club her husband. 653 00:38:06,535 --> 00:38:11,999 Sheriff, Mrs. Fletcher, there is something I haven't told you. 654 00:38:12,082 --> 00:38:13,917 Until I was sure of the lay of the land, 655 00:38:14,001 --> 00:38:15,877 I felt I had to keep it confidential. 656 00:38:15,961 --> 00:38:18,880 Yeah, I can hardly wait. 657 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:22,759 Mrs. Gerakaris is not the beneficiary. 658 00:38:22,843 --> 00:38:24,886 Her daughter Flora is. 659 00:38:29,224 --> 00:38:31,059 You've met her. What do you think? 660 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:33,103 Could Flora have killed her father? 661 00:38:33,186 --> 00:38:35,897 Mr. Locke, there's every reason to believe 662 00:38:35,981 --> 00:38:40,027 that Pete wasn't Flora's father. 663 00:38:40,110 --> 00:38:41,236 What? 664 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:42,988 I believe that Walter Murray was. 665 00:38:43,071 --> 00:38:46,533 And if I could figure that out, then Flora could too. 666 00:38:46,616 --> 00:38:49,036 The first night we were there, there was a very ugly scene. 667 00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:51,496 I was watching from my room. 668 00:38:51,580 --> 00:38:53,582 Don't talk back! You're a tramp like your mother! 669 00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:55,375 At the time, I thought that Pete was referring 670 00:38:55,459 --> 00:38:57,586 to Flora's behavior with Grange. 671 00:38:57,669 --> 00:39:00,630 But it could be that he figured out that Flora was Walter's daughter. 672 00:39:00,714 --> 00:39:02,007 How? 673 00:39:02,090 --> 00:39:04,634 Roscoe could have told him. 674 00:39:04,718 --> 00:39:09,097 Earlier, I'd seen Roscoe snooping around outside Walter's motel room. 675 00:39:09,181 --> 00:39:14,019 And I'm fairly certain that's when Vera told Walter that Flora was his daughter. 676 00:39:14,102 --> 00:39:16,897 [Locke] What makes you think that? 677 00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:19,024 [Jessica] Uh, their reactions, how they looked... 678 00:39:19,107 --> 00:39:21,234 and the difference in the way that... 679 00:39:21,318 --> 00:39:24,488 that Walter related to Flora after that. 680 00:39:24,571 --> 00:39:25,989 I mean, when he first met her, he... 681 00:39:26,073 --> 00:39:27,574 He almost came on to her. 682 00:39:27,657 --> 00:39:31,495 But after that, he became, well, fatherly. 683 00:39:31,578 --> 00:39:35,749 Flora could've killed Pete to prevent him from changing the beneficiary... 684 00:39:35,832 --> 00:39:38,126 now that he knew that she wasn't his daughter. 685 00:39:38,210 --> 00:39:40,545 Mr. Locke, there may be a way to prove 686 00:39:40,629 --> 00:39:43,423 whether Flora killed Pete. 687 00:39:43,507 --> 00:39:45,509 If you don't mind helping me out. 688 00:39:45,592 --> 00:39:47,511 [knocking] 689 00:39:53,642 --> 00:39:57,938 Mrs. Fletcher. I'm kind of busy right now. 690 00:39:58,021 --> 00:39:59,981 Of course, Flora. I'm sorry to bother you. 691 00:40:00,065 --> 00:40:02,609 But before I left, I just wanted to say 692 00:40:02,692 --> 00:40:05,821 how sorry I am about your father's death. 693 00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:11,535 -Pete was a pig. -I'm also sorry about Pete's death. 694 00:40:17,457 --> 00:40:23,296 Guess everyone figured that one out, huh? Except me. 695 00:40:23,380 --> 00:40:26,466 Mom just told me about a half hour ago. 696 00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:28,844 Pretty stupid, 697 00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:33,557 losing your real father before you've even been properly introduced. 698 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,642 I see you're packing. 699 00:40:35,725 --> 00:40:38,895 Hey, how are you gettin' out of here? 700 00:40:38,979 --> 00:40:41,231 Oh. Well, Mr. Locke 701 00:40:41,314 --> 00:40:43,483 Is gonna give me a lift back to Los Angeles... 702 00:40:43,567 --> 00:40:45,652 as soon as he finishes his business. 703 00:40:45,735 --> 00:40:48,029 Locke? Who's that? 704 00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:51,241 Oh, he's here to pay off Pete's life insurance policy to your mother. 705 00:40:51,324 --> 00:40:56,997 How long is that gonna take? Think he can fit one more? 706 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,374 I'll see what I can do. 707 00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,377 And if you'll just sign these forms, Mrs. Gerakaris, 708 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:06,923 Our headquarters in L.A. will send the check out to you in a couple of days. 709 00:41:07,007 --> 00:41:08,258 Sure, but what are they for? 710 00:41:08,341 --> 00:41:09,551 Oh, it's just a technicality 711 00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:13,054 because the beneficiary is a minor. 712 00:41:13,138 --> 00:41:17,017 -A minor? -Your daughter. 713 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:22,772 -Flora? No, that's... -Not exactly what you had planned? 714 00:41:22,856 --> 00:41:25,692 I don't know what you're talking about. 715 00:41:25,775 --> 00:41:27,068 I mean, naturally, I'm surprised 716 00:41:27,152 --> 00:41:29,196 'cause, you know, you figured that... 717 00:41:29,279 --> 00:41:33,450 Oh. You know what? 718 00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:35,994 It makes me really happy that Pete 719 00:41:36,077 --> 00:41:40,123 remembered to leave somethin' for Flora. 720 00:41:40,207 --> 00:41:44,127 Well, I must say you've handled this very well... Better than most. 721 00:41:44,211 --> 00:41:47,672 But you did make one little mistake. 722 00:41:47,756 --> 00:41:52,052 Mr. Locke, if I understand you correctly, 723 00:41:52,135 --> 00:41:54,387 I think you better watch your step. 724 00:41:54,471 --> 00:41:57,224 Now, that is where I'm supposed to sign, right? 725 00:41:57,307 --> 00:41:58,725 Hmm. 726 00:42:02,437 --> 00:42:04,105 You forgot to destroy the letter. 727 00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:09,986 I don't know what you're talking about. 728 00:42:10,070 --> 00:42:13,907 The letter... that you mailed Mr. Murray. 729 00:42:19,454 --> 00:42:21,039 Oh. 730 00:42:27,837 --> 00:42:30,715 Now listen, Mr. Locke, and listen very carefully. 731 00:42:30,799 --> 00:42:33,468 I'm gonna have to go out that door, 732 00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:35,679 and I'm gonna call up your company. 733 00:42:35,762 --> 00:42:37,555 And I'm gonna tell 'em that... 734 00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:40,850 unless they wanna be involved in a huge lawsuit, 735 00:42:40,934 --> 00:42:42,686 they're gonna fire you right now. 736 00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:03,665 Oh. 737 00:43:08,086 --> 00:43:10,046 Bad girl! 738 00:43:10,130 --> 00:43:11,881 You shouldn't smoke in bed, honey! 739 00:43:11,965 --> 00:43:14,217 Get your hands off of me! 740 00:43:14,301 --> 00:43:16,136 It's just an envelope. Remember, I told you 741 00:43:16,219 --> 00:43:18,138 I wanted something of Walter's to remember him by. 742 00:43:18,221 --> 00:43:20,098 And that's why you're burning it? 743 00:43:20,181 --> 00:43:22,475 I imagine it won't be difficult to prove... 744 00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:26,104 that it's addressed to Walter in your handwriting, Vera. 745 00:43:26,187 --> 00:43:28,481 So? 746 00:43:28,565 --> 00:43:30,483 OK, I wrote to him. So what? 747 00:43:30,567 --> 00:43:32,152 Quite honestly what bothered me most 748 00:43:32,235 --> 00:43:34,821 was the compounding of coincidences. 749 00:43:34,904 --> 00:43:37,991 Walter happening to suggest that we drive back to Los Angeles, 750 00:43:38,074 --> 00:43:40,160 then happening to detour off the interstate, 751 00:43:40,243 --> 00:43:41,911 then happening to find the woman 752 00:43:41,995 --> 00:43:44,497 he hadn't seen in 19 years. 753 00:43:44,581 --> 00:43:46,124 You can strap me to a lie detector. 754 00:43:46,207 --> 00:43:48,001 I haven't seen him in any of that time. 755 00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:49,669 No, but you did write to him recently 756 00:43:49,753 --> 00:43:52,505 and let him know where to find you. 757 00:43:52,589 --> 00:43:54,632 Walter consulted the directions he'd written 758 00:43:54,716 --> 00:43:56,301 on this envelope when we drove here. 759 00:43:56,384 --> 00:43:58,178 So... [stammering] 760 00:43:58,261 --> 00:44:00,889 Are you saying that I killed Pete? I mean, is that it? 761 00:44:00,972 --> 00:44:04,017 For what? A plugged nickel? 762 00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:06,644 For what you believed you'd receive. 763 00:44:06,728 --> 00:44:09,981 Flora didn't know anything about Pete's insurance policy. 764 00:44:10,065 --> 00:44:12,317 It hardly seems likely that a girl who expects 765 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,569 a quarter of a million dollars 766 00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:18,156 would jump at every chance to get out of town before she's paid off. 767 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:23,119 You didn't even make it sporting. 768 00:44:23,203 --> 00:44:26,998 You clubbed that poor drunk slob from behind 769 00:44:27,082 --> 00:44:28,291 then you rolled him under that lift 770 00:44:28,375 --> 00:44:30,668 to make it look like an accident. 771 00:44:30,752 --> 00:44:35,840 [air hissing] 772 00:44:41,304 --> 00:44:43,348 I was too smart for you, girlie. 773 00:44:43,431 --> 00:44:46,142 I knew it wasn't no accident. 774 00:44:46,226 --> 00:44:48,144 You hadn't counted on that, had you? 775 00:44:48,228 --> 00:44:50,605 Not in a million years. 776 00:44:50,688 --> 00:44:53,066 I imagine that's when you realized you needed help. 777 00:44:53,149 --> 00:44:55,110 You must've told Walter what you'd done. 778 00:44:55,193 --> 00:44:57,946 And then he took it from there, the poor sap. 779 00:44:58,029 --> 00:44:59,864 He planted the glove to incriminate Grange, 780 00:44:59,948 --> 00:45:02,951 He killed Roscoe, and he incriminated himself, 781 00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:05,745 all to save the woman he loved... 782 00:45:05,829 --> 00:45:10,083 and believed that he'd wronged all those years ago. 783 00:45:10,166 --> 00:45:12,794 He never wronged me. 784 00:45:12,877 --> 00:45:15,922 [sighs] 785 00:45:16,005 --> 00:45:19,050 He was probably the only right thing that's ever happened in my life. 786 00:45:19,134 --> 00:45:21,845 Don't turn on the waterworks. You set him up. 787 00:45:21,928 --> 00:45:24,055 Why would I set up Walter? 788 00:45:24,139 --> 00:45:26,808 Why did I stay away for 19 years? 789 00:45:26,891 --> 00:45:29,644 Because when Walter left, you were carrying his child. 790 00:45:34,816 --> 00:45:38,653 Sure. Flora is Walter's daughter. 791 00:45:40,947 --> 00:45:42,991 I didn't even know I was pregnant 792 00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:47,162 when Walter just up and disappeared one day all those years ago. 793 00:45:47,245 --> 00:45:49,706 I talked to my parents and... Whoo. 794 00:45:49,789 --> 00:45:53,042 They washed their hands of me with 20 Mule Team Borax. 795 00:45:53,126 --> 00:45:55,336 And Pete never new? 796 00:45:55,420 --> 00:45:56,754 Oh, back then, I was skinny enough 797 00:45:56,838 --> 00:45:58,882 to fool him into marrying me... 798 00:45:58,965 --> 00:46:00,675 and into believin' that Flora was just... 799 00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:03,428 a couple of months premature. 800 00:46:03,511 --> 00:46:05,847 You're a real piece of work, you know that? 801 00:46:05,930 --> 00:46:09,350 Pete did figure it out at the end, didn't he? 802 00:46:09,434 --> 00:46:11,102 That Flora wasn't his daughter? 803 00:46:11,186 --> 00:46:13,938 That fool? No. 804 00:46:14,022 --> 00:46:16,649 Roscoe told him... Good old Roscoe. 805 00:46:16,733 --> 00:46:19,194 That's why I had to kill Pete. 806 00:46:19,277 --> 00:46:21,738 He would've killed Walter or me or both of us. 807 00:46:21,821 --> 00:46:24,699 Right, sure. And the money didn't have nothin' to do with it. 808 00:46:24,782 --> 00:46:26,075 The money had a lot to do with it. 809 00:46:26,159 --> 00:46:28,745 The money had everything to do with it. 810 00:46:28,828 --> 00:46:32,248 Pete owed me for those 19 years, a quarter million dollars doesn't cover it. 811 00:46:36,211 --> 00:46:40,507 What do you know, babe? I finally get to take you for a ride. 812 00:46:40,590 --> 00:46:44,761 Flora, whatever else you do, don't let... 813 00:46:44,844 --> 00:46:48,681 men mess up your life. 814 00:46:48,765 --> 00:46:50,600 Okay? 815 00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:57,065 [engine starts] 816 00:47:03,112 --> 00:47:05,573 Step on it. 817 00:47:07,617 --> 00:47:09,536 So you still want that ride? 818 00:47:16,084 --> 00:47:18,586 What about you, Mr. Desmond? 819 00:47:18,670 --> 00:47:21,756 We're heading into L.A. 820 00:47:21,839 --> 00:47:23,299 That's very kind of you, but I'm afraid 821 00:47:23,383 --> 00:47:25,635 I've already been to Los Angeles. 822 00:47:25,718 --> 00:47:28,179 And if there's one thing I've learned, 823 00:47:28,263 --> 00:47:31,307 it's that one should never look back.