1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:01,711 I don’t believe a word of it. 2 00:00:01,794 --> 00:00:03,129 That book has me so nervous. 3 00:00:03,379 --> 00:00:05,005 Well, I didn’t write it for the money. 4 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,426 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 5 00:00:08,509 --> 00:00:11,262 -Freeze! -Who would want to buy sausages 6 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:13,347 from a man that played around with married women? 7 00:00:13,431 --> 00:00:14,515 Is she still having an affair with the butcher? 8 00:00:14,598 --> 00:00:16,434 That is irresponsible. 9 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:18,811 Oh, where was their responsibility? 10 00:00:18,894 --> 00:00:21,147 I’m surprised she didn’t send you an advance copy. 11 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:23,649 I never hear any gossip. 12 00:00:23,733 --> 00:00:25,484 This sort of filth shouldn’t be allowed in print. 13 00:00:25,568 --> 00:00:27,153 Obviously, I haven’t got to the good part. 14 00:01:31,884 --> 00:01:33,427 [Eve] I swear to you. 15 00:01:33,511 --> 00:01:35,554 Alice showed up at the Harbor House wearing shorts, 16 00:01:35,638 --> 00:01:38,265 and they wouldn’t let her in. 17 00:01:38,349 --> 00:01:41,727 Shorts? She must be older than God’s mother. 18 00:01:41,811 --> 00:01:43,312 Oh, but she’s so proud of her legs. 19 00:01:43,395 --> 00:01:45,147 [woman] I don’t know why. 20 00:01:45,231 --> 00:01:48,609 Her knees look like two fat boys bumping their heads together. 21 00:01:48,692 --> 00:01:50,986 Oh, what time is it? Oh! Oh! I’m missing my show. 22 00:01:51,070 --> 00:01:53,280 Loretta, be a dear and turn on the TV. 23 00:01:53,364 --> 00:01:55,825 There’s nothing on this early except talk. 24 00:01:55,908 --> 00:01:57,827 Now, you can get that here. 25 00:01:57,910 --> 00:02:00,454 Oh, I do hope it isn’t educational TV. 26 00:02:00,538 --> 00:02:02,790 I hate educational TV. 27 00:02:02,873 --> 00:02:05,543 Oh, this isn’t educational. It’s Network Television. 28 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:08,838 Loretta, please, turn it on. 29 00:02:08,921 --> 00:02:11,131 I’d rather see Days Of Our Longing. 30 00:02:11,215 --> 00:02:13,217 Please, everyone, keep still. 31 00:02:13,342 --> 00:02:15,511 That’ll be the day. 32 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:16,762 Oh, that’s it. That’s it. 33 00:02:16,846 --> 00:02:18,848 [woman on TV] Welcome back. 34 00:02:18,931 --> 00:02:22,309 This is Janet Paisley in Top o’ the Morning’s "Book Nook." 35 00:02:22,393 --> 00:02:24,937 The book: The Sins of Castle Cove, 36 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:27,398 an exciting first novel. 37 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:30,317 Its young author is here today: Sybil Reed. 38 00:02:30,401 --> 00:02:33,028 Tell me about Cabot Cove, Maine. 39 00:02:33,112 --> 00:02:35,114 Well, Janet, Cabot Cove is a small New England seacoast town. 40 00:02:35,197 --> 00:02:36,740 That’s Sybil. 41 00:02:36,824 --> 00:02:39,994 Why I know her. What’s she doing on TV? 42 00:02:40,077 --> 00:02:41,579 She-she’s written a book. 43 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:43,247 And now she’s trying to sell it. 44 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:44,623 Shh. 45 00:02:44,707 --> 00:02:47,626 Your first novel, The Sins of Castle Cove, 46 00:02:47,710 --> 00:02:50,045 is set in a small New England seacoast town, 47 00:02:50,129 --> 00:02:52,631 where some rather shocking things take place. 48 00:02:52,715 --> 00:02:55,843 Sybil, how much of your book is true? 49 00:02:55,926 --> 00:02:58,971 The geography. The rest is purely fictitious. 50 00:02:59,054 --> 00:03:01,724 Sybil looks real pretty, doesn’t she? 51 00:03:01,807 --> 00:03:04,018 Being 23 doesn’t hurt. 52 00:03:04,101 --> 00:03:06,937 Please, I am trying to hear this. 53 00:03:07,021 --> 00:03:09,273 Well, I may have drawn on some of the characteristics 54 00:03:09,356 --> 00:03:10,900 from people back in Cabot Cove. 55 00:03:10,983 --> 00:03:13,611 But what about all that sex and violence? 56 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:15,905 Well, that was purely my own imagination. 57 00:03:15,988 --> 00:03:18,032 Sybil, you’re not the first author 58 00:03:18,115 --> 00:03:20,409 from Cabot Cove to be sitting in that chair. 59 00:03:20,492 --> 00:03:22,828 I presume you know the mystery writer, J.B. Fletcher. 60 00:03:22,912 --> 00:03:25,789 Yes. Mrs. Fletcher was my high school English teacher. 61 00:03:25,873 --> 00:03:27,833 She encouraged me to write. 62 00:03:27,917 --> 00:03:31,337 I would say that Mrs. Fletcher has been a very great influence in my work. 63 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:34,632 -Oh, my. -Well, now, that is something. 64 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:36,884 [Paisley] Who else have you been influenced by? 65 00:03:36,967 --> 00:03:38,886 Barbara Cartland and Jackie Collins. 66 00:03:38,969 --> 00:03:41,513 Mmm. You’re in pretty fast company, Jess. 67 00:03:41,597 --> 00:03:44,224 [Sybil] But mainly, Mrs. Fletcher deserves the credit. 68 00:03:44,308 --> 00:03:47,686 She taught me everything I know about writing. 69 00:03:47,770 --> 00:03:50,564 Just talking about her makes me homesick for Cabot Cove. 70 00:03:50,648 --> 00:03:52,566 Thank you, Sybil Reed. 71 00:03:52,650 --> 00:03:55,277 And congratulations on your first novel, 72 00:03:55,361 --> 00:03:57,529 The Sins of Castle Cove, 73 00:03:57,613 --> 00:04:01,659 already being touted by the literary press as a surefire best seller. 74 00:04:01,742 --> 00:04:03,661 And we’ll be back. 75 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:06,538 Could be a new literary classic. 76 00:04:06,622 --> 00:04:10,834 And to think, you were the first to discover her genius. Imagine that. 77 00:04:10,918 --> 00:04:13,253 Well, Sybil was a very bright student, 78 00:04:13,337 --> 00:04:15,547 but she had her share of problems. 79 00:04:15,631 --> 00:04:18,092 First of all, her mother ran off to heaven knows where. 80 00:04:18,175 --> 00:04:20,260 Then her father died, 81 00:04:20,344 --> 00:04:21,679 and then she moved in with her grandmother, 82 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:24,014 who passed away while Sybil was in high school. 83 00:04:24,098 --> 00:04:29,061 As I recall, they lived in that old eyesore at the end of Hedgehog Lane. 84 00:04:29,144 --> 00:04:31,438 Well, Sybil still owns that place, 85 00:04:31,522 --> 00:04:35,317 but she had Eve Simpson rent it out while she was writing in the city. 86 00:04:35,401 --> 00:04:37,444 I’m surprised she didn’t send you an advance copy, 87 00:04:37,528 --> 00:04:40,864 you being one of her three greatest influences. 88 00:04:40,948 --> 00:04:43,826 And also her severest critic. 89 00:04:43,909 --> 00:04:45,536 She’s probably very proud of herself, 90 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:48,122 getting that book published without my help. 91 00:04:48,205 --> 00:04:50,541 Well, um, I don’t know about you, 92 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:53,711 but I think I’ll amble over to the bookstore and see if I can, 93 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:56,380 well, perhaps I could, uh, pick you up a copy. 94 00:04:56,463 --> 00:05:00,509 Well, thank you, Seth. I’m-I’m curious, of course, but, uh, 95 00:05:01,093 --> 00:05:04,471 I can wait to read it. I mean, I’m not in any hurry. 96 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:12,771 -I’ll be back in half an hour. -Half an hour will be fine. 97 00:05:12,855 --> 00:05:15,983 [chattering] 98 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:25,701 There you go, Ellie. Thanks very much. 99 00:05:25,784 --> 00:05:28,704 Ah, Sylvia. Good to see ya. 100 00:05:28,787 --> 00:05:30,748 [chattering] [register bell dings] 101 00:05:30,831 --> 00:05:33,917 When poor Sybil was left all alone, I did my best to help her. 102 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:36,336 I was the one who rented that big, ugly house for her. 103 00:05:36,420 --> 00:05:39,089 Her mother was the first girl in junior high to ever 104 00:05:39,173 --> 00:05:41,842 stuff gym socks in her bra. 105 00:05:41,925 --> 00:05:47,181 Well, I slapped her daddy’s face once. But I-I don’t remember why. 106 00:05:47,264 --> 00:05:49,683 [laughing] Ideal. 107 00:05:49,767 --> 00:05:51,685 [chattering] 108 00:05:51,769 --> 00:05:54,730 [clears throat] Excuse me. Doctor coming through. 109 00:05:54,813 --> 00:05:56,774 Bit of a hurry here. Excuse me. 110 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,859 -Well, Sheriff. -Oh, hi, Doc. 111 00:05:58,942 --> 00:06:00,694 Don’t tell me you’re taking up some serious reading. 112 00:06:00,778 --> 00:06:03,947 Uh, oh, no. It’s a present for Adele. 113 00:06:04,031 --> 00:06:05,491 She’s laid up with some terrible pain. 114 00:06:05,574 --> 00:06:06,533 Maybe you can look in on her later. 115 00:06:06,617 --> 00:06:08,202 What seems to be the trouble? 116 00:06:08,285 --> 00:06:10,037 Well, she was teaching her self-defense class, 117 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,165 and accidentally dropped a 200-pound student on her foot. 118 00:06:13,248 --> 00:06:15,084 -Thought this might cheer her up. -Oh, Sheriff, 119 00:06:15,167 --> 00:06:18,337 I understand it’s a bit spicy. 120 00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:19,379 Oh, yeah? 121 00:06:19,463 --> 00:06:22,424 That shouldn’t be too tough for an ex-marine. 122 00:06:22,508 --> 00:06:24,676 I hope it’s a love story. 123 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,764 The only books I ever read are romantic novels with happy endings. 124 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:30,766 I like realism. 125 00:06:30,849 --> 00:06:32,810 Lots of tall, attractive, single men 126 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:35,604 fighting over one mature working lady. 127 00:06:35,687 --> 00:06:37,481 Well, I always look at the cover, 128 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:41,276 and if the man is bare-chested and the woman isn’t, I buy it. 129 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,363 Ladies. Doc. 130 00:06:44,446 --> 00:06:47,950 Ideal, Phyllis, Eve. Lovely as ever. 131 00:06:48,033 --> 00:06:50,619 Oh, thank you, Mr. Holgate. What a nice thing to say, Ellis. 132 00:06:50,702 --> 00:06:54,832 It’s my pleasure. Miriam, I was, uh, hoping you’d show up. 133 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,834 It’s been too long. 134 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:58,877 Isn’t there some way to speed this up? I’m in a hurry. 135 00:06:58,961 --> 00:07:02,589 Sorry, Mrs. Harwood. 136 00:07:02,673 --> 00:07:05,175 Ah. Good morning, Dr. Valiant. 137 00:07:05,259 --> 00:07:07,970 Doctor who? You know perfectly well my name is Hazlitt. 138 00:07:08,053 --> 00:07:10,305 Not in my book. 139 00:07:10,389 --> 00:07:12,391 Ah! $18.95. 140 00:07:12,474 --> 00:07:15,185 For one book? 141 00:07:15,269 --> 00:07:18,939 I can remember when you could buy a whole set of encyclopedia for $15 142 00:07:19,022 --> 00:07:23,902 and still have enough left over for a seafood dinner and a picture show. 143 00:07:23,986 --> 00:07:27,447 I will take it off your next doctor’s bill. 144 00:07:27,531 --> 00:07:31,451 [Holgate chuckles] Uh, just a minute. Uh, Dr. Valiant. 145 00:07:31,535 --> 00:07:33,328 Page 14. 146 00:07:33,412 --> 00:07:34,872 [crowd gasps] 147 00:07:39,751 --> 00:07:43,380 [Jessica] "Dr. Sam Valiant is a typical small-town doctor, 148 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:48,385 good at heart, though he appears to be a cross between a leprechaun 149 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:50,929 [laughs] and a curmudgeon." 150 00:07:51,013 --> 00:07:53,265 I am much too tall to be called a leprechaun, 151 00:07:53,348 --> 00:07:55,225 and good-natured to be a curmudgeon. 152 00:07:55,309 --> 00:07:58,604 Well, obviously that’s not what Sybil thinks. 153 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:02,232 Sybil may stuff her brain into a small mayonnaise jar, 154 00:08:02,316 --> 00:08:05,068 and send it to Harvard to have it scrutinized. 155 00:08:05,152 --> 00:08:10,282 Oh, Seth. Aren’t you being overly sensitive to a work of fiction? 156 00:08:10,365 --> 00:08:13,702 I skimmed it on the way over here, and believe me, Jess, 157 00:08:13,785 --> 00:08:15,495 there are a lot of people here in Cabot Cove 158 00:08:15,579 --> 00:08:18,248 that are going to be offended by it. 159 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:22,336 Well, I’m quite sure that she doesn’t call them curmudgeons. 160 00:08:22,419 --> 00:08:25,088 Oh, no. No. There’s a full assortment 161 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:29,092 of thieves, philanderers, liars, moral deviants, 162 00:08:29,176 --> 00:08:32,304 and a particularly odious bookworm called "the geek." 163 00:08:32,387 --> 00:08:36,433 Oh, no, no, no, no. That’s your copy. 164 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,102 I suggest you read it posthaste. 165 00:08:39,186 --> 00:08:40,771 Pay particular attention 166 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:45,067 to the high school English teacher, Mrs. K.C. Feather. 167 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:48,946 That should stiffen your syllabus for quite some time. 168 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:53,951 [door opens] 169 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:55,285 [door closes] 170 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:05,295 -Oh, my. [doorbell rings] 171 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:14,638 Oh, Eve. 172 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:18,308 Jessica, I have just had the worst experience of my life! 173 00:09:18,392 --> 00:09:20,519 Ah, well, I see you’re reading it too. 174 00:09:20,602 --> 00:09:23,021 Well, actually, I’ve-I’ve just started it. 175 00:09:23,105 --> 00:09:26,066 I’m sure you will be as disgusted, appalled and horrified as I was. 176 00:09:26,149 --> 00:09:27,818 This sort of filth shouldn’t be allowed in print. 177 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:30,404 Well, obviously I haven’t got to the good part. 178 00:09:30,487 --> 00:09:32,322 How can you joke about it? 179 00:09:32,406 --> 00:09:33,657 Suppose this should fall into the hands of innocent children? 180 00:09:34,616 --> 00:09:38,453 But, Eve, you’ve always been passionately opposed to censorship. 181 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:40,706 Well, this is different, Jessica. Wait until you read about 182 00:09:40,789 --> 00:09:44,418 the man-crazy real estate agent who makes a pass at every husband in town. 183 00:09:44,501 --> 00:09:46,211 Well, surely that’s not you. 184 00:09:46,295 --> 00:09:48,672 Well, of course it’s not me. It’s nothing like me. 185 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:51,591 Except for the description of my house, my office and the birthmark on my fanny, 186 00:09:51,675 --> 00:09:53,844 which, incidentally, is on the wrong side. 187 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:55,846 But how many people would know that? 188 00:09:55,929 --> 00:10:00,309 Look, Eve. This morning on television, Sybil went out of her way to say 189 00:10:00,392 --> 00:10:02,561 that all of the incidents in this book are purely imaginary. 190 00:10:02,644 --> 00:10:07,149 She is slandering the entire population of this town, Jessica. 191 00:10:07,232 --> 00:10:10,277 This ambitious little hussy, whom you so carelessly inspired. 192 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,237 Oh, now wait a minute, Eve. 193 00:10:12,321 --> 00:10:14,698 The little witch should have her mind washed out with soap. 194 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:18,243 There are things in this book that I wouldn’t discuss with my own mother. 195 00:10:18,327 --> 00:10:21,288 Mother, hell. I wouldn’t tell them to my psychiatrist. 196 00:10:21,371 --> 00:10:23,790 Oh, Eve, aren’t you making too much out of this? 197 00:10:23,874 --> 00:10:26,501 It seems like a harmless first novel. 198 00:10:26,585 --> 00:10:29,629 Harmless? What did you think of Mrs. Feather, 199 00:10:29,713 --> 00:10:31,548 the school teacher turned mystery writer? 200 00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:33,800 Oh, I haven’t gotten to her yet. 201 00:10:33,884 --> 00:10:36,678 When you get to her, we’ll talk. 202 00:10:36,762 --> 00:10:38,764 Eve. 203 00:10:38,847 --> 00:10:40,349 Eve, wait. 204 00:10:55,197 --> 00:10:58,283 -Hey, Noah. -Yeah, how you doin’, George? 205 00:10:58,367 --> 00:11:03,038 You, uh, read any good books lately? 206 00:11:03,121 --> 00:11:05,999 [laughs] 207 00:11:15,509 --> 00:11:17,511 -No. [door closes] 208 00:11:17,594 --> 00:11:19,012 [Noah] Miriam! 209 00:11:25,602 --> 00:11:30,482 I swear that George Greer’s got too many worms in his bait can. 210 00:11:30,565 --> 00:11:33,151 Spaghetti sauce, honey? Is that all you know how to fix? 211 00:11:33,235 --> 00:11:35,404 Well, I just had so much to do. 212 00:11:35,487 --> 00:11:37,614 And wouldn’t you know, I ran into Eve Simpson, 213 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,282 and you always said she could talk your ear off. 214 00:11:39,366 --> 00:11:41,576 -She started talking about-- -I don’t wanna hear about Eve Simpson. 215 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:45,247 She’s a waste of time. I don’t want you seein’ her anymore. 216 00:11:45,330 --> 00:11:47,666 There better be a cold beer in here. 217 00:11:47,749 --> 00:11:48,959 Noah, get-- 218 00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:54,297 What the hell is this? 219 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:56,842 I wondered where that was. 220 00:11:56,925 --> 00:11:59,928 I must have had that in my hand when I was looking for the garlic. 221 00:12:00,011 --> 00:12:03,432 Must be pretty hot stuff if you have to keep it in the fridge. What’s it about? 222 00:12:03,515 --> 00:12:05,934 Oh, you wouldn’t like it. 223 00:12:06,017 --> 00:12:09,354 A woman wrote it. 224 00:12:09,438 --> 00:12:12,149 I don’t know how you can stand this junk. Hurry up. 225 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:14,985 Get some dinner on the table. 226 00:12:29,541 --> 00:12:31,668 [doorbell rings] 227 00:12:35,505 --> 00:12:37,757 -Sybil. -Hi, Mrs. Fletcher. 228 00:12:37,841 --> 00:12:40,552 Well, my heavens, what an unexpected surprise. 229 00:12:40,635 --> 00:12:42,387 Oh, I guess I should have called. 230 00:12:42,471 --> 00:12:44,389 Well, come inside. 231 00:12:49,978 --> 00:12:51,605 I was watching you on television this morning. 232 00:12:51,688 --> 00:12:53,523 What happened to your book tour? 233 00:12:53,607 --> 00:12:57,027 Oh, the parties and interviews and the flashbulbs in my face, 234 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:58,820 it just got too much for me. 235 00:12:58,904 --> 00:13:02,657 -Yes, I know the feeling. -I just had to come home. 236 00:13:02,741 --> 00:13:05,243 The only trouble is, I forgot that I’d rented my house 237 00:13:05,327 --> 00:13:07,037 to somebody else, so I... 238 00:13:07,954 --> 00:13:12,083 Well, I-I thought, if it wouldn’t be too much trouble, I... 239 00:13:12,167 --> 00:13:16,171 Well, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be a very good hostess. 240 00:13:16,254 --> 00:13:20,383 You see, I’m in the middle of writing my new book, and, um... 241 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:23,345 Well, actually, it’s not going very well. 242 00:13:23,428 --> 00:13:26,431 Oh, I understand. I had the same trouble. 243 00:13:26,515 --> 00:13:28,433 You just have to fight through it. 244 00:13:28,517 --> 00:13:30,685 So I’ll be as quiet as a mouse. 245 00:13:30,769 --> 00:13:35,732 Is the guest room still at the top of the stairs to the right? 246 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:38,693 -Well, yes. -Oh, thank you, Mrs. Fletcher. 247 00:13:38,777 --> 00:13:42,030 You are my favorite person in the whole world. 248 00:13:42,113 --> 00:13:45,992 It’s so good to be home in Castle Cove. 249 00:13:46,076 --> 00:13:47,953 Cabot Cove. 250 00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:12,227 Ezra. 251 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:18,108 [Jessica] Seth. 252 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:21,695 -Morning, Jessica. -Seth Hazlitt on foot, I don’t believe it. 253 00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:24,447 Well, I’m filling my lungs with good, clean salt air. 254 00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:27,033 Been telling my patients that for years. 255 00:14:27,117 --> 00:14:28,577 I thought I’d try a little bit of it myself. 256 00:14:28,660 --> 00:14:30,287 What brings you out on this fine morning? 257 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:33,123 Well, an unexpected house guest arrived last night, 258 00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:36,918 and I woke to the realization that my cupboard was bare. 259 00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:39,170 That unexpected house guest... 260 00:14:39,254 --> 00:14:40,797 wouldn’t be a budding young novelist 261 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,632 off the Portland bus last night, now, would it? 262 00:14:42,716 --> 00:14:44,759 Now, how did you know that? 263 00:14:44,843 --> 00:14:47,721 The taxi driver at the diner this morning mentioned it 264 00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:50,056 while I was having my morning oat bran. 265 00:14:50,140 --> 00:14:53,893 Well, that’s not the only reason I left the house early this morning. 266 00:14:53,977 --> 00:14:56,396 I read the book. 267 00:14:56,479 --> 00:14:59,190 A-yah. 268 00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:03,403 I finally get a decent-selling book, and look. This has to happen. 269 00:15:03,486 --> 00:15:06,906 Mr. Holgate, can you think of anybody who might have a grudge against you? 270 00:15:06,990 --> 00:15:09,200 Oh, this goes deeper than a grudge, Sheriff. 271 00:15:09,284 --> 00:15:12,287 I regard this book burning as a brutal attack on freedom of speech. 272 00:15:12,370 --> 00:15:14,748 Book burning? 273 00:15:14,831 --> 00:15:17,500 Yeah. A fisherman comin’ in last night in his boat, uh, saw the flames 274 00:15:17,584 --> 00:15:19,919 and a figure dressed in black running away. 275 00:15:20,003 --> 00:15:22,339 He was too far away though to tell if it was a man or a woman. 276 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:24,841 How dreadful. Were many books burned? 277 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:27,177 None of them yours, Jessica. Still got plenty of those left. 278 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:29,596 No, it was The Sins of Castle Cove. 279 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:31,598 The cretin who did it left a threatenin’ note 280 00:15:31,681 --> 00:15:34,851 taped to the window frame. 281 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,479 Made from letters cut from magazines. 282 00:15:37,562 --> 00:15:41,650 [Jessica] "Stop selling this filth or next fire will burn all." 283 00:15:41,733 --> 00:15:43,652 It’s gotta be some kind of nutcake. 284 00:15:43,735 --> 00:15:45,779 Wonder why he’s pickin’ on this book? 285 00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:52,952 My book? Why would anyone do a sick thing like that? 286 00:15:53,036 --> 00:15:56,081 Well, very possibly because they read something that they didn’t like. 287 00:15:56,164 --> 00:15:59,125 Well, it’s only a made-up story, for the most part. 288 00:15:59,209 --> 00:16:02,879 Well, it’s that other part that seems to have everyone upset. 289 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:04,714 Mrs. Fletcher, that really isn’t fair. 290 00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:07,467 I mean, I didn’t write about them exactly as they are. 291 00:16:07,550 --> 00:16:09,803 I disguised them. I-I made some people taller, 292 00:16:09,886 --> 00:16:13,306 -some people shorter-- -You made me older. 293 00:16:13,390 --> 00:16:15,350 Sybil, look. You’ve written things 294 00:16:15,433 --> 00:16:18,019 about recognizable people that are bound to hurt. 295 00:16:18,103 --> 00:16:20,647 Well, I was only following your advice. 296 00:16:20,730 --> 00:16:23,983 -My advice? -Write about things you know. 297 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:26,069 All I know is Cabot Cove. 298 00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:29,447 I had no idea you knew it that well. 299 00:16:29,531 --> 00:16:33,993 [phone rings] 300 00:16:34,077 --> 00:16:36,830 Yes? Yes, this is Jessica Fletcher. 301 00:16:36,913 --> 00:16:38,790 Yeah, she’s right here. It’s for you. 302 00:16:42,627 --> 00:16:47,465 Hello? Oh, hi. No, nothing much. Just-just resting. 303 00:16:51,261 --> 00:16:53,555 All right, Corinne. What have you heard? Spill it. 304 00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:55,724 Somebody trashed the bookshop last night. 305 00:16:55,807 --> 00:16:59,018 Yes, I know. Isn’t it fantastic? People are going crazy. 306 00:16:59,102 --> 00:17:00,395 Tell me about it. 307 00:17:00,478 --> 00:17:02,981 Eve Simpson is climbing the wall. 308 00:17:03,064 --> 00:17:05,650 Oh, and how is dear Miriam Harwood? 309 00:17:05,734 --> 00:17:07,694 Miriam? 310 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:10,530 -She’s a total wreck. -Oh, I love it! 311 00:17:10,613 --> 00:17:12,574 [laughs] -Corinne. 312 00:17:12,657 --> 00:17:16,035 Corinne, Mrs. Simpson’s waiting to have her nails done. 313 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:17,537 Sorry, mom. Gotta go now. 314 00:17:17,620 --> 00:17:19,956 All right, listen. Keep your ears open. 315 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:22,041 I’m already thinking about a sequel. 316 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:24,961 You just stay in bed and try to feel better, 317 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,380 and I’ll see if Loretta will let me go early. 318 00:17:27,464 --> 00:17:31,551 -Bye, mom. -Your mom looked fine an hour ago 319 00:17:31,634 --> 00:17:34,095 when we took our aerobics class. 320 00:17:34,179 --> 00:17:38,975 Now, my dear. You just hustle your little buns, baby. 321 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,728 Corinne, speed it up. 322 00:17:41,811 --> 00:17:44,397 I have an appointment with a hot client. 323 00:17:44,481 --> 00:17:47,567 Give me something orangey-pale to remind him that I’m a woman, 324 00:17:47,650 --> 00:17:49,903 without threatening him with my sexuality. 325 00:17:49,986 --> 00:17:51,905 Oh! [laughs] 326 00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:54,657 Oh, God! Did you hear me? 327 00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:57,035 I sound like the character in that slimy book. 328 00:17:57,118 --> 00:18:01,873 Oh, forget it, Corinne. I’ll have the usual. Red on red. 329 00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:06,628 Loretta. Loretta, come here. Did you read this part? 330 00:18:06,711 --> 00:18:10,757 Sybil calls the beauty shop "a gossip communication center." 331 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,426 I never hear any gossip. 332 00:18:13,510 --> 00:18:17,931 Just good talk among good friends about other good friends 333 00:18:18,014 --> 00:18:20,517 who aren’t here to defend themselves. 334 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,603 [gasps] -I don’t believe a word of it. 335 00:18:23,686 --> 00:18:26,606 Nothing like this has ever happened to me. 336 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:30,360 Oh, Ideal. I’m so sorry to hear that. 337 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:34,656 Now maybe you’ll let me streak your hair. 338 00:18:34,739 --> 00:18:37,784 Oh, it’s easy for all of you to joke about it. 339 00:18:37,867 --> 00:18:39,744 But that-that book has me so nervous. 340 00:18:39,828 --> 00:18:42,455 I-I’m afraid to stay in my house alone. 341 00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:44,541 Honey, after the men in this town read that book, 342 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:46,751 you’ll be lucky to have a moment alone. 343 00:18:46,835 --> 00:18:49,921 -Has your husband read the book? -Are you serious? 344 00:18:50,004 --> 00:18:52,382 I’ve never seen Noah read anything but a stop sign. 345 00:18:52,465 --> 00:18:54,634 Even then, his lips moved. 346 00:18:54,717 --> 00:18:56,928 I-I’m just afraid one of the guys at work 347 00:18:57,011 --> 00:18:59,639 will hear about it from his wife and tell Noah, and-- 348 00:18:59,722 --> 00:19:02,934 Loosen up, Miriam. I was only kidding. 349 00:19:03,017 --> 00:19:06,980 Not everyone will identify a certain character with you. 350 00:19:07,063 --> 00:19:09,023 That’s true. 351 00:19:09,107 --> 00:19:11,317 The unfaithful wife in the book is a redhead. 352 00:19:14,696 --> 00:19:16,573 Oh, gosh. I gotta go. 353 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:18,950 Eve, I’ll call you later. 354 00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:21,327 Don’t worry. 355 00:19:21,411 --> 00:19:23,329 -Good-bye, everybody. -Bye-bye, Miriam. 356 00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:25,415 -Here, dear. -Bye, Miriam. 357 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:27,458 Good-bye, Miriam. 358 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:29,460 -Thank you. -Oh, your purse. 359 00:19:29,544 --> 00:19:31,963 Thanks. 360 00:19:32,046 --> 00:19:34,173 [bell jingles] 361 00:19:38,887 --> 00:19:40,847 So, tell me. 362 00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:43,308 Is she still having an affair with the butcher? 363 00:19:43,391 --> 00:19:45,602 -Just like the book. -Stop. 364 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:49,188 I don’t want to hear it. I haven’t read that far yet. 365 00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:54,152 Eve, darling, it also says in the book 366 00:19:54,235 --> 00:19:56,487 that you had an affair with the butcher, 367 00:19:56,571 --> 00:19:58,656 but you broke it off because of his mother. 368 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:04,996 I won’t dignify that with an answer, but, uh, 369 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:08,166 that mother of his is something else. 370 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:19,385 -Mulligan. -Afternoon, Noah. 371 00:20:19,469 --> 00:20:22,138 -Where’s my wife? -Haven’t seen her. 372 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:23,598 Don’t hand me that. 373 00:20:23,681 --> 00:20:24,974 Maybe you got her hidin’ in there 374 00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,684 in that famous walk-in refrigerator 375 00:20:26,768 --> 00:20:28,478 everybody here in town’s been readin’ about. 376 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:31,689 You’ve been drinkin’. 377 00:20:31,773 --> 00:20:34,025 I have a mind to kill you, Mulligan. 378 00:20:34,108 --> 00:20:35,860 Go home and sleep it off. 379 00:20:35,944 --> 00:20:37,987 Look at yourself, Harwood. You’re out of shape. 380 00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:40,031 You want to feel somethin’ solid? Feel this. 381 00:20:40,114 --> 00:20:43,368 -I’ll show you somethin’ sol-- -Tim, Noah, please! 382 00:20:43,451 --> 00:20:47,455 -Let him go, Tim. -Stay away from him! 383 00:20:47,538 --> 00:20:49,040 You stay away from him, you hussy. 384 00:20:49,123 --> 00:20:50,959 -I know all about you. -Ma, please stay out of this. 385 00:20:51,042 --> 00:20:53,127 My son is a pure and decent boy. 386 00:20:53,211 --> 00:20:55,964 Mom, this is not the woman in the book. This is Mrs. Fletcher. 387 00:20:56,047 --> 00:20:58,925 What’s the matter? Don’t you know any single women? 388 00:20:59,008 --> 00:21:01,761 Mulligan, this isn’t over yet! 389 00:21:01,844 --> 00:21:03,763 Go home and lock up your wife! 390 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:06,474 [tires squeal] 391 00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:08,601 Are you sure you’re not his wife? 392 00:21:08,685 --> 00:21:09,519 -Quite sure. -Would you go home and watch 393 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:11,688 your favorite dirty soap opera? 394 00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:14,691 Why were you hangin’ around my boy in the first place? 395 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:16,109 Did the book give you ideas? 396 00:21:16,192 --> 00:21:18,403 Ma, Mrs. Fletcher is a customer. 397 00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:20,780 I don’t care who she is. 398 00:21:20,863 --> 00:21:23,282 The woman that seduced my boy will be struck down, 399 00:21:23,366 --> 00:21:25,618 as if by the hand of God. 400 00:21:25,702 --> 00:21:28,079 How can you say a thing like that? 401 00:21:28,162 --> 00:21:30,748 I didn’t make it up. It’s the way it was wrote. 402 00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:34,377 Mrs. Mulligan, it’s just a book. It-it’s a work of fiction. 403 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:38,464 We’ll see, dearie. We’ll see. [cackles] 404 00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:41,801 [police radio chatter] 405 00:21:57,567 --> 00:21:59,527 [door closes] -Floyd? 406 00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:01,070 In the kitchen, Sheriff. 407 00:22:06,951 --> 00:22:09,871 -Okay, what have we got? -Mrs. Harwood’s dead, Sheriff. 408 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:12,832 And there’s the murder weapon, that fryin’ pan. 409 00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:15,543 -Murder? -Yep. 410 00:22:15,626 --> 00:22:17,962 Call the state police, 411 00:22:18,046 --> 00:22:20,757 get the print guys out here and dust the house. 412 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,300 Well, yes, Sir, I’ll do that, but it’s not really necessary. 413 00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:24,594 I already know who did it. 414 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:26,012 It’s in the book. 415 00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:48,826 -Freeze! [snoring] 416 00:22:51,996 --> 00:22:53,998 Come on, Noah. Wake up. 417 00:22:54,082 --> 00:22:55,208 [snoring] 418 00:22:57,668 --> 00:23:01,047 -Good morning, Mrs. Fletcher. -Oh, good morning, Sybil. 419 00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:03,883 Well, it looks like another lovely day in Cabot Cove. 420 00:23:03,966 --> 00:23:05,885 Uh-huh. 421 00:23:05,968 --> 00:23:07,929 I hope I’m not interrupting your work. 422 00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:11,265 Oh, I’m just researching my next book. 423 00:23:11,349 --> 00:23:15,645 I want to get all my facts straight before I start writing. 424 00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:17,939 And how are you planning to spend the day? 425 00:23:18,022 --> 00:23:20,274 Oh, a little research on my own. 426 00:23:20,358 --> 00:23:22,276 Actually, later on, 427 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:24,695 I have a date to go antiquing with Seth Hazlitt. 428 00:23:24,779 --> 00:23:26,447 That doesn’t sound like much fun. 429 00:23:26,531 --> 00:23:28,658 Well, we enjoy it. 430 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:30,284 Except when a dealer tries to sell Seth 431 00:23:30,368 --> 00:23:32,829 a cereal bowl with a picture of Shirley Temple in it. 432 00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:36,082 He hates antiques that are younger than he is. 433 00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:39,252 Actually, you’d be very welcome to come along with us if you’d like to. 434 00:23:39,335 --> 00:23:42,338 I think the fresh air and exercise would put some color in your cheeks. 435 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:46,092 Oh, I couldn’t go out. I’m in hiding, remember? 436 00:23:46,175 --> 00:23:50,138 Besides, I’m not really into antiques. 437 00:23:50,221 --> 00:23:53,850 Tell me, Sybil. What are you into? 438 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:57,019 -That’s an odd question. -Not really. 439 00:23:57,103 --> 00:23:58,521 You’re going to have many choices, 440 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:00,523 now that your book is a best seller. 441 00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:04,193 You’re going to be a very wealthy young woman. 442 00:24:04,277 --> 00:24:07,238 Well, I didn’t write it for the money. 443 00:24:07,321 --> 00:24:11,492 No. I’m wondering why you did write it. 444 00:24:11,576 --> 00:24:15,663 A book so filled with dark themes and unhappy people. 445 00:24:15,746 --> 00:24:17,957 It’s the way that I see life. 446 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,668 All life, or just life in Cabot Cove? 447 00:24:20,751 --> 00:24:21,752 My life. 448 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,006 Kids made fun of me because of the hideous clothes 449 00:24:25,089 --> 00:24:26,632 that my grandmother made me wear. 450 00:24:26,716 --> 00:24:28,467 And then she wouldn’t let me go out with boys. 451 00:24:28,551 --> 00:24:31,345 I was a real freak by the time I reached your class. 452 00:24:31,429 --> 00:24:34,182 I guess that’s why I became so interested in writing. 453 00:24:34,265 --> 00:24:37,101 But none of that is in the book. 454 00:24:37,185 --> 00:24:38,853 Well, I didn’t write it about me. 455 00:24:38,936 --> 00:24:40,813 No, you wrote about all those other people, 456 00:24:40,897 --> 00:24:42,607 those-those people that you felt 457 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:47,111 had made your life miserable. You wrote for revenge. 458 00:24:47,195 --> 00:24:49,322 That’s the only weapon I had. What’s wrong with using it? 459 00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:51,282 But that’s ridiculing real people. 460 00:24:51,365 --> 00:24:53,242 That is irresponsible. 461 00:24:53,326 --> 00:24:55,745 Oh, where was their responsibility? 462 00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:59,665 What possible harm could Eve Simpson have done to you? 463 00:24:59,749 --> 00:25:02,627 Only one little insignificant thing: 464 00:25:02,710 --> 00:25:04,253 she’s the one who introduced my mother 465 00:25:04,337 --> 00:25:06,255 to the man that she ran off with. 466 00:25:06,339 --> 00:25:11,969 -But surely you can’t blame-- Excuse me. [phone rings] 467 00:25:12,053 --> 00:25:13,262 -Hello. [Seth] Jessica. 468 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:15,306 Oh, good morning, Seth. 469 00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:18,643 I’m afraid I’ll have to cancel our antiquing expedition. 470 00:25:18,726 --> 00:25:21,771 I’m at the coroner’s. Miriam Harwood was brought in last night. 471 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:25,274 Miriam Harwood dead? 472 00:25:25,358 --> 00:25:28,069 But she was so young. What happened? 473 00:25:28,152 --> 00:25:30,321 Seems to be a case of domestic murder. 474 00:25:30,404 --> 00:25:33,157 I don’t have all the details. I’m sorry about today. 475 00:25:33,241 --> 00:25:35,576 Oh, that’s all right. We’ll do it some other time. 476 00:25:35,660 --> 00:25:36,535 Yeah. 477 00:25:38,955 --> 00:25:42,250 -Uh, Sybil? [doorbell rings] 478 00:25:45,002 --> 00:25:46,796 Oh, Deputy. 479 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:49,215 Uh, Mrs. Fletcher, Sheriff sent me to pick you up. 480 00:25:49,298 --> 00:25:52,426 -Pick me up? -Yes, ma’am, and bring you in. 481 00:25:56,764 --> 00:25:59,809 Sheriff, you-you could have picked up the phone, you know, 482 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:02,019 and simply invited me to your office. 483 00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:06,274 Whoa. Back up. I only sent Floyd because you don’t drive. 484 00:26:06,357 --> 00:26:08,943 Which I could understand if you lived in New York, 485 00:26:09,026 --> 00:26:11,279 where the average traffic condition is gridlock. 486 00:26:11,362 --> 00:26:14,240 But in Cabot Cove, the nearest thing we have to a sig-alert 487 00:26:14,323 --> 00:26:17,326 is somebody’s cat havin’ kittens in the middle of Main street. 488 00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:20,913 Would this have something to do with Miriam Harwood’s murder? 489 00:26:20,997 --> 00:26:23,916 Now, how did you know about that? 490 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,252 It’s a small town. 491 00:26:26,335 --> 00:26:28,254 Yeah. 492 00:26:28,337 --> 00:26:31,716 Well, I didn’t read the book, but Adele tells me 493 00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:33,634 that the victim’s husband knocked her off 494 00:26:33,718 --> 00:26:35,803 because she was playing around with some pork chop pusher. 495 00:26:35,886 --> 00:26:37,847 In the book? 496 00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:40,683 Look, don’t confuse fiction with reality. 497 00:26:40,766 --> 00:26:43,019 Right. I know that. 498 00:26:43,102 --> 00:26:45,521 The trouble is, it fits. 499 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:47,606 The husband’s got the same motives. 500 00:26:47,690 --> 00:26:49,275 They fight in the kitchen. 501 00:26:49,358 --> 00:26:51,152 He loses his head and clips her with a frying pan. 502 00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:53,696 -Just the way it is in the book. -Uh, not quite. 503 00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:55,990 In the book, he killed her with a lamp in the living room. 504 00:26:56,073 --> 00:26:57,366 Are we gonna split hairs? 505 00:26:57,450 --> 00:27:00,870 The guy next door was walkin’ his mutt when Noah runs out of the house, 506 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,331 jumps into his truck and takes off like a shot. 507 00:27:03,414 --> 00:27:06,334 This morning, Floyd spots Noah’s pickup, calls for a backup, 508 00:27:06,417 --> 00:27:08,711 we make the arrest and bring him in. 509 00:27:08,794 --> 00:27:11,088 You mean you arrested a man because he acted 510 00:27:11,172 --> 00:27:16,218 -like a character in a book? -Uh, not so loud, Mrs. F. 511 00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:19,221 We haven’t filed charges yet. 512 00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:22,141 He’s in the drunk tank in the back, sleeping off a big bender. 513 00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:26,062 You see, that’s my problem. 514 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:28,898 When he wakes up and is sober enough to drive, 515 00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:31,984 will I be turning loose a killer? 516 00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:36,072 But if you have a witness who places him at the scene of the crime, 517 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:39,700 and you felt so sure that he was guilty that you went looking for him, 518 00:27:39,784 --> 00:27:42,161 I mean, why in the world would you let him loose? 519 00:27:42,244 --> 00:27:45,122 I don’t think the book will hold up in court as evidence. 520 00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:46,040 The book. 521 00:27:46,123 --> 00:27:48,209 The way I got it figured is like this: 522 00:27:48,292 --> 00:27:50,920 it’s like the guy wanted to kill his wife but didn’t know how. 523 00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:52,922 Probably his first murder. 524 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:55,257 So he reads about it in the book, 525 00:27:55,341 --> 00:27:58,302 and he says, "Yeah, that’s a good way. I’ll do it like that." 526 00:27:58,386 --> 00:28:00,304 Can you see a judge buying that? 527 00:28:00,388 --> 00:28:03,265 No. And I don’t buy it either. 528 00:28:03,349 --> 00:28:05,768 Well, now, what about the scene of the crime? 529 00:28:05,851 --> 00:28:08,437 -Were there any prints? -Oh, sure. Coffee? 530 00:28:08,521 --> 00:28:09,897 Uh, no. No, thank you. 531 00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:14,443 Noah’s prints were all over the place. He lived there. 532 00:28:14,527 --> 00:28:20,199 And the kitchen was loaded with prints, everywhere, except on the frying pan. 533 00:28:20,282 --> 00:28:25,121 -That had been wiped clean. -Now, that makes no sense. 534 00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:27,832 I mean, that a man would kill his wife in his home 535 00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:30,709 and then pause to wipe the prints from the murder weapon 536 00:28:30,793 --> 00:28:33,129 before fleeing the scene-- 537 00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:35,631 -Oh, dear. -What? 538 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:38,634 The killer wiped the prints off the lamp. 539 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,553 -Off the pan. -No, no. No. 540 00:28:40,636 --> 00:28:42,138 I mean the lamp, in the book. 541 00:28:42,221 --> 00:28:44,306 That didn’t make any sense there either. 542 00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:46,809 Terrific. 543 00:28:46,892 --> 00:28:50,896 I knew this was gonna be one of those squirrelly cases. 544 00:28:50,980 --> 00:28:53,732 Okay, Mrs. Fletcher, do me a favor, please. 545 00:28:53,816 --> 00:28:58,362 Don’t mention the details of this killing to anybody else until I have a case, okay? 546 00:28:58,446 --> 00:29:02,825 -I’m sworn to secrecy. -Thanks. 547 00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:07,121 Believe me, I’m as bewildered as you are with this case. 548 00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:09,165 Oh, hey, I appreciate that. 549 00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,375 I was beginning to feel like the dummy Sheriff 550 00:29:11,459 --> 00:29:13,335 Adele told me about in the book. 551 00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:17,173 About an hour ago, a deputy took Jessica to see the Sheriff. 552 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:19,216 I want to know what’s going on. 553 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:21,552 Hardly anybody here. 554 00:29:21,635 --> 00:29:24,346 Loretta left Eve Simpson under a dryer 555 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:27,850 -and went out to look for a purple purse. -[bell jingles] 556 00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:30,186 -Good morning. -Good morning, Mrs. Grant. 557 00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:32,938 Oh, Phyllis, thank God! Miriam’s late for her appointment. 558 00:29:33,022 --> 00:29:35,900 I was going mad with no one to talk to. 559 00:29:35,983 --> 00:29:38,861 Did you hear? I’ll get back to you. 560 00:29:38,944 --> 00:29:40,905 Bye, mom! 561 00:29:40,988 --> 00:29:45,075 Oh, Corinne. I need emergency nail repair. 562 00:29:45,159 --> 00:29:48,871 I-I’m coming, Mrs. Grant. 563 00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:51,874 So, uh, how was your date last night? 564 00:29:51,957 --> 00:29:53,709 Boring. 565 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:57,087 I spent the entire evening peeling off my nail polish. 566 00:29:59,465 --> 00:30:03,594 I could swear you had your hair done day before yesterday. 567 00:30:03,677 --> 00:30:06,305 Loretta left in too much gray. 568 00:30:06,388 --> 00:30:08,057 I got home late last night. I caught my reflection 569 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:09,975 in the hall mirror and screamed. 570 00:30:10,059 --> 00:30:13,354 I thought I was being attacked by some senior citizen. 571 00:30:13,437 --> 00:30:15,397 -[bell jingles] -Oh, hi, girls. 572 00:30:15,481 --> 00:30:17,942 I’m sorry. It took me longer than I thought. 573 00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:20,361 Eve. Eve, are you okay? 574 00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:23,113 I don’t smell any singeing hair, if that’s what you mean. 575 00:30:23,197 --> 00:30:29,036 -Show me the purse. -Well, I’m not sure about the shade. 576 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:31,413 What do you think? 577 00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,749 Heavenly. 578 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,043 Adorable. 579 00:30:36,126 --> 00:30:38,712 Huh. I’ll take it back. 580 00:30:38,796 --> 00:30:41,298 Ideal Molloy was in the boutique. 581 00:30:41,382 --> 00:30:44,218 She said that she was out early this morning, 582 00:30:44,301 --> 00:30:48,973 and she saw Noah Harwood in the back of the sheriff’s car. 583 00:30:49,056 --> 00:30:50,933 Noah? 584 00:30:51,016 --> 00:30:52,893 Well, she only got a glimpse of him, 585 00:30:52,977 --> 00:30:55,271 but she said he looked terrible. 586 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:57,940 Now, isn’t that funny? 587 00:30:58,023 --> 00:31:00,776 I saw Jessica Fletcher riding with the deputy sheriff 588 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:03,779 as I was leaving my house, about an hour ago. 589 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:06,949 Oh, well, when Amos Tupper was Sheriff, 590 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:09,034 he used to ask for Jessica’s help 591 00:31:09,118 --> 00:31:11,161 whenever he had a difficult case. 592 00:31:11,245 --> 00:31:12,955 Such as? 593 00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:17,459 Well, such as a murder. 594 00:31:20,087 --> 00:31:22,006 Something’s happened. 595 00:31:22,089 --> 00:31:24,717 To Miriam Harwood. 596 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,136 Ouch! 597 00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:30,431 -My cuticle. -I’m sorry, Mrs. Grant. 598 00:31:30,514 --> 00:31:31,932 Well, it wouldn’t have happened 599 00:31:32,016 --> 00:31:35,019 if you were doing what you were supposed to do. 600 00:31:35,102 --> 00:31:36,061 It’s very naughty to eavesdrop. 601 00:31:36,145 --> 00:31:38,105 Sybil told me 602 00:31:38,188 --> 00:31:42,067 that being a good listener was how she researched her book. 603 00:31:42,151 --> 00:31:44,862 Sybil Reed? 604 00:31:44,945 --> 00:31:46,905 When did she tell you? 605 00:31:46,989 --> 00:31:49,199 Yesterday. 606 00:31:49,283 --> 00:31:54,204 Sybil? Here? 607 00:31:54,288 --> 00:31:57,833 In Cabot Cove? 608 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,794 Where, Corinne? 609 00:32:03,047 --> 00:32:05,299 Well, Sheriff, it’s certainly nice to meet you, 610 00:32:05,382 --> 00:32:07,718 though I really don’t know how I can help you. 611 00:32:07,801 --> 00:32:10,721 Well, the Sheriff feels that you might be able to provide him 612 00:32:10,804 --> 00:32:12,139 with some information that he needs. 613 00:32:12,222 --> 00:32:14,183 What information? 614 00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:16,727 Well, why you disliked Miriam Harwood so much 615 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:18,979 that you killed her off in your book. 616 00:32:19,063 --> 00:32:20,981 No, I didn’t. Honestly. I... 617 00:32:21,065 --> 00:32:23,859 Sybil, please. Miriam is dead. 618 00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,402 Now, the Sheriff feels 619 00:32:25,486 --> 00:32:27,655 that her husband might have killed her 620 00:32:27,738 --> 00:32:29,698 because that’s the way you wrote it. 621 00:32:29,782 --> 00:32:32,034 No, that’s not what I wanted to happen. 622 00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:35,954 Then what did you want to happen, miss Reed? 623 00:32:36,038 --> 00:32:38,749 Before she was married, Miriam worked for the county. 624 00:32:38,832 --> 00:32:40,751 I was 16 when my grandmother died, 625 00:32:40,834 --> 00:32:42,378 so she said I had to live in a foster home 626 00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:44,421 until I came of age, 627 00:32:44,505 --> 00:32:46,507 even though my grandmother had left me 628 00:32:46,590 --> 00:32:47,925 a house and a trust fund. 629 00:32:48,008 --> 00:32:49,968 So I had to hire a lawyer and go to court 630 00:32:50,052 --> 00:32:52,346 in order to live in my own house. 631 00:32:52,429 --> 00:32:55,808 I see. And writing about her affair with the butcher was your way 632 00:32:55,891 --> 00:32:57,226 of paying her back? 633 00:32:57,309 --> 00:33:00,354 Well, killing her off seemed the easiest way to end it. 634 00:33:00,437 --> 00:33:02,356 Somebody else thought so, too, 635 00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:04,191 and used your book as a road map. 636 00:33:04,274 --> 00:33:06,777 [doorbell rings] -Excuse me. 637 00:33:09,113 --> 00:33:11,031 Where is she? I know she’s here. 638 00:33:11,115 --> 00:33:13,033 -Eve, just a moment. -There you are. 639 00:33:13,117 --> 00:33:16,286 I just heard on my car radio that Miriam is dead. 640 00:33:16,370 --> 00:33:19,456 -You are responsible. -No, I-I didn’t kill her. 641 00:33:19,540 --> 00:33:20,916 You stirred up the mud. That’s good enough for me. 642 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:23,252 That’s not fair. 643 00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:26,296 Miriam told me she was going to break it off with Tim Mulligan last night. 644 00:33:26,380 --> 00:33:28,716 -Apparently she never got the chance. -Now hold it. 645 00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:31,093 Maybe she didn’t, and maybe she did. 646 00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:34,638 What do you think, Mrs. F. Maybe Mulligan did go over to see her. 647 00:33:34,722 --> 00:33:37,850 -Maybe he didn’t like what he heard. -It’s possible. 648 00:33:37,933 --> 00:33:41,311 Mrs. Simpson, could you verify the conversation you had with the victim? 649 00:33:41,395 --> 00:33:43,897 No, not really. I mean, we were alone at the time. 650 00:33:43,981 --> 00:33:47,151 I was having my nails done, and Loretta was shampooing Phyllis Grant’s hair. 651 00:33:47,234 --> 00:33:50,654 Eve, just one moment. You say you were having your nails done? 652 00:33:50,738 --> 00:33:53,323 Yes. By Corinne, of course. 653 00:33:53,407 --> 00:33:56,410 Would that happen to be the same Corinne 654 00:33:56,493 --> 00:33:58,829 that calls you several times a day? 655 00:33:58,912 --> 00:34:02,666 Well, I... 656 00:34:02,750 --> 00:34:04,960 How do you like that? 657 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:08,338 The little weasel has a mole in the beauty parlor. 658 00:34:08,422 --> 00:34:13,594 What did she tell you about Miriam’s conversation with Mrs. Simpson? 659 00:34:15,095 --> 00:34:17,681 I don’t really know if I-I should repeat it. 660 00:34:17,765 --> 00:34:20,434 Why? You saving it for the sequel? 661 00:34:23,479 --> 00:34:26,815 Miriam said that she was going to drop the butcher like a hot sparerib 662 00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:29,735 and she didn’t know how he was going to take it. 663 00:34:29,818 --> 00:34:33,280 Her exact words! 664 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,956 I never laid a finger on that dear, sweet lady. 665 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:47,711 I heard about it on the TV. 666 00:34:47,795 --> 00:34:50,756 Okay. 667 00:34:50,839 --> 00:34:54,051 Okay, I was supposed to meet her last night. I was supposed to. 668 00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:56,887 But I waited there for more than an hour. She never showed. 669 00:34:56,970 --> 00:35:00,224 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 670 00:35:00,307 --> 00:35:01,934 Listen, Mulligan. 671 00:35:02,017 --> 00:35:04,978 You want to know how it was? Try this on for size. 672 00:35:05,062 --> 00:35:06,647 You waited for her, all right. 673 00:35:06,730 --> 00:35:08,982 But when she didn’t show up, you went over to her place. 674 00:35:09,066 --> 00:35:10,901 She tried to break it off with you. 675 00:35:10,984 --> 00:35:13,654 You got steamed, and that’s when you remembered the book. 676 00:35:13,737 --> 00:35:15,364 -No. -You bopped her with the skillet 677 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:16,698 and then wiped the prints off 678 00:35:16,782 --> 00:35:20,035 so the dummy Sheriff - which incidentally is not me - 679 00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:21,745 would think that the husband did it. 680 00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:26,083 Sheriff, come look what I found in the basement. 681 00:35:26,166 --> 00:35:28,418 A black outfit with a hood 682 00:35:28,502 --> 00:35:32,214 and a baseball bat with slivers of glass stuck in it. 683 00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:34,216 Well. 684 00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:36,260 Well, that cinches it, Mulligan. 685 00:35:36,343 --> 00:35:38,262 You dressed in black, 686 00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:39,638 you broke the bookshop window with the bat 687 00:35:39,721 --> 00:35:41,348 and burned the books. 688 00:35:41,431 --> 00:35:44,768 -But why? -To protect the lady’s reputation. 689 00:35:44,852 --> 00:35:46,645 You loved her, all right. You just couldn’t take it 690 00:35:46,728 --> 00:35:49,022 when she told you to get lost, so you killed her. 691 00:35:49,106 --> 00:35:53,026 Floyd, come on down here and cuff him, read him his rights and book him. 692 00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:54,903 Thanks for all your help, Mrs. F. 693 00:35:54,987 --> 00:35:56,613 I’ll take it from here. 694 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:04,538 [Mort] You want to sign right there, please, Mr. Holgate? 695 00:36:05,122 --> 00:36:07,332 God’ll get you for this, Ellis Holgate. 696 00:36:07,416 --> 00:36:10,377 Would you mind, Mrs. Mulligan? I’ll get to you in a minute. 697 00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:13,088 Seems kind of silly signing a complaint for vandalism 698 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:15,090 when you’re gonna try him for murder. 699 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,426 Well, this will allow us to hold him 700 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,177 on charges while we’re building up evidence in the homicide. 701 00:36:19,636 --> 00:36:22,681 -Thanks a lot for coming in. -On the contrary,thank you, Sheriff. 702 00:36:22,764 --> 00:36:25,559 Now then, Mrs. Mulligan. What can I do for you? 703 00:36:25,642 --> 00:36:28,437 I’m here to bail out my boy. Bail hasn’t been set yet. 704 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,315 Well, then set it. Here’s $50. 705 00:36:31,398 --> 00:36:34,735 -This should cover it. -Ma’am, this is not a parking violation. 706 00:36:34,818 --> 00:36:38,030 My Timothy did not kill that awful woman. 707 00:36:38,113 --> 00:36:40,365 I know how you feel, Mrs. Mulligan. 708 00:36:40,449 --> 00:36:42,534 Oh, good. Another one of Timothy’s girlfriends. 709 00:36:42,618 --> 00:36:45,579 Don’t get yourself killed. He’s in enough trouble already. 710 00:36:45,662 --> 00:36:48,248 And he was always such a good boy. 711 00:36:48,332 --> 00:36:51,293 Oh, I know how hard you tried to protect him. 712 00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:52,753 I mean, it must have been an awful shock 713 00:36:52,836 --> 00:36:55,047 when you heard about that book. 714 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:58,550 -Who’d write such garbage? -I mean, you must have hated the idea 715 00:36:58,634 --> 00:37:02,346 that soon all your friends would be reading about tTmothy and Miriam. 716 00:37:02,429 --> 00:37:04,640 What’s goin’ on here? Would you mind letting me in on it? 717 00:37:04,723 --> 00:37:08,393 Sheriff, there’s a little problem about some evidence 718 00:37:08,477 --> 00:37:11,480 that your deputy collected from Mulligan’s basement. 719 00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:14,733 Well, it wasn’t planted, if that’s what you think. 720 00:37:14,816 --> 00:37:16,860 Mulligan’s initials were on the bat, 721 00:37:16,944 --> 00:37:20,280 and the glass slivers definitely came from the bookshop window. 722 00:37:20,364 --> 00:37:22,950 Rose, how tall would you say Timothy is? 723 00:37:23,033 --> 00:37:25,869 He’s 6 foot 4. He’s a big man, like his father. 724 00:37:25,953 --> 00:37:28,956 What do you think, Sheriff? 725 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:31,291 You knew they were too small. 726 00:37:31,375 --> 00:37:35,462 I think that these belong to someone else in the Mulligan family. 727 00:37:35,545 --> 00:37:37,714 I think these are your size, Rose. 728 00:37:37,798 --> 00:37:40,384 Sure, pick on an old lady. 729 00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:42,427 I think that you dressed in black, 730 00:37:42,511 --> 00:37:45,305 that you took Timothy’s old baseball bat with you 731 00:37:45,389 --> 00:37:48,850 when you paid that late-night visit to the bookstore. 732 00:37:48,934 --> 00:37:52,562 You may have thought that all of the books were in the window. 733 00:37:52,646 --> 00:37:55,899 The note you left was designed to scare Ellis Holgate 734 00:37:55,983 --> 00:38:00,028 from ordering any more. 735 00:38:00,112 --> 00:38:02,906 I didn’t know what else to do. 736 00:38:02,990 --> 00:38:06,910 My boy Timothy’s reputation was at stake. 737 00:38:06,994 --> 00:38:08,620 Who’d want to buy sausages 738 00:38:08,704 --> 00:38:11,123 from a man that played around with married women? 739 00:38:13,166 --> 00:38:15,460 Mrs. Fletcher, can I see you a minute? 740 00:38:20,507 --> 00:38:22,259 You realize, of course, I’m gonna have to bring 741 00:38:22,342 --> 00:38:26,304 the old doll in on breaking and entering and destruction of private property 742 00:38:26,388 --> 00:38:28,682 and maybe even violating the first amendment. 743 00:38:28,765 --> 00:38:31,143 I feel like I’m bustin’ my own grandmother. 744 00:38:31,268 --> 00:38:33,687 Well, why don’t I have a little talk with Ellis, 745 00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:35,272 and maybe we can work something out. 746 00:38:35,355 --> 00:38:38,817 [sighs] 747 00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:41,653 -Hey, you don’t suppose... -Oh, no, no. 748 00:38:41,737 --> 00:38:43,780 It was bingo night at Saint Bartholomew’s, 749 00:38:43,864 --> 00:38:45,949 and she spent the entire evening there. I checked. 750 00:38:46,033 --> 00:38:49,786 Yeah. That’s great. So who am I left with? 751 00:38:49,870 --> 00:38:51,747 Wait a minute. I still got the guy in the drunk tank. Floyd! 752 00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:53,290 Yo. 753 00:38:53,373 --> 00:38:56,043 -Did Noah Harwood ever wake up? -He sure did. 754 00:38:56,126 --> 00:38:57,878 Good. I want to talk to him. 755 00:38:57,961 --> 00:39:01,965 You said we weren’t gonna book him, so I let him go. 756 00:39:02,049 --> 00:39:05,635 Isn’t that all right? 757 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,055 You let him go? 758 00:39:08,138 --> 00:39:10,098 You let the killer go? 759 00:39:13,727 --> 00:39:15,896 He let the killer go. 760 00:39:22,444 --> 00:39:25,864 -Oh, Ideal, let me get the door for you. -Oh, thank you, Jessica. 761 00:39:25,947 --> 00:39:29,284 My goodness. You must have bought out every copy. 762 00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:32,287 I thought I’d do my Christmas shopping early. 763 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:35,832 And when I heard from Phyllis that Sybil Reed was right here in town, 764 00:39:35,916 --> 00:39:39,878 well, I mean, I just know she’ll sign all those copies for me. 765 00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:43,173 Oh, Jessica, my cousins in Altoona 766 00:39:43,256 --> 00:39:45,592 will be so thrilled to read about me. 767 00:39:45,675 --> 00:39:48,553 Ideal, I didn’t know that you were in the book. 768 00:39:48,637 --> 00:39:52,224 I’m not. 769 00:39:52,307 --> 00:39:56,436 But I’ve underlined all the parts about Eve Simpson. 770 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,022 That should give them something to think about in Altoona. 771 00:39:59,106 --> 00:40:01,274 [engine starts] 772 00:40:01,358 --> 00:40:03,318 -Bye-bye. -Bye. 773 00:40:05,112 --> 00:40:07,030 -[bell jingles] -Oh, hello, Ellis. 774 00:40:07,114 --> 00:40:09,491 Jessica, what a pleasure to see you so soon again. 775 00:40:09,574 --> 00:40:12,285 Ellis, have you heard about Rose Mulligan? 776 00:40:12,369 --> 00:40:14,329 The Sheriff just called. 777 00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:16,957 Say, while you’re here, would you mind signing a few copies? 778 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,335 -Folks always hate buying one naked. -Oh, certainly. 779 00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:24,798 Ellis, I’d be most grateful if you could find it in your heart 780 00:40:24,881 --> 00:40:28,760 not to press charges. 781 00:40:28,844 --> 00:40:31,054 I’ve given it some thought, Jessica. 782 00:40:31,138 --> 00:40:34,432 The law’s the law, you know. 783 00:40:34,516 --> 00:40:37,936 Still and all, a mother’s love. Bless her heart. 784 00:40:38,019 --> 00:40:40,480 Tell you what. If Tim agrees to pay for the damage, 785 00:40:40,564 --> 00:40:41,940 I’ll let it go at that. 786 00:40:42,023 --> 00:40:44,484 Oh, thank you. That’s very generous. 787 00:40:44,568 --> 00:40:46,653 I’m glad it had nothing to do with the murder. 788 00:40:46,736 --> 00:40:51,074 Mrs. Harwood was a-a steady customer. 789 00:40:51,158 --> 00:40:54,494 Always had a kind word and a smile for me, I can tell ya. 790 00:40:54,578 --> 00:40:57,873 If things were slow, I’d brew a cup of herbal tea, 791 00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:02,294 and we’d discuss fine literature for hours on end. 792 00:41:02,377 --> 00:41:04,963 It’s ironic that, uh, her death should be so much 793 00:41:05,046 --> 00:41:06,673 like the one in Sybil Reed’s book. 794 00:41:06,756 --> 00:41:08,383 Poor woman. 795 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:13,221 Struck down by her bully of a husband in her kitchen. 796 00:41:13,305 --> 00:41:14,556 Do you know if they’ve caught Noah yet? 797 00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:16,683 I haven’t heard. 798 00:41:16,766 --> 00:41:20,353 But then, Sheriff Metzger doesn’t necessarily confide in me. 799 00:41:20,437 --> 00:41:23,023 I don’t know about you, 800 00:41:23,106 --> 00:41:26,943 but I kind of miss the dummy in the book. 801 00:41:30,030 --> 00:41:33,533 I’m afraid we didn’t get as much from the autopsy as we’d hoped. 802 00:41:33,617 --> 00:41:37,704 Miriam was killed by a severe blow to the head with a kitchen utensil 803 00:41:37,787 --> 00:41:40,999 somewhere between 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. 804 00:41:41,082 --> 00:41:43,710 and even though Timothy Mulligan couldn’t prove 805 00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:47,422 that he waited for Miriam until after 11:00, they released him. 806 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,299 On the other hand, Noah Harwood 807 00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:52,636 is being hunted down by hounds and helicopters, 808 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,597 although there isn’t one shred of evidence against him. 809 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,642 -Figure that one out. -Well, I have one consolation. 810 00:41:58,725 --> 00:42:02,854 The teacher-writer in the book couldn’t solve the murder either. 811 00:42:02,938 --> 00:42:04,898 If I recall properly, 812 00:42:04,981 --> 00:42:07,567 it was that bright student of hers that solved it. 813 00:42:07,651 --> 00:42:10,820 [Sybil] Mrs. Fletcher? 814 00:42:10,904 --> 00:42:13,823 She’s in here. 815 00:42:13,907 --> 00:42:16,910 I’ve got it. I know who killed Miriam Harwood. 816 00:42:16,993 --> 00:42:19,621 It’s so obvious. I don’t know how I missed it. 817 00:42:19,704 --> 00:42:21,331 It was the woman 818 00:42:21,414 --> 00:42:23,500 who’d previously had an affair with Tim Mulligan. 819 00:42:23,583 --> 00:42:26,920 She discovered that Tim was seeing another woman 820 00:42:27,003 --> 00:42:28,672 and raged with jealousy when she learned 821 00:42:28,755 --> 00:42:31,675 that it was none other than her best friend, Miriam Harwood. 822 00:42:31,758 --> 00:42:35,971 Don’t you see? The killer is Eve Simpson. 823 00:42:39,683 --> 00:42:42,644 If I may hazard a guess, this theory 824 00:42:42,727 --> 00:42:45,855 possibly comes to us via Loretta’s beauty parlor? 825 00:42:45,939 --> 00:42:48,733 -You’re not taking me seriously. -Uh, Sybil, 826 00:42:48,817 --> 00:42:51,945 I’m sorry, but I’ve known Eve Simpson for years, and, uh... 827 00:42:52,028 --> 00:42:54,948 She might sell a house... 828 00:42:55,031 --> 00:42:57,284 not mentioning a few termites in the attic, 829 00:42:57,367 --> 00:43:00,453 but she’d never whack anybody over the head with a skillet. 830 00:43:00,537 --> 00:43:02,914 Skillet? She was hit over the head with a lamp. 831 00:43:02,998 --> 00:43:05,917 No. That’s the way it was in your book. 832 00:43:06,001 --> 00:43:08,586 But the real murder didn’t take place in the living room. 833 00:43:08,670 --> 00:43:10,630 It happened in-- 834 00:43:10,714 --> 00:43:13,800 -Oh. Good heavens. -What’s the matter? 835 00:43:15,885 --> 00:43:19,180 I just thought of who the geek is. 836 00:43:23,810 --> 00:43:28,481 Ellis, don’t you think it’s time that you told us the truth? 837 00:43:28,565 --> 00:43:31,568 I don’t know what you’re talkin’ about. I’ve always told the truth. 838 00:43:31,651 --> 00:43:33,611 Not about Miriam Harwood. 839 00:43:33,695 --> 00:43:38,283 You told me that she always had a kind word and a smile for you. 840 00:43:38,366 --> 00:43:39,951 So? 841 00:43:40,035 --> 00:43:42,662 Then what happened when I was in here t’other day? 842 00:43:42,746 --> 00:43:46,082 Miriam, I was, uh, hoping you’d show up. 843 00:43:46,166 --> 00:43:48,084 It’s been too long. 844 00:43:48,168 --> 00:43:50,587 Isn’t there some way to speed this up? I’m in a hurry. 845 00:43:50,670 --> 00:43:54,841 That seems colder than a lobster trap in the middle of January to me. 846 00:43:54,924 --> 00:43:58,470 Really? I-I didn’t notice. 847 00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:02,766 You also told me that you discussed fine literature with Miriam. 848 00:44:02,849 --> 00:44:04,726 We did have those discussions. 849 00:44:04,809 --> 00:44:07,896 I recall Miriam’s idea of fine literature. 850 00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:10,357 I hope it’s a love story. 851 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:14,444 The only books I ever read are romantic novels with happy endings. 852 00:44:14,527 --> 00:44:17,489 [laughs] 853 00:44:17,572 --> 00:44:23,203 Well, Miriam always loved her little joke. 854 00:44:23,286 --> 00:44:25,622 Ellis, you know, it’s not unusual 855 00:44:25,705 --> 00:44:29,542 for lonely people to create imaginary relationships, 856 00:44:29,626 --> 00:44:31,836 to dwell in a fantasy existence. 857 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,880 I don’t know what you’re talkin’ about. 858 00:44:33,963 --> 00:44:36,841 The Miriam character in Sybil’s book 859 00:44:36,925 --> 00:44:39,552 thought that a certain store owner was hung up on her. 860 00:44:39,636 --> 00:44:43,390 A bookworm. She called him a geek. 861 00:44:43,473 --> 00:44:47,060 Possibly you recognized yourself in the book, 862 00:44:47,143 --> 00:44:50,313 and you couldn’t cope with Miriam’s real feeling for you. 863 00:44:50,397 --> 00:44:52,857 -You felt humiliated. -I-I won’t listen to this. 864 00:44:52,941 --> 00:44:54,692 And that’s why you went to her house. 865 00:44:54,776 --> 00:44:56,653 I never went to her house. Never. 866 00:44:56,736 --> 00:44:59,656 But you described the murder scene so perfectly. 867 00:44:59,739 --> 00:45:04,786 It’s ironic that, uh, her death should be so much like the one in Sybil Reed’s book. 868 00:45:04,869 --> 00:45:06,746 Poor woman. 869 00:45:06,830 --> 00:45:10,708 Struck down by her bully of a husband in her kitchen. 870 00:45:10,792 --> 00:45:14,879 You meant to describe the murder scene in the book, the living room. 871 00:45:14,963 --> 00:45:19,342 But instead, you described the real murder scene, 872 00:45:19,426 --> 00:45:22,512 the one that Sheriff Metzger had managed to keep secret. 873 00:45:22,595 --> 00:45:26,724 Her husband knew because he had discovered her body. 874 00:45:26,808 --> 00:45:28,768 The killer knew too. 875 00:45:28,852 --> 00:45:31,062 You were there, weren’t you, Ellis? 876 00:45:44,534 --> 00:45:47,245 [dialing rotary phone] 877 00:45:47,328 --> 00:45:49,581 The killer in the book 878 00:45:49,664 --> 00:45:53,918 made one little mistake. 879 00:45:54,002 --> 00:45:59,883 I thought if I avoided that mistake it would be the perfect crime. 880 00:45:59,966 --> 00:46:04,512 So I made another one. Wasn’t that stupid? 881 00:46:04,596 --> 00:46:08,308 She should have loved me! I loved her so much! 882 00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:18,401 Jessica, what’s this I hear about Sybil leaving Cabot Cove again? 883 00:46:18,485 --> 00:46:20,987 Well, I’m afraid she’s sold her book to Hollywood, 884 00:46:21,070 --> 00:46:22,989 and she’s going out to write the screenplay. 885 00:46:23,072 --> 00:46:24,741 -Wow. -Great. Wow. 886 00:46:24,824 --> 00:46:26,784 I wonder who they’re gonna cast as this bunch. 887 00:46:26,868 --> 00:46:30,580 Well, don’t let one of those brat pack kids play me. 888 00:46:30,663 --> 00:46:33,791 I want an old-timer like, uh, Bo Derek. 889 00:46:33,875 --> 00:46:35,376 What about Cher? 890 00:46:35,460 --> 00:46:37,670 Well, I just adore Meryl Streep. 891 00:46:37,754 --> 00:46:41,883 Well, I don’t care who plays me, as long as I wind up with Robert Redford. 892 00:46:41,966 --> 00:46:45,553 Well, I’m sure you’ll all be delighted to hear 893 00:46:45,637 --> 00:46:47,347 that Sybil has promised to tone down 894 00:46:47,430 --> 00:46:51,309 her portrayal of Cabot Cove as this decade’s Peyton Place. 895 00:46:51,392 --> 00:46:55,563 Well, she better. If America sees what’s going on, 896 00:46:55,647 --> 00:47:00,109 everybody will want to live here, and I don’t have enough chairs.