1 00:00:00,376 --> 00:00:02,503 My aim’s so bad, I might not be able to miss. 2 00:00:02,753 --> 00:00:04,255 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 3 00:00:04,588 --> 00:00:06,173 What do you want? 4 00:00:06,257 --> 00:00:08,008 Murder is a solution to a problem found 5 00:00:08,092 --> 00:00:10,845 only in cheap thrillers-- the kind you write. 6 00:00:11,887 --> 00:00:14,682 If I accept that check, I’m condoning what’s happened here. 7 00:00:14,765 --> 00:00:17,351 -Pull! [gunshots] 8 00:00:17,435 --> 00:00:20,146 The way I see it, I’ve just come up with my killer. 9 00:00:22,481 --> 00:00:25,651 -How far you gonna go? -Jump in and find out. 10 00:00:25,735 --> 00:00:28,612 I’m very much afraid that we’re about to have another murder. 11 00:02:03,415 --> 00:02:04,708 What’s that for? 12 00:02:04,792 --> 00:02:07,628 The final payment, as specified in your contract. 13 00:02:07,837 --> 00:02:09,922 [chuckles] You know I can’t take that. 14 00:02:10,965 --> 00:02:15,553 Look, Robert, you’ve done a marvelous job organizing the material. 15 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:18,013 The family’s very grateful to you for everything you’ve done. 16 00:02:18,097 --> 00:02:23,435 Maria, if I accept that check, I’m condoning what’s happened here. 17 00:02:23,519 --> 00:02:25,646 -I’m sorry. -Look, this has been a friendly project. 18 00:02:25,729 --> 00:02:29,650 Don’t spoil it now, please. I can understand your feelings. 19 00:02:29,733 --> 00:02:32,444 Then I guess you’ll understand what I’m planning to do about it. 20 00:02:35,322 --> 00:02:36,657 Did you know about this? 21 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:40,411 If it’s about business, that’s a really dumb question. 22 00:02:43,122 --> 00:02:46,208 -Look, can we talk? Alone? -I’m busy right now. 23 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:50,296 -Well, later? -I’ve got a lot of things to do today. 24 00:02:51,463 --> 00:02:55,759 Yeah, sure. Let me know. 25 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:58,888 Do I sense that things have cooled down? 26 00:02:59,638 --> 00:03:02,808 Way down. He turned out to be another boring writer. 27 00:03:02,892 --> 00:03:06,687 Talk to him. Find out what he wants. Be nice to him. 28 00:03:07,438 --> 00:03:09,440 How nice would you suggest, mother? 29 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:11,525 After all, there is my husband to consider. 30 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:13,652 Yes, well, that would be a first. 31 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:17,239 Listen, Cat, your own interests are at stake here, 32 00:03:17,323 --> 00:03:18,949 as well as your grandfather’s reputation. 33 00:03:19,033 --> 00:03:22,286 You surprise me. Not even a mention of money. 34 00:03:25,414 --> 00:03:27,708 [woman on PA] Welcome to Montana Springs airport. 35 00:03:27,791 --> 00:03:30,502 Also serving the communities of Bow Mountain, 36 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:32,755 Massacre Ridge, and Custer Creek. 37 00:03:32,838 --> 00:03:37,009 We hope you’ve enjoyed your flight and will fly with us again real soon. 38 00:03:38,886 --> 00:03:42,056 [chattering] 39 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:44,099 Smell that fresh air. 40 00:03:44,183 --> 00:03:48,771 I’m not sure my lungs are going to be able to stand it for three whole days. 41 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:52,441 -Do you have a match, Jessica? -Uh, no, I’m sorry. I don’t. 42 00:03:52,524 --> 00:03:56,320 -Will you watch my bag for me, please? -Oh, sure. 43 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:59,114 [Robert] Hey, Jess. -Bob! 44 00:03:59,323 --> 00:04:01,116 -Good to see you. -Oh, me too. 45 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,701 I almost gave up on you. 46 00:04:02,785 --> 00:04:05,287 Well, we were an hour late leaving Billings. 47 00:04:05,371 --> 00:04:06,664 I don’t know if we’re gonna be able to make it 48 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:08,248 to Custer Creek in time for that ceremony. 49 00:04:08,332 --> 00:04:11,126 Well, now, you know that’s not the reason I came. 50 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:14,254 What’s wrong, Bob? You sounded so urgent on the phone. 51 00:04:14,338 --> 00:04:16,006 Where’s Dorothy Westerfield? Wasn’t she with you? 52 00:04:16,215 --> 00:04:18,133 Oh, yes, yes. She ducked inside to get a match 53 00:04:18,217 --> 00:04:19,760 to light her cigarette. 54 00:04:19,843 --> 00:04:22,471 -Did she say anything to you? -About what? 55 00:04:22,554 --> 00:04:24,723 Uh, we’ll talk later. 56 00:04:24,807 --> 00:04:26,976 Not only is there no smoking on their planes, 57 00:04:27,059 --> 00:04:28,686 there are no matches in their terminals. 58 00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:30,813 -Robert, my true love. -Hi, Dorothy. 59 00:04:30,896 --> 00:04:34,858 Tell me that’s our ride into town. I was half expecting a stagecoach. 60 00:04:34,942 --> 00:04:37,152 Well, a stagecoach might be a lot more comfortable 61 00:04:37,236 --> 00:04:40,072 than my rented compact. I wasn’t sure that you two had met. 62 00:04:40,155 --> 00:04:43,367 What, the publisher of Trevor Hudson’s posthumous masterpiece 63 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:45,744 not know the chairwoman of the Trevor Hudson literary foundation? 64 00:04:45,828 --> 00:04:48,288 Impossible, darling. Besides, I know everybody. 65 00:04:48,497 --> 00:04:50,416 She does. 66 00:04:50,499 --> 00:04:52,376 When was it we met? I think it was the booksellers’ convention 67 00:04:52,459 --> 00:04:55,295 in Dallas three years ago. I chased her around shamelessly. 68 00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:57,589 Tried to woo her away from old what’s-his-name. 69 00:04:57,798 --> 00:05:00,926 Now, tell me, darling, are we going to make it to this ceremony or not? 70 00:05:01,010 --> 00:05:03,887 -No, I’m afraid not. -Oh, good. I hate outdoor speeches. 71 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:05,222 The microphones never work. 72 00:05:05,431 --> 00:05:06,765 [chattering, laughter] 73 00:05:06,849 --> 00:05:08,600 [man on PA] Hello. One, two, three, four. 74 00:05:08,684 --> 00:05:10,144 -Can you hear me now? [shouts of confirmation] 75 00:05:10,227 --> 00:05:12,104 Can you hear me? 76 00:05:12,187 --> 00:05:15,399 For those of you that don’t know me, I’m Barney Drake, 77 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,401 Trevor Hudson’s grandson-in-law. 78 00:05:17,609 --> 00:05:21,030 [applause] 79 00:05:23,282 --> 00:05:26,201 We are here today to celebrate the great honor 80 00:05:26,285 --> 00:05:28,495 our government has bestowed 81 00:05:28,579 --> 00:05:33,167 upon an acknowledged literary genius, Trevor Hudson. 82 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,464 Although this great man has been dead less than a year, 83 00:05:39,423 --> 00:05:42,468 congressional legislation has made it possible 84 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:45,471 for a commemorative United States postage stamp 85 00:05:45,554 --> 00:05:48,390 bearing his likeness to go on sale, 86 00:05:48,474 --> 00:05:51,727 starting today, all over this great land of ours. 87 00:05:51,935 --> 00:05:54,021 [murmurs of approval] 88 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:58,567 Andy? Andrew? 89 00:05:58,650 --> 00:06:00,569 [man] Get up there, Andy. 90 00:06:05,491 --> 00:06:08,619 The engraving for the stamp 91 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:11,580 was taken from this portrait of Trevor Hudson 92 00:06:11,663 --> 00:06:13,540 done by his son, Andrew. 93 00:06:13,624 --> 00:06:15,209 [applause] -Andy. 94 00:06:17,002 --> 00:06:18,212 [murmurs of approval] [Barney] That’s beautiful. 95 00:06:18,295 --> 00:06:20,923 Looks just like old grizzly, don’t it? 96 00:06:21,131 --> 00:06:25,469 -I wish he’d painted him in a necktie. -Pop didn’t own a necktie. 97 00:06:26,095 --> 00:06:28,680 Uh, also present are Trevor Hudson’s daughters, 98 00:06:28,764 --> 00:06:31,016 Maria and Olivia. 99 00:06:45,864 --> 00:06:49,868 Uh, my wife, Catherine Hudson, better known to you moviegoers as Cat, 100 00:06:49,952 --> 00:06:51,745 uh, had hoped to be here, too. 101 00:06:51,829 --> 00:06:53,872 Unfortunately, she had a previous engagement 102 00:06:53,956 --> 00:06:56,416 she just couldn’t break, and she sends her regrets. 103 00:06:56,625 --> 00:06:58,502 [tires screeching] 104 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:06,718 [jazzy pop on car stereo] 105 00:07:16,812 --> 00:07:20,190 -Need a ride? -How far you gonna go? 106 00:07:20,274 --> 00:07:24,319 -Jump in and find out. [revving engine] 107 00:07:29,575 --> 00:07:33,912 [revving engine] 108 00:07:33,996 --> 00:07:36,415 [tires screeching] 109 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:42,171 Publicity-wise, that stamp thing was a gift from God. 110 00:07:43,755 --> 00:07:47,134 Been busting my butt to get the media to come out to the sticks. 111 00:07:47,718 --> 00:07:51,221 You swore that J.B. Fletcher and Dot Westerfield would be there. 112 00:07:51,346 --> 00:07:55,726 Their plane was late. You know these rinky-dink connector flights. 113 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:59,396 Oh, yeah? What flight was your daughter on? 114 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:03,692 -She missed out on network coverage. -Where the hell was she, Maria? 115 00:08:03,901 --> 00:08:08,697 The day you married Catherine, Barney, keeping tabs on her capricious behavior 116 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:11,742 ceased to be my responsibility and became yours. 117 00:08:11,909 --> 00:08:14,870 Now, can we get on the subject of Bob Jarrett? 118 00:08:15,913 --> 00:08:18,624 What about him? Cat said that was over. 119 00:08:19,458 --> 00:08:20,792 [sighs] We’re speaking about different matters. 120 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:24,046 I don’t care whom she sleeps with. I do care that Jarrett has reneged. 121 00:08:24,796 --> 00:08:28,383 -He can’t. -Reneged? What exactly does that mean? 122 00:08:28,592 --> 00:08:31,345 So you are paying attention, Andrew. Excellent! 123 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,139 I wasn’t sure whether you were bored, indifferent, or merely asleep. 124 00:08:34,223 --> 00:08:36,934 I have found, dear sister, that whenever you decide 125 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:40,896 to play admiral of the fleet, it is best to keep one’s mouth shut, 126 00:08:41,104 --> 00:08:43,607 unless it becomes absolutely necessary to open it. 127 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:46,610 Now, what about Jarrett? I thought we had a contract. 128 00:08:46,818 --> 00:08:50,322 We do. But Jarrett doesn’t seem to care very much about that. 129 00:08:50,405 --> 00:08:53,242 In fact, he’s threatened to pull this house down around our heads. 130 00:08:53,325 --> 00:08:55,953 -He may go public. -Oh, great. 131 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:59,122 I spend two months setting up Time and Newsweek, 132 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:01,583 maybe even for a cover. 133 00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:03,877 One word from Jarrett, we’ll get a cover, all right. 134 00:09:04,086 --> 00:09:06,129 Now, wouldn’t that be something, Maria? 135 00:09:08,465 --> 00:09:12,261 The progeny of Trevor Hudson having to find jobs, 136 00:09:12,344 --> 00:09:15,931 after all these years. Imagine. 137 00:09:19,476 --> 00:09:22,104 [knock on door] -Come in. 138 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:27,484 -Give you a thousand dollars for a match. [sighs] I’m sorry. 139 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:30,070 I would have called down for one, but there’s no phone in my room. 140 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:31,071 Can you imagine? 141 00:09:31,154 --> 00:09:33,991 Well, Trev Hudson couldn’t stand telephones. 142 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:37,786 Bob told me the only telephone in the house is in the kitchen, 143 00:09:37,869 --> 00:09:41,206 and that was installed after Trev got sick. 144 00:09:42,916 --> 00:09:46,461 [yawning] Oh, though I hate wilderness. Pardon me. I just took a nap. 145 00:09:46,545 --> 00:09:49,464 I haven’t even started to unpack. 146 00:09:49,548 --> 00:09:51,383 So, tell me, Jessica, 147 00:09:52,175 --> 00:09:54,761 how long have you known dear, sweet Robert? 148 00:09:55,178 --> 00:09:58,724 Well, he was this brilliant young editor that I met through my publisher. 149 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:01,351 Which is why you suggested him for the editing job 150 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:04,938 of Trev Hud’s final opus. Makes sense to me. 151 00:10:05,355 --> 00:10:09,151 You know, you are the first chairwoman of the Trevor Hudson literary foundation 152 00:10:09,234 --> 00:10:11,403 that’s actually done anything to merit the title. 153 00:10:11,486 --> 00:10:15,407 Well, they needed an editor, so I stuck in my two cents. 154 00:10:15,991 --> 00:10:18,327 I, for one, am glad you did. He’s done a marvelous job. 155 00:10:18,535 --> 00:10:20,454 -Oh, have you read it? -Galley proofs. 156 00:10:20,871 --> 00:10:22,164 I brought a set with me. I can lend them to you. 157 00:10:22,372 --> 00:10:24,124 You’re gonna love it. 158 00:10:24,207 --> 00:10:26,168 It’s so touching and sensitive. 159 00:10:26,376 --> 00:10:31,256 Really? That doesn’t sound like the Trevor Hudson that I knew. 160 00:10:31,465 --> 00:10:33,091 One critic said about his books, 161 00:10:33,175 --> 00:10:35,635 "They have the cutting edge of a diamond with none of the warmth." 162 00:10:35,844 --> 00:10:39,097 [chuckling] Well, it is the first book he ever wrote while he was dying. 163 00:10:40,766 --> 00:10:42,726 Seems like a good time to give up smoking. 164 00:10:42,934 --> 00:10:45,729 You know, that’s a marvelous idea. Why don’t you do it? 165 00:10:45,937 --> 00:10:47,981 Just because I can’t find a match? 166 00:10:48,065 --> 00:10:51,485 That is the coward’s way out. I’m going to search this house. 167 00:10:51,693 --> 00:10:53,820 [both chuckle] 168 00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:58,617 [Livvy] Pull. 169 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:01,411 [gunshots] 170 00:11:04,081 --> 00:11:06,041 Damn fine shootin’, Livvy. 171 00:11:06,124 --> 00:11:08,668 Old grizzly hisself couldn’t have done any better. 172 00:11:08,752 --> 00:11:12,297 That’s not the truth, Hank, and you know it. But thanks. 173 00:11:12,381 --> 00:11:14,925 [Jessica] Livvy! [chuckling] 174 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:17,386 Jessica! When did you get here? How are you? 175 00:11:17,469 --> 00:11:20,430 A few minutes before the rest of you got back from the post office. 176 00:11:20,514 --> 00:11:22,599 I came back in another car. Oh, meet Hank Masters. 177 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:24,476 -Hank, this is Jessica Fletcher. -Pleasure. 178 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,978 When pop wrote his book about Maine, he rented a house near Jessica’s. 179 00:11:27,187 --> 00:11:28,980 Yeah, and spent six weeks draining me 180 00:11:29,064 --> 00:11:31,858 of every down east anecdote I’d ever heard. 181 00:11:32,067 --> 00:11:36,655 You then would have been Harriet Shaw, the schoolmarm in green forest trilogy. 182 00:11:36,738 --> 00:11:38,281 Oh, you’re onto me. 183 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:41,660 And I believe you popped up quite a few times in Trev’s writings. 184 00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:44,079 Yeah, well, him and me were real close, ma’am. 185 00:11:44,162 --> 00:11:47,207 Like brothers, I guess. We understood each other real well. 186 00:11:47,290 --> 00:11:50,919 -Would you like to have a go at this? -Oh, no. No, thank you. 187 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:53,130 Guns and I have always been total strangers, 188 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:55,048 and I’d like to keep it that way. 189 00:11:55,132 --> 00:11:56,716 I don’t suppose you’ve seen Bob Jarrett around? 190 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,010 Ask Maria. She usually knows where everybody is. 191 00:11:59,094 --> 00:12:00,846 She should have been a house detective. 192 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:03,390 -Well, the trick is to find Maria. -Oh, try Andrew’s studio. 193 00:12:03,473 --> 00:12:06,726 She said that she’d pick out the paintings for his New York gallery show. 194 00:12:06,810 --> 00:12:09,604 -Oh, that was nice. -Think so? Andrew’s a big boy. 195 00:12:09,688 --> 00:12:11,690 He’s old enough to pick out his own paintings. 196 00:12:11,773 --> 00:12:14,943 -Livvy, we’re gonna lose that sun. -Maybe we can get together before dinner, 197 00:12:15,026 --> 00:12:17,404 -have us a chat. -I’d love to. See you. 198 00:12:18,572 --> 00:12:21,158 Now, you get on that thing. I’ll show you some shootin’. 199 00:12:21,366 --> 00:12:26,830 [Hank] Pull! [gunshots] 200 00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:30,542 Jessica, in here, quickly. 201 00:12:31,793 --> 00:12:36,506 [Hank] Pull! [gunshots] 202 00:12:41,845 --> 00:12:45,515 Oh, this has to be Trevor Hudson’s study. 203 00:12:45,599 --> 00:12:48,643 And mine until I finish correcting the galleys. 204 00:12:48,727 --> 00:12:52,772 Why have you been so mysterious? I’ve been looking for you. 205 00:12:52,856 --> 00:12:55,442 I needed to make sure that Maria was out of the house first. 206 00:12:55,525 --> 00:12:57,360 -Have you read the book yet? -No. No. 207 00:12:57,444 --> 00:13:00,322 Dorothy said she’d let me have the galleys. 208 00:13:00,405 --> 00:13:04,659 It’s good. I mean, it is really good. 209 00:13:04,743 --> 00:13:08,413 The central character’s a writer who’s out of touch with his family. 210 00:13:08,497 --> 00:13:12,375 But he’s dying, so he actually begins to care about the people who love him, 211 00:13:12,459 --> 00:13:14,961 until he’s no longer unconnected and remote. 212 00:13:15,045 --> 00:13:20,091 -Well, that sounds like Trevor Hudson. -I want you to see something. 213 00:13:23,261 --> 00:13:28,600 The 400-page Trevor Hudson manuscript that I was paid to edit and pull together 214 00:13:30,602 --> 00:13:35,273 actually consisted of these ten pages of notes. 215 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:43,073 Uh, but this can’t be all there was. 216 00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:44,824 And... 217 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:50,372 these disjointed ramblings in Maria’s handwriting. 218 00:13:50,455 --> 00:13:52,958 Half-coherent reminiscences that, uh, 219 00:13:53,041 --> 00:13:57,003 supposedly were dictated to her when he was dying. 220 00:13:57,087 --> 00:14:00,757 I mean, dry, meaningless scribbling about a dog he had 221 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:06,638 and a hunting trip with Hank Masters and Livvy. 222 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:12,435 That’s what I had to work with. 223 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:15,772 That’s it. 224 00:14:17,732 --> 00:14:20,068 Don’t you understand, Jessica? 225 00:14:20,151 --> 00:14:24,155 The best thing that Trevor Hudson never wrote 226 00:14:24,239 --> 00:14:26,116 is the best thing that I ever wrote. 227 00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:34,374 And now I need to decide whether I should expose it as a literary fraud. 228 00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:42,257 [horses whinnying] 229 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:44,217 [sighs] 230 00:14:44,593 --> 00:14:48,513 I don’t understand why you didn’t tell me about this earlier. 231 00:14:48,597 --> 00:14:52,058 Because I didn’t know where you fit in. 232 00:14:52,142 --> 00:14:56,771 Me? Well, you can’t think that I would be party to-- 233 00:14:58,023 --> 00:15:00,650 I know I misunderstood, 234 00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:05,989 but I assumed that since you’d become worldly and, and successful-- 235 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:08,658 I can’t, I can’t believe what you’re telling me. 236 00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:12,287 Jessica, look, you were the chairperson at the foundation. 237 00:15:12,370 --> 00:15:14,289 You recommended me for the job. 238 00:15:14,372 --> 00:15:18,752 All of a sudden I find this, and Maria’s making all sorts of demands. 239 00:15:18,835 --> 00:15:21,379 I mean, how was I supposed to know who was involved? 240 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:27,886 Oh, I’m sorry. 241 00:15:27,969 --> 00:15:30,055 I’ve been so... 242 00:15:30,138 --> 00:15:34,100 so confused and then-- 243 00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:36,144 Look, I finally did call you, didn’t I? 244 00:15:36,227 --> 00:15:39,397 Yes, you did, and a darned good thing, too. 245 00:15:39,481 --> 00:15:44,235 But what I still can’t understand is why you didn’t just walk away. 246 00:15:44,319 --> 00:15:47,572 I keep asking myself the same thing. 247 00:15:47,656 --> 00:15:52,202 I guess I just kind of got seduced by the Trevor Hudson legend-- 248 00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:54,287 wanted to be seduced by it. 249 00:15:54,371 --> 00:15:58,583 I wanted a story to be in these few pages. 250 00:15:58,667 --> 00:16:01,544 And, of course, there was always Cat. 251 00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:04,714 Oh, now, you’re not going to tell me that Cat helped you to write the book. 252 00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:08,718 In her own way, yeah. 253 00:16:08,802 --> 00:16:11,429 I mean, her husband, Barney, was always off at the West Coast 254 00:16:11,513 --> 00:16:15,392 trying to build up her career. He’s a star maker with one star. 255 00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:18,478 And she stayed home here with you. 256 00:16:21,856 --> 00:16:24,442 It doesn’t sound to me as if she’s out of your system. 257 00:16:24,526 --> 00:16:27,237 [chuckles] 258 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,280 I don’t think she ever will be. 259 00:16:55,473 --> 00:16:58,268 [water running] 260 00:17:00,103 --> 00:17:02,063 Cat? 261 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:10,530 -What do you want? -You weren’t at the post office. 262 00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:13,366 I forgot. 263 00:17:13,450 --> 00:17:15,785 Where were you all day? 264 00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:18,121 All sorts of places. 265 00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:20,498 Alone? 266 00:17:20,582 --> 00:17:23,042 I had company, all right? 267 00:17:23,126 --> 00:17:25,670 -Jarrett? -Why not Jarrett? 268 00:17:25,754 --> 00:17:28,214 He was a career move, you said. Be nice to him, you said. 269 00:17:28,298 --> 00:17:32,343 No, it wouldn’t have been Jarrett. Jarrett had to go to the airport 270 00:17:32,427 --> 00:17:37,056 to pick up Dorothy Westerfield and Jessica Fletcher. 271 00:17:37,140 --> 00:17:39,893 -Who did you pick up? -Uh, I don’t know. 272 00:17:39,976 --> 00:17:42,187 I’ve never been good at names. 273 00:17:44,606 --> 00:17:46,649 -Oh, geez. I’m sorry. -Get out. Get out! 274 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:49,194 It wasn’t that hard. I’m sorry. It won’t leave a mark. 275 00:17:49,277 --> 00:17:50,945 Stupid little man! Get away from me! 276 00:17:51,029 --> 00:17:52,363 No, look. Listen to me. 277 00:17:52,447 --> 00:17:54,699 -I got you a deal. -I don’t care about a deal! 278 00:17:55,033 --> 00:17:57,118 A movie deal! A really first-class project. 279 00:17:57,202 --> 00:17:59,037 This is not one of those cheapie quickies. 280 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:01,372 Name above the title. Maybe even director approval. 281 00:18:01,456 --> 00:18:02,582 Is that somethin’ or what, huh? 282 00:18:02,665 --> 00:18:05,293 I gotta fly up to Cheyenne and meet with Mel Styles. 283 00:18:05,376 --> 00:18:07,170 He’s on location there. 284 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:09,088 I’ll come back in the morning. 285 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,385 Take your time, all right? 286 00:18:18,556 --> 00:18:20,558 I should be outta here already. 287 00:18:21,643 --> 00:18:23,853 Just my luck, rubber band airways 288 00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:27,106 will be on schedule for the first time in its history. 289 00:18:29,526 --> 00:18:32,111 Better not be lyin’ to me, Barney. 290 00:18:32,904 --> 00:18:34,823 Why would I lie to you, babe? 291 00:18:35,949 --> 00:18:38,117 -Oh, to get even maybe. -For what? 292 00:18:38,201 --> 00:18:40,829 I forgot it already. I swear to God. 293 00:18:40,912 --> 00:18:44,499 I just want to do something nice for you, kitty Cat. 294 00:18:46,543 --> 00:18:51,589 You’re beautiful, you know that? 295 00:18:51,673 --> 00:18:54,175 You should have the best. 296 00:18:54,551 --> 00:18:58,346 I want you to get what you deserve. 297 00:19:05,061 --> 00:19:07,230 [Jessica] Are you sure you want to go public with this? 298 00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:09,232 What other choice do I have? 299 00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:11,734 Well, I hope you know what you’re letting yourself in for. 300 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:15,572 I mean, not everyone will believe you. The press can be vicious. 301 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:17,866 They’ll accuse you of trying to further your own career 302 00:19:17,949 --> 00:19:20,994 at the expense of a literary giant who can’t fight back. 303 00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:23,705 -Yeah, but that’s not true. -I know it’s not true. 304 00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:26,124 But when it comes to selling newspapers, 305 00:19:26,207 --> 00:19:29,002 -the truth is not always an issue. [horn honking] 306 00:19:35,425 --> 00:19:37,135 Hello, you two. 307 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:42,223 I hate to break up a reunion, but, um, I need to ask 308 00:19:42,307 --> 00:19:44,559 a few questions about the galleys, Robert. Do you suppose-- 309 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:50,648 Uh, Maria, I showed Jessica the office, the notes and the files. 310 00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:53,109 For heaven sakes, you’re not gonna start that again, are you? 311 00:19:53,443 --> 00:19:56,738 Jessica, I hope you don’t believe any of this. 312 00:19:57,071 --> 00:20:00,241 I have too much respect for my father’s memory - we all do - 313 00:20:00,325 --> 00:20:02,368 to allow some fraud to be perpetrated. 314 00:20:02,452 --> 00:20:07,373 Oh, yes. Yes, I’m sure. But, well, uh-- 315 00:20:07,457 --> 00:20:11,127 Oh, my goodness, Maria. Bob had so little to go on. 316 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,796 I mean, just enough for an essay or a short story. 317 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,133 You too, Jessica? Those were only the written notes. 318 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:19,636 There were others I committed to memory, 319 00:20:19,928 --> 00:20:21,471 the wealth of things my father told me 320 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:23,181 when he couldn’t write any longer. 321 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:26,351 You remember how he could talk. He was a spellbinder. 322 00:20:26,434 --> 00:20:28,519 Oh, yes, I do remember. 323 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:33,274 But I don’t understand why you didn’t tape everything that he said. 324 00:20:33,358 --> 00:20:35,818 Oh, my father never used a tape recorder. 325 00:20:35,902 --> 00:20:37,320 I don’t think there was one in the house. 326 00:20:37,403 --> 00:20:38,655 No? 327 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:47,121 -No, that’s not his. [clicks] 328 00:20:47,205 --> 00:20:49,374 [Hudson] ...couldn’t quite make out what it was. 329 00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:52,293 [sighs] Maybe a bear. 330 00:20:52,377 --> 00:20:57,423 Could have been a bear. The place smelled bad. 331 00:20:58,216 --> 00:21:01,552 -Reminded me of this place in Nigeria. [clicks off] 332 00:21:03,179 --> 00:21:05,223 You recognize his voice, don’t you, Jessica? 333 00:21:05,306 --> 00:21:08,893 -Yes. -I didn’t know. 334 00:21:08,977 --> 00:21:11,104 I couldn’t leave his side and go searching. 335 00:21:11,187 --> 00:21:12,981 He was dying, and he had so much to say. 336 00:21:13,064 --> 00:21:15,692 You see where she’s coming from, don’t you? 337 00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:20,488 She can smell a best seller, but only if Trevor Hudson’s name is on the title page. 338 00:21:20,571 --> 00:21:22,281 That is a despicable lie. 339 00:21:22,365 --> 00:21:25,410 You’re trying to steal my father’s book and call it your own. 340 00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:27,203 Well, you’re not gonna get away with it, my young friend. 341 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:29,789 Not while I have anything to say about it. 342 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,879 [Robert] This could get rather nasty. 343 00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:39,007 Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. 344 00:21:41,426 --> 00:21:42,927 [Dorothy] Andrew, I’ve been meaning to compliment you 345 00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:44,303 on this remarkable portrait. 346 00:21:44,387 --> 00:21:48,683 You’ve captured that look I remember, oh, so well. 347 00:21:48,766 --> 00:21:50,560 Yes, manly adventurer. 348 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:54,188 Killer of deer and elephants and other unarmed beasts. 349 00:21:54,272 --> 00:21:57,150 That macho business was a facade. 350 00:21:57,233 --> 00:21:59,819 Under the show of strength was the uncertainty 351 00:21:59,902 --> 00:22:02,822 of a man who had designed his own image and wasn’t sure he could live up to it. 352 00:22:02,905 --> 00:22:04,949 Andrew, that’s absolute twaddle. 353 00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:07,493 There was nothing phony about Trevor Hudson. 354 00:22:07,577 --> 00:22:09,829 I didn’t say he was phony. Thank you. 355 00:22:09,912 --> 00:22:13,082 Speaking of phonies, is anyone but me 356 00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:17,545 not surprised that Mr. Robert Jarrett did not join us for supper this evening? 357 00:22:17,628 --> 00:22:19,088 Maria’s been filling me in. 358 00:22:19,172 --> 00:22:24,260 Dorothy, I wouldn’t jump to conclusions until I’d heard every side of this. 359 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:27,555 Oh, come on. That ambitious, egotistical proofreader. 360 00:22:27,638 --> 00:22:31,142 I mean, how dare he say that the greatest author of our century 361 00:22:31,225 --> 00:22:33,436 did not write his own masterpiece? 362 00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:36,022 Spoken like an unbiased publisher. 363 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:39,650 Why don’t you save your caustic wit for a more appropriate occasion, Andrew? 364 00:22:39,734 --> 00:22:41,527 And what would that be, sister? 365 00:22:41,611 --> 00:22:43,279 The second coming of Trevor Hudson? 366 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:45,198 I thought that was the subject under discussion. 367 00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:47,241 Well, now, folks, since we’re gathered here 368 00:22:47,325 --> 00:22:49,160 in front of Andy’s great picture of his pa, 369 00:22:49,243 --> 00:22:51,329 why don’t we all drink to old grizzly? 370 00:22:51,412 --> 00:22:54,791 Don’t be shocked, Mrs. Fletcher. That was my nickname for him. 371 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:56,834 -His nickname for me was-- -Hank. 372 00:22:56,918 --> 00:22:58,961 Not fit for mixed company. [chuckles] 373 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:00,588 [Livvy] I’d go easy on that stuff if I were you. 374 00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:03,674 Just because it’s expensive doesn’t mean it’s not gonna knock you on your keister. 375 00:23:03,758 --> 00:23:06,010 Well, that sounds like somethin’ he’d say. 376 00:23:06,844 --> 00:23:09,430 Here’s mud in your eye, you old polecat. 377 00:23:09,514 --> 00:23:11,516 Oh, cut the crap, everybody! 378 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,602 Can’t you all hear yourselves? 379 00:23:14,685 --> 00:23:16,604 Just a whole lot of talk nobody wants to hear, 380 00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:18,189 because we’re all waiting around to find out 381 00:23:18,272 --> 00:23:20,942 if Bobby Jarrett is gonna screw up our lives. 382 00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:22,652 And I guess the big question is, 383 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:24,695 if he tries, what are we gonna do about it? 384 00:23:39,127 --> 00:23:41,337 [wind whistling] 385 00:24:42,023 --> 00:24:44,233 [glass shattering] 386 00:24:59,957 --> 00:25:01,000 Bob? 387 00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:31,614 [gasps] 388 00:25:48,464 --> 00:25:51,425 [police radio chatter] 389 00:25:55,596 --> 00:25:59,475 My, you can see where he was hit, hard. 390 00:26:00,476 --> 00:26:02,311 He couldn’t have survived that blow. 391 00:26:02,979 --> 00:26:04,730 Nobody touched anything, Mrs. Fletcher? 392 00:26:04,814 --> 00:26:07,400 No. Everything is as it was when I found him. 393 00:26:07,483 --> 00:26:09,986 -And what time was that? -Oh, it was a little after midnight. 394 00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:12,613 -Doc? -Well, by the look of him, 395 00:26:12,697 --> 00:26:14,407 couldn’t have been dead more than an hour. 396 00:26:14,991 --> 00:26:16,993 Anybody hear or see anything? 397 00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:18,953 I didn’t. I went to bed early. 398 00:26:19,412 --> 00:26:22,331 Well, I spoke to Robert at about 9:30. 399 00:26:22,415 --> 00:26:24,458 He was gonna wait for everybody to go to bed, 400 00:26:24,542 --> 00:26:26,460 and then spend the rest of the night working on the galley proofs. 401 00:26:26,544 --> 00:26:29,130 I heard something down by the stable. 402 00:26:29,213 --> 00:26:32,133 I thought it must have been coyote after the chickens. 403 00:26:32,216 --> 00:26:33,634 Was it? 404 00:26:33,718 --> 00:26:35,594 I searched the grounds. I didn’t see anything. 405 00:26:35,678 --> 00:26:36,721 Chickens didn’t raise a fuss. 406 00:26:36,804 --> 00:26:42,268 Forgive my curiosity, Livvy, but, uh, what were you doing outside in the dark? 407 00:26:43,394 --> 00:26:45,813 Looking after a sick filly in the stable. 408 00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:49,191 Well, it seems pretty clear to me that Jarrett surprised somebody 409 00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:52,194 who was set to rob this place and got bashed for his trouble. 410 00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:53,821 That’s probably what you heard, Livvy. 411 00:26:53,904 --> 00:26:56,240 [Livvy] Maybe. 412 00:26:56,324 --> 00:26:58,492 You can see where the killer broke in. 413 00:26:58,576 --> 00:27:00,244 Smashed this pane to open the latch. 414 00:27:00,328 --> 00:27:02,496 [Jessica:] That must have been the sound that I heard. 415 00:27:02,580 --> 00:27:07,585 Yeah. Grabbed the first thing that caught his eye and took off fast. 416 00:27:07,668 --> 00:27:10,463 Excuse me. 417 00:27:10,546 --> 00:27:12,631 You’ll probably find something missing, 418 00:27:12,715 --> 00:27:17,636 aside from that fancy French gold award that was on the desk 419 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,806 and one of the rifles from that rack. 420 00:27:20,890 --> 00:27:22,683 Yes, I’m afraid you’re right, Sheriff. 421 00:27:22,767 --> 00:27:28,272 The killer also took the file folder with Trevor Hudson’s notes for the book. 422 00:27:29,065 --> 00:27:30,858 Well, now, why’d he do that? 423 00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:35,613 Sheriff, could I talk to you alone? 424 00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:40,951 Uh, folks, uh, I’m gonna need statements from all of you. 425 00:27:41,035 --> 00:27:43,454 So why don’t y’all just go on into the living room 426 00:27:43,537 --> 00:27:45,748 and make up some coffee or whatever? 427 00:27:45,831 --> 00:27:47,792 Uh, I’ll be with you directly. 428 00:28:00,137 --> 00:28:04,975 Sheriff, I think we both know that this was not the work of a burglar. 429 00:28:07,478 --> 00:28:09,522 -Ma’am? -Everyone here tonight knew 430 00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:13,692 that Rob Jarrett was going to make a public statement about writing the book. 431 00:28:13,776 --> 00:28:17,905 I’m sure he was killed to stop him. 432 00:28:17,988 --> 00:28:19,782 Have you got anything to back that up? 433 00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:22,201 Well, the missing notes, for one thing. 434 00:28:22,284 --> 00:28:26,288 I mean, they couldn’t possibly be of any interest to an ordinary burglar. 435 00:28:26,372 --> 00:28:28,958 But they might have helped prove Bob’s case. 436 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:33,796 Well, I don’t much hold with guesswork. 437 00:28:33,879 --> 00:28:36,549 Now, Maria let me read what they call the galley proofs. 438 00:28:36,632 --> 00:28:39,760 And I’m here to tell you that old grizzly wrote every blessed word. 439 00:28:39,844 --> 00:28:42,388 And I oughta know. Part of it was about me. 440 00:28:42,471 --> 00:28:45,057 Yes, I know. I mean, some of the missing notes 441 00:28:45,141 --> 00:28:46,809 were about one of your hunting trips. 442 00:28:46,892 --> 00:28:48,644 But there just weren’t enough to make a book, 443 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:53,065 let alone one as sweeping and detailed as The Valley Beyond. 444 00:28:53,149 --> 00:28:55,693 Writin’ ain’t my business, but wouldn’t Bob Jarrett 445 00:28:55,776 --> 00:28:57,236 have had to work from some kind of outline? 446 00:28:57,319 --> 00:29:00,531 -Did he show you that? -No. No, he didn’t. 447 00:29:00,614 --> 00:29:03,951 And if there was one, it was stolen, too, for the same reason. 448 00:29:04,034 --> 00:29:07,163 You ain’t gonna give up on it, are you? 449 00:29:07,246 --> 00:29:10,624 Well, look, you do what you will. I’ve got a killer to catch. 450 00:29:10,708 --> 00:29:12,042 A stranger stands out in this part of the country. 451 00:29:12,126 --> 00:29:13,502 We’ll find him. 452 00:29:13,586 --> 00:29:16,672 Me and my boys move quick, and we can cover a lot of territory. 453 00:29:23,512 --> 00:29:26,599 [sighs] [door closes] 454 00:29:32,396 --> 00:29:35,441 I’m really sorry, Jessica. I liked Bob Jarrett a lot, 455 00:29:35,524 --> 00:29:38,777 and I don’t like most people. 456 00:29:38,861 --> 00:29:40,613 I got that from my dad. He didn’t like me very much. 457 00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:44,283 Oh, Andy, you’re exaggerating. 458 00:29:44,366 --> 00:29:47,286 It’s true. I was more interested in pastels than pistols. 459 00:29:47,369 --> 00:29:48,662 [chuckles] 460 00:29:48,746 --> 00:29:53,459 I’m surprised that Livvy didn’t spend more time with him before he died. 461 00:29:53,542 --> 00:29:55,669 Well, Livvy had the ranch to run. 462 00:29:55,753 --> 00:29:59,006 Well, that must be why Maria as with him so much. 463 00:29:59,089 --> 00:30:01,175 Maria hardly ever stayed with him. 464 00:30:01,258 --> 00:30:04,345 She was supervising the book and trying to hold the estate together. 465 00:30:04,428 --> 00:30:06,388 Oh, they both spelled me from time to time-- 466 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:07,890 Cat, too, when she was around-- 467 00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:11,727 but mostly, it was just dad and me. 468 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:16,190 We sort of came to an understanding before the end. 469 00:30:16,273 --> 00:30:20,694 And did--did he ever talk about the book that he was writing? 470 00:30:20,778 --> 00:30:22,738 He didn’t talk much at all. 471 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:26,700 He just lay there and held my hand, afraid to let go of life. 472 00:30:26,784 --> 00:30:32,248 He was scared of his own mortality and weakened by his illness. 473 00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:36,335 Look. 474 00:30:36,418 --> 00:30:41,298 Bob’s death has made me face up to something. 475 00:30:41,382 --> 00:30:44,385 The fact is, in his state, 476 00:30:44,468 --> 00:30:48,013 my father couldn’t have written his own name. 477 00:30:48,097 --> 00:30:51,225 I’m glad I don’t have to testify to that. 478 00:30:51,308 --> 00:30:53,102 I’d hate to have to make a liar out of Maria. 479 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:54,979 [vehicle approaching] 480 00:31:05,447 --> 00:31:08,284 I saw one of Hank Master’s deputies at the airport. 481 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:09,201 He told me what happened. I couldn’t believe it. 482 00:31:09,285 --> 00:31:10,411 It’s true, Barney. 483 00:31:10,494 --> 00:31:13,747 Bob Jarrett was murdered in dad’s office. 484 00:31:13,831 --> 00:31:16,542 Mrs. Fletcher, I know how close you were. I’m sorry. 485 00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:18,460 Thank you, Barney. 486 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:20,004 Barney, I’m so glad you’re back. 487 00:31:20,087 --> 00:31:21,672 You okay? 488 00:31:21,755 --> 00:31:23,465 Yeah. I get so scared every time I think about 489 00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:24,800 being alone in that cabin last night when there was a killer 490 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:26,343 breaking in the lodge. 491 00:31:26,427 --> 00:31:27,803 [Barney] I know, I know. I should have been here. 492 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:30,097 But everything’s okay now. Barney’s here. 493 00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:32,099 Excuse us. 494 00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:06,884 -Jessica. -Oh, Maria. Good morning. 495 00:32:06,967 --> 00:32:09,928 I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t sleep a wink last night. 496 00:32:10,012 --> 00:32:14,600 -Poor Robert. What a dreadful thing. -Yes. 497 00:32:14,683 --> 00:32:17,728 Well, I’m sure Hank will find the man who did it. 498 00:32:17,811 --> 00:32:18,979 Oh, was it a man? 499 00:32:19,647 --> 00:32:23,067 Well, thief, intruder, whatever. 500 00:32:24,026 --> 00:32:26,987 Look, Jessica, Robert’s death was tragic. 501 00:32:27,071 --> 00:32:31,033 Maybe more so because it leaves so many questions unanswered. 502 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:33,952 But perhaps that’s just as well. 503 00:32:34,036 --> 00:32:36,747 Maria, if you’re suggesting that the authorship 504 00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:41,168 of The Valley Beyond is a closed issue, I’m sorry, but I disagree. 505 00:32:41,251 --> 00:32:45,214 Don’t be a fool. First of all, Robert is lying. 506 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:47,675 But even if you’re so gullible as to believe his story, 507 00:32:47,758 --> 00:32:50,636 are you really prepared to go public? With what? 508 00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:53,222 A dead man’s spurious, unprovable claim? 509 00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:56,266 -Where’s your evidence? -Conveniently missing. 510 00:32:56,350 --> 00:32:58,686 Which is why I’m convinced that the sheriff is looking 511 00:32:58,769 --> 00:33:00,562 in the wrong place for the killer. 512 00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:04,817 One of us? Well, I hardly think so. 513 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:08,570 Murder is a solution to a problem found only in cheap thrillers-- 514 00:33:08,654 --> 00:33:11,198 the kind you write. 515 00:33:11,281 --> 00:33:13,033 One thing I’ve learned, Maria, 516 00:33:13,117 --> 00:33:14,910 there’s nothing that a person is incapable of 517 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:18,414 if the motive is strong enough. Excuse me. 518 00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:23,168 Jessica... 519 00:33:23,252 --> 00:33:25,713 for your own well-being, leave it alone. 520 00:33:25,796 --> 00:33:26,797 I can’t. 521 00:33:27,381 --> 00:33:31,802 Not only did my recommendation put Bob Jarrett in this situation, 522 00:33:33,178 --> 00:33:35,264 he was my friend. 523 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:42,813 I’ll tell you one thing: if I’d seen that intruder last night, 524 00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:46,108 there’d be somebody else dead this morning instead of Bob. 525 00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:49,361 Livvy, you told Hank that you heard something outside the barn, 526 00:33:49,445 --> 00:33:52,489 -perhaps a coyote. -It wasn’t though. 527 00:33:52,906 --> 00:33:56,243 That was about the same time that I saw the shadow of someone 528 00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:58,829 moving toward Cat’s cabin. 529 00:33:58,912 --> 00:34:03,500 Yesterday, Bob told me that he and Cat were friendly. 530 00:34:03,584 --> 00:34:06,920 Cat’s been known to be friendly with anything in pants, including Bob. 531 00:34:07,004 --> 00:34:10,382 -For a while anyway. -But then it ended? 532 00:34:10,466 --> 00:34:12,050 Or did it? 533 00:34:12,134 --> 00:34:15,971 Her husband was out of town, Bob was leaving in the next day or two. 534 00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:17,973 You’re stalkin’ the wrong bear. Cat wasn’t alone. 535 00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:20,517 -Her husband was home. -Oh, you saw Barney? 536 00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:23,896 I saw his car when I was out looking for the intruder. 537 00:34:23,979 --> 00:34:26,064 Come to think of it, though, it wasn’t parked at their cabin. 538 00:34:26,148 --> 00:34:27,524 It was down by one of the other outbuildings. 539 00:34:27,608 --> 00:34:30,110 Huh. Wonder why. 540 00:34:30,194 --> 00:34:33,363 Well, perhaps no one was supposed to see it. 541 00:34:33,739 --> 00:34:35,657 [door opens] [Jessica] Thank you, Livvy. 542 00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:37,868 Excuse me, miss Livvy, Mrs. Fletcher. 543 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:39,912 The sheriff would like to see you both in the house. 544 00:34:40,204 --> 00:34:41,872 Now, if you don’t mind. 545 00:34:43,999 --> 00:34:46,835 [Hank] His name’s Adam Perry, according to his driver’s license. 546 00:34:46,919 --> 00:34:49,797 Is this the intruder who was on the grounds last night? 547 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:51,757 I told you, I didn’t see anyone. 548 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,384 I just heard something move past the barn. 549 00:34:54,468 --> 00:34:57,638 Jessica saw him. Well, he was more shadow than substance. 550 00:34:57,721 --> 00:35:00,140 I’m afraid I really couldn’t identify anyone. 551 00:35:00,224 --> 00:35:02,643 Well, it’s no matter. I.D. ain’t that vital. 552 00:35:05,354 --> 00:35:07,147 This here’s Trev Hudson’s favorite rifle-- 553 00:35:07,231 --> 00:35:09,483 the one that was stolen from his office. 554 00:35:09,566 --> 00:35:12,528 I found it in this fella’s pickup. 555 00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:14,154 There’s blood on the butt. 556 00:35:14,238 --> 00:35:17,991 You’re crazy. I’ve never seen that before. 557 00:35:18,075 --> 00:35:20,619 Hey, boy, didn’t you listen to me when I read you your rights? 558 00:35:20,702 --> 00:35:23,330 You keep your mouth shut until you talk to a lawyer. 559 00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:25,332 Now, if that ain’t enough, 560 00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:29,086 I found this pretty little thing in his duffel bag. 561 00:35:29,169 --> 00:35:30,879 The gold medallion from my father’s desk. 562 00:35:30,963 --> 00:35:33,757 Somebody planted that on me. 563 00:35:35,676 --> 00:35:38,387 Look, I’ve never killed anybody. 564 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:40,848 I’ve never stolen anything. Now, that’s the God’s truth! 565 00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:44,351 You tellin’ me you weren’t around here last night? 566 00:35:44,434 --> 00:35:45,978 Son, we got possible eyewitnesses. 567 00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:49,940 We got forensics. And let me tell you somethin’ else. 568 00:35:50,023 --> 00:35:51,650 When we run your prints off to the state capitol, 569 00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:53,527 and maybe the F.B.I., 570 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:57,531 I think we’re gonna find you got yourself one hell of a background. 571 00:35:57,614 --> 00:35:59,366 [Hank] Yeah, I kinda thought so. 572 00:36:01,910 --> 00:36:04,538 I’m sorry, Mrs. Fletcher. I know you kinda had it figured otherwise, 573 00:36:04,621 --> 00:36:07,958 but the way I see it, I’ve just come up with my killer. 574 00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,262 Hey. Come on. 575 00:36:33,609 --> 00:36:35,110 Good work, Hank. 576 00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:37,613 I guess now we can all breathe a sigh of relief. 577 00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:40,365 Someday I’m gonna catch me a criminal, and he’s gonna say, 578 00:36:40,449 --> 00:36:43,785 "Sheriff, I did it, and I deserve to be punished for it." 579 00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:45,787 You know, Sheriff, finding the gold medallion 580 00:36:45,871 --> 00:36:48,707 and the rifle was, well-- well, it was all very convenient-- 581 00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:50,626 Ma’am, I wish you wouldn’t start with that. 582 00:36:50,709 --> 00:36:51,835 But I’m personally more interested 583 00:36:51,919 --> 00:36:54,296 in what you didn’t find. 584 00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:58,926 I mean, for instance, whatever happened to the notes for Trevor Hudson’s book? 585 00:36:59,009 --> 00:37:00,969 [Hank] Likely he didn’t think they were valuable, 586 00:37:01,053 --> 00:37:03,013 and he tossed them out. 587 00:37:03,096 --> 00:37:05,474 There’s no cause to fret, ma’am. We don’t need ’em. 588 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:09,728 I’ve already got a real sound case on Mr. Perry. 589 00:37:09,811 --> 00:37:12,731 If you’ll excuse me, ma’am, I’ve got things to do. 590 00:37:17,444 --> 00:37:19,112 [Maria] Jessica. 591 00:37:21,865 --> 00:37:24,826 I see our conversation earlier made no impression on you. 592 00:37:24,910 --> 00:37:28,121 I’m sorry. You’re making things very difficult for all of us. 593 00:37:28,205 --> 00:37:30,457 Well, I’m sorry too. 594 00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:32,042 Are you going along with this, Dorothy, 595 00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:35,504 knowing that The Valley Beyond is probably a fraud? 596 00:37:36,338 --> 00:37:38,298 Isn’t that really speculation, Jessica? 597 00:37:39,549 --> 00:37:42,636 Now look, I’m in the business of publishing books. 598 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,472 Some good, some bad, and I don’t really care which 599 00:37:45,555 --> 00:37:48,433 as long as they sell lots of copies. 600 00:37:48,517 --> 00:37:52,938 [Dorothy] And Trevor Hudson’s last novel is going to sell a lot of copies. 601 00:37:53,021 --> 00:37:54,690 I see. 602 00:37:55,107 --> 00:37:56,316 Jessica. 603 00:37:57,818 --> 00:38:01,154 [Maria] I think under the circumstances, it would be best if you were to leave. 604 00:38:02,781 --> 00:38:04,032 Best or safer? 605 00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:08,370 First, there’s someone I want to speak to, then I’ll pack my things. 606 00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:16,753 Oh, come on, Jessica. What would I know about last night? 607 00:38:16,837 --> 00:38:18,547 I was in Cheyenne closing a deal. 608 00:38:19,256 --> 00:38:21,800 Barney, I’m sorry, but Livvy saw your car here 609 00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:24,636 shortly before the time that Bob was murdered. 610 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:27,180 Now, look, lady. If you think I came back here 611 00:38:27,264 --> 00:38:29,266 to knock off Bob Jarrett, you’re crazy. 612 00:38:29,725 --> 00:38:32,477 Look, in spite of your so-called open marriage, 613 00:38:32,561 --> 00:38:34,521 I believe that you told your wife 614 00:38:34,604 --> 00:38:36,982 that you were gonna spend the night in Cheyenne, 615 00:38:37,065 --> 00:38:39,401 whereas, in fact, you came back here to check up on her. 616 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:46,825 You’re pretty sharp. 617 00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:50,662 Yeah, I came back. 618 00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:56,543 She wasn’t expecting me, and knowing her as I do... 619 00:38:58,003 --> 00:39:00,422 -I understand. -I don’t know if you do. 620 00:39:02,215 --> 00:39:05,218 Guys like me, we talk tough when we’re scared. 621 00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:08,764 I don’t want to lose her. 622 00:39:11,308 --> 00:39:13,477 I keep saying things are great even when they’re not. 623 00:39:20,192 --> 00:39:21,985 She was with a guy last night. 624 00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:25,989 I saw them through the window. 625 00:39:27,199 --> 00:39:29,367 Forgive me, Barney. 626 00:39:29,451 --> 00:39:32,621 Was she with Bob, or was she with someone else? 627 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:36,083 I’m not goin’ to any sheriff, and I’m not going before any court! 628 00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:38,168 Have you ever heard of an accessory after the fact? 629 00:39:38,251 --> 00:39:41,421 Barney, was the man with Cat the same young man 630 00:39:41,505 --> 00:39:42,714 that the sheriff arrested? 631 00:39:43,965 --> 00:39:45,967 Yeah, it was the same guy. So what? 632 00:39:46,051 --> 00:39:48,011 Well, how long did he stay? 633 00:39:48,095 --> 00:39:50,013 You think I hung around here to find out? 634 00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:52,891 I’ve got smarts, but no guts. 635 00:39:53,934 --> 00:39:57,437 [sighs] I went to an all-night greasy spoon for a while, 636 00:39:58,605 --> 00:40:00,315 and then I went to the airport and waited 637 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:03,568 for the plane from Cheyenne to come in so I could go home. 638 00:40:03,652 --> 00:40:05,362 And where is Cat now? 639 00:40:05,862 --> 00:40:09,241 I don’t know. Out. Her car is not here. 640 00:40:09,324 --> 00:40:12,953 I wonder why that drifter didn’t tell the sheriff he was here with Cat. 641 00:40:13,036 --> 00:40:16,248 And put himself on the premises around the time of the killing? 642 00:40:16,331 --> 00:40:18,250 Well, obviously he’s smarter than that. 643 00:40:18,333 --> 00:40:20,585 But one way or the other, I have got to talk to Cat 644 00:40:20,669 --> 00:40:22,420 and straighten this thing out. 645 00:40:23,463 --> 00:40:27,008 -Thanks, Barney. -Sure. Don’t mention it. 646 00:40:31,054 --> 00:40:32,681 [door opens] 647 00:40:34,391 --> 00:40:35,892 [door closes] 648 00:40:41,022 --> 00:40:42,774 Jessica, good news. 649 00:40:42,858 --> 00:40:44,568 I just got off the phone with the sheriff. 650 00:40:44,651 --> 00:40:46,862 He got a confession in the Jarrett murder. 651 00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:48,363 What? From whom? 652 00:40:48,655 --> 00:40:51,283 Th-that-that vagrant, uh, Adam Perry. Who else? 653 00:40:51,575 --> 00:40:54,494 -Oh, but that’s not possible. -Hank said it was signed and sealed. 654 00:40:54,786 --> 00:40:56,371 Oh, dear heavens. Quickly. 655 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:58,123 We’ve got to get there as fast as possible. 656 00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:00,000 -Jessica, what is it? -Well, I’m very much afraid 657 00:41:00,083 --> 00:41:02,377 that we’re about to have another murder. 658 00:41:05,255 --> 00:41:08,842 [tires screeching] 659 00:41:40,457 --> 00:41:42,417 I’m telling you what Hank said. 660 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,711 Adam Perry signed a full confession. 661 00:41:44,794 --> 00:41:50,175 But he couldn’t have. He had an ironclad alibi. He was with your niece. 662 00:41:50,258 --> 00:41:52,385 -Cat? -Barney saw them together. 663 00:41:52,469 --> 00:41:53,970 Now wait a minute. 664 00:41:54,054 --> 00:41:55,639 You said there was liable to be another murder. Whose? 665 00:41:55,722 --> 00:42:01,102 Adam Perry. Oh, well, don’t you see? The confession was a forgery. 666 00:42:01,186 --> 00:42:04,856 Hank Masters planted that evidence and then forged the confession. 667 00:42:04,940 --> 00:42:08,735 And now he has to kill that young man to cover his tracks. Hank? 668 00:42:08,818 --> 00:42:11,112 But why would he kill Bob Jarrett? 669 00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:15,784 Oh, out of loyalty to Trevor Hudson, to protect the family. 670 00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:18,745 Or more likely, to preserve the image of himself 671 00:42:18,828 --> 00:42:22,540 that he believed that Trev Hudson had set down on paper. 672 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:31,132 Come on in here. Somebody wants to see ya. 673 00:42:39,808 --> 00:42:41,601 [tires screeching] 674 00:42:41,685 --> 00:42:43,311 [honking] 675 00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:50,485 I’ve been wonderin’ if you’d show up. 676 00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:53,613 Hi, Adam. I hear you’re in trouble. 677 00:42:53,697 --> 00:42:58,159 Yeah. Well, I wouldn’t be if you’d tell the sheriff here where I spent the night. 678 00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:04,124 He was with me, in my cabin, 679 00:43:04,207 --> 00:43:07,002 until all the commotion-- you know, when they found Bob’s body. 680 00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:08,962 And then I just took off, Sheriff. 681 00:43:09,045 --> 00:43:10,588 I lit out before you got there. 682 00:43:10,672 --> 00:43:12,465 Now, that’s the god’s honest truth. 683 00:43:12,549 --> 00:43:14,968 Is that the way it was, Cat? 684 00:43:15,051 --> 00:43:17,554 I didn’t want to say anything on account of Barney. 685 00:43:18,013 --> 00:43:19,389 Maybe we could just keep this between us. 686 00:43:19,472 --> 00:43:22,350 Well, now, this changes things considerably. 687 00:43:24,311 --> 00:43:26,855 Cat, what do you think I oughta do with this young fella? 688 00:43:28,648 --> 00:43:30,233 Well, I saw his pickup truck out back. 689 00:43:30,317 --> 00:43:32,777 One of my deputies brought it in. 690 00:43:32,861 --> 00:43:34,696 I got it workin’ again. 691 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:40,410 Back door. 692 00:43:43,913 --> 00:43:46,374 Get goin’ before I change my mind. 693 00:43:46,458 --> 00:43:49,210 Yeah. Thanks. See ya. 694 00:43:51,254 --> 00:43:52,380 [door opens] 695 00:43:52,464 --> 00:43:54,549 [door closes] 696 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:58,136 Will you hurry up before he gets away? He’s not goin’ anywhere. 697 00:44:02,349 --> 00:44:04,768 You can’t shoot a man unless he’s armed. 698 00:44:05,268 --> 00:44:07,228 [drawer clatters] 699 00:44:07,687 --> 00:44:09,022 He’s armed. 700 00:44:22,452 --> 00:44:25,288 [engine cranking] 701 00:44:25,372 --> 00:44:27,874 [cranking continues] 702 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:35,131 [engine cranking] 703 00:44:42,263 --> 00:44:44,974 [horn honking] 704 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,315 I’d hate to shoot you, Hank, 705 00:44:53,191 --> 00:44:55,985 but my aim’s so bad, I might not be able to miss. 706 00:44:57,112 --> 00:44:59,322 Or maybe you’re planning to shoot all of us. 707 00:44:59,406 --> 00:45:01,199 [man 1] What the hell’s all the commotion? 708 00:45:01,282 --> 00:45:03,493 [man 2] Don’t ask me. Think I heard a gunshot. 709 00:45:03,576 --> 00:45:05,412 [man 1] Did you hear that? 710 00:45:05,495 --> 00:45:06,913 [man 2] Linda, stay back. Stay back! Stay back! 711 00:45:06,996 --> 00:45:09,082 [man 3] Look out. Look out. 712 00:45:36,109 --> 00:45:38,278 Bob was in the office workin’ on the galleys. 713 00:45:40,071 --> 00:45:42,365 Hank had the key. I gave it to him. 714 00:45:44,826 --> 00:45:46,911 He got into the house and went into the office 715 00:45:46,995 --> 00:45:48,872 through the door from the foyer. 716 00:45:48,955 --> 00:45:51,499 Bob asked him to leave. Hank argued with him. 717 00:45:53,460 --> 00:45:55,753 And then Hank took the rifle from the rack. 718 00:45:58,465 --> 00:46:01,551 After he struck Bob, he took the gold medallion 719 00:46:01,634 --> 00:46:04,387 from the desk and then opened a desk drawer. 720 00:46:04,471 --> 00:46:07,307 He knew exactly what to take from the files in the desk. 721 00:46:09,058 --> 00:46:10,894 After that, he let himself out the French doors 722 00:46:10,977 --> 00:46:13,771 and broke the glass from the outside to make it look like some burglar 723 00:46:13,855 --> 00:46:15,106 had forced his way in. 724 00:46:16,483 --> 00:46:19,277 He made me help him. There wasn’t anything I could do. 725 00:46:24,574 --> 00:46:29,787 That’s not true. I was afraid. I was afraid just like the rest of them. 726 00:46:29,871 --> 00:46:31,706 Afraid that Bob was gonna spoil everything. 727 00:46:35,752 --> 00:46:37,128 Hank knew that I spent a couple hours 728 00:46:37,212 --> 00:46:39,923 with Adam in a motel off an interstate. 729 00:46:41,132 --> 00:46:43,843 Hell, Hank knew everything that went on around here. 730 00:46:45,178 --> 00:46:48,181 He took me aside and said that we needed to get rid of Bob 731 00:46:48,264 --> 00:46:50,475 before he smeared my grandfather’s reputation. 732 00:46:51,809 --> 00:46:53,311 But he needed someone to pin it on. 733 00:46:53,394 --> 00:46:55,855 Otherwise, everybody would know it was one of us. 734 00:46:58,233 --> 00:47:00,527 He said he needed me to help him frame Adam. 735 00:47:03,821 --> 00:47:07,325 Look, I just wanted that part in the movie. Don’t you understand? 736 00:47:08,910 --> 00:47:11,454 The lead in the biggest movie of the year. 737 00:47:11,538 --> 00:47:15,500 I mean, no more R-rated cheapies, no more crummy television movies. 738 00:47:17,627 --> 00:47:19,587 Was that so wrong?