1 00:00:00,376 --> 00:00:02,044 Who's out there? 2 00:00:02,128 --> 00:00:03,212 Why are you hiding in the dark? 3 00:00:03,295 --> 00:00:05,297 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 4 00:00:05,381 --> 00:00:08,008 I hate nostalgia, and I hate this old song. 5 00:00:08,092 --> 00:00:09,343 This is a reunion, 6 00:00:09,427 --> 00:00:11,345 and reunions are all about nostalgia. 7 00:00:11,429 --> 00:00:15,057 I'm sorry. I'm not like Lee. I can't bottle up my emotions. 8 00:00:15,141 --> 00:00:20,062 I was 20 years old. Nobody could tell me anything. 9 00:00:20,146 --> 00:00:22,398 Richie King, that fine family man, 10 00:00:22,481 --> 00:00:23,649 was a skirt-chaser. 11 00:00:23,733 --> 00:00:25,443 This is where Richie died. 12 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:27,278 Now, snap out of it and get back to work! 13 00:00:32,074 --> 00:00:34,994 [lively theme music playing] 14 00:01:19,955 --> 00:01:24,835 ♪ Beneath the blue umbrella skies ♪ 15 00:01:24,919 --> 00:01:28,714 ♪ Then softer than a Piper man ♪ 16 00:01:28,798 --> 00:01:34,470 ♪ One day it called to you ♪ 17 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:38,641 ♪ I lost you, I lost you To the summer wind ♪ 18 00:01:41,477 --> 00:01:44,605 ♪ The Autumn wind and the Winter wind ♪ 19 00:01:44,688 --> 00:01:49,068 ♪ Well, they have come and gone ♪ 20 00:01:49,151 --> 00:01:52,863 ♪ And still the days, those lonely days ♪ 21 00:01:52,947 --> 00:01:57,284 ♪ They go on and on ♪ 22 00:01:57,368 --> 00:02:01,372 ♪ And guess who sighs his lullabies ♪ 23 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:03,374 ♪ Through nights that never end? ♪ 24 00:02:03,457 --> 00:02:05,376 This guy was a big star back in the '60s. 25 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:06,502 One of the biggest. 26 00:02:06,585 --> 00:02:08,420 Yes, I remember Richie King. 27 00:02:08,504 --> 00:02:09,797 Yeah? 28 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,340 He died the year I started nursery school, 29 00:02:11,423 --> 00:02:12,675 or something, 1965. 30 00:02:12,758 --> 00:02:14,885 Anyway, he was stabbed to death 31 00:02:14,969 --> 00:02:16,929 during a rehearsal of the Barry Barnes Big Show. 32 00:02:17,012 --> 00:02:19,390 Now, this is a tape from an earlier performance. 33 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:21,517 [audience applauding] 34 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,310 Let's hear it for Richie King! 35 00:02:23,394 --> 00:02:24,520 Let's hear it! 36 00:02:24,603 --> 00:02:26,814 Oh, I... 37 00:02:26,897 --> 00:02:29,149 I love that boy! 38 00:02:29,233 --> 00:02:31,151 That is a story dying to be told. 39 00:02:31,235 --> 00:02:33,445 And as I mentioned to Josh Reynolds, 40 00:02:33,529 --> 00:02:35,447 Jessica, you're the one to tell it. 41 00:02:35,531 --> 00:02:37,032 Yes, where is Josh Reynolds? 42 00:02:37,116 --> 00:02:39,577 I thought he was going to be at this meeting. 43 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:42,955 Did my... secretary tell you that? 44 00:02:43,038 --> 00:02:44,290 I'm gonna have to have a talk with Sandra. 45 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:46,834 Look, Josh is fully aware 46 00:02:46,917 --> 00:02:48,794 that the trend is gonna be reality books 47 00:02:48,878 --> 00:02:51,088 based upon the murders of famous old stars. 48 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:53,090 The Richie King story has all the elements 49 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:54,216 to make it a bestseller. 50 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:56,093 It's got... it's got mystery, 51 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:58,345 it's got glamour, it's got famous names. 52 00:02:58,429 --> 00:02:59,680 And no ending. 53 00:02:59,763 --> 00:03:00,848 As I recall, it was never solved. 54 00:03:00,931 --> 00:03:02,975 That's where you come in. 55 00:03:03,058 --> 00:03:06,604 Jessica, you solve it. 56 00:03:06,687 --> 00:03:08,063 But how? 57 00:03:08,147 --> 00:03:09,231 I mean, sifting through the blurry events 58 00:03:09,315 --> 00:03:10,858 of a quarter of a century ago? 59 00:03:10,941 --> 00:03:12,818 Oh, no, I'm sorry, Mr. Fielding... 60 00:03:12,902 --> 00:03:14,445 Jessica, please. 61 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:15,696 You just cannot turn me down on this one, okay? 62 00:03:15,779 --> 00:03:17,239 You just can't do it. 63 00:03:17,323 --> 00:03:19,074 Why do I have the feeling that 64 00:03:19,158 --> 00:03:21,827 you're not telling me something? 65 00:03:21,911 --> 00:03:23,370 Did I mention The Haley Sisters? 66 00:03:23,454 --> 00:03:25,122 No, you did not. 67 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:26,624 It was their first big TV show. 68 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:28,375 It got big ratings because of the murder. 69 00:03:28,459 --> 00:03:30,294 The Haley Sisters were a hit. 70 00:03:30,377 --> 00:03:32,755 They were the number one female singers in the country, 71 00:03:32,838 --> 00:03:36,300 until they suddenly retired in 1974. 72 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:39,303 I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't see where all this is leading. 73 00:03:39,386 --> 00:03:41,013 They're reviving the act. 74 00:03:41,096 --> 00:03:42,348 And they're gonna kick it off 75 00:03:42,431 --> 00:03:45,601 on the Barry Barnes Reunion Special. 76 00:03:45,684 --> 00:03:47,186 Don't you see? 77 00:03:47,269 --> 00:03:48,896 Their comeback will generate free publicity 78 00:03:48,979 --> 00:03:50,522 to sell this book. 79 00:03:50,606 --> 00:03:52,399 Along with J.B. Fletcher's name, of course. 80 00:03:52,483 --> 00:03:54,526 Yes, well, I'm very flattered, 81 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:56,278 but I really must decline the honor. 82 00:03:56,362 --> 00:03:59,239 You see, Mr. Fielding, I am a fiction writer. 83 00:03:59,323 --> 00:04:01,408 Hey, that's exactly what I told Josh Reynolds. 84 00:04:01,492 --> 00:04:02,993 But you know what he said to me? 85 00:04:03,077 --> 00:04:05,162 Truman Capote did it with In Cold Blood, 86 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:07,373 and that became a hardcover and paperback bestseller 87 00:04:07,456 --> 00:04:08,540 with an awesome picture deal. 88 00:04:08,624 --> 00:04:10,125 Come on, Jessica, 89 00:04:10,209 --> 00:04:11,377 if that little guy can do it, you can do it. 90 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:13,629 No, really. 91 00:04:13,712 --> 00:04:16,924 Well, just take it a look-see, okay? Here... 92 00:04:17,007 --> 00:04:19,551 here's the number of Barry Barnes' head writer, 93 00:04:19,635 --> 00:04:22,554 Art Sommers. 94 00:04:22,638 --> 00:04:25,182 Jessica, please, as a favor to yourself, 95 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:26,809 just go to the TV theater 96 00:04:26,892 --> 00:04:28,477 and get a taste for what you'll be writing about. 97 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,688 Will you do that much for me, please? 98 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:32,815 Or am I gonna have to come all the way up there to Cabot Cove 99 00:04:32,898 --> 00:04:34,566 and talk myself blue in the face? 100 00:04:35,150 --> 00:04:37,069 [laughs] 101 00:04:37,152 --> 00:04:40,781 ♪ Just one of those crazy flings ♪ 102 00:04:40,864 --> 00:04:44,326 ♪ One of those bells that now and then rings ♪ 103 00:04:44,410 --> 00:04:47,579 ♪ Just one of those things ♪ 104 00:04:47,663 --> 00:04:51,458 ♪ It was just one of those nights ♪ 105 00:04:51,542 --> 00:04:54,920 ♪ Just one of those fabulous flights ♪ 106 00:04:55,004 --> 00:04:58,590 ♪ A trip to the moon on gossamer wings ♪ 107 00:04:58,674 --> 00:05:02,928 ♪ Just one of those things ♪ 108 00:05:03,012 --> 00:05:04,471 This sketch might have a couple of laughs in it, 109 00:05:04,555 --> 00:05:05,723 but I don't like it. 110 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:07,099 Barry, it's too late for that. 111 00:05:07,182 --> 00:05:08,475 It's new, it's hip, it's the '90s. 112 00:05:08,559 --> 00:05:10,185 And it's funny. 113 00:05:10,269 --> 00:05:11,770 Oh, sure, it might go over at Saturday Night Live, 114 00:05:11,854 --> 00:05:13,689 but I'm too old for that smart aleck stuff. 115 00:05:13,772 --> 00:05:15,816 I want to do the same sketch I did on the show 25 years ago. 116 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:17,860 Barry, it's old hat. 117 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:20,112 So when's the last time you bought a new hat? 118 00:05:20,195 --> 00:05:21,780 Look, I'm making it easy for you. 119 00:05:21,864 --> 00:05:24,199 Just go over the old sketch and update the gags. 120 00:05:24,283 --> 00:05:26,827 Do you know how much work we've put into our material? 121 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:28,412 Art, tell him. It's brilliant. 122 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:31,498 Look, guys, take a walk, okay? 123 00:05:31,582 --> 00:05:33,375 Now, Barry, you should listen to these kids. 124 00:05:33,459 --> 00:05:35,836 They're great. They know what goes today. 125 00:05:35,919 --> 00:05:37,880 [over speaker] This is so stupid! 126 00:05:37,963 --> 00:05:39,465 Is everybody crazy? 127 00:05:39,548 --> 00:05:41,050 How the hell are we supposed to concentrate? 128 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:42,509 What's the matter with Lee? 129 00:05:42,593 --> 00:05:44,344 Lee, calm down. Calm down! 130 00:05:44,428 --> 00:05:46,305 Ozzie? Ozzie? Where's Ozzie? 131 00:05:46,388 --> 00:05:49,767 We can't work this way! 132 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:50,976 Lee, do you have to get so mad? 133 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:53,729 Yes! When I'm mad, I do! 134 00:05:53,812 --> 00:05:57,399 You, up in the booth, do you hear me? 135 00:05:57,483 --> 00:06:00,235 Say something! 136 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:01,862 [over speaker] Lee, we're looking for Ozzie. 137 00:06:01,945 --> 00:06:03,655 [over speaker] Will somebody please find the music director! 138 00:06:03,739 --> 00:06:05,365 Lee, honey, what's wrong? 139 00:06:05,449 --> 00:06:06,992 Everything. 140 00:06:07,076 --> 00:06:08,786 How do you expect us to sing with those dancers 141 00:06:08,869 --> 00:06:10,954 jumping around us like a bunch of grasshoppers? 142 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:12,331 Come on, Lee, cool down. 143 00:06:12,414 --> 00:06:14,124 No! The dancers are in our way. 144 00:06:14,208 --> 00:06:16,376 They're spoiling our number. 145 00:06:16,460 --> 00:06:18,295 Darling, listen to me. I swear to you, 146 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:20,297 this is an exact recreation of your first number 147 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:21,882 on your first show. 148 00:06:21,965 --> 00:06:24,426 Now, the choreography's the same, step for step. 149 00:06:24,510 --> 00:06:26,095 Yeah? Well, it stinks. 150 00:06:26,178 --> 00:06:28,764 Well, in 25 years it hasn't gotten any better. 151 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:30,766 But, hey, it's nostalgia. 152 00:06:30,849 --> 00:06:33,393 I hate nostalgia, and I hate this old song. 153 00:06:33,477 --> 00:06:34,937 But this is a reunion, 154 00:06:35,020 --> 00:06:37,189 and reunions are all about nostalgia. 155 00:06:37,272 --> 00:06:38,899 Old songs, old sketches. 156 00:06:38,982 --> 00:06:40,943 That doesn't bother you. 157 00:06:41,026 --> 00:06:42,444 You've been telling the same jokes for 40 years. 158 00:06:42,528 --> 00:06:45,447 -[people laughing] -Fifty, but who's counting? 159 00:06:45,531 --> 00:06:48,200 Lee, I don't mind doing the old song. 160 00:06:48,283 --> 00:06:49,701 I kind of like it. 161 00:06:49,785 --> 00:06:52,412 It's better than some of the new stuff. 162 00:06:52,496 --> 00:06:54,206 Well, the song is fine, 163 00:06:54,289 --> 00:06:57,918 the staging is from the Stone Age. 164 00:06:58,001 --> 00:07:00,337 Oh, forget it. 165 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:02,714 Look, she's just tired, Barry. It's nerves. 166 00:07:02,798 --> 00:07:05,217 Don't make excuses. Go talk some sense into her. 167 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:06,426 Let's take a break. 168 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:07,511 [over speaker] Okay, everybody, 30 minutes. 169 00:07:12,683 --> 00:07:15,602 -[people chattering] -Why am I doing this? 170 00:07:15,686 --> 00:07:18,480 At my age, you'd think I'd be smarter. 171 00:07:18,564 --> 00:07:20,232 Am I right? 172 00:07:20,315 --> 00:07:21,692 What'd you do, 173 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:22,985 cut me off? 174 00:07:26,572 --> 00:07:27,489 [suspenseful music playing] 175 00:07:27,573 --> 00:07:31,869 Who is it? Who's out there? 176 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:33,162 Why are you hiding in the dark? 177 00:07:39,293 --> 00:07:41,962 Mr. Barnes, I'm so sorry to startle you. 178 00:07:42,045 --> 00:07:44,339 I'm Jessica Fletcher. 179 00:07:44,423 --> 00:07:46,508 Fletcher? 180 00:07:46,592 --> 00:07:48,760 Oh. Oh, sure. 181 00:07:48,844 --> 00:07:53,098 My people said that you were coming over. 182 00:07:53,182 --> 00:07:56,226 It was the way you came out of the shadows. 183 00:07:56,310 --> 00:07:58,228 I thought you were the Ghost of Christmas Past. 184 00:07:58,312 --> 00:07:59,605 [laughs] 185 00:07:59,688 --> 00:08:04,776 Well, come down here, young lady. 186 00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:07,237 I was supposed to meet a Mr. Sommers. 187 00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:08,655 Oh, you just missed him. 188 00:08:08,739 --> 00:08:10,490 Art went backstage with his wife. 189 00:08:10,574 --> 00:08:11,992 You can wait with me, huh? 190 00:08:12,075 --> 00:08:14,369 Oh, Jim, bring us some tea. 191 00:08:14,453 --> 00:08:15,913 Coming right up. 192 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:17,164 Now, listen to me. 193 00:08:17,247 --> 00:08:19,124 Stop being the prima donna 194 00:08:19,208 --> 00:08:20,667 and give it your best shot. 195 00:08:20,751 --> 00:08:22,085 I didn't want to do this show. 196 00:08:22,169 --> 00:08:23,545 I told you I had a bad feeling about it. 197 00:08:23,629 --> 00:08:25,923 -Lee, cut it out. -[upbeat piano music playing] 198 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:27,883 Now, before you did your first Barry Barnes Show, 199 00:08:27,966 --> 00:08:29,593 your act never made more than 200 bucks. 200 00:08:29,676 --> 00:08:31,511 You started your career with Barry, 201 00:08:31,595 --> 00:08:34,389 and it's perfect for starting your comeback. 202 00:08:34,473 --> 00:08:37,059 We've been gone so long. 203 00:08:37,142 --> 00:08:39,144 Maybe it's too late. 204 00:08:39,228 --> 00:08:41,271 Will you stop that kind of talk? 205 00:08:41,355 --> 00:08:43,523 The '60s are big box office, 206 00:08:43,607 --> 00:08:44,900 and The Haley Sisters have a chance 207 00:08:44,983 --> 00:08:46,902 to cash in on the trend. 208 00:08:46,985 --> 00:08:49,947 What happens when the trend is over? 209 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:54,326 Then we just sit back and count our money. 210 00:08:54,409 --> 00:08:58,914 Honey, how can we lose? 211 00:08:58,997 --> 00:09:00,707 Art, do you remember this dressing room? 212 00:09:05,295 --> 00:09:07,089 They all look alike. 213 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:08,465 It was Richie's. 214 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:09,841 Lee, now don't start. 215 00:09:09,925 --> 00:09:12,094 This is where Richie died. 216 00:09:12,177 --> 00:09:13,720 That's a part of the '60s, too. 217 00:09:13,804 --> 00:09:15,305 Okay, that's enough. 218 00:09:15,389 --> 00:09:16,890 Now, snap out of it and get back to work! 219 00:09:19,643 --> 00:09:20,477 [suspenseful music playing] 220 00:09:21,019 --> 00:09:24,356 Sweetheart, now look. 221 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:26,024 I'm only thinking of what's right for you. 222 00:09:35,075 --> 00:09:39,496 For you. 223 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:40,831 For you, baby. 224 00:09:45,711 --> 00:09:51,383 [door shuts] 225 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:53,885 -Art, you got a minute? -[chuckles] For you, 226 00:09:53,969 --> 00:09:56,013 Oz, maybe a minute and a quarter. 227 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,597 Tell me something. 228 00:09:57,681 --> 00:09:58,724 Am I the music director on this show, or is she? 229 00:09:58,807 --> 00:10:00,267 Hey, hey, hey, hey. 230 00:10:00,350 --> 00:10:02,185 You are treading on dangerous ground, Oz. 231 00:10:02,269 --> 00:10:04,980 What did you do, Art, poison your wife's mind against me? 232 00:10:05,063 --> 00:10:06,565 You never liked my music, 233 00:10:06,648 --> 00:10:08,108 and I happen to know that you hated my songs 234 00:10:08,191 --> 00:10:09,985 on that Thanksgiving Special. 235 00:10:10,068 --> 00:10:11,695 You mean when you had the Indians 236 00:10:11,778 --> 00:10:13,030 and the Pilgrims holding hands 237 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:14,406 around the table and everybody sang, 238 00:10:14,489 --> 00:10:15,490 We're Gonna Gobble Up the Gobbler? 239 00:10:15,574 --> 00:10:17,617 -It's a children's classic. -[Art laughing] 240 00:10:17,701 --> 00:10:19,661 Well, it will be if I can get a record deal. 241 00:10:19,745 --> 00:10:21,371 Well, personally, I prefer, 242 00:10:21,455 --> 00:10:24,041 Little Ducky Duddle Splashing in a Puddle. 243 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:25,667 Look, look, I know you don't like me. 244 00:10:25,751 --> 00:10:26,710 I can live with that. 245 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:28,337 You never liked my dad 246 00:10:28,420 --> 00:10:29,421 when he was Barry's music director. 247 00:10:29,504 --> 00:10:30,756 You thought he was a hack. 248 00:10:30,839 --> 00:10:32,174 No, no, no. Get this straight. 249 00:10:32,257 --> 00:10:34,926 Richie King thought he was a hack. 250 00:10:35,010 --> 00:10:36,803 I only thought he was a bad music director. 251 00:10:36,887 --> 00:10:39,306 You and Richie tried to get my dad dumped off the show. 252 00:10:39,389 --> 00:10:40,807 If Richie hadn't been killed, it might have worked. 253 00:10:40,891 --> 00:10:42,684 Now you're trying to get me dumped. 254 00:10:42,768 --> 00:10:44,186 You know, you're the only guy 255 00:10:44,269 --> 00:10:46,646 I know with second-generation paranoia. 256 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:50,067 Admit it. Admit it, Art, you want me out of here. 257 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:54,571 Oz, talking to you is like talking to a turnip. 258 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:57,449 Only a turnip listens. 259 00:10:57,532 --> 00:10:59,618 Get out of my hair. 260 00:11:00,369 --> 00:11:01,203 [scoffs] 261 00:11:06,375 --> 00:11:09,086 You know, I hadn't realized that Art Sommers was married 262 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:10,837 to one of The Haley Sisters. 263 00:11:10,921 --> 00:11:12,506 Yeah, Lee, the oldest. 264 00:11:12,589 --> 00:11:14,841 Now, there's a story you should write. 265 00:11:14,925 --> 00:11:16,218 He met her 25 years ago 266 00:11:16,301 --> 00:11:17,677 when the sisters started rehearsing 267 00:11:17,761 --> 00:11:19,137 for their first appearance on my show. 268 00:11:19,221 --> 00:11:20,889 Oh, the one with Richie King? 269 00:11:20,972 --> 00:11:23,475 Right. Art fell for Lee like a ton of bricks. 270 00:11:23,558 --> 00:11:25,185 She couldn't stand him. 271 00:11:25,268 --> 00:11:26,853 Wanted nothing to do with him. 272 00:11:26,937 --> 00:11:28,355 So what happened? 273 00:11:28,438 --> 00:11:29,898 A couple of weeks later, 274 00:11:29,981 --> 00:11:31,733 they get hitched by a city clerk in Las Vegas. 275 00:11:31,817 --> 00:11:34,319 Tell me romance is dead. 276 00:11:34,403 --> 00:11:36,530 [chuckles] You have a remarkable memory. 277 00:11:36,613 --> 00:11:38,073 Yeah. 278 00:11:38,156 --> 00:11:40,867 I developed it memorizing other comics' jokes. 279 00:11:40,951 --> 00:11:44,371 Well, then you probably remember details of the murder? 280 00:11:44,454 --> 00:11:47,833 Are you kidding? Sure. 281 00:11:47,916 --> 00:11:50,877 Tricky. I like that in a woman. 282 00:11:50,961 --> 00:11:53,880 You wanna know all about Richie King, right? 283 00:11:53,964 --> 00:11:55,507 Well, he was a wonderful friend. 284 00:11:55,590 --> 00:11:58,468 A terrific guy. Everybody loved him. 285 00:11:58,552 --> 00:12:00,387 Except his killer. 286 00:12:00,470 --> 00:12:02,848 Could it have been someone connected with your show? 287 00:12:02,931 --> 00:12:04,766 Well, the police questioned everyone, 288 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:06,143 checked their alibis. 289 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:08,478 Nothing. 290 00:12:08,562 --> 00:12:09,896 I keep thinking how Richie always had 291 00:12:09,980 --> 00:12:12,482 a mob of weirdo fans hanging around. 292 00:12:12,566 --> 00:12:14,651 One of them could have slipped into his dressing room and... 293 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:16,778 -[over speaker] Five minutes, everyone! -Well, it sounds crazy, 294 00:12:16,862 --> 00:12:19,156 till you stop to think about John Lennon. 295 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:22,033 -Oh, Artie. -[crew talking in background] 296 00:12:22,117 --> 00:12:23,410 Hey, look, Ozzie's singing 297 00:12:23,493 --> 00:12:24,703 the "everybody's out to get me" blues. 298 00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:26,037 I think you better talk to him. 299 00:12:26,121 --> 00:12:27,664 Jessica Fletcher, Art Sommers. 300 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:29,624 Oh, hello, Mr. Sommers. We talked on the phone. 301 00:12:29,708 --> 00:12:31,168 Oh, the mystery writer. 302 00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:33,170 I completely forgot you were coming today. 303 00:12:33,253 --> 00:12:34,963 Please forgive me, Mrs. Fletcher. 304 00:12:35,046 --> 00:12:36,590 Hey, don't worry about it. 305 00:12:36,673 --> 00:12:37,924 She couldn't have had better company. 306 00:12:38,008 --> 00:12:40,177 For which I am very grateful. 307 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:44,931 Oh, excuse me, Jessica. Oz, you got a minute? 308 00:12:45,015 --> 00:12:47,934 Five, six, seven, eight. 309 00:12:48,018 --> 00:12:50,061 I realize you're very busy, Mr. Sommers. 310 00:12:50,145 --> 00:12:52,439 I mean, if another time would be more convenient... 311 00:12:52,522 --> 00:12:54,566 No, I doubt it. But let me warn you, 312 00:12:54,649 --> 00:12:56,818 I am not an authority on the murder. 313 00:12:56,902 --> 00:12:59,529 And even when I saw the body, I thought it was a gag. 314 00:12:59,613 --> 00:13:01,406 I expected Richie to jump up 315 00:13:01,490 --> 00:13:03,200 and reveal the blood on his chest was ketchup. 316 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:04,826 [laughs] 317 00:13:04,910 --> 00:13:08,580 But it never happened. 318 00:13:08,663 --> 00:13:12,042 I'm sorry, the story doesn't have a punchline. 319 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:14,085 You know, I'm curious. 320 00:13:14,169 --> 00:13:16,963 Mr. Barnes seemed startled when he saw me 321 00:13:17,047 --> 00:13:19,174 sitting out in the shadows in the back of the house. 322 00:13:19,257 --> 00:13:20,258 Oh? 323 00:13:20,342 --> 00:13:21,635 I was under the impression 324 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:23,136 that he thought I was someone he knew. 325 00:13:23,220 --> 00:13:25,847 I mean, have you any idea who that might be? 326 00:13:25,931 --> 00:13:28,725 No. No idea at all. 327 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:31,228 Maybe Barry's getting quirky in his old age. 328 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:33,063 Oh, do you think so? 329 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:36,107 I thought he was very alert, very much on top of things. 330 00:13:36,191 --> 00:13:39,319 Girls. Girls, over here. 331 00:13:39,402 --> 00:13:41,446 This is Cathy Haley, Marge Haley, and Lee Haley, 332 00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:42,489 my beautiful wife. 333 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:43,657 -Hello. -Hello. 334 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:45,116 This is Jessica Fletcher. 335 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,326 She's writing a piece about the show. 336 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:47,744 -Hello. -Nice to meet you. 337 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:48,870 -Oh, how nice. -Delighted to meet you. 338 00:13:48,954 --> 00:13:51,915 Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Let's get on with the rehearsal, please. 339 00:13:53,208 --> 00:13:54,584 -We'll see you later? -Good luck. 340 00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:55,877 -Good. -Excuse us. 341 00:13:55,961 --> 00:13:57,212 I'll show you the murder scene. 342 00:13:57,295 --> 00:13:58,964 Watch your step, Mrs. Fletcher. 343 00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:00,882 [Barry] Hey, Jim, let's work the lights on this rehearsal. 344 00:14:00,966 --> 00:14:03,510 [Lee] Andy, would you take it from the top? 345 00:14:03,593 --> 00:14:04,886 Same song? 346 00:14:04,970 --> 00:14:06,096 Yes. 347 00:14:06,179 --> 00:14:08,848 With or without dancers? 348 00:14:08,932 --> 00:14:12,519 With dancers, if you please. 349 00:14:12,602 --> 00:14:14,854 I'm starting to feel real good about this. 350 00:14:14,938 --> 00:14:16,773 Well, I'm glad one of us is. 351 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,316 [piano playing] 352 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,861 ♪ It was just one of those things ♪ 353 00:14:21,945 --> 00:14:25,615 ♪ Just one of those crazy flings ♪ 354 00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:27,284 No, Jessica. 355 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:29,035 Listen to me, okay? 356 00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:32,163 You cannot just give up and go home. 357 00:14:32,247 --> 00:14:34,165 But I have thought about it very seriously, 358 00:14:34,249 --> 00:14:36,418 and I'm not convinced that there's a book there. 359 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:38,795 At least, not one that I would care to write. 360 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:41,673 Jessica, it's there. I know it is. 361 00:14:41,756 --> 00:14:44,426 All you gotta do is just dig it out. 362 00:14:44,509 --> 00:14:47,512 If Richie King's killer escaped 25 years ago, 363 00:14:47,596 --> 00:14:49,973 he's done a pretty good job of covering his tracks. 364 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:52,559 Are you telling me this was a perfect crime? 365 00:14:52,642 --> 00:14:54,519 Oh, of course not. 366 00:14:54,603 --> 00:14:57,063 But for a quarter of a century, it's been the next best thing. 367 00:14:57,147 --> 00:15:01,276 -I'm sorry, Scott. -[phone ringing] 368 00:15:01,359 --> 00:15:02,360 Now she calls me Scott. 369 00:15:04,154 --> 00:15:05,363 [piano music playing] 370 00:15:14,623 --> 00:15:17,334 -[Barry playing piano] -[door opens] 371 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:21,713 [door closes] 372 00:15:29,387 --> 00:15:32,098 Hey, you gonna stick around all night? 373 00:15:32,182 --> 00:15:35,352 This was Richie's first big hit. 374 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:37,562 What a waste. 375 00:15:37,646 --> 00:15:39,564 He was such a talented boy. 376 00:15:39,648 --> 00:15:42,108 I know. 377 00:15:42,192 --> 00:15:44,486 Look, Lee is waiting for me at the hotel. 378 00:15:44,569 --> 00:15:47,113 Do you want to join us for dinner? 379 00:15:47,197 --> 00:15:49,491 No, not tonight, thanks. I'm ready to drop. 380 00:15:49,574 --> 00:15:52,035 -[door closing] -[Barry abruptly stops playing] 381 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:56,873 [suspenseful music playing] 382 00:15:56,956 --> 00:16:00,502 -Did you see that? -What? 383 00:16:00,585 --> 00:16:02,253 Somebody moving in the dark. 384 00:16:02,337 --> 00:16:03,797 Where? I don't see anything. 385 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,256 I tell you, there's somebody out there. 386 00:16:05,340 --> 00:16:06,383 Put on the house lights. 387 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:09,219 House lights, please! 388 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:10,679 Now, I know you're there! 389 00:16:10,762 --> 00:16:12,180 Stop playing games, and show yourself! 390 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:29,030 Barry? 391 00:16:29,114 --> 00:16:30,865 Barry? 392 00:16:30,949 --> 00:16:35,161 Oh, my God, Barry. Barry. 393 00:16:43,253 --> 00:16:48,425 Yes. Yeah, 27. That's correct. 394 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:49,926 Surely. Bye-bye. 395 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:55,974 -May I help you? -Oh, yes, please. 396 00:16:56,057 --> 00:16:57,684 I received a message at my hotel 397 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,811 that Mr. Barry Barnes was a patient here 398 00:16:59,894 --> 00:17:02,105 and wanted to see me. 399 00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:03,565 If I seem a little confused, 400 00:17:03,648 --> 00:17:04,733 it's because he seemed perfectly well 401 00:17:04,816 --> 00:17:06,818 when I saw him a few hours ago. 402 00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:08,945 Apparently he suffered a severe shock. 403 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,822 Shock? Well, what sort of shock? 404 00:17:10,905 --> 00:17:13,366 I'm not permitted to discuss the details of his case. 405 00:17:13,450 --> 00:17:15,326 I'm sure you can understand that. 406 00:17:15,410 --> 00:17:18,037 -Of course. May I see him? -He's resting. 407 00:17:18,121 --> 00:17:22,876 I see. 408 00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:25,837 Mrs. Fletcher. I see you got my message. 409 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,505 Well, what happened? 410 00:17:27,589 --> 00:17:30,258 Barry collapsed after the rehearsal. 411 00:17:30,341 --> 00:17:32,218 Well, is he all right? 412 00:17:32,302 --> 00:17:34,262 See for yourself. 413 00:17:34,345 --> 00:17:36,222 [people laughing] 414 00:17:36,306 --> 00:17:37,807 [ukulele music] 415 00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:56,409 [all cheering] 416 00:17:56,493 --> 00:17:57,994 Come on in. We're having a ball. 417 00:17:58,077 --> 00:18:00,413 Move over, darling. Make room for Jessica. 418 00:18:00,497 --> 00:18:03,041 Barry, I expected to find you in an oxygen tent 419 00:18:03,124 --> 00:18:04,667 not having a party. 420 00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:06,294 Oh, it was nothing. I hyperventilated. 421 00:18:06,377 --> 00:18:07,545 I'll be back at work tomorrow. 422 00:18:07,629 --> 00:18:09,005 Have a glass of champagne. 423 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:10,548 I'll bet you do a mean hula. 424 00:18:10,632 --> 00:18:13,384 Thank you, but I really can't stay. 425 00:18:13,468 --> 00:18:14,636 Why? Where are you going? 426 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:16,554 I'm going home to Maine. 427 00:18:16,638 --> 00:18:18,181 No, you can't do that. 428 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:20,058 Art, tell her she can't do that. 429 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:21,768 She can do anything she wants, Barry. 430 00:18:21,851 --> 00:18:25,563 She's not on your payroll. 431 00:18:25,647 --> 00:18:27,148 Out. Everybody out, 432 00:18:27,232 --> 00:18:28,983 so I can have a minute alone with Jessica. 433 00:18:29,067 --> 00:18:30,735 Oh, here, darling, here. 434 00:18:30,819 --> 00:18:33,696 Drop some bread crumbs so you can find your way back. 435 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,323 [all laughing] 436 00:18:35,406 --> 00:18:37,200 Barry, I'll see you at rehearsal? 437 00:18:37,283 --> 00:18:40,662 I'll see you there. 438 00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:44,290 I'm so glad it wasn't your heart. 439 00:18:44,374 --> 00:18:47,085 Kid, you broke my heart a long time ago. 440 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:48,753 Take your husband and get out of here. 441 00:18:48,837 --> 00:18:50,463 He hasn't come up with a funny line 442 00:18:50,547 --> 00:18:51,965 since I fainted in his arms. 443 00:18:52,048 --> 00:18:54,050 [laughs] 444 00:18:59,514 --> 00:19:00,974 Thanks for coming. 445 00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:02,559 I feel a lot better, now that you're here. 446 00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:04,853 Oh, please, sit down. 447 00:19:04,936 --> 00:19:08,857 Thanks. 448 00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:12,193 You weren't exactly serious when you said it was nothing, 449 00:19:12,277 --> 00:19:13,653 were you? 450 00:19:13,736 --> 00:19:15,989 Well, I meant it wasn't a heart attack. 451 00:19:16,072 --> 00:19:18,950 I passed out from sheer panic. 452 00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:20,577 Do you remember when I saw you standing in the dark, 453 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:21,703 and I thought you were somebody else? 454 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:22,704 Mm-hmm. 455 00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,747 I saw her, 456 00:19:24,831 --> 00:19:27,458 for the second time in my life, the woman in black. 457 00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:29,711 Someone you knew? 458 00:19:29,794 --> 00:19:31,337 I couldn't see her face. 459 00:19:31,421 --> 00:19:32,922 She was heavily veiled, like a woman in mourning. 460 00:19:33,006 --> 00:19:34,883 The same as the first time. 461 00:19:34,966 --> 00:19:36,092 And that was... 462 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,012 The night after Richie's murder. 463 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:41,639 [sighs] She was standing in the wings, pointing at me, 464 00:19:41,723 --> 00:19:44,642 as if accusing me of Richie's death. 465 00:19:44,726 --> 00:19:47,729 Then she was gone. 466 00:19:47,812 --> 00:19:50,106 She's been in my nightmares ever since. 467 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:52,525 But what have I got to do with your nightmares? 468 00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:56,237 I mean, why did you send for me? 469 00:19:56,321 --> 00:20:00,241 Well, I know all about you. I read all your books. 470 00:20:00,325 --> 00:20:02,660 Looked up some of the cases you solved. 471 00:20:02,744 --> 00:20:05,914 Now, you have a way of getting at the root of a problem. 472 00:20:05,997 --> 00:20:08,041 That's why I suggested to my brother-in-law's nephew 473 00:20:08,124 --> 00:20:09,542 that you'd be perfect 474 00:20:09,626 --> 00:20:11,294 for writing a book about Richie's murder. 475 00:20:11,377 --> 00:20:13,421 Oh, that nephew wouldn't by any chance 476 00:20:13,504 --> 00:20:15,798 be Scott Fielding, would it? 477 00:20:15,882 --> 00:20:19,302 Oh, a know-it-all, but a good kid. 478 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:20,803 You put him up to it. 479 00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:22,180 Look, I'm being straight with you. 480 00:20:22,263 --> 00:20:23,556 I knew if I invited you myself, 481 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,517 you wouldn't come. 482 00:20:26,601 --> 00:20:28,311 Look, Jessica, I'm desperate. 483 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:29,562 The memory of the woman in black 484 00:20:29,646 --> 00:20:31,648 has haunted me for 25 years, 485 00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:34,400 and now she's back. 486 00:20:34,484 --> 00:20:37,403 To tell you the truth, my heart's not that good. 487 00:20:37,487 --> 00:20:38,905 My daughter's gonna have her first baby, 488 00:20:38,988 --> 00:20:40,573 and I want to live to see my grandchild. 489 00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:42,325 Is that so terrible? 490 00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:43,743 What can I do? 491 00:20:43,826 --> 00:20:45,119 What the cops couldn't do. 492 00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:47,080 Get a line on the woman in black 493 00:20:47,163 --> 00:20:48,456 and find out who really knocked off Richie King 494 00:20:48,539 --> 00:20:50,041 so she'll leave me alone. 495 00:20:50,124 --> 00:20:51,918 I'm overwhelmed by your faith in me, Barry, 496 00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:53,503 but I'm a writer. 497 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:56,589 I mean, this calls for a real, trained detective. 498 00:20:56,673 --> 00:20:59,425 You want a detective? You got him. 499 00:21:03,388 --> 00:21:04,764 Hello, sweet lips. 500 00:21:04,847 --> 00:21:08,518 You miss me, sugar pie? My secretary. 501 00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:10,228 Huh? Oh, I'm feeling great. 502 00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:13,356 Now, listen, be a good bunny and give Jessica Fletcher 503 00:21:13,439 --> 00:21:16,234 the phone number of Sergeant Kowalski. 504 00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:17,860 Kowalski? 505 00:21:17,944 --> 00:21:19,570 Kowalski is the detective 506 00:21:19,654 --> 00:21:23,116 who was in charge of the Richie King investigation. 507 00:21:23,199 --> 00:21:24,617 A real character. 508 00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:26,202 He was known as the "Broadway Bulldog". 509 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:27,495 He's kept every word ever written 510 00:21:27,578 --> 00:21:29,288 on the Richie King case. 511 00:21:35,712 --> 00:21:36,838 Here we are. 512 00:21:36,921 --> 00:21:39,090 Oh, thank you, Mr. Kowalski. 513 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:40,425 Or should I say Sergeant? 514 00:21:40,508 --> 00:21:42,260 No, Bulldog will do just fine. 515 00:21:42,343 --> 00:21:43,344 [both laugh] 516 00:21:43,428 --> 00:21:45,430 Barry Barnes told me 517 00:21:45,513 --> 00:21:47,807 that you've saved every word from the Richie King case? 518 00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:50,226 Yeah, I got tired of living with the mess. 519 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:51,769 I put it all in here. 520 00:21:51,853 --> 00:21:53,271 Oh, I see. 521 00:21:53,354 --> 00:21:54,605 You want me to fire this thing up for you? 522 00:21:54,689 --> 00:21:56,357 Sure. 523 00:21:56,441 --> 00:21:58,443 Okay, here we go. 524 00:22:03,573 --> 00:22:05,199 There we are. 525 00:22:05,283 --> 00:22:07,535 There, that's statements from all the people concerned. 526 00:22:07,618 --> 00:22:09,454 There was no witness, of course. 527 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:13,291 And the alibis, there, they was all confirmed. 528 00:22:13,374 --> 00:22:15,543 And where was Barry Barnes at the time of the murder? 529 00:22:15,626 --> 00:22:18,046 He was onstage in front of 50 people, 530 00:22:18,129 --> 00:22:22,175 rehearsing the cowboy sketch. 531 00:22:22,258 --> 00:22:26,054 That doesn't make sense. 532 00:22:26,137 --> 00:22:28,181 What do you have on the woman in black? 533 00:22:28,264 --> 00:22:30,558 Oh, the shady lady. Yeah. Well, here. 534 00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:33,019 -[computer beeps] -Now, that is an artist's conception 535 00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:35,688 of the way she looked, based on Barry's description. 536 00:22:35,772 --> 00:22:38,357 Well, Barry said that he saw her again, 537 00:22:38,441 --> 00:22:41,152 pointing an accusing finger at him. 538 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:43,905 Like she was saying that he was the one who did it. 539 00:22:43,988 --> 00:22:45,740 Yes, but why would she accuse Barry, 540 00:22:45,823 --> 00:22:47,450 who couldn't possibly have done it? 541 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:49,911 I don't know. Maybe she don't care about logic. 542 00:22:49,994 --> 00:22:54,082 Maybe she just likes to frighten comedians. 543 00:22:54,165 --> 00:22:56,209 Would you like a rundown on the ladies in the case? 544 00:22:56,292 --> 00:22:57,418 That might be a very good idea. 545 00:22:57,502 --> 00:23:00,838 Here we go. 546 00:23:00,922 --> 00:23:02,381 There. 547 00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:04,383 I don't know how you feel about The Haley Sisters, 548 00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:07,678 but 25 years ago they was sweet young girls, 549 00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:09,222 fresh from Iowa. 550 00:23:09,305 --> 00:23:12,058 They still had the corn silk in their hair. 551 00:23:12,141 --> 00:23:13,810 Oh, yeah. 552 00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:16,687 Now, this is some time later. This is after the murder. 553 00:23:16,771 --> 00:23:19,816 I expect that you will be more interested in this lady here. 554 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:22,527 This is Sharon King. That was Richie's wife. 555 00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:25,613 Oh. Well, no one has even mentioned her. 556 00:23:25,696 --> 00:23:28,366 Now, was she in the theater when her husband was murdered? 557 00:23:28,449 --> 00:23:31,869 Yeah, yeah, but she left 20 minutes before it happened. 558 00:23:31,953 --> 00:23:33,246 A lot of witnesses saw her 559 00:23:33,329 --> 00:23:34,789 kissing Richie goodbye at the door. 560 00:23:34,872 --> 00:23:37,250 She could have slipped back later, I guess. 561 00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:39,752 Do you know where she is now? 562 00:23:39,836 --> 00:23:40,920 Yeah. You wanna meet her? 563 00:23:41,462 --> 00:23:42,296 [fanciful music playing] 564 00:23:52,974 --> 00:23:57,687 My favorite Bulldog. 565 00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:59,480 Hey, Sharon, just as beautiful as ever. 566 00:23:59,564 --> 00:24:01,440 Watch it. 567 00:24:01,524 --> 00:24:04,152 That kind of talk will give you the business end of this hose. 568 00:24:04,235 --> 00:24:05,278 -Hello. -Hello. 569 00:24:05,361 --> 00:24:07,029 I'm Sharon King. 570 00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:09,490 [stutters] This charming lady is Jessica Fletcher. 571 00:24:09,574 --> 00:24:10,992 She is a writer. 572 00:24:11,075 --> 00:24:13,536 I'm very pleased to meet you, Sharon. 573 00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:15,663 He brought you here to talk about Richie. 574 00:24:15,746 --> 00:24:17,165 -Well, yes. -[birds chirping] 575 00:24:17,248 --> 00:24:18,958 I'm not a mind-reader, 576 00:24:19,041 --> 00:24:22,003 but he never invites anyone unless he thinks he's got 577 00:24:22,086 --> 00:24:24,463 a new lead for that very old case. 578 00:24:24,547 --> 00:24:26,674 Now, don't you believe a word of that. 579 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:28,134 Hey, how are the grandchildren, 580 00:24:28,217 --> 00:24:29,510 the three little angels? 581 00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:31,095 The girls are with their mother, 582 00:24:31,179 --> 00:24:34,140 probably enjoying their first ride in a tow car. 583 00:24:34,223 --> 00:24:35,850 Kelly called right after I talked to you, 584 00:24:35,933 --> 00:24:37,393 and she's having trouble with her car. 585 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:41,397 So as soon as I get the dust off my wagon, 586 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,025 I've gotta go and pick up my grandson at kindergarten, 587 00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:45,318 and then I've got to take him to the dentist. 588 00:24:45,401 --> 00:24:46,777 I'm very sorry. 589 00:24:46,861 --> 00:24:50,323 It seems to me your priorities are clear. 590 00:24:50,406 --> 00:24:52,408 Okay, we'll cut it short. 591 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:54,619 Jessica is interested in the woman in black 592 00:24:54,702 --> 00:24:56,829 who allegedly appeared to Barry Barnes 593 00:24:56,913 --> 00:24:58,956 the night after the murder. 594 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:03,211 Seems she's popped up again, after all these years. 595 00:25:03,294 --> 00:25:05,713 And you're wondering if it was me. 596 00:25:05,796 --> 00:25:09,217 I might have pulled a stunt like that 25 years ago. 597 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,969 When Bulldog first knew me, I was high-strung. 598 00:25:12,053 --> 00:25:14,972 My husband had just been murdered. 599 00:25:15,056 --> 00:25:16,599 I realize that Barry's eyes 600 00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:18,059 aren't as good as they used to be, 601 00:25:18,142 --> 00:25:20,603 but can you honestly imagine anybody 602 00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:25,358 mistaking me for an avenging angel? 603 00:25:25,441 --> 00:25:28,569 Black isn't my color. 604 00:25:28,653 --> 00:25:30,529 I thought she ought to hear it from you. 605 00:25:34,784 --> 00:25:38,120 Frankly, I don't know why you want to dig up 606 00:25:38,204 --> 00:25:44,126 an old murder that most everyone's forgotten. 607 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:46,420 Richie was a beautiful man. 608 00:25:46,504 --> 00:25:48,422 He missed seeing a daughter 609 00:25:48,506 --> 00:25:52,218 grow into a lovely woman with adorable children. 610 00:25:52,301 --> 00:25:53,803 They mean the world to me, 611 00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:55,096 and I don't want to see anything dredged up 612 00:25:55,179 --> 00:25:56,264 that could hurt them. 613 00:25:56,347 --> 00:25:57,765 I'm not looking for scandal. 614 00:25:57,848 --> 00:25:59,850 I can't tell you what to do, of course. 615 00:25:59,934 --> 00:26:03,271 But I wish you would let Richie King remain the man 616 00:26:03,354 --> 00:26:07,608 his family can be proud of. 617 00:26:07,692 --> 00:26:09,277 -[suspenseful music playing] -If you'll excuse me, 618 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,529 grandmothers should never be late. 619 00:26:11,612 --> 00:26:12,822 Of course. 620 00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:31,007 You realize she just hinted at a dark secret, 621 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:33,551 and you didn't ask a single question. 622 00:26:33,634 --> 00:26:36,679 Didn't have to. I know the answer. 623 00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:39,640 The worst-kept secret in show business. 624 00:26:39,724 --> 00:26:41,934 Richie King, that fine family man, 625 00:26:42,018 --> 00:26:44,770 was a skirt-chaser. 626 00:26:44,854 --> 00:26:47,023 He liked them young. 627 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:49,066 But if you think that's gonna make me drop this case, 628 00:26:49,150 --> 00:26:50,818 you just don't know why they call me Bulldog. 629 00:26:56,657 --> 00:26:59,952 ♪ Move over, sun, ♪ 630 00:27:00,036 --> 00:27:03,414 ♪ And give me some sky ♪ 631 00:27:03,497 --> 00:27:07,084 ♪ I've got me some wings ♪ 632 00:27:07,168 --> 00:27:10,713 ♪ I'm eager to try ♪ 633 00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:14,342 ♪ I may be unknown ♪ 634 00:27:14,425 --> 00:27:19,347 ♪ But wait till I've flown ♪ 635 00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:23,351 ♪ You're gonna hear from me ♪ 636 00:27:25,770 --> 00:27:29,065 ♪ Make me some room ♪ 637 00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:31,692 ♪ You people up there ♪ 638 00:27:31,776 --> 00:27:33,986 Art, this, in case you haven't seen it, 639 00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:35,488 is a copy of the final script. 640 00:27:35,571 --> 00:27:36,989 We're taking our names off the show, Art. 641 00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:39,909 Okay, come on, hold it down, will you? 642 00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:43,496 ♪ I'm staking my claim ♪ 643 00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:48,501 ♪ Remember my name ♪ 644 00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:52,755 ♪ You're gonna hear from me ♪ 645 00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:58,135 Nothing's changed, not even The Haley Sisters' act. 646 00:27:58,219 --> 00:27:59,720 -[The Haley Sisters singing in background] -Our sketch is gone. 647 00:27:59,804 --> 00:28:01,138 You didn't even have the decency to tell us. 648 00:28:01,222 --> 00:28:02,723 Or the guts. You sold us out. 649 00:28:02,807 --> 00:28:04,100 Look, we'll talk about it later, all right? 650 00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:07,269 Later is too late. 651 00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:09,480 Mrs. Fletcher, 652 00:28:09,563 --> 00:28:11,732 Barry was just asking for you. 653 00:28:11,816 --> 00:28:13,275 Hello, Sergeant. 654 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:14,485 Hey, you look good. You lost some weight. 655 00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:16,028 Yeah, couple of pounds maybe. 656 00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:17,154 Well, that's one of the fringe benefits 657 00:28:17,238 --> 00:28:18,364 of police retirement. 658 00:28:18,447 --> 00:28:19,448 No more free donuts. 659 00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:21,158 [laughing] Yeah. 660 00:28:21,242 --> 00:28:22,410 Where is Barry? 661 00:28:22,493 --> 00:28:24,161 He's changing for rehearsal. 662 00:28:24,245 --> 00:28:25,538 Hey, look, why don't you grab a couple of seats inside, 663 00:28:25,621 --> 00:28:26,622 and I'll tell him you're here. 664 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:27,957 Thank you. 665 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,083 All right. Around to your left. 666 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,419 Good to see you, Sergeant. 667 00:28:31,502 --> 00:28:33,129 Art, Art. 668 00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:34,922 We just took out full page ads in both trade papers 669 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:36,549 telling people to watch our sketch. 670 00:28:36,632 --> 00:28:38,008 They're gonna think we're complete idiots. 671 00:28:38,092 --> 00:28:40,177 Look, what do you guys want from me? 672 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:43,180 We'll start with your liver. 673 00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:46,892 That's not funny. 674 00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:48,060 ♪ You're gonna hear from me ♪ 675 00:28:57,611 --> 00:28:59,405 -That's nice. -It really is. 676 00:28:59,488 --> 00:29:00,698 Thanks, guys. 677 00:29:00,781 --> 00:29:02,450 [over speaker] Haley Sisters, that was great. 678 00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:04,535 -Thank you. -Thanks. 679 00:29:04,618 --> 00:29:08,080 [from speaker] Cathy. 680 00:29:08,164 --> 00:29:09,874 Yeah? 681 00:29:09,957 --> 00:29:11,584 [from speaker] We'll need you to change into costume for the sketch. 682 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:15,796 [from speaker] We're gonna run it for camera after the specialty act. 683 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,674 Just great. 684 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:21,510 [from speaker] Okay, spinners, on stage, please. 685 00:29:21,594 --> 00:29:23,095 -[uptempo music playing] -[woman] No, no, no, no. 686 00:29:23,179 --> 00:29:26,849 Number one, number three, number three. 687 00:29:29,685 --> 00:29:33,355 -[woman] Number one. -[man] One, good. 688 00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:35,232 [woman] Three. 689 00:29:35,316 --> 00:29:38,611 Oh, watch it! 690 00:29:38,694 --> 00:29:40,321 Number one, number one, watch number... 691 00:29:40,404 --> 00:29:44,241 No, no, no, number one. 692 00:29:44,325 --> 00:29:46,285 Number three, number three, watch number three. 693 00:29:46,368 --> 00:29:48,037 [woman exclaiming] 694 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:52,124 That is the same act that was on stage 25 years ago 695 00:29:52,208 --> 00:29:53,626 when Richie was murdered. 696 00:29:53,709 --> 00:29:55,628 [woman] ...three. 697 00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:57,880 [woman yelling] 698 00:29:57,963 --> 00:30:01,675 No, no, here, this one. Eight, eight! 699 00:30:03,344 --> 00:30:05,513 They improved with age. 700 00:30:07,932 --> 00:30:10,267 I'm not a comic, I'm not funny, 701 00:30:10,351 --> 00:30:12,436 and I don't want to do the sketch. 702 00:30:18,067 --> 00:30:20,402 [woman] Number five. Six, six. 703 00:30:20,486 --> 00:30:24,156 [Cathy screaming] 704 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,367 Eight, eight. Hurry up, hurry up. 705 00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:30,371 Number four, number four. Watch it, watch it. 706 00:30:30,454 --> 00:30:32,665 Number five, number five. 707 00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:36,377 [Cathy sobbing] 708 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:37,503 -Where's Barry? -In there. 709 00:30:43,634 --> 00:30:46,178 Hey, Barry, you okay? 710 00:30:46,262 --> 00:30:48,305 I am. 711 00:30:48,389 --> 00:30:51,809 But Art's not. 712 00:30:51,892 --> 00:30:53,435 Oh, no. 713 00:31:01,527 --> 00:31:03,195 It's crazy. 714 00:31:03,279 --> 00:31:07,157 Who'd kill a writer? 715 00:31:07,241 --> 00:31:08,701 So you just walked into the dressing room 716 00:31:08,784 --> 00:31:10,536 and started talking to a dead man? 717 00:31:10,619 --> 00:31:12,079 I didn't know he was dead 718 00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:14,331 until I took a good look at him. 719 00:31:14,415 --> 00:31:16,041 Then I ran out screaming. 720 00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:17,710 You could have conked him first. 721 00:31:17,793 --> 00:31:19,837 She was only in the dressing room five seconds. 722 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,088 Marge and I were in the corridor 723 00:31:21,171 --> 00:31:22,673 the whole time. 724 00:31:22,756 --> 00:31:23,716 You're not acting much like a grieving widow. 725 00:31:23,799 --> 00:31:26,093 I'm not acting at all. 726 00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:27,678 My grief is personal. 727 00:31:27,761 --> 00:31:31,098 I have no intention of making a show of it. 728 00:31:31,181 --> 00:31:33,058 Why were you so hot to talk to your brother-in-law? 729 00:31:33,142 --> 00:31:36,061 I wanted to ask him to get me out of the comedy sketch. 730 00:31:36,145 --> 00:31:37,730 I hated it. 731 00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:39,523 Why did you want to talk to your brother-in-law 732 00:31:39,607 --> 00:31:40,858 instead of Barry Barnes, who runs the show? 733 00:31:40,941 --> 00:31:42,026 That has nothing to do with the murder. 734 00:31:42,109 --> 00:31:43,777 I'll decide that. 735 00:31:43,861 --> 00:31:46,488 Unless the three of you wanna go downtown and talk. 736 00:31:46,572 --> 00:31:48,866 Art was our personal manager. 737 00:31:48,949 --> 00:31:50,868 You mean that Barry's head writer 738 00:31:50,951 --> 00:31:52,536 was your personal manager? 739 00:31:52,620 --> 00:31:54,955 That's a conflict of interest. 740 00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:57,499 -No, it's... -Forget it, Ozzie. 741 00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:00,002 Oz, why don't you tell the lieutenant 742 00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:01,754 about the argument you had with Art 743 00:32:01,837 --> 00:32:06,634 outside my dressing room? 744 00:32:06,717 --> 00:32:09,136 [sighs] He hated me. He wanted me off the show. 745 00:32:09,219 --> 00:32:10,638 So you had a motive? 746 00:32:10,721 --> 00:32:12,640 No, no. He hated me, I didn't hate him. 747 00:32:12,723 --> 00:32:17,144 I get along with everybody. 748 00:32:17,227 --> 00:32:20,022 Look, everyone of you stick around the theater 749 00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:21,148 until I say you can go. 750 00:32:21,231 --> 00:32:22,858 Do you understand? 751 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,277 [stagehand] Okay, wrap it up. Store all the props. 752 00:32:25,361 --> 00:32:27,946 Well, Bulldog Kowalski. 753 00:32:28,030 --> 00:32:30,032 That's about the last person I wanted to see. 754 00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:32,993 Oh, Lieutenant Meyerling, this is Jessica Fletcher. 755 00:32:33,077 --> 00:32:34,411 How do you do? 756 00:32:34,495 --> 00:32:36,038 Just butt out, Bulldog. 757 00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:38,207 This is not the old murder that you screwed up. 758 00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:39,917 This is a new one and it belongs to me, 759 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,627 and I do not screw up. 760 00:32:41,710 --> 00:32:42,795 Oh, 761 00:32:42,878 --> 00:32:44,129 well, then I'm sure 762 00:32:44,213 --> 00:32:45,506 you've questioned the two writers 763 00:32:45,589 --> 00:32:48,133 who had angry words with Art Sommers. 764 00:32:48,217 --> 00:32:50,386 Their names were Lyman and Roth. 765 00:32:50,469 --> 00:32:52,012 Come to think of it, I haven't seen them recently. 766 00:32:52,096 --> 00:32:53,222 Have you, Bulldog? 767 00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:57,393 No, no, not since the murder. 768 00:32:57,476 --> 00:32:59,311 This is Lieutenant Meyerling. 769 00:32:59,395 --> 00:33:01,438 I want to know right now who was responsible 770 00:33:01,522 --> 00:33:05,317 for letting a couple of suspects get away. 771 00:33:05,401 --> 00:33:06,944 We didn't even know he was dead. 772 00:33:07,027 --> 00:33:08,487 We heard about it at the writers' guild 773 00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:11,073 when we tried to file a complaint against him. 774 00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:12,199 Why don't we have a little talk 775 00:33:12,282 --> 00:33:13,784 at the murder scene? 776 00:33:13,867 --> 00:33:15,786 It might bring back a few memories. Let's go. 777 00:33:20,791 --> 00:33:23,043 I hope they talk better than they write. 778 00:33:23,127 --> 00:33:24,461 Jessica, do me a favor. 779 00:33:24,545 --> 00:33:26,463 Cathy Haley wants to split right now. 780 00:33:26,547 --> 00:33:30,968 -Talk to her, will you? -[fanciful music playing] 781 00:33:31,051 --> 00:33:33,470 Barry's got it all wrong. 782 00:33:33,554 --> 00:33:36,348 I don't want to run out on the murder investigation. 783 00:33:36,432 --> 00:33:38,100 I just want to go home to my husband 784 00:33:38,183 --> 00:33:39,476 and two teenage daughters. 785 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,395 In Iowa? 786 00:33:41,478 --> 00:33:44,940 It's only a few hours away, and the phones work just fine. 787 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:47,693 -[birds chirping] -I talked to my kids a little while ago. 788 00:33:47,776 --> 00:33:49,862 The news about the murder was on TV already, 789 00:33:49,945 --> 00:33:51,113 and they were upset. 790 00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:52,406 Well, of course they would be. 791 00:33:52,489 --> 00:33:53,615 I mean, with you being so close. 792 00:33:53,699 --> 00:33:56,243 No, not only that. 793 00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:58,871 They were crazy about Art. 794 00:33:58,954 --> 00:34:01,874 He was good with kids. 795 00:34:01,957 --> 00:34:03,375 He and Lee never had any of their own, 796 00:34:03,459 --> 00:34:06,754 but he was just a terrific uncle 797 00:34:06,837 --> 00:34:09,631 to his nieces and nephew. 798 00:34:09,715 --> 00:34:11,592 [sobs] I'm sorry. 799 00:34:11,675 --> 00:34:14,762 I'm not like Lee. I can't bottle up my emotions. 800 00:34:14,845 --> 00:34:17,097 Well, it's hard for some people 801 00:34:17,181 --> 00:34:19,016 to express their feelings. 802 00:34:19,099 --> 00:34:22,394 Lee's always been like that. 803 00:34:22,478 --> 00:34:23,645 She didn't even cry when Mom and Dad 804 00:34:23,729 --> 00:34:27,524 died a few weeks apart in 1966. 805 00:34:27,608 --> 00:34:29,109 She's the strong one. 806 00:34:29,193 --> 00:34:31,779 Marge and I are just a couple of weak sisters. 807 00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:34,364 We'd still be clerking at the five-and-dime 808 00:34:34,448 --> 00:34:36,658 if she hadn't dragged us into show business. 809 00:34:36,742 --> 00:34:38,535 Even then, I hated performing. 810 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:41,497 I just wanted to live my life. 811 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:42,664 But they were willing to pay us, 812 00:34:42,748 --> 00:34:44,291 and money was short at home. 813 00:34:44,374 --> 00:34:46,001 There was no way we could go to college. 814 00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:49,671 Is that why you retired in 1974, to go to college? 815 00:34:49,755 --> 00:34:51,924 We never got around to that. 816 00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:53,550 I got married in '73. 817 00:34:53,634 --> 00:34:55,469 '74 was when we started our family. 818 00:34:55,552 --> 00:34:58,514 And how did your sisters feel about retirement? 819 00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:00,516 Lee was already married. 820 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:02,309 I think she was glad to get away from the road. 821 00:35:02,392 --> 00:35:03,811 But Marge wasn't married. 822 00:35:03,894 --> 00:35:05,187 I mean, I was always surprised 823 00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:08,398 that she didn't go out on her own. 824 00:35:08,482 --> 00:35:09,942 Mrs. Fletcher, 825 00:35:10,025 --> 00:35:11,151 what do I have to do to get away from here? 826 00:35:11,235 --> 00:35:13,070 Can the police make me stay? 827 00:35:13,153 --> 00:35:15,322 Well, I'm not sure. 828 00:35:15,405 --> 00:35:17,324 It depends whether they feel 829 00:35:17,407 --> 00:35:20,077 that you're a material witness, 830 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,830 or if they consider you a suspect. 831 00:35:22,913 --> 00:35:24,957 No way! 832 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,961 I couldn't have killed Art. 833 00:35:29,044 --> 00:35:33,215 He was Lee's husband, and a friend. 834 00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:35,717 I see. 835 00:35:35,801 --> 00:35:38,178 How did you feel about Richie King? 836 00:35:38,262 --> 00:35:41,849 Honestly? 837 00:35:41,932 --> 00:35:45,310 I thought he was a creep. 838 00:35:45,394 --> 00:35:47,479 -[dramatic music playing] -But I didn't kill him, either. 839 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:53,110 [keyboard clacking] 840 00:35:55,946 --> 00:35:58,240 Okay, what do you want me to punch up on this thing? 841 00:35:58,323 --> 00:36:01,451 That photograph of the Haley family. 842 00:36:01,535 --> 00:36:03,620 -Mm-hmm. You got it. -[keyboard clacking] 843 00:36:03,704 --> 00:36:04,955 That was something that Cathy said. 844 00:36:05,038 --> 00:36:07,374 I mean, a bell just went off. 845 00:36:07,457 --> 00:36:09,251 Yeah. 846 00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:11,587 Now, you see that man there? That has to be their father. 847 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:13,881 Now, that has to be their mother. 848 00:36:13,964 --> 00:36:15,841 Yeah. Am I missing something? 849 00:36:15,924 --> 00:36:20,721 Now, Cathy said that both her parents died in 1966. 850 00:36:20,804 --> 00:36:24,016 Now, she didn't start her family until 1974, 851 00:36:24,099 --> 00:36:26,894 so that baby there couldn't possibly be 852 00:36:26,977 --> 00:36:28,437 one of Cathy's teenage daughters. 853 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,147 Well, Cathy was just a kid then. 854 00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:33,275 She was like 17, 18 years. 855 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:37,237 What was it you said that Richie "liked them young"? 856 00:36:39,156 --> 00:36:39,990 [pounds head] 857 00:36:41,116 --> 00:36:43,243 All these years I've been looking at that picture, 858 00:36:43,327 --> 00:36:45,495 it never occurred to me, the possibility that 859 00:36:45,579 --> 00:36:51,543 I was looking at Richie King's baby by Cathy Haley. 860 00:36:51,627 --> 00:36:53,420 You know, Cathy said something else. 861 00:36:53,503 --> 00:36:56,673 She said that Art was such a terrific uncle 862 00:36:56,757 --> 00:37:00,052 to his nieces and nephew. 863 00:37:00,135 --> 00:37:02,554 What nephew? She had two girls. 864 00:37:02,638 --> 00:37:04,264 Yeah. 865 00:37:04,348 --> 00:37:07,643 Sergeant, you see what seems to be a scarf 866 00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:09,144 on Marge's left shoulder? 867 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:10,896 If I'm not mistaken, that is a diaper. 868 00:37:10,979 --> 00:37:12,773 And you see that blurry object in her right hand? 869 00:37:12,856 --> 00:37:14,691 That has to be a baby's bottle. 870 00:37:14,775 --> 00:37:18,070 Then you are saying that Cathy is handing the baby 871 00:37:18,153 --> 00:37:20,697 over to be fed by its mother? 872 00:37:20,781 --> 00:37:23,116 Marge. 873 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,077 Something else in the file you ought to see. 874 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,789 [keyboard clacking] 875 00:37:28,872 --> 00:37:30,916 That is a hospital admissions certificate. 876 00:37:30,999 --> 00:37:32,501 When Marge gave birth. 877 00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:34,586 No, no, this is a different kind of hospital, 878 00:37:34,670 --> 00:37:36,004 and this is later. 879 00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:37,714 So much later, that all these years, 880 00:37:37,798 --> 00:37:39,925 I never connected it with Richie King's murder. 881 00:37:40,926 --> 00:37:43,345 I clean forgot about it until just now. 882 00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:45,180 1974. 883 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:49,559 That was the year that The Haley Sisters retired. 884 00:37:49,643 --> 00:37:52,062 Yeah. 885 00:37:52,145 --> 00:37:53,730 I don't know what you're talking about. 886 00:37:53,814 --> 00:37:56,733 You must have made some kind of a mistake. 887 00:37:56,817 --> 00:37:58,610 I don't think so, Marge. 888 00:38:02,906 --> 00:38:06,827 Look at this old family photograph. 889 00:38:06,910 --> 00:38:11,623 Tell me what you think. 890 00:38:11,707 --> 00:38:15,335 Where did you get this? I haven't seen this in years. 891 00:38:15,419 --> 00:38:17,004 That's your baby, isn't it? 892 00:38:17,087 --> 00:38:19,589 He must be quite grown up now. 893 00:38:19,673 --> 00:38:21,133 Where is he? 894 00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:26,471 He's in graduate school. 895 00:38:26,555 --> 00:38:32,269 Yes, he's my baby. 896 00:38:32,352 --> 00:38:34,396 Mine and Richie's. 897 00:38:38,942 --> 00:38:42,404 Lee tried to warn me about Richie, 898 00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:44,531 but I was 20 years old. 899 00:38:44,614 --> 00:38:47,784 Nobody could tell me anything. 900 00:38:47,868 --> 00:38:50,120 Richie King. 901 00:38:50,203 --> 00:38:53,290 I thought sneaking around with Richie King would be 902 00:38:53,373 --> 00:38:56,793 the most romantic thing in the whole world. 903 00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:05,510 I can't believe how dumb I was. 904 00:39:05,594 --> 00:39:08,388 When did you start seeing him? 905 00:39:08,472 --> 00:39:09,973 About three months 906 00:39:10,057 --> 00:39:13,018 before he asked Barry to put us on the show. 907 00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:15,187 That's how we got the job. 908 00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:17,689 And nobody knew that I was pregnant. 909 00:39:17,773 --> 00:39:19,316 And, of course, 910 00:39:19,399 --> 00:39:23,320 I wanted so desperately to have Richie's baby. 911 00:39:23,403 --> 00:39:28,283 I still thought I was so in love with him. 912 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:32,454 But then I saw the look on his face 913 00:39:32,537 --> 00:39:37,042 when I told him. 914 00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:41,338 That must have hurt you terribly. 915 00:39:41,421 --> 00:39:42,923 I hated him. 916 00:39:43,006 --> 00:39:47,719 I cried and I cried so, and I carried on. 917 00:39:47,803 --> 00:39:49,721 He tried to make me keep still, 918 00:39:49,805 --> 00:39:51,223 and I slapped him. 919 00:39:51,306 --> 00:39:53,975 I even threatened to call his wife. 920 00:39:54,059 --> 00:39:55,393 And then Richie said 921 00:39:55,477 --> 00:39:57,479 he didn't want to work with me anymore. 922 00:39:57,562 --> 00:40:00,607 He was going to ask Barry to bump us from the show, 923 00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:03,360 and we would be replaced by another act. 924 00:40:03,443 --> 00:40:06,613 I was in a panic then. 925 00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:08,865 This was our big break, 926 00:40:08,949 --> 00:40:11,618 and Lee and Cathy were so excited. 927 00:40:11,701 --> 00:40:13,370 And Mom and Dad, they had called them, 928 00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:16,248 and half of Iowa was tuned in to watch us on the show. 929 00:40:16,331 --> 00:40:17,624 We had to be on the show. 930 00:40:17,707 --> 00:40:20,710 We just had to be on that show! 931 00:40:20,794 --> 00:40:23,755 And then Richie told me to get out of his dressing room. 932 00:40:23,839 --> 00:40:25,257 I was frantic. 933 00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:28,135 [Marge] I couldn't let it end this way. 934 00:40:28,218 --> 00:40:30,262 We were having dinner in his dressing room, 935 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:32,472 and there was a steak knife on the table, 936 00:40:32,556 --> 00:40:34,766 -[suspenseful music playing] -and I picked it up, 937 00:40:34,850 --> 00:40:39,855 [stammering] and he said I was crazy. 938 00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:41,273 And then he came closer, 939 00:40:41,356 --> 00:40:42,357 and he tried to reach for the knife, 940 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,652 and then I just stabbed him! 941 00:40:45,735 --> 00:40:47,112 You left something out, didn't you? 942 00:40:47,195 --> 00:40:50,031 Something very important. 943 00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:54,911 [Jessica] There was a witness there. 944 00:40:54,995 --> 00:40:58,415 [Marge] Yes. 945 00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:00,500 -It was Art. -[somber music playing] 946 00:41:04,504 --> 00:41:08,049 I knew what I had done was a terrible thing. 947 00:41:08,133 --> 00:41:11,428 I wouldn't have blamed Art if he had called the police. 948 00:41:11,511 --> 00:41:13,763 But he didn't. 949 00:41:13,847 --> 00:41:15,640 Barry told me that 950 00:41:15,724 --> 00:41:17,434 you didn't care for Art when you first met him, Lee. 951 00:41:17,517 --> 00:41:20,187 That you didn't want anything to do with him. 952 00:41:20,270 --> 00:41:22,439 But within a few weeks of the murder, 953 00:41:22,522 --> 00:41:25,192 you became his wife. Why, Lee? 954 00:41:25,275 --> 00:41:26,818 Were you being blackmailed by a man 955 00:41:26,902 --> 00:41:29,654 who was hopelessly in love? 956 00:41:29,738 --> 00:41:34,951 You're very clever, Jessica, about making things up. 957 00:41:35,035 --> 00:41:38,538 You've just put words in my sister's mouth. 958 00:41:38,622 --> 00:41:40,665 And Marge will deny everything that was said in this room, 959 00:41:40,749 --> 00:41:43,710 and so will I. It will be our word against yours. 960 00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:46,338 And mine. 961 00:41:46,421 --> 00:41:51,343 Thanks for leaving the door open, Jessica. 962 00:41:51,426 --> 00:41:55,096 I get it. A set up. 963 00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:57,599 Well, I don't care what you thought you heard. 964 00:41:57,682 --> 00:41:58,850 I'm not going to allow my sister 965 00:41:58,934 --> 00:42:00,352 to be tried for murder. 966 00:42:00,435 --> 00:42:02,312 I'm sure that that won't be necessary. 967 00:42:02,395 --> 00:42:04,189 I have here a printout 968 00:42:04,272 --> 00:42:06,107 from the files of a mental institution 969 00:42:06,191 --> 00:42:10,612 that says that you committed your sister Marge in 1974, 970 00:42:10,695 --> 00:42:12,239 which probably explains 971 00:42:12,322 --> 00:42:14,699 the early retirement of The Haley Sisters. 972 00:42:14,783 --> 00:42:16,326 You give me that! 973 00:42:16,409 --> 00:42:18,328 No, it's no use. I got the original. 974 00:42:18,411 --> 00:42:20,080 I can make a lot of copies. 975 00:42:20,163 --> 00:42:21,998 The hospital records show 976 00:42:22,082 --> 00:42:24,751 that Marge might not have been responsible for her actions. 977 00:42:24,834 --> 00:42:27,254 She has a history of emotional disturbances, 978 00:42:27,337 --> 00:42:28,880 going back to early childhood. 979 00:42:28,964 --> 00:42:31,633 They released her from the hospital in 1983, 980 00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:35,053 saying she needed no further treatment or confinement. 981 00:42:35,136 --> 00:42:36,888 They released me because I was cured, 982 00:42:36,972 --> 00:42:38,765 wasn't I, Lee? Huh? 983 00:42:38,848 --> 00:42:41,351 Well, what if she is cured? What are you driving at? 984 00:42:41,434 --> 00:42:43,645 [Jessica] That she could be capable of distinguishing 985 00:42:43,728 --> 00:42:45,730 between right and wrong. 986 00:42:45,814 --> 00:42:48,733 You knew what you did to Art Sommers was wrong, 987 00:42:48,817 --> 00:42:50,235 didn't you, Marge? 988 00:42:50,318 --> 00:42:52,487 Now, wait a minute. You have no right! 989 00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:54,656 After you finished rehearsing your number, 990 00:42:54,739 --> 00:42:56,032 you went back to your dressing room, 991 00:42:56,116 --> 00:42:57,784 and Art was there waiting. 992 00:42:57,867 --> 00:42:59,411 Now, Art lied when he said 993 00:42:59,494 --> 00:43:00,954 he never saw the woman in black. 994 00:43:01,037 --> 00:43:04,165 He not only saw her, but he knew who she was. 995 00:43:04,249 --> 00:43:06,793 I wouldn't have hurt Barry. 996 00:43:06,876 --> 00:43:10,046 I just wanted him to share my guilt. 997 00:43:10,130 --> 00:43:12,882 He did Richie a favor by having us on the show, 998 00:43:12,966 --> 00:43:15,343 but it was his fault that we were in the dressing room. 999 00:43:15,427 --> 00:43:17,095 I told him it was his fault, 1000 00:43:17,178 --> 00:43:18,680 and I told... I told Richie it was his fault. 1001 00:43:18,763 --> 00:43:20,140 I had to kill him! 1002 00:43:20,223 --> 00:43:21,891 For God's sake, please don't do this! 1003 00:43:21,975 --> 00:43:23,435 What did Art say to you? 1004 00:43:23,518 --> 00:43:24,936 That you were jeopardizing the act? 1005 00:43:25,020 --> 00:43:26,021 No! 1006 00:43:26,104 --> 00:43:27,480 Is that the reason 1007 00:43:27,564 --> 00:43:29,065 that you snatched at the nearest thing, 1008 00:43:29,149 --> 00:43:31,484 a heavy vase filled with flowers and water? 1009 00:43:31,568 --> 00:43:34,154 You swung it at his head hard. 1010 00:43:34,237 --> 00:43:35,155 You killed him. 1011 00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:37,198 No! Lee! 1012 00:43:37,282 --> 00:43:41,077 Stop it, stop this! 1013 00:43:41,161 --> 00:43:43,955 Marge did not kill Art. 1014 00:43:44,039 --> 00:43:45,540 I killed Art! 1015 00:43:45,999 --> 00:43:46,833 [dramatic music playing] 1016 00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:53,548 I found him in the dressing room 1017 00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:56,301 when I came back from the stage. 1018 00:43:56,384 --> 00:43:59,095 He said that Marge had been up to her old tricks, 1019 00:43:59,179 --> 00:44:01,222 and that we had to get stronger tranquilizers 1020 00:44:01,306 --> 00:44:05,101 to keep her under control. 1021 00:44:05,185 --> 00:44:07,354 I said that being back in the theater, 1022 00:44:07,437 --> 00:44:08,688 being back in that dressing room 1023 00:44:08,772 --> 00:44:11,232 was just too traumatic for Marge. 1024 00:44:11,316 --> 00:44:13,485 I wanted to put her back in the hospital, 1025 00:44:13,568 --> 00:44:15,236 just for a while, but... 1026 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,823 And our-- our comeback would have to wait. 1027 00:44:18,907 --> 00:44:20,950 But Art said no. 1028 00:44:21,034 --> 00:44:23,995 The comeback was Art's idea. 1029 00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:27,123 He wanted to get out from Barry's shadow 1030 00:44:27,207 --> 00:44:29,626 and be an entrepreneur. 1031 00:44:29,709 --> 00:44:31,711 We would do Barry's show, 1032 00:44:31,795 --> 00:44:33,880 and then we'd do our own specials, 1033 00:44:33,963 --> 00:44:36,508 and Art would be in charge. 1034 00:44:36,591 --> 00:44:40,595 Well, I said that I wasn't going to risk 1035 00:44:40,678 --> 00:44:42,514 Marge being driven over the edge 1036 00:44:42,597 --> 00:44:46,142 just so he could play king of the hill. 1037 00:44:46,226 --> 00:44:48,019 Then he said, 1038 00:44:48,103 --> 00:44:49,938 how would I like to have Marge exposed as a killer? 1039 00:44:57,195 --> 00:45:00,115 If I'd had a gun, 1040 00:45:00,198 --> 00:45:03,034 I would have used it. 1041 00:45:03,118 --> 00:45:04,452 But I didn't have a gun, 1042 00:45:04,536 --> 00:45:08,748 so I just grabbed the vase of flowers, 1043 00:45:08,832 --> 00:45:12,627 and I... 1044 00:45:12,710 --> 00:45:14,379 -And killed the man who would have made -[Lee sobbing] 1045 00:45:14,462 --> 00:45:16,506 your sisters' lives as miserably unhappy as your own? 1046 00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:30,061 Murder is murder, 1047 00:45:30,145 --> 00:45:31,688 but I feel sorry for those poor women. 1048 00:45:31,771 --> 00:45:33,565 There's one thing I don't get. 1049 00:45:33,648 --> 00:45:36,443 Now, you and Bulldog forced Lee into confessing. 1050 00:45:36,526 --> 00:45:38,153 But how did you know Lee was the killer 1051 00:45:38,236 --> 00:45:40,405 and not Marge or Cathy? 1052 00:45:40,488 --> 00:45:42,449 Well, the police photos of the murder scene 1053 00:45:42,532 --> 00:45:44,576 showed Art's body soaking wet 1054 00:45:44,659 --> 00:45:47,203 and covered with flowers from the broken vase. 1055 00:45:47,287 --> 00:45:48,663 It stood to reason that the impact 1056 00:45:48,746 --> 00:45:50,165 of the vase-shattering death blow 1057 00:45:50,248 --> 00:45:52,459 would also have splattered Art's killer, 1058 00:45:52,542 --> 00:45:54,419 and I remembered that I'd seen the three sisters 1059 00:45:54,502 --> 00:45:57,088 only a few minutes later, after the police had arrived. 1060 00:45:57,172 --> 00:45:59,549 Both Cathy and Marge were still in their costumes, 1061 00:45:59,632 --> 00:46:01,092 bone dry and unsplattered. 1062 00:46:01,176 --> 00:46:05,054 But Lee wore a long Terry cloth bathrobe, 1063 00:46:05,138 --> 00:46:07,474 that could easily have covered a wet costume 1064 00:46:07,557 --> 00:46:09,309 that she didn't have time to change. 1065 00:46:09,392 --> 00:46:12,479 That's like the magician making the elephant disappear. 1066 00:46:12,562 --> 00:46:15,857 -It's easy if you know how. -[chuckles] 1067 00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:17,692 Have you had any word about your show? 1068 00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:20,487 Oh, yes, that disappeared, too. It was canceled. 1069 00:46:20,570 --> 00:46:23,490 Oh, Barry. I'm so sorry. 1070 00:46:23,573 --> 00:46:25,325 Hey, I look ahead. 1071 00:46:25,408 --> 00:46:27,494 Some day television will be history. 1072 00:46:27,577 --> 00:46:28,912 There'll be something else 1073 00:46:28,995 --> 00:46:30,622 that hasn't even been invented yet. 1074 00:46:30,705 --> 00:46:32,957 You won't have to stare at a tube. 1075 00:46:33,041 --> 00:46:35,627 The actors will be right there in the room with you. 1076 00:46:35,710 --> 00:46:37,337 Oh, heaven forbid! 1077 00:46:37,420 --> 00:46:39,589 -[laughs] -[lively music playing] 1078 00:46:46,721 --> 00:46:47,555 [lively theme music playing]