1 00:00:00,126 --> 00:00:02,294 What makes you to turn to writing murder? 2 00:00:02,712 --> 00:00:05,339 And I’m talking vicious, in bloody detail. 3 00:00:05,464 --> 00:00:07,967 Everything from strangling to stabbing. 4 00:00:08,050 --> 00:00:11,137 That lady hits harder than a linebacker on a Sunday afternoon. 5 00:00:11,220 --> 00:00:12,888 [Jessica] Tonight, on Murder, She Wrote. 6 00:00:12,972 --> 00:00:14,807 You're a loud-mouthed creep. 7 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:16,642 I give the word, Rule spends the rest of this Campaign 8 00:00:16,726 --> 00:00:18,018 with his jaw wired shut. 9 00:00:18,102 --> 00:00:19,228 There must be a lot of pressure on you 10 00:00:19,311 --> 00:00:20,604 and the DA to hang somebody. 11 00:00:20,688 --> 00:00:21,856 Now shut up and listen, Louise. 12 00:00:21,939 --> 00:00:23,858 You can tell David Osterman for me 13 00:00:23,941 --> 00:00:25,526 that this is just the beginning. 14 00:00:25,609 --> 00:00:27,987 Presenting the new powerhouse in the State, 15 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:30,698 KGAB radio. 16 00:00:30,781 --> 00:00:32,199 [woman screaming] 17 00:01:25,753 --> 00:01:27,087 [man on radio] Yes, ladies and gentlemen, 18 00:01:27,171 --> 00:01:28,964 gophers and livestock, 19 00:01:29,048 --> 00:01:32,802 it’s 65 degrees here in bustling downtown Easton, 20 00:01:32,885 --> 00:01:34,512 where the prairie skies are as empty 21 00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:36,430 as our listeners’ heads. 22 00:01:36,514 --> 00:01:39,517 You’re tuned to KGAB radio and this is the Rule man, 23 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,312 the voice of what we like to refer to as the people. 24 00:01:43,395 --> 00:01:45,940 Speaking of which, Doris is on line one. 25 00:01:46,023 --> 00:01:47,817 What’s on your minimal mind today, dear? 26 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:49,902 [Doris] Marcus, I just want you to know 27 00:01:49,985 --> 00:01:52,279 you’re the rudest, most irritating man on the radio. 28 00:01:52,363 --> 00:01:53,906 [Marcus] Oh, thank you, Doris. 29 00:01:53,989 --> 00:01:55,825 Well, I’m sure that little effort fevered 30 00:01:55,908 --> 00:01:57,952 you’re already sweaty brow. 31 00:01:58,035 --> 00:01:59,954 And now, the Rule man, the man with the scam, 32 00:02:00,037 --> 00:02:01,539 the sham and the flimflam brings you, 33 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:06,085 yes, it’s the rumor of the day. 34 00:02:06,168 --> 00:02:08,671 Rumor A, highway commissioner 35 00:02:08,754 --> 00:02:12,925 slash want-to-be state senator, David Osterman, 36 00:02:13,008 --> 00:02:14,844 takes clandestine midnight meeting 37 00:02:14,927 --> 00:02:17,596 with well-known fat cat contractor 38 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:18,973 over at Jimmy’s landing. 39 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:21,851 Rumor B, something changes hands. 40 00:02:21,934 --> 00:02:24,937 Hint. Well, that something is long, green and covered 41 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:28,357 with pictures of Ben Franklin, lots and lots of pictures. 42 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,610 And they all end up in David Osterman’s pockets. 43 00:02:31,694 --> 00:02:34,738 News item, this morning, Mr. Fat Cat contractor 44 00:02:34,822 --> 00:02:37,616 wins a contract to build the new bridge up in Indian bluff. 45 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:39,243 Awarded to him by... 46 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:40,995 All right, class, are you ready? 47 00:02:41,078 --> 00:02:45,207 Yes, the ever lovable commish, David D-- 48 00:02:46,709 --> 00:02:48,752 Dave, he’s killing us. 49 00:02:48,836 --> 00:02:51,255 You’ve already dropped eight points in the polls. 50 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,257 What do you think is going to happen 51 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:55,259 when they go online with their new transmitter tomorrow? 52 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:59,263 Listen, I have friends. 53 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:00,890 I give the word, Rule spends the rest of this campaign 54 00:03:00,973 --> 00:03:02,266 with his jaw wired shut. 55 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:03,601 No. 56 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:05,519 I won’t stoop to that. 57 00:03:05,603 --> 00:03:07,646 He’s just a mouthpiece for the station. 58 00:03:07,730 --> 00:03:09,565 Dave, we’re gonna lose this thing. 59 00:03:11,734 --> 00:03:14,069 Let me have someone pay a visit to Colin Crowe. 60 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:17,156 Alex, I can’t. 61 00:03:17,239 --> 00:03:18,908 I just can’t. 62 00:03:18,991 --> 00:03:22,411 [woman] Well, I think you’ll find KGAB radio 63 00:03:22,494 --> 00:03:24,747 to be the highlight of your Midwestern tour, 64 00:03:24,830 --> 00:03:27,082 -Mrs. Fletcher. -My goodness. 65 00:03:27,166 --> 00:03:30,920 That was spoken like a true public relations professional, Ronna. 66 00:03:31,003 --> 00:03:33,672 Oh, boy. Well, anyway, Colin, 67 00:03:33,756 --> 00:03:38,052 Mr. Crowe is a very exciting man to work for. 68 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:39,929 I understand that Mr. Crowe’s wife actually 69 00:03:40,012 --> 00:03:41,513 owns the station. 70 00:03:41,597 --> 00:03:43,140 They’re getting a divorce. 71 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:44,683 He’s buying her out as part of the settlement. 72 00:03:44,767 --> 00:03:45,935 Oh, I see. 73 00:03:46,018 --> 00:03:47,478 When he married her, there wasn’t 74 00:03:47,561 --> 00:03:49,063 a whole lot happening with the station. 75 00:03:49,146 --> 00:03:51,315 But he came in and he took charge 76 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:53,275 and he put it in a talk format. 77 00:03:53,359 --> 00:03:55,527 And today, we are number one in the county. 78 00:03:55,611 --> 00:03:57,905 And when we inaugurate our new transmitter tomorrow, 79 00:03:57,988 --> 00:04:00,783 we will be going for the top spot in the whole state. 80 00:04:00,866 --> 00:04:03,786 My goodness, your boss certainly seems to know what he’s doing. 81 00:04:03,869 --> 00:04:06,455 Oh, well, look at Marcus Rule, the Rule man. 82 00:04:06,538 --> 00:04:08,916 Mr. Crowe discovered him up in Minnesota 83 00:04:08,999 --> 00:04:10,960 doing ice hockey games of all things. 84 00:04:11,043 --> 00:04:13,295 He brought him down here and he turned him in 85 00:04:13,379 --> 00:04:15,798 to the local king of killer radio. 86 00:04:15,881 --> 00:04:17,383 [man on radio] Ask my wife. 87 00:04:17,466 --> 00:04:19,259 [Marcus] No, no, no, I won’t. 88 00:04:19,343 --> 00:04:20,970 Do you know what just happened, you old hay kicker? 89 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:22,096 No, Sir. 90 00:04:22,179 --> 00:04:24,139 You’ve been overruled. 91 00:04:24,223 --> 00:04:25,808 And you’re too dumb to know it. 92 00:04:25,891 --> 00:04:27,559 You know, anybody who is a fan of Mavis 93 00:04:27,643 --> 00:04:29,061 is no friend of mine. 94 00:04:29,144 --> 00:04:30,270 As far as I'm concerned, you can take 95 00:04:30,354 --> 00:04:31,897 that Tennessee banjo 96 00:04:31,981 --> 00:04:33,941 and stick it where the sun don’t shine. 97 00:04:34,024 --> 00:04:35,275 [man] Young man-- 98 00:04:43,575 --> 00:04:46,370 [Marcus] Okay, Veronica from Owl Creek. 99 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:49,123 Let’s talk about husbands and the FA words. 100 00:04:49,206 --> 00:04:50,499 That’s right, people. 101 00:04:50,582 --> 00:04:52,084 I’m talking about fooling around. 102 00:04:52,167 --> 00:04:53,502 You know, a new study shows 103 00:04:53,585 --> 00:04:56,338 that 62% of all married men have affairs. 104 00:04:56,422 --> 00:04:59,091 So what we want to know, Veronica, is, 105 00:04:59,174 --> 00:05:01,135 where is your husband right now? 106 00:05:01,218 --> 00:05:02,678 [Veronica] Let’s talk about David Osterman. 107 00:05:02,761 --> 00:05:04,138 He is the most decent, fear-minded man-- 108 00:05:04,221 --> 00:05:05,806 You hear that, people? 109 00:05:05,889 --> 00:05:08,267 Mr. David Osterman’s so far down the pipe, 110 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:10,769 he’s got his loyal employees trying to pull him out. 111 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:15,107 Making money off that lunatic’s 112 00:05:15,190 --> 00:05:17,276 offensive trash is one thing, 113 00:05:17,359 --> 00:05:20,029 but character assassination is quite another. 114 00:05:20,112 --> 00:05:22,656 We both know you don’t have a thing on David Osterman, 115 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:24,658 except that he happens to be on what you consider 116 00:05:24,742 --> 00:05:27,161 the wrong political side of offense. 117 00:05:27,244 --> 00:05:29,038 Can I assume this is your final statement 118 00:05:29,121 --> 00:05:30,873 as majority stockholder, darling? 119 00:05:30,956 --> 00:05:33,751 You can assume. I won’t let you destroy him. 120 00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:37,671 Spoken like a truly about-to-be ex-wife and ex-partner. 121 00:05:37,755 --> 00:05:39,006 Now, shut up and listen, Louise. 122 00:05:41,258 --> 00:05:43,927 Now you can tell David Osterman for me 123 00:05:44,011 --> 00:05:45,888 that this is just the beginning, 124 00:05:45,971 --> 00:05:48,140 and unless he withdraws from this race, 125 00:05:48,223 --> 00:05:51,435 I’m gonna see to it that he can’t show his face anywhere in this state. 126 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:54,104 Colin, don’t bet your FCC license on it. 127 00:05:57,274 --> 00:06:00,110 [man] ...and I’m proud to say she’s the only woman I ever slept with. 128 00:06:00,194 --> 00:06:01,570 [Marcus] Oh, sure, Howard. 129 00:06:01,653 --> 00:06:03,322 You want me to swallow that bull? 130 00:06:03,405 --> 00:06:05,866 You just didn’t get caught and more power to you. 131 00:06:09,787 --> 00:06:12,081 You okay? 132 00:06:12,164 --> 00:06:14,291 I’ve been better. 133 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:15,918 Sure, there’s nothing I can do for you? 134 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:21,215 Thank you, Danny. 135 00:06:21,298 --> 00:06:25,427 Okay, class. The subject for tomorrow is gonna be... ready? 136 00:06:25,511 --> 00:06:28,639 Cheating hearts. You heard right. 137 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:30,849 And you’ll hear it here too tomorrow firsthand, 138 00:06:30,933 --> 00:06:32,810 when we talk to five guys 139 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:35,854 who caught their old ladies in other men’s beds. 140 00:06:35,938 --> 00:06:37,689 Well, till then, 141 00:06:37,773 --> 00:06:39,691 remember you can count on the old Rule man 142 00:06:39,775 --> 00:06:41,610 to bring sunshine and knowledge 143 00:06:41,693 --> 00:06:45,072 into your otherwise drab, miserable lives. 144 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:49,493 Boy, I tell you. What’s-his-name was right. 145 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:51,078 Nobody ever got poor underestimating 146 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:53,122 the intelligence of the American public. 147 00:06:53,205 --> 00:06:54,414 What’s for tomorrow? 148 00:06:54,498 --> 00:06:56,750 Well, you got J.B. Fletcher 149 00:06:56,834 --> 00:06:59,253 live in studio, open mic at 3.00. 150 00:06:59,336 --> 00:07:01,130 She’s that mystery writer 151 00:07:01,213 --> 00:07:03,006 on tour promoting her latest book. 152 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:05,384 Ah, in this jerk water town? 153 00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:08,137 She must be desperate. Okay. 154 00:07:08,220 --> 00:07:11,265 Tell Ronna to have a synopsis on my desk by noon. 155 00:07:11,348 --> 00:07:12,891 It’s gonna be fun. 156 00:07:12,975 --> 00:07:15,102 Writers intimidate easier than almost anybody. 157 00:07:20,232 --> 00:07:22,317 Top of the stairs to the right, Mrs. Fletcher. 158 00:07:22,401 --> 00:07:23,735 Thank you. 159 00:07:23,819 --> 00:07:25,362 At 5 o’clock, we have the cocktail party 160 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:26,780 and the dedication of the new transmitter. 161 00:07:26,864 --> 00:07:28,407 Oh, thank you. 162 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:29,908 My goodness, the Mark Twain room. 163 00:07:29,992 --> 00:07:31,326 That sounds lovely. 164 00:07:31,410 --> 00:07:32,661 If you’re free tonight, 165 00:07:32,744 --> 00:07:34,037 I would love to show you around Easton. 166 00:07:34,121 --> 00:07:35,372 Well, thank you, Ronna, 167 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:37,124 but I do have an engagement for dinner. 168 00:07:37,207 --> 00:07:38,876 You got that right, lady. 169 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:41,003 Jonathan, is it really you? 170 00:07:41,086 --> 00:07:42,045 It is me. 171 00:07:42,129 --> 00:07:43,130 How are you? 172 00:07:43,213 --> 00:07:44,673 Hi, Jessica. 173 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:46,466 Hi, Ronna. 174 00:07:46,550 --> 00:07:48,635 My goodness, you have come a long way from Park Avenue. 175 00:07:48,719 --> 00:07:50,053 Well, you just keep reminding me 176 00:07:50,137 --> 00:07:51,054 because sometimes I don’t think 177 00:07:51,138 --> 00:07:52,764 I’ve come far enough. 178 00:07:52,848 --> 00:07:54,766 -I didn’t know you two knew each other. -Oh, yes. 179 00:07:54,850 --> 00:07:57,060 Jonathan’s father is my publisher’s lawyer 180 00:07:57,144 --> 00:07:58,937 as well as being a very good friend. 181 00:07:59,021 --> 00:08:00,439 Can I have ten minutes? 182 00:08:00,522 --> 00:08:01,607 Okay, but don’t make it a second longer, 183 00:08:01,690 --> 00:08:02,941 we got a lot to talk about. 184 00:08:03,025 --> 00:08:04,693 Right. Thanks for everything, Ronna. 185 00:08:04,776 --> 00:08:06,528 -Okay. -And I’ll see you tomorrow. 186 00:08:18,165 --> 00:08:19,291 [door clicks shut] 187 00:08:23,212 --> 00:08:26,340 And that is when it hit me, right in the middle of this 188 00:08:26,423 --> 00:08:28,467 achingly tedious lecture 189 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:30,594 about some foreign trade regulations. 190 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:31,803 And you walked away. 191 00:08:31,887 --> 00:08:33,347 I flipped. 192 00:08:33,430 --> 00:08:35,974 Or as my father would say, 193 00:08:36,058 --> 00:08:39,311 "Jonathan simply was not himself." 194 00:08:39,394 --> 00:08:42,231 That sounds exactly like Carter. 195 00:08:42,314 --> 00:08:45,859 Well, anyway, that night I left and I hit the road 196 00:08:45,943 --> 00:08:48,195 and I bummed around the country for two years. 197 00:08:48,278 --> 00:08:51,490 I worked in an oil field, I’ve pulled carrots, 198 00:08:51,573 --> 00:08:53,742 and I even fought a forest fire in Orick. 199 00:08:53,825 --> 00:08:55,994 After I gave you XXX on the road, 200 00:08:56,078 --> 00:08:58,330 you father still has never forgiven me. 201 00:08:58,413 --> 00:09:00,749 Well, I’ll tell you something. 202 00:09:00,832 --> 00:09:02,000 I got to see this country 203 00:09:02,084 --> 00:09:04,378 the way he will never get to see it. 204 00:09:04,461 --> 00:09:06,380 And I got to meet people 205 00:09:06,463 --> 00:09:08,340 that the so called opinion makers 206 00:09:08,423 --> 00:09:11,510 and politicians in New York, in Los Angeles 207 00:09:11,593 --> 00:09:15,264 and Washington will never know that these people exist. 208 00:09:15,347 --> 00:09:19,226 Why Easton? I mean, what made you decide to stay here? 209 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:23,897 I fell in love with the town. 210 00:09:23,981 --> 00:09:28,777 And I got a job as a custodian in KGAB, 211 00:09:28,860 --> 00:09:31,280 and then I took this correspondence course 212 00:09:31,363 --> 00:09:33,657 in engineering, got my degree 213 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:37,160 and if that transmitter gets blown over by a northern, 214 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:38,787 I’m the one they’re gonna blame. 215 00:09:38,870 --> 00:09:42,040 How much of this does your father know? 216 00:09:42,124 --> 00:09:43,542 Not much. 217 00:09:43,625 --> 00:09:47,129 I haven’t talked to him in over a year. 218 00:09:47,212 --> 00:09:50,507 And I know that he’ll never forgive me. 219 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:53,802 But, God, I just-- 220 00:09:53,885 --> 00:09:56,054 Law school, a three-piece suit, it's... 221 00:09:56,138 --> 00:09:57,472 it’s just not my style. 222 00:09:59,725 --> 00:10:01,768 Now tell me something, Jessica, 223 00:10:01,852 --> 00:10:05,814 did Easton just happen to be on your book tour? 224 00:10:05,897 --> 00:10:08,150 No, I didn’t think so. 225 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:10,902 Well, I got to say my dad has got a hell of a friend in you. 226 00:10:13,238 --> 00:10:15,574 Is he still living out of a suitcase? 227 00:10:15,657 --> 00:10:16,950 At the moment. 228 00:10:17,034 --> 00:10:18,785 He’s somewhere in the Russian steps, 229 00:10:18,869 --> 00:10:20,329 trying to negotiate a contract 230 00:10:20,412 --> 00:10:22,581 for the next Solzhenitsyn. 231 00:10:22,664 --> 00:10:25,083 When I told him that I was planning a Midwest tour, 232 00:10:25,167 --> 00:10:26,418 he felt that Easton 233 00:10:26,501 --> 00:10:29,838 was the perfect stopover for me. 234 00:10:29,921 --> 00:10:31,840 You tell him I’m okay. 235 00:10:31,923 --> 00:10:33,467 I will. 236 00:10:33,550 --> 00:10:36,094 Where I am now is... I just-- 237 00:10:36,178 --> 00:10:39,473 I want to have a job that I can enjoy 238 00:10:39,556 --> 00:10:40,932 and maybe someday I’ll get married 239 00:10:41,016 --> 00:10:42,476 and have a family of my own. 240 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,478 Well, you have the career. 241 00:10:44,561 --> 00:10:45,562 How about the rest of it? 242 00:10:46,897 --> 00:10:49,191 Whether it would be-- 243 00:10:49,274 --> 00:10:54,613 There is... someone and she will be a XXX. 244 00:10:54,696 --> 00:10:57,324 Well, if you’re half a stubborn as your father, 245 00:10:57,407 --> 00:10:58,992 I believe you’ll get what you want. 246 00:10:59,076 --> 00:11:02,454 Oh, I’m twice as stubborn as my father. 247 00:11:02,537 --> 00:11:04,039 And I plan to get what I want. 248 00:11:06,958 --> 00:11:08,960 You know, Chicago has been talking me, Crowe. 249 00:11:09,961 --> 00:11:12,214 See they’d like to groom me to be the next Howard Stern. 250 00:11:12,297 --> 00:11:13,965 What, do you think I don’t know that? 251 00:11:14,049 --> 00:11:15,592 Forget Chicago. 252 00:11:17,469 --> 00:11:20,722 You and I have a contract. 253 00:11:20,806 --> 00:11:23,308 Worth, maybe, the paper it’s printed on. 254 00:11:25,602 --> 00:11:27,354 I’ll tell you what, Crowe. 255 00:11:27,437 --> 00:11:30,649 You tear up the contract, triple my salary, 256 00:11:30,732 --> 00:11:32,275 then I’ll tell my feet to keep still. 257 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:33,860 And don’t tell me about your lawyers, 258 00:11:33,944 --> 00:11:35,320 ’cause they’re not gonna be able to do 259 00:11:35,404 --> 00:11:36,988 diddly for you, pal, not when they find out 260 00:11:37,072 --> 00:11:38,615 how you’ve been feeding me phony rumors 261 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:42,285 to destroy David Osterman. 262 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:45,247 Oh, and I have tapes of our phone conversations, 263 00:11:45,330 --> 00:11:46,998 and a little scrapbook of your memos. 264 00:11:47,082 --> 00:11:48,750 You know, just the kind of stuff 265 00:11:48,834 --> 00:11:50,585 that’s required listening and reading at the FCC. 266 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:55,632 Okay, Marcus, let’s get real. 267 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:57,426 Hey, man, what do you think I’ve been saying? 268 00:11:57,509 --> 00:12:01,513 These locals, your loyal fans, now they may have 269 00:12:01,596 --> 00:12:05,308 a limitless capacity for that shock jock crap of yours. 270 00:12:05,392 --> 00:12:08,687 But I know these people, and I guarantee you 271 00:12:08,770 --> 00:12:10,147 that when they learn about your past 272 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:11,898 as a two bit sportscaster 273 00:12:11,982 --> 00:12:14,526 with a penchant for 14-year-old girls, 274 00:12:14,609 --> 00:12:15,986 you’re gonna find yourself 275 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,947 so far over the line that nobody will let you 276 00:12:19,030 --> 00:12:21,491 within five miles of a microphone. 277 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,719 Hi, Elizabeth. Could you take our coats, please? 278 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:43,305 [Annie] This is your husband’s fourth marriage 279 00:12:43,388 --> 00:12:45,974 and you’re surprised he cheated on you? 280 00:12:46,057 --> 00:12:48,101 Now, when you started seeing him, 281 00:12:48,185 --> 00:12:50,061 was he still married to his third wife? 282 00:12:50,145 --> 00:12:51,855 [woman] Yes, but-- 283 00:12:51,938 --> 00:12:54,065 Your doctor Annie doesn’t pull many punches, does she? 284 00:12:54,149 --> 00:12:57,110 Well, half the fun is trying to figure out who the callers are. 285 00:12:57,194 --> 00:12:59,112 Most of them try to disguise their voices. 286 00:12:59,196 --> 00:13:00,238 Pardon me, Mrs. Fletcher? 287 00:13:00,322 --> 00:13:01,239 Yes. 288 00:13:01,323 --> 00:13:02,491 Danny Cochran’s the name. 289 00:13:02,574 --> 00:13:04,367 Oh, how do you do? 290 00:13:04,451 --> 00:13:06,203 Do you remember The Triple Crown Murders? 291 00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:08,246 Oh, yes. That was my fourth book. 292 00:13:08,330 --> 00:13:12,125 Well, you really nailed down the whole racetrack scene. 293 00:13:12,209 --> 00:13:14,252 Well, that’s very kind of you, but actually I had some 294 00:13:14,336 --> 00:13:15,754 very good advice. 295 00:13:15,837 --> 00:13:18,089 Yeah, anyway, you had this clue in there 296 00:13:18,173 --> 00:13:21,134 about a quick acting toxin. 297 00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:24,012 Of course, that was butyl salicylate, I think. 298 00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:27,265 Well, it changed my life for about 45 minutes anyway. 299 00:13:27,349 --> 00:13:29,768 There was a nag named Sudden Poison 300 00:13:29,851 --> 00:13:33,772 going off at 65 to 1 in the fourth race. 301 00:13:33,855 --> 00:13:34,898 And you won? 302 00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:37,275 Five hundred bucks right on the nose. 303 00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:39,277 Five hundred times? 304 00:13:39,361 --> 00:13:41,154 Danny, that’s a great deal of money. 305 00:13:41,238 --> 00:13:43,740 So I put the whole bundle down on the sure thing. 306 00:13:46,243 --> 00:13:47,661 She’s still running. 307 00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:49,079 Oh, I’m sorry. 308 00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:50,622 It was a hell of a rush. 309 00:13:50,705 --> 00:13:53,917 Oh, when you’re in there with the Rule man, 310 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,795 if that weasel gives you any static this afternoon, 311 00:13:56,878 --> 00:14:00,131 you just give me the sign and he’s off the air. 312 00:14:02,634 --> 00:14:05,554 Mrs. Fletcher, your visit has made our day 313 00:14:05,637 --> 00:14:07,389 even more special here at KGAB 314 00:14:07,472 --> 00:14:09,766 Well, thank you, Mr. Crowe. 315 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:11,643 Your dedication speech, Mr. Crowe. 316 00:14:11,726 --> 00:14:14,896 I thought we could spend a few minutes going over it 317 00:14:14,980 --> 00:14:16,189 after you’re finished here. 318 00:14:16,273 --> 00:14:17,566 [Colin] Oh, I don’t have time. 319 00:14:17,649 --> 00:14:18,817 I was just leaving 320 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:20,193 to check out the transmitter site 321 00:14:20,277 --> 00:14:21,278 in a couple of minutes. 322 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:22,904 Okay. 323 00:14:22,988 --> 00:14:24,948 I’ll see you after your interview, Mrs. Fletcher. 324 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:27,450 Fine. 325 00:14:27,534 --> 00:14:28,827 Shall we? 326 00:14:28,910 --> 00:14:29,953 Very nice meeting you, Mrs. Fletcher. 327 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:31,037 Thank you. 328 00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:38,211 Love makes fools of the very young and the very old. 329 00:14:38,295 --> 00:14:39,838 That’s a line from one of your books. 330 00:14:39,921 --> 00:14:42,841 Sergeant Grady, the cops at Vespers. 331 00:14:42,924 --> 00:14:45,594 As I recall, the wife murdered her beautiful young rival 332 00:14:45,677 --> 00:14:47,178 and very nearly got away with it. 333 00:14:47,262 --> 00:14:50,432 Aha, but she did get caught. Her jealousy gave her away. 334 00:14:50,515 --> 00:14:53,435 Oh, well, that wouldn’t be a problem for me, Jessica. 335 00:14:53,518 --> 00:14:55,103 I’ve long since stopped giving a damn 336 00:14:55,186 --> 00:14:57,731 what Colin does with his private life. 337 00:14:57,814 --> 00:15:00,859 Look, I feel I owe you an apology 338 00:15:00,942 --> 00:15:03,987 for subjecting you to our resident mouth, Mr. Rule. 339 00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:05,614 Oh, that’s not necessary, Louise. 340 00:15:05,697 --> 00:15:08,533 I came here voluntarily, for better or worse. 341 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:10,243 Well, I hope it’s for better. 342 00:15:10,327 --> 00:15:12,996 Listen, I understand your flight to Los Angeles 343 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,248 doesn’t leave until the day after tomorrow. 344 00:15:15,332 --> 00:15:17,250 Can I talk you into coming out to lunch at the farm 345 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:18,376 before you leave Easton? 346 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:20,378 Oh, I’d like that very much. 347 00:15:20,462 --> 00:15:22,339 -How about tomorrow at 1:00? -That’d be fine. 348 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:23,882 You’re on in two minutes, Mrs. Fletcher. 349 00:15:23,965 --> 00:15:25,342 Oh, thanks. Bye. 350 00:15:28,303 --> 00:15:30,722 Hello. 351 00:15:30,805 --> 00:15:31,973 Well, hello. 352 00:15:32,057 --> 00:15:34,934 I just wanted to wish you luck. 353 00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:37,729 Come here. 354 00:15:53,203 --> 00:15:55,163 [Marcus] Well, well, J.B. Fletcher, 355 00:15:55,246 --> 00:15:57,916 well, it is a real pleasure to have you as our guest today. 356 00:15:57,999 --> 00:15:59,793 Well, it’s great pleasure for me too, Mr. Rule. 357 00:15:59,876 --> 00:16:01,002 I’ve heard a great deal about you. 358 00:16:01,086 --> 00:16:02,253 Yeah, yeah, right. 359 00:16:02,337 --> 00:16:04,464 Charming, gracious, intelligent. 360 00:16:04,547 --> 00:16:06,299 Well, do you think you can manage to stay 361 00:16:06,383 --> 00:16:08,259 on the same page with me for an hour anyway? 362 00:16:08,343 --> 00:16:11,054 -Well, I’ll do my best. -Good. 363 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:12,305 Let’s make some good radio you and me-- 364 00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:14,766 [man] Four, three, two. 365 00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:19,688 So, J.B. Fletcher, 366 00:16:19,771 --> 00:16:21,815 why don’t you tell me why women like yourself, 367 00:16:21,898 --> 00:16:23,817 when your husbands all die, and you suddenly 368 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:26,152 haven’t got anybody you can make crazy, 369 00:16:26,236 --> 00:16:29,447 What makes you turn to writing about the act of murder? 370 00:16:29,531 --> 00:16:31,574 And I’m talking vicious 371 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:33,702 and great lure and bloody detail. 372 00:16:33,785 --> 00:16:37,080 Everything from, from strangling to stabbing 373 00:16:37,163 --> 00:16:38,998 to dismemberment, 374 00:16:39,082 --> 00:16:40,709 because I’ll tell you what my take on it is. 375 00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:42,836 I figure we’re looking at some long, repressed, 376 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:45,296 really heavy urge to commit, 377 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:47,716 the one biggest no-no in our society, 378 00:16:47,799 --> 00:16:50,593 aside from cannibalism or smoking pot. 379 00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:52,637 So come on, speak up, Jessica. 380 00:16:59,644 --> 00:17:02,105 [Marcus] Well, the hour is almost up, Jessica, 381 00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:05,316 and the Rule man still wants to know. 382 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,737 The vicarious thrill, as you call it, Mr. Rule, isn’t mine. 383 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:11,448 Ideally, it’s the reader’s, and it’s derived 384 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,992 from a, hopefully, well-told murder mystery 385 00:17:14,075 --> 00:17:15,827 that challenges one to figure out 386 00:17:15,910 --> 00:17:18,455 who done it before the fictional detective 387 00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:20,081 can find the answer. 388 00:17:20,165 --> 00:17:21,374 Yeah, right. 389 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:22,959 All right, well, maybe you can tell me 390 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,003 why mayhem-mongers 391 00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:26,463 like yourself get such a thrill 392 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:28,506 out of killing off men in your books. 393 00:17:28,590 --> 00:17:31,217 Oh, Mr. Rule, that’s a bit of an overstatement, to put it kindly. 394 00:17:31,301 --> 00:17:33,887 Yeah, well, I’m sure it is. Come on, Jessica, what are we talking? 395 00:17:33,970 --> 00:17:36,389 We’re talking failed relationships here, you know, 396 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:37,974 maybe, maybe some 397 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,809 deep seated problems with our fathers. 398 00:17:39,893 --> 00:17:42,020 Uh, Mr. Rule, that is such a-- 399 00:17:42,103 --> 00:17:44,481 You can’t deny that women, lacking the right stuff 400 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:46,483 to pull that trigger themselves, 401 00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:48,902 live out their murderous fantasies through men. 402 00:17:48,985 --> 00:17:50,987 Mr. Rule, if that is your understanding of 403 00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,989 mayhem-mongers and women in general, 404 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:56,117 I must say, please excuse the obvious metaphor, 405 00:17:56,201 --> 00:17:57,660 you are dead wrong. 406 00:17:57,744 --> 00:17:58,953 What really astonishes me, 407 00:17:59,037 --> 00:18:00,622 however, is that the many guests 408 00:18:00,705 --> 00:18:02,540 who must have put up with the same tacky, 409 00:18:02,624 --> 00:18:06,294 pretentious, intellectually impoverished pop psycho babble 410 00:18:06,377 --> 00:18:08,296 that I have endured over the past hour, 411 00:18:08,379 --> 00:18:10,757 not one of them has had enough of the right stuff 412 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,675 to do you in long ago. 413 00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:14,928 Boy, that lady hits harder than a line-backer 414 00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:17,305 on a Sunday afternoon. 415 00:18:17,388 --> 00:18:19,307 Well, you got spirit, Jessica. 416 00:18:19,390 --> 00:18:21,267 I like that in a woman. 417 00:18:21,351 --> 00:18:24,062 Well, thank you, Mr. Rule. I do my best. 418 00:18:24,145 --> 00:18:26,314 And to show that there’s no hard feelings, 419 00:18:26,397 --> 00:18:29,692 although you did mention that you don’t find it necessary to read books, 420 00:18:29,776 --> 00:18:32,195 there’s one that I’m gonna send you anyway. 421 00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:36,407 Yeah, well, thanks. But I educate myself through electronic media osmosis. 422 00:18:36,491 --> 00:18:38,076 Ah, extraordinary. 423 00:18:38,159 --> 00:18:40,411 But surely, you’ve heard of Dostoyevsky. 424 00:18:40,495 --> 00:18:42,205 Hey, who hasn’t? 425 00:18:42,288 --> 00:18:44,833 Well, he wrote about a man who reminds me 426 00:18:44,916 --> 00:18:46,084 a great deal of yourself. 427 00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:47,836 A man who sees clearly 428 00:18:47,919 --> 00:18:51,840 -through the hypocrisy of his society. -Really? 429 00:18:51,923 --> 00:18:54,467 Well, maybe we’ll all have to touch base with his publisher, 430 00:18:54,551 --> 00:18:56,678 get them to swing by in his next book tour. 431 00:18:56,761 --> 00:18:58,471 Oh, that would be quite a coup, Mr. Rule. 432 00:18:58,555 --> 00:19:01,307 You see, he happens to have been dead for over 100 years. 433 00:19:03,518 --> 00:19:06,104 So we won’t do it live. 434 00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:08,231 Anyway what’s the name of the book? 435 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:09,691 It’s called The Idiot. 436 00:19:13,278 --> 00:19:14,821 All right, folks, 437 00:19:14,904 --> 00:19:16,447 it’s time to listen to some of the people 438 00:19:16,531 --> 00:19:19,284 who pay for all this illumination. 439 00:19:22,579 --> 00:19:24,122 That was a cheap shot, Mrs. Fletcher. 440 00:19:24,205 --> 00:19:26,875 Well, sorry you feel that way, Mr. Rule. 441 00:19:26,958 --> 00:19:29,627 I thought we made some rather good radio together. 442 00:19:29,711 --> 00:19:30,670 You and me. 443 00:19:39,429 --> 00:19:41,848 Float like a butterfly, sting like a sidewinder missile, 444 00:19:41,931 --> 00:19:43,266 huh, Mrs. Fletcher? 445 00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:45,768 Jessica, you gave me such a satisfying memory 446 00:19:45,852 --> 00:19:47,770 of my last day here at the station. 447 00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:51,024 Mrs. Fletcher, it would be a pleasure to drive you to your inn. 448 00:19:51,107 --> 00:19:53,359 Well, that’s very kind of you. 449 00:19:53,443 --> 00:19:54,736 I could do with a bit of a rest. 450 00:19:54,819 --> 00:19:56,446 Thank you, Danny. 451 00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:57,822 I’ll see you at the dedication ceremony. 452 00:19:57,906 --> 00:19:59,282 Yes. 453 00:19:59,365 --> 00:20:00,992 I want you to see my winner’s circle. 454 00:20:01,075 --> 00:20:02,660 That’s my wall of fame. 455 00:20:02,744 --> 00:20:05,496 Every winner that I ever had is circled in red up there. 456 00:20:05,580 --> 00:20:07,790 Mrs. Fletcher, since I’m going out to 457 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:09,417 Vinewood park this afternoon, 458 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,669 I was wondering if you’d bring me some luck 459 00:20:11,753 --> 00:20:14,547 by using that handicapping system of yours. 460 00:20:14,631 --> 00:20:16,049 To pick a win, remember? 461 00:20:16,132 --> 00:20:18,176 The Triple Crown Murders? 462 00:20:18,259 --> 00:20:20,553 -But aren’t you going to the dedication? -What? 463 00:20:20,637 --> 00:20:24,307 And celebrate an additional 20,000 watts of Marcus Rule? 464 00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:27,060 Please. Mrs. Fletcher. 465 00:20:27,143 --> 00:20:30,688 Well, I mean, I would probably bet again Secretariat, 466 00:20:30,772 --> 00:20:33,024 but however. 467 00:20:33,107 --> 00:20:36,736 Here goes for the Fletcher handicapping system. 468 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:39,280 Ta-da! 469 00:20:40,406 --> 00:20:41,574 Savoy Stomp 470 00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:44,661 going in the 9th at 20 to 1? 471 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:47,121 It’s golden Mrs. Fletcher, I can feel it. 472 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:54,295 You know, what’s happening at KGAB stinks. 473 00:20:54,379 --> 00:20:56,464 You’ve got to understand, 474 00:20:56,547 --> 00:20:58,800 Louise Crowe is a very special lady. 475 00:20:58,883 --> 00:21:00,843 She cares about people. 476 00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:04,347 Colin Crowe, huh, if it weren’t for the ratings, 477 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:05,848 the man wouldn’t have a pulse. 478 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:07,350 And yet he does seem to have made 479 00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:09,227 a great success at the station. 480 00:21:09,310 --> 00:21:11,604 I understand there were some pretty lean years. 481 00:21:11,688 --> 00:21:13,356 Yeah, but without Mrs. Crowe, 482 00:21:13,439 --> 00:21:15,233 things just aren’t going to be the same. 483 00:21:15,316 --> 00:21:17,819 I got to tell you something, Mrs. Fletcher. 484 00:21:17,902 --> 00:21:21,072 When you lowered the boom on that Rule man back there, 485 00:21:21,155 --> 00:21:23,074 it was a double whammy, 486 00:21:23,157 --> 00:21:24,575 because you drove one right through 487 00:21:24,659 --> 00:21:25,952 Colin Crowe, too. 488 00:21:33,835 --> 00:21:35,086 [woman] Here you go, Mrs. Fletcher. 489 00:21:35,169 --> 00:21:37,505 Mr. Baker said it was urgent. 490 00:21:37,588 --> 00:21:39,257 I see. Uh, may I use your phone? 491 00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:40,258 Sure. 492 00:21:40,341 --> 00:21:41,592 Thank you. 493 00:21:48,891 --> 00:21:52,770 Yes, Jonathan Baker, please. 494 00:21:52,854 --> 00:21:54,731 Well, did he leave a forwarding number? 495 00:21:57,066 --> 00:21:59,736 Not even his home number? 496 00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:01,946 I see. Well, thank you, very much. 497 00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:07,368 Francine, to make my life 498 00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:10,163 richer and more bountiful, speak. 499 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:12,749 [Francine] Marcus, are you saying the highway commissioner 500 00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:14,751 purposely diverted the road around Rock Ridge, 501 00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:16,294 so he could line his pockets with-- 502 00:22:16,377 --> 00:22:17,920 Hey, does that connecting road up 503 00:22:18,004 --> 00:22:20,423 near Three Forks ring a bell, Francine? 504 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:22,383 Come on, ’cause I guarantee you, 505 00:22:22,467 --> 00:22:23,760 once my story breaks tomorrow, 506 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:26,387 it’s gonna be ringing David Osterman. 507 00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:28,556 But, enough truth in politics, 508 00:22:28,639 --> 00:22:30,683 because now it’s time for our daily lobotomy. 509 00:22:30,767 --> 00:22:31,893 That’s right. 510 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:33,936 That bastion of the free press, 511 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:38,858 the daring tell-it-like-it-is, Network News. 512 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:48,618 [phone ringing] 513 00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:49,952 Mr. Shannon. 514 00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:51,204 [Shannon] Hello, Marcus. 515 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:53,206 Hi, yeah, I was just gonna call you. 516 00:22:53,289 --> 00:22:55,166 Listen, I’ve made up my mind and it’s a go. 517 00:22:55,249 --> 00:22:56,501 Wonderful. 518 00:22:56,584 --> 00:22:58,127 I’ll be in Chicago, on the 11th. 519 00:22:58,211 --> 00:22:59,587 Any problems getting out of your contract? 520 00:22:59,670 --> 00:23:00,588 Contract problem? No. 521 00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:01,631 It was legal contract. 522 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:03,216 No, no, no, wait. 523 00:23:03,299 --> 00:23:06,260 No, hey, hey, don’t worry about it, man. 524 00:23:06,344 --> 00:23:09,472 Listen, Crowe can’t do a thing. 525 00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:24,487 Oops. 526 00:23:25,863 --> 00:23:27,907 Jonathan. 527 00:23:27,990 --> 00:23:29,742 Jessica, where is Ronna? 528 00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:31,160 I thought she was driving you over. 529 00:23:31,244 --> 00:23:32,370 Well, that was the plan. 530 00:23:32,453 --> 00:23:33,579 Maybe she forgot, 531 00:23:33,663 --> 00:23:34,622 in which case I could use a lift. 532 00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:36,082 Oh, sure. 533 00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:37,875 She’s probably over at the transmitter. 534 00:23:37,959 --> 00:23:40,670 I’m afraid this is as formal as I get these days. 535 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,421 Oh, it looks fine to me. 536 00:23:42,505 --> 00:23:44,173 Listen, I tried to return your call. 537 00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:45,883 Oh, I’m sorry. I was looking for Ronna. 538 00:23:45,967 --> 00:23:47,635 She left a message, something is wrong. 539 00:23:47,718 --> 00:23:49,303 Sounds like her world’s fallen apart. 540 00:23:49,387 --> 00:23:50,388 Well, what’s the matter? 541 00:23:50,471 --> 00:23:51,639 I don’t know. 542 00:23:51,722 --> 00:23:53,641 She just kind of trailed off and hung up. 543 00:24:16,247 --> 00:24:20,543 Jessica, I’m sorry, I got to go try to find Ronna. 544 00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:21,794 Jonathan. 545 00:24:21,878 --> 00:24:22,920 [man] Right over there. 546 00:24:23,004 --> 00:24:27,216 Jessica, there you are. 547 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:30,720 -Jessica, welcome to KGABs new beginning. -Yes. 548 00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:33,306 And my retirement from what we laughingly refer to 549 00:24:33,389 --> 00:24:36,058 around here as the communications business. 550 00:24:36,142 --> 00:24:39,729 Mrs. Crowe, where is your husband? 551 00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:41,606 Anything you have to say to Colin, Mr. Osterman, 552 00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:44,108 you can say to me, at least for the moment. 553 00:24:44,192 --> 00:24:46,861 Well, have him understand that when the voters elect me, 554 00:24:46,944 --> 00:24:50,448 which they will, despite his efforts to slander me, 555 00:24:50,531 --> 00:24:52,617 my first act as state senator will be to demand 556 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:54,994 an FCC investigation of your station. 557 00:24:55,077 --> 00:24:58,372 At which point, you can kiss your broadcast license goodbye. 558 00:24:58,456 --> 00:24:59,874 [Louise] I’m afraid, Mr. Osterman, 559 00:24:59,957 --> 00:25:01,709 very soon it won’t be mine to lose. 560 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:03,711 But I’ll relay your sentiments to Colin. 561 00:25:09,467 --> 00:25:11,093 You're a loud-mouthed creep. 562 00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:13,095 Hey, whoa. What is it, Davey? Huh? 563 00:25:13,179 --> 00:25:16,349 You come all the way down here to tell us it just ain’t so? 564 00:25:16,432 --> 00:25:18,643 Come on, man, do it. 565 00:25:18,726 --> 00:25:21,354 I'll have you in the courts for the next ten years. 566 00:25:21,437 --> 00:25:23,981 I think you better leave, please. 567 00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:32,907 Well, this is just wonderful. 568 00:25:32,990 --> 00:25:34,659 No Colin, no Ronna. 569 00:25:34,742 --> 00:25:38,663 The transmitter is about to go online in ten minutes. 570 00:25:38,746 --> 00:25:41,499 Now I understand why he insisted I show up. 571 00:25:41,582 --> 00:25:42,500 Excuse me. 572 00:25:48,256 --> 00:25:50,049 The only thing that I can imagine 573 00:25:50,132 --> 00:25:53,386 tackier than Louise and Colin, is Ronna and Colin. 574 00:25:55,096 --> 00:25:57,139 Two weeks, Mrs. F, and I’m out of here. 575 00:25:57,223 --> 00:26:01,310 Chicago, the 200 station guarantee for starters. 576 00:26:01,394 --> 00:26:04,188 So next time you want to hustle one of your books, 577 00:26:04,272 --> 00:26:05,356 don’t call me. 578 00:26:14,991 --> 00:26:16,701 [Louise] A new era begins 579 00:26:16,784 --> 00:26:20,079 as we welcome more than two million households 580 00:26:20,162 --> 00:26:23,291 into our new KGAB radio family. 581 00:26:27,378 --> 00:26:30,172 I won’t keep you waiting any longer. 582 00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:33,217 Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the new power house 583 00:26:33,301 --> 00:26:38,055 in the state, 25,000 watt, KGAB radio. 584 00:27:07,501 --> 00:27:09,503 The preliminary report from the medical examiner 585 00:27:09,587 --> 00:27:12,089 indicates two entry wounds 586 00:27:12,173 --> 00:27:14,508 to the heart about an inch apart. 587 00:27:14,592 --> 00:27:16,594 Yeah, one more strap. 588 00:27:16,677 --> 00:27:19,638 I got five bullet strikes on the girders, 589 00:27:19,722 --> 00:27:23,517 two hits, five misses. 590 00:27:23,601 --> 00:27:25,311 Apparently our shooter’s no Annie Oakley. 591 00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:29,648 Have you found Ronna yet? 592 00:27:29,732 --> 00:27:31,400 No. 593 00:27:31,484 --> 00:27:34,278 [man] Shell casings indicate a high-powered rifle. 594 00:27:34,362 --> 00:27:37,490 But none of the guests at the reception report hearing the shots. 595 00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:40,785 It would suggest that the victim was killed 596 00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:44,038 sometime after the county inspectors left at 1:45, 597 00:27:44,121 --> 00:27:45,998 but before the caterers got here 598 00:27:46,082 --> 00:27:49,627 at 2:20 this afternoon. 599 00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:51,295 Mrs. Fletcher, I’m sheriff Waterman. 600 00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:52,880 Oh, sheriff. 601 00:27:52,963 --> 00:27:54,882 I hear Marcus Rule is still trying to figure out 602 00:27:54,965 --> 00:27:56,425 where that left hook of yours came from. 603 00:27:56,509 --> 00:27:58,052 Oh, the interview. 604 00:27:58,135 --> 00:28:00,596 He did seem to lead with his chin, didn’t he? 605 00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:03,057 Not to spoil your visit, 606 00:28:03,140 --> 00:28:04,809 but I hear you’re pretty good at this sort of thing. 607 00:28:04,892 --> 00:28:07,645 You have any ideas? 608 00:28:07,728 --> 00:28:09,271 I’m afraid not, do you? 609 00:28:09,355 --> 00:28:10,856 Well, lots of them. 610 00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:13,317 Guys with union cards who didn’t appreciate 611 00:28:13,401 --> 00:28:15,319 Crowe’s attacks on David Osterman. 612 00:28:15,403 --> 00:28:18,572 Farmers who were upset with his stand on subsidies last winter. 613 00:28:18,656 --> 00:28:20,783 I got a whole county full of motives. 614 00:28:23,536 --> 00:28:26,539 Our search team found this in a service road ditch, 615 00:28:26,622 --> 00:28:28,124 up in the Hills next to the transmitter. 616 00:28:36,298 --> 00:28:38,342 You bought it, nine months ago. 617 00:28:38,426 --> 00:28:40,719 Dexter Sporting Goods over on Clearwater. 618 00:28:40,803 --> 00:28:43,472 They just faxed us the sales receipts. 619 00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:46,475 And we’re working on the prints and ballistics now. 620 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:48,978 I got people over at the radio station told me about, 621 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:53,691 about you and Ronna Simmons and about her and Colin Crowe. 622 00:28:53,774 --> 00:28:56,318 And I’ve got county attorney Cusack on my butt 623 00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:58,821 ’cause, you know, he loves a sure thing. 624 00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:00,739 And he’s figuring that it’ll take the grand jury 625 00:29:00,823 --> 00:29:04,410 maybe, what, five minutes to indict you for murder one? 626 00:29:04,493 --> 00:29:06,203 Johnny, boy. 627 00:29:06,287 --> 00:29:08,330 If you’re not gonna open your mouth, 628 00:29:08,414 --> 00:29:10,124 then I’d suggest that you better get yourself 629 00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:11,292 a heck of a lawyer. 630 00:29:19,383 --> 00:29:20,885 [Jessica] Your father has arranged 631 00:29:20,968 --> 00:29:23,345 for his personal attorney to fly in from New York. 632 00:29:23,429 --> 00:29:26,599 Look, Jonathan, I don’t believe for one moment 633 00:29:26,682 --> 00:29:28,184 that you had anything to do with this, 634 00:29:28,267 --> 00:29:29,977 but unless you open up... 635 00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:30,978 It doesn’t matter. 636 00:29:31,061 --> 00:29:32,354 Who knew that you kept 637 00:29:32,438 --> 00:29:34,231 your rifle behind the seat of your truck? 638 00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:35,608 Everyone knew. 639 00:29:35,691 --> 00:29:37,401 I showed it around when I first bought it. 640 00:29:37,485 --> 00:29:40,029 And that phone call from Ronna, 641 00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:42,907 was there any more to it than you told me? 642 00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:44,909 Look, that phone call had nothing to do with it. 643 00:29:44,992 --> 00:29:47,912 Now, Jessica, I know what you are trying to do, 644 00:29:47,995 --> 00:29:51,290 but I’m willing to just let this thing ride its course. 645 00:29:51,373 --> 00:29:52,666 So why don’t you? 646 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:54,793 Jonathan, I promised your father 647 00:29:54,877 --> 00:29:56,921 I’d do everything I could to help. 648 00:29:57,004 --> 00:29:58,797 And whether you like it or not, 649 00:29:58,881 --> 00:30:00,591 that’s exactly what I intend to do. 650 00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:09,558 Thank you for letting me talk to him. 651 00:30:09,642 --> 00:30:13,187 Sheriff Waterman, I’ve known Jonathan for most of his life 652 00:30:13,270 --> 00:30:16,690 and I cannot imagine that he would kill anyone. 653 00:30:16,774 --> 00:30:19,026 Well, people do unexpected things 654 00:30:19,109 --> 00:30:20,945 under pressure, in desperation. 655 00:30:21,028 --> 00:30:22,738 Well, he was clever enough to use a slim jim 656 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,323 to break into his own truck. 657 00:30:24,406 --> 00:30:26,867 But you yourself said you have a county of motives. 658 00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:28,953 But he is the only smoking gun. 659 00:30:29,036 --> 00:30:30,955 He had the time, had the means, 660 00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:32,831 ballistics check out, the prints check out. 661 00:30:32,915 --> 00:30:36,043 Sheriff, of course, his prints were all over his own gun. 662 00:30:36,126 --> 00:30:38,087 Whoever killed Colin Crowe made sure 663 00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:39,588 that they stayed there. 664 00:30:39,672 --> 00:30:42,967 Were there any other prints? 665 00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:44,593 Yes, as a matter of fact, there were. 666 00:30:44,677 --> 00:30:46,554 Forensics is still trying to identify them. 667 00:30:46,637 --> 00:30:48,305 You know, if I were in Baker’s shoes 668 00:30:48,389 --> 00:30:50,599 I’d want you on my side, too. 669 00:30:50,683 --> 00:30:53,102 Oh, by the way, Mrs. Crowe called 670 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:55,604 to remind you about a date for lunch. 671 00:30:55,688 --> 00:30:57,106 Oh, really? 672 00:30:57,189 --> 00:30:58,357 With everything that’s happened, 673 00:30:58,440 --> 00:30:59,650 I’d assume that she’d cancel. 674 00:31:01,443 --> 00:31:04,238 Hanson, drive Mrs. Fletcher out to the Crowe farm 675 00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:06,824 -and wait for her. -Yes, Sir. 676 00:31:06,907 --> 00:31:08,701 Thank you, sheriff, that’s very kind of you. 677 00:31:08,784 --> 00:31:09,827 Well. 678 00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:15,332 [Louise] My father made his money in the stock market. 679 00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:17,251 After my mother died, 680 00:31:17,334 --> 00:31:20,045 he bought this place, even made it turn a profit. 681 00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:24,466 He was incredibly competitive. 682 00:31:24,550 --> 00:31:26,218 He taught me to win at everything. 683 00:31:26,302 --> 00:31:28,095 Well, you were a very good pupil. 684 00:31:28,178 --> 00:31:30,639 Oh, these are just local competitions. 685 00:31:30,723 --> 00:31:32,224 My father gave me the radio station 686 00:31:32,308 --> 00:31:33,601 as a wedding present. 687 00:31:33,684 --> 00:31:36,020 He wrote on the gift card, 688 00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:39,607 "Now I don’t have to be alone in suffering your opinions." 689 00:31:39,690 --> 00:31:41,525 I did a political commentary once a week. 690 00:31:41,609 --> 00:31:44,862 I let the whole county know what was on my mind. 691 00:31:44,945 --> 00:31:47,114 Your father must have been quite a man. 692 00:31:47,197 --> 00:31:49,950 His death shattered me. 693 00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:51,619 My marriage fell apart. 694 00:31:51,702 --> 00:31:53,787 I even stopped shooting my mouth off on the air. 695 00:31:53,871 --> 00:31:56,415 I just settled in and played lots of country ballads. 696 00:31:56,498 --> 00:31:59,627 Well, that’s a far cry from Marcus Rule. 697 00:31:59,710 --> 00:32:02,671 At least that was Danny’s complaint. 698 00:32:02,755 --> 00:32:05,007 I began to detest what Colin had done to the station. 699 00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:06,759 It was my lawyers who drew up 700 00:32:06,842 --> 00:32:09,136 the agreement to let him buy me out 701 00:32:09,219 --> 00:32:13,015 which was also my way of ending the marriage gracefully. 702 00:32:13,098 --> 00:32:15,643 Louise, I don’t mean to sound insensitive, 703 00:32:15,726 --> 00:32:18,562 but I imagine that your husband’s death 704 00:32:18,646 --> 00:32:22,691 results in a very complicated legal triangle. 705 00:32:22,775 --> 00:32:24,443 No, not really. 706 00:32:24,526 --> 00:32:27,196 He hadn’t gotten around to changing his will. 707 00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:29,698 The station is still mine, 708 00:32:29,782 --> 00:32:33,577 which I suppose makes me a suspect. 709 00:32:33,661 --> 00:32:34,703 I suppose it could. 710 00:32:34,787 --> 00:32:37,206 Come, Jessica, 711 00:32:37,289 --> 00:32:39,708 isn’t the cliche always a younger woman 712 00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:41,919 and a jealous wife? 713 00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:43,253 Thank you, Alex. 714 00:32:45,422 --> 00:32:48,342 The jealous wife seldom allows herself 715 00:32:48,425 --> 00:32:50,386 to appear as composed as you are. 716 00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:56,308 Playing the part of the dutiful widow is not exactly my style. 717 00:32:56,392 --> 00:33:00,229 Louise, I can’t help thinking, given what’s happened, 718 00:33:00,312 --> 00:33:01,855 that you had more of a purpose 719 00:33:01,939 --> 00:33:03,816 in inviting me out here for lunch 720 00:33:03,899 --> 00:33:06,235 than simply telling me all this. 721 00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:08,612 Look, what it comes down to is this, 722 00:33:08,696 --> 00:33:11,031 if you’re looking for a way to get your young friend 723 00:33:11,115 --> 00:33:13,951 Jonathan Baker off the hook, 724 00:33:14,034 --> 00:33:15,703 I don’t think you or the sheriff 725 00:33:15,786 --> 00:33:17,830 have to look any further than Ronna Simmons. 726 00:33:19,581 --> 00:33:22,584 What makes you think it was Ronna? 727 00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:25,963 When they find her, ask her when she discovered 728 00:33:26,046 --> 00:33:28,841 she wasn’t the only other woman in Colin’s life. 729 00:33:31,468 --> 00:33:33,262 [Waterman] No, no, no, Mr. Cusack, 730 00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:35,639 I’m not suggesting, I’m telling you, 731 00:33:35,723 --> 00:33:37,015 don’t take this to the grand jury 732 00:33:37,099 --> 00:33:39,101 until I complete my investigation. 733 00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:46,775 Yeah, I’ll get right back to you. 734 00:33:46,859 --> 00:33:48,986 It just came in from forensics. 735 00:33:49,069 --> 00:33:50,779 They had to go back three years to the university 736 00:33:50,863 --> 00:33:54,366 to ID the second set of prints on the murder weapon. 737 00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:58,662 Put out an APB, all right? 738 00:33:58,746 --> 00:34:01,415 Yeah, get me Cusack back, huh. 739 00:34:01,498 --> 00:34:04,251 And David Osterman? 740 00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:06,920 Colin’s investors wanted Osterman defeated. 741 00:34:07,004 --> 00:34:10,174 So my husband put a private investigator on his tail. 742 00:34:10,257 --> 00:34:13,427 He didn’t find a trace of political wrongdoing, 743 00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:15,304 but he still had Marcus to say 744 00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:18,390 whatever was necessary to keep his money people happy. 745 00:34:18,474 --> 00:34:21,059 So Mr. Osterman was right about your station 746 00:34:21,143 --> 00:34:22,060 slandering him. 747 00:34:22,144 --> 00:34:23,687 Yes. 748 00:34:23,771 --> 00:34:25,939 And, ironically, those same surveillance reports, 749 00:34:26,023 --> 00:34:28,400 which my husband ordered, also provided 750 00:34:28,484 --> 00:34:30,569 Mr. Osterman with an alibi. 751 00:34:30,652 --> 00:34:32,946 Oh, what was that? 752 00:34:33,030 --> 00:34:34,573 At the time of the murder, 753 00:34:34,656 --> 00:34:37,951 David Osterman was in bed with a wealthy widow. 754 00:34:38,035 --> 00:34:39,661 Well, that could prove disastrous 755 00:34:39,745 --> 00:34:41,246 for his political ambitions. 756 00:34:41,330 --> 00:34:43,707 It could if it got out. 757 00:34:43,791 --> 00:34:45,709 This morning I turned those surveillance reports 758 00:34:45,793 --> 00:34:47,711 over to Mr. Osterman. 759 00:34:47,795 --> 00:34:49,880 He’s free to do whatever he wants with them. 760 00:34:52,633 --> 00:34:57,805 Louise, I don’t like being used. 761 00:34:57,888 --> 00:35:00,599 I don’t know what you mean. 762 00:35:00,682 --> 00:35:03,352 The wealthy widow that he was in bed with, 763 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:05,479 -that was you, wasn’t it? -Yes, but-- 764 00:35:05,562 --> 00:35:08,565 And you were counting on me, being terribly intuitive, 765 00:35:08,649 --> 00:35:11,985 so that I could serve as a character witness for both of you 766 00:35:12,069 --> 00:35:15,697 without revealing any of details to the sheriff. 767 00:35:15,781 --> 00:35:18,450 Jessica, I didn’t kill Colin, and neither did David. 768 00:35:20,035 --> 00:35:21,328 I certainly hope you didn’t. 769 00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:33,507 I found her holed up in a motel out on highway 61. 770 00:35:33,590 --> 00:35:34,800 Well, miss Simmons. 771 00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:39,054 You’ve got a lot of explaining to do, young lady. 772 00:35:48,981 --> 00:35:51,066 [Ronna] I didn’t even know that Colin was dead 773 00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,484 until they arrested me. 774 00:35:52,568 --> 00:35:56,071 Jonathan, I wanted to talk to you 775 00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:57,865 and I wanted to see you. 776 00:35:57,948 --> 00:36:00,200 And I started to leave you that message, but... 777 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:03,495 what Ronna? But what? 778 00:36:03,579 --> 00:36:06,540 I didn’t think it would make a difference. 779 00:36:06,623 --> 00:36:08,667 I wanted to tell you 780 00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:13,255 that it was over between Colin and me. 781 00:36:13,338 --> 00:36:15,173 And I wanted to tell you what a stupid, 782 00:36:15,257 --> 00:36:18,552 misguided idiot I’d been in thinking 783 00:36:18,635 --> 00:36:20,804 that I was anything 784 00:36:20,888 --> 00:36:23,390 more than just a prop for his ego. 785 00:36:26,268 --> 00:36:29,146 I wanted to ask you if you could forgive me. 786 00:36:31,523 --> 00:36:33,275 I don’t think I can deal with that right now. 787 00:36:34,985 --> 00:36:36,486 I understand. 788 00:36:36,570 --> 00:36:38,030 That’s why I didn’t finish the message. 789 00:36:39,990 --> 00:36:42,034 All right. 790 00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:44,328 The desk Clerk at the motel told the sheriff 791 00:36:44,411 --> 00:36:46,955 that you’d checked in at 6:30. 792 00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:48,665 That was two hours after the murder. 793 00:36:51,168 --> 00:36:52,920 I was-- I was driving around, 794 00:36:53,003 --> 00:36:55,422 I don’t know where I went or how long. 795 00:36:55,505 --> 00:36:57,716 Ronna, someone must have seen you. 796 00:36:57,799 --> 00:37:00,844 They have your gun with my fingerprints on it. 797 00:37:00,928 --> 00:37:02,304 But I told the sheriff 798 00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:03,597 that I was teaching you how to shoot. 799 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,725 But they think that I did it. 800 00:37:06,808 --> 00:37:09,144 I didn’t kill him. I couldn’t have. 801 00:37:15,359 --> 00:37:17,569 Come on, I took her shooting twice. 802 00:37:17,653 --> 00:37:19,237 She couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn. 803 00:37:19,321 --> 00:37:20,739 Neither could the killer, apparently. 804 00:37:20,822 --> 00:37:22,324 Well, this is ’cause Colin Crowe 805 00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:24,493 is such a big shot in this town, right? 806 00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:25,702 There must be a lot of pressure on you 807 00:37:25,786 --> 00:37:28,455 and the DA to hang somebody. 808 00:37:28,538 --> 00:37:30,374 You know, you should take some advice, 809 00:37:30,457 --> 00:37:32,125 start looking out for your own self. 810 00:37:32,209 --> 00:37:34,086 No thanks, sheriff. 811 00:37:34,169 --> 00:37:36,713 I don’t need your advice. 812 00:37:36,797 --> 00:37:38,090 I’ll wait for you outside. 813 00:37:40,968 --> 00:37:42,886 Well, Mrs. Fletcher, now there is a, uh, 814 00:37:42,970 --> 00:37:44,972 a young man who is in a heck of a wrestling match 815 00:37:45,055 --> 00:37:46,723 with what he knows to be the facts 816 00:37:46,807 --> 00:37:48,266 and what he wants to believe. 817 00:37:48,350 --> 00:37:49,768 Well, it’s only natural, sheriff. 818 00:37:49,851 --> 00:37:52,145 He cares a great deal for Ronna. 819 00:37:52,229 --> 00:37:53,855 That’s not what I’m saying. 820 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:54,898 You mean, Jonathan knows something 821 00:37:54,982 --> 00:37:57,234 but he’s not telling us? 822 00:37:57,317 --> 00:37:59,236 No, I mean he was seen all over town, 823 00:37:59,319 --> 00:38:02,030 looking for her at the time of the murder. 824 00:38:02,114 --> 00:38:03,198 Doesn’t appear that he found her, does it? 825 00:38:19,631 --> 00:38:21,174 Chill out, Jonathan. 826 00:38:21,258 --> 00:38:24,011 Your father’s lawyer will be here later tonight. 827 00:38:24,094 --> 00:38:25,762 Well, I don’t know what good he’ll do, Jessica. 828 00:38:27,389 --> 00:38:29,558 Look, this is a very small town. 829 00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:31,810 There can’t be that many roads that lead to the motel 830 00:38:31,893 --> 00:38:33,395 where they found her. 831 00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:35,397 Somebody must have seen her. 832 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:36,898 Do you have a map? 833 00:38:36,982 --> 00:38:39,484 Yeah, somewhere, under the seat. 834 00:38:43,572 --> 00:38:46,616 Well, maybe you’re right, maybe somebody did see her. 835 00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:50,120 [Jessica] Wait just a minute. 836 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:53,832 Is this your pen, Jonathan? 837 00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:56,001 No. Here’s the map. 838 00:38:58,170 --> 00:38:59,546 I don’t think we’re gonna need the map. 839 00:39:01,882 --> 00:39:05,093 I’m gonna go talk to the sheriff and make a phone call. 840 00:39:05,177 --> 00:39:07,846 Jonathan, I think I know who the murderer is. 841 00:39:07,929 --> 00:39:10,140 And if we’re lucky, we may be able to prove it. 842 00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:22,861 Louise, please don’t do that just yet. 843 00:39:22,944 --> 00:39:24,905 Danny told you I was coming I take it. 844 00:39:26,573 --> 00:39:30,494 Yes, that is what I thought I saw yesterday. 845 00:39:30,577 --> 00:39:32,120 Jessica. 846 00:39:32,204 --> 00:39:35,707 Oh, hi. I’m sorry, I’m late. 847 00:39:35,791 --> 00:39:38,960 But I am not the most orderly guy in the world. 848 00:39:39,044 --> 00:39:42,130 This darn thing was hidden under a pile of junk in my living room. 849 00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:44,841 Oh, I brought you a present. 850 00:39:44,925 --> 00:39:46,093 Oh. 851 00:39:46,176 --> 00:39:48,637 I put 20 bucks down on Savoy Stomp. 852 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:50,931 Well, maybe I should take up handicapping as a profession. 853 00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:53,892 So that guy in New York doesn’t believe 854 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:55,143 you picked Savoy Stomp, huh. 855 00:39:55,227 --> 00:39:57,854 Well, I thought that a photograph 856 00:39:57,938 --> 00:39:59,856 of the two of us with you 857 00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:02,067 circling the horse’s name would help to convince him. 858 00:40:02,150 --> 00:40:04,152 Hey, no problem. No problem. 859 00:40:04,236 --> 00:40:06,363 It isn’t every day that I hit 20 to 1. 860 00:40:09,116 --> 00:40:09,991 Here we go. 861 00:40:12,994 --> 00:40:14,454 Looking for this, Danny? 862 00:40:14,538 --> 00:40:16,123 Oh, yeah. 863 00:40:16,206 --> 00:40:17,707 I’ve been looking for that all day. 864 00:40:19,459 --> 00:40:21,753 Well, so where do we stand? 865 00:40:21,837 --> 00:40:26,174 I don’t think that I’ll need the picture after all. 866 00:40:26,258 --> 00:40:28,426 But... 867 00:40:28,510 --> 00:40:30,929 Danny, I don’t think Mrs. Fletcher really came here 868 00:40:31,012 --> 00:40:31,888 for a photograph. 869 00:40:34,224 --> 00:40:37,060 Oh, you want to let me in on the gag, Mrs. Fletcher? 870 00:40:37,144 --> 00:40:38,937 Well, Louise is right. 871 00:40:39,020 --> 00:40:41,565 I’m here because I believe that I can reveal 872 00:40:41,648 --> 00:40:44,442 the identity of her husband’s killer. 873 00:40:44,526 --> 00:40:46,027 You see, it bothered me from the beginning. 874 00:40:46,111 --> 00:40:48,655 All those shots fired and all of the misses 875 00:40:48,738 --> 00:40:50,073 except for the two 876 00:40:50,157 --> 00:40:52,409 perfect deadly shots to the heart. 877 00:40:52,492 --> 00:40:54,870 But sheriff Waterman said they were lucky shots. 878 00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:56,746 [Jessica] Well, maybe, Louise, 879 00:40:56,830 --> 00:40:58,540 but when I saw your marksmanship trophies, 880 00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:00,917 it occurred to me that possibly every shot fired 881 00:41:01,001 --> 00:41:05,839 by the killer that afternoon was in fact right on target. 882 00:41:05,922 --> 00:41:08,383 I mean, the first two shots were dead on... 883 00:41:12,262 --> 00:41:14,181 killing Mr. Crowe instantly, 884 00:41:14,264 --> 00:41:16,600 The next five shots were-- well, they were wild, 885 00:41:16,683 --> 00:41:19,060 exactly as intended. To make us think 886 00:41:19,144 --> 00:41:21,980 that we were dealing with a very poor marksman. 887 00:41:22,063 --> 00:41:24,733 You’re not saying that Louise had anything to do with this? 888 00:41:24,816 --> 00:41:26,610 Mrs. Crowe wasn’t the only one with the skill 889 00:41:26,693 --> 00:41:29,738 to make this shooting appear to be the work of a novice. 890 00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:31,489 If I’m not mistaken, 891 00:41:31,573 --> 00:41:34,242 these are army sharp shooting medals 892 00:41:34,326 --> 00:41:36,995 that you’re wearing, aren’t they? 893 00:41:37,078 --> 00:41:38,371 Yeah, sure. 894 00:41:38,455 --> 00:41:40,207 Hey, come on, wait a minute. 895 00:41:40,290 --> 00:41:42,626 I was at the track, where do you think I got the program? 896 00:41:42,709 --> 00:41:43,835 Well, that particular program? 897 00:41:43,919 --> 00:41:45,462 In a trash bin at Vinewood park 898 00:41:45,545 --> 00:41:47,088 less than an hour ago. 899 00:41:47,172 --> 00:41:49,966 Less than an hour ago, I was in my living room. 900 00:41:50,050 --> 00:41:52,260 After Mrs. Fletcher called you to 901 00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:56,514 bring in the program, I followed you to the track. 902 00:41:56,598 --> 00:41:59,100 Okay, so I lost someone at the track. 903 00:41:59,184 --> 00:42:00,518 Jessica, I just handed you 904 00:42:00,602 --> 00:42:02,229 400 bucks in winnings, didn’t I? 905 00:42:02,312 --> 00:42:05,273 Not a lot of money to keep an alibi alive. 906 00:42:05,357 --> 00:42:08,693 Jessica, none of this means that Danny killed Colin. 907 00:42:08,777 --> 00:42:10,320 That’s not true, Louise. 908 00:42:10,403 --> 00:42:13,657 You also suspected Danny and wanted to protect him 909 00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:16,034 by removing the photograph. 910 00:42:16,117 --> 00:42:18,286 [Louise] But still there’s no proof. 911 00:42:18,370 --> 00:42:19,496 Well, there is now. 912 00:42:19,579 --> 00:42:21,414 Danny, when you broke 913 00:42:21,498 --> 00:42:23,750 into Jonathan’s truck to steal his rifle... 914 00:42:26,753 --> 00:42:28,630 your pen fell out of your pocket. 915 00:42:32,592 --> 00:42:36,179 I found it under the seat proving that you had been 916 00:42:36,263 --> 00:42:37,722 inside this truck. 917 00:42:41,393 --> 00:42:42,269 Danny, why? 918 00:42:46,398 --> 00:42:50,402 It was the day after I graduated high school, 919 00:42:50,485 --> 00:42:52,779 I took out a map, closed my eyes 920 00:42:52,862 --> 00:42:54,698 and stabbed at it with my finger, 921 00:42:54,781 --> 00:42:57,534 just like your handicapping system, Jessica. 922 00:42:57,617 --> 00:43:00,287 Only I picked Easton. 923 00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:02,539 I got a job here. 924 00:43:02,622 --> 00:43:04,457 I met Louise. 925 00:43:04,541 --> 00:43:06,584 All the time I was in the army, 926 00:43:06,668 --> 00:43:09,212 she was all I ever thought about. 927 00:43:09,296 --> 00:43:11,298 I came back from 'Nam, 928 00:43:11,381 --> 00:43:14,175 Louise’s marriage was on the rocks, 929 00:43:14,259 --> 00:43:16,052 and we had some times together. 930 00:43:18,805 --> 00:43:21,349 You were all I ever wanted, 931 00:43:21,433 --> 00:43:23,184 but there was always someone else. 932 00:43:24,978 --> 00:43:28,231 I figured some day I would be the only one left 933 00:43:28,315 --> 00:43:31,359 and that we could work the station together. 934 00:43:31,443 --> 00:43:34,029 I knew that once Colin took over the station... 935 00:43:35,947 --> 00:43:37,490 I’d never see you again. 936 00:43:37,574 --> 00:43:38,825 Oh, Danny. 937 00:43:43,163 --> 00:43:44,080 Come on, Danny. 938 00:43:55,175 --> 00:43:56,885 We’re all set, Jessica. 939 00:43:56,968 --> 00:43:58,636 Have you spoken to your father? 940 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:00,263 Yeah, I want him to meet Ronna, 941 00:44:00,347 --> 00:44:01,765 so we’re gonna fly to London tomorrow. 942 00:44:01,848 --> 00:44:03,767 Oh, how wonderful. 943 00:44:03,850 --> 00:44:05,977 Best of luck to both of you. 944 00:44:06,061 --> 00:44:09,981 Thank you for everything. 945 00:44:10,065 --> 00:44:11,608 Well, we better get me to the airport. 946 00:44:11,691 --> 00:44:13,902 -Okay. -Yeah, yeah. 947 00:44:13,985 --> 00:44:17,364 [Marcus] So remember, get smart, get ruled. 948 00:44:24,454 --> 00:44:26,873 So, Jessica, you did real well. 949 00:44:26,956 --> 00:44:28,666 Sure, you solved a murder, sure, 950 00:44:28,750 --> 00:44:31,169 but nothing beats that warm all over feeling 951 00:44:31,252 --> 00:44:34,172 you get from nailing another man, right? 952 00:44:34,255 --> 00:44:36,257 I understand that Chicago fell through. 953 00:44:38,134 --> 00:44:40,053 [Marcus] Hey, no problem, lady. 954 00:44:40,136 --> 00:44:42,764 I got a home right here, because you know something, 955 00:44:42,847 --> 00:44:44,516 the beauty of this one horse state 956 00:44:44,599 --> 00:44:46,643 is that no matter how much I insult these retards, 957 00:44:46,726 --> 00:44:50,105 no matter what I say, they’re gonna keep coming back for more, 958 00:44:50,188 --> 00:44:51,189 because they are the stupidest, 959 00:44:51,272 --> 00:44:54,901 most muddleheaded doofuses this side of the zoo. 960 00:44:54,984 --> 00:44:58,822 Marcus, I hope you really intended 961 00:44:58,905 --> 00:45:02,742 for that to be broadcast over 25,000 watts. 962 00:45:05,537 --> 00:45:08,915 Now I understand why it’s called "killer radio".