1 00:00:00,084 --> 00:00:01,168 You're breaking my arm! 2 00:00:01,252 --> 00:00:02,378 I told you not to pick a fight. 3 00:00:02,461 --> 00:00:03,337 Didn't I tell you that? 4 00:00:03,421 --> 00:00:04,797 First time I saw that Bennett, 5 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:05,923 I knew he was nothing but trouble. 6 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:07,216 -Wayne? -Yeah? 7 00:00:07,299 --> 00:00:09,218 I'd like to book you for a private session. 8 00:00:10,469 --> 00:00:12,346 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 9 00:00:12,430 --> 00:00:15,391 a man was found shot to death in Eve's bedroom. 10 00:00:15,474 --> 00:00:16,475 Come on, Wayne. 11 00:00:16,559 --> 00:00:18,436 Don't force me to call your local sheriff. 12 00:00:18,519 --> 00:00:20,521 Freddie, of course, he's more my age. 13 00:00:20,604 --> 00:00:23,357 He's witty, and intellectually, we're simpatico. 14 00:00:23,441 --> 00:00:25,609 Well, then, what's Wayne? 15 00:00:25,693 --> 00:00:27,111 Oh, Wayne's all hormones. 16 00:00:27,570 --> 00:00:29,989 -Freeze! -Don't shoot. 17 00:00:32,074 --> 00:00:34,994 [cheerful orchestral music] 18 00:01:32,843 --> 00:01:35,221 [woman] And three, two, three, four. 19 00:01:35,304 --> 00:01:38,057 And right, two, three, four. 20 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:40,142 Very good, and left. 21 00:01:40,226 --> 00:01:42,019 With the arms, keep it going. 22 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:44,522 Feel the burn. 23 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:46,816 Keep it up. Keep those legs up. 24 00:01:46,899 --> 00:01:49,777 There you go. 25 00:01:49,860 --> 00:01:52,154 -[man] That's it. Keep it up. -[same woman] Work those thighs. 26 00:01:52,238 --> 00:01:55,699 Work those thighs. Yes, feel that burn. Good. 27 00:01:55,783 --> 00:01:59,411 Six, seven... 28 00:01:59,495 --> 00:02:01,247 [instructor] Keep breathing. Janey, you're not breathing. 29 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:02,540 Ooh, look good, Eve. 30 00:02:02,623 --> 00:02:03,833 You feel it in your neck, though? 31 00:02:03,916 --> 00:02:05,668 -There, too, Wayne. -[laughs] 32 00:02:05,751 --> 00:02:06,794 Left down, Nancy. 33 00:02:06,877 --> 00:02:07,878 -Huh? -Left down. 34 00:02:07,962 --> 00:02:09,463 -Oh, Wayne? -Yeah. 35 00:02:09,547 --> 00:02:11,173 I'd like to book you for a private session. 36 00:02:11,257 --> 00:02:12,758 After class, I'll check my calendar. 37 00:02:12,842 --> 00:02:14,718 Looking good. Step with the toes, Betty. 38 00:02:14,802 --> 00:02:17,096 Back. Good girl. 39 00:02:17,179 --> 00:02:18,347 Lil, look at you. 40 00:02:18,430 --> 00:02:19,765 What, didn't I see you 41 00:02:19,849 --> 00:02:22,017 in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue? 42 00:02:22,101 --> 00:02:25,020 You keep it up, next year you'll be on the cover. 43 00:02:25,104 --> 00:02:26,856 What a gorgeous body. 44 00:02:26,939 --> 00:02:28,274 That is you, Cher, isn't it? 45 00:02:28,357 --> 00:02:31,110 You sweet-talking devil, you. 46 00:02:31,193 --> 00:02:33,153 How Sonny ever left you I'll never understand. 47 00:02:33,237 --> 00:02:35,364 Neither do I, honey, neither do I. 48 00:02:35,447 --> 00:02:38,450 Okay, ladies, time's up. Time's up. 49 00:02:38,534 --> 00:02:40,286 Terrific morning. Keep it up. 50 00:02:40,369 --> 00:02:44,623 You are doing wonderfully. 51 00:02:44,707 --> 00:02:47,543 -What a slave driver. -You love it. 52 00:02:47,626 --> 00:02:50,713 Don't we all? 53 00:02:50,796 --> 00:02:52,548 Oh, Eve, I'm ready for an orange juice. 54 00:02:52,631 --> 00:02:54,258 -How about you? -Oh, no, can't Renee. 55 00:02:54,341 --> 00:02:56,010 I've got to run. I've got a prospective buyer 56 00:02:56,093 --> 00:02:58,304 coming up from Boston to look at the old Sullivan farm. 57 00:02:58,387 --> 00:03:00,306 Are you still stuck with that eyesore? 58 00:03:00,389 --> 00:03:02,850 Believe it. At night, not even the Sullivan's cows 59 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:04,476 want to come home. 60 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,228 The tension's all up here, Eve. 61 00:03:06,312 --> 00:03:07,813 It's from all those hours you spend 62 00:03:07,897 --> 00:03:08,898 on the phone at the office. 63 00:03:08,981 --> 00:03:10,608 You get yourself a speaker phone, 64 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,651 -and while you're on it-- -I know, I know. 65 00:03:12,735 --> 00:03:16,155 I order your $800, custom-designed Exercycle 66 00:03:16,238 --> 00:03:17,656 and ride while I work. 67 00:03:17,740 --> 00:03:20,618 You see? The product sells itself. 68 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:23,871 Eve, no matter what the cost, 69 00:03:23,954 --> 00:03:25,789 I want a perfect body. 70 00:03:25,873 --> 00:03:28,208 Whose? Yours or his? 71 00:03:28,292 --> 00:03:29,960 [laughs] 72 00:03:37,009 --> 00:03:38,844 This ad of yours in the Boston Globe 73 00:03:38,928 --> 00:03:41,138 certainly piqued my curiosity. 74 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:43,140 -I hope I'm not too late. -Late? 75 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:47,811 Oh, no, Mr. Keppard, but, well, to be quite truthful, 76 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:50,689 there's quite a bit of interest in the old Sullivan farm, 77 00:03:50,773 --> 00:03:52,316 what with so many city people 78 00:03:52,399 --> 00:03:53,776 hearing the call of mother nature. 79 00:03:53,859 --> 00:03:56,528 Oh, I heard the call all right. 80 00:03:56,612 --> 00:03:59,531 And it's Fred, Freddie to my friends. 81 00:03:59,615 --> 00:04:01,075 Well, Fred... 82 00:04:01,158 --> 00:04:02,576 Freddie... 83 00:04:02,660 --> 00:04:05,996 about this $600,000 price tag... 84 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,623 Look, if it lives up to its description, 85 00:04:07,706 --> 00:04:11,669 $600,000 seems definitely fair. 86 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:15,047 Right, fair. Absolutely. 87 00:04:15,130 --> 00:04:19,259 -Do you plan to keep it a dairy farm? -Yes, I do, 88 00:04:19,885 --> 00:04:21,887 but I don't plan to do the milking. 89 00:04:21,971 --> 00:04:25,516 [laughter] Well, of course not. 90 00:04:27,226 --> 00:04:29,269 Well, it's about a 40-minute drive, so... 91 00:04:29,353 --> 00:04:31,605 So let's go. The sooner, the better. 92 00:04:31,689 --> 00:04:34,233 I want those cows to give milk, not cottage cheese. 93 00:04:34,316 --> 00:04:37,403 [laughter] 94 00:04:45,536 --> 00:04:47,746 My daughter is off in college. 95 00:04:47,830 --> 00:04:50,916 My wife...my wife passed away two years ago. 96 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,085 -Ah. -I don't think rattling around 97 00:04:53,168 --> 00:04:56,422 in that big old house in Boston is doing me much good. 98 00:04:56,505 --> 00:04:58,757 Besides, I've got to do something with my money. 99 00:04:58,841 --> 00:05:01,468 Real estate has always been a rock-bottom investment for me. 100 00:05:01,552 --> 00:05:03,929 Absolutement. 101 00:05:04,013 --> 00:05:07,391 Oh, my! Yours? 102 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:09,560 Now, since you know the way and I don't, 103 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:12,146 it's yours for now, Eve. 104 00:05:12,229 --> 00:05:15,566 Oh, it is Eve, isn't it? 105 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:18,694 Oh, yes, Eve is fine. 106 00:05:18,777 --> 00:05:20,571 Evie to my friends. 107 00:05:24,033 --> 00:05:26,201 You know, Jessica, since I started the Wayne workout 108 00:05:26,285 --> 00:05:28,495 three months ago, I've never felt better. 109 00:05:28,579 --> 00:05:31,040 One of these days, I'm gonna have to meet this miracle man. 110 00:05:31,123 --> 00:05:32,458 You know, the ladies at the beauty parlor 111 00:05:32,541 --> 00:05:35,085 can hardly talk about anything else. 112 00:05:35,169 --> 00:05:37,046 Uh, could we pull over for a moment or two? 113 00:05:37,129 --> 00:05:38,589 Oh, you can't be tired already. 114 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,591 Well, not me. 115 00:05:43,052 --> 00:05:45,387 Hope you don't mind if we have a little pit stop, Ben, 116 00:05:45,471 --> 00:05:46,972 but my legs are giving out. 117 00:05:47,056 --> 00:05:48,307 Well, I was just getting warmed up, 118 00:05:48,390 --> 00:05:50,601 but anything to oblige a lady. 119 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:52,352 Nancy was just telling me 120 00:05:52,436 --> 00:05:55,189 that Wayne Bennett seems to be revolutionizing 121 00:05:55,272 --> 00:05:56,815 Cabot Cove's health habits. 122 00:05:56,899 --> 00:05:59,693 Well, the female half, anyway. 123 00:05:59,777 --> 00:06:03,530 Yes. We've noticed that his gym hasn't caught on 124 00:06:03,614 --> 00:06:06,241 with the chauvinist population. 125 00:06:06,325 --> 00:06:08,202 Give me a brisk walk or a bike ride 126 00:06:08,285 --> 00:06:09,995 in the country anytime. 127 00:06:10,079 --> 00:06:11,580 You know, Ben, if you're embarrassed about exercising 128 00:06:11,663 --> 00:06:13,248 with a bunch of women, Wayne does give 129 00:06:13,332 --> 00:06:14,500 private workouts in the home. 130 00:06:14,583 --> 00:06:17,753 Not with me, he doesn't. 131 00:06:17,836 --> 00:06:19,588 So, Nancy, what does your husband 132 00:06:19,671 --> 00:06:21,507 think about the new you? 133 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:23,425 You know Clarence, after 20 years, 134 00:06:23,509 --> 00:06:25,219 he finally got used to the old me. 135 00:06:25,302 --> 00:06:26,303 [laughter] 136 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:29,014 [horn honking] 137 00:06:32,226 --> 00:06:33,560 Wasn't that Eve Simpson? 138 00:06:33,644 --> 00:06:35,104 I wonder where she got that new car. 139 00:06:35,187 --> 00:06:36,563 Never mind the car. 140 00:06:36,647 --> 00:06:38,107 What about the guy sitting next to her? 141 00:06:38,190 --> 00:06:41,443 Well, if I know Eve, we'll hear all about it. 142 00:06:41,527 --> 00:06:43,570 So when Mr. Keppard said he was interested 143 00:06:43,654 --> 00:06:45,322 in settling down, I took him right out 144 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:46,573 to the old Sullivan place. 145 00:06:46,657 --> 00:06:48,117 He's a man of impeccable taste. 146 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,618 He knows just what he wants. 147 00:06:49,701 --> 00:06:52,079 I've got his deposit check in my pocket. 148 00:06:52,162 --> 00:06:55,457 -Eve, that's wonderful. -Freddie definitely is. 149 00:06:55,541 --> 00:06:57,251 Oh, business and pleasure? 150 00:06:57,334 --> 00:06:58,752 Oh, you've got to meet him, Jessica. 151 00:06:58,836 --> 00:07:00,963 We're talking charm, we're talking single 152 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:03,674 we're talking Gentleman farmer with a capital "G". 153 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:05,759 Well, we're not talking, 154 00:07:05,843 --> 00:07:07,594 but you're gushing like a schoolgirl. 155 00:07:07,678 --> 00:07:10,889 Who, moi? [laughter] 156 00:07:10,973 --> 00:07:12,850 Oh, goodness. Thank you, Clarence. 157 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:15,477 Thank you. Good morning, Jessica, Eve. 158 00:07:15,561 --> 00:07:17,146 -Good morning, Clarence. -Good morning. 159 00:07:17,229 --> 00:07:19,231 I'll have that back for you late tomorrow. 160 00:07:19,314 --> 00:07:21,108 Oh, thank you. Morning, Nancy. 161 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:22,568 -Jessica. -There you are. 162 00:07:25,404 --> 00:07:28,907 Hi, Wayne. See you in class tomorrow. 163 00:07:34,037 --> 00:07:35,414 Wayne. 164 00:07:35,497 --> 00:07:38,500 Wayne, you've got to meet Jessica Fletcher. 165 00:07:38,584 --> 00:07:40,210 I've seen you around town, Mrs. Fletcher. 166 00:07:40,294 --> 00:07:41,587 It's a pleasure. 167 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:43,130 Well, it's very nice to meet you. 168 00:07:43,213 --> 00:07:45,174 Well, actually, we're not exactly strangers. 169 00:07:45,257 --> 00:07:46,550 You were in my bedroom just last night. 170 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:49,887 Was I? 171 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:51,054 I've got your one of your books on tape. 172 00:07:51,138 --> 00:07:52,598 I listen to it on my Exercycle. 173 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:53,891 [laughter] 174 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:55,893 By the time your killer confessed, 175 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:58,020 I'd pedaled halfway to Portland. 176 00:07:58,103 --> 00:08:00,564 Oh, Jessica, why don't you try a session 177 00:08:00,647 --> 00:08:01,857 down at Wayne's with me? 178 00:08:01,940 --> 00:08:03,567 He's got a stress-reduction program 179 00:08:03,650 --> 00:08:05,444 designed for working women like us. 180 00:08:05,527 --> 00:08:06,904 Well, thank you, Eve, 181 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:09,114 but I take out my stress on my rose bushes. 182 00:08:09,198 --> 00:08:10,991 Oh, by the by, Wayne, 183 00:08:11,074 --> 00:08:13,285 do you happen to have an hour tonight? 184 00:08:13,368 --> 00:08:15,537 I really need a private. 185 00:08:15,621 --> 00:08:18,999 Well, I could do you around 9:00. 186 00:08:19,082 --> 00:08:21,376 Nine at my place it is. 187 00:08:24,296 --> 00:08:27,591 Excuse me, ladies. 188 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:29,676 Kind of takes your breath away. 189 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,595 A few moments ago, your breath 190 00:08:31,678 --> 00:08:33,555 was taken away by Mr. Keppard. 191 00:08:33,639 --> 00:08:36,516 Oh, yes, well, Freddie, of course, he's more my age, 192 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,936 he's witty, and intellectually, we're simpatico. 193 00:08:39,019 --> 00:08:43,482 -Well, then, what's Wayne? -Oh, Wayne's all hormones. 194 00:08:50,572 --> 00:08:52,491 -Hello, Wayne. -Hi. 195 00:08:52,574 --> 00:08:55,327 We've got some imported aftershave on special. 196 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:57,537 Uh, Nancy, 197 00:08:57,621 --> 00:08:59,748 want to open that case of dental floss? 198 00:09:02,501 --> 00:09:03,794 Can I help you, Mr. Bennett? 199 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:04,878 Well, you sure can, Mr. La Rue. 200 00:09:04,962 --> 00:09:06,213 I'd like you folks to carry 201 00:09:06,296 --> 00:09:08,131 my new line of health cocktails. 202 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:11,134 I'll supply the display stand, and the first case is free. 203 00:09:12,844 --> 00:09:14,638 Look, Joe, it's Wayne Bennett. 204 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:16,223 Oh, it's Wayne Bennett. 205 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:19,601 Geez, Lil, it ain't Elvis come back from the grave. 206 00:09:19,685 --> 00:09:22,437 Oh, Clarence, those juices are just wonderful. 207 00:09:22,521 --> 00:09:23,689 I drink three a day. 208 00:09:23,772 --> 00:09:25,357 And I have more energy than ever. 209 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,401 Then how come the house is always a mess, huh? 210 00:09:27,484 --> 00:09:29,152 I mean, for his workouts, you've got energy, 211 00:09:29,236 --> 00:09:30,529 for me, you got a dead battery. 212 00:09:30,612 --> 00:09:31,738 'Cause I happen to work nights, Joe, 213 00:09:31,822 --> 00:09:33,198 or maybe you forgot. 214 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:34,283 Anytime you want to hire a housekeeper, 215 00:09:34,366 --> 00:09:36,493 -be my guest! -Folks, would you mind? 216 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:38,036 Yeah, you're a real charmer, Bennett. 217 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,496 Yesterday, you soaked my wife 218 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:41,540 for a $99 custom-made showerhead, 219 00:09:41,623 --> 00:09:43,709 guaranteed to spray her with vitality. 220 00:09:43,792 --> 00:09:45,877 Well, I'm the only one gonna spray my wife with vitality. 221 00:09:45,961 --> 00:09:47,212 Look, I don't want any trouble. 222 00:09:47,296 --> 00:09:49,047 Yeah, good. Just go. 223 00:09:49,131 --> 00:09:50,507 And just take your little dog-and-pony show out of town, 224 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:51,758 out of state, you know? 225 00:09:51,842 --> 00:09:53,468 -Joe! -Ungh! 226 00:09:53,552 --> 00:09:55,887 Joe, stop it! Stop that! 227 00:09:55,971 --> 00:09:58,598 Joe! Just cut that out! 228 00:09:58,682 --> 00:10:03,061 Agh! You're breaking my arm. 229 00:10:03,145 --> 00:10:04,354 I told you not to pick a fight. 230 00:10:04,438 --> 00:10:06,106 Didn't I tell you that? 231 00:10:09,067 --> 00:10:10,736 First time I saw that Bennett, 232 00:10:10,819 --> 00:10:12,821 I knew he was nothing but trouble. 233 00:10:22,456 --> 00:10:24,583 [sighs] Well, that's just wonderful. 234 00:10:24,666 --> 00:10:25,917 Oh, well, what is it, Eve? 235 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:27,544 I have to go to Rockport this evening. 236 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:29,338 One of my escrows is about to fall through, 237 00:10:29,421 --> 00:10:31,214 and tonight of all nights. 238 00:10:31,298 --> 00:10:34,343 I had to cancel my... massage with Wayne. 239 00:10:34,426 --> 00:10:36,303 He was very disappointed. 240 00:10:36,386 --> 00:10:38,472 Oh, I imagine he was. 241 00:10:38,555 --> 00:10:41,099 Eve? 242 00:10:41,183 --> 00:10:42,809 Freddie. 243 00:10:42,893 --> 00:10:46,104 Say hello to my friend, Jessica Fletcher. 244 00:10:46,188 --> 00:10:48,148 I'm charmed, Mrs. Fletcher. 245 00:10:48,231 --> 00:10:49,858 I've heard so much about you, 246 00:10:49,941 --> 00:10:52,194 and I'm delighted to meet Eve's closest friend. 247 00:10:52,277 --> 00:10:55,197 Well, I've heard raves about you, too, Mr. Keppard. 248 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,157 Please, it's Freddie. 249 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,994 Freddie. 250 00:11:01,078 --> 00:11:02,954 Eve, I stopped by your office. 251 00:11:03,038 --> 00:11:06,375 I'd like to talk to you as soon as possible. 252 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:07,834 Well, how about now? 253 00:11:07,918 --> 00:11:09,836 We're finished, aren't we, Jessica? 254 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,048 Oh, yes. Yes, of course. 255 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:16,510 I've got a pile of work waiting for me at home. 256 00:11:16,593 --> 00:11:18,804 Well, it was so nice meeting you, Freddie. 257 00:11:18,887 --> 00:11:22,099 -And I you, Mrs. Fletcher. -Thank you. 258 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:24,184 Oh, I'll take care of the lunch check, Jessica. 259 00:11:24,267 --> 00:11:25,811 Oh, thank you, Eve. 260 00:11:25,894 --> 00:11:30,399 -Bye. -Bye-bye. 261 00:11:30,482 --> 00:11:32,859 Eve... 262 00:11:32,943 --> 00:11:37,656 I don't know quite how to say this, 263 00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:41,076 but have you cashed that $10,000 deposit check? 264 00:11:41,576 --> 00:11:43,954 Oh, you haven't changed your mind, have you? 265 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:46,873 Well, not willingly. 266 00:11:46,957 --> 00:11:48,708 Look, I hate to let you down... 267 00:11:48,792 --> 00:11:50,293 Let me down? 268 00:11:50,377 --> 00:11:52,337 You said that you wanted to retire. 269 00:11:52,421 --> 00:11:53,797 -I thought-- -Well, let's just say 270 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,883 that my cash flow flowed out, not in. 271 00:11:56,967 --> 00:12:00,095 Freddie, what's going on? 272 00:12:00,178 --> 00:12:01,263 The truth? 273 00:12:03,598 --> 00:12:05,684 I'm not a farmer, Eve. 274 00:12:05,767 --> 00:12:07,811 The fact is I'm just a man looking for a quick million. 275 00:12:09,312 --> 00:12:11,231 Oh, really? 276 00:12:11,314 --> 00:12:13,984 Well, a man after my own heart 277 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,569 in more ways than one. 278 00:12:17,112 --> 00:12:19,906 I have an in with a congressman downstate. 279 00:12:21,283 --> 00:12:22,868 This is very confidential. 280 00:12:23,869 --> 00:12:25,871 A regional shopping center may be going up 281 00:12:25,954 --> 00:12:27,539 alongside the Sullivan farm. 282 00:12:28,165 --> 00:12:29,958 Now, the Highway Commission is gonna need that acreage 283 00:12:30,041 --> 00:12:31,418 as access roads, 284 00:12:31,501 --> 00:12:33,753 connecting the center to the thruway. 285 00:12:34,254 --> 00:12:38,467 In a year, that farm could be worth millions. 286 00:12:38,550 --> 00:12:39,926 Exactly. 287 00:12:41,011 --> 00:12:43,763 My problem is, I got all my cash tied up 288 00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:46,016 in an offshore Canadian oil venture. 289 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:47,017 Wait a minute, Freddie. 290 00:12:48,143 --> 00:12:49,603 I have clients. 291 00:12:49,686 --> 00:12:51,354 I have resources. 292 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:52,564 I have some money. 293 00:12:52,647 --> 00:12:54,274 There's nothing to prevent 294 00:12:54,357 --> 00:12:58,111 you and I from pulling this off together. 295 00:12:58,195 --> 00:13:01,781 No, no, I wouldn't let you take the risk. 296 00:13:01,865 --> 00:13:04,117 Well, you said yourself it was a sure thing. 297 00:13:04,201 --> 00:13:07,245 Tonight, I will bring home some clients' portfolios. 298 00:13:07,329 --> 00:13:09,206 And after I get back from Rockport, 299 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,500 I'll see who might be in a position 300 00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:15,462 to invest in our hot investment opportunity. 301 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:32,812 -Wayne, we'll see you. -Night, Wayne. 302 00:13:32,896 --> 00:13:34,314 -Bye-bye. -Good work, you guys. 303 00:13:34,397 --> 00:13:36,441 -Bye. Take care, Karen. -Bye-bye. See you. 304 00:13:36,525 --> 00:13:39,653 -Drive safe. -Take care. 305 00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:42,239 Nice operation, Wayne. 306 00:13:42,322 --> 00:13:43,573 Fred? 307 00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:49,162 Looks like a license to print money. 308 00:13:49,788 --> 00:13:50,705 What are you doing here? 309 00:13:50,789 --> 00:13:53,166 Heard you struck it rich. 310 00:13:53,250 --> 00:13:55,752 A coach likes to keep track of his star players. 311 00:13:57,963 --> 00:13:59,506 Yeah, I kind of like this new game of yours, 312 00:13:59,589 --> 00:14:01,007 almost smells legit. 313 00:14:03,468 --> 00:14:05,178 It is. 314 00:14:05,262 --> 00:14:08,390 Hey, old buddy, it's me. It's me you're talking to. 315 00:14:09,599 --> 00:14:10,892 You got yourself in tight 316 00:14:10,976 --> 00:14:12,602 with all the ladies in this town, 317 00:14:12,686 --> 00:14:14,437 like always. 318 00:14:14,521 --> 00:14:16,231 Well, that's okay if you're into nickel-and-dime stuff. 319 00:14:16,314 --> 00:14:18,775 But, I got a better way to cash in, 320 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:21,152 our old standby, real estate. 321 00:14:21,236 --> 00:14:23,113 Not interested. 322 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:25,031 Oh, come on, Wayne. 323 00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:28,243 Don't force me to call your local sheriff. 324 00:14:28,326 --> 00:14:29,452 Wouldn't be good for business. 325 00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:31,204 For either of us. 326 00:14:31,288 --> 00:14:32,789 You threatening me? 327 00:14:37,669 --> 00:14:38,795 Kid, what you know, 328 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:41,256 I taught you... 329 00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:42,716 and don't you ever forget it. 330 00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:48,680 We'll chat again, kid. 331 00:14:51,766 --> 00:14:53,810 Count on it. 332 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,938 [clicks tongue] 333 00:14:57,022 --> 00:14:58,898 [laughs] 334 00:15:52,202 --> 00:15:54,079 -Freeze! -Don't shoot. 335 00:15:56,206 --> 00:15:58,041 Joe. 336 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:00,543 What the hell you doing here? 337 00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:24,609 Dah-dee-dah-dum. 338 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:31,157 Mr. Keppard's room, please. 339 00:16:38,373 --> 00:16:39,749 But he's expecting my call. 340 00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:42,168 Would you try the room again, please? 341 00:16:45,797 --> 00:16:48,591 [gasps] 342 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:50,427 [screams] 343 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:54,264 [operator] Hello, ma'am? I'm sorry. 344 00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:57,142 Mr. Keppard doesn't seem to be answering. 345 00:17:05,692 --> 00:17:07,986 You say you got back around ten o'clock? 346 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:10,780 Yes, just about. I don't, maybe a little after. 347 00:17:10,864 --> 00:17:13,032 Eve, I came as soon as I heard. 348 00:17:13,116 --> 00:17:16,619 Oh, God, Jess. Somebody shot him. 349 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:18,580 Freddie, he's dead. 350 00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:21,040 -Eve, I'm so sorry. -Miss Simpson. 351 00:17:21,124 --> 00:17:23,042 You said you found your front door was still locked. 352 00:17:23,418 --> 00:17:25,545 You got any idea how the victim might have got in? 353 00:17:25,628 --> 00:17:27,130 No. I only met him yesterday. 354 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:29,007 I mean, he didn't have a key. 355 00:17:29,090 --> 00:17:31,384 Oh, sheriff, there was nothing between us, 356 00:17:31,468 --> 00:17:32,802 nothing like that. 357 00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:34,888 I--we were business partners. 358 00:17:34,971 --> 00:17:36,806 And I haven't the faintest idea 359 00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:38,892 what he was doing here. 360 00:17:38,975 --> 00:17:40,185 While I was trying to reach him at his motel, 361 00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:43,313 I noticed my papers were all messed up. 362 00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:45,106 Well, whoever shot him was obviously 363 00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:46,649 rummaging looking for something. 364 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:48,276 Is anything missing? 365 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,447 Oh, well, my jewelry's still here. 366 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,157 Well, then, we're not dealing with a thief, 367 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,116 at least not a jewel thief. 368 00:17:55,492 --> 00:17:58,536 -Uh, sheriff? -Floyd, listen. 369 00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:00,079 I want you to check that all out 370 00:18:00,163 --> 00:18:01,956 -for fingerprints, all right? -Uh, yeah. 371 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,709 And look. Look for footprints outside in the flowerbed. 372 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:06,669 All right. 373 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:10,089 Miss Simpson, the way it looks to me, 374 00:18:10,173 --> 00:18:11,966 the killer found the window open, 375 00:18:12,050 --> 00:18:14,177 climbed in, maybe to rob the place, 376 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:15,512 and all of a sudden, 377 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:17,013 he's surprised by your boyfriend. 378 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:19,557 I told you, he wasn't my boyfriend. 379 00:18:19,641 --> 00:18:22,811 Eve, assuming that Fred surprised the intruder, 380 00:18:22,894 --> 00:18:25,021 what was he doing here in the first place, 381 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:28,358 and did he also climb in through the window? 382 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:30,193 Uh, sheriff? 383 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:31,778 Uh, from the amount of blood and the size of the wounds, 384 00:18:32,153 --> 00:18:33,363 the weapon must have been a shotgun, 385 00:18:34,072 --> 00:18:36,491 fired from, say, ten, 15 feet away. 386 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:38,993 Well, that accounts for some of those folks outside 387 00:18:39,077 --> 00:18:41,871 thinking they heard a car backfire around 9:15. 388 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:43,331 Thanks, Charlie. 389 00:18:43,414 --> 00:18:45,041 Tell the coroner I need a report ASAP. 390 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:46,251 Okay. 391 00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:48,878 Eve, you're coming to my house for a few days. 392 00:18:48,962 --> 00:18:50,672 -Get some things. -Oh, no, I couldn't. 393 00:18:50,755 --> 00:18:52,423 No, I absolutely insist. 394 00:18:52,507 --> 00:18:54,217 Look, the sheriff is gonna be sealing off the house. 395 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:56,845 You may not want to come back here for a few days. 396 00:18:58,763 --> 00:19:00,723 Thanks, Jessica. 397 00:19:06,354 --> 00:19:09,774 [Eve] I just can't figure out how Fred got in, or why. 398 00:19:09,858 --> 00:19:11,609 If it was about business, he could have simply asked 399 00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:13,611 to see the portfolios I'd brought home. 400 00:19:13,695 --> 00:19:14,737 Yeah. 401 00:19:16,948 --> 00:19:19,117 What about that check that you mentioned, 402 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,618 the binder on the Sullivan farm? 403 00:19:20,994 --> 00:19:23,496 I mean, would he have come to retrieve that? 404 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:25,832 No. No. I told him I wouldn't cash it, 405 00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:28,209 even if I'd wanted to, which I couldn't, 406 00:19:28,293 --> 00:19:31,129 because he was temporarily short of funds. 407 00:19:31,212 --> 00:19:34,549 Did he know that you were in Rockport tonight? 408 00:19:34,632 --> 00:19:36,801 Yes, I'd mentioned it. Why? What does that prove? 409 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,888 Well, only that he didn't just drop by. 410 00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:42,390 He knew that you weren't going to be there. 411 00:19:42,473 --> 00:19:43,433 [knocking on door] 412 00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:45,018 Excuse me. 413 00:19:49,564 --> 00:19:50,648 Oh, Sheriff Metzger. 414 00:19:50,732 --> 00:19:52,066 Mrs. Fletcher. Thank you. 415 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:53,943 -Please, have a seat. -Thank you. 416 00:19:54,027 --> 00:19:56,529 -Would you like some coffee? -Uh, no, thanks anyway. 417 00:19:56,613 --> 00:19:59,574 Miss Simpson, we found Fred Keppard's car 418 00:19:59,657 --> 00:20:01,034 parked three blocks away from your house. 419 00:20:01,409 --> 00:20:03,536 Now, it looks to me like he didn't want to be seen 420 00:20:03,912 --> 00:20:04,996 Pulling up to your front door. 421 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:07,206 -Why not? -You tell me. 422 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:11,294 Fred wouldn't have been up to anything in my bedroom, 423 00:20:11,377 --> 00:20:13,922 at least not without me. 424 00:20:14,005 --> 00:20:16,257 Well, after all, sheriff, the man was a widower. 425 00:20:16,341 --> 00:20:17,800 A widower, huh? 426 00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:19,719 That explains why we're having trouble notifying his next of kin. 427 00:20:19,802 --> 00:20:23,181 Oh, he told me he had a daughter. 428 00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:24,140 She goes to college. 429 00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:26,100 Oh, which one, Eve? 430 00:20:26,184 --> 00:20:27,352 Oh... 431 00:20:27,435 --> 00:20:28,895 Fred didn't exactly say. 432 00:20:29,270 --> 00:20:31,022 What's the daughter's name? 433 00:20:31,314 --> 00:20:34,859 Um...oh, I'm not exactly sure he told me that, either. 434 00:20:36,694 --> 00:20:37,987 He didn't tell anybody much of anything. 435 00:20:38,363 --> 00:20:39,822 It's kind of funny, don't you think? 436 00:20:40,198 --> 00:20:41,741 Man pops up out of nowhere, 437 00:20:41,824 --> 00:20:44,661 no family, no friends, no job, no home address, 438 00:20:45,036 --> 00:20:46,329 rented car. 439 00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:48,665 Oh, please, sheriff. Big entrepreneurs 440 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:50,875 always lease their cars for tax purposes. 441 00:20:50,959 --> 00:20:52,502 Oh, yeah? 442 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:55,296 Are those entre-whatzits always three months behind in their car payments? 443 00:20:55,672 --> 00:21:00,134 [phone ringing] 444 00:21:00,218 --> 00:21:01,469 Hello? 445 00:21:01,552 --> 00:21:03,221 Oh, yes. Sheriff, it's for you. 446 00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:06,182 Ah, thank you. 447 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:08,643 Metzger. 448 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:09,727 Oh, he did, huh? 449 00:21:09,811 --> 00:21:11,646 No kidding? 450 00:21:11,729 --> 00:21:13,815 Yeah, what was that again? 451 00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:16,401 Are you sure about that? 452 00:21:16,484 --> 00:21:20,655 Okay. Okay. 453 00:21:20,738 --> 00:21:23,908 Yep. Okay, listen. 454 00:21:23,992 --> 00:21:25,618 Let me know if you hear anything else, will you? 455 00:21:25,702 --> 00:21:27,745 Yeah, take it easy. 456 00:21:27,829 --> 00:21:29,205 Miss Simpson. 457 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:37,046 Miss Simpson. 458 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:39,090 -This guy, Keppard... -Yes? 459 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:41,551 Did he ever mention to you any of his other names, 460 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:45,763 like Fred Halberg, alias Dr. Fred Halberg, 461 00:21:45,847 --> 00:21:48,391 Frank Horton and Fritz Hansen? 462 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:50,601 Guy's got a rap sheet as long as your arm. 463 00:21:50,685 --> 00:21:54,105 And he served a sentence in Joliet prison for Bunco. 464 00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:55,690 Bunco? 465 00:21:55,773 --> 00:21:58,192 Fraud, flim-flam. 466 00:21:58,276 --> 00:22:00,278 The guy was a con man, Miss Simpson. 467 00:22:00,361 --> 00:22:01,779 No. 468 00:22:01,863 --> 00:22:06,451 No, he wouldn't have. He couldn't have. 469 00:22:06,534 --> 00:22:10,288 -He wouldn't have what, Eve? -Oh, God! 470 00:22:10,371 --> 00:22:12,540 Was I ever a prize chump? 471 00:22:12,623 --> 00:22:14,459 He was searching through my files 472 00:22:14,542 --> 00:22:16,919 looking for new clients to swindle. 473 00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:18,337 I'm sorry, ma'am, you lost me. 474 00:22:18,421 --> 00:22:19,964 He was trying to get me to invest 475 00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:21,132 in the Sullivan farm. 476 00:22:21,215 --> 00:22:22,133 He said his money was tied up, 477 00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:24,343 but there was information he had 478 00:22:24,427 --> 00:22:26,637 that a shopping center was going up near the property. 479 00:22:26,721 --> 00:22:29,182 And I offered to help him find some investors. 480 00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:32,310 -I guess he couldn't wait. -Well, that fits. 481 00:22:32,393 --> 00:22:34,562 This flim-flam artist goes poking around her bedroom, 482 00:22:34,645 --> 00:22:35,938 and somebody finds him there. 483 00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:37,732 Sheriff, even assuming 484 00:22:37,815 --> 00:22:40,359 that Mr. Keppard had no shortage of enemies, 485 00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:42,070 how could any of them have known 486 00:22:42,153 --> 00:22:44,947 that he was at Eve's house at nine o'clock? 487 00:22:46,491 --> 00:22:49,452 Unless... 488 00:22:49,827 --> 00:22:53,873 Eve, besides Mr. Keppard, did you tell anyone 489 00:22:53,956 --> 00:22:56,125 that you would be out of the house at 9:00? 490 00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:58,336 -No one. -Wayne Bennett knew. 491 00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:01,756 You cancelled your private workout. 492 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:04,926 -That's right. -[sheriff] Well, that's two. 493 00:23:05,301 --> 00:23:07,386 If Keppard were still alive, we could ask him who else. 494 00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:12,642 If Fred were still alive, I would kill him myself. 495 00:23:15,228 --> 00:23:16,979 Sheriff, just off the top of your head, 496 00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:18,397 how much time do you think I can get 497 00:23:18,481 --> 00:23:19,816 for breaking into that gym, anyway? 498 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:21,400 Now you ask. 499 00:23:21,484 --> 00:23:23,277 I knew I shouldn't have gone to work last night. 500 00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:24,904 You had that look on your face. 501 00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:26,155 Sheriff, who's that guy that got himself killed? 502 00:23:26,531 --> 00:23:28,491 Out-of-town Bunco artist, name of Keppard. 503 00:23:28,866 --> 00:23:31,369 Know him? How should I know him? 504 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:33,871 I hear he and Eve Simpson had something going. 505 00:23:34,247 --> 00:23:35,706 I wouldn't know. 506 00:23:35,790 --> 00:23:36,999 Nancy La Rue just happened to mention 507 00:23:37,375 --> 00:23:39,085 she saw him and her driving out of town. 508 00:23:39,168 --> 00:23:42,296 Eve was behind the wheel of his red Jaguar convertible. 509 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:44,298 But probably you already know that. 510 00:23:44,674 --> 00:23:46,592 She mentioned it. 511 00:23:48,219 --> 00:23:49,971 I'll let you know as soon as your lawyer gets here. 512 00:23:50,054 --> 00:23:53,015 Now, wait there a minute, sheriff. 513 00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:54,767 Now, last night, I was almost run down 514 00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:57,061 by a red Jaguar convertible. 515 00:23:57,145 --> 00:23:59,188 I think you probably ought to go talk to Mr. Wayne Bennett. 516 00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:01,232 Wayne Bennett, huh? Why's that? 517 00:24:01,607 --> 00:24:03,734 'Cause I saw the dead guy leaving Wayne's workout. 518 00:24:03,818 --> 00:24:06,445 That's why. Now, come to think of it, 519 00:24:06,529 --> 00:24:08,322 we don't know a lot about this Bennett now, either, do we? 520 00:24:13,870 --> 00:24:17,206 [woman] A private hour with Wayne at your home is $75. 521 00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:18,916 Tuesday at 8:00? Let me see. 522 00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:24,714 -[Both] Hi, sheriff. -Want to work out? 523 00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:27,425 [instructor] Very good. And stretch. Really reach. 524 00:24:27,508 --> 00:24:29,635 Mr. Bennett, can I see you a minute? 525 00:24:29,719 --> 00:24:33,514 Why don't you ladies warm up? I'll be right in. Okay? 526 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,645 So this is where my wife keeps in shape, huh? 527 00:24:39,729 --> 00:24:41,397 Adele is doing splendidly, sheriff. 528 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,690 She's made a real commitment here. 529 00:24:42,773 --> 00:24:44,025 Yeah, I know. 530 00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:45,568 I just paid her bill from last month. 531 00:24:45,943 --> 00:24:47,445 [laughs] Well, no pain, no gain. 532 00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:48,905 Yeah. 533 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:50,031 So is there something I can do for you? 534 00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:51,407 Well, I was just driving by, 535 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:52,950 and I thought I'd save you a trip. 536 00:24:53,034 --> 00:24:53,993 This is the complaint against Joe Hardin. 537 00:24:54,076 --> 00:24:55,703 Want to sign it? 538 00:24:55,786 --> 00:24:57,371 You know, if Joe transferred some of that temper 539 00:24:57,455 --> 00:24:58,998 into physical exercise, he'd live a lot longer. 540 00:24:59,081 --> 00:25:01,375 Yeah, well, I'll tell him you suggested it. 541 00:25:01,459 --> 00:25:03,211 That the stuff my wife drinks? 542 00:25:03,294 --> 00:25:06,756 You ever tried it? 543 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,549 On the house. Got no sugars, 544 00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:10,718 no calories, packed with natural vitamins. 545 00:25:10,801 --> 00:25:12,637 A bottle a day will make you a new man, sheriff. 546 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,430 Well, thanks. I appreciate that. 547 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:17,808 I'll just save it for the car, all right? 548 00:25:17,892 --> 00:25:18,935 You have a nice day. 549 00:25:37,662 --> 00:25:42,166 [Ben] I am not a nosy, inquisitive busybody. 550 00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:45,544 I am a newspaperman hot on the trail of a story. 551 00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:48,631 And the cold-blooded murder of a con man in your bedroom 552 00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:50,633 happens to be news, Mrs. Simpson. 553 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,927 You're making it seem as if Mr. Keppard and I 554 00:25:53,010 --> 00:25:54,845 were having an affaire d'couer, Mr. Devlin. 555 00:25:55,221 --> 00:25:57,014 I think you've been watching too much Geraldo. 556 00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:58,808 Well, one of us has. Yes. 557 00:25:59,183 --> 00:26:01,560 All right, you two. Now, that's enough. 558 00:26:01,644 --> 00:26:03,145 Jessica, I have a paper to get out. 559 00:26:03,521 --> 00:26:05,564 This would be a pretty good story even in St. Louis, 560 00:26:05,648 --> 00:26:07,108 here in Cabot Cove, it is real big news. 561 00:26:07,483 --> 00:26:09,235 Not necessarily, and besides, 562 00:26:09,610 --> 00:26:11,654 everybody in town already knows what happened. 563 00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:12,947 She may be right, Ben. 564 00:26:13,322 --> 00:26:15,241 You know, the printed page will never scoop 565 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:16,492 the beauty parlor hotline. 566 00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:18,703 Well, maybe so, but I'll be hanged 567 00:26:18,786 --> 00:26:21,247 if I'm going to turn the Gazette into a puff piece 568 00:26:21,622 --> 00:26:23,499 for Mrs. Simpson's real estate handouts. 569 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:25,835 That's it. Consider my advertising budget 570 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,211 withdrawn, Mr. Devlin. 571 00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:29,714 Consider it done, Mrs. Simpson. 572 00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:32,967 But I can see that coming here was a complete waste of time. 573 00:26:33,342 --> 00:26:34,927 Oh, Ben, wait. 574 00:26:35,011 --> 00:26:37,638 If you will excuse me, I am going to get some coffee. 575 00:26:37,722 --> 00:26:38,848 Eve... 576 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:40,099 Eve Simpson, in whose bedroom 577 00:26:40,182 --> 00:26:41,517 the victim was discovered, 578 00:26:41,892 --> 00:26:43,811 was asked if she knew him and how she knew him. 579 00:26:43,894 --> 00:26:46,647 Mrs. Simpson's response was, "No comment." 580 00:26:47,023 --> 00:26:48,774 And you can quote me! 581 00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:54,030 Now, Ben, wait. 582 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:55,489 I need a lift to La Rue's drugstore 583 00:26:55,573 --> 00:26:56,741 before it closes. 584 00:26:56,824 --> 00:26:58,951 Eve, I'll be back in a few minutes. 585 00:26:59,035 --> 00:27:01,495 Try to come back alone! 586 00:27:03,372 --> 00:27:06,208 Cancel her advertising. Ha! That's a hot one. 587 00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:07,752 She hasn't paid her bill in three months. 588 00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:09,378 Well, the town's pretty quiet lately. 589 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:12,089 Quiet? Got to rename this place Catatonia. 590 00:27:12,173 --> 00:27:15,426 I came back for peace and quiet, not embalming. 591 00:27:16,719 --> 00:27:18,721 Hello? Nancy? 592 00:27:18,804 --> 00:27:20,473 Is anybody here? 593 00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:22,975 Hello, Jessica. 594 00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:25,644 You made it just before closing. 595 00:27:26,020 --> 00:27:28,230 Oh, with a minute to spare. I came to get my film. 596 00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:29,732 Hello there, Mr. Devlin. 597 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:31,233 I'll sure be glad to close up. 598 00:27:31,317 --> 00:27:32,860 Been a busy day working shorthanded. 599 00:27:32,943 --> 00:27:34,487 Oh? Where's Nancy? 600 00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:36,822 Drove to Augusta last night-- family emergency. 601 00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:39,575 -Oh, dear. -Yup, her sister took sick. 602 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:42,244 And Nancy's helping out with the kids. 603 00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:44,246 I'll put this on your charge. 604 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:46,707 Thank you. Say hello when she gets back. 605 00:27:46,791 --> 00:27:47,792 -Good night, Clarence. -Good night. 606 00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:50,127 And Jessica, I'll tell you what else I think. 607 00:27:50,211 --> 00:27:53,005 Oh, Ben, we all know what you think. 608 00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:58,928 It is not just idle gossip, Betty. 609 00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:01,931 I got it straight from Loretta down at the beauty parlor. 610 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:05,142 A man was found shot to death in Eve's bedroom. 611 00:28:05,226 --> 00:28:06,727 Besides, it made the morning papers. 612 00:28:06,811 --> 00:28:08,229 I don't read the newspapers. 613 00:28:08,312 --> 00:28:09,939 Now, exactly what the man was wearing, 614 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:10,898 I wouldn't know. 615 00:28:10,981 --> 00:28:14,193 I know, Renee. The look was Ivy League. 616 00:28:14,276 --> 00:28:16,695 But the jury is still out on whether the suit was paid for. 617 00:28:16,779 --> 00:28:19,490 -Oh, my, my, my-- -Now, listen, Renee! 618 00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:21,325 Okay, girls. 619 00:28:21,409 --> 00:28:23,411 Let's not turn this into kickboxing, all right? 620 00:28:23,494 --> 00:28:26,747 -Bye. -How you feeling, Eve? 621 00:28:26,831 --> 00:28:29,166 Oh, not too bad, except this crick in my neck. 622 00:28:29,250 --> 00:28:32,044 -Oh, you do, huh? -Oh, oh, right there. 623 00:28:32,128 --> 00:28:34,130 Oh, yeah. Oh, that's great. 624 00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:36,924 -Where's Nancy La Rue today? -I don't know, and don't stop. 625 00:28:37,007 --> 00:28:40,636 Come on, let's work out those kinks. 626 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:42,471 All right, ladies, back to work. 627 00:28:42,555 --> 00:28:44,765 Come on. Everybody get moving. 628 00:28:44,849 --> 00:28:46,267 Let's go, come on. 629 00:28:46,350 --> 00:28:48,561 [upbeat music] Okay, come on. Come on. 630 00:28:48,644 --> 00:28:50,688 Pull it up. Pull it up. Form two lines, and... 631 00:28:50,771 --> 00:28:52,898 toe raises, tuck your tummy. 632 00:28:52,982 --> 00:28:55,818 And on my count, it's one, two, 633 00:28:56,193 --> 00:28:59,196 three, good, four, five, 634 00:28:59,572 --> 00:29:02,199 come on, six, count with me, seven, 635 00:29:02,283 --> 00:29:04,160 eight, nine... 636 00:29:04,535 --> 00:29:05,453 [music stops] ten. 637 00:29:05,536 --> 00:29:06,829 -Sheriff. -Sorry, ladies. 638 00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:09,915 Class dismissed. What? 639 00:29:09,999 --> 00:29:12,543 Sheriff, if this is about my complaint to Joe Hardin, 640 00:29:12,626 --> 00:29:13,878 can't it wait until tomorrow? 641 00:29:13,961 --> 00:29:15,087 It isn't, and no, it can't. 642 00:29:15,463 --> 00:29:18,132 Wayne Bennett, alias Wayne Freeman, 643 00:29:18,507 --> 00:29:21,385 I'm arresting you for the murder of Fred Keppard. 644 00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:22,303 [women gasping] Hit the showers, ladies. 645 00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:24,722 You have the right to remain silent. 646 00:29:24,805 --> 00:29:27,349 If you give up the right to remain silent, 647 00:29:27,433 --> 00:29:28,642 anything you say can and will be 648 00:29:28,726 --> 00:29:31,020 used against you in a court of law. 649 00:29:31,395 --> 00:29:36,066 [typing] 650 00:29:36,150 --> 00:29:38,360 [phone rings] 651 00:29:42,072 --> 00:29:44,283 -Hello? -[Eve] Jessica. Oh, thank God! 652 00:29:44,658 --> 00:29:47,495 Sheriff Metzger just arrested Wayne Bennett for murder. 653 00:29:47,870 --> 00:29:48,996 What? 654 00:29:49,371 --> 00:29:50,456 He pulled him right out of class. 655 00:29:50,539 --> 00:29:51,499 Jessica, this is insane. 656 00:29:51,874 --> 00:29:53,209 Eve, believe me, 657 00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:55,085 Sheriff Metzger would not arrest Wayne 658 00:29:55,169 --> 00:29:56,295 without some kind of evidence. 659 00:29:56,670 --> 00:29:59,131 Like what? When I tried to stop him, 660 00:29:59,215 --> 00:30:00,758 Sheriff Metzger said I was just another one 661 00:30:00,841 --> 00:30:02,259 of Wayne's hysterical, love-smitten customers. 662 00:30:02,343 --> 00:30:04,345 He won't even let me visit him. 663 00:30:04,428 --> 00:30:07,932 Oh, please, Jessica, you've got to do something. 664 00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:10,476 Now, six months ago when you came into this town, 665 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:11,810 you probably thought you were dealing 666 00:30:11,894 --> 00:30:12,811 with some hick sheriff. 667 00:30:12,895 --> 00:30:14,396 Wrong, buddy boy. 668 00:30:14,772 --> 00:30:16,565 That little bottle of orange sunshine you handed me? 669 00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:18,192 Well, I sent that nice set of fingerprints 670 00:30:18,275 --> 00:30:20,778 off to the FBI just on a hunch. 671 00:30:20,861 --> 00:30:22,947 I'm sorry, Mrs. Fletcher, I'm kind of busy right now. 672 00:30:23,322 --> 00:30:24,949 Oh, that's quite all right, sheriff. 673 00:30:25,032 --> 00:30:28,118 I'll wait. 674 00:30:28,202 --> 00:30:31,789 The Feds faxed me a rap sheet on a guy named Wayne Freeman, 675 00:30:31,872 --> 00:30:33,541 released from Joliet prison a year ago. 676 00:30:33,624 --> 00:30:35,292 Now, from the description of this guy, 677 00:30:35,376 --> 00:30:37,253 he could be your twin brother. 678 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:39,755 Would you like me to read you a list of the Bunco convictions? 679 00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:40,839 Okay, okay. I was in prison. 680 00:30:40,923 --> 00:30:43,384 I didn't care much for the experience, 681 00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:45,052 so I decided to get into something legitimate. 682 00:30:45,135 --> 00:30:46,387 Legitimate, huh? 683 00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:47,846 Well, the last time you were busted, 684 00:30:48,222 --> 00:30:49,682 your partner was a guy named Fred Keppard. 685 00:30:49,765 --> 00:30:51,433 Are you following me, Mr. Bennett? 686 00:30:51,809 --> 00:30:53,477 Hey, I didn't kill him. 687 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,021 Look, I had Joe Hardin locked up back there all night, 688 00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:57,815 until his lawyer just bailed him out. 689 00:30:57,898 --> 00:31:00,442 Now, he says he saw Keppard driving away from your gym 690 00:31:00,526 --> 00:31:02,027 the night he was killed. 691 00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:10,786 Okay. 692 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:13,914 All right, Fred located me two days ago. 693 00:31:13,998 --> 00:31:15,874 He wanted to use me in some lame scheme 694 00:31:15,958 --> 00:31:19,336 he was working on Eve Simpson to con the other women in town. 695 00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:21,130 I said no. 696 00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:24,717 I told Fred that I was on the level these days, 697 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,677 but he figured I owed him. 698 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,387 So he threatened to go public with your past 699 00:31:28,470 --> 00:31:29,680 unless you joined him? 700 00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:31,640 Okay. 701 00:31:32,016 --> 00:31:33,726 So where were you between 8:00 and 10:00 702 00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:34,643 last Friday night? 703 00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:39,273 In my apartment, watching TV, alone. 704 00:31:39,356 --> 00:31:43,277 Alone, huh? Too bad. 705 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,487 Okay, Floyd, lock him up. 706 00:31:45,571 --> 00:31:47,239 What about a lawyer? 707 00:31:47,323 --> 00:31:50,242 And let him run his fingers through the Yellow Pages. 708 00:31:50,618 --> 00:31:51,744 You said you got his prints 709 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:52,911 off a bottle of his orange drink? 710 00:31:52,995 --> 00:31:53,829 Right. 711 00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:55,080 And did you analyze the contents? 712 00:31:55,164 --> 00:31:58,250 Yeah. The usual ingredients. 713 00:31:58,334 --> 00:32:02,504 Sodium benzoate, ascorbic acid, carob bean gum. 714 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:04,381 Oh, and yeah, even a little orange juice. 715 00:32:04,465 --> 00:32:07,217 No drugs, no poison, nothing illegal or fraudulent? 716 00:32:07,301 --> 00:32:09,803 Okay, okay, Mrs. Fletcher. 717 00:32:10,179 --> 00:32:13,057 I know what you're gonna say. He's a nice guy. 718 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:15,100 He couldn't possibly have done it. 719 00:32:15,184 --> 00:32:17,144 No, that isn't what I was gonna say at all. 720 00:32:17,227 --> 00:32:18,812 You weren't? 721 00:32:18,896 --> 00:32:20,939 No, he may very well have killed Mr. Keppard. 722 00:32:21,023 --> 00:32:23,442 But I'm pretty sure that he wasn't telling 723 00:32:23,525 --> 00:32:25,861 the truth about something. 724 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,821 What I'd like to suggest is, 725 00:32:28,197 --> 00:32:29,990 that is, if it's all right with you, of course... 726 00:32:30,366 --> 00:32:32,034 Of course. 727 00:32:32,409 --> 00:32:35,704 Is that I spend a few moments alone with him. 728 00:32:35,788 --> 00:32:37,539 Maybe get him to open up a bit. 729 00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:39,750 Who knows, he might tell me something that he would feel 730 00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:43,045 reluctant to reveal to you. 731 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:45,839 You mean confess? 732 00:32:45,923 --> 00:32:48,509 Mrs. Fletcher, be my guest. 733 00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:53,097 Eve Simpson is very worried about you, Wayne. 734 00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:54,932 You see, she's convinced that you're innocent. 735 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:57,017 Eve's a good Judge of character. 736 00:32:57,101 --> 00:32:59,520 She also believed that Fred Keppard was a charming widower 737 00:32:59,603 --> 00:33:01,647 with a healthy bank account. 738 00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:03,941 Mrs. Fletcher, I'm not into murder. 739 00:33:04,024 --> 00:33:05,901 Matter of fact, I'm not even into Bunco. 740 00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:08,946 Not anymore, I mean, not really. 741 00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:11,115 I mean, sure, I suppose I could charge a little less 742 00:33:11,198 --> 00:33:15,661 for my health drinks or the t-shirts or even the sessions. 743 00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:17,287 But what I'm selling these ladies is a sense 744 00:33:17,371 --> 00:33:19,623 of well-being, of belonging. 745 00:33:19,707 --> 00:33:21,709 They get their money's worth. 746 00:33:21,792 --> 00:33:24,670 Well, I suppose there is a certain amount of con 747 00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:28,924 attached to any business, like, well, like when my agent calls 748 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:32,261 me and talks me into going into a personal appearance tour. 749 00:33:32,636 --> 00:33:35,764 The problem is, Wayne, aside from Eve Simpson, 750 00:33:35,848 --> 00:33:39,226 no one in this town even knew Fred Keppard. 751 00:33:39,309 --> 00:33:42,312 And while it's easy to believe a lot of things about Eve, 752 00:33:42,396 --> 00:33:43,480 murder is not one of them. 753 00:33:43,564 --> 00:33:46,734 Look, I swear to you, I didn't kill him. 754 00:33:46,817 --> 00:33:47,651 Well, perhaps not. 755 00:33:47,735 --> 00:33:50,028 But you weren't alone in your apartment 756 00:33:50,112 --> 00:33:51,613 watching TV when he was killed. 757 00:33:53,282 --> 00:33:54,700 Where were you, Wayne? 758 00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:56,702 Look, all I can tell you, Mrs. Fletcher, 759 00:33:56,785 --> 00:33:57,786 is I didn't kill him. 760 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:08,505 It's ridiculous. Arresting Wayne. 761 00:34:08,589 --> 00:34:09,923 That dumb sheriff, 762 00:34:10,007 --> 00:34:11,508 he ought to have his head examined. 763 00:34:11,592 --> 00:34:12,843 And his wife. 764 00:34:12,926 --> 00:34:14,470 Did you know that she's got 765 00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:15,846 a marine corps tattoo right here? 766 00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:17,222 -No? -Yes. 767 00:34:17,306 --> 00:34:18,265 [laughs] 768 00:34:18,348 --> 00:34:20,017 It's criminal. 769 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,436 You know, I think we should get together, 770 00:34:22,519 --> 00:34:24,563 I mean, all of us, form a committee. 771 00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:27,191 Hire an attorney... Ah, my husband, the lawyer. 772 00:34:27,274 --> 00:34:28,776 Fine. Fine by me. 773 00:34:28,859 --> 00:34:30,235 As soon as we get home, I'll start calling. 774 00:34:30,319 --> 00:34:31,445 Good. 775 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:41,830 Um, excuse me, Mrs. Fletcher? 776 00:34:41,914 --> 00:34:44,374 Oh, hello. It's Betty, isn't it? 777 00:34:44,458 --> 00:34:46,919 I think we met one night at Eve Simpson's house. 778 00:34:47,002 --> 00:34:49,087 Right, I wasn't sure that you'd remember. 779 00:34:49,171 --> 00:34:51,507 Um, Mrs. Fletcher, 780 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:54,218 I think I kind of need your advice. 781 00:34:54,301 --> 00:34:55,969 I mean, I know I should go to the sheriff, 782 00:34:56,053 --> 00:34:57,930 but Wayne told me not to. 783 00:34:58,013 --> 00:34:59,681 But I don't know-- 784 00:34:59,765 --> 00:35:02,976 Well, what is it? 785 00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:04,436 Wayne told the sheriff 786 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,021 that the night Fred Keppard was killed 787 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,898 that he was alone in his apartment 788 00:35:07,981 --> 00:35:09,858 watching television. 789 00:35:09,942 --> 00:35:13,362 That isn't true. Fact is, he was with me. 790 00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:15,197 Look, Betty, I know that you want to help Wayne 791 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,866 -in anyway that you can, but-- -It's not a lie. 792 00:35:18,242 --> 00:35:21,578 Please believe me. We were together all evening. 793 00:35:21,662 --> 00:35:23,580 Until sunup, as a matter of fact. 794 00:35:23,664 --> 00:35:25,165 And I'll swear to that in court. 795 00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:27,876 I see. 796 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:32,172 No, no. I'm not sure that you do. 797 00:35:32,256 --> 00:35:34,258 You see, for the past nine months, 798 00:35:34,341 --> 00:35:35,843 Wayne and I have been married. 799 00:35:38,804 --> 00:35:40,055 Look, sheriff, 800 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:42,224 what I'm selling isn't just exercise. 801 00:35:42,307 --> 00:35:43,684 The only way it can possibly work, 802 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:45,310 is for me to pretend I'm single. 803 00:35:45,394 --> 00:35:48,146 I have my own little place down by the beach. 804 00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:49,273 I rented it under my maiden name. 805 00:35:49,356 --> 00:35:51,984 And we'll show you a marriage license if you want. 806 00:35:52,067 --> 00:35:54,278 Okay, so you got a license. 807 00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,280 Mrs. Bennett, 808 00:35:56,363 --> 00:35:57,823 did you happen to know this guy, Keppard? 809 00:35:59,283 --> 00:36:00,742 No. 810 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:03,579 I mean, I knew of him, of course. 811 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,290 Look, sheriff, there's no reason 812 00:36:06,373 --> 00:36:07,958 to keep Wayne here anymore, is there? 813 00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:10,669 Well, I'm afraid I don't quite see it that way, ma'am. 814 00:36:11,044 --> 00:36:13,171 You see, all I've got is your word 815 00:36:13,255 --> 00:36:15,424 that your husband was with you the night of the murder. 816 00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:18,051 Now, you're not exactly an impartial witness. 817 00:36:18,135 --> 00:36:19,344 Now, I'm sorry, ma'am. 818 00:36:19,428 --> 00:36:20,804 Until the courts tell me different, 819 00:36:20,888 --> 00:36:22,264 he stays right here. 820 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,436 [woman] We want our money back. 821 00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:30,856 Look, sweetie, I heard it straight from Ideal Malloy, 822 00:36:30,939 --> 00:36:33,191 who heard it straight from Phyllis Grant. 823 00:36:33,275 --> 00:36:34,651 But there's got to be some mistake. 824 00:36:34,735 --> 00:36:36,945 Yeah, and old blue eyes made it. 825 00:36:37,029 --> 00:36:39,031 I want a refund on my lifetime membership. 826 00:36:39,406 --> 00:36:40,741 Me, too. 827 00:36:40,824 --> 00:36:42,534 Well, the line forms to the right, girls. 828 00:36:42,618 --> 00:36:45,162 But I'm sorry, you women all signed contracts. 829 00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:47,998 That was before we knew Wayne was married. 830 00:36:48,081 --> 00:36:50,417 Married! He could be a murderer. 831 00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:51,543 Look, honey. 832 00:36:51,919 --> 00:36:53,712 We get our money back, 833 00:36:54,087 --> 00:36:56,298 or my husband, the lawyer, turns this place 834 00:36:56,381 --> 00:36:59,092 into a pizza parlor. 835 00:36:59,176 --> 00:37:01,053 You know, one thing just doesn't add up. 836 00:37:01,136 --> 00:37:03,931 If Wayne was going back to his old con games, 837 00:37:04,014 --> 00:37:05,557 why kill Fred Keppard? 838 00:37:05,641 --> 00:37:07,351 I mean, why not just team up with him 839 00:37:07,434 --> 00:37:10,646 and operate the land swindle? 840 00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:14,316 Oh, sheriff, there you are. 841 00:37:14,399 --> 00:37:16,068 Sheriff, if you're all finished, 842 00:37:16,151 --> 00:37:18,236 I'd like to move back in now. 843 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,863 It's me, ladies, Floyd. 844 00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:21,406 The sheriff's in the living room. 845 00:37:21,782 --> 00:37:22,950 I'll check with him. 846 00:37:26,912 --> 00:37:29,831 Oh, dear. 847 00:37:29,915 --> 00:37:31,917 Maybe that's what happened. What? 848 00:37:32,292 --> 00:37:35,754 Eve, who besides you and me and Wayne 849 00:37:35,837 --> 00:37:38,090 knew that you wouldn't be at the house Friday night? 850 00:37:38,173 --> 00:37:39,883 Well, just Fred, I guess. 851 00:37:39,967 --> 00:37:43,720 Which is why Fred showed up to go through your files. 852 00:37:43,804 --> 00:37:46,181 A darkened bedroom window. 853 00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:49,101 He was shot from ten, 15 feet away? 854 00:37:49,184 --> 00:37:51,812 Yes. 855 00:37:51,895 --> 00:37:53,563 Maybe he was shot from outside the house. 856 00:37:53,647 --> 00:37:56,775 Maybe he was shot from here, through the open window. 857 00:37:56,858 --> 00:38:00,153 And like me, the killer couldn't see inside very well 858 00:38:00,237 --> 00:38:02,906 so he shot Fred by mistake. 859 00:38:02,990 --> 00:38:05,742 Eve, someone else was supposed to be here 860 00:38:05,826 --> 00:38:07,452 at this house that night. 861 00:38:07,828 --> 00:38:08,954 At least he was, 862 00:38:09,037 --> 00:38:11,623 until you cancelled the appointment. 863 00:38:11,707 --> 00:38:12,833 Wayne. 864 00:38:19,256 --> 00:38:20,882 [sheriff] Ah, come on, Mrs. F. 865 00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:22,759 You're making it sound like the guy I got locked up 866 00:38:22,843 --> 00:38:24,344 wasn't the killer, but the intended victim. 867 00:38:24,428 --> 00:38:27,514 Exactly. The killer expected Wayne to be here 868 00:38:27,597 --> 00:38:30,475 and shot Fred by mistake in the dark, 869 00:38:30,559 --> 00:38:32,936 probably through the open window. 870 00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:35,313 Well, suppose you're right. Where would I start? 871 00:38:35,397 --> 00:38:37,524 Every husband in town wanted to kill Wayne. 872 00:38:37,607 --> 00:38:41,028 All except you, sheriff. 873 00:38:41,111 --> 00:38:44,614 Thanks, Floyd. 874 00:38:44,698 --> 00:38:45,615 Wait a minute. Joe Hardin. 875 00:38:45,699 --> 00:38:47,451 Joe Hardin? 876 00:38:47,534 --> 00:38:49,411 Who had a better motive? 877 00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:51,538 Well, Jessica, you remember, Joe was at the pharmacy. 878 00:38:51,621 --> 00:38:54,416 He overheard me make that nine o'clock appointment with Wayne. 879 00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:56,585 But he didn't know you'd cancelled. 880 00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:57,586 -Uh, sheriff? -Sure. 881 00:38:58,253 --> 00:38:59,713 Joe shoots Keppard, thinking it's Wayne, 882 00:38:59,796 --> 00:39:01,173 and then I arrest him on a namby-pamby charge 883 00:39:01,256 --> 00:39:02,883 of breaking into a gym. 884 00:39:02,966 --> 00:39:05,010 He gets 30 days instead of 30 years. 885 00:39:05,093 --> 00:39:07,179 -Sheriff... -What is it, Floyd? 886 00:39:07,262 --> 00:39:10,098 Well, can't be Joe Hardin. 887 00:39:12,601 --> 00:39:14,311 What do you mean, can't be Joe Hardin? 888 00:39:14,394 --> 00:39:16,354 This Keppard fellow was shot at 9:15. 889 00:39:16,438 --> 00:39:19,024 Yeah? 890 00:39:19,107 --> 00:39:23,403 -And the fact is... -Yeah? 891 00:39:23,487 --> 00:39:25,489 You arrested Joe at the gym at nine o'clock. 892 00:39:28,784 --> 00:39:30,202 Just a moment, sheriff. 893 00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:31,745 Eve, at the pharmacy, 894 00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:33,622 now, Joe was not the only one 895 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:36,708 who overheard you and Wayne make that appointment. 896 00:39:36,792 --> 00:39:39,628 No, Nancy La Rue was standing... 897 00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:41,171 oh, my gosh. 898 00:39:41,254 --> 00:39:44,257 She's missed the last two days at the gym. 899 00:39:44,341 --> 00:39:46,593 I stopped by the pharmacy the other evening. 900 00:39:46,676 --> 00:39:48,220 Clarence said that Nancy left town 901 00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:49,930 the night that Fred was killed 902 00:39:50,013 --> 00:39:52,015 to visit her sister in Augusta. 903 00:39:52,099 --> 00:39:55,435 Left town or skipped town? 904 00:39:59,147 --> 00:40:01,733 So Friday night, where did you go, Mrs. La Rue? 905 00:40:01,817 --> 00:40:03,193 She told you. 906 00:40:03,276 --> 00:40:05,070 She went to visit her sister in Augusta. 907 00:40:05,153 --> 00:40:07,572 Sir, if you don't mind, I'd like to hear from your wife. 908 00:40:07,656 --> 00:40:09,866 Eileen's kids were both sick with the flu, 909 00:40:09,950 --> 00:40:11,743 and her husband was out of town on business, 910 00:40:11,827 --> 00:40:13,161 she called and asked if I could stay for a couple of days. 911 00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:15,956 That's all there is to it. 912 00:40:16,039 --> 00:40:18,166 Does your sister have a phone number? 913 00:40:18,250 --> 00:40:20,377 Sheriff, I didn't kill this Fred Keppard. 914 00:40:20,460 --> 00:40:21,753 I didn't even know him. 915 00:40:21,837 --> 00:40:22,963 But you knew Wayne Bennett. 916 00:40:23,046 --> 00:40:24,339 Excuse me, Nancy, 917 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:27,008 what time did you leave for Augusta? 918 00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:29,970 I don't know. 919 00:40:30,053 --> 00:40:31,346 Around 9:00, I guess. 920 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:34,307 -Anyone see you? -No. 921 00:40:34,391 --> 00:40:36,685 No, wait. 922 00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:38,478 I pulled into the Dusty River Motel 923 00:40:38,562 --> 00:40:40,564 around ten o'clock. 924 00:40:40,647 --> 00:40:43,191 It's an hour's drive from here on the interstate. 925 00:40:43,275 --> 00:40:45,068 It's just outside of Whitsonberg, I believe. 926 00:40:45,152 --> 00:40:46,820 Floyd, check it out. 927 00:40:46,903 --> 00:40:48,113 Sheriff, what the hell is this all about? 928 00:40:48,196 --> 00:40:49,823 My wife didn't kill anybody. 929 00:40:49,906 --> 00:40:51,825 Maybe yes, maybe no. 930 00:40:51,908 --> 00:40:54,494 Nancy, it seems odd to me 931 00:40:54,578 --> 00:40:56,997 that you would stop off at a motel. 932 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,624 I mean, you were only an hour from Augusta. 933 00:40:59,708 --> 00:41:03,628 Well, I was tired. 934 00:41:03,712 --> 00:41:05,380 I couldn't keep my eyes open. 935 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:07,799 I was afraid of falling asleep at the wheel. 936 00:41:07,883 --> 00:41:09,801 That's right. And she called Eileen 937 00:41:09,885 --> 00:41:11,678 and said she wouldn't arrive until the next morning. 938 00:41:11,761 --> 00:41:12,679 Isn't that right, honey? 939 00:41:12,762 --> 00:41:15,348 Yes, that's right. 940 00:41:15,432 --> 00:41:16,766 Okay if I call her on it? 941 00:41:16,850 --> 00:41:21,271 Sheriff, this is ridiculous. 942 00:41:21,354 --> 00:41:23,064 My goodness. 943 00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:26,443 That's a nasty bruise you have near your eye. 944 00:41:26,526 --> 00:41:27,736 Though, it seems to be clearing up. 945 00:41:27,819 --> 00:41:30,697 Mrs. La Rue, you mind telling me how you got that? 946 00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:32,365 Yes, she does mind. 947 00:41:32,449 --> 00:41:34,326 Mr. La Rue, do you mind? 948 00:41:35,702 --> 00:41:39,998 Clarence... 949 00:41:40,081 --> 00:41:43,501 It's no good. I can't lie anymore. 950 00:41:43,585 --> 00:41:45,212 Nancy, don't... 951 00:41:45,295 --> 00:41:47,714 The truth is, 952 00:41:47,797 --> 00:41:49,049 Clarence and I had a fight. 953 00:41:49,132 --> 00:41:52,135 I came home around 8:30 or so. 954 00:41:52,219 --> 00:41:54,721 I'd been down by the ocean, sitting and thinking. 955 00:41:54,804 --> 00:41:56,598 I do that a lot when I want to sort things out for myself. 956 00:41:56,681 --> 00:41:58,725 And I had a lot on my mind. 957 00:41:58,808 --> 00:42:00,518 Such as? 958 00:42:01,186 --> 00:42:04,189 My life. My marriage. 959 00:42:06,650 --> 00:42:09,778 Clarence had been drinking. 960 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:11,571 He started accusing me of being with Wayne. 961 00:42:11,655 --> 00:42:14,908 Well, I hadn't been, but he wouldn't listen to me. 962 00:42:14,991 --> 00:42:16,159 He never listens to me when he gets like that. 963 00:42:16,243 --> 00:42:18,203 Alcohol makes him crazy. 964 00:42:18,286 --> 00:42:19,829 He hit me. 965 00:42:19,913 --> 00:42:21,957 For a moment, I thought he was gonna kill me. 966 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,625 All I could think of was getting out of there. 967 00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:25,335 I didn't even pack a bag. 968 00:42:25,418 --> 00:42:27,170 I drove and drove. 969 00:42:27,254 --> 00:42:28,880 I had no idea where I was going. 970 00:42:28,964 --> 00:42:30,757 And then I saw the motel. 971 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,133 And I pulled in. I was so upset. 972 00:42:32,217 --> 00:42:33,969 I realized that I was maybe 973 00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:36,388 going to have an accident on the road. 974 00:42:36,471 --> 00:42:39,683 Sheriff, motel says Mrs. La Rue checked in 975 00:42:39,766 --> 00:42:41,351 about ten, Friday night, just like she said. 976 00:42:41,434 --> 00:42:44,104 Checked out this morning. 977 00:42:44,187 --> 00:42:46,648 Well, I guess that lets you off the hook, ma'am. 978 00:42:46,731 --> 00:42:49,192 Looks like I've been barking up the wrong tree. 979 00:42:50,652 --> 00:42:54,656 No, not the wrong tree, sheriff, 980 00:42:54,739 --> 00:42:56,491 merely the wrong branch. 981 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:57,575 We both were. 982 00:43:04,291 --> 00:43:05,750 What are you looking at me for? 983 00:43:05,834 --> 00:43:07,085 I didn't shoot the guy through that window. 984 00:43:07,168 --> 00:43:08,461 Didn't you, Clarence? 985 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,590 Whoever killed Fred Keppard thought he was killing Wayne. 986 00:43:12,674 --> 00:43:14,175 Who could possibly have known 987 00:43:14,259 --> 00:43:16,928 that Wayne would be at Eve's house at nine o'clock? 988 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:19,431 Only someone at the pharmacy 989 00:43:19,514 --> 00:43:22,642 who happened to overhear Eve make the appointment. 990 00:43:22,726 --> 00:43:24,519 Joe was already arrested by that time, 991 00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:26,354 and Lil was at work. 992 00:43:26,438 --> 00:43:30,817 Since Nancy's in the clear that leaves... 993 00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:33,153 Eve Simpson. 994 00:43:33,236 --> 00:43:38,116 No, Eve was in Rockport, dealing with some clients. 995 00:43:38,199 --> 00:43:40,535 There's something else, Clarence. 996 00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:44,331 You said you didn't shoot Fred through that open window. 997 00:43:44,414 --> 00:43:46,666 How did you know that that's where the shot came from? 998 00:43:50,253 --> 00:43:52,213 Clarence... 999 00:44:04,976 --> 00:44:06,770 I never was much of a liar. 1000 00:44:10,273 --> 00:44:11,733 Ain't much of a killer, either. 1001 00:44:11,816 --> 00:44:15,653 Hiding in the shadows... 1002 00:44:15,737 --> 00:44:16,738 I had too much to drink that night 1003 00:44:16,821 --> 00:44:19,032 like Nancy said. 1004 00:44:19,115 --> 00:44:23,912 I was pitifully drunk and feeling sorry for myself. 1005 00:44:23,995 --> 00:44:28,875 All I could think about was losing Nancy. 1006 00:44:28,958 --> 00:44:30,293 And then it hit me. 1007 00:44:30,377 --> 00:44:32,128 I remembered Wayne would be at Eve's, 1008 00:44:32,212 --> 00:44:33,880 so I grabbed my shotgun. 1009 00:44:33,963 --> 00:44:36,299 All I could think about was that damned city fellow 1010 00:44:36,383 --> 00:44:37,717 and his line of gab 1011 00:44:37,801 --> 00:44:41,054 and his hands on every woman in town 1012 00:44:41,137 --> 00:44:45,433 and us husbands paying for the privilege. 1013 00:44:45,517 --> 00:44:47,394 I came up the side of her house, 1014 00:44:47,477 --> 00:44:50,230 looked in the window. 1015 00:44:50,313 --> 00:44:53,233 It was dark, but I saw him. 1016 00:44:53,316 --> 00:44:56,986 I figured I'd be doing myself and every man in town a favor. 1017 00:44:57,070 --> 00:45:01,032 I fired, and he dropped. 1018 00:45:01,116 --> 00:45:02,492 Then I didn't hear a sound. 1019 00:45:02,575 --> 00:45:05,495 I knew I'd got him. 1020 00:45:05,578 --> 00:45:10,208 Soon as I got home, I hit the couch and passed out. 1021 00:45:12,252 --> 00:45:13,878 When I woke up the next morning... 1022 00:45:17,340 --> 00:45:18,550 and saw my gun... 1023 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:26,224 What I did, all came back to me. 1024 00:45:27,934 --> 00:45:29,185 Clarence... 1025 00:45:41,573 --> 00:45:44,617 Wasn't till later that day I found out 1026 00:45:45,493 --> 00:45:46,995 I shot the wrong man. 1027 00:45:55,795 --> 00:45:57,380 I love you, honey. 1028 00:45:58,798 --> 00:46:00,508 Always have. 1029 00:46:01,926 --> 00:46:03,511 I'm sorry. 1030 00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:07,474 It just come out all wrong. 1031 00:46:10,143 --> 00:46:12,312 [crying] 1032 00:46:21,196 --> 00:46:22,489 Thanks. 1033 00:46:22,572 --> 00:46:24,491 That was the county attorney's office. 1034 00:46:24,574 --> 00:46:26,951 La Rue's pleaded guilty to second-degree. 1035 00:46:27,035 --> 00:46:29,621 It will be quite a while before he fills another prescription. 1036 00:46:29,704 --> 00:46:31,539 John Barleycorn and a jealous nature 1037 00:46:31,623 --> 00:46:33,208 are definitely not boon companions. 1038 00:46:33,291 --> 00:46:35,418 So Mort, what's in the box? 1039 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,047 -What box? -That box. 1040 00:46:39,130 --> 00:46:42,342 Ben and I are dying of curiosity. 1041 00:46:42,425 --> 00:46:45,011 Oh, well, it's just a little peace offering from Wayne 1042 00:46:45,094 --> 00:46:46,137 to show there were no hard feelings. 1043 00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:48,556 Oh, how very thoughtful of him. 1044 00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:50,350 What is it? 1045 00:46:50,433 --> 00:46:53,645 [clears throat] It's a, uh... 1046 00:46:53,728 --> 00:46:55,939 custom-made showerhead. 1047 00:46:56,022 --> 00:46:57,524 Comes with a full-range spray 1048 00:46:57,607 --> 00:46:59,108 and a contemporary white finish. 1049 00:47:00,318 --> 00:47:02,570 How nice of Wayne to give it to you. 1050 00:47:02,654 --> 00:47:06,950 Uh, well, he didn't exactly give it to me. 1051 00:47:07,033 --> 00:47:08,701 Didn't? What did it cost you? 1052 00:47:08,785 --> 00:47:10,787 Not a dime, I swear. 1053 00:47:10,870 --> 00:47:12,747 Comes absolutely free when you sign up 1054 00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:15,375 for a year's worth of Wayne's new bodybuilding classes. 1055 00:47:15,458 --> 00:47:18,378 You, Mort? Surely you jest. 1056 00:47:18,461 --> 00:47:20,088 This is strictly self-preservation. 1057 00:47:20,171 --> 00:47:21,297 Believe me. 1058 00:47:21,381 --> 00:47:22,715 Last night, Adele and me got into 1059 00:47:22,799 --> 00:47:24,509 a little arm wrestling competition. 1060 00:47:24,592 --> 00:47:26,928 She took me, ten out of ten. 1061 00:47:27,011 --> 00:47:27,845 Oh, dear. 1062 00:47:27,929 --> 00:47:30,223 Yeah, "Oh, dear," is right. 1063 00:47:30,306 --> 00:47:31,474 Before she started going to Wayne's, 1064 00:47:31,558 --> 00:47:32,892 I'd always win at least one, 1065 00:47:32,976 --> 00:47:34,769 sometimes even two. 1066 00:47:34,852 --> 00:47:37,897 [upbeat orchestral music]