1 00:00:00,251 --> 00:00:02,628 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 2 00:00:03,921 --> 00:00:05,798 No one’s going to feel safe in this town 3 00:00:05,923 --> 00:00:07,967 until she’s arrested. 4 00:00:08,092 --> 00:00:10,136 Your problems haven’t even started yet. 5 00:00:10,261 --> 00:00:12,471 Yeah, that’s wonderful. 6 00:00:12,596 --> 00:00:14,223 Yes, I would imagine so. 7 00:00:14,348 --> 00:00:16,851 That’s what was bubbling in those pots, 8 00:00:16,976 --> 00:00:18,936 not bat wings and eye of newt. 9 00:00:19,061 --> 00:00:20,646 If you were the magistrate and I was Rachel, 10 00:00:20,730 --> 00:00:23,607 I might find the decision a little more difficult to make. 11 00:00:23,733 --> 00:00:25,901 How come you’re so interested in all this, Mrs. Fletcher? 12 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:27,445 Well, let’s just say I’m curious. 13 00:01:24,585 --> 00:01:25,836 [magistrate] Rachel Abbott, 14 00:01:25,961 --> 00:01:28,547 you have been found guilty of the crime of witchcraft 15 00:01:28,631 --> 00:01:31,926 and are condemned to burn at the stake until death. 16 00:01:32,051 --> 00:01:33,844 [crowd] Burn, witch, burn! 17 00:01:33,969 --> 00:01:36,180 [Rachel] I am innocent! 18 00:01:36,305 --> 00:01:39,600 I will prove it, if I must return from the grave itself! 19 00:01:39,683 --> 00:01:44,230 Watch for me in the storm wind and the fire, and death and pain 20 00:01:44,313 --> 00:01:47,191 for those who have accused me! 21 00:01:47,691 --> 00:01:50,277 [magistrate] May God have mercy upon your soul. 22 00:01:50,402 --> 00:01:53,072 [crowd] Burn, witch, burn! 23 00:01:53,155 --> 00:01:54,198 [woman screaming] 24 00:02:05,835 --> 00:02:09,880 That woman has a voice that can shatter lead. 25 00:02:09,964 --> 00:02:11,382 Thank you, Arlissa. 26 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:13,217 Yes, that will do fine for now. 27 00:02:15,427 --> 00:02:17,137 All right, is there anyone else 28 00:02:17,221 --> 00:02:18,514 who wishes to audition 29 00:02:18,597 --> 00:02:20,933 for the role of Rachel Abbott? 30 00:02:22,810 --> 00:02:24,478 Ah, yes, Penelope. 31 00:02:24,603 --> 00:02:25,896 I thought we had agreed 32 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:27,690 that you would be playing Rachel’s mother? 33 00:02:28,107 --> 00:02:30,276 Well, unless I’m very much mistaken, Dr. Hazlitt, 34 00:02:30,359 --> 00:02:32,778 the role of Rachel is considerably larger. 35 00:02:32,903 --> 00:02:36,323 Well, yes, it is, but I always thought that you were... 36 00:02:36,448 --> 00:02:41,287 Uh, as the mother, I felt you would lend a dignity 37 00:02:41,370 --> 00:02:42,746 to the proceedings. 38 00:02:42,872 --> 00:02:44,665 I don’t care about dignity. 39 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:47,459 Penelope, I need you in this role. 40 00:02:51,422 --> 00:02:54,550 Eve, I believe you said you’d like to have a go? 41 00:02:54,633 --> 00:02:57,678 Well, I suppose I can try. 42 00:02:58,095 --> 00:02:59,889 Fine. 43 00:02:59,972 --> 00:03:01,599 Page 47. 44 00:03:01,724 --> 00:03:04,393 We will start with the magistrate. 45 00:03:11,233 --> 00:03:12,693 Go on, go on. 46 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:16,488 "Does the defendant wish to make any statement 47 00:03:16,572 --> 00:03:18,073 before sentencing?" 48 00:03:18,741 --> 00:03:19,575 Nate. 49 00:03:19,909 --> 00:03:24,038 The prosecutor Rev. Thorndike rises and says... 50 00:03:24,121 --> 00:03:26,832 "Here is thy last opportunity, Rachel Abbott. 51 00:03:26,916 --> 00:03:29,084 Do not greet God with a lie on your lips. 52 00:03:29,168 --> 00:03:32,087 Repent and thy soul may yet be saved." 53 00:03:32,171 --> 00:03:34,089 "I ask only that each year 54 00:03:34,173 --> 00:03:37,092 rose petals be left on my grave 55 00:03:37,176 --> 00:03:41,472 in testimony to innocent blood shed by this court. 56 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:43,432 Do with me as thou..." 57 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:44,808 "Wilt." 58 00:03:46,936 --> 00:03:50,105 I don’t suppose I could play with this a little, 59 00:03:50,189 --> 00:03:52,483 you know, make it mine, update it a bit. 60 00:03:53,317 --> 00:03:56,737 It’s just that, well, I’m much better at modern drama. 61 00:03:57,196 --> 00:04:00,282 I could do a Blanche Dubois that'll curl your hair. 62 00:04:00,991 --> 00:04:03,535 Of that I have every confidence. 63 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:14,129 Sorry, the wind caught the door. 64 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:17,883 Is this where the auditions are being held? 65 00:04:17,967 --> 00:04:21,345 I’m Dr. Seth Hazlitt at your service, and you are? 66 00:04:21,679 --> 00:04:23,681 Mariah Osborn, I’m new in town. 67 00:04:24,932 --> 00:04:26,308 Mariah, hi. 68 00:04:27,726 --> 00:04:29,770 She just rented the old Walker place from me. 69 00:04:30,104 --> 00:04:32,439 Good heavens, no one’s lived there for years. 70 00:04:32,523 --> 00:04:33,899 It’s falling apart. 71 00:04:33,983 --> 00:04:35,609 Why would anyone rent a place like that? 72 00:04:35,943 --> 00:04:37,736 It suits my needs perfectly. 73 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:39,613 I like bringing old things to life. 74 00:04:43,575 --> 00:04:45,077 Are there any roles still open? 75 00:04:48,747 --> 00:04:51,000 [Seth] Nate, Judge, I think we’re all set. 76 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:54,795 Can we read the end now of the final scene? 77 00:04:54,878 --> 00:04:56,130 Sure, no problem. 78 00:04:57,881 --> 00:05:00,426 I should introduce myself. I am Judge Willard Clinton. 79 00:05:00,509 --> 00:05:01,427 Welcome to Cabot Cove. 80 00:05:01,510 --> 00:05:02,803 Thanks. 81 00:05:02,886 --> 00:05:05,556 A real judge in the role, how appropriate. 82 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:08,183 Is he a real prosecutor? 83 00:05:08,267 --> 00:05:09,685 Nate? No. 84 00:05:09,768 --> 00:05:12,438 He’s a local rep for Superior Insurance. 85 00:05:12,521 --> 00:05:14,898 Let’s take it from the top, shall we? 86 00:05:14,982 --> 00:05:16,984 Olivia, we’re gonna need you in place up here, too. 87 00:05:18,777 --> 00:05:20,237 Oh, may I borrow that? 88 00:05:22,364 --> 00:05:23,615 I suppose, yes. 89 00:05:23,741 --> 00:05:25,534 Thank you. 90 00:05:25,617 --> 00:05:26,660 [Seth] Start at Nate’s line... 91 00:05:26,785 --> 00:05:28,579 "So what say you, Goodie Butler?" 92 00:05:28,704 --> 00:05:30,497 "I say the woman lies." 93 00:05:30,622 --> 00:05:32,291 "As expected. 94 00:05:32,374 --> 00:05:34,168 Lies driven by jealousy. 95 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:36,128 False words behind a false face. 96 00:05:36,253 --> 00:05:38,505 I did not bewitch your husband, Goodie Butler. 97 00:05:39,298 --> 00:05:41,341 His heart left your bed years ago." 98 00:05:42,176 --> 00:05:43,343 "The defendant will..." 99 00:05:43,469 --> 00:05:45,512 "Will be sacrificed to jealousy! 100 00:05:45,596 --> 00:05:47,431 I see that now. 101 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:49,683 And on the day you take my life, 102 00:05:49,767 --> 00:05:51,977 the crime before heaven will be so great 103 00:05:52,102 --> 00:05:54,229 that all the bells and all the steeples 104 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:57,274 will ring out to proclaim my innocence." 105 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:59,234 [bell ringing] 106 00:06:10,287 --> 00:06:13,332 I’m telling you, Jessica, you should have seen it. 107 00:06:13,415 --> 00:06:16,210 Her voice, the way she moves... 108 00:06:16,293 --> 00:06:17,961 She even looks like Rachel Abbott. 109 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:20,297 And when those bells went off, 110 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:21,673 a chill went right up my spine. 111 00:06:21,757 --> 00:06:22,841 It was downright uncanny. 112 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:24,593 Well, when the wind whipped up, 113 00:06:24,676 --> 00:06:26,011 it caused the bells to chime. 114 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:27,596 I mean, it’s happened before. 115 00:06:27,679 --> 00:06:31,850 I know, I know, I know, but still... She has something. 116 00:06:31,975 --> 00:06:34,394 Sounds like she has you, Doc. 117 00:06:35,521 --> 00:06:37,356 And I've got better things to do with my time 118 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:39,733 than to worry about 17th century witchcraft. 119 00:06:39,858 --> 00:06:43,529 "And the grapes were probably sour anyway." 120 00:06:43,612 --> 00:06:45,280 You’re just mad because I didn’t cast you 121 00:06:45,364 --> 00:06:46,990 in the part of the constable. 122 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:49,159 You been hearing those voices again, haven’t you? 123 00:06:50,119 --> 00:06:53,080 Listen, Doc, if some late night you hear that voice 124 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:56,083 telling you to go out and save France, don’t do it. 125 00:06:56,208 --> 00:06:57,084 I’ve seen the movie. 126 00:06:57,918 --> 00:06:59,920 Thanks for the breakfast, Mrs. F, see you later. 127 00:07:00,045 --> 00:07:01,755 Take care. 128 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:03,590 The tough part is knowing that my tax dollar pays 129 00:07:03,674 --> 00:07:04,675 for his salary. 130 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:08,345 You know, if you didn’t enjoy sparring with Mort so much, 131 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,889 I might start taking your complaints seriously. 132 00:07:10,973 --> 00:07:13,225 Anyway I’m glad that you are satisfied 133 00:07:13,308 --> 00:07:14,685 with your choice for Rachel Abbott. 134 00:07:14,810 --> 00:07:17,771 Yeah, she's gonna do just fine. 135 00:07:17,855 --> 00:07:18,730 Curious woman though. 136 00:07:18,856 --> 00:07:20,440 In what way? 137 00:07:20,524 --> 00:07:22,276 Well, Eve Simpson tells me she blew in the other day 138 00:07:22,359 --> 00:07:24,027 from nowhere, 139 00:07:24,111 --> 00:07:26,530 rented the old Walker place up on Morgan’s hill. 140 00:07:26,655 --> 00:07:27,614 The Walker place? 141 00:07:27,698 --> 00:07:29,032 Oh, for heaven's sake, 142 00:07:29,116 --> 00:07:30,409 that hasn’t been lived in, in years. 143 00:07:30,492 --> 00:07:32,661 It must be a mountain of dust. 144 00:07:32,744 --> 00:07:35,038 Oh, which reminds me, I have an appointment 145 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:37,040 with some dusty old rooms. 146 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:39,418 Could you possibly drop me off at the county courthouse? 147 00:07:39,543 --> 00:07:41,336 Be glad to, I’m going that way myself. 148 00:07:52,764 --> 00:07:55,058 [Mariah] "For I will return to Cabot Cove in fire 149 00:07:55,142 --> 00:07:57,895 and in storm wind, in death and in pain. 150 00:07:57,978 --> 00:07:59,938 For those who have accused me unjustly, 151 00:08:00,022 --> 00:08:02,232 though hell itself far the way." 152 00:08:03,192 --> 00:08:04,610 Hello. 153 00:08:04,735 --> 00:08:06,695 If that passage is what I think it is, 154 00:08:06,778 --> 00:08:08,530 you must be Mariah Osborn? 155 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:10,115 Yes. 156 00:08:10,199 --> 00:08:11,825 I thought it'd help me prepare for the role 157 00:08:11,909 --> 00:08:13,827 to examine the original transcripts. 158 00:08:13,911 --> 00:08:15,913 -And you are? -Jessica Fletcher. 159 00:08:16,038 --> 00:08:17,456 Oh, yes, of course. 160 00:08:18,290 --> 00:08:20,709 You know, the whole town is buzzing about your performance 161 00:08:20,792 --> 00:08:22,544 at the rehearsal last night. 162 00:08:22,628 --> 00:08:24,671 Apparently, you struck a nerve. 163 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:26,673 Not me, 164 00:08:26,757 --> 00:08:28,467 Rachel Abbott. 165 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:30,677 I think this town has a penchant for ganging up 166 00:08:30,761 --> 00:08:31,720 on innocent people. 167 00:08:32,429 --> 00:08:33,805 A story like this, 168 00:08:33,889 --> 00:08:36,391 who knows what it might call out of the shadows? 169 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:38,477 It was a pleasure meeting you, Mrs. Fletcher. 170 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:39,394 I’ll see you around. 171 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:40,812 Yeah. 172 00:08:48,111 --> 00:08:49,196 [knocking on door] 173 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:53,951 Yes. 174 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:55,285 Hi, I’m Mariah Osborn. 175 00:08:55,369 --> 00:08:56,536 I’m looking for Lydia Winthrop. 176 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:58,247 I have to return something. 177 00:08:58,330 --> 00:09:01,208 Well, she’s not here right now but please, come in. 178 00:09:01,291 --> 00:09:03,585 Thanks. Mr. Winthrop? 179 00:09:03,669 --> 00:09:05,379 My friends call me Charles. 180 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:06,672 Come in the study. 181 00:09:11,176 --> 00:09:13,887 I hope I’m not interrupting anything. 182 00:09:13,971 --> 00:09:16,723 No, no, it’s just busy work here. 183 00:09:16,807 --> 00:09:19,101 Since I’ll be housebound for a couple of weeks, 184 00:09:19,184 --> 00:09:20,394 my accountant’s got me filling out 185 00:09:20,477 --> 00:09:22,854 papers and signing forms. 186 00:09:22,980 --> 00:09:24,147 How did it happen? 187 00:09:25,190 --> 00:09:28,110 Oh, it was, you know, just one of those stupid 188 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:30,654 household accidents. 189 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:33,657 Lydia hired some workmen to fix the stairs 190 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:37,119 and I slipped and then broke my darn leg. 191 00:09:39,621 --> 00:09:42,040 Oh, here, I’ll clear a place for you, here. 192 00:09:42,124 --> 00:09:43,375 Oh. 193 00:09:43,458 --> 00:09:44,793 What is it? 194 00:09:44,876 --> 00:09:48,547 Oh, it’s just cramped, damn cast. 195 00:09:48,630 --> 00:09:50,590 Well, let me see what I can do about that. 196 00:09:51,258 --> 00:09:53,802 Just breathe deeply. 197 00:09:55,387 --> 00:10:00,267 Think of cool water flowing lightly over the pain. 198 00:10:00,392 --> 00:10:03,186 Cool soothing water. 199 00:10:04,146 --> 00:10:05,355 It’s great. 200 00:10:07,649 --> 00:10:09,026 It feels wonderful. 201 00:10:11,737 --> 00:10:12,571 It’s good. 202 00:10:12,696 --> 00:10:14,239 Yes, I would imagine so. 203 00:10:16,742 --> 00:10:18,452 Have another one of your attacks, darling? 204 00:10:18,577 --> 00:10:20,078 Yes, you know, 205 00:10:20,162 --> 00:10:21,538 the muscle spasms that happened before, 206 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:22,831 you know, about... 207 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:26,168 Yes, I know, must hurt terribly. 208 00:10:26,251 --> 00:10:28,712 Well, we won’t distract you further. 209 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:30,380 Miss Osborn. 210 00:10:40,057 --> 00:10:41,183 I didn’t mean to make any trouble. 211 00:10:41,266 --> 00:10:42,976 I just wanted to return your shawl. 212 00:10:43,101 --> 00:10:44,811 Thank you. 213 00:10:44,895 --> 00:10:48,607 Your performance at the audition was quite remarkable. 214 00:10:48,732 --> 00:10:50,359 Well, I’ve always had a soft spot 215 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:51,985 for the unjustly accused. 216 00:10:52,778 --> 00:10:54,488 Of course, don’t we all? 217 00:10:54,613 --> 00:10:56,365 [telephone ringing] 218 00:10:56,490 --> 00:10:58,742 Excuse me. 219 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:00,243 I can find my own way out. 220 00:11:00,327 --> 00:11:01,328 I’ll see you at town hall. 221 00:11:17,594 --> 00:11:18,720 [Lydia] Charles! 222 00:11:18,804 --> 00:11:19,679 [Charles] What is it? 223 00:11:26,978 --> 00:11:28,730 [glass breaking] 224 00:12:09,604 --> 00:12:12,023 [Mort] And you’re sure that nothing was missing? 225 00:12:12,107 --> 00:12:13,024 Well, as far as we can tell. 226 00:12:13,817 --> 00:12:15,444 I can only guess that whoever it was, 227 00:12:15,527 --> 00:12:18,572 heard Lydia coming down the stairs and ran off. 228 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:22,075 Did anyone else have access to the safe or know where it is? 229 00:12:22,534 --> 00:12:23,785 I don’t think so. 230 00:12:25,203 --> 00:12:27,038 You know, there was... 231 00:12:27,122 --> 00:12:28,165 What? 232 00:12:28,248 --> 00:12:29,791 Mariah Osborn. 233 00:12:29,875 --> 00:12:31,376 Right. 234 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:34,629 Yesterday we had a visit from that new woman in town... 235 00:12:34,713 --> 00:12:36,840 What was it? Mariah Osborn. 236 00:12:38,175 --> 00:12:40,135 I had the safe open when she was here, 237 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:43,930 so I suppose she could have seen me close it. 238 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:45,390 But I can’t imagine... 239 00:12:45,474 --> 00:12:48,351 Sheriff, looks like I got a clean print off the door. 240 00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:51,104 Yeah, check the windows, see if you can get a match. 241 00:12:51,229 --> 00:12:52,731 And while you’re at it, 242 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:54,399 you might want to bag some of these rose petals. 243 00:12:54,483 --> 00:12:56,651 Now what kind of a thief breaks into a place 244 00:12:56,735 --> 00:12:58,945 and then stops to sprinkle rose petals everywhere? 245 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,114 Funny. 246 00:13:01,198 --> 00:13:02,866 Just the other day Mariah was saying 247 00:13:02,949 --> 00:13:04,409 Rachel Abbott’s speech 248 00:13:04,493 --> 00:13:08,163 about wanting rose petals sprinkled over her grave 249 00:13:08,246 --> 00:13:10,165 in memory of innocent blood. 250 00:13:18,381 --> 00:13:20,926 [Mort] Boy, some place! 251 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:23,637 [man] It’s right out of "The Adams Family". 252 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,181 You know, I was talking to Penelope. 253 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,391 She said this Osborn woman 254 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:30,936 took right to the role of... What’s her name? 255 00:13:31,019 --> 00:13:32,437 The witch? 256 00:13:32,521 --> 00:13:34,814 Maybe she’s really getting into the role. 257 00:13:34,898 --> 00:13:36,816 Look, Andy, I checked. 258 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:39,819 She rented this place before she got the role, okay? 259 00:13:39,903 --> 00:13:41,988 There is nothing unusual about it. 260 00:13:43,907 --> 00:13:44,824 Yes? 261 00:13:44,908 --> 00:13:45,825 Miss Osborn? 262 00:13:45,909 --> 00:13:47,285 May I help you? 263 00:13:47,369 --> 00:13:49,246 I’m Sheriff Metzger, this is Deputy Bloom. 264 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:50,539 Sorry to bother you, ma’am, 265 00:13:50,622 --> 00:13:52,040 but we have to ask you a few questions. 266 00:13:52,123 --> 00:13:53,208 Of course. 267 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:54,543 Please come in. 268 00:14:01,550 --> 00:14:03,843 I was just having some lunch. You’re welcome to join me. 269 00:14:03,927 --> 00:14:05,929 No, thanks. I’ll pass. 270 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,436 Not a word, Andy, not one word. 271 00:14:16,064 --> 00:14:18,483 [Andy] You should've seen that place, Mrs. Fletcher. 272 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:20,735 Cauldrons all over the place. 273 00:14:20,819 --> 00:14:22,487 They were pots. 274 00:14:22,571 --> 00:14:24,197 Black cat, big as a dog. 275 00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:25,907 A chihuahua, maybe. 276 00:14:25,991 --> 00:14:27,617 You’re making too big a deal out of this. 277 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:30,203 What do you think, Mrs. Fletcher? 278 00:14:30,287 --> 00:14:33,623 Well, I happen to think that eccentricity is a virtue. 279 00:14:33,707 --> 00:14:35,584 I mean, I think that often the unexplained 280 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:37,252 is simply the unexamined. 281 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,629 I was on my way into Benning’s hardware store 282 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:40,630 yesterday afternoon 283 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:42,215 and I saw Mariah Osborn 284 00:14:42,299 --> 00:14:44,801 come out with cans of cleaning fluid. 285 00:14:45,343 --> 00:14:48,513 The kind that removes tough stains from brass fixtures. 286 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:51,850 And that’s what was bubbling in those pots. 287 00:14:52,517 --> 00:14:54,269 Door knobs and shower handles, 288 00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,229 not bat wings and eye of newt. 289 00:14:56,855 --> 00:14:58,648 Even so, do you really think 290 00:14:58,732 --> 00:14:59,649 she might have had something to do 291 00:14:59,774 --> 00:15:00,859 with the break-in at Lydia’s? 292 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:03,278 We were just checking out every lead. 293 00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:04,195 Now she says she was home last night 294 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:05,905 working on her house. 295 00:15:06,031 --> 00:15:07,907 Without a witness to say otherwise, 296 00:15:08,033 --> 00:15:09,576 there’s no reason to think she’s lying. 297 00:15:09,701 --> 00:15:10,910 At this time. 298 00:15:12,537 --> 00:15:14,748 Penelope Daniels told Lisa Tuddle 299 00:15:14,831 --> 00:15:16,625 that she saw Mariah Osborn 300 00:15:16,708 --> 00:15:18,710 walking out by herself every night at midnight 301 00:15:18,835 --> 00:15:20,295 the last few nights. 302 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:23,465 Dressed all in black and looking at all the houses, 303 00:15:23,548 --> 00:15:25,550 like she was studying them somehow. 304 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:30,513 So Penelope Daniels told Lisa Tuddle, who told you. 305 00:15:31,306 --> 00:15:32,682 Well, no. 306 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:37,687 Lisa told Sharon Goldsmith, who told my wife, who told me. 307 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:42,150 Andy, you know, word of mouth is notoriously suspect. 308 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,779 Mariah Osborn happens to be a very attractive young woman 309 00:15:45,862 --> 00:15:47,155 who is playing the role 310 00:15:47,238 --> 00:15:49,574 of another very attractive young woman 311 00:15:49,658 --> 00:15:52,786 who was persecuted by gossip and rumor. 312 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:55,455 I certainly wouldn’t want to see history repeat itself. 313 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,499 Maybe it already is. 314 00:16:15,183 --> 00:16:16,768 [Mariah] Because the house is so old, 315 00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:19,229 you can see why I might be concerned about fire. 316 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:20,897 Well, sure. 317 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:24,984 But most renters leave fire insurance to the owners. 318 00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:26,569 You’re the only insurance agent 319 00:16:26,653 --> 00:16:28,822 who’s tried to talk me out of buying a policy. 320 00:16:30,949 --> 00:16:33,618 Well, it’s just... I don’t like selling a policy 321 00:16:33,702 --> 00:16:35,370 if it’s unnecessary. 322 00:16:35,453 --> 00:16:36,496 But if you insist. 323 00:16:36,579 --> 00:16:38,373 Oh, I do. 324 00:16:38,456 --> 00:16:39,749 But it would be very comforting to me 325 00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:41,251 if you could come by sometime 326 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:45,255 and inspect the premises, the wiring, the plumbing. 327 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,632 You seem like a man who’d be very thorough. 328 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,510 Well, I’ll be happy to. 329 00:16:50,593 --> 00:16:52,762 You just name the time. 330 00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:55,515 And maybe afterwards we could have... 331 00:16:55,598 --> 00:16:57,642 And a history of the place would also help. 332 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:58,852 Excuse me? 333 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:00,645 Well, the condition of the house 334 00:17:00,729 --> 00:17:02,605 is bound to be changed 335 00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:05,275 by any past fires that may have happened. 336 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:06,484 Could you check into that? 337 00:17:07,986 --> 00:17:09,279 The company doesn’t like us to give out 338 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:11,656 that kind of information. 339 00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:14,784 Besides, nobody’s lived there for 20 years. 340 00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:17,036 So the records wouldn’t be in my active files. 341 00:17:17,162 --> 00:17:18,747 But I’m sure that someone 342 00:17:18,830 --> 00:17:20,999 as smart as you would have inactive files. 343 00:17:24,127 --> 00:17:26,171 I keep all those in a shed behind my house, 344 00:17:26,254 --> 00:17:29,340 but they’re still subject to company rules. 345 00:17:30,508 --> 00:17:31,926 Well, then I guess 346 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:33,678 there’s nothing we can do about that. 347 00:17:34,763 --> 00:17:35,764 Thanks. 348 00:17:35,847 --> 00:17:36,890 My pleasure. 349 00:17:42,145 --> 00:17:44,272 Oh, Lydia, hi. 350 00:17:44,355 --> 00:17:45,356 Do you know... 351 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:46,983 Yes, we’ve met. 352 00:17:47,734 --> 00:17:49,527 What can I do for you? 353 00:17:49,611 --> 00:17:50,737 Well, I was just taking Charles 354 00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:52,197 to the doctor down the street 355 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,532 and I thought after that break-in last night, 356 00:17:54,616 --> 00:17:57,410 I’d just drop in and discuss increasing my insurance. 357 00:17:58,578 --> 00:17:59,662 I should go. 358 00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:01,164 Thank you for your help, Mr. Parsons. 359 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:02,749 Anytime, Miss Osborn. 360 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,585 And I’ll stop by first chance I get, like I discussed. 361 00:18:14,803 --> 00:18:17,305 Really, Dr. Hazlitt, I can handle it. 362 00:18:17,388 --> 00:18:18,932 It’s Seth. 363 00:18:19,015 --> 00:18:21,017 Besides, I cannot have my leading lady 364 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,435 throw her back out 365 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:24,229 one week before opening night now, can I? 366 00:18:24,312 --> 00:18:26,481 Oh, I’m gonna remember that next time I have snow 367 00:18:26,564 --> 00:18:28,566 to shovel from my front door. 368 00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:30,235 -Good afternoon, Jess. -Seth. 369 00:18:30,318 --> 00:18:32,570 -Hello, Mrs. Fletcher. -Hello, Mariah, how are you? 370 00:18:32,695 --> 00:18:35,073 Fine, considering no one in town will talk to me, 371 00:18:35,198 --> 00:18:36,282 at least not the women. 372 00:18:36,407 --> 00:18:37,826 Busybodies and blue noses. 373 00:18:37,951 --> 00:18:39,035 Pay them no mind. 374 00:18:39,661 --> 00:18:41,996 Well, you know, New Englanders are notorious 375 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:43,748 for taking their time to warm up to newcomers. 376 00:18:43,873 --> 00:18:45,834 I lived here for 10 years 377 00:18:45,959 --> 00:18:47,210 and some people still refer to me 378 00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:48,920 as the new woman in town. 379 00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:51,256 There. 380 00:18:51,339 --> 00:18:52,882 I think that about does it. 381 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:54,342 Well, I’ve got to run along. 382 00:18:54,425 --> 00:18:56,427 I’ll see you at rehearsal, Mariah. Jess. 383 00:18:56,553 --> 00:18:58,346 See you there, thanks, Dr. Hazlitt. 384 00:18:58,429 --> 00:18:59,931 Oh, you’ve got a lot of paint there. 385 00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:02,016 Are you planning to whip that old house into shape? 386 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:04,727 Well, yeah, I may be around a while. 387 00:19:06,855 --> 00:19:08,523 And I want it to look like the old photos. 388 00:19:09,232 --> 00:19:10,316 Oh, what photos? 389 00:19:11,609 --> 00:19:15,196 Oh, you know, photos of the old Victorian houses. 390 00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:16,489 Oh, yeah. 391 00:19:17,198 --> 00:19:18,324 Well, I’d better be going. 392 00:19:19,117 --> 00:19:20,410 Well, be sure to keep those cans 393 00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:21,911 in a well-ventilated room. 394 00:19:21,995 --> 00:19:23,788 That’s highly combustible. 395 00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:30,461 Nate! 396 00:19:54,402 --> 00:19:56,321 How does it look, Joe? Was it arson? 397 00:19:56,404 --> 00:19:57,947 Hard to say right now. 398 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:01,826 From the smell, some sort of chemical was involved. 399 00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:06,956 Hey, Nate, did you have any combustibles stored in there? 400 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:08,458 Few, but nothing that would be... 401 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:09,709 Oh, it had to be deliberate. 402 00:20:09,792 --> 00:20:12,045 I saw a pentagram on the door. 403 00:20:12,879 --> 00:20:14,505 Well, you couldn’t prove it now. 404 00:20:14,631 --> 00:20:16,674 Flames burned all the paint off. 405 00:20:16,799 --> 00:20:19,344 That makes sense, though, doesn’t it? 406 00:20:19,427 --> 00:20:20,970 When she was convicted of witchcraft, 407 00:20:21,054 --> 00:20:22,555 Rachel Abbott said 408 00:20:22,639 --> 00:20:24,974 she would return in storm wind and in fire, 409 00:20:25,475 --> 00:20:27,101 in pain and in death. 410 00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:29,479 Well, Mariah Osborn arrived in storm wind. 411 00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:31,189 There’s your fire. 412 00:20:31,314 --> 00:20:33,399 Penelope, we have enough of a problem here 413 00:20:33,483 --> 00:20:36,611 without you adding to it with this nonsense. 414 00:20:36,694 --> 00:20:38,863 Unless I’m very much mistaken, Sheriff, 415 00:20:38,947 --> 00:20:41,074 your problems haven’t even started yet. 416 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:47,956 [Seth] Places, please. 417 00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:52,669 We’ll pick up where we left off on page 51. 418 00:20:53,336 --> 00:20:55,880 Mariah, you don’t seem to have your script. 419 00:20:55,964 --> 00:20:57,715 It’s all right, I have it memorized. 420 00:20:57,799 --> 00:21:03,012 Ah, well, we’ll start on Lydia’s line halfway down. 421 00:21:03,137 --> 00:21:05,139 Ready? And... 422 00:21:05,223 --> 00:21:07,600 "As I told the witch finder general, 423 00:21:07,684 --> 00:21:09,727 the specter of Rachel Abbott 424 00:21:09,811 --> 00:21:11,521 did appear above our bed, 425 00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:14,649 then I heard my husband call her name in his sleep." 426 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:17,151 "What say you to this, Rachel Abbott?" 427 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:18,903 "A man who sleeps with one woman 428 00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:22,115 and dreams of another has wedded in error." 429 00:21:22,991 --> 00:21:27,412 "You will note, Your Honor, the evasiveness of the reply." 430 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:29,956 Please continue. 431 00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:33,793 "As I watched frozen in horror, 432 00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:35,878 the specter wrapped its fingers 433 00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:37,922 around my throat and squeezed 434 00:21:38,006 --> 00:21:39,757 until I thought I would die." 435 00:21:39,882 --> 00:21:42,427 "Is there no witness to your accusation?" 436 00:21:43,761 --> 00:21:46,681 "Your Honor, the village well knows 437 00:21:46,764 --> 00:21:50,393 Goodie Butler’s reputation for honesty." 438 00:21:50,518 --> 00:21:52,311 "A woman whose lies became truth 439 00:21:52,395 --> 00:21:54,022 through position and power." 440 00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:56,649 "You see how the devil talks through her. 441 00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:58,443 She is truly possessed." 442 00:21:58,568 --> 00:22:00,278 "I am possessed, 443 00:22:00,361 --> 00:22:02,363 of a comely face and a healthy body. 444 00:22:02,613 --> 00:22:04,824 For these alone I am condemned by one 445 00:22:04,907 --> 00:22:08,077 who seeks to keep what she has by destroying another. 446 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:11,205 A small-minded bitter woman whose soul is as barren..." 447 00:22:11,372 --> 00:22:12,999 It’s not... I beg your... 448 00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:16,169 Mariah, that’s not in the script. 449 00:22:16,294 --> 00:22:20,214 I’m sorry, I did some research and those words 450 00:22:20,298 --> 00:22:22,884 are from a subsequent account of the trial. 451 00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:24,969 I thought it would add to the character. 452 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:32,101 Oh, five minutes, everybody, 453 00:22:32,185 --> 00:22:34,812 then we will continue from the script. 454 00:22:34,937 --> 00:22:37,857 No annotations. 455 00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:39,442 Lydia, can I see you for a moment? 456 00:22:43,446 --> 00:22:45,990 Quite a powerful performance. 457 00:22:46,074 --> 00:22:47,366 Thank you. 458 00:22:47,450 --> 00:22:48,618 I admire Rachel. 459 00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:50,328 She stood up to the whole village. 460 00:22:50,453 --> 00:22:52,705 On the other hand, I mean, had she not been so proud, 461 00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:54,415 she wouldn’t have died so young. 462 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:57,126 It wasn’t pride that killed her, Judge Clinton. 463 00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:59,295 Did you know that a magistrate visited her cell 464 00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:01,130 before he sentenced her to death? 465 00:23:01,214 --> 00:23:03,800 You know, it was within his power to spare her life 466 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:05,510 if she repented. 467 00:23:05,802 --> 00:23:07,428 Unless she declined. 468 00:23:08,971 --> 00:23:10,389 Well, let’s just be thankful 469 00:23:10,473 --> 00:23:12,683 those things don’t happen anymore. 470 00:23:12,809 --> 00:23:14,143 Yes. 471 00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:17,647 Although, I must confess, if you were the magistrate 472 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,024 and I was Rachel, I might find the decision 473 00:23:20,108 --> 00:23:21,734 a little more difficult to make. 474 00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:28,050 Mariah? 475 00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:31,512 Rachel? 476 00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:39,103 Come on now. 477 00:24:39,187 --> 00:24:41,314 Enough games. 478 00:24:41,397 --> 00:24:42,523 Where are you? 479 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:53,117 Hello. 480 00:25:22,271 --> 00:25:23,940 Oh, Mrs. F. 481 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:26,359 Oh, Mort, I came as soon as I heard. 482 00:25:26,442 --> 00:25:27,610 How did it happen? 483 00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:28,778 Well, somebody sawed through 484 00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,863 one of the wooden louvers. 485 00:25:30,947 --> 00:25:32,198 One good push is all it took. 486 00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:33,449 I’ll tell you what, whoever did it 487 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:34,617 wanted to make real sure 488 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:35,534 that Judge Clinton came down 489 00:25:35,660 --> 00:25:37,286 off that bell tower the hard way. 490 00:25:37,411 --> 00:25:39,538 What was he doing up there in the middle of the night? 491 00:25:39,664 --> 00:25:41,082 Well, we may have a lead on that one too. 492 00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:43,209 Found this in his jacket pocket. 493 00:25:44,961 --> 00:25:46,420 Mariah Osborn. 494 00:25:46,504 --> 00:25:49,048 Looks like some of the folks might have been right about her after all. 495 00:25:50,174 --> 00:25:53,344 Sheriff, I realize that I am in a shrinking minority 496 00:25:53,427 --> 00:25:54,887 but I have to remind you 497 00:25:54,971 --> 00:25:56,722 that Rachel Abbott and Mariah Osborn 498 00:25:56,847 --> 00:25:58,599 are not the same person. 499 00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:01,519 You know that and I know that. 500 00:26:01,602 --> 00:26:03,980 But I’m starting to wonder whether she knows that. 501 00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:05,273 [Mariah] I know how it looks, Sheriff, 502 00:26:05,398 --> 00:26:07,483 but I swear I didn’t send this note. 503 00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:09,277 Well, then you won’t mind giving me a sample 504 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,153 of your handwriting for comparison. 505 00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:13,656 Would you please pass me that notebook? 506 00:26:13,739 --> 00:26:14,740 Yes. 507 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,746 This is a letter to Dr. Hazlitt. 508 00:26:20,830 --> 00:26:22,873 I decided to resign from the play. Given the way 509 00:26:22,957 --> 00:26:23,958 the town feels about me, 510 00:26:24,041 --> 00:26:26,335 it seemed the best solution. 511 00:26:27,253 --> 00:26:29,005 [Mort] Miss Osborn, I don’t know how to say this, 512 00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:31,007 but these two look a lot alike. 513 00:26:33,384 --> 00:26:35,261 May I see that please, Sheriff? 514 00:26:39,515 --> 00:26:40,474 Oh, no. 515 00:26:40,558 --> 00:26:43,227 No, several of these letters are quite different. 516 00:26:43,352 --> 00:26:47,440 I mean, the lateral loop on the "Y" here is missing. 517 00:26:47,523 --> 00:26:50,067 Oh, and the "S" slants off to the right in this one, 518 00:26:50,151 --> 00:26:52,403 it slants off to the left in this one. 519 00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:54,322 But it could be a very good copy. 520 00:26:54,405 --> 00:26:57,116 Or someone trying to disguise her handwriting. 521 00:26:57,241 --> 00:26:59,577 See, it’s hopeless. I’m convicted already. 522 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:01,412 That’s not true. 523 00:27:01,495 --> 00:27:03,581 A handwriting expert will be able to give us 524 00:27:03,664 --> 00:27:04,874 a much clearer reading. 525 00:27:04,999 --> 00:27:06,334 Meanwhile, 526 00:27:06,417 --> 00:27:08,711 if someone is trying to implicate you in the murder, 527 00:27:08,836 --> 00:27:10,588 I suggest that you don’t drop out 528 00:27:10,671 --> 00:27:12,965 of the production, at least for the time being. 529 00:27:13,049 --> 00:27:14,592 That’s the only way we’re going to bring 530 00:27:14,717 --> 00:27:16,469 this other person out. 531 00:27:16,594 --> 00:27:18,721 Assuming there is another person. 532 00:27:18,804 --> 00:27:20,556 Miss Osborn, do us both a favor, 533 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:21,599 don’t try to leave town. 534 00:27:25,936 --> 00:27:28,314 Mrs. Fletcher, I’m sorry, but it looks 535 00:27:28,397 --> 00:27:30,232 as if all of the copies of "The people 536 00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:32,109 versus Monica Walker" are missing. 537 00:27:32,193 --> 00:27:33,235 You mean they've been checked out? 538 00:27:33,361 --> 00:27:35,154 No. I mean "missing". 539 00:27:35,946 --> 00:27:37,990 They are not in their files and there’s no record 540 00:27:38,115 --> 00:27:39,867 of their being removed. 541 00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:45,039 I see, but that case was tried in 1967, wasn’t it? 542 00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:46,457 That’s right. 543 00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:47,500 Why? 544 00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:50,461 Just an interesting coincidence. 545 00:27:50,544 --> 00:27:52,755 I just came from "The Cabot Cove Gazette" 546 00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:55,758 and their archives are missing an entire volume. 547 00:27:56,717 --> 00:27:59,512 One year 1967. 548 00:27:59,595 --> 00:28:01,430 Well, thank you for your time. You’ve been very helpful. 549 00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:07,228 [Seth] What did you want to ask me? 550 00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:09,647 Well, who says I wanted to ask you anything? 551 00:28:09,730 --> 00:28:13,025 Can’t I invite a friend over for dinner once in a while? 552 00:28:13,109 --> 00:28:16,404 Yes, you can, and you have. 553 00:28:16,487 --> 00:28:17,780 And the meal was fine, 554 00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:21,075 but I do know that look in your eye. 555 00:28:21,158 --> 00:28:23,452 So let me repeat, what is your question? 556 00:28:23,577 --> 00:28:26,288 What does the name Monica Walker mean to you? 557 00:28:26,414 --> 00:28:27,623 Monica Walker? No. 558 00:28:28,082 --> 00:28:31,127 Well, she was involved in some sort of a scandal. 559 00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,503 Well, a number of years ago. 560 00:28:32,628 --> 00:28:34,380 Oh, yes. 561 00:28:34,505 --> 00:28:36,048 She was a lovely young thing. 562 00:28:36,132 --> 00:28:40,636 Long black hair, eyes as clear and blue as the sea. 563 00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:42,346 And the scandal? 564 00:28:42,471 --> 00:28:44,056 Oh, well, that was a tragedy. 565 00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:47,935 And no mistake, about 25 years ago, 566 00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:52,064 she worked for Lydia and Charles Winthrop 567 00:28:52,148 --> 00:28:53,858 as his secretary. 568 00:28:53,941 --> 00:28:55,151 Well, one day 569 00:28:55,276 --> 00:28:58,946 she was arrested for stealing a very expensive 570 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:00,823 diamond necklace from Lydia’s bedroom. 571 00:29:00,948 --> 00:29:03,492 She was convicted and spent five years 572 00:29:03,617 --> 00:29:05,369 in the state penitentiary at Hatfield. 573 00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:06,537 Oh, my goodness. 574 00:29:06,662 --> 00:29:08,414 How devastating for her family. 575 00:29:08,539 --> 00:29:10,082 I guess so. 576 00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:11,834 But when she got out of prison, 577 00:29:11,917 --> 00:29:13,210 she didn’t come back here. 578 00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:15,379 Naturally, not that I’d blame her. 579 00:29:15,463 --> 00:29:16,422 No, she packed it all in, 580 00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:18,799 put the house on the market and left. 581 00:29:18,924 --> 00:29:20,134 Thanks, Seth. 582 00:29:20,217 --> 00:29:22,553 Sometimes I don’t know what I’d do without you. 583 00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:26,640 What do I have to do to get any dessert? 584 00:29:27,892 --> 00:29:29,727 I completely forgot. 585 00:29:32,563 --> 00:29:34,315 And then I slipped. 586 00:29:34,398 --> 00:29:38,611 My fault, I suppose, compound fracture. 587 00:29:38,694 --> 00:29:40,821 Now I’m trapped in this damn chair. 588 00:29:40,905 --> 00:29:42,364 But I did warn you that the stairs were being refinished. 589 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:44,742 I know, I know. 590 00:29:44,867 --> 00:29:46,535 Worst part about it is, I have to give up 591 00:29:46,619 --> 00:29:49,288 sailing until this leg is up to snuff. 592 00:29:49,413 --> 00:29:51,248 Damn near broke my heart having to put 593 00:29:51,332 --> 00:29:54,168 the Lucky Charm into dry dock for the season. 594 00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:55,544 Jessica, could you put 595 00:29:55,628 --> 00:29:57,588 a little bit of glue on the tip of this? 596 00:29:57,671 --> 00:29:58,506 It’s right over, next to you. 597 00:30:00,299 --> 00:30:01,467 Oh, yeah. Yes, yes of course. 598 00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:03,010 Right. Thank you. 599 00:30:03,093 --> 00:30:06,555 I assume that you heard about Judge Clinton. 600 00:30:07,932 --> 00:30:10,643 Oh, yes, it’s terrible. 601 00:30:10,726 --> 00:30:14,271 It’s hard to imagine him gone, he was so full of life. 602 00:30:14,688 --> 00:30:17,024 Well, I knew that Osborn woman was trouble the minute 603 00:30:17,107 --> 00:30:18,651 I laid eyes on her. 604 00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:20,361 Well, I think it’s a little early to point 605 00:30:20,486 --> 00:30:22,238 the finger of blame, don’t you? 606 00:30:22,363 --> 00:30:23,656 Not at all, no, no, no. 607 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,241 I think Lydia is right. 608 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:28,160 Nate Parsons feels the same way about it. 609 00:30:28,285 --> 00:30:30,329 He was here just this morning. 610 00:30:30,454 --> 00:30:33,249 Told us all about how she was asking about the fires 611 00:30:33,332 --> 00:30:34,333 over at his place. 612 00:30:34,750 --> 00:30:37,002 And then the next thing you know, poof, 613 00:30:37,086 --> 00:30:38,796 up goes his shed. 614 00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:41,173 Go on and tell me that’s a coincidence. 615 00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:43,175 No one’s going to feel safe in this town 616 00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:44,343 until she’s arrested. 617 00:30:45,678 --> 00:30:48,430 I’ve had Nate raise the ceiling on our insurance 618 00:30:48,514 --> 00:30:51,183 and I’m gonna put in a new safe for my jewelry. 619 00:30:51,308 --> 00:30:53,310 Well, I can certainly understand your concern. 620 00:30:53,435 --> 00:30:54,895 You have some lovely pieces. 621 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,313 Thank you. 622 00:30:56,397 --> 00:30:58,023 You know, this ring has been in my family 623 00:30:58,107 --> 00:30:59,149 for two generations. 624 00:30:59,233 --> 00:31:01,819 Oh, it’s beautiful. 625 00:31:01,902 --> 00:31:03,654 My goodness. 626 00:31:03,737 --> 00:31:07,324 Well, didn’t you have some problem a few years back 627 00:31:07,408 --> 00:31:09,201 with some jewelry being stolen? 628 00:31:09,285 --> 00:31:10,286 Yes, it was a necklace. 629 00:31:10,411 --> 00:31:12,413 Charles had given it to me. 630 00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:16,792 A secretary in our employ, Monica Walker, stole it. 631 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,795 We were never able to recover it. 632 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:21,088 Why do you ask? 633 00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:24,592 Would you look at the time? I’ve got to run. 634 00:31:24,717 --> 00:31:26,051 Thank you for the tea, Lydia. 635 00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:29,555 Charles, I certainly hope your leg improves. 636 00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:30,472 Thank you, Jessica. 637 00:31:30,556 --> 00:31:31,515 I’ll get your coat. 638 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:45,863 Ah, just forgot my bag. 639 00:31:45,988 --> 00:31:48,032 Charles, do you remember who the prosecutor 640 00:31:48,115 --> 00:31:50,409 was on the Monica Walker case? 641 00:31:52,703 --> 00:31:56,248 Well, that was Judge Clinton. 642 00:31:56,332 --> 00:32:00,377 He wasn’t a judge then, he was, as you said, the prosecutor. 643 00:32:00,461 --> 00:32:02,212 They made him the circuit court judge, 644 00:32:02,296 --> 00:32:04,965 I think it was the next year. 645 00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:06,258 Yes, of course. 646 00:32:06,342 --> 00:32:07,551 Thank you, Charles. 647 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:24,193 Nate! 648 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:25,486 Oh, my goodness you startled me. 649 00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:26,737 I’m sorry. 650 00:32:28,155 --> 00:32:29,114 What are you doing up here? 651 00:32:29,239 --> 00:32:31,450 Well, I was just about to ask you the same question. 652 00:32:32,368 --> 00:32:34,036 Judge Clinton was insured by my company, 653 00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:36,789 I’ve got to investigate the circumstances of his death. 654 00:32:36,914 --> 00:32:39,875 So like I said, what are you here for? 655 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:41,877 Much the same. 656 00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:47,925 Nate, I wonder if you would stand 657 00:32:48,008 --> 00:32:49,885 right over there for me. 658 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:51,178 Right. 659 00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:55,307 Yes, I was just trying to visualize exactly 660 00:32:55,391 --> 00:32:56,350 how the murder happened. 661 00:32:57,518 --> 00:33:00,145 Now when Judge Clinton’s body was found, 662 00:33:00,229 --> 00:33:02,648 there were wood fragments in his back. 663 00:33:02,773 --> 00:33:05,943 So he must have gone backwards through the window. 664 00:33:06,026 --> 00:33:08,320 You’re about the same height as the judge, aren’t you? 665 00:33:08,404 --> 00:33:09,530 Just about. Why? 666 00:33:10,406 --> 00:33:12,950 Well, it seems to me that he couldn’t have accidentally 667 00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:14,493 fallen through the window. 668 00:33:14,576 --> 00:33:16,912 I mean, the center of gravity is all wrong. 669 00:33:17,246 --> 00:33:20,165 He would have been able to catch himself... 670 00:33:20,249 --> 00:33:23,669 which only confirms that someone must have pushed him. 671 00:33:24,795 --> 00:33:27,506 Someone very strong. 672 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:31,385 Unless whoever it was got up a good run first, 673 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,262 speed would make up for strength. 674 00:33:33,387 --> 00:33:37,099 Well, there’s not much room to run, is there? 675 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:40,728 I mean, how far back would the killer have to be? 676 00:33:40,853 --> 00:33:43,272 Maybe here? 677 00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:47,860 Maybe they waited here and then lunged forward. 678 00:33:47,985 --> 00:33:50,696 Yes, yes that’s it. 679 00:33:50,821 --> 00:33:52,406 That’s very interesting. Thank you, Nate. 680 00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,534 Sure, anytime. 681 00:33:58,954 --> 00:34:01,373 So what does it all mean? 682 00:34:01,457 --> 00:34:05,753 Well, I’ll let you know as soon as I work it all out. 683 00:34:05,878 --> 00:34:09,047 Well, I’ll be on my way, let you get on with your work. 684 00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:13,594 Oh, yes, just one other thing. 685 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,805 Did I hear that you carry all the insurance 686 00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:18,682 for Lydia and Charles Winthrop? 687 00:34:18,807 --> 00:34:20,559 That’s right, for over 20 years. Why? 688 00:34:20,684 --> 00:34:22,436 Just curious, that’s all. 689 00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:27,608 How did I inherit you, which god did I offend? 690 00:34:27,691 --> 00:34:30,152 At a guess, all of them. 691 00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:31,987 Oh, there you are, Sheriff. 692 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:32,988 I need to talk to you. 693 00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:34,323 Mrs. F, what’s up? 694 00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:38,118 Well, I found this in the bell tower. 695 00:34:38,202 --> 00:34:41,663 Now whoever pushed Judge Clinton to his death 696 00:34:41,789 --> 00:34:43,540 must have been hiding there. 697 00:34:44,458 --> 00:34:45,375 Long black hairs. 698 00:34:45,501 --> 00:34:47,252 Mariah Osborn’s got long, black hair. 699 00:34:47,377 --> 00:34:49,213 Andy’s due back from the lab any minute. 700 00:34:49,296 --> 00:34:51,423 I’ll have him take these in for analysis. 701 00:34:51,507 --> 00:34:52,633 And if they check out... 702 00:34:52,758 --> 00:34:54,551 But that’s not all, Sheriff. 703 00:34:54,635 --> 00:34:57,679 I’ve been doing some very serious thinking. I think that I... 704 00:34:57,763 --> 00:34:58,931 Andy, right on time. 705 00:34:59,056 --> 00:35:01,183 I’ve got an errand for you. 706 00:35:01,266 --> 00:35:03,519 Before that, Sheriff, I got something for you. 707 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:05,562 Lab boys came back with a match on that thumb print 708 00:35:05,646 --> 00:35:07,648 we found on Lydia Winthrop’s safe. 709 00:35:07,731 --> 00:35:09,274 Mariah Osborn, right? 710 00:35:09,399 --> 00:35:10,442 Nope. 711 00:35:10,526 --> 00:35:12,820 Some woman named Mary Lynn... 712 00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:14,071 Walker. 713 00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:15,906 Mary Lynn Walker. 714 00:35:16,031 --> 00:35:19,076 Now that’s Monica Walker’s daughter. 715 00:35:19,201 --> 00:35:21,078 That’s what I was trying to tell you. 716 00:35:21,161 --> 00:35:24,581 After almost 25 years, she’s come back to the town 717 00:35:24,665 --> 00:35:27,167 where her mother was disgraced. 718 00:35:27,251 --> 00:35:29,545 And I think that I know why. 719 00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:36,677 [Mariah] After she got out of jail, 720 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:37,970 my mother changed her name. 721 00:35:38,053 --> 00:35:39,471 Mine with it. 722 00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:43,058 We left the state, started over. 723 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:44,768 The past kept following us. 724 00:35:44,852 --> 00:35:46,562 No one would hire her. 725 00:35:46,645 --> 00:35:47,980 She had to take on odd jobs 726 00:35:48,063 --> 00:35:49,273 just to keep food on the table. 727 00:35:49,398 --> 00:35:50,691 She refused to take charity 728 00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:52,484 and she wasn’t a thief, Sheriff. 729 00:35:52,609 --> 00:35:53,777 But she was convicted. 730 00:35:53,861 --> 00:35:55,696 All the evidence was circumstantial. 731 00:35:56,113 --> 00:35:58,115 If Lydia Winthrop hadn’t had friends in high places, 732 00:35:58,198 --> 00:35:59,992 she never would have been convicted. 733 00:36:00,075 --> 00:36:02,494 As it was, Willard Clinton came to her cell 734 00:36:02,578 --> 00:36:04,621 and offered to drop the charges 735 00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:06,498 on grounds of insufficient evidence 736 00:36:06,582 --> 00:36:09,918 in exchange for certain favors. 737 00:36:10,043 --> 00:36:11,461 My mother said no. 738 00:36:11,545 --> 00:36:12,629 And to her dying day 739 00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:15,966 she never set foot in Cabot Cove again. 740 00:36:16,049 --> 00:36:17,134 Neither did I. 741 00:36:18,093 --> 00:36:19,177 Until now. 742 00:36:19,303 --> 00:36:21,263 I had to prove my mother was innocent. 743 00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:23,015 What about the play? 744 00:36:23,849 --> 00:36:25,851 I knew the only way to prove my mother’s innocence 745 00:36:25,934 --> 00:36:28,145 was to get close to the people who knew her. 746 00:36:28,228 --> 00:36:29,229 When I heard about the play, 747 00:36:29,313 --> 00:36:31,440 it seemed like the perfect opportunity. 748 00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:33,734 Rachel Abbott was falsely accused. 749 00:36:34,484 --> 00:36:37,404 Just like my mother and just like me. 750 00:36:37,487 --> 00:36:39,615 I didn’t kill Judge Clinton, Sheriff. 751 00:36:39,740 --> 00:36:41,909 But you did break into Lydia Winthrop’s safe. 752 00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:44,536 Yes, I thought that if I could find the necklace 753 00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:45,871 Lydia said my mother had stolen, 754 00:36:45,996 --> 00:36:47,331 it would prove her innocence. 755 00:36:47,456 --> 00:36:48,540 And did you? 756 00:36:48,665 --> 00:36:49,875 No. 757 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,460 And since you couldn’t prove anything, 758 00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,211 you opted for revenge instead, didn’t you? 759 00:36:53,295 --> 00:36:54,463 No. 760 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:55,964 Nate Parsons investigated that theft, 761 00:36:56,048 --> 00:36:57,925 so you started with a little arson there. 762 00:36:58,008 --> 00:36:59,676 And then you lured Judge Clinton to the bell tower 763 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:00,844 where you shoved him to his death. 764 00:37:00,969 --> 00:37:02,471 No, it’s not true. 765 00:37:02,596 --> 00:37:03,805 I swear it, you have to believe me. 766 00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:05,390 Mariah Osborn, I’m arresting you 767 00:37:05,474 --> 00:37:08,268 for the murder of Judge Willard Clinton. 768 00:37:08,352 --> 00:37:10,312 Andy, put her in the car and read her her rights. 769 00:37:14,816 --> 00:37:17,402 Mrs. F, I want to thank you for your help on this one. 770 00:37:17,486 --> 00:37:19,071 Well, don’t thank me yet, Mort. 771 00:37:19,154 --> 00:37:21,698 You see, I don’t believe that Mariah killed Judge Clinton. 772 00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:23,408 Mrs. F, what are you talking about? 773 00:37:23,951 --> 00:37:25,535 You’re the one that helped lock it down. 774 00:37:25,911 --> 00:37:27,412 The link between Lydia and Judge Clinton, 775 00:37:27,496 --> 00:37:28,830 the hairs in the bell tower. 776 00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:30,165 That’s not true, Mort. 777 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:31,583 I only showed you 778 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,710 that she was Monica Walker’s daughter, 779 00:37:33,794 --> 00:37:35,504 not that she had committed the murder. 780 00:37:35,629 --> 00:37:37,047 Well, are you saying she didn’t? 781 00:37:37,172 --> 00:37:39,049 I’m saying that I don’t know, 782 00:37:39,174 --> 00:37:41,301 but I certainly intend to find out. 783 00:37:57,401 --> 00:37:59,444 Hello, Joe, doing a nice job there. 784 00:37:59,569 --> 00:38:01,029 Well, thank you, Jessica. 785 00:38:01,154 --> 00:38:02,280 What can I do for you? 786 00:38:02,406 --> 00:38:03,907 Well, can I ask you a question? 787 00:38:04,157 --> 00:38:05,492 Oh, sure. 788 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:07,202 You investigated the fire 789 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:09,287 over at Nate Parsons' place, didn’t you? 790 00:38:09,371 --> 00:38:10,706 That’s right. 791 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:12,249 And it turned out to be arson after all. 792 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,669 We found traces of vinyl curing urethane 793 00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:18,839 on the floor near the fire, it’s very flammable. 794 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:20,590 That went first, then the files, 795 00:38:20,674 --> 00:38:21,967 and with all the papers around, 796 00:38:22,050 --> 00:38:24,011 the place went up like a Roman candle. 797 00:38:24,094 --> 00:38:26,555 Vinyl curing urethane. 798 00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:28,432 Where would someone buy that? 799 00:38:28,557 --> 00:38:30,600 Well, almost any hardware store carries it. 800 00:38:30,684 --> 00:38:32,978 It’s used mainly for stripping paint 801 00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:35,605 or refinishing floors, things like that. 802 00:38:35,689 --> 00:38:37,733 Well, thanks, Joe, I appreciate it. 803 00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:39,359 Be sure to say hello to Sarah for me. 804 00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:40,444 I will. 805 00:38:42,070 --> 00:38:43,071 Good. Huh? 806 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,203 Afternoon, Nate. 807 00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:51,872 Mrs. Fletcher, hi. 808 00:38:54,249 --> 00:38:55,500 Well, I guess you heard the news. 809 00:38:55,625 --> 00:38:57,961 Sheriff Metzger arrested that Osborn woman. 810 00:38:58,086 --> 00:39:01,006 Yes, that’s why I’m here. 811 00:39:01,089 --> 00:39:03,341 Since you handled the insurance on Lydia Winthrop’s stolen necklace, 812 00:39:03,425 --> 00:39:05,427 would you still have the files? 813 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:07,763 Appraised value, description, that sort of thing? 814 00:39:07,971 --> 00:39:10,348 Well, I did, but all that stuff got burned 815 00:39:10,432 --> 00:39:11,767 when my shed was torched. 816 00:39:11,892 --> 00:39:13,351 But wouldn’t the main district office 817 00:39:13,435 --> 00:39:15,145 have copies of the claim on microfilm? 818 00:39:18,023 --> 00:39:20,108 How come you’re so interested in all of this, Mrs. Fletcher? 819 00:39:20,233 --> 00:39:21,818 Well, let’s just say I’m curious. 820 00:39:21,943 --> 00:39:22,903 Well, so are a lot of other people. 821 00:39:23,028 --> 00:39:24,863 That’s why company policy says 822 00:39:24,946 --> 00:39:26,823 we can’t give out that kind of information. 823 00:39:26,948 --> 00:39:28,408 Yes, I’m sure that’s policy 824 00:39:28,492 --> 00:39:29,659 but unless the records are sealed, 825 00:39:29,743 --> 00:39:30,619 they remain public. 826 00:39:31,286 --> 00:39:32,537 I imagine it wouldn’t be 827 00:39:32,621 --> 00:39:34,581 too much of a problem to get a subpoena. 828 00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:38,502 All right, I’ll do what I can. 829 00:39:38,627 --> 00:39:40,670 Well, that’ll be fine. 830 00:39:40,754 --> 00:39:43,215 Oh, by the way, you mentioned last year 831 00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:47,135 that you were planning to remodel your house, add a deck? 832 00:39:48,762 --> 00:39:50,055 We changed our minds. 833 00:39:50,138 --> 00:39:51,723 It was too much bother and expense. 834 00:39:51,807 --> 00:39:54,434 We did have the floors done, however, why? 835 00:39:54,518 --> 00:39:56,144 Oh, just more curiosity. 836 00:39:56,269 --> 00:39:57,312 Thanks for your help, Nate. 837 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,523 And let me know when the files come in. 838 00:40:04,277 --> 00:40:06,696 Come on, Mrs. F, we’ve got a lock on this one. 839 00:40:06,780 --> 00:40:09,699 Well, that’s not quite accurate, Sheriff. 840 00:40:09,783 --> 00:40:12,160 Especially since the hair from the bell tower 841 00:40:12,244 --> 00:40:14,329 turned out come from a nylon wig 842 00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:16,790 and not from Mariah’s hair. 843 00:40:16,873 --> 00:40:18,750 Well, I asked Seth to make a few phone calls. 844 00:40:18,834 --> 00:40:20,168 Yes. 845 00:40:20,252 --> 00:40:24,965 Okay, so the hair came from a wig, so? 846 00:40:25,048 --> 00:40:26,925 Why on earth would a young woman 847 00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:31,054 with long black hair want to wear a wig with long black hair? 848 00:40:31,138 --> 00:40:33,223 Why would anyone want to wear it? 849 00:40:33,306 --> 00:40:36,017 Unless they wanted to look like Mariah? 850 00:40:39,563 --> 00:40:41,481 [Charles] I don’t understand what this is all about. 851 00:40:41,690 --> 00:40:45,610 I know but it could be important. 852 00:40:45,694 --> 00:40:47,946 How did you say that you hurt that leg? 853 00:40:48,029 --> 00:40:49,322 I fell down the stairs. 854 00:40:49,406 --> 00:40:50,866 It was slick and I slipped. 855 00:40:50,991 --> 00:40:52,492 And it was slick 856 00:40:52,576 --> 00:40:54,161 because the wooden steps had just been refinished. 857 00:40:54,286 --> 00:40:55,245 Right. 858 00:40:56,705 --> 00:40:59,082 I agree with Charles. Where is all this going? 859 00:40:59,166 --> 00:41:00,834 Surely, you didn’t come all the way out here 860 00:41:00,917 --> 00:41:02,502 just to ask about my husband’s leg? 861 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:04,045 You’re right, Lydia. 862 00:41:04,171 --> 00:41:06,423 I came to talk about the Monica Walker case. 863 00:41:06,548 --> 00:41:07,966 Well, that’s old news. 864 00:41:08,091 --> 00:41:11,219 Oh, perhaps it was, but not anymore. 865 00:41:11,303 --> 00:41:13,180 If it really were old news, 866 00:41:13,263 --> 00:41:16,016 you never would have had to kill Judge Clinton. 867 00:41:16,141 --> 00:41:17,601 -What? -That’s absurd. 868 00:41:17,726 --> 00:41:18,643 I wish it were. 869 00:41:18,727 --> 00:41:19,936 The fact is, Lydia, 870 00:41:20,020 --> 00:41:21,730 you falsified the charges of theft 871 00:41:21,855 --> 00:41:23,064 against Monica Walker. 872 00:41:23,857 --> 00:41:26,193 Your diamond necklace was never really stolen. 873 00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:30,030 The primary diamond is here in this room, 874 00:41:30,113 --> 00:41:32,741 right now in that ring that you’re wearing. 875 00:41:32,824 --> 00:41:37,162 No, this ring was given to me by my great-grandmother. 876 00:41:37,287 --> 00:41:39,122 Oh, the setting is antique, all right, 877 00:41:39,206 --> 00:41:42,792 but the stone itself is an ideal brilliant cut diamond. 878 00:41:44,044 --> 00:41:46,087 They didn’t develop that particular cut 879 00:41:46,171 --> 00:41:48,757 until around the 1920s. 880 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,676 And that’s the cut of your diamond ring, 881 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,386 which means it couldn’t possibly have come 882 00:41:53,470 --> 00:41:54,596 from your great-grandmother. 883 00:41:54,721 --> 00:41:56,473 That proves nothing. 884 00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:59,184 By itself, no. 885 00:41:59,309 --> 00:42:01,394 But it also matches the description 886 00:42:01,478 --> 00:42:04,272 I got from the insurance company this afternoon. 887 00:42:04,356 --> 00:42:05,815 I had to go to the main office 888 00:42:05,941 --> 00:42:09,736 after you torched Nate Parsons’ shed with refinishing fluid. 889 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:11,947 You didn’t want anyone to find out 890 00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:13,448 that you deliberately 891 00:42:13,573 --> 00:42:15,283 let an innocent woman go to jail. 892 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:20,372 I don’t understand. Why? 893 00:42:22,374 --> 00:42:24,042 Jealousy. 894 00:42:24,209 --> 00:42:26,044 This is your boat, the Lucky Charm, isn’t it? 895 00:42:28,672 --> 00:42:32,300 How long had you been involved with Monica Walker? 896 00:42:37,764 --> 00:42:41,434 Charles, please, if you have anything to say, 897 00:42:41,518 --> 00:42:43,311 please say it now. 898 00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:49,943 I didn’t mean for it to happen. 899 00:42:51,736 --> 00:42:52,654 It just did. 900 00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:58,868 And then she was arrested for stealing Lydia’s necklace, 901 00:42:58,952 --> 00:43:02,372 I felt she was just using me. 902 00:43:05,292 --> 00:43:06,668 Lydia, how could you? 903 00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:10,380 Because I thought I’d lose you. 904 00:43:11,798 --> 00:43:15,051 We worked so hard to build a life for ourselves. 905 00:43:15,176 --> 00:43:16,845 Unfortunately, you enlisted 906 00:43:16,928 --> 00:43:18,638 the support of Willard Clinton, 907 00:43:18,722 --> 00:43:21,975 the prosecuting attorney, possibly promising him help 908 00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:24,185 when he ran for the circuit court judge. 909 00:43:24,853 --> 00:43:27,731 Yes, but then it was over. 910 00:43:27,856 --> 00:43:31,234 And I could live my life the way I was meant to. 911 00:43:31,359 --> 00:43:34,487 And then she came back here. 912 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:35,989 Mariah Osborn? 913 00:43:36,114 --> 00:43:37,615 Yes. 914 00:43:37,782 --> 00:43:40,118 Different name, but I knew exactly who it was. 915 00:43:41,328 --> 00:43:42,912 When I walked in on you two together, 916 00:43:43,038 --> 00:43:46,833 Charles, the pain of all those old memories came back. 917 00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:49,627 And then when I saw her with Willard Clinton, 918 00:43:49,711 --> 00:43:53,673 working him just like her mother worked you, 919 00:43:53,757 --> 00:43:55,425 I knew it was just a question of time 920 00:43:55,508 --> 00:43:56,801 before he’d tell her everything. 921 00:43:56,926 --> 00:43:59,137 So you sent Judge Clinton that note. 922 00:43:59,220 --> 00:44:00,930 And went to the bell tower dressed 923 00:44:01,014 --> 00:44:04,809 as Mariah in a black wig in case anyone might see you? 924 00:44:04,893 --> 00:44:07,270 Maybe even hoping someone would? 925 00:44:07,395 --> 00:44:09,606 [Lydia] Yes, God help me. 926 00:44:16,071 --> 00:44:20,575 Oh, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. 927 00:44:42,639 --> 00:44:43,973 I can’t thank you enough 928 00:44:44,057 --> 00:44:45,934 for everything you’ve done, Jessica. 929 00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:48,103 Well, your mother was ill-served 930 00:44:48,311 --> 00:44:50,355 by this town 20 years ago, Mariah. 931 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,649 It owed you and her a second chance. 932 00:44:52,774 --> 00:44:54,109 Well, it helps me to understand 933 00:44:54,192 --> 00:44:56,069 why she loved this place so much, 934 00:44:56,152 --> 00:44:57,737 before it went bad for her. 935 00:44:57,821 --> 00:44:59,406 It even gives me a better feel for Rachel Abbott. 936 00:44:59,531 --> 00:45:01,116 Good. 937 00:45:01,199 --> 00:45:02,700 Who knows? Maybe one of these days 938 00:45:02,784 --> 00:45:05,495 even the spirit of Rachel Abbott will find peace 939 00:45:05,578 --> 00:45:07,497 with the good people of Cabot Cove. 940 00:45:07,622 --> 00:45:09,958 Curtain going up, everybody. 941 00:45:10,041 --> 00:45:11,376 -Places! -Good luck. Go, break a leg. 942 00:45:11,459 --> 00:45:12,335 Thank you. 943 00:45:13,795 --> 00:45:15,880 You're not too nervous, are you, Seth? 944 00:45:15,964 --> 00:45:18,633 Jess, it is a nightmare. 945 00:45:18,716 --> 00:45:21,261 The paint is still wet on the flats. 946 00:45:21,344 --> 00:45:23,012 We need another week of rehearsal. 947 00:45:23,096 --> 00:45:24,597 The costumes don’t fit. 948 00:45:24,722 --> 00:45:26,558 Oh, it’s gonna be fine. 949 00:45:26,641 --> 00:45:27,976 And the good news is, 950 00:45:28,059 --> 00:45:29,769 you don’t have to do it next year. 951 00:45:30,270 --> 00:45:33,273 What, and give up show business?