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I heard it was an accident,
but, good Lord of mercy, trampled by an elephant?
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[Woman]Tonight on Murder She Wrote.
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Hank Sutter's been killed.
It happened early this morning.
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[Muffled Scream]
Stop it!
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You stay away from
my mother or I'll bust you! Hank!
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What's so terrible about making
100,000 a year in New York City?
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I'm not a dress peddler.
Then what are you, Ray!
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Who do you think
could have had a motive?
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He was a leprechaun,
wasn't he?
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- It's dark and evil.
- That's illegal.
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If you think I'm going to stand by
while you railroad a perfectly innocent man,
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you are very sadly mistaken.
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Pick it up.
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It's a big party.
I can see that. Yep.
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[Man]Over here with the tables now.Come on.
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Grandmother,
I love it.
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Alex, it's wonderful!
Thank you.
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I'll reserve my judgment
until the final fitting on Thursday.
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But, Mrs. Fletcher,this is the final fitting.
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- Thursday. 10:00.
- Grandmother?
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Carol, this gentleman
was your choice.
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Now let me salvage
what I can. Mother.
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- Is this the handkerchief you meant?
- The one with the Chantilly lace?
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Yes, that's it.
Oh, good.
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Then we have
the something borrowed.
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All we need
is the something old.
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Well, Great-aunt Amanda
has offered the white silk gloves she wore when she was married.
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No, I'm going to wear
Grandfather's lodge ring.
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Oh, well, Carol,
it's only natural you'd be thinking of your grandfather now-
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It isn't natural at all.
It's silly romanticizing.
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- For heaven's sakes,he's been dead for 10 years. - Grandmother-
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We'll discuss this later when
we have a little more privacy.
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[Car Door Opening]
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Oh! Oh, my.Look who's here!
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It's our very own celebrity.
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- AuntJessica?
- And only three days early.
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At my request.
Well, I wasn't at all sureshe'd come.
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Oh, dear. I guess
I better put her at table three with the undersecretary.
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At table two with
Senator Fry, Audrey.
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As long as she's here,
you might as well make the most of her.
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[Doorbell Chimes]
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Thank you.
[Sighs]
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Jessica! Oh!
Howard! [Laughs]
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My goodness,
you look wonderful.
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[Laughs]
I look dreadful but, uh, thanks for the insincerity.
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Well, are you happy
or relieved that your only daughter is getting married?
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Well, I'm not sure yet, Jess.
[Laughs]
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I can't believe it.
Has it really been five years since you were here last?
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Just before Frank died.
I feel awful we haven't kept in touch more,
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but Audrey and Constance-
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Well, the social obligations,
never a minute's peace.
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It was great of you
to come. Nonsense.
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I wouldn't have missed
Carol's wedding for the world. Or a chance to see you.
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You know, I've always
loved that portrait of Neil.
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There's so much of Frank in it.
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Jessica, my dear,
how nice to see you. Constance.
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Where have you been
keeping yourself?
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Oh, don't you look wonderful!
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I mean,
success really becomes you.
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We would have been devastatedif you had failed to cometo the wedding.
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How was your flightdown from Vermont?
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- Maine.
- Of course.
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We want to hear all about what
you've been doing. [Constance] After you've settled in.
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- You must be tired from your trip.
- No, not really.
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You will be up toa small dinner party tonight?
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Just a few close friends.
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Oh, and they're dying
to meet you. As I was saying to Senator Fry just-
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Audrey and I have
a few wedding things to tend to.
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Get some rest
and we'll talk to you later.
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Howard, makeJessica comfortable.
Audrey, dear.
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As you can see, Constance hasn't
changed much either. No.
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Would you like to see
your room? I'd rather see Carol first.
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Oh, AuntJessica,
I'm so grateful to you.
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To me? For what?
For convincing me to wait.
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You remember, I was all set
to jump into marriage just to get away from this place.
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Oh, you mean all those
midnight telephone calls to Cabot Cove?
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No, no, no, no, no.
You did your own convincing.
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Your being here
makes it perfect. I mean, almost perfect.
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All it needs is Uncle Frank.
And Grandfather.
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Yeah, well,
let's just pretend that they're both here.
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[Knocking]
Excuse me.
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Oh, thank you.
The wedding gifts keep coming.
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I think we've invited
the entire District of Colombia. [Laughs]
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- Oh, you're gonna love Clay.
- I know I will.
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Of course, Grandmotherdoesn't approve ofhim.
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You should have seen the ones
she's tried to pick out for me.
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And how does
your father feel? About Clay?
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Absolutely adores him.
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Poor Daddy, all he's had to
put up with for our sake.
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Carol?
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[Mumbles]
No.
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What is it?
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- This is from Grandfather.
- Neil? Oh, no, child.
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I know, I know, he's dead.
Or he's supposed to be.
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But no one else knew.
Knew what? It-It looks like a little leprechaun.
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When I was a little girl,
Grandfather used to say that when I got married,
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a leprechaun would come
to my wedding and bring me the gift of a happy life.
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He said it was our secret,
and that no one could ever know.
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No. This has to be
some sort of a coincidence.
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Look, there's no card.
There's no return address.
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He's alive. I know it.
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You know it too,
don't you?
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Frank was devastated
when he heard about Neil's boating accident.
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He-He never could believe
that his brother was dead.
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Cat... Cat-lin...
Catlinburg, Arkansas.
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Well, that's a start.
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Carol, the family
must not know about this.
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I'll invent some reason.
My publisher. AuntJess-
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One way or the other,
I'll be back for the wedding.
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Okay.
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So what do ya say, slugger?
How was practice?
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Brad says I've got a
Pete Rose swing and a hustle.
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- Hittin' 'em big, huh?
- Real big.
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Say, what's with Brad?He gettin'off dead centerwith your mom?
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Not yet,
but he's sure workin' at it.
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Charlie?
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Katie.
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Do you know I was thatclose to askin'if it wasn'ttime for his geography studies.
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That is exactly what it is.
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In fact,
it's that much past the time.
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Aw, Mom.
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Well, maybe you'd rather the stateorder me to send you to school.
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I'm gone.
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See ya, Charlie.
See you later.
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I hope he wasn't pestering you, Carl.
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Pestering? You're talkin'
to Blinky the Clown.
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Where'd I be without Charlie aroundto pump me up every day, huh?
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That goes for his mom too.
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Aw, that means a lot to Charlie.
To both of us.
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Mean a lot more comin'
from somebody younger.
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[Animals Clamoring]
[Man] I got a sick snake here-
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[Woman]
Y'all got a sick something-
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[Man #2]
Comin' through here, comin' through-
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[Laughing]
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Ho, Katie. Katie!
Hi, Brad.
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Hey, look, you know,
Charlie and me, we found this-this great lake.
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You know, we were out there
practicin' ball.
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We were figurin' on gettin' up
early tomorrow mornin' and doin' a little fishin'.
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I thought maybe we could
make a little room for ya if you'd like to come.
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Oh, no, I'm working on
a new wire-stunt,
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and my timing is
just a little off. L-
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I really oughta put in
some extra practice.
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Hey, no problem.
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Well, we'll bring a mess home
for supper then anyway.
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You just bring him homein time for school work, okay.
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Bye, Brad.
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Kaneally.
The lady's out of your league.
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Well, I guess that makes
two of us then, huh, Sutter?
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- You check the rigging
on the main tent? - That's just where I was headin'.
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Not until I had to tell ya.
Move it!
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A silver leprechaun, eh?
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About so-high. I couldn't find one
in either one of the stores in town.
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Well, you're not gonna find
one here either, ma'am.
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I had one in stock for months.
I sold it last week.
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Fast talkin' salesman
from up north.
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He got me to buy it.
He said it would be a smart seller.
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It sat there in that showcase
since mid-February.
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You didn't sell it
to this man by any chance?
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Could have been him.
Could have not.
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Then he wasn't from Catlinburg?
Nope.He was a stranger.
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Probably a visitor, 'cause he
come in here three times over a week before he decided to buy.
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That was, uh,
that was last Friday.
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Thank you.
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[Door Opens]
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Ah, excuse me, sir.
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That-That circus.
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Afraid you missed it, ma'am.
Left town... last Sunday night.
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Yes. Would you, uh,
would you have any idea where it went?
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[Laughing]
??[Circus]
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Nobody can fault your taste,
tomcat.
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I can't say the same for the way
you sniff around back alleys.
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Get off my back, Maylene.
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Let me know if you're cominghome tonight.
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I'd hate to shoot you
coming through the door.
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[Crowd Gasping]
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[Applause]
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Well, how about this
for a house?
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Hmm. Harry Kingman
must have overlooked this charming little village.
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[Laughs]
Come on, gloomy gus. Edgar, be realistic.
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These whistle-stops can't
support two shows.
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Not when one's got
the size and splash of Kingman's.
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He's no more circus-folk
than the man in the moon.
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He'll fade. Mark me.
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One day that boy of mine
will be passing the reins on to his son.
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Yes, yes, Dr. Harris, I understand.
I just-
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Look, give it to me plain and simple.
What did the tests tell you?
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Ladies and gentlemen,
the graceful,
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artful and death-defying
Princess Maria!
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And now, ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,
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those madcaps of the midway,lunatics oflaughter,
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the cunningly capricious,
cleverly comedic, clamorous,
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cavorting and cacophonicCarmody Family Circus Clowns!
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[Drumroll]
Featuring... Blinky!
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[Applause]
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[Clowns Clamoring]
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Okay, thanks.
If anything develops, let me know.
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Well, we have the same location
in Bartlesfield as last year.
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I just talked to Mother.
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- Well, how is New York's
most famous fashion lady? - The same.
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Are we gonna go over it now,
or do we save this for pillow talk?
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Skip it.
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She started again, right?
Ray, come on.
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She knows what you know
and what I know.
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You can't keep this creaky
showboat afloat forever. We're going under.
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You finished?
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What's so terrible about making
100,000 a year in New York City?
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I'm not a dress peddler-
Then what are you, Ray?Please tell me.
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What is the secretthat's burying you here?
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You're miserable and you know it.
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Ray, what's going on?
Why won't you tell me?
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Well, she's not circus-people, Son.
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She never was, never will be.
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One, please.
Show's almost half over.
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Oh, I'm sure
there's still lots to see.
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By the way, do you happen
to recognize that man?
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- Could be Carl, younger, of course.
- Carl?
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Uh, no, that ain't him.
Sorry, lady, I can't help you.
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- But you just said-
- Lady, I got a long night ahead of me.
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Well, evening, Daniela.
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Been making yourself scarcethese past few weeks. Have I?
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No need to, honey.
When a thing's over, it's over.
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I know.
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It's just enough being there
when you're needed.
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By the way, Ray ain't giving any sign
that, uh, he suspects, has he?
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I mean, I ain't seen it.
Stop it!
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Hey, come on.
I was just making conversation.
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That's all.
Listen to me, Sutter.
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00:17:43,162 --> 00:17:45,187
You caught me
when I was hurting.
229
00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:47,391
Okay, I'm not proud of myself,
but it's over.
230
00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:54,431
Mrs. Carmody,
there's over...
231
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,502
and then there's over.
Let go of me!
232
00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:01,274
Let go of me!
233
00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:08,981
You try that againand you're a dead man.
234
00:18:09,055 --> 00:18:12,513
[Laughs]
You're not plannin' on hurtin' ol' Hank are ya, honey?
235
00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:18,292
No, I'm thinking about telling
my husband before you do, and then he'll kill you.
236
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,260
[Applause, Fanfare]
237
00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:31,433
??[Circus]
238
00:18:39,085 --> 00:18:41,315
[Chattering]
239
00:18:41,387 --> 00:18:43,321
Hello?
Hello.
240
00:18:43,389 --> 00:18:46,085
Excuse me, Mr. Carmody?
Yeah, Edgar Carmody, yes, ma'am.
241
00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:48,821
I realize you're very busy
and I don't wanna bother you- Nonsense.
242
00:18:48,895 --> 00:18:50,829
Anything I can do,
you just ask.
243
00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:53,161
But shouldn't you be in there
watchin' the show?
244
00:18:53,232 --> 00:18:58,033
Well, much as I like a good circus,
actually l-
245
00:18:58,104 --> 00:19:01,505
I'm looking for someone,
and I hope that you can help me.
246
00:19:01,574 --> 00:19:04,509
- My name is Jessica Fletcher.
- Fletcher.
247
00:19:04,577 --> 00:19:07,410
Yes. This is a picture-
248
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,142
was a picture-
of my brother-in-law.
249
00:19:10,216 --> 00:19:13,515
His name is- excuse me,
was- Neil Fletcher.
250
00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:16,521
He's a striking looking man,
yes, ma'am.
251
00:19:16,589 --> 00:19:18,716
Perhaps you knew him as Carl?
252
00:19:18,791 --> 00:19:22,921
Carl? Let's see.
Carl?
253
00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:26,692
Sorry. A circus is a busy place.
Folks come and go.
254
00:19:26,766 --> 00:19:30,258
It's the nature of the beast.
Yes, well, l-
255
00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:33,328
I understand your reluctance
to talk to a stranger. Mrs. Fletcher, is it?
256
00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:36,102
I'm sorry but I'm afraid
I can't help you.
257
00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:38,507
Now we did have a Carl Benson.
A roustabout.
258
00:19:38,578 --> 00:19:41,706
But he was a good 20 years youngerthan that picture.
259
00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:44,272
And he quit meover a month ago. I see.
260
00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:46,875
Sorry I can't be of more help.??[Fanfare]
261
00:19:46,953 --> 00:19:51,481
Brad, would you show this lady
to the front entrance? Find her a cab or something?
262
00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:53,923
Excuse me, ma'am.
Okay.
263
00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:57,395
My goodness,
I think I just got the bum's rush.
264
00:19:57,463 --> 00:20:02,025
Yeah, well, Edgar's got this thing
about the payin' public pokin' around where they don't belong.
265
00:20:03,970 --> 00:20:07,167
- Come on.
I'll show you the way out. - Oh that's all right, uh, Brad.
266
00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,038
I'll find my own way.
Thanks anyway.
267
00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:13,304
Okay, boys, get those cats
into the main tent!
268
00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:15,813
We don't wanna hang around here
all night!
269
00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:25,422
It'd take six monthsof crowds like tonightto make this outfit well again.
270
00:20:25,491 --> 00:20:28,289
"Well" is somethin'
it's never gonna be.
271
00:20:28,361 --> 00:20:31,558
Hey, don't wait up for me.
I'm gonna run a check on some of the equipment.
272
00:20:31,631 --> 00:20:34,691
Oh yeah?
Who's the lucky one tonight?
273
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:37,827
You got a way about you,
don't you, Maylene?
274
00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:41,168
- You're hurting her.
- You stay out of this, or I'll rearrange your face.
275
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,107
Oh for Lord's sakes, stop it!
You just go do what you got to do.
276
00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:47,407
I don't care. Go on.Get! Get out of my sight!
277
00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:51,945
Louisiana?
Baton Rouge.
278
00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:53,918
- Maryland?
- Annapolis.
279
00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:55,578
- Oregon?
- Salem.
280
00:20:55,655 --> 00:20:57,680
- Idaho?
- Boise.
281
00:20:57,757 --> 00:21:01,750
Oh! Sheer genius!
Oh, yeah! [Laughs]
282
00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:07,427
What's this?
283
00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,593
Louisville slugger.
Uh-huh.
284
00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:12,433
He was hot today.
He worked hard.
285
00:21:12,505 --> 00:21:14,439
And he needs a soft place to rest.
286
00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:17,305
Honestly.
287
00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:20,709
All right, okay.
288
00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:22,714
All right. Let's see.
289
00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:28,049
I'll set the alarm for what?
5:30 for your fishing trip tomorrow with Brad?
290
00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,712
I wish you'd go, Mom.
291
00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:33,051
Gotta practice.
292
00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:43,024
I miss your dad too, Charlie.
293
00:21:43,102 --> 00:21:46,367
I'm just not ready
to replace him yet.
294
00:21:48,374 --> 00:21:52,174
But if I was,
it would be somebody like Brad.
295
00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:55,804
[Knocking]
296
00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:02,853
What do you want?
Hey! I told you.
297
00:22:02,922 --> 00:22:05,982
- Stay away from me.
- That's awfully hard to do, Katie.
298
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,356
Hank, I'm not interested.
299
00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:13,922
Now that's not the message I got
when I talked Carmody into hiring you, when you quit Harry Kingman.
300
00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:16,729
Or did you get fired?
I can't remember.
301
00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:19,669
I remember it was faulty rigging
that killed my husband a year ago.
302
00:22:19,739 --> 00:22:21,798
Rigging you were supposed
to have checked.
303
00:22:21,874 --> 00:22:25,332
Hey, honey,we got that all hashed outa long time ago.
304
00:22:25,411 --> 00:22:28,005
A long time for you
to go without a man.
305
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,776
[Muffled Cry]
306
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:34,013
Stop it!
You stay away from my mother or I'll bust you!
307
00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:37,886
Well, lookee here.
A real fightin' terror here, all 80 pounds of him.
308
00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:41,393
I oughta spank your bottom, sonny.
Oh, you touch him and I'll kill you!
309
00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:43,587
Hey, I wasn't gonna hurt the kid.
Will you-
310
00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:45,596
Hank!
Give me that!
311
00:22:45,664 --> 00:22:48,258
I'll give it back to you
when you're man enough to handle it, boy.
312
00:22:48,334 --> 00:22:49,426
Hank.
313
00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:54,098
In fact, I think I'll just keep this
till somebody comes askin' for it...
314
00:22:55,341 --> 00:22:58,538
real nice like.
315
00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,380
Well, now, lookee who's here.
316
00:23:12,458 --> 00:23:15,586
Hello, darlin', you wanna ride?
Come on up.
317
00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:20,031
How about
a little kiss, honey, huh? [Kisses]
318
00:23:20,099 --> 00:23:22,829
You betcha.
Okay, on your way.
319
00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:28,773
Well, hi, there,little princess,
320
00:23:28,841 --> 00:23:30,968
and a warm,
bright good mornin' to ya.
321
00:23:31,043 --> 00:23:33,136
Well, good mornin' back at ya.
322
00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:35,146
My name's Emmaline Polsby.
323
00:23:35,214 --> 00:23:38,206
Polsby's General Store and
Dry Goods in Pullman City.
324
00:23:38,284 --> 00:23:44,189
You're up and at 'em awful early.
Well, store opens 7:00. I had to deliver this here first.
325
00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:49,250
One of your people from the circus,
a Carl somethin', a real pleasant fella...
326
00:23:49,328 --> 00:23:51,296
he bought some things yesterday,
327
00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:54,855
and a shirt and three pairs of socks
got left out of his package.
328
00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:58,267
Well, ain't you the soul of honesty?
329
00:23:58,337 --> 00:24:00,498
You must mean Carl Schumann.
330
00:24:00,573 --> 00:24:03,872
He's likely asleep inhis trailer right now.
331
00:24:03,943 --> 00:24:09,472
Somethin' that can't be said
for a certain lovesick tomcat I could name that stayed out all night.
332
00:24:09,548 --> 00:24:13,644
- How's that?
- Oh, no mind.
333
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,713
It's the gray trailer that way.
You can't miss it.
334
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:22,056
Oh, much obliged to ya.
Take care now, honey.
335
00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:43,243
Hey, Carl?
Yeah?
336
00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:46,443
Hey, you turned in early
last night.
337
00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:49,317
Yeah. Matter of fact, I did.
Problem, Edgar?
338
00:24:49,388 --> 00:24:51,322
Well, maybe.
339
00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:54,917
A woman named Fletcher
came around here last night lookin' for you.
340
00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:57,622
Constance?
No. Ah, Jessica.
341
00:24:57,696 --> 00:25:00,995
She said she was your sister-in-law.
But of course I got rid of her.
342
00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:04,900
Now I hope I did
the right thing. Oh, sure, sure you did, sure.
343
00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:08,997
Too bad though.
In a way, I'd like to have seen her.
344
00:25:10,075 --> 00:25:12,100
I think I made a big mistake,
Edgar.
345
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:14,702
Sent a wedding gift off
to my granddaughter.
346
00:25:14,780 --> 00:25:17,010
I never figured she'd send
Jessica lookin' for me.
347
00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:20,574
Well, you don't have to worry.
She's gone now.
348
00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:27,083
Uh, one more thing, Edgar.
349
00:25:27,159 --> 00:25:30,720
Jessica's a real nice old gal,
but she's persistent as hell.
350
00:25:30,796 --> 00:25:33,094
Well, I'll get rid of her
once and for all.
351
00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:35,292
Nicely, Edgar.
352
00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:37,301
Oh, you bet.
353
00:25:41,307 --> 00:25:43,366
Hello again, Mrs. Fletcher.
354
00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:45,376
Oh, hello, Mr. Carmody.
355
00:25:45,444 --> 00:25:49,107
You know, I think you forgot
to tell me that you had another Carl in your employ.
356
00:25:49,181 --> 00:25:50,978
Carl Schumann.
357
00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:54,417
Yes. And darned if it didn't
slip my mind.
358
00:25:54,486 --> 00:25:58,513
You know, but when I remembered,
why, I just mentioned it to him that I ran into you last night.
359
00:25:58,591 --> 00:25:59,922
But it's a funny thing-
360
00:25:59,992 --> 00:26:02,688
A couple of the boys drove him
into town last night,
361
00:26:02,761 --> 00:26:05,594
put him on a bus,
and he took off for parts unknown. Mr. Carmody!
362
00:26:05,664 --> 00:26:07,791
- Oh, dear.
- Mr. Carmody! Mr. Carmody!
363
00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:10,460
Come quick!
It's Hank Sutter!
364
00:26:12,137 --> 00:26:16,164
[Chattering]
365
00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:30,682
[Chattering]
366
00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:47,764
Should've known better
than to let myself be talked into permittin'...
367
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,774
these lowlife grifters
near my town.
368
00:26:49,842 --> 00:26:52,310
Well, now, folks have been gettin'
a lot of pleasure out of the circus.
369
00:26:52,378 --> 00:26:54,869
The Good Book's got its say
on the subject of pleasure.
370
00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:58,348
The pressure it puts on me,
havin' to deal with things like this- I could have handled it, sir.
371
00:26:58,417 --> 00:27:02,012
Bein' mayor means
takin' responsibility, Len, the bad with the good.
372
00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:05,386
Are the newspaper people here?
Not yet, sir.
373
00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:08,290
This is Edgar Carmody
owns the circus. Uh-huh.
374
00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:11,227
- Where'd it happen?Show me. - Right this way, sir.
375
00:27:15,601 --> 00:27:18,195
Doc says the man's been dead
about four or five hours.
376
00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:21,706
Since 2:00 or 3:00 this morning.
What happened?
377
00:27:21,774 --> 00:27:25,608
He looks to have been
trampled to death by one of the circus elephants.
378
00:27:25,678 --> 00:27:28,670
I heard it was an accident,
but good Lord of mercy, trampled by an elephant?
379
00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:33,013
It was a Katie McCallum,
high-wire performer, found the body.
380
00:27:33,085 --> 00:27:35,383
I'll have a talk with her.
381
00:27:35,454 --> 00:27:37,422
Everybody's been accounted forexcept for two people.
382
00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:41,653
One of them is my roustabout,
Brad Kaneally, and young Charlie McCallum.
383
00:27:41,727 --> 00:27:44,161
They went fishing this morningat 5:30.
384
00:27:44,229 --> 00:27:46,663
- We'll check 'em out.
- You do that. I've got work to do.
385
00:27:47,733 --> 00:27:49,826
Len, you sure you notified
the newspaper?
386
00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:52,462
Yes, sir.
Is there anything else I need to know before they get here?
387
00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:54,665
I mean I want to be filled in
on everything. Excuse me.
388
00:27:54,740 --> 00:27:56,674
I'd like to suggest-
Ma'am?
389
00:27:56,742 --> 00:28:00,405
- Well, I just thought you might want
to talk with the elephant handler. - What county we hearin' from here?
390
00:28:00,479 --> 00:28:03,004
Oh, I'm Jessica Fletcher.
Well, Jessica Fletcher,
391
00:28:03,082 --> 00:28:06,916
- if you'll just wait till I'm ready
to talk to you- - Oh, yes, yes, of course.
392
00:28:06,985 --> 00:28:12,184
But I thought you should know
there is not a trace of blood on any of those elephant's feet.
393
00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:16,421
- Come here. Let me show you.
- Len, Sheriff, you handle this.
394
00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:24,160
There. You see,
they're all like that.
395
00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:30,467
What do you think?
Well, I think he was given a very vicious beating.
396
00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,067
With what?
Couldn't hardly have been a man's fists,
397
00:28:33,145 --> 00:28:35,079
and there's no murder weapon
in sight.
398
00:28:35,147 --> 00:28:37,081
Well, maybe the killer took it
with him.
399
00:28:37,149 --> 00:28:39,879
I don't think the mayor's gonna
like this.
400
00:28:39,952 --> 00:28:44,116
Just what I need! A murder case!
With my reelection comin' up in four weeks.
401
00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:46,714
I can handle the investigation,
Mr. Mayor. I'll do it myself.
402
00:28:46,792 --> 00:28:49,659
Now have the murder scene roped off.
And then I want- Sir, I'm sure that I can-
403
00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:52,128
Son, have you got a hearin'
problem?
404
00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:55,189
Now I told you.
I'm takin' personal charge here.
405
00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:59,199
And the first thing I'm gonna do
is close you down.
406
00:29:00,539 --> 00:29:02,336
You can't do that.
That's illegal.
407
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:06,104
Mister, you're gonna learn real quick.
Nothin' I do in this town is illegal.
408
00:29:06,178 --> 00:29:08,169
You think otherwise,
go talk to the judge.
409
00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:10,579
I can arrange a meetin.He's my father-in-law.
410
00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:13,982
I've got bills to pay,
salaries, obligations-
411
00:29:14,052 --> 00:29:18,751
And I have got a murder to solve,
which I'll start doin' by interrogatin' witnesses.
412
00:29:20,392 --> 00:29:23,020
Beginnin' with the one
who seems to have all the answers.
413
00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:25,086
Bring her.
414
00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:31,759
I'll say it right now, Katie.
It's dark and evil.
415
00:29:31,837 --> 00:29:33,828
And it is God's own curse.
416
00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:35,897
Oh, Maylene.
417
00:29:35,974 --> 00:29:37,999
All that's been happenin'theselast months-
418
00:29:38,076 --> 00:29:41,944
the tiger gettin' loose,
that bleacher fire,
419
00:29:42,014 --> 00:29:44,505
and the main tent pole
splinterin' like it done,
420
00:29:44,583 --> 00:29:48,314
all the rest... and now this.
421
00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:50,582
Those were just accidents.
422
00:29:50,656 --> 00:29:54,148
Oh, shoot, honey.You don't believe that.
423
00:29:54,226 --> 00:29:57,627
Maylene, look,
I know you're upset, but I can't- No, honey.
424
00:29:57,696 --> 00:30:01,462
I'm not upset.
What I am is free.
425
00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:04,058
I'm free to leave.
426
00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:08,903
I've been wantin' shed
of here for a long time.
427
00:30:08,974 --> 00:30:14,537
Hank was a flat-out no-count cheat,
and I am glad he's dead.
428
00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:19,045
And he won't be makin' life miserable
for you no more neither.
429
00:30:21,086 --> 00:30:25,580
If you've got no connection
with these fly-by-nights, just what were you doin' here?
430
00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,922
I thought someone I once knew
was with the circus.
431
00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:33,796
And?
Well, everyone I talked to assured me that he wasn't.
432
00:30:33,866 --> 00:30:35,857
And just maybe he was
the dead foreman.
433
00:30:35,934 --> 00:30:38,232
Why were you lookin'for him?
434
00:30:38,303 --> 00:30:41,170
- Well, I wasn't looking for him.
- And how do I know that?
435
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,936
Because I just told you.
436
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:52,613
And there'll be a lot more
you'll be tellin' me before this investigation's over.
437
00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:55,118
[Charlie]What are we gonna tell her?
438
00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:57,314
We got outsmarted
by a bunch of ol' bass, all right?
439
00:30:57,389 --> 00:31:01,291
And next time,
you know that old broken down wharf on the other side of the lake?
440
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,658
Yeah.
We'll try that spot next time.
441
00:31:03,729 --> 00:31:07,130
Brad.
Hey. Hey, what's with the cop car?
442
00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:10,760
Hank Sutter's been killed.
It happened early this morning.
443
00:31:10,836 --> 00:31:14,567
At first, they thought one
of the elephants had trampled him. But now they say he was beaten to death.
444
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,904
Police have been lookingfor you and Charlie.
445
00:31:19,144 --> 00:31:21,078
That's crazy.
446
00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:26,582
[Sighs]
They keep us shut down much longer, you might just get your wish.
447
00:31:26,652 --> 00:31:29,450
Oh, come on, Dad.
Daniela did not mean anything by that.
448
00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:32,888
You said the advance ticket sales
in Shaftersville were pretty good.
449
00:31:32,958 --> 00:31:36,416
Yeah. Chad Richards is calling in
an update this afternoon. What should I tell him?
450
00:31:36,495 --> 00:31:40,261
Keep booking.
We'll use the money to carry us here.
451
00:31:40,332 --> 00:31:43,267
And if we can't keep
the Shaftersville dates? Then what?
452
00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:47,904
Maybe you'd like to count off
all our options?
453
00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:56,581
[Mayor]Bein'born and bredright here in Pullman City,
454
00:31:56,648 --> 00:32:00,778
I got a real affection
for this town, ma'am, and a healthy suspicion of strangers.
455
00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:03,446
And I don'tjust meanthese circus people.
456
00:32:03,522 --> 00:32:07,151
Mayor, if you're suggesting
that I had anything to do with-
457
00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:11,025
I'm suggestin' that there's somethin'
that's not quite right about you, ma'am, and I mean to figure out-
458
00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:13,360
Sir! I've got somethin'
you oughta hear.
459
00:32:13,432 --> 00:32:17,459
I told you not to interrupt here!
One of the circus people's disappeared.
460
00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:19,629
Lead clown.
Man named Carl Schumann.
461
00:32:19,705 --> 00:32:22,367
Oh, but he couldn't possibly
be involved.
462
00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:25,308
He-he-he left last night.
Before the murder was even committed.
463
00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:29,040
That so?
Get out an A.P.B. On this Carl Schumann.
464
00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:31,776
Yes, sir.
I'm goin' to take a look at his quarters.
465
00:32:31,850 --> 00:32:35,547
Mayor, if you'll just listen
for a moment, I think- You think all you like.
466
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:38,453
Right there in that chair
till I get back. Now, listen up, Sheriff.
467
00:32:38,523 --> 00:32:42,186
I want you contactin'
every police department from here to the state line.
468
00:32:46,298 --> 00:32:48,323
Oh, hello! Brad?
469
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,698
Oh, hello.
Yeah, hello again.
470
00:32:50,769 --> 00:32:52,703
How are ya?
471
00:32:52,771 --> 00:32:55,296
Hey, this is, uh,
this is Charlie. Hello, Charlie.
472
00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:57,842
- What was your name again?
- Mrs. Fletcher.
473
00:32:57,909 --> 00:32:58,898
Right.
474
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,036
Yeah, I'm tryin' to find the sheriff.
475
00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:03,104
I understandhe's looking for me.
476
00:33:03,181 --> 00:33:05,672
I think they headed that way.
477
00:33:05,751 --> 00:33:08,811
I want to get an all points
on a man named Carl Schumann.
478
00:33:08,887 --> 00:33:12,084
Male Caucasian,
mid to late 60s. Height about five-nine.
479
00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:19,489
Lives like a pack rat.
480
00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:24,927
Look at this place.
481
00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:27,130
Seems he left in a hurry.
482
00:33:27,205 --> 00:33:29,400
Wouldn't you
if you just killed a man?
483
00:33:29,474 --> 00:33:31,408
Mayor?
Yeah?
484
00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:33,944
Look here.
Appears one of them clubs is missin'.
485
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,946
Took note of that
soon as I walked in the door.
486
00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,574
Man could do a severe job
of beatin' somebody with one of them things.
487
00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:55,160
[Tires Screeching]
488
00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:15,743
[Jessica]Yeah, I know how busy he is.
489
00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:20,480
Well, I promise you.
This is very urgent, really. [Car Door Opens, Closes]
490
00:34:22,227 --> 00:34:24,695
Yes, he knows who I am.
491
00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:30,967
Jessica Fletcher.Pullman City, Arkansas.
492
00:34:31,036 --> 00:34:34,096
No, he can't get back to me
because the phone in my room is out of order,
493
00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:35,799
and I'm calling youfrom the lobby.
494
00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:42,075
- When you come to a stopping pointin that fascinating article- - Sorry, folks.
495
00:34:42,147 --> 00:34:45,310
- Can I help you?
- My name is Maria Morgana.
496
00:34:45,383 --> 00:34:47,943
My secretary wired
to reserve a suite of rooms.
497
00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:51,113
- Oh, yes, ma'am. I'm afraid-
- Please have the boy get the luggage from the trunk.
498
00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:55,250
Don't have a suite, ma'am.
Don't have a boy to fetch your luggage either.
499
00:34:55,327 --> 00:34:59,058
I do have a double roomwith a private bath.
500
00:34:59,131 --> 00:35:01,861
If Mrs. Morgana were inclinedto accept such accommodations,
501
00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:05,334
she would be bunking with her daughter,
camped with that circus on the outskirts of town.
502
00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:08,338
That so?
[Morgana]Now, my dear man.
503
00:35:08,406 --> 00:35:12,433
I'm sure if you'll check again very,
very carefully,
504
00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:17,175
I know you'll come upwith something. Already have, ma'am.
505
00:35:17,249 --> 00:35:21,185
- A double with a bath.
Overlookin' Main Street. - How, delightful.
506
00:35:21,253 --> 00:35:26,190
My dear friend,
this lady happens to be the foremost fashion designer in the world.
507
00:35:26,258 --> 00:35:30,217
Sonny, look close.
I've got one double.
508
00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:34,721
[Jessica]Andrew?
509
00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:37,427
Oh, thank heavens!
510
00:35:37,502 --> 00:35:41,302
Yes, it's me.
I'm in Pullman City, Arkansas.
511
00:35:41,373 --> 00:35:43,307
No, I'm not in trouble,
512
00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:47,402
but I may need
a top-notch detective agency to find a missing relative.
513
00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:51,074
And I may also need
a good criminal lawyer.
514
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,810
Hey, Bert.
515
00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:56,081
- Guess that murder hullabaloo's
over 'fore it started. - How's that?
516
00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:59,487
Well, they caught that circus clown
that done it over at the Groverton bus depot.
517
00:36:22,981 --> 00:36:26,940
- Jessie, aw, Jessie.
- Neil.
518
00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:29,782
Jessie, I'm sorry.
519
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:32,345
I'm so sorry.
520
00:36:32,424 --> 00:36:36,019
Oh, the times I wanted
to pick up a phone and call you and tell you-
521
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:40,389
I couldn't.
522
00:36:40,465 --> 00:36:43,957
Oh, you look
absolutely wonderful!
523
00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:48,129
I can't believe I'm standing here,
looking at you like this.
524
00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:51,937
It was the leprechaun, wasn't it?
I knew it. I knew it.
525
00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:55,242
I almost didn't send it.
526
00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:57,713
But how could I let my little
granddaughter's wedding go by...
527
00:36:57,782 --> 00:37:01,274
without letting her know I loved her,
and I was thinking about her.
528
00:37:01,353 --> 00:37:03,878
L-I try to get
the Washington papers whenever I can,
529
00:37:03,955 --> 00:37:06,185
and when I saw the announcement,
530
00:37:06,258 --> 00:37:11,093
well, just my luck to have
a crack mystery writer for a sister-in-law.
531
00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:14,855
You know you never fooled Frank.
532
00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:19,129
He always thought
that you were still alive.
533
00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:22,139
Well, we always were
two of a kind.
534
00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:31,304
Jessie, when Frank died,
it almost killed me.
535
00:37:31,383 --> 00:37:35,547
He was much too young.
It just wasn't fair.
536
00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:40,391
I was there, you know.
At the funeral.
537
00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:42,119
Oh, I was standing way off.
538
00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:45,856
Not close for anybody
to see me or recognize me.
539
00:37:46,898 --> 00:37:50,664
After all of you were gone,
I put some flowers on his grave.
540
00:37:52,837 --> 00:37:56,898
The yellow roses!
I should have known.
541
00:37:57,909 --> 00:38:02,346
Neil, sit down.
You have to tell me what happened.
542
00:38:02,414 --> 00:38:04,348
[Groans]
What is it?
543
00:38:04,416 --> 00:38:07,044
It's nothing, dear.
I bumped it. That's all.
544
00:38:08,553 --> 00:38:10,487
Well, where to start?
545
00:38:11,690 --> 00:38:15,683
Jessie, I never wanted to hurt anyone,
especially Frank and you.
546
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,593
But I couldn't take it anymore-
547
00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:23,498
a cold and grasping wife,
a foolish and vacuous daughter.
548
00:38:24,669 --> 00:38:28,537
What time I had left
I wanted to enjoy. And I have.
549
00:38:28,606 --> 00:38:33,009
Roaming the country,
these last years in the circus.
550
00:38:34,913 --> 00:38:39,282
Yes, I took the boat out,
blew it up to make it look like I'd been killed.
551
00:38:40,285 --> 00:38:43,652
Cashed in my life insurance
policy weeks before.
552
00:38:43,722 --> 00:38:45,713
Constance and Audrey
got everything else.
553
00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:47,985
That's all they ever wanted
from me anyway.
554
00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:51,688
But you could have gotten a divorce.
I mean, why this elaborate charade?
555
00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:56,496
I wanted to end it quickly,
cleanly, permanently.
556
00:38:56,568 --> 00:38:59,093
A new name. A new life,
which I've had.
557
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:01,604
Yes. Neil-
Jessie.
558
00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:05,905
If you love me,
you'll see that all this stays between us.
559
00:39:05,977 --> 00:39:08,241
I don't want Constance
to know a thing.
560
00:39:08,313 --> 00:39:11,407
Oh, that should be the least of
your concerns.
561
00:39:11,483 --> 00:39:13,417
You've been arrested.
You're in jail.
562
00:39:13,485 --> 00:39:16,784
Jessica, leave it lay.
Stay out of it. [Door Clanging]
563
00:39:16,855 --> 00:39:19,449
Let it lay? Neil, you-
564
00:39:19,524 --> 00:39:22,584
Look, you are under
arrest on a murder charge.
565
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:26,187
[Mayor]You open that damn doorright now!
566
00:39:26,264 --> 00:39:28,960
What in the name of creation
was in your head, lettin' that damn civilian in there?
567
00:39:30,335 --> 00:39:32,860
Get yourself out of here
right now, woman! Mayor Powers-
568
00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:35,838
Now! Before I say somethin'
we'll both regret.
569
00:39:35,907 --> 00:39:39,070
I'll do everything I can
to clear you, Neil. Stay out of it, Jessie.
570
00:39:39,144 --> 00:39:43,205
You listen to him, lady.
And you listen to this- You stay out of police business.
571
00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:45,909
You could benefit
from the same advice, Mr. Mayor.
572
00:39:45,984 --> 00:39:47,918
Lady, you're on thin ice.
573
00:39:47,986 --> 00:39:52,514
If you think I'm gonna stand by
while you railroad a perfectly innocent man...
574
00:39:52,590 --> 00:39:55,582
for a crime that he did not commit,
my-brother-in-law or not,
575
00:39:55,660 --> 00:39:58,356
you are very sadly mistaken.
576
00:40:05,870 --> 00:40:08,100
[Knocking]
577
00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:13,641
Mother!
I have just come from a shanty-on-wheels,
578
00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:17,613
which some misguided person
described to me as your living quarters.
579
00:40:17,682 --> 00:40:21,448
Daniela, for the sake of my sanity,
please tell me that I was misinformed.
580
00:40:21,519 --> 00:40:25,285
Long white trailer, gray trim,
geraniums in the window box?
581
00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:27,790
- Good Lord. Daniela!
- Mother!
582
00:40:27,859 --> 00:40:31,955
If poverty is an insufficient motive,at least this murder should convince youto come home.
583
00:40:32,030 --> 00:40:34,294
Her home is here.
584
00:40:36,201 --> 00:40:38,863
Correction, Raymond.
Her home is with you.
585
00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:41,235
And where you should beat the moment...
586
00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:45,003
is not panhandling your waythrough the state of Arkansaswith this flea-bitten menagerie.
587
00:40:45,076 --> 00:40:47,772
Whoops.
I smell another job offer coming on.
588
00:40:47,846 --> 00:40:52,112
Well, of course.
I'm no fool and neither are you.
589
00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:56,620
Not the number two man
in his graduating class from Harvard Business School.
590
00:40:56,688 --> 00:41:00,647
Maria, if you're so hard up for help,
why don't you go after number one?
591
00:41:00,725 --> 00:41:02,659
Well, I explored the possibility,
592
00:41:02,727 --> 00:41:05,059
but he went
into the banana business in Brazil.
593
00:41:05,129 --> 00:41:07,893
Besides, he's not married
to my daughter.
594
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:09,957
Mother, you're wasting
your time.
595
00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:12,332
Ray's not gonna leave
the circus or his father.
596
00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:15,930
Love and loyalty.
How admirable.
597
00:41:16,007 --> 00:41:18,134
A sentiment
that certainly has its place,
598
00:41:18,209 --> 00:41:20,143
embroidered on a throw pillow.
599
00:41:22,947 --> 00:41:27,043
[Elephant Trumpeting]
[Men Chattering]
600
00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:43,257
- Charlie.
- You got Carl arrested.
601
00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:45,598
You said it was murder
and not an accident.
602
00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:50,107
And now he's in jail.
Oh, no, Charlie. Carl is my friend. Believe me.
603
00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:53,803
I want to help him.
That's true, Charlie.
604
00:41:55,547 --> 00:41:58,414
Edgar told me who you are.
Well, thanks for the vote of confidence.
605
00:41:58,483 --> 00:42:02,214
Carl never mentioned you by name,
but he did talk a lot about his sister-in-law.
606
00:42:02,287 --> 00:42:06,383
You remember?
I don't care who she is. I just know that Carl's in jail.
607
00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:10,689
And unless we can prove
where he was between 2:00 and 3:00 this morning,
608
00:42:10,762 --> 00:42:12,787
Mayor Powers
is going to keep him there.
609
00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:16,095
- Is that when Hank was killed?
- Uh-huh.
610
00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:19,635
I guess that makes us
one of the last ones to see him alive.
611
00:42:19,704 --> 00:42:23,640
- Mom!
- Oh, come on, Charlie.There's nothing to hide.
612
00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:26,404
Hank came to the trailer last night.
He got out of line,
613
00:42:26,477 --> 00:42:29,139
and my fella here ran him off.
It's none ofher business!
614
00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:32,114
My dad wouldn't have gone blabbin' it
to anybody like this!
615
00:42:32,183 --> 00:42:34,117
Charlie!
616
00:42:35,219 --> 00:42:37,779
I'm sorry.
617
00:42:37,855 --> 00:42:40,483
My husband was killed
in a high-wire fall last year,
618
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:43,288
and Charlie's just trying to be
the man of the family.
619
00:42:43,361 --> 00:42:48,025
Oh, my.
And that is such a big job at his age.
620
00:42:48,099 --> 00:42:51,557
Katie, I just found something.
621
00:42:51,636 --> 00:42:54,400
I can't believe
this is supposed to be this way.
622
00:42:54,472 --> 00:42:57,464
You see,
the link in this elephant's chain has been partially cut through.
623
00:43:02,113 --> 00:43:05,981
You're right. You know,
we've been havin' a lot of accidents lately.
624
00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:08,746
Only this makes it looklike they weren't accidents at all.
625
00:43:10,288 --> 00:43:13,689
Hank? You think
someone saw Hank cutting through the chain?
626
00:43:13,758 --> 00:43:18,388
There's no sign of a hacksaw,
so whoever is responsible must have taken it away.
627
00:43:18,463 --> 00:43:23,457
But if someone had caught Sutter,
don't you think they would have reported the partially cut chain?
628
00:43:23,534 --> 00:43:27,436
I mean, even anonymously,
just to prevent a further accident.
629
00:43:27,505 --> 00:43:30,338
The police have searched
Carl's trailer.
630
00:43:30,408 --> 00:43:33,707
There's no knowing what
they might have found that would have incriminated him,
631
00:43:33,778 --> 00:43:36,906
or what they overlooked
that would clear him.
632
00:43:36,981 --> 00:43:42,009
- Can we get inside?
- Yes. There's a key under the rear bumper.
633
00:43:42,086 --> 00:43:45,021
Me?
Me ramrod the outfit?
634
00:43:45,089 --> 00:43:47,990
I don't think so.
No, I don't think so, Mr. Carmody.
635
00:43:48,059 --> 00:43:51,722
If and when we reopen,I'm gonna need somebodyto take Sutter's place.
636
00:43:51,796 --> 00:43:54,526
You're the best man
for the job, Brad. No. Uh-uh.
637
00:43:54,599 --> 00:43:57,500
- Sorry.
- Carmody!
638
00:44:01,339 --> 00:44:03,466
Well, Kingman,
what are you doing here?
639
00:44:03,541 --> 00:44:05,532
Oh, I heard about
your troubles.
640
00:44:05,610 --> 00:44:07,805
You came down from Star City
to commiserate.
641
00:44:07,879 --> 00:44:11,212
Pine Bluff.
I moved up the other day for a three-week stand.
642
00:44:11,282 --> 00:44:15,514
I'm just packin' 'em in.
So, you came to gloat, huh?
643
00:44:15,586 --> 00:44:19,488
Edgar, you're good people,
but you gotta smarten up.
644
00:44:19,557 --> 00:44:22,651
Now there's not enough business
out there for both of us.
645
00:44:22,727 --> 00:44:27,221
- I got you outgunned, boy.
Let's talk business. - Forget it.
646
00:44:27,298 --> 00:44:32,668
Between you and the troubles you've been
havin', now this second-rate road show is bein' driven right into the ground.
647
00:44:32,737 --> 00:44:35,865
You're gonna be bankrupt in six months.
I'll buy what's left for a song.
648
00:44:35,940 --> 00:44:38,568
If it's such a second-rate outfit,
why do you want it?
649
00:44:38,643 --> 00:44:41,271
To get rid of the competition,
what else?
650
00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:44,337
Look, you've got a couple of acts
that's worth savin', some animals.
651
00:44:44,415 --> 00:44:46,212
The rest I'd junk.
652
00:44:46,284 --> 00:44:48,582
Some of the rest of these people
have been with me for years.
653
00:44:48,653 --> 00:44:52,419
That's another reason you're broke.
You run this outfit like it was a charity ward.
654
00:44:52,490 --> 00:44:54,583
Get the hell out of here
before I have you thrown out.
655
00:44:55,660 --> 00:44:57,890
I'm staying at the Ozark Inn
for a couple of days.
656
00:44:57,962 --> 00:44:59,953
Now you change your mind,
you just come on by.
657
00:45:00,031 --> 00:45:01,965
Out!
658
00:45:09,774 --> 00:45:11,799
[Jessica]It was a savage beating.
659
00:45:11,876 --> 00:45:14,242
Who do you think
could have had a motive?
660
00:45:14,312 --> 00:45:19,147
One could say just
about everybody, madam. Some more than others.
661
00:45:19,217 --> 00:45:21,378
Jessica Fletcher,
Preston Bartholomew, our ringmaster.
662
00:45:21,452 --> 00:45:24,080
- How do you do?
- Mrs. Fletcher.
663
00:45:24,155 --> 00:45:27,488
Of course, it's my personal opinion that
the police have the wrong man in jail.
664
00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:29,788
Really?
Motive.
665
00:45:29,861 --> 00:45:35,595
Carl's, if indeed he has one at all,
has to be strictly bottom of the barrel. I see.
666
00:45:35,666 --> 00:45:41,627
And when you say that just about
everybody has a motive to kill Hank Sutter, does that include yourself?
667
00:45:41,706 --> 00:45:46,075
Oh, dear heavens, yes.
He and I had our share of run-ins,
668
00:45:46,144 --> 00:45:49,136
but he didn't intimidate me
the way he did the others though.
669
00:45:49,213 --> 00:45:53,013
Maybe because I knew him
when he was a roustabout with Harry Kingman's circus.
670
00:45:53,084 --> 00:45:58,078
A green kid with cotton for brains
and a disposition like cactus juice.
671
00:45:58,156 --> 00:46:01,250
The years didn't improve
either one.
672
00:46:01,325 --> 00:46:04,920
Several of you were
with this Harry Kingman at one time or another.
673
00:46:04,996 --> 00:46:07,021
Mm-hmm.
That's true.
674
00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:10,465
Sutter's wife also.
They met and married there.
675
00:46:10,535 --> 00:46:14,528
Maylene is a delightful girl...
676
00:46:15,540 --> 00:46:17,474
with an atrocious taste in men.
677
00:46:17,542 --> 00:46:19,601
Unfortunately,that small-town mayor...
678
00:46:19,677 --> 00:46:23,169
with the midget mentality
has Carl under lock and key,
679
00:46:23,247 --> 00:46:25,511
and I'm afraid that's where
he's going to stay.
680
00:46:25,583 --> 00:46:28,450
Not if I can help it.
He has not killed anyone.
681
00:46:28,519 --> 00:46:32,216
I'm sorry, Mrs. Fletcher.
You're wrong about that.
682
00:46:33,457 --> 00:46:35,982
This doesn't give me any pleasure,
ma'am, believe me,
683
00:46:36,060 --> 00:46:40,656
but your brother-in-law
told us exactly where we'd find the murder weapon.
684
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,464
Covered with blood too.
685
00:46:45,570 --> 00:46:50,337
Oh, Sheriff, you're wrong.There has to be some mistake here.
686
00:46:50,408 --> 00:46:55,368
No, ma'am. No mistake.
We took his statement an hour ago.
687
00:46:55,446 --> 00:46:59,906
He's already signed a confession,
admittin' to the murder of Hank Sutter.
688
00:46:59,956 --> 00:47:04,506
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