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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,334 --> 00:00:03,564 FEMALE NARRATOR: Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 2 00:00:03,903 --> 00:00:05,996 JARVIS: You must be wondering what kind of a savage world 3 00:00:06,072 --> 00:00:08,165 we live in Down Under, eh, Mrs. Fletcher? 4 00:00:08,241 --> 00:00:09,538 That's what I'm here to find out. 5 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:11,978 BAXTER: Well, you've arrived in the middle of a hornet's nest. 6 00:00:12,045 --> 00:00:14,980 Just remember what happens to anyone that owes me money for too long. 7 00:00:15,081 --> 00:00:18,209 Eamonn McGill was hanged for bank robbery. 8 00:00:18,351 --> 00:00:19,648 JESSICA: Good heavens! 9 00:00:19,719 --> 00:00:22,017 If he ever touches her again, I'll kill him. 10 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:25,680 (LAUGHS) I'm not sure the police would take it that way. 11 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:27,751 Just the Fletcher woman to deal with. 12 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:30,425 JESSICA: You mean, you think that I might be in danger? 13 00:00:30,497 --> 00:00:32,590 Let's try a little outback justice, shall we? 14 00:01:29,889 --> 00:01:31,857 (CAR APPROACHING) 15 00:02:09,162 --> 00:02:10,459 (GRUNTING) 16 00:02:44,397 --> 00:02:45,591 (CAWING) 17 00:02:45,665 --> 00:02:47,030 (GUN FIRING) 18 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:54,605 JARVIS: So, the bauxite mine 19 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:57,438 will not only get some of you layabouts jobs, 20 00:02:57,977 --> 00:03:00,844 it's gonna put Kookaburra Downs on the map so to speak. 21 00:03:01,581 --> 00:03:03,776 And to hell with our sheep, right? 22 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:07,118 Sheepmen have been supporting Kookaburra Downs 23 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:08,848 for two centuries, Jarvis! 24 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:10,321 (ALL AGREEING) 25 00:03:10,723 --> 00:03:13,886 All I'm saying is you gotta move your sheep outta McGill Valley. 26 00:03:14,093 --> 00:03:15,253 Ain't gonna happen. 27 00:03:15,428 --> 00:03:17,726 Outta the best grazing for 30 miles? 28 00:03:17,797 --> 00:03:20,163 Well, Hatchey Creek's just as good. 29 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:22,394 I mean, the council's all behind Dad on this one. 30 00:03:22,669 --> 00:03:25,763 Not quite all, eh, Mayor? 31 00:03:26,072 --> 00:03:28,597 Right, Melba, all but you. Duly noted. 32 00:03:28,908 --> 00:03:31,638 But next week, the town's gonna own the valley. 33 00:03:33,246 --> 00:03:35,077 Not if the McGill woman gets here. 34 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:36,543 (ALL CLAMORING) 35 00:03:36,749 --> 00:03:37,738 That's right. 36 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:40,812 Come on, Roo, not that one again. 37 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:42,578 She'll be here. You'll see. 38 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:45,948 Roo! Roo! She's here! I'll bet this one's her! 39 00:03:46,025 --> 00:03:47,117 JARVIS: Who? 40 00:03:47,193 --> 00:03:49,593 A lady that just got off the Brisbane bus! 41 00:03:49,662 --> 00:03:52,324 She's coming this way, and she'll be right in. 42 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:53,865 There she is. 43 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:16,953 Good day, ma'am. Can I help you? 44 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:19,287 Yes. Uh, I have a reservation. 45 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:20,621 My name is Fletcher. 46 00:04:20,693 --> 00:04:22,456 JARVIS: Oh, how you goin', Mrs. Fletcher? 47 00:04:22,895 --> 00:04:24,419 Tim Jarvis, we spoke on the phone. 48 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:25,862 Oh, yes, of course. 49 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:27,593 Yeah, you're in room number four. 50 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:30,932 That's left at the top of the stairs. 51 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:32,697 I'll get your bag for you if you like. 52 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:36,139 Thanks. Looks as if I came in in the middle of something? 53 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:38,634 No, no, just local politics. 54 00:04:39,412 --> 00:04:43,212 Some of the sheepmen want to stop the mine at McGill Valley. 55 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:44,307 McGill Valley? 56 00:04:45,084 --> 00:04:46,574 You're not related to Eamonn McGill, are ya? 57 00:04:48,054 --> 00:04:49,681 Well, as a matter of fact, 58 00:04:49,756 --> 00:04:52,156 that's what I'm here to find out among other things. 59 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:54,991 Did Mr. Cathcart check in by any chance? 60 00:04:55,061 --> 00:04:56,858 Yeah. Yeah. He's in room number two. 61 00:04:56,929 --> 00:04:59,489 Oh, there's a message for you 62 00:04:59,565 --> 00:05:01,760 from John Molen, he's our librarian, 63 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:03,495 and he's keeper of the local records. 64 00:05:03,936 --> 00:05:05,870 I'll direct you there once you're settled in. 65 00:05:05,938 --> 00:05:06,927 Fine. 66 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:23,516 Oh, Hendrix! Fancy meeting you here. Taking a holiday? 67 00:05:23,589 --> 00:05:26,717 Stuff it. You left Brisbane owing me 40 grand, mate. 68 00:05:26,793 --> 00:05:29,557 No worries. You know, it's not like I'm not gonna pay or anything. 69 00:05:29,629 --> 00:05:31,358 Well, you got that right. 70 00:05:31,431 --> 00:05:34,662 You made me come to this god-forsaken dump to collect my money. 71 00:05:34,734 --> 00:05:35,894 Now, where is it? 72 00:05:35,968 --> 00:05:38,459 I should have it for you any day. 73 00:05:38,538 --> 00:05:39,903 (GROANING) 74 00:05:39,972 --> 00:05:42,634 You were due last week. 75 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:45,443 Well, I'll have it to you by Friday, I promise. 76 00:05:45,511 --> 00:05:47,240 I mean, you know, I'll get it off my dad. 77 00:05:47,313 --> 00:05:50,612 That's why I came back. I mean, get the money, bring it back to Brisbane. 78 00:05:51,150 --> 00:05:52,481 Friday. 79 00:05:52,952 --> 00:05:55,147 Add another 10%, okay? 80 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:01,186 JOHN: Ever since I got your fax, Mrs. Fletcher, 81 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:04,229 I've been getting together everything I could 82 00:06:04,797 --> 00:06:06,355 on your Uncle Eamonn. 83 00:06:06,432 --> 00:06:07,524 Oh, my goodness. 84 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,864 You've certainly gone to a great deal of trouble, Mr. Molen. 85 00:06:09,936 --> 00:06:13,394 Oh, my privilege, local history being a hobby of mine. 86 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:17,109 I'm supposed to meet my lawyer, Simon Cathcart, here today, 87 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:19,041 but he seems to have disappeared. 88 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:20,409 He didn't drop in here, did he? 89 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,779 I'd say that's hardly a mystery worthy of your next Detective Dyson novel. 90 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:24,839 (CHUCKLES) 91 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:26,544 How do you do, Mrs. Fletcher? Colin Baxter. 92 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:27,643 Sergeant. 93 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,745 Cathcart was on his way to McGill Valley yesterday afternoon. 94 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:31,923 Oh. And incidentally, 95 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:34,960 I think that my Detective Dyson would've been more concerned with the fact 96 00:06:35,027 --> 00:06:37,518 that Mr. Cathcart didn't return to his room last night. 97 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:42,258 I wouldn't presume to trespass on your literary expertise, 98 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:45,827 but perhaps he might've decided to spend the night at Woomarra, 99 00:06:46,105 --> 00:06:47,538 at the other end of the valley. 100 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:48,904 Did you find anything, Sergeant? 101 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:51,601 As you said, just a broken window. 102 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:53,201 I better look around. 103 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,771 Apart from the town's financial records being rearranged, nothing's missing. 104 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:58,378 Ah! 105 00:06:58,451 --> 00:07:00,817 Probably just some children up to mischief. 106 00:07:00,953 --> 00:07:02,580 I'll fill out a report anyway. 107 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:06,018 Parents around here tend to let their brats run wild. 108 00:07:07,293 --> 00:07:09,056 If you'll excuse me. 109 00:07:10,663 --> 00:07:12,756 Snotty English git. 110 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:15,167 Where were we? 111 00:07:15,234 --> 00:07:18,032 Now, here is Eamonn McGill, 112 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:19,731 who is my grandmother's brother. 113 00:07:19,806 --> 00:07:22,104 He left Ireland in 1890, 114 00:07:22,175 --> 00:07:24,609 and the family never heard from him again. 115 00:07:24,677 --> 00:07:29,137 Well, he arrived here in 1893. 116 00:07:29,982 --> 00:07:34,749 And within a few years, bought all 130,000 acres of the McGill Valley. 117 00:07:35,855 --> 00:07:37,914 In those days land was going for six pence an acre. 118 00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:39,924 Ten cents. Isn't that amazing! 119 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:42,825 Anyway, he left the land to your grandmother 120 00:07:42,895 --> 00:07:44,328 or her descendants. 121 00:07:44,397 --> 00:07:48,231 And as there didn't seem to be any until Mr. Cathcart tracked you down, 122 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:50,963 the trust is scheduled to expire... 123 00:07:51,037 --> 00:07:53,972 Mr. Cathcart said 100 years after Eamonn McGill's death. 124 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,029 Day after tomorrow. 125 00:07:56,008 --> 00:07:59,102 Then, under the terms of the will, it reverts to the town, 126 00:07:59,178 --> 00:08:01,408 which I'm sure you'll have something to say about. 127 00:08:01,547 --> 00:08:04,880 Yes. I understand that the sheep ranchers 128 00:08:04,951 --> 00:08:07,920 have been leasing the land from the trust. 129 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:10,947 I'll drive you out there if you like. It's beautiful. 130 00:08:11,023 --> 00:08:14,925 Well, perhaps later. I'd really like to know more about Eamonn McGill. 131 00:08:15,461 --> 00:08:20,091 Well, I've got the complete transcript of his trial right here. 132 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:21,497 His trial? 133 00:08:22,902 --> 00:08:24,767 Oh, I assumed you knew. 134 00:08:25,371 --> 00:08:28,772 Your great uncle was hanged for bank robbery. 135 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:34,002 JESSICA: Good heavens! Uncle Eamonn? 136 00:08:36,082 --> 00:08:37,640 What on earth are you talking about, Jarvis? 137 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:40,652 How could a claimant suddenly show up hours before the trust reverted? 138 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,915 And J.B. Fletcher? It's unreal. 139 00:08:45,892 --> 00:08:49,885 Some lawyer by the name of Cathcart just dug her up. 140 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:53,760 And where's this Mr. Cathcart now? 141 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:57,901 That's what Mrs. Fletcher would like to know. 142 00:08:57,970 --> 00:08:58,994 He's got a room upstairs. 143 00:08:59,071 --> 00:09:02,234 Look, Orbit Mining has invested considerable money on your word. 144 00:09:02,308 --> 00:09:04,708 All right, you guaranteed us the Valley. 145 00:09:04,777 --> 00:09:07,109 Those advances we gave you, they weren't charity. 146 00:09:07,179 --> 00:09:08,976 Nick. (CLEARING THROAT) Nick! 147 00:09:10,249 --> 00:09:12,809 Okay, Tim, uh, here's the problem. 148 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:15,487 Head office doesn't know that we've given you any money. 149 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:17,420 They might interpret it as a... 150 00:09:17,490 --> 00:09:18,548 Bribe? 151 00:09:18,624 --> 00:09:19,716 Exactly. 152 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:21,760 So if for any reason Kookaburra Downs 153 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:23,624 doesn't acquire the McGill Valley and give us the contract 154 00:09:23,696 --> 00:09:25,288 to start mining, 155 00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:28,124 I'm afraid you'll have to reimburse us the full amount. 156 00:09:29,602 --> 00:09:32,503 Hey, look, Miss Brock, Mr. Derby, this is a... 157 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:33,630 It's a small bump on the road. 158 00:09:36,642 --> 00:09:38,132 (BELL TINKLING) 159 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:49,747 The word around town is that you're a member of the McGill family, right? 160 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:55,285 Well, maybe a very distant niece. 161 00:09:56,562 --> 00:10:00,225 Good on you. Any kin of his is all right by me. 162 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,427 Melba Drummond. My son, Roo. 163 00:10:02,501 --> 00:10:03,968 How do you do? Hi. Hello. 164 00:10:04,036 --> 00:10:05,025 Cigar? 165 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:07,937 Oh, no, no. No thanks. I'm trying to quit. 166 00:10:08,841 --> 00:10:10,570 Are you here for Eamonn McGill Day? 167 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:14,804 Yes. I guess I am. Uh, what's it all about? 168 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,748 Yearly knees-up to celebrate when he was hanged. Day after tomorrow. 169 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:22,549 He was only trying to get back the money the governor swindled from the town. 170 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:26,285 I'll have you know my grandmum saw him go at a public execution. 171 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:30,386 Terrible thing, but she always said he went out like a real trouper. 172 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,431 Well, that's very comforting. 173 00:10:32,498 --> 00:10:35,729 Mom, get to the real point with Mrs. Fletcher. 174 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:37,393 You're gonna be filing a claim for the valley, right? 175 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:45,908 I really need to talk to Simon Cathcart first, but, yes, there is a possibility. 176 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,506 The town council's gonna make an offer to buy it off you 177 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:53,711 and then turn around and lease it to an American mining company. 178 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:59,690 The Sheepmen's Association would like to be first in with an offer to lease it off you. 179 00:10:59,759 --> 00:11:00,817 Fair price, mind. 180 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:05,524 Here, none of your sales talk on my premises, Melba. 181 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,560 Mrs. Fletcher, don't you believe her when she tells you 182 00:11:10,636 --> 00:11:12,399 the town council's selling out the sheepmen. 183 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:16,239 If and when you take title to McGill Valley, 184 00:11:16,809 --> 00:11:18,333 I would like my innings with you, 185 00:11:18,811 --> 00:11:22,247 on behalf of a truly fine company, Orbit Mining. 186 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:25,077 There you are, Mrs. Fletcher. Ready to go? 187 00:11:25,151 --> 00:11:26,618 Absolutely. 188 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:28,153 Have you got time for a coffee, Dad? 189 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:29,744 Oh, no. Not now, love, no. 190 00:11:29,822 --> 00:11:32,552 Bring us a nice frosty Fosters, would you, love? 191 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:33,990 I thought it was over? 192 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:35,357 It is. 193 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:39,057 Well, you don't have to put up with his cheek then, do you? 194 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:41,389 Mrs. Fletcher? 195 00:11:42,101 --> 00:11:44,831 If it turns out that I have title to the Valley, 196 00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:47,998 I really would be interested to hear more, Melba. 197 00:11:48,908 --> 00:11:50,102 Thanks. 198 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:54,443 Now she's the real McGill. 199 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:56,475 That's McCoy, Mum. 200 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:05,920 Is something bothering you? 201 00:12:05,991 --> 00:12:08,585 Nah. How's she doing? 202 00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:11,891 Good. The antibiotics seem to be working. 203 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:16,427 Couple of days, we'll have you back out there hopping about, mate. 204 00:12:16,502 --> 00:12:18,527 And no more playing on the road. 205 00:12:18,604 --> 00:12:19,764 You know, it's lucky you found her, 206 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:21,568 she would've been a goner for sure. 207 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,505 You saved her, not me. 208 00:12:24,376 --> 00:12:25,900 You hear anything yet? 209 00:12:25,978 --> 00:12:27,969 No. It's too late now. 210 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:31,181 Anyway, I probably don't have what it takes to make it in vet school. 211 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:33,514 You've got the healing touch, Linda. That's what counts. 212 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,417 I wish it was that easy. 213 00:12:35,488 --> 00:12:37,422 You know, I can just see myself in 20 years, 214 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:40,550 still serving cold ones in the Kookaburra Arms. 215 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:42,491 Nothing wrong with that 216 00:12:42,561 --> 00:12:44,586 'cause we'll have a few little nippers by then, won't we? 217 00:12:44,663 --> 00:12:46,961 Donald, when's it going to sink into that pea brain of yours, 218 00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:48,522 we're not getting married. 219 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:49,966 You promised. 220 00:12:50,035 --> 00:12:51,627 I was 12. 221 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:55,504 Yeah. Well, we'll see. Dad needs you out front. 222 00:12:56,175 --> 00:12:57,608 Roo, would you put her back for me? 223 00:12:57,710 --> 00:12:58,870 Yeah. 224 00:12:59,411 --> 00:13:00,639 Thanks. 225 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,371 You still putting crazy ideas in my fianc�e's head? 226 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:06,374 You're the nutter around here, mate. 227 00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:11,219 JOHN: The aborigines believed the spirit ancestors created the present world. 228 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:12,848 JESSICA: During Dreamtime. 229 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:14,187 JOHN: Exactly. 230 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,320 We still call this area Sacred Rocks. 231 00:13:17,396 --> 00:13:20,923 It was a djang, a place of spiritual potency. 232 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:24,294 The elders used to meet here for corroborees. 233 00:13:24,537 --> 00:13:27,665 Now all we get is a few kids out here for a barbi once in a while, that's about it. 234 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:28,900 Shame. 235 00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:31,704 A culture that lasted for 40,000 years 236 00:13:31,777 --> 00:13:34,007 has almost disappeared in 200. 237 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:37,908 John? 238 00:13:38,184 --> 00:13:40,948 Wait. Let me. 239 00:13:44,857 --> 00:13:46,347 (FLIES BUZZING) 240 00:13:50,529 --> 00:13:51,757 Is it... 241 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:56,700 I'm afraid so, Jessica. It's your lawyer, Simon Cathcart. 242 00:13:58,103 --> 00:14:00,469 Oh, my Lord. 243 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:06,706 WOMAN (ON RADIO): Attention, to any vehicle eight to ten code 302. 244 00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:08,371 Can see if anyone else... 245 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:12,348 MAN: BKI from Sierra 301. Correct, we'll dance. 246 00:14:13,152 --> 00:14:17,418 WOMAN: Roger, Sierra 301. Can you tend 127 Prince Street? 247 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:18,854 Burglary in progress. 248 00:14:18,924 --> 00:14:22,291 Mrs. Fletcher? Looks like a single bullet wound to the chest. 249 00:14:23,062 --> 00:14:27,522 Tell me, you came all the way to Australia just to meet Mr. Cathcart? 250 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,559 Well, I was already scheduled for a writers' conference in Sydney, 251 00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:34,401 when he got in touch with me last week in New York. 252 00:14:34,473 --> 00:14:37,067 He told me about the possible inheritance, 253 00:14:37,142 --> 00:14:39,201 and he insisted that I should be here by the fifth. 254 00:14:40,312 --> 00:14:43,372 Well, you've arrived in the middle of a hornet's nest. 255 00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:46,043 These ranchers are a pretty trigger-happy lot. 256 00:14:46,118 --> 00:14:48,916 They've considered themselves outside the law ever since... 257 00:14:50,422 --> 00:14:52,447 Ever since Eamonn McGill? 258 00:14:55,294 --> 00:14:56,818 No reflection on you, of course. 259 00:14:58,197 --> 00:15:01,530 You know, it seems very unlikely to me that one of the sheepmen 260 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,431 would have killed Mr. Cathcart. 261 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:05,436 Well, because he was your key to the valley? 262 00:15:05,504 --> 00:15:06,903 And not the council's. 263 00:15:06,972 --> 00:15:08,701 If I took title, 264 00:15:08,774 --> 00:15:11,937 I mean, it's more likely the valley would remain sheep country. 265 00:15:13,078 --> 00:15:15,444 Well, then, it might be worth considering 266 00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:17,448 who has the most to gain from this bauxite mine. 267 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:21,886 (CHATTERING) 268 00:15:29,528 --> 00:15:32,895 Well, it's just like we heard. The sheepmen are crowing all over town. 269 00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:34,830 Convinced that J.B. Fletcher will be on their side 270 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:36,697 in the event she has a legitimate claim. 271 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:39,431 You know, she makes me feel like an underachiever, Nick. 272 00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:40,664 Charities, museums, 273 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:44,334 ten books on the New York times best-seller list in the past 12 years. 274 00:15:44,410 --> 00:15:46,742 And Jarvis has failed us in every way. 275 00:15:46,812 --> 00:15:48,712 Well, maybe not in every way. 276 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:52,273 Last night I got something on him that's kind of interesting. 277 00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:54,479 RHONDA: Uh, hold that thought. 278 00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:58,585 Mrs. Fletcher? Ronda Brock, Orbit Mining. 279 00:15:58,657 --> 00:15:59,988 Oh, Miss Brock. 280 00:16:00,059 --> 00:16:02,892 You haven't seen Roo Drummond around here, have you? 281 00:16:03,195 --> 00:16:06,062 I don't know Mr. Drummond and I'm not certain I want to. 282 00:16:06,932 --> 00:16:09,492 (CHUCKLES) Roo might say the same thing about you. 283 00:16:10,736 --> 00:16:12,863 This is my associate, Nicholas Derby. 284 00:16:12,938 --> 00:16:13,927 Pleasure. 285 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:15,697 Can you spare a moment? 286 00:16:15,774 --> 00:16:17,571 Well, all right. Just a moment. 287 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:20,339 I was sorry to hear about your lawyer, Mrs. Fletcher. 288 00:16:20,412 --> 00:16:23,506 Uh, can I ask, what are your plans for the McGill valley 289 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:25,072 if you should happen to inherit it? 290 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:27,778 Well, I really haven't had a chance to think it through. 291 00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:32,018 Our analysis indicates this is a very economically viable bauxite deposit. 292 00:16:32,091 --> 00:16:35,356 Let's not burden Mrs. Fletcher with details, Nick. 293 00:16:36,228 --> 00:16:38,355 If you were to lease it to us, we would be prepared 294 00:16:38,430 --> 00:16:40,261 to give you a handsome percentage of revenues, 295 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:43,130 much more than any grazing rights could ever be worth. 296 00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:46,069 Well, at the risk of sounding blunt, 297 00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:49,198 I really can't imagine leasing to a company 298 00:16:49,274 --> 00:16:54,405 already responsible for five major toxic disasters back home. 299 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,471 Ancient history, Jessica. 300 00:16:57,082 --> 00:17:01,212 Orbit Mining is under new and enlightened management, including myself. 301 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:05,188 We've adopted the most up-to-date preventive cleansing techniques. 302 00:17:05,257 --> 00:17:07,088 Well, I'd feel much more comfortable 303 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:10,356 without the necessity for cleansing anything, Miss Brock. 304 00:17:10,896 --> 00:17:13,990 Now if you'll excuse me, I really must find Roo. 305 00:17:15,734 --> 00:17:18,225 The unstoppable meets the immovable. 306 00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:20,432 You said you have something on Jarvis? 307 00:17:20,506 --> 00:17:21,495 (SCOFFS) 308 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:26,200 Does Mr. Cathcart's death mean you won't get your inheritance? 309 00:17:26,278 --> 00:17:28,109 Well, not necessarily. 310 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:30,740 Thanks to Mr. Cathcart's law partners, 311 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:34,043 the Brisbane courts have delayed the dissolution of the trust 312 00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:37,114 until my claim can be analyzed. 313 00:17:37,489 --> 00:17:41,084 Not sure that I like that. It gives Jarvis more time to cause trouble. 314 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:46,598 Meanwhile, I can't understand what Mr. Cathcart was doing at the Sacred Rocks. 315 00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:48,666 Checking on Eamonn's land? 316 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:51,392 I think that he went out there to meet someone. 317 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:57,202 I found several fresh pistachio shells on the ground not far from the body. 318 00:17:58,077 --> 00:18:00,841 All right. All right, so I was there. 319 00:18:02,014 --> 00:18:05,006 I waited, but I didn't even see him. Dead or alive. 320 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:07,011 Mr. Cathcart told me on the phone 321 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:11,216 that a local resident had paid him to find an heir to the McGill trust. 322 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:13,190 Now, that was you, wasn't it, Roo? 323 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:16,624 I called him after that Orbit crew started firing up the council 324 00:18:16,695 --> 00:18:18,185 about the mining operation. 325 00:18:18,697 --> 00:18:20,892 After all this time, we didn't hold out much hope. 326 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:23,901 But we hired investigators in Ireland and then New York 327 00:18:23,969 --> 00:18:25,095 and ta-da. 328 00:18:25,804 --> 00:18:29,365 So, it's because of you that I'm in Kookaburra Downs. 329 00:18:30,509 --> 00:18:32,773 Cathcart wanted to meet someplace quiet, 330 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:34,779 so he could give me copies of the research, 331 00:18:34,847 --> 00:18:35,973 seeing as how I'd paid for it. 332 00:18:36,582 --> 00:18:37,947 That must've cost a bit. 333 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:39,944 All the money Grandpa left me. 334 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,680 Roo, that money was to put you through college. 335 00:18:43,755 --> 00:18:46,724 Face it, Mum, that's your dream, not mine. 336 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:49,727 And I didn't tell you cause you would've said I was stark raving bonkers, 337 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,786 like everyone else in town. Wouldn't you? 338 00:18:53,098 --> 00:18:54,463 I gotta get back. 339 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:59,470 Melba, I think that Roo should tell Sergeant Baxter everything that he knows. 340 00:18:59,838 --> 00:19:03,274 Right, Jess. Good if he told someone. 341 00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:07,877 She wouldn't take help if she was being eaten by a Great White. 342 00:19:08,847 --> 00:19:11,680 I just wanted her to be able to keep her sheep station. 343 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:13,877 Ever since Dad died, it's all she's got left. 344 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,888 Well, she's still got you. 345 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:25,126 So, it looks like one problem is out of the way, at least. 346 00:19:25,197 --> 00:19:28,257 Leaving one major one, Jessica Fletcher. 347 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:31,496 She's convinced me that Orbit can't apply leverage on her. 348 00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:34,767 So the thing is, Tim, if she is the sole heir, 349 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,365 we're in trouble and you're gonna get us out. 350 00:19:37,442 --> 00:19:38,841 What are these? 351 00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:40,469 We'll call them your incentive, Tim. 352 00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:43,814 But these are town treasury balances, how did you get these? 353 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:49,949 My colleague, Mr. Derby, explored the library last night. 354 00:19:51,123 --> 00:19:52,715 Yeah, I heard about the break-in. 355 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:56,155 And he got a hold of some of the town's account records, 356 00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:58,389 as you can see, showing 20,000 siphoned 357 00:19:58,463 --> 00:20:00,988 from town coffers in the last month alone 358 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:02,328 in checks endorsed by you. 359 00:20:02,834 --> 00:20:06,326 Well, there's an awful mistake here. 360 00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:08,236 I'm not sure the police would take it that way. 361 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:12,066 What do you want? 362 00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:14,339 Well, what we both want, Tim. 363 00:20:14,413 --> 00:20:16,040 You'll clear the way for Orbit Mining 364 00:20:16,114 --> 00:20:18,548 to acquire McGill Valley from Kookaburra Downs. 365 00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:22,815 I'm not interested in how, just get it done. Hmm? 366 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:30,921 So what exactly was Cathcart supposed to give you out there? 367 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:34,056 Birth and marriage records from Ireland and the States. 368 00:20:34,132 --> 00:20:36,862 Proof that Mrs. Fletcher's related to Eamonn McGill. 369 00:20:36,935 --> 00:20:38,869 But there was nothing like that at the murder scene. 370 00:20:38,937 --> 00:20:41,963 Or in his car, which we found about half a mile away. 371 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,871 Don't you think that's strange, Drummond? 372 00:20:44,309 --> 00:20:46,834 That's not so strange if the killer was out to stop 373 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:49,107 Mrs. Fletcher's legitimate claim to the valley. 374 00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:50,773 Or maybe quite the opposite. 375 00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:53,784 Perhaps Cathcart was bearing bad news, Drummond. 376 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:56,948 Mrs. Fletcher has no legitimate claim, 377 00:20:57,022 --> 00:20:59,786 in which event the lawyer was done away with for an altogether different motive. 378 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,292 You can go. 379 00:21:04,129 --> 00:21:06,222 Mrs. Fletcher. A word, please? 380 00:21:06,298 --> 00:21:07,788 Oh, of course. 381 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:10,797 Thank you for bringing him in, 382 00:21:10,869 --> 00:21:13,702 but now, I'd like you to stay out of this. 383 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:17,699 And quite honestly, I think it would be better if you left town. 384 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:19,903 You mean, you think that I might be in danger? 385 00:21:20,545 --> 00:21:23,480 Suppose your arrival has frustrated the killer's goals. 386 00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:26,182 That makes you his next logical choice. 387 00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:28,583 Well, I really can't leave just now. 388 00:21:28,654 --> 00:21:32,112 I feel partly responsible for Simon Cathcart's death. 389 00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:43,061 You little mongrel, how could you do that to your own dad? 390 00:21:43,402 --> 00:21:46,132 What in blazes made you think you'd get away with it? 391 00:21:46,204 --> 00:21:48,399 Forging my name like that on town checks. 392 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:50,839 I don't know what you're talking about. (YELLS) 393 00:21:50,909 --> 00:21:52,171 I had to. 394 00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:55,336 Hendrix threatened to slice me up. 395 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:58,209 I was gonna pay it back with the mining money. 396 00:21:58,283 --> 00:21:59,648 No one had to know. 397 00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:02,812 Oh, yeah. No one but that woman, Ronda Brock and her man Derby. 398 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:05,347 Don't you see what you've done to me? 399 00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:07,551 Now I'm in their bloody pocket. 400 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,988 I should never have helped you in the first place. 401 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:13,924 It's only made your gambling worse. 402 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:17,230 Now I see what value you place on your own father. 403 00:22:17,803 --> 00:22:20,135 You're not my son anymore. 404 00:22:20,205 --> 00:22:22,435 I'm cutting you off as of now. 405 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:31,976 ROO: What did I tell you? 406 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:35,281 You got in. Congratulations. 407 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:38,221 Hey, Linda's going to vet school. 408 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:41,959 Hey, I'll still be here when you get back. 409 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:43,187 More's the pity. Leave me alone. 410 00:22:43,261 --> 00:22:44,319 No, listen, Linda. 411 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:45,761 She said let go of her. 412 00:22:53,071 --> 00:22:54,265 Donald. 413 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:56,834 Donald! 414 00:22:58,477 --> 00:23:00,468 Haven't you caused enough trouble already? 415 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:03,810 Get outside and sober up before I knock you for six. 416 00:23:11,923 --> 00:23:13,823 Sorry about that, Roo. 417 00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:16,190 If he ever touches her again, I'll kill him. 418 00:23:16,928 --> 00:23:18,054 Yeah. 419 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:19,692 You okay? 420 00:23:20,499 --> 00:23:22,330 I'm all right, Linda. 421 00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:35,876 The old man's getting squeezed from both ends, right? 422 00:23:35,947 --> 00:23:37,812 Well, that's our business. 423 00:23:37,883 --> 00:23:41,842 But he'll just about give away those mining rights, we'll have him so screwed up. 424 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,649 What about the kid? 425 00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:46,748 You just do what you'd normally do. 426 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:48,793 HENDRIX: And you'll still cover him? 427 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:50,958 I'm good for anything you don't get from the old man, 428 00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:55,591 plus a little bonus when Orbit gets the rights, just like we agreed. 429 00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:57,898 You said to keep upping his credit. 430 00:23:57,969 --> 00:24:00,369 I don't normally carry a stiff like Donald this long. 431 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:03,339 Trust me. Just the Fletcher woman to deal with, 432 00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:05,541 and we are home and dry. 433 00:24:10,415 --> 00:24:11,780 There you go, love. 434 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:13,044 Thanks. 435 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:16,547 He robbed quite a few banks before he was finally caught. 436 00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:19,681 Of course, in those days, most of us came from convict stock anyway. 437 00:24:19,758 --> 00:24:23,285 So Eamonn McGill became a sort of local Robin Hood. 438 00:24:23,361 --> 00:24:27,627 Yes. Except Robin Hood didn't leave Sherwood Forest in trust for his family. 439 00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:28,859 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 440 00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:31,698 Nothing more important than family, I always say. 441 00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:33,362 Phone call, Mrs. Fletcher. 442 00:24:33,438 --> 00:24:36,305 Oh. Thanks. Excuse me. Don't... Right back. 443 00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:40,109 Thank you. 444 00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:41,304 Hello. 445 00:24:41,446 --> 00:24:44,006 Mrs. Fletcher, It's Donald Jarvis. 446 00:24:45,283 --> 00:24:47,615 I've just gotta tell you, it's not his fault. 447 00:24:48,453 --> 00:24:49,545 Who? 448 00:24:49,621 --> 00:24:50,610 Dad. 449 00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:52,318 It's me. 450 00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:54,954 I've got a terrible confession to make. 451 00:24:55,727 --> 00:24:57,695 Why are you calling me about this? 452 00:24:57,762 --> 00:24:59,627 Because it's your uncle's land 453 00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:01,029 and you ought to know the truth. 454 00:25:01,733 --> 00:25:04,327 Look, do you know where the stables are? 455 00:25:04,402 --> 00:25:05,460 Yes. 456 00:25:05,537 --> 00:25:08,097 Well, I'll meet you there in 10 minutes, but don't trust anyone. 457 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:10,107 Then why should I trust you, Donald? 458 00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:14,911 Because I've got Simon Cathcart's briefcase and all your papers. 459 00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:25,781 Thank you so much for dinner, John. 460 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:28,792 There's something that I have to check up on. 461 00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:56,015 Donald? 462 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:04,158 Donald? 463 00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:30,544 Mrs. Fletcher? 464 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:33,246 I saw you leave the hotel. 465 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:36,590 I was worried about you being out here on your own. 466 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:41,422 It's him you should have been concerned about. 467 00:26:42,167 --> 00:26:43,691 Donald Jarvis! 468 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:49,637 JARVIS: It was like a sickness with him. 469 00:26:50,408 --> 00:26:52,638 He couldn't stop. 470 00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:53,700 (SNIFFLING) 471 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:56,372 He ran through everything I ever saved 472 00:26:57,082 --> 00:26:58,344 and more. 473 00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:01,113 And then last night, 474 00:27:05,256 --> 00:27:06,780 I disowned him. 475 00:27:07,659 --> 00:27:10,594 I told him I wasn't gonna pay any more of his gambling debts. 476 00:27:12,263 --> 00:27:15,391 Then on top of that, he was publicly humiliated by his ex-girlfriend. 477 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:20,495 You shouldn't blame yourself if he committed suicide. 478 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,303 That's my flesh and blood. I raised him. 479 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:27,740 Who else? 480 00:27:31,249 --> 00:27:33,683 That'll be all for now, Mr. Jarvis. 481 00:27:41,393 --> 00:27:45,386 You must be wondering what kind of a savage world 482 00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:47,363 we live in Down Under, eh, Mrs. Fletcher? 483 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:51,765 First your Mr. Cathcart, getting shot in the back. 484 00:27:53,538 --> 00:27:56,132 Now my Donald doing away with himself. 485 00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:06,375 Well, at least Donald's suicide clears up a couple of things for us. 486 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,951 Look, I couldn't say this in front of his father, 487 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:13,889 but when I spoke to Donald on the phone last night, 488 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:17,325 he did not sound like a man who was about to kill himself. 489 00:28:18,263 --> 00:28:20,458 He told you he had a confession to make. 490 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,864 Then he turns up with Cathcart's briefcase, 491 00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:26,097 everything intact, all your trust papers in perfect order. 492 00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:28,298 Are you suggesting that he killed Cathcart? 493 00:28:28,773 --> 00:28:31,867 Remorse is a powerful emotion, Mrs. Fletcher. 494 00:28:31,943 --> 00:28:34,036 He killed Cathcart and stole the papers 495 00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:36,103 to assure the town would get the valley by default. 496 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:38,978 Then you turn up, the papers mean nothing. 497 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:42,217 The murder is just a dreadful waste. 498 00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:44,921 His whole world goes to pieces. 499 00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:49,119 Disavowed by his father, spurned by the girl he loves, deep in debt. 500 00:28:49,761 --> 00:28:52,821 I don't believe that Donald committed suicide. 501 00:28:53,298 --> 00:28:55,266 He told me that he had the briefcase... 502 00:28:55,333 --> 00:28:58,302 And the killer left the briefcase 503 00:28:58,369 --> 00:29:00,428 to create the illusion of a suicide? 504 00:29:01,272 --> 00:29:02,466 Wouldn't you? 505 00:29:03,041 --> 00:29:06,704 Okay. I'll tell you what, lay it off at the same odds. 506 00:29:06,778 --> 00:29:08,769 Yeah. I'll be home today. 507 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:10,404 We've gotta talk. 508 00:29:11,449 --> 00:29:13,246 Shame about old Donald toppin' himself. 509 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:15,718 Yeah. The cops may think that, but you just couldn't wait, could you? 510 00:29:15,787 --> 00:29:17,550 Now, you look here, mate, 511 00:29:17,622 --> 00:29:22,218 in my line of work, it helps if clients ain't sure what you're gonna do next. 512 00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:25,457 I'm not going to admit anything, if that's what you think. 513 00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:28,355 We had a deal. 514 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,098 We still do. I've got a payoff coming, remember, 515 00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:32,693 when you sort out this McGill thing. 516 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:36,366 Yeah. Some hope. Any leverage we had with Jarvis is gone. 517 00:29:36,441 --> 00:29:38,409 So don't figure on getting anything else out of me 518 00:29:38,476 --> 00:29:39,534 after this screw up, all right. 519 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:44,575 Just remember what happens to anyone that owes me money for too long. 520 00:29:50,855 --> 00:29:51,879 I don't know. 521 00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:54,925 I just could've been a bit nicer about it, that's all. 522 00:29:54,993 --> 00:29:57,689 I don't want you feeling so responsible. 523 00:29:58,196 --> 00:29:59,959 Here, if Roo hadn't stepped in, 524 00:30:00,031 --> 00:30:02,795 I was about ready to give Donald a knuckle sandwich myself. 525 00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:03,856 Sure, Dad. 526 00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:07,634 You know, I really liked Donald at one time. 527 00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:10,336 He changed, Linda. 528 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:13,502 I hate to say this about anyone, but you're better off with him gone. 529 00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:16,240 He was determined to drag you down one way or another. 530 00:30:16,681 --> 00:30:19,411 You're always out for my best interests, aren't you? 531 00:30:20,118 --> 00:30:22,450 Well, I'm your dad. That's my job. 532 00:30:25,890 --> 00:30:27,755 The rumors have been going all over town 533 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:30,795 that you've got a deal set up with Ronda Brock. 534 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:33,194 And I can just imagine who's spreading that rumor. 535 00:30:33,264 --> 00:30:36,961 The sheepmen can't compete with Orbit Mining when it comes to money. 536 00:30:37,368 --> 00:30:41,134 Melba, they're simply trying to undermine our trust in each other, 537 00:30:41,206 --> 00:30:43,367 and unfortunately, they're succeeding. 538 00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:45,341 Now you know where I stand. 539 00:30:48,746 --> 00:30:49,735 Sorry, Jess. 540 00:30:50,448 --> 00:30:52,439 It's just that we've learned to trust no one. 541 00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:55,876 Not that I don't trust him, mind you, 542 00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:58,515 but Roo didn't come home last night. 543 00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:00,888 I reckon he's a bit cheesed off with the way I treated him. 544 00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:05,485 Well, I think he put you and Kookaburra's interests ahead of his own. 545 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:07,030 I'd be proud of him. 546 00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:11,266 Melba, you're the town treasurer, right? 547 00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:12,826 Yeah. Not much to it. 548 00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:15,395 Collect the taxes once a year. Audit the accounts. 549 00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:17,368 Sign the checks? 550 00:31:17,442 --> 00:31:20,605 Mmm-hmm, me and the mayor, Tim Jarvis. 551 00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:25,040 Something on your mind? 552 00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:28,717 BAXTER: Why the hell did I have to hear this from Melba Drummond? 553 00:31:29,153 --> 00:31:31,587 Oh, I only found out yesterday myself. 554 00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:34,625 I was so angry with Donald. 555 00:31:34,692 --> 00:31:37,490 That's when I told him he was on his own. 556 00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:41,896 See, I thought I could pay the town back. No one'd be the wiser. 557 00:31:43,134 --> 00:31:44,726 Last thing I could do for him. 558 00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:48,367 Very convenient he's not here to deny it. 559 00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:50,702 Meaning? 560 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:54,102 Well, maybe you took the money to pay his debts, 561 00:31:54,178 --> 00:31:56,373 and then you killed him when you couldn't keep up with his habit. 562 00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:00,777 Your arrogant pommy bastard. 563 00:32:01,786 --> 00:32:05,153 My son commits suicide and you say that I killed him. 564 00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:09,449 If you'd ever loved a kid, you'd never say a thing like that. 565 00:32:10,495 --> 00:32:11,894 I apologize. 566 00:32:13,898 --> 00:32:17,425 Much as I love this job, sometimes it takes over the man. 567 00:32:21,539 --> 00:32:25,669 My wife and boy were killed in a hit-and-run accident six years ago. 568 00:32:27,578 --> 00:32:30,046 That's why I came here. To forget. 569 00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:32,807 Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know. 570 00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:35,544 No one here did. 571 00:32:37,221 --> 00:32:40,713 Look, I don't know if this makes it better or worse, 572 00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:44,321 but the coroner's report indicates that Donald was murdered. 573 00:32:46,164 --> 00:32:48,132 Tim, you did everything you could for the boy. 574 00:32:48,199 --> 00:32:49,393 Yeah. Thanks. Yeah. 575 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,231 Go on home. 576 00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,131 (SIGHS) 577 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:59,242 Mrs. Fletcher, no hard feelings? 578 00:32:59,844 --> 00:33:02,244 Somehow, it's a relief Donald wanted to tell someone. 579 00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:06,614 Melba, I'm gonna resign as mayor. 580 00:33:07,285 --> 00:33:10,345 This darn mining idea's done no good for anyone. 581 00:33:11,956 --> 00:33:14,686 I just want Kookaburra Downs back the way it was. 582 00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:17,786 Good on ya, Tim. 583 00:33:19,230 --> 00:33:20,822 Mrs. Fletcher, 584 00:33:20,898 --> 00:33:24,095 coroner's report confirms Donald's neck was broken 585 00:33:24,168 --> 00:33:26,432 and he was already dead before he was strung up. 586 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:27,562 Hmm. 587 00:33:30,141 --> 00:33:32,905 JESSICA: The coroner also mentions that there were severe lacerations 588 00:33:32,977 --> 00:33:35,377 and splinters on Donald's hand, 589 00:33:36,247 --> 00:33:39,478 which might indicate that there was some sort of struggle before he succumbed. 590 00:33:39,550 --> 00:33:42,018 Oh, that explains the broken railing. 591 00:33:42,086 --> 00:33:46,182 By the way, Cathcart was killed with a single bullet to the back. 592 00:33:46,257 --> 00:33:48,782 That was an exit would we saw in his chest. 593 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:51,620 Thank you again. 594 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:54,193 Thank you, Sergeant. 595 00:33:58,603 --> 00:34:01,470 I want to know as soon as anyone sees Roo Drummond. 596 00:34:09,814 --> 00:34:11,475 Have you seen Boyd Hendrix? 597 00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:13,517 He just checked out about 10 minutes ago. 598 00:34:13,584 --> 00:34:15,745 Said he was headed back to Brisbane. 599 00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:55,316 JOHN: Good day, Jessica. 600 00:34:55,393 --> 00:34:56,690 Oh, John. 601 00:34:56,994 --> 00:34:58,484 You find something? 602 00:34:58,563 --> 00:35:03,000 Well, yes, Sergeant Baxter believes that this may have broken 603 00:35:03,067 --> 00:35:05,592 when Donald was struggling with his killer. 604 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:09,767 And this may just help him to discover who it might be. 605 00:35:10,274 --> 00:35:11,502 Uh-huh. 606 00:35:13,010 --> 00:35:14,910 Do you like stables, John? 607 00:35:14,979 --> 00:35:17,709 Uh, no, well, um, I saw you come in. 608 00:35:18,149 --> 00:35:22,415 I thought maybe you'd like to check out the Eamonn McGill research I dug out for you. 609 00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:25,581 Well, I very much appreciate your trouble, John, 610 00:35:25,656 --> 00:35:28,625 but I'd like to take a rain check, all right? 611 00:35:28,693 --> 00:35:30,320 Oh, I understand. 612 00:35:38,269 --> 00:35:42,262 Slow down, Sandy. You'll get indigestion if you're not careful. 613 00:35:44,075 --> 00:35:47,272 Roo! Where've you been? 614 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:49,870 Everyone's been looking for you all over. 615 00:35:49,947 --> 00:35:53,144 Never mind. There's something I've gotta tell you. 616 00:35:55,987 --> 00:36:00,014 You know, Roo, I thought you might never get around to saying that. 617 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:24,538 Glad to see you're back in town, Roo. 618 00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:26,981 Looks like everything worked out the way you planned it, 619 00:36:27,051 --> 00:36:28,143 except for one little problem. 620 00:36:28,953 --> 00:36:30,716 What plan? What're you on about? 621 00:36:31,222 --> 00:36:32,314 Murdering Donald Jarvis. 622 00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:35,225 Now wait a minute. I thought he killed himself? 623 00:36:35,293 --> 00:36:36,487 Wrong. 624 00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:38,290 And half the town heard you threaten him last night. 625 00:36:38,362 --> 00:36:39,590 But he didn't mean it, it was... 626 00:36:39,664 --> 00:36:41,063 This is crazy, Baxter. 627 00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:43,123 Even your mother doesn't know where you've been since then. 628 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:44,930 Yeah. Well, that doesn't mean I killed him. 629 00:36:45,002 --> 00:36:47,129 No. No, but this does. 630 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,299 Mrs. Fletcher found it near where Donald was murdered. 631 00:36:54,245 --> 00:36:56,679 Oh, it's a perfect match, Cinderella. 632 00:36:56,747 --> 00:37:00,080 Must have torn it off when you broke his neck. 633 00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:03,086 I arrest you for the murder of Donald Jarvis. 634 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:08,614 Looks like your friend Mrs. Fletcher just redeemed the McGill family name. 635 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:05,279 What are you doin'? 636 00:38:05,349 --> 00:38:07,943 Get out, you mongrel. (GRUNTS) 637 00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:10,078 What, are you out of your mind? 638 00:38:10,154 --> 00:38:12,645 You are makin' a big mistake here, mate. 639 00:38:12,723 --> 00:38:16,625 Yeah, and I don't care if they send every devil in hell after me. 640 00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:18,628 You're going to pay for what you did to Donald. 641 00:38:18,696 --> 00:38:21,130 So I leaned on him a little, it's only business. 642 00:38:21,198 --> 00:38:24,133 Business. You call murder business? 643 00:38:24,502 --> 00:38:26,834 Wait up here. I never killed him. 644 00:38:27,672 --> 00:38:29,196 No, look, I swear. 645 00:38:29,273 --> 00:38:31,264 I never harmed a hair on that kid, I swear. 646 00:38:39,784 --> 00:38:43,083 Let's try a little bit of outback justice, shall we? 647 00:38:43,521 --> 00:38:44,920 Look here, Baxter, 648 00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:47,389 Roo's a real man and he'll stick up for himself, 649 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:49,756 but he ain't no Jack the Ripper. 650 00:38:50,628 --> 00:38:52,960 Roo, it was self-defense, right? 651 00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:55,464 You two got in another fight, and then in the heat of the moment 652 00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:58,297 the worst happened and you tried to cover it up. 653 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:00,394 It'd be best if you admit it now. 654 00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:03,463 I never saw him after he left the hotel. 655 00:39:03,541 --> 00:39:06,101 Do you still think that Donald killed Cathcart? 656 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,508 Or are you blaming it on Roo now? 657 00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:10,537 (SCOFF) One thing at a time, please, Mrs. Fletcher. 658 00:39:12,116 --> 00:39:14,050 Where did you go last night after you left the bar? 659 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:17,078 He was with me all night. 660 00:39:18,322 --> 00:39:20,085 Are you willing to testify to that under oath? 661 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:22,990 It's all right, Linda. 662 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:27,362 After everything that happened yesterday, I needed some time alone. 663 00:39:27,431 --> 00:39:31,299 I went walkabout out at Sacred Rocks. Slept under the stars. 664 00:39:32,136 --> 00:39:34,263 This morning it all seemed a lot clearer. 665 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:36,966 I had something I needed to do back in town. 666 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:39,839 That's the first I knew he was dead. 667 00:39:39,910 --> 00:39:41,673 Here's your killer, Sergeant. 668 00:39:41,746 --> 00:39:42,906 Sit. 669 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:44,847 Who's he? 670 00:39:44,915 --> 00:39:46,883 His name's Boyd Hendrix. 671 00:39:46,951 --> 00:39:50,045 He's the scumbag loan shark Donald owed the money to. 672 00:39:50,121 --> 00:39:54,649 Threatened to carve him up, and then he did him in when Donald couldn't pay. 673 00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:57,160 Let him tell you himself. 674 00:39:59,964 --> 00:40:03,161 Sergeant, I want this man arrested for kidnapping. 675 00:40:04,769 --> 00:40:06,066 Did Donald Jarvis owe you money? 676 00:40:06,937 --> 00:40:10,896 Yeah, he was a client. I'm a registered bookmaker from Brisbane. 677 00:40:11,208 --> 00:40:13,108 I came up here to sort out payment terms. 678 00:40:13,177 --> 00:40:14,838 All above board, mind you. 679 00:40:15,579 --> 00:40:17,171 You may want to look at this, Sergeant. 680 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:19,079 It just dropped out of his pocket. 681 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:22,278 If you want me later, you know where to find me. 682 00:40:23,354 --> 00:40:26,050 Now, I'm no expert, Mr. Hendrix, 683 00:40:26,490 --> 00:40:27,980 your accounts seem to indicate 684 00:40:28,058 --> 00:40:30,822 you've been charging your clients exorbitant interest. 685 00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:32,727 Don't you know that's a crime? 686 00:40:32,797 --> 00:40:36,358 It's a plant. I've never seen that book before in my life. 687 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:39,767 Now, I'm not saying another word until I talk to my lawyer. 688 00:40:40,538 --> 00:40:43,006 Lock these two up until we get a chance to sort this out. 689 00:40:43,073 --> 00:40:46,167 Hang on, you're not sticking my Roo for something he never done. 690 00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:47,907 (EXHALES) 691 00:40:48,913 --> 00:40:50,380 Not sticking? 692 00:40:50,748 --> 00:40:52,215 The nail. Of course. 693 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:53,841 BAXTER: Mrs. Fletcher? 694 00:40:53,918 --> 00:40:56,079 Well, Melba's right. Roo didn't do it. 695 00:40:56,821 --> 00:40:58,254 Then it was Boyd Hendrix? 696 00:40:58,322 --> 00:41:00,517 Listen, if you'll bear with me, 697 00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:03,492 I think the whole town will know by tonight. 698 00:41:16,207 --> 00:41:17,731 (HORSES NEIGHING) 699 00:41:42,132 --> 00:41:43,463 Hello? 700 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:45,866 I was getting concerned, Jessica. 701 00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:48,467 I couldn't find you. 702 00:41:48,772 --> 00:41:50,831 Well, not without good reason. 703 00:41:50,908 --> 00:41:53,468 After my arrival here, I was the only person 704 00:41:53,544 --> 00:41:57,913 between Mr. Cathcart's killer and his goal to see the mine become a reality. 705 00:41:58,549 --> 00:42:00,744 And that was the same person that killed Donald? 706 00:42:00,818 --> 00:42:05,721 Almost certainly. Except I don't believe Donald's murder was premeditated, 707 00:42:07,424 --> 00:42:09,153 was it, Mr. Jarvis? 708 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:15,865 Carry on, Mrs. Fletcher. 709 00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:18,034 You got me on tenterhooks. 710 00:42:18,569 --> 00:42:20,730 What started me thinking was a chance remark 711 00:42:20,804 --> 00:42:22,567 you made this morning at the station house. 712 00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:27,302 You must be wondering what kind of a savage world 713 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:29,573 we live in Down Under, eh, Mrs. Fletcher? 714 00:42:30,681 --> 00:42:33,047 First your Mr. Cathcart, getting shot in the back. 715 00:42:33,117 --> 00:42:36,575 You had no way of knowing that Mr. Cathcart had been shot in the back, 716 00:42:36,654 --> 00:42:39,646 because it wasn't until later the coroner confirmed 717 00:42:39,723 --> 00:42:43,181 the wound in his chest was actually an exit wound. 718 00:42:43,928 --> 00:42:47,364 Well, you're a writer. You deal in figures of speech. 719 00:42:47,431 --> 00:42:50,992 But it was a simple move that Sergeant Baxter made earlier today 720 00:42:51,068 --> 00:42:54,401 that reminded me of something much more important. 721 00:42:54,772 --> 00:42:57,741 The spindle on his desk reminded me 722 00:42:57,808 --> 00:43:00,675 of the broken railings here in the stables 723 00:43:00,744 --> 00:43:03,212 and a nail that was exposed as a result 724 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,805 of Donald's struggle with his killer. 725 00:43:06,150 --> 00:43:08,050 Now, when I checked in at your hotel, 726 00:43:08,118 --> 00:43:12,077 I remember clearly that there was nothing wrong with your right hand. 727 00:43:12,623 --> 00:43:16,684 But this morning, I noticed a very bad scratch there. 728 00:43:17,528 --> 00:43:20,019 Yes, that scratch, Mr. Jarvis. 729 00:43:20,564 --> 00:43:24,022 I believe you injured your hand on a bare nail in the stable 730 00:43:24,535 --> 00:43:26,366 when you fought with your son. 731 00:43:26,570 --> 00:43:27,594 (SCOFFS) 732 00:43:27,671 --> 00:43:30,231 I heard a rumor that you knew who killed my son. 733 00:43:30,874 --> 00:43:32,739 It's all pie in the sky, Mrs. Fletcher. 734 00:43:32,810 --> 00:43:36,109 If that's all you got, I got more important business to deal with. 735 00:43:38,782 --> 00:43:41,342 Sorry, but she's got it right, Tim. 736 00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:44,353 That nail tested positive for human blood. 737 00:43:44,421 --> 00:43:47,083 Whoever it belonged to, fought with Donald, broke his neck 738 00:43:47,157 --> 00:43:49,091 and tried to make it look like suicide. 739 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,258 Now who do you suppose that was? 740 00:43:57,034 --> 00:43:59,832 I was prepared to do anything for the boy. 741 00:43:59,903 --> 00:44:03,464 Getting rid of Cathcart, starting the mine. 742 00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:05,201 It would've solved all his money problems 743 00:44:05,275 --> 00:44:07,209 and given the town a boost. 744 00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:11,545 He found where I'd hidden the briefcase after killing Cathcart. 745 00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:14,243 He was drunk, wasn't making any sense. 746 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:17,412 He was saying he was... He'd called you, Mrs. Fletcher. 747 00:44:17,488 --> 00:44:19,388 He was gonna return the briefcase to you. 748 00:44:19,456 --> 00:44:21,515 He was gonna fix things with the police. 749 00:44:21,592 --> 00:44:22,786 What do you think you're doing with that? 750 00:44:22,860 --> 00:44:23,918 I've already phoned Mrs. Fletcher. 751 00:44:23,994 --> 00:44:25,120 You what? 752 00:44:25,195 --> 00:44:26,253 I'm gonna call the police, too. 753 00:44:26,330 --> 00:44:28,321 JARVIS: We fought. I lost all reason. 754 00:44:28,399 --> 00:44:30,128 You're nothing but trouble for me. 755 00:44:35,005 --> 00:44:36,233 Donald? 756 00:44:37,207 --> 00:44:38,435 Donald? 757 00:44:39,176 --> 00:44:43,704 Afterwards, I tried to make it look like suicide. 758 00:44:47,418 --> 00:44:48,942 God forgive me, Mrs. Fletcher. 759 00:44:49,486 --> 00:44:51,511 After you arrived, just for a moment, 760 00:44:51,588 --> 00:44:54,989 I thought if I finished you off, I'd solve all my problems. 761 00:44:55,492 --> 00:44:57,983 You planted the button that framed Roo Drummond? 762 00:44:59,229 --> 00:45:03,427 Yeah. Yeah, I found it after the fight in the bar between them. 763 00:45:05,769 --> 00:45:08,602 I gave everything in the world to that boy. 764 00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:11,906 (SIGHS) Nothing was enough for him. 765 00:45:20,584 --> 00:45:22,609 JESSICA: Well, now that you've got a new mayor, 766 00:45:22,686 --> 00:45:25,416 I have decided to give McGill Valley to the town 767 00:45:25,489 --> 00:45:27,389 as a conservancy for sheep grazing. 768 00:45:27,458 --> 00:45:30,985 And Sacred Rocks will be given back to the aborigines. 769 00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:32,323 Good on you, Jess. 770 00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:34,324 Will you be coming back for the wedding? 771 00:45:36,467 --> 00:45:38,196 Well, congratulations. 772 00:45:38,268 --> 00:45:39,496 It won't be for a while yet. 773 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:41,265 I have to graduate from vet school first. 774 00:45:41,338 --> 00:45:45,866 Oh, of course. But if I'm in Australia, I'd love to be there. 775 00:45:46,376 --> 00:45:50,107 Yeah? Well, we'll have to make sure that she comes back then, won't we? 776 00:45:51,615 --> 00:45:53,412 Quiet, come on, guys. Quiet. 777 00:45:54,618 --> 00:45:57,678 It's my distinct privilege as your new mayor 778 00:45:57,755 --> 00:45:59,780 to declare that from now on, 779 00:45:59,857 --> 00:46:04,453 Eamonn McGill Day will be changed to Jessica Fletcher Day. 780 00:46:04,528 --> 00:46:07,759 (ALL CHEERING) 781 00:46:07,831 --> 00:46:10,026 I suppose this puts you one up on your uncle. 782 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,567 You didn't even have to be hanged. 783 00:46:11,635 --> 00:46:13,603 (LAUGHING) 62403

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