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What does the IRS want?
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The usual. Money.
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[Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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The IRS can't find the money
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we withheld from the first two quarters?
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You saying the IRS
doesn't have two quarters
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-to rub together?
-That's blackmail.
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We may take your car and your house.
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We may send you to jail.
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We'd never do anything
as unsavory as blackmail.
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And what did you get?
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I got rid of Nolan.
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I've read your stuff.
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Which one of my books have you read?
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Your books? I'm talking
about your tax return.
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Put your hands up.
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[cheerful orchestral music]
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You must believe me, Sir,
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I don't know how the mistake was made.
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Give me time.
I'll get to the bottom of it.
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I've never cheated on my income tax.
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Never.
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Before now.
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Mr. Yelverton, I'm a consultant
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with my ex-wife's company.
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Now, they pay me...
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see line 16, paragraph C.
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Their accountant screwed you.
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I mean, me.
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I'm glad you brought up Edna Hayes.
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You know, Mr. Hayes, in my
business there are oversights
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and there are oversights.
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Mr. Hayes, we're not out to get you.
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We want to help you
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if you will help us.
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Well, yes, of course, Sir, I...
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Not your taxes.
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Aunt Edna's Baked Goods
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claimed to have deposited $2 million
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in quarterly withholding taxes.
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Our records indicate otherwise.
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My ex-wife owes you $2 million?
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More or less.
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Help us to find it, and we'll...
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we'll forget about your little oversight.
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Mr. Yelverton, that's blackmail.
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Mr. Hayes, we may take
your car and your house.
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We may send you to jail.
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We'd never do anything
as unsavory as blackmail.
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Edna? It's me, Jessica.
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My plane landed about 20 minutes ago.
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Oh, Jessica, Jessica.
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My goodness, can you ever forgive me?
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Oh, I forgot to send the car
to the airport, I forgot...
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wait a minute. You are on your
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Midwest book promotion tour, aren't you?
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Oh, yes.
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Well, at least I remembered something.
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Oh, Jess, it's just been
living hell for me,
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what with the IRS hassle,
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the loan, trying to run the plant.
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Well, Edna, now be honest.
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I mean, have I come at a bad time?
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You sure have.
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But I can't wait to see you.
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[laughing] I'll grab a taxi. Bye.
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What with 1,500 employees nationwide,
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from whom we collect taxes
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and then have to pay the IRS quarterly.
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Now, the remodeling loan comes due,
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so the problem with the IRS
is even more difficult.
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Edna, slow down.
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I have just landed, and you've
gotten me up in the air again.
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Now, start at the beginning.
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But, Jess, I wasn't in at the beginning.
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My first recollection of
any problem with the IRS
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came about a month ago,
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when George Harris, my vice president,
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stopped me in the parking lot
early one morning.
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-We need to talk.
-What is it, George?
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Something's wrong either
in accounting or payroll
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or with our auditing firm.
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It just won't go away.
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-What does the IRS want?
-The usual. Money.
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I thought it was just
a misplaced decimal point,
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some kind of snafu
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that you didn't need to be bothered about.
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It's an awful lot of paperwork
for a misplaced decimal point.
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That same morning I sat down
with Gail Manning,
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she's head of accounting,
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Richard Wellstood, our in-house attorney,
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and J.K. Davern, sales and marketing exec.
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How can the IRS want $2 million
when we've already paid them?
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Gail, what is going on
in the accounting department?
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I don't know, Edna. I've gone over this
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with the IRS, with our bank in St. Louis,
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-and with Spencer Prinz.
-Who?
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He's with the auditing firm
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that handles the payroll in St. Louis.
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We regularly deposit
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the withholding taxes of
the employees in St. Louis,
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and then they are, electronically,
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the money is passed along to the IRS.
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Now, at the end of a fiscal year,
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the IRS can't find the money
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we withheld from the first
two quarters, $2 million?
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It takes them
several quarters to catch up.
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We're now in the fourth quarter,
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and they want quarters one and two.
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You saying the IRS
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doesn't have two quarters to rub together?
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[chuckles] Neither will you, Richard.
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Sorry, Edna.
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But are you prepared to take on
the government in tax court
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to prove Aunt Edna doesn't owe Uncle Sam?
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Edna, if this were my company,
now is not the time that
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I would choose to challenge
the Internal Revenue Service.
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If you're planning a takeover,
thanks for the notice.
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I started this firm on 500 bucks
and 24-hour work days.
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No pointy-headed bureaucrat
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is going to make me roll over
and play dead.
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Then the government
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may very well take
the company away from you.
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And the loan on the plant
remodeling comes due next month.
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What does one thing
have to do with the other?
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Edna, if you have to pay the IRS twice,
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there's no money to repay the loan.
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[phone buzzing]
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Yes, Dottie?
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Uh, it's, uh...
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it's my ex-husband.
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It's something supposedly important.
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Would you excuse me, huh?
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[sighs]
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Put him on, okay?
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What is it, Nolan? I'm a little busy now.
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Edna, love, I hate to bother you,
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but it's about our divorce settlement.
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That's why they call it
a settlement, Nolan,
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because once and for all,
things are settled.
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Thanks to me, you have
been hunting and fishing
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for the past three years.
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My quarrel's not with you.
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It's with the IRS, and
the consultancy fee you pay me.
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You mean you're in hot water too?
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They're demanding that
I pay taxes on $300,000 income.
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300,000?
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I thought that the deal that we
worked out pays you only one.
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Granted, your divorce lawyer
had me over a barrel,
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-but not in it.
-Some fellow
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in your auditing firm named Spencer Prinz
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is supposed to help me out,
but I keep missing him.
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All right, I'll have Gail Manning
deal directly with you,
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not with some nobody auditor.
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Thanks, Edna.
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Kind of romantic, isn't it?
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You and me brought back together
by the internal revenue?
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It's not exactly romantic, Nolan.
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It's more like a shotgun wedding.
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About a week later, things came to a head
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when I confronted
the Internal Revenue Service.
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A faceless bureaucrat.
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He had a face. Your worst nightmare.
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Mrs. Hayes, stonewalling's
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not going to get you anywhere.
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Who's stonewalling?
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I came from Jonesburg of my own free will.
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Nobody comes here from anywhere
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of their own free will.
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Look, I'm asking for $2 million.
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In the past, I've been
commended by my superiors
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in Washington for exacting sums
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the size of the annual budget
of a third-world nation.
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Don't push me. I've got a senator friend
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in Washington who can have you
sharpening pencils
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in a fourth-world nation.
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Look, Mr. Yelverton,
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Mrs. Hayes has always paid her fair share.
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She employs 1,500 people.
She supports the arts.
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What do you do at
Aunt Edna's Pies, Mister...
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He happens to be one of
my vice presidents.
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-And chief morale officer?
-Now, what is that
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supposed to mean?
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Look, Mrs. Hayes,
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let's just settle this whole thing
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before the lawyers make a killing.
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Nothing personal, Mr. Wellstood.
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He's right, Edna.
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With the loan almost due,
a settlement is worth exploring.
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Absolutely not.
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That would be admitting that I'm a thief.
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You said it, not me.
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I will see you in court, Buster.
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And if you or any one of your
cronies has pocketed the money,
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I'll also see you in jail!
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Let's go, gentlemen.
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And then what happened?
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And then the phone rang.
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It was you, at the airport.
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[both laughing]
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Edna, you and I have known one another
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since we were in college together.
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Now, I know that you did not
form this mini-empire
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by keeping two sets of books.
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I'll fly in from wherever,
and when your case comes up,
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I will appear as your character witness.
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That's very kind of you.
But I'm afraid, Jessica,
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it's going to take more than kind words
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to get me out of this mess.
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And this is a picture of me
with a congressman
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I tried to help re-elect.
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My Campaign contributions
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helped buy him a houseboat
off the coast of Costa Rica.
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And he never even sends me
a christmas card.
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Hmm! [knocking on door]
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'Scuse me, Edna, Mrs. Fletcher.
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I just thought you'd like
to know Spencer Prinz,
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the auditor from St. Louis,
was in this morning.
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J.K. and I had a good session with him.
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Later today, he visits the IRS
with the payroll records.
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Better him than me.
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Thanks a lot, Richard.
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Sure.
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-Nolan, good to see you.
-Richard.
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Nolan, what an unexpected, uh...
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Treat? Hardly befits one's ex,
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but hello, Edna.
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Jessica, it's been too long.
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Nolan. I'm truly sorry
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that things didn't work out for you two.
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Thanks. Edna, I need to talk to you.
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Alone, if you don't mind.
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Oh, no, no, if this is
about our tax problems,
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Jessica knows all about it.
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Well, the IRS is really
turning up the heat on me.
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Let me guess. They want to cut a deal.
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You divulge pillow talk
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and creative bookkeeping
at the highest level,
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and in return you're a free man, huh?
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Well, you know I'm no hero,
but let's help each other.
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Whatever you can give them...
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our old returns, cancelled checks.
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And if there's anything
that I can turn over to you,
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-call me day or night.
-[exhales] I shall, Nolan.
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Do you have my car phone number?
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My secretary has it.
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Jessica, stay well.
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What can I say, Jessica?
Just didn't work out.
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I imagine it was difficult
for him, being...
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-Mr. Edna Hayes.
-No, the problem was
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he enjoyed being Mr. Edna Hayes.
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[light music]
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Jessica, we usually conclude
our little tour of the bakery
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in the freezing room with some dessert.
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Oh, please, no more pastries.
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Where is he? George,
did you see Spencer Prinz?
257
00:11:26,645 --> 00:11:28,063
No. Sorry.
258
00:11:29,523 --> 00:11:31,233
There he is. Spencer!
259
00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:33,985
You forgot the W4 forms.
260
00:11:35,153 --> 00:11:38,031
Wait up! I'll walk you to your car.
261
00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:42,661
Oh, George, this message for
Edna was laying on my desk
262
00:11:42,744 --> 00:11:44,329
when I came back from lunch.
263
00:11:44,413 --> 00:11:46,873
-Is she around?
-Oh, here I am, Gail.
264
00:11:46,957 --> 00:11:48,583
-Can I help you?
-Yes. A message.
265
00:11:48,667 --> 00:11:49,793
Oh, thanks.
266
00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:51,753
Oh, what does he want now?
267
00:11:51,837 --> 00:11:53,630
-The IRS?
-No, it's Nolan.
268
00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:56,800
But he's running them a close
second for headache of the week.
269
00:11:56,883 --> 00:11:58,718
-If you'll excuse us.
-Thanks, George.
270
00:11:58,802 --> 00:12:01,054
[sighs] Jessica, I'm afraid
271
00:12:01,138 --> 00:12:03,432
I won't be able to take you
to the concert tonight.
272
00:12:03,515 --> 00:12:05,684
Oh, don't worry about that, Edna.
273
00:12:05,767 --> 00:12:08,186
-I'll be perfectly fine.
-But I feel awful
274
00:12:08,270 --> 00:12:10,480
because I know how much you love Sibelius,
275
00:12:10,564 --> 00:12:12,983
and I specifically asked them
to play Finlandia.
276
00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,526
You mean, they take requests?
277
00:12:14,609 --> 00:12:16,820
Well, we do underwrite
the season, you know.
278
00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:19,406
We gotta keep the string section in rosin.
279
00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:21,867
Pardon me. I just got the cupcake survey.
280
00:12:23,285 --> 00:12:25,287
J.K., could I ask you a big favor?
281
00:12:25,370 --> 00:12:28,290
Do you think you could take
Jessica to the concert tonight?
282
00:12:28,373 --> 00:12:30,375
Be happy to.
283
00:12:30,459 --> 00:12:32,711
You know, two of our bakers
are in the woodwind section.
284
00:12:32,794 --> 00:12:34,713
They even read music. [chuckles]
285
00:12:34,796 --> 00:12:36,423
Oh...
286
00:12:40,302 --> 00:12:43,555
[solemn music]
287
00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:05,785
He's dead.
288
00:13:08,497 --> 00:13:09,664
No wallet on him.
289
00:13:10,332 --> 00:13:12,459
Car is registered to an Edna Hayes.
290
00:13:20,342 --> 00:13:23,220
[laughter]
291
00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:27,349
Dormitory rules absolutely
for bad cooking.
292
00:13:27,432 --> 00:13:29,518
So when we baked brownies in our room--
293
00:13:29,601 --> 00:13:32,229
Yes. I hid 'em under the bed.
294
00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:36,608
My mattress sagged and stuck
to the fudge topping.
295
00:13:36,691 --> 00:13:38,527
[laughter]
296
00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:40,403
And from this humble culinary beginning,
297
00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:42,072
an empire was born.
298
00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:48,036
Well, some of us have bosses to face
299
00:13:48,119 --> 00:13:49,996
early tomorrow morning. [chuckles]
300
00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,582
Well, thanks again for joining
me at the concert, J.K.
301
00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:54,918
[doorbell rings]
302
00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:57,921
It's after 11:00. It's awfully late.
303
00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:02,759
-Mrs. Hayes?
-Yes.
304
00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,553
According to the registration,
305
00:14:04,636 --> 00:14:09,266
Jaguar, license plate
MCR6475, is registered to you.
306
00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:12,185
-Is that right?
-Well, we have a company car
307
00:14:12,269 --> 00:14:15,397
that's leased, you might say,
to my ex-husband, why?
308
00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,856
There's been an accident, Ma'am,
309
00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:18,900
and the driver has no identification.
310
00:14:18,984 --> 00:14:20,652
Could you come with us, please?
311
00:14:20,735 --> 00:14:22,195
Is it Nolan?
312
00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:23,989
We don't know, Ma'am.
313
00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:25,657
Is he hurt?
314
00:14:25,740 --> 00:14:27,200
Would you please come with us, Ma'am?
315
00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:31,663
[melancholy music]
316
00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:39,796
Yes, that's Nolan.
317
00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:46,094
Lieutenant, could you tell me
what happened?
318
00:14:46,177 --> 00:14:49,431
No secret. The railroad
tracks are a bad area.
319
00:14:49,514 --> 00:14:51,600
Your husband was driving alone,
320
00:14:51,683 --> 00:14:54,477
got a flat, took out a jack to change it.
321
00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:58,481
Some thug, thief or wino
shot him and took his wallet.
322
00:14:58,690 --> 00:14:59,524
That's the way she looks.
323
00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:03,320
Of all the times Nolan thought
he could change a tire
324
00:15:04,029 --> 00:15:05,572
in that neck of the woods.
325
00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:07,991
Was the gunfire overheard by anyone?
326
00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:09,701
You know, a witness?
327
00:15:09,784 --> 00:15:12,078
Nobody lives out there.
We couldn't find a soul.
328
00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:15,790
Edna, you said, "of all times
329
00:15:15,874 --> 00:15:18,126
Nolan thought he could change a tire."
330
00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:19,836
You knew Nolan.
331
00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:22,756
He couldn't open a can,
let alone change a flat.
332
00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:24,507
Which makes me think,
333
00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:27,469
if he couldn't change a flat,
why was the jack out?
334
00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:29,012
Isn't that what you said, lieutenant?
335
00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:31,431
There was no pay phone
or gas station around.
336
00:15:31,514 --> 00:15:34,017
Mr. Hayes had to give it
a try, wouldn't you say?
337
00:15:34,726 --> 00:15:37,437
Actually, no, I certainly wouldn't say.
338
00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,689
Edna, after lunch Nolan said
339
00:15:39,773 --> 00:15:41,650
that you could reach him on his car phone.
340
00:15:41,733 --> 00:15:43,985
So why didn't he stay safely in his car
341
00:15:44,069 --> 00:15:47,405
and call the gas station or the auto club?
342
00:15:47,489 --> 00:15:50,241
You also said that nobody lived out there.
343
00:15:50,325 --> 00:15:53,453
So what was he doing driving out
there in the first place?
344
00:15:53,536 --> 00:15:55,747
We plan to run ballistics
and fingerprint tests
345
00:15:55,830 --> 00:15:57,248
as a matter of course.
346
00:15:57,332 --> 00:15:58,958
A lot of questions will be answered then.
347
00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:02,629
Mrs. Hayes, how long have you
and the deceased been divorced?
348
00:16:02,712 --> 00:16:03,880
Three years.
349
00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:06,299
Was the parting friendly?
350
00:16:06,383 --> 00:16:08,510
Lieutenant, these questions
hardly come under the heading
351
00:16:08,593 --> 00:16:10,553
of ballistics or fingerprint tests.
352
00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:13,139
It's all right, J.K. Lieutenant,
353
00:16:13,223 --> 00:16:16,518
we each got what we wanted
out of the settlement.
354
00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:21,773
Nolan got the farm, a car,
and an annual consultant's fee.
355
00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:23,650
And what did you get?
356
00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:25,360
I got rid of Nolan.
357
00:16:26,111 --> 00:16:28,613
[light music]
358
00:16:32,575 --> 00:16:34,244
Right, Doc. I got it.
359
00:16:36,079 --> 00:16:37,080
Is that right?
360
00:16:37,789 --> 00:16:41,459
It wasn't a nail, after all?
The tire was slashed?
361
00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:42,627
[knocking on door]
362
00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:46,423
Look, if you're one of them
363
00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,425
pain-in-the-tail St. Louis reporters,
364
00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:50,677
I still don't have a thing
on the Hayes murder.
365
00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,053
Okay?
366
00:16:52,721 --> 00:16:57,142
I'm Field Director Yelverton,
Internal Revenue Service.
367
00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:00,019
I'll call you back.
368
00:17:01,146 --> 00:17:04,357
Uh... Mr. Yelverton, Sir.
369
00:17:04,441 --> 00:17:07,569
I thought my IRS problem
was over. I mean, I...
370
00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:09,654
they said they wouldn't
repossess my car if I--
371
00:17:09,738 --> 00:17:13,408
Relax, lieutenant. I'm here
about Nolan Hayes' murder.
372
00:17:13,491 --> 00:17:14,826
Oh.
373
00:17:14,909 --> 00:17:16,494
The murder. Great!
374
00:17:16,578 --> 00:17:17,829
Uh, coffee?
375
00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:20,707
Decaf? Tea?
376
00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:23,126
I think we still have a Danish. Ha.
377
00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:25,128
No. No, thank you.
378
00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:28,256
You know, lieutenant,
the IRS has lost a key witness
379
00:17:28,339 --> 00:17:31,176
in its tax case against Aunt Edna's Pies.
380
00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:35,138
You may not be aware.
Mrs. Hayes owes us $2 million.
381
00:17:36,139 --> 00:17:37,766
$2 million! [whistles]
382
00:17:37,849 --> 00:17:40,059
Well, I guess repossessing her car is out.
383
00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:43,897
-You catch on.
-You say Hayes was a witness?
384
00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:46,524
Are you familiar
with the term "Juda's goat"?
385
00:17:46,608 --> 00:17:47,984
Sure.
386
00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,111
And Mrs. Hayes was
gonna be the lamb chops.
387
00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:53,948
I'd like to be the first
to hear of any developments.
388
00:17:54,032 --> 00:17:55,742
Well, you know, actually, Sir,
389
00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:58,203
the IRS has no jurisdiction
in Hayes's murder.
390
00:17:58,703 --> 00:18:00,580
Are you still driving that '84 Buick?
391
00:18:00,663 --> 00:18:03,833
[light music]
392
00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,376
I'll be in touch.
393
00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:15,094
Jessica, thanks so much for helping
394
00:18:15,178 --> 00:18:16,679
with Nolan's funeral arrangements.
395
00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:18,848
He had no one, you know. I know.
396
00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:20,892
Mrs. Hayes, I'd like to
have a word with you.
397
00:18:20,975 --> 00:18:22,644
Kind of goes along with a couple of things
398
00:18:22,727 --> 00:18:24,979
you mentioned, Mrs. Fletcher,
if you'd like to join us.
399
00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:26,231
Right this way.
400
00:18:28,817 --> 00:18:30,318
Did you know your ex
401
00:18:30,401 --> 00:18:32,445
was gonna testify against you
in tax court?
402
00:18:32,529 --> 00:18:34,239
Well, I'm not surprised, lieutenant.
403
00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:36,032
But you're wasting your time
404
00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:38,201
if you think that I had
a motive to kill him.
405
00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,829
Lieutenant, it's only an IRS claim
406
00:18:40,912 --> 00:18:43,289
that Mrs. Hayes owes any money.
407
00:18:43,498 --> 00:18:45,875
Sounds to me like you don't own a car.
408
00:18:45,959 --> 00:18:47,961
Mrs. Hayes, my department found blood
409
00:18:48,044 --> 00:18:49,754
on the jaguar's rear seat,
410
00:18:49,838 --> 00:18:51,673
and the flat tire got that way
411
00:18:51,756 --> 00:18:54,008
because of a six-inch knife slash.
412
00:18:55,009 --> 00:18:57,136
What are you saying, lieutenant?
413
00:18:57,220 --> 00:18:59,055
That Nolan was killed elsewhere?
414
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,765
About 9:00 and driven to the tracks.
415
00:19:00,849 --> 00:19:02,642
And what about the ballistic tests
416
00:19:02,725 --> 00:19:04,060
that you were going to run?
417
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,728
Waiting word on them now.
418
00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:07,939
Naturally, I'm questioning
everyone who knew him,
419
00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:10,483
like their whereabouts last night.
420
00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:13,820
Miss Manning, Mr. Harris
and Wellstood were at home...
421
00:19:14,362 --> 00:19:15,530
they say.
422
00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:18,324
J.K. Davern was at a concert,
423
00:19:18,408 --> 00:19:19,993
with you, Mrs. Fletcher, I believe.
424
00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:21,494
That's right.
425
00:19:23,288 --> 00:19:24,330
And what about you, Mrs. Hayes?
426
00:19:24,414 --> 00:19:26,207
Where were you last night around 9:00?
427
00:19:26,291 --> 00:19:27,250
I was home alone.
428
00:19:28,459 --> 00:19:31,004
-That so?
-Yeah, I got home around 7:30.
429
00:19:31,087 --> 00:19:33,047
I was waiting for Nolan.
430
00:19:33,131 --> 00:19:35,383
He'd called the office that afternoon
431
00:19:35,466 --> 00:19:37,677
and said he would be coming by at 9:00.
432
00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,262
He obviously didn't.
433
00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:42,724
And then Jessica and J.K.
returned about 10:30.
434
00:19:43,975 --> 00:19:47,729
By yourself from 7:30
to 10:30. That about it?
435
00:19:47,812 --> 00:19:50,023
-Mm-hmm.
-Can anybody vouch for you,
436
00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:52,233
Edna? I mean, a phone call you got
437
00:19:52,317 --> 00:19:54,861
or somebody who wanted to
borrow a cup of something?
438
00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:59,282
Yes. Actually,
the doorbell rang about 9:00.
439
00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:02,660
I don't know where he was from,
but it was some delivery man.
440
00:20:02,744 --> 00:20:04,621
He had the wrong house, and he left.
441
00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:06,289
I see.
442
00:20:06,831 --> 00:20:10,919
A delivery man you don't know
from a place you don't know
443
00:20:11,002 --> 00:20:13,755
didn't drop anything off at around 9:00.
444
00:20:14,088 --> 00:20:16,925
Look, lieutenant, if I
thought I needed an alibi,
445
00:20:17,008 --> 00:20:18,676
I would have invited him in.
446
00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,054
Mrs. Hayes, there may be
a few more questions,
447
00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:22,847
-so please...
-Look, lieutenant,
448
00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:24,432
I have a company to run.
449
00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:26,726
You know exactly where you can find me.
450
00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:28,811
I'll be in touch.
451
00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:34,442
Jessica, let me get you a car
to take you to St. Louis.
452
00:20:34,525 --> 00:20:37,236
I don't want you to have to
postpone your radio interviews
453
00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,322
-on my account.
-Edna, you have got
454
00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:41,741
very important business to attend to.
455
00:20:41,824 --> 00:20:43,618
Yeah, stalling the loan company.
456
00:20:43,701 --> 00:20:46,579
-It'll just bore you to death.
-No, I mean Nolan's death
457
00:20:46,663 --> 00:20:48,915
and your alibi or lack of it.
458
00:20:49,707 --> 00:20:52,418
You don't really think
that I need an alibi?
459
00:20:52,502 --> 00:20:55,004
Edna, it's not important what I think.
460
00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,340
Lieutenant Phillips
is a man with a mission.
461
00:20:57,423 --> 00:20:58,800
It's his job.
462
00:20:59,217 --> 00:21:00,593
Now this delivery man,
463
00:21:00,677 --> 00:21:02,553
was there a sign on the side of the van?
464
00:21:02,637 --> 00:21:05,306
Was he wearing a uniform from some store?
465
00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:08,309
I don't know. The doorbell rang.
466
00:21:08,393 --> 00:21:11,688
I was expecting Nolan, but I
live alone, and you never know.
467
00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:13,815
So I said, "who is it?"
468
00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:18,277
And the voice said, "delivery
for 485 North Plainview."
469
00:21:18,361 --> 00:21:21,155
Well, I realized he had
the wrong address, so I said,
470
00:21:21,239 --> 00:21:25,326
"this is 485 South Plainview,"
and I heard him walk away.
471
00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:27,870
Well, I knew he was lost,
so I opened the door,
472
00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:30,707
and he was in the shadows,
you know, by the curb.
473
00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:34,335
I pointed out the right way.
He thanked me, and left.
474
00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:37,922
But I... I could never describe him.
475
00:21:38,256 --> 00:21:40,508
Hmm. Well, it's a start.
476
00:21:42,051 --> 00:21:43,011
It is?
477
00:21:45,722 --> 00:21:49,225
Why, yes, I did get a
delivery the night before last.
478
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:50,643
A pizza.
479
00:21:50,727 --> 00:21:52,437
And where did the pizza come from?
480
00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:54,981
Sons of Sicily. "We deliver."
481
00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:57,442
It was cold enough
to have come from Palermo.
482
00:21:58,526 --> 00:21:59,861
Thanks very much.
483
00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:04,032
[phone ringing]
484
00:22:04,115 --> 00:22:05,742
Come on, Marty, will you hustle up here?
485
00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:07,243
I got calzones on the thing.
486
00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,163
Come on! [phone ringing]
487
00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:12,582
Sons of Sicily, this is Sal.
What can I do for you?
488
00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:15,585
Yes, good evening.
My name is Jessica Fletcher.
489
00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:17,336
Yes, Ma'am. What's your address?
490
00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:19,172
Well, actually, I'm calling about
491
00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:21,299
a delivery man of yours.
492
00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:26,095
Now, two nights ago he went
to 485 North Plainview.
493
00:22:26,179 --> 00:22:28,264
Oh, great. If this is another complaint
494
00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:30,933
about Benny getting lost...
I fired the guy this morning.
495
00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:33,102
Oh, that's too bad.
496
00:22:33,186 --> 00:22:35,229
So what kind of pizza do you want?
497
00:22:35,313 --> 00:22:38,232
Well, actually, I want Benny's
last name and a phone number,
498
00:22:38,316 --> 00:22:40,443
-if you have one.
-Lady, come on,
499
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:42,987
what do I sound like,
a dating service here?
500
00:22:44,447 --> 00:22:46,115
-Oh.
-Well?
501
00:22:46,991 --> 00:22:49,202
Looks as if Benny's lost again.
502
00:22:49,285 --> 00:22:50,912
[doorbell rings]
503
00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:55,124
Mrs. Fletcher. Mrs. Hayes.
504
00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:57,043
Well, you certainly put in
a full day, lieutenant.
505
00:22:57,126 --> 00:22:59,087
Your tax dollars at work.
506
00:23:00,296 --> 00:23:03,091
Mrs. Hayes, do you happen to own a gun?
507
00:23:05,051 --> 00:23:07,011
Guns frighten me. I wouldn't
have one in the house.
508
00:23:08,429 --> 00:23:10,431
Ah. Our ballistics report
just came through.
509
00:23:10,515 --> 00:23:12,058
A .38 caliber killed your ex-husband.
510
00:23:13,643 --> 00:23:14,644
I see.
511
00:23:14,977 --> 00:23:16,979
Mrs. Hayes, we may not be big city police
512
00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:19,148
like up in St. Louis, but we know how to
513
00:23:19,232 --> 00:23:20,691
read state records.
514
00:23:20,775 --> 00:23:22,693
A .38 is registered in your name,
515
00:23:23,486 --> 00:23:25,655
bought about three years ago.
516
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:29,408
Hayes is a very common name.
Re-read your records.
517
00:23:29,492 --> 00:23:31,035
Lieutenant, would you mind
518
00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,621
if I had a word alone with Mrs. Hayes?
519
00:23:33,704 --> 00:23:34,705
Why not?
520
00:23:38,835 --> 00:23:41,796
Edna, this isn't the dorm mother
521
00:23:41,879 --> 00:23:43,881
asking why we're late for curfew.
522
00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:45,591
This is the police.
523
00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:47,510
Well, surely you don't think
that I killed Nolan.
524
00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:49,262
Well, of course not.
525
00:23:49,345 --> 00:23:50,930
And if you tell me that
you don't own a gun,
526
00:23:51,013 --> 00:23:52,431
I will believe that too.
527
00:23:53,057 --> 00:23:55,184
Jessica, I cooperated with the IRS,
528
00:23:55,268 --> 00:23:56,435
and where did it get me?
529
00:23:57,728 --> 00:23:58,729
[clears throat]
530
00:23:59,230 --> 00:24:00,773
I could get a search warrant.
531
00:24:02,483 --> 00:24:03,776
[sighs]
532
00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:08,573
It won't be necessary.
533
00:24:10,283 --> 00:24:12,660
After the divorce,
living alone in this big house,
534
00:24:12,743 --> 00:24:15,538
I thought I should have it.
I never fired it.
535
00:24:15,872 --> 00:24:19,041
Look, lieutenant, I'm sorry I lied to you.
536
00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:21,127
I...I haven't been myself lately, I...
537
00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:23,838
Mrs. Hayes, one bullet has been fired.
538
00:24:23,921 --> 00:24:26,674
-Pretty recently too.
-Are you quite sure?
539
00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:28,092
Don't take an expert, Ma'am. Give a whiff.
540
00:24:29,844 --> 00:24:32,013
I don't understand it, lieutenant.
541
00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:33,890
I never fired that gun!
542
00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:36,392
Have to read you your rights, Mrs. Hayes.
543
00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,978
Got a little 3-by-5 card
someplace with the exact words.
544
00:24:39,061 --> 00:24:40,396
Oh, lieutenant, this is ridiculous.
545
00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,398
You can't charge Mrs. Hayes with murder.
546
00:24:43,691 --> 00:24:45,902
Kind of funny, Mrs. Fletcher,
before I ran into you,
547
00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:48,613
I was content calling it
flat tire and robbery.
548
00:24:55,912 --> 00:24:59,290
Here you go. Fresh-brewed
just a few minutes ago.
549
00:24:59,373 --> 00:25:02,001
And I brought you some
extra butter for that Danish.
550
00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:06,339
Even from behind bars,
Mrs. Hayes has to pay her taxes.
551
00:25:06,422 --> 00:25:08,966
Selling pies from stir won't be easy.
552
00:25:10,092 --> 00:25:11,302
She won't have to lift a finger.
553
00:25:11,385 --> 00:25:13,137
We'll do it for her.
554
00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:17,350
Has a nice ring. Uncle Sam's Baked Goods.
555
00:25:17,892 --> 00:25:20,478
[people chattering]
556
00:25:22,563 --> 00:25:25,566
Excuse me, I'd like to visit Mrs. Hayes.
557
00:25:26,067 --> 00:25:27,235
Would you fill this out for me, please?
558
00:25:27,318 --> 00:25:29,362
Yes. Thank you.
559
00:25:34,408 --> 00:25:35,534
Mrs. Fletcher.
560
00:25:35,618 --> 00:25:36,911
Yes.
561
00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:38,537
I've been looking forward to meeting you.
562
00:25:38,621 --> 00:25:41,374
-I've read your stuff.
-Oh?
563
00:25:41,457 --> 00:25:44,877
Gerald Yelverton, IRS field director.
564
00:25:44,961 --> 00:25:46,545
You've got a hell of an imagination,
565
00:25:46,629 --> 00:25:49,048
-if my opinion counts.
-Well, thank you.
566
00:25:49,131 --> 00:25:51,384
Which one of my books have you read?
567
00:25:51,467 --> 00:25:54,220
Your books? I'm talking
about your tax return.
568
00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:56,180
Oh.
569
00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:59,016
Nothing personal. Mrs. Hayes has to pay
570
00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,769
-what she owes.
-If she owes it.
571
00:26:02,853 --> 00:26:03,688
You know, it's occurred to me
572
00:26:03,771 --> 00:26:05,106
that if you're planning
to write this trip off
573
00:26:05,189 --> 00:26:07,191
as a business expense, the big stores
574
00:26:07,275 --> 00:26:09,860
and the television stations are
in Kansas City and St. Louis
575
00:26:09,944 --> 00:26:12,655
-and not around here.
-Mr. Yelverton,
576
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:15,157
I was under the impression that what I did
577
00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:18,661
or didn't write off was my business.
578
00:26:19,870 --> 00:26:21,580
Common misconception.
579
00:26:21,664 --> 00:26:24,542
[teasing music]
580
00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:27,586
[knocking on door]
581
00:26:28,504 --> 00:26:29,463
Excuse me, lieutenant.
582
00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:32,133
Ah, Mrs. Fletcher.
583
00:26:32,216 --> 00:26:33,801
Still friends, I hope.
584
00:26:33,884 --> 00:26:37,680
Lieutenant, this morning
I spoke to Edna's attorney,
585
00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:39,432
who told me that Edna's gun
586
00:26:39,515 --> 00:26:41,642
had been wiped clean of fingerprints.
587
00:26:42,393 --> 00:26:43,978
So she wiped them off.
588
00:26:44,061 --> 00:26:46,314
Isn't that what you would do
after you'd shot someone?
589
00:26:46,397 --> 00:26:48,399
Well, frankly, I would have
thrown the gun away,
590
00:26:48,482 --> 00:26:51,277
not left it by my bed
for the police to find.
591
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,529
But if I had been
foolish enough to keep it,
592
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:55,114
what difference would it make
593
00:26:55,197 --> 00:26:57,908
if my fingerprints were on my gun?
594
00:26:59,285 --> 00:27:00,870
Look, prints or no prints,
595
00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,664
it was her gun, and I'm
proceeding accordingly.
596
00:27:05,875 --> 00:27:08,044
Lieutenant, that pizza being delivered,
597
00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:10,338
is that from Sons of Sicily?
598
00:27:10,421 --> 00:27:12,048
No, we usually call Mr. Pizzazz.
599
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:14,633
Uh-huh. And besides those two,
600
00:27:14,717 --> 00:27:17,803
about how many other pizza
places are there in Jonesburg?
601
00:27:17,887 --> 00:27:19,930
I don't know, two or three more.
602
00:27:20,014 --> 00:27:23,059
-You hungry?
-Yes. For an alibi.
603
00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:24,518
Would you, by any chance,
604
00:27:24,602 --> 00:27:26,854
have a telephone directory
I could look at?
605
00:27:26,937 --> 00:27:28,356
Right here.
606
00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:35,279
What are you up to, Mrs. Fletcher?
607
00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:39,450
I've decided that I would
like to order some pizza,
608
00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:42,620
if I can find the right man to deliver it.
609
00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:45,998
A-ha, here's Alberto's Pizza
Emporium. "We deliver."
610
00:27:46,082 --> 00:27:48,584
We'll start there. And if we're lucky,
611
00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:51,379
we'll find Benny working
for the competition.
612
00:27:56,467 --> 00:27:57,927
Thanks to Mrs. Fletcher,
613
00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:00,429
we found Benny delivering
for the competition.
614
00:28:00,513 --> 00:28:01,847
Check off this box.
615
00:28:01,931 --> 00:28:03,474
We'll return your purse and things.
616
00:28:04,809 --> 00:28:06,185
I was just doing my job, Mrs. Hayes.
617
00:28:06,268 --> 00:28:07,937
-You understand.
-Your job.
618
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:11,065
[clears throat] His job, Edna.
619
00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:13,776
Now, the way it looks,
a damned clever killer
620
00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:16,737
saw to it that you were left
to twist slowly in the wind
621
00:28:16,821 --> 00:28:17,822
without an alibi.
622
00:28:17,905 --> 00:28:19,407
And I helped him,
623
00:28:19,490 --> 00:28:23,202
making Jessica go to the
concert with J.K. Davern.
624
00:28:28,082 --> 00:28:29,959
-Gail?
-Yes, Mrs. Fletcher?
625
00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:33,712
The other day, you gave Edna
a message that Nolan had called.
626
00:28:33,796 --> 00:28:36,298
-Right.
-How did he sound?
627
00:28:36,382 --> 00:28:38,467
-Sound?
-I mean, was he nervous,
628
00:28:38,551 --> 00:28:41,303
-upset?
-Oh. I didn't actually
629
00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:43,681
speak with Nolan.
There was a message on my desk
630
00:28:43,764 --> 00:28:45,975
-when I got back from lunch.
-Well, who put it there?
631
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:48,602
-Your secretary?
-No, I don't think so.
632
00:28:48,686 --> 00:28:50,187
Patty had a dentist appointment that day.
633
00:28:50,271 --> 00:28:52,690
She left early. She took a long lunch.
634
00:28:52,773 --> 00:28:55,276
So anybody could have put it on your desk.
635
00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:58,779
Possibly as part of an attempt
to frame Edna for murder.
636
00:28:59,530 --> 00:29:00,406
You know who it could have been?
637
00:29:00,489 --> 00:29:02,158
It could have been Spencer Prinz.
638
00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:03,325
He's the auditor from St. Louis.
639
00:29:04,118 --> 00:29:06,036
He doesn't come here
very often, but when he does,
640
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,581
he usually works through lunch,
when no one's around.
641
00:29:08,664 --> 00:29:10,040
Maybe he took the call.
642
00:29:10,124 --> 00:29:11,584
I'm sure that's what happened, Gail.
643
00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:13,210
I told Spencer to
use your desk during lunch,
644
00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:15,129
'cause he had to go over
some payroll records.
645
00:29:15,212 --> 00:29:16,964
You know, an outside auditor like Spencer
646
00:29:17,047 --> 00:29:18,841
has to grab a telephone
and desk wherever he can.
647
00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:22,052
And where is this Spencer Prinz now?
648
00:29:22,136 --> 00:29:24,472
Well, he's probably on his
way back to St. Louis.
649
00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:25,890
He was here a minute ago.
650
00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:27,266
[scoffs]
651
00:29:27,349 --> 00:29:29,643
You know, this is almost funny,
652
00:29:29,727 --> 00:29:31,937
if Edna's predicament wasn't so serious.
653
00:29:32,021 --> 00:29:33,439
What is?
654
00:29:33,522 --> 00:29:35,566
Well, this mysterious Mr. Prinz.
655
00:29:35,649 --> 00:29:37,651
I mean, the other day
he was here during lunch,
656
00:29:37,735 --> 00:29:39,069
hardly anybody saw him.
657
00:29:39,153 --> 00:29:41,030
Now he's on his way back to St. Louis.
658
00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:42,907
That's where his home office is.
659
00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:45,826
Well, I admit I did
catch a glimpse of him.
660
00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:50,539
But the fact is that everybody
sees Spencer Prinz except me.
661
00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:51,999
Well, a little birdie
662
00:29:52,082 --> 00:29:54,126
didn't bring these checks from St. Louis.
663
00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:55,377
Then you did see him?
664
00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:57,505
Well, let me think.
665
00:29:58,589 --> 00:29:59,590
No.
666
00:29:59,673 --> 00:30:02,176
He gave the checks to me.
667
00:30:02,259 --> 00:30:03,928
Mrs. Fletcher, the police and the IRS
668
00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:06,347
have both talked to Spencer
in their offices.
669
00:30:07,348 --> 00:30:11,018
And if his car is still here,
you can talk to him too.
670
00:30:12,603 --> 00:30:14,813
Spencer! Spencer!
671
00:30:19,026 --> 00:30:20,528
There he is.
672
00:30:24,573 --> 00:30:25,824
There he goes.
673
00:30:28,536 --> 00:30:30,371
Gail, get Spencer's home number
674
00:30:30,454 --> 00:30:32,706
and address in St. Louis
for Jessica, will you?
675
00:30:32,790 --> 00:30:34,875
-Yes, Sir.
-J.K., we're gonna be late
676
00:30:34,959 --> 00:30:37,127
-for that sales meeting.
-Yes.
677
00:30:38,546 --> 00:30:40,589
This is really brutal, Mrs. Fletcher.
678
00:30:40,673 --> 00:30:43,425
If we pay the loan, we can't pay the IRS.
679
00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:46,178
If we pay the IRS again,
we can't repay the loan.
680
00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:50,015
Computers, electronic banking, auditors.
681
00:30:50,933 --> 00:30:54,478
It was a lot simpler when people
actually dealt with money.
682
00:30:54,562 --> 00:30:57,773
These days, nobody knows a damn thing.
683
00:30:57,856 --> 00:30:59,942
Maybe there is somebody.
684
00:31:00,901 --> 00:31:04,530
Somebody who gets paid to know everything.
685
00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:07,575
[bright music]
686
00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:24,008
Mrs. Fletcher. This is indeed a pleasure.
687
00:31:24,091 --> 00:31:26,051
I must say, in my 20 years
with the service,
688
00:31:26,135 --> 00:31:27,595
you may be the first person
689
00:31:27,678 --> 00:31:29,680
who's ever dropped in on me voluntarily.
690
00:31:29,763 --> 00:31:31,307
Thank you, Mr. Yelverton.
691
00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:34,018
I must confess, I'm still
a little uncomfortable.
692
00:31:34,101 --> 00:31:35,978
Every tax payer is.
693
00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:39,273
Even relatively honest ones,
like yourself.
694
00:31:39,356 --> 00:31:41,108
Please, sit down
695
00:31:41,191 --> 00:31:44,528
and unburden yourself
of those two-martini lunches
696
00:31:44,612 --> 00:31:46,238
you used to call business.
697
00:31:46,322 --> 00:31:49,325
I'm sure we can straighten everything out.
698
00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:54,163
I didn't come here about
my tax returns, Mr. Yelverton.
699
00:31:54,747 --> 00:31:56,081
Oh, really?
700
00:31:56,165 --> 00:31:59,835
I'm trying to track down
a man named Spencer Prinz.
701
00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:02,796
Now, everybody sees
and talks to him but me,
702
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:04,548
and I need your help.
703
00:32:04,632 --> 00:32:06,425
Help? My help?
704
00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:09,637
Goodness, nobody ever asks for my help.
705
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:14,224
Well, I was told that
Spencer Prinz met with you.
706
00:32:14,308 --> 00:32:16,268
Oh, yes, I summoned him
707
00:32:16,352 --> 00:32:19,938
with the books from
Aunt Edna's Baked Goods.
708
00:32:20,022 --> 00:32:23,317
Naturally, he complied. They all comply.
709
00:32:23,901 --> 00:32:25,319
And what was he like?
710
00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:28,322
Like all of them; nervous, sweaty,
711
00:32:28,405 --> 00:32:30,324
afraid to look me in the eye.
712
00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:32,076
But harmless, really.
713
00:32:32,159 --> 00:32:35,329
Quiet fellow with glasses,
given to bow ties.
714
00:32:37,081 --> 00:32:40,542
Say, you don't think that
little cog in the wheel
715
00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,336
actually pulled off
a $2 million tax swindle
716
00:32:42,419 --> 00:32:43,879
and a murder, do you?
717
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,756
Mr. Yelverton,
718
00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:49,259
far be it from me to ask you to snoop...
719
00:32:49,343 --> 00:32:51,553
but you want $2 million,
720
00:32:51,637 --> 00:32:53,347
and the police want a dangerous killer.
721
00:32:54,223 --> 00:32:55,724
And when you think about it,
722
00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:58,602
isn't that the way that
the IRS helped the police
723
00:32:58,686 --> 00:33:01,647
finally nail Al Capone?
724
00:33:02,856 --> 00:33:05,275
"Scarface" Al Capone.
725
00:33:05,651 --> 00:33:07,194
Those were the days.
726
00:33:09,947 --> 00:33:11,407
[beep] [typing]
727
00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:13,450
Prinz...
728
00:33:13,534 --> 00:33:16,453
let's see what we've got.
729
00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:18,414
This isn't snooping, exactly.
730
00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:21,959
This is T-men in action.
731
00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:23,335
Ha!
732
00:33:23,419 --> 00:33:25,379
Social security number...
733
00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:26,964
yes, yes, Ma'am.
734
00:33:27,047 --> 00:33:28,966
These are the years
he was filing his taxes
735
00:33:29,049 --> 00:33:31,135
when he was a resident in Illinois ...
736
00:33:31,218 --> 00:33:34,471
'85, '86, up to '87.
737
00:33:34,555 --> 00:33:38,058
I don't like this.
I don't like this at all.
738
00:33:38,142 --> 00:33:40,436
He paid us every cent he owed us.
739
00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:43,105
Even filed early each year.
740
00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:45,941
Ah, here's where he transferred a year ago
741
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:48,235
to the auditing firm in St. Louis.
742
00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:49,319
[computer beeping]
743
00:33:49,403 --> 00:33:52,364
Oops. My mistake.
744
00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:54,408
Wait a minute.
745
00:33:54,491 --> 00:33:57,494
I...I've lost him. In St. Louis?
746
00:33:57,578 --> 00:34:01,999
No, hold on. Spencer Prinz!
747
00:34:02,082 --> 00:34:04,793
It's not my mistake.
We don't make mistakes.
748
00:34:04,877 --> 00:34:06,670
He's not lost. You found him?
749
00:34:06,754 --> 00:34:10,007
No, ma'am, you found him for us.
750
00:34:10,090 --> 00:34:12,384
He didn't file this year.
751
00:34:12,468 --> 00:34:13,969
Of course, he hasn't.
752
00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:17,055
Not someone who's just
embezzled $2 million!
753
00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:20,476
Well, for once, I tend to agree with you.
754
00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:24,229
Excellent, Mrs. Fletcher, excellent.
755
00:34:24,313 --> 00:34:26,064
I'm sure Spencer Prinz
756
00:34:26,148 --> 00:34:28,817
will be a lot easier to put
behind bars than Al Capone.
757
00:34:28,901 --> 00:34:31,403
Well, I wouldn't
count on that, Mr. Yelverton.
758
00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:33,906
First, you're going to have to find him.
759
00:34:33,989 --> 00:34:36,158
Ha!
760
00:34:40,454 --> 00:34:42,956
Of course, Roy, I'm overextended.
761
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,334
But you know what this business is worth.
762
00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:48,337
All I'm asking for is a short-term...
763
00:34:49,797 --> 00:34:51,215
yes, Roy.
764
00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:53,926
Damn it, there are jobs at stake here.
765
00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:56,804
I am not going to throw
all these people out of work.
766
00:34:57,346 --> 00:35:00,057
Fine, you just have your meeting
with the Loan Committee
767
00:35:00,140 --> 00:35:02,643
and call me when they turn me down!
768
00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:04,144
Even Roy, huh?
769
00:35:04,228 --> 00:35:05,854
That parsimonious jerk.
770
00:35:05,938 --> 00:35:08,607
I don't know how the bank
stays afloat with him in charge.
771
00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:10,943
Where's Jessica?
772
00:35:11,026 --> 00:35:12,861
I thought you and she were
going over the books.
773
00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:15,113
She went to St. Louis
with that police lieutenant
774
00:35:15,197 --> 00:35:17,699
to try to track down Spencer Prinz.
775
00:35:18,283 --> 00:35:19,910
She's got it in her head
776
00:35:19,993 --> 00:35:22,412
that he's a figment of
someone's imagination.
777
00:35:22,496 --> 00:35:25,582
I gotta tell you, J.K.,
I'm beginning to agree with her.
778
00:35:25,666 --> 00:35:27,709
[laughs]
779
00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:32,881
He isn't here, mister. What else is new?
780
00:35:33,423 --> 00:35:35,759
Certainly looks as if he had
quite a party last night.
781
00:35:35,843 --> 00:35:37,803
Poker. Bunch of slobs...
782
00:35:38,762 --> 00:35:41,223
chips all over the floor,
rings on the table.
783
00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:43,725
Oh, well, that's what I get paid to do.
784
00:35:43,809 --> 00:35:45,143
When's the last time you saw him?
785
00:35:45,227 --> 00:35:47,229
See him? I never see him.
786
00:35:47,312 --> 00:35:48,272
Never?
787
00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:50,899
Oh, yeah, a few months ago,
when he hired me.
788
00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:52,484
But since then, never.
789
00:35:52,568 --> 00:35:54,987
He's always working whenever I'm here.
790
00:35:55,070 --> 00:35:56,738
He leaves me an envelope with cash in it
791
00:35:56,822 --> 00:35:58,574
on that table over there. I see.
792
00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:01,451
And this Mr. Prinz...
what does he look like?
793
00:36:01,994 --> 00:36:05,998
Look like? I don't know,
he's kind of medium size,
794
00:36:06,081 --> 00:36:08,458
medium build, glasses,
795
00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:13,255
moustache, and...
oh, yeah, he wore a bow tie.
796
00:36:14,548 --> 00:36:15,465
Mrs. Fletcher.
797
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,553
Looks like Prinz is our man, after all.
798
00:36:19,636 --> 00:36:21,138
Take a look, Nolan Hayes's wallet,
799
00:36:21,221 --> 00:36:23,223
credit cards, driver's license.
800
00:36:24,057 --> 00:36:25,809
But this makes no sense, lieutenant.
801
00:36:25,893 --> 00:36:27,769
If you embezzle $2 million,
802
00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:30,314
why would you steal a wallet,
but keep it laying around?
803
00:36:30,397 --> 00:36:33,400
It wasn't laying around. It was hidden.
804
00:36:33,483 --> 00:36:35,736
I'm putting out an APB on Spencer Prinz.
805
00:36:35,819 --> 00:36:39,031
White male, glasses, moustache, bow tie.
806
00:36:39,114 --> 00:36:41,033
I'll also have the local police stake out
807
00:36:41,116 --> 00:36:42,910
both here and the airport.
808
00:36:43,493 --> 00:36:45,078
If it's not too late.
809
00:36:48,999 --> 00:36:50,918
This is like cramming for finals.
810
00:36:51,001 --> 00:36:54,004
Yeah, but there's no way of
making it up in summer school
811
00:36:54,087 --> 00:36:56,965
if we don't find the buried
money by tomorrow morning.
812
00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,178
Oh, it must be a power failure.
813
00:37:01,678 --> 00:37:03,889
But this light is on.
814
00:37:04,765 --> 00:37:06,308
Don't move, ladies.
815
00:37:06,975 --> 00:37:08,185
Put your hands up!
816
00:37:10,646 --> 00:37:11,813
And step back.
817
00:37:15,108 --> 00:37:16,276
[clears throat]
818
00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:20,072
The ghost returns.
819
00:37:21,156 --> 00:37:22,574
Spencer Prinz, I presume?
820
00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:24,534
That's right.
821
00:37:29,498 --> 00:37:33,377
I'll just relieve you of this
slightly incriminating volume
822
00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:34,878
and be on my way.
823
00:37:35,504 --> 00:37:37,255
You did steal the money, didn't you?
824
00:37:37,339 --> 00:37:40,133
Oh, yes. And I was forced to kill
825
00:37:40,217 --> 00:37:42,010
your ex-husband, Mrs. Hayes.
826
00:37:42,094 --> 00:37:43,929
He found out what I was doing.
827
00:37:44,012 --> 00:37:45,555
A foolish and greedy man.
828
00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:49,184
Now don't force me to use this again.
829
00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:50,936
Step into the closet.
830
00:38:05,325 --> 00:38:06,451
He's gone.
831
00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:12,874
I'll dial 911.
832
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:18,255
Please, get a hold of
lieutenant Phillips right away
833
00:38:18,338 --> 00:38:20,507
and have him come to Aunt Edna's Factory.
834
00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:22,384
Tell him that we have found Spencer Prinz
835
00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:24,344
and that he's armed.
836
00:38:24,428 --> 00:38:26,513
-Be careful.
-Come on, Jessica.
837
00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:27,973
Edna, the man has a gun.
838
00:38:28,056 --> 00:38:30,058
[gun fires] That was a shot!
839
00:38:31,018 --> 00:38:34,354
[suspenseful music]
840
00:38:34,438 --> 00:38:36,648
Richard, what happened?
841
00:38:36,732 --> 00:38:38,567
I came by to help you
go through the books.
842
00:38:39,401 --> 00:38:40,902
I saw Spencer running toward me.
843
00:38:42,571 --> 00:38:43,905
He had a gun.
844
00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:45,866
He told me to freeze.
845
00:38:46,408 --> 00:38:48,702
As he was going by me to get in his car...
846
00:38:50,454 --> 00:38:53,665
I don't know where I found
the courage...I tackled him.
847
00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:56,126
We fought for his gun...
848
00:38:57,794 --> 00:38:58,837
it went off.
849
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:05,635
I've never even held a gun in my life...
850
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,346
[gun clatters] much less killed a man.
851
00:39:08,430 --> 00:39:09,598
That's odd.
852
00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:12,142
Look at his hair.
853
00:39:12,934 --> 00:39:14,478
Looks like a wig.
854
00:39:18,607 --> 00:39:20,317
It's J.K. Davern.
855
00:39:22,903 --> 00:39:25,322
He was Spencer Prinz? He killed Nolan?
856
00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:28,700
This is unbelievable.
857
00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:32,037
He had me completely fooled.
858
00:39:33,163 --> 00:39:36,792
But when you think about it,
it makes perfect sense.
859
00:39:37,959 --> 00:39:40,087
J.K. designed our computer marketing,
860
00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:42,923
our billing, our payroll systems.
861
00:39:43,590 --> 00:39:45,258
He could easily bury $2 million.
862
00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:47,135
Edna...
863
00:39:48,553 --> 00:39:50,722
the gun. Please pick it up.
864
00:39:51,848 --> 00:39:54,059
Be careful with that, Edna.
865
00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:56,019
I want you to cover Richard.
866
00:39:56,853 --> 00:39:59,564
-Cover me? That's ridiculous.
-What?
867
00:39:59,648 --> 00:40:01,358
Do it. Now, Edna, do it now.
868
00:40:01,441 --> 00:40:02,901
If you say so.
869
00:40:02,984 --> 00:40:04,820
Don't be absurd.
870
00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:07,614
I shot Prinz, but I...
871
00:40:07,697 --> 00:40:10,867
I mean J.K., but it was
self-defense, obviously.
872
00:40:10,951 --> 00:40:14,830
No, Richard. What is obvious
has finally got through to me.
873
00:40:15,330 --> 00:40:18,125
Unless my eyes are totally gone,
874
00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:20,836
the gun you said that
you picked up from J.K.
875
00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:24,381
is not the same gun that
was pointed at us inside.
876
00:40:24,464 --> 00:40:25,298
Of course, it is.
877
00:40:26,174 --> 00:40:28,176
It was less than a minute
878
00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:31,763
from the time we heard
the shot until we got here.
879
00:40:32,222 --> 00:40:34,975
Thirty seconds isn't
much time to hide a gun.
880
00:40:45,694 --> 00:40:49,948
I know guns, especially when
one's pointed at me
881
00:40:50,031 --> 00:40:52,492
and I'm staring down its barrel.
882
00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:55,579
There are two guns there, Wellstood.
883
00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:58,248
-How do you explain that?
-I don't.
884
00:40:58,331 --> 00:41:00,083
What must have happened is
Spencer Prinz...
885
00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:02,043
sorry, J.K.
886
00:41:02,127 --> 00:41:04,087
left the bakery, pocketed his gun,
887
00:41:04,171 --> 00:41:06,548
and then was shot by Richard point-blank.
888
00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:09,050
Richard hid J.K.'s gun in the waste barrel
889
00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:11,720
and tried to make us believe
the gun he brought
890
00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:13,972
was the one that J.K. threatened us with.
891
00:41:14,055 --> 00:41:16,641
Total nonsense. I don't deny
shooting Spencer Prinz,
892
00:41:16,725 --> 00:41:18,310
but I was as surprised as anyone
893
00:41:18,393 --> 00:41:20,520
to learn he was really J.K. Davern.
894
00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:23,690
No. I believe that you and J.K.
895
00:41:23,773 --> 00:41:26,526
trotted out the fictitious Spencer Prinz
896
00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:28,945
one more time tonight for my benefit.
897
00:41:29,029 --> 00:41:32,073
Jessica was the only one
who was curious enough
898
00:41:32,157 --> 00:41:35,076
to want a face-to-face encounter with him.
899
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,622
It seemed odd that the
outside auditor's appearances
900
00:41:38,705 --> 00:41:40,457
at Edna's company were limited
901
00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:44,419
and always verified by you,
Richard, or by J.K.
902
00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:47,756
in other words, it took two men
to create the third employee.
903
00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:51,176
An elusive man with an
apartment, a maid, a car,
904
00:41:51,259 --> 00:41:53,053
and a passion for bow ties.
905
00:41:53,929 --> 00:41:57,057
My first glimpse of Spencer
Prinz was from quite a distance,
906
00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:59,726
when you called to him that
he forgot the W4 forms,
907
00:41:59,809 --> 00:42:01,728
then offered to walk him to his car.
908
00:42:01,811 --> 00:42:03,313
A couple of days later,
909
00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:05,440
when my curiosity about
Spencer Prinz grew,
910
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:09,444
this time it was you, Richard,
who dressed up as Spencer.
911
00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:11,404
J.K. tried to stop Spencer
912
00:42:11,488 --> 00:42:13,615
before he drove back to St. Louis.
913
00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:16,952
But, as usual, we were
all a few steps behind.
914
00:42:17,035 --> 00:42:19,537
And, as usual, either you or your partner
915
00:42:19,621 --> 00:42:22,082
were vouching for Spencer's whereabouts.
916
00:42:22,165 --> 00:42:27,003
The catch was that no one ever
saw all three of you together.
917
00:42:27,087 --> 00:42:29,422
There's something wrong, Jessica.
918
00:42:29,506 --> 00:42:32,133
J.K. escorted you to the concert
919
00:42:32,217 --> 00:42:34,302
the night that Nolan was killed.
920
00:42:34,386 --> 00:42:36,930
So he couldn't have killed Nolan
921
00:42:37,013 --> 00:42:40,558
and yet he confessed the murder
to us that night in my office.
922
00:42:40,642 --> 00:42:42,394
Yes, but when he confessed,
923
00:42:42,477 --> 00:42:45,397
he did not know that he was
going to be double-crossed.
924
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,358
Lieutenant, you can't take
any of this seriously.
925
00:42:48,441 --> 00:42:50,151
That's where you're wrong, Sir.
926
00:42:50,235 --> 00:42:52,279
I buy it, and I think the DA will, too.
927
00:42:53,488 --> 00:42:54,823
Would you like to call your lawyer now?
928
00:42:55,407 --> 00:42:57,617
Or maybe you'd like to tell us
how it happened.
929
00:42:57,701 --> 00:42:59,160
I'd go easier on you.
930
00:43:12,048 --> 00:43:13,133
Damn it.
931
00:43:14,968 --> 00:43:16,553
We were so close.
932
00:43:22,267 --> 00:43:24,227
[sighs]
933
00:43:29,149 --> 00:43:32,360
Only J.K. and I knew
the real Spencer Prinz,
934
00:43:32,444 --> 00:43:34,863
who was about to transfer
935
00:43:34,946 --> 00:43:38,033
from chicago to St. Louis one year ago.
936
00:43:40,285 --> 00:43:42,579
A week before he was due to arrive,
937
00:43:43,204 --> 00:43:44,706
he died of a heart attack.
938
00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:48,626
That's when J.K. and I hatched the scheme
939
00:43:48,710 --> 00:43:52,422
to steal the tax deposits
by keeping Spencer alive.
940
00:43:53,590 --> 00:43:54,841
When the fiscal year was up,
941
00:43:54,924 --> 00:43:57,469
Spencer would disappear without a trace,
942
00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:00,305
taking with him all the blame
943
00:44:01,598 --> 00:44:03,224
and $2 million.
944
00:44:03,475 --> 00:44:05,894
Okay, but why did you
have to kill Nolan Hayes?
945
00:44:05,977 --> 00:44:07,562
J.K. got greedy.
946
00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:10,648
He forged a $200,000
payroll check to Nolan
947
00:44:10,732 --> 00:44:12,150
and cashed it to himself.
948
00:44:13,193 --> 00:44:14,361
He figured it would take the IRS forever
949
00:44:14,444 --> 00:44:16,946
to catch up with the tax
problems it would cause Nolan.
950
00:44:17,739 --> 00:44:18,740
It didn't.
951
00:44:19,366 --> 00:44:22,035
Nolan was desperate for answers,
952
00:44:23,161 --> 00:44:24,204
so after getting the run-around
953
00:44:24,287 --> 00:44:25,955
from Spencer Prinz by phone,
954
00:44:26,039 --> 00:44:28,500
he came to our office
to see Spencer in person.
955
00:44:29,542 --> 00:44:32,128
One of the secretaries must
have told him Prinz just left.
956
00:44:32,212 --> 00:44:34,255
Nolan tried to catch up to him.
957
00:44:34,339 --> 00:44:37,258
J.K. was taking his turn as Spencer.
958
00:44:37,967 --> 00:44:39,094
As he was getting into the rental car
959
00:44:39,177 --> 00:44:41,471
to pretend to drive back to St. Louis,
960
00:44:41,554 --> 00:44:44,265
his wig was accidentally knocked loose.
961
00:44:44,349 --> 00:44:45,934
And as he replaced it,
962
00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:48,228
he didn't see Nolan staring in at him,
963
00:44:48,311 --> 00:44:50,021
observing the metamorphosis.
964
00:44:50,105 --> 00:44:52,774
Nolan turned and ran back inside.
965
00:44:52,857 --> 00:44:55,652
That's when he made his fatal mistake.
966
00:44:56,986 --> 00:44:59,406
He came directly to me and said,
967
00:44:59,823 --> 00:45:02,659
"no wonder Edna was having problems.
968
00:45:02,742 --> 00:45:04,452
"Never mind two sets of books.
969
00:45:05,036 --> 00:45:07,497
Her company had two sets of employees."
970
00:45:07,580 --> 00:45:09,666
J.K. and I had to act quickly. Of course.
971
00:45:10,166 --> 00:45:12,293
And since Nolan was making waves for Edna,
972
00:45:12,377 --> 00:45:14,629
why not frame her for the murder?
973
00:45:15,922 --> 00:45:17,507
We set up the bogus telephone message,
974
00:45:17,590 --> 00:45:19,759
leaving Edna without an alibi.
975
00:45:20,969 --> 00:45:23,680
I went to her house,
entered through a rear window
976
00:45:24,556 --> 00:45:26,391
and took the gun we all knew
977
00:45:26,474 --> 00:45:29,185
she kept in her bed table drawer.
978
00:45:29,269 --> 00:45:31,354
I drove out to Nolan's farm.
979
00:45:31,438 --> 00:45:34,190
I called into him. He came out...
980
00:45:36,234 --> 00:45:37,694
surprised to see me.
981
00:45:37,777 --> 00:45:41,156
[not audible]
982
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:42,782
I shot him,
983
00:45:44,492 --> 00:45:46,161
put his body in the car,
984
00:45:47,912 --> 00:45:50,957
drove to the tracks and took out the jack
985
00:45:52,959 --> 00:45:54,878
and...made it all look like
a flat tire and robbery.
986
00:45:56,963 --> 00:45:58,131
I returned the gun to your house
987
00:45:58,214 --> 00:46:00,717
while you were with
the police late that night.
988
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,511
Once Mrs. Fletcher got you
off the hot seat
989
00:46:03,595 --> 00:46:06,014
and became suspicious of Spencer Prinz,
990
00:46:07,557 --> 00:46:11,227
we shifted the blame for
embezzlement and murder...
991
00:46:13,271 --> 00:46:14,731
to the perfect fall guy...
992
00:46:17,025 --> 00:46:18,651
the man who didn't exist.
993
00:46:27,994 --> 00:46:29,579
[sighs]
994
00:46:29,662 --> 00:46:32,874
[somber music]
995
00:46:39,923 --> 00:46:41,090
We came close.
996
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:46,763
The IRS has billions, Edna has millions...
997
00:46:48,223 --> 00:46:50,099
J.K. and me, we just...
998
00:46:51,184 --> 00:46:52,977
wanted a piece of the pie.
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