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[soft pulsing music]

[enchanting instrumental music]

- [Cade] I'm headed out, Mother.

- Another new suit?

- I have an image to
project and to protect.

- Which requires money.

- Which I would have more
of if you would just-

- We have had this
discussion, Cade.

All in good time.

- What if I don't have time?

[doorbell ringing]

- Ask Tannis to show them
into the drawing room.

I'll be down in a moment.

- Of course.

- Have a good evening.

[soft enchanting music]

- Well, now the fun begins.

- It started for me the
minute I walked through

this time portal.

[upbeat jazz music]

[glass clinking]

- Welcome to the sixth
annual Real Murders Club

Agatha Christie Night.

[crowd whistling and cheering]

- Now, for you new
members, Real Murders

was inspired by a story from
Agatha Christie's first book

called, "The Tuesday Club."

Miss Marple starts meeting
with her friends every week

to re-examine various murders.

- Exactly.

And we would like
to thank our host,

Gladys Allison-McCourt,

for letting us invade
her home again.

- To Gladys.
- [Crowd] Cheers.

- [Ro] Cheers.

- This house really is the
perfect setting for a mystery.

Very Gothic.

- See, Aunt Gladys?

You can't blame Bubba and
Lizzie for not wanting

to have their wedding here.

- No, and I must say,
your Real Murders game

is far more exciting
than a stuffy wedding.

[Gladys laughing]

- We are very glad to have you

as an honorary
member for tonight.

- Thank you.

- So everyone knows
the rules right?

- Yes.
- Not a clue, actually.

- Okay, so it's like
a scavenger hunt

only none of us
can leave the room.

- Once we get the name
of the Christie novel,

the first person to deduce

where the murder
weapon is hidden, wins.

- Ah.
- Good luck trying to beat Ro.

- Maybe I'll have
beginner's luck.

- Hmm, maybe you will, Davis.

All right, if everyone's ready,

Gladys, please reveal the novel.

[relaxing instrumental music]

[crowd murmuring]

- A Poirot novel, is it?

- Let the hunt begin!

[crowd murmuring]

- [Man] Go, go, go.

- I have no idea what to do.

- I think I'm just gonna roam
around and enjoy the show.

Five bucks says
your cousin wins.

[Phillip laughing]

- Why do you keep following me?

It's against the rules.

- 'Cause I don't know
the plot to this one.

At least tell me what
the murder weapon is.

- Oh fine, cheater.

It's hemlock.

- Served in beer but
these are sealed.

- Arthur, you've read the novel.

Who did it?

- Not telling.

- I'm guessing it's the Butler?

- No, I think it was
that society lady.

- Lady Dittisham.

- Well, of course
it was a woman.

Historically, poison
is almost always

a woman's method of murder.

- Did you say a woman's
method of murder?

- Which could be found
in a woman's purse.

[running footsteps]

[soft pulsing music]

- May I?

Found the poison.
Beginner's luck it is.

[Gladys laughing]

[crowd applauding]
- [Gladys] Bravo.

[upbeat instrumental music]

- Are you not able to do it up?

I told the seamstress
it was too tight.

- No, it's fine.

See, look? I've
got it right here.

There, all done.

[Lizzie sighing]

- Lizzie, you look so beautiful.

- Except now I can't breathe.

- Well that's nerves,
it's not the dress.

- Oh, okay.

[phone buzzing]

- Ah, Jeremy Connor?

- Oh, that's my
caterer. Can you get it?

- Sure.

Hi, Lizzie's phone.

Oh, uh, there's been a
snafu with the shrimp.

The refrigerator on the
delivery truck broke, so.

- No! Oh, no.

So all of my guests
are gonna get sick?

- No, no, just let her finish.

- Okay, he wants to know
if he can offer salmon

instead of shrimp.

- Well, I don't know.

I can't think.

- Tell Jeremy the
salmon will be fine.

- That'd be great.

[loud knocking]
- Thank you.

[door clicking]

- Oh, hi Dad.
- Hi, there.

Hi, just wanted you
to know I'm here

and ready to walk my
niece down the aisle.

- Good, 'cause we could do
some help calming Lizzie down.

- Lizzie, if only your
Pop could see you now,

he'd be so proud.

- Oh, Ted, don't
make me cry, okay?

I don't want to ruin my makeup.

- [Sally] This is not
what I had in mind, Dad.

- Ah, why don't you wait outside

so there's no flood?

- [Ted] Yeah.

[door squeaking & slamming]

- [Ted] Hi, there, Nick.

- Hi, Ted.

- [Ro] Oh!

- This was the only
bag in your back seat.

- Yes. Something
blue for the bride.

Thank you so much.

- Yeah, and your keys.

- Sharp suit, I like it.

- You know what I like it? You.

- Ro! Earring
emergency. Help me!

[cheerful orchestral music]

[loud kissing]

- Ah, Arthur. I couldn't
imagine a better best man.

And Lynn, thank you
so much for coming.

- Well, both of us
are honored to be here

to watch you join the ranks
of the happily married.

- Ah, yes. See how
blissful we are?

- What do you mean?

Marrying you was the best
decision I ever made.

- Hmm.

[crowd murmuring]

- Impressive turnout.

- Well, you know, marrying
into a rich family

means a high-end guest list.

Most people are just here
to suck up to Gladys.

- I can see that.

Good luck.

- Thank you.

- Bubba! Oh!
[loud kissing]

I cannot tell you how pleased
I am for you and Lizzie.

- Thank you so much, Aida.

I know it was a twisty road
to the altar, but we made it.

- For which I take full credit.

- Ah.

- Did you know that
I introduced them?

- [Aida] No.

- Yes.
[Gladys laughing]

I told Lizzie my favorite
lawyer would treat her right.

- Well, I hope to
never disappoint you.

[Gladys laughing]
Or her.

- Oh, I have a gift for Lizzie.

Where can I find her?

- Oh, she's getting ready
at the B and B next door.

Come on, I'll take you.

- Perfect.

- See you later.
- Thank you.

Hello, Cade. How are you?

- Hey, Bubba. I'm doing well.

I don't know whether
to congratulate you

or offer you my condolences.

[Bubba laughing]

My cousin Lizzie's a handful.

- Okay.
- Good luck.

[crowd murmuring]

- You are always such
a beautiful bridesmaid.

I'm sure you'll make
a stunning bride.

- Don't worry,
Mother, maybe someday.

- Oh, Aunt Gladys,
they are just perfect.

- Oh!

Now you have something borrowed.

Oh, something blue.

- Maybe something new.

What's that?

- Ooh. Let's see.

Hmm.

Oh!
- [Women] Oh!

- It's a charm for my bouquet.

And it is from Victor Hansen.

- Oh, how nice
that he still cares

about the Allisons
and the McCourts.

Lizzie, you shouldn't
have let Cade bully you

out of inviting him.

- Well, I didn't.

I called and I
invited him anyway.

He said he wasn't sure if he
was gonna be able to make it

but that he would try.

- Why wouldn't Cade want
Victor at the wedding?

I mean, he's such a lovely man.

- Yeah, didn't he and Cade
work side by side for years?

- It's kind of a familiarity
breeds contempt thing.

[Bubba clearing throat]

[relaxing orchestral music]

- You got this.

- Oh Tannis, I wondered
where you'd been.

- Yeah. Where have you been?

You're supposed to
be helping my Mom.

- I was in the ladies
room, if you don't mind.

- I do mind.

And you can't sit there.

My Uncle Ted is sitting there.

- Well, where am
I supposed to sit?

- That's not my problem, is it?

[soft relaxing music]

- Some people think
money solves everything.

- It certainly doesn't.

Where in the world is Philip?

Victor, come sit.
Please sit down.

Lizzie loves the
charm you bought her.

Victor Hansen, this
is Nick Miller.

Victor was CEO for many
years at Allicourt,

the biggest manufacturing
company in town.

- Nice to meet you.

- You too.

- Oh, Lizzie is going to be
so happy that you're here.

- Nice to meet you.

[relaxing organ music]

[relaxing orchestral music]

[soft jazz music]

♪ You say I'm the
only one you need ♪

♪ And I know

♪ If you leave, my
heart will bleed ♪

- Did I catch the
bridesmaid about to cry?

- What? No.

Don't be silly. Teagarden
women don't cry at weddings.

- Well, that's too bad

because your eyes are beautiful

when they're
shimmering with tears.

- Stop.

- Don't Teagarden women know
how to take a compliment?

- Well, sometimes.

- Hey, hey.

We promised Lizzie we'd
check in with caterer

when he got here.

- Oh, I'll do it.

Sorry, bridesmaid duty.

- No problem.

- Keep Nick company.

- Oh, okay.

♪ You will never

- [Ro] Jeremy, hi.

We spoke earlier
about the salmon.

- Of course everything
is fine with the salmon.

I would have let you
know if it wasn't.

- Okay. Good to know.

[bottles banging]

- Uh, hi, excuse me.

Who told you you
could come back here?

- I wanted to make sure
there was something here

for Gladys to eat.

She's on a restricted diet.

- Don't you think I know
what Gladys McCourt can eat?

Sorry, I just don't like guests
wandering into my kitchen

right before I'm about to serve.

- I'll take that as a hint.

- Gladys, Cade, you
know Nick Miller, right?

- Hey Nick. I'm Cade.

- Nice to meet you.

- [Cade] You too.

- Professor, I'm sorry I
didn't get to chat with you

at the Agatha Christie dinner.

I'd like to know
more about the man

who's caught our lovely
Aurora's attention.

[Aida laughing]

You must be pretty special.

- Well, I've heard awfully
nice things about you as well.

Including what a great company
Allicourt is to work for.

- Don't forget to
take your pill.

- I'll take it later, Tannis.

[soft jazz music]

- Ah, if you all will excuse me.

- Cade's been the
CEO of Allicourt

for a few months now, right?

- Yes he has.

He's a clever lad,

but I'm doubting his
maturity for the job.

- It's a shame that
Victor retired so early.

- I know. I've come to
regret letting him go.

- Well, see you later.

- Yes. Yes, enjoy.

- Thank you.
- You as well.

[crowd murmuring]

- Hansen, you got a lot of
nerve showing your face here.

- Bride asked me to be here.

- Well, if my mother sees you
she'll have you thrown out.

- Ah, you know that isn't true.

Then you've always
been truth-challenged,
haven't you, Cade?

- Leanne, hey.
- Phillip? Hi.

- How'd you do on
that Spanish test?

- Not too bad, actually.

What are you doing back here?

- Came to say hi when I saw
you were working the event.

And I'm kind of hiding
from my Aunt Aida.

- Why?
[Leanne laughing]

- I kind of missed the wedding.

I overslept.

- Ah, the wedding
was this afternoon.

- I know. My power nap
powered a little too long.

- Well, you missed a big
society wedding I hear.

[Jeremy clearing throat]

- See ya.

- This is the expensive
sparkling wine

for the Alison-McCourt table.

- Okay.

[kitchen tools banging]

[crowd murmuring]

- All right, everybody, if
we could have your attention.

It's time to toast
the bride and groom.

- You still haven't
taken your pill.

You need to take
it before you eat.

- [Gladys] I just wanna
make a toast first.

Where's the sparkling wine?

- Here you go.

- Oh, she doesn't
need that much.

Take this one.

[crowd murmuring]

[glass clinking]

- I am sorry to cut in
line ahead of the best man

but I just wanted to say
thank you all very much

for being here today

for my darling niece and her
marvelous new husband, Bubba.

[crowd laughing]

You can tell just
by looking at them

that they have found real
and everlasting love.

And that makes me very happy.

To Bubba and Lizzie.

- [Crowd] To Bubba and Lizzie.

[glasses clinking]

[crowd murmuring]

- Oh dear.

- Here, Mother.

[mysterious instrumental music]

- Oh dear.

- [Tannis] Can I
get you something?

- No, I'm okay.

Just please, don't fuss.

I'm just a little dizzy.

- Tannis, she's fine.

- Please go on
with your speeches.

[plate clanking]

- I'll take care of her.

- Um, well, I guess the best
man should say his worst.

- Actually, Bubba,
can we just wait

until Aunt Gladys is back?

- Sure.

You know, why don't we
just enjoy our H'ordeurves

for a few more minutes and DJ?

- You know, I know that
Gladys has a heart condition

but she didn't look very well.

- I know and I'm worried.

- Cade, you should make sure
your mother's all right.

- Guys, she has these
spells all the time.

There's no reason to panic,
I promise she's fine.

- Still, I'm gonna
go check on her.

- Okay. I'll go with you.

[crowd murmuring]

[soft jazz music]

[loud footsteps]

- She didn't look well.

- Yeah.

[door squeaking]

- [Tannis] Gladys!

- Oh! Oh! Is my aunt okay?

Oh!

[mysterious instrumental music]

[birds chirping]

[relaxing instrumental music]

[tires crunching]

[seatbelts clicking]

- You okay?

- Marriage and a
death all in one day.

Life can change so fast.

[loud kissing]

[door slamming]

[soft mournful music]

These are the people
from the library

that would wanna
be at the funeral.

Gladys was our biggest donor.

And this list is from my mother.

It's people they worked with
on different charity boards.

- Thank you so much for
helping us out with this, Ro.

My poor dad can't
even get out of bed.

- I just still can't
believe she's gone.

She was so strong.

- I know. She was the
rock of our family.

She kept us all grounded.

Without her, it just feels...

- Like we might all
just float away?

- [Tannis] I was trying to help!

- No, you were causing
trouble as usual.

I told you, I wanted
you out of here

and that was a long time ago.

- Cade, what are you doing?

- Something my mother wanted
to do after the wedding,

firing Tannis.

- That's not true.

If she wasn't happy with
me, she would have said so.

You know your aunt. She
always spoke her mind.

- Yes, and she spoke
her mind to me.

She said that you were
devious, that you were spying.

And what did I find you
doing up there just now?

Going through her stuff.

- I was organizing her things

so your cousins could
go through them.

I was trying to help.

- Cade, that's probably true.

- 11 years looking after her,

I can't just stop at
the drop of a hat.

- Oh, please.

Don't act like you ever
actually cared for my mother.

Just go.

- You can't stand it that I know

you're the one crying
crocodile tears.

- Tannis, how can you say that?

[door slamming]

- That is why my mother
was gonna fire her.

She doesn't know how
to show decent respect.

- I know people handle
grief differently,

but he is lashing
out, blaming everyone

for what happened to his mother.

I don't think he can process it.

- I know but it has
always been like this.

Tannis and Cade
yelling at each other

the second they thought Aunt
Gladys couldn't hear them.

- Why?

- Well, neither one
could stand the thought

that the other might have more
influence over Aunt Gladys.

And Cade has always thought
that Tannis was the reason

she kept him on such a
tight leash financially.

- What do you mean
a tight leash?

It looks like he's living
a pretty good life to me.

- Oh, all this is
Aunt Gladys's money.

Cade has a trust fund that
dolls out some money each year

but he's always complaining
that it's not enough.

- But what about his
salary as CEO of Allicourt?

I mean, that must
be pretty decent.

- Cade said she told him
when he was appointed

that he would still have
to earn his position.

That he would be rewarded
once he had proved himself.

[soft instrumental music]

- Hey, you hear from
the coroner yet?

- Not yet.

- I'm really hoping they
tell us that Gladys McCourt

died of natural causes.

- I did hear from
Bubba Rankart though.

He did some legal
work for Gladys,

and he says there's something
that we need to know.

- I knew Gladys suffered
from congestive heart failure

but she was so formidable.

I never thought it would
have the final say.

I just wish I'd been
in more of a hurry

to talk to her at the wedding.

- Well, she was definitely
thinking of you.

In fact, the last
thing she told me

was how much she regretted
letting you retire.

- I hate that my
leaving Allicourt

may have caused her stress

in what turned out to be the
final months of her life.

- But Victor, you didn't
know what was coming.

- No, but I did know that I
wasn't leaving this company

in the best of hands.

[soft mournful music]

- [Phillip] So
sorry for your loss.

- We're here for you.

- Thanks, guys.

- She seemed really cool.

- And that Agatha Christie
night at her house was amazing.

- She was definitely cool.

- Please, if there's
anything we can do to help,

let us know, Sally.

- Okay.

Actually, you can help me
keep those two separated.

Tannis and Cade.

- All right.

[soft mournful music continues]

- Oh, Jeremy, I didn't
get a chance to thank you

for offering to cater
our little get together

later on today.

- I mean, how could I not?

Working for Gladys was one of
the best jobs I've ever had.

She was a good
person. Good to me.

- You worked for Gladys?

- You didn't know?

Yeah, Jeremy was her personal
chef for five, six years?

- Well, you did a great job
catering Lizzie's wedding.

- About the wedding,
I owe you an apology

for being so
short-tempered that day.

I was just thrown off by
the whole shrimp thing.

- Don't worry about it, please.

It was minor considering.

- Excuse me, I'm just
gonna go check on my dad.

[crowd murmuring]

- Look at him.

- Who? Cade?

- Can't really pull off the
whole grief thing, can he?

Too excited to get
his fat inheritance.

[soft mournful music]

- Everything okay?

- Crocodile tears.

First Tannis said it about Cade

and now Jeremy Connor
said the same thing.

- So the rumors
aren't exaggerated.

Those two don't like each
other either, Victor and Cade.

- I don't think Cade gets
along with many people.

There's Lynn and Arthur.

[soft instrumental music]

Is it me or does it look
like they're working?

- They're definitely working.

- I still don't understand
why Bubba wanted me here

for the reading of the will.

- I think just for moral
support for the Allisons.

They're going through
such a hard time.

That's why I'm here.

- All right. Well, it looks
like everyone's here now.

So let's get started.

[Bubba sighing]

Here we have the Last
Will and Testament

of Gladys Allison-McCourt.

I'll start with the bequests.

[Bubba clearing throat]

Gladys lists various charities
with specific amounts,

including $50,000
to the library.

Next, she moves on to employees.

I gave and bequeath to my
caretaker, Tannis Clemmons,

the amount of $50,000.

I give and bequeath to my
personal chef, Jeremy Conner,

the amount of $500,000.

- Why does he get so much more?

- Yeah, that's crazy.

- Guys, shh. Just stop.

- Now the family.

To my beloved brother,
Ted, my niece, Sally,

my niece, Lizzy, I
give and bequeath each

the amount of $250,000.

[Bubba clearing throat]

To my son, Cade McCourt, I
also leave $250,000 in trust

to be dispersed at $25,000 a
year for the next 10 years.

- Okay. What about
the rest of it, Bubba?

- Well, the bulk of the estate,

including the remaining
cash, the stocks, bonds,

the house, and ownership
of Allicourt Industries

is bequeathed Aida Teagarden.

- [Group] What?

- What?

No, that can't be right.

- No, my mother
would not do that

unless you tricked her into it.

- Hey, watch what
you're saying, Cade.

- Or maybe it was you.

- Let's just
everybody calm down.

- Calm down? How am I
supposed to calm down?

This is not what
my mother wanted.

- He's right, Bubba.

Gladys told us what was
in her will last year.

- And she told us
that Cade was to be

her primary beneficiary.

- Thank you.

- And that's what she did

in the will that
I drew up for her.

But this is a more recent will

filed at probate court
less than a month ago.

Cade is out, Aida is in.

Everything else
remains the same.

You can show them in now.

[loud footsteps]

- [Sally] Wait, what are
the police doing here?

- Oh, this isn't good.

- Sorry to interrupt, folks,

but we figured this would
be our best opportunity

to get fingerprints
from all of you.

- Why would you want our prints?

- We got the autopsy
results back.

Gladys didn't die
from a heart attack.

She was poisoned by cyanide.

[brooding orchestral music]

- Gladys was murdered.

- Aunt Gladys was murdered
right in front of us.

How can that be?

- I am so sorry.

- You knew this was coming.

Why didn't you warn me?

- I didn't want it to be true.

- I just can't believe
Jeremy got so much more.

- Tannis, that's what you're
worried about right now?

- You're right. I'm sorry.

I'm just so upset. I
don't know what to think.

It's just why would she give
Jeremy so much more money

than you two?

- We don't know.

- I'm gonna miss her so much.

I worked for her
for so many years,

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

- Lizzie, you're a business
major. You're clever.

Your husband is supposed
to be family now

so why is he helping
Aida Teagarden

steal my house, my company?

- My mother did no such thing.

- Aunt Gladys had the right
to distribute her assets

as she saw fit.

Maybe she decided
you weren't fit.

- Bubba was her attorney.

Why did she go to someone
else to change the will?

- I don't know.

But like I said, that
was her prerogative.

- Well, we will just see what
a judge has to say about this

because I will be contesting
this will in court today.

- Okay, Lizzie, let's just go.

- Cade, you need to
contact your lawyer

and meet us at the police
station in one hour.

- Why?

- We're getting
statements from everyone

who had contact with your
mother in her last days.

You're the first.

I'll see you there.

[soft mysterious music]

- Is it possible that
he poisoned Gladys

not knowing that she
changed her will?

- I'd like to think that she'd
be safe with her own son.

Excuse me.

Aida, I need to ask
you a few questions.

- You can't possibly
consider her as a suspect.

- No, but we just
wanna know more

about your relationship
with Gladys.

- It's okay, honey.

We were friends.

- Close friends, I'd say.

- I don't know if I'd say that.

She was one of my first
real estate clients

and then we found ourselves
on the same advisory board

for the Food Bank
and Arts Association.

And we'd have lunch
every few weeks or so.

- That's it?

- That's it.

I have no idea why
she changed her will

but I am sure this is a mistake.

- No, Bubba talked to the
lawyer that drew up the new will

and to the witnesses of
Gladys's signature, as have we.

The will is valid,
there's no mistake.

- Maybe, maybe Gladys was
feeling threatened somehow

and she changed her
will to protect herself.

- Well, okay, no. Ro,
we're not doing this.

We're not playing the Real
Murders Club speculation game.

Look, this is a tough case.

A wealthy victim is
poisoned in full view

of a hundred people, all of
whom need to be contacted,

not to mention the
dozens of hotel staff

that we need to follow up with.

- Yeah, right. So why
not let the Club help?

If you could just tell
me how that poison

might've gotten into her.

- No. Okay, Ro, you know
that is not how this works.

Aida, thank you.
We'll be in touch.

No.

- Well, I certainly hope
you're gonna listen to him

and stay far away from
the murder investigation.

But if you wanna look into

the change Gladys
made to her will,

I would love that information.

- I will get the
name of the lawyer

who drew up that new will.

[relaxing instrumental music]

- If only the CCTV footage
of the hotel ballroom

had a good view of
Gladys at the table,

rather than pointing
at the door.

- Well, I got Officer Heard

looking at possible
sources of cyanide.

- Great, just don't pour
too many resources into it.

The lab tells me that
any savvy internet user

can figure out how
to order that stuff.

- All right. And the
search of Gladys's house?

- I'm gonna take
Hendrix and Dylan

and interview the rest
of the household staff.

- All right, I'll
chip away at our list

of family and friends,
starting with him.

[loud footsteps]

- Hey, hey, Chief!

[group murmuring]

Ah, I was wondering
if I could ask you

a couple of questions.

- I'm sorry, Sally.

We are not releasing any
information to the press yet.

- Oh, I am not
here as a reporter.

Macon assigned someone
else to the story.

I'm here as a family member.

- Oh, I apologize.

Come into my office.

- Okay, you need
to stop repeating

that the will was fraudulent.

We know that it's not.

Gladys basically cut you out.

The question is why?

- Ask Tannis Clemmons.

She was always trying to
turn my mother against me

and she was with her
when my mother died.

Now, you wanna
know what I think?

I think that Tannis slipped
my mother the poison.

She kept trying to get her
to take pills at the wedding.

- Well, that is her job,
she's her caretaker.

And what motive
would Tannis have?

- She wasn't gonna
have that job for long.

My mother was gonna fire her.

She knew that
because I told her.

- And you think that she
would kill her for that?

- Yeah.

- So you're saying that Tannis

had so much influence
over your mom,

that she got her to
disinherit you, her own son,

from the will, but
not enough influence

to stop herself
from getting fired?

Not to mention that
when Gladys died,

Tannis would have
lost her job anyway.

- It's possible.
Revenge, resentment.

These are all motives.

Now, you also, you need
to talk to Jeremy Connor.

That was my mother's
private chef.

He got a lot of
money in the will,

way more than I
did, her own son.

What are you gonna
do about that?

- About your mother's murder?

- Yes. And about the fact
that I'm being cheated.

[soft pensive music]

- Victor, what a nice surprise.

Please, come in.

- I got a call from
the CFO at Allicourt.

He told me some things
I find hard to believe.

Gladys murdered?

And Cade cut out of the will?

- Yes, and everything
left to me.

Isn't that the most absurd
thing you've ever heard?

- Yes. And then
again, maybe not.

- Well, if you understand
it, please enlighten me.

You knew Gladys much
better than I did.

- I did know her and
she had trust issues.

I remember her
coming back to work

after having lunch with you

saying that it was rare to feel

that she had a friend
she could trust.

Maybe it was as simple as that.

- I don't know.

Here, let me get
you some coffee.

[engine roaring]

- If we can get approval
to remove a wall,

we could put in a nook
and some cozy chairs.

Call it The Gladys
Allison-McCourt Reading Room.

After all, she's one of
our most generous donors.

- [Ro] Mm-hmm.

- Or perhaps we can start a
literacy program in her name.

Have you heard a
word that I've said?

- [Ro] Mm-hmm.

- Hey, Lillian.

I only know one way
to get Ro's attention

when she's in research mode.

- I know, but a marching band

would disturb the other patrons.

- My method.

- Oh, Nick, hi.

Wait, what time is it?

- 30 minutes past your shift.

Go home.

- Or you can go out
to dinner with me.

- Oh, I would love to,

but I wanna wait a
little bit longer

for Elaine Bertram
to call me back,

the attorney who drew
up Gladys's new will.

She's working at a small
firm in Corinth now.

Before that, she was at
Bedford Wades in Seattle.

That's a huge firm.

- Ro, you're allowed to
take a break from this

and have a meal, you know.

- Are you keeping
track of the time

that I'm spending
looking into this?

[Nick laughing]

- What are you talking about?

[phone buzzing]

- Sally.
- Please take it.

I'll see you later.

- Okay.
[loud kissing]

Hey Sally.
- [Sally] Hi.

- What's up?

- So I just had an
interesting talk with Lynn.

- [Ro] What'd she say?

- Well, she said that the
cyanide that killed Aunt Gladys

was found in her water glass

and in the wine glass she drank.

- Okay, well, that water glass

must have been sitting on
the table for half a day

so any number of people
could have had access to it.

And the wine glass, well,
that came from the kitchen,

then it was passed
to the server,

and then to-

- Tannis who handed the
wine glass to Aunt Gladys.

Huh.

Lynn said that there
were five different sets

of fingerprints on both glasses

and they haven't
identified them all yet.

- Yeah, but you wouldn't
have to touch the glass

in order to be able to
get the poison into it.

- True.

- Although I do
recall it was Cade

who handed her the
glass of water.

Before Gladys took
that last sip.

- Oh, you had to say
that, didn't you?

Ro, I don't wanna
have to suspect

one of my own family members.

- I know. I'm sorry, Sally.

But Cade has to be at
the top of the list.

- I am so glad you stopped by.

You have a wonderful way of
putting things in perspective.

- Why don't we have
dinner tomorrow night

and I will tell you everything
I know about Allicourt.

- Oh, thank you. That
would be so helpful.

But let's have dinner here.

I will make you a
home cooked meal.

- That sounds lovely.

- Okay.
- See you then?

- Yes, absolutely. Thank you.

[relaxing instrumental music]

[engine roaring]
[tires crunching]

- In the house now.
- Hey, Cade!

- [Cade] Go, go, go!

- [Aida] What are you doing?

[door slamming]

How dare you! What
is wrong with you?

- What is wrong with me?

I am the one who was
just robbed of everything

that's important to me.

My house, where am
I supposed to live?

- I want you out
of here right now.

- Not until you tell me

how you got my mother
to change her will.

What did you do?

- Cade, I mean, I have no idea

why your mother made the change.

Maybe she didn't trust
you for some reason.

- You don't know what
you're talking about.

She groomed me to take
over when she died.

What was the Victor
Hansen just doing here?

Are you two-
[loud knocking]

- Hey, Aunt Aida. Just
talking to Ro and she's...

Are you okay?

- He forced his way in.

Please, will you
show him the way out?

- I'll show him
the door all right.

- Oh, it's fine.

It's fine, all
right. I'm leaving.

[loud footsteps]

I'll see you in court, Aida.

I'm gonna get what's
rightfully mine.

[soft mysterious music]

- We have to call the cops.

- No, don't please.

It's bad enough people think
I stole his inheritance

without my throwing
him in jail too.

[soft instrumental music]

- Thank you all, Real
Murders gang, for coming.

It really helps when we
all put our heads together.

And this case is
especially urgent to me

because I think my
mother may be in danger

from whoever killed
Gladys McCourt.

- Her son, Cade, shoved his
way into Aunt Aida's house,

threatened her.

- He really did that?

I'm so sorry, Ro.

[door slamming]

- Nick, what are you doing here?

I thought you had to
teach class today.

- They told me what
happened with your mom,

I handed my class over to my TA.

I wanna help.

- Thank you. Means a lot.

Now, our first suspect.

[chalk scratching]

Cade McCourt.

- Okay, other than Gladys's
prints on the glass,

we have Leanne Baker
who was the server

who poured the water.

- Yeah, I interviewed
her yesterday.

She said she didn't notice
anything in the glass

and we have no reason
to suspect her.

She's got no motive, no
connection to Gladys, nothing.

- Right.

And then there's the
person everyone saw

hand the water to Gladys.

- Cade McCourt.

- Now, Cade has the
most obvious motive.

He thought he was gonna inherit

most of his mother's fortune.

He considers
Allicourt his company.

- He had opportunity.

He was sitting right
next to Gladys.

- Handed her the
glass, you said.

Could be one of those
hiding in plain sight moves.

- Sally, you grew up with Cade.

Does he have it in
him to commit murder?

- No.

I don't know.

I mean, he was mean to
Lizzie and me as kids,

but he's family.

- Childhood cruelty is a common

psychological trait
within killers.

- We have to
consider Cade, Sally.

You and Lizzie said he
complained about needing money.

- And as CEO of a company
that uses chemicals

and processing, he
could have a dozen ways

of getting a hold of cyanide.

- Yeah, but killing
his own mother,

I can't believe that.

- Plus the first guy you suspect

hardly ever turns out
to be the guy, right?

- Except for when he does.

- But you know who
Cade keeps pointing at.

[soft instrumental music]

- Tannis Clemmons.
[chalk scraping]

- So we lifted a few prints
from Tannis Clemmons,

Gladys's caretaker,
from both the wine glass

and the water glass.

- Yeah, she's the one who
handed Gladys the wine glass,

and specifically picked
the one she gave her

because it had less in it in.

And earlier, she was trying
to give Gladys medication

but the pills checked out.

It was heart medicine.

- Yeah but, pressing Gladys
to take a sip from the glass

or glasses with cyanide in them?

Cade's lawyer's gonna have
a field day with that.

- Tannis was like
super close to Gladys

from the minute I
got to the reception.

- [Davis] Big time opportunity.

- And if Cade was
telling the truth,

that Gladys planned to fire
her, then she had motive.

Tannis would have
been very upset

if she devoted her whole
life to taking care of Gladys

and Gladys turned on her.

- That's if Cade was
telling the truth.

- Well, Sally, you knew
Tannis really well.

What do you think?

- I think, I don't know
anybody as well as I thought.

- I say we take a closer
look at Tannis Clemmons.

You know, historically poison

is a woman's method of homicide.

[Lynn chuckling]

- And where did you pick
up that little tidbit?

- Oh-

- And don't even tell me
the Real Murders Club.

- No.

Anyway, there was, there
was another set of prints

on the glass.

The caterer.

- Jeremy, why him?

- There's no evidence
against him, is there?

- Not that we know of,

but he did get a hefty
bequest in the will.

Bigger than family members,
which really irritated Tannis.

- And Cade.

- As the caterer, Jeremy
did have plenty of access

to the table and all the
glassware in the ballroom.

- I'll act like
I need a caterer,

get his references, and
talk to his clients.

- I can talk to
my friend, Leanne.

She works for him.

- Yeah, and the rest of us,
we can all look into Cade.

Except we won't
ask you to, Sally.

- Thank you.

- But can you find out
if Tannis really thought

Gladys was gonna fire her?

- Sure. I planned on giving her
a necklace from Aunt Gladys.

I can ask her then.

Do you wanna come?

- Yeah.

No, no.

I am tired of waiting
for that lawyer

who drew up the second
will to call me back,

so I'm gonna go track her
down at her office in Corinth.

- I'll go with you.

[soft instrumental music]

I've been thinking
about the cyanide,

how the killer got it.

I think I'll talk to the Head
of the Chemistry Department

at the university and
see what he thinks.

- Good idea.

[crowd murmuring]

- You didn't want
me to come, huh?

- Why would you say that?

- You were quiet in the truck.

You're quiet now even when
I'm talking about the subject

I know you're obsessing about.

- I just wanna know why
you wanted to tag along.

You'll say it's to keep
me out of danger, right?

That's how it always starts.

And then eventually you're
gonna try to get me to back off

for my own good, of course.

- Interesting.

I think you might be
trying to push me away.

- What?

- Mm-hmm. And that must mean
that you really like me.

- Aurora Teagarden?
Hi, Elaine Bertram.

Sorry, I've been in court.

I have a few minutes now if
you wanna come into my office.

- Yes.
- Okay.

- We know the police
looked into the witnesses

to the signature and confirmed
the will wasn't fraudulent.

- Why would anyone
think it was fraudulent?

- Well, Gladys did
disinherit her son

and left the majority of
her estate to a friend.

My mother who she didn't
know all that well.

- Well, I did tell her
that that was unusual,

cutting her son out of the will.

- Did she tell you
why she did it?

- She said she had her reasons.

I left it at that.

- Did she say why
she came to you

instead of her
regular attorneys?

- Okay. Who referred her to you?

- She said a friend of
hers gave her my name.

- Then you didn't ask her who?

- If I did, her answer
didn't stick with me.

[phone buzzing and chiming]

And that's my reminder
for my next meeting.

Is there anything else I
can help you guys with?

- Yeah, tell me what
to say to my mother

about why Gladys picked
her as a beneficiary.

- I'm sorry, I don't
have an answer.

For me, this was just
a routine will change.

Remarkable only because people
are asking me about it now.

Look, I really do need to go.

- It was Cade who did it,
you know? Killed his mother.

I'm sure of it.

- Why would you think
such an awful thing?

Did Gladys say anything
to you about him?

- You know how she was. She
didn't air her dirty laundry.

But that last month she didn't
have dinner with Cade at all.

She ate with me.

Now, would she do that if
she were about to fire me?

I don't think so.

We were very close.

- I thought you might
like to have this.

It was one of her
favorite necklaces.

- I don't want it.

- I thought you
said you were close.

- We were, which is why
it's too painful to take.

Why did she give Jeremy so
much more money than me?

I gave up my entire life
to take care of her.

I never had children.

I never married.

I just waited on her.

Jeremy didn't even
work there anymore.

After he left, I had to
take over all of his duties,

prepare all the meals.

Gladys didn't even want
me to mention his name.

Not that I would after he
betrayed us by leaving.

- Really? So Aunt Gladys was
upset with Jeremy when he left?

- Sally,

what are you doing?

You wouldn't be interfering
with my appointment

to interview Miss
Clemmons, would you?

- Nope. No. No.

I was just going to give
her something from my aunt

which she doesn't want.

So now I'm gonna go.

But I hope you find out why
Gladys was mad at Jeremy Connor.

- Sorry about that.

Now, why don't you tell me
about Gladys and Jeremy.

[door slamming]

- Well, that was
a waste of time.

- I'd ask you to grab
dinner with me tonight,

but I'm guessing you
could use some space.

- Could I? I don't
think that's right.

[mailbox squeaking]

I don't like that you
feel I'm pushing you away.

I'd much rather you feel
like I'm pulling you closer.

- Is that right?

- Aurora Teagarden.
There you are.

- Victor.

[engine revving]

[Ro crying out]

[tires squealing]

- You okay?

- [Ro] Yeah.

[engine revving]

Victor! Victor, can you hear me?

[Victor groaning]

Were you hit?

- I'm okay. Probably did more
damage hitting the ground

than the car did.

- Still though, I think we
should get you checked out.

We were all very lucky just now.

- Yeah.

- It was a high-end black sedan.

The first four numbers of
the plate were 5, 8, 2, 0,

but I couldn't make
out the last few.

- And you're sure that this car

purposely tried to run Ro down?

- Yeah, it looked like it
was headed straight for me.

- Actually, that car
might've been gunning for me.

- Victor, I thought that
they were taking you

to the hospital
to x-ray your hip.

- It's fine. I'll be all right.

- Hold on. Back it up.

- You really think that car
was trying to take you down?

- I don't know for sure

but somebody might've
been trying to stop me

from telling what I know.

- And that would be?

- A little over a month ago,

Gladys came and asked me to
return to Allicourt as CEO.

Said she was gonna remove
Cade from the position

after Lizzie's wedding.

- Did she tell you why she
planned to let Cade go?

- I asked, she said
it was personal.

I said, I'd think about
it but I didn't see myself

taking her up on it.

I was enjoying
retired life too much.

- And how did she react?

- She was confident

that my sense of duty to
Allicourt would prevail.

And then she said she'd
call me after the wedding.

- So you think that somebody
tried to run you down

so you wouldn't tell anyone

that Gladys was gonna fire Cade?

Who knew that you were
coming here to talk to Ro?

- No one, but I did
confront Cade about all this

before I came here
and he's pretty angry.

He could have followed me.

- No, Cade doesn't
drive a black car.

- We'll put out an APB
on the partial plate

and I'll bring in Cade
for questioning again.

- So this is everything
from the closet.

[hangers clanging]

I put, put all of Aunt
Gladys's shoes in this box.

- Okay, we should probably
label all these boxes donate

so Cade knows what
to do with them.

These pants are crinkling.

- Really?

What's that?

- It's a private
investigator's report.

- On who?

- On Tannis Clemmons.

- Aunt Gladys hired
someone to follow Tannis?

- Remember Cade said
he caught Tannis

digging around in here.

Do you think she was
looking for this?

- Yes, Victor Hansen
showed up at Allicourt

which he had no business doing.

- He said you two had words.

- Because he's
peddling lies about me,

telling everyone that my
mother wanted him back as CEO.

- How do you know it's a lie?

- Even if my mother wasn't
happy with the job I was doing,

there's no way that she
would hire Victor Hansen.

- Are you suggesting that
he left on bad terms?

Because as I recall,

she threw him a big
fat retirement party.

- Yeah, you know what?

I'm not answering any more
questions without my lawyer.

[soft upbeat music]

- I can't believe you
still came to dinner

after being almost
run over by car today.

- Not the highlight of my
week, but I'm just fine.

- Are you sure?

Because we can do
this another night.

- Your charming
company is all I need

to make me feel better.

- Well, I don't know
how charming I am.

I have to go to
Allicourt tomorrow

and I'm a little overwhelmed.

- You're a savvy
business woman, Aida,

you'll get the lay of the land.

- Yes, but I would get
it so much faster if...

Victor, you know more about
Allicourt than anyone.

If you're really okay, do you
think you could meet me there

and maybe show me around?

- Technically Cade is
still CEO of Allicourt.

- But I've seen his temperament.

I think he's
ill-suited for the job.

Not to mention he threatened me

and he's a suspect in
his mother's murder.

Oh, Victor, I need you. Please.

- It's that gift of
insight and persuasion

that will make you a stellar
owner of the company.

[Aida chuckling]

- So you'll come?

- Yes.

- Thank you.

[glasses clinking]

[soft instrumental music]

- Here.

- Hey.

- Sorry, I'm...

- Hey, look. You're allowed
to be a little shaky.

- I just, I really thought
that car was gonna hit me.

I can't believe I couldn't move.

And if you hadn't
been there, I...

- Hey.

It's gonna be okay.

The others are
gonna be here soon

and we're gonna
figure this out, okay?

- Good. Because this case
just got a lot more dangerous.

- Yeah.

[soft enchanting music]

- Ro, are you sure you're okay?

We can do this another time.

- No, I'm fine and no, we can't.

[Ro sighing]

Sally, I'm sorry.

We just really have
to solve this case.

So you found this report where?

- In Aunt Gladys's dresser.

- She had to give the original
to the police, of course.

- It's a private investigator
report on Tannis Clemmons.

- Doesn't seem to be anything
sinister in it. Still?

- Gladys hired a PI
to investigate Tannis?

- Well, there's no
client name on the report

so it is possible that
it was someone else.

- [Ro] Cade maybe?

- Yeah, I mean, that
guy really does seem

to have it out for her.

Maybe he was looking for
dirt to get rid of her.

- Or maybe he was worried
that she had something on him.

- Well, she definitely
had it out for him

and Jeremy too.

She told me that Aunt Gladys
was so upset with Jeremy

that she refused to
even talk about him.

- Then why would she give
him such a large bequest?

- Convenient for Jeremy.

I looked him up in
the court system.

His wife filed for
divorce two months ago.

She cited a gambling problem.

Said he owes $300,000 to
quote, "Unsavory persons."

- Jeremy Connor has a
$300,000 gambling debt?

- I'm guessing Lynn and Arthur

are gonna be very
interested in hearing that.

- I asked Leanne
to come by tonight.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- [Leanne] Hi.

- Please tell everyone what
you told me about your boss.

- Oh, um, well, when
I got to work today,

Jeremy was just like,

I dunno, just not himself.

- [Davis] Not himself how?

- Edgy.

- Well, he seems like a pretty
edgy guy, at least to me.

- Yeah, I guess edgier then.

He was definitely anxious.

Actually, he's been
like that a week now,

come to think of it.

- [Phillip] And the phone call?

- Oh, when I went back near the
office to check my schedule,

I could hear Jeremy on the
phone yelling at someone.

- What was he saying?

- Something like, "I
need more money now,"

and, "You have to fix this

"or someone's gonna
notice a difference."

- A difference of what?

- Yeah, that can mean
pretty much anything.

- Maybe not.

- He was really
going on about it.

I just assumed it was a dispute
with a client over a bill.

- Ro, what are you thinking?

- Well, you know
how we were looking

into the difference
between Gladys's two wills?

My mother gave me a
copy of the second one

and Sally brought a
copy of the first.

Now, Bubba said there
was only one change

but I haven't compared
them side by side.

[papers rustling]

- Do you see what I see?

- Yes, there is
another difference.

Jeremy Connor was
only getting $50,000

in the original will,

the same as Tannis Clemmons.

- So how did it go from
50 grand to half a mil?

- [Arthur] You run
that plate yet?

Yeah. I'll wait.

- We have this little radio.

I like to tune into
the police frequency.

It's kind of entertaining.

And I hear you guys are
looking for a black sedan

and the first numbers
of the license plate,

and I'm thinking, "Wow,
should give you guys a call."

- Well, I'm glad you did.

- Could be this car
was used in a crime?

- Could be, excuse me.

You got it. Great.

Who's the car registered to?

Jeremy Connor?

[soft mysterious music]

- Cyanide?

Yeah, I use it in class for
experiments every now and then.

- So a student could sneak
some out if they wanted?

- Doubtful.

I distribute it myself in
only the amount necessary.

It's a very
controlled substance.

We keep it under lock and key

with the other toxic
and volatile compounds.

- You do any kind of
inventory or tracking?

- Oh yeah. There
is a bit of a...

Hi, I'll be with you
in just a moment.

- I'll come back later.

- [{Professor] Okay.

- You know that woman?

- Yeah, yeah. She's in
one of my night classes.

Uh, Chem 201, I believe.

I'm getting a lot of
certified nursing assistants

chasing an RN lately.

- Thanks for your help.

- Yeah.

- I've got news for you.

- Oh I do too.

I talked to Bubba.

He is so embarrassed
about the will,

said he should have
caught the discrepancy.

- An extra zero was easy to
miss if you're reading quickly.

- Yeah, well he was taking
the other lawyer's word

that there were no other changes

besides primary beneficiary.

And he had his new
paralegal review it

but she didn't catch anything

because he told her there
were no other changes.

Anyway, he said it was
his responsibility.

- Did he talk to Elaine
Bertram about the new will?

- As soon as the probate
court informed him about it.

- And he got ahold of her?

She's never available
when I call.

I left her two
messages this morning.

- I know it's frustrating.

And he told Arthur and Lynn

that he gave them
wrong information, so.

What's your news?

- Okay.

Tannis Clemmons is
taking a chemistry course

at the university.

A course that uses cyanide
in class experiments.

- You're kidding.

Where is she now?

- She was at the university

but when she saw me,
she left really quickly.

I think I should
probably track her down

and keep an eye on her.

- Yeah. Good idea.

Be careful.
- I will.

[soft pulsing music]

- I'm not denying that's my car,

I'm saying I wasn't driving it.

What part of, "It was stolen,"
do you not understand?

- Well, if your car
was stolen last night

then why didn't you report it?

- Because I didn't know
until this morning.

I was at a friend's
house playing some poker,

I had too much to drink
so I stayed there.

I went out in the morning
and, bam, car's gone.

- Well, we'll be talking
with this friend.

- I hope you do.

- Tannis Clemmons tells us that

Gladys didn't want her
mentioning your name.

- Yes, and Gladys's
phone records and emails

show that she had
no contact with you

after you left her employ.

- Okay, yes, she was
mad because I left

to start my own company,
but she adored me.

She thanked me hundreds of times
for creating a special menu

that helped with
her heart condition.

I mean, doesn't the fact that
she left me all that money

prove that she liked me?

- Money I understand
you could really use

to pay off a hefty
gambling debt.

[soft brooding music]

- Yeah. Well, Gladys
knew about all that.

She knew that my wife was on
my back for losing a paycheck.

So yes, she knew that I was
usually hurting for extra money.

Look, can I get my
car back now or what?

- [Sally] What's Tannis
doing at my aunt's house?

- Hey.
- [Nick] Hey.

- You followed Tannis here?

- Yeah, yeah. It seemed
like the right thing to do.

I haven't been able to see her
through any of the windows.

- I'm so glad you
came by, Sally.

- What are you
doing here, Tannis?

- I came to get a
scarf I knew was here.

I changed my mind
about the necklace.

I'd like to have it.

- Yeah, I think you're looking

for the private
investigator's report on you

that Sally found.

- Cade was always threatening
to have me investigated.

Always trying to find a
reason to get rid of me.

- Maybe he had good reason,

like you enrolling
in a chemistry course

learning to use cyanide maybe?

- I'm not in class to
learn about cyanide.

It's the prerequisite
for my nursing degree.

I always dreamed
of finishing it.

- And Aunt Gladys
knew about this?

- Yes. She always supported me.

Always said that she would
help me with my future,

which is why I was
so disappointed

when she left me so
little in her will.

- Well then, why was Cade
having you investigated?

- I just told you.

He was trying to find a
reason to have me fired.

- Why would he try
to get you fired?

Just because he didn't like you?

- That and maybe he suspected
I knew some of his secrets

and wanted to find out for sure.

If you don't wanna give me
the necklace, that's fine.

Nevermind.

- I can have it
delivered to you.

[door clicking]

- What secrets of Cade's
is she referring to?

[soft instrumental music]

- Thank you so much

and I look forward to
our lunch next week.

[loud footsteps]

- There she is, our
Grand Dame of Allicourt.

- Left impossibly
large shoes to fill.

- Well, you're already
off to a good start.

You've already charmed the
CFO, the VP of Marketing,

and all you have to do
is win over the CEO.

Cade's office is right here.

It's my old office.

Cade redecorated.

I miss this place.

The way it used to be.

Ah, at least he
kept this cabinet.

- And you were happy
in your job here?

- It was more than a job.

It was-
- Victor!

What are you doing here?

And you, you have no
right to be here, not yet.

You do know I'm contesting
the will, right?

- You better watch for cars

when you're crossing
the street, Aida.

Cade here might try
to run you over.

- I heard about that.

I'm disappointed you're
not more banged up.

- You find it amusing?

My daughter was almost hit.

- Well, maybe you
both should hang out

with a better class of people.

Oh, I could tell you a
very interesting story

about Victor here.

It's called BR00263.

What do you think
about that, Hansen?

- I think you ought to
read her the sequel.

You don't know anything
about it, do you?

Clueless as ever when it comes
to company business, Cade.

- Hey!

[loud banging]

This is cyanide.

- That's not mine.
Let me see that.

- You're not getting
anywhere near it.

Call the police, Aida.

- I've never seen that before.

[mysterious instrumental music]

- You and Nick seem
to be getting cozy.

- Yeah, funny, he seems to think

I'm keeping him at a distance.

- Are you?

- Well, he just seems
so sure about us.

He just keeps pointing out
how wonderful it all is.

- Is it not?

- No, it is.

It's almost perfect.

And I just, I had something
that I thought was perfect

before with Martin.

- And he walked away
and now you feel-

- Don't say I'm scared.

I'm not scared. I'm just...

- Oh, Cade!

[door clicking]

Tannis seems to think
you hired a detective

to investigate her.

Is that true?

- Yeah, well, she was
spying on me first,

so I wouldn't believe her.

- Spying on you?

For what purpose?

Tannis mentioned
Cade had secrets.

- But what could they be?

- So you're saying that
you discovered the bottle

in the cabinet after you
were scuffling with Cade?

- Yeah.

- What were you
two fighting about?

- Cade mentioned a story
with a number and Victor,

you seemed to know
something about that.

- It was a file of
the corporate minutes

of my last board meeting here.

I made some uncharitable
remarks to Cade

when he said something

that I found threatening
about Gladys.

- We need to see those minutes.

- Minutes are in the
corporate records room.

- Do you happen to
remember the file number

that Cade mentioned?

[Victor sighing]

- [Lynn] Arthur!

- Excuse me.

- I'm gonna call Aurora.

- Okay.

- That storage space where
you found Jeremy Connor's car?

It was rented under the
name of Cade McCourt.

[soft pulsing music]

[phone ringing]

- Hi, mother.

- [Aida] Aurora,
I'm at Allicourt.

- Oh, it's your first
day. That's nice.

- Well, it was nice till we
found a bottle of cyanide

in Cade's office.

- What?

- Well, what we
think is cyanide.

The police are going
to pick up Cade now.

- Okay. Thanks for telling me.

- Whatever it is,
I don't wanna know.

I've decided ignorance is bliss.

- Sally, I'm leaving
town for a while.

- Wah, why? Where are you going?

- You can't go!

- You and your mother are
causing me too much grief.

- Cade, you cannot
run away from this.

- Run away from what?

- Well, you told
me not to tell you.

- [Cade] Then I'll
leave out the back.

- Now what?

- It's over, Cade. They're here.

- Who's here?

- Cade McCourt, you
need me to come with us

for further questioning

in the murder of
Gladys Allison-McCourt.

- You can't take me. I
don't have to go with you.

- We have enough to consider you

an even stronger
person of interest

and our principal suspect.

We can hold you for 24 hours.

- And a warrant for your
arrest isn't too far behind.

- Sally. I didn't do it,
you have to believe me.

You don't believe me, do you?

You don't believe I'm innocent.

As if this nightmare
isn't already bad enough.

- I want to believe you.

I want that more than anything.

- But Aurora keeps trying
to talk you out of it,

doesn't she?

She wants me to be guilty

so her mother can
keep what's mine.

- No, what she
wants is the truth.

And it's all her
mother wants too.

What about the cyanide
in your office?

- Someone else must
have put it there.

- And Jeremy's car?

The police think you stole it

so you could run
down Victor Hansen.

- I didn't steal the car.

I was never in that car.

- But they found it in a
storage space you rented.

- I don't have a storage space.

Why would I need
a storage space?

I live in the biggest
house in town.

Can't you see that
I'm being framed?

- You thought you were
gonna inherit a lot of money

when your mother passed.

- I know.

I live an expensive lifestyle,

a lifestyle that I can't afford,

but that does not
make me a killer.

I get it, okay?

I can be an arrogant jerk
sometimes but I love my mother

and you know that.

- Then why did she all
cut you out of the will?

She must've had a reason.

- I wish I knew.

- I think you do know.

[soft instrumental music]

- Is Cade McCourt's
lawyer here yet?

- No, not yet.

Hey Sally, how'd the visit go?

- Cade swears that
he's innocent.

He says he was never
in Jeremy's car.

- Really?

Well, that's interesting

because we found his prints
on multiple items in the car,

including a card from a chemist

that says he mixed
up a batch of cyanide

for one Cade McCourt.

- Don't you think it's
odd that he would leave

a card like that just
lying around a stolen car?

Or he'd leave
cyanide in his office

when he knows that
you're investigating him?

He swears that he's
being framed and-

- You'd be surprised how
often the rich and entitled

fail to cover their tracks
because it never occurs to them

that they can't
get what they want.

- Yeah, but still, it seems like

most of the evidence pointing
to him came up pretty easily.

[Lynn laughing]

- We're working 14 hours a
day and she thinks it's easy.

- Oh, I didn't mean it.

Okay, I know Bubba told
you about the discrepancy

between the two wills,
Jeremy's sudden windfall.

- He told us but.

- And then there's
Tannis Clemmons.

Cade admitted to hiring
somebody to investigate her.

I mean, he didn't say why yet

but maybe he was
telling the truth

about Gladys
planning to fire her.

- Okay. Sally-

- We just found out today

that she was taking
a chemistry class.

So Ro and I don't think that
this whole case against Cade

is really all that airtight.

- Ro's thoughts or yours are
not what matter to the DA

or the judge, Sally.

[loud footsteps]

- I don't know if
I deserved that.

- Sorry, Sally.

But listen, we're not gonna
stop looking into every angle

just 'cause we got
Cade in a cell.

- Thank you, Arthur.

[soft instrumental music]

- I don't want one hole in
this case, Arthur, not one.

We need to go back to
that storage place.

We need to bring
a picture of Cade

and make sure he's the one
who actually rented the unit.

I wanna get enough evidence
to arrest him today.

- All right, let's do it.

- Yeah, Bubba Rankart
said that you told him

there were no other changes

other than the
primary beneficiary,

yet Jeremy Connor is
getting considerably more.

- I didn't recall
Miss McCourt asking me

to change any of the bequests.

Let me check my notes.

[drawer sliding]

[papers rustling]

No, I don't. I don't see it.

I don't understand.

- Are you saying it's a typo?

- Which I should have caught.

I'm embarrassed but
these things happen.

The lawyer for the estate

will know how to
remedy the situation.

- I still don't know why Gladys
cut Cade out of her will.

But I do know that
she did not mean

to leave Jeremy Connor so much.

You know, maybe we
should tell Jeremy that

and see how he reacts.

- Aurora, no. You don't have
to keep looking into it.

And the police are
closing in on an arrest

and this whole ordeal
will be resolved soon.

- Yes, but I-

- No, and it's too painful
to keep poking at it.

The minute the
estate passes to me,

I am donating the
house to the city

and giving all the money to
the Allison's and to charity.

As far as Allicourt, I'm
going to honor Gladys's wish

and reinstate Victor as CEO.

I finally talked him into it.

- Well, that's great, Mother.

- And that will relinquish all
of my interest in Allicourt.

- Okay, well, I still
think it's a good idea

to talk to Jeremy.

- [Aida] Aurora, did you
not hear what I said?

- Oh, I gotta go.

[Aida sighing]

- [Storage Worker] Uh, no.

That's not the person that
came in and rented the unit.

- The unit was rented under
the name of Cade McCourt.

This is Cade McCourt.

- Yeah, well the
person that came in

and filled out the paperwork
and paid for it all

was a woman.

- A woman?

- Yeah. Said she worked
for the McCourt family.

- Do you remember
what she looked like?

- I don't know.

Dark hair, like my
mom's age, 40 whatever.

- All right, thank you.

We need to take another
look at Tannis Clemmons.

I mean maybe, maybe she
tried to run down Aurora

because she was
getting too close.

- It's worth looking into.

[loud footsteps]

- I know Jeremy's
catering this event,

now we just have to find him.

[dishes clinking]

- There's Leanne, I'll ask her.

- Okay.

[dishes clinking]

Ah, Jeremy.

- Aurora Teagarden.

You a guest at the lunch today?

- No, but I was hoping that I-

- Sorry, I'm a little busy.

- Well, this will
only take a minute.

I talked to the lawyer who drew
up the new will for Gladys.

And she said that
Gladys didn't ask her

to change the
amount left for you.

Said it's supposed to be
$50,000 as in the original will.

- I doubt that's true.

And even if it was it'd
be a little too late

to do anything about it.

- The lawyer said there
are legal remedies.

[soft instrumental music]

Tell me, if Gladys was
such a fan of yours,

why didn't you come over
and say hello to her

at Lizzie's wedding reception?

- Sorry. I have 122 people
waiting for their lunch.

We'll have to talk later.

[loud footsteps]

- Oh, Leanne. Hey,
have you seen Nick?

- Uh, yeah, he's still
at the parking lot.

I told him Jeremy had
to go to his car to get

clean Chef's whites.

- No, Jeremy just
went to the pantry.

- Oh, I must not have
seen him come in. Sorry.

[loud footsteps]

[mysterious instrumental music]

- Jeremy?

Oh, I guess you really
don't wanna talk to me.

[loud footsteps]
[door banging]

Oh, Nick! Hey, what are you-

- There's a back door.

- Did you see Jeremy go out?

- No.
[loud banging]

[rushing footsteps]

- [Nick] Calling
for help right now.

- He's dead.

Nick, look. I think someone
injected him with that syringe.

Hey, Arthur.

If that syringe
contained cyanide

that was from the same
batch that killed Gladys,

well, Cade's still
in custody, right?

- Yes, Ro. This complicates
the case against Cade.

We also have the problem
with the storage space.

- Where you found Jeremy's car?

- Yeah, it was rented,
but not by Cade.

By a woman who said that
she worked with the family.

- Well, Tannis maybe?

Have you contacted the chemist
who sold Cade the cyanide?

Have you shown him
a picture of her?

- Ro, stop.

Look, we've got a crime
scene to process here,

plenty of staff members for
our officers to interview.

I promise you we'll talk
to the chemist again.

- Arthur, we're happy to
help in any way we can.

- Yeah, what's gonna
happen to Cade now?

- Well, the DA says that we
don't have enough to hold him,

so we've got to cut him loose

which seems to me
a very bad idea.

Excuse me.

[crowd murmuring]

[soft enchanting music]

- I know you feel guilty,

like you should have been
able to stop it or something.

- Lucky me, I'm dating
a psychology expert

who knows how I
feel before I do.

- It's okay to let
me know you, Ro.

I'm not going anywhere.

- Thank you.

- Though if you keep
buying new houses

I might not be able to find you.

- I know, I just can't
seem to settle down.

- Maybe you just need
to find a reason to.

[door creaking]

- Aurora?

So now it's two murders? Two!

- I know. I know,
mother. It's awful.

Jeremy must have known something
about who killed Gladys.

- I have no idea
why Gladys chose me,

but I want nothing to do
with the McCourt fortune

or Allicourt Industries.

- Yeah, I bet it feels
more like a curse now, huh?

- Like a dark cloud
looming over me.

- Well, help is on the way

if Victor will take
Allicourt off your shoulders.

- He will.

Although he said he's worried
about making Cade an enemy.

[Aida chuckling]

I don't see why.

I mean, he handles
Cade just fine.

He didn't even blink when
Cade was trying to taunt him.

- Taunt him with what, mother?

- Oh, Cade was trying
to tell me a story

about BR zero,
something, something.

Victor said it was the
minutes to a meeting.

The police are getting a copy

from the corporate records room,

so I'm sure they'll sort it out.

- BR? Superior court file
numbers start with BR.

When I work the reference
desk at the library

sometimes I help patrons look
up court cases by file number.

- You're looking up
cases with Gladys McCourt

as the plaintiff?

- Yeah. Nothing so far.

- Try Allicourt Industries.

- Here it is. Case BR00263.

- Oh, that's the number.

- Says the case is sealed.

- A secret court case?

- We have to find out
what's in that lawsuit.

Mother, you said there's
a corporate records keeper

at Allicourt?

- My dad has the car out front.

I'm glad they've let you go,
but it's two murders now.

This is terrible.

They have to catch the person.

- Do you think these bozos
are gonna figure this out?

No. If you want
something done right.

- Cade! Don't you need a ride?

[soft instrumental music]

- So I've asked the
corporate record keeper

to pull the file but
it is very confidential

so make sure that,
[phone ringing]

that it doesn't leave
this room, okay?

- [Ro] Mm-hmm.

- Oh, I have to take this.

- Complaint for damages.

Plaintiff, Allicourt Industries

versus defendant Victor
A. Hansen, former CEO.

- Gladys filed suit
against Victor.

- Mm-hmm. Common facts
on February 15th.

An audit of the
manufacturing division

of Allicourt Industries revealed

$1.2 million unaccounted for.

- Through emails, Victor
Hansen did instruct

an Allicourt manager to
falsify requisition documents

and purchase orders on
the manufacturing goods.

Breach of fiduciary duty.

- So Victor embezzled

over a million dollars
from Allicourt.

- Then the retirement
party for Victor,

that must've been about
keeping up appearances

to protect the company.

- Hmm.

- But he was at the wedding and
Gladys seemed fine with him.

- Yeah, she did.

Oh, this could be why.

Allicourt filed to
dismiss the suit.

Conflicting facts
have come to light.

- Well, what's the date on that?

- A week before Gladys
drew up her new will.

- The will that cut Cade out.

And after Victor said that she
asked him to return as CEO.

- Well, we finally know why
Gladys cut Cade out of her will.

- She found out it was Cade
who embezzled that money

and he set up Victor
to take the fall.

- Mm-hmm.

- All right, I will.

I'll just see you
when you get here.

What?

[soft mysterious music]

- Okay, so if Cade
embezzled the money

and then realized that
Gladys found out about it

and would likely take
everything away from him,

that would be
motive to kill her.

- Thinking he was still
the primary beneficiary.

- I gotta tell my mother.

- Yeah, I'm gonna keep
going through this file,

see what else I
can find in here.

- Okay.

[door creaking]

[rushing footsteps]

- Victor, what are you do-

- Have you seen your mother?

- Why? What's wrong?

- I was talking with
her on the phone

while I was driving here and
her voice suddenly cut off.

- What are you saying?

- I'm sure I heard
Cade McCourt's voice

telling her to shut
up five minutes ago.

They must still be in here.

Come on.
- [Ro] Okay.

- [Leanne] Thanks for
coming down to meet with me.

- Sure. You ready to be
interviewed by the police now?

- Yes, but I don't know
what I can tell them.

I wanna help, but I
didn't see anything.

- You may have seen
more than you realize.

Just think about the day and
anything out of the ordinary

that may have happened.

Was there anyone here
who isn't normally here

for an event like this?

- No. At least not until
Aurora and Nick got here.

- Well, they don't count.

Anyone else?

- No, just Mr. Hansen
came by to see Jeremy.

- Victor Hansen was here?

- Yes, but he and Jeremy
talk all the time.

Jeremy used to
cater events for him

when he was still at Allicourt.

I worked a few of them.

- What were Victor and
Jeremy talking about today?

- I don't know.

I didn't see them together.

I just, I saw Mr.
Hansen leaving.

- When did Victor Hansen leave?

- Yeah. I didn't think anything
of it. They're friends.

- Leanne, when?

- A little before
Jeremy was found dead.

[Phillip sighing]

- We need to talk.

- Yes, we do.

I have the chemist in my office.

He ID-ed Jeremy
Connor as the man

who bought the cyanide
from him using Cade's name.

And we have CCTV footage
from the business

next to the storage unit.

Jeremy Connor was seen leaving
the storage unit on foot

after his so-called
stolen car was left there.

- So he's who tried
to run down Victor?

- And set Cade up for it.

Now we just have to figure why.

- No, I know why.

Phillip just called.

We got an eyewitness
who saw Victor Hansen

leaving the catering
event kitchen

right after Jeremy was killed.

[Lynn sighing]

- Cade, let me go!

Let go of me right now!

- Cade, stop! I'm
calling the police!

- No more Cade.

- Victor, no!
[gunshot exploding]

[Aida screaming]

[Cade groaning]

- Mother, Mother, are you okay?

- Yeah, I don't
know. I think so.

- That was reckless.

You could have hit my mother.

- I just saved your mother.

- I'm calling the police.

- [Aida] And call
an ambulance too.

- I wish we knew
where Cade went.

He always makes things
worse for himself.

- Well, I can't imagine
how things can get worse.

First Gladys and now Jeremy.

Imagine Victor's gonna be
pretty upset about Jeremy.

- Victor Hansen? Why?

- Victor was a big
fan of Jeremy's.

In fact, I think Victor
loaned Jeremy the money

to start his own company.

- Wait a minute, Jeremy
owes Victor money?

- Yeah.

- Daddy, I gotta
make a quick call.

- All right.

[phone ringing]
- Sally.

Sally, not a good time.

- Okay, real quick.

Dad just told me
that Victor Hansen

lent Jeremy Connor
a bunch of money.

And Jeremy owes Victor money.

- Thank you. I
needed to know that.

Now, tell Arthur that Victor

just shot Cade
here at Allicourt.

- What?

- Cade was
threatening my mother.

Just call Arthur now
and an ambulance.

- [Sally] Okay. Okay.

- Mother, let's go.

- Cade was saying the
most unbelievable things.

That Victor was paying
someone to spy on him.

- Yeah, of course they
were unbelievable.

Let's get you out of here now.

- Wait, wait. I wanna hear
what else Cade told you, Aida.

- It doesn't matter.

The police, they're
on their way.

Thank goodness. This is over.

Mother, let's go.

[Aida sighing]

- [Aida] Yes, okay. Let's go.

[loud footsteps]

- Don't you move.

[soft mysterious music]

[loud banging]

- [Lynn] Nick, we got a
call there were shots fired.

- [Arthur] Sally just told us

that Ro said Victor
Hansen shot Cade

somewhere in this building.

- [Nick] Yeah, I heard the
shot so I came running out

and I can't find Ro or
her mother anywhere.

- We have a witness that
said they saw Victor Hansen

leaving the catering event
after Jeremy Connor was killed.

- [Aida] Victor,
this isn't like you.

This is not how you operate.

- No, it's how he
operates now, Mother.

He had Gladys killed
by Jeremy Connor.

- I was driven to it.

- Cade didn't wanna wait
his turn to be CEO, did he?

So he embezzled money
from the company

and he made it look
like you did it.

- That wasn't the
worst betrayal.

- No. No, it was Gladys
believing him over you.

- After all I did
for that company

and she treated me
like a common criminal.

Showed me the door.

- Yeah, but she
realized her mistake,

tried to reinstate you.

- Too late. She ruined
my life, my reputation.

No, Gladys deserved
exactly what she got.

- Victor, no!

- And so did Cade.

I wanted him to feel
the pain of being framed

just like I did.

To know what it felt
like to lose everything.

- So you got both
out of your way.

You set up Cade to make it
look like he killed Gladys,

and you got Jeremy Conner
to slip Gladys the cyanide

in exchange for a bigger
chunk of Gladys's will,

engineered by Elaine Bertram.

And it was Elaine who
rented the storage unit too

in Cade's name.

Are you gonna kill Elaine
to cover your tracks

like you did Jeremy?

- Never trust a gambler.

They will ask you
for more money.

He was trying to extort me

by threatening to
reveal what I'd done.

- To what end?

He would've been implicated too.

- Desperate men take
desperate measures.

- Just like you did.

- I am not a bad person.

I just wanted my rightful
position as CEO back.

I wanted my reputation back.

I did it for justice
and for the company

that I helped build.

I am the only one who can
make sure it succeeds.

I just need a minute to
think how to make this work,

how to make it look
like Cade went crazy,

killed you both.

[loud footsteps]

- Get the paramedic's here.

Cade, can you hear me?

- Both of you back that way.

[loud banging]
[Aida groaning]

- Mother, go!

[dramatic instrumental music]

Mother, go, go, go!

[Aida screaming]

- No! Aurora! Aurora! No!

[loud banging]
[Ro groaning]

[running footsteps]

- [Aida] No! No!

Aurora!

[running footsteps]

- Aida.
- Oh!

- [Nick] She's in there?

- Yes, she's with Victor.

He's got a gun.

- There's gotta
be another way in.

- I'll check over here.

[running footsteps]

[gunshots exploding]
[Aurora hollering]

[soft mysterious music]

[running footsteps]

[gunshots exploding]

[running footsteps]

[soft mysterious
music continues]

[loud banging]

[Victor groaning]

[running footsteps]

- [Nick] Ro!

- Don't move!

[Ro and Nick sighing]

[door slamming]

[Nick sighing]

[soft instrumental music]

- Oh, hey, Cade. What
are you doing in here?

Aren't you gonna
join us for dinner?

- Oh, and have to
explain to everyone

how I'm about to
start a two-year jail
stint for embezzling?

I'm okay.

- You know, you did agree
to the plea bargain.

You can't really complain now.

- I know. I'm not complaining.

I got in over my head
and I made mistakes.

Mistakes that I am taking
responsibility and paying for.

But just because I deserve it

doesn't mean I really
wanna talk about it.

If you'll excuse me.

Have fun.

- Now that we're all here,

on behalf of the
entire Allison family,

we wanna thank the police
for all of their hard work

in tracking down who
poisoned our beloved Gladys.

We also have to thank
the Real Murders Club

and the amazing Teagarden
women, Aida and Aurora.

- Well, we're just glad to
finally know what happened.

And now my mother
has an announcement.

- Yes.

So I found a new
CEO for Allicourt.

Now, it seemed like the
logical choice would be Bubba

because he worked with
Gladys for many years

and he's now a member
of the Allison family.

But then it occurred to me
that there was a better fit

for Gladys's shoes.

Lizzie Allison-Rankart.

- [Ro] Congratulations, Lizzie.

- [Group] Congratulations.

[glasses clinking]

- Lizzie, congratulations.
I'm so proud.

[glasses clinking]

- Well, Bubba gave me the
courage to take it on.

- That is amazing, Lizzie.

So when can we eat?

- Dinner will be served soon.

- Need a refill?

- Ah, sure.

I'll go with you.

[soft instrumental music]

I should have told everyone
how grateful I am for you.

The way you keep showing
up for me again and again.

I just don't know
how to stop thinking

that you're too good to be true.

- Then don't stop

because that's what I
think about you too.

That's how it's supposed
to be, you know?

Two people excited to be
spending time together,

on their way to falling in love.

- Did you just say love?

- Does that scare you?

- Oh, I'm shaking in my boots.

[loud kissing]

[enchanting orchestral music]