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[Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.

2
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No way in hell are you gonna convince me

3
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that one of my boys could kill a man.

4
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You coached him. I taught him.

5
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Jessie, that was 20 years ago.

6
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Neither of you would want
to see a murder go unsolved.

7
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Where did you get
the $50,000 to start with?

8
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You ask that question again to me

9
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or anybody else and I'll sue you.

10
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[tires screeching]

11
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He was almost killed last night

12
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in the car run off the road.

13
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What is going on between me and my wife

14
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is none of your business.

15
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I don't like what you're getting at.

16
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You killed one of my boys! Let go of me!

17
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[cheerful orchestral music]

18
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Come on, Hampton. Lighten up, will ya?

19
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A couple belts at lunch yesterday

20
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doesn't make me a lush. Yesterday?

21
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How about every day? How about right now?

22
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Nobody wants to buy cars
from a drunk, Dan.

23
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You're finished. Look, Billy boy.

24
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I'm the best salesman you got.

25
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Oh, yeah, well, that's ancient history.

26
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You haven't moved
enough units this past year

27
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to keep this place in lightbulbs.

28
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[both grunting]

29
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Hi there.

30
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Real beauty, isn't she?

31
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How about takin' her out for a test drive?

32
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Thanks, maybe some other time.

33
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All right, just say the word.

34
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[typewriter clicking]

35
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[doorbell rings]

36
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Mrs. Fletcher, I'm Andrew Durbin.

37
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[laughs]

38
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I'm renting Lila small's house
for a few weeks.

39
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Oh, yes, of course.
Lila left her key with me.

40
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Please forgive me. Come in.

41
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Thank you.

42
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Lila called me last night from New York

43
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to say you'd be arriving today,

44
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and still it still
flew right out of my head.

45
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You must think I'm addlebrained.

46
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No addlebrain could have
written The Belgrave Murders.

47
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Oh, thank you for those kind words.

48
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I think I may have come at a bad time.

49
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Oh, not at all.

50
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I was just going out, but Lila's house

51
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is only a couple of blocks from here.

52
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Thank you.

53
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It's nice to see
things haven't changed much.

54
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Oh, then you've been to Cabot Cove before.

55
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Years ago.

56
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Matter of fact, I stayed
a bit longer than I'd planned.

57
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Well, then this should be

58
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quite a nostalgic vacation for you.

59
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[sighs] Or are you here on business?

60
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A little of both.

61
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But mostly just to soak up
a lot of sunshine

62
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and good, clean salt air.

63
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[laughs]

64
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You sound to me like...

65
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Like someone with
a raging case of cabin fever.

66
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Mrs. Fletcher, you are
a master of understatement.

67
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Oh. This place could do
with a good airing.

68
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Oh, please, let me get all that.

69
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I've already taken up
too much of your time.

70
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Oh, it's no trouble at all.

71
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One last favor.

72
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I've got some papers
your sheriff has to sign.

73
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Could you tell me where I could find him?

74
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Four blocks down, turn to the left.

75
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It's on the outskirts of town.

76
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Oops, I'm gonna be late.

77
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Can I drop you somewhere?

78
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Oh, how very kind of you.

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A dear friend, Kevin Cauldwell,

80
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is retiring as football coach
of the high school.

81
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A few of us are giving him
a farewell party.

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-Let's go.
-Thank you.

83
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I don't mind telling you.
I'm shocked, Perry.

84
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I'm speechless, that's it.
I'm... I'm speechless.

85
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Everyone knows that I had that accident

86
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because the car Bill Hampton
sold me was a lemon.

87
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Now I'm welded to this chair for life.

88
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I'm helpless as a baby.

89
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Arnie, what I said
in that courtroom is final.

90
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Now, I am truly sorry about your accident.

91
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Perry, the stock market
has made me a very rich man.

92
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I am not suing him for the money.

93
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It's the principal of the thing.

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Arnie, I can't hear your case

95
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because I have a conflict of interest.

96
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I've known you and Bill
since we were kids.

97
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We played on the same football team.

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That's exactly my point.

99
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No one has to tell you how
underhanded Bill Hampton is.

100
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Remember the time he fixed us
up with a couple of chicks--

101
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That's it, Arnie! Not another word.

102
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Boy, Perry,

103
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you are very strict, very strict.

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And also very busy.
So, if you'll excuse me.

105
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See you at coach's party?

106
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Are you kidding?

107
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The year of '66 was the greatest thing

108
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that ever happened to me.

109
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I'll be there.

110
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[knock at door]

111
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-Sheriff.
-Afternoon, Judge.

112
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Could you spare a few minutes?

113
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Of course, come on in.

114
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Oh, uh, this is Mr. Durbin.

115
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He's rentin' Lila small's house
for a few weeks.

116
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Well, welcome to cabot cove, Mr. Durbin.

117
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Thank you, Judge.

118
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What can I do for you, Amos?

119
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Eh, never handled anything
like this before, your honor.

120
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Thought it'd be best to check it with you.

121
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[people speaking simultaneously]

122
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[laughing]

123
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Parole papers?

124
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Yes, it seems Mr. Durbin served 20 years

125
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in the state prison for murder.

126
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Oh, dear.

127
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I don't know the circumstances.

128
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He was paroled a few months ago.

129
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One of the conditions being

130
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that he register his whereabouts

131
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with an officer of the court.

132
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He sure made Amos Tupper nervous.

133
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Well, it seems hard to believe.

134
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I mean, he's so charming and intelligent.

135
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Jessica. Heck of a swan song, Jessie.

136
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Some swan song.

137
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If I know you, Kevin Cauldwell,

138
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you'll be spending even
more time at Cabot Cove High.

139
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I fell head over heels for this woman

140
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my first day at the school.

141
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But for some unfathomable reason,

142
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she wouldn't leave her husband.

143
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[all laughing]

144
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Then I met Frank Fletcher,

145
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and I gave up the chase.

146
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Best friends a man could hope for.

147
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Well, it was a two-way street, Kevin.

148
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Those were wonderful years for all of us.

149
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Mmm, some not so wonderful.

150
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Or maybe you forgot
that football camp of mine.

151
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The one that was gonna make me
the... the next Pop Warner.

152
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[all laughing]

153
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Hey, I'm still waiting

154
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for my counselor's salary.

155
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[chuckles]

156
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I'm just kidding.
It's... Coach, I'm kidding.

157
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Remember what I told you guys.

158
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You can't win 'em all.

159
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Hey, we beat 'em all in '66,
coach, remember?

160
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Yeah, we sure did.

161
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State Football Champs.

162
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First and only time for Cabot Cove or me.

163
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Tough act to follow, but what a year.

164
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And I owe it all to you guys.

165
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Perry, Arnie, Billy.

166
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Danny. Where's... where's Danny?

167
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Hey, Dan? Where's Dan Pulling?
Dan never misses a party.

168
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Especially one with free drinks.

169
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-Hey, zip it up, Arnie.
-Touchy, touchy.

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What's the matter?
Feeling a little bit guilty

171
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about firing Dan this morning?

172
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That's none of your business.

173
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Well, maybe you're just nervous.

174
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After all, I'd be nervous, too, if I was

175
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facing a million-dollar lawsuit.

176
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Knock it off, Arnie.

177
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But then it is the insurance
company's money.

178
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I said knock it off!

179
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Excuse me. I wanna talk to Jessica.

180
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It was a great party, Jessica.
Thanks. I mean it.

181
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Everybody chipped in.

182
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But I know whose idea it was, don't I?

183
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[laughs] Any plans?

184
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Yeah, goin' back to my office.

185
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They're payin' me till Friday.

186
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After that, I guess
it's gonna seem kind of funny.

187
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After all these years, nothin' to do.

188
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You could get to like it.

189
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Well, I'll give it a shot.

190
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Thanks for everything.

191
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He'll never be able to handle it.

192
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30 years, you don't just quit,
not like this.

193
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If he could quit himself,
it would be much easier.

194
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I really feel sorry for him.

195
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Well, since the guest of
honor has fled the premises,

196
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I hereby declare this party adjourned.

197
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Let's go, honey. Jessica, can we drop you?

198
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Oh, thanks. I thought you'd never ask.

199
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[all laughing]

200
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Fetch the chariot, my good man.

201
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I don't sell chariots.
It's too hard to get parts.

202
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Uh-oh.

203
00:10:03,729 --> 00:10:04,938
Danny.

204
00:10:05,022 --> 00:10:06,440
Hey, coach!

205
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Drunk as hell. Just what we need.

206
00:10:11,028 --> 00:10:12,529
Come on, Jessica. Let's go.

207
00:10:12,612 --> 00:10:13,780
We'll see you later.

208
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-Bye-bye.
-Bye.

209
00:10:15,282 --> 00:10:16,533
Maybe I'd better go see if Dan's okay.

210
00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:18,035
Let coach handle it.

211
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-Tara, I--
-Perry, you can't help him.

212
00:10:20,162 --> 00:10:21,079
School's out.

213
00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:24,124
Let's go.

214
00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:43,185
What is it, Bill?

215
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It's nothing.

216
00:10:49,024 --> 00:10:51,443
It's just somebody's idea
of a practical joke.

217
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[telephone ringing]

218
00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:09,628
[moans]

219
00:11:16,968 --> 00:11:19,805
-Hello.
-Bill, who is it?

220
00:11:22,933 --> 00:11:26,019
Who are you? What do you want?

221
00:11:28,105 --> 00:11:29,147
Bill, what's wrong?

222
00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,361
What is it?

223
00:11:36,947 --> 00:11:38,323
Bill.

224
00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:41,493
Bill.

225
00:11:46,832 --> 00:11:47,958
What is that?

226
00:11:52,963 --> 00:11:56,174
-Oh! [Jack-in-the-box laughing]

227
00:11:56,258 --> 00:11:58,343
-Bill. [laughing continues]

228
00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:04,558
Bill, talk to me.
Tell me what's happening.

229
00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:06,184
-Who's doing this?
-Honey, it's nothing.

230
00:12:06,268 --> 00:12:07,727
It's nothing. It's just a sick

231
00:12:07,811 --> 00:12:09,604
practical joke, that's all.

232
00:12:16,486 --> 00:12:17,863
I'm gonna call Sheriff Tupper.

233
00:12:17,946 --> 00:12:19,448
No!

234
00:12:19,531 --> 00:12:21,783
I told you. It's just a joke,
a private one.

235
00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:24,828
I'll take care of it myself.

236
00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,457
You say you got a good look
at the clipping?

237
00:12:28,540 --> 00:12:30,041
It was from The Gazette.

238
00:12:30,125 --> 00:12:32,210
Something about
a hitchhiker being convicted

239
00:12:32,294 --> 00:12:36,339
and $100,000 in bonds missing,
but it happened years ago.

240
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A hitchhiker?

241
00:12:39,176 --> 00:12:43,680
I have a vague memory of a man
who was murdered in shawmut.

242
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A hitchhiker was convicted for the crime,

243
00:12:45,515 --> 00:12:46,850
but they never found he bonds

244
00:12:46,933 --> 00:12:48,602
that he was supposed to have taken.

245
00:12:48,685 --> 00:12:51,146
But that was at least
20 years ago, I'm sure.

246
00:12:51,938 --> 00:12:54,524
Jessica, I'm worried.

247
00:12:54,608 --> 00:12:56,485
Bill has never kept
anything from me before.

248
00:12:56,568 --> 00:12:57,903
Who's ever behind this,

249
00:12:57,986 --> 00:12:59,529
it's more than just a practical joke.

250
00:12:59,613 --> 00:13:02,491
And you have no idea what it could be?

251
00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:04,326
No.

252
00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:08,830
I'm sure Dan Pulling's
got something to do with this.

253
00:13:08,914 --> 00:13:11,791
Getting back at Bill for firing him.

254
00:13:12,501 --> 00:13:13,877
Oh, God.

255
00:13:14,753 --> 00:13:17,422
Can you remember anything
else about last night,

256
00:13:17,506 --> 00:13:21,510
something that Bill
might have said or done?

257
00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:24,888
No... except...

258
00:13:26,014 --> 00:13:29,267
a car drove by when we were
outside the house.

259
00:13:30,393 --> 00:13:31,811
It was moving very slowly,

260
00:13:31,895 --> 00:13:34,022
as if the driver was watching us.

261
00:13:34,105 --> 00:13:35,273
Did you get a look at the driver?

262
00:13:35,357 --> 00:13:37,275
No, it was too dark.

263
00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:38,568
But the car was an old Corvette,

264
00:13:38,652 --> 00:13:40,529
you know, from the '50s.

265
00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:43,782
Will you have a talk with him, Jessica?

266
00:13:43,865 --> 00:13:45,700
Maybe there's something
that Bill can't tell me

267
00:13:45,784 --> 00:13:46,952
because he doesn't want to frighten me

268
00:13:47,035 --> 00:13:48,495
but he might confide in you.

269
00:13:48,578 --> 00:13:50,580
Of course, Alison.

270
00:13:50,664 --> 00:13:53,500
But I'll have to do
a bit of research first.

271
00:14:07,931 --> 00:14:09,933
Night, fellas. See you in the morning.

272
00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:53,893
[tires screeching]

273
00:15:20,337 --> 00:15:23,006
-Jessica.
-Oh, hello, Alison.

274
00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:25,008
I've been looking all over for you.

275
00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:27,302
-Have you talked to Bill yet?
-No, not yet. What's wrong?

276
00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:29,596
It's worse, whatever's going on.

277
00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:31,056
Jessica, he's carrying a gun.

278
00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:32,474
Oh, dear.

279
00:15:32,557 --> 00:15:34,059
Early this morning, I came downstairs

280
00:15:34,142 --> 00:15:36,519
and I heard Bill on the phone
in the study.

281
00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:37,854
He was telling someone

282
00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,439
that he was almost killed last night

283
00:15:39,522 --> 00:15:41,483
in the car, run off the road.

284
00:15:41,566 --> 00:15:43,276
He said he thinks he knows who did it,

285
00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:44,986
and they've got to do something
before it's too late.

286
00:15:45,070 --> 00:15:46,696
Do you know who he was talking to?

287
00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:48,740
No. Just as I came in the study

288
00:15:48,823 --> 00:15:50,325
I saw him putting the gun in his pocket.

289
00:15:51,368 --> 00:15:53,912
-Where is he now?
-At the showroom.

290
00:15:53,995 --> 00:15:56,164
Alison, I think you
should talk to Sheriff Tupper.

291
00:15:56,247 --> 00:15:58,792
No, no, I can't do that.
He'd never forgive me.

292
00:15:58,875 --> 00:16:01,044
He'd be furious if he knew
I was talking to you.

293
00:16:32,367 --> 00:16:33,451
Hello, again.

294
00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,955
-Ready for that test drive?
-Ah, afraid not.

295
00:16:37,038 --> 00:16:40,333
But I brought my baby in
for some minor repairs.

296
00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:43,086
Yeah, she's a real classic, all right.

297
00:16:44,421 --> 00:16:45,672
Cherry condition.

298
00:16:46,423 --> 00:16:47,841
I saw it parked across the street

299
00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:50,969
from the, uh, Cove Restaurant yesterday.

300
00:16:51,052 --> 00:16:53,179
It does attract attention.

301
00:16:55,432 --> 00:16:56,891
These are pretty hard to come by.

302
00:16:58,435 --> 00:16:59,310
Where did you find this one?

303
00:17:00,311 --> 00:17:02,439
Bought it from a little old
lady over in Shawmut.

304
00:17:03,106 --> 00:17:06,067
Had it garaged ever since
her husband died...

305
00:17:06,818 --> 00:17:08,069
20 years ago.

306
00:17:09,904 --> 00:17:11,990
A tragic incident. You might remember it.

307
00:17:12,073 --> 00:17:14,534
That's if you were
in these parts back then.

308
00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:16,828
Try me.

309
00:17:17,912 --> 00:17:19,748
Seems this businessman

310
00:17:19,831 --> 00:17:21,666
picked up a hitchhiker one night.

311
00:17:22,417 --> 00:17:24,335
Next thing you know, the man is dead

312
00:17:24,419 --> 00:17:28,590
and $100,000 in negotiable
bonds is missing.

313
00:17:29,841 --> 00:17:31,134
Ring a bell?

314
00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:34,512
All right, what do you want?
Why have you come back here?

315
00:17:34,596 --> 00:17:37,223
Sorry for rambling on like that.

316
00:17:37,307 --> 00:17:38,767
Bad habit.

317
00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:40,810
Comes from spending too many years alone.

318
00:17:46,149 --> 00:17:48,234
It's the electrical system.

319
00:17:48,318 --> 00:17:50,487
The left side doesn't work.

320
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,572
It started acting funny last night.

321
00:17:53,865 --> 00:17:57,327
I just replaced the headlight,
so it, uh, can't be that.

322
00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,414
Probably a short.

323
00:18:04,709 --> 00:18:06,044
We're pretty busy right now.

324
00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:07,420
Why don't you come back about 9 o'clock?

325
00:18:07,504 --> 00:18:08,963
I'll have it ready for you then.

326
00:18:11,216 --> 00:18:14,010
Thanks. See ya at 9:00.

327
00:18:29,484 --> 00:18:31,277
Jessica.

328
00:18:32,237 --> 00:18:33,905
Don't tell me
you're in the market for a car?

329
00:18:33,988 --> 00:18:35,406
Oh, my goodness, no.

330
00:18:35,490 --> 00:18:37,075
I spend enough time sitting as it is.

331
00:18:37,158 --> 00:18:39,035
No, Bill, I came to see you.

332
00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:42,330
Alison told me what happened
last night and this morning.

333
00:18:42,413 --> 00:18:45,208
Oh, come on. [chuckles]

334
00:18:45,291 --> 00:18:47,710
Oh, Bill. That nervous laugh.

335
00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,504
I remember that from sophomore english.

336
00:18:49,587 --> 00:18:51,214
It generally meant that
you hadn't done your homework.

337
00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:52,757
[chuckles] Jessica, come on.

338
00:18:52,841 --> 00:18:55,218
I don't want to seem to be butting in,

339
00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:58,721
but a man that carries a gun
has to be desperately worried

340
00:18:58,805 --> 00:19:00,807
about something or someone.

341
00:19:00,890 --> 00:19:03,852
Now, Alison is terribly worried.

342
00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:05,728
Come on, that's ridiculous.

343
00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:07,856
I mean, Alison and I
have never had any secrets.

344
00:19:07,939 --> 00:19:09,482
Why... why would I want to start now?

345
00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:12,819
Perhaps this has something to do with it.

346
00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:23,538
Bill, that was Andrew Durbin
who drove by your house,

347
00:19:23,621 --> 00:19:24,998
Andrew Durbin who left

348
00:19:25,081 --> 00:19:27,625
that bizarre valise on your doorstep.

349
00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:29,836
But why?

350
00:19:30,295 --> 00:19:32,130
What is the connection between you two?

351
00:19:32,213 --> 00:19:33,548
Jessica, forgive me.

352
00:19:33,631 --> 00:19:35,425
I never met the man before yesterday.

353
00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:37,468
And quite frankly, what is
going on between me and my wife

354
00:19:37,552 --> 00:19:39,721
is none of your business.

355
00:19:39,804 --> 00:19:41,764
I'm sorry. I came here as a friend.

356
00:19:41,848 --> 00:19:43,182
Yes, and I'd like to keep it that way.

357
00:19:43,266 --> 00:19:44,559
Now please excuse me,

358
00:19:44,642 --> 00:19:46,185
because I've got a very, very busy day.

359
00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:03,202
He was just here.

360
00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:05,163
Durbin, yes.

361
00:20:05,997 --> 00:20:07,624
No, no, it was him all right.

362
00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,084
You bet we're in this together,

363
00:20:10,168 --> 00:20:11,502
and we're gonna take care of him together.

364
00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,547
Come to my office
a little before 9 o'clock tonight.

365
00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:21,429
Yes, of course this is me.

366
00:20:21,512 --> 00:20:23,139
I don't believe I ever made
a secret of it.

367
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:24,307
Mm-hmm.

368
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:26,809
And that's the murder
you served the 20 years for.

369
00:20:26,893 --> 00:20:28,519
I served the 20 years, sheriff.

370
00:20:28,603 --> 00:20:29,646
I did not commit the murder.

371
00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:31,481
Jury thought otherwise.

372
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,316
The jury was wrong.

373
00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:34,692
I maintained my innocence then.

374
00:20:34,776 --> 00:20:36,361
I maintain it today.

375
00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:38,655
You have an excellent memory,
Mrs. Fletcher.

376
00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:39,948
The events of the last couple days

377
00:20:40,031 --> 00:20:41,032
have helped to jog it.

378
00:20:41,115 --> 00:20:42,450
All right, Durbin.

379
00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:43,952
I want to know what you're doin' here

380
00:20:44,035 --> 00:20:46,329
in Cabot Cove spookin' Bill Hampton.

381
00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:48,206
Really? Has he filed a complaint?

382
00:20:48,289 --> 00:20:50,458
No, he hasn't. At least not yet.

383
00:20:50,541 --> 00:20:52,669
But it's evident that you've
gone to a great deal of trouble

384
00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:55,129
to attract Bill's attention.

385
00:20:55,213 --> 00:20:56,255
Why?

386
00:20:57,423 --> 00:21:00,301
20 years ago, I was a college student

387
00:21:00,385 --> 00:21:01,928
spending my summer vacation

388
00:21:02,011 --> 00:21:05,556
thumbing from one
anti-Vietnam rally to another.

389
00:21:06,891 --> 00:21:08,434
One night over in Shawmut,

390
00:21:08,518 --> 00:21:10,770
I hitched a ride from a businessman.

391
00:21:10,853 --> 00:21:11,938
He wouldn't happen to have been

392
00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:13,398
driving a Corvette, would he?

393
00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:18,319
Just on the outskirts of Cabot Cove,

394
00:21:18,403 --> 00:21:21,698
we were run off the road
by a teenager playing chicken.

395
00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:23,574
The kid's car had only one headlight.

396
00:21:23,658 --> 00:21:25,368
He came straight at us.

397
00:21:25,451 --> 00:21:27,120
The man swerved the car, hit the shoulder,

398
00:21:27,203 --> 00:21:28,746
and cracked his head
on the steering wheel.

399
00:21:28,830 --> 00:21:30,331
Now just hold on here.

400
00:21:30,415 --> 00:21:32,291
You're not saying that he died

401
00:21:32,375 --> 00:21:33,626
from that bump on the head.

402
00:21:33,710 --> 00:21:35,712
'Cause I read the autopsy report.

403
00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:36,838
Amos.

404
00:21:37,547 --> 00:21:39,507
Sorry, Miss Fletcher.

405
00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:40,717
No, sheriff.

406
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:41,968
The man was unconscious,

407
00:21:42,051 --> 00:21:43,720
bleeding heavily from that bump,

408
00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:46,848
but very much alive when I left
the car to get help.

409
00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:50,143
I ran down the road
to a farmhouse we passed.

410
00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:53,563
On the way, I saw the car
with one headlight

411
00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:55,148
make a turn up ahead

412
00:21:55,231 --> 00:21:56,816
and come back toward the Corvette.

413
00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:11,164
There were people in that farmhouse.

414
00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:13,249
They were watching TV.

415
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:14,292
I rang the bell.

416
00:22:14,375 --> 00:22:15,626
I pounded on the door,

417
00:22:15,710 --> 00:22:16,919
yelled that there'd been an accident.

418
00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:19,130
They kept on watching TV.

419
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:23,176
By the time I got back
to the car, the man was dead.

420
00:22:23,259 --> 00:22:27,013
His head bashed in, his luggage
all over the roadside.

421
00:22:27,597 --> 00:22:30,058
Just then, a police car pulled up,

422
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:32,018
and...

423
00:22:34,103 --> 00:22:37,732
the rest is a matter of record.

424
00:22:38,483 --> 00:22:40,443
Then you're saying whoever was in the car

425
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:41,652
with one headlight

426
00:22:41,736 --> 00:22:43,905
killed the man and stole the bonds.

427
00:22:43,988 --> 00:22:46,324
The police searched
for those bonds for days.

428
00:22:46,407 --> 00:22:47,700
They never found them.

429
00:22:47,784 --> 00:22:49,077
What was I supposed
to have done with them,

430
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,703
burned them, eaten them?

431
00:22:50,787 --> 00:22:53,289
It made no sense,
but they convicted me anyway.

432
00:22:54,916 --> 00:22:57,543
But you still haven't
answered my question.

433
00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:02,381
What are you to Bill Hampton,
and what is he to you?

434
00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:07,470
While I was in prison,

435
00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,931
I subscribed to The Cabot Cove Gazette,

436
00:23:10,014 --> 00:23:11,349
certain I would find a photo

437
00:23:11,432 --> 00:23:13,810
of the kid I saw in the car that night.

438
00:23:13,893 --> 00:23:15,061
You saw the driver?

439
00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:16,395
Not the driver, Mrs. Fletcher.

440
00:23:16,479 --> 00:23:17,980
The passenger.

441
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:20,358
That's him.

442
00:23:20,441 --> 00:23:21,484
He was in that car

443
00:23:21,567 --> 00:23:22,735
wearing a white dinner jacket,

444
00:23:22,819 --> 00:23:24,529
like kids wear at a prom.

445
00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:26,447
That's right, Mrs. Fletcher.

446
00:23:26,531 --> 00:23:27,990
The murder of that man,

447
00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:30,243
the senior prom at Cabot Cove High,

448
00:23:30,326 --> 00:23:31,828
they happened on the same night.

449
00:23:34,622 --> 00:23:36,833
I don't care what night it was.

450
00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:38,876
Just-just-just a minute, Amos.

451
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,419
There were no lights on that road.

452
00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:43,131
How can you be sure that was Bill Hampton?

453
00:23:43,214 --> 00:23:46,342
Oh, his face has been burned
into my mind for 20 years.

454
00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:50,888
You haven't identified
the driver, have you?

455
00:23:50,972 --> 00:23:53,599
What makes you so sure I haven't?

456
00:23:53,683 --> 00:23:58,771
Because you continued
to collect Cabot Cove history

457
00:23:58,855 --> 00:24:01,399
long after you identified Bill.

458
00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:04,026
Maybe the reason you were pressuring Bill

459
00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:06,612
was that you hoped that he would, uh,

460
00:24:06,696 --> 00:24:08,990
lead you to the driver.

461
00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:12,410
All this theorizing is gettin' us nowhere.

462
00:24:13,244 --> 00:24:14,745
Now, you take my advice, mister.

463
00:24:14,829 --> 00:24:16,956
You leave town
before I put you under arrest.

464
00:24:17,039 --> 00:24:19,876
On what charge, sheriff?
I haven't broken any law.

465
00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:21,669
No, but you're plannin' to.

466
00:24:21,752 --> 00:24:23,838
By your own admission,
you come here for revenge.

467
00:24:23,921 --> 00:24:25,798
Not revenge. Justice.

468
00:24:25,882 --> 00:24:27,717
And unless I'm mistaken,

469
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,761
neither of you would want to
see a murder go unsolved

470
00:24:30,845 --> 00:24:33,598
or justice undelivered, would you?

471
00:24:38,019 --> 00:24:39,812
This guy Durbin must be out of his mind.

472
00:24:39,896 --> 00:24:41,314
Bill Hampton's the last man on earth

473
00:24:41,397 --> 00:24:43,149
who would murder somebody.

474
00:24:43,232 --> 00:24:45,193
These are my boys, Jessie.

475
00:24:45,276 --> 00:24:48,654
Arnie, Perry, Dan, Bill, especially Bill.

476
00:24:48,738 --> 00:24:49,822
He was like my own son.

477
00:24:49,906 --> 00:24:51,699
That's why I'm here, Kevin.

478
00:24:51,782 --> 00:24:54,160
Now, this will surprise you.
I know it did me.

479
00:24:54,243 --> 00:24:56,412
But I believe Mr. Durbin's story.

480
00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:58,289
Jessie.

481
00:24:58,372 --> 00:25:00,249
Not necessarily that he saw
Bill in the car that night,

482
00:25:00,333 --> 00:25:02,251
but that he did see a young man
wearing a white dinner jacket.

483
00:25:02,335 --> 00:25:04,128
That's ridiculous. He's lying.

484
00:25:04,212 --> 00:25:05,838
I don't think so.

485
00:25:05,922 --> 00:25:07,131
You were one of the chaperones
at the prom, Kevin.

486
00:25:07,215 --> 00:25:08,633
Now, think back.

487
00:25:08,716 --> 00:25:12,678
Can you remember what Bill did
when it was over?

488
00:25:12,762 --> 00:25:15,014
Jessie, that was 20 years ago.

489
00:25:15,723 --> 00:25:17,433
No, I'm sorry.

490
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,310
There's no way in hell
are you gonna convince me

491
00:25:19,393 --> 00:25:20,937
that one of my boys could kill a man.

492
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,813
Look, Kevin, how do you think I feel?

493
00:25:22,897 --> 00:25:24,690
You coached him, I taught him.

494
00:25:24,774 --> 00:25:26,400
I don't want to believe it
any more than you do,

495
00:25:26,484 --> 00:25:28,069
but he is acting very strangely.

496
00:25:28,152 --> 00:25:31,113
He is carrying a gun,
and he is lying to Alison.

497
00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:33,616
Now, something must be terribly wrong.

498
00:25:33,699 --> 00:25:36,869
No, no, no, you're way
off the track, Jessie.

499
00:25:36,953 --> 00:25:39,622
No, it's not just Bill
that I'm worried about.

500
00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:42,667
I'm sure that Andrew Durbin's
after a second person.

501
00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:45,503
Whoever was driving the car that night.

502
00:25:45,586 --> 00:25:47,546
Has he put a name to this other person?

503
00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:49,840
No, but my guess is that he's waiting

504
00:25:49,924 --> 00:25:52,260
for Bill to lead him
to the driver of the car.

505
00:25:52,343 --> 00:25:54,512
And you want me to talk to him.

506
00:25:55,930 --> 00:25:58,057
If he'll listen to anyone,
it has to be you.

507
00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:03,145
Okay, I'll tell you this, Jessie.

508
00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:04,772
As far as I'm concerned,

509
00:26:04,855 --> 00:26:06,899
this guy Durbin committed that crime.

510
00:26:06,983 --> 00:26:09,652
And if he thinks he's gonna
lay it off on Bill Hampton--

511
00:26:09,735 --> 00:26:11,737
Kevin, don't do anything foolish.

512
00:26:12,863 --> 00:26:14,365
Yeah, okay.

513
00:26:16,367 --> 00:26:18,369
Guess it was just an old man wishing...

514
00:26:19,370 --> 00:26:21,080
wishing he were 20 years younger.

515
00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:25,167
[clattering]

516
00:26:38,472 --> 00:26:39,682
You're early.

517
00:26:41,892 --> 00:26:42,935
[gun cocks]

518
00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:51,944
[police chatter on radio]

519
00:27:04,707 --> 00:27:08,252
Miss Fletcher. Mr. Cauldwell.

520
00:27:08,711 --> 00:27:10,838
Sorry to start your mornin' off this way.

521
00:27:10,921 --> 00:27:12,882
Oh, thank you for calling me, Amos.

522
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,216
Who found Bill's body?

523
00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:15,968
Hal Avery, about an hour ago.

524
00:27:16,052 --> 00:27:19,013
Accordin' to Doc Mathews,
he must've shot himself

525
00:27:19,096 --> 00:27:20,848
some time between
9:00 and 11:00 last night.

526
00:27:22,099 --> 00:27:25,519
Yeah, we found this typewritten
note in the car next to him.

527
00:27:25,603 --> 00:27:27,646
It's pretty clear Bill
couldn't take the pressure

528
00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:28,898
that Durbin was puttin' on him.

529
00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:37,031
-Excuse me.
-Thanks.

530
00:27:37,907 --> 00:27:40,576
Are you positive that it was
a suicide, Dr. Mathews?

531
00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:42,411
Bullet in the right Temple.

532
00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:44,163
Yeah, from Bill's own gun.

533
00:27:44,246 --> 00:27:45,915
Checked the registration myself.

534
00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:47,416
Yes, but that doesn't make any sense.

535
00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:49,335
The right Temple? Bill was left-handed.

536
00:27:49,418 --> 00:27:50,753
That's right.

537
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:53,255
Bill was the only lefty
quarterback I ever coached.

538
00:27:53,714 --> 00:27:55,424
But what does that mean?

539
00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:57,134
Well, it means, it's unlikely
that a left-handed person

540
00:27:57,218 --> 00:27:59,261
would shoot themselves
in the right Temple.

541
00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:01,889
But a stranger, someone who
didn't know Bill very well,

542
00:28:01,972 --> 00:28:05,393
probably wouldn't have known
that he was left-handed.

543
00:28:05,476 --> 00:28:07,019
A stranger?

544
00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:09,939
Uh, don't ask me to be a hypocrite.

545
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,232
Hampton's dead.

546
00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:15,945
In a way, he's paid a debt long past due.

547
00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:18,030
But did I kill him?

548
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,241
No.

549
00:28:22,284 --> 00:28:24,078
Bad news, Miss Fletcher.

550
00:28:24,161 --> 00:28:25,913
He was havin' dinner
at the Cove Restaurant.

551
00:28:25,996 --> 00:28:27,456
My deputy just confirmed it.

552
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:30,835
From 8:00 until they closed,
just past 11:00.

553
00:28:30,918 --> 00:28:33,170
-Long time for supper.
-I'm a slow eater.

554
00:28:34,922 --> 00:28:36,465
They found the keys to his car

555
00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:38,175
locked in Bill Hampton's service office.

556
00:28:38,426 --> 00:28:39,802
Well, Mr. Durbin,

557
00:28:39,885 --> 00:28:41,470
it seems that your mission
is accomplished.

558
00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:43,472
I guess you'll be leaving Cabot Cove.

559
00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:45,099
Not just yet.

560
00:28:45,182 --> 00:28:46,725
Well, I can think of only one reason

561
00:28:46,809 --> 00:28:48,352
that you'd want to stay.

562
00:28:48,436 --> 00:28:50,062
You're hoping that the driver of the car

563
00:28:50,146 --> 00:28:52,356
will reveal himself to you.

564
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,442
You'll understand
if I don't comment on that.

565
00:28:57,570 --> 00:28:59,572
You know what's wrong
with your alibi, Durbin?

566
00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:01,365
It's too airtight.

567
00:29:01,449 --> 00:29:03,492
You're gonna trip up somewhere.

568
00:29:03,576 --> 00:29:04,952
And when you do,

569
00:29:05,035 --> 00:29:07,288
I'm gonna be there waitin' for you.

570
00:29:08,205 --> 00:29:10,082
Comin', Miss Fletcher?

571
00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:11,876
In a moment, Amos.

572
00:29:11,959 --> 00:29:16,380
I'm sorry, but what you did
was totally reprehensible.

573
00:29:17,214 --> 00:29:19,592
Even though your friend
was guilty of murder?

574
00:29:19,675 --> 00:29:21,552
That was a matter for the courts.

575
00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:23,888
Was it?

576
00:29:23,971 --> 00:29:25,598
You mean the same courts
that sent me away to prison,

577
00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:28,476
that robbed me of 20 precious years,

578
00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:32,146
that locked me away
in an 8x10 cell like an animal

579
00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:33,856
for a crime I didn't commit

580
00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:37,109
while Bill Hampton
and his confederate were free

581
00:29:37,193 --> 00:29:40,070
to enjoy a life I never had
and never will have?

582
00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:44,742
You have a bizarre definition
of justice, Mrs. Fletcher.

583
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:47,411
We still only have your word

584
00:29:47,495 --> 00:29:48,871
that it was Bill Hampton

585
00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:50,498
that was involved in that killing.

586
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,044
You're a bright woman, Mrs. Fletcher.

587
00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:57,546
You take this, read through it,
read it carefully,

588
00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,673
the accounts of the trial, everything,

589
00:29:59,757 --> 00:30:03,844
then come back and tell me I'm
a killer and Hampton wasn't.

590
00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:08,182
My task here is only half over,
Mrs. Fletcher.

591
00:30:08,265 --> 00:30:10,226
I'm not leaving until it's finished.

592
00:30:16,565 --> 00:30:17,900
No!

593
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:19,693
Bill would never commit suicide.

594
00:30:19,777 --> 00:30:20,945
Of course he didn't.

595
00:30:21,445 --> 00:30:23,572
Bill, he was a... he was a
fighter, not a quitter.

596
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,866
"Never say die" Hampton.

597
00:30:26,742 --> 00:30:29,078
12 points down in the fourth quarter,

598
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:30,454
and he couldn't wait to get out there

599
00:30:30,538 --> 00:30:32,081
and stick it to the other guys.

600
00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:33,290
Remember, honey?

601
00:30:33,374 --> 00:30:34,708
Look, all of you,

602
00:30:34,792 --> 00:30:37,628
the alternative is just as hard to take.

603
00:30:37,711 --> 00:30:39,463
I don't think it was suicide.

604
00:30:40,047 --> 00:30:41,382
I think it was murder.

605
00:30:42,049 --> 00:30:44,134
Why would anyone want to murder Bill?

606
00:30:44,218 --> 00:30:45,553
Let me show you something.

607
00:30:46,387 --> 00:30:48,722
Now, you all know about Andrew Durbin,

608
00:30:48,806 --> 00:30:51,809
but what you may not know
is that he swears

609
00:30:51,892 --> 00:30:54,562
that he is innocent
of killing that businessman

610
00:30:54,645 --> 00:30:55,938
and stealing those bonds,

611
00:30:56,021 --> 00:30:57,690
and I'm afraid that I believe him.

612
00:30:57,773 --> 00:30:59,817
But what does that
have to do with Bill's death?

613
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:01,193
Everything.

614
00:31:01,819 --> 00:31:04,154
It's possible that Bill was involved.

615
00:31:04,238 --> 00:31:05,990
You don't know what you're saying.

616
00:31:06,073 --> 00:31:08,033
She seems to know
exactly what she's saying.

617
00:31:08,117 --> 00:31:10,244
I'm sorry, Alison.

618
00:31:10,327 --> 00:31:11,870
I'd give anything to be wrong.

619
00:31:11,954 --> 00:31:13,747
The night of your senior prom,

620
00:31:13,831 --> 00:31:16,166
it's possible that Bill and someone else

621
00:31:16,250 --> 00:31:17,626
committed the crime

622
00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:20,421
that Andrew Durbin went to prison for.

623
00:31:20,504 --> 00:31:22,006
Well, if that's true, then

624
00:31:22,089 --> 00:31:24,300
Durbin must have killed Bill
out of revenge.

625
00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:27,303
No. He has an unshakable alibi.

626
00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:28,470
I see.

627
00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:30,389
What you're saying is,

628
00:31:30,764 --> 00:31:32,266
Bill's killer is the person
who was with him

629
00:31:32,349 --> 00:31:33,350
the night of the prom.

630
00:31:33,434 --> 00:31:34,643
Yes.

631
00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:36,770
That's a strong possibility.

632
00:31:37,313 --> 00:31:38,897
You were close then, all of you.

633
00:31:38,981 --> 00:31:41,025
You traveled together. Think back.

634
00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:43,485
Can't you remember anything unusual

635
00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:45,070
that could have happened that night?

636
00:31:45,154 --> 00:31:47,781
We had a hell of a good time. That's all.

637
00:31:47,865 --> 00:31:50,868
Look, Jessica, I don't like
what you're getting at.

638
00:31:50,951 --> 00:31:51,952
Take it easy, honey.

639
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:54,496
You're talking after the prom?

640
00:31:57,875 --> 00:31:59,793
It was around midnight, I guess.

641
00:31:59,877 --> 00:32:01,378
A bunch of us drove over

642
00:32:01,462 --> 00:32:03,005
to that all-night diner on route 6.

643
00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:04,298
We stayed there till after sunrise.

644
00:32:04,965 --> 00:32:06,800
Including me and including Bill.

645
00:32:06,884 --> 00:32:09,303
We left the prom early
and went straight to the diner

646
00:32:09,386 --> 00:32:10,846
just like everybody else.

647
00:32:11,138 --> 00:32:12,598
Isn't that right, Perry?

648
00:32:14,642 --> 00:32:15,684
That's right.

649
00:32:16,977 --> 00:32:18,979
Bill and Alison were with us.

650
00:32:19,772 --> 00:32:21,190
You're certain, Perry?

651
00:32:21,649 --> 00:32:24,985
Someone else could be in danger
if you're wrong.

652
00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:34,328
They were there, Jessica. All night.

653
00:32:50,928 --> 00:32:52,054
Durbin!

654
00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:53,722
I'm Durbin.

655
00:32:54,264 --> 00:32:55,557
The name's Cauldwell.

656
00:32:55,641 --> 00:32:56,934
Bill Hampton was a friend of mine.

657
00:32:58,727 --> 00:32:59,728
Hey!

658
00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:03,732
Kevin! Stop that!

659
00:33:03,816 --> 00:33:06,068
You bastard! You killed one of my boys!

660
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:08,153
-Kevin, please!
-Coach, take it easy.

661
00:33:08,237 --> 00:33:10,864
Get your hands off me! Let go of me!

662
00:33:11,115 --> 00:33:13,283
-Are you all right?
-Yeah.

663
00:33:13,534 --> 00:33:14,785
Kevin, you come with me.

664
00:33:22,292 --> 00:33:24,086
I wanted to kill him.

665
00:33:24,169 --> 00:33:25,504
You might have succeeded too.

666
00:33:25,587 --> 00:33:27,005
That would have complicated things.

667
00:33:27,089 --> 00:33:29,341
I'm gonna heat some coffee.
Sit down, Kevin.

668
00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:30,926
So, Jessica, do you really believe

669
00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:33,887
Bill was involved
in that killing 20 years ago?

670
00:33:33,971 --> 00:33:37,307
I'm sorry, Kevin, but, yes, I do.

671
00:33:38,434 --> 00:33:39,768
And what's worse,

672
00:33:39,852 --> 00:33:42,563
I think that someone else was involved.

673
00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:47,401
You know, Alison lied to me,
and Perry swore to it.

674
00:33:49,445 --> 00:33:51,613
Have you been able to think of anything,

675
00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:53,449
anything that could have happened

676
00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:56,493
that was unusual on the night of the prom?

677
00:33:56,577 --> 00:33:58,620
Well, after you left my office,

678
00:33:58,704 --> 00:34:00,998
I... I gave it some thought.

679
00:34:01,081 --> 00:34:03,459
Fact is, I left early, around 11:00,

680
00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:05,252
an hour before the dance was really over.

681
00:34:05,335 --> 00:34:06,378
Oh, why was that?

682
00:34:06,462 --> 00:34:08,422
The same reason you stayed
home that night, the flu.

683
00:34:08,505 --> 00:34:10,883
Besides, the last thing those kids needed

684
00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:12,551
was good old coach spying on them.

685
00:34:12,634 --> 00:34:14,303
Then you have no way of knowing

686
00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:16,013
if Bill and Alison left
the dance at the same time.

687
00:34:16,096 --> 00:34:17,723
No, Jessica, I'm sorry.

688
00:34:17,806 --> 00:34:20,017
But what I do remember
about that night is my boys.

689
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:22,770
I can't, I won't believe
any of them is involved.

690
00:34:22,853 --> 00:34:24,146
Their killer instincts are restricted

691
00:34:24,229 --> 00:34:25,397
totally to the gridiron.

692
00:34:25,481 --> 00:34:26,607
Even Dan Pulling?

693
00:34:26,982 --> 00:34:29,401
I seem to remember they used
to call him "the animal."

694
00:34:29,485 --> 00:34:32,029
Yeah, Dan used to have
that kind of wild ferocity

695
00:34:32,112 --> 00:34:34,156
before he lost it in a bottle of gin.

696
00:34:34,865 --> 00:34:36,200
Funny, back then.

697
00:34:36,992 --> 00:34:39,119
Danny never touched the stuff,
not even beer.

698
00:34:41,497 --> 00:34:43,123
I wonder what got him started.

699
00:34:44,541 --> 00:34:46,251
Well, the problem with that theory

700
00:34:46,335 --> 00:34:50,172
is that Dan never had
two dimes to rub together.

701
00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:52,007
If Mr. Durbin's right,

702
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,176
then Bill's accomplice
shared in the spoils.

703
00:34:54,259 --> 00:34:56,053
Which brings me to Arnie Wakeman.

704
00:34:56,136 --> 00:34:57,387
Now, Arnie Wakeman was always

705
00:34:57,471 --> 00:34:59,515
the poorest kid in school, Kevin,

706
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:03,685
but he managed to make
a fortune on the stock market.

707
00:35:03,769 --> 00:35:05,395
Now, how did he do that?

708
00:35:07,314 --> 00:35:10,150
I already told the sheriff
I don't know where Dan is.

709
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:14,780
It's 20 years ago
that I'm curious about, Arnie.

710
00:35:16,490 --> 00:35:18,325
The night of your senior prom.

711
00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:19,535
What about it?

712
00:35:21,787 --> 00:35:22,913
You know, Perry called me and told me

713
00:35:22,996 --> 00:35:24,248
what you've been up to.

714
00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:28,085
I... I... I can't believe you're
trying to nail one of us.

715
00:35:28,585 --> 00:35:31,421
For heaven sakes, I'm trying
to get to the truth, Arnie.

716
00:35:31,505 --> 00:35:32,798
Your friend is dead.

717
00:35:32,881 --> 00:35:34,675
Never mind that terrible lawsuit.

718
00:35:34,758 --> 00:35:37,094
He was your friend and mine.

719
00:35:37,177 --> 00:35:38,846
I didn't kill Bill.

720
00:35:38,929 --> 00:35:39,888
And I sure as hell didn't kill the guy

721
00:35:39,972 --> 00:35:41,473
in that car 20 years ago.

722
00:35:41,557 --> 00:35:43,433
Well, I've been doing some digging around.

723
00:35:43,517 --> 00:35:45,185
Four years after the murder,

724
00:35:45,269 --> 00:35:48,981
Bill came up with $50,000
to buy his car company.

725
00:35:49,064 --> 00:35:51,066
Now, I think that it was his half

726
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:53,318
of the missing bond money.

727
00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:54,987
I always knew that guy was a crook.

728
00:35:55,070 --> 00:35:57,364
And his partner got the other half.

729
00:35:57,948 --> 00:35:59,157
What are you driving at?

730
00:35:59,241 --> 00:36:01,368
Well, according to the clipping

731
00:36:01,451 --> 00:36:02,536
in The Gazette,

732
00:36:03,245 --> 00:36:05,873
you returned to Cabot Cove
after five years in New York

733
00:36:05,956 --> 00:36:08,125
having made your fortune
in the stock market.

734
00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:10,085
I never did like that picture.

735
00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:14,131
It also says that you
parlayed a $50,000 investment

736
00:36:14,214 --> 00:36:17,092
into a multimillion-dollar portfolio.

737
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,969
Jessica, you're crazy if you think

738
00:36:19,052 --> 00:36:20,888
I had anything to do
with Hampton killing that guy.

739
00:36:20,971 --> 00:36:23,265
Well, then set me straight. Tell me.

740
00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:26,268
Where did you get the $50,000
to start with?

741
00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:27,561
I'm warning you.

742
00:36:27,644 --> 00:36:30,105
You ask that question again
to me or to anybody else

743
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:31,732
and I'll sue you for defamation.

744
00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:34,985
Arnie, do you think that
I like this coming here,

745
00:36:35,068 --> 00:36:37,154
asking questions of you and Perry?

746
00:36:37,237 --> 00:36:38,780
There's been one murder in this town.

747
00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:41,366
And unless somebody gets to the truth now,

748
00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:43,619
there's liable to be another.

749
00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:45,454
I'm sorry, I can't help you.

750
00:36:57,758 --> 00:36:58,842
Oh, I almost forgot.

751
00:36:58,926 --> 00:37:00,260
I found this special delivery
on your doormat.

752
00:37:00,344 --> 00:37:02,804
It's from the, uh, insurance company.

753
00:37:02,888 --> 00:37:04,932
I'll just leave it on this hall table.

754
00:37:35,170 --> 00:37:36,129
My telephone Bill.

755
00:37:37,506 --> 00:37:38,757
I'm sorry, Arnie.

756
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:41,718
I saw the scuff marks
on the newly polished floor

757
00:37:41,802 --> 00:37:43,136
from a man's shoes.

758
00:37:45,180 --> 00:37:46,974
Maybe we'd better have a talk
with Sheriff Tupper.

759
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:49,685
Attempting to defraud
an insurance company.

760
00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:51,979
That's pretty serious business,
Mr. Wakeman.

761
00:37:52,062 --> 00:37:54,606
So I can walk. I didn't kill Bill.

762
00:37:54,690 --> 00:37:56,024
And the $50,000?

763
00:37:56,858 --> 00:37:58,485
It's from an inheritance.

764
00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:00,612
20 years ago, an uncle of mine
died and left me a trust fund.

765
00:38:00,696 --> 00:38:03,198
-Suppose you can prove that?
-Yeah, I can prove that.

766
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:04,741
But you did keep it a secret.

767
00:38:05,575 --> 00:38:07,995
So I wanted to be a big man,

768
00:38:08,078 --> 00:38:09,329
to show all these people
that Arnie Wakeman

769
00:38:09,413 --> 00:38:11,081
had something on the ball,

770
00:38:11,164 --> 00:38:12,958
that I'm not just another
poor kid from the edge of town

771
00:38:13,041 --> 00:38:14,501
with holes in my jeans.

772
00:38:14,584 --> 00:38:16,253
But now the money has run out,

773
00:38:16,336 --> 00:38:17,587
which I assume is the reason

774
00:38:17,671 --> 00:38:20,507
that you decided to sue Bill Hampton.

775
00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:21,883
I phonied the accident.

776
00:38:22,342 --> 00:38:23,760
I got some shyster doctors and lawyers

777
00:38:23,844 --> 00:38:25,262
to swear I was paralyzed.

778
00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:27,222
All in the hope of collecting enough money

779
00:38:27,305 --> 00:38:30,600
from the insurance company
to continue your lifestyle.

780
00:38:30,684 --> 00:38:32,144
Hey, if you think it was fun

781
00:38:32,227 --> 00:38:33,562
sitting in that wheelchair, you guys--

782
00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:34,980
Suppose you tell us

783
00:38:35,063 --> 00:38:36,356
what happened the night of the prom.

784
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,025
Oh, we're back to that?

785
00:38:38,108 --> 00:38:40,527
Mr. Wakeman, right now
you're in a mess of trouble.

786
00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:41,945
You best cooperate.

787
00:38:43,113 --> 00:38:45,866
Can you remember
anything unusual happening,

788
00:38:45,949 --> 00:38:48,577
something to do with Bill Hampton?

789
00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:50,120
[chuckles]

790
00:38:50,203 --> 00:38:52,289
Sure, Bill was plastered.

791
00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:54,750
Alison left him flat on the dance floor.

792
00:38:57,085 --> 00:38:59,171
-Then what?
-I don't know.

793
00:38:59,254 --> 00:39:01,631
I think he ran after her.
They had a hell of a row.

794
00:39:01,715 --> 00:39:02,966
He tried to get her to stay
but she wouldn't.

795
00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:05,802
-About what time was that?
-11:00.

796
00:39:05,886 --> 00:39:09,556
[telephone rings]

797
00:39:09,639 --> 00:39:11,183
Sheriff Tupper here.

798
00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:13,101
That so?

799
00:39:13,894 --> 00:39:15,270
Are you sure about that?

800
00:39:16,271 --> 00:39:18,607
Okay, thanks a lot.

801
00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:22,402
Well, there goes my number one suspect.

802
00:39:22,486 --> 00:39:26,073
Dan Pulling he's been over in
the drunk tank in Bartlesburg

803
00:39:26,156 --> 00:39:27,491
for the past two nights.

804
00:39:28,283 --> 00:39:30,243
Looks like we're right back to square one.

805
00:39:39,294 --> 00:39:43,340
-Jessica?
-I'm sorry, Perry.

806
00:39:43,423 --> 00:39:44,633
I should have called first.

807
00:39:44,716 --> 00:39:45,675
Tara and I were just leaving.

808
00:39:45,759 --> 00:39:47,094
Uh, before you go,

809
00:39:47,177 --> 00:39:48,970
I'd like to ask you all a question.

810
00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:51,348
Why are three people

811
00:39:51,431 --> 00:39:55,185
whom I consider very dear
and close friends lying to me?

812
00:39:55,268 --> 00:39:57,020
That's out of line, Jessica.

813
00:39:57,104 --> 00:39:58,396
I've been talking

814
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,232
with several of your old classmates

815
00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:02,442
ones who were at the prom
and at the dinner.

816
00:40:02,526 --> 00:40:03,860
And none of them remember

817
00:40:03,944 --> 00:40:06,029
seeing Bill or Alison that evening.

818
00:40:06,988 --> 00:40:09,282
Alison forced you to back up her story.

819
00:40:09,366 --> 00:40:11,118
I understand, Perry.

820
00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:13,411
You were Bill's closest friend.

821
00:40:13,495 --> 00:40:15,539
Are you suggesting that
maybe I was in the car

822
00:40:15,622 --> 00:40:17,415
-with Bill that night?
-No more!

823
00:40:22,921 --> 00:40:26,091
Lying won't bring Bill back
or change the truth.

824
00:40:26,299 --> 00:40:28,677
You and Bill had an argument,

825
00:40:29,219 --> 00:40:31,388
and you left the prom separately.

826
00:40:32,222 --> 00:40:33,598
He was drunk.

827
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:38,812
He kept trying to make me leave
the prom early...

828
00:40:39,980 --> 00:40:41,398
and go to a motel with him.

829
00:40:42,691 --> 00:40:46,403
I got angry, and I told him if
that's what he thought of me,

830
00:40:46,486 --> 00:40:48,155
if that's what he wanted,

831
00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:50,157
then he could find himself another girl.

832
00:40:53,243 --> 00:40:54,619
He wanted to take me home,

833
00:40:54,703 --> 00:40:55,996
but I wouldn't get in the car with him.

834
00:40:56,079 --> 00:40:57,455
He was too drunk.

835
00:40:57,539 --> 00:41:00,000
Was there anyone in the car with him

836
00:41:00,083 --> 00:41:01,334
when he drove off?

837
00:41:01,418 --> 00:41:03,253
He... he didn't drive anywhere.

838
00:41:03,336 --> 00:41:04,254
He walked back inside.

839
00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:08,550
He said that

840
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:09,801
[crying]

841
00:41:09,885 --> 00:41:11,761
he had a trophy to collect.

842
00:41:24,357 --> 00:41:25,650
Hello, Kevin.

843
00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:32,073
You caught me, Jessie.

844
00:41:33,867 --> 00:41:35,952
I was hearing
the roar of the crowd again...

845
00:41:37,454 --> 00:41:40,498
seeing my boys win
that state championship for me.

846
00:41:41,791 --> 00:41:43,752
One of the advantages of age.

847
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:45,378
The storehouse of memories

848
00:41:45,462 --> 00:41:48,006
that we get to replay over and over.

849
00:41:49,216 --> 00:41:50,634
But after 30 years,

850
00:41:50,717 --> 00:41:53,511
to be left with just
a handful of memories...

851
00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:56,473
well, my fault.

852
00:41:57,224 --> 00:41:58,975
I was never one to plan for the future.

853
00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:02,604
But you did have the opportunity.

854
00:42:03,355 --> 00:42:06,524
Not many high school teachers
get their hands on $50,000.

855
00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,153
What are you talkin' about?

856
00:42:10,237 --> 00:42:11,655
Your share of the missing bonds.

857
00:42:15,242 --> 00:42:17,786
Bill used his half to buy a car lot.

858
00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:19,579
You probably invested yours

859
00:42:19,663 --> 00:42:21,039
in that football camp

860
00:42:21,122 --> 00:42:22,749
that you'd always dreamed of having.

861
00:42:24,251 --> 00:42:25,502
How did you know?

862
00:42:26,503 --> 00:42:29,089
You said that you left
the prom early, at 11:00...

863
00:42:30,006 --> 00:42:31,132
because you weren't feeling well.

864
00:42:33,551 --> 00:42:34,552
Not true, Kevin.

865
00:42:39,766 --> 00:42:40,809
Look at the clock.

866
00:42:42,143 --> 00:42:46,439
You presented the boys
with their trophy at 11:45,

867
00:42:46,523 --> 00:42:49,067
long after you said you'd left the dance.

868
00:42:51,945 --> 00:42:53,363
You know how many years

869
00:42:53,446 --> 00:42:54,990
that picture's been on my office wall?

870
00:42:56,408 --> 00:42:58,285
Bill Hampton was always your favorite.

871
00:42:59,286 --> 00:43:00,704
When I realized that you lied

872
00:43:00,787 --> 00:43:02,122
about the time you left the prom,

873
00:43:02,205 --> 00:43:04,416
I knew that there had to be a reason.

874
00:43:04,499 --> 00:43:08,503
You were the other person
in Bill's car that night.

875
00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:09,921
Hmm.

876
00:43:10,005 --> 00:43:12,799
Always said Jessie Fletcher
never missed a trick.

877
00:43:12,882 --> 00:43:14,676
I don't understand, Kevin.

878
00:43:14,759 --> 00:43:17,595
How could a fine man like you
commit a cold-blooded murder

879
00:43:17,679 --> 00:43:19,848
and live with that secret for 20 years?

880
00:43:21,141 --> 00:43:23,184
In those days, Bill was my boy,

881
00:43:23,268 --> 00:43:24,978
the son I never had.

882
00:43:25,061 --> 00:43:28,148
He was roaring drunk prom
night. Too drunk to drive home.

883
00:43:28,231 --> 00:43:29,941
So you put him in your car.

884
00:43:30,859 --> 00:43:32,819
And we had the bad luck
to come upon that man

885
00:43:32,902 --> 00:43:34,321
in the Corvette.

886
00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:36,448
Bill kept grabbing the wheel,

887
00:43:36,531 --> 00:43:38,158
trying to get me to turn around

888
00:43:38,241 --> 00:43:40,702
and take him to that diner
where his friends were.

889
00:43:40,785 --> 00:43:42,829
Just then, the Corvette
came round the bend,

890
00:43:42,912 --> 00:43:45,790
and Bill jerked the wheel over hard.

891
00:43:46,458 --> 00:43:48,376
I was worried the driver might be injured.

892
00:43:49,502 --> 00:43:52,339
Bill was scared and wanted
to get outta there fast.

893
00:43:52,422 --> 00:43:53,882
He was too drunk to think straight.

894
00:43:54,924 --> 00:43:56,217
I swung around and went back.

895
00:43:57,802 --> 00:44:00,388
The door was open on the passenger side.

896
00:44:01,556 --> 00:44:03,224
I thought the crash sprang it open.

897
00:44:03,308 --> 00:44:05,685
The driver was unconscious and bleeding.

898
00:44:06,561 --> 00:44:09,105
Then I saw the bearer bonds
scattered all over the floor

899
00:44:09,189 --> 00:44:10,732
from an open valise.

900
00:44:11,316 --> 00:44:12,817
Good as cash.

901
00:44:13,568 --> 00:44:15,862
The driver came to
and saw me holding the bonds.

902
00:44:15,945 --> 00:44:18,865
That's... that's... that's
when I panicked, Jessie.

903
00:44:19,407 --> 00:44:22,285
The sight of all that money
just there for the taking.

904
00:44:23,036 --> 00:44:23,995
I didn't even think about it.

905
00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:25,121
I just picked up a rock

906
00:44:25,205 --> 00:44:26,831
and I hit him again and again!

907
00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:31,878
I hadn't planned it, Jessie.

908
00:44:31,961 --> 00:44:34,506
But the man was dead,
there were all those bonds,

909
00:44:34,589 --> 00:44:36,299
and done was done.

910
00:44:36,383 --> 00:44:37,634
Yes, but what about Bill?

911
00:44:38,843 --> 00:44:40,637
The boy idolized me.

912
00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:43,223
Would have done anything for
me, and he did.

913
00:44:44,432 --> 00:44:46,059
And once Bill sobered up,

914
00:44:46,142 --> 00:44:49,229
you swore him to secrecy
in return for half the bonds?

915
00:44:50,855 --> 00:44:52,649
That's right, Jessie.

916
00:44:52,732 --> 00:44:55,527
We sat on those bonds
for a couple of years

917
00:44:55,610 --> 00:44:56,820
and then cashed them in.

918
00:44:57,612 --> 00:45:01,282
And allowed Andrew Durbin
to spend 20 years in prison

919
00:45:01,366 --> 00:45:03,159
for a crime that you committed.

920
00:45:03,243 --> 00:45:05,161
I know, I know, it was a terrible thing,

921
00:45:05,245 --> 00:45:08,164
but I've lived with that secret
for 20 years, Jessie.

922
00:45:08,248 --> 00:45:09,582
Do you understand?

923
00:45:21,219 --> 00:45:22,220
I guess...

924
00:45:25,140 --> 00:45:27,892
I guess I should've known
that nothing good would've...

925
00:45:29,102 --> 00:45:30,937
come of that money.

926
00:45:35,024 --> 00:45:37,527
A couple of things I don't
understand, Miss Fletcher.

927
00:45:38,153 --> 00:45:40,029
Could I get you
another piece of pie, Amos?

928
00:45:40,113 --> 00:45:43,116
Well, now that you offer.
It is mighty good.

929
00:45:43,658 --> 00:45:45,285
As I was sayin',

930
00:45:45,368 --> 00:45:48,079
I wonder why coach Cauldwell
and Bill Hampton

931
00:45:48,163 --> 00:45:50,832
didn't just kill this fella Durbin.

932
00:45:50,915 --> 00:45:52,917
Well, that wouldn't have been very smart.

933
00:45:53,001 --> 00:45:54,711
That's as good as saying
that he was right,

934
00:45:54,794 --> 00:45:56,337
and it would have
opened up the case again.

935
00:45:57,088 --> 00:45:58,131
The other thing.

936
00:45:58,214 --> 00:46:00,675
Coach shot Bill Hampton
on the right side of the head

937
00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:02,343
to fake the suicide,

938
00:46:02,427 --> 00:46:04,262
but he knew that Bill was left-handed.

939
00:46:04,345 --> 00:46:07,974
Yes, but he wanted us think
that a stranger had done it,

940
00:46:08,057 --> 00:46:10,435
someone that didn't know that,
like Mr. Durbin.

941
00:46:10,518 --> 00:46:13,062
[doorbell rings] Who can that be?

942
00:46:13,146 --> 00:46:14,606
-Excuse me, Amos.
-Mm-hmm.

943
00:46:21,571 --> 00:46:23,114
-Mrs. Fletcher.
-Mr. Durbin.

944
00:46:23,198 --> 00:46:26,284
I came to say good-bye and to thank you.

945
00:46:26,367 --> 00:46:27,702
I'd rather you didn't.

946
00:46:28,953 --> 00:46:30,705
But I was telling you the truth,

947
00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:33,833
and I did spend 20 years
in prison unjustly.

948
00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:36,753
Yes, and I'm sorry.

949
00:46:36,836 --> 00:46:39,464
But you knew when you came here
what would happen.

950
00:46:39,547 --> 00:46:42,926
I wasn't sure, but I did
warn you I was after justice.

951
00:46:43,009 --> 00:46:45,720
I can't help but think that

952
00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:48,348
justice could have been served
in a better way.

953
00:46:48,431 --> 00:46:50,141
Oh?

954
00:46:50,225 --> 00:46:52,143
Well, you give it some thought,
Mrs. Fletcher,

955
00:46:52,227 --> 00:46:53,770
and when you figure out
what could have been,

956
00:46:53,853 --> 00:46:55,188
you let me know.

957
00:47:16,918 --> 00:47:19,837
[cheerful orchestra music]


