1 00:00:01,134 --> 00:00:02,432 Ben's alive. 2 00:00:02,503 --> 00:00:04,404 And he's coming to Cabot Cove! 3 00:00:04,471 --> 00:00:06,463 Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 4 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:08,600 Here's to a lot of good men who died 5 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:10,337 and to the best one of all who didn't. 6 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:11,673 Have you gone nuts? 7 00:00:12,145 --> 00:00:14,290 How can you let someone like that represent this company? 8 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:16,180 I'm gonna forget that you're my sister's son 9 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:18,776 and I'm gonna hack your little umbilical with a meat axe. 10 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,684 Ben robbed a jewelry store. 11 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:22,382 I can't believe that. 12 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:24,651 Oh, he's guilty, Mrs. Fletcher. I'm going to prove it. 13 00:00:24,725 --> 00:00:28,253 I'd be very careful about poisoning the waters around here, Mr. Jarvis. 14 00:00:28,328 --> 00:00:30,092 I'm gonna kill you! 15 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:35,828 Who is it? 16 00:01:35,896 --> 00:01:37,387 It's me, Seth! 17 00:01:43,804 --> 00:01:45,796 You are simply not going to believe this. 18 00:01:45,872 --> 00:01:48,637 For heaven's sake, Seth, what's wrong? 19 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:52,405 Jessica, you know me better than anyone else in the world. 20 00:01:52,546 --> 00:01:54,174 If I told you I believed in miracles, 21 00:01:54,247 --> 00:01:55,271 what would you say? 22 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:57,360 Well, I'd say that I wasn't talking to Seth Hazlitt. 23 00:01:57,384 --> 00:01:59,216 Well, you would be talking to him 24 00:01:59,286 --> 00:02:01,050 and a miracle has happened. 25 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:03,886 You remember my telling you about Ben Oliver, 26 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:06,392 my closest Army buddy from World War Il? 27 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:08,554 Of course I do. But you told me that he was dead. 28 00:02:08,629 --> 00:02:12,396 Well, we got separated when the Germans counterattacked in the Ardennes 29 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:15,732 and he just vanished into the snow and the mud. 30 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:18,536 I think he was officially listed as missing. 31 00:02:18,605 --> 00:02:20,631 All right, so what's the miracle? 32 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:23,438 Ben's alive. That's the miracle! 33 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:25,638 And he's coming to Cabot Cove! 34 00:02:25,712 --> 00:02:29,410 Oh, Seth. That's wonderful! 35 00:02:43,597 --> 00:02:44,963 Watch your step. 36 00:02:53,306 --> 00:02:56,208 Hey, Corporal, don't run away on my account. 37 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:00,614 How's she going, Ben? 38 00:03:00,681 --> 00:03:03,173 Fine, fine. First rate. 39 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:05,185 Good to see you, Seth. 40 00:03:05,252 --> 00:03:06,515 You, too. 41 00:03:07,054 --> 00:03:08,818 Well, let me get my bag. 42 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:10,221 I got it. I travel light. 43 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:12,088 This it? This is it. 44 00:03:12,459 --> 00:03:14,325 My car's right there. 45 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:16,124 I'm only about five minutes away. 46 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:17,960 Wait till you see my house. 47 00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:19,522 A hundred and twenty years old 48 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:23,036 and the guest room has a great view of the ocean. 49 00:03:23,103 --> 00:03:25,163 I'm not gonna be staying at your house, Seth. 50 00:03:25,605 --> 00:03:26,629 Why not? 51 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:28,835 Well, I might decide to hang around for a while 52 00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:31,572 and you know what they say about house guests and dead fish. 53 00:03:31,645 --> 00:03:34,342 After three days, they begin to stink. 54 00:03:34,648 --> 00:03:38,517 So maybe you could find me a nice little motel. 55 00:03:38,585 --> 00:03:41,316 Something that doesn't charge an arm and a leg. 56 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:43,619 That shouldn't be any problem. 57 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:46,250 Could we sit for a minute? 58 00:03:46,727 --> 00:03:50,255 I'd like to get rid of the bad air in my lungs from this bus ride. 59 00:03:50,330 --> 00:03:54,097 Right here is as good a place as any. 60 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:04,343 You found yourself a pretty little town here, Seth. 61 00:04:04,411 --> 00:04:06,437 At least you did something right, eh? Yeah. 62 00:04:06,513 --> 00:04:10,609 Hard to believe I've been practicing medicine here for 37 years. 63 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:12,414 What happened, Ben? 64 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:14,985 Can you talk about it? 65 00:04:15,055 --> 00:04:16,819 Well, when was it the Germans broke through? 66 00:04:16,890 --> 00:04:18,552 Around Christmastime, wasn't it? 67 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:21,618 December 16, 1944. 68 00:04:21,695 --> 00:04:24,494 They hit us with a whole panzer division. 69 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:25,892 You couldn't prove it by me. 70 00:04:25,966 --> 00:04:28,060 I came to in a Kraut field hospital. 71 00:04:28,135 --> 00:04:30,001 They patched me up, 72 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:32,629 I spent the rest of the war learning how to 73 00:04:32,653 --> 00:04:35,236 scrounge food in one of their prison camps. 74 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:38,745 After it was all over, I still needed fixing. 75 00:04:39,546 --> 00:04:42,641 You ever want to hear horror stories about life in an army hospital, 76 00:04:42,716 --> 00:04:45,515 I'm your man. Two years, five operations. 77 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:49,488 And I guess that about sums it all up, Seth. 78 00:04:51,525 --> 00:04:55,724 The rest of my life I spent just kind of moving around. 79 00:04:56,630 --> 00:04:58,531 Tell me something, Ben. 80 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:04,201 Why didn't you ever try to get in touch with me? 81 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:07,697 I... I wasn't quite right 82 00:05:09,376 --> 00:05:11,345 for a long, long time. 83 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:15,904 And after that, it just seemed like it was too late. 84 00:05:25,959 --> 00:05:30,795 Mrs. Fletcher, this peach cobbler is a mortal sin. 85 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:33,129 Thank you. And please call me Jessica. 86 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,224 Will you have seconds? 87 00:05:34,301 --> 00:05:36,293 Oh, thank you very much. 88 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:41,073 Anybody else? Help yourself. 89 00:05:41,141 --> 00:05:42,939 Thank you. Thank you. 90 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:45,910 So, where you from, Ben? 91 00:05:45,979 --> 00:05:48,175 Oh, a whole bunch of different places. 92 00:05:48,248 --> 00:05:52,083 I guess I've spent time in all but eight or nine states. 93 00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:54,882 You name it, I've done it. 94 00:05:54,955 --> 00:05:56,195 Were you ever married? 95 00:05:56,223 --> 00:05:59,523 Twice to the same woman. It didn't work either time. 96 00:06:00,627 --> 00:06:03,529 Well, I don't know what your plans are, 97 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:06,726 but it seems to me that Cabot Cove 98 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,066 could use a man of many talents, like you. 99 00:06:10,136 --> 00:06:12,332 The Corporal here wouldn't like that. 100 00:06:12,405 --> 00:06:13,873 I know too much dirt. 101 00:06:13,940 --> 00:06:15,533 I certainly would. 102 00:06:15,609 --> 00:06:17,249 As a matter of fact, if you're interested, 103 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:20,803 I'll bet I can get you a job within the next 24 hours. 104 00:06:21,481 --> 00:06:22,608 May I propose a toast? 105 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:26,175 Something I've been wanting to say for the last 50 years. 106 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:34,920 Here's to a lot of good men who died 107 00:06:35,528 --> 00:06:37,724 and to the best one of all who didn't. 108 00:07:08,828 --> 00:07:10,091 Evening. 109 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:11,721 I need a single. 110 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:12,855 For how long? 111 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:16,131 I'm not quite sure. A few days, maybe a week. 112 00:07:16,202 --> 00:07:17,962 Supposed to be meeting a friend of mine here. 113 00:07:18,004 --> 00:07:20,303 I wonder if he's checked in yet. His name is Ben Oliver. 114 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:22,171 Mmm, came in today. 115 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:25,769 He's in Cottage number one, but he's out at the moment. 116 00:07:26,146 --> 00:07:28,377 You want me to tell him you're here, Mr. Jarvis? 117 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:29,848 No, no, no, please don't do that. 118 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:31,817 I'd like for it to be a surprise. 119 00:08:34,147 --> 00:08:36,639 Number 50, Crocker foursome is up. 120 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:39,584 50, Crocker foursome is up. 51 to follow. 121 00:08:42,922 --> 00:08:44,185 Hey, Doc! 122 00:08:44,257 --> 00:08:45,589 Hi, Doc! 123 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:47,354 Don't tell me you came all the way out here 124 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:49,487 just to hound me about that physical. 125 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:52,259 If I'm correct, you're about a year overdue. 126 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:53,332 Well... 127 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,733 Oh, thank you for being so conscientious, Doctor. 128 00:08:55,802 --> 00:08:57,113 I can't even get him to take vitamins. 129 00:08:57,137 --> 00:08:59,732 Well, all right, look, how about this? 130 00:08:59,806 --> 00:09:02,970 I'll have my secretary call you in your office first thing tomorrow morning 131 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:04,253 and we'll set up an appointment. 132 00:09:04,277 --> 00:09:05,939 That happens, I'll be amazed. 133 00:09:06,012 --> 00:09:07,590 Why don't you tell him to take up tennis, Doc, 134 00:09:07,614 --> 00:09:09,446 instead of riding around in a golf cart? 135 00:09:09,516 --> 00:09:12,008 Oh, don't be so sanctimonious, Neal. 136 00:09:12,085 --> 00:09:14,520 There are a lot of things better for your heart than tennis. 137 00:09:14,587 --> 00:09:16,453 Besides, I'm not here as your doctor. 138 00:09:16,523 --> 00:09:17,786 I need a favor. 139 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:22,158 An old Army buddy of mine is in town and he needs work. 140 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:26,260 Now, I thought he might fit in at your boat yard just fine. 141 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:29,131 He's a carpenter and a first-rate mechanic. 142 00:09:30,336 --> 00:09:33,932 Well, I tell you, Doc, today must be your lucky day, because my mechanic just quit. 143 00:09:34,007 --> 00:09:35,805 I was looking for somebody. 144 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:38,344 So if your man wants a job, he could start this afternoon. 145 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:39,879 Done and done! 146 00:09:41,181 --> 00:09:43,673 I've been meaning to ask you about Ben. 147 00:09:43,783 --> 00:09:45,513 How's he doing in the new job? 148 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:48,180 So far, so good. Mason Porter likes him a lot. 149 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:54,656 He saved my life, you know. 150 00:09:54,727 --> 00:09:56,923 Weren't for Ben Oliver, 151 00:09:56,996 --> 00:09:59,158 I wouldn't be sitting here today. 152 00:09:59,232 --> 00:10:00,632 No kidding. 153 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:01,900 How'd that happen? 154 00:10:01,968 --> 00:10:06,372 My platoon was moving toward a beautiful little French farmhouse. 155 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:09,034 We thought the damned place was empty, 156 00:10:09,876 --> 00:10:11,756 and there were three of them heavy machine guns. 157 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:15,646 I got pinned down on a spot as flat as the top of this table. 158 00:10:16,249 --> 00:10:19,117 Bullets were coming so close you could smell the cordite. 159 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:21,211 And Ben was with you? 160 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:24,416 He was about six or seven yards behind. 161 00:10:24,491 --> 00:10:26,790 He crawled forward with his bazooka, 162 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:28,294 but in order to get a clear shot 163 00:10:28,361 --> 00:10:31,559 he had to stand up as straight as a statue. 164 00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:34,601 Which that crazy fool proceeded to do, 165 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:38,204 in the midst of that god-awful hell. 166 00:10:39,339 --> 00:10:42,241 I never saw anything like it before or since. 167 00:10:45,812 --> 00:10:48,441 Oh, well, all that was a long time ago. 168 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:51,927 Morning, Mrs. Fletcher. Hello, Andy. 169 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:52,975 Doc. Hey. 170 00:10:53,052 --> 00:10:54,076 What's up, Andy? 171 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:55,798 You know that guy we spotted hanging around? 172 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:56,983 The guy with Michigan plates? 173 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:59,890 Yeah. Well, he's down at the harbor right now. 174 00:10:59,959 --> 00:11:03,225 I don't know what it is, but something about him just doesn't seem right. 175 00:11:36,362 --> 00:11:38,854 Oh. You're just the man I need, Officer. 176 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:40,209 I'm passing through on my way north, 177 00:11:40,233 --> 00:11:43,761 I was just trying to figure out if Route 182 is the best way to go here. 178 00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:46,328 Would you mind stepping out of your vehicle, sir? 179 00:11:46,406 --> 00:11:49,035 And please, keep your hands where I can see them. 180 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:57,083 With your permission, 181 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:59,551 I'm going to reach in my right-hand coat pocket 182 00:11:59,619 --> 00:12:01,178 and get you a little ID, all right? 183 00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:02,745 Do it slowly. 184 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:11,874 You're a private investigator? 185 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:14,493 That's right, Sheriff. I'm surveilling a criminal. 186 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,559 I followed him all the way from Detroit. 187 00:12:16,636 --> 00:12:18,935 Just what criminal are we talking about? 188 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:22,140 That one. 189 00:12:24,677 --> 00:12:26,077 Ben Oliver. 190 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:49,401 Who is it? 191 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:50,960 It's me, Seth. 192 00:12:52,171 --> 00:12:53,298 Seth. 193 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:01,303 What's wrong? 194 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:06,017 You remember that fellow that was supposedly hanging around town? 195 00:13:06,085 --> 00:13:08,077 Turns out he's a fellow by the name of Jarvis. 196 00:13:08,154 --> 00:13:10,680 Private investigator from Detroit, Michigan. 197 00:13:10,757 --> 00:13:12,658 He's here in town claiming that 198 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:16,355 Ben robbed a jewelry store. 199 00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:18,091 I can't believe that. 200 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:22,568 Jarvis owns the agency that the jewelry store hired for protection. 201 00:13:23,036 --> 00:13:25,369 Ben worked for him as a security guard. 202 00:13:25,438 --> 00:13:28,101 He was on duty at the time of the robbery. 203 00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:30,672 Seth, I think you should sit down. 204 00:13:31,444 --> 00:13:33,538 Oh, Jess, this is just terrible. 205 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:40,351 Jarvis claims that Ben took an unauthorized coffee break just before the robbery. 206 00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:45,589 Then a man, roughly Ben's size and weight, 207 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:48,218 came into the store wearing a ski mask 208 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:50,854 and carrying a gun, a .45 automatic. 209 00:13:51,531 --> 00:13:55,559 He got away with over half a million dollars worth of merchandise. 210 00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:57,670 But if he was wearing a ski mask, 211 00:13:57,737 --> 00:13:59,968 how did they know that it was Ben? 212 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:02,474 Mort checked with the Detroit Police Department. 213 00:14:02,542 --> 00:14:04,534 They said they questioned Ben 214 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:07,170 and let him go for lack of evidence. 215 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:08,942 But not Jarvis. 216 00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:11,348 He's the one that thinks Ben's guilty. 217 00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:13,462 He's the one that followed him all the way from Detroit. 218 00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:14,926 Can't wait for him to make a mistake. 219 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:18,719 Swears that he'll get him if it takes the rest of his life. 220 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:21,556 But surely you don't believe all that? 221 00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:23,755 Fifty years ago, 222 00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:28,200 I would have kicked the tar out of anybody who talked about Ben like that, but... 223 00:14:28,267 --> 00:14:30,930 Well, we're strangers now. 224 00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:33,431 I look at him and I see someone I hardly recognize, 225 00:14:33,506 --> 00:14:35,338 can't even hold a conversation with. 226 00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:38,037 You seemed to be doing just fine at the dinner party. 227 00:14:38,111 --> 00:14:42,077 Oh, well... Sifting through old memories. 228 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:46,208 And when they ran out, there really wasn't much of anything else to go on. 229 00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:49,352 And the damndest part of it is, 230 00:14:49,856 --> 00:14:52,325 that if I tell Ben what I know, 231 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:55,487 he'll leave Cabot Cove and probably never come back. 232 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,553 And if I don't tell him, 233 00:14:58,030 --> 00:15:00,727 I'm betraying the man who saved my life. 234 00:15:20,119 --> 00:15:22,054 Neal. How you doing? Hey. 235 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:23,680 Well, I've made up my mind. Have you? 236 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:24,780 I've decided to buy her. 237 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:26,758 Ah, good! See, I knew you would. 238 00:15:26,826 --> 00:15:29,125 I knew you wanted this beauty so bad you could taste it. 239 00:15:29,195 --> 00:15:31,596 Yeah, well, blame it on my wife, not me. 240 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:35,499 Yeah, well, I'm sure you had to twist Robin's arm real hard. 241 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:37,928 There is one condition, however. Yeah? 242 00:15:38,004 --> 00:15:39,973 It's a cash transaction. 243 00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:43,201 Paperwork doesn't go through my bank or my corporation. 244 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,745 Neal, God, I don't know. Come on, I... 245 00:15:45,812 --> 00:15:48,304 I mean, that's not the way I usually do business. 246 00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:51,010 Well, that's the only way I'm buying the boat, my friend, 247 00:15:51,083 --> 00:15:53,245 and the issue isn't open for debate. 248 00:15:53,319 --> 00:15:56,187 What it boils down to is, you either take it or you leave it. 249 00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:00,557 My friend, you got yourself a deal. 250 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:01,650 All right. 251 00:16:01,727 --> 00:16:03,696 Look, it's gonna take me a couple of days. 252 00:16:03,763 --> 00:16:05,732 You know, do a little creative paperwork. 253 00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:08,962 But I'm gonna have this boat in the water and floating for you by Saturday noon. 254 00:16:09,035 --> 00:16:10,663 Well, thank you. 255 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:17,152 Well, I better get back to the office and start earning some money. 256 00:16:17,176 --> 00:16:19,907 Okay, see you Saturday. Look, you made a great buy here today. 257 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:22,744 This is a great boat. You're gonna love it. 258 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:25,646 Hey, Ben! 259 00:16:26,786 --> 00:16:30,245 Could you come down a minute? I'd like to talk to you in the office. 260 00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:38,795 Yeah, come in. 261 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:41,130 You wanted to see me? 262 00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:43,192 Yeah, Ben. Come on in. 263 00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:49,007 Have a seat. 264 00:16:53,713 --> 00:16:56,046 You want some coffee? No, thanks. 265 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,327 You know, I've been watching you very closely 266 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:00,718 ever since you started working here, Ben. 267 00:17:00,786 --> 00:17:04,416 And, well, I have to tell you, I like very much what I see. 268 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:08,316 You're a good mechanic. Your work habits are excellent. 269 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:10,488 But, you know, frankly, 270 00:17:10,563 --> 00:17:13,032 I think you're overqualified for the work you're doing. 271 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:15,068 Well, this is a first. 272 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:18,269 I've never been fired for being overqualified before. 273 00:17:18,571 --> 00:17:20,836 Come on, who said anything about firing you? 274 00:17:20,907 --> 00:17:23,342 I'm talking about a promotion here. 275 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:26,641 Listen, 276 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:29,546 we need to take on another salesperson 277 00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:31,413 and if you're interested, the job is yours. 278 00:17:31,484 --> 00:17:33,646 Sure, I'm interested. 279 00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:36,717 Mr. Porter, this is fantastic. 280 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:39,715 Look, would you send Dave in here, please? 281 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:41,454 Yes, sir. 282 00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:45,825 You wanted me? 283 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:47,457 Ah, yeah. 284 00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:50,332 I've decided to take Ben on as a salesman. 285 00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:54,835 So, as soon as we can find another maintenance man, you'll start training him. 286 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:56,341 Can I talk to you for a moment? 287 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:58,742 I better get back. I've got some work to do. 288 00:18:06,319 --> 00:18:08,185 Have you gone nuts? 289 00:18:08,487 --> 00:18:11,082 How can you let someone like that represent this company? 290 00:18:11,157 --> 00:18:13,683 He won't sell boats, he'll drive people right off the lot. 291 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:14,870 Yeah, unless you've forgotten, 292 00:18:14,894 --> 00:18:17,989 most of the people that can afford what we sell are over 50. 293 00:18:19,198 --> 00:18:21,326 Well, I'll be damned if I'm gonna train him, 294 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,802 unless you get him fumigated and teach him how to count from one to 10. 295 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:26,099 Now, listen to me, boy. 296 00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:28,004 That old man has more brains in his kneecaps 297 00:18:28,074 --> 00:18:30,168 than you have in your entire body. 298 00:18:30,242 --> 00:18:32,177 And if you ever question my authority again, 299 00:18:32,244 --> 00:18:34,145 I'm gonna forget that you're my sister's son 300 00:18:34,213 --> 00:18:37,706 and I'm gonna hack your little umbilical with a meat axe. 301 00:18:38,384 --> 00:18:40,376 Now, you got that, nephew? 302 00:19:13,386 --> 00:19:14,877 Mrs. Fletcher? 303 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:19,182 I'm Lawrence Jarvis. I'm a private investigator. 304 00:19:19,258 --> 00:19:20,988 Yes. So I've heard. 305 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,489 I wanted to talk to you about Dr. Hazlitt. 306 00:19:24,563 --> 00:19:27,089 I've been concerned because he seems to be a very close friend 307 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,533 to a wanted felon I've been tracking. 308 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,070 If you mean Ben Oliver, 309 00:19:31,137 --> 00:19:32,799 according to the Detroit police, 310 00:19:32,872 --> 00:19:35,569 he's neither wanted, nor a felon. 311 00:19:35,641 --> 00:19:38,201 Oh, he's guilty, Mrs. Fletcher. I'm going to prove it. 312 00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:39,677 Any way you can. 313 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:40,974 It's a matter of principle. 314 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:43,380 Oh, I think there's more to it than that, Mr. Jarvis. 315 00:19:43,449 --> 00:19:46,510 You see, I just spent three hours right here, 316 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:48,315 going through newspaper articles 317 00:19:48,387 --> 00:19:50,413 about the Detroit jewel robbery 318 00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:53,323 and one in particular caught my attention. 319 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:57,059 It reported that your security business was poorly managed 320 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:59,928 and your officers received less training than, 321 00:19:59,999 --> 00:20:01,627 I think the quote was, 322 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:04,000 "A grade school crossing guard." 323 00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:06,930 Well, never believe everything you read. Right? 324 00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:08,065 I don't. 325 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:13,135 But what's interesting is, this particular article was in the business section. 326 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:15,272 It said that as a result of the robbery, 327 00:20:15,347 --> 00:20:17,646 your client list had all but vanished 328 00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:20,346 and you were filing for bankruptcy. 329 00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:22,581 So knowing human nature as I do, 330 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:27,218 I might speculate that you're blaming the wrong person for your own failure. 331 00:20:28,694 --> 00:20:30,788 Mrs. Fletcher, I was going to ask for your help, 332 00:20:30,863 --> 00:20:33,628 but I can see the futility of that, all right. 333 00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:35,190 Let me just suggest, though, 334 00:20:35,267 --> 00:20:37,179 that while you're doing your microfilm dirty work, 335 00:20:37,203 --> 00:20:39,672 you look up Ben Oliver's Army medical records, 336 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:43,267 'cause you're gonna find that after he was discharged in 1945 337 00:20:43,342 --> 00:20:45,868 he spent a few years in a VA mental health facility. 338 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:48,540 Since that time, he hasn't been able to hold onto a steady job, 339 00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:50,776 he hasn't been able to stay out of trouble. 340 00:20:50,850 --> 00:20:52,785 And I know for a fact that he will steal anything 341 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:55,788 that isn't nailed down with a railroad spike. 342 00:20:56,388 --> 00:21:00,086 I'd be very careful about poisoning the waters around here, Mr. Jarvis. 343 00:21:00,159 --> 00:21:04,563 The people in this town don't have much tolerance for that sort of thing. 344 00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:21,909 Lawrence Jarvis is in town. 345 00:21:27,787 --> 00:21:31,121 He told the Sheriff what happened in Detroit 346 00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:33,822 and the Sheriff told me. 347 00:21:33,893 --> 00:21:35,452 He's insane. 348 00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:40,031 Well, the Detroit police aren't saying whether he's right or wrong. 349 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:43,398 Only that they have no specific evidence 350 00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:46,129 and that the case is still open. 351 00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:48,834 That bastard hasn't left me alone for one minute! 352 00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:52,343 Every time I turn around he's right there, like an animal! 353 00:21:53,612 --> 00:21:55,012 The smell of blood in his nose, 354 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,949 just waiting for half an excuse to rip at my throat. 355 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,321 Well, I'll tell you something, Corporal. 356 00:22:03,389 --> 00:22:06,621 If he keeps that up, I might just decide to rip at his first. 357 00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:22,973 Here's to the best-looking boat owner in town. 358 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:25,204 May you have smooth sailing. 359 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:36,349 I'm assuming you'll be giving me private lessons. 360 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:40,120 I'm a little weak on celestial navigation. 361 00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:42,523 Well, I'm your man. 362 00:22:44,763 --> 00:22:46,698 Hey, there's somebody out there! 363 00:22:57,009 --> 00:22:58,637 Hey. Hey, Ben. 364 00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:01,806 What the hell are you doing here? 365 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:04,578 I forgot my jacket. I was afraid it would get stolen. 366 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:06,127 Yeah? And why are you looking in the window? 367 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:07,175 I wasn't. 368 00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:08,881 Somebody else was hanging around. 369 00:23:08,954 --> 00:23:11,549 When I got here, they took off and ran away. 370 00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:12,819 Where's your jacket now? 371 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,383 I couldn't find it. 372 00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:15,637 Must've left it in the restaurant 373 00:23:15,661 --> 00:23:17,391 when I had lunch with Seth Hazlitt. 374 00:23:17,463 --> 00:23:20,331 I'm giving you a great opportunity here, Ben. 375 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:21,924 Don't blow it. 376 00:24:36,108 --> 00:24:37,872 Nice way to start the day, isn't it? 377 00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:39,172 What happened? 378 00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:40,989 Well, he was hit in the head with a heavy object. 379 00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:42,481 Bludgeoned to death. 380 00:24:42,548 --> 00:24:44,915 Best estimate, some time between 10:00 and midnight. 381 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:46,612 Appears the motive was robbery. 382 00:24:46,685 --> 00:24:48,483 Whole bunch of cash missing from the safe. 383 00:24:48,554 --> 00:24:50,182 $60,000. 384 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:52,919 Neal Dishman bought a boat yesterday. 385 00:24:52,992 --> 00:24:54,290 He paid cash for it. 386 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,953 Victim's wallet was also missing. 387 00:24:56,028 --> 00:24:59,123 Beats me why. He never carried much more than lunch money. 388 00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:00,461 Well, what about credit cards? 389 00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:03,263 Oh, sure, a lot of those. Made him look important. 390 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:07,363 But, isn't it rather unusual to pay for an expensive boat with cash? 391 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:10,204 Well, not if the customer wants to hide the money from Uncle Sam. 392 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:11,987 See, all you have to do is find someone like my uncle, 393 00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:14,378 who's willing to look the other way. 394 00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:18,741 Ethics didn't mean much. All Mason cared about was selling boats. 395 00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:21,545 Something else I think you ought to know, Sheriff. 396 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:23,264 Our maintenance man was right here in this room 397 00:25:23,288 --> 00:25:25,400 when Mason counted that money and locked it in the safe. 398 00:25:25,424 --> 00:25:27,325 Ben? Ben Oliver? 399 00:25:27,893 --> 00:25:30,761 He was eyeing that money like it was his ticket to paradise. 400 00:25:30,829 --> 00:25:32,127 What was he doing in the office? 401 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,098 Getting his tail chewed. 402 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:35,846 See, the guy loves collecting his paychecks 403 00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:37,212 as long as he doesn't have to work for it 404 00:25:37,236 --> 00:25:38,864 and Mason was going to fire him. 405 00:25:38,937 --> 00:25:40,496 Now that is a lot of baloney. 406 00:25:40,572 --> 00:25:42,507 I had lunch with Ben yesterday. 407 00:25:42,574 --> 00:25:44,452 Mason told him he was going to make him a salesman. 408 00:25:44,476 --> 00:25:47,036 In his dreams, Doctor. 409 00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:48,410 The man lives in a fantasy world. 410 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,939 Half the things he says come right out of the twilight zone. 411 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:53,061 Did he show up for work today? 412 00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:55,554 Yeah. An hour and 45 minutes late. 413 00:25:56,088 --> 00:25:58,057 He's down on the dock getting a suntan. 414 00:26:12,104 --> 00:26:13,572 Right down there, Sheriff. 415 00:26:14,273 --> 00:26:17,175 And I'll bet you a year's pay, he's your man. 416 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:20,675 Well, you'll have to excuse me. 417 00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:22,908 Like it or not, I've got a business to run. 418 00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:31,221 I don't think I should be any part of this. 419 00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:33,850 I'll be at my office. Please call me. 420 00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:48,632 Morning, Ben. 421 00:26:48,707 --> 00:26:49,868 Morning. 422 00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:51,653 Ben, I'm trying to find out as much as I can 423 00:26:51,677 --> 00:26:53,145 about what happened last night. 424 00:26:53,212 --> 00:26:54,923 Hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions. 425 00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:57,712 What's the matter with Seth? He got cold feet? 426 00:26:57,783 --> 00:27:00,048 He had to go back to his office. 427 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,553 Look, Ben, this is just routine, 428 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,714 but can you tell me what you did last night? 429 00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:05,280 I was at the motel. 430 00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:07,986 You never left the whole evening? 431 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:11,553 Only when I looked for my jacket. I thought I left it here. 432 00:27:12,664 --> 00:27:13,962 You came here? 433 00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:17,093 Yes. But I didn't find my jacket. Wasn't here. 434 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:18,261 About what time? 435 00:27:18,337 --> 00:27:20,101 I don't know, maybe 10:00. 436 00:27:20,172 --> 00:27:21,333 And then what happened? 437 00:27:21,406 --> 00:27:23,898 I drove up and I saw somebody hanging around. 438 00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:25,274 Could you see who it was? 439 00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:28,576 No, it was too dark. Just some mysterious figure. 440 00:27:29,548 --> 00:27:30,743 Why mysterious? 441 00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:33,752 Because when he saw me, he took off like a jackrabbit. 442 00:27:33,819 --> 00:27:35,344 A minute later, 443 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:38,254 Mason came out and asked me what I was doing. 444 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:40,952 I told him about my jacket and I left. 445 00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:44,395 Well, at least I hope you found your jacket. 446 00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:47,196 I get the feeling I'm a suspect, Sheriff. 447 00:27:47,266 --> 00:27:48,529 I never said that. 448 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,729 It's all that bunk Lawrence Jarvis has fed you. 449 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:55,031 You've got it in your head that I'm a criminal. 450 00:27:55,107 --> 00:27:56,666 You've already jumped to the conclusion 451 00:27:56,742 --> 00:27:59,541 that I killed Mr. Porter and stole his money. 452 00:27:59,611 --> 00:28:02,581 Look, Ben, this is just standard procedure. 453 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:04,526 If I didn't talk to every one of Mason's employees, 454 00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:06,542 I wouldn't be doing my job. 455 00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:10,846 Let us pray. 456 00:28:10,923 --> 00:28:15,452 In the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, 457 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:18,895 we commend to almighty God our brother Mason Porter 458 00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:21,767 and we commit his body to the ground. 459 00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:25,998 Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 460 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:29,201 The Lord bless him and keep him. 461 00:28:29,274 --> 00:28:33,109 The Lord make his face shine on him and be gracious to him. 462 00:28:33,212 --> 00:28:35,613 The Lord look upon him with favor 463 00:28:35,681 --> 00:28:37,809 and give him eternal peace. 464 00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:41,143 Amen. ALL: Amen. 465 00:28:50,362 --> 00:28:52,524 Dorothy, I'm so, so sorry. 466 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:53,957 Thank you, Neal. 467 00:28:54,032 --> 00:28:55,830 If there's anything I can ever do. 468 00:28:56,368 --> 00:28:57,802 Of course. 469 00:28:58,637 --> 00:29:01,471 Robin, I have something I'd like to say to you in private. 470 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:03,739 Excuse me. 471 00:29:09,548 --> 00:29:12,450 I can't believe you'd have the nerve to show your face here! 472 00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:15,009 Well, we did have one thing in common, didn't we? 473 00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:16,180 Yes. 474 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:20,619 And I'm wondering just how soon I should tell your husband about it. 475 00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:33,502 What was that all about? Girl talk. 476 00:29:33,572 --> 00:29:37,942 She just asked me how soon I thought it would be acceptable for her to date. 477 00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:41,412 You don't look too good, babe. How about a ride home? 478 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,572 We came in separate cars, remember? 479 00:29:44,650 --> 00:29:48,018 And I'll be damned if I'm leaving mine here, babe. 480 00:29:50,656 --> 00:29:52,648 How is Ben doing? 481 00:29:52,724 --> 00:29:54,124 He worries me, Jessica. 482 00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:56,320 Short-tempered, on edge all the time, 483 00:29:56,395 --> 00:29:59,092 like something is ready to explode inside. 484 00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:03,499 He keeps saying how he's already been judged and found guilty. 485 00:30:03,568 --> 00:30:04,797 I never told him that. 486 00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:06,862 No, not in so many words. 487 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,137 What's the matter with some people? 488 00:30:15,213 --> 00:30:16,408 That was Robin Dishman. 489 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:18,293 One of these days I'm gonna have the supreme joy 490 00:30:18,317 --> 00:30:20,397 of taking that lady's driver's license away from her. 491 00:30:20,452 --> 00:30:21,920 Sheriff. 492 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:23,986 We found Mason Porter's wallet. 493 00:30:24,056 --> 00:30:25,080 Where? 494 00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:26,648 On the pier near the boatyard. 495 00:30:26,725 --> 00:30:28,670 Couple of kids spotted it while they were fishing. 496 00:30:28,694 --> 00:30:30,390 What about money and credit cards? 497 00:30:30,462 --> 00:30:31,939 Well, as far as I could see, everything was there. 498 00:30:31,963 --> 00:30:35,024 50 bucks cash and a whole bunch of plastic. 499 00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:37,645 Well, maybe we'll catch a break when we get 500 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,433 the fingerprint report back from the lab. 501 00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:40,767 We already did that. 502 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:44,071 The only prints found were the victim's and the kids' who found it. 503 00:30:54,219 --> 00:30:55,482 Hi, Ben. 504 00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:58,924 I thought maybe I'd find you down here. 505 00:30:58,990 --> 00:31:01,016 Just taking a last look. 506 00:31:01,093 --> 00:31:03,062 See, I'm unemployed. 507 00:31:03,128 --> 00:31:06,929 Dave Sanders came back from his uncle's funeral and he fired me. 508 00:31:06,998 --> 00:31:08,489 See, he's the boss around here now. 509 00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:10,278 Well, we'll have to find you something else. 510 00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:12,396 Oh, you'd be wasting your time, Corporal. 511 00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:15,600 The people in this town think that I am a thief and a murderer. 512 00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:17,108 Oh, that's not true. 513 00:31:17,175 --> 00:31:18,370 Isn't it? 514 00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:21,003 Well, you seem to represent most of the people around here. 515 00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:23,412 I don't recall hearing you say that I'm innocent. 516 00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:25,508 I didn't figure there was any reason to. 517 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:29,487 You found out the real reason that I was in the VA hospital, didn't you? 518 00:31:29,788 --> 00:31:31,882 Come on, don't lie to me, Seth. 519 00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:34,426 You wouldn't be the first person Jarvis told. 520 00:31:34,493 --> 00:31:35,859 All right. 521 00:31:37,496 --> 00:31:39,863 Why didn't you tell me yourself? 522 00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:44,665 Oh, I tried the first day I was here, right after I got off the bus. 523 00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:45,795 No. 524 00:31:46,204 --> 00:31:48,639 What you said was, that after the war 525 00:31:49,674 --> 00:31:53,167 you hadn't been quite right for a long, long time. 526 00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:55,841 Now, that could have meant a lot of things. 527 00:31:56,181 --> 00:31:57,181 Oh. 528 00:31:59,284 --> 00:32:00,877 So now that I'm a murder suspect, 529 00:32:00,952 --> 00:32:03,683 you'd like a little clarification, is that it? 530 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:06,054 Only because you are my friend. 531 00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,885 Okay, then, I'll give it to you in one quick swallow. 532 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:11,623 You see, Corporal, 533 00:32:12,197 --> 00:32:15,190 when a mortar round hits close enough, 534 00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:19,766 it not only explodes, it implodes at the very same time. 535 00:32:20,005 --> 00:32:21,769 This causes a vacuum, 536 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,241 a force that sucks part of your being 537 00:32:24,309 --> 00:32:26,676 right out through the top of your skull. 538 00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:30,745 For lack of a better word, let's call it your soul. 539 00:32:30,849 --> 00:32:33,216 And what most people don't know is, 540 00:32:33,285 --> 00:32:37,222 souls are a hell of a lot more fragile than human flesh. 541 00:32:39,558 --> 00:32:42,187 Sometimes they just never seem to heal. 542 00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:00,401 Yeah? 543 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,038 I'm open to all suggestions. 544 00:33:02,113 --> 00:33:03,843 Not to mine, you're not. 545 00:33:03,915 --> 00:33:07,010 You want to talk about that CPA, right? His sister called... 546 00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:11,814 I want you out of my life. 547 00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:14,985 If I'm not mistaken, old man, you're in my room, I'm not in yours. 548 00:33:15,060 --> 00:33:17,825 Framing me for Detroit wasn't enough. 549 00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:20,627 You had to kill Mason Porter and try to frame me for that, too. 550 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,029 No, I might have killed him for the money. 551 00:33:25,270 --> 00:33:27,739 But to frame you, I wouldn't waste the effort. 552 00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:28,950 I don't have to do anything to you, 553 00:33:28,974 --> 00:33:30,284 you're going to do it to yourself. 554 00:33:30,308 --> 00:33:32,620 You're going to self-destruct and I'm going to have the sheer pleasure 555 00:33:32,644 --> 00:33:34,088 of just sitting here and watching you. 556 00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:35,876 I'm gonna kill you! 557 00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:42,883 Break it up! Hey, break it up! Come on, come on! 558 00:33:44,489 --> 00:33:46,822 Take it easy, Ben. Take it easy! 559 00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:49,017 Well, thank God you're here, Sheriff. 560 00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:51,154 Now maybe you'll start believing me, huh? 561 00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:56,061 Look what we found, Sheriff. This was under his mattress. 562 00:33:56,134 --> 00:33:59,263 We found this money in the top drawer of his dresser. 563 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:09,346 You sure it's all right for me to look at Mason's wallet? 564 00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:10,438 Oh, help yourself. 565 00:34:10,515 --> 00:34:12,950 Lab people are finished with it. What's the harm? 566 00:34:19,658 --> 00:34:23,425 This is outrageous! This is a disgrace! 567 00:34:24,963 --> 00:34:25,963 Yes, ma'am. 568 00:34:26,031 --> 00:34:28,591 Says you were going 70 in a 25 mile zone. 569 00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:31,933 I'm talking about the officer that issued it. 570 00:34:32,003 --> 00:34:33,835 He ought to be suspended! 571 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:36,932 You were exceeding the speed limit by 45 miles an hour. 572 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:39,534 I was coming from a funeral. 573 00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:43,378 I was so depressed, I didn't know where I was, 574 00:34:43,448 --> 00:34:46,282 let alone how fast I was going! 575 00:34:46,351 --> 00:34:49,913 I'm sorry you lost your orientation, ma'am. 576 00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:51,718 But the fine's $80. 577 00:34:54,726 --> 00:34:57,093 In case you don't know, Officer, 578 00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:01,529 my husband happens to be Neal Dishman. 579 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:07,662 He owns the largest construction company in the county. 580 00:35:09,207 --> 00:35:12,439 And this isn't gonna make him happy at all. 581 00:35:14,980 --> 00:35:16,573 How fast was she going this time? 582 00:35:16,648 --> 00:35:19,516 Forty-five over. Broke her own record. 583 00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:21,610 Have someone run this over to the lab. 584 00:35:21,686 --> 00:35:24,212 I want the serial number, history, forensics. 585 00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:26,656 I want the whole package and I want it fast. 586 00:35:27,892 --> 00:35:33,263 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 10,000. 587 00:35:33,331 --> 00:35:35,300 There's $10,000 here. 588 00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:39,635 I told you it was a plant. It was planted by Jarvis. 589 00:35:39,704 --> 00:35:41,832 All the gun is is an old war souvenir. 590 00:35:41,906 --> 00:35:44,034 Hasn't been fired for 50 years. 591 00:35:44,909 --> 00:35:46,275 Sheriff, I've been wondering, 592 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:49,007 what prompted you to search the motel? 593 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:50,571 We got an anonymous tip. 594 00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:51,947 From a man or woman? 595 00:35:52,017 --> 00:35:54,418 I took it, Mrs. Fletcher. It was a male voice. 596 00:35:54,919 --> 00:35:56,945 I see. Ben, 597 00:35:57,589 --> 00:36:00,423 did Lawrence Jarvis follow you to the boatyard 598 00:36:00,492 --> 00:36:02,757 the night that Mason Porter was killed? 599 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:05,687 It's possible. I wouldn't be surprised. 600 00:36:05,764 --> 00:36:09,667 Could he have been the mysterious figure that you told us about? 601 00:36:09,734 --> 00:36:11,999 The person who ran off when you got there? 602 00:36:12,203 --> 00:36:15,571 I don't think so. Jarvis would have had to be behind me. 603 00:36:17,108 --> 00:36:18,974 Well, I could use a cup of coffee. 604 00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:22,947 Ben, is there anything at all that you haven't told us 605 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:26,379 about what you might have seen or done that night? 606 00:36:27,352 --> 00:36:29,583 Well, yes, there was one thing. 607 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,282 I didn't think it was important. 608 00:36:32,357 --> 00:36:34,553 I guess I was a little embarrassed. 609 00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:38,893 When I got there, I noticed a light in the office. 610 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:41,823 I peeked through one of the windows 611 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:46,462 and Mr. Porter was drinking champagne with his wife 612 00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:48,006 and they were kissing. 613 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,541 She was there? His wife? 614 00:36:50,608 --> 00:36:51,701 Yes. 615 00:36:51,776 --> 00:36:55,508 The lady that just went storming out of here like a banshee. 616 00:36:56,781 --> 00:36:59,376 Well, that wasn't his wife, that was... 617 00:36:59,451 --> 00:37:01,079 That was Robin Dishman. 618 00:37:01,486 --> 00:37:03,455 Yes, Sheriff, so it was. 619 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:08,123 If I'm not mistaken, this makes things a whole lot clearer. 620 00:37:14,933 --> 00:37:16,993 Well, anything else I can do for you nice people? 621 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:19,094 Got a sweet little gaff-rigged ketch on sale. 622 00:37:19,170 --> 00:37:22,572 No, thanks, Mr. Sanders. We won't be needing you, at least for a while. 623 00:37:31,349 --> 00:37:32,817 Now, right there on that trash pile, 624 00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:35,115 that's where the kids found Mason's wallet. 625 00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:36,848 Ah, yes. 626 00:37:38,456 --> 00:37:40,049 "Ah, yes," what? 627 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:44,555 Mrs. F, would you mind telling me what we're doing here? 628 00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:46,393 We're closing in. 629 00:37:46,464 --> 00:37:47,591 On whom? 630 00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:50,829 Well, I'm not sure yet. But this much is clear. 631 00:37:50,902 --> 00:37:54,737 The motive for stealing Mason's wallet wasn't money or credit cards. 632 00:37:54,806 --> 00:37:58,004 What the killer needed was a coded plastic card, 633 00:37:58,076 --> 00:38:01,672 allowing escape through the back gate and along this pier. 634 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,143 I mean, once past the gate, 635 00:38:03,214 --> 00:38:05,012 there was no longer any need for the wallet, 636 00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:06,915 so it was thrown away. 637 00:38:06,985 --> 00:38:09,250 Anything else? Yes. 638 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,050 Since the only fingerprints on the wallet 639 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:13,956 were the victim's and the children's who found it, 640 00:38:14,025 --> 00:38:16,392 that leads me to believe that the killer wore gloves, 641 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:19,488 which is a clear indication of premeditated murder. 642 00:38:19,564 --> 00:38:20,862 Mr. Wiggins, hello. 643 00:38:20,932 --> 00:38:22,457 What can I do for you, Mrs. Fletcher? 644 00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:25,163 I thought you might be able to give the Sheriff a hand. 645 00:38:25,236 --> 00:38:29,196 He was wondering if you were open the night that Mason Porter was killed. 646 00:38:29,274 --> 00:38:31,004 If the Sheriff ever took up fishing, 647 00:38:31,075 --> 00:38:33,772 he'd know I was open seven days a week. 648 00:38:33,912 --> 00:38:37,849 Did you happen to notice anyone pass here, going that way? 649 00:38:37,916 --> 00:38:40,442 I mean, between 10:00 and midnight? 650 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:44,017 Yeah. Yeah, come to think of it, I did. 651 00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:46,219 Must have been a little past 10:00. 652 00:38:46,558 --> 00:38:48,049 I was closing up. 653 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:49,826 Somebody walked by 654 00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:52,261 and a couple of seconds later, I heard glass breaking. 655 00:38:52,430 --> 00:38:54,399 Could you see who it was? 656 00:38:54,465 --> 00:38:56,297 No. No, it was pretty dark. 657 00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:58,427 Besides, I wasn't paying much attention, anyways. 658 00:38:58,503 --> 00:38:59,698 Terrific. 659 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:01,397 Just one more question. 660 00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:04,476 Could you tell if the person was a man or a woman? 661 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:07,603 Oh, it was a man. That much I'd bet my life on. 662 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:10,910 Mr. Wiggins, thank you very, very much. 663 00:39:11,449 --> 00:39:13,042 Well, what's the big deal? 664 00:39:13,117 --> 00:39:14,728 We always figured it was a man, didn't we? 665 00:39:14,752 --> 00:39:16,687 You, maybe, but not me. 666 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:21,652 Oh, I wouldn't try to figure her out, Sheriff. 667 00:39:21,726 --> 00:39:22,921 I never have. 668 00:39:24,262 --> 00:39:25,262 Yeah. 669 00:39:44,449 --> 00:39:46,111 Call the fire department! 670 00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:37,797 I should think you'd have some glowing things to say 671 00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:40,896 about the man who saved your life, Mr. Jarvis. 672 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,067 You're only the second person in this room 673 00:40:45,143 --> 00:40:47,635 who owes his life to Ben Oliver. 674 00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,205 I'm alive and so are you. 675 00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:52,880 A little gratitude might be appropriate. 676 00:40:53,651 --> 00:40:57,520 I don't know what happened. I must have dropped a match into the waste basket. 677 00:40:57,588 --> 00:40:59,166 Next thing I knew, the whole place was going up. 678 00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:00,920 Mr. Jarvis, please. 679 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:04,759 You were knocked unconscious by the same person who murdered Mason Porter. 680 00:41:04,829 --> 00:41:07,094 He was the one who started the fire. 681 00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:12,703 That's the man who tried to kill you 682 00:41:12,770 --> 00:41:14,500 and did kill Mason. 683 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:16,469 How do you know that? 684 00:41:16,541 --> 00:41:18,669 Well, very early in the case it became clear to me 685 00:41:18,743 --> 00:41:21,008 that the motive for the murder was revenge, 686 00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:23,241 not the theft of $60,000. 687 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:27,911 At the crime scene I noticed an open champagne bottle, but only one glass. 688 00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:31,320 Now, people usually don't drink champagne by themselves late at night. 689 00:41:31,389 --> 00:41:33,915 And when I saw a moisture ring from a second glass on the table, 690 00:41:33,992 --> 00:41:35,324 I knew I was right. 691 00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:38,294 I reasoned that our killer removed the second glass 692 00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:40,195 to prevent the discovery of fingerprints, 693 00:41:40,264 --> 00:41:42,358 or perhaps a lipstick smear. 694 00:41:42,433 --> 00:41:46,393 At Mason's funeral, I saw his wife take Robin Dishman aside 695 00:41:46,471 --> 00:41:49,771 for, to say the very least, a very peculiar conversation. 696 00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:54,211 Now, both of them seemed to be trying to cover strong feelings of animosity. 697 00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:56,543 The sight of them interacting like that 698 00:41:56,614 --> 00:42:01,075 helped solidify my belief that we were dealing with a crime of passion. 699 00:42:01,819 --> 00:42:05,654 But unfortunately, I had nothing to substantiate that, until... 700 00:42:05,723 --> 00:42:10,184 Until Ben told us he saw Mason Porter kissing his wife the night of the murder. 701 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:12,992 Only the woman he was really talking about was your wife, Neal. 702 00:42:13,064 --> 00:42:16,432 That revelation gave us three people with motives. 703 00:42:16,501 --> 00:42:19,596 Dorothy Porter, who probably knew about the affair, 704 00:42:19,670 --> 00:42:23,266 Robin Dishman, who may have had reasons for wanting Mason dead, 705 00:42:23,341 --> 00:42:24,707 and you, Neal, 706 00:42:24,776 --> 00:42:27,109 who must have hated him with a passion. 707 00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:31,242 So we were left with three suspects, two women and one man. 708 00:42:31,616 --> 00:42:34,814 Actually, it was Mr. Wiggins who gave us the final answer. 709 00:42:34,886 --> 00:42:38,721 He said that he saw someone pass his bait stand around the time of the murder. 710 00:42:38,790 --> 00:42:40,588 Said he couldn't identify the person, 711 00:42:40,658 --> 00:42:42,217 but he was sure it was a man. 712 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:45,092 You planned the murder very carefully, Neal. 713 00:42:45,163 --> 00:42:48,224 In order to make the motive look like robbery, 714 00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:51,999 you bought an expensive boat and paid cash. 715 00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:56,269 On the fatal night, you confronted Mason and struck him with a heavy object. 716 00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:59,572 You then stole your own money from the safe. 717 00:43:00,111 --> 00:43:03,081 Not wanting to risk being seen from the street, you took Mason's wallet, 718 00:43:03,147 --> 00:43:06,311 knowing that he carried a card for the rear gate. 719 00:43:06,884 --> 00:43:09,479 The last thing you did before you left 720 00:43:09,554 --> 00:43:12,649 was confiscate your wife's champagne glass. 721 00:43:13,057 --> 00:43:14,389 Mr. Wiggins heard glass breaking 722 00:43:14,459 --> 00:43:16,587 shortly after you passed by his stand. 723 00:43:16,661 --> 00:43:19,096 Obviously you were destroying the evidence. 724 00:43:19,163 --> 00:43:21,894 You have anything to say about this? 725 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:24,667 Not without benefit of attorney. 726 00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:25,802 Andy! 727 00:43:28,573 --> 00:43:32,169 Take Mr. Dishman down to the station. Read him his rights. 728 00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:35,075 And then book him for first degree murder. 729 00:43:40,084 --> 00:43:42,110 What I can't figure out 730 00:43:42,186 --> 00:43:44,815 is how he figures into all of this. 731 00:43:44,889 --> 00:43:47,791 I believe the operative word is blackmail. 732 00:43:48,259 --> 00:43:53,220 And my guess is that he's just about ready to tell us all about it himself. 733 00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:58,402 After he left the boatyard, 734 00:43:58,469 --> 00:44:00,700 I saw a woman come out of the office and drive away. 735 00:44:00,771 --> 00:44:05,266 A couple of seconds later, Dishman comes out of hiding and he goes inside. 736 00:44:05,743 --> 00:44:07,543 I figured something juicy was about to happen, 737 00:44:07,578 --> 00:44:09,945 so I looked through the window. 738 00:44:11,849 --> 00:44:13,249 I saw the whole damned thing. 739 00:44:13,317 --> 00:44:15,445 So you ended up trying to blackmail Neal. 740 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,045 A lot of good that did me. 741 00:44:17,121 --> 00:44:18,714 He hit me with a piece of pipe. 742 00:44:18,789 --> 00:44:21,281 But before Neal did, 743 00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:24,557 Jarvis was careful enough to try and frame Ben. 744 00:44:24,629 --> 00:44:26,996 He planted money in his room, 745 00:44:27,064 --> 00:44:30,057 then made an anonymous call to the Sheriff's office. 746 00:44:30,134 --> 00:44:33,935 For a while I was disappointed that Ben didn't let you roast. 747 00:44:34,438 --> 00:44:38,375 But now it sounds as if you're going to spend quite a long time in prison. 748 00:44:38,442 --> 00:44:42,402 Every night, just before I go to sleep, I'm gonna remember that 749 00:44:43,447 --> 00:44:44,915 and smile. 750 00:44:52,023 --> 00:44:55,255 So please call us when you have your new address in Detroit. 751 00:44:55,326 --> 00:44:58,262 To tell you the truth, Jessica, I don't know how long I'll be there. 752 00:44:58,329 --> 00:45:01,458 I'm addicted to what's on the other side of the next mountain. 753 00:45:01,532 --> 00:45:04,263 New places, new people, new things. 754 00:45:04,335 --> 00:45:06,031 Okay, folks, all aboard. 755 00:45:06,103 --> 00:45:07,401 Jessica. 756 00:45:08,906 --> 00:45:11,432 I can't thank you enough for all you've done. 757 00:45:11,509 --> 00:45:14,206 Ben, it was a special pleasure meeting you. 758 00:45:14,278 --> 00:45:15,837 I hope you'll come back. 759 00:45:17,281 --> 00:45:19,341 Well, it's so long, Seth. 760 00:45:19,417 --> 00:45:22,717 I'm sure glad I was around in '44 to keep you out of harm's way. 761 00:45:22,787 --> 00:45:26,189 And looking back, it just might be the best thing I've ever done. 762 00:45:32,196 --> 00:45:34,358 I will miss you, old friend. 763 00:46:08,866 --> 00:46:12,769 You know, I've got two absolutely beautiful game hens in the refrigerator. 764 00:46:12,837 --> 00:46:15,739 Wouldn't want them to go to waste, would you?