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Oh, Kevin.
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Hi, Clark.
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What happened to you?
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You were due back yesterday.
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Well, I got hung
up there overnight
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with Mark and a couple
of his programmers.
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So how did you do?
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They like their program.
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Oh, great.
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With a couple of modifications,
I think they'll go for it.
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Kevin, we've gotta talk.
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Look, I'm up to my
neck in paperwork.
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Why don't you fill
me in over dinner?
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I can't make it tonight.
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I promised Diane we'd
have dinner together at home.
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Kevin, I've gotta know
what kind of modifications
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we're talking about here.
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Clark, I haven't seen
her in over a week.
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She's my wife. I'd
like to keep it that way.
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Kevin... Let's have breakfast.
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You know I don't eat breakfast.
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That's right,
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and you remember
our mother warned you
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that if you didn't,
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you wouldn't grow up
big and strong like me.
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Hello?
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Hi, sweetheart.
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I'm back.
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Hi.
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How was your trip?
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Great. It was great.
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But there's a couple of
things I've gotta go over
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with Clark right away,
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and I'm afraid I won't be able
to make it home for dinner.
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Oh, no.
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I've got everything
started already.
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Well, uh,
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it'll keep until
tomorrow night, won't it?
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Not really.
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Well, I'm sorry,
darling. Believe me.
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The reason I'm
working so hard is for us.
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You know that, don't you?
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I just wanted you to come
home to something special.
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I am. You.
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I love you.
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I love you too.
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Hello?
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Yes, it is.
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Yes, he's with his brother.
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That's impossible.
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Who is this?
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Hello? Hello?
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Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
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Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
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Kevin?
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Diane.
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What are you doing here?
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Someone called me
and said you'd be here.
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Some woman.
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Really, Kevin, where
are your manners?
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Introduce us.
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Let's just go outside...
Kevin, what's going on?
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I'm Elizabeth
Benson. And you're...?
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Diane Benson.
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What a coincidence.
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We all have the same last name.
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Perhaps my husband
could explain.
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Darling?
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Your husband?
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He's my husband.
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Yours too.
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Really, Kevin.
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An extramarital
fling is one thing,
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but an entire second wife?
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Well, one lousy turn
deserves another.
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You did that.
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Yes, I suppose I did.
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Diane?
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Diane?
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Diane, where are you?
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Oh. No, Kevin.
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Stop. No, you've gotta
let me explain to you.
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Get out of my way. I...
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I don't love her. I love you.
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Kevin, I... Let
go of me, please.
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No, no. Please, Kevin.
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I'm not gonna lose you, damn it.
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Don't.
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Stop!
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Diane.
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Who is it?
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Diane.
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Are you okay?
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Not really.
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Oh, oh, it's gonna be all right.
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Come on in.
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It's gonna be okay.
Just come over here...
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Oh, you don't have to do that.
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Oh, I've gotta do something.
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How do you feel?
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I don't know.
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I'm gonna go home.
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Do you think that's a good idea?
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Well, I... I gotta try
to understand this.
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Do you want me to come
along for moral support?
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That's okay. Let me
follow you in my car.
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I live here. I live here.
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He said we'd have to
have breakfast together
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because he was having
dinner with his wife.
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I live here. Let me through.
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What happened? Excuse me.
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Mrs. Benson? Yes.
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Lieutenant Herrmann,
Atlanta Police.
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What's going on,
lieutenant? What happened?
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I'm afraid your husband's dead.
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It appears that someone
hit him with that vase,
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causing him to fall
and fracture his skull
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on the corner of that table.
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No. He was alive
when I left him.
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We struggled, I-I guess
I hit him with that vase,
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but he fell right there
and he was alive.
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You did what?
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Maybe we'd better talk
about this downtown.
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Uh, first she's going
to talk to her lawyer.
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Hi. Sorry I'm late.
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What are you doing?
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I'm trying to type this brief.
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It has to be filed by noon.
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Typing's not one
of my best things.
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This correction fluid runs.
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Oh, I'll do it.
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I'll have it typed
and filed in an hour.
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Okay.
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Where were you
this morning, anyway?
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Oh, my car.
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Some hose came
loose under the hood
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and squirted oil everywhere.
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I had to be towed.
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I had to go home
and change my suit.
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Well, I was trying
to get ahold of you.
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What'd you want?
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A friend of mine, Diane Jonas...
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Or Diane Benson,
she just got married.
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The police have charged her
with murdering her husband.
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I finally got ahold of Michelle.
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She got her out? Yeah.
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Her husband was a bigamist.
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A bigamist?
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Mm. Neither of the wives
knew anything about each other.
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How long had this friend of
yours been married to him?
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Five months.
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How long had he been
married to the other one?
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Don't know.
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I'll tell you what,
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when you finish
typing that brief,
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I'll take it over to
the courthouse.
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Oh, okay.
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Mark Herrmann had
a birthday last week.
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Oh, yeah? Yeah.
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I want to ask him how
he feels about that.
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A bigamist, huh?
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Hi, Ben.
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Oh, hi, Michelle.
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Cassie says you
signed up a friend.
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Yeah. What's her name?
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Diane Benson. Yeah.
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It's not gonna be easy.
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Her fingerprints were all over
the vase she struck him with.
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They had a loud,
public argument.
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He was two-timing
her in a big way.
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And the next-door neighbor said
that Diane was the only one seen
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entering and leaving
the house that night.
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Yeah. That's what Mark says.
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Who? I was in talking
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with Mark Herrmann
about his birthday.
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Oh...
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I wonder how a fellow keeps
something like that a secret.
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A second wife? Yeah.
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Beats me.
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I guess there were
times he had to look busy.
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Yeah.
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I really wonder how
he did it, though.
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I mean, how'd he keep
everything straight?
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You know, phone calls, bills,
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and which one liked roses,
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which one liked daffodils?
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Which one meat, which one fish?
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Hell, how did he keep
their names straight?
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I don't know, but I
believe she's innocent.
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Well, that's a start.
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You know, sometimes
it bothers me,
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living alone with no woman.
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But I'm damned if I'm
gonna live with two of them.
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Oh, dear.
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Are you all right?
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Is this Kevin's briefcase?
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Yes.
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Then why didn't
the police take it?
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I don't know.
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Do you know the combination?
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Nine, one, three. His birthday.
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Your husband went on these
out of town trips each week?
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Yes.
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Did he leave you a number
where he could be reached?
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No, uh, he always called
me at 8 in the morning
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or 8 in the evening,
always without fail.
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He never told you
where he was staying?
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No, and I-I never asked.
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When he was home,
did you go out very often?
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No. We hardly went out at all.
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Diane, what did...?
He used to say
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there's nothing he liked better
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than coming home
to a meal I cooked.
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He seemed so
happy with our life.
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Mm.
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How'd it go today?
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All I could think about
was coming home.
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I love you.
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I made a pot roast.
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I love your pot roast.
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Excuse me.
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It's gonna take some time.
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Yeah.
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Well, there's nothing
interesting in the briefcase.
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Hi. Hi.
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Hi. MATLOCK: Hi.
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That her? CASSIE: Yeah.
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Pretty.
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You don't think she did it.
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I really don't.
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Have you talked, uh,
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with the other Mrs. Benson?
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What was it, the first one?
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Not yet.
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I was thinking, I don't
suppose you could...?
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Well, uh, I've got
that Jenkins matter.
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You could get a continuance.
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Oh, well, we all work
out of the same office.
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You both do favors
for me all the time.
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It's a turnabout.
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Fair play. Right. Thanks.
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Yeah.
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Where is the other,
um, uh, Mrs. Benson?
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Um, she's staying downtown
at the Alexander Hotel,
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and I'm going over
to Kevin's office.
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I'll see you later.
Yeah, uh, me too.
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I'll see you later.
So... So long. Ahem.
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Two of 'em, huh?
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H-How do you suppose he...?
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I'm gonna go talk
to your neighbor.
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You be okay for a few minutes?
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Mm-hm.
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You're not allergic
to cats, are you?
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No. Why?
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You'd think cats were
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disposable bottles or something,
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the way people toss
them out in the street.
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It's criminal.
It's just criminal.
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They should be shot.
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The people, not the cats.
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Sit down, please.
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Mrs. Berino, um,
you told the police
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that Diane Benson
was the only person
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other than her husband who
entered their home last night.
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That's right.
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00:16:19,245 --> 00:16:21,523
Well, no offense,
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but do you always watch what
goes on at your neighbor's home?
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I watch TV.
269
00:16:26,886 --> 00:16:28,897
At least I try to.
270
00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:32,067
Frankly, what goes
on outside my window
271
00:16:32,091 --> 00:16:34,570
is much more interesting.
272
00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:35,771
The police have established
273
00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:39,041
that Mr. Benson was
murdered at around 9:30.
274
00:16:39,065 --> 00:16:40,642
Now, Mrs. Berino,
275
00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:43,111
isn't it possible that you
stepped out of the room,
276
00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:46,181
or maybe you dozed
off around that time?
277
00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:47,850
Absolutely not.
278
00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:51,520
I was sitting right here in
this chair petting Louise,
279
00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:55,524
sitting in that chair
the whole time.
280
00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:57,908
At least I think it was Louise.
281
00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:07,069
M-Mrs. Benson? I'm Ben Matlock.
282
00:17:07,093 --> 00:17:09,071
I work with Michelle Thomas.
283
00:17:09,095 --> 00:17:11,840
She's the attorney
for Diane Benson.
284
00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,108
Hm. Could I, uh...?
285
00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:14,243
Certainly.
286
00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:15,944
Thank you.
287
00:17:22,441 --> 00:17:26,855
Oh, packing, huh?
288
00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:28,490
I hate funerals.
289
00:17:28,514 --> 00:17:30,959
Never know what to
say to the grieving widow,
290
00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:32,761
especially if I'm one of them.
291
00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:34,262
Where's home?
292
00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:36,398
Savannah.
293
00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:38,100
That's where you
and Kevin lived?
294
00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:40,236
When he was around.
295
00:17:40,260 --> 00:17:42,471
I understand there was
nothing he liked better
296
00:17:42,495 --> 00:17:44,340
than to come back from a trip
297
00:17:44,364 --> 00:17:46,575
to a good home-cooked meal.
298
00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:49,979
I wouldn't know about that.
299
00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:18,807
Liz?
300
00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:21,343
Darling, how was your trip?
301
00:18:21,367 --> 00:18:23,634
All I could think about
was coming home.
302
00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:47,135
Did you know that
303
00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:50,205
Kevin had an
office here in Atlanta
304
00:18:50,229 --> 00:18:52,340
and was in business
with his brother?
305
00:18:52,364 --> 00:18:53,675
As far as I knew,
306
00:18:53,699 --> 00:18:56,545
Kevin was a one-man
management consultant firm,
307
00:18:56,569 --> 00:18:58,514
which he ran out of our home.
308
00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:01,283
Kevin bought your
home in Savannah?
309
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:02,851
About a year after
we were married.
310
00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:07,389
How could he maintain
two separate lifestyles?
311
00:19:08,848 --> 00:19:11,426
Kevin was good
at handling money.
312
00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:13,862
Kevin was good
at a lot of things...
313
00:19:13,886 --> 00:19:18,767
Well... not the least
of which was lying.
314
00:19:18,791 --> 00:19:22,905
When did you find out
about the other wife?
315
00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:24,372
Three days ago.
316
00:19:24,396 --> 00:19:27,876
I pulled a muscle at my
evening aerobics class,
317
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:29,945
so I came home early.
318
00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:32,448
That's when I overheard
Kevin on the phone.
319
00:19:32,472 --> 00:19:35,451
So I did some checking
and flew here to Atlanta
320
00:19:35,475 --> 00:19:38,653
for our little surprise
party, you might say.
321
00:19:38,677 --> 00:19:43,125
Oh, you made that
anonymous call to Diane.
322
00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:44,360
Of course.
323
00:19:44,384 --> 00:19:46,094
It wouldn't have been
a party without her.
324
00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:48,997
It must've been quite a scene.
325
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,999
That was the idea.
326
00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:54,836
Of course, uh, another
way of looking at it
327
00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:56,204
was, uh, trying
to point the finger
328
00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:59,474
or put the, you know,
spotlight on Diane
329
00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:02,644
so that the, uh, killer
330
00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:05,001
could kind of slink out of town.
331
00:20:11,244 --> 00:20:14,056
You think I killed Kevin?
332
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,559
Can you prove where
you were at 9:30 last night?
333
00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:20,462
No.
334
00:20:20,486 --> 00:20:22,931
But then again, I
don't have to, do I?
335
00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:26,034
Mrs. Benson, you've been, um,
336
00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:27,736
very cooperative.
337
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,771
You never...? No.
338
00:20:29,795 --> 00:20:31,773
Never suspected.
339
00:20:31,797 --> 00:20:33,709
I was satisfied.
340
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:37,246
As I said,
341
00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:40,704
Kevin was good
at a lot of things.
342
00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:43,941
All right.
343
00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:47,823
May I help you?
344
00:20:47,847 --> 00:20:49,992
Oh, hi. You must
be Clark Benson.
345
00:20:50,016 --> 00:20:51,126
I'm Michelle Thomas.
346
00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:52,861
I'm representing
your sister-in-law.
347
00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:55,564
Your secretary told me I
could wait for you in here.
348
00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,566
I see you're clearing
out Kevin's office.
349
00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:58,867
I have to.
350
00:20:58,891 --> 00:21:01,536
Without him, I can't
afford this space.
351
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,272
Hell, without him,
352
00:21:03,296 --> 00:21:05,440
I may not be able
to keep the business.
353
00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:07,109
Your brother was very good.
354
00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:10,845
No. My brother was a genius.
355
00:21:10,869 --> 00:21:14,015
See, he was the point man,
always sniffing out new clients.
356
00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:16,818
Me, well, I stayed
behind, got the work done.
357
00:21:16,842 --> 00:21:18,787
If I fell behind, he'd pitch in.
358
00:21:18,811 --> 00:21:20,456
But the minute we got
our heads above water,
359
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:21,857
he'd go out and: bang!
360
00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:23,024
Three new clients.
361
00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:25,394
Sounds profitable.
We did all right.
362
00:21:25,418 --> 00:21:28,530
Any man with two wives has
to be doing better than all right.
363
00:21:28,554 --> 00:21:32,201
Let's just say we had
several very good years.
364
00:21:32,225 --> 00:21:33,635
I loved my brother,
365
00:21:33,659 --> 00:21:35,871
but I sure didn't know him
as well as I thought I did.
366
00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:38,006
You didn't know
he had two wives?
367
00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:41,142
No.
368
00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:44,145
I can't excuse or forgive
Diane for what happened,
369
00:21:44,169 --> 00:21:46,248
but I think I can
understand how she felt.
370
00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:47,750
So, please, just tell her for me
371
00:21:47,774 --> 00:21:49,117
that I'll send her
Kevin's things,
372
00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:51,119
but I don't want
her coming here.
373
00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:53,388
I never wanna see her again.
374
00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:55,257
That may be difficult.
375
00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:57,292
We may need you in court.
376
00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,249
You'll be getting a subpoena.
377
00:23:28,474 --> 00:23:30,218
Cassie, is that you?
378
00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:32,120
Hey, whoa, whoa!
379
00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:33,688
Put that down, okay?
380
00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:34,990
You got me.
381
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:36,825
Who are you?
382
00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:39,561
Judy Benson.
383
00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:42,063
Benson?
384
00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:44,165
That's right, hon.
385
00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:45,667
Kevin's other wife.
386
00:24:06,813 --> 00:24:08,913
Where is she? Kitchen.
387
00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:25,073
Well.
388
00:24:25,097 --> 00:24:28,276
Ben Matlock, Judy Benson.
389
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,544
Wife Number 3.
390
00:24:29,568 --> 00:24:31,880
How do you do? Hello.
391
00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:33,515
Coffee, Ben?
392
00:24:33,539 --> 00:24:35,939
Oh, no. I'd better not.
393
00:24:37,576 --> 00:24:40,522
How...? How long have
you been married to Kevin?
394
00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:42,123
Uh, three years.
395
00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,482
Guess that makes
me the senior member.
396
00:24:47,653 --> 00:24:48,931
Judy is a showgirl
397
00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:51,021
at a casino in Atlantic City.
398
00:24:52,424 --> 00:24:53,457
Oh.
399
00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:58,240
Uh, that's where
she and Kevin lived.
400
00:24:58,264 --> 00:24:59,841
Atlantic City?
401
00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:01,943
Why is everybody so surprised?
402
00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:03,911
Atlantic City was
his kind of town.
403
00:25:03,935 --> 00:25:06,381
He loved it. He thrived on it.
404
00:25:06,405 --> 00:25:08,382
You know, the shows,
405
00:25:08,406 --> 00:25:13,087
the gambling, the
money, the action.
406
00:25:13,111 --> 00:25:16,825
You mean Kevin wasn't
in bed by 10 every night?
407
00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:20,284
Honey, he'd be lucky if he
got in bed by 10 in the morning.
408
00:25:22,888 --> 00:25:24,833
He'd come home
from one of his trips
409
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:28,403
and we'd celebrate for days.
410
00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:36,599
Hi, doll. How'd
it go at the track?
411
00:25:45,644 --> 00:25:47,856
All I could think about
was coming home.
412
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,313
Oh. Hm.
413
00:25:58,089 --> 00:26:00,535
He was fun when he won.
414
00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:03,472
He was even fun when he lost.
415
00:26:03,496 --> 00:26:05,976
He was perfect
for Atlantic City.
416
00:26:07,466 --> 00:26:09,511
He was perfect for me.
417
00:26:09,535 --> 00:26:13,949
So... for three years,
418
00:26:13,973 --> 00:26:16,617
you thought Kevin was, uh,
419
00:26:16,641 --> 00:26:19,154
just a businessman
who traveled a lot?
420
00:26:19,178 --> 00:26:20,188
Yeah.
421
00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:22,457
But then I started
to miss things.
422
00:26:22,481 --> 00:26:23,825
You know, little
things at first,
423
00:26:23,849 --> 00:26:26,361
like, uh, jewelry.
424
00:26:26,385 --> 00:26:29,397
Then I discovered
$30,000 had vanished
425
00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,899
from my private savings account.
426
00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:33,968
Yeah? Yeah, last week.
427
00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:36,171
So I hired a private detective,
428
00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:39,941
discovered he used the
money to buy a house.
429
00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:41,476
This house.
430
00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,812
I don't believe this.
431
00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:45,279
So I flew down right away
432
00:26:45,303 --> 00:26:48,583
to find out once and for
all what was going on.
433
00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,185
But I was too late.
434
00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:53,588
I got in yesterday and read
that he'd been murdered.
435
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:56,058
And that if I wanted
to claim to be his wife,
436
00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:57,993
I had to stand in line.
437
00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:01,530
Well, I decided it'd be
best not to get involved.
438
00:27:01,554 --> 00:27:04,499
Why did you break
in here tonight?
439
00:27:04,523 --> 00:27:06,768
Well, the last thing
Kevin took from me
440
00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:08,804
was a watch he'd given
me from Christmas.
441
00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:11,707
Uh, it had my
name engraved on it.
442
00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:14,242
Well, I was afraid
some smart cop
443
00:27:14,266 --> 00:27:16,311
might trace it back to me.
444
00:27:16,335 --> 00:27:18,480
So I figured if he
hadn't hocked it yet,
445
00:27:18,504 --> 00:27:20,749
it'd be in his briefcase.
446
00:27:20,773 --> 00:27:24,252
Kevin had $300 in cash
on him when he died.
447
00:27:24,276 --> 00:27:25,586
That's it, then.
448
00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:28,690
Kevin was really something
of a rat, wasn't he?
449
00:27:28,714 --> 00:27:35,018
Maybe Kevin loved
not wisely, but too much.
450
00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:41,191
I think that's a very nice
way to remember him.
451
00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:02,179
Hi, Ben.
452
00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:09,297
Benjamin.
453
00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:11,121
It wouldn't come out.
454
00:28:12,424 --> 00:28:13,969
Oh. I knew it wouldn't.
455
00:28:13,993 --> 00:28:16,160
Spaghetti sauce never does.
456
00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:20,274
Alfredo. Before he
sold to that chain,
457
00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:22,644
they used to bring a big
napkin, put it all around,
458
00:28:22,668 --> 00:28:25,380
never used to
get my tie in stuff.
459
00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:28,049
But you liked the
spaghetti, didn't you?
460
00:28:28,073 --> 00:28:30,352
Oh, it was okay.
461
00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:31,987
Kind of stayed with
me. Garlic, I guess.
462
00:28:32,011 --> 00:28:33,788
How about you? Oh, fine.
463
00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:36,091
Well, you liked the music. Yeah.
464
00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:37,893
It was okay as accordions go.
465
00:28:42,021 --> 00:28:43,865
Where's your client?
466
00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:46,601
Over there, talking
to Mrs. Benson.
467
00:28:49,595 --> 00:28:52,307
Call that Mrs. Bensons.
468
00:28:52,331 --> 00:28:56,311
You know... You
know, that guy...
469
00:28:56,335 --> 00:28:57,846
I know it's wrong.
470
00:28:57,870 --> 00:29:01,683
I-I know it's wrong,
but you gotta...
471
00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:03,418
You gotta admire...
472
00:29:03,442 --> 00:29:06,454
No, not admire, not admire.
473
00:29:06,478 --> 00:29:10,558
Wonder. You know, three.
474
00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:12,527
You're not a
chauvinist, are you?
475
00:29:12,551 --> 00:29:13,828
Oh, no, no, no.
476
00:29:13,852 --> 00:29:17,265
I just wonder why
he married all of them.
477
00:29:17,289 --> 00:29:20,590
Call it a weakness
in his character.
478
00:29:21,927 --> 00:29:25,862
Well, this case
shouldn't take too long.
479
00:29:33,672 --> 00:29:36,584
Good news. I think I
got this case wrapped up.
480
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:37,919
I'm glad to hear it
481
00:29:37,943 --> 00:29:40,922
because that's just what
the district attorney thinks.
482
00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:42,123
And in response
483
00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:44,725
to the decedent's
brother's accusation,
484
00:29:44,749 --> 00:29:46,527
did the defendant say anything?
485
00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:47,795
Yes.
486
00:29:47,819 --> 00:29:49,264
"He was alive when I left.
487
00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:51,632
"We struggled. I guess
I hit him with that vase,
488
00:29:51,656 --> 00:29:53,334
but he was alive."
489
00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:56,638
This is marked People's
Exhibit Number 8.
490
00:29:56,662 --> 00:29:59,007
Do you recognize it?
Yes. That's the vase
491
00:29:59,031 --> 00:30:00,142
that we found next to the body
492
00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:01,910
and which was
stained with blood.
493
00:30:01,934 --> 00:30:04,512
It has also been stipulated,
494
00:30:04,536 --> 00:30:06,181
by the defense,
495
00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:09,084
that the fingerprints
found on this vase
496
00:30:09,108 --> 00:30:12,754
matched those
belonging to the defendant.
497
00:30:12,778 --> 00:30:14,577
Thank you, Lieutenant Herrmann.
498
00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:17,658
It was amusing.
499
00:30:17,682 --> 00:30:20,361
I was rather delighted
at the whole scene.
500
00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:23,631
What about Diane Benson?
501
00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:27,035
Mm, she seemed
surprised. Shocked, really.
502
00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:30,004
Surprised? Shocked?
503
00:30:30,028 --> 00:30:31,205
Yes.
504
00:30:31,229 --> 00:30:33,141
What did she do?
505
00:30:33,165 --> 00:30:36,277
She blew up, flew
out of the restaurant.
506
00:30:36,301 --> 00:30:38,046
Oh, she was angry?
507
00:30:39,738 --> 00:30:41,549
If looks could kill.
508
00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:43,885
Objection. Non-responsive.
509
00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:47,322
Sustained. Was she angry or not?
510
00:30:47,346 --> 00:30:49,858
She was madder than hell.
511
00:30:49,882 --> 00:30:52,894
Now, Mrs. Berino,
512
00:30:52,918 --> 00:30:56,898
you are certain that
the person you saw
513
00:30:56,922 --> 00:31:00,535
entering their house that night
was the defendant, Diane Benson?
514
00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:01,669
Oh, yes.
515
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:03,137
I can see their front door
516
00:31:03,161 --> 00:31:04,839
clearly through my window.
517
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:06,774
First, Mrs. Benson came home.
518
00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:08,843
Then Mr. Benson came home.
519
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,979
And then Mrs. Benson left.
520
00:31:11,003 --> 00:31:13,881
Do you recall
what time she left?
521
00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:15,783
Between 9 and 10.
522
00:31:15,807 --> 00:31:19,387
I know because of the
TV show that was on.
523
00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:21,555
Did you see anybody else
524
00:31:21,579 --> 00:31:24,492
enter or leave the
house that night?
525
00:31:24,516 --> 00:31:25,826
No one.
526
00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:27,762
Are you positive?
527
00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:29,897
I'm positive.
528
00:31:29,921 --> 00:31:31,633
Thank you, Mrs. Berino.
529
00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,434
No further questions.
530
00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,837
Cross-examine?
531
00:31:35,861 --> 00:31:39,007
No questions. Reserve the
right to recall this witness.
532
00:31:39,031 --> 00:31:40,875
You may step down.
533
00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,044
The prosecution
rests, Your Honor.
534
00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:45,913
Very well. Um, Miss Thomas,
535
00:31:45,937 --> 00:31:47,414
is the defense ready?
536
00:31:47,438 --> 00:31:48,749
We are, Your Honor.
537
00:31:48,773 --> 00:31:51,753
For our first witness, the
defense calls Judy Benson.
538
00:31:51,777 --> 00:31:53,888
And you too, were
married to Kevin Benson
539
00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:55,657
at the time of his death?
540
00:31:55,681 --> 00:31:57,358
Yes.
541
00:31:57,382 --> 00:32:00,795
Isn't it true that Kevin Benson
helped himself to $30,000
542
00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:02,630
of your money without
your knowledge?
543
00:32:02,654 --> 00:32:05,399
Yeah.
544
00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:08,102
Thirty-thousand dollars
that he used to buy
545
00:32:08,126 --> 00:32:11,839
a house here in Atlanta for
himself and another woman.
546
00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:15,043
In fact, another wife.
547
00:32:15,067 --> 00:32:16,477
Yes.
548
00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:19,380
It must have come as quite
a shock when you found out.
549
00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:21,949
Well, I didn't know
about the other wives
550
00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:24,118
until after he was dead.
551
00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:25,719
I believe you did arrive in town
552
00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:28,278
the day before he was
murdered, didn't you?
553
00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:31,493
So, what if I did?
554
00:32:31,517 --> 00:32:33,728
Well, didn't you in fact
go to Kevin Benson's home
555
00:32:33,752 --> 00:32:34,929
the night of the murder?
556
00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:37,732
No.
557
00:32:37,756 --> 00:32:41,703
Mrs. Benson, at the
request of any resident,
558
00:32:41,727 --> 00:32:44,138
the Atlanta Police will
run a computer check
559
00:32:44,162 --> 00:32:47,074
of all automobiles
reported to be parked
560
00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:49,477
or prowling in residential
neighborhoods.
561
00:32:49,501 --> 00:32:52,146
All right. I-I was in town early
562
00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:56,050
and, uh, I knew
about his other wife.
563
00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:58,018
I planned to confront
him, but I didn't.
564
00:32:58,042 --> 00:33:01,222
I, uh... I just drove
around the block,
565
00:33:01,246 --> 00:33:03,958
and, uh, then I parked
566
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,828
and tried to get
up enough nerve.
567
00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:08,997
Then what?
568
00:33:09,021 --> 00:33:10,298
Well, you've gotta realize
569
00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:12,567
this whole thing
is kind of spooky.
570
00:33:12,591 --> 00:33:16,103
Mrs. Benson, what happened?
571
00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:19,774
Well, I'm walking up this
alley when all of a sudden this...
572
00:33:19,798 --> 00:33:21,142
Yes?
573
00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:24,345
This person comes
574
00:33:24,369 --> 00:33:26,614
rising out of the dumpster.
575
00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:28,616
Scared the hell out of me,
576
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,452
so I ran straight to my
car, started the engine,
577
00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:34,155
and didn't take my foot
off the gas until I was...
578
00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:36,924
I-I don't know
how far away I was.
579
00:33:36,948 --> 00:33:38,793
Oh, I see.
580
00:33:38,817 --> 00:33:41,830
Some person crawling
around in a dumpster
581
00:33:41,854 --> 00:33:44,432
in the middle of the
night suddenly appeared,
582
00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:47,569
scared you, and then you left.
583
00:33:47,593 --> 00:33:49,737
Yeah.
584
00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:51,139
Well, I suppose it's too bad
585
00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:54,976
this mysterious figure
can't corroborate your story.
586
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,266
Oh, she can.
587
00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,904
It was her.
588
00:34:11,483 --> 00:34:15,663
I was looking for
scraps for my cats.
589
00:34:15,687 --> 00:34:17,565
I have so many.
590
00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:20,624
I can barely afford
to feed myself.
591
00:34:22,127 --> 00:34:24,661
I didn't want the
neighbors to know.
592
00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:30,445
What happened when
Mrs. Benson saw you?
593
00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:33,481
She jumped about a
foot in the air and she ran
594
00:34:33,505 --> 00:34:37,485
to her car and drove
away just like she said.
595
00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:39,220
Then what happened?
596
00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:41,456
I went back to my house.
597
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,790
Well, then, it's true
598
00:34:42,814 --> 00:34:45,326
you weren't watching the
Benson house all evening.
599
00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:48,429
And someone could've entered
the home, killed Kevin Benson,
600
00:34:48,453 --> 00:34:50,765
and left without you
seeing him or her.
601
00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:53,767
Objection. Calls
for speculation.
602
00:34:53,791 --> 00:34:54,968
Overruled.
603
00:34:54,992 --> 00:34:56,759
Answer the question.
604
00:34:58,396 --> 00:35:00,808
I suppose so.
605
00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:03,077
Yes.
606
00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:06,147
Mrs. Berino, why did you lie?
607
00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:08,950
I had to lie.
608
00:35:08,974 --> 00:35:12,420
I couldn't tell the police
what I was really doing.
609
00:35:12,444 --> 00:35:16,491
They might've reported
me to some animal group.
610
00:35:16,515 --> 00:35:21,195
Maybe even put me in some home.
611
00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:24,487
I had to lie.
612
00:35:26,391 --> 00:35:28,124
No further questions.
613
00:35:34,532 --> 00:35:37,545
I thought I had Judy
Benson. I really did.
614
00:35:37,569 --> 00:35:40,381
Well, it happens.
615
00:35:40,405 --> 00:35:42,049
I've been in fixes like that
616
00:35:42,073 --> 00:35:44,619
where I thought I had him
617
00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:47,755
and I didn't have him,
618
00:35:47,779 --> 00:35:50,012
if it's any consolation.
619
00:35:50,816 --> 00:35:52,816
It's no consolation.
620
00:35:54,419 --> 00:35:55,985
It was just a thought.
621
00:36:21,180 --> 00:36:22,590
Hi.
622
00:36:22,614 --> 00:36:23,858
Mr. Matlock, hi.
623
00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:27,395
Hi. I knocked. I guess
you didn't hear me.
624
00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:28,896
Packing, huh?
625
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,867
I figured the house will
sell better with me out of it.
626
00:36:32,891 --> 00:36:35,102
I feel terrible about
Kevin's using Judy's money
627
00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:36,871
like that to buy it.
628
00:36:36,895 --> 00:36:38,906
I-I want to pay her back.
629
00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:40,975
Well, remember now,
630
00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:43,233
she can still be the killer.
631
00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:45,613
No, she's not.
632
00:36:45,637 --> 00:36:47,448
What makes you so sure?
633
00:36:47,472 --> 00:36:49,484
Because I told her I wasn't.
634
00:36:49,508 --> 00:36:51,085
And I believe her.
635
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:52,853
You want a cup of coffee?
636
00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:55,323
I haven't packed the mugs
and the coffee's already made.
637
00:36:55,347 --> 00:36:56,924
Oh, no. No, don't
go to any bother.
638
00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:59,126
I just stopped by to
see if you know anything
639
00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:05,633
about, uh, Kevin's
other wife, uh, Liz.
640
00:37:05,657 --> 00:37:09,170
Don't forget all those
things you have in the buffet.
641
00:37:09,194 --> 00:37:10,438
Hello.
642
00:37:10,462 --> 00:37:12,206
Hi.
643
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:15,643
I was about to ask
where you were or are.
644
00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:17,512
Well, now you know.
645
00:37:17,536 --> 00:37:19,780
I'm a member of this sorority.
646
00:37:24,609 --> 00:37:26,854
Maybe I will have
that cup of coffee.
647
00:37:26,878 --> 00:37:28,556
Uh, no, no, Mr. Matlock.
648
00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,725
Briefcases do not
go on the table.
649
00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:32,126
Really? They don't?
650
00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:34,161
Not in the Benson household.
651
00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:35,329
Oh, where do they go?
652
00:37:35,353 --> 00:37:37,665
On the floor right
next to the front door.
653
00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:40,768
So your wife's sure to trip
over it at least once a week.
654
00:37:43,561 --> 00:37:45,840
Right over there.
655
00:37:45,864 --> 00:37:48,075
Okay.
656
00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:51,545
Yeah. If nothing else, Kevin
was a creature of habit, wasn't he?
657
00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:54,349
You know, I think one of
the most annoying things
658
00:37:54,373 --> 00:37:55,950
about him was the
way he made me strain
659
00:37:55,974 --> 00:37:57,818
the seeds out of
his orange juice.
660
00:37:59,311 --> 00:38:01,655
I was always
afraid I'd forget that.
661
00:38:14,226 --> 00:38:16,204
Mr. Matlock?
662
00:38:16,228 --> 00:38:18,072
Your Honor, at this time,
the defense would like
663
00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:20,174
to recall Clark
Benson to the stand.
664
00:38:20,198 --> 00:38:21,442
Defendant's co-counsel,
665
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:24,066
Benjamin Matlock,
will be examining him.
666
00:38:26,070 --> 00:38:28,316
Go get him.
667
00:38:28,340 --> 00:38:29,806
You betcha.
668
00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:36,946
Kevin Benson was, uh...
669
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:41,161
Was your younger
brother, is that correct?
670
00:38:41,185 --> 00:38:42,463
Yes.
671
00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:44,887
Were you close as
you were growing up?
672
00:38:45,556 --> 00:38:46,934
Yes.
673
00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:48,468
Did you approve of him?
674
00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:50,171
Well, of course.
675
00:38:50,195 --> 00:38:53,474
Kevin was outstanding
in whatever he did.
676
00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:54,575
Did, uh...?
677
00:38:57,836 --> 00:39:00,314
Did he have a
lot of girlfriends?
678
00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:03,384
I suppose the usual.
679
00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:05,286
How about yourself?
680
00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:07,888
Oh, the usual.
681
00:39:07,912 --> 00:39:11,881
The usual, or not many?
682
00:39:16,421 --> 00:39:18,265
Uh, are you a married man?
683
00:39:18,289 --> 00:39:19,533
No.
684
00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:23,537
Is there a relationship
at the present time?
685
00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:25,473
No. Ahem.
686
00:39:25,497 --> 00:39:27,608
How about in the past?
687
00:39:27,632 --> 00:39:30,934
The usual, or not many?
688
00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:40,154
Mr. Benson, we know
that... That Kevin had,
689
00:39:40,178 --> 00:39:43,724
uh, three wives.
690
00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:46,916
Now, any way you look at it,
691
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:52,500
that has to be
trying on a person.
692
00:39:52,524 --> 00:39:55,736
In many ways,
including financially,
693
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,071
wouldn't you say?
694
00:39:57,095 --> 00:39:59,139
I... Yeah, I suppose.
695
00:39:59,163 --> 00:40:04,077
But Kevin was a
successful businessman.
696
00:40:04,101 --> 00:40:06,714
Yes. Quite.
697
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:08,883
You know, that... That's what
698
00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:14,121
is interesting to
me, along with, uh,
699
00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:19,193
everything else,
is that in spite
700
00:40:19,217 --> 00:40:21,094
of how bright Kevin was,
701
00:40:21,118 --> 00:40:23,664
and how successful
he seemed to be,
702
00:40:23,688 --> 00:40:26,734
he didn't actually own
703
00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:28,836
anything business-wise, did he?
704
00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:31,839
I mean, he just... He
just worked for you.
705
00:40:31,863 --> 00:40:35,609
Kevin was a genius
at what he did.
706
00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:38,979
It made for a great partnership.
707
00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:42,183
But that's not
really the case, is it?
708
00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:45,886
He wasn't literally
your partner.
709
00:40:45,910 --> 00:40:48,355
Technically, the
company was in my name.
710
00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:49,824
You started it, didn't you?
711
00:40:49,848 --> 00:40:51,959
Yes. And you owned it?
712
00:40:51,983 --> 00:40:55,896
Yes. But it was a partnership
in the true sense of the word.
713
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,933
In every sense of the
word except financially.
714
00:40:58,957 --> 00:41:00,267
Kevin worked for you.
715
00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:03,304
He was literally an employee.
716
00:41:03,328 --> 00:41:06,507
I suppose if you want to
be legalistic about it, he was.
717
00:41:06,531 --> 00:41:09,277
But neither of us ever
thought about it that way.
718
00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:11,745
You didn't think
about it that way
719
00:41:11,769 --> 00:41:14,015
even after you discovered
720
00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:15,916
he had been dipping in the till?
721
00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:18,886
Who said he was
dipping into the till?
722
00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:21,022
Didn't you order an audit
723
00:41:21,046 --> 00:41:24,124
of your company's
finances two months ago?
724
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:25,225
Yes.
725
00:41:25,249 --> 00:41:27,361
And didn't the auditor discover
726
00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:30,697
certain discrepancies
727
00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:33,501
in Kevin's withdrawal
of company funds?
728
00:41:33,525 --> 00:41:34,669
Kevin and I discussed it
729
00:41:34,693 --> 00:41:37,872
and we worked out a
schedule for repayment.
730
00:41:37,896 --> 00:41:39,841
Naturally, I was disappointed
this had occurred,
731
00:41:39,865 --> 00:41:42,632
but he swore it would
never happen again.
732
00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:49,249
I think the night of the murder,
733
00:41:49,273 --> 00:41:54,288
you knew about at
least two of his wives,
734
00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:56,457
and you went over to
confront your brother
735
00:41:56,481 --> 00:41:58,725
on that and the audit.
736
00:41:58,749 --> 00:42:00,294
That's not true.
737
00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:02,129
You didn't go into his house
738
00:42:02,153 --> 00:42:04,398
after Diane Benson
left that night?
739
00:42:04,422 --> 00:42:06,099
No.
740
00:42:06,123 --> 00:42:08,135
And you didn't argue with him,
741
00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:10,137
and during some
kind of struggle,
742
00:42:10,161 --> 00:42:12,540
he fell and hit his
head and was killed?
743
00:42:12,564 --> 00:42:14,363
Absolutely not.
744
00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:17,278
Your Honor,
745
00:42:17,302 --> 00:42:21,182
I'd like to enter
into evidence...
746
00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:22,349
this briefcase.
747
00:42:22,373 --> 00:42:27,788
Call it, uh, uh,
Defense Exhibit A.
748
00:42:27,812 --> 00:42:29,856
You recognize this briefcase?
749
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,725
Yes. That's my
brother's briefcase.
750
00:42:31,749 --> 00:42:35,329
And it has his initials.
KHB, Kevin Henry Benson.
751
00:42:35,353 --> 00:42:37,531
Yes. Do you have
a briefcase like it?
752
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:40,334
Yes. They're identical except
for the initials, of course.
753
00:42:40,358 --> 00:42:42,636
And your initials are?
754
00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:45,428
CLB, Clark Lee Benson.
755
00:42:46,764 --> 00:42:52,613
Uh, Your Honor, ah,
756
00:42:52,637 --> 00:42:56,572
this is People's Exhibit 15.
757
00:42:58,476 --> 00:43:01,254
It's a police lab photograph
758
00:43:01,278 --> 00:43:05,025
of the scene of the crime.
759
00:43:05,049 --> 00:43:10,564
Let's call this
Defense Exhibit B.
760
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:17,338
This is a detailed
blowup of an object
761
00:43:17,362 --> 00:43:21,275
in the back of the
police lab's photograph.
762
00:43:21,299 --> 00:43:24,211
What is that, Mr. Benson?
763
00:43:24,235 --> 00:43:26,335
That's Kevin's briefcase.
764
00:43:27,205 --> 00:43:30,907
And it has his initials, KHB.
765
00:43:34,012 --> 00:43:36,557
Are my eyes deceiving me,
766
00:43:36,581 --> 00:43:41,250
or do those initials read CLB?
767
00:43:44,322 --> 00:43:46,166
Those are your initials.
768
00:43:46,190 --> 00:43:48,869
That isn't Kevin's briefcase.
769
00:43:48,893 --> 00:43:51,072
It's yours.
770
00:43:51,096 --> 00:43:54,041
Yes, well, we must've, uh,
771
00:43:54,065 --> 00:43:57,311
uh, gotten them mixed
up at the office that day.
772
00:43:57,335 --> 00:44:00,781
If that were the case,
773
00:44:00,805 --> 00:44:03,350
why do you suppose if Kevin
774
00:44:03,374 --> 00:44:05,786
brought your briefcase
775
00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:10,591
to his house by mistake,
why do you suppose
776
00:44:10,615 --> 00:44:12,515
he'd put it on the sofa,
777
00:44:13,751 --> 00:44:16,930
instead of on the floor
778
00:44:16,954 --> 00:44:20,455
by the front door,
as he always did?
779
00:44:26,097 --> 00:44:29,543
I bet you switched
those briefcases
780
00:44:29,567 --> 00:44:31,311
the next morning.
781
00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:37,318
Sometime when the
police weren't looking,
782
00:44:37,342 --> 00:44:41,188
you picked up your
briefcase from the sofa
783
00:44:41,212 --> 00:44:44,324
and put Kevin's
there in its place.
784
00:44:44,348 --> 00:44:45,793
These briefcases
785
00:44:45,817 --> 00:44:48,629
didn't get mixed
up at the office.
786
00:44:48,653 --> 00:44:55,335
They got mixed up at
his house, that night,
787
00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:58,794
just after you murdered
him, didn't they?
788
00:45:01,099 --> 00:45:03,210
He was a liar.
789
00:45:05,503 --> 00:45:07,703
He was a cheat.
790
00:45:08,606 --> 00:45:11,166
He was always a womanizer.
791
00:45:14,011 --> 00:45:20,016
But he was my
brother, so I took him in.
792
00:45:24,889 --> 00:45:27,467
Three wives.
793
00:45:27,491 --> 00:45:31,671
He cheated them, he cheated me.
794
00:45:31,695 --> 00:45:38,434
All my life, work
is all I've ever had.
795
00:45:41,772 --> 00:45:45,085
And he took that too.
796
00:45:45,109 --> 00:45:47,221
I'm sorry, Mr. Benson.
797
00:45:47,245 --> 00:45:51,158
Just so everyone understands,
798
00:45:51,182 --> 00:45:52,659
during your struggle with him,
799
00:45:52,683 --> 00:45:57,397
you shoved him, he hit his head,
800
00:45:57,421 --> 00:45:59,933
he fell to the floor dead.
801
00:45:59,957 --> 00:46:03,103
Then you panicked
802
00:46:03,127 --> 00:46:05,705
and instead of picking
up your briefcase,
803
00:46:05,729 --> 00:46:07,341
you picked up his briefcase
804
00:46:07,365 --> 00:46:10,010
by the door and ran.
805
00:46:10,034 --> 00:46:13,936
The next day, you switched them.
806
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:17,573
That about it?
807
00:46:20,111 --> 00:46:21,677
Yes.
808
00:46:26,484 --> 00:46:27,694
Well, I guess we did it.
809
00:46:27,718 --> 00:46:29,596
Sure did.
810
00:46:29,620 --> 00:46:32,166
It really was something.
811
00:46:32,190 --> 00:46:33,455
Hey, Julie?
812
00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:39,773
You know, I still
can't get over that guy.
813
00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:44,900
I mean, three.
9999
00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00
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