1 00:00:00,167 --> 00:00:02,211 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 2 00:00:02,628 --> 00:00:04,255 "You are to stand and fight 3 00:00:04,338 --> 00:00:06,757 or face court-martial as a traitor." 4 00:00:06,841 --> 00:00:08,759 Another hero shot down in flames. 5 00:00:08,843 --> 00:00:10,177 Signed, George Washington. 6 00:00:10,261 --> 00:00:11,220 Fire! 7 00:00:11,303 --> 00:00:13,139 Whoa! 8 00:00:14,265 --> 00:00:15,558 Cut! 9 00:00:15,641 --> 00:00:17,518 If you'd let me burn that letter, 10 00:00:17,601 --> 00:00:18,811 none of this would be happening! 11 00:00:18,894 --> 00:00:20,563 The jury is still out 12 00:00:20,646 --> 00:00:21,897 on its authenticity. 13 00:00:21,981 --> 00:00:23,232 Give it up, will you? 14 00:00:23,315 --> 00:00:24,734 We're documentary filmmakers. 15 00:00:24,817 --> 00:00:26,235 I can't work like this! That's a wrap! 16 00:00:26,318 --> 00:00:27,820 Getting rid of him is not that easy. 17 00:00:27,903 --> 00:00:29,447 I can think of a few ways. 18 00:00:29,530 --> 00:00:30,948 There's a fire at the movie company's office. 19 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,409 [sirens blaring] 20 00:01:50,402 --> 00:01:52,154 [man] Those are my terms, damn it. 21 00:01:53,864 --> 00:01:57,660 I receive half the proceeds in your little venture... 22 00:01:57,743 --> 00:02:00,663 or you pay the consequences. 23 00:02:00,746 --> 00:02:03,833 And I'm sure you realize they'd be very severe. 24 00:02:05,835 --> 00:02:09,338 I can't really see that you bloody well have much choice. 25 00:02:09,421 --> 00:02:11,340 [groans] 26 00:02:28,023 --> 00:02:30,776 [sirens wailing] 27 00:02:42,538 --> 00:02:44,790 Get up there! Get up there! 28 00:03:05,102 --> 00:03:07,688 [anouncer] Attention, Joshua Peabody Day participants, 29 00:03:07,771 --> 00:03:09,732 all those involved in the battle reenactment, 30 00:03:09,815 --> 00:03:12,318 please report to the large tent in costume. 31 00:03:14,278 --> 00:03:15,487 Hi, Mrs. Fletcher! 32 00:03:15,571 --> 00:03:16,822 Oh, good morning, Scott. 33 00:03:16,906 --> 00:03:18,282 Ready for the big production? 34 00:03:18,365 --> 00:03:20,242 -Yeah, they're all inside. -Great. 35 00:03:24,246 --> 00:03:27,207 This is a documentary, Rick. Not a rock video. 36 00:03:27,291 --> 00:03:29,501 Look at this room. It cries for available light. 37 00:03:29,585 --> 00:03:31,503 Amelia, this is really getting old. 38 00:03:31,587 --> 00:03:33,297 Shoot it my way, 39 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:35,549 or I'll find somebody that will, all right? 40 00:03:39,428 --> 00:03:41,722 Oh, excuse me, Mr. Hawkes, 41 00:03:41,805 --> 00:03:44,224 but wouldn't you rather have Joshua's saber 42 00:03:44,308 --> 00:03:46,226 here in front, or perhaps-- 43 00:03:46,310 --> 00:03:49,021 Mrs. Peabody, Mrs. Peabody. I placed this here 44 00:03:49,104 --> 00:03:51,607 because that's where I want it for the shot. 45 00:03:51,690 --> 00:03:53,400 Okay? Thanks. 46 00:03:55,110 --> 00:03:57,488 Louise. Louise... 47 00:03:57,571 --> 00:04:01,241 your mother is driving me around the bend. 48 00:04:01,325 --> 00:04:03,661 I can't believe it. It's past 10:00. 49 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:05,329 We haven't shot a frame. 50 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:07,539 Don't look at me. I've been ready since 7:00. 51 00:04:07,623 --> 00:04:09,708 Robert, when are you gonna start behaving like a producer? 52 00:04:09,792 --> 00:04:11,543 Come on, babe. The suits in Boston 53 00:04:11,627 --> 00:04:13,837 think Hawkes is some kind of God. 54 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:15,714 And getting rid of him is not that easy. 55 00:04:15,798 --> 00:04:18,342 Yeah? Well, I can think of a few ways. 56 00:04:19,885 --> 00:04:21,637 [scoffs] 57 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,681 No, no, no, you don't need any makeup. 58 00:04:23,764 --> 00:04:25,849 You're fine. And, Edith, again, 59 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:30,104 suggesting Mrs. Fletcher do the narration was inspired. 60 00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:31,981 I hope you haven't been too busy to learn your lines. 61 00:04:32,064 --> 00:04:33,691 No problem. 62 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:36,026 I like the way you write, by the way, very much. 63 00:04:36,110 --> 00:04:37,611 Oh, thank you. 64 00:04:37,695 --> 00:04:39,113 I did notice a couple of details, though, 65 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:40,698 that weren't quite accurate. 66 00:04:40,781 --> 00:04:42,116 So I took the liberty of correcting them, 67 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:43,617 with your approval, of course. 68 00:04:43,701 --> 00:04:45,536 Okay. You're right here, Mrs. Fletcher. 69 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:47,746 Right. Oh, and thank you. 70 00:04:47,830 --> 00:04:49,206 No matter how thoroughly you research these things, 71 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:50,833 you always seem to miss something. 72 00:04:50,916 --> 00:04:52,459 Okay, let's see if we can make this happen. 73 00:04:52,543 --> 00:04:54,586 -Amelia? -Still ready. 74 00:04:54,670 --> 00:04:56,922 Okay, here we go. Roll sound. 75 00:04:57,006 --> 00:04:59,383 -[man] Quiet, please. Quiet. -Speed. 76 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:00,718 Camera rolling. 77 00:05:00,801 --> 00:05:04,346 Scene four, take one. Mark. 78 00:05:06,056 --> 00:05:08,892 And... Mrs. Fletcher. 79 00:05:08,976 --> 00:05:12,271 Before the American Revolution, 80 00:05:12,354 --> 00:05:16,734 Joshua Peabody was known as Maine's finest clockmaker. 81 00:05:16,817 --> 00:05:18,944 But when he read of the music boxes 82 00:05:19,028 --> 00:05:20,946 the Swiss were beginning to fashion, 83 00:05:21,030 --> 00:05:24,783 he became fascinated with the design of such instruments. 84 00:05:24,867 --> 00:05:28,495 Ultimately, he constructed some of the finest, 85 00:05:28,579 --> 00:05:30,414 most innovative music boxes of the-- 86 00:05:30,497 --> 00:05:32,750 All right, cut! Cut. 87 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:34,918 [indistinct murmuring] 88 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:36,712 I'm sorry, did I goof? 89 00:05:36,795 --> 00:05:38,797 No, no, no, no, you were fine. 90 00:05:38,881 --> 00:05:41,133 It just hit me that we've got to end this sequence 91 00:05:41,216 --> 00:05:43,093 with you turning this thing on. 92 00:05:43,177 --> 00:05:46,388 -Give us a dynamite transition sequence. -I see. 93 00:05:46,472 --> 00:05:50,476 Uh, Mr. Hawkes, I don't think it's ever worked. 94 00:05:50,559 --> 00:05:52,728 At least not in my lifetime. 95 00:05:52,811 --> 00:05:54,813 Rick, forget the damn music box, okay? 96 00:05:54,897 --> 00:05:56,690 We can't afford to lose the time. 97 00:05:56,774 --> 00:05:58,776 Look, if there's anyone who can get this thing to work, 98 00:05:58,859 --> 00:06:00,694 it'd be Tom Godfrey. 99 00:06:00,778 --> 00:06:02,821 I'd be glad to take it to him during your lunch break. 100 00:06:02,905 --> 00:06:06,033 Even better. We'll shoot you pretending to turn it on. 101 00:06:06,116 --> 00:06:08,577 And then we'll dub the music in later. All right. Here we go. 102 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:10,746 [Tom] I'll take a shot at this, sure. 103 00:06:10,829 --> 00:06:12,873 Might help me get into character. 104 00:06:12,956 --> 00:06:15,125 I'm playing a Major in our reenactment. 105 00:06:15,209 --> 00:06:18,629 You know, this might be the start of a whole new career. 106 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:21,715 I just hope it gives some kind of boost to the tourist trade. 107 00:06:21,799 --> 00:06:24,009 Muggy summer we've had here. 108 00:06:24,093 --> 00:06:25,886 Everybody in town is hurting. 109 00:06:25,969 --> 00:06:28,055 Now, this is not the one I wore last year. 110 00:06:28,138 --> 00:06:30,307 That one fit me just fine. 111 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,768 Dr. Hazlitt, it is the same uniform, I swear. 112 00:06:32,851 --> 00:06:35,854 Well, then you must have done something to the darn thing. 113 00:06:35,938 --> 00:06:38,565 Nancy, didn't you mention to me 114 00:06:38,649 --> 00:06:40,651 that some of those costumes got soaked 115 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:43,487 when the roof leaked last winter? 116 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:45,864 Well, you know, as a matter of fact... 117 00:06:45,948 --> 00:06:47,991 and I think that this was one of them. 118 00:06:48,075 --> 00:06:51,954 You think? Isn't it obvious? 119 00:06:52,037 --> 00:06:54,665 Thank you, Jessica. 120 00:06:57,251 --> 00:06:59,086 Jessica, come here. 121 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:01,171 I was gonna call you and let you know 122 00:07:01,255 --> 00:07:04,133 that your chest of drawers finally arrived from Vermont. 123 00:07:04,216 --> 00:07:06,009 You know, I'd almost given up. 124 00:07:06,093 --> 00:07:09,012 Oh, it's lovely, Nancy! 125 00:07:09,096 --> 00:07:11,014 But it seems to me 126 00:07:11,098 --> 00:07:13,517 that these drawer pulls are mismatched. 127 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,521 Oh, no! I can't imagine how I missed that! 128 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:21,775 You know, I probably looked at this piece for 20 minutes. 129 00:07:21,859 --> 00:07:24,444 I'm so sorry. I'm gonna call Burlington right now 130 00:07:24,528 --> 00:07:26,321 and I'm gonna order the replacements. 131 00:07:26,405 --> 00:07:27,865 No problem. 132 00:07:27,948 --> 00:07:30,492 Jessica! I think I found the problem. 133 00:07:41,378 --> 00:07:43,630 This was jamming the mechanism. 134 00:07:48,844 --> 00:07:54,183 Oh. It's dated September 12, 1780. 135 00:07:54,266 --> 00:07:56,852 "To Major Joshua Peabody. 136 00:07:56,935 --> 00:07:59,730 "Your cowardly request to surrender Cabot Cove 137 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:02,232 "is categorically refused. 138 00:08:02,316 --> 00:08:04,735 "You are to stand and fight 139 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:07,654 "or face court-martial as a traitor. 140 00:08:07,738 --> 00:08:10,073 "I am investigating reports 141 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:14,536 that you have accepted payments from the enemy." 142 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:17,664 It's signed, George Washington. 143 00:08:17,748 --> 00:08:21,126 Traitor? Joshua Peabody? 144 00:08:21,210 --> 00:08:23,879 Another hero shot down in flames. 145 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:26,215 Well, the way the world's going, 146 00:08:26,298 --> 00:08:28,091 it doesn't surprise me. 147 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:30,135 [sighs] 148 00:08:30,219 --> 00:08:32,512 [Edith] But everybody knows 149 00:08:32,596 --> 00:08:34,890 that Joshua Peabody was killed 150 00:08:34,973 --> 00:08:37,184 by the redcoats' final volley 151 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:39,311 just before the British turned and ran. 152 00:08:39,394 --> 00:08:42,814 He won the battle of Cabot Cove. 153 00:08:42,898 --> 00:08:46,193 Can't you see? It's an obvious hoax. 154 00:08:46,276 --> 00:08:49,863 Jessica, we should destroy that letter. 155 00:08:49,947 --> 00:08:53,575 Edie, if the letter is a hoax, it's evidence. 156 00:08:53,659 --> 00:08:55,661 And if it's genuine-- 157 00:08:55,744 --> 00:08:57,204 Jessica's right, mom. 158 00:08:57,287 --> 00:08:58,914 My God! You're as bad 159 00:08:58,997 --> 00:09:00,707 as those people you work for. 160 00:09:00,791 --> 00:09:02,501 Ready to throw away something precious 161 00:09:02,584 --> 00:09:05,462 just for its exploitation value. 162 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,422 Jess, we'd best get started. 163 00:09:07,506 --> 00:09:09,883 Blakely said he'd see us at 1:00, sharp. 164 00:09:09,967 --> 00:09:13,345 Seth, talk some sense into Jessica. 165 00:09:13,428 --> 00:09:16,098 And let me burn that letter. 166 00:09:16,181 --> 00:09:19,184 Edie, you know I can't be party to something like that. 167 00:09:19,268 --> 00:09:21,186 The only reasonable course 168 00:09:21,270 --> 00:09:23,480 is to let Dr. Blakely examine it. 169 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,941 The university lab has all the equipment, 170 00:09:26,024 --> 00:09:27,693 and we'll find out once and for all 171 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:29,403 whether or not it's real. 172 00:09:29,486 --> 00:09:32,823 And if it is, we'll just have to accept the fact 173 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:36,827 that the people around here have been deluding themselves 174 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:40,372 about their icon for over 200 years. 175 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:46,420 [Nancy] There's no need to get ugly. 176 00:09:46,503 --> 00:09:48,672 You'll be paid, just like always. 177 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:52,009 Now, will you please send the drawer pulls today? 178 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:55,012 All right, COD 179 00:10:00,892 --> 00:10:02,853 I can't believe you screwed up like that. 180 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:04,604 We're this close to chapter 11. 181 00:10:04,688 --> 00:10:06,106 You don't seem to give a damn 182 00:10:06,189 --> 00:10:07,441 about taking care of our best customer. 183 00:10:07,524 --> 00:10:09,067 And whose idea was it 184 00:10:09,151 --> 00:10:10,819 to sink all of our ready cash 185 00:10:10,902 --> 00:10:12,863 into advertising for the Joshua Peabody Day, 186 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:15,115 which looks like it's gonna lay a huge egg? 187 00:10:15,198 --> 00:10:19,828 If we are about to go down, it is not my fault. 188 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,709 [door closes] 189 00:10:27,336 --> 00:10:29,796 [footsteps approaching] 190 00:10:33,050 --> 00:10:35,635 Sorry to trouble you. Just wondered if you might have 191 00:10:35,719 --> 00:10:38,138 any early Dutch-American pieces. 192 00:10:38,221 --> 00:10:40,265 Not at the moment, no. 193 00:10:40,349 --> 00:10:43,435 Is there anything in particular you were looking for? 194 00:10:44,853 --> 00:10:46,730 Nothing special. 195 00:10:46,813 --> 00:10:48,440 Pity. 196 00:10:49,483 --> 00:10:51,735 [door closes] 197 00:10:53,612 --> 00:10:56,740 I have to tell you, Jessica, based solely on observation, 198 00:10:56,823 --> 00:10:58,784 this signature is either George Washington's 199 00:10:58,867 --> 00:11:00,619 or a world-class forgery. 200 00:11:00,702 --> 00:11:04,748 The text seems plausible, too, Dr. Blakely. 201 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:07,084 If I remember my history correctly, 202 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:08,919 the fall and winter of 1780 203 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:10,712 were rough times for the continental army. 204 00:11:10,796 --> 00:11:12,631 I mean, defeats in the South, 205 00:11:12,714 --> 00:11:14,674 Benedict Arnold, all that sort of thing. 206 00:11:14,758 --> 00:11:16,718 And according to this, a lot of people 207 00:11:16,802 --> 00:11:18,720 were having second thoughts at the end of 1780. 208 00:11:18,804 --> 00:11:21,431 Maybe Joshua Peabody was one of them. 209 00:11:21,515 --> 00:11:24,476 I don't even wanna think about what this is gonna do to tourism around here. 210 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,562 What doesn't make sense is that if he were paid 211 00:11:27,646 --> 00:11:28,855 to lose the battle, 212 00:11:28,939 --> 00:11:31,024 how come our side won? 213 00:11:31,108 --> 00:11:33,485 And if Peabody did make a deal with the British, 214 00:11:33,568 --> 00:11:35,987 why would he hang onto such an incriminating document 215 00:11:36,071 --> 00:11:38,365 and keep it hidden in a music box? 216 00:11:38,448 --> 00:11:40,784 Well, that bothers me, too, Mort. 217 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:42,536 But, you know, it's possible 218 00:11:42,619 --> 00:11:44,996 that Joshua was trying to cover himself. 219 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,499 Maybe he figured that if the British 220 00:11:47,582 --> 00:11:49,584 had gone on to win the war, 221 00:11:49,668 --> 00:11:52,087 the letter could give him an excuse 222 00:11:52,170 --> 00:11:54,089 for his failure to honor their deal 223 00:11:54,172 --> 00:11:55,882 at the battle of Cabot Cove. 224 00:11:55,966 --> 00:11:57,384 Oh, right. 225 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:59,428 On the other hand, if this is a hoax, 226 00:11:59,511 --> 00:12:02,347 why would anyone go to all this trouble? 227 00:12:02,431 --> 00:12:05,642 What could they possibly hope to gain from it? 228 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,436 Well, this is all idle speculation 229 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:09,104 till we get the results of the groundwood 230 00:12:09,187 --> 00:12:10,730 and aqueous tests on the paper and ink. 231 00:12:10,814 --> 00:12:12,732 They should pretty well confirm or deny 232 00:12:12,816 --> 00:12:14,734 the accuracy of the documents. 233 00:12:14,818 --> 00:12:16,278 I'll be in touch. 234 00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:18,238 [phone rings] 235 00:12:18,321 --> 00:12:20,407 Sheriff's office. Metzger. 236 00:12:20,490 --> 00:12:22,159 [man] Hi, Sheriff. You got any word on that paper yet? 237 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:24,327 No, Ezra, there is no definite word. 238 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:26,580 Yes. 239 00:12:26,663 --> 00:12:29,249 Yes, we'll make sure that everyone is notified. 240 00:12:29,332 --> 00:12:30,834 Okay, bye. 241 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:32,502 Ezra down at the Light House Motel. 242 00:12:32,586 --> 00:12:34,045 We have got one frightened bunch 243 00:12:34,129 --> 00:12:36,173 of businesspeople on our hands. 244 00:12:40,385 --> 00:12:42,554 Oh, I don't believe you, Hawkes. 245 00:12:42,637 --> 00:12:45,056 A historical scandal drops right into our laps, 246 00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:47,225 and you want to ignore it? 247 00:12:47,309 --> 00:12:49,728 I mean, the attention that this could draw to all of us 248 00:12:49,811 --> 00:12:52,397 the minute we go public, money in the bank. 249 00:12:52,481 --> 00:12:55,233 I told you, not a word until it's authenticated. 250 00:12:55,317 --> 00:12:57,944 It's my reputation that's on the line here. 251 00:12:58,028 --> 00:12:59,654 Oh, for God's sake, give it up, will you? 252 00:12:59,738 --> 00:13:01,156 We're documentary filmmakers. 253 00:13:01,239 --> 00:13:02,699 We deal in actuality, remember? 254 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:04,034 What the hell's that supposed to mean? 255 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:06,036 That whatever we get on film 256 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:08,455 tells us what kind of movie it wants to be. 257 00:13:08,538 --> 00:13:10,248 So we started out doing a story 258 00:13:10,332 --> 00:13:12,334 about the battle of Cabot Cove. Well, guess what? 259 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:14,252 That old piece of paper is the story, 260 00:13:14,336 --> 00:13:15,962 whether or not we like it and whether or not it's real. 261 00:13:16,046 --> 00:13:17,797 That, and a town that might just fall apart, 262 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:19,674 and we're in the middle of it. 263 00:13:19,758 --> 00:13:21,510 That, my boy, is the stuff of dreams, 264 00:13:21,593 --> 00:13:23,803 the stuff that network careers are built on. 265 00:13:23,887 --> 00:13:25,972 Okay, let me remind both of you, 266 00:13:26,056 --> 00:13:28,808 I am the director, all right? 267 00:13:28,892 --> 00:13:30,727 And until that changes, 268 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:33,563 I make the decisions in this outfit. 269 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:37,817 And right now I've decided to take my assistant to dinner. 270 00:13:37,901 --> 00:13:40,111 I'll see you at the reenactment tomorrow. 271 00:13:44,866 --> 00:13:46,993 Oh, look at the bright side, Scott. 272 00:13:47,077 --> 00:13:48,912 I'm sure he'll give you his leftovers... 273 00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:50,705 once he's through with her. 274 00:13:50,789 --> 00:13:52,707 -Mind your own damn business. -Cool it, Scott. 275 00:13:52,791 --> 00:13:54,584 The lady's only speaking the truth. 276 00:13:56,461 --> 00:13:59,172 Thanks for helping me try to change Rick's mind. 277 00:13:59,256 --> 00:14:01,550 That's the least of your worries. 278 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:03,927 I've been going over the production reports. 279 00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:05,595 One day into this thing, 280 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:07,722 and he's already three days behind schedule. 281 00:14:07,806 --> 00:14:10,016 At this rate, he's gonna go 60%, 70% over budget. 282 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:12,143 I never wanted him. 283 00:14:12,227 --> 00:14:14,604 But the brass couldn't wait to hire the Emmy-winning filmmaker. 284 00:14:14,688 --> 00:14:16,940 Hawkes won that Emmy eight years ago. 285 00:14:17,023 --> 00:14:19,109 This is the first significant gig he's had in a very long time. 286 00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:20,860 Tell me something new. 287 00:14:20,944 --> 00:14:23,113 I don't know what they do at your station, 288 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:27,033 but anyplace else, a producer lets a director run wild, 289 00:14:27,117 --> 00:14:28,868 the producer's the one who takes the fall. 290 00:14:32,831 --> 00:14:36,710 [Metzger] Yes. Yes, a letter has been found. 291 00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:39,504 No, I can't confirm its contents or its authenticity. 292 00:14:39,588 --> 00:14:42,173 Not at this time. Thank you very much. 293 00:14:42,257 --> 00:14:44,384 That was The Boothbay Harbor Gazette. 294 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:46,511 Oh, dear. Next it'll be the Boston papers, 295 00:14:46,595 --> 00:14:48,597 then New York and then the TV networks. 296 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:49,931 I don't know how this news got out, 297 00:14:50,015 --> 00:14:51,641 but it sure is spreading fast. 298 00:14:51,725 --> 00:14:53,226 All the more reason you need to find out 299 00:14:53,310 --> 00:14:54,728 who broke into the Peabody house 300 00:14:54,811 --> 00:14:56,396 and planted that letter. 301 00:14:56,479 --> 00:14:57,606 I was just about to mention that. 302 00:14:57,689 --> 00:14:58,815 We checked all the doors 303 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:00,233 and all the windows. 304 00:15:00,317 --> 00:15:02,736 There was no sign of forced entry. 305 00:15:02,819 --> 00:15:04,988 Now, look, does anyone else besides you have a key? 306 00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:06,781 A cleaning service, a bookkeeper? 307 00:15:06,865 --> 00:15:08,575 You're talking to the cleaning service 308 00:15:08,658 --> 00:15:10,660 and the bookkeeper! 309 00:15:10,744 --> 00:15:14,873 Oh. Mort, you know how Harold loved that old house. 310 00:15:14,956 --> 00:15:17,000 And I promised my husband 311 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,835 I would always look after the family name 312 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:20,629 and the family home. 313 00:15:20,712 --> 00:15:22,839 Edie, we just dropped by your place 314 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,924 and Louise told us that you were here. 315 00:15:25,008 --> 00:15:26,551 You've heard from professor Blakely. 316 00:15:26,635 --> 00:15:28,345 Yes. Yes, we have. 317 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:30,180 And the university lab have confirmed 318 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:33,558 that the ink in the letter is chemically identical 319 00:15:33,642 --> 00:15:36,978 to ink that was commonly used in revolutionary times. 320 00:15:37,062 --> 00:15:38,980 They've also ascertained that the paper itself 321 00:15:39,064 --> 00:15:41,483 is over 200 years old. 322 00:15:41,566 --> 00:15:43,193 No. 323 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,612 No, that can't be true. 324 00:15:45,695 --> 00:15:47,280 And then there are the stains on the letter. 325 00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:48,990 They're whale oil. 326 00:15:49,074 --> 00:15:52,160 Which was used back then to lubricate machinery, 327 00:15:52,243 --> 00:15:54,537 such as music boxes. 328 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:56,414 Edie, I'm afraid the bottom line 329 00:15:56,498 --> 00:15:58,792 is that there is no way to prove 330 00:15:58,875 --> 00:16:00,710 that the letter isn't real. 331 00:16:00,794 --> 00:16:03,546 So it looks as if they'll have to rewrite the history 332 00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:06,841 of Joshua Peabody and the battle of Cabot Cove. 333 00:16:06,925 --> 00:16:08,843 Damn you, Jessica! 334 00:16:08,927 --> 00:16:11,179 If you'd let me burn that rotten letter, like it deserved, 335 00:16:11,262 --> 00:16:12,806 none of this would be happening. 336 00:16:12,889 --> 00:16:14,766 Now everything's ruined. 337 00:16:14,849 --> 00:16:17,686 The Peabody name, the town's reputation, 338 00:16:17,769 --> 00:16:19,979 the tourist business! 339 00:16:20,063 --> 00:16:22,482 It's all on your shoulders! 340 00:16:30,323 --> 00:16:33,034 Shoo, shoo! Scoot! All of you! 341 00:16:33,118 --> 00:16:35,161 You should be ashamed of yourselves! 342 00:16:35,245 --> 00:16:37,330 All right, folks. Let's break it up here, all right? 343 00:16:37,414 --> 00:16:39,457 There's nothing to see. It's just some kid's prank. 344 00:16:39,541 --> 00:16:41,376 Better yet, why don't we just clear out the area? 345 00:16:41,459 --> 00:16:43,294 The battle reenactment's coming up, all right? 346 00:16:43,378 --> 00:16:45,338 Thank you very much. Edith, you wanna come down, please? 347 00:16:45,422 --> 00:16:47,132 -Let me do that for you. -Oh, Mort! 348 00:16:47,215 --> 00:16:48,466 Where have you been? 349 00:16:48,550 --> 00:16:50,593 How could you let this happen? 350 00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:52,554 We're working pretty short-handed, Edith. 351 00:16:52,637 --> 00:16:54,806 Everybody's over at Oak Street handling traffic control. 352 00:16:54,889 --> 00:16:56,558 Traffic control? That would be easy to believe 353 00:16:56,641 --> 00:16:58,143 if there were more tourists. 354 00:16:58,226 --> 00:16:59,728 How about a picture, Mrs. Peabody? 355 00:16:59,811 --> 00:17:02,147 Oh, stop that! Stop that! Get out of here. 356 00:17:02,230 --> 00:17:05,233 Cabot Cove, this classic New England fishing village, 357 00:17:05,316 --> 00:17:08,319 picturesque, tucked into our rugged Atlantic coastline, 358 00:17:08,403 --> 00:17:10,572 as American as the fourth of July, 359 00:17:10,655 --> 00:17:13,783 has been shaken to its very cultural and historical roots 360 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:15,660 with the dramatic discovery 361 00:17:15,744 --> 00:17:17,495 that its most famous patriot 362 00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:19,706 was actually in league with the British. 363 00:17:19,789 --> 00:17:22,751 With me now is local antique dealer Nancy Godfrey. 364 00:17:22,834 --> 00:17:24,836 Nancy, how is this affecting your annual celebration 365 00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:26,588 of the battle of Cabot Cove? 366 00:17:26,671 --> 00:17:29,424 Well, as you can see... 367 00:17:29,507 --> 00:17:31,134 [mouthing] 368 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:33,303 would you excuse me for one minute? 369 00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,804 Nancy, just... 370 00:17:37,849 --> 00:17:39,559 Rick and I have been talking, 371 00:17:39,642 --> 00:17:41,478 and there are some real problems with the uniforms. 372 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,271 I've got our notes right here, and-- 373 00:17:43,354 --> 00:17:45,690 I will talk to Rick myself. 374 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:47,400 And I would appreciate it 375 00:17:47,484 --> 00:17:50,028 if you would keep out from underfoot. 376 00:17:54,991 --> 00:17:56,659 Hut, two, three... 377 00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,661 [Seth] Jessica, I think you've got to let it go. 378 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:00,538 The document is genuine, and that's that. 379 00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:03,041 I don't know. I mean, supposing Richard Hawkes 380 00:18:03,124 --> 00:18:05,835 hadn't decided to use the music box. 381 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:09,047 Then we might've had to wait another 200 years to find it. 382 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:12,258 Mrs. Fletcher, as Cabot Cove's most prominent living citizen, 383 00:18:12,342 --> 00:18:15,303 what do you think about the appearance of this mysterious letter? 384 00:18:15,386 --> 00:18:17,305 Well, I think that the jury is still out 385 00:18:17,388 --> 00:18:18,932 on its authenticity. 386 00:18:19,015 --> 00:18:20,600 Really? Can you elaborate? 387 00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:22,477 Well, I can't right now, I'm afraid. 388 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,147 We have a reenactment to wage. 389 00:18:26,231 --> 00:18:27,941 And as you approach the bandstand, 390 00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:29,651 I want you to veer to the left. 391 00:18:29,734 --> 00:18:31,903 Excuse me, Mr. Hawkes. We've done this for years, 392 00:18:31,986 --> 00:18:34,405 and we have never charged the bandstand. 393 00:18:34,489 --> 00:18:37,367 Tom is right. It's past the oak tree, 394 00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:39,327 then down toward the waterfront. 395 00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:41,204 -That's how the battle was fought. -Exactly. 396 00:18:41,287 --> 00:18:43,373 No! That was later. According to my research-- 397 00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:45,667 What difference does it make? Just shoot the damn thing! 398 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:46,876 Get the hell off my set. 399 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,294 Your set? 400 00:18:48,378 --> 00:18:50,171 What about our reenactment? 401 00:18:50,255 --> 00:18:52,465 Richard, Seth... Richard, isn't it true 402 00:18:52,549 --> 00:18:54,759 that if you photograph them in close-up, 403 00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:57,470 the direction that they're moving won't be all that critical? 404 00:18:57,554 --> 00:19:00,181 Then once they've passed the bandstand and turned, 405 00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:03,518 we can go wider. Yeah, that'll work. 406 00:19:03,601 --> 00:19:06,104 Suppose we could live with that. 407 00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:07,939 [Hawkes] All right. Done. 408 00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:09,899 Amelia, keep the shot tight, please. 409 00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:12,026 Okay, everybody, this is picture! Let's go! 410 00:19:12,110 --> 00:19:13,987 That's twice you've bailed me out. Thank you. 411 00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:15,655 Quiet please! Rolling! 412 00:19:15,738 --> 00:19:17,031 Speed! 413 00:19:17,115 --> 00:19:21,244 Scene 16, take one, Mark. 414 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:25,164 And action! 415 00:19:25,248 --> 00:19:28,585 Beat! Assembly! 416 00:19:31,087 --> 00:19:33,256 [neighs] Whoa! 417 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,466 Somebody grab that horse! 418 00:19:43,766 --> 00:19:45,643 Scott, are you okay? 419 00:19:45,727 --> 00:19:48,396 Yeah. If I'd have known all it took to get your attention 420 00:19:48,479 --> 00:19:50,982 was almost getting kicked in the head by a horse, 421 00:19:51,065 --> 00:19:53,192 I'd have arranged it a long time ago. 422 00:19:57,405 --> 00:20:00,783 Jessica, I keep forgetting to give you this release form. 423 00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:02,952 Oh, that's all right. 424 00:20:03,036 --> 00:20:07,373 Um, I understand my mom was pretty hostile last night. 425 00:20:07,457 --> 00:20:09,000 I'm sorry. 426 00:20:09,083 --> 00:20:11,169 Oh, it's quite understandable. 427 00:20:11,252 --> 00:20:14,088 Louise. Hi, Mrs. Fletcher. Excuse me. 428 00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:15,381 Can we get this done today, please? 429 00:20:15,465 --> 00:20:16,841 Yeah. 430 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:20,303 Let's get everybody back to their start marks. 431 00:20:20,386 --> 00:20:22,430 We'll take it again. 432 00:20:22,513 --> 00:20:24,641 Dr. Hazlitt, officers in the continental army 433 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,392 didn't carry powder horns. 434 00:20:26,476 --> 00:20:28,937 Let's ask the property master to get you a sword. 435 00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:31,064 Whatever keeps you happy. 436 00:20:33,316 --> 00:20:36,361 Mrs. F, I did like you suggested. 437 00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:38,655 I faxed Interpol and NCIC 438 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:40,698 for information about world-class forgers. 439 00:20:40,782 --> 00:20:42,575 So far, nothing. 440 00:20:42,659 --> 00:20:44,869 [Hawkes] Okay, folks, please. Let's get this done! 441 00:20:44,953 --> 00:20:46,496 Rolling! 442 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,082 Speed. 443 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:52,043 Scene 16, take two. Mark. 444 00:20:54,128 --> 00:20:57,423 And... settle down, please! 445 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,093 And action! 446 00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:03,429 Beat! Assembly! 447 00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:15,817 Lieutenant, take charge. 448 00:21:19,362 --> 00:21:20,989 [Lieutenant] To the front! 449 00:21:21,072 --> 00:21:23,408 March! 450 00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:26,786 Back line, march! 451 00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:29,122 Poise! Firelock! 452 00:21:30,581 --> 00:21:33,001 Cock firelock! 453 00:21:33,084 --> 00:21:34,669 Take aim! 454 00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:37,547 Fire! 455 00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:39,882 -Terrific. -Half-cock! 456 00:21:39,966 --> 00:21:42,760 -Firelock! -Cut! Cut! 457 00:21:44,846 --> 00:21:47,098 What are you doing? 458 00:21:47,181 --> 00:21:48,891 We are reloading our muskets. 459 00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:52,145 You didn't do that in rehearsal. 460 00:21:52,228 --> 00:21:55,690 That's because you wouldn't let them fire them during rehearsal! 461 00:21:55,773 --> 00:21:57,567 You see, there are 13 steps in reloading a musket. 462 00:21:57,650 --> 00:21:59,360 First, you put the hammer back, 463 00:21:59,444 --> 00:22:01,904 then you handle the cartridge, put the powder-- 464 00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:04,323 Wait. We're not shooting a miniseries here. 465 00:22:04,407 --> 00:22:06,784 We don't have time to film 13 different steps! 466 00:22:06,868 --> 00:22:09,871 We do this every year. If you had had the courtesy-- 467 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:12,373 That's it! I can't work like that! That's a wrap! 468 00:22:12,457 --> 00:22:15,918 What're you talking about? We've still got three hours of daylight left! 469 00:22:17,795 --> 00:22:19,630 [man] What's with the temper? 470 00:22:19,714 --> 00:22:22,759 He can't work this way? 471 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:24,677 What about the rest of us? 472 00:22:24,761 --> 00:22:26,387 Careful where you point that uniform, admiral. 473 00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:27,930 Those buttons could be lethal. 474 00:22:28,014 --> 00:22:30,183 Buttons may not be all that I pop. 475 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,108 You know, I hired you with the understanding 476 00:22:39,192 --> 00:22:40,735 you could keep the local bumpkins in line 477 00:22:40,818 --> 00:22:42,528 and assure their cooperation. 478 00:22:42,612 --> 00:22:44,113 I'm sorry. 479 00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:46,741 "Sorry" doesn't cut it, kiddo. 480 00:22:46,824 --> 00:22:49,118 Hey! Just the man I want to see. 481 00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:50,536 We have to go over tomorrow's shot list. 482 00:22:50,620 --> 00:22:52,747 Oh, forget it. I just spent 483 00:22:52,830 --> 00:22:54,957 two very tough hours on the phone to Boston. 484 00:22:55,041 --> 00:22:57,585 I've gotta tell you, you had those folks fooled. 485 00:22:57,668 --> 00:22:59,045 Had... 486 00:23:00,838 --> 00:23:03,299 -what are you saying? -What I'm saying, buddy boy... 487 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:05,009 is I gave them a dose of reality 488 00:23:05,093 --> 00:23:06,886 and it finally broke their fever. 489 00:23:06,969 --> 00:23:08,888 You're off the project. 490 00:23:08,971 --> 00:23:11,015 As of now, Amelia Farnum is directing this film. 491 00:23:11,099 --> 00:23:14,602 Amelia? What's she ever directed? 492 00:23:14,685 --> 00:23:18,314 Oh, this was her little plot all along, wasn't it? 493 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:20,733 Oh, trust me, Ricko, you torpedoed yourself. 494 00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:25,321 Bob, you can't do this. 495 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:27,323 I can. 496 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,659 And I have. 497 00:23:33,704 --> 00:23:36,082 [soldier] Company, march! 498 00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:40,586 Hut, two, three, four. Hut, two, three, four. 499 00:23:40,670 --> 00:23:43,131 [Scott] Amelia should be back in a few minutes, Mrs. Fletcher. 500 00:23:43,214 --> 00:23:45,174 Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. 501 00:23:45,258 --> 00:23:47,426 She was anxious for me to sync up yesterday's footage 502 00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:49,720 so she can see what needs to be re-shot. 503 00:23:49,804 --> 00:23:51,472 I think I'd better wait. 504 00:23:51,556 --> 00:23:53,057 Her phone message said 505 00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:55,143 that she had some changes in my narration. 506 00:23:55,226 --> 00:23:57,395 Well, no matter what Louise says, 507 00:23:57,478 --> 00:24:00,189 Amelia's gotta be a better choice than Hawkes. 508 00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:03,192 Louise took his firing so hard, she quit. 509 00:24:03,276 --> 00:24:05,194 I heard. 510 00:24:05,278 --> 00:24:08,698 Ah, you use double system, don't you? 511 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:11,742 You know something about film, Mrs. Fletcher? 512 00:24:11,826 --> 00:24:14,495 Well, I only have a reading acquaintance, you understand, 513 00:24:14,579 --> 00:24:16,330 but I do a lot of research. 514 00:24:16,414 --> 00:24:18,791 But this is the first time I've ever seen it firsthand. 515 00:24:18,875 --> 00:24:20,877 It isn't all that complicated, really. 516 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,629 It just means that when we shoot the picture, 517 00:24:23,713 --> 00:24:26,132 the sound is recorded on this quarter-inch tape 518 00:24:26,215 --> 00:24:28,050 instead of on the film. 519 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:30,303 Then we have the sound that's on the tape 520 00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:32,763 copied onto this stuff. It's mag-track. 521 00:24:32,847 --> 00:24:34,807 It's film that's coated with iron oxide. 522 00:24:34,891 --> 00:24:37,643 So when you run it under a sound head 523 00:24:37,727 --> 00:24:41,522 it reads the sound just like a tape recorder. 524 00:24:42,940 --> 00:24:44,525 [Louise] Quiet please. Rolling. 525 00:24:44,609 --> 00:24:46,944 Scene 16, take one. Mark. 526 00:24:47,028 --> 00:24:48,863 [clapstick hits] 527 00:24:53,075 --> 00:24:55,286 Now, I find the picture where the clapstick hits 528 00:24:55,369 --> 00:24:57,413 and line them up, 529 00:24:57,496 --> 00:25:01,459 and sound and picture are in sync with each other. 530 00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:03,252 And real soon, I hope. 531 00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:05,296 -Hi, Mrs. Fletcher. -Hi. 532 00:25:05,379 --> 00:25:07,465 Now that we know that the letter is authentic, 533 00:25:07,548 --> 00:25:09,383 I've just made a few changes in your script. 534 00:25:09,467 --> 00:25:11,427 Yes, of course. 535 00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:18,059 [doorbell rings] 536 00:25:22,355 --> 00:25:26,984 Jessica, I hope you don't mind my just dropping by like this, 537 00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:29,237 but do you have a minute? 538 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,030 Oh, of course I do. Please, come in. 539 00:25:32,782 --> 00:25:35,326 I had no business blowing up at you the way I did. 540 00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:38,371 I wish I could just take back what I said. 541 00:25:38,454 --> 00:25:40,289 Listen, it's forgotten. 542 00:25:40,373 --> 00:25:42,833 It's hard to adjust. 543 00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:46,087 It seems like all my life I've been keeper of the flame. 544 00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:50,091 And now just to admit it was all a waste? 545 00:25:50,174 --> 00:25:52,677 It may not be, Edith. [knock on door] 546 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,595 Mrs. F, Edith. 547 00:25:54,679 --> 00:25:56,472 Please come in. Any news? 548 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:58,891 Yes. But not what you're looking for, I'm afraid. 549 00:25:58,975 --> 00:26:00,518 I just heard from Dr. Blakely. 550 00:26:00,601 --> 00:26:02,353 He said he tried to call you earlier. 551 00:26:02,436 --> 00:26:05,064 He wanted you to know that he's traced that paper. 552 00:26:05,147 --> 00:26:07,900 It seems it was manufactured over 200 years ago in Virginia 553 00:26:07,984 --> 00:26:10,194 by Kelso and Sons of Williamsburg, 554 00:26:10,278 --> 00:26:12,488 and George Washington is known 555 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:15,116 to have used that same paper for other documents. 556 00:26:19,161 --> 00:26:21,247 Not a waste? 557 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:47,189 [Seth] It was a rough day in show business. 558 00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:49,608 That new director, Amelia what's-her-name? 559 00:26:49,692 --> 00:26:51,235 -Farnum. -Whatever. 560 00:26:51,319 --> 00:26:53,529 She's worse than the fellow she's replacing. 561 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:56,615 She expected me to make that charge at a dead run. 562 00:26:56,699 --> 00:26:58,284 Well, you are playing Major Prentice, 563 00:26:58,367 --> 00:26:59,952 and he did lead the charge. 564 00:27:00,036 --> 00:27:01,871 Yes, but he only had to make it once. 565 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:04,040 I had to do it seven times 566 00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:07,209 before Frau director Farnum was satisfied. 567 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:09,503 Well, maybe that's because Major Prentice 568 00:27:09,587 --> 00:27:11,505 had to get it right the first time. 569 00:27:11,589 --> 00:27:13,549 How about some coffee, get your mind off things? 570 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:15,301 According to that, 571 00:27:15,384 --> 00:27:18,721 the mercury stands comfortably above 80. 572 00:27:18,804 --> 00:27:21,807 A hot cup of coffee is the last thing in the world I need, thank you. 573 00:27:27,605 --> 00:27:30,232 Jessica, when you get back to earth, 574 00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:32,193 would you like to tell us where you've been? 575 00:27:32,276 --> 00:27:34,362 Thermometer. 576 00:27:34,445 --> 00:27:37,907 Maybe that's one test that Dr. Blakely overlooked. 577 00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:40,034 [cell phone rings] 578 00:27:41,786 --> 00:27:44,830 Hello? [chatter] 579 00:27:44,914 --> 00:27:46,791 I'm on my way. That was Andy. 580 00:27:46,874 --> 00:27:48,918 There's a fire over at the movie company's office. 581 00:27:54,965 --> 00:27:56,884 Looks like it was arson, Mrs. F. 582 00:27:56,967 --> 00:27:58,761 Somebody poured some kind of solvent all over the floor. 583 00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:00,638 -Good heavens. -Sheriff... 584 00:28:00,721 --> 00:28:02,765 I think you better take a look at this. 585 00:28:09,730 --> 00:28:11,273 It's Amelia Farnum. 586 00:28:23,077 --> 00:28:24,954 Those calls... 587 00:28:25,037 --> 00:28:27,289 that's from the head man at the station in Boston. 588 00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:30,042 I guess he and Amelia were playing phone-tag. 589 00:28:30,126 --> 00:28:33,087 The coroner will have to make final determination, of course, 590 00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:36,132 but I'd say that miss Farnum hasn't been dead 591 00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:37,925 more than an hour or so. 592 00:28:38,008 --> 00:28:40,177 Apparently, killed by a blow to the head. 593 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:42,805 Well, the position of the wound would indicate 594 00:28:42,888 --> 00:28:45,307 that the killer was standing directly in front of her 595 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:46,892 when it happened. 596 00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:48,352 Any thoughts on the murder weapon? 597 00:28:48,436 --> 00:28:50,646 Something heavy, you can bet on that. 598 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,523 I don't know if it means anything, Sheriff, 599 00:28:52,606 --> 00:28:54,900 but the property master told me 600 00:28:54,984 --> 00:28:56,819 he's missing an antique flintlock pistol. 601 00:28:56,902 --> 00:28:58,904 You know, I noticed a tiny cut 602 00:28:58,988 --> 00:29:01,157 on the inside of her left thumb. 603 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,117 She could've got that from handling the film. 604 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,828 -I get them if I don't wear gloves. -Ah. 605 00:29:05,911 --> 00:29:09,457 Oh, thank God our picture and mag-track are still here. 606 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:11,542 Let me get this straight, Scott. 607 00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:14,003 You were over in your motel room, alone. 608 00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:15,880 You heard the fire trucks and came right over here? 609 00:29:15,963 --> 00:29:17,673 I can see this place from my room. 610 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,216 And what about Louise and Bob Kendall? 611 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:20,968 Did you see them at the motel? 612 00:29:21,051 --> 00:29:23,637 No, I haven't seen either one of them all evening. 613 00:29:23,721 --> 00:29:26,348 -How about Hawkes? -Not since yesterday. 614 00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:27,975 When Kendall fired him. 615 00:29:42,239 --> 00:29:46,285 Pardon me, Mr. Hawkes, I think we should talk. 616 00:29:46,368 --> 00:29:47,995 My name is Paul Tavener. 617 00:29:48,078 --> 00:29:50,372 Excuse me, Mr. Tavener, I don't want to be rude, 618 00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:52,082 but I've been up most of the night, 619 00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:54,084 and I desperately need some sleep. Thanks. 620 00:29:54,168 --> 00:29:56,295 I just thought you might be interested to know 621 00:29:56,378 --> 00:29:58,422 I've finally put together the last piece of a puzzle 622 00:29:58,506 --> 00:30:01,467 that started with Sandsby and Son in London 623 00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:04,803 and ultimately led me here to Cabot Cove. 624 00:30:04,887 --> 00:30:06,764 I don't know what the hell you're talking about. 625 00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:11,018 What I'm talking about is a clever little game 626 00:30:11,101 --> 00:30:14,230 wherein you turn a dull, low-budget film 627 00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:15,981 about a small-town celebration 628 00:30:16,065 --> 00:30:19,276 into a historical detective story. 629 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,696 Who bribed Joshua Peabody, and for how much? 630 00:30:22,780 --> 00:30:24,907 What did George Washington know? 631 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:27,117 -When did he know it? -You're crazy, pal. 632 00:30:27,201 --> 00:30:30,538 Mr. Hawkes, your career is about to blast off like a space shuttle. 633 00:30:30,621 --> 00:30:33,541 And one way or the other, I am going to be aboard. 634 00:30:33,624 --> 00:30:35,292 Look, in case you haven't heard, 635 00:30:35,376 --> 00:30:37,503 it's not my documentary anymore. I've been fired. 636 00:30:37,586 --> 00:30:40,798 With your replacement so inconveniently turning up dead, 637 00:30:40,881 --> 00:30:43,801 who else can they turn to to finish the project? 638 00:30:45,928 --> 00:30:49,098 We'll talk more about it later, Mr. Hawkes. 639 00:30:49,181 --> 00:30:51,141 Cheerio. 640 00:30:57,022 --> 00:30:59,650 Oh, these drawer pulls are perfect. 641 00:30:59,733 --> 00:31:01,902 Thanks for taking care of it so promptly for me. 642 00:31:01,986 --> 00:31:05,197 No problem. We're not exactly up to our ears in customers, 643 00:31:05,281 --> 00:31:07,074 what with this Joshua Peabody thing. 644 00:31:07,157 --> 00:31:08,909 Oh, it's pretty bad. 645 00:31:08,993 --> 00:31:10,911 I was talking to Bill Mahaffey over at Hill House, 646 00:31:10,995 --> 00:31:13,455 and he said that people were canceling their reservations. 647 00:31:13,539 --> 00:31:15,165 Yeah. We're considering closing up the shop 648 00:31:15,249 --> 00:31:17,167 and moving the whole operation to Bar Harbor. 649 00:31:17,251 --> 00:31:18,752 Oh, dear. 650 00:31:18,836 --> 00:31:21,005 Everybody's got better things to do 651 00:31:21,088 --> 00:31:22,881 than hang around here and bellyache. 652 00:31:22,965 --> 00:31:24,758 Sorry about the mix-up, Jess. 653 00:31:24,842 --> 00:31:27,595 [phone rings] 654 00:31:27,678 --> 00:31:29,305 Hello? [chatter] 655 00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:31,140 Oh, Dr. Blakely. 656 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:34,101 No. This is a good time. 657 00:31:34,184 --> 00:31:36,395 You did? 658 00:31:36,478 --> 00:31:39,023 Wait. I want to write this down. 659 00:31:40,649 --> 00:31:43,152 What happened to Amelia is a tragedy. 660 00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:45,321 But like it or not, we gotta get back to work. 661 00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,323 And we got a lot to do, 662 00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:49,491 considering we'll be making a major course correction. 663 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:51,869 From now on, the focus of this film 664 00:31:51,952 --> 00:31:53,495 will be the Washington letter. 665 00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:55,122 Richard, no. 666 00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:57,833 I've done a lot of soul-searching about this, 667 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,336 and like it or not, Amelia was right. 668 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:02,671 The letter is the story. 669 00:32:02,755 --> 00:32:04,381 Especially now that it's been authenticated. 670 00:32:04,465 --> 00:32:06,842 But it hasn't been authenticated, Richard. 671 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:08,636 Excuse me, Jessica? 672 00:32:08,719 --> 00:32:11,513 Look, it's a very, very clever forgery. 673 00:32:11,597 --> 00:32:13,557 And one which might have gone undetected, 674 00:32:13,641 --> 00:32:15,351 if the forger hadn't overlooked something 675 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:18,270 that was virtually nonexistent in 1780. 676 00:32:18,354 --> 00:32:20,105 Industrial pollution of the oceans. 677 00:32:20,189 --> 00:32:22,358 Mercury, to be precise. 678 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:24,151 Seth reminded me of it last night 679 00:32:24,234 --> 00:32:26,278 when he looked at my kitchen thermometer. 680 00:32:26,362 --> 00:32:28,030 And I asked Dr. Blakely 681 00:32:28,113 --> 00:32:30,699 to run one more test on the whale oil. 682 00:32:30,783 --> 00:32:33,535 And unlike the residue in the music box mechanism, 683 00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:36,080 he found that the stains on the paper 684 00:32:36,163 --> 00:32:38,916 contained trace amounts of mercury 685 00:32:38,999 --> 00:32:42,920 that didn't exist in the oceans until quite recently. 686 00:32:43,003 --> 00:32:45,673 Whoever created that letter thought everything through very carefully... 687 00:32:45,756 --> 00:32:47,508 the ink, the paper. 688 00:32:47,591 --> 00:32:49,301 But they couldn't get their hands on whale oil 689 00:32:49,385 --> 00:32:50,803 that didn't contain modern pollutants. 690 00:32:50,886 --> 00:32:52,346 But who would do something like that? 691 00:32:52,429 --> 00:32:53,806 And why? 692 00:32:53,889 --> 00:32:58,310 Wait a minute. It was you, wasn't it? 693 00:32:58,394 --> 00:33:01,814 You suddenly get this convenient inspiration to use the music box 694 00:33:01,897 --> 00:33:04,149 because you knew the damn thing was in there. 695 00:33:04,233 --> 00:33:06,610 Whoa, Mr. Kendall, that could've been planted by almost anybody. 696 00:33:06,694 --> 00:33:09,947 And maybe Mr. Hawkes just happened to cause it to be discovered 697 00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:12,157 before the perpetrator actually intended. 698 00:33:12,241 --> 00:33:14,201 Plus, we don't even know if the forgery 699 00:33:14,284 --> 00:33:16,120 had anything to do with Miss Farnum's murder, 700 00:33:16,203 --> 00:33:18,205 which is my number one priority right now. 701 00:33:18,288 --> 00:33:20,416 [cell phone rings] 702 00:33:20,499 --> 00:33:23,460 Hello? Yeah, Andy. What have you got? 703 00:33:23,544 --> 00:33:26,046 I tracked down that English fellow Mrs. Fletcher mentioned. 704 00:33:26,130 --> 00:33:28,132 You want me to haul him down to the office? 705 00:33:33,303 --> 00:33:35,597 [Hawkes] Louise! 706 00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:37,391 Are you paying attention here? 707 00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:40,978 I said scene three. Apple. Apple. Right there. 708 00:33:41,061 --> 00:33:42,646 I'm sorry. 709 00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:45,858 Rick, I don't understand. 710 00:33:45,941 --> 00:33:48,152 You're back on the job, we're making the film 711 00:33:48,235 --> 00:33:49,862 that you started out to make. 712 00:33:49,945 --> 00:33:51,780 -What is it? -Nothing. Nothing. 713 00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:55,200 I'm tired. This whole thing has been a little stressful. 714 00:33:55,284 --> 00:33:57,453 Last night you said you were going to call. 715 00:33:57,536 --> 00:33:59,913 I waited up till way after midnight. 716 00:33:59,997 --> 00:34:02,040 Louise... 717 00:34:02,124 --> 00:34:06,378 look, I don't want you to get your hopes up about us, okay? 718 00:34:06,462 --> 00:34:10,716 That isn't the message I've been getting. 719 00:34:10,799 --> 00:34:12,926 Not in Boston, not here. 720 00:34:13,010 --> 00:34:15,429 I can't deal with this right now, all right? 721 00:34:15,512 --> 00:34:17,556 Are you seeing somebody else? 722 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:19,600 Damn it, I said I don't want to talk about it. 723 00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:21,977 -Rick, all I-- -No! 724 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:25,564 You know, you got a lot to learn about this business, 725 00:34:25,647 --> 00:34:28,525 starting with when to keep your mouth shut! 726 00:34:28,609 --> 00:34:30,861 [clanging] 727 00:34:33,489 --> 00:34:35,741 [door closes] 728 00:34:38,368 --> 00:34:41,246 Hey, don't let him bug you, huh? 729 00:34:41,330 --> 00:34:42,664 He's a big jerk. 730 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:48,170 This just came in from Scotland Yard, Mr. Tavener. 731 00:34:48,253 --> 00:34:51,840 It identifies you as one Jeffrey Caldwell, 732 00:34:51,924 --> 00:34:55,511 a, quote, "world-class forger," unquote. 733 00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:58,263 Wanted for questioning in the London murder of one of your associates, 734 00:34:58,347 --> 00:35:01,350 a guy named Alexander Sandsby, who Interpol describes 735 00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:05,521 as your basic trafficker of phony manuscripts, documents, etc. 736 00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:07,397 I have never killed anyone, Sheriff. 737 00:35:07,481 --> 00:35:10,108 Not Sandsby and certainly not your Miss Farnum. 738 00:35:10,192 --> 00:35:13,362 But you did forge the George Washington letter? 739 00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:15,572 Sandsby hired me. 740 00:35:15,656 --> 00:35:19,618 And it was a job to be proud of, if I may say so. 741 00:35:19,701 --> 00:35:22,162 He had a contact in Virginia, 742 00:35:22,246 --> 00:35:23,914 where there'd been a find, 743 00:35:23,997 --> 00:35:25,958 a quantity of really old paper. 744 00:35:26,041 --> 00:35:27,751 According to Dr. Blakely, 745 00:35:27,835 --> 00:35:29,628 some of it turns up every few years, 746 00:35:29,711 --> 00:35:31,922 usually in attics and old storerooms. 747 00:35:32,005 --> 00:35:34,633 So who was Sandsby's client? Who hired him? 748 00:35:34,716 --> 00:35:37,469 Sandsby was always quite discrete about such things. 749 00:35:37,553 --> 00:35:41,348 But when the old boy turned up murdered, 750 00:35:41,431 --> 00:35:43,976 it occurred to me that, for once, the stakes might be high enough 751 00:35:44,059 --> 00:35:46,061 to warrant further investigation. 752 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:47,646 Which led you to Cabot Cove. 753 00:35:47,729 --> 00:35:49,231 And, lo and behold, here were these people 754 00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:51,316 shooting this movie. 755 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,570 And suddenly my handiwork is discovered. 756 00:35:54,653 --> 00:35:57,698 When Amelia Farnum appropriated Hawkes' job, 757 00:35:57,781 --> 00:35:59,908 I assumed she was the mastermind behind the plot. 758 00:35:59,992 --> 00:36:02,077 So last night I went to the production office 759 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:06,290 to, uh... discuss it with her. 760 00:36:06,373 --> 00:36:08,500 Wait a second. You're saying you were in the production office? 761 00:36:08,584 --> 00:36:11,503 That's what I'm trying to tell you, Sheriff. 762 00:36:11,587 --> 00:36:14,548 That's when I saw Miss Farnum's killer. 763 00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:21,471 [Edith] Yes, I was at the production office last night. 764 00:36:21,555 --> 00:36:23,348 I thought I could talk Amelia 765 00:36:23,432 --> 00:36:26,101 out of using the George Washington letter. 766 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:27,978 Did you have any luck? 767 00:36:28,061 --> 00:36:30,856 Unfortunately, no. I begged her. 768 00:36:30,939 --> 00:36:33,317 I even tried to bribe her. 769 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,819 She said the film would do more for her future 770 00:36:35,903 --> 00:36:38,405 than any amount of money I could come up with. 771 00:36:38,488 --> 00:36:42,117 I was almost beside myself with anger. 772 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,411 I just left. 773 00:36:46,288 --> 00:36:48,248 Excuse me, Sheriff. 774 00:36:48,332 --> 00:36:50,584 I found this under the seat of Mrs. Peabody's car. 775 00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:53,211 Property master says it's the one that was missing. 776 00:36:53,295 --> 00:36:56,423 And it appears to have bloodstains on it. 777 00:36:56,506 --> 00:36:58,050 I don't understand. 778 00:36:58,133 --> 00:37:00,677 I don't know how that got in my car. 779 00:37:02,012 --> 00:37:04,806 Mort, I didn't kill her. 780 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:07,351 I'm sorry, Edith. I have no other choice. 781 00:37:07,434 --> 00:37:10,312 Until we get a forensics report back on that thing, 782 00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:12,814 I'm gonna have to hold you on suspicion of murder. 783 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,784 The state police lab has confirmed it, Mrs. F. 784 00:37:24,117 --> 00:37:27,496 They've positively ID'd the blood. It was Amelia Farnum's. 785 00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:29,581 And the antique pistol was the murder weapon. 786 00:37:29,665 --> 00:37:32,793 But I don't see anything here about fingerprints. 787 00:37:32,876 --> 00:37:34,753 Well, maybe Edith just wiped it clean 788 00:37:34,836 --> 00:37:37,005 or wore one of those gloves the film editors wear. 789 00:37:37,089 --> 00:37:39,299 Oh, yes, of course. And then left the gun in her car 790 00:37:39,383 --> 00:37:41,385 so that Andy could find it. 791 00:37:41,468 --> 00:37:43,845 Jess, you must admit, past few days, 792 00:37:43,929 --> 00:37:47,182 Edith Peabody hasn't exactly been your shining example 793 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,892 of a rational person. 794 00:37:48,976 --> 00:37:51,061 I know that. But... 795 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:56,984 what did Scott call it? The mag-track. 796 00:37:57,067 --> 00:38:00,278 Last night, when I saw the two reels with sound and picture, 797 00:38:00,362 --> 00:38:02,114 they were both cut to the same length, 798 00:38:02,197 --> 00:38:05,701 which means that a lot of it must've been missing. 799 00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:07,953 Hey, you want to let us in on it? A lot of what? 800 00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:09,538 Sound, Sheriff. 801 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:11,581 And I think I know why. 802 00:38:12,874 --> 00:38:14,751 [whirring] 803 00:38:14,835 --> 00:38:16,712 But, Mrs. F, what's this got to do 804 00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:18,380 with Amelia Farnum's murder? 805 00:38:18,463 --> 00:38:21,341 Proof that Edith Peabody didn't do it, I hope. 806 00:38:21,425 --> 00:38:24,594 Scott, when did you finish syncing up this footage? 807 00:38:24,678 --> 00:38:26,888 I never got around to this till this morning. 808 00:38:26,972 --> 00:38:31,184 Apparently, Amelia was in the middle of doing it last night when... 809 00:38:31,268 --> 00:38:33,979 yesterday, when you were explaining to me 810 00:38:34,062 --> 00:38:36,148 the double-system process, 811 00:38:36,231 --> 00:38:39,359 the sound reel was noticeably longer 812 00:38:39,443 --> 00:38:41,486 than the picture reel, wasn't it? 813 00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:43,947 Yeah, it had to be. When that horse got spooked, 814 00:38:44,031 --> 00:38:46,575 I was so freaked out, I left my tape recorder running. 815 00:38:46,658 --> 00:38:49,870 And I got dragged off to look for an officer's sword. 816 00:38:49,953 --> 00:38:51,872 All right. Here we go. 817 00:38:51,955 --> 00:38:55,375 Scene 16, take one. Mark. 818 00:38:57,586 --> 00:39:00,922 [Hawkes] And action! 819 00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:03,508 [Seth] Sound the assembly! 820 00:39:03,592 --> 00:39:05,510 [drum beating] 821 00:39:05,594 --> 00:39:08,597 [Hawkes] Cut! Cut! 822 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:12,309 [Jessica] There! Can you stop it right there? 823 00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:15,353 As I recall, there was a two- to three-minute delay 824 00:39:15,437 --> 00:39:17,898 between those two takes. 825 00:39:17,981 --> 00:39:21,443 At 90 feet a minute, we're talking at least a couple of hundred feet 826 00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:23,195 of nothing soundtrack. 827 00:39:23,278 --> 00:39:26,782 And you're quite sure it isn't here? 828 00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:28,784 Yeah. I've looked everywhere. 829 00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:30,786 I never throw any of this stuff away. 830 00:39:33,330 --> 00:39:34,456 Mrs. F? 831 00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:36,541 Scott... 832 00:39:36,625 --> 00:39:40,796 maybe that isn't such nothing soundtrack after all. 833 00:39:40,879 --> 00:39:44,508 [Hawkes] So, Kendall, tell me, you and Amelia... 834 00:39:44,591 --> 00:39:46,635 that was going on for quite some time, wasn't it? 835 00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:50,222 Yeah. She wasn't exactly miss warmth and charm. 836 00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:52,057 Yeah. It was business for both of us. 837 00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:53,892 Except in her case, we're talking career moves. 838 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:55,894 People using people. Don't take it personally. 839 00:39:55,977 --> 00:39:57,813 Don't take it... listen, man, 840 00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:00,148 the last eight years have been very long and very cold. 841 00:40:00,232 --> 00:40:03,360 No offense, Ricky, but I can understand why. 842 00:40:03,443 --> 00:40:08,115 Anyway, Amelia and her blind ambition are behind us now. 843 00:40:08,198 --> 00:40:10,867 And since the profile of this project 844 00:40:10,951 --> 00:40:13,203 is sinking beneath the horizon, even as we speak-- 845 00:40:13,286 --> 00:40:14,746 You. 846 00:40:14,830 --> 00:40:17,207 -What-- -It was you, wasn't it? 847 00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:18,875 -Me? Me what? -Yeah. 848 00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:20,794 Nailing me so she could become director, 849 00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:22,879 that wasn't enough. Those phone messages 850 00:40:22,963 --> 00:40:24,798 from the head of the station in Boston. 851 00:40:24,881 --> 00:40:27,884 She sees her chance to exploit that phony letter, 852 00:40:27,968 --> 00:40:29,719 so now she wants to get rid of you, too. 853 00:40:29,803 --> 00:40:31,221 So you go in there last night and you pop her. 854 00:40:31,304 --> 00:40:33,390 Oh, you really are wiggy, mister. 855 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:37,018 Am I? Oh, wow, I love it. I really do. 856 00:40:37,102 --> 00:40:38,353 And I can't say I blame you-- 857 00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:40,355 Okay. Stop! 858 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,232 The sooner you're out of my sight, the better. 859 00:40:42,315 --> 00:40:44,359 So here's what it is. No more Mr. Creative. 860 00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:46,695 You go out there and yell "action" and "cut" like a good fellow, 861 00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:49,030 and you get us the hell out of town by tomorrow night. Deal? 862 00:40:49,114 --> 00:40:51,950 Then we never have to look at each other again. 863 00:40:52,033 --> 00:40:54,536 The law's gonna take care of that one, Bobby. 864 00:41:05,881 --> 00:41:07,215 Hi, Tom. 865 00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:12,179 Listen, have you seen Rick Hawkes or Bob Kendall? 866 00:41:12,262 --> 00:41:13,972 No. As a matter of fact, 867 00:41:14,055 --> 00:41:15,765 they were supposed to be here about a half hour ago 868 00:41:15,849 --> 00:41:17,893 to look over some props for this afternoon's shoot. 869 00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:19,644 Anything urgent, Scott? 870 00:41:19,728 --> 00:41:21,104 You better believe it. 871 00:41:21,188 --> 00:41:23,023 My tape recorder, it's busted. 872 00:41:23,106 --> 00:41:24,649 Which means we can't shoot anything 873 00:41:24,733 --> 00:41:26,318 that requires sound. 874 00:41:26,401 --> 00:41:28,069 I won't be able to make the quarter-inch 875 00:41:28,153 --> 00:41:30,572 master soundtrack we need to make the mag. 876 00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:34,367 Whoa. Quarter-inch master? 877 00:41:34,451 --> 00:41:36,036 Would you explain all that to me? 878 00:41:36,119 --> 00:41:38,496 This tech stuff... I love it. 879 00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:40,415 Tom. 880 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:43,501 Tom, can't you see that he's got better things to do? 881 00:41:43,585 --> 00:41:47,130 Tom, Nancy's right. Listen, if you do see them, 882 00:41:47,214 --> 00:41:49,382 could you tell them I took it down to Portland to be repaired? 883 00:41:49,466 --> 00:41:51,551 I should be back late tonight. 884 00:41:51,635 --> 00:41:53,303 -Mmm-hmm. -Sure. 885 00:41:53,386 --> 00:41:55,430 Thanks a lot. 886 00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:16,284 I think that's the tape you're looking for, Nancy. 887 00:42:16,368 --> 00:42:19,120 The quarter-inch master tape that you didn't realize existed 888 00:42:19,204 --> 00:42:21,915 until Scott mentioned it in your shop today. 889 00:42:21,998 --> 00:42:24,209 Tape? No. 890 00:42:24,292 --> 00:42:27,379 I needed a flat box to ship some doilies in. 891 00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:30,840 I noticed that there were some here when I was in the production office. 892 00:42:30,924 --> 00:42:33,551 Yes. But you picked the one that was dated last Thursday, 893 00:42:33,635 --> 00:42:37,555 the one you thought contained some very incriminating recording. 894 00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:41,101 The night you murdered Amelia Farnum, quite by accident. 895 00:42:41,184 --> 00:42:43,478 You must have heard the version that had been transferred 896 00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:45,689 to the mag-track from the master. 897 00:42:45,772 --> 00:42:49,901 Only you didn't know it existed until Scott told you today. 898 00:42:49,985 --> 00:42:54,364 Ha! I think you've gone off the deep end, Jessica. 899 00:42:54,447 --> 00:42:57,284 I didn't kill Amelia Farnum, 900 00:42:57,367 --> 00:43:00,287 and there is nothing on that tape that connects me to her. 901 00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:02,789 That's true. There's only the admission 902 00:43:02,872 --> 00:43:07,043 that you and Richard Hawkes planned the Joshua Peabody hoax. 903 00:43:07,127 --> 00:43:09,462 Trust me, Ricky. There is nothing to worry about. 904 00:43:09,546 --> 00:43:11,423 No one, not even Jessica Fletcher, 905 00:43:11,506 --> 00:43:13,425 is gonna be able to prove we faked the letter. 906 00:43:13,508 --> 00:43:15,969 [Jessica] What you didn't realize at the time 907 00:43:16,052 --> 00:43:19,889 was that Scott had inadvertently left his tape recorder going, 908 00:43:19,973 --> 00:43:22,809 that everything you and Hawkes said 909 00:43:22,892 --> 00:43:25,854 was being recorded with his shotgun Mike. 910 00:43:25,937 --> 00:43:29,149 All right. I won't deny it. 911 00:43:29,232 --> 00:43:31,318 I hid the letter in the music box 912 00:43:31,401 --> 00:43:33,403 when I was running an inventory with Edith 913 00:43:33,486 --> 00:43:35,363 over at the Joshua Peabody house. 914 00:43:35,447 --> 00:43:37,115 But why? 915 00:43:37,198 --> 00:43:39,159 My marriage began to fall apart about a year ago. 916 00:43:39,242 --> 00:43:41,202 I was on a buying trip in Boston 917 00:43:41,286 --> 00:43:43,580 and I met Richard Hawkes, and one thing lead to another. 918 00:43:43,663 --> 00:43:48,001 And we knew that if we could sensationalize this Joshua Peabody film 919 00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:50,045 that it would revitalize his career 920 00:43:50,128 --> 00:43:52,047 and we would have a whole brand new start together. 921 00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:54,591 Just the two of us. With money. 922 00:43:54,674 --> 00:43:56,259 And you thought you'd pulled it off, 923 00:43:56,343 --> 00:43:58,678 until Paul Tavener showed up at Cabot Cove. 924 00:43:58,762 --> 00:44:01,389 Yeah. And he made the connection between the forgery and the film. 925 00:44:01,473 --> 00:44:04,684 Only he assumed that Richard had been the sole Instigator, 926 00:44:04,768 --> 00:44:08,063 and that it was Richard who had contracted with Sandsby in London 927 00:44:08,146 --> 00:44:10,106 and killed him. 928 00:44:10,190 --> 00:44:13,526 Well, he was mistaken. It was you, Nancy. 929 00:44:13,610 --> 00:44:16,654 Oh, no. Richard and I may have tried to pull off a scam, 930 00:44:16,738 --> 00:44:19,074 but I did not kill anyone. 931 00:44:19,157 --> 00:44:21,993 But you were in London on May 6, 932 00:44:22,077 --> 00:44:25,663 when Sandsby was murdered and his warehouse was torched. 933 00:44:25,747 --> 00:44:28,166 Wrong! I was in Vermont on a buying trip. 934 00:44:28,249 --> 00:44:30,585 That's where I picked out that chest of drawers for you! 935 00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:33,171 I'm afraid not, Nancy. You made the mistake 936 00:44:33,254 --> 00:44:35,840 of leaving the dealer's tag on the chest, 937 00:44:35,924 --> 00:44:37,717 a tag with some numbers on it. 938 00:44:37,801 --> 00:44:39,886 And there was something very familiar about it. 939 00:44:39,969 --> 00:44:44,057 And then I realized it was the country code for Great Britain. 940 00:44:44,140 --> 00:44:49,896 It's 4-4, and the code for his area of London is 7-1. 941 00:44:49,979 --> 00:44:52,565 The rest of it is the phone number of the Royal Berkshire Hotel, 942 00:44:52,649 --> 00:44:55,151 where you were staying on the date Sandsby was murdered. 943 00:44:55,235 --> 00:44:56,903 The antique dealer in Vermont has confirmed 944 00:44:56,986 --> 00:44:58,988 that he called you at that number in London 945 00:44:59,072 --> 00:45:00,865 to tell you that he'd found the chest 946 00:45:00,949 --> 00:45:02,867 you'd asked him to look for on my behalf, 947 00:45:02,951 --> 00:45:04,786 and you bought it unseen. 948 00:45:04,869 --> 00:45:07,163 We've got your phone and credit card records. 949 00:45:07,247 --> 00:45:09,833 And the hotel has you listed as a guest two months earlier. 950 00:45:09,916 --> 00:45:11,793 Which is when you hired Alexander Sandsby 951 00:45:11,876 --> 00:45:13,795 to forge the letter. 952 00:45:13,878 --> 00:45:16,714 So I pulled off a prank, period! 953 00:45:16,798 --> 00:45:18,716 That doesn't prove anything! 954 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:20,218 Not true. 955 00:45:20,301 --> 00:45:22,554 That cut on your right wrist. 956 00:45:22,637 --> 00:45:24,597 I believe that forensics will be able to prove 957 00:45:24,681 --> 00:45:27,767 that it was caused by the edges of that silver bracelet 958 00:45:27,851 --> 00:45:31,729 that you always wore... until after the murder. 959 00:45:31,813 --> 00:45:34,023 [Hawkes] God's sake, Nance, why didn't you tell me 960 00:45:34,107 --> 00:45:36,568 this Fletcher woman was your neighbor? She scares me. 961 00:45:36,651 --> 00:45:39,028 She's not as gullible as the rest of these yutzes. 962 00:45:39,112 --> 00:45:41,072 [Nancy] trust me, Ricky. There is nothing to worry about. 963 00:45:41,156 --> 00:45:43,324 No one, not even Jessica Fletcher, 964 00:45:43,408 --> 00:45:45,702 is gonna be able to prove we faked the letter. 965 00:45:45,785 --> 00:45:47,328 [laughing] 966 00:45:49,956 --> 00:45:52,542 I want that. Now. 967 00:45:52,625 --> 00:45:55,795 What, are you kidding? This track will make the whole picture. 968 00:45:55,879 --> 00:46:00,508 A small town junk dealer and a washed-up director in a document fraud. 969 00:46:00,592 --> 00:46:03,845 [Jessica] I noticed that Amelia also had a small, fresh cut 970 00:46:03,928 --> 00:46:06,055 on the inside of her left thumb. 971 00:46:06,139 --> 00:46:10,185 In self-defense, she must've grabbed your wrist, cutting both of you. 972 00:46:10,268 --> 00:46:12,812 In desperation, you reached for the only weapon at hand, 973 00:46:12,896 --> 00:46:14,814 the antique pistol, 974 00:46:14,898 --> 00:46:17,525 and brought it down on her head, killing her instantly. 975 00:46:17,609 --> 00:46:20,236 You took the incriminating mag-track, 976 00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,282 then you poured the film-cleaning solvent into the film bin, 977 00:46:24,365 --> 00:46:28,536 hoping that the fire would destroy all evidence of murder. 978 00:46:28,620 --> 00:46:31,289 Richard didn't know about the killings. 979 00:46:31,372 --> 00:46:35,835 He did his thing and I did mine. 980 00:46:41,508 --> 00:46:43,259 Oh, Jessica. 981 00:46:43,343 --> 00:46:46,095 Well, it looks as if Joshua Peabody's reputation 982 00:46:46,179 --> 00:46:48,097 is good for another 200 years. 983 00:46:48,181 --> 00:46:50,016 That's more than I can say for my digestion. 984 00:46:50,099 --> 00:46:51,935 I can't wait to get out of this monkey suit. 985 00:46:52,018 --> 00:46:53,436 Oh, I wouldn't hurry, Doc. 986 00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:55,230 You're a walking, talking photo-op 987 00:46:55,313 --> 00:46:56,731 for all the tourists that are pouring into town. 988 00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:58,441 Sure. 989 00:46:58,525 --> 00:47:00,109 And there's next year's celebration to consider. 990 00:47:00,193 --> 00:47:03,029 Once you take that off, 991 00:47:03,112 --> 00:47:05,365 you might not be able to get back into it again. 992 00:47:05,448 --> 00:47:07,492 Cute. Very cute. 993 00:47:07,575 --> 00:47:10,078 [both laughing]