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Open up!
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[Woman]Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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You never knew Rhonda Sykes.
She was enough to drive anyone
to commit murder.
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I want that money!
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Rhonda was killed
between 10:00 and 11:00 p. M...
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by a blow to the head
that Leon says he delivered.
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What you heard, uh, is all true.
I killed that girl.
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I suppose you've come here for your wife?
Why?
You offering somethin' better?
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##[Men Humming]
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##[Men Singing A Cappella]
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[Tires Screech]
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Police! Open the door!
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[Banging]Come onlOpen the doorl
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Open upl
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[Banging Continues]
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##[Ends]
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[Pounding]
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[Pounding Continues]
No, I'm not remodeling, Seth.
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No, that's Hank Pruett.
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I woke up this morning
and found two inches of water
in the basement.
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Oh, here he comes.
I'll call you right back. Bye.
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Well, Jessica, looks to me like you got
dry rot and corroded plumbing.
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Uh, course I'm only talkin' about
the house, you understand.
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How much, Hank?
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Well, materials have been goin' up lately,
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and labor's not cheap either.
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Oh, my. Last March it was the roof.
This summer it was the wiring.
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Well, you gotta accept that kind of thing,
a house as old as this one.
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You and Mr. Fletcher-You lived here
for quite a long time, as I recollect.
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Almost 30 years.
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Don't suppose you ever,
uh, considered moving?
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Well, not until this year.
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But, you know, living alone here
and being gone as much as I am,
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quite honestly, I just don't
have the time to deal with these things.
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But thank you for coming, Hank.
Let me know when you can
get started, okay?
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Yes, ma'am. I'll do that.
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Bye.
Bye.
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[Phone Rings]
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- Hello?
- [Woman]Hello, Jessica? It's Emily. Emily Dyers.
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- I hope I'm not calling too early.
- Emily? Oh, good heavens, no.
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When is it ever too early for one
Delta Alpha Chi to call another?
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Oh, Jessica, I just knew you'd feel that way.
That's why I had to call you.
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Emily, is something wrong?
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Some trouble at the sorority?
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No, no, the girls aren't due
till next week.
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But, Jessica, it's about Professor Walker.
He's been arrested.
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What? Leon?
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But that's absurd.
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Well-Well, what on earth's
he being charged with?
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Murder.
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[Airplane Flying]
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Jessica!
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Margaret?
Jess! Oh, hello.
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Welcome back to Green Falls.
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Well, what in the world-
Emily was detained
at the sorority house,
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and she asked me
to meet your plane.
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Well, that was very thoughtful.
You know, I could have taken a cab.
Oh, don't be silly.
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It'll give us a chance to catch up.
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Unless a widely celebrated author like yourself
objects to traveling economy class.
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It's not much,
but then neither is my paycheck.
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Well, at least you can take passengers.
My bicycle will only take one.
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You've got to be kidding.
You still haven't learned to drive?
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[Laughing]
How do you think I've lived
to be so "widely celebrated"?
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[Both Laughing]
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[Jessica]
So when my first book sold,
I decided to leave teaching...
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and take up writing full time.
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And what about you?
Last I heard, you were-
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you were running your own
English department in a college out west.
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Well, yes. I think the heat and the smog
finally caught up to me.
[Chuckles]
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That and the desperate need
to have a conversation...
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that didn't include, "for sure, for sure"
and "have a nice day."
Oh, I know.
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Anyway, when I heard Leon
was looking for an assistant,
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I jumped at the chance
to come back and work with him.
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I mean, who wouldn't?
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Oh, he's special, all right.
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Which makes this murder charge
so unbelievable.
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I mean, Leon is the most
nonviolent man that I have ever known.
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You never knew Rhonda Sykes.
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She was enough to drive anyone
to commit murder.
Oh?
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You know, the kind of girl
who gives tramps a bad name.
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Even as an undergraduate,
she was willing to do just about
anything to get her degree,
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except study, of course.
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I really appreciate this, Margaret.
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Nonsense.
I'll drop your things off at the sorority house
and tell Emily you'll come along later.
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You sure you don't want me to wait?
After being cooped up in that plane,
the walk will do me good.
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Okay. But do let me know what happens.
And tell Leon l-
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Tell him we won't let him down.
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I don't know what you're trying to pull,but I came here to see Professor Walker,and we're not leaving until we do.
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Suit yourself.
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Steve, come on. Let's go.
What do you mean? We're supposed to
just walk out and leave him here?
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I don't see we have much choice.
I'm not gonna stand here and argue about it.
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Hello, my name is Jessica Fletcher,
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and I'm a friend of Professor Walker's.
You and everyone else.
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But if you're here to see him,
I'm afraid you're out of luck.
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He says he doesn't wanna see anybody.
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Um, well, perhaps if you were
to give him my name.
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It's just that I've flown
from Maine to be here.
All the way from Maine, huh?
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[Door Unlocking]
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[Door Opening]
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Jessica?
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Leon.
I came as soon as I heard.
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Oh, Jessica,
it's so good to see you.
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I'm sorry you, uh,
came a long way for nothing.
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What you heard, uh, is all true.
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I killed that girl.
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But I don't understand.
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You always taught that violence
came from ignorance.
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I mean, how did this happen?
Well, what does it matter?
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It matters to me.
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Please.
Tell me, how did it happen?
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I suppose it was being so alone
after Martha died.
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It had been just the two of us, you know,
through 40 years of marriage.
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Maybe I couldn't stand the solitude.
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Maybe I flattered myself
that Rhonda really cared.
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Y-You mean, that you and this woman-
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Well, when I realized what a foolI was making of myself, I broke things off.
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But last night,
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Rhonda called and said
she planned to expose our affair...
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unless I paid her to keep silent.
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Blackmail?
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She mentioned an outrageous sum.
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So I went over to try to reason with her.
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Rhonda, we have to talk.
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That's funny. You never regarded me
as your intellectual equal.
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- I'm sorry if I made you feel that way.
- It's too late to be sorry for anything, Leon.
All I want from you is the money.
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I'm afraid you have an inflated conception
of a professor's salary.
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- You have a savings account.
- With less than $500 in it.
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No, no. Sorry to disappoint you, Rhonda.
I am not the mark you thought I was.
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Liar! Damn you!
I want that money!
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All I could think of-She's-She's trying to kill me.
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So l- I grabbed a candleholder
when she came at me.
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I didn't mean to kill her,
but, uh, she gave me no choice.
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I see.
What sort of proof did she have?
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Proof?
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Leon, she could hardly blackmail youwithout some sort of evidence.
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Oh, well, uh-
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well, of course, she had-
she had proof.
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She, uh- She had letters.
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Letters I'd written to her
when we started seeing each other.
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Oh, yes. Letters that the police
confiscated for evidence.
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Well, um, l-
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I burned them before they got there.
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L- I burned them and, uh-
and, uh, rinsed them down the drain.
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But- But-
But that doesn't make any sense.
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I mean, why take the time
to burn the letters at Rhonda's apartment...
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when you might have escaped
and burned them elsewhere?
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I don't know.
Uh, l- I wasn't thinking.
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Why do you keep questioning me?
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Because I don't believe
that you killed anyone,
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in self-defense or for any reason.
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Well, that's absurd, Jessica,
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Why would I lie about a thing like this?
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I don't know.
I wish I did.
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[Woman]I'm sorry. He's not here right now.Do you have an appointment?
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Well, no, but it's regarding
the Rhonda Sykes case.
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Well, I'm afraid the district attorney
is booked all afternoon,
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but if you'd like to leave a message,
I'll be sure to see that he gets it.
Perhaps if I wait.
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- Jessica?
- Paul?
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[Both Laughing]
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Oh, my goodness.
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My God, you haven't changed a bit.
Still the prettiest girl in Harrison College.
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And you haven't changed either.
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Still know all the right things to say.
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Not always. Otherwise,
I would've never let you get away.
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[Laughs]
Tell me, what are you doing here?
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Well, the same thing you are,
I guess.
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Trying to see the district attorney
about the murder charge against Leon Walker.
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But, uh, it seems that he hasn't
got time to see me.
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He does now.
Carol, cancel my 2:00.
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Something important has come up.
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Jess, I know how much you admire him.
Hell, we all do.
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But the fact is that Leon has
confessed of his own free will.
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Yes, I know.
I've heard his so-called confession.
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But obviously he wasn't
telling the truth.
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Even though the police
found him next to the body?
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Yes. And about that-
Who called the police?
They didn't give a name.
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They just said there was a noisy fight
over at Rhonda Sykes's address.
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But you don't find that
the least bit fortuitous?
Well, why should I?
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Leon said he went over to try to talk to her.
They had some wine, got a little drunk.
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Someone heard the racket
and called the police.
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Someone unwilling to give a name.
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Oh, it happens all the time.
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Besides, why would Leon admit
that he killed her if he didn't?
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Because he's covering for someone.
You mean, someone else
killed Rhonda Sykes?
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Well, from what I've heard, she wasn't
exactly the sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
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Jess, the preliminary report says that Rhonda
was killed between 10:00 and 11:00 p. M...
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by a blow to the head
that Leon says he delivered.
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Jess, I will make sure he gets a fair trial,
but it is my duty to prosecute this case.
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But, Paul,
even if they give Leon probation,
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I mean, the conviction will ruin
his reputation and his entire career.
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What can I do?
The man has confessed.
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Look, maybe there's something
in Rhonda's place-
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something that the police overlooked,
something that you and I might spot.
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You mean, you wanna
go over to her place?
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Jess, I don't know.
Well, I mean, if it's impossible-
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It's not impossible.
It's just... unorthodox.
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So were you once.
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The police left everything as it was,
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except, of course,
the candleholder that killed her...
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and the letter opener
she had in her hand.
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Is this the mate to the one
that the police have?
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Yes. Heavy, isn't it?
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Yeah, and obviously very expensive.
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You know, it's odd.
What's odd?
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Well, you told me that Rhonda Sykes
was an orphan...
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going to schoolon a financial-hardship loan.
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[Paul] So?[Jessica]So, look around and ask yoursel f:
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How would a financially strappedgraduate student...
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afford some of the thingsin this apartment?
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I mean, that stereo must be
worth a fortune.
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That's what you get for giving
a student credit cards.
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[Chuckles]
Her credit cards must have
gone way over the limit.
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Look at these expensive furs
and gowns.
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And I imagine there's some
jewelry around somewhere...
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if she wasn't robbed.
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Hey, look at the drawer of her desk.
That's been forced open.
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[Paul]Yes, that was in the police report.
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And the only fingerprints on it
were Rhonda's.
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And for your information,
the jewelry was in her dresser.
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Well, she wasn't a very good student.
But then, the killer wasn't after test papers.
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You mean Leon?
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Look, if Leon had taken it,
the police would have found it on him.
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Perhaps he destroyed it
before they got here.
Would you have taken time to destroy it?
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All right,
I'll see what they've come up with.
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Jess, I hope you know that I hate
the idea of prosecuting Leon.
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I mean, my God,
I studied with him too, remember?
228
00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:31,227
Yes, I remember.
I remember typing all your papers too.
229
00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:34,960
[Laughing]
In that case, let me give you
a belated thanks.
230
00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:36,899
Deal?
Deal.
231
00:15:37,904 --> 00:15:40,304
Well, I'd better let you go.
232
00:15:41,374 --> 00:15:43,467
I'll go by the station
and call you later.
233
00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:46,376
Or better still, why don't I
give you the results at dinner tonight?
234
00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:48,676
I'd love it.
235
00:15:48,748 --> 00:15:51,979
Pick you up at 8:00?
Yeah.
Uh, you sure you're free?
236
00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:56,078
Free as a bird.
After all, a bachelor's life
is nothing if it's not his own.
237
00:15:56,155 --> 00:15:58,089
[Chuckles]
Ooh. Did I say that?
238
00:15:58,157 --> 00:16:01,854
[Laughing]
I'll see you at 8:00.
239
00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,831
[Engine Starts]
240
00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:17,668
Jessica! Hello!
241
00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:19,678
Emily!
Jessical
242
00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:21,907
Oh, Emily, how are you?
Oh, I'm fine.
243
00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,915
I'm better now that you're-
Look at you.
244
00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:27,851
I can't believe this. Seeing you
and Margaret and the old sorority-
245
00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,854
You know, it's just like old times.
246
00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:32,356
So I noticed.
247
00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:35,292
Well, that was Paul Robbins
who dropped you off, wasn't it?
248
00:16:35,361 --> 00:16:39,229
I know, I'm a silly sentimentalist.
249
00:16:39,298 --> 00:16:41,994
ButJessica, I don't know
if I can ever forgive Paul...
250
00:16:42,068 --> 00:16:44,559
for what he's doing
to poor Leon at this point.
251
00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:48,129
But, Emily, I mean,
this is not a job that he relishes.
252
00:16:48,207 --> 00:16:51,074
But Leon's confession
has tied his hands.
253
00:16:51,144 --> 00:16:55,376
Jessica, I don't know
how a man like Leon...
254
00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:58,178
could ever know a girl like Rhonda.
255
00:16:58,251 --> 00:17:01,220
You knew her too?
Well, of course.
256
00:17:01,287 --> 00:17:03,915
Jessica, dear, she was our sister.
257
00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:08,393
Though how a girl like that ever became
a Delta Alpha Chi, I will never know.
258
00:17:08,461 --> 00:17:12,488
She, uh- She lived here as an undergraduate-
uh, that is, until the accident.
259
00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:15,329
What accident?
Well, last spring...
260
00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:20,464
Rhonda asked the fianc� of a friend
to drive her home from the April Fool's Dance.
261
00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:23,634
And that young manwas driving his sports car...
262
00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:26,610
and lost control and they crashed.
263
00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:29,546
Rhonda escaped without a scratch,
264
00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:33,176
and that poor young man died
before the ambulance could arrive.
265
00:17:33,252 --> 00:17:35,652
Oh, Emily, I'm so sorry.
266
00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,053
Rhonda wasn't.
267
00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,920
I shouldn't have let him go.
It was just a stupid quarrel.
268
00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:46,260
You know, I don't even remember
what it was about.
269
00:17:46,332 --> 00:17:48,425
Oh, Sarah,
you can't blame yourself.
270
00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:52,096
It wasn't anyone's fault.
You've got to believe that.
271
00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:55,004
Would you like a nice
hot cup of tea?
[Girl] Hi, Rhondal
272
00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:58,510
[Emily]Rhonda came back from her doctor'swearing a neck brace.
273
00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,603
Since there was no other car involved,
274
00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,013
she was obviously trying to bilkthe boy's insurance company.
275
00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:07,177
Poor Sarah.
It's so tragic.
276
00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:09,517
You're just lucky I was
in the car instead of you.
277
00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,523
He died in my arms.
278
00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:14,321
What a dreadful,
callous thing for you to say.
279
00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:16,793
No, no.I'm sure she didn't mean it like that.
280
00:18:16,863 --> 00:18:19,491
I think she meant it exactly like that.
Didn't you, Rhonda dear?
281
00:18:19,565 --> 00:18:23,194
Why, Miss Dyers,
you have a truly vicious mind.
282
00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:27,831
All right, that's enough.
I've been looking for an excuse.
283
00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:30,432
We've put up with you
all we're going to.
284
00:18:30,510 --> 00:18:32,501
You pack up your things
and get out.
285
00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:34,637
I'm paid up to the end of the semester.
286
00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:36,944
I'll write you a check.
287
00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:44,411
The boy's fianc�e, Sarah,
never even stayed to graduate.
288
00:18:44,490 --> 00:18:49,359
I guess you could say now that,
uh, justice has been served.
289
00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:53,023
Tell me, Emily, did she collect a large amount
from the boy's insurance company?
290
00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:56,591
Oh, no. I'm happy to say
she didn't even get a dime.
291
00:18:56,669 --> 00:19:01,106
And when she moved
into her new apartment, I mean,
did you notice any change in her lifestyle?
292
00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:04,871
I really didn't see her much, Jessica.
Oh, except once.
293
00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:07,640
I went into Boston to a restaurant.
294
00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:11,740
And there was Rhonda,
dressed like a movie star.
Enough of that.
295
00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:14,445
I've got so much
I wanna talk to you about.
296
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,011
I may even let you have
your old room.
297
00:19:17,089 --> 00:19:20,320
Whoever said
you can't go home again?
298
00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:22,827
Excuse me, Miss Dyers?
Oh, Steve!
299
00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:25,090
Hi.
Jessica, you remember
Cathy Hampton?
300
00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:28,565
Cathy? Of course.
We struggled through chemistry together.
301
00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:31,762
Well, this handsome devil is her son,
Steve Chambers.
302
00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:35,034
Steve, I want you to meet
a very dear friend-Jessica Fletcher.
303
00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:37,701
Pleased to meet you.
I'm happy to meet you too,
Steve.
304
00:19:37,777 --> 00:19:40,177
Now, I suppose you've come here
for your wife.
305
00:19:40,246 --> 00:19:42,180
Why?
You offering somethin' better?
306
00:19:42,248 --> 00:19:45,809
Oh, you devil.
I just might take you up on that.
I'll go get her for you.
307
00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,981
It's remarkable.
308
00:19:50,056 --> 00:19:52,354
You know, you look
exactly like your mother.
309
00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:57,328
But then, of course,
with Cathy eloping as she did,
I never really got a chance to meet your father.
310
00:19:57,396 --> 00:20:00,160
Well, unfortunately, neither did I.
311
00:20:00,233 --> 00:20:03,361
My father was killed in Korea
a couple of months before I was born.
312
00:20:03,436 --> 00:20:07,873
It must have been very difficult
for your mother, raising you by herself.
313
00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:12,274
Yeah, but Mom was a trouper.
She came back, finished up her degree,
314
00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:14,779
then took a job in the school's
administration office.
315
00:20:14,847 --> 00:20:18,806
So when the time came,
I was able to go to Harrison tuition-free.
Hmm.
316
00:20:20,853 --> 00:20:25,586
And after she died my junior year,
there was talk of revoking my scholarship.
317
00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:29,116
But, uh, well, luckily,
one of the professors went to bat for me.
318
00:20:29,195 --> 00:20:32,460
In fact, if it hadn't been for him,
I wouldn't be teaching here now.
319
00:20:32,531 --> 00:20:37,264
That professor wouldn't, by any chance,
happen to be Leon Walker, would it?
320
00:20:37,336 --> 00:20:39,327
How did you know?
321
00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:42,533
Well, I was down at the police station
earlier to see him.
322
00:20:42,608 --> 00:20:47,705
And I couldn't help but overhear
your discussion with the sergeant.
323
00:20:48,881 --> 00:20:51,406
Leon means a great deal to you,
doesn't he?
324
00:20:51,484 --> 00:20:56,319
Yeah, though it's hard
for my wife to understand.
325
00:20:56,389 --> 00:20:58,983
To her, he's just
an interfering old man, but-
326
00:20:59,058 --> 00:21:02,050
God, to me, Leon's been
like a rock ever since I was a kid.
327
00:21:02,128 --> 00:21:05,620
I mean, he'd see me hanging around the school
waiting for Mom to get off work,
328
00:21:05,698 --> 00:21:08,428
and he'd take me for ice cream,
maybe a movie.
329
00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:11,527
You know, little things.
No wonder you were upset.
330
00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:15,768
I mean, the thought of Leon
going to prison is just terrible.
331
00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:18,241
There's no way Leon
is going to prison.
332
00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:20,802
I mean, according to the paper,
she tried to stab him.
333
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,747
It was purely self-defense.
[Woman]Spoken like a true disciple.
334
00:21:23,816 --> 00:21:27,809
Oh, hello, honey.
Uh, Mrs. Fletcher, this is my wife, Karen.
335
00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:31,379
Oh, how do you do?
Oh, a little worse for having
cleaned out the attic.
336
00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:35,553
- Oh.
- Karen is a Delta Alpha Chi too, class of'84.
337
00:21:35,628 --> 00:21:39,064
Eighty-four? Well, then youmust have known Rhonda Sykes.
338
00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,622
I was already a senior
when she pledged.
339
00:21:41,701 --> 00:21:45,899
Besides, Rhonda never got friendly with
anyone who couldn't help her with her grades.
340
00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:51,974
Coming, Steve?
Nice to meet you, Mrs. Fletcher.
341
00:21:55,781 --> 00:21:59,046
##[Piano]
342
00:22:02,088 --> 00:22:06,047
[Jessica]Is it me, or has this placeremained exactly the same...
343
00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:08,525
as when you brought me hereat homecoming, senior year?
344
00:22:08,594 --> 00:22:10,585
Jess, don't tell me
you remember that.
345
00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,597
Remember?
[Laughs]
346
00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:16,795
There you were, ordering the most
expensive items on the menu-
347
00:22:16,869 --> 00:22:19,235
shrimp cocktail, 75 cents.
348
00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:24,140
Can you blame me for trying to impress you?
I would've gotten away with it
if I hadn't forgotten my wallet.
349
00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:27,270
Luckily the manager's son was,
uh, pledging your fraternity.
350
00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:30,440
Otherwise, we might've been
washing dishes to this very day.
351
00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:35,112
I don't know. I kinda like the image.
You and me up to our elbows
in hot, greasy suds together.
352
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:38,122
Good evening.Would you care to order drinks?
353
00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,124
How about some champagne?
Mmm.
354
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:42,683
A bottle of your best.
Right away, sir.
355
00:22:44,764 --> 00:22:47,892
Now, since I know you're dying
to find out what I've learned,
356
00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:50,800
let's get this business
out of the way right now.
357
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,861
I had to pull a few strings,
358
00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:57,238
but this is all that the police
found on Leon when they arrested him.
359
00:23:02,148 --> 00:23:04,139
Not much here, I'm afraid.
360
00:23:05,284 --> 00:23:07,218
Nothing suspicious at all.
361
00:23:20,433 --> 00:23:23,368
[Leon]My son? No, no.
362
00:23:26,305 --> 00:23:28,432
You're forgetting, Jessica,
363
00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:30,737
Martha and I never had any children.
364
00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:32,971
True.
But Cathy Hampton did...
365
00:23:33,045 --> 00:23:38,347
not long after her sudden
elopement in her senior year.
366
00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:41,477
She even sent Emily a photo
of herself and the baby.
367
00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:43,419
This baby, Leon-
368
00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:45,423
your son, Steve Chambers.
369
00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:49,986
Steve's father was killed in Korea.
He'll tell you so himself.
370
00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:53,828
Oh, I'm sure he will.
But you know better, don't you, Leon?
371
00:24:03,976 --> 00:24:07,377
Cathy and I never meant to fall in love.
372
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,778
We never even wanted to.
373
00:24:12,151 --> 00:24:15,211
But love isn't a choice.
374
00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:17,414
Martha never knew, of course.
375
00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:23,959
When Cathy got pregnant,
I wanted to marry her.
376
00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:27,192
She refused, saying she couldn't
be responsible...
377
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:30,702
for what a divorce
would do to my career.
378
00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:36,033
Instead, she made up
that phony elopement...
379
00:24:36,108 --> 00:24:38,599
and left to have the baby alone.
380
00:24:40,112 --> 00:24:45,049
Lfinally found her,
and I begged her to come back.
381
00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:49,952
She agreed on condition
that our relationship was over...
382
00:24:50,022 --> 00:24:53,651
and that Steve would never
be told the truth.
383
00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:57,921
I've kept my promise ever since.
384
00:24:57,997 --> 00:25:01,899
Now I ask you to do the same.
385
00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:06,426
Leon, I know that you
love your son.
386
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:10,737
But if Steve killed Rhonda Sykes,
then he has to be held accountable.
387
00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:14,336
No! No! No!
Steve never killed anyone.
388
00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:16,347
I did.
389
00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:19,282
And I'll swear to it
in any court you name.
390
00:25:27,927 --> 00:25:29,918
Emily?
391
00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:33,030
Emily, are you there?
392
00:25:35,801 --> 00:25:37,735
Whoa! Wait a minute.
Let me-
393
00:25:37,803 --> 00:25:39,862
Let me help you
take some of those.
394
00:25:39,939 --> 00:25:42,100
Trying to save myself
a few trips. Thanks.
[Chuckling]
395
00:25:42,174 --> 00:25:44,165
Well, what's a sorority sister for, huh?
396
00:25:44,243 --> 00:25:47,406
Well, the turnout for the Fall Alumni Cleanup
gets smaller every year.
397
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:49,913
Well, I think it's very nice
that you take time to help.
398
00:25:49,982 --> 00:25:53,509
It's not as if I had anything better to do
or the money to do it with.
399
00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:56,419
Steve makes so little
as a teacher and works so late,
400
00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:59,423
I haven't been out a single night
in the past two weeks.
401
00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:01,721
It must be very difficult.
402
00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:05,662
You know, I understand that
Steve is a very popular teacher.
403
00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:10,168
Is Advertising Writing 401
one of his classes?
404
00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:14,672
What you're really asking me is
whether Rhonda was in his class.
The answer is yes.
405
00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,708
I saw some of her test papers,
406
00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:18,709
and they weren't very good.
407
00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:22,269
But the registrar said that
she got a "B" for the course.
408
00:26:22,348 --> 00:26:24,646
Draw your own conclusion.
I'm sure you will anyway.
409
00:26:24,717 --> 00:26:29,245
Steve's kind of popularity
must be an occupational hazard.
410
00:26:29,321 --> 00:26:33,690
The only hazard is to the health
of any coed I catch coming on to him.
411
00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:35,852
How do you think I caught him?
412
00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:38,328
Jessica, you're back.
413
00:26:38,397 --> 00:26:41,855
Margaret just phoned,
and she's coming over for tea at 4:00.
414
00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:43,868
And you'll stay, won't you, dear?
415
00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:46,336
I'm making one of my famous
sweet-tooth hot sugar cakes.
416
00:26:46,405 --> 00:26:48,669
No kidding?
Um, gee, I hate to miss it,
417
00:26:48,741 --> 00:26:51,209
but the thing is,
I have a dentist appointment.
418
00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:55,007
People usually go to the dentist
after they have my cake.
419
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,014
[Chuckling]
I'll save you a piece.
420
00:26:57,082 --> 00:27:00,745
Great.
Um, well, if you'll excuse me,
I've got some mattresses to air.
421
00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:02,810
Okay.
422
00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:08,020
[Door Closes]
You know, I've always been
so fond of Karen,
423
00:27:08,093 --> 00:27:11,392
but lately, she's been so-
I don't know- distant.
424
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:14,921
The other night I pulled up beside her
at a stoplight, and I waved,
425
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,798
and she just drove off
as if she didn't even see me.
426
00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:19,804
Are you sure it was Karen?
427
00:27:19,872 --> 00:27:23,364
She just told me she hadn't been out
a single night for the past two weeks.
428
00:27:23,442 --> 00:27:25,535
Well, she was out Monday night.
429
00:27:25,611 --> 00:27:28,478
Um, I was just comin' home
from the movies when I saw her,
430
00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:31,812
so it must have been about 10:30.
[Phone Rings]
431
00:27:31,884 --> 00:27:33,875
Excuse me.
432
00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:37,154
Delta Alpha Chi.
433
00:27:37,222 --> 00:27:40,191
Oh, hello, Paul.
Yes, she's here.
434
00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:42,250
Just a minute.
435
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,834
[Paul]Jessl
436
00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:53,133
I'm sorry I'm late.
I got hung up at the office.
437
00:27:53,205 --> 00:27:55,537
That's why I wanted to meet you here,
away from everything.
438
00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:59,008
That's okay. Get your breath.
You said on the phone it was
something important, something serious.
439
00:27:59,078 --> 00:28:02,844
It is. I'm upping the charges
against Leon to murder one.
440
00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:06,749
What?
Forensics not only found
his fingerprints on the candleholder,
441
00:28:06,819 --> 00:28:09,014
but on the letter opener as well.
442
00:28:09,088 --> 00:28:12,251
And Leon has admitted that he planted
that letter opener in her hand...
443
00:28:12,324 --> 00:28:14,258
so he could claim self-defense.
444
00:28:14,326 --> 00:28:17,295
Look, Leon may have
planted the letter opener,
445
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,660
but he did not kill Rhonda Sykes.
446
00:28:19,732 --> 00:28:22,826
Then why has he hired a lawyer
to plead him guilty as charged?
447
00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:24,835
But don't you see?
It's obvious.
448
00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:27,428
He's deliberately railroading himself.
449
00:28:27,506 --> 00:28:29,633
What can I do?
450
00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,802
If someone as close to him as you
can't stop him, who can?
451
00:28:34,847 --> 00:28:37,680
[Steve]Mrs. Fletcher. This is a surprise.
452
00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:40,116
- Am I disturbing you?
- Oh, no, not at all.
453
00:28:40,185 --> 00:28:43,313
The truth is, I could use a break.
I'm outlining study schedules.
454
00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:48,758
Please sit down.
Oh, that brings back memories.
Late nights and hard decisions.
455
00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:52,160
I didn't know you were a teacher.
Oh, yes.
19 years of high school English.
456
00:28:52,231 --> 00:28:54,165
You know,
part of me still misses it.
457
00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:58,670
Oh, I know what you mean.
Half the time, I don't know who's
learning more- the students or me.
458
00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:02,366
And that's what makes it
doubly tragic about Leon.
459
00:29:03,442 --> 00:29:06,741
Not only is a nice, decent mangoing to prison,
460
00:29:06,812 --> 00:29:10,009
but the school is losing
a highly gifted teacher.
461
00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:13,313
Mrs. Fletcher,
that's not going to happen.
462
00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:17,482
I've already started
a petition for clemency.
463
00:29:17,556 --> 00:29:21,322
There are at least 10 faculty members
willing to testify to his character.
464
00:29:21,393 --> 00:29:24,658
I mean, I figure with that,
plus the fact that it was clearly self-defense,
465
00:29:24,730 --> 00:29:26,664
the court is bound to let him go.
466
00:29:26,732 --> 00:29:29,257
I don't think so.
467
00:29:29,334 --> 00:29:33,293
I mean, Leon has admitted that he planted
the letter opener in Rhonda's hand.
468
00:29:33,372 --> 00:29:35,863
And he's also told his attorney
to plead him guilty.
469
00:29:37,409 --> 00:29:42,108
You mean, he's not even trying
to defend himself?
470
00:29:42,181 --> 00:29:45,548
It seems that he wants to be convicted.
471
00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:48,950
But- But they can't do that.
472
00:29:49,021 --> 00:29:51,216
The court has got to
prove him guilty, right?
473
00:29:51,290 --> 00:29:53,417
Not if he confesses.
474
00:29:53,492 --> 00:29:55,619
But that's crazy.
475
00:29:55,694 --> 00:29:58,595
What's crazy is
there's no way to stop him.
476
00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:03,199
No! No.
477
00:30:05,838 --> 00:30:08,807
Mrs. Fletcher, there's something
you have to know.
478
00:30:08,874 --> 00:30:12,275
Leon didn't kill Rhonda.
I did.
479
00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:18,943
[Steve]It started about a month ago.
480
00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:21,747
My wife walked out on me
for a couple of weeks...
481
00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:27,087
after I turned down a high-paying job
at an ad agency in New York.
482
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:30,526
I was pretty upset, and,
483
00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:33,360
well, Rhonda had been
coming on to me the whole term,
484
00:30:33,432 --> 00:30:36,868
so l- I guess I just thought-
485
00:30:36,935 --> 00:30:40,769
[Sighs]
See, I knew it was a mistake,
but when I tried to break it off,
486
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:43,307
Rhonda said she'd tell Karen everything
unless I kept seeing her.
487
00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:49,246
The night it happened,I told Karen I'd be working late,
488
00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:53,444
and I went over to Rhonda's to tell her
we were through, no matter what.
489
00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:56,385
L- I guess I got there about 10:00.
490
00:30:56,455 --> 00:31:00,221
We had a little winewhile I tried to find the courage to tell her.
491
00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:02,624
Rhonda, we have to talk.
492
00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:12,735
You know how much I love you.
493
00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:24,305
I'm sorry.
494
00:31:25,951 --> 00:31:27,976
I never should have let it go this far.
495
00:31:28,053 --> 00:31:30,453
Is it Karen?
496
00:31:30,522 --> 00:31:32,490
Leave her.
497
00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:35,253
Rhonda, I can't do that.
498
00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:37,420
I've already compromised
my teaching job.
499
00:31:37,496 --> 00:31:40,522
Quit your job.
You don't need it.
500
00:31:40,599 --> 00:31:43,033
I struck it rich with that accident.
501
00:31:43,101 --> 00:31:45,934
My secret little gold mine
will pay for everything.
502
00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:47,995
Rhonda, listen, please.
503
00:31:49,207 --> 00:31:51,175
Listen, it's over.
504
00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:57,070
I won't let you go.
Rhonda, don't be crazy.
Don't be crazy.
505
00:31:57,149 --> 00:31:59,242
We both knew it couldn't last.
506
00:32:03,455 --> 00:32:06,652
[Grunting]
Stop it! Stop it!
507
00:32:12,731 --> 00:32:18,499
And when I saw she wasn't moving,
l- I panicked and I ran out.
508
00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:23,372
I must've driven around a half an hour
tryin' to think what to do.
509
00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:28,237
Finally I decided to go home
and tell my wife everything.
510
00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:33,781
But when I got there, she was out,
so that's when I called Leon.
511
00:32:33,852 --> 00:32:37,049
But why?
Why would you call Leon Walker?
512
00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:40,091
I've always gone to Leon
when I needed help.
513
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,894
After I told Leon what had happened,
514
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:46,726
well, he said she was probablyonly knocked unconscious...
515
00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:50,461
and that I should just sit thereand wait things out.
516
00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:52,867
So I did.
517
00:32:52,938 --> 00:32:55,099
It- It wasn't till I read
the morning paper...
518
00:32:55,173 --> 00:32:58,540
that I saw that Leon must have gone
to check on Rhonda himself.
519
00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:01,943
And when he saw she was dead, l-
520
00:33:02,014 --> 00:33:04,539
Well, I guess he tookthe blame to cover for me.
521
00:33:06,785 --> 00:33:08,946
I know I should have come
forward right then.
522
00:33:09,021 --> 00:33:11,717
But I kept thinking that
with Leon's reputation,
523
00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:14,054
plus the fact that he was
pleading self-defense,
524
00:33:14,126 --> 00:33:16,526
that the jury would have to let him go.
525
00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:19,830
While me, they'd lock up for life.
526
00:33:22,234 --> 00:33:26,068
Still, I never would have let
Leon go to prison, I swear.
527
00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:30,569
I just didn't have the guts
to tell the truth till now.
528
00:33:37,249 --> 00:33:40,810
Jess, you said that Leon was innocent,
and you were right.
529
00:33:40,886 --> 00:33:44,686
I'm dropping all charges against him
and reinstating them against Steve Chambers.
530
00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:49,819
Yes, but you know, Paul,
there are still some very puzzling
little things about all this.
531
00:33:49,895 --> 00:33:51,988
What do you mean?
He's made a full confession.
532
00:33:52,064 --> 00:33:54,555
I know,
and I believe it's sincere.
533
00:33:54,633 --> 00:33:59,195
But the problem is, if he killed Rhonda
by the door, as he said he did,
534
00:33:59,271 --> 00:34:02,240
why was the body found
in the kitchenette?
535
00:34:02,307 --> 00:34:04,400
Well, maybe she didn't die right away.
536
00:34:04,476 --> 00:34:07,309
Maybe she came to and staggered
into the kitchen, and there she collapsed.
537
00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:10,940
Yeah, but if she had come to,
why didn't she call an ambulance for help?
538
00:34:11,016 --> 00:34:14,850
Oh, Jess, who knows?
With a blow like that,
maybe she wasn't thinking.
539
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,356
Besides, no matter where she died,Steve is the one who killed her.
540
00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:20,857
And as soon as I drop you off,I'm starting proceedings.
541
00:34:24,296 --> 00:34:27,288
If you don't mind,
I'll- I'll pass on the ride to the sorority.
542
00:34:27,365 --> 00:34:29,333
Of course.
You'll call me?
543
00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:32,234
Yeah.
544
00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:35,398
LeonlLeon, waitl
545
00:34:35,474 --> 00:34:37,465
Please!
I'm so sorry.
546
00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:39,942
You had no right to tell Steve,
no right at all.
547
00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:43,606
Oh, but I didn't tell him.
Oh, no?
Then why did he turn himself in?
548
00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:47,880
Well, because whether or not
he knows that you're his father,
he cares about you.
549
00:34:47,953 --> 00:34:52,014
Well, look, I admit that there are times
when he's weak and afraid.
550
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,490
But when the cards are down,
Steve came through.
551
00:34:54,559 --> 00:35:00,191
Not because he thought that you were
his father, but because you're his friend.
552
00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:02,495
I always knew Steve had backbone.
553
00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:05,058
Now he's proved it,
and they're sending him to prison.
554
00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:07,071
Well, maybe not.
555
00:35:07,139 --> 00:35:11,940
Leon, tell me, can you remember
about what time you got to
Rhonda's house that night?
556
00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:14,570
Uh, it must have been about 11:00.
557
00:35:14,646 --> 00:35:17,877
I, uh- I hung up with Steve,
and I left right away.
558
00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:19,940
It would take me about,
uh, 15 minutes.
559
00:35:20,018 --> 00:35:23,181
Well, with the half hour that
he said that he spent driving around,
560
00:35:23,255 --> 00:35:26,691
Steve must have left
Rhonda's about 10:15.
561
00:35:26,758 --> 00:35:30,159
And if you didn't arrive till 11:00,
that leaves 45 minutes...
562
00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:32,219
during which anything
could have happened.
563
00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:36,791
Are you saying someone else
came in and killed her?
564
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:39,962
Well, it might explain why Rhonda's body
was found in the kitchen.
565
00:35:40,038 --> 00:35:43,371
I mean, instead of by the door
where Steve said that he struck her.
566
00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:45,602
And there's something else.
567
00:35:45,677 --> 00:35:49,306
According to Steve, he and Rhonda
had some wine that night.
568
00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:52,908
But when Paul and I were there the next day,
there were no glasses out.
569
00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:57,148
When I got there and found out she was dead,
I rinsed out the glasses and put them away...
570
00:35:57,222 --> 00:35:59,213
so the police wouldn't find
the fingerprints.
571
00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:01,987
Oh, I see.
Well, then there's only the money.
572
00:36:03,061 --> 00:36:07,828
What money?
Rhonda told Steve that the accident
she was in last spring provided her with-
573
00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,833
What did she say?
574
00:36:09,901 --> 00:36:12,199
A secret gold mine.
575
00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:15,569
And some of the things in her apartment
were certainly very expensive.
576
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:20,270
Yet, according to Emily, Rhonda never
made a dime off the insurance claim.
577
00:36:20,345 --> 00:36:23,246
Well, then what gold mine
was she talking about?
578
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:27,784
[Paul]I don't get it.
579
00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:30,377
What does this ridiculous picture
got to do with Rhonda's murder?
580
00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:32,389
Well, whoever killed Rhonda...
581
00:36:32,457 --> 00:36:36,052
broke into her desk drawer
looking for something, remember?
582
00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:39,187
Something important enough
to have killed for.
583
00:36:39,264 --> 00:36:41,198
Yes, so?
584
00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:43,427
Well, as far as I can understand,
585
00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:46,732
Rhonda was far too smart a girl
to have, uh-
586
00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:50,002
well, to have hidden something
that valuable in such an obvious place.
587
00:36:50,075 --> 00:36:54,102
[Jessica]Instead, she might have picked somewherethat no one would think oflooking.
588
00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:21,137
What is it?
Just a minute.
589
00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:29,536
April 2 of this year.
590
00:37:29,614 --> 00:37:31,844
The night of the accident,
591
00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:35,511
Rhonda was riding
back from an April Fool's dance.
592
00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:37,919
This must have been-
593
00:37:37,989 --> 00:37:40,082
This must have been developed
the day after.
594
00:37:40,158 --> 00:37:43,321
Pretty ghoulish memento.
That's just it.
595
00:37:43,395 --> 00:37:47,024
According to Emily, Rhonda and the boy
were riding in a sports car.
596
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:49,032
I mean, this is a compact.
597
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:53,002
I don't know what it means,
but I'll have the police check the license.
598
00:37:53,071 --> 00:37:55,835
If we hurry, I can drop it off
before my 5:00 conference.
599
00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:58,034
5:00?
600
00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:01,272
Oh, good heavens.
I was supposed to be at the sorority at 4:00.
601
00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:40,750
Jessica!
602
00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:42,753
Jessica, what are you doing?
603
00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:45,016
Emily and I have been
expecting you for an hour.
604
00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:48,787
And now I'm running late for a meeting.
Margaret, I'm sorry.
I should have called you.
605
00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:51,226
The fact of the matter is,
we discovered a photograph...
606
00:38:51,296 --> 00:38:56,632
at Rhonda's place that may shed
some new light on things.
A photograph?
607
00:38:56,701 --> 00:39:01,365
Yes, it was developed the day
after Rhonda's accident last spring.
608
00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:03,430
It's a picture of a damaged car-
609
00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:05,635
a picture of your car, Margaret.
610
00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:07,940
I don't know what you're talking about.
611
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:09,980
I think you do.
612
00:39:10,048 --> 00:39:12,243
Let's find somewhere quiet
where we can talk.
613
00:39:17,222 --> 00:39:20,453
I guess I'd had too much
to drink that night.
614
00:39:20,525 --> 00:39:23,653
Guess we all drink too much
at those alumni dinners.
615
00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:26,993
Anyway, coming home
there was a stop sign.
616
00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:29,727
Suddenly, a sports car
appeared out of nowhere.
617
00:39:29,801 --> 00:39:31,962
I mean, it was just there.
618
00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:34,027
And before I knew it-
619
00:39:46,918 --> 00:39:49,648
I got out of the car to seewhat had happened.
620
00:39:59,764 --> 00:40:03,325
That's when I saw Rhonda.And she saw me.
621
00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:07,201
And what happened?
I got in the car and went back home.
622
00:40:07,272 --> 00:40:09,968
Though I do remember calling
an ambulance before I passed out.
623
00:40:10,041 --> 00:40:15,411
I didn't know the boy had died until Rhonda's
phone call woke me the next morning.
624
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,280
I know it was wrong, but it would
have meant losing everything-
625
00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:21,318
my work with Leon,
everything.
626
00:40:21,386 --> 00:40:23,752
So, when Rhondaoffered to tell the police...
627
00:40:23,822 --> 00:40:27,349
that the boy had simply lost controlofhis car and hit a tree,
628
00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:30,189
I let her lie.
629
00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:32,729
And I've been paying for it ever since.
630
00:40:32,797 --> 00:40:38,326
Well, it certainly explains the "A"
she got in your American Lit class.
631
00:40:38,403 --> 00:40:41,429
I spoke to the registrar.
632
00:40:41,506 --> 00:40:44,407
It also explains where she got
the money for all of her expensive things.
633
00:40:44,476 --> 00:40:47,843
Money?
I never gave her any money.
634
00:40:47,912 --> 00:40:50,540
Better grades,
letters of recommendation, yes.
635
00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:52,708
But I couldn't afford to give
her any money.
636
00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:55,947
On what I make?
I always assumed that's why she never asked.
637
00:40:56,020 --> 00:40:58,488
[Bottle Shatters]
638
00:41:05,997 --> 00:41:08,465
There's something that you're
not telling me, isn't there?
639
00:41:10,535 --> 00:41:14,904
The night of the accident,
you weren't alone in that car, were you?
640
00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:18,602
In fact, in your condition,
you probably weren't driving.
641
00:41:18,676 --> 00:41:20,940
Someone else was behind the wheel.
Isn't that the truth?
642
00:41:22,013 --> 00:41:24,777
Someone who Rhonda recognized.
643
00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:33,048
You sure the D.A.
Said this is okay?
644
00:41:33,124 --> 00:41:36,116
I'm sure. He'll be here any minute.
Excuse me.
645
00:41:44,269 --> 00:41:46,760
[Vehicle Approaches, Stops]
646
00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:48,829
[Vehicle Door Opens, Closes]
647
00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:52,241
What was that all about?
[Paul]Jessical
648
00:41:52,310 --> 00:41:54,244
Sergeant.
649
00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:57,008
I just got your message.
What's up? You find something else?
650
00:41:57,081 --> 00:41:59,276
Yes.
651
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:02,444
Something occurred to me while
I was talking to Margaret this afternoon.
652
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,511
It was about the accident.
653
00:42:04,589 --> 00:42:07,251
You talked to Margaret about that?
Why?
654
00:42:07,325 --> 00:42:10,886
Well, because it was
Margaret's car in that picture.
655
00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:13,955
Though that should hardly surprise you,
656
00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:17,160
since it was you
who was driving it that night.
657
00:42:18,503 --> 00:42:20,437
Margaret told you that?
658
00:42:21,506 --> 00:42:24,839
Yes. She only confirmed
what I already guessed.
659
00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:28,572
After all, Rhonda had to be getting
her money from somewhere.
660
00:42:28,646 --> 00:42:31,342
And when I learned that
it hadn't come from Margaret,
661
00:42:31,416 --> 00:42:33,816
I realized that it had to
have come from you.
662
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,388
Why else would you have killed her?
663
00:42:40,258 --> 00:42:43,989
Me?
Oh, now just a minute, Jess.
664
00:42:45,063 --> 00:42:47,588
All right, I might've been
driving that car,
665
00:42:47,665 --> 00:42:50,395
and I might've given her some money
to keep her mouth shut,
666
00:42:50,468 --> 00:42:52,402
but I didn't kill her.
667
00:42:52,470 --> 00:42:56,167
[Sighs]
But it has to be you, Paul.
668
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,175
How else would you have known
about the wine glasses?
669
00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:01,837
Leon's already said he went
over to try to talk to her.
670
00:43:01,913 --> 00:43:03,904
They had some wine,
they got a little drunk.
671
00:43:03,982 --> 00:43:07,679
The wine glasses hadn't been out
when we came over the next day,
672
00:43:07,752 --> 00:43:10,744
because Leon had put them away
before the police arrived.
673
00:43:10,822 --> 00:43:13,916
Only someone who had been hereduring the 45 minutes...
674
00:43:13,992 --> 00:43:17,120
between the time that Steve leftand Leon arrived...
675
00:43:17,195 --> 00:43:19,322
could have knownabout those glasses.
676
00:43:19,397 --> 00:43:23,390
How on earth would I have known
about that 45 minutes? E.S.P.
677
00:43:24,469 --> 00:43:27,529
- Rhonda must have called you.
- Why would Rhonda call me?
678
00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:31,473
Maybe she decided
to hurt Steve in any way she could.
679
00:43:31,542 --> 00:43:33,533
And how more public than in court?
680
00:43:33,611 --> 00:43:36,444
Maybe she called
the only attorney she knew...
681
00:43:36,514 --> 00:43:39,642
who couldn't refuse to help her.
682
00:43:39,717 --> 00:43:42,447
Even if this entire fabrication is true, Jess,
683
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:45,751
you'd never be able to prove
that Rhonda made that call.
684
00:43:48,259 --> 00:43:50,284
You may not have noticed,
685
00:43:50,361 --> 00:43:53,956
but Rhonda's phone has
one of those redial buttons.
686
00:43:55,333 --> 00:43:59,565
The last number that Rhonda
ever dialed is stored in here.
687
00:44:00,838 --> 00:44:02,772
[Beeping]
688
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,866
[Line Ringing]
689
00:44:07,278 --> 00:44:09,212
[Ringing Continues]
690
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:13,114
[Paul On Answering Machine]Hello, you've reachedthe residence of Paul Robbins.
691
00:44:13,184 --> 00:44:15,584
I'm unable to answer the phoneright now, but-
692
00:44:21,893 --> 00:44:23,884
[Knocking]
693
00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:31,101
What happened?
694
00:44:31,169 --> 00:44:33,763
Steve tried to kill me.
695
00:44:35,873 --> 00:44:39,400
Oh, damn.
I'm still bleeding all over the place.
696
00:44:40,411 --> 00:44:43,642
I want you to put him away for this.
697
00:44:43,715 --> 00:44:45,774
I'd go careful with that.
698
00:44:45,850 --> 00:44:47,909
A trial could be messy for both of us.
699
00:44:47,985 --> 00:44:50,920
I don't care.
I hate him.
700
00:44:50,988 --> 00:44:55,789
I want him to be sorry
for a long, long time.
701
00:44:56,794 --> 00:44:58,785
I'm sure he will be.
702
00:45:01,099 --> 00:45:04,364
[Paul On Tape]
I searched her desk for
the photograph of Margaret's car,
703
00:45:04,435 --> 00:45:07,370
and when I couldn't find it,
I took the bloody kitchen towels...
704
00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:10,771
and left to make
that anonymous complaint.
705
00:45:10,842 --> 00:45:14,005
I was more surprised than anyone
when Leon took the blame.
706
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,275
Looks like you're both free to go.
707
00:45:19,450 --> 00:45:22,851
And if either one of you were thinking about
takin' a sudden sabbatical, don't.
708
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,184
There are still questions
to be answered about assault...
709
00:45:25,256 --> 00:45:28,885
and impeding a murder investigation.
710
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:39,235
I really wanna thank you,
Mrs. Fletcher.
711
00:45:39,303 --> 00:45:43,467
Even I thought I was guilty.
[Laughs]
Well that should give you pause.
712
00:45:43,541 --> 00:45:46,009
It does.
713
00:45:47,145 --> 00:45:49,579
Leon, I really let you down.
714
00:45:51,115 --> 00:45:53,208
I should have told the truth
from the beginning.
715
00:45:54,285 --> 00:45:56,685
Some truths are difficult to tell.
716
00:45:56,754 --> 00:45:59,621
I just hope you can forgive me.
717
00:46:08,299 --> 00:46:10,995
I almost told him.
718
00:46:12,069 --> 00:46:15,129
I didn't know how to-
how to say it.
719
00:46:15,206 --> 00:46:18,573
I think the words will come now.
720
00:46:18,643 --> 00:46:21,578
Why don't you give it a try?
721
00:46:21,646 --> 00:46:23,637
Maybe you're right.
722
00:46:24,849 --> 00:46:26,840
Maybe it is time to tell him.
723
00:46:26,918 --> 00:46:28,852
Steve?
724
00:46:29,305 --> 00:47:29,651
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