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- This has got accident written all over it.
- [Woman] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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- It was no accident.
- Rough way to start out.
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It's hard to feel confident
knowing a real estate salesman is your new sheriff.
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What has she got that I don't?
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Stay away from my husband!
God knows Charlie's not much, but he's all I've got!
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I've got the killer behind bars.
Just have to figure out which one it is.
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I'm beginning to feel awfully squeamish.
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[Door Opens]
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[Man On TV]No, cara mia. If I cannot have you,no man will ever possess you.
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[Woman On TV]Raoul, please. You knowhe means nothing to me.
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[Raoul] But you married him,
bellissima, nine years ago.You have four children.
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[Woman]I didn't know what I was doing.
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Please, Raoul, I want to live.
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Mmm.
I want to be with you.
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I want to run awayto the farthest reaches of the world.
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[Raoul] Oh, yes.
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Now you submit, mi' amore!
Now, when it is too late!
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He will always be therehaunting our lives.
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[Woman]It doesn't have to be that way.
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[Raoul]No. What do you know oflife?
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You are such a child.Why do you reject me,my little angel of God?
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[Sighs]
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Fifty bucks, and Larry can't
even fix the damn TV.
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[Water Splashing]
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[Chattering]
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Rough way to start out
as new sheriff, Harry. [Ambulance Doors Slam]
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Well, I'm not sheriff yet, Amos-
not till tomorrow. [Chuckles]
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Guess it's too late
to change my mind, huh? [Engine Starts]
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You do what you want. Tonight
I take this uniform off for good. [Ambulance Departs]
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Got places to go,
things to do. [Chuckles]
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Hmm. Frayed.
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You'd think Beverly would know better.
And all wet like that.
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I noticed that frayed cord a month ago,
when I came to appraise the place.
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Told her to get it fixed.
Yeah. Too bad she didn't get around to it.
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Was she plannin' on sellin' the place?
Oh, she was always sellin' it. Uh, never did.
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Wasted a lot of my time,
I can tell you. Mmm.
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I guess I shouldn't
speak ill of the dead.
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Well, one thing's for sure.
This has got accident written all over it.
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Frayed cord, bathroom door
locked from the inside- [Chuckles]
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Even Mrs. Fletcher couldn't
make a murder out of this one. [Chuckling]
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[Woman] You'd think she'd have
more sense, watching TV in the tub, but that was Beverly for you.
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I'm surprised she didn't-
How's it going, Seth?
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Can't you throttle back
that damn busybody, Jess? I can hear her all the way over here.
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[Laughs]
Did you hear what I said, Jessica? Say, is there somebody in there with you?
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Yeah, it's Doc Hazlitt, Edna.
Oh?
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He's just fixing my toaster
or trying to.
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I probably should've taken itdown to Larry Burns.
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Didn't know I was restoring an antique.
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[Doorbell Rings]
Oops! Doorbell. Sorry. I'll have to call you back, Edna. Bye.
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Ought to talk to that woman
about donating her vocal cords to science.
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[Groans]
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Ah, Mrs. Fletcher.
This is a distinct pleasure.
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I'm so pleased to meet you at last.
Michael Digby.
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Oh, magnificent.
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It's just the way I imagined it.
Oh, where do I put this?
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Uh, excuse me. Uh, Mr. Digby, is it?
Do I know you?
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Michael Digby.
Great Little Places to Live?
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Well, surelyour mutual publisher called you.
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Oh, good Lord, he didn't?
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I am so sorry, but I haven't
got the vaguest idea what you're talking about.
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I should've known.
The man's a total incompetent. But you'd know that.
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Oh, yes! Yes.
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This humble abode reeks of yesteryear.
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It's like a set from Ah, Wilderness,
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- right down to the village repairman.
- Who the hell is this?
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Oh, dear. The travel writer.
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A mundane appellation,Mrs. Fletcher, but accurate.
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Then Mr. Wintergreen
did notify you I'd be coming.
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Well, he casually mentioned
the possibility several months ago.
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Good. I wouldn't want
to burst in uninvited. [Scoffs]
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I must say I fell in love with this town
the moment I drove through. It has real potential.
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Well, Jessica,
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you've obviously got
your hands full.
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- I suppose you're from
the, uh, big city, young fellow, huh? - Why, yes.
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Kind of thought so.
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Now, that's what I call
a crusty New Englander.
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Uh, Michael, about this series of books
that you're writing-
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All dealing with undiscovered pockets
of Americana, rich in heritage.
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Yes, well, uh-
I hope this won't sound vain,
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but I'm gonna put Cabot Cove
on the map.
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If I'm not mistaken,
it already is.
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Well, l-I mean everybody's map.
The last place I covered just really bloomed-
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a new golf course,
artist condos, a marina.
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But what happened
to the heart of the town?
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Well, they turned it
into a shopping mall.
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Oh, don't tell me.
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It's your grandmother's
pickle crock, right?
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Actually, I bought it yesterday.
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Howdy, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Amos, you've got a new car.
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New for me.
Bought it from Fred Tompkins over at Rockwater.
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You know, it's gonna take me a while
to get used to seeing you in civilian clothes.
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Man can only take
so much pressure, Mrs. Fletcher.
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I worry about Harry Pierce.
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It's hard to feel confidentknowing a real estate salesmanis your new sheriff.
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Matter of time and experience.
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You recall, I didn't know much
when I took over.
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Well, I'm goin' fishin'.
Be seein' ya.
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There's our historical society
over there.
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Cabot Cove goes backa long way, you know.
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Good morning, Mrs. Fletcher.
Warming up today? Looks like it.
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Oh, yes, I know.
First settled in, uh, 1684.
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Most of the town was wiped outby the storm of'36, 1836.
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And a minor skirmish with the British-
the Battle of Cabot Cove, 1778.
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It's a dynamite town you've got here,
Mrs. Fletcher. It's so peaceful!
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It's quintessential New England.
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Mabel Bemish? Mabel Bemish,
you've got one hell of a nerve!
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Don't you ever cometrying to borrow sugar from us again!
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You think I'd set foot on your property
after reading this?
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That dog of yours starts barkin'
tonight again-
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[Stammering]
I'm gonna call the sheriff!
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My dog'll bark
any damn time he feels like it!
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We'll just see about that!
A-yah.
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- Henrietta!
- Winthrop! Winthrop, get out here!
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Wake up. Winthrop,
come on out. Wake up.
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Henrietta, look it here.
[Woman]Doggone it.
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It's idyllic.
[Laughs]
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What is this open area?
It was old Coast Guard property.
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You know, it had a really fine
wooden lighthouse here, until it burned down last year.
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It's a magnificent place to build.
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They think so too-Our planning commissioners.
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They voted to allow the new ownersto put up 400 condominiums.The Condo Three, we call them.
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You mean, this isn't
Coast Guard land anymore? Oh, it never was.
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Before World War II, Wendell Gareth
gave it to the Coast Guard with a perpetual lease.
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He died a few years back,
and then after the fire last year,
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the property reverted
to his daughter, Beverly. Oh, Beverly Gareth?
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The woman that had
that terrible accident I heard about. Yes.
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I guess you weren't too pleased
about her selling.
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[Jessica]It was her land and her business. [Tires Squealing]
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Last year, we managed
to thwart a high-rise hotel,
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but I shudder to thinkwhat they have wrought this time.
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Good morning, Edna.
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I'll warn you once, Jessica Fletcher.Stay away from my husband!
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God knows Charlie's not much,
but he's all I've got!
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Edna!
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For heaven's sake,
what are you talking about?
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[Sighs]
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[Dog Barking In Distance]
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How's it going, Mel?
Fair to middlin', Amos. How 'bout you?
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Oh, never better.
This is the life. Pure heaven.
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Try not to strain yourself.
Mmm.
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What we got here?
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[Muttering]
"SheriffTupper- something you should know."
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Well, I'll be damned.
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Harry.
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Harry, take a look at this.
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"To Sheriff Amos Tupper."
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Don't they know you're retired?
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Probably some kind of crank letter, huh?
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Crank letter.
You can say that again.
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Just toss it on the pile.
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What the devil is goin' on here?
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[Man]This letter leaves me no choicebut to audit your books, Mr. Andersen.
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You I.R.S. Snoops ought to spend
more time on those crooks in Washington...
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and leave hardworking,
honest folks alone.
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Give me that.
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This pack of lies ain't even signed!
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Most of our informants
are anonymous.
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You mean you're gonna take
the word of a lousy anonymous letter instead of mine?
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Mr. Andersen,
brutality is not the answer.
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You are threatening
the United States government.
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I'm gonna bust the buttof the United States government...
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if it isn't off this wharf
in the next 10 seconds!
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Morning, Larry.
Ah, morning, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Hey, did you ever see Nils so het up?
I swear this whole town's goin' crazy.
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Well, something's crazy.
All those letters.
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What was yours about?
Oh, I'm afraid I didn't get one.
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Me either. We may be
the only ones in town that didn't. Yeah.
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It's some crackpot's idea of fun.
Not again, Mrs. Fletcher.
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Well, Doc Hazlitt had a crack at
putting it all back together, and- [Laughs]
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It sure is old, Mrs. Fletcher.
Yeah, but it's got a lot of sentimental value, Larry.
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Larry Burns!
Oh, no. He's drunk.
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I'm gonna kill you, Burns.
Adam!
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You killed my Beverly,
and now I'm gonna kill you.
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Adam, stop that!
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Just stay out of this, Mrs. Fletcher.
She's dead because of him!
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Get up!
I don't know what you're talkin' about.
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Oh, you don't, huh?
You were supposed to fix her TV set.
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She'd be alive todayif you'd replaced that cord.
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I did fix it. Last week.
What the hell you say?
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- Look it, I fixed the picture tube.There wasn't anything wrong with the cord. - Get up.
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Hey! Take it easy.Fightin'won't bring her back.
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Come on, Nils. I'm gonna kill him!
You're not killin' anybody.
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Oh, yes, I am.
[Screams] I think you need a cooling-off.
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[Screaming]
Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no!
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[Crowd Shouting]
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You know, Nils, he might have gotten
one of those letters.
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Letters.
Whole town's goin' crazy, Jessie.
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Come on. Come on. Let's get you down
to the sheriff's and sober you up before you hurt yourself.
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Come on!
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Madam, you have been
spying on me! Outrageous!
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How dare you accuse me.
I have done no such thing!
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Just my luck.
A gestapo spy for a landlady!
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I do not have to submit to your insults.
I will have you off my property, Mr. Hoffman.
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You forget my lease!
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And you, sir, forget your manners.
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I'm taking this up
with the sheriff.
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[Larry] Bev and mewould've been happy together.[Seth] Mm-hmm.
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Even paid off my boat.
At least she said she was going to.
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There. That ought to take care of that.
It's not serious anyway. Thanks.
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Here's a beauty.
"To Ernestine Baddeley.
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"Ernestine, thought you ought to know,
your husband Orville's been meetin' the librarian...
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"behind the stacks
for the past six months,
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and he hasn't been punchin'
just her library card. Signed, A friend."
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- [Grunts] Some friend, huh?
- Yeah.
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Adam, this isn't any hotel.
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- Get yourself back there
in a cell and sleep it off. - Oh, come on, Sheriff.
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- I feel much better.
Don't put me back there. - Get back there, Adam!
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He threatened me, Sheriff.
I thought I was about to be murdered.
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Hold on now, Elvira.
Who threatened ya?
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Oh, that hairy foreigner
I rent my downstairs to.
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He accused me of-
Got some more letters here, Sheriff.
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Oh.
Jethro Simpson got three of'em.
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Oh, thanks. Thanks.
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Letters?
Yeah. Anonymous letters.
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The whole town's been flooded with 'em
the past couple of days. [Gasps]
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Well, Ellie,
what-what's the matter?
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So many. But that's not right.
I only sent one.
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00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:32,621
Wait a minute.
Let me get this straight.
220
00:15:32,699 --> 00:15:34,792
You sent an anonymous letter?
221
00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:36,858
Who to?
222
00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:40,133
I can't say. I promised a friend.
223
00:15:40,206 --> 00:15:42,936
What'd the letter say?
224
00:15:43,009 --> 00:15:46,274
I don't know.
Please, l- I think I've said enough.
225
00:15:46,346 --> 00:15:49,838
I don't want my name
dragged all over town.
226
00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:54,576
There's something wrong here-
227
00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:57,054
something terribly wrong.
228
00:16:00,226 --> 00:16:03,684
And Amos Tupper told me
nothing ever happens in this town.
229
00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:09,427
[Knocking]
230
00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:11,993
Afternoon, Mrs. Fletcher.
Amos, come on in.
231
00:16:13,239 --> 00:16:15,901
Hey, isn't that a new jacket
you're wearing? Yes, ma'am.
232
00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:18,443
Bought it at Fenway Park
on Tuesday. [Chuckles]
233
00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:22,845
Sure was a fun game.
You should be there. Oh, well. I've had so many things to do.
234
00:16:22,915 --> 00:16:26,476
Mmm. Was I interrupting something-
I mean, what you're doing there with the TV and all?
235
00:16:26,552 --> 00:16:30,784
Oh, no. I was just trying
to figure out how you'd murder someone in a locked bathroom with a frayed cord.
236
00:16:30,857 --> 00:16:32,825
[Clicks Tongue]
Oh. Oh, Beverly Gareth!
237
00:16:32,892 --> 00:16:36,225
Oh, now just a minute.
That was an accident.
238
00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:38,286
I mean, it had to be,
Mrs. Fletcher.
239
00:16:38,364 --> 00:16:42,425
Like you said, the bathroom door
was locked from the inside. I know.
240
00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,766
Except Larry Burns fixed her set,
241
00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:47,567
and he swears
that the cord was all right.
242
00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,575
Ma'am, I saw that cord.
It was pretty beat-up.
243
00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:52,702
I mean, the copper wiring
was showing through.
244
00:16:52,779 --> 00:16:56,738
[Chuckles]
No, Amos. Somebody must've tampered with that cord.
245
00:16:56,816 --> 00:17:02,482
But why?
Well, possibly to commit a murder that looked like an accident.
246
00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:05,752
You know, a locked door,
a bathroom mishap.
247
00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:11,592
[Laughs]
Here I am, carrying on as if you were still the sheriff.
248
00:17:11,664 --> 00:17:14,155
[Phone Rings]
249
00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:16,724
Hello? Yes, Harry?
250
00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:21,333
Oh, I'll be right over.
251
00:17:21,407 --> 00:17:23,568
Right.
252
00:17:23,643 --> 00:17:29,513
[Chuckles]
Sounds to me as if, uh, Harry's having second thoughts...
253
00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:32,176
about being the sheriff.
Mmm.
254
00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:36,745
I don't suppose you'd like to have
your old badge back, Amos. Oh, no, sirree.
255
00:17:36,823 --> 00:17:39,417
No, my peacekeepin' days
are behind me. [Laughs]
256
00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:44,429
Of course, there's nothing to say
I couldn't help out,
257
00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:46,897
especially for an old friend
like Harry, huh?
258
00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:49,025
Huh?
[Laughs] [Chuckles]
259
00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:55,870
This is the damnedest thing
I ever saw.
260
00:17:55,942 --> 00:17:58,604
It's as if the town were suddenly hit
by a plague of locusts.
261
00:17:58,678 --> 00:18:01,806
[Laughs]
Well, I certainly hope it doesn't happen every seven years, Harry.
262
00:18:01,881 --> 00:18:05,112
Amos, I've got a good mind
to hand back this badge.
263
00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:08,676
Harry, I'm retired, and that's it.
264
00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:12,281
I'm just helpin' out. That's all.
265
00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:17,752
Hey, here's one says...
266
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:20,958
Larry Burns was havin' an affair
with Beverly Gareth.
267
00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:23,831
[Chuckles]
No way we're gonna know for sure about that.
268
00:18:23,903 --> 00:18:25,837
And they are all different-
269
00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:29,671
some printed, some using
cutout letters from newspapers-
270
00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:32,438
white pages, yellow, blue.
271
00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:37,176
[Sighs]
Harry, what about the envelopes and the postmarks?
272
00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:40,981
Darn! Uh, I'm afraid
I blew it there, Mrs. Fletcher.
273
00:18:41,053 --> 00:18:43,647
I, uh, threw 'em away
without thinkin'.
274
00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:47,124
But it doesn't matter.They were all postmarked Cabot Cove.
275
00:18:47,193 --> 00:18:49,184
Hey, listen to this one.
276
00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:51,753
"Dear Mayor,
Thought you ought to know...
277
00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:54,664
"Willis Carmody trashed
your new station wagon...
278
00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:58,226
- at last year's Labor Day picnic."
- Oh, but that can't be.
279
00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:01,967
Now, Amos, you remember this time
last year, Willis was right here.
280
00:19:02,041 --> 00:19:05,010
That's right, locked up in that cell,
281
00:19:05,077 --> 00:19:10,242
waitin' for a U.S. Marshal
to cart him off to Portland for missing some alimony payments.
282
00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,944
Well, that clenches it.
There's a crackpot loose!
283
00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:15,044
These letters are out-and-out lies.
284
00:19:15,121 --> 00:19:17,589
Yeah, and-and here's the one I got.
285
00:19:17,657 --> 00:19:22,026
"Dear SheriffTupper,
The old Coast Guard house was deliberately torched.
286
00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:25,086
Ask yourselfwho had the most to gain. "
287
00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:28,224
Beverly Gareth got
a very handsome price for the land.
288
00:19:28,301 --> 00:19:33,534
Yeah, but she had an ironclad alibi
for the time of that fire. I remember checkin' it out.
289
00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:35,904
Yeah, but what about those developers
who bought the land?
290
00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:40,036
Or maybe those three vultures
on the zoning commission.
291
00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:43,604
I mean, if there weresome kind of payoff.
292
00:19:47,253 --> 00:19:49,915
Sure you don't want
this badge back, Amos?
293
00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:53,254
[Dog Barking In Distance]
294
00:19:55,995 --> 00:19:58,486
This is a great dinner, Mrs. Fletcher.
295
00:19:58,564 --> 00:20:00,964
I bet this recipe came over
on the Mayflower.
296
00:20:02,335 --> 00:20:04,269
Mrs. Fletcher?
297
00:20:04,337 --> 00:20:07,966
Oh, I'm so sorry, Michael.
I'm a terrible hostess.
298
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,565
Well, what's bothering you?
Maybe I can help.
299
00:20:10,643 --> 00:20:13,203
I'm just thinking about
what's happening to this town.
300
00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:16,407
Oh, you mean my book.
I know you don't think much of it. Oh, no. No.
301
00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:19,940
I was referring to certain
unpleasant undercurrents,
302
00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:22,749
not to mention electrical currents.
303
00:20:24,023 --> 00:20:26,253
How about taking a walk after dinner?
304
00:20:26,325 --> 00:20:29,089
There's someone I need to talk to.
305
00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:33,962
Doc Hazlitt told me that Elvira
said something very odd in the sheriff's office today...
306
00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:36,297
about these letters
that we've been getting.
307
00:20:36,369 --> 00:20:40,430
Of course, Elvira was
Beverly's father's personal secretary.
308
00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:42,940
This is it. She lives upstairs.
309
00:20:43,009 --> 00:20:46,001
Well, I don't care about those letters.
I'd call this a peaceful place.
310
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:49,570
In New York, we'd be
looking down every alley and behind every sign for muggers.
311
00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:54,276
Elvira.
312
00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:57,754
Oh, dear.
313
00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:11,702
Michael, the sheriff's on his way.
314
00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:15,036
Uh, marvelous.
I'm beginning to feel awfully squeamish.
315
00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:29,781
"I wrote the lettersbecause you all turned against me.
316
00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:33,985
Good-bye. You can gossipall you like now. "
317
00:22:00,853 --> 00:22:02,844
[Creaking]
318
00:22:11,731 --> 00:22:15,258
Oh, my God. She's dead.
319
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:17,598
I'm afraid so.
320
00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,604
Mrs. Fletcher, what happened?
321
00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:22,607
Is it my imagination,
or have you changed nationalities, Mr. Hoffman?
322
00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:25,769
You've misplaced your German accent.
It sells pictures.
323
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:29,909
Oh, that crazy old lady.
What did she have to do that for?
324
00:22:29,982 --> 00:22:33,748
That's a good question,
if, in fact, she did kill herself.
325
00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:38,222
- I have a question of my own though.
What are you doing here? - Well, I came here to have it out with her.
326
00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:41,191
No, no, no. I don't mean that.
327
00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:44,491
Look, she was driving me crazy.
She was always hanging around up here.
328
00:22:44,563 --> 00:22:46,793
She never did anything.
She never went anywhere.
329
00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:50,825
She even had her groceries delivered,
like she was an invalid or something.
330
00:22:50,903 --> 00:22:55,966
She used to be so active-
volunteer at the hospital and library.
331
00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:58,703
[Car Approaches]
332
00:23:02,181 --> 00:23:04,649
Uh, look, I think
I'll just buzz out the back.
333
00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,776
Oh, oh, but the sheriff
may have some questions.
334
00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:09,184
What for? I didn't have
anything to do with this.
335
00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:14,986
[Chattering On Police Radio]
336
00:23:19,932 --> 00:23:23,993
Cut her down. Can't leave her
swinging in the wind like that. Harry, wait.
337
00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:27,334
Maybe you should let Doc Hazlitt
take a look at the body first.
338
00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:30,739
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Uh, get Doc Hazlitt here right away, Willard.
339
00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:35,247
[Sighs]
I'm beginning to hate this job.
340
00:23:37,817 --> 00:23:40,752
[Seth]A- yah? Mm-hmm.
341
00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:43,220
All right, Henry. Thank you.
342
00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:45,223
See ya soon.
343
00:23:49,028 --> 00:23:51,019
Well, Jess, you were right.
344
00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:55,565
Elvira's pills were Butazolidin,
345
00:23:55,634 --> 00:24:01,038
- and Doc Baxendale said
she had arthritis real bad. - I guessed as much.
346
00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:04,507
The cheap, lightweight cookware
she obviously used for everyday-
347
00:24:04,577 --> 00:24:07,637
Why, when she had
nearly new cast-iron pans?
348
00:24:07,713 --> 00:24:09,704
I think it was because
she couldn't lift them.
349
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:13,843
And why did she have her groceriesdelivered instead of going out herself?
350
00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:18,185
And why wasn't there one piece
of handwritten material in the apartment?
351
00:24:18,257 --> 00:24:20,885
Makes you wonder, Seth.
About what?
352
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,454
Whether Elvira was capable
of tying a hangman's knot.
353
00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:33,335
There's another thing
that's been bothering me.
354
00:24:33,405 --> 00:24:37,000
Why go all the way to Newberry
to see Henry Baxendale,
355
00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:40,102
when you've got a perfectly good doctor
right here in Cabot Cove?
356
00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:53,951
Mrs. Fletcher.
Oh, Mr. Knapp.
357
00:24:54,026 --> 00:24:57,484
Good morning,
Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Norris. [Mrs. Norris] Good morning.
358
00:24:57,563 --> 00:25:00,726
Shame about those letters
circulating town, causing trouble,
359
00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:02,824
settin' neighbor against neighbor.
Yes.
360
00:25:02,902 --> 00:25:06,394
Speaking of causing trouble,
I understand you've been asking some sharp questions...
361
00:25:06,472 --> 00:25:09,600
about those condos being planned
for the old Coast Guard property.
362
00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:11,609
I am curious, yes.
363
00:25:11,677 --> 00:25:15,943
Beverly Gareth's death
seems to have triggered off some strange incidents in this town.
364
00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:19,917
- And what has one got to do
with the other? - I'm not sure yet.
365
00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:23,250
You're not implying Mrs. Gareth's death
was other than accidental?
366
00:25:23,322 --> 00:25:27,554
I'm not implying anything, Mr. Nelson,
but I think there is a possibility.
367
00:25:27,626 --> 00:25:29,617
Most distressing, Mrs. Fletcher.
368
00:25:29,695 --> 00:25:32,027
What is also distressing, Mr. Knapp,
369
00:25:32,097 --> 00:25:36,693
is the thought of 400 condominiums
popping up like toadstools...
370
00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:39,738
on that beautiful headland
south of town.
371
00:25:43,876 --> 00:25:46,037
Now, if you'll excuse me.
372
00:25:50,316 --> 00:25:52,910
I'm sure sorry, Jessica.
373
00:25:52,985 --> 00:25:56,477
I didn't have any cause
to fly off like that.
374
00:25:56,555 --> 00:26:00,184
Once I got to thinking about it,
lfigured that letter was a lie.
375
00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:02,250
[Laughs]
Well, I am glad to hear that.
376
00:26:02,328 --> 00:26:05,388
My Charlie's made it clear
too many times.
377
00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:09,298
He doesn't care about anything
except fishin' or bowlin'.
378
00:26:09,368 --> 00:26:11,598
Just as well.
379
00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:16,630
When we were first married,
that man was like an animal. [Laughs]
380
00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:19,735
But then, oh, about 10 years ago-
381
00:26:19,812 --> 00:26:21,746
[Clicks Tongue]
His battery went dead.
382
00:26:21,814 --> 00:26:24,749
[Laughs]
Been pretty peaceful ever since.
383
00:26:26,118 --> 00:26:28,985
Edna, I wanted to ask you
about Elvira.
384
00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:34,491
Now, Jessica, you know I'm not much
for talkin' about others.
385
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:39,122
Well, at least she's out of pain-
her arthritis and all.
386
00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:42,258
Oh, it was fierce.
387
00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:44,928
But, you know, I'm surprised
you know about that, Jessica.
388
00:26:45,004 --> 00:26:47,939
Elvira kept thatpretty much to herself.
389
00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:51,841
- Oh, why was that?
- Her daughter in Portland.
390
00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,935
Afraid she'd send her
to a nursing home.
391
00:26:55,147 --> 00:26:57,115
That's why she didn't goto Doc Hazlitt,
392
00:26:57,182 --> 00:27:02,017
why she took the bus to Newberry
for her treatments and her prescription.
393
00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:05,056
Well, of course,
that is a logical explanation.
394
00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:08,958
Edna, how long did Elvira work
for Beverly Gareth?
395
00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:13,055
Never did.
Worked for her father, old Wendell.
396
00:27:13,132 --> 00:27:16,863
But Elvira and Beverly were very close.
397
00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:19,904
I mean, they were like
mother and daughter.
398
00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:23,203
Beverly must've trusted Elvira implicitly.
399
00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:26,301
Oh, my, yes. With her life!
400
00:27:27,513 --> 00:27:29,504
Yeah, or with a letter.
401
00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:36,911
[Chattering On Police Radio]
402
00:27:47,866 --> 00:27:50,528
Afternoon, Harry-
I mean, uh, Sheriff.
403
00:27:50,602 --> 00:27:54,902
- Larry Burns, I'm placing you
under arrest on suspicion of murder. - What?
404
00:27:54,973 --> 00:27:57,840
- You're crazy, Pierce.
- Whose murder?
405
00:27:57,910 --> 00:28:00,936
Jessica Fletcher seems to think
that Elvira Tree was killed,
406
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:03,504
and there's plenty of solid evidence too.
407
00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:05,243
You're lettin' this job go to your head.
408
00:28:05,317 --> 00:28:10,380
You were seen leavin' her place yesterday,
and you were yellin' at one another.
409
00:28:10,456 --> 00:28:13,789
Oh, Harry, she yells at everybody.
She didn't like the way I fixed her lamp.
410
00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:15,417
Harry, for Pete's sake.
411
00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:18,486
Larry, come along with me.
Don't give me any trouble.
412
00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:25,401
Seth, that's absurd-
arresting Larry Burns.
413
00:28:25,471 --> 00:28:27,462
He never hurt anyone.
414
00:28:29,007 --> 00:28:33,376
Well, look, I'm gonna have to call you back.
I want to think about this.
415
00:28:36,849 --> 00:28:40,216
Here. Say, take a look at
these great shots I got of the harbor.
416
00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:43,118
A trawler outlined by the setting sun.
417
00:28:43,188 --> 00:28:46,521
Look here. Lusty men of the sea
tending their nets.
418
00:28:46,592 --> 00:28:48,583
Uh, they're very nice, Michael.
419
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:51,754
Michael, how would you like to help me
with a little detective work?
420
00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:54,799
Me, a detective? Yeah.
421
00:28:54,867 --> 00:28:59,827
It's nearly dark, and the Condo Three
usually gather about now...
422
00:28:59,905 --> 00:29:03,306
- at Bart Nelson's restaurant.
- Well, what can I do? Name it.
423
00:29:03,375 --> 00:29:07,539
Well, a couple of things.Since the fire last year,a lot of people have been getting rich,
424
00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:10,047
and after what's happened
to Beverly and Elvira,
425
00:29:10,115 --> 00:29:12,845
I'm convinced that it was no accident.
426
00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:15,580
Now, I want you to go over
to the restaurant...
427
00:29:15,654 --> 00:29:18,623
and engage them in conversation
and see what you can pick up.
428
00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:23,093
Mrs. Fletcher, I'm a professional reporter.
I'm a real bulldog. If there's something to learn, I'll learn it.
429
00:29:23,162 --> 00:29:27,428
Well, whatever you do, don't let
those people leave the restaurant for at least two hours.
430
00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:30,127
Oh, you're on to something.
431
00:29:30,202 --> 00:29:33,194
Michael, my boy,
I hope you're right.
432
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,741
Once this deal is tidied up,
the capital gains'll kill us,
433
00:29:37,810 --> 00:29:40,210
unless we can get a piece
of that Portland shopping mall.
434
00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:43,112
Count me out.
I'm having cash flow trouble.
435
00:29:43,182 --> 00:29:46,777
[Scoffs]
You mean nerve trouble. Buck up, Bart. You're lettin' this mess get to ya.
436
00:29:46,852 --> 00:29:50,549
Mr. Knapp. Mr. Nelson.
I'm Michael Digby.
437
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:53,887
I'm a writer from New York,
and I'm interested in the future of Cabot Cove.
438
00:29:53,959 --> 00:29:56,757
- May I join you?
- Uh, this is a private conversation, kid.
439
00:29:56,829 --> 00:29:59,127
You're that writer
staying with Jessica Fletcher.
440
00:29:59,198 --> 00:30:02,964
He sure is. Hello.
Hi.
441
00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:06,129
We were about to show Michael
the scenic route to the front door.
442
00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:09,538
What's the matter, George?
Where's your Yankee hospitality?
443
00:30:09,608 --> 00:30:14,204
I hear that writers are
such stimulating people.
444
00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:18,477
Mr. Digby,
what can you do for me?
445
00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:20,711
[Dog Barking In Distance]
446
00:30:57,489 --> 00:31:01,220
[Footsteps Approaching]
447
00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:05,063
[Feet Shuffling]
448
00:31:13,105 --> 00:31:15,164
[Door Opens]
449
00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:19,103
[Light Clicks On]
450
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:29,812
Amos!
451
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:33,380
- Who's there? Who said that?
- It's me, Jessica. I'm down in the basement.
452
00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:54,909
Is that you, Mrs. Fletcher?
Yes, I'm here. Come on down.
453
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,315
What you doin' here?
Well, I could ask you the same question.
454
00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:08,120
Oh, well, I didn't have
too much to do,
455
00:32:08,193 --> 00:32:11,594
so I just thought I'd look around,
uh, unofficially, of course.
456
00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:14,154
Well, good. Look at this.
457
00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:16,291
Well, that's just some wood shavings.
458
00:32:16,368 --> 00:32:19,303
The kind made by a hand drill.
459
00:32:19,371 --> 00:32:23,637
And look up there.
See that perfect little hole drilled in the floorboards...
460
00:32:23,709 --> 00:32:28,112
with a perfect view
of the bathtub and the wall plug?
461
00:32:28,180 --> 00:32:30,114
That so?
462
00:32:30,182 --> 00:32:34,380
Amos, there is absolutely
no doubt in my mind that Beverly was murdered,
463
00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:36,580
and I'll prove it.
I don't get it.
464
00:32:36,655 --> 00:32:39,123
Well, look here.
465
00:32:39,191 --> 00:32:41,250
Now, look. Here's the fuse box.
Uh-huh.
466
00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:44,523
Now, the cord was frayed,
and I think it was done deliberately.
467
00:32:44,596 --> 00:32:48,555
The killer waited
until Beverly was in the bathtub,
468
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:51,193
and then he turned off the power.
469
00:32:51,269 --> 00:32:54,261
Now, Beverly got out of the tub
dripping wet...
470
00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:57,240
and went to try
the on-and-off button on the TV set. Mm-hmm.
471
00:32:57,309 --> 00:33:00,472
But when that didn't work,
she did what any of us would do.
472
00:33:00,545 --> 00:33:03,708
She checked the plug to be sure
that the connection was secure.
473
00:33:03,782 --> 00:33:05,773
Now, the killer could see her,
474
00:33:05,851 --> 00:33:10,015
and he waited until she had the plug
in her hand, and then-
475
00:33:11,056 --> 00:33:14,856
Well, I'll be.
[Clicks Tongue] That's nice thinkin', ma'am.
476
00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:17,326
[Footsteps Approaching]
Shh.
477
00:33:24,136 --> 00:33:26,730
Amos, did you bring your gun?
Turned it in.
478
00:33:26,805 --> 00:33:29,968
[Gasps] Uh-oh.
Sounds like he's coming to the basement door.
479
00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:05,442
[Mouthing Words]
480
00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:10,539
Who is it? Come out here.
481
00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:12,742
[Shatters]
482
00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:27,058
[Amos]Adam Frobisher.
483
00:34:33,138 --> 00:34:35,470
He'll live.
484
00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:37,735
I didn't kill her, Harry.
I told you.
485
00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:40,573
I was just tryin' to find
the ownership papers for the trawler.
486
00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:43,170
There's laws about
breaking and entering, Adam!
487
00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:45,182
And stealing-even from dead people.
488
00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:48,777
Now, that boat is mine!
Beverly gave it to me. Even if you never find papers in writing!
489
00:34:48,854 --> 00:34:53,348
Let me tell ya-
Well, here ya are, Sheriff. Caught this guy tryin' to get out of town.
490
00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:56,952
Well, well. Frederich Hoffman.
491
00:34:57,028 --> 00:34:58,962
We wondered
where you disappeared to.
492
00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:01,760
I have done nothing wrong.
[Harry]Then what did you run for?
493
00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:04,461
He had that van stuffed
with all his belongings.
494
00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:07,027
I don't thinkhe was comin'back, Sheriff.
495
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:10,506
There's a law says
I have to live in this lousy town?
496
00:35:10,575 --> 00:35:12,668
There's laws about fleeing
the scene of a crime!
497
00:35:12,744 --> 00:35:18,148
Willard, lock these two up
in the back there with Larry till I get to the bottom of this thing.
498
00:35:18,216 --> 00:35:20,548
I want a lawyer.
Come on.
499
00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:23,554
I want a lawyer too.
Well, you'll both get lawyers in the morning.
500
00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:25,647
Tonight, you sleep here.
501
00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:31,823
Well, one thing is sure.
502
00:35:31,897 --> 00:35:35,196
Uh, I've got the killer behind bars.
503
00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:38,532
Now, just have to figure out
which one it is.
504
00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:43,703
Harry, maybe you ought
to call the state police.
505
00:35:43,775 --> 00:35:46,300
Meaning I can't do the job?
506
00:35:46,378 --> 00:35:50,007
Oh, no. I didn't say that.
Oh, zip it up, Harry. Mrs. Fletcher's just trying to be helpful.
507
00:35:50,081 --> 00:35:54,381
Yeah, well, Jessica, if-if- if you think
you can do a better job, then you're welcome to it!
508
00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:57,216
You too, Amos. I've-I've had it
with this lousy job.
509
00:36:00,192 --> 00:36:02,752
Willard, you're in charge!
510
00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:05,762
You call in whoever you like!
511
00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,821
I'm goin' home.
512
00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:18,899
Harry's gonna be okay in the morning.
513
00:36:18,977 --> 00:36:21,878
I'll tell you one thing.
He's not much of a lawman.
514
00:36:21,947 --> 00:36:24,006
Need any more butter on that,
do you, Amos?
515
00:36:24,082 --> 00:36:27,950
Brain food, Doc, and I got
some serious thinkin' to do.
516
00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:31,580
Larry, Frederich, Adam.
517
00:36:31,656 --> 00:36:33,453
I don't know.
518
00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:37,086
You don't know... which one?
519
00:36:37,162 --> 00:36:39,858
Well, I'm afraid
it may not be any of them.
520
00:36:39,931 --> 00:36:41,865
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
521
00:36:43,235 --> 00:36:47,968
You know, I'm beginning to think
that this insanity may all tie in.
522
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,837
Beverly's death,
which we now know is murder,
523
00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:52,843
Elvira's death- also murder-
524
00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:55,641
these letters flooding the town.
525
00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:59,548
I mean, suppose-
and this is just a theory-
526
00:36:59,618 --> 00:37:04,954
suppose that Beverly felt
that she might be in danger,
527
00:37:05,023 --> 00:37:07,958
warned the killer that a letter
would be mailed by a friend...
528
00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:11,723
in the event that somethinghappened to her. Elvira Tree.
529
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:16,130
Except the killer didn't know
that Elvira was the friend.
530
00:37:16,201 --> 00:37:19,796
But he knew that a letter would be mailed,
so what does he do?
531
00:37:19,871 --> 00:37:23,967
He floods the townwith crazy, accusatory letters.
532
00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:26,442
Hiding the real letter
in a batch of phonies.
533
00:37:26,511 --> 00:37:31,278
And all the letters are different
because the killer doesn't know what the real letter looked like.
534
00:37:31,349 --> 00:37:33,840
Yeah, that makes sense.
Uh-huh.
535
00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:36,011
But the killer has a problem.
536
00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:39,545
He's in danger from the friend
who mailed Beverly's letter.
537
00:37:39,624 --> 00:37:42,855
That person knows
why the letter was mailed.
538
00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:47,989
And in time,she will put two and two togetherand go to the authorities.
539
00:37:49,234 --> 00:37:54,297
Now, suppose the letter had been
written and addressed sometime back,
540
00:37:54,372 --> 00:37:56,499
while you were still sheriff, Amos.
541
00:37:56,574 --> 00:37:58,906
Well, I did get one letter.
542
00:37:58,977 --> 00:38:02,936
Come to think of it,
it was addressed to Sheriff Amos Tupper.
543
00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:04,948
You know, there was something-
544
00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:08,349
Oh, spit it out, man. Spit it out!
545
00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:10,752
And this kind of fits in, Mrs. Fletcher.
546
00:38:10,822 --> 00:38:15,452
I remember looking at that postmark
and wondering who would write me from Newberry.
547
00:38:15,527 --> 00:38:19,691
[Laughing]
Amos, I love you. That is it!
548
00:38:19,764 --> 00:38:22,733
Elvira mailed the letter...
549
00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:26,168
while she was visiting
her doctor in Newberry.
550
00:38:26,237 --> 00:38:30,105
[Chuckling]
It was your letter that Beverly wanted mailed.
551
00:38:30,175 --> 00:38:32,666
Yeah, but there is a problem, ma'am.
552
00:38:32,744 --> 00:38:36,475
The letter I got didn't implicate
any of those fellas in jail.
553
00:38:36,548 --> 00:38:39,016
It had to do with the fire
at the Coast Guard property...
554
00:38:39,084 --> 00:38:41,245
and points a finger at the Condo Three.
555
00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:45,381
Oh, good heavens. Michael!
556
00:38:45,457 --> 00:38:48,119
##[Background]
557
00:38:49,828 --> 00:38:51,887
My feeling about real estate...
558
00:38:51,963 --> 00:38:53,897
is that it's there.
559
00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:59,232
Mmm. Michael, you are so insightful.
560
00:38:59,304 --> 00:39:03,331
Well, what I mean is-
is that it's there.
561
00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:05,740
What the hell
is the kid talking about?
562
00:39:05,810 --> 00:39:08,472
Who knows?
You worry too much, Bart.
563
00:39:08,546 --> 00:39:10,946
He doesn't know zilch,
and neither does Mrs. Fletcher.
564
00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:15,916
Excuse me, Mr. Digby.
A call for you.
565
00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:18,478
Oh, yeah?
566
00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:21,821
Excuse me.
Uh-huh. [Chuckles]
567
00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:24,225
One more time around?
Oh, sweetie.
568
00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:26,889
It's my pleasure.
[Chuckles]
569
00:39:27,966 --> 00:39:29,957
[Chuckles]
570
00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:45,141
- Yeah?
- Michael, are you all right?
571
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,810
Yeah, I'm fine,
although in the last three hours,
572
00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:50,719
I've consumed a fifth of Scotch
and a pound of butter to stay sober.
573
00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:53,656
It's a trick my dad taught me.
[Gasps]
574
00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:56,455
- But have you learned anything?
- Not a whole lot,
575
00:39:56,528 --> 00:39:59,326
although these foreign investors
paid a fortune for that land,
576
00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:01,763
and they made their offer
several years ago before the fire,
577
00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:03,801
so I think your theory
about arson may be right.
578
00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:08,430
- But Beverly didn't set it.
- And neither did the Condo Three. They were out of town when it happened.
579
00:40:08,506 --> 00:40:10,940
- Unless they hired someone.
- Yeah, maybe.
580
00:40:11,009 --> 00:40:15,241
There are kickbacks and payoffs
all over the place, including a huge finder's fee to a real estate broker.
581
00:40:15,313 --> 00:40:19,272
It may be someone here in town.
You know, Lila hints around a lot, but she doesn't say much.
582
00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:21,341
Can I come home now?
583
00:40:21,419 --> 00:40:24,013
- Mrs. Fletcher, you there?
- Oh, yes.
584
00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:26,215
Yes, yes. I'm still here, Michael.
585
00:40:26,291 --> 00:40:28,589
Uh- No, you can't come home yet.
586
00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:32,118
I want you to go back to Mrs. Norris...
587
00:40:32,197 --> 00:40:35,132
and let her try to pry
something out of you.
588
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,191
Uh, don't make it too difficult.
589
00:40:45,376 --> 00:40:49,176
Whoopsy-doo.
[Chuckling]
590
00:40:49,247 --> 00:40:52,842
It was Mrs. Fletcher.
Oh, how nice. [Chuckles]
591
00:40:54,085 --> 00:40:56,918
Honey,
592
00:40:56,988 --> 00:41:00,048
what motel are you staying at?
593
00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:03,753
Oh, Mrs. Fletcher's been
nice enough to put me up. Has she?
594
00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:09,789
And what has she got
that I don't have?
595
00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:13,827
Nothing. Really, that is,
she's one very clever lady.
596
00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:18,365
She's got a policeman'sperspective on anything.Hmm.
597
00:41:18,443 --> 00:41:21,037
[Chuckles]
598
00:41:21,112 --> 00:41:23,637
Shh. Don't tell anybody-
Mmm.
599
00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:27,742
But she's figured out that somebody
torched the Coast Guard house.
600
00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:32,383
Huh. Bilgewater.
601
00:41:32,457 --> 00:41:34,391
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
602
00:41:34,459 --> 00:41:36,791
She told me she's going
to Beverly Gareth's house.
603
00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:39,125
She's got a way to prove it, she said.
604
00:41:45,937 --> 00:41:48,428
Excuse me.
605
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:50,667
Powder room.
[Chuckles]
606
00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:55,869
Mmm.
607
00:42:10,595 --> 00:42:15,555
It's me, and have I got
bad news for you, buster.
608
00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:17,794
[Footsteps Approaching]
609
00:42:22,006 --> 00:42:24,338
That you, Mrs. Fletcher?
610
00:42:24,409 --> 00:42:26,900
Yes, I'm down here, Harry.
611
00:42:26,978 --> 00:42:29,606
Oh. Just passin' by.
612
00:42:29,681 --> 00:42:31,808
Saw the light comin'
from the basement window.
613
00:42:31,883 --> 00:42:34,374
Thought I ought to take a look.
614
00:42:34,452 --> 00:42:36,443
Funny, I thought you quit tonight.
615
00:42:36,521 --> 00:42:41,151
[Laughing]
Oh, that. Well, I just lost my temper. That's all.
616
00:42:41,225 --> 00:42:43,489
Ya lookin' for anything special?
617
00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:46,962
Well, I have this theory
about the Coast Guard fire...
618
00:42:47,031 --> 00:42:48,965
and who started it.
619
00:42:49,033 --> 00:42:51,263
I was waiting for someone to show up.
620
00:42:51,336 --> 00:42:53,270
I thought it might be you.
621
00:42:53,338 --> 00:42:55,898
Well, as I said,
I was, uh, just passing by.
622
00:42:55,974 --> 00:42:59,273
Yeah, I know.
That's what you told me, Harry.
623
00:42:59,344 --> 00:43:03,303
And you were right about one thing.
You weren't much of a lawman.
624
00:43:03,381 --> 00:43:06,373
You also weren't much of a killer either.
625
00:43:08,553 --> 00:43:10,544
Killer?
626
00:43:10,622 --> 00:43:12,954
[Scoffs]
That's crazy.
627
00:43:13,024 --> 00:43:15,151
I wish it were, Harry.
628
00:43:15,226 --> 00:43:18,559
Oh, Jessica!
629
00:43:18,630 --> 00:43:21,622
Come on. We-
[Sighs]
630
00:43:21,699 --> 00:43:24,099
We've known each other for years!
631
00:43:24,168 --> 00:43:27,035
L- I sold you your house.
632
00:43:28,106 --> 00:43:32,008
[Laughs]Frank and I were lodge brothers.
633
00:43:32,076 --> 00:43:34,010
Yeah.
634
00:43:34,078 --> 00:43:37,570
That's what... makes this so hard.
635
00:43:37,649 --> 00:43:40,550
I mean, that hole in the floorboard,
the frayed cord,
636
00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:45,783
the electrocution that had to be an accident
because the door was locked- That was clever, Harry.
637
00:43:45,857 --> 00:43:50,157
But leaving the wood shavings
on the floor where anyone could find them-That was sloppy.
638
00:43:50,228 --> 00:43:53,391
And then you flooded the townwith letters to protect yourself, but-
639
00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:56,456
Jessica!
You cannot be serious!
640
00:43:56,534 --> 00:44:00,334
You tried to place the blame for the letters
on a woman with arthritis-
641
00:44:00,405 --> 00:44:02,737
a woman who could
barely write her own name.
642
00:44:02,807 --> 00:44:07,938
What was it, Harry?Did you get a large finder's feefor putting the sale together?
643
00:44:08,012 --> 00:44:10,503
Jessica, there's nothing illegal
about a commission.
644
00:44:10,581 --> 00:44:13,141
There is if you commit arson
to make it happen...
645
00:44:13,217 --> 00:44:15,742
and kill two women
to cover it up.
646
00:44:15,820 --> 00:44:18,084
- You gonna take that into court?
- No.
647
00:44:18,156 --> 00:44:21,648
Amos Tupper will be the one in court.
You slipped, Harry, badly.
648
00:44:21,726 --> 00:44:25,127
Larry Burns repairedBeverly's TVset last week.
649
00:44:25,196 --> 00:44:28,256
He'll swear there was nothing wrong
with the cord when he returned it.
650
00:44:28,332 --> 00:44:32,393
Okay, so the killer frayed the cord
to make it look accidental. That doesn't prove it was me!
651
00:44:32,470 --> 00:44:36,566
No, but if the cord was all right,
why did you say you'd seen it frayed?
652
00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:41,543
- What?
- Amos told me you'd made a point of it.
653
00:44:41,612 --> 00:44:46,072
I noticed that frayed cord a month ago
when I came to appraise the place. Told her to get it fixed.
654
00:44:46,150 --> 00:44:49,881
You never saw the cord frayed, Harry,
because there was never anything wrong with it,
655
00:44:49,954 --> 00:44:52,354
not until you doctored it.
656
00:45:01,632 --> 00:45:04,362
Let me tell ya somethin' about Beverly.
657
00:45:04,435 --> 00:45:08,371
She was stupid and greedy.
658
00:45:08,439 --> 00:45:10,703
I did all the work.
659
00:45:10,775 --> 00:45:14,040
I torched the building.
I found the buyers!
660
00:45:15,279 --> 00:45:19,739
I even greased the way
for the zoning variance!
661
00:45:19,817 --> 00:45:22,650
Oh, she- she paid me
all right, but...
662
00:45:24,589 --> 00:45:29,617
what she didn't tell me was that
she'd recorded our conversations.
663
00:45:29,694 --> 00:45:33,630
[Laughs] She tried
to bleed me out of my cut.
664
00:45:33,698 --> 00:45:36,462
A lot wasn't enough for her.
665
00:45:36,534 --> 00:45:38,468
She wanted it all.
666
00:45:38,536 --> 00:45:40,800
Sorry about Elvira.
667
00:45:40,872 --> 00:45:42,965
I always liked her-
[Gun Cocks]
668
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:46,441
Just as I've always liked you,Jessica, but, uh,
669
00:45:46,511 --> 00:45:48,672
I'm kind of out of control now.
670
00:45:50,915 --> 00:45:53,406
Sorry, Harry.
671
00:45:53,484 --> 00:45:55,884
Speaking of tape recorders.
672
00:45:57,355 --> 00:45:59,949
[Gun Cocks]
Just lay it down...
673
00:46:01,325 --> 00:46:03,816
real careful.
674
00:46:07,498 --> 00:46:11,594
You don't know how much
I... wanted to be wrong.
675
00:46:24,182 --> 00:46:28,278
Well, Mrs. Fletcher, I don't think
I'll ever be able to look at a small town the same way again.
676
00:46:28,352 --> 00:46:30,616
That means you'll be
going back to the city then?
677
00:46:30,688 --> 00:46:33,282
No, actually I'm headed to Fall River
to visit my aunt. Oh.
678
00:46:33,357 --> 00:46:35,621
I can use the rest.
Fall River.
679
00:46:35,693 --> 00:46:38,491
Isn't that where Lizzie Borden lived?
680
00:46:38,563 --> 00:46:41,191
"Took an ax and gave
her mother 40 whacks."
681
00:46:41,265 --> 00:46:44,234
"And when she saw what she had done,
she gave her father"-
682
00:46:44,302 --> 00:46:48,636
You know, on second thought,
I think I will head back to New York. Seems a bit safer.
683
00:46:48,706 --> 00:46:53,166
[Laughing] Good-bye, Michael,
and thanks for all your help. It's been a distinct pleasure.
684
00:46:53,244 --> 00:46:55,235
Michael.
Doctor.
685
00:47:01,452 --> 00:47:04,182
Oh, by the way,
686
00:47:04,255 --> 00:47:08,555
you'll find my noteson the Cabot Cove bookout back in the trash.
687
00:47:08,626 --> 00:47:12,858
This is one little town
I'd like to remember the way it was when I first got here.
688
00:47:12,908 --> 00:47:17,458
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