1 00:00:02,970 --> 00:00:05,940 One thousand dollar bills? For flowers? 2 00:00:06,039 --> 00:00:07,617 Well, this is Beverly Hills, Mrs. Fletcher. 3 00:00:07,641 --> 00:00:08,734 There is... 4 00:00:08,809 --> 00:00:11,210 Schlock gossip and quality gossip. 5 00:00:11,278 --> 00:00:14,407 Damn it, Frances. You told me we had an absolute lock on this thing. 6 00:00:14,481 --> 00:00:15,676 We've got a leak. 7 00:00:15,782 --> 00:00:17,114 Your prints were on that envelope 8 00:00:17,184 --> 00:00:19,050 because you were playing bagman for someone. 9 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:20,485 Well, now wait a minute, Betty. 10 00:00:20,554 --> 00:00:22,682 I mean, I don't sell gossip. 11 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:25,191 Which puts you there at the time he was murdered. 12 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:29,056 My crime is one of vanity, not murder, Mrs. Fletcher. 13 00:00:29,129 --> 00:00:31,724 There's a certain night nurse who can vouch for my whereabouts 14 00:00:31,798 --> 00:00:33,664 and I can certainly vouch for hers. 15 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:36,363 Gossip, it seems that no one around here is immune to it. 16 00:00:36,436 --> 00:00:37,995 Good-bye, J.B. Fletcher. 17 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:48,264 Kate, I told you, 18 00:01:48,342 --> 00:01:51,210 if we don't have an exclusive on that Kevin and Whitney story, 19 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:52,644 I am not interested. 20 00:01:52,713 --> 00:01:57,117 And, Phil, I want you to bury Marla and play up Frank. 21 00:01:57,551 --> 00:02:01,352 And, George, this new piece on Robin, it's a good start, but 22 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:04,023 it needs a whole new take. 23 00:02:04,091 --> 00:02:07,118 It's anal, it doesn't begin to show the pain, 24 00:02:07,194 --> 00:02:09,493 the torment behind the comic mask. 25 00:02:09,563 --> 00:02:12,260 I want you to pull out all the stops, the sex, the booze, 26 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:13,960 the compulsiveness, the whole deal. 27 00:02:14,034 --> 00:02:15,696 Okay, I'm sorry. 28 00:02:15,769 --> 00:02:19,262 Listen, I don't usually let my rookies do their own rewrites. 29 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:21,831 Thanks, but what about corroborations? 30 00:02:21,942 --> 00:02:23,911 Our sources are really shaky. 31 00:02:23,977 --> 00:02:26,276 Let my worry about that, okay? 32 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:27,644 Go, go. 33 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:30,508 And want it in my hand by 6:00 tonight. 34 00:02:30,584 --> 00:02:32,553 Those low-rent schlockmeisters have done it again. 35 00:02:32,619 --> 00:02:36,215 Damn it, Frances. You told me we had an absolute lock on this thing. 36 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:37,382 We did. 37 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:39,435 Well, what is this, the fourth time this month? 38 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:40,950 I want you to kill our story. 39 00:02:42,195 --> 00:02:45,893 It's too late, unless you wanna burn two million copies. 40 00:02:47,234 --> 00:02:48,578 She's in a meeting right now, 41 00:02:48,602 --> 00:02:51,538 but if you'll kindly have a seat, Mrs. Fletcher, she'll be with you. 42 00:02:51,605 --> 00:02:52,664 Thank you. 43 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:54,939 When I pay for an exclusive, I want it to stay that way. 44 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:57,706 And I want you to call a full staff meeting by noon tomorrow, 45 00:02:57,778 --> 00:02:59,212 and I mean everybody. 46 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:02,909 Junie, I've told you, either our informants are playing both sides 47 00:03:02,983 --> 00:03:04,383 or we've got a leak. 48 00:03:04,451 --> 00:03:06,691 Well, either way, darling, I am not laying out top dollar 49 00:03:06,753 --> 00:03:08,619 for Mert Mondello and his sleaze-machine 50 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:10,658 to make us look foolish. 51 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:13,426 Jessica. How are you? 52 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:16,952 Frances, it's lovely to see you. 53 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:20,296 And you. I'm sorry I didn't meet your plane, 54 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:23,599 but, as you can see, things are pretty hectic here. 55 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:24,797 How was your flight? 56 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:26,703 Uneventful. The best kind, 57 00:03:26,773 --> 00:03:29,368 and your driver met me with the most beautiful flowers. 58 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:31,308 I felt just like a movie star. 59 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:33,609 Oh, you are a sight for sore eyes, 60 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,206 and I do mean sore. The smog today is horrendous. 61 00:03:36,283 --> 00:03:38,218 Come with me while I pop my lenses. 62 00:03:38,285 --> 00:03:40,516 The price one pays for vanity. 63 00:03:41,822 --> 00:03:43,882 So, when Junie Cobb offered me this job, 64 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:46,290 it took me ten seconds to decide that my novel 65 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:48,521 would have wait while I got my bills paid. 66 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:53,532 Mrs. Fletcher? Gabriel Caceras, Beverly Hills P.D. 67 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,244 You helped me out on a murder case, remember? 68 00:03:55,268 --> 00:03:58,329 Oh, yes, of course, that was about three years ago. 69 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:00,704 Lieutenant Caceras, this is my friend, Frances Hunt. 70 00:04:00,774 --> 00:04:01,951 How do you... Nice to meet you. 71 00:04:01,975 --> 00:04:04,444 Now let me see, you were about to get married. 72 00:04:04,511 --> 00:04:07,071 I tied the knot two years ago. She's a dream. 73 00:04:07,147 --> 00:04:09,616 Oh, how nice. I'm delighted to meet you. 74 00:04:09,683 --> 00:04:10,878 Oh, her? 75 00:04:10,951 --> 00:04:14,479 No, she's business. Look, we've got to run. Give me a call, huh? 76 00:04:14,554 --> 00:04:17,718 I have a pretty full schedule this trip. Maybe next time. 77 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:19,089 Okay. Don't forget. 78 00:04:19,159 --> 00:04:20,252 I won't. 79 00:04:25,599 --> 00:04:26,726 Excuse me. 80 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,235 Hello? Ah, yes, Betty. 81 00:04:29,302 --> 00:04:32,295 Call Rodeo Caterers and have them send over four more servings 82 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:35,001 just to play it safe. Right. Thanks, Betty. 83 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:37,035 Okay. Let's go. 84 00:04:37,344 --> 00:04:38,642 Thanks. 85 00:04:40,747 --> 00:04:43,683 Two weeks ago, I invited my boss and her husband 86 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:46,481 to a quiet little dinner for your first night in town. 87 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:48,885 It's now up to ten, more or less, and still counting. 88 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:52,116 Well, at least I'll know I'm not in Cabot Cove. 89 00:04:52,192 --> 00:04:53,936 It's so sweet of you to have me stay with you. 90 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,954 Are you kidding? After all the times I've camped at your place! 91 00:05:10,210 --> 00:05:11,644 Where have you been? 92 00:05:11,711 --> 00:05:14,374 You're supposed to use the side door. 93 00:05:14,614 --> 00:05:17,812 Oh, I'm... I'm sorry, I got kind of confused. 94 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:20,683 Well, as long as you're here, bring it in. 95 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:22,354 Thank you. 96 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:29,161 Wait a second, where's the wine? 97 00:05:29,229 --> 00:05:32,097 Wine? Oh, no, these are pages 98 00:05:32,199 --> 00:05:35,499 for, uh, "A" List. I'm one of Ms. Hunt's writers. 99 00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:37,094 You? 100 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:38,900 Oh, my God, I am so embarrassed. 101 00:05:38,972 --> 00:05:41,066 Don't be. I just started. 102 00:05:41,641 --> 00:05:43,337 I can believe that. 103 00:05:43,410 --> 00:05:45,242 Who was at the door? 104 00:05:45,312 --> 00:05:47,372 George, you're a dear. 105 00:05:48,849 --> 00:05:50,181 George, 106 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:54,220 what are you doing for dinner tonight? 107 00:05:54,287 --> 00:05:57,018 I... Nothing. 108 00:05:57,791 --> 00:06:00,158 Gosh, my mom will flip out 109 00:06:00,227 --> 00:06:02,822 when I tell her that I'm a last minute dinner party replacement 110 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:04,364 for her favorite soap opera star. 111 00:06:05,532 --> 00:06:07,057 After only three weeks in Hollywood, 112 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:09,693 I think he's doing very well, don't you, Mr. Hendricks? 113 00:06:09,769 --> 00:06:11,032 Mmm. 114 00:06:13,940 --> 00:06:16,603 Hello, Stan, Mrs. Fletcher. 115 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:19,838 Malibu, right? 116 00:06:20,146 --> 00:06:21,946 You're the young man that Wolfgang hired to do 117 00:06:21,982 --> 00:06:24,611 all those great things with a shitake mushroom. 118 00:06:24,684 --> 00:06:28,212 No, Mrs. Cobb. I work for Ms. Hunt at the magazine. 119 00:06:29,422 --> 00:06:32,324 Oh, God, Arnett, someone who doesn't call you by their first name 120 00:06:32,392 --> 00:06:36,022 ten seconds after they meet you. We should bottle him. 121 00:06:36,096 --> 00:06:37,758 Canapes anyone? Yes, thank you. 122 00:06:38,298 --> 00:06:40,267 Betty, darling. 123 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:42,234 You always seem to know about everything. 124 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:44,031 Who is that gorgeous man over there? 125 00:06:44,104 --> 00:06:46,801 Talking to the woman in the unfortunate dress. 126 00:06:47,274 --> 00:06:49,903 Gee, Mrs. Cobb, I thought everyone knew him. 127 00:06:49,976 --> 00:06:53,606 That's Dr. Johnny Windhurst, plastic surgeon to the stars. 128 00:06:53,713 --> 00:06:55,477 And I mean stars. He does them all. 129 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:57,915 Barbara, Sally, Richard. 130 00:06:57,984 --> 00:06:59,748 Isn't she a treasure, Mrs. Fletcher? 131 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:05,484 And I told her when she started "A" List. 132 00:07:05,558 --> 00:07:07,049 I said, Junie, there is... 133 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:09,494 Schlock gossip and quality gossip. 134 00:07:11,298 --> 00:07:14,928 And if you don't want Arnett's money to go straight down the tubes, 135 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:17,436 you've gotta pay top dollar for your information. 136 00:07:17,504 --> 00:07:18,631 Exactly. 137 00:07:18,705 --> 00:07:21,641 I mean, that's the only way you can compete with Starscene 138 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:24,735 and those supermarket tabloids, 139 00:07:24,811 --> 00:07:27,042 and avoid the lawsuits. 140 00:07:27,147 --> 00:07:30,606 I mean, you have got to spend it to make it. That's what I told her. 141 00:07:30,684 --> 00:07:33,051 Aggie, she's been doing just that, 142 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:36,988 but lately it's like Starscene knows what we're covering before we do. 143 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:40,323 I can't believe they're in a position to outbid us. 144 00:07:40,393 --> 00:07:41,691 Ah! 145 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:44,629 Oh, Aggie, thank you so much for referring Carol to me. 146 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,076 A couple of tucks, a nip or two near the hairline, 147 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:49,331 she'll be even more irresistible than she is now. 148 00:07:49,402 --> 00:07:51,394 As if that were possible. 149 00:07:51,471 --> 00:07:53,702 Unless of course you could make her look like Michelle. 150 00:07:58,411 --> 00:08:01,609 Well, I hope Mr. Mondello's Starscene crashes and burns, 151 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:03,809 and I hate to talk business, Mrs. Fletcher, 152 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:05,728 but what happened to our elusive football player? 153 00:08:05,752 --> 00:08:08,620 Davey Wells? We have two corroborations, 154 00:08:08,722 --> 00:08:10,452 but our lawyer says we need a third. 155 00:08:10,523 --> 00:08:12,185 Listen to them, J.J. 156 00:08:12,258 --> 00:08:14,022 Print it. I'll take my chances. 157 00:08:14,094 --> 00:08:16,689 Your work absolutely fascinates me. 158 00:08:16,796 --> 00:08:20,460 Well, thank you, Doctor. Yours fascinates me. 159 00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:24,299 Oh, so, as this guy is climbing into his Rolls-Royce, 160 00:08:24,371 --> 00:08:26,897 I tell him the house is his for 4.8 million, 161 00:08:26,973 --> 00:08:29,909 and he says all he can come up with is $3,000 down. 162 00:08:32,278 --> 00:08:33,837 Mrs. Fletcher, tell me the truth. 163 00:08:33,913 --> 00:08:36,576 Where do you get all those stories? 164 00:08:36,649 --> 00:08:39,175 Well, it's a bit complicated, Mr. Cobb. 165 00:08:39,285 --> 00:08:41,345 I mean those suspects and plots, 166 00:08:41,421 --> 00:08:44,118 surely you can't make all of them up. 167 00:08:44,224 --> 00:08:45,248 Oh, of course not. 168 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:48,659 I mean, sometimes they're variations on real crimes. 169 00:08:48,728 --> 00:08:51,288 For instance, I'm in town to research a murder 170 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:53,959 that took place 65 years ago. 171 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:56,265 It's always fascinated me. 172 00:08:56,336 --> 00:08:58,669 I'll give it to her myself, all right? 173 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:10,009 Frances, darling, to you and your guest, 174 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:12,348 my profound apologies. 175 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:14,149 Oh, Billy, you've outdone yourself. 176 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:18,089 Oh, they are lovely. They're just simply gorgeous. 177 00:09:18,892 --> 00:09:22,659 Nobody but nobody does flowers like Billy Kyle. 178 00:09:22,729 --> 00:09:24,755 And he's only three hours late. 179 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:26,595 Don't ask me about today. 180 00:09:26,666 --> 00:09:30,103 Both delivery trucks broke down, my refrigerator died, 181 00:09:30,170 --> 00:09:33,299 and just as soon as I finished your piece, my assistant quit. 182 00:09:33,373 --> 00:09:35,274 Just walked off into the sunset, 183 00:09:35,341 --> 00:09:37,867 and I still have hours of work to do back at the store. 184 00:09:37,977 --> 00:09:39,707 Oh, and there's no charge, of course. 185 00:09:39,779 --> 00:09:43,045 In that case, I may forgive you. 186 00:09:44,884 --> 00:09:46,250 Sunday 10:00 a.m., Billy. 187 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:47,787 Count on it, Mrs. Cobb. 188 00:09:47,854 --> 00:09:50,289 Have you been to his new shop? 189 00:09:50,356 --> 00:09:52,882 No, I haven't, but I hear it's wonderful. 190 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:54,303 Okay, Mrs. Fletcher. Now suppose... 191 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:57,354 Nobody does flowers like Billy Kyle. 192 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:59,592 George, give Jessica a break. 193 00:09:59,666 --> 00:10:02,261 She's got to be terminally jet lagged. 194 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:06,500 Three thousand dollars down. 195 00:10:06,573 --> 00:10:08,542 Now, tell me the truth. 196 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:09,752 Where do you get all those stories? 197 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:10,853 Surely you can't make all of them up. 198 00:10:10,877 --> 00:10:12,607 Plastic surgeon to the stars. 199 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:17,975 Oh, forgive me. 200 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:20,247 I guess it is getting to me after all. 201 00:10:21,721 --> 00:10:23,747 Oh, Mrs. Fletcher, you have my sympathy. 202 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:26,520 It's after midnight, Cabot Cove time. 203 00:10:26,593 --> 00:10:27,754 Good night, everyone. 204 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:31,221 Good night, Jess... 205 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:57,716 Mrs. Fletcher? On behalf of my beat, welcome. 206 00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:59,088 Lieutenant, what's wrong? 207 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:01,185 What else? Homicide. The proprietor. 208 00:11:01,261 --> 00:11:02,490 Billy Kyle? 209 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:03,654 You knew him? 210 00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:05,028 Well, no, not really, 211 00:11:05,098 --> 00:11:06,378 but, Lieutenant, I may have been 212 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:09,231 one of the last people to see him alive. 213 00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:20,289 When the delivery kid opened this morning, 214 00:11:20,313 --> 00:11:22,407 he found Billy Kyle's body. 215 00:11:22,949 --> 00:11:24,542 Here you go. Yeah, thanks. 216 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:26,662 Stabbed with these shears. They are probably his own. 217 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:27,813 Blood traces. 218 00:11:27,887 --> 00:11:30,789 It's likely they were lying out there on the counter, you know. 219 00:11:30,857 --> 00:11:31,984 Weapon of opportunity. 220 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:34,220 Yeah. You know, it looks as if the victim 221 00:11:34,294 --> 00:11:36,559 surprised the perp in the middle of a burglary. 222 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:39,565 I mean, the kid found the cash drawer open, empty. 223 00:11:39,666 --> 00:11:40,843 What time did you see the victim? 224 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:42,130 About 10:00 p.m. 225 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:43,932 What do we got here? 226 00:11:44,003 --> 00:11:46,563 Boy, you don't see many of these around. 227 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:48,198 5,000. 228 00:11:48,274 --> 00:11:50,432 See, professional thieves know to look under 229 00:11:50,456 --> 00:11:52,439 the drawer for the larger denominations. 230 00:11:52,779 --> 00:11:54,509 What am I saying? Most shoppers know 231 00:11:54,581 --> 00:11:55,981 the big bucks go below. 232 00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:59,383 But one thousand dollar bills? For flowers? 233 00:11:59,452 --> 00:12:00,996 Well, this is Beverly Hills, Mrs. Fletcher. 234 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:03,888 I mean, it could've been for a function or married man, 235 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:06,017 cash, a standing order. 236 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:09,494 I mean, the price of long-stemmed roses these days, 237 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:11,531 those bucks wouldn't go all that far. 238 00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:12,964 If someone had broken in here 239 00:12:13,032 --> 00:12:14,557 and was surprised by Mr. Kyle, 240 00:12:14,634 --> 00:12:17,229 I wonder why his burglar alarm didn't go off? 241 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:18,903 Oh, no, we checked with Rexford. 242 00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:20,031 The alarm works. 243 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:22,132 Oh, and one of their guards drove past 244 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:23,733 and saw the victim working here. 245 00:12:23,810 --> 00:12:25,608 It was around midnight. 246 00:12:26,779 --> 00:12:30,477 Do you get the feeling that he must've known his assailant? 247 00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:32,276 His assistant? 248 00:12:32,552 --> 00:12:34,680 Well, Mr. Kyle said that he'd quit. 249 00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:36,899 That he "walked off into the sunset" was the way he put it. 250 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:39,222 Hey, maybe the man returns later, 251 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:40,692 Billy lets him in and they quarrel. 252 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,991 Or the guy still has his key, 253 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,898 and comes back to collect some midnight severance pay. 254 00:12:46,966 --> 00:12:48,798 Billy catches him... 255 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:52,528 I'll get his name from the clerk. 256 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:56,042 Oh, Mrs. Fletcher, the other guests at the dinner party, 257 00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:57,236 how's your memory for names? 258 00:12:57,310 --> 00:13:00,280 Billy Kyle? Ah, I can't stand it! 259 00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:03,080 I don't know what I'll do without him. 260 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:05,243 My party on Sunday, 261 00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:08,048 it's going to be an absolute disaster. 262 00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:12,084 Okay, besides his broken delivery vans 263 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:14,150 and his non-functioning refrigerator 264 00:13:14,227 --> 00:13:15,437 and his assistant taking a hike, 265 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:17,259 did Mr. Kyle indicate any other problems? 266 00:13:17,330 --> 00:13:19,094 I mean, you know, something more serious? 267 00:13:19,165 --> 00:13:21,760 To Billy, everything was serious. 268 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:23,166 Would you mind expanding on that? 269 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:27,367 You had to know Billy, Lieutenant, he lived from crisis to crisis. 270 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,171 If it wasn't brown spots on his orchids, 271 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:33,702 he was being horrified by some new facial wrinkle 272 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:35,806 or having the worst hair day of his life. 273 00:13:35,882 --> 00:13:37,851 Ah-ha. Okay. 274 00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:39,842 And you were at home with your husband 275 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:42,411 between midnight and 3:00 a.m.? Is that right? 276 00:13:42,488 --> 00:13:45,356 Arnett and I went directly home after Frances' party. 277 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:47,656 Around 11:30, 11:15, wasn't it? 278 00:13:47,727 --> 00:13:49,423 Yes, about then. 279 00:13:50,096 --> 00:13:51,689 Okay, Ms. Hunt, 280 00:13:52,198 --> 00:13:54,810 according to Mrs. Fletcher, she was occupying the bedroom next to yours. 281 00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:56,132 Yes. 282 00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:57,761 She was asleep when I went to bed, 283 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:00,238 about ten minutes after the guests left. 284 00:14:00,306 --> 00:14:02,002 Which would put it around 11:30? 285 00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:03,099 Yes. 286 00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:06,338 But I doubt she heard me, she was really out of it. 287 00:14:06,412 --> 00:14:08,779 So she said. Okay. 288 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:12,781 Mr. Erwin, your turn. 289 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:17,449 Uh, till about, oh, 12:05, I was in my car, 290 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:20,186 driving. I live down in Venice. 291 00:14:20,259 --> 00:14:23,627 And then, after that I was in bed, asleep. 292 00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:25,765 By yourself? 293 00:14:26,232 --> 00:14:27,564 Yes, sir. 294 00:14:28,668 --> 00:14:32,605 Well, so far there isn't an air-tight alibi in the whole lot of you. 295 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:34,049 Except for that realtor, Stan Hendricks, 296 00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:36,372 he was showing a fixer-upper in Benedict Canyon. 297 00:14:36,442 --> 00:14:38,707 From midnight to 3:00? 298 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:41,213 Not only that, he made the sale. 299 00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:44,879 So, how's the research going? 300 00:14:44,951 --> 00:14:46,715 Oh, it's fascinating. 301 00:14:46,786 --> 00:14:48,297 This silent movie director was murdered 302 00:14:48,321 --> 00:14:49,721 almost 65 years ago, 303 00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:52,792 and suddenly all sorts of secrets are coming to light, 304 00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:54,487 blackmail, cultism. 305 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,462 I may have enough material for two books. 306 00:14:59,532 --> 00:15:03,799 Jessica, Lieutenant Caceras seems to confide in you. 307 00:15:04,504 --> 00:15:07,201 Well, I worked with him on a case once, 308 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:09,833 and he's a very capable individual. 309 00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:12,936 Has he told you anything more about Billy's death? 310 00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:16,574 Only that his department finally caught up with Mr. Kyle's assistant, 311 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:19,016 the one who quit so abruptly last evening. 312 00:15:19,085 --> 00:15:20,383 Then he's the killer? 313 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:22,718 No, no, he walked out at 6:00, 314 00:15:22,789 --> 00:15:25,054 and was on a flight to Seattle by 9:00. 315 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:27,491 He has an air-tight, airborne alibi. 316 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:30,825 Oh, excuse me. 317 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:36,058 Hello? 318 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:40,137 Oh, yes, Kate, read me the copy. 319 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,571 So, the Senator was seen having dinner with Marla, well... 320 00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:47,336 You're sure they went up to his suite afterwards? 321 00:15:47,413 --> 00:15:50,611 They ordered champagne up to the room at 3:00 a.m. 322 00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:55,220 She was seen leaving in his limo around 6:00 a.m. 323 00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:59,521 The waiter, housekeeping and the valet all support the story? 324 00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:02,721 Good, I like it, it's perfect. 325 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:05,162 Run it with a big picture of the Senator. 326 00:16:05,231 --> 00:16:07,757 The one where he's leering. Right. 327 00:16:11,871 --> 00:16:13,840 You'd think there was some law on the books 328 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:17,001 requiring legislators to cheat on their wives. 329 00:16:19,779 --> 00:16:22,044 You're thinking, where's the law that says 330 00:16:22,114 --> 00:16:24,674 that I have to expose the Senator. 331 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:28,720 Frances, you're the last person I ever expected 332 00:16:28,788 --> 00:16:30,757 to find riding around in a stretch limo 333 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:33,452 equipped with a telephone and a fax. 334 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:36,019 It's called success. 335 00:16:36,095 --> 00:16:38,462 The fast lane, fast money. 336 00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:40,932 I don't mind the long hours and the deadlines, 337 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,232 and sometimes shedding light on some superstar 338 00:16:44,303 --> 00:16:47,569 or media type isn't the worst thing in the world. 339 00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:51,544 I've promised myself that after I've put aside enough money, 340 00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:54,308 I will go back to writing my novels. 341 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:56,645 I hope you do, Frances. 342 00:16:56,716 --> 00:16:59,151 You have a great deal of talent. 343 00:17:02,088 --> 00:17:03,716 Star maps! 344 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:08,957 Maps to the stars' homes, right here. 345 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:12,294 It appears that Mr. Kyle inadvertently left it 346 00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:15,426 at Frances Hunt's house the night of the murder. 347 00:17:15,501 --> 00:17:17,060 Yeah, but these initials and notations, 348 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:18,866 they make any sense to you? 349 00:17:18,938 --> 00:17:21,203 Well, I asked Frances, and she suggested that 350 00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:24,005 they could be the initials of some of the celebrities 351 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:26,102 reported on the "A" List Magazine. 352 00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:27,305 For instance? 353 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:32,648 Well, she mentioned that DW might be a Davey Wells. 354 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,653 What, the whiz kid quarterback? 355 00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:37,366 Geez! You know, L.A. would be in contention 356 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:39,018 for the playoffs if he was healthy. 357 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:40,302 For months now, they've been claiming 358 00:17:40,326 --> 00:17:43,854 he's got this mild aggravation of an old injury. Ah, who knows? 359 00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:47,560 But you know, now these seem to be street names or locations. 360 00:17:47,667 --> 00:17:49,465 "Davey Wells, Fairgate Clinic." 361 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:51,470 But these dollar amounts. 362 00:17:51,537 --> 00:17:53,096 I know, they're far too small 363 00:17:53,172 --> 00:17:57,132 to buy even a bunch of baby's breath in Mr. Kyle's shop. 364 00:17:57,209 --> 00:17:58,575 So, where do we go with this? 365 00:17:58,644 --> 00:18:02,775 Well, it occurred to me that with all of Mr. Kyle's access to the people 366 00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:04,578 covered by the gossip magazines, 367 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:07,119 he may have been one of their suppliers, 368 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:08,950 a paid informant. 369 00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:11,922 Okay, but, I mean, $5, $7? 370 00:18:11,991 --> 00:18:16,691 Lieutenant, you know how big-time gamblers sometimes refer to, say, 371 00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:19,732 $5,000 as $5. 372 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:22,064 Hey, you know, why not? 373 00:18:22,134 --> 00:18:24,831 I mean, it'd sure explain away those thousand dollar bills, 374 00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:28,466 not to mention giving us a dandy motive for murder. 375 00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:31,807 Billy Kyle digs into dirt somebody doesn't want uncovered, 376 00:18:31,877 --> 00:18:33,505 somebody like, uh, Mr. Wells, or... 377 00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:38,711 Can you believe I've got one of these things? 378 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:40,116 Caceras. 379 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:41,881 Yeah. 380 00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:44,688 Got it. 381 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:46,691 Right. Let the captain know. Bye. 382 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:48,318 Thanks, Doyle. 383 00:18:48,894 --> 00:18:50,055 That was the lab. 384 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:53,463 They just ID'd the only unsmudged prints on that envelope we found, 385 00:18:53,532 --> 00:18:55,592 the one with the big bills in it. 386 00:18:55,668 --> 00:18:57,830 They belong to George Erwin. 387 00:18:57,903 --> 00:18:59,735 That nice young man? 388 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,998 The one without an alibi. 389 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:05,841 Do you know as a teenager he spent some time in Juvenile Hall. 390 00:19:05,911 --> 00:19:10,076 Lieutenant, I never even met Mr. Kyle before Ms. Hunt's party. 391 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:12,881 I mean, I'm pretty new around here. 392 00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:14,062 He's telling the truth, Lieutenant. 393 00:19:14,086 --> 00:19:15,179 Now can we go to dinner? 394 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:18,088 When you got a whiff of the kind of clientele Mr. Kyle handled, 395 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:19,368 you figured he kept big bucks in his store... 396 00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:20,902 Lieutenant Caceras, I swear... so you stab him, 397 00:19:20,926 --> 00:19:22,155 rifle his cash drawer... 398 00:19:22,228 --> 00:19:24,220 Lieutenant, why would he pick up an envelope with 399 00:19:24,296 --> 00:19:26,822 all the money in it, and then leave it behind? 400 00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:29,300 Any number of reasons, Miss O'Hara. 401 00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:31,179 I mean, somebody walks past the store, he panics, 402 00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:34,298 it's not like he's the most competent thief in town. 403 00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:36,501 The last time he tried it, that we know of, 404 00:19:36,575 --> 00:19:39,636 he got caught before he got out of the store. 405 00:19:40,379 --> 00:19:41,472 George? 406 00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:43,982 There is one other possibility, Mr. Erwin, 407 00:19:44,050 --> 00:19:47,282 one that your friend, Mrs. Fletcher, suggested. 408 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:48,685 Your prints were on that envelope 409 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:51,747 because you were playing bagman for someone. 410 00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:55,421 He was delivering payoffs? 411 00:19:57,096 --> 00:19:59,190 I'm beginning to think Mrs. Fletcher is even smarter 412 00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:01,393 than I thought she was. 413 00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:04,027 Wanna tell me about it, Mr. Erwin? 414 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:07,595 Or would you rather I take you downtown and book you? 415 00:20:11,744 --> 00:20:15,044 I just go to Accounting and, um, pick up those envelopes 416 00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:17,481 after the payments have already been authorized. 417 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:18,848 By whom? 418 00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:21,478 Do I have to? 419 00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:28,687 With that juvenile record, I was having a pretty tough time getting hired 420 00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:31,663 until one of the executives spoke up on my behalf. 421 00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:33,529 Who is it, George? 422 00:20:58,524 --> 00:21:02,222 Oh, Johnny, it's Betty's night off and I didn't do anything about dinner. 423 00:21:02,294 --> 00:21:03,922 Let's keep it that way. 424 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:20,873 Ms. Hunt, I'd like to talk to you. 425 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:23,279 Oh, come on, Lieutenant, can't this wait till morning? 426 00:21:23,382 --> 00:21:25,146 I'm afraid not. 427 00:21:25,217 --> 00:21:26,495 New evidence has come up, Ms. Hunt, 428 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:28,249 and inconvenient as it may be, 429 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,848 I'd like you to accompany me downtown to make a formal statement. 430 00:21:31,924 --> 00:21:35,417 But I've told you everything I know, little as it is. 431 00:21:35,494 --> 00:21:38,328 I'm sure you'd rather come voluntarily. 432 00:21:38,397 --> 00:21:41,299 The alternative being arrest, I suppose? 433 00:21:43,169 --> 00:21:44,831 Shall we go then, Ms. Hunt? 434 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:46,839 Oh, my God. 435 00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:51,236 I didn't kill anybody, really, I didn't. 436 00:21:57,016 --> 00:22:00,214 So, you reviewed your sworn statement, Ms. Hunt? 437 00:22:00,286 --> 00:22:03,688 And there's nothing you wish to change. Is that correct? 438 00:22:03,756 --> 00:22:05,315 No, nothing. 439 00:22:05,391 --> 00:22:07,917 You misspelled Windhurst. There's a "D" in it. 440 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:10,152 Oh, well... May I go now? 441 00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:11,959 Just bear with me a minute. 442 00:22:13,399 --> 00:22:15,177 Let's see, the last of your guests, the caterers, 443 00:22:15,201 --> 00:22:16,692 and your housekeeper, Betty O'Hara, 444 00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:19,295 they all left your dinner party by 11:30? 445 00:22:19,371 --> 00:22:22,569 Yes, except for Jessica Fletcher, who was asleep. 446 00:22:22,641 --> 00:22:24,667 I turned in about 12:00. 447 00:22:24,743 --> 00:22:26,288 You remained in the house for the rest of the night? 448 00:22:26,312 --> 00:22:27,371 Yes. 449 00:22:27,446 --> 00:22:29,472 Okay, um, there is... 450 00:22:31,150 --> 00:22:32,982 Oh, thanks, Brandon. 451 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,916 So you're saying, under oath, that I can't place you 452 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:40,391 at Billy Kyle's shop between midnight and 3:00 a.m.? 453 00:22:40,459 --> 00:22:42,587 No, Lieutenant, you can't. 454 00:22:45,264 --> 00:22:46,926 Please don't look at me like that. 455 00:22:46,999 --> 00:22:48,524 You're lying. 456 00:22:48,601 --> 00:22:50,401 We found this self-service gas station receipt 457 00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:51,665 on the floor of your car, 458 00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:54,104 a station one block from Billy Kyle's place. 459 00:22:54,173 --> 00:22:55,350 The print-out shows you gassed up 460 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,808 at 1:35 a.m. that morning, 461 00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:59,505 which puts you there at the time he was murdered. 462 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:02,190 People have gone to the gas chamber for far less than that, Ms. Hunt. 463 00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:03,773 Oh, good Lord. 464 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:09,253 Very well. 465 00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:13,424 That part is true. I did see Billy. 466 00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:15,551 But I didn't murder him. 467 00:23:16,528 --> 00:23:18,292 What, is this a habit of yours? 468 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:21,026 Rendezvousing with your florist at 1:35 in the morning? 469 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,831 Oh, now you're making it sound sordid. 470 00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:28,596 Certain payments went to Billy on a regular basis, 471 00:23:29,475 --> 00:23:33,139 tips that were developed into features for the magazine. 472 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:39,442 I was behind $5,000, and he was getting nasty about it, 473 00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:42,684 so when he said he was working late and alone, 474 00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:45,589 I thought this would be a good opportunity. 475 00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:48,093 Before George Erwin left the party, 476 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,425 I got the envelope back from him. 477 00:23:50,496 --> 00:23:53,728 So, why didn't you tell me all this in the first place? 478 00:23:53,832 --> 00:23:57,360 Lieutenant, my job is a lot like being a spy. 479 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,702 People reveal things, 480 00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:03,275 secrets to my informants. 481 00:24:03,509 --> 00:24:08,072 Things they would never say if they knew that I were the final recipient. 482 00:24:08,881 --> 00:24:10,440 I paid Billy. 483 00:24:11,517 --> 00:24:13,281 I left him alive. 484 00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:17,245 On my oath, that is the truth. 485 00:24:18,824 --> 00:24:21,885 Your oath has proved unserviceable, Ms. Hunt. 486 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:24,826 I'm gonna have to hold you on investigation of murder. 487 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:45,311 George, it's just not your fault. 488 00:24:45,384 --> 00:24:46,784 Betty's right. 489 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:49,287 I mean, the truth about Billy Kyle and the payments, 490 00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:51,654 and Frances' visit to his shop. 491 00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:55,126 It all would've come out whether or not you said a word. 492 00:24:55,194 --> 00:24:57,527 She has just been such a good friend to me. 493 00:24:59,131 --> 00:25:00,690 Do you think she did it, Mrs. Fletcher? 494 00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:01,995 Of course, she doesn't. 495 00:25:02,067 --> 00:25:05,037 Well, I'm tempted to say that Frances isn't the type, 496 00:25:05,104 --> 00:25:07,767 but I've seen too many exceptions. 497 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,451 And when it's a friend, it's sometimes difficult 498 00:25:09,475 --> 00:25:11,467 to separate what you want to believe 499 00:25:11,543 --> 00:25:13,444 from the reality of the situation. 500 00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:17,005 But what this really is all about is motive. 501 00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:20,849 And I'm just not convinced that Lieutenant Caceras' theory is valid. 502 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:23,912 A crime of passion towards a jerk like Billy? 503 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:25,548 Mild aggravation, maybe. 504 00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:28,992 Yeah, well, I'd better get over to the office. 505 00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:30,238 Well, are you sure you're okay? 506 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:32,731 Yeah, I am. Mrs. Fletcher, Betty... 507 00:25:32,798 --> 00:25:34,142 Thanks a lot, I really appreciate your... 508 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:36,601 George, I wonder if I could ask you to give me a lift? 509 00:25:36,668 --> 00:25:37,946 Of course, come on, Mrs. Fletcher. 510 00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:39,233 Thank you, Betty. 511 00:25:39,304 --> 00:25:40,465 See you tonight? 512 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:41,598 Absolutely. 513 00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:53,244 Excuse me, I wonder if you could help me. 514 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:55,797 Would you be kind enough to tell me where Davey Wells' room is? 515 00:25:55,821 --> 00:25:58,689 Aren't you a little mature for this kind of thing, hon? 516 00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:00,151 I beg your pardon? 517 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,888 All the locker room groupies in town have been in here. 518 00:26:02,961 --> 00:26:04,305 They've tried every trick in the book 519 00:26:04,329 --> 00:26:06,798 to try to get to see "Golden Arm" Davey. 520 00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:09,594 Excuse me, hon. 521 00:26:10,035 --> 00:26:12,869 Fairgate Clinic, Nurse Tickel. 522 00:26:15,674 --> 00:26:16,869 Okay. 523 00:26:35,861 --> 00:26:37,352 Hi there. 524 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,159 Some autographs for the floor nurses, 525 00:26:39,231 --> 00:26:41,097 a couple for yourself and the other volunteers. 526 00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:44,432 Oh, how lovely! The ladies will be thrilled. 527 00:26:44,503 --> 00:26:47,837 I read about you this morning in the newspaper. 528 00:26:47,906 --> 00:26:50,273 Are you really "hanging them up," like it said? 529 00:26:50,342 --> 00:26:52,937 Well, after nine years of three hundred pound linemen eyeing 530 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:55,776 you like dinner, throwing two torn rotator cuffs 531 00:26:55,848 --> 00:26:58,317 and three knee operations, yep, 532 00:26:58,417 --> 00:27:00,648 I'm ready. It's my last year. 533 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,218 Oh, those must have been lovely. 534 00:27:03,322 --> 00:27:05,757 From Billy Kyle's shop, I see. 535 00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:07,725 What makes a week old Billy Kyle basket 536 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:09,091 more important than the others? 537 00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:12,029 He was murdered the other night. 538 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:14,293 As I'm quite sure you are aware. 539 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:18,303 Look, lady, I don't know who the hell you are, but you're no volunteer. 540 00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:21,807 Actually, no, I'm a writer. My name is J.B. Fletcher. 541 00:27:22,274 --> 00:27:24,903 Oh, you're with "A" List, aren't you? 542 00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:28,444 Didn't anybody tell you I'm... 543 00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:30,607 suing that rag for what they wrote about me? 544 00:27:30,682 --> 00:27:32,514 Oh, yes, I did read it in the paper, 545 00:27:32,618 --> 00:27:34,177 but, no, I am not with "A" List. 546 00:27:34,286 --> 00:27:35,982 And thirdly, a very dear friend of mine 547 00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:38,023 is being held for the murder of Billy Kyle. 548 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,956 Unjustly, I suggest. 549 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:48,194 Your leg. No cast, no crutch, Mr. Wells? 550 00:27:48,267 --> 00:27:50,327 I told you, I'm through. 551 00:27:51,270 --> 00:27:54,798 Next time one of those gorillas blindsides me, it could be my last. 552 00:27:54,873 --> 00:27:56,933 Six years now I've playing in pain, 553 00:27:57,042 --> 00:27:59,068 and lots of it. Do they care? 554 00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:01,613 Under my contract, team says if it ain't broke, 555 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,115 shoot it full of novocaine and play ball. 556 00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:05,879 Well, there's a middle ground, 557 00:28:05,951 --> 00:28:07,195 a place where they can't get me, 558 00:28:07,219 --> 00:28:09,586 and I've found it here at Fairgate. 559 00:28:09,655 --> 00:28:13,023 I take it the clinic goes along with your charade? 560 00:28:13,091 --> 00:28:14,423 Ain't cheap. 561 00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:16,394 But not unaffordable. 562 00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:19,859 A young friend of mine explained to me 563 00:28:19,932 --> 00:28:23,266 that as long as you're merely on the injured list, 564 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:25,764 you're paid for the balance of the year. 565 00:28:25,837 --> 00:28:27,362 I also read about you 566 00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:31,001 and a possible $7 million TV announcer contract? 567 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:33,375 Look, lady, what is this you want? 568 00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:36,472 You think I murdered Kyle because he sold me out to "A" List? 569 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:39,108 It might have crossed your mind to get even with him. 570 00:28:39,184 --> 00:28:41,551 Maybe it did. But let me ask you, 571 00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:45,216 if I'm found running around at night bumping off florists, 572 00:28:45,290 --> 00:28:47,623 wouldn't I lose both contracts? 573 00:28:47,693 --> 00:28:52,188 Besides, there's a certain night nurse who can vouch for my whereabouts. 574 00:28:53,765 --> 00:28:56,325 And I can certainly vouch for hers. 575 00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:08,608 Dr. Windhurst? 576 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:13,250 Oh, Mrs. Fletcher. I'll visit the patient in the recovery room. 577 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:15,449 Do you have patients here, Dr. Windhurst? 578 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:16,852 I operate here. 579 00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:19,284 See, I feel that high-profile clients 580 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:21,327 should be allowed to have their profiles 581 00:29:21,393 --> 00:29:23,259 retooled in private. 582 00:29:24,229 --> 00:29:26,664 Of course, you've heard about Frances? 583 00:29:26,732 --> 00:29:27,995 Oh, yes. 584 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:32,337 I happen to know she's a very passionate woman, 585 00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:34,339 but I never believed her capable of murder. 586 00:29:35,507 --> 00:29:38,875 Ah, sorry, playing my song. Excuse me. 587 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:46,375 A regular Doctor Pygmalion. 588 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:48,463 He works his way through all the new nurses in the building 589 00:29:48,487 --> 00:29:51,116 and most of his lady patients, too, if they qualify. 590 00:29:51,189 --> 00:29:52,549 Which means if they've got a pulse. 591 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,218 Excuse me, hon. 592 00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:57,257 Third floor. 593 00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:59,823 Yes, I'll get the message to Dr. Windhurst. 594 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:01,264 Yes, hon. 595 00:30:02,501 --> 00:30:04,527 Oh, you'd like an appointment? 596 00:30:04,603 --> 00:30:06,834 May I ask if this is a referral? 597 00:30:07,506 --> 00:30:10,840 J.J.? Just say J.J.? 598 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:13,077 Very well. 599 00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:18,345 Frances is one of my oldest and closest friends, Mrs. Fletcher. 600 00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:19,976 I'd do anything to help her. 601 00:30:20,052 --> 00:30:22,146 I'm glad to hear you say that, Mrs. Cobb. 602 00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:25,816 You see, Frances has trapped herself in needless lies, 603 00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:27,450 and to help her out of her trouble, 604 00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:31,691 I think that we all need to pay scrupulous attention to the truth. 605 00:30:32,197 --> 00:30:33,961 I'm not sure I see your point. 606 00:30:34,032 --> 00:30:36,365 Well, at Frances' dinner party, 607 00:30:36,435 --> 00:30:40,600 I recall your greeting Dr. Windhurst as if you'd never met. 608 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:43,471 But at the Fairgate Clinic just a little while ago, 609 00:30:43,542 --> 00:30:47,377 I happened to hear a prospective patient of his 610 00:30:47,446 --> 00:30:49,779 give your name as a referral, 611 00:30:50,549 --> 00:30:52,643 or rather your initials. 612 00:30:52,718 --> 00:30:55,654 I remembered that your husband called you J.J. 613 00:30:55,721 --> 00:30:57,212 at Frances' party. 614 00:30:57,289 --> 00:30:59,758 Well, why would I recommend a doctor I barely heard of? 615 00:30:59,825 --> 00:31:02,886 Everybody seems to be avoiding the truth about something, 616 00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:07,626 Frances, George, now you and Dr. Windhurst. 617 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:11,136 I mean, none of this is helpful to Frances. 618 00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:15,004 Mrs. Fletcher, I'm a product of where, and how I live. 619 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:17,736 Dr. Windhurst's magic touch has made me look younger. 620 00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:20,404 That, and my workouts with Eduardo. 621 00:31:20,479 --> 00:31:22,914 I don't choose to look my age, whatever the damn number, 622 00:31:22,981 --> 00:31:25,416 and it's my business that I don't share 623 00:31:25,517 --> 00:31:27,884 with every stranger and subordinate at a dinner party 624 00:31:27,986 --> 00:31:32,390 my familiarity with the best cosmetic surgeon in Beverly Hills 625 00:31:32,457 --> 00:31:36,394 And I compliment Doctor Windhurst on his discretion that night. 626 00:31:36,461 --> 00:31:41,661 My crime is one of vanity, not murder, Mrs. Fletcher. 627 00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:44,259 You're looking in the wrong place. 628 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:47,336 I'm beginning to realize that. 629 00:31:49,875 --> 00:31:53,437 Tell me, the other day, you and Frances seemed quite upset 630 00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:56,676 because you'd been scooped by a competing magazine. 631 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,580 We have a leak. 632 00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:00,619 Starscene has turned me into a harridan 633 00:32:00,685 --> 00:32:03,154 and Frances into a nervous wreck. 634 00:32:04,356 --> 00:32:07,622 I think the poor darling chewed through her glasses the other night. 635 00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:10,025 Does Starscene publish in L.A.? 636 00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:13,790 You'll find them in the Yellow Pages, under "R" for "rock." 637 00:32:13,865 --> 00:32:15,333 Just look under the nearest one. 638 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:34,317 You're Betty O'Hara! 639 00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:37,651 What are you doing here, Mrs. Fletcher? 640 00:32:43,228 --> 00:32:47,222 So you were behind "A" List being scooped by Starscene? 641 00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:49,894 The Irish Mata Hari, that's me. 642 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:53,029 Listen, Mrs. Fletcher, making ends meet in L.A. is no day at the beach. 643 00:32:53,138 --> 00:32:56,438 Starscene found out from my employment agency that I'm Frances' housekeeper 644 00:32:56,508 --> 00:32:58,101 and that I moonlight for Mrs. Cobb. 645 00:32:58,176 --> 00:33:00,771 They pay me to brief them on "A" List's stories. 646 00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:03,315 Ah-ha. So, picking up phone messages, 647 00:33:03,381 --> 00:33:05,059 listening to idle chit-chat at the dinner table... 648 00:33:05,083 --> 00:33:06,608 You got it. 649 00:33:06,685 --> 00:33:09,951 My little five bills a week saves Starscene a major bundle. 650 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,649 And it really isn't costing "A" List, 651 00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:15,285 I mean, since I started, their circulation's gone up. 652 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,288 Hey, in the circles you travel, 653 00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:19,558 the inside stuff you've got must bring in thousands. 654 00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:21,031 Oh, now, wait a minute, Betty. 655 00:33:21,099 --> 00:33:23,398 I mean, I don't sell gossip. 656 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:26,964 Hey, come on. You were at their offices, weren't you? 657 00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:29,940 Really, your secret is safe with me, don't worry. 658 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,136 Betty, is it possible that Starscene 659 00:33:32,244 --> 00:33:34,839 had the same arrangement with Billy Kyle? 660 00:33:34,913 --> 00:33:37,348 Similar to the one he had with the "A" List? 661 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,680 Sort of like a double agent? 662 00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:41,219 Maybe. 663 00:33:41,286 --> 00:33:43,255 I don't believe that they'd kill Billy to end it, 664 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:44,532 if that's what you're thinking. 665 00:33:44,556 --> 00:33:46,684 And if you are wondering if I had an axe to grind, 666 00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:50,160 Billy and I were kindred souls, not mortal enemies. 667 00:33:50,228 --> 00:33:51,506 I'm going to pick up George at "A" List. 668 00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,396 We're going to dinner. Can I give you a lift? 669 00:33:53,465 --> 00:33:56,902 Well, would the Beverly Hills Police Department be out of your way? 670 00:33:56,968 --> 00:33:58,732 Hey, if I happen to see them book some 671 00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:02,069 big movie star on a DUI, it'll pay for the gas. 672 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:03,403 Hop in. 673 00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:29,524 Oh, hi, Mrs. Fletcher. 674 00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:32,500 The Lieutenant has told me about you, Mrs. Caceras. 675 00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:34,597 Oh, no, no. Wrong again, Mrs. Fletcher. 676 00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:37,370 This here is Sergeant Daisy Kenny, undercover squad. 677 00:34:37,442 --> 00:34:38,553 Yeah, she's just teaching me a move 678 00:34:38,577 --> 00:34:40,137 she's found very effective with muggers. 679 00:34:40,178 --> 00:34:42,113 Oh, that's very impressive. 680 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:46,311 You know, you look very familiar to me, have we ever met before? 681 00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:49,013 Maybe on Moments of Our Years? I did a walk-on. 682 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:51,283 She's also an aspiring actress. 683 00:34:51,356 --> 00:34:54,155 Yes, and I'm gonna be doing The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 684 00:34:54,225 --> 00:34:57,491 in a workshop this weekend, and I play the lead. 685 00:34:58,897 --> 00:35:02,356 See? The spinsterish school teacher. 686 00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:05,503 The glasses. 687 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:08,600 Acting is really what undercover work is all about, 688 00:35:08,673 --> 00:35:10,608 isn't it, Sergeant? 689 00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:12,667 I think I have another part for you. 690 00:35:12,744 --> 00:35:14,645 Uh-oh. This is deja vu, Mrs. Fletcher. 691 00:35:14,713 --> 00:35:15,990 You're pushing all the old buttons now. 692 00:35:16,014 --> 00:35:17,642 You're onto something, right? 693 00:35:17,716 --> 00:35:20,345 Are you willing to try a long shot, Lieutenant? 694 00:35:20,418 --> 00:35:21,784 That depends. 695 00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:25,221 There are apartments across the street from Billy Kyle's flower shop. 696 00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:26,849 Now, suppose an occupant of one of them 697 00:35:26,925 --> 00:35:30,384 was at her window on the night that Billy was murdered. 698 00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:33,260 She'd have seen the killer come and go. 699 00:35:34,265 --> 00:35:36,962 We checked those apartments. Nobody saw anything. 700 00:35:37,035 --> 00:35:39,027 Wait a minute, you mean... 701 00:35:41,873 --> 00:35:43,774 How do you want me to play it, Mrs. Fletcher? 702 00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:48,313 I can do sexy, haughty, virginal, nervous... 703 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:49,590 Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it. 704 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:51,344 How do we get the word out? 705 00:35:51,449 --> 00:35:52,815 Gossip, Lieutenant. 706 00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:55,444 It seems no one around here is immune to it, 707 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:59,787 and there's a certain young lady that I know who's definitely contagious. 708 00:35:59,858 --> 00:36:01,554 May I use your phone? 709 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,102 Hunt residence. 710 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:19,872 Betty, this is Jessica Fletcher. 711 00:36:19,944 --> 00:36:22,323 Listen, you were kind enough to give me a lift this afternoon, 712 00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:25,317 so this is my way of returning the favor. 713 00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:28,547 I've run across an item that I think you'll be interested in. 714 00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:33,991 Only this one will be worth considerable more to "A" List than to Starscene. 715 00:36:34,993 --> 00:36:36,825 Go on, Mrs. Fletcher. 716 00:36:36,895 --> 00:36:37,988 What is it, Betty? 717 00:36:38,063 --> 00:36:41,727 Junie, I have a great piece of gossip for "A" List Magazine. 718 00:36:42,233 --> 00:36:43,394 I'm all ears. 719 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:47,029 I got it from a spy that I have in the Beverly Hills Police Department. 720 00:36:47,105 --> 00:36:49,336 They've located an eyewitness 721 00:36:49,407 --> 00:36:51,842 who read about Billy Kyle's murder in the paper 722 00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:53,378 and has come forward. 723 00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:03,750 It was a maid working late 724 00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:06,222 in an apartment across the street from the florist. 725 00:37:06,324 --> 00:37:08,691 She's ready to look at a lineup. 726 00:37:09,627 --> 00:37:11,596 And you have her name and address? 727 00:37:11,663 --> 00:37:12,995 Uh-huh. 728 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:23,533 Yes. 729 00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:35,443 Miss Kenny? Yes? 730 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,131 I understand you witnessed something that occurred 731 00:37:37,155 --> 00:37:39,556 across the street three nights ago, and... 732 00:37:39,624 --> 00:37:41,502 The police swore they would keep my name out of this. 733 00:37:41,526 --> 00:37:43,654 No, no, no. Now, Miss Kenny, I'm not here to harm you. 734 00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:45,856 We have precious little time. Now, look. 735 00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:50,364 That's $250,000, and it's all yours 736 00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:52,370 if you'll just disappear. 737 00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:53,769 There's a flight to Rio at 10:00. 738 00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:56,205 We can just get you on it. 739 00:37:56,875 --> 00:38:01,176 My word, you certainly know how to pull a girl's chain. 740 00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:02,908 That's ten years' salary. 741 00:38:02,981 --> 00:38:04,643 Okay, you won't even have to pack. 742 00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:07,049 We'll get whatever you need at the airport. 743 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:09,451 It has to be now, Miss Kenny. 744 00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:12,989 Just let me get my bag. 745 00:38:13,091 --> 00:38:15,458 Oh, here, let me give you a hand. 746 00:38:17,762 --> 00:38:21,096 Maybe you better do some explaining, Miss Kenny. 747 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,769 Let me do it for her, Mr. Cobb. Put the gun down, please. 748 00:38:24,836 --> 00:38:26,168 Sergeant. 749 00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:34,744 All right. 750 00:38:35,814 --> 00:38:37,749 I killed Billy Kyle. 751 00:38:38,349 --> 00:38:42,116 Mr. Cobb, bribing this policewoman is one thing, 752 00:38:42,187 --> 00:38:44,019 but killing Mr. Kyle? 753 00:38:44,088 --> 00:38:45,784 Why don't you tell the Lieutenant 754 00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:48,918 what you do know about the events that night? 755 00:38:49,861 --> 00:38:52,421 Junie and I went to bed at midnight. I... 756 00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:53,965 I woke up around 1:30 and I... 757 00:38:54,032 --> 00:38:56,327 Stop right there, Arnett... Junie. 758 00:38:56,401 --> 00:38:58,312 And stop picking up on other people's phone calls. 759 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,737 And for heaven's sake, zip your lip before you get us both 760 00:39:00,805 --> 00:39:03,331 indicted for a murder neither of us committed. 761 00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:07,709 A clever ruse, Lieutenant, luring me here on the pretext of a news story. 762 00:39:07,779 --> 00:39:10,271 If I had to guess, I'd credit the idea 763 00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:13,147 to Mrs. Fletcher's fertile imagination. 764 00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:15,912 Arnett is here 765 00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:19,685 because he believes I may have killed Billy Kyle. 766 00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:22,955 A natural assumption, since we went to bed at midnight, as he said, 767 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:24,325 and when he woke up around 1:30, 768 00:39:24,395 --> 00:39:26,421 I wasn't in the bed or in the house. 769 00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:30,366 Naturally he worried, until I returned safely at 2:00. 770 00:39:31,369 --> 00:39:33,565 I was restless, I went for a walk. 771 00:39:33,638 --> 00:39:36,870 Then next morning, the radio said that Mr. Kyle was murdered, so... 772 00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:40,139 Before we knew it, Lieutenant Caceras was asking questions. 773 00:39:40,245 --> 00:39:41,907 It was all a little unsettling, 774 00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:44,211 a little too close to home, wasn't it? 775 00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:46,181 So, if you folks will excuse us, 776 00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:48,948 I think Arnett and I will wend our way home. 777 00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:51,954 And, darling, if you're committed to 778 00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:53,983 throwing that quarter of a million dollars around, 779 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:56,789 I would love to redecorate the house. 780 00:39:57,395 --> 00:40:00,888 Just a minute, Mrs. Cobb. I'm not sure I have all the pieces, 781 00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:03,901 but I do think that you killed Billy Kyle. 782 00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:08,799 Re-writing the last act, are we, Mrs. Fletcher? 783 00:40:08,873 --> 00:40:12,674 When you told me that Frances was so upset she chewed her glasses, 784 00:40:12,777 --> 00:40:16,043 it made sense because I'd seen her do it, too. 785 00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:19,448 Then I remembered she told me she only wore her glasses in private, 786 00:40:19,517 --> 00:40:23,215 never at the office, nor, as I recalled, at her dinner party. 787 00:40:23,288 --> 00:40:26,122 The only other time that you could have seen her wear them was 788 00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:28,159 after you'd left the party, 789 00:40:28,259 --> 00:40:32,492 later that night, across the street in Billy Kyle's shop. 790 00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:34,964 Look, I've heard enough of this. 791 00:40:37,235 --> 00:40:39,534 As much as it pains me to say so, 792 00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:43,905 Frances went to Billy's shop, he buzzed her in, and she killed him. 793 00:40:44,742 --> 00:40:46,233 Let's go, Arnett. 794 00:40:46,311 --> 00:40:47,711 No, Junie. 795 00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:51,947 Go on, Mrs. Fletcher. 796 00:40:52,016 --> 00:40:53,917 At Frances' dinner party, you indicated that 797 00:40:53,985 --> 00:40:56,181 you'd never been in Billy Kyle's shop, 798 00:40:56,254 --> 00:41:00,248 and yet you just said that Billy must have buzzed Frances in. 799 00:41:00,325 --> 00:41:03,591 Now that wasn't the case, was it, Lieutenant Caceras? 800 00:41:03,661 --> 00:41:04,993 No way. 801 00:41:05,063 --> 00:41:08,329 Ms. Hunt said that when she got to the shop the door was unlocked. 802 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:11,078 But when the delivery boy arrived the next morning, the doors were locked. 803 00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:13,094 It had to have been after Frances left, 804 00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:15,482 and Billy locked his doors, that anybody had to be buzzed in. 805 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:17,634 And that anybody was you, Mrs. Cobb. 806 00:41:17,709 --> 00:41:20,679 That's how you knew about the buzzer system. 807 00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:22,270 Lieutenant? 808 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:25,144 Where'd you find it? 809 00:41:25,216 --> 00:41:27,742 In a trash bin behind their house. 810 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:32,323 Is that your raincoat, Mrs. Cobb? 811 00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:34,956 If these blood stains match Billy's... 812 00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:36,860 Why, Junie? 813 00:41:39,731 --> 00:41:42,860 You were in Africa for three months last year, 814 00:41:42,934 --> 00:41:45,802 just enough time for me to go see the fabled John Windhurst 815 00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:47,998 for a few adjustments. 816 00:41:49,073 --> 00:41:51,065 How can I expect you to understand, Arnett? 817 00:41:51,142 --> 00:41:54,738 John was so handsome, so available. 818 00:41:55,546 --> 00:41:58,482 He made the years vanish, from my face and from my heart. 819 00:41:58,549 --> 00:42:02,509 I sent him flowers through Billy Kyle. 820 00:42:03,221 --> 00:42:05,452 Billy put two and two together, 821 00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:07,890 had some paparazzi chums take pictures of John and me 822 00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:09,484 in the doctor's bedroom. 823 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,053 And you were afraid those pictures would destroy your marriage, 824 00:42:13,131 --> 00:42:16,624 and Mr. Cobb would withdraw his support for "A" List. 825 00:42:17,802 --> 00:42:19,896 I saw my life in ruins. 826 00:42:19,971 --> 00:42:22,531 Billy wanted $50,000 for the negatives. 827 00:42:22,607 --> 00:42:25,543 The night of Frances' party was the night I'd agreed to pay him for them, 828 00:42:25,610 --> 00:42:28,205 unaware that Frances would also be in the shop. 829 00:42:28,279 --> 00:42:30,942 And that's where you saw Frances chewing her glasses. 830 00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:32,926 I saw Frances give him one of our envelopes. 831 00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:36,387 I assumed she was paying for a story. 832 00:42:57,842 --> 00:43:01,506 When she left, I rang the bell and he let me in. 833 00:43:12,957 --> 00:43:15,552 Mrs. Cobb, what a pleasant surprise. 834 00:43:17,728 --> 00:43:21,756 I can't get you $50,000 in cash without my husband's signature. 835 00:43:21,966 --> 00:43:24,435 I was able to raise ten, for now. 836 00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:26,502 What is this? 837 00:43:26,604 --> 00:43:28,082 One call to Mondello over at Starscene, 838 00:43:28,106 --> 00:43:30,371 and I can get double what I'm asking from you. 839 00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:33,036 Billy, give me some time. 840 00:43:33,144 --> 00:43:36,239 Oh, shame a classy operation like "A" List 841 00:43:36,314 --> 00:43:37,577 has to go into the toilet, 842 00:43:37,648 --> 00:43:40,208 and a fortune hunter like you has to lose a rich husband. 843 00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:42,412 But it is tough all over. 844 00:43:43,354 --> 00:43:46,017 I can get you some small amounts from petty cash 845 00:43:46,090 --> 00:43:50,528 for tips on stories. Even if you don't have the stories, you understand? 846 00:43:50,595 --> 00:43:53,656 Get outta here. Shop's closed, Mrs. Cobb, 847 00:43:53,731 --> 00:43:56,257 and I've gotta make a phone call. 848 00:43:59,604 --> 00:44:02,438 Hello. Yeah, I know you're closed. 849 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,010 Patch me through to Mert Mondello at home... 850 00:44:06,577 --> 00:44:08,773 Yeah, I know how late it is. 851 00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:23,290 So, that's the way it was. 852 00:44:23,361 --> 00:44:26,229 Darling, nothing would've spoiled my love for you. 853 00:44:26,297 --> 00:44:29,131 I... I would have understood, forgiven. 854 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,864 Do me a favor, Arnett. Don't always be such a old fool. 855 00:44:33,938 --> 00:44:36,464 Junie Cobb, I'm arresting you for the murder of William Kyle. 856 00:44:36,541 --> 00:44:37,684 You have the right to remain silent... 857 00:44:37,708 --> 00:44:40,405 You're not arresting anyone, Lieutenant. 858 00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:46,507 It would have worked if you hadn't stuck your nose in it. 859 00:44:46,584 --> 00:44:48,644 Good-bye, J.B. Fletcher. 860 00:44:56,894 --> 00:44:59,989 I'm sorry, Frances, that was very clumsy of me. 861 00:45:00,064 --> 00:45:02,056 Don't worry about it, Betty. 862 00:45:04,602 --> 00:45:09,631 Oh, Jessica, you look like you were a million miles away. 863 00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:13,371 I guess the jet lag is getting to me after all. 864 00:45:13,444 --> 00:45:15,208 And to answer your question, George, 865 00:45:15,279 --> 00:45:19,148 I'd have to say that most of my mysteries are built around 866 00:45:19,217 --> 00:45:22,346 people and events that I encounter every day. 867 00:45:22,420 --> 00:45:26,551 I mean, events like this dinner, for instance. 868 00:45:27,692 --> 00:45:31,857 Ah, there it is. My receipt book. 869 00:45:32,630 --> 00:45:34,724 Sorry to bother you again. 870 00:45:37,768 --> 00:45:41,227 Now tell us, Mrs. Fletcher, where do your characters come from? 871 00:45:41,305 --> 00:45:43,831 J.J., if you'd listen, Mrs. Fletcher said 872 00:45:43,908 --> 00:45:47,140 she draws them from people she meets every day. 873 00:45:48,145 --> 00:45:52,776 Come on now, Jessica, in your next book, make my wife a killer. 874 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,422 I think I just did. 875 00:46:01,292 --> 00:46:02,487 Good.