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You're a dead man.
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Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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Sure was a good idea
of yours, Jessica, this TV
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exposure. Well, honestly,
I didn't originate it.
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Will you kindly get your
equipment out of my flower beds?
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Scrutiny is a hit for one
reason, and you're lookin' at him.
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He was a credit
to his profession.
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He was a lowdown,
two-timing snake.
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It might be healthy for you
to get out of town for awhile.
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That big fellow you saw—
He could be dangerous.
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You there! Hold it!
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Ronald Ross.
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Yours is acknowledged to
be one of the finest private
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collections of abstract
expressionism in the country.
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Quite obviously, you're not
one of those gentlemen...
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who, uh, knows what he likes,
but doesn't know anything about art.
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Well, actually, Kevin,
I have a degree in art.
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Oh, and now you're, um, what—an
entrepreneur? Whatever that means.
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In your case, doesn't
that mean the...
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selling of illegal drugs
smuggled in from South America?
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Someone's been
putting you on, Mr. Keats.
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- I'm a legitimate businessman.
- Successful businessman,
I'll grant you that but not legitimate.
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- Isn't your primary commodity cocaine?
- Oh, come on.
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- You were in Miami
two weeks ago. True or false?
- I had a business meeting.
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With a gentleman by
the name of Jose Amaldo.
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Lousy creep. How'd he know that?
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Jose Amaldo, who is
shown in these candid photos,
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has been named seventeen
times as a major narcotics
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distributor by the House
Committee Report...
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on drugs and organized crime.
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This wasn't your first
meeting, was it, Mr. Ross?
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I can't tell you how
disappointed I am, Mr. Keats,
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because I love to show
off my art collection.
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Well, Mr. Ross may
hope it ends there,
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but I've been promised new and revealing
information which you can see next week...
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right here on Scrutiny, part two
in the "Profile of an Art Lover."
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You're a dead man.
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Good night, Nick. Good
night. And good night, Paula.
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Good night, America.
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Oh, I enjoy your
show, Miss Roman.
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I'm just not sure I
want to expose myself
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to one of those, uh,
soul-baring interviews.
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Oh, no. That's Kevin Keats's department.
Mine are the down-home features.
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And I would love to show
America J.B. Fletcher's Cabot Cove.
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Oh, dear, don't you think that sounds
a little pretentious? No, not at all.
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What I have in mind is a... a very gentle
portrait of a small New England town...
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as seen through the eyes
of one of its leading citizens.
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Mrs. Fletcher, please.
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I really went to bat for this, and
you've always been very special to me.
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Well, all right. I...
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I'll bring it up at
the town meeting,
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and if the town decides
they want to pose
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for a video portrait,
well, I'll do my part.
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Oh, good. I've never been
turned down by a town yet.
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Oh, really? Thank you.
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I know you’ve got a lot of work to
do, so I'm going to make this short.
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Despite rumors to the
contrary, the network isn't
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at all discouraged by
the way things are going.
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Why should they be? We're
consistently winning our time slot.
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We're still in the top 20.
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- That's not number one.
- It's not 65 either.
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Are they really that
worried about our ratings?
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Well, there is the matter
of the new audience
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survey. Doug, you
remember our conversation?
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Richard, I don't need this pressure
when I'm trying to put a show together.
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Pressure? Listen, buddy-boy,
you don't know what
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pressure is. You're only the
producer here, remember?
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Well, nobody forced you to be
vice president in charge of the news.
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- Somebody had to do it.
- You could have suggested
they give the job to a newsman.
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Here. Here.
"Newsperson," please.
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Look, look, look. You guys have
no idea the heat that I take for you.
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Richard, will you get out
of here and let us work?
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- Doug, don't make me
look bad on the top floor.
- I don't have to make you look bad.
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You're able to do
that all by yourself.
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Well, now that we've all had a little
laugh at the expense of the enemy,
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what do you think of
Paula's Cabot Cove idea?
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I think it's brilliant. It'll make a great
Americana segment. Thank you.
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Only you're not doing it. I've
got something else for you.
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A Nebraska high school boy's been
accepted on the girls' basketball team.
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Ought to be a lot
of good stuff there.
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Oh, sure. This is very funny.
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Now, please. Let's talk
about my Cabot Cove piece.
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- I'm giving it to Kevin.
- What?
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I want you there tomorrow.
You've gotta be out of your mind, pal.
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I mean, I'm prepping part
two of the Ron Ross exposé.
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Uh, well, there's not going to be a
part two. The legal department killed it.
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- That stinks, Doug.
- The sweet smell of sup-press.
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In view of the death threats
you've received, Kevin,
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- it might be healthy for you
to get out of town for awhile.
- What death threats?
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Cranks. What else, you know?
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Don't you worry about
your Cabot Cove gig.
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I have no intention of drowning
in the backwaters of Maine.
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Check your contracts.
You have a choice.
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Either take the
assignment or go off salary.
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On the other hand, I've always loved
the smell of sea air. I hope the tide's in.
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Jessica. Oh, good
morning, Wylie.
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Here, let me help you
with that. Oh, thanks a lot.
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Well, it looks like you bought out the
whole store. Oh, I just got a few things.
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Uh-huh. Good morning.
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Including a new outfit to wear on
television? It's one of the symptoms.
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Oh, is it going around?
Lots of foolishness.
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Everything shined up, everybody's
wearin' their Easter duds.
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I even saw Nils Anderson
slappin' on a fresh coat of paint.
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Well, I don't see
anything foolish about that.
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How nice does a live
bait stand have to look?
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It's getting out of hand,
Jessica, this TV business.
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Well, they took a vote at the town
meeting, and everybody voted "Aye."
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All except one sorehead that I
could name. Mm-hmm, Seth Hazlett.
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And you notice
he's not here for the
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festivities. Where is
Seth? I haven't seen him.
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Had a sudden yen to visit
his sister in South Carolina.
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Stuck me with all his
patients till next Tuesday.
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Jessica!
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Uh, hold up there!
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Been tryin' to get you
on the phone all morning.
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Uh, when are those TV
people coming in from
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New York? Oh, they'll
be here sometime today.
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Couldn't be more
specific, could ya'? Thinkin'
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about organizin' a little,
uh, welcomin' ceremony.
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Oh, well, I don't think that
anything special is called
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for, Sam. I mean, they're
just coming to town to do a job.
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Oh, they'll do a job all right, on Cabot
Cove. Have you ever seen that show?
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Yep, and so has the
rest of the country, Doctor.
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Good publicity means summer
visitors. More trade for the merchants.
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Sure was a good idea of
yours, Jessica, this TV exposure.
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- Well, honestly, I didn't originate it.
- I believe in giving credit
where credit is due.
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Well, gotta see to my haircut.
Want to look good for camera.
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You're wrong, Wylie. Paula Roman
loves this town as much as I do.
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And she told me that this segment is
going to be like a beautiful postcard.
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Oh? And I believe her.
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Mmm. I just hope the rest of the
country doesn't become so entranced...
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that they come racin' up here in
their trailers and campers and...
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- Vans.
- Over here.
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No, lift it more this way.
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Good Lord! Where's
the electrician?
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- Who's gonna get the dolly?
- I'll get the coffee.
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Hey, Mike. Bring
the dolly, will ya'?
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Young man? Will you kindly get
your equipment out of my flower beds?
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Move it, please! Now.
Who's in charge here?
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Uh, Mrs. Fletcher? Yes.
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I'm Kevin Keats. Oh, how do you
do? Well, uh, where's Miss Roman?
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Uh, Paula's been reassigned.
I'll be handling this segment. You?
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Oh, oh, uh, I thought...
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You see, Miss Roman assured
me that this was not going to be, uh...
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Well, a... certain
kind of interview.
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- Is-Is this the way you always look?
- Why? Is there anything
wrong with the way I look?
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No. It's just that my image
of you is, uh, more homespun.
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Oh.
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World-famous author, highly
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intelligent and sophisticated.
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It makes you
wonder, J.B. Fletcher,
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how you came to be buried in a
tiny town in the back of Maine...
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with people who are, if you'll forgive
me, hardly your intellectual equals?
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Uh, let's stop right now, Mr. Keats. I-I'm
sorry, but I really can't allow you...
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to insult my friends
and my-my home.
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- Uh, look, if this is what you're after,
then you'll have to leave me out of it.
- I'm sorry.
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Now I know who the
real tough guy is in this
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twosome. Forgive me.
Can we start again?
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Yes, of course.
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Jessica Beatrice Fletcher.
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J.B. Fletcher, writer of best-selling
mystery novels, world traveler...
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You could live almost
anywhere in the world.
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Why choose Cabot Cove, Maine?
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Well, my roots are here,
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and I've spent many happy
years with my late husband here.
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A sentimental attachment?
Oh, much more than that.
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I mean, I'm in touch with
the rest of the world, but, uh...
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Well, I can be apart
from it when I need to be.
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I mean, take my
house, for instance.
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Frank and I bought that drafty,
old place about 30 years ago,
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and I-I hung the pictures, and
I-I planted all the little plants,
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and I learned how to put
up the storm windows...
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But it's still drafty,
you understand?
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And this is where Frank died, and,
uh, and where I began a new life.
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I don't think I've ever really
thought of living anywhere else.
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Is it always this quiet?
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On a good day, you can hear the
wind, the ocean and the seagulls.
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Mrs. Fletcher!
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And which is that?
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The darndest thing just happened.
Uh, Amos— Uh, Sheriff Amos Tupper.
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How do. I just picked up my new suit,
the one I bought for the television show,
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and I was sort of gettin' the feel of
it behind the wheel, and I looked up,
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and I saw this helicopter set
down on the bluffs. Hey, cut it!
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Do you mind? I'm trying
to talk to Mrs. Fletcher.
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Anyhow, this great big
bald-headed fella, he gets out,
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and there's this long limousine just
waitin' there to whisk him into town.
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I'll bet ya anything he's
one of those TV fellas.
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You say this fella
was, uh, big and bald?
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Yeah, about 6' 3." Say,
who is this nosy parker?
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Uh, Amos, this is Kevin Keats.
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Keat— Keats? Oh.
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Oh, well, sir, you
look a lot taller on TV.
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Amos, you just walked into
the middle of a TV interview.
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That so?
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Oh, uh, I-I-I-I hope that that
wasn't— Oh, no, no, I had them cut it.
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Oh. In any case, Mrs. Fletcher,
your nose is a little shiny.
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Uh, makeup! Hair.
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You take your time now.
Don't rush it, huh? Thank you.
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Sheriff, could I talk
to you? Mm-hmm.
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That big fellow you saw arriving— If it's
who I think it is, he could be dangerous.
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Dangerous? I may need your
help getting away from him.
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No need, sir. I'll just
have him picked up.
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On what charge?
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Suspicion of being ugly? I'd prefer to
handle it my own way if you don't mind.
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Could you arrange to have a boat
for me by sunrise tomorrow morning?
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- A boat?
- Yeah. Not too small,
but something I can handle by myself.
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Sure. I'll take care of
it personally. Thanks.
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Hill House.
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Uh, Mr. Keats?
Telephone for you.
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It's a lady. You can take it
here at the desk. Thanks.
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Uh, for your information,
the, uh, hotel was
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once featured in the
National Geographic.
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It photographs like a
million dollars inside and out.
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If you'd care to set up your
cameras, why, you could take...
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Excuse me.
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- Hello.
- Hello, you monster.
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- Judith, is that you?
- I know what you're doing, Kevin.
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Do you understand? I
know what you're up to.
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It's not your business anymore,
Judith. Don't intrude in my life.
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You really should learn the difference
between an intrusion and a warning.
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Don't threaten me.
Don't ever threaten me.
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Kevin. Hold on.
We've got to talk.
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- I have more important things to do
than waste time with you, Helman.
- Hey, hey. Now, now. Come on.
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Putting you on this story was a
change of pace. A fresh approach.
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- Don't take it personally.
- Oh, but I do.
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Scrutiny's a hit for one
reason, and you're lookin' at him.
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They toss out producers like so many
empty beer cans, but I keep rolling along.
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So you get off my back before
I do something you'll regret.
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- Mornin'.
- Morning, Sheriff.
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Well, there she is. Not much to look
at, but Augie Wilkins swears she's yar.
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- Yar?
- Easy to handle.
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Oh, yeah. Well, I'm sure
she'll do just fine, Sheriff.
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Augie Wilkins wanted a hundred dollar
deposit. Paid for it out of my own pocket.
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Well, I can't thank you enough.
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- Mr. Keats?
- Yeah?
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- We haven't talked about
the rental fee yet.
- Right.
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And there's my hundred dollars.
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You there! Hold it!
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I know it's early,
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but I thought you'd like to hear
there's nothing to worry about.
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The matter has resolved itself.
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You're a little late. I've already heard
it live from Paula Roman on the scene.
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Let me understand this, Sheriff.
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You were waiting here for
Kevin Keats at daybreak. Why?
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Mr. Keats asked me to rent a
boat for him. You rented the boat?
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Yes, ma'am. A t his request.
Sort of an unofficial favor.
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And you are certain that the explosion
was not caused by leaking fuel?
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Oh, no, ma'am. It
was a bomb, all right.
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Has any evidence been recovered?
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Not yet, ma'am, but
I've got divers searching.
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Uh, excuse me, Sheriff, but I think
your deputy wants to talk with you.
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What is it, Charlie? Sheriff, they
just recovered a body from the water.
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It doesn't look like
it'll be easy to identify.
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Excuse me, ma'am. Yes.
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Uh, this has been a special
report, live from Cabot Cove, Maine,
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the scene of the tragic and mysterious
death of anchorman Kevin Keats.
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Please stay tuned to this station for
any new developments. I'm Paula Roman.
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I don't like this,
Jessica. Not one bit.
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Paula, are you all right?
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Aside from being somewhat
shattered, I guess I'm just exhausted.
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I caught that first morning
flight out of New York, you know.
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- Uh, I'm staying at the hotel
if you need a ride.
- Please.
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Okay.
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Miss Roman, may I express my
condolences on the loss of your colleague.
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Yes, thank you, uh, Mr...
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I'm George Fish, and it's an
honor to meet you. Thank you.
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George manages the hotel. Oh.
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The TV folks have set up an
office in the private dining room.
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It's this way. A terrible tragedy,
and it's so hard to believe.
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Why, only last night poor
Mr. Keats was saying...
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how this hotel would
photograph like a million dollars.
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Mrs. Fletcher! The
darndest thing just happened.
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Great.
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We'll keep the sheriff in 'cause
he's part of the story. All right? Nick.
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Oh. Yeah, I know, kid, I know.
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I didn't expect to see you.
I'm so glad you're here.
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Oh, uh, Jessica, this is
Nick Brody. Jessica Fletcher.
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Well, how do you
do? Oh, a pleasure.
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Like the rest of America, I've been
a fan of Nick Brody and the news.
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You're very kind. I
guess I am kind of a... an
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institution. Something
like the Staten Island Ferry.
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Where's Doug? Uh, Doug
Helman, he's our producer.
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Nobody seems to know. He checked in
last night, then left early this morning.
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And nobody's seen him since. He
hasn't even called to pick up his messages.
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He's probably off climbing
a mountain somewhere.
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Well, kid, are you
ready to go to work?
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The network wants me
to fill in for Doug. They
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want a special on Kevin
in the Scrutiny time slot.
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Oh, Nick.
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Hey, hey. Kid, that's -
the way it is like it or not.
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It's news, and that's
what we peddle.
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Why don't you grab some coffee? I'm
going to take another look at this tape.
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00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:50,512
Sorry. Now I know who the
real tough guy is in this twosome.
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00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:53,616
I'll take mine black, please.
295
00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:57,892
Jessica, I noticed a strange look
on your face down at the waterfront...
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when I told you that I flew in
from New York this morning.
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With the amount of traveling that I
do, I know the schedules by heart.
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You were on the air
a half-hour before the
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first flight from New
York landed in Portland.
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I'm such a terrible liar. I don't
know what I'm doing in this business.
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I flew in last night
with Doug Helman.
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00:20:21,287 --> 00:20:25,019
It just seemed a lot easier to lie,
and not because I murdered Kevin.
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00:20:25,091 --> 00:20:29,620
- Because you spent
the night with him?
- How did you know that?
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00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:32,893
You didn't recognize
the hotel manager...
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00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:36,493
which means that you didn't
check into your own room last night.
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00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:39,198
George Fish is always on
hand to welcome celebrities.
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00:20:39,271 --> 00:20:41,352
Kevin has been trying
to reach a divorce
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agreement with his wife
who lives in California,
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00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:46,241
and he didn't want
to complicate matters.
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00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:48,304
He told me that she
phoned last night.
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She heard somehow that I was
here, and she threatened him.
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00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:55,244
Maybe she did more
than just threaten.
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- From California?
- Hey, kid.
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I've got a call in to Dickie
Abbott at the network. Pick up
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00:21:01,247 --> 00:21:03,685
the phone, will ya, and tell
him what's going on up here?
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00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:06,842
Oh, Nick, you're beginning to sound
like a producer. Oh, it's worse than that.
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I'm beginning to think like one.
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00:21:12,404 --> 00:21:14,339
Yeah. Brody.
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00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:20,679
Come again? What
is this, a conspiracy?
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00:21:20,746 --> 00:21:23,424
Now Abbott's disappeared.
He left his New York
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00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:26,208
office last night, and
nobody's seen him since.
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00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,618
What a helluva
way to run a network.
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Perhaps the greatest tragedy is
where Kevin Keats met his end.
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Urbane, hard-nosed, a
legend in his own time,
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a man who faced death a hundred
times in hot spots all around the world,
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Keats was blown to
bits in a jerkwater village
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where even the
crickets die of boredom,
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00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:47,674
where the part-time mayor
conducts town business
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from a 5x5 room in
the back of his office,
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00:21:50,009 --> 00:21:54,606
and the sheriff is responsible for
supplying the boat that caused his death.
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00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,741
George, now I insist on seeing
Miss Roman this very minute.
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00:21:57,817 --> 00:21:59,991
Clara, keep your dress
on. This is not the annual
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00:22:00,015 --> 00:22:02,482
church social, dear. I've
got some real reporters here.
334
00:22:02,555 --> 00:22:04,717
Lady, do you mind? I'm
trying to get a room here.
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00:22:04,790 --> 00:22:08,022
You got any messages
for me? Fowler, 231. Fowler.
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00:22:13,699 --> 00:22:16,655
Sam? Sam, what are
you doing? Funny, Jessica,
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I was about to ask
you the same thing.
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00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:22,207
You got any idea what's
goin' on in this town?
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00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:23,865
You can't turn around
without some fool
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00:22:23,889 --> 00:22:25,711
photographer flashin'
a camera in your face.
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00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:29,271
Sam, when a celebrity is
killed, you have to expect...
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00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:32,512
This is all your doin'. You
and your publicity seekin'.
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00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:36,249
- Now just one moment, Sam.
- You talked us into lettin' themTV cameras into town,
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00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:38,723
and-and now we're the
laughingstock of the country.
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00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:41,693
Me, Amos Tupper, the
lot of us. I won't have it.
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00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:46,824
- Yes, but what's going on is not my fault.
- Not the way I see it
or anybody else either.
347
00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:49,232
Well, what do you
expect me to do about it?
348
00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:52,041
I mean, as long as the
murder remains unsolved,
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00:22:52,065 --> 00:22:54,535
the media are going
to hang around. Sam...
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00:22:54,607 --> 00:22:56,542
Then get it solved.
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Find out what happened,
Jessica, and get 'em
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00:22:58,715 --> 00:23:01,013
the hell outta here. Your
mess. You clean it up.
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00:23:15,194 --> 00:23:17,356
Mr. Fish?
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00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:20,729
Hill House? George,
this is Jessica Fletcher.
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00:23:20,799 --> 00:23:23,200
I don't think I care to talk
to you right now, ma'am.
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00:23:23,269 --> 00:23:26,065
Look, George, if you
want to get rid of the mob
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00:23:26,089 --> 00:23:28,970
that is cluttering up the
lobby, please help me.
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00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:34,105
Last evening, I understand
that Mr. Keats's wife called him.
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00:23:34,179 --> 00:23:38,742
Could you tell me the time and the number
in California that she was calling from?
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00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:43,278
The time was about 7:00, but,
uh, she wasn't callin' from California.
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00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:45,290
Left a local number.
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00:23:46,659 --> 00:23:49,595
Local? 555-8901.
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00:23:49,662 --> 00:23:54,691
That's the Idle Hour
Motel up near the interstate.
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00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:56,759
Thank you.
365
00:23:58,337 --> 00:24:00,139
Now, Sheriff, this big
bald man. You're sure
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00:24:00,163 --> 00:24:01,865
you'd recognize him
if you saw him again?
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00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:07,073
A big ugly fella like that? Huh,
that's not a face one's likely to forget.
368
00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:09,081
Okay, let's take a look.
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00:24:12,084 --> 00:24:14,815
Because I love to show
off my art collection.
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00:24:14,887 --> 00:24:19,621
Oh, that's him! That's the
fella I saw runnin' from the boat.
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00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:22,628
Run it back.
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00:24:22,695 --> 00:24:24,926
Freeze it.
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00:24:24,997 --> 00:24:30,959
Well, I think we've just got us a
sensational ending for our special.
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00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:33,335
More than that, I hope.
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00:24:34,373 --> 00:24:37,571
Mr. Ross may hope it ends
there, but I've been promised...
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00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:42,445
The world lost a great man, Miss
Roman. He was a credit to his profession.
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00:24:42,514 --> 00:24:45,382
He was a lowdown,
two-timing snake.
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00:24:45,451 --> 00:24:50,583
I really can't think of anything
good to say about him, living or dead.
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00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:56,118
Well, 3,000 miles is an awfully long way
to travel to vent your wrath, Mrs. Keats.
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00:24:56,195 --> 00:24:58,187
Surely, you could have
called him from home.
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00:24:58,263 --> 00:25:01,665
I thought if we sat
down and talked,
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00:25:01,734 --> 00:25:05,398
maybe things could
be better between us.
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00:25:05,471 --> 00:25:08,635
What made you change your mind?
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00:25:08,707 --> 00:25:11,802
When my taxi
pulled up to the hotel,
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00:25:11,877 --> 00:25:16,713
I saw Kevin and Paula Roman...
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00:25:16,782 --> 00:25:21,186
leaving together, and
the way he looked at her...
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00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:23,586
Why didn't you go back home?
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00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:28,719
What? And duck a good fight?
I wanted him to know how I felt.
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00:25:28,794 --> 00:25:33,596
And then when he finally took
my calls, he didn't want to listen.
390
00:25:33,665 --> 00:25:37,693
Then you didn't actually
meet or talk with him at all.
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00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:40,831
Look, I didn't kill him if
that's what you're getting at.
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00:25:40,906 --> 00:25:44,070
I wanted him alive
in a courtroom,
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00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:48,706
where I could watch his face while
my lawyer carved up his assets.
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00:25:48,781 --> 00:25:52,877
Well, now that he's dead,
I suppose you'll get it all.
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00:25:57,356 --> 00:26:00,417
I can see how that would
be considered a motive.
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00:26:00,492 --> 00:26:03,621
Is there a Mrs. Fletcher here?
397
00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:05,630
Excuse me.
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00:26:07,633 --> 00:26:09,602
Thank you. Hello?
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00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:12,695
- Jessica?
- Wylie? How did you know where I...
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00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:16,765
George Fish. You're not the only
detective in town. Is Mrs. Keats there?
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00:26:16,842 --> 00:26:19,402
- Yes.
- Would you do me a favor?
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00:26:19,478 --> 00:26:21,913
Ask her how many
toes her husband had?
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00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:24,449
Uh-huh. Uh, Mrs. Keats...
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00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:27,076
- Toes?
- It's important.
405
00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:32,716
Uh, Mrs. Keats, how many
toes did your husband have?
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00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:35,090
Well, 10. Doesn't everyone?
407
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,824
- Wylie— - Unless
she said eight,
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00:26:38,897 --> 00:26:43,892
the fella I've got lyin' here on the
table is not the late Kevin Keats.
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00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:50,804
A w, now, doggone it,
Doc, that's impossible.
410
00:26:50,876 --> 00:26:53,368
I saw Kevin Keats
get on that boat.
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00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:57,246
That may be, but the man whose
remains were fished out of the bay...
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00:26:57,316 --> 00:27:00,684
had only three
toes on his left foot.
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00:27:00,752 --> 00:27:03,085
Meaning that he was
injured in the explosion?
414
00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:07,149
No. The other two were removed surgically
some time ago by surgical amputation.
415
00:27:07,226 --> 00:27:10,526
Okay, now, hold it. I want to get
this down. Now which two were they?
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00:27:10,596 --> 00:27:15,500
Both phalanges of the
third and fourth pedal digits.
417
00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:18,077
I've already called Seth
at his sister's. I figured
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00:27:18,101 --> 00:27:20,437
if anyone in town were
missing toes, he'd know.
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00:27:20,506 --> 00:27:24,739
And? No one he ever treated.
420
00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:27,143
Which means that we're
dealing with a stranger.
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00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:29,943
And we've got a whole lot
of those in town these days.
422
00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:32,007
I've got another
one for you. Huh?
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00:27:32,084 --> 00:27:36,647
If the dead man isn't Kevin
Keats, then where is Kevin Keats?
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00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,433
Mayor Booth, how
does it feel having
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00:27:43,457 --> 00:27:45,224
a killer running loose
in your community?
426
00:27:45,297 --> 00:27:49,758
You say there's a killer here. It's
my feelin' he's long gone by now.
427
00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:52,828
Certainly not one of my
neighbors. Outsider for sure.
428
00:27:52,905 --> 00:27:55,331
And what is Sheriff
Tupper doing about
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00:27:55,355 --> 00:27:57,969
it? Has he requested
help from the state police?
430
00:27:58,043 --> 00:28:00,877
No need. Us Cabot Covers
can handle our own problems.
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00:28:00,946 --> 00:28:04,713
Be a lot easier without strangers and
outsiders buttin' in. I can tell you that.
432
00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:07,776
Has Sheriff Tupper
explained to your satisfaction...
433
00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:11,085
how a bomb got aboard a
boat that he leased to the victim?
434
00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:15,594
Lady, just point that contraption
in somebody else's direction!
435
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:24,368
Where the— Where have you been?
436
00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:29,374
I didn't know I was lost. When your office
doesn't know where you are, you are lost.
437
00:28:29,441 --> 00:28:31,819
Nick, look, you are sitting on
the hottest story of the year.
438
00:28:31,843 --> 00:28:33,520
The ratings on this are
going to shoot through
439
00:28:33,544 --> 00:28:35,356
the roof. The network is
going all out on promos.
440
00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,747
So, please, Nick, give me
a show to go with that hype.
441
00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:40,074
Listen, while you've been
playing The Little Man Who
442
00:28:40,098 --> 00:28:42,379
Wasn't There, we've been
working our butts off here.
443
00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:46,983
And without Doug Helman,
the indispensable producer.
444
00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:50,359
You don't suppose that Doug
killed Kevin and then split, do you?
445
00:28:50,429 --> 00:28:52,557
My money was on you.
446
00:28:52,631 --> 00:28:55,624
I'm afraid you're both
wrong. Mrs. Fletcher.
447
00:28:55,701 --> 00:29:00,730
Oh, Richard Abbott. What was that enigmatic
remark? Have they caught the killer now?
448
00:29:00,806 --> 00:29:04,743
No, but Kevin Keats,
apparently, is very much alive.
449
00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:08,203
You've got to be kidding. No.
450
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,944
If it wasn't Keats they fished
out of the drink, just who was it?
451
00:29:12,017 --> 00:29:16,614
Remember earlier we were
talking about Mr. Helman's absence,
452
00:29:16,688 --> 00:29:20,750
and you joked that he was probably
off somewhere climbing a mountain?
453
00:29:20,826 --> 00:29:25,526
- On the coast of Maine?
- Mountain climbing, frostbite...
454
00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:31,002
The body that was fished out of the harbor
had two toes missing on his left foot.
455
00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:35,268
Doug. Th—That's crazy.
456
00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:38,310
That's unbelievable,
unbelievable.
457
00:29:40,312 --> 00:29:42,338
What a segment.
458
00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:46,310
Keats thought dead.
459
00:29:46,385 --> 00:29:50,755
Keats not dead. Producer dies in mysterious
explosion. You got a real twist there.
460
00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:54,520
Guys, this is gonna be better than
the secret of Al Capone's vaults.
461
00:29:54,593 --> 00:29:57,639
Brody, I want you on this right away. I
want a reedit and rewrite by Wednesday.
462
00:29:57,663 --> 00:29:59,427
And I want Paula in
on this. Where is Paula?
463
00:29:59,498 --> 00:30:03,026
I'm here. So it was
Doug that was killed.
464
00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:05,093
Hey, kid, we need
some changes and fast.
465
00:30:05,170 --> 00:30:07,969
I don't feel like changing.
I need help. Can we talk?
466
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,475
Paula, Paula, we've got a
story to get out. Not now.
467
00:30:10,542 --> 00:30:12,910
Listen, Helman didn't
even want you up here. The
468
00:30:12,934 --> 00:30:15,276
only reason you came
is because Kevin insisted.
469
00:30:15,347 --> 00:30:18,340
Now come on. Now let's get
to work. Let go of me, Nick.
470
00:30:27,459 --> 00:30:30,452
You know where Kevin is,
don't you? You've spoken to him?
471
00:30:30,529 --> 00:30:35,832
Yes, but how did you know? Paula,
you trust me. Who would Kevin trust?
472
00:30:35,901 --> 00:30:39,963
Oh, Jessica, I couldn't believe
it when he called my room.
473
00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:43,440
He had to keep telling me over
and over that I wasn't dreaming.
474
00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:46,535
I was laughing and
crying just like a schoolgirl.
475
00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:52,014
He's going to call back tonight.
476
00:30:52,084 --> 00:30:53,953
When he calls, tell
him that he must come
477
00:30:53,977 --> 00:30:56,146
forward and explain what
happened on that boat.
478
00:30:56,221 --> 00:31:00,124
If he stays in hiding, it could
be too easily misinterpreted.
479
00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:04,493
He's hiding because someone tried
to kill him. He was lucky to escape.
480
00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:06,828
Look, the town is
swarming with reporters,
481
00:31:06,898 --> 00:31:08,998
but I could arrange
for the sheriff to come
482
00:31:09,022 --> 00:31:11,097
to my house this
evening, say, after dark?
483
00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:17,236
All right. If only Doug hadn't
taken me off my assignment.
484
00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:21,076
That's when it began. That was a
ridiculous meeting in Doug's office.
485
00:31:21,146 --> 00:31:25,709
Well, then if that's when it began,
I want to hear about it—everything.
486
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:29,381
Then you admit that
Mr. Helman forced you to come...
487
00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:32,117
to Cabot Cove for this
assignment against your will?
488
00:31:32,190 --> 00:31:36,958
No, that was a put-on, an act.
Doug and I thought it up together.
489
00:31:37,028 --> 00:31:38,857
I was sure my death
threats were tied in
490
00:31:38,881 --> 00:31:40,965
with the pressure being
put on the network...
491
00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:44,366
for me to drop the story about
my drug-dealing art collector.
492
00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:46,428
So we thought we'd
take the heat off...
493
00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:49,600
by pretending to drop the story
and reassigning me to Cabot Cove.
494
00:31:49,674 --> 00:31:54,078
Why Cabot Cove? Why not go to Nebraska and
cover a boy on a girls' basketball team?
495
00:31:54,146 --> 00:31:56,463
That'd be fine except
for one thing. We had a
496
00:31:56,487 --> 00:31:59,141
secret witness hiding nearby
here in New Hampshire,
497
00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:02,449
who had agreed to talk to me
and only me about Ron Ross...
498
00:32:02,521 --> 00:32:05,013
and some of his other South
American drug connections.
499
00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:08,458
New Hampshire? Two hours by car.
500
00:32:08,527 --> 00:32:13,465
Uh, but you didn't take a car. You took a
boat. That was supposed to be my cover.
501
00:32:13,532 --> 00:32:16,457
Oh, I see. You wanted
everyone to believe that
502
00:32:16,481 --> 00:32:19,494
you were on a boat in
the middle of the harbor,
503
00:32:19,571 --> 00:32:23,064
whereas you were really on
your way to New Hampshire.
504
00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:26,236
Exactly. You know, I really
meant to finish our interview first,
505
00:32:26,311 --> 00:32:29,509
but then along came the sheriff here
and forced me to accelerate my plan.
506
00:32:29,581 --> 00:32:32,551
When'd I do that?
507
00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:34,643
Uh, Amos, I think it was
when you described...
508
00:32:34,719 --> 00:32:38,281
the big fella getting
off the helicopter. Oh.
509
00:32:38,356 --> 00:32:40,450
Gerald Foster.
Ron Ross's enforcer.
510
00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:42,522
With him in town, I
had to disappear. That's
511
00:32:42,546 --> 00:32:44,292
when I asked the
sheriff for the boat.
512
00:32:44,362 --> 00:32:46,956
Augie Wilkins had the
only one in town for rent, and
513
00:32:46,980 --> 00:32:49,699
I couldn't get ahold of
him till around 8:00 at night.
514
00:32:49,768 --> 00:32:52,242
And as soon as I heard
from you, I called Doug in
515
00:32:52,266 --> 00:32:54,866
New York and told him to
get up here on the double.
516
00:32:54,940 --> 00:32:59,344
Now this was the first time that
you formulated your plan? Mm-hmm.
517
00:32:59,411 --> 00:33:03,143
And then he came up here, and you staged
the fight in front of the hotel manager.
518
00:33:03,215 --> 00:33:06,617
- Exactly. Just another part of the act.
- Ah.
519
00:33:06,685 --> 00:33:10,622
Then Mr. Helman was already on
the boat when you got on board?
520
00:33:10,689 --> 00:33:13,181
Funny, I didn't see him.
521
00:33:13,258 --> 00:33:15,557
You weren't supposed to.
522
00:33:15,627 --> 00:33:19,621
See, you or anybody else watching
was supposed to see me get on the boat,
523
00:33:19,698 --> 00:33:22,133
putt-putt out into the harbor.
524
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,692
What they wouldn't see was
Doug take over the helm...
525
00:33:24,769 --> 00:33:28,262
while I slipped over the other
side and swam under the pier.
526
00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:34,302
Mr. Keats, I was standin' right
there when that boat blew up.
527
00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:39,750
Now, you could've come out of hidin'
and hollered to me, but you didn't do that.
528
00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:46,687
No. I didn't. No,
you disappeared.
529
00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:50,490
Where'd you go? What did you do?
530
00:33:50,562 --> 00:33:53,259
I'm sorry. I can't
tell you that.
531
00:33:53,331 --> 00:33:56,995
Well, then I'm afraid I don't
think much of your so-called plan.
532
00:33:57,068 --> 00:33:59,635
It wasn't part of my
plan for the boat to
533
00:33:59,659 --> 00:34:02,439
blow up and lose the
best friend I ever had.
534
00:34:02,507 --> 00:34:06,444
I don't know how Ross's man did
it, but that bomb was meant for me.
535
00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:10,943
No, I don't think it
could've been Ross's man.
536
00:34:11,016 --> 00:34:13,349
Sheriff, what are
you getting at?
537
00:34:13,418 --> 00:34:19,085
Only that if Ross's man somehow
knew that there was going to be a boat,
538
00:34:19,157 --> 00:34:22,457
he'd know which one, and
where it was going to be,
539
00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:27,227
and I didn't even know that
until 8:00 the night before.
540
00:34:27,299 --> 00:34:30,292
Now did you discuss this with
anyone else besides Mr. Helman?
541
00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:34,358
No, and I'm certain
Doug didn't either. I mean,
542
00:34:34,382 --> 00:34:36,967
we'd agreed between us
to keep our plan a secret.
543
00:34:37,042 --> 00:34:41,810
Well, then Mr. Ross's man couldn't
have known you were going out on a boat...
544
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,872
until he followed you.
545
00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:47,613
Seems to me, he couldn't
have set that bomb.
546
00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:52,346
Do you have any trouble
with that, Mrs. Fletcher?
547
00:34:53,391 --> 00:34:56,793
Actually, Amos, no.
548
00:34:56,861 --> 00:34:59,057
Well, I have trouble
with it, Sheriff.
549
00:34:59,130 --> 00:35:02,828
Kevin didn't kill anyone. Why
do you think he turned himself in?
550
00:35:02,901 --> 00:35:05,234
Maybe because he's
a pretty smart fella.
551
00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:10,165
Sorry, ma'am, but it
adds up only one way.
552
00:35:10,241 --> 00:35:14,702
Either Mr. Helman set that
bomb to blow himself up,
553
00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:18,307
or Mr. Keats
here did it for him.
554
00:35:25,690 --> 00:35:29,149
Where's the sheriff?
555
00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:32,322
Sheriff, are there any new
developments in the case? Sorry, fellas.
556
00:35:32,397 --> 00:35:35,231
Has Kevin Keats signed a
confession yet? No statement, fellas.
557
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:38,464
Has he explained to you where he was
when he disappeared? I can't talk now!
558
00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:40,835
Amos Tupper. Miss Polsby.
559
00:35:40,905 --> 00:35:43,136
First of all, I am not
one of the "fellas," hmm?
560
00:35:43,208 --> 00:35:46,975
And secondly, as society
editor of the Cabot Cove Gazette,
561
00:35:47,045 --> 00:35:49,037
I have a right to
talk to Kevin Keats.
562
00:35:49,114 --> 00:35:54,178
He's in jail, ma'am, and nobody from
the press gets to see him. Nobody, period.
563
00:35:54,252 --> 00:35:59,281
Then why was Paula Roman allowed in? I
have been told that she is in with him now.
564
00:35:59,357 --> 00:36:02,691
Miss Roman is different. It's
personal. Now if you'll excuse me.
565
00:36:02,761 --> 00:36:05,959
Why is she any different
from the rest of us? Sheriff!
566
00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:13,302
Nice, huh? All the
comforts of home.
567
00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:17,866
I never should have let
you talk me into coming in.
568
00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:20,844
And what were you gonna
to do? Run? With your face?
569
00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:23,882
You're almost as famous
as Ronald McDonald.
570
00:36:23,948 --> 00:36:26,679
I don't suppose there's
a lawyer on the way?
571
00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:30,745
Not yet. Look, Kevin, you
know what we have out there?
572
00:36:30,822 --> 00:36:34,850
Three networks, two cables, five
independents and the world press.
573
00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:39,489
As long as you're in here, you belong
to Scrutiny. Brody wants me locked up?
574
00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:43,365
Only until after this special,
the former Kevin Keats's eulogy.
575
00:36:43,435 --> 00:36:46,098
And the sheriff has even
given his permission...
576
00:36:46,171 --> 00:36:49,266
to let you tape your
narration in here.
577
00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:53,277
I don't want to tape my narration
in here. I want outta here!
578
00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:57,281
I'm sorry. Richard and
Nick want you here.
579
00:36:57,348 --> 00:37:02,446
To boost their
precious ratings, huh?
580
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:06,218
Is this how far
we've come, babe?
581
00:37:06,291 --> 00:37:10,786
To this? Hmm?
582
00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:18,060
Mrs. Keats? Oh,
hello, Mrs. Fletcher.
583
00:37:18,136 --> 00:37:22,301
I'd ask you to join me, but I've
already finished my daily consumption.
584
00:37:22,373 --> 00:37:24,569
Besides that, I have
an appointment.
585
00:37:24,642 --> 00:37:28,340
An exclusive interview with
something called Scandal U.S.A.
586
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:33,215
Oh. They're paying me a bundle for
the inside scoop on a lousy marriage.
587
00:37:33,284 --> 00:37:39,246
Well, this won't take long. When your
husband was in hiding, was he with you?
588
00:37:39,324 --> 00:37:42,453
I wish. Is that
what he told you?
589
00:37:42,527 --> 00:37:47,625
No, but something isn't quite right, and
I'm just trying to sort it out, that's all.
590
00:37:47,699 --> 00:37:51,830
Sounds to me like Kevin's sorted
himself right into a life sentence.
591
00:37:51,903 --> 00:37:55,999
Oh, well, it doesn't matter. His career
was probably in the toilet anyway.
592
00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:58,134
Oh?
593
00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:01,111
I think the network was
getting ready to 86 him.
594
00:38:01,179 --> 00:38:04,479
In a fit of paranoia,
the big fellow told me...
595
00:38:04,549 --> 00:38:07,519
that they had conducted a
confidential audience research.
596
00:38:07,585 --> 00:38:11,147
Oh, yes. Miss Roman
mentioned something about that.
597
00:38:11,222 --> 00:38:15,557
Miss Roman was
always up on things.
598
00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:21,589
And you think that this survey might have
had an unfavorable effect on your husband?
599
00:38:21,666 --> 00:38:24,966
It's just a guess.
600
00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:27,605
I have been waiting years
for the great American
601
00:38:27,629 --> 00:38:30,168
public to find out what
I have known all along.
602
00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:33,575
So Long, Mrs. Fletcher.
603
00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:37,309
And if you see my
husband, give him my worst.
604
00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:42,780
Remember me, Mr. Abbott?
605
00:38:42,854 --> 00:38:45,517
I'm Jessica Fletcher. I was
just on my way up to your room.
606
00:38:45,590 --> 00:38:48,685
I was just on my way out.
Can this wait till tomorrow?
607
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,424
Uh, obviously you know about,
uh, Kevin Keats being under arrest?
608
00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:54,492
Uh, yes I do. They should
either charge him with
609
00:38:54,516 --> 00:38:56,366
murder or let him go
if they can't prove it.
610
00:38:56,434 --> 00:39:01,566
Well, surely losing your star anchorman
could really hurt you in the ratings?
611
00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:03,784
Oh, so you've heard
about ratings here in Cabot
612
00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:05,838
Cove. Oh, we've heard
about a lot of things,
613
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:08,470
including the network
audience survey.
614
00:39:08,546 --> 00:39:10,879
Mrs. Fletcher, that is
supposed to be confidential.
615
00:39:10,949 --> 00:39:14,283
I was hoping that perhaps
you could explain it to me.
616
00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:18,050
Paula said that research
is your area of expertise.
617
00:39:18,122 --> 00:39:20,057
Oh, well, it's
really very simple.
618
00:39:20,124 --> 00:39:22,763
You see, uh, the network
is always testing the
619
00:39:22,787 --> 00:39:26,086
popularity of its programs
by, uh, sampling its audience.
620
00:39:26,164 --> 00:39:32,126
Aha. Paula seemed to feel that, uh, you
were concerned about the latest survey.
621
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:34,434
Really? Yes.
622
00:39:34,505 --> 00:39:36,941
She also said that you
seemed, well, furtive
623
00:39:36,965 --> 00:39:39,034
when you mentioned
it to Doug Helman.
624
00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:42,103
Does that mean you didn't want
to discuss it in front of the others...
625
00:39:42,180 --> 00:39:47,619
perhaps because of personnel
involvement? Say, one of the three anchors?
626
00:39:47,685 --> 00:39:50,120
Do you read tea leaves too?
627
00:39:50,188 --> 00:39:53,181
Not very well, Mr. Abbott.
628
00:39:53,258 --> 00:39:55,570
If I did, I might be able
to figure out where you
629
00:39:55,594 --> 00:39:57,787
were when your office
was unable to reach you.
630
00:39:57,862 --> 00:40:02,926
Those hours when the bomb
was most likely planted on the boat?
631
00:40:03,001 --> 00:40:06,529
Well, I'm sorry, Mrs. Fletcher, but you're
gonna have to forego me as a suspect.
632
00:40:06,604 --> 00:40:08,464
You see, in Television
land, when the, uh,
633
00:40:08,488 --> 00:40:10,507
canoe springs a leak,
one doesn't bail water.
634
00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:13,044
One just looks for a new canoe.
635
00:40:13,111 --> 00:40:16,411
The morning Doug Helman
was killed, I was having breakfast.
636
00:40:16,481 --> 00:40:18,916
In New York, with the
president of another network.
637
00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:23,353
When I heard the news on the radio, I, uh,
chartered a jet right here to Cabot Cove.
638
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:26,323
I see. And did you get the job?
639
00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:31,786
At this level, one
doesn't, uh, ask for a job,
640
00:40:31,863 --> 00:40:33,855
one lays the groundwork.
641
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:38,666
Mmm. Wonderful
air you have up here.
642
00:40:38,736 --> 00:40:41,968
Good afternoon, Mrs.
Fletcher. Good afternoon.
643
00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:46,872
Mrs. Fletcher, could you
644
00:40:46,896 --> 00:40:49,108
give us a couple of
minutes of your time, please?
645
00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:53,777
- It's the front door again. Reporters.
- Ah, they'll go away.
646
00:41:01,159 --> 00:41:03,253
Darn! I didn't see that.
647
00:41:05,229 --> 00:41:09,428
- I guess I'm not
in the same class as Seth.
- Or the class he thinks he's in.
648
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:12,527
You know, it's funny.
649
00:41:12,603 --> 00:41:16,131
I moved up here to Cabot
Cove for the peace and quiet.
650
00:41:16,207 --> 00:41:18,199
Ah, it doesn't really bother me.
651
00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:22,704
Check.
652
00:41:22,780 --> 00:41:24,715
Huh?
653
00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:30,288
Bishop to king. You're
one away from mate.
654
00:41:30,355 --> 00:41:33,086
You mind if I, uh,
freshen up my coffee?
655
00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:36,525
I thought you were
new to this game?
656
00:41:36,594 --> 00:41:41,794
Nope. I merely said I hadn't
been playing as long as Seth.
657
00:41:41,866 --> 00:41:45,064
Who do you think taught me?
658
00:41:46,871 --> 00:41:49,238
I surrender.
659
00:41:51,109 --> 00:41:55,274
Jessica, I know your mind is
elsewhere. Do you want to talk about it?
660
00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:58,077
I just can't stop thinking
about Kevin Keats's story.
661
00:41:58,149 --> 00:42:01,608
That cockeyed plan
he made with Helman?
662
00:42:01,686 --> 00:42:05,646
- There had to be an easier way
to slip out of town.
- Mm-hmm.
663
00:42:05,723 --> 00:42:08,420
- I don't remember telling you that.
- You didn't.
664
00:42:08,493 --> 00:42:10,985
I overheard you talking to
Sheriff Tupper on the phone.
665
00:42:16,067 --> 00:42:19,731
Wylie, give me a
ride down to the jail.
666
00:42:19,804 --> 00:42:21,864
I must be sure.
667
00:42:26,511 --> 00:42:30,346
I must ask you exactly what
you discussed with Mr. Helman...
668
00:42:30,415 --> 00:42:34,045
- when you called him in New York
the night before the murder.
- We covered all that.
669
00:42:34,118 --> 00:42:37,145
I told him about the boat,
what it looked like, where it was.
670
00:42:37,221 --> 00:42:41,556
Uh, I told him about Ross's
enforcer being in town. What else?
671
00:42:41,626 --> 00:42:46,394
And what did he tell you? He said he'd
catch the night plane to Portland, uh...
672
00:42:46,464 --> 00:42:49,957
I wanted him to bring Paula.
He was against the idea.
673
00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:54,301
He thought she'd get in the
way, but I talked him into it.
674
00:42:54,372 --> 00:42:57,934
Did Mr. Helman review the timetable
of your plan? Oh, yeah. Yeah.
675
00:42:58,009 --> 00:42:59,944
Doug was nothing
if not meticulous.
676
00:43:00,011 --> 00:43:03,209
And were you alone
when you made that call?
677
00:43:03,281 --> 00:43:06,911
Mm-hmm. Yeah, I was in my room at
the Hill House. Uh-huh. Was he alone?
678
00:43:06,984 --> 00:43:10,079
Well, I don't know, I...
679
00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:13,818
Yes, as a matter of fact, he
mentioned his secretary leaving early.
680
00:43:13,891 --> 00:43:17,726
Anyway, I'm certain Doug would never
discuss our plan in front of a third party.
681
00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:26,393
What if he didn't know or care
that there was a third party present?
682
00:43:44,021 --> 00:43:47,082
Oh, if you're looking for Paula,
she just called from her room.
683
00:43:47,158 --> 00:43:50,184
I'm not looking for
Paula. Well, I'd love to
684
00:43:50,208 --> 00:43:53,120
chat, but I've got
to finish this rewrite.
685
00:43:53,197 --> 00:43:56,599
I'm afraid you'll have to
change the ending too.
686
00:44:00,071 --> 00:44:02,666
Any suggestions?
687
00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:05,629
You might write about a
respected newsman who'd been
688
00:44:05,653 --> 00:44:08,509
around so long, he's
become a national institution.
689
00:44:08,579 --> 00:44:11,777
He's one of the hosts of
a prime-time news show...
690
00:44:11,849 --> 00:44:14,743
and learns that a fickle
audience prefers the show's
691
00:44:14,767 --> 00:44:17,516
bombastic younger man
and attractive young woman.
692
00:44:18,856 --> 00:44:22,088
It's my guess that that's the upshot
of the network audience survey...
693
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:26,029
Doug Helman showed you in his
office when he called you in for a meeting.
694
00:44:26,097 --> 00:44:31,126
You were there when Kevin Keats
called Doug Helman from Cabot Cove.
695
00:44:31,202 --> 00:44:33,194
Who told you that? You did.
696
00:44:33,271 --> 00:44:35,365
Listen, Helman didn't
even want you up here.
697
00:44:35,439 --> 00:44:38,898
The only reason you came is because
Kevin insisted. Now come on, sweetheart.
698
00:44:38,976 --> 00:44:44,074
That subject was only discussed on the
phone between Kevin Keats and Doug Helman.
699
00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:48,381
Paula must have let it
slip. I just spoke to Paula.
700
00:44:48,452 --> 00:44:51,889
- She didn't.
- Then Doug told me.
701
00:44:51,956 --> 00:44:54,949
When? He went straight
from his office to the airport.
702
00:44:55,026 --> 00:44:57,441
Next morning, he was
concealed on the boat
703
00:44:57,465 --> 00:45:00,021
before sunrise and
dead a few minutes later.
704
00:45:00,097 --> 00:45:04,432
You had to have
heard that in that office.
705
00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:17,648
Helman told me I was through.
706
00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:21,550
He said he was sorry but, if he didn't
give in to the network on the small things,
707
00:45:21,619 --> 00:45:24,555
he wouldn't get
anywhere on the big ones.
708
00:45:24,622 --> 00:45:26,557
You can guess how
that made me feel.
709
00:45:28,025 --> 00:45:30,017
The phone rang
as I was starting out,
710
00:45:30,094 --> 00:45:32,188
and he turned his back to me.
711
00:45:32,263 --> 00:45:37,395
- So you stayed to listen.
- I knew he was talking to Kevin.
712
00:45:37,468 --> 00:45:41,166
And I was trying to think of something
that would win Kevin over to my side.
713
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:45,939
Then I became aware of what they
were getting at, what they were setting up.
714
00:45:46,010 --> 00:45:49,947
That's when I got the idea.
It just flashed in my head...
715
00:45:50,014 --> 00:45:55,385
very clear and very terrifying
because I knew I'd do it.
716
00:45:55,453 --> 00:45:58,946
- How did you get to Cabot Cove?
- I drove all night.
717
00:45:59,023 --> 00:46:02,425
It's not that far.
Only 350 miles.
718
00:46:02,493 --> 00:46:04,428
Oh, about the bomb?
719
00:46:04,495 --> 00:46:08,125
Well, you don't get to be a 63-year-old
reporter without learning something.
720
00:46:08,199 --> 00:46:10,916
But what did killing
Mr. Helman solve for you?
721
00:46:10,940 --> 00:46:13,502
He was only following
the network's orders.
722
00:46:15,039 --> 00:46:18,703
Without Helman, I had a better than
even chance of staying with the show.
723
00:46:18,776 --> 00:46:23,680
I had more experience than any of
them. To hell with the audience research.
724
00:46:23,748 --> 00:46:26,758
So I wasn't young,
vicious or even pretty, but
725
00:46:26,782 --> 00:46:29,619
I was the one who
could talk sense to them.
726
00:46:29,687 --> 00:46:33,317
I'm a newsman.
I'm not a performer.
727
00:46:33,391 --> 00:46:35,986
I tried to tell Doug that.
728
00:46:36,060 --> 00:46:40,293
But whatever he started out believing,
in the end, he bought the idea...
729
00:46:40,364 --> 00:46:45,359
that the wrapping paper— the wrapping
paper—was more important than the package.
730
00:46:49,273 --> 00:46:51,644
If you don't mind,
I'd like to finish this
731
00:46:51,668 --> 00:46:54,177
rewrite while we're
waiting for the sheriff.
732
00:46:54,245 --> 00:46:58,376
Just dial nine for
an outside line.
66793
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