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Something's happened
to Pop.
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Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
- Oh!
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The killer did not come
from outside.
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- Who else in the house that night could have been a hit man?
- I didn't know if they had a contract on me.
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- I didn't do it!
- You killed him! You killed him!
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- Stop it!
- I told you. The big guy's freakin' out.
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For the first time since I left him,
we made love.
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- Unless you wanna get involved in a murder, get out of the country.
- I was a patsy.
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I don't want anyone leaving town
until this thing is cleared up.
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I know
who killed Johnny Shannon.
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Hey, Mickey! Get in here!
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Yeah, Dad?
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- I thought you were gonna finish my arrangements.
- I did.
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- You call those finished?
- I gave you what you wanted.
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What I wanted was something bouncy
to kick off the tennis tournament show.
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Okay. What you gave me was
crap. This is bouncy to you?
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Well, that's the wrong
tempo. Just pick it up. Ohh.
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Go on. Tell me about music. Thirty years
in the business; suddenly, I'm a dummy.
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I didn't say that.
Oh, come on, kid.
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What is it, Mick? The job too tough for
you? I never should have hired family.
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So get somebody else.
I didn't ask for thejob.
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Look who's got his Irish up! Okay. You don't
like thejob? Tell me what to do with it.
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Dad. Go ahead, kid. Get
it out of your system.
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- I told off my old man more than once.
- You know, it's possible you're wrong this time.
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Me? Wrong?
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Yeah. Once, you could be wrong.
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That's it?
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That's all you got to say?
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Boy, you sure didn't
get anything from your old man, did you?
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That includes talent,
style and guts.
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Your sister got all the moxie
in this family.
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- The only thing you're good at is coppin' a plea.
- Dad, just listen to it in the right tempo.
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Hey, Buster! Buster, get in here!
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Yeah, Johnny?
Listen...
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Hold it. Hey, I like that.
It's got a nice bounce.
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- Very good, Mickey.
- Thank you, Bus.
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What do you know?
You got a tin ear.
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Listen, tell Lou to get the
car. And hustle your buns.
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I got a lunch date at
the tennis club. Yes, sir.
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Yes, sirree, sir! Hustle the
buns! Hustle the buns! Yes, sir!
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Work on it.
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It's this cellar in Brooklyn. I'm the
opening act for this dance team, see...
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Betty and Max Gomez
and their Sophisticated Feet.
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You're kidding!
No!
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But the real star of the
show is the stripper. Yeah.
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She works with a duck.
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With a duck!
Yep.
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She's married to this hood,
see. He owns the joint,
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and he's got a personality
like an anchovy.
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So, listen. One night,
I'm in his office, see...
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Get that, will ya?
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Hello? Dial-A-Curse. Bleep-bleep.
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Ohh. Sorry. Just kidding.
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Hold the phone.
It's Mr. Valentine.
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Speaking of hoods.
I got nothin' to say to Milo.
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Well, what shall I tell him?
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- Tell him to drop dead.
- I can't say that.
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Well, ad-lib something.
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Hello. I'm terribly sorry.
Johnny just stepped out.
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"Stepped"!
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"Just... "
Are you crazy?
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Are you crazy? Valentine's guy
heard you laughing. So what?
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"So what"? You gotta be more careful.
Valentine's a very serious guy.
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It's okay, Buster. I don't have to
kiss the godfather's pinky ring anymore.
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- I'm protected.
- Yeah?
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Yeah. Yeah.
I got a special kind of insurance.
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What is that
supposed to mean?
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Never mind.
Just fix me a drink, will ya?
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How's about a little cyanide
on the rocks?
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I mean, if you're gonna
commit suicide, do it right.
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Attention.
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The advanced tennis class
is now meeting on Court 2.
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Thank you.
Will there be anything else?
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No. We'll wait for
Mr. Shannon. Very good.
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Mr. Shannon is rarely more than
a few minutes late. Excuse me.
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Don't you love the way people fawn
overJohnny even when he isn't here?
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Peg, I can hardly believe
that I'm here.
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I'm so glad you could make it.
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Well, your invitation caught me
at the perfect moment.
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I just sent off some corrected
galley proofs to my publisher,
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and I was dying to get away.
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Oh, it'll be such fun
peeling away the years!
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Remember... Remember grilling cheese
sandwiches on a plate in the dormitory?
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Oh, anything
to avoid that dreadful dining hall.
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To this day, I can't look
at a brussels sprout.
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I'm not very keen on
grilled cheese sandwiches either.
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The ball was out!
You need glasses, Grandpa!
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- Hey, I could see it very well. It was in. - What?
Are you stupid or what? It was out! O-U-T! Out!
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Yeah. Hey, Pops, I'm gettin' too
good for ya. You can't beat me.
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- Who is that?
- Well, believe it or not, a professional tennis player... Vic La Rosa.
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He's entered in the tournament.
The handsome gentleman...
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with all the class
is the club pro, Chico Miller.
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Do I, uh,
detect a note of interest?
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Forget it, Jess.
I'm not ready for romance.
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- But it's been years since your divorce from Johnny.
- I survived the divorce.
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I'm not sure
I survived the marriage.
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Hey! How are you?
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Hey! Hey there! Hi.
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Hey, baby. How ya doin'?
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Good to see ya. He's only a few minutes late to the
club, but it takes him a half hour to work the room.
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How are you?
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Hey. Ah, Jess.
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How you doin', doll?
Fine, Johnny.
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Hey, did you know I was offered the lead
in the film version of one of your books?
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- Really?
- Yeah. I turned it down. It wasn't right for me.
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Too... fluffy.
Still the diplomat!
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Hi, babe.
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Hello, Johnny. How are you?
Never better.
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You're lookin' great, kid.
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I have to work at it
a little harder.
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I see Buster and Lou
are still along for the ride.
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You're full of surprises,
Peg O' My Heart.
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Leasing a house in the Palms?
It knocked my socks off.
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Well, I felt like seeing Terry and Mickey.
It's been a while since they came to see me.
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Yeah, well, you know how it is.
Mick's been busy doin'my arrangements.
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I got a TV special coming up
to kick off my tennis tournament.
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What happened
to Mickey's jazz quartet?
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Fell through.
I gave him a steady job.
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- And what keeps Terry busy?
- Ask her.
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Is that little Terry?
Mom.
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Oh, I've missed you!
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I kept meaning to call. It'll be
good to have you around for a while.
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- Terry, you know Jessica Fletcher.
- Hello, Terry.
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Hi. I got one of your books last Christmas.
I'm gonna read it as soon as I get a chance.
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- Oh, I'm pleased to hear that.
- Sit down. Join us for lunch.
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I can't.
I'm meeting a friend.
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What friend? I gotta go. See you later.
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Bye.
Bye.
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Hey, not that tennis bum?
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Mr. Anderson, please come to Court 10.
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What do you do
to get a drink around here?
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Hey, sugar.
How you doin'?
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Johnny, she's old enough
to choose her own friends.
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You told me that before once,
remember? You were wrong then too.
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Terry.
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- I told you to stay away from this guy.
- Now, look...
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No. You look, scuzzball. I've
been onto you since you hit town.
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You found out Terry was my kid. You
zeroed in on her like you struck gold.
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- Aw, come on.
- Touch my daughter again, the only gold you'll be pickin' up'll be out of your teeth.
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Big star! Am I supposed to be
scared? You're nothin' to me, old man!
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Hey!
Come on.
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Let me go!
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Sergeant Barnes, police.
What's the trouble here?
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Private business. This punk was
tryin' to show me how tough he is.
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- You came lookin' for trouble!
- Vic's right, Daddy. You started it.
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Come on.
I'm takin' you home.
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Lou, Buster...
Call me, Vic.
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Try and stop me.
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Sergeant, I don't want this creep hanging
around my daughter. You keep him away from her!
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I don't work for you, Mr. Shannon,
so don't give me orders.
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You must be new.
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Ask around.
Somebody'll set you straight.
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I have to tell you.
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When Terry was 17, she eloped
with a boy Johnny didn't like.
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He sent some men to find them. They roughed up
the boy and gave him Johnny's wedding present...
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a one-way airline ticket
out of the country.
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Then Johnny had the marriage annulled,
and Terry never forgave him.
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- Then why does she live in his house?
- To get back at him.
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You just saw a small sample. Oh, Jess, I
should have dragged her out of there years ago.
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- Oh, Peg. I am so sorry.
- It's gotten worse. I'm afraid for both of them.
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The milkman cometh.
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What'd you do? Fall asleep?
I brought you your milk.
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Johnny, come on.
Stop kiddin' around.
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Johnny, come on, will ya?
Open the door.
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Johnny! Come on, Johnny!
This ain't funny!
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I spilled the milk all over myself.
Come on, will ya?
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Johnny? Johnny!
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Johnny! Lou! Lou, come quick!
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Lou!
What is it?
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Something's happened to Pop.
Johnny, can you hear me?
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Please, Johnny!
Open the door!
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Something's wrong.
Johnny. Johnny!
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Oh, no. No!
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It's Johnny.
Somebody killed Johnny.
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Oh. Oh!
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Peg, aren't you driving a little fast?
- Sorry.
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I know how you feel.
Do you?
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Well, at least you had a
happy marriage with Frank.
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I'm not even a widow.
I'm not sure what I am.
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I'm sorry, Jess.
Thanks for coming with me.
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I couldn't face going into that house
alone, and I wanted to be with my children.
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How are they taking it? Well, Mickey's
upset, of course, but he sounded strong.
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I don't know about Terry. She's
on the edge of being unstable.
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It's hard to say how she'll
be affected byJohnny's death.
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Mr. Olsen's beginners'class
is now meeting on Court 3.
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Vic?
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Hey... baby.
You're in trouble.
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I know my brother, and he's gonna tell the
police you were in the house last night.
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You've gotta get outta here.
Why? I didn't do anything.
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Who's gonna believe that?
Hey, I gotta play in the tournament.
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They'll call it off. Look, unless you wanna
get involved in a murder, you gotta leave town.
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Get out of the country if you can. Here.
Take this. And don't try to reach me.
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Hey, sweet stuff,
what about us?
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Don't be stupid.
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My father is dead. I don't have
to play "let's pretend" anymore.
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Truth is, I don't even like
you. Hey, I know what you like.
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You don't know anything.
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Hello, Mrs. Shannon.
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Mickey.
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Mom, I'm glad you're here.
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- It's crazy.
- Are you all right?
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Yeah.
As all right as I can be.
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- I was there when they found him.
- "They"?
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Lou and Buster.
You're Mrs. Fletcher.
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I didn't mean to interrupt. It just
popped out. Force of habit, I suppose.
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It's okay.
We can use a good detective.
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- But I'm not a detective.
- Mrs. Fletcher, I read the papers.
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Well, my occasional exploits are
grossly exaggerated, believe me.
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- That's not what I heard.
- Lieutenant Barnes.
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Sergeant. In Desert Palms, we
don't have a Homicide Division.
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How do you do? How do you do? I was on
duty when the call came, so it's my case.
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- There you are, Mrs. Fletcher. The sergeant obviously needs help.
- Oh, now, really...
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Oh, yes, Jess. Please. Anything you can do.
I'm sure the sergeant would welcome some help.
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Why not? You've covered the subject fairly well
in your books, even if you're not always accurate.
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Well, they are well researched,
I assure you,
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but I have
absolutely no intention of...
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- Why do you think my books are inaccurate?
- I'll tell you all about it on our way to the scene of the crime.
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Would you excuse us, please?
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They're a little shaky
on police procedure. Oh?
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And you always make your killers
more interesting than your cops.
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You see, most killers
are very dull people.
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Where's your sister?
I wish I knew.
223
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Terry just took off after she
was questioned by the sergeant.
224
00:17:03,322 --> 00:17:06,314
Buster told me about the scene
yesterday at the club.
225
00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:11,762
It was deliberate. If you could have seen
the hostility she showed toward your dad.
226
00:17:11,830 --> 00:17:16,290
Mom, look. Don't say it.
Don't even think it.
227
00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:22,496
It's in here. Johnny's bodyguard
had to smash open the door.
228
00:17:22,574 --> 00:17:26,442
Oh, yes. Spring lock.
Mm-hmm.
229
00:17:26,512 --> 00:17:29,845
The killer must have pulled it
shut on his way out. That's right.
230
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Johnny Shannon's den.
Gold records. Platinum albums.
231
00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:37,845
Showbiz memorabilia. Or have you been here
before? No, no. This is my first visit.
232
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Mine too. Shannon and I
moved in different circles.
233
00:17:41,260 --> 00:17:44,661
So, did you know him well?
Once upon a time.
234
00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:47,290
This is definitely his room.
235
00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:51,769
He was sitting in his favorite chair. The killer came
in behind him and shot him in the back of the head.
236
00:17:51,837 --> 00:17:57,298
He never knew what hit him. Well, if he was watching
television, he might not have heard his killer come in.
237
00:17:57,376 --> 00:18:00,641
When they found the body, the set was
off. Course, he could've been asleep.
238
00:18:00,712 --> 00:18:05,809
Why would he take a nap in a chair opposite a
blank TVscreen if there was a perfectly good couch?
239
00:18:05,884 --> 00:18:09,513
That's one of the puzzles. Here's
another. Nobody heard a shot.
240
00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:11,818
These walls are thick.
241
00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:17,089
When you walk past in the corridor, you can hear if the piano's
being played. I tried it. So how come no one heard a gun going off?
242
00:18:17,162 --> 00:18:20,029
Well, I've never actually
seen one myself,
243
00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:23,557
but mystery writers
are addicted to the use of silencers.
244
00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:29,198
A better name would be mufflers. You can't
completely silence a gun. There's always some noise.
245
00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:32,971
Well, if the sound wasn't a gunshot,
it might have been lost...
246
00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:37,982
in other household sounds
like stereo, radio, television.
247
00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:43,044
All right. I'll buy that. Now, explain to me how
somebody could get through the security system.
248
00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:46,956
There are guards on duty 24 hours
at the front gate.
249
00:18:47,025 --> 00:18:49,994
They only admit visitors whose names
are called down from the house...
250
00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:52,553
and double-checked
when the visitors arrive.
251
00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:55,293
What about the service entrance?
252
00:18:55,367 --> 00:18:58,894
Back of the house, beyond the
pool. Like the rest of the grounds,
253
00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:02,805
it's protected by a very sophisticated
alarm setup with TVcameras.
254
00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:06,777
And that's how the gardener
and the pool man got in?
255
00:19:06,845 --> 00:19:10,042
They ring a buzzer that alerts the
front gate guard and turns on a TVcamera.
256
00:19:10,115 --> 00:19:14,108
He looks at a monitor and has a
talk-back for identity verification.
257
00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:17,986
Nobody pushed the buzzer last night, and nobody
could've gotten through the service gate...
258
00:19:18,056 --> 00:19:20,786
or over the wall
without all hell busting loose.
259
00:19:20,859 --> 00:19:25,796
I see. There would seem
to be only one possible explanation:
260
00:19:25,864 --> 00:19:28,332
The killer did not come
from outside.
261
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,164
Ah. We reached the same conclusion.
262
00:19:31,236 --> 00:19:35,104
Johnny Shannon was murdered by somebody
who was already inside the house.
263
00:20:12,110 --> 00:20:15,841
Mickey,
what did you tell them?
264
00:20:15,914 --> 00:20:18,781
Mom. I didn't know
you were gonna be here.
265
00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:22,286
Or what?
You would've come home sooner?
266
00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:28,483
Where the hell did you go? I
don't have to account to you, Mick.
267
00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,051
Hi, Mom.
268
00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:38,160
Are you all right?
Sure.
269
00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:42,833
So, did you rush out to see that
tennis bum? What'd you do? Celebrate?
270
00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:45,638
- Mickey!
- Well, come on. Dad couldn't stand the sight of that guy.
271
00:20:45,711 --> 00:20:49,340
- But that didn't stop Terry.
- I suppose you couldn't wait to tell her about last night.
272
00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:54,143
Last night?
What about last night?
273
00:20:58,590 --> 00:21:02,151
Mickey, what do you know
about last night?
274
00:21:04,863 --> 00:21:09,027
What we both know, Mother. Johnny
Shannon wasn't loved by his loved ones.
275
00:21:11,336 --> 00:21:14,737
And the motive?
How about the old reliable?
276
00:21:14,806 --> 00:21:18,173
Rich man dies, somebody inherits.
That makes it one of the kids.
277
00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:21,007
Or anyone else who might
be mentioned in the will.
278
00:21:21,079 --> 00:21:23,775
Mickey and Terry weren't the
only ones at the house last night.
279
00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:27,376
The servants were off, so you're talking
the bodyguard and the comedy relief.
280
00:21:27,452 --> 00:21:29,818
And you're right.
They could be in the will too.
281
00:21:29,888 --> 00:21:33,847
I wonder if the motive
is as simple as robbery.
282
00:21:34,926 --> 00:21:37,656
It crossed my mind.
Excuse me.
283
00:21:37,729 --> 00:21:41,529
Especially when Terry told me
about this.
284
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,727
Oh, a hidden wall safe.
285
00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:48,262
But if that's what he was looking for, he wouldn't
have shotJohnny when he came into the room.
286
00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:51,400
First he would've made him show
him the safe and open it for him.
287
00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:55,207
Unless the killer already knew
the combination. Who does know it?
288
00:21:55,280 --> 00:22:00,741
Terry, for one. I had her open it for me. It
contains stocks, bonds, cash, some personal papers.
289
00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:04,084
But members of the household who'd had a glimpse
inside confirmed that nothing was missing.
290
00:22:05,290 --> 00:22:09,624
If someone who knew the combination wanted to
rob that safe, they didn't have to killJohnny.
291
00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:12,528
They only had to wait
until he went out of the room.
292
00:22:12,597 --> 00:22:14,827
There goes that theory.
293
00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:16,891
Unless...
294
00:22:16,968 --> 00:22:21,701
Unless the killer took something
else of value out of this room.
295
00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:28,903
Look at that shadow there on the
wall, where a frame used to be.
296
00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:32,472
Uh, nah. That wasn't anything. Just
an old picture ofJohnny and his kids.
297
00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:35,987
Sergeant... Sergeant, you better
come quick. Lou Ross has gone bananas.
298
00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:38,784
He thinks Mickey killed his dad.
He's gonna tear him apart.
299
00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:42,190
- Where?
- By the pool.
300
00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:46,196
Hey, cut it out!
No, I didn't! I swear!
301
00:22:46,264 --> 00:22:49,631
Lou, I... I didn't do it!
You killed him!
302
00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:51,692
- You lied!
- Stop it!
303
00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:54,466
- You lied to me! You lied!
- I didn't do it!
304
00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:57,770
You killed him!
You're lyin'!
305
00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:08,213
- Mickey, don't gulp.
Mick, try to breathe in slowly.
306
00:23:08,286 --> 00:23:10,982
That's it. Breathe in.
That's it.
307
00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:13,718
And breathe out.
That's much better.
308
00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:16,852
- You okay, Mick?
- Yeah, I think so.
309
00:23:16,928 --> 00:23:19,658
You're lucky.
He could've crushed your windpipe.
310
00:23:19,731 --> 00:23:23,292
Sergeant, you gotta bust him.
He killed his dad.
311
00:23:23,368 --> 00:23:27,566
- He killed Johnny. I knew it.
- I told ya. The big guy's freakin' out.
312
00:23:27,639 --> 00:23:31,370
Mr. Ross, the murder was last night. Why did
you wait until now to make your accusation?
313
00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:35,311
This morning, when the sergeant told me
I was the last one to seeJohnny alive,
314
00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:37,905
I knew there was something
about it,
315
00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:40,781
and I finally remembered what.
316
00:23:40,852 --> 00:23:45,687
I saw him go into the den just before Johnny was
shot. That proves it. That proves he killed Johnny.
317
00:23:51,663 --> 00:23:55,929
- What's the story, Mickey?
- Lou's got it all wrong.
318
00:23:56,001 --> 00:24:00,165
Somebody's got it wrong. You told me
you were working in your room. I was.
319
00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:02,763
- Did you go down to the den?
- Yes. L...
320
00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:05,605
I wanted to show Dad some changes
I made on the arrangements.
321
00:24:05,677 --> 00:24:09,807
He didn't like 'em, and you had a
fight. No. He didn't even see them.
322
00:24:09,881 --> 00:24:14,113
He said he didn't wanna see anything until they were
all finished. You know, Lou, if you'd just hung around,
323
00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:17,280
you would've seen I came right back out
again and went upstairs.
324
00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:20,518
- How long did you stay in the den? - Not
more than a minute. - Do you own a gun?
325
00:24:20,592 --> 00:24:23,652
- No.
- Are you kiddin'? He hates guns.
326
00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:27,186
When other kids were playing cops and
robbers, he was playing agents and accountants.
327
00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:31,469
Dad and I didn't always get along,
and there were times I hated him,
328
00:24:31,536 --> 00:24:34,801
maybe even wanted to kill him...
329
00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:41,642
but I couldn't hurt him.
330
00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:45,149
I always... I always thought
about other times,
331
00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:49,210
you know,
when things were different.
332
00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:54,754
- Mrs. Fletcher, you remember when I was a kid.
- Yes.
333
00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:59,786
When we all lived together, the four of us,
before we came out to the desert, huh, Buster?
334
00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:03,631
Well, you tell him, Mrs. Fletcher.
You may find it hard to believe,
335
00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:08,401
but we used to be
one hell of a family, huh?
336
00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:10,941
Mick didn't kill our dad.
337
00:25:14,946 --> 00:25:17,506
There was someone else
in the house last night.
338
00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:21,484
- Who?
- Vic La Rosa.
339
00:25:21,553 --> 00:25:24,579
The tennis player your dad
mixed it up with at the club?
340
00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:26,851
Yeah.
How'd he get in?
341
00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:31,328
- No. Terry. You don't have to...
- I let him in.
342
00:25:31,396 --> 00:25:34,957
- He was waiting at the rear service gate at midnight.
- What about the alarm?
343
00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:39,493
I used the master switch in Daddy's bedroom
to turn the power off long enough...
344
00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:41,698
for Vic to enter the grounds
and make it to the house.
345
00:25:41,773 --> 00:25:46,472
But surely the security guard at the front
gate would notice if the system was turned off.
346
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:52,245
Not ifhe wasn't checking the panels. There's a
tiny red light that indicates when the power is off.
347
00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:54,877
The night man reads a lot
and doesn't check the panels very often.
348
00:25:54,953 --> 00:25:57,854
Wouldn't he have noticed
that the TV monitors were off?
349
00:25:57,923 --> 00:26:00,391
They're always off
until the alarm is tripped.
350
00:26:00,458 --> 00:26:03,154
You seem to know a lot
about the security system.
351
00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:06,197
It isn't the first time
I've let a man into the house.
352
00:26:06,264 --> 00:26:10,496
Terry, do you know what
you're saying? Yes, Mother.
353
00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:13,629
I let someone into the house,
and Daddy was murdered.
354
00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:17,835
Did anyone else
see La Rosa in the house?
355
00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:21,470
- Mickey saw him in my room.
Is that true?
356
00:26:21,546 --> 00:26:24,982
- Yes. I saw him.
- Why the hell didn't you say so?
357
00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:27,951
I'll have him picked up at the club
for questioning. Where's your phone?
358
00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:31,580
- Right over there on the table. You can't miss it.
- He isn't there.
359
00:26:31,656 --> 00:26:34,682
I sent him away.
Terry, why?
360
00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:37,728
I didn't want him to get into trouble
because of me, and I didn't think he did it.
361
00:26:37,796 --> 00:26:40,287
- Where'd he go?
- I don't know.
362
00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:44,263
I'm sorry. I was stupid.
363
00:26:57,549 --> 00:27:01,076
This is Barnes. Get out an A.P.B.
On Vic La Rosa.
364
00:27:01,152 --> 00:27:04,019
Yeah. The tennis player. I got
a description. Take it down.
365
00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:07,786
I'm sorry I came at you
that way. I must've lost my mind.
366
00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:11,124
It's okay, Lou. Mr. Ross,
forgive my curiosity.
367
00:27:11,196 --> 00:27:17,032
You said you saw Mickey go to the den, but he didn't
see you anywhere around when he came out a minute later.
368
00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:20,469
May I ask where you went?
My room.
369
00:27:20,538 --> 00:27:23,302
You were supposed
to be in the hall.
370
00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:25,866
Johnny didn't want me hangin' around.
He told me to get lost.
371
00:27:25,944 --> 00:27:28,811
Uh-oh. He was expecting
a broad. A lady.
372
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:34,648
Johnny always said that when he was
anticipating a visitor of the female persuasion.
373
00:27:34,719 --> 00:27:39,918
- Was he expecting someone last night?
- He couldn't have been. He always gave me a name...
374
00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:45,122
to call down to the guard at the front gate
when one of his ladies was comin' to visit him.
375
00:27:45,196 --> 00:27:48,791
Well, suppose it was someone
the guard knew on sight? No way.
376
00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:52,997
Not one ofJohnny's ladies...
even a repeat... Johnny's rule.
377
00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:57,007
The guard wouldn't have let her in
if I didn't call down her name.
378
00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:59,669
There are exceptions
to every rule.
379
00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:08,150
How did you know?
380
00:28:08,219 --> 00:28:11,677
Well, no one at the house
knew you were coming today,
381
00:28:11,756 --> 00:28:14,452
but the guard opened the gate
and waved you in,
382
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:17,620
so I assume both the day and the
night man are longtime employees...
383
00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:21,496
who still feel loyal
to the former lady of the house.
384
00:28:23,601 --> 00:28:28,595
I waited until after you'd gone to bed.
I wanted to talk toJohnny about Terry,
385
00:28:28,673 --> 00:28:33,076
but I found him in a mellow
and reminiscent mood.
386
00:28:33,144 --> 00:28:37,444
He was affectionate,
persuasive.
387
00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:41,618
For the first time
since I left him, we made love.
388
00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:47,090
- I see.
- I always said Johnny had a way with women.
389
00:28:48,126 --> 00:28:52,460
That was one of the things that broke up
our marriage. He used women casually...
390
00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:54,998
and seemed genuinely surprised
that I cared.
391
00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:58,126
Once, he even took a girl away
from Buster Bailey.
392
00:28:58,203 --> 00:29:01,798
Oh. Buster must have resented
that. It broke his heart.
393
00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:04,535
Until he made a joke out of it.
394
00:29:04,609 --> 00:29:07,544
You didn't tell Sergeant Barnes
about last night.
395
00:29:07,612 --> 00:29:13,414
- I couldn't.
- Miss Baxter, please come to the office.
396
00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:17,182
Anyway, Johnny was very much
alive when I last saw him.
397
00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:23,490
I didn't kill him. It wasn't either of
my children. It was that tennis player.
398
00:29:23,561 --> 00:29:27,019
Do you have any idea
what that opens up?
399
00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:31,262
- That Terry was an accessory to murder.
- Oh, Jess, you've gotta help her. Please.
400
00:29:35,573 --> 00:29:39,441
- Well, did Johnny have any enemies?
- I can't...
401
00:29:39,511 --> 00:29:43,743
Last night, Johnny was bragging...
402
00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:46,841
about putting one over
on Milo Valentine.
403
00:29:46,918 --> 00:29:50,285
That name sounds vaguely familiar.
Oh, Jess,
404
00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:53,085
you do live a sheltered life
in Cabot Cove.
405
00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:56,252
He's an entrepreneur
of certain illegal activities.
406
00:29:56,327 --> 00:30:00,161
Of course. He's a gangster. They
don't call them that anymore.
407
00:30:00,231 --> 00:30:05,396
- Well, why would Johnny know somebody like that?
- Milo started Johnny in show business.
408
00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:10,134
Well, that hardly sounds like an enemy.
It sounds more like a good friend.
409
00:30:10,208 --> 00:30:13,075
Something happened to change that.
Last night, Johnny said that...
410
00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:16,443
that he felt like
he could nail Valentine to the wall.
411
00:30:16,514 --> 00:30:19,608
He didn't explain any further.
412
00:30:19,684 --> 00:30:24,018
You're right. That doesn't
sound the least bit friendly.
413
00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:30,119
The only reason I mention the possibility
is that I seem to remember reading...
414
00:30:30,195 --> 00:30:35,997
that it's part of the mob's execution ritual
to shoot their victims in the back of the head.
415
00:30:36,067 --> 00:30:39,059
So you thinkJohnny Shannon
was knocked off by a professional hit man?
416
00:30:39,137 --> 00:30:42,106
Well, I admit
it's a little far-fetched.
417
00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:44,232
Maybe not.
418
00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:47,836
When I was in the Windy City,
before I came to this glorified sandbox,
419
00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:51,040
I remember hearing rumors
aboutJohnny having a mob connection.
420
00:30:51,115 --> 00:30:54,482
But why would they wanna
have him iced?
421
00:30:54,552 --> 00:30:57,988
Supposing he had a falling-out
with Milo Valentine?
422
00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:02,584
That wouldn't be a falling-out. That'd be a
plunge into Lake Michigan with concrete booties on.
423
00:31:02,660 --> 00:31:07,620
The trouble is, it doesn't mesh with
the other notion that La Rosa killed him.
424
00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:11,692
- Are you kidding? It's perfect.
- But La Rosa is a professional tennis player.
425
00:31:11,769 --> 00:31:15,170
You want him to wear a T-shirt that says
"killer"? That's his cover... tennis.
426
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,765
Lets him move around,
be a loner.
427
00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:20,208
That's why he weaseled his way in
through the girl.
428
00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:24,544
He had it all planned. Besides, who else in
the house that night could have been a hit man?
429
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,252
Come on. Come on!
430
00:31:31,489 --> 00:31:35,323
Hello. Hello, this is Buster Bailey.
I wanna speak to Mr. Valentine.
431
00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:41,127
Of course it's important! You think I'm
callin' him to give him basketball results?
432
00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:43,292
Will you stop kidding?
433
00:31:43,368 --> 00:31:47,168
I have an urgent, important matter
to talk over with Mr. Valentine.
434
00:31:47,238 --> 00:31:50,730
What was that? What was that?
435
00:31:50,808 --> 00:31:53,743
There's somebody on this line.
436
00:31:53,811 --> 00:31:57,212
Who is it? Who is it?
Answer me! Who's on the phone?
437
00:32:08,893 --> 00:32:11,623
Thank you.
438
00:32:11,696 --> 00:32:15,757
Well, thank you for a lovely
ride. Oh, and keep the change.
439
00:32:19,704 --> 00:32:23,572
Hello. Remember me? I'm Peggy
Shannon's friend. Oh, sure.
440
00:32:23,641 --> 00:32:26,439
You have a minute
for a question or two?
441
00:32:33,217 --> 00:32:36,243
She's in here.
Thank you, Lou.
442
00:32:36,321 --> 00:32:39,347
Oh, the door's
already been fixed.
443
00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:43,224
Terry?
Come in. It's open.
444
00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:51,127
- Hi, Mrs. Fletcher.
- Hello, Terry.
445
00:32:51,202 --> 00:32:54,660
Do you always watch
with the sound turned off?
446
00:32:55,940 --> 00:32:58,966
I only wanted
to look at him again.
447
00:32:59,043 --> 00:33:02,740
That Vegas showgirl
nearly became my stepmother.
448
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:07,080
So did a lot of others.
Well, I don't wanna intrude.
449
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,486
Oh. Oh, it's okay.
450
00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:16,654
That guy on screen
is some stranger.
451
00:33:16,728 --> 00:33:20,391
My daddy is the man
in this picture with Mickey and me.
452
00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:24,333
Oh, I forgot.
I took it up to my room.
453
00:33:24,402 --> 00:33:27,098
You took it? Well,
that clears up that mystery.
454
00:33:27,171 --> 00:33:31,130
You must have taken it after you
opened the safe for the police. No.
455
00:33:31,209 --> 00:33:33,507
Way before that.
456
00:33:33,578 --> 00:33:36,945
When we found Daddy...
457
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:42,578
Well, it was his favorite picture, and, um,
oh, well, I needed something to hold on to.
458
00:33:43,821 --> 00:33:47,655
I don't suppose
you feel like talking.
459
00:33:47,725 --> 00:33:53,322
Sure. Why not?
What did you wanna talk about?
460
00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:56,299
How you and Vic La Rosa
happened to meet.
461
00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:03,364
Well, he was the loudest, most obnoxious
tennis player in the tennis club bar.
462
00:34:03,441 --> 00:34:07,138
I knew Daddy would hate him,
so I picked him up.
463
00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:10,669
You're certain he didn't
initiate it? Oh, I'm positive.
464
00:34:10,748 --> 00:34:15,708
He was so wrapped up in himself, I practically had
to throw myself at him before he even noticed me.
465
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:18,654
And you invited him to the house? Twice.
466
00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:22,022
The first time was in the afternoon. I
wanted Daddy to get a good look at him.
467
00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:24,493
He loathed him on sight.
468
00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:27,963
And then you asked him back
at night to spite your father.
469
00:34:29,667 --> 00:34:32,659
I'm not especially proud of it,
but that's the way it was.
470
00:34:34,138 --> 00:34:37,198
I even told him Daddy
was in the den. Why?
471
00:34:37,275 --> 00:34:42,577
He was so smug, doing his macho number.
I wanted to unnerve him. And I did.
472
00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:48,210
Mrs. Fletcher, there's no way that wimp could've killed
Daddy. He was too scared even to leave the bedroom.
473
00:34:48,286 --> 00:34:53,383
Hardly the type a powerful mob leader would
hire to execute a man like your father.
474
00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:56,450
What?
Was Daddy killed by the mob?
475
00:34:58,129 --> 00:35:02,225
- Please tell me. I've got to know.
- Why? What's the matter?
476
00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:06,327
I overheard part
of a telephone conversation.
477
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:11,104
Buster was trying
to reach Milo Valentine.
478
00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:13,837
Buster? Yes. He said it was
an urgent personal matter,
479
00:35:13,911 --> 00:35:16,345
and he was terribly upset when he
realized someone else was on the line.
480
00:35:16,414 --> 00:35:20,009
But I understood that Mr. Bailey
was very close to your father.
481
00:35:20,084 --> 00:35:24,544
Sometimes Daddy treated him like dirt.
Maybe he was tired of it.
482
00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:30,026
Terry, that tape you were watching.
Did it come out of this group here? Yes.
483
00:35:30,094 --> 00:35:32,892
- Those are the tapes of Daddy's TV shows.
- And these?
484
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,955
Pool tapes.
Pool?
485
00:35:35,032 --> 00:35:38,661
Daddy liked to be perfect
at everything he did,
486
00:35:38,736 --> 00:35:43,901
and when he decided to improve his pool game,
he had a TV camera put in above the table.
487
00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:47,206
He taped his games and watched
them to correct his mistakes.
488
00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:53,750
Ah, yes. There's the camera.
It's hard to see in that dark corner.
489
00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:57,379
Miss Shannon,
where can I find your brother?
490
00:35:58,389 --> 00:36:01,119
Well, he's with my mother making
arrangements for Daddy's funeral.
491
00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:04,252
Mrs. Fletcher,
what are you doing here?
492
00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:07,092
Taking care of business.
493
00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:11,795
- What do you want with Mickey?
- I have your statement, and I'm gonna need his pretty quick.
494
00:36:11,869 --> 00:36:17,569
Vic La Rosa's van was spotted at a gas station on the
old highway about 10 miles north of the Mexican border.
495
00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:21,908
Highway patrol's sending a unit out
to pick him up.
496
00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:29,785
Yeah. This old back road used
to be the quickest route to Baja.
497
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:34,518
Me and the missus, we'd drive down
on a Sunday for the bullfights.
498
00:36:34,592 --> 00:36:39,495
Ellie used to love to drink that
Mexican beer and root for the bulls. Ol�!
499
00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:43,000
Hurry up, will ya?
500
00:37:01,018 --> 00:37:03,486
Hold it!
501
00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:11,691
You have the right to remain
silent. If you give up this right,
502
00:37:11,762 --> 00:37:15,254
anything that you say can and will
be used against you in a court of law.
503
00:37:18,169 --> 00:37:22,538
I didn't kill him! It was her!
Terry Shannon killed her father!
504
00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:43,421
Okay, La Rosa. The stenographer's
gonna take down everything we say.
505
00:37:43,494 --> 00:37:47,055
- You can still get a lawyer if you want.
- What for?
506
00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:54,800
Michael Shannon,
do you recognize the suspect?
507
00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:57,238
He's Vic La Rosa.
When did you see him last?
508
00:37:57,308 --> 00:37:59,776
- The night my dad was murdered.
- Where?
509
00:37:59,844 --> 00:38:03,177
In our house.
My sister's bedroom.
510
00:38:03,247 --> 00:38:06,739
Mr. La Rosa, is that a true statement?
So what?
511
00:38:06,817 --> 00:38:10,048
- I wasn't the only one in the house.
- When you were apprehended,
512
00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:12,954
you told the arresting officer
that Terry Shannon killed her father.
513
00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:16,016
- I can't... - What? - That's
a lie! She didn't do it!
514
00:38:16,093 --> 00:38:19,085
- He's trying to implicate Terry to save himself.
- Vic, you know that's not true.
515
00:38:19,163 --> 00:38:24,396
Yeah? Then why'd you pay me to leave? You set me
up. Everyone knows you hated him. I was a patsy.
516
00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:27,437
Are you gonna take his word for this?
All I'm taking is a statement.
517
00:38:27,505 --> 00:38:31,703
Then I'll determine if I have a murderer
or a murderer and an accomplice.
518
00:38:32,877 --> 00:38:37,905
Mr. La Rosa, I strongly advise you to
reconsider not having an attorney present.
519
00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:40,280
Yeah. I want a lawyer.
520
00:38:41,952 --> 00:38:47,720
Let him make a call from the pay phone in the
corridor. If he doesn't have any change, lend him some.
521
00:38:47,792 --> 00:38:51,159
Don't you find it
strange, Sergeant? What?
522
00:38:51,228 --> 00:38:56,666
That a professional killer would have no better escape
route than to drive to the border on a back road...
523
00:38:56,734 --> 00:38:59,100
in an unreliable van?
524
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:02,537
Maybe he's new at it.
Maybe he's not a pro.
525
00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:05,939
- Maybe he's telling the truth about the girl.
- Am I under arrest?
526
00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:09,343
No, but stick around.
Don't take any sudden trips.
527
00:39:09,413 --> 00:39:12,280
That goes for you and everyone who was
in the house the night of the murder.
528
00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:16,013
I don't want anyone leaving town
until this thing is cleared up.
529
00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:19,454
If you're through making reckless charges
against my sister, I'd like to take her home.
530
00:39:19,523 --> 00:39:24,324
If I may, I'd like to join you. There's a
matter I'd like to pursue back at the house.
531
00:39:24,395 --> 00:39:27,159
Uh, you gonna
let me in on this?
532
00:39:27,231 --> 00:39:31,998
When I'm sure I'm right. I'd hate to
look foolish in front of the police.
533
00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:35,835
Good-bye, Sergeant.
534
00:39:35,906 --> 00:39:38,636
That reminds me of a story.
535
00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:44,170
It's late at night. Guy's all alone
in his hotel room, and the phone rings.
536
00:39:44,248 --> 00:39:47,684
And a very sexy female voice
says, "Dim the lights,
537
00:39:47,752 --> 00:39:51,518
"put on some very romantic music
and pucker up.
538
00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:54,023
I'm coming right over, Sam. "
539
00:39:54,091 --> 00:39:58,187
The guy says, "My name isn't Sam. " She
says, "I'm sorry. It's the wrong number. "
540
00:39:58,262 --> 00:40:02,062
And he says, "Does that mean
you're not coming over?"
541
00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:06,126
Well, now you can see why
I'm out of the comedy business.
542
00:40:07,905 --> 00:40:12,842
Mrs. Fletcher, that couldn't
have been you on the line.
543
00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:16,175
You weren't here.
Terry told me about your call.
544
00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:19,546
Figures. Mick was out, and Lou
would've ripped my head off.
545
00:40:19,617 --> 00:40:23,849
- Where did you get Milo Valentine's number?
- Johnny had me call it a couple times,
546
00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:26,890
and I got a great memory
for numbers and gags.
547
00:40:26,957 --> 00:40:30,415
- Maybe you'd like to hear a funny number.
- Why did you make that phone call?
548
00:40:30,494 --> 00:40:32,962
'Cause I was scared.
549
00:40:33,030 --> 00:40:36,158
When I saw the wayJohnny was shot,
I knew Valentine paid for it.
550
00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:39,699
What were you gonna
say to him?
551
00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:42,568
See, Johnny didn't tell me anything
about Valentine.
552
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,507
I didn't know
if they had a contract out on me.
553
00:40:45,576 --> 00:40:47,908
I was just copping out.
That's all.
554
00:40:47,978 --> 00:40:52,039
Please. Tell that to the kid. I don't
want her thinkin' what she's thinkin'.
555
00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:57,520
It's kind of a funny premise, though,
isn't it? The cowardly lion as a hit man?
556
00:40:57,588 --> 00:41:00,386
Why would Valentine
wantJohnny dead?
557
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,619
I understood
that he got him started.
558
00:41:02,693 --> 00:41:06,561
Yeah. He laid out the money
for the band, the music,
559
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:09,656
the wardrobe, the publicity.
560
00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:12,395
And for that, he got to call
the shots on Johnny for life.
561
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:16,372
When Johnny made it big, he resented
it, started making his own moves.
562
00:41:17,575 --> 00:41:23,343
Last election, Johnny refused to
appear at a big political rally.
563
00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:29,080
It was for one
of Valentine's payroll politicians.
564
00:41:29,153 --> 00:41:31,986
And what did Valentine
do about that?
565
00:41:32,056 --> 00:41:36,083
Well, he flew out
in his private jet to talk toJohnny.
566
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,094
The kids were in L.A.
567
00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:40,153
Is that all?
They just talked?
568
00:41:40,231 --> 00:41:42,961
Well, they were in the den.
The door was closed.
569
00:41:44,468 --> 00:41:48,404
You don't think I would stoop
to listening in at keyholes?
570
00:41:50,007 --> 00:41:54,535
Okay, okay.
So I happened to drop a cigar,
571
00:41:54,612 --> 00:41:59,879
and, uh, my ear chanced to rub the
door as I went to pick the cigar up.
572
00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:04,978
But all I heard was the clicking ofbilliard balls,
so I figured Johnny hustled him into a game of pool.
573
00:42:05,055 --> 00:42:07,956
Under the lights, a camera.
574
00:42:09,627 --> 00:42:11,857
Johnny taped the godfather?
575
00:42:11,929 --> 00:42:15,922
Evidently, the killer
was given two assignments.
576
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:21,165
One, to executeJohnny Shannon,
the other to find and remove the tape.
577
00:42:21,238 --> 00:42:24,207
Johnny must have hinted
at its existence...
578
00:42:24,275 --> 00:42:27,403
during one of his telephone conversations
with Mr. Valentine.
579
00:42:27,478 --> 00:42:30,311
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Johnny was always cracking wise...
580
00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:33,441
with inside jokes I never got.
581
00:42:33,517 --> 00:42:38,955
Valentine got him. You don't happen to know if
there's a plane leaving today for Outer Mongolia?
582
00:42:40,491 --> 00:42:43,790
Don't you worry. If there'd
been a contract out for you,
583
00:42:43,861 --> 00:42:47,524
the killer would've taken care of it
that night with no trouble at all.
584
00:42:47,598 --> 00:42:49,725
Please. Say no more.
I get the picture.
585
00:42:51,635 --> 00:42:53,865
Mr. Bailey, say that again.
586
00:42:53,938 --> 00:42:59,035
It'll be the first time in my life I've ever
done an encore, but... I get the picture.
587
00:43:02,913 --> 00:43:05,541
- That's it.
- That's what?
588
00:43:05,616 --> 00:43:08,676
I know
who killed Johnny Shannon.
589
00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:19,362
Hello. Operator?
Get me the police.
590
00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:25,565
This had better be good. Vic La Rosa was
on the verge of cracking when you called.
591
00:43:25,636 --> 00:43:29,504
Forget Vic La Rosa.
I think I've solved the case.
592
00:43:29,573 --> 00:43:34,943
First of all, I can make a pretty good
assumption ofhow the killer got into the house.
593
00:43:35,012 --> 00:43:38,175
I'm all ears. He knew that
Vic La Rosa was seeing Terry,
594
00:43:38,248 --> 00:43:40,512
so he kept a very close eye
on him.
595
00:43:40,584 --> 00:43:44,179
He figured he'd get lucky sooner or
later, and that night, he finally did.
596
00:43:44,254 --> 00:43:48,748
When Vic went to the service gate
and Terry turned off the alarm for him,
597
00:43:48,826 --> 00:43:50,760
the killer followed him in.
598
00:43:50,828 --> 00:43:55,288
Now, the killer knew where to find the den,
because Milo Valentine had been in the house...
599
00:43:55,366 --> 00:43:57,891
and told him the layout.
600
00:43:57,968 --> 00:44:02,667
He found Johnny in his chair,
watching television probably...
601
00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:05,231
or maybe a tape,
but not the tape the killer wanted.
602
00:44:05,309 --> 00:44:09,370
He probably reasoned thatJohnny
wouldn't help him to find it,
603
00:44:09,446 --> 00:44:12,882
so he executed him
on the spot.
604
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:17,250
Then he sprang the lock
and shut the door.
605
00:44:23,060 --> 00:44:26,791
He then went to the videocassettes
on the shelves.
606
00:44:26,864 --> 00:44:32,166
He played enough of the first tape to
see that it wasn't the one he was after.
607
00:44:32,236 --> 00:44:37,435
Then he put it back and tried another, and
so on and so on until he got down to here.
608
00:44:38,475 --> 00:44:44,004
I experimented, and all the tapes before
this gap have been played for a few seconds.
609
00:44:44,081 --> 00:44:46,914
The ones after
start at the beginning.
610
00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:52,115
Now, when the killer finally found the
tape he was looking for and played it,
611
00:44:52,189 --> 00:44:55,886
he saw Johnny in a friendly game
of pool with Milo Valentine,
612
00:44:55,959 --> 00:44:58,427
who didn't know about the sound camera.
613
00:44:58,495 --> 00:45:01,862
Most likely, Johnny led him
into making incriminating remarks...
614
00:45:01,932 --> 00:45:05,265
about a crooked political campaign
in Valentine's home state.
615
00:45:05,335 --> 00:45:09,738
The killer turned off the VCR
and the TV...
616
00:45:09,807 --> 00:45:12,367
and took the tape with him.
617
00:45:12,443 --> 00:45:15,537
He left the den,
pulled the door shut to lock it.
618
00:45:17,314 --> 00:45:21,114
- Well, then, how did he get off the grounds?
- While Lou was breaking into the den,
619
00:45:21,185 --> 00:45:24,052
Terry turned off the alarm
to let Vic out.
620
00:45:24,121 --> 00:45:27,522
Now, the killer could've gone out
right behind him.
621
00:45:28,692 --> 00:45:31,627
Well, as you say, that's mostly
assumption, but it makes sense.
622
00:45:31,695 --> 00:45:36,098
There's only one thing wrong with it. We can
prove that Vic La Rosa was in the house that night.
623
00:45:36,166 --> 00:45:39,260
- We can't prove that anyone
else came in. - Mm-mmm.
624
00:45:39,336 --> 00:45:42,032
You're wrong, Sergeant.
We can prove it.
625
00:45:42,106 --> 00:45:45,542
In fact,
the killer gave us proof.
626
00:45:45,609 --> 00:45:51,104
See, the morning after the murder, you told
me it was your first visit to this house.
627
00:45:51,181 --> 00:45:53,741
Later, when I suggested
something was missing from the wall,
628
00:45:53,817 --> 00:45:58,220
you said it was nothing but an
old picture ofJohnny and his kids.
629
00:45:58,288 --> 00:46:01,189
It's all it was.
What are you trying to prove?
630
00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:04,386
Terry told me that she took
the picture from the wall...
631
00:46:04,461 --> 00:46:07,396
when they found Johnny dead,
before the police were called.
632
00:46:07,464 --> 00:46:10,695
You couldn't possibly have known
what had been on that wall...
633
00:46:10,768 --> 00:46:13,760
unless you had been in the room earlier,
when Johnny was killed.
634
00:46:15,405 --> 00:46:20,433
- You are good.
- It explains why you left Chicago...
635
00:46:20,511 --> 00:46:24,675
to take a job in a small
desert town with a police force.
636
00:46:24,748 --> 00:46:29,276
- It was good cover.
- Congratulations, Mrs. Fletcher.
637
00:46:29,353 --> 00:46:32,186
You win the grand prize:
638
00:46:33,323 --> 00:46:36,781
A trip to oblivion.
639
00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:40,660
So that's a silencer.
Always wondered what one looked like.
640
00:46:40,731 --> 00:46:44,098
Well, I'm surprised
you held on to the murder weapon,
641
00:46:44,168 --> 00:46:47,035
unless, of course, you were planning
to plant it in Vic La Rosa's van.
642
00:46:47,104 --> 00:46:51,632
I'm sorry if I spoiled your plans. I
never kill unless I'm well paid for it.
643
00:46:52,910 --> 00:46:55,743
It hurts me to make an
exception in your case.
644
00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:59,806
- Well, let me relieve your pain.
Hello out there!
645
00:46:59,883 --> 00:47:03,216
I didn't lock the door. I wouldn't make
any sudden moves if I were you, Sergeant.
646
00:47:03,287 --> 00:47:06,051
Mr. Ross tookJohnny's death
very hard.
647
00:47:14,198 --> 00:47:17,224
You really do take the prize.
648
00:47:17,301 --> 00:47:21,397
Thank you.
This means a great deal to me.
649
00:47:21,471 --> 00:47:25,567
- As a trophy of your victory?
- No.
650
00:47:25,642 --> 00:47:29,738
As the only real evidence I have
that you killed Johnny Shannon.
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Ballistics will prove that
the bullet came from your gun.
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That's police procedure.
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