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HELLO, AND WELCOME
TO "OPEN FORUM."

AN EVERYDAY AMERICAN COUPLE...

MY NAME IS
CHARLES BILLIS.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO MY WIFE, CHRISTINE.

...WHO HAPPENED TO HOST A SHOW
ON PUBLIC ACCESS TV.

IN THESE EXCLUSIVE CLIPS
FROM THE TV STUDIO,

THEIR MARRIAGE
SEEMS FINE...

OKAY.
OFF WITH THE CAMERA NOW.

...BUT BEHIND THE SCENES
LURKS A DARK SECRET...

YOU'D SEE A FEW CRACKS
SURFACE HERE AND THERE.

THERE'S A CLAUSE
IN THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS

I HAVE TO BE POLITE,
YOU KNOW?

...THAT WILL LEAD
TO A SHOCKING DEATH.

I JUST REMEMBER FEELING,

LIKE, SUCH AN OVERWHELMING
SENSE OF DREAD.

NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS.

THAT WAS A SIGN TO ME

THAT MAYBE THERE WAS
SOMETHING MORE GOING ON.

I WAS TANGLED UP WITH SOMEBODY

THAT I'D REALLY RATHER
NOT BE TANGLED UP WITH.

SOMEWHERE IN THESE LIGHTHEARTED
AMATEUR BROADCASTS

IS AN AMERICAN MONSTER.

Captions by VITAC--
www.vitac.com

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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

WELCOME TO NORTHERN VERMONT,

CIRCA 2009.

YOU'RE WATCHING PUBLIC ACCESS
TELEVISION STATION NEK-TV.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW SHOW,
"IT'S NEWS TO US."

THIS IS YOUR HOST,
STEVE MERRILL.

I'M YOUR...CO-HOST, I GUESS,
CHARLIE BILLIS.

AND WE'D LIKE TO SAY THIS IS
OUR SECOND EPISODE.

WE HOPE YOU SAW THE FIRST ONE,
'CAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T,

WE'LL COME INTO YOUR HOUSE,
AND I'M GONNA CANE YOU.

BASICALLY, IT'S KIND OF
A GENERAL-PURPOSE NEWS SHOW

FOR STUFF
FROM VERMONT TOPICS,

NATIONAL TOPICS,
AND INTERNATIONAL TOPICS

THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE
THE NEWS OR THE NETWORK NEWS,

AND SO, YOU KNOW,
WE COVER IT HERE,

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED
"IT'S NEWS TO US."

THE FLOATING HEAD THERE
IS STEVE MERRILL,

A PUBLIC ACCESS TV REGULAR.

AT NEK-TV, WE PRODUCE
ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF,

YOU KNOW, LOCAL PROGRAMMING.

WE HAVE MUSICAL EVENTS AND LOCAL
EVENTS, LIKE PENGUIN PLUNGES.

WE HAD A GUY WHO USED
TO DO CREATURE FEATURE

AND HORROR MOVIES
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

NEK-TV IS ONE OF MORE THAN
300 PUBLIC ACCESS STATIONS

ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

WHERE LOCAL VOLUNTEERS
CAN BROADCAST

THEIR OWN UNIQUE
MIX OF PROGRAMS.

THIS IS FUN.
WE'RE HAVING FUN.

WE ARE HAVING FUN.

IT IS KIND OF A PECULIARLY
AMERICAN INSTITUTION.

NEK-TV TAPES THEIR SHOWS
AT A SMALL STUDIO

HERE IN NEWPORT, VERMONT.

OH, AND HERE WE ARE.
BACK TO VERMONT.

OH, WELCOME HOME.

YEAH, WELCOME HOME TO VERMONT.
"STATE OFFICIALS..."

THESE RARE BROADCAST
CLIPS FEATURE

THE STATION'S LATEST OFFERING,
"IT'S NEWS TO US."

THE PIRATE-HATTED
STEVE MERRILL IS YOUR HOST.

WE TRY AND FIND THE MOST
OUTRAGEOUSLY STUPID-LOOKING HATS

AND HEADGEAR SO THAT,

WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING
THROUGH THE CHANNELS,

THEY'D SAY,
"WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS?"

NEXT TO STEVE
IS HIS TRUSTY SIDEKICK,

57-YEAR-OLD CHARLIE BILLIS.

WELL, I'VE NOTICED
SOME OF THE EFFECTS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MONITOR
OUT THERE, RIGHT,

YOU SEEM TO BE PARTIALLY
FLOATING FOR SOME REASON.

IT'S MADE ME SEE
RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

THANK GOD I AIN'T
GOING NEAR THAT PLANT.

LET ME OUT OF HERE.

LET ME OUT OF HERE!

PERCHED IN FRONT
OF A GREEN SCREEN

FLOWING WITH PSYCHEDELIC IMAGES,

THE TWO SERVE UP A UNIQUELY
LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEWS.

AND I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT
THAT WITH, LIKE, BISEXUALS.
WHAT DO YOU DO? I MEAN,

DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
AND FLIP A COIN?

YOU KNOW?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?

WELL,
SHOULD I TELL YOU?

AM I ALLOWED TO GIVE YOU
MY INTERPRETATION OF THIS...

WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU'RE A TRISEXUAL.

YOU LIKE MEN, WOMEN,
AND BARNYARD ANIMALS, RIGHT?

ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS WEAR BOOTS.

YEAH.

CHARLIE WAS ALWAYS ON HIS TOES,
AND WHEN YOU FIRST MEET HIM,

YOU KNOW, ALL IT TAKES
IS A FEW SENTENCES,

AND YOU KNOW THAT THE PERSON'S,
LIKE, ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH.

WE JUST CRACK EACH OTHER UP.

DEATH BY STONING--
THAT'D TAKE A LOT OF WEED.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE
WHO-- WHOO.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

BEHIND THE CAMERA,
WATCHING EVERY WISECRACK,

IS CHARLIE'S WIFE,

42-YEAR-OLD CHRISSY BILLIS.

A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED
IN NORTHERN GREECE

FOR ALLEGEDLY GROWING MARIJUANA
IN THE MEDIAN STRIP

OF THE COUNTRY'S
MAIN HIGHWAY.

HEY!
HEY.

HOW INTELLIGENT ARE
THOSE GREEK COPS ANYWAY,

IF IT'S GROWING
RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU?

IT'S ONLY 5, 6 FEET HIGH.

WELL, YOU KNOW,
THINK ABOUT THIS.

WE'LL LET THE GOATS
EAT IT.

YOU'RE DRIVING A CRUISER.
YOU'RE--

BACK THE SHEEP UP
TO IT, BOYS.

GONNA HAVE US
A HOEDOWN.

CHRISSY ALSO PROVIDES
THE IN-STUDIO LAUGH TRACK.

CHARLIE'S WIFE, CHRISSY, WAS
HIS PRODUCER, HIS EDITOR.

CHRISSY PRETTY MUCH
RAN EVERYTHING,

AND CHARLIE WAS
THE ON-CAMERA PERSONALITY.

ALL RIGHT.
MINUTE MAN AND SECOND MAN.

EVERYONE SEEMS TO
BE HAVING FUN...

WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT WEEK.
PASTA LA VISTA.

...BUT YOU SHOULDN'T ALWAYS
BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE ON TV.

BUT THAT'S IT
FOR THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

OF "IT'S NEWS TO US."

AND REMEMBER, WHEN
THE NEWS BREAKS, WE FIX IT.

THIS WILL BE THEIR FINAL EPISODE
OF "IT'S NEWS TO US."

BYE!

AND CUT.

OH, THANK GOD
THAT'S OVER.

WELL, AT LEAST WE DIDN'T
COMPLETELY MUCK IT UP.

WITHIN MINUTES OF
TAPING THIS SHOW,

ONE OF THESE
CHEERFUL TV MAKERS...

WILL BE DEAD.

DRIVE SAFE.

I WILL.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.BYE, STEVE.

CHRISSY DRIVES CHARLIE
THE 30-MINUTE TRIP

TO THEIR FARMHOUSE
OVER IN BROWNINGTON.

STEVE HAS A 20-MINUTE JOURNEY
TO NORTH TROY.

OH, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUT,
ESPECIALLY UP HERE

IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

IN SEPTEMBER,
IT CAN BE REALLY NICE.

JUST 15 MINUTES
OUTSIDE OF NEWPORT,

PAM AND RAY HELENEK
ARE FINISHING THEIR DAY

AT THEIR ROADSIDE FARMHOUSE.

WE WERE SITTING DOWN FOR SUPPER,
AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, JUST BANG.

IT SOUNDED LIKE DYNAMITE.

WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

IT'S 2004,
AND CHARLIE AND CHRISSY BILLIS

HAVE MOVED UP FROM BOSTON

TO THE QUIETER PASTURES
OF NORTHEASTERN VERMONT...

BETTER HURRY UP.
BUS IS GONNA BE HERE SOON.

...WHERE THEY LIVE
WITH DAUGHTER KATHERINE

AND CHRISSY'S DAUGHTER FROM HER
PREVIOUS MARRIAGE, CORRINA.

MY FAMILY WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY,
LIKE, NORMAL GROWING UP.

THEY CARED FOR US,
PUT US THROUGH SCHOOL.

YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL--

NOT EVERYONE GETS
A FREE SHOW AT BREAKFAST.

MY PARENTS DID LOVE
EACH OTHER A LOT.

I ONLY LAUGH AT YOU
TO AVOID CRYING.

CHARLIE AND CHRISSY OFTEN USE
HUMOR TO DISTRACT THEMSELVES

FROM THEIR MORE
SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

S-SORRY, COULD I HAVE SOME
MORE COFFEE, PLEASE?

CHARLIE IS LEGALLY BLIND.

HE'S SUFFERED FROM IMPAIRED
VISION SINCE CHILDHOOD.

STILL, HE'S BEEN ABLE
TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.

MY DAD USED TO WORK
AS A USED-CAR SALESMAN,

WHICH SOUNDS KIND OF TRASHY,

BUT HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT IT

BECAUSE OF HIS CHARISMA
AND HIS PEOPLE SKILLS.

THE HOME IS CHRISSY'S DOMAIN,

AND SHE'S THE GLUE
THAT HOLDS THIS FAMILY TOGETHER.

I THINK THERE WAS A LOT
OF PRESSURE ON MY MOM, YOU KNOW,

BEING THAT CARETAKER
FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY.

OF COURSE, MAKING ENDS MEET ON
CHARLIE'S TINY SALARY IS TOUGH.

MONEY WAS KIND OF TIGHT, AND IT
WAS KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR US.

BEING OUT IN THIS, LIKE,
LITTLE FARMHOUSE

AND CARING
FOR MY SIBLING AND I--

I GUESS SHE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE
A LOT OF TIME TO HERSELF.

JUST 6 MONTHS AFTER MOVING HERE,
CHARLIE DISCOVERS A NEW PASSION,

MAKING TELEVISION DOWN
AT THEIR PUBLIC ACCESS
TV STATION, NEK-TV.

BEFORE LONG,
CHRISSY JOINS HIM AT THE STUDIO.

DON'T PRESS THE WRONG
BUTTONS, HONEY.

IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING
THAT THEY COULD WORK ON

AND DO TOGETHER.

IN 2005, THE TWO LAUNCHED
THEIR OWN CHAT SHOW

CALLED "OPEN FORUM."

HELLO, AND WELCOME
TO "OPEN FORUM."

MY NAME IS
CHARLES BILLIS.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO MY WIFE, CHRISTINE.

HI.

AND, CHRISTINE, IF YOU WOULD
DO US THE HONOR

AND INTRODUCE
THE FIRST GUEST.

WELL, WE WOULD LIKE
TO WELCOME YOU,

AND WE'D LIKE TO
WELCOME LINDA.

THE SERIES FEATURES CHARLIE
AND CHRISSY IN THEIR SUNDAY BEST

INTERVIEWING ANYONE
THEY FIND INTERESTING.

WE'LL START BY YOU TELLING US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF

AND HOW YOU STARTED
WITH THIS COMPANY AND...

THE HOMESPUN SHOW WILL RUN
FOR NEARLY 5 YEARS.

MY MOM WOULD DO A LOT
OF THE EDITING

AND KIND OF GO THROUGH, LIKE,

"THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
THIS IS WHAT WE DON'T WANT."

THE COUPLE CHAT WITH LOCALS
OF ALL SORTS...

CAN I START?

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

...FROM ANIMAL
COMPLIANCE OFFICERS...

THAT'S A FASCINATING JOB.

I BET YOU MEET A LOT OF
FASCINATING PEOPLE OUT THERE.

YOU MEET INTERESTING PEOPLE,
SEE DIFFERENT PLACES.

...TO BELLY DANCERS.

TODAY, OUR SPECIAL GUEST
IS ALIA SABAT.

SHE IS A MIDDLE EASTERN
DANCE ARTIST.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW. THANK YOU.

HELLO. GLAD TO BE HERE.

DO YOU WANT TO START
THE QUESTIONS,

OR YOU WANT ME TO START?

YOU ALWAYS START.

ALL RIGHT.
SO I'LL START THE QUESTIONS.

THERE'S A CLAUSE
IN THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS

I HAVE
TO BE POLITE, YOU KNOW?

OH. BUT...

CHRISSY ISN'T AS EXCITED TO BE
ON CAMERA AS HER HUSBAND,

BUT FOR HIS SAKE,

SHE'S WILLING
TO GIVE IT A WHIRL.

I THINK MY MOM HAD A LOT OF FUN,
ESPECIALLY SINCE

SHE WAS KIND OF COOPED UP
IN THIS HOUSE A LOT.

THE STUDIOS OF NEK-TV
WERE KIND OF LIKE

A HOME AWAY FROM HOME
FOR CHARLIE AND CHRISSY,

AND THEY WERE A GOOD TEAM.

THEY PRODUCED A LOT OF STUFF.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT--
IT'S A STRANGE SHOW.

BUT FOR THOSE LOOKING BACK
YEARS LATER,

STRANGE DOESN'T EVEN
BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT.

CHARLIE OR CHRISSY COULD NEVER
HAVE IMAGINED THAT THESE CLIPS

WILL LATER BE
BROADCAST NATIONWIDE

AND THAT THIS FOOTAGE
MIGHT HOLD CLUES

TO THE TERRIBLE EVENTS
THAT ARE ABOUT TO UNFOLD.

HELLO, AND WELCOME
TO "OPEN FORUM."

THIS IS YOUR HOST,
CHARLIE BILLIS.

I'M CHRISSY BILLIS.

IN UPSTATE VERMONT,
CHARLIE AND CHRISSY BILLIS

ARE PRODUCING
THEIR OWN ODDBALL TALK SHOW

ON THE LOCAL
PUBLIC ACCESS STATION, NEK-TV.

I'M GLAD YOU CAME.

JUST AN OPINION,
DO YOU...

MY DAD'S DECISION
TO START A TALK SHOW,

I THINK, REALLY STEMMED FROM,

YOU KNOW, HIS INTELLECTUAL SIDE
AND HIS PEOPLE SKILLS.

...SO I CAN LEARN
HOW TO DELETE IT.

IT WAS LIKE WATCHING
A HIGHWIRE ACT.

YOU KNOW, THE GUY WAS GOOD
AT WHAT HE DID.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT
NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

I MEAN, WE CAN
TAKE HOURS AND HOURS.

I SEE ON SCREEN SAVERS,

YOU KNOW, THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOING ON.

IT'S AMAZING.

WORKING ON A TV SHOW TAKES
A LOT OF COMMUNICATION,

AND I THINK THAT
WAS REALLY GOOD

IN HELPING THEM
COME TOGETHER.

MY COMPUTER AT HOME
IS SO SLOW

I GO--
I GO TO THE LIBRARY.

IT'S LIKE, "YAY."

IT MAY BE JUST AN UNPAID GIG
AT A PUBLIC ACCESS STATION,

BUT CHARLIE HAS
BIG AMBITIONS IN TV.

HE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO GO
FROM PUBLIC ACCESS TO,

YOU KNOW, LIKE,
MAINSTREAM TELEVISION.

CHRISSY IS MORE REALISTIC.

I FEEL LIKE, FOR HER,
IT WAS MORE OF A HOBBY.

IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA,
THE TWO SHARE AN EASY CHEMISTRY.

WHEN THEY GET HOME,
IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

CHRISSY IS STARTING TO RESENT
HOW MUCH TIME

CHARLIE IS SPENDING
AT THE STATION,

LEAVING HER TO RUN THE HOUSEHOLD
AND RAISE THE GIRLS.

SHE HAD TO DO A LOT OF WORK.

I COULD SEE HOW THAT
WOULD BE OVERWHELMING.

SHE NEEDS CHARLIE TO GET OUT
THERE AND MAKE SOME REAL MONEY.

OH, HEY, HONEY.

HEY.

BUT CHARLIE
HAS OTHER IDEAS.

I'VE BEEN THINKING, UM...YEAH?

I'M GONNA BE FOCUSING ALL
MY ENERGY ON THE TV BUSINESS.

CHARLIE DECIDES NOT TO
LOOK FOR A JOB IN VERMONT.

SO THEIR ONLY INCOME
WILL BE HIS DISABILITY CHECKS.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN
DISCUSSED THIS.

LOOK, YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES
TO THIS FAMILY.

BUT WHAT IS THERE
TO DISCUSS?

WE'RE BARELY GETTING BY.

YOU KNOW, MONEY IS ALWAYS TIGHT.

BUT I'D NEVER HEARD THEM
COMPLAIN ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING.

WE'RE OUT IN
THE FIELD TODAY...

CHARLIE BARELY NOTICES.

HIS ONE-TIME HOBBY HAS BECOME
A NEAR OBSESSION.

WELL,
THERE YOU GO, FOLKS.

LEAVE IT UP TO CHARLIE
TO MESS IT UP ONE MORE TIME.

FOR FOUR DAYS A WEEK,
HE STARTS TAKING "OPEN FORUM"

OUT OF THE STUDIO
AND ONTO THE ROAD.

CHRISSY IS LEFT AT HOME,
DOING ALL THE HOUSEWORK

AND STRETCHING
EVERY DOLLAR SHE CAN.

MY MOM WAS SORT OF OVERWHELMED
WITH HOW MUCH TIME MY DAD

WAS DEDICATING TOWARDS,

YOU KNOW, HIS SHOW,
"OPEN FORUM."

MONEY WAS TIGHT,

SO THAT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF,
LIKE, A STRESSOR.

BUT IN 2009, DISASTER
STRIKES THE BILLIS FAMILY

WHEN CHRISSY GETS DEVASTATING
NEWS FROM HER DOCTOR.

SHE HAS OVARIAN CANCER
AND HAS HAD TO UNDERGO

A FULL HYSTERECTOMY.

I REMEMBER FEELING, LIKE, REALLY
OVERWHELMED WITH EVERYTHING.

SHE'S OUR MOM, AND IT WAS
REALLY SCARY TO THINK

THAT WE COULD LOSE HER
TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THERE WE GO.

SHE DECIDED TO QUIT SMOKING

BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST DECISION
FOR HER HEALTH.

SHE WENT ONTO
AN ANTI-SMOKING DRUG,

AND SHE STARTED NOT
GETTING A LOT OF SLEEP.

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO
"OPEN FORUM." MY NAME
IS CHARLES BILLIS.

WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE MY
GOOD FRIEND, MR. RON TAB.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN IN VERMONT?

AS CHRISSY EMBARKS
ON HER RECOVERY THAT SUMMER,

CHARLIE DOUBLES DOWN
ON HIS TV PROJECTS.

IN AUGUST 2009,

WHEN HE HEARS STEVE MERRILL
IS LAUNCHING A NEW SHOW,

HE VOLUNTEERS TO BE
STEVE'S ON-SCREEN SIDEKICK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAME
AT THE DECISION

TO HAVE HIM AS A CO-HOST.

IT WAS BY MUTUAL AFFIRMATION,
I GUESS.

IN SEPTEMBER, STEVE AND CHARLIE
PRESENT THEIR NEW SHOW

TO THE PEOPLE OF VERMONT.

WELL,
I HEAR IT'S BAD NEWS.

SO GO AHEAD AND GIVE ME
SOME GOOD NEWS.

I GOT TO GIVE YOU
GOOD NEWS?

YOU'RE GOING ON
THE WRONG CHANNEL.

IF YOU WANT GOOD NEWS... GO TO CNN?

OH, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, GO TO CNN.

IT'S ALL
HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY.

AND IT WAS FUN
TO BE ABLE TO PLAY

INTELLECTUAL HANDBALL
WITH SOMEBODY LIKE THAT.

OH,
AND HERE'S A GOOD ONE.

NORTH KOREANS FIGHT BACK
WITH THE SOMALI PIRATES.

ARE THEY USING SWORDS? NO, NO.

THEY WERE USING
MOLOTOV COCKTAILS.

ALL RIGHT!
THAT'S MY BOYS.

CHARLIE, HE HAD A VERY
TWISTED SENSE OF HUMOR,

AND HE HAD SEEN AND DONE
A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS.

FOR THE UNINITIATED,
A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL

IS SIMPLY GASOLINE--
GASOLINE IN A BOTTLE,

AND YOU STUFF A RAG IN THE TOP,
POUR A LITTLE GAS ON IT,

AND IT MAKES--
IT'S NAMED AFTER MOLOTOV,

ONE OF THE BOLSHEVIKS.

IT WAS JUST A RIOT.

THE ONLY THING WE HAD TO LOSE
WAS OUR TIME,

AND, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH
HAD PLENTY OF THAT.

BUT FOR CHRISSY,
NOW BACK ON HER FEET,

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THE BILLS HAVE BEEN
PILING UP AT HOME,

AND CHARLIE'S BEEN
DOING NOTHING TO PAY THEM.

WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING TV
OVER THERE,

THEY'RE GONNA
CUT THE POWER.

AS ALWAYS, CHARLIE DOESN'T
TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

I'M GOOD WITH CANDLES.

MY PARENTS DID HAVE

A PRETTY STRESSFUL RELATIONSHIP
WITH EACH OTHER,

AND I THINK IT WAS JUST
A LOT OF MY MOM

BEING OVERWHELMED BY EVERYTHING
THAT WAS HAPPENING TO HER.

I HAVE MONEY
COMING IN.

MY DISABILITY IS MONEY.

WHAT DO YOU BRING IN?

YEAH,
I THOUGHT SO!

CHARLIE REFUSES
TO GIVE UP MAKING HIS SHOWS,

AND CHRISSY DECIDES
THAT SHE COULD USE

A LITTLE TIME
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE HERSELF.

BY THE FALL OF 2009, I THINK
MY MOM WAS PRETTY EXCITED

TO START WORKING
ON THE SHOW AGAIN.

IT WAS SORT OF GETTING BACK INTO
THE, LIKE, DYNAMICS THAT,

YOU KNOW,
BEFORE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED.

WHICH IS WHY CHRISSY IS
BACK BEHIND THE CAMERA

FOR CHARLIE AND STEVE'S
NEW SHOW

ON THAT FATEFUL
SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2009.

WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW
IS THAT THIS WILL BE

THE GROUP'S
LAST EPISODE TOGETHER.

WELCOME TO A NEW SHOW,
"IT'S NEWS TO US."

THIS IS YOUR HOST,
STEVE MERRILL.

I'M YOUR...CO-HOST, I GUESS,
CHARLIE BILLIS.

THAT DAY,
WHEN WE SHOT THE SHOW,

NOTHING SEEMED
OUT OF THE ORDINARY TO ME.

YOU'RE DRIVING A CRUISER
IN GREECE.

YOU'RE LISTENING
TO THE RADIO.

"CRUISER"? WHAT'S THAT, A
BICYCLE WITH TWO REFLECTORS?

WITHIN THREE OR FOUR MINUTES
AFTER WE STARTED,

WE WERE ON A ROLL.

A DONKEY?
A DONKEY WITH ONE OF THEM--

OKAY, YOU'RE DRIVING
A CHARIOT DOWN THE
HIGHWAY IN GREECE, OKAY?

"BAA!"
TWO SHEEPS RIDING A TRICYCLE.

I'M SORRY. LISTENING TO THE RADIO.

WE WERE GETTING LAUGHTER
FROM CHARLIE'S WIFE, CHRISSY.

IT WAS A GOOD THING.
WE WERE HAVING FUN.

IN LESS THAN AN HOUR,
ONE OF THE PEOPLE

IN THIS ALL-AMERICAN STORY...

WILL BE DEAD.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME. WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HERE WE ARE-- WE'LL HAVE TO
SAVE THIS ONE FOR NEXT WEEK

BECAUSE OUR ENGINEER HAS
TOLD US WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME
AND OUT OF STORIES, TOO.

YEAH.
NO, NOT REALLY.

WE'VE GONE MELTDOWN 101.

BUT WE'LL SAVE THAT,
BECAUSE WE KNOW

WE'RE STILL MELTING DOWN

AS FAR AS WALL STREET GOES.

SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2009.

THIS CLIP SHOWS CHARLIE BILLIS
AND HIS FRIEND STEVE MERRILL

WRAPPING UP THE SECOND EPISODE

OF THEIR PUBLIC ACCESS
NEWS SHOW.

I'M YOUR HOST, MINUTE MAN,
AND MY BUDDY HERE...

SECOND MAN. SECOND MAN?

YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.

MINUTE MAN
AND SECOND MAN.

WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT WEEK.
PASTA LA VISTA.

BEHIND THE CAMERA IS
CHARLIE'S WIFE, CHRISSY BILLIS.

AND CUT.

SHE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ENJOYING

STEVE AND CHARLIE'S
ON-SCREEN CHAT.

BY 3:30 THAT AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE'S HEADED HOME.

IT WAS JUST A NORMAL DAY
LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY.

THAT'S WHEN PAM AND RAY HELENEK
ARE HAVING AN EARLY DINNER...

...AND HEAR THAT TERRIBLE CRASH
IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.

BY THE TIME RAY REACHES THE CAR,

OTHERS FROM PASSING VEHICLES
ARE DRAGGING SOMEONE OUT.

THERE WAS
ALL KINDS OF COMMOTION.

PEOPLE WERE ALL AROUND.

IT'S CHRISSY AND CHARLIE BILLIS,

AND THEY'VE BEEN
IN A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT.

WE LIVED HERE SINCE 1971,

AND WE'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

CHRISSY SEEMS OKAY, BUT CHARLIE
WASN'T WEARING HIS SEAT BELT.

HIS LEGS ARE CRUSHED.

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARE
EVENTUALLY ABLE TO FREE HIM,

AND THEY RUSH THE COUPLE
TO THE E.R.

AT THE HOSPITAL, DOCTORS
SOON GIVE CHRISSY THE ALL-CLEAR.

BUT AS THE HOURS PASS
WITH NO WORD,

THE FAMILY IS WORRIED
ABOUT CHARLIE.

THERE WAS JUST, LIKE,
ALL THIS FEELING OF DREAD

THAT I HAD JUST BEEN
BUILDING UP ALL DAY.

IT WAS LIKE A TIP
OF THE ROLLER COASTER.

I'M SO SORRY...

YOUR HUSBAND
HAS DIED.

IT WAS REALLY OVERWHELMING,
JUST TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE,

"OH, YOUR DAD DIDN'T MAKE IT."

AND IT WAS, LIKE...

SO, LIKE-- PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
HEARTBREAK OF MY LIFE,

I'D HAVE TO SAY, FOR SURE.

MY DAD AND I HAD ACTUALLY GOTTEN
IN A FIGHT THE DAY BEFORE,

SO I DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE
TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIM.

THE FUN-LOVING JOKER,
SEEN IN THE NEK-TV VIDEOS,

WILL BE MUCH MISSED.

IT'S JUST LIKE
THE UNITED STATES.

OUR BUSINESS IS DEATH,
AND, UH...

YOU KNOW, JOB ONE IS DEATH,
AND BUSINESS IS GOOD.

ABSOLUTELY, SIR.
AND WHO PROFITS?
THE UNDERTAKER.

YEAH. YEAH.

AS WITH ANY FATAL CAR CRASH
ALONG A STATE ROUTE,

VERMONT STATE POLICE
ARRIVE TO INVESTIGATE.

THERE WASN'T ANY EVIDENCE
OF ANYTHING FOUND IN THE ROADWAY

THAT WOULD HAVE
CAUSED HER TO SWERVE.

THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS
ON THE ROADWAY.

THE INVESTIGATORS
ARE LEFT SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS.

CHRISSY HAS MANAGED TO CRASH
INTO THE ONLY TREE

ALONG THAT STRETCH OF ROAD

FOR AT LEAST A MILE
IN EITHER DIRECTION.

THE NEXT DAY,
CHRISSY IS RELEASED BACK HOME

INTO THE CARE OF HER DAUGHTERS.

THE STATE TROOPER STOPS BY
TO QUESTION HER ABOUT THE CRASH.

G-GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT WAS KIND OF STRANGE
TO SEE MY MOM BEING INTERROGATED

WITH ALL THESE QUESTIONS,
LIKE, ESPECIALLY, LIKE,

RIGHT AFTER LOSING SOMEBODY.

TELL ME, ARE YOU ON
ANY MEDICATIONS?

IT SORT OF FELT, LIKE,
YOU KNOW,

IT WAS MY MOM, MY SISTER, AND I
AGAINST THE WORLD AT THAT POINT.

CHRISSY REVEALS THAT IN ADDITION
TO THE ANTI-SMOKING DRUGS,

SHE'S ALSO BEEN TAKING ANTIDEPRESSANTS

AND SLEEPING PILLS.

IT GIVES THE TROOPER A POSSIBLE
EXPLANATION FOR THE CRASH.

CHRISSY'S MEDICATIONS MAY HAVE
MADE HER BLACK OUT BRIEFLY

JUST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

MY CONDOLENCES.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH.

WITHIN DAYS
OF CHARLIE'S DEATH,

FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHER
TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.

THE PUBLIC ACCESS TV HOST
WAS WELL-KNOWN

AND WELL-LOVED
IN THE COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER, WHAT?

IT WOULD TAKE FIVE YEARS
FOR THE TICKS

TO BE UP HERE,
YOU KNOW?

WELL, HOPEFULLY,
I WON'T BE AROUND.

I MISS HIM TERRIBLY.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

HE WAS A GREAT GUY
AND VERY SMART.

NEVERTHELESS, EIGHT DAYS
AFTER CHARLIE'S DEATH,

STEVE MERRILL RETURNS TO SCREENS
WITH "IT'S NEWS TO US"...

WITH A NEW CO-HOST.

WHERE MY CO-HOST
CHARLIE BILLIS WAS KILLED

JUST AFTER
HE LEFT THE STUDIO

IN A HORRIBLE
CAR CRASH.

AND, CHARLIE, IF YOU'RE
WATCHING, THIS SHOW IS FOR YOU.

AND, LET'S SEE--
WE'LL START OFF

WITH THE BIGGEST
NON-NEWS NEWS STORY

THAT HASN'T...

AFTER BREAKING THE TRAGIC NEWS
TO VIEWERS,

STEVE FORGES AHEAD
WITH THE PROGRAM.

AFTER ALL,
THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR BEING WELCOME.

I MEAN--[ LAUGHS]

YOU SEE WHAT THIS STUFF
DOES TO ME?

NOW I CAN'T THINK
TOO GOOD.

THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US.

IT WAS A VERY
INTERESTING PROGRAM.

HE WAS DANCING
OVER THERE.

YOU COULDN'T SEE HIM,
BUT HE WAS.

IT'S BEEN JUST
FOUR WEEKS SINCE THE DEATH

OF VERMONT PUBLIC ACCESS
TELEVISION HOST CHARLIE BILLIS.

HIS WIFE, CHRISSY,
WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL

WHEN THEIR CAR
CRASHED INTO A TREE,

BUT SHE SURVIVED.

THAT'S A REALLY BIG LOSS
TO JUST FACE OUT OF NOWHERE,

AND IT WAS REALLY
HARD FOR HER, TOO,

TO LOSE THE PERSON
THAT SHE LOVED, YOU KNOW?

WE ALL LOVED HIM, AND...

UM...

THE COMPUTER COMES ON.
EVERYTHING'S FINE.

NOW IT WON'T RECOGNIZE
THE MODEM TO GET DIAL-UP.

OH.

YEAH, THAT'S HAPPENED
MORE THAN ONCE.

THE INFAMOUS
DRIVER ISSUE.

YES, SIR. I SPEND
MORE TIME WITH THIS.

I THINK I CAN PAY
FOR THE COMPUTER.

FOR NOW, CHRISSY CAN'T
RETURN TO THE TV STUDIO.

THE MEMORIES ARE JUST
TOO PAINFUL.

THAT SAME FALL OF 2009,

STEVE MERRILL VISITS
THE STATE POLICE.

TAKE A SEAT.
THANK YOU.

STEVE CAN'T SHAKE THE IDEA
THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE

TO CHARLIE'S DEATH
THAN ANYONE THOUGHT

BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HE NOTICED
AT HIS GOOD FRIEND'S FUNERAL.

OH, GOSH.

I FOUND THAT CHRISSY'S BEHAVIOR
AT THE FUNERAL

WAS JUST COMPLETELY WEIRD.

YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T,
LIKE, EVEN A TEAR THERE.

AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

STEVE TELLS THEM ABOUT AN ODD
CONVERSATION HE AND CHRISSY HAD

ABOUT A MONTH
BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

I WAS TELLING CHRISSY
ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE.

HIS WIFE HAD A CAR.
THE CAR WAS A LEMON.

THEY STRAPPED THEMSELVES,
AND THEY PUT

ALL THESE PILLOWS INSIDE.YEAH?

AND THEY HAD DRIVEN THE CAR
INTO A TREE TO TOTAL IT.

IT WASN'T INSURANCE FRAUD.

BRILLIANT.

I COULD SEE THE CHANGE
COME OVER HER.

IT WAS LIKE I COULD TELL THAT
SHE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A WAY

TO GET CHARLIE
OUT OF HER LIFE.

BUT IT'S A BIG ACCUSATION,

AND POLICE HAVE NOTHING TO GO ON
BUT STEVE'S SUSPICIONS.

AFTER SOMEONE BROKE IN
AND STOLE ELECTRONICS...

IT'S BEEN 10 MONTHS
SINCE CHARLIE BILLIS

MADE HIS LAST APPEARANCE
ON NEK-TV.

YEAH, WHAT, DID THE GUY
COME BACK FOR MORE?

ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW... DID HE FORGET SOMETHING?

...HE MUST HAVE HEARD
ABOUT ALWAYS RETURNING

TO THE SCENE
OF THE CRIME.

CHRISSY DECIDES IT'S TIME
TO STOP GRIEVING

AND LOOK TO HER FUTURE.

AFTER ALL, SHE'S STILL
ONLY 43 YEARS OLD.

SO SHE TIPTOES INTO THE WORLD
OF ONLINE DATING.

MY MOM IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS
TO CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE,

AND I FELT LIKE MAYBE SHE
WAS LOOKING FOR THAT AGAIN.

AND BEFORE LONG,
SHE FINDS AN INTERESTING MATCH

THAT WILL QUICKLY
CHANGE HER LIFE.

HIS NAME IS KEVIN LELAND,

AND HE'S JUST MOVED
TO THE VERMONT AREA.

ON THIS PARTICULAR WEBSITE,

THEY RATE YOU AS FAR
AS A MATCH IS CONCERNED,

AND IT TURNED OUT WE WERE
A VERY CLOSE MATCH-- 98%.

IT'S KIND OF UNCOMMON.

WE HAD A VERY SIMILAR
SENSE OF HUMOR.

YEAH, AFTERNOON WAS GOOD.
AND YOURS?

OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS,

CHRISSY AND KEVIN
GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.

WE HAD AN INSTANT-MESSAGE
CONVERSATION,

AND THAT'S WHEN SHE MENTIONED

THAT SHE LOST HER HUSBAND
IN A CAR CRASH.

I DID FEEL HORRIBLE TO THINK
OF LOSING A HUSBAND--

LOSING A SPOUSE-- THAT WAY.

IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR
SINCE CHARLIE'S DEATH,

AND KEVIN AND CHRISSY
HAVE DECIDED TO MEET UP

FOR A WALK OUT
IN THE ROLLING FARMLANDS.

SHE WASN'T IN SUCH
AN UPBEAT MOOD,

AND I ASKED HER WHAT WAS WRONG.

AND SHE SAID, "THE ACCIDENT."

CHARLIE'S DEATH IS
NEVER FAR FROM CHRISSY'S MIND.

WE HAD WALKED DOWN ROUTE 5,

THE SAME ROAD
AS THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON.

AND WE WENT RIGHT AROUND
THE TREE THAT SHE HIT.

AND SHE WAS EXPLAINING
THE DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT.

CHARLIE WASN'T WEARING
HIS SEAT BELT.

I'D FELT KIND OF WEIRD.

YOU KNOW, AND I WASN'T GOING
TOO FAST, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 55.

BEFORE LONG,
CHRISSY IS CONFIDING IN KEVIN

ABOUT HER MARRIAGE TO CHARLIE.

EVEN THOUGH, AS MUCH AS I DIDN'T
WANT TO HEAR THE GORY DETAILS,

I WANT TO KNOW.

OKAY,
HE WAS ABUSIVE...

TO ME, TO THE GIRLS.

I WAS DEVASTATED,
HEARING THIS.

YOU KNOW, I--
MY BREATH STOPPED.

AND SHE TALKED ABOUT
FEELING GUILTY

ABOUT THE ACCIDENT, YOU KNOW?

AND I SAID, "OF COURSE,"

YOU KNOW,
"YOU'RE GONNA FEEL GUILTY.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, NATURAL,
BUT IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT."

SHE WAS,
"NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND."

"NO, I DID IT ON PURPOSE."

"I KILLED HIM ON PURPOSE."

AND I'M LIKE, "WOW."

I-I WAS SHOCKED.

I DID REALIZE I JUST BECAME
A WITNESS TO A MURDER.

I WAS TANGLED UP WITH SOMEBODY

THAT I'D REALLY RATHER
NOT BE TANGLED UP WITH.

WHY WOULD CHRISSY BILLIS,
CHARLIE'S WIFE OF 17 YEARS,

CRASH THE CAR ON PURPOSE?

KEVIN KNOWS HE SHOULD
GO STRAIGHT

TO THE VERMONT STATE POLICE,

BUT FIRST, HE DECIDES TO TRY
AND GET FURTHER PROOF.

I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE BELIEVED
JUST TELLING MY STORY

WITHOUT ANY KIND
OF BACKUP EVIDENCE.

I DECIDED I WAS GONNA PUT
A DIGITAL RECORDER IN MY POCKET

AND SET UP ANOTHER MEETING
WITH HER

AND GET HER TO CONFESS.

HI.

WHEN HE SHOWS UP AT THE VERMONT
STATE POLICE THE NEXT DAY,

HE PLAYS A RECORDING
THAT WILL STARTLE DETECTIVES.

IT SOUNDS LIKE CHRISSY
IS CONFESSING TO A MURDER.

HE LISTENED, AND, YOU KNOW,
HIS EYEBROWS WENT UP.

THE POLICE HAVE THEIR DOUBTS.

IT LED US TO BECOME
A LITTLE MORE SUSPICIOUS,

BUT WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW
IF SHE WAS SAYING THAT STUFF

TO IMPRESS MR. LELAND

OR WHETHER SHE WAS
BEING TRUTHFUL ABOUT IT OR NOT.

ALSO, THE RECORDING WAS CLEARLY
MADE WITHOUT CHRISSY'S KNOWLEDGE

OR ANY KIND OF POLICE WARRANT.

IT WOULD BE
INADMISSIBLE IN COURT.

POLICE WILL NEED MORE EVIDENCE
TO SHOW THAT THIS ACCIDENT

WAS ACTUALLY
PREMEDITATED MURDER,

AND THEY'RE ABOUT
TO GET EXACTLY THAT.

OH, AND HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE
FOR ALL YOU NEW YORKERS.

"AN AGING HIT MAN
ONCE USED

AS AN ENFORCER BY
MOB BOSS JOHN GOTTI

HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO
LIFE IN PRISON FOR FOUR
COLD-BLOODED KILLINGS."

NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO EDITORIALIZE
IN THE NEWSPAPER.

HOW IS IT "COLD-BLOODED"?

AND, YOU KNOW, ISN'T
EVERY KILLING COLD-BLOODED?

AS FAR AS I KNOW. YEAH.

WHEN STEVE MERRILL
TAPED THIS SHOW,

HE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING
HIS FRIEND, CHARLIE BILLIS,

WOULD BE DEAD
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR--

THE APPARENT VICTIM
OF A CAR ACCIDENT.

LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW,

I BELIEVE I SHOOK HIS HAND
AND SAID,

"HAVE A GOOD ONE. WE'LL DO
THIS AGAIN NEXT WEEK," YOU KNOW?

BUT 18 MONTHS LATER,
HIS WIDOW, CHRISSY,

SEEMS TO ADMIT TO
HER NEW BOYFRIEND, KEVIN LELAND,

THE CRASH WAS INTENTIONAL.

VERMONT STATE POLICE NEED
TO GET SOLID PROOF

AS TO WHAT HER INTENTIONS WERE.

DETECTIVE ANNIS DECIDES
THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT

IS TO GO TO THE SOURCE.

ON APRIL 25, 2011,
HE PAYS CHRISSY A VISIT

AND CAPTURES THEIR
WHOLE DISCUSSION ON TAPE.

SHE WAS UNDER
THE ASSUMPTION THAT

I WAS THERE TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE INSURANCE CLAIM.

CHRISSY HAS BEEN
TRYING TO CASH IN

ON CHARLIE'S $100,000
CAR INSURANCE POLICY.

IT'S A FAIR CHUNK OF CHANGE
FOR SOMEONE

WHO'S HAD TO GET BY
ON SO LITTLE.

AND I WAS LIKE,
"WELL, WHY?"

BECAUSE, I MEAN,
I'VE HAD CAR CLAIMS BEFORE...

AS WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT
THE INSURANCE CLAIM,

I THEN KIND OF CHANGED GEARS.

AND SO IS THERE
MAYBE A CHANCE THAT

YOU'RE DRIVING HOME
AND HE PISSES YOU OFF...

BUT THE MORE
DETECTIVE ANNIS PRESSES IN

ON WHAT SHE WAS
THINKING THAT DAY,

THE MORE CHRISSY TRIES
TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

DETECTIVE ANNIS IS IN NO MOOD
FOR SMALL TALK.

HE COMES RIGHT OUT WITH IT.

ARE YOU SURE?
YEAH.

CHRISSY HAS BEEN
CAUGHT IN A LIE.

POLICE DO HAVE PROOF
THAT SHE TOLD SOMEONE

SHE CRASHED THE CAR
ON PURPOSE.

DO I NEED A LAWYER?

THAT IS UP TO YOU.

CHRISSY STARTS TO CRACK,

AND THE CONVERSATION
CONTINUES OUTSIDE,

AWAY FROM THE CHILDREN.

FIRST, I NEED TO KNOW
THAT I HAVE VISITATION RIGHTS

TO THE KIDS.

CAN YOU PROMISE ME THAT?

DURING THAT CONVERSATION,
SHE BASICALLY CONFESSED

THAT SHE'D CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTENTIONALLY,

WHICH LED TO THE DEATH
OF CHARLES BILLIS.

SURE, HONEY,
I TOLD YOU BEFORE, OKAY?

I'M GETTING THE MONEY
FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

ARE YOU EVER
GONNA GET A JOB?

GET OFF MY BACK!
WE'RE FINE!

WE'RE NOT FINE.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?JUST SHUT UP.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
BE QUITTING.

YEAH?

WELL, IT PISSES YOU OFF!

I CANNOT LIVE WITH
THE SMOKE IN THE CAR!

LOOK WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING!GOD, JUST SHUT UP.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
- SHUT UP!

CHRISSY BILLIS IS CHARGED
WITH THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER

OF HER HUSBAND, CHARLIE BILLIS.

BUT THE PROSECUTOR'S ONLY
REAL PROOF ARE HER CONFESSIONS.

SO BEFORE SHE CAN RECANT,
THEY OFFER HER A DEAL.

IN JULY OF 2012, CHRISSY
PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER

AND IS SENTENCED
TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON.

CHRISSY'S CLAIMS OF MENTAL ABUSE
AT THE HANDS OF CHARLIE

ARE NEVER PROVEN.

I JUST REMEMBER HER
IN THE COURTROOM.

IN MY MIND, IT WAS LIKE,
"OKAY, FIRST, I LOST MY DAD,

AND NOW I'M GONNA LOSE MY MOM."

THAT WAS JUST SO CRAZY TO ME.

IT WAS JUST REALLY
OVERWHELMING, FOR SURE.

STEVE MERRILL IS STILL MAKING
KOOKY PUBLIC ACCESS SHOWS

OVER AT NEK-TV STUDIOS.

IT'S JUST INCOMPREHENSIBLE
TO ME, YOU KNOW,

LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW,
THAT WE'RE DOING THIS SHOW,

AND THEN NOT AN HOUR LATER,
HE'D BE DEAD.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE, BUT YOU
NEVER THINK IT'S GONNA BE

AT THE HAND OF YOUR OWN SPOUSE.

MAN, WE'RE REALLY
MOVING TODAY, HUH?

I MEAN, WHAT PART OF "THOU SHALT
NOT KILL" DON'T YOU GET?

THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK'S
EPISODE OF "IT'S NEWS TO US."

AND REMEMBER, WHEN
THE NEWS BREAKS, WE FIX IT.

ABSOLUTELY.
GET THE DUCT TAPE OUT.

THANK YOU.

SEE YOU LATER.

BYE!