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For 30 years, this house has haunted me.
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[Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.
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I've been looking into a murder
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that was committed
with a .38 here, 30 years ago.
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So now we have
another suspect, a dead man.
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Mrs. Jarvis
couldn't have murdered anybody.
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She was playin'
bedsheet bingo with the boss.
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How dare you come waltzing in here
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and make accusations against him?
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Get out!
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There's no way to prove suicide.
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But there may be a third possibility
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that nobody's considered.
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[cheerful orchestral music]
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Let me tell you, Mrs. Fletcher.
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You can have this town at your feet.
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Well, actually, Mr. Peabody,
eye-level will be just fine.
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Listen. Can I call you Jessica?
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Jess, my job is to sell you.
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Now, I've seen the material.
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Then you've read The Stain on the Stairs?
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Not the book, Jessie,
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the clippings.
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This real-life sleuth action
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will play like a Beatles reunion.
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Miss, can I get
some extra goat cheese on my duck salad?
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I'll tell your waiter, sir.
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So we book you and some of the people
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whose murders you've solved
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on a couple of the talk shows.
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Don't you think it would be
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a little difficult to book the victims?
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You think they might want too much money?
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A joke. You know what I mean.
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Look at this.
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"Scribe Pens Killer into Pen,"
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"Writer Rights Wrong..."
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Mr. Peabody,
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wouldn't it seem as if
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I was trying to profit
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from people's misfortune?
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This is Hollywood, J.B.
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Mrs. Wilson,
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why don't we let the florist handle that?
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Yes, I'm sorry, sir.
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[laughing]
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Seth, I know this sounds just terrible,
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but it's just too nice to work here.
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And they keep sending up these...
These baskets.
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I've got more spoiling fruit than a zoo.
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[knocking]
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Oh, oh, there's the door again.
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See you at the end of the week, Seth.
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Good-bye.
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[chuckles]
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Please, Mrs. Fletcher, uh...
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I know I'm imposing,
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but could you give me
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just a little minute of your time?
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You work in the restaurant,
don't you, Mrs....
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Wilson. Georgia Wilson.
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I could be fired for coming up
here to your suite.
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I'm sorry to bother you,
but may I come in?
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Please. Of course.
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Oh, God, I hate crying.
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[sobs]
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You must think I'm very foolish.
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Uh, please, sit down.
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No. No, I'm sorry.
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I shouldn't have come.
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What is it, Mrs. Wilson?
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It's my husband, Sam.
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Please, do sit down. Tell me.
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Thank you.
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Sam was just released from prison.
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He was there for 30 years.
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30 years for a crime he didn't commit.
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When he came home,
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I thought we could pick up and go on,
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but he was broken, just broken.
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He sits there and broods and waits to die.
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It's almost as if he had convinced himself
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that he was guilty.
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Guilty of what?
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Murder. That's why I came to you.
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I overheard that man at lunch,
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and I thought maybe...
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I just...I just don't know
what I could do.
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Listen to his story.
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I don't want vengeance,
or money, or publicity.
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All I want is for us,
in whatever time we have left,
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to have a life together.
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Please, Mrs. Fletcher.
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I don't know where else to turn.
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[door opens]
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Sam, I'm home.
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Sam, we have a visitor.
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This is Jessica Fletcher.
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She's a mystery writer.
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I'm glad to meet you, Sam.
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She brought a newspaper writer
to prison once.
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Didn't do any good.
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Don't want anything
written about me anyway.
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Well, I didn't intend to write about you.
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I was hoping to help.
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Gonna give me back 30 years?
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Sam!
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I didn't kill him.
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Why don't you tell me what happened?
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We were having a rough time of it...
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Two children, house payments.
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Well, Sam...Sam was doing
his very best and...
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Sam, we can't go on like this.
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We've got to do something.
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I know, dear, but what?
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Why don't you ask for some more money?
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You know you're worth a lot more
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than they're paying you, a lot more.
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I'm only the assistant bookkeeper.
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Yes, but even assistant bookkeepers
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and their families have to live.
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How do they expect the four of us
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to live on what you're getting?
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Why don't you talk to Mr. Jarvis?
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Oh, Sam, please,
why don't you ask him today?
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All right, I'll see what I can do.
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I don't know which made me more nervous,
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seeing the boss
or getting past his secretary.
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She really enjoyed putting me through it.
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But did you get to see Mr. Jarvis?
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Unfortunately.
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I'm fired?
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Yes.
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Sir, if it's the raise...
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I'm sorry, but you know
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the financial condition of the firm.
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You must have realized
we can't go on this way.
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We've got to cut expenses.
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[sighs]
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I've been with the firm 12 years.
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I guess I expected to spend
the rest of my life here.
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We haven't saved much money.
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I know it's going to be difficult for you,
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but I can't help it,
the firm just can't stand it.
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The firm'll come back, Mr. Jarvis,
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if you hang on a while.
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You could put in some money of your own.
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Money of my own?
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[chuckles]
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That's a laugh.
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Do you know
what my bank account is today, Sam?
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Zero.
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Maybe worse.
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Maybe Mr. Herne would put in some.
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Herne?
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Herne and I don't get along,
you know that.
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He's willing to put money in
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on one condition: that I get out.
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But he won't pay me anything,
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says the firm has no assets
and isn't worth anything.
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He'd sunk all of his money into the firm?
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Except about $10,000.
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$10,000...
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But I'm getting ahead of myself.
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Mr. Jarvis took me out
for a drink that evening,
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told me he had a plan
to end all our troubles.
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And that's when our troubles really began.
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Sam, I'm going to kill myself.
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No, you're joking, Mr. Jarvis. It's the...
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No, it's not the liquor,
and I'm not joking.
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I'm planning to commit suicide,
and I need your help.
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Mr. Jarvis, you mustn't think
of such a thing.
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He wanted to leave his wife
and son the kind of security...
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he couldn't provide anymore.
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He'd increased his life insurance policy.
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Oh, but life insurance...
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usually doesn't pay for suicide.
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Oh, Lord. That's why he needed help.
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I want you to make my suicide
look like murder.
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Murder?
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I've made all my plans.
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I've got a good .38 nobody knows about.
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I want you to come over,
afterwards, and take it away.
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No, Mr. Jarvis, I couldn't do that.
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I'll be in the library.
I'll leave the safe unlocked.
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Make it look like a robbery.
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He was ready to pay me his last $10,000...
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to take the gun,
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fire some shots inside the library...
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And get rid of the gun.
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Incredible!
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Naturally, I turned him down.
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But Mr. Jarvis wouldn't accept
Sam's refusal.
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Georgia and the kids
were out that night when Jarvis called.
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He insisted
that he was going to kill himself,
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and sooner than he'd planned.
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I tried to talk him out of it,
he wouldn't listen.
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I drove as fast as I dared.
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I had to talk him out of it.
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But you never got a chance to.
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When I arrived, the front door was open.
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I went into the library,
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but he'd already killed himself.
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He was lying face down.
There was blood all around.
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Then I saw the note.
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The note he'd left with the $10,000.
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He begged me not to let him down.
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Well, it seemed like he'd already done it,
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so I took the envelope and the gun.
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I left the house.
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Then I remembered
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I was supposed to fire some shots inside.
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Well, it was too late for that,
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so I fired two shots in from outside.
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But didn't that prove your innocence?
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How?
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Well, because the killer
would hardly fire shots in
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from outside after killing his victim.
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I mean, he'd just attract attention.
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And if the killer had fired shots
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from outside before going in,
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why on earth would Mr. Jarvis
have stayed in the library?
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The evidence against me was too strong
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for the police to let that bother them.
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What other evidence?
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Well, there was the $10,000, of course.
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And the blood.
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I washed my hands in the garage,
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but I forgot to clean the steering wheel.
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The police found blood on it from the gun.
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And what did you do with the gun?
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Before I went home,
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I drove to the Santa Monica Pier.
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I was nervous as hell.
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So I walked down below the pier
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where it was deserted,
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by the pilings,
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and I threw the gun into the water.
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So the police recovered the gun...
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and did a ballistics match?
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No, the gun was never recovered.
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But all three bullets matched.
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Lieutenant Webb made that very clear
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when we went to pay our respects
to Mrs. Jarvis the next day.
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The autopsy report shows
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the bullet that killed Jarvis
was from a .38.
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And we recovered two .38 slugs
from the wall of this room.
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Ah, yes, Mr. Wilson, right there.
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That look just about nailed me.
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Webb hadn't said which wall they were in.
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But what about the note
that Jarvis left for you?
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Didn't that prove your innocence?
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I'd already burned it,
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before I became the number one suspect.
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Sam did everything he could
to help Mr. Jarvis,
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but did Mrs. Jarvis and Sidney
try to help Sam?
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You can't blame them, Georgia.
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How were they to know about Jarvis's plan?
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And if we'd proved
that Jarvis's death was suicide,
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they wouldn't have gotten that $250,000.
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A quarter-million dollar
life insurance policy.
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What had it been before he raised it?
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[chuckles] $10,000.
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00:11:15,801 --> 00:11:17,677
Well,
surely that must have looked suspicious
265
00:11:17,761 --> 00:11:19,429
to this Lieutenant Webb?
266
00:11:19,513 --> 00:11:20,597
Not him.
267
00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:23,392
Webb, the terror of the OSS,
268
00:11:23,475 --> 00:11:24,810
always got his man.
269
00:11:24,893 --> 00:11:27,104
Oh, he had a very convincing limp.
270
00:11:27,187 --> 00:11:28,730
He just couldn't bother with insurance.
271
00:11:28,814 --> 00:11:30,440
[door opens]
272
00:11:30,524 --> 00:11:32,067
I'd like to meet this Lieutenant Webb.
273
00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:33,151
[door closes]
274
00:11:33,235 --> 00:11:34,194
Good luck.
275
00:11:34,277 --> 00:11:37,572
Oh, Rod, Terry.
276
00:11:37,656 --> 00:11:39,616
I'd like you to meet Jessica Fletcher.
277
00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:40,826
Nice to meet you both.
278
00:11:40,909 --> 00:11:42,411
You're kidding.
279
00:11:42,494 --> 00:11:44,704
I just finished one of your books.
280
00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:45,997
The mystery writer, honey.
281
00:11:46,081 --> 00:11:47,541
Mom.
282
00:11:47,624 --> 00:11:49,334
We were just at Lamaze class. [chuckles]
283
00:11:49,418 --> 00:11:50,752
Boy, I haven't breathed so heavily
284
00:11:50,836 --> 00:11:52,963
in about eight months.
285
00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:54,631
Well, you'd be wasting
your time, Mrs. Fletcher.
286
00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:56,842
I tried to contact Webb years ago.
287
00:11:56,925 --> 00:11:59,344
I was told he's retired and not available.
288
00:11:59,428 --> 00:12:03,807
He was available enough
when it came to convicting Sam.
289
00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:05,725
I had such faith in him too.
290
00:12:05,809 --> 00:12:07,978
Well, I have a few days here in town,
291
00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:10,522
so I'd like to see what I can do.
292
00:12:10,605 --> 00:12:12,607
Perhaps I can find
this Lieutenant Webb or...
293
00:12:15,152 --> 00:12:17,362
Sam, I believe you.
294
00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:23,076
God, I idolize my father.
295
00:12:24,327 --> 00:12:25,620
I even became a cop because I thought
296
00:12:25,704 --> 00:12:28,081
I could use the job to clear him.
297
00:12:28,165 --> 00:12:30,083
Did you ever get to see the police file?
298
00:12:30,167 --> 00:12:31,168
It was missing.
299
00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:33,003
Somebody removed it.
300
00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:34,171
You want a file?
301
00:12:37,591 --> 00:12:40,719
My own investigation, I keep it with me.
302
00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:43,221
Newspapers, court records,
depositions, the works.
303
00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:46,349
Well, it certainly looks very thorough.
304
00:12:47,893 --> 00:12:49,895
Maybe if I'd paid
that kind of attention to my own career,
305
00:12:49,978 --> 00:12:51,605
I'd be a sergeant, not a desk drone,
306
00:12:51,688 --> 00:12:53,732
for all the good it did Pop.
307
00:12:53,815 --> 00:12:56,359
Would you mind
if I borrowed this for the night?
308
00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:57,903
Sure.
309
00:12:57,986 --> 00:12:59,613
But Mrs. Fletcher,
don't get their hopes up.
310
00:12:59,696 --> 00:13:02,532
I've been down this road.
I know it by heart.
311
00:13:02,616 --> 00:13:04,034
It's a dead end, believe me.
312
00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:05,577
There's no way to prove suicide,
313
00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:07,120
and the sooner my mother faces up to that,
314
00:13:07,204 --> 00:13:09,498
the sooner we can get on with our lives.
315
00:13:09,581 --> 00:13:11,708
You know, Rod, maybe the reason
316
00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,002
that you couldn't prove
that it was suicide...
317
00:13:14,085 --> 00:13:15,837
was because it wasn't.
318
00:13:17,214 --> 00:13:18,131
I thought you believed Pop.
319
00:13:18,215 --> 00:13:20,509
I do.
320
00:13:20,592 --> 00:13:22,344
But there may be a third possibility
321
00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:24,095
that nobody's considered.
322
00:13:24,179 --> 00:13:27,807
Mr. Jarvis could have been murdered
by somebody else.
323
00:13:33,396 --> 00:13:34,981
It will spoil.
324
00:13:35,065 --> 00:13:36,525
Well, nevertheless, madam,
325
00:13:36,608 --> 00:13:38,026
your publisher stipulated
326
00:13:38,109 --> 00:13:40,195
you were to be given a basket each day.
327
00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:41,613
Please.
328
00:13:41,696 --> 00:13:43,573
But don't you have a charity
329
00:13:43,657 --> 00:13:46,076
that could use all this beautiful fruit?
330
00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,202
Charity?
331
00:13:48,495 --> 00:13:49,454
Mrs. Fletcher?
332
00:13:49,538 --> 00:13:51,748
Oh, oh, Rod, Sam.
333
00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:52,832
Please, come on in.
334
00:13:54,876 --> 00:13:56,628
Rod, you have done
335
00:13:56,711 --> 00:13:59,214
an extraordinary piece
of police work on this file.
336
00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:01,466
We appreciate your interest,
Mrs. Fletcher,
337
00:14:01,550 --> 00:14:03,468
but you don't need to humor me.
338
00:14:03,552 --> 00:14:05,679
Oh, believe me, I'm not.
339
00:14:05,762 --> 00:14:08,223
I read that case from cover to cover
340
00:14:08,306 --> 00:14:10,475
and believe me... [chuckles]
341
00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,353
the case against you
simply does not add up.
342
00:14:21,778 --> 00:14:23,572
The killer could've already been
in the house
343
00:14:23,655 --> 00:14:25,407
when Jarvis called you, Sam.
344
00:14:25,490 --> 00:14:28,118
In fact, the killer
could have forced Jarvis to call you.
345
00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:30,203
That would explain why he said
346
00:14:30,287 --> 00:14:31,538
that the plan was going forward
347
00:14:31,621 --> 00:14:33,206
sooner than he had expected.
348
00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,547
But why?
349
00:14:40,630 --> 00:14:43,675
If the killer knew the plan,
then why kill Jarvis?
350
00:14:43,758 --> 00:14:45,343
Well, perhaps the killer was afraid
351
00:14:45,427 --> 00:14:47,846
that Jarvis wouldn't go through
with the suicide.
352
00:14:47,929 --> 00:14:49,973
Pop, are you okay?
353
00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:51,933
30 years.
354
00:14:52,017 --> 00:14:54,561
For 30 years, this house has haunted me.
355
00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:00,650
Yes? What can I do for you?
356
00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:05,655
Sam?
357
00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:07,282
Sam Wilson?
358
00:15:07,365 --> 00:15:09,492
I wasn't sure
if you'd recognize me, Sidney.
359
00:15:11,328 --> 00:15:12,329
How could I forget you?
360
00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,167
The battle of Austerlitz, to scale.
361
00:15:18,877 --> 00:15:21,129
Father got me started on these.
362
00:15:21,212 --> 00:15:23,173
In a much smaller way, of course.
363
00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:26,801
Sidney, uh, Mrs. Fletcher's a writer.
364
00:15:26,885 --> 00:15:28,928
Uh, she's interested in Pop's case.
365
00:15:29,012 --> 00:15:29,929
Uh-huh. I see.
366
00:15:30,013 --> 00:15:31,514
Uh, Mr. Jarvis,
367
00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:33,767
I realize
that this may be difficult for you,
368
00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:37,395
but I am trying to retrace
your father's death,
369
00:15:37,479 --> 00:15:40,523
to see if possibly some evidence
was left out.
370
00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:42,692
Uh-huh.
371
00:15:42,776 --> 00:15:44,944
So that, uh,
you could write a book about it.
372
00:15:46,237 --> 00:15:47,322
I suppose there's a lot of money in that.
373
00:15:47,405 --> 00:15:48,531
That's not it at all.
374
00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,825
I don't mean to be rude, Sam,
375
00:15:50,909 --> 00:15:52,535
but it doesn't seem quite right...
376
00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:54,287
that you're here
at the scene of the crime.
377
00:15:54,371 --> 00:15:55,622
I'm confused, Mr. Jarvis.
378
00:15:55,705 --> 00:15:56,831
I thought that you didn't believe
379
00:15:56,915 --> 00:15:58,541
that Sam killed your father.
380
00:15:58,625 --> 00:16:01,836
I mean, uh, didn't you
confide in Sam the very next day
381
00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,672
your suspicion of Mr. Herne?
382
00:16:03,755 --> 00:16:06,508
You saw Mr. Herne
at your house last night?
383
00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:08,510
Yeah, he doesn't know
I saw him, but I did.
384
00:16:08,593 --> 00:16:10,345
And didn't that prove that Herne was lying
385
00:16:10,428 --> 00:16:12,681
when he was questioned by Lieutenant Webb?
386
00:16:12,764 --> 00:16:15,392
Sure, I quarreled with Jarvis
several times.
387
00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:17,560
Not only that, I wasn't
very fond of him personally,
388
00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:19,104
but that doesn't mean I killed him.
389
00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:20,939
Mr. Herne, you didn't,
by any chance, drop in
390
00:16:21,022 --> 00:16:23,316
to see Mr. Jarvis at his home
Saturday night, did you?
391
00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:26,444
Why should I go see him at his home
392
00:16:26,528 --> 00:16:28,655
when I could see him anytime
I wanted at the office?
393
00:16:28,738 --> 00:16:30,740
There may have been other suspects,
394
00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:32,200
Mrs. Fletcher,
395
00:16:32,283 --> 00:16:34,160
but Sam was the one they found guilty.
396
00:16:34,244 --> 00:16:35,578
Sam, I'm sorry,
397
00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:36,871
but I really don't see the point
398
00:16:36,955 --> 00:16:38,581
in dredging up the past.
399
00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:40,333
Mr. Jarvis, if Sam were guilty,
400
00:16:40,417 --> 00:16:43,002
why on earth
would he stir this up all over again?
401
00:16:43,086 --> 00:16:44,629
I mean, he's got nothing to gain,
402
00:16:44,713 --> 00:16:45,714
except peace of mind.
403
00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:49,092
[chuckles]
404
00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:50,552
Very persuasive, Mrs. Fletcher.
405
00:16:53,054 --> 00:16:54,764
You may snoop around if you want to.
406
00:16:54,848 --> 00:16:55,890
Well, thank you.
407
00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,435
I wonder, would it be possible
408
00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:00,395
for me to talk with Mrs. Jarvis?
409
00:17:00,478 --> 00:17:01,438
I'm a bachelor.
410
00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:02,522
Oh, I meant your mother.
411
00:17:03,982 --> 00:17:06,568
-She's dead.
-I'm sorry.
412
00:17:06,651 --> 00:17:10,071
I imagine that you would like to, uh,
413
00:17:10,155 --> 00:17:11,114
begin in the library.
414
00:17:11,197 --> 00:17:12,115
It's just through here.
415
00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:13,199
Thank you.
416
00:17:25,795 --> 00:17:27,422
Rod, while you're at work,
417
00:17:27,505 --> 00:17:30,258
could you confirm
if Mrs. Jarvis is really dead?
418
00:17:30,341 --> 00:17:32,385
But why would Sidney lie?
419
00:17:32,469 --> 00:17:33,762
Well, that's a good question.
420
00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:37,265
Mrs. Fletcher, what a pleasure.
421
00:17:37,348 --> 00:17:38,808
Thank you for taking time to see me
422
00:17:38,892 --> 00:17:40,310
on such short notice, Ms. Davis.
423
00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:41,936
Uh, I have a confession to make.
424
00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:43,855
Actually I prefer Mrs.
425
00:17:43,938 --> 00:17:45,523
So do I. [both laugh]
426
00:17:45,607 --> 00:17:47,025
-Please.
-Thank you.
427
00:17:47,108 --> 00:17:48,568
You know, I hate sitting behind a desk
428
00:17:48,651 --> 00:17:49,903
when I talk to a client.
429
00:17:49,986 --> 00:17:51,029
I like getting to know
430
00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:52,113
who I'm working with.
431
00:17:52,197 --> 00:17:53,490
You know, a friend of mine
432
00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:54,866
used to work with your grandfather.
433
00:17:54,949 --> 00:17:56,034
Really? Who was it?
434
00:17:56,117 --> 00:17:57,577
Oh, this was a long time ago,
435
00:17:57,660 --> 00:18:00,330
when Mr. Jarvis was still with the firm.
436
00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:03,166
I must say,
the firm staged quite a comeback
437
00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:04,918
when your grandfather took over.
438
00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:06,836
Yes, we're Jarvis in name only now.
439
00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,838
Once upon a time it meant something.
440
00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:10,924
Before Mr. Jarvis's unfortunate death?
441
00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:13,593
I remember my friend telling me
442
00:18:13,676 --> 00:18:16,721
that your grandfather
was actually a suspect.
443
00:18:20,892 --> 00:18:22,560
Mrs. Fletcher,
444
00:18:22,644 --> 00:18:25,313
I had assumed that
you wanted this appointment
445
00:18:25,396 --> 00:18:27,023
for investment advice.
446
00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:29,275
I don't believe
that I said that, Mrs. Davis.
447
00:18:30,652 --> 00:18:33,196
My friend who worked
in the office is Sam Wilson.
448
00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:36,241
Oh, I...I can see where
this conversation is going.
449
00:18:36,324 --> 00:18:38,117
So let me assure you right now
450
00:18:38,201 --> 00:18:39,744
that my grandfather was cleared
451
00:18:39,828 --> 00:18:42,163
of any involvement in Jarvis's death.
452
00:18:42,247 --> 00:18:44,833
Well, then no harm can come
to his reputation now, right?
453
00:18:46,376 --> 00:18:48,294
Do you know what happened
in the Jarvis mansion
454
00:18:48,378 --> 00:18:49,921
the night of Mr. Jarvis's death?
455
00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:53,299
He was completing a deal
456
00:18:53,383 --> 00:18:55,301
for my grandfather to take over this firm.
457
00:18:55,385 --> 00:18:58,179
Oh? Well, now I am confused.
458
00:18:58,263 --> 00:19:00,181
At the time, Mrs. Jarvis said
459
00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:03,101
that your grandfather
gained control of the firm
460
00:19:03,184 --> 00:19:05,353
after her husband's death.
461
00:19:05,436 --> 00:19:08,314
Then she was lying,
which doesn't surprise me.
462
00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:11,401
John, the Bialoff account, now.
463
00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:14,696
I believe
that the other button is intercom.
464
00:19:31,212 --> 00:19:33,172
E...Excuse me, miss?
465
00:19:33,256 --> 00:19:36,092
Pardon me, but are you Miss Vante?
466
00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:37,802
-Thelma?
-Oh, no.
467
00:19:37,886 --> 00:19:39,429
She hasn't been here for years.
468
00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:41,472
Oh, I'm sorry to have bothered you.
469
00:19:41,556 --> 00:19:43,182
I haven't seen her for a long time.
470
00:19:43,266 --> 00:19:44,976
I used to be a client of Mr. Jarvis.
471
00:19:45,059 --> 00:19:48,062
He was such a nice man, such a tragedy.
472
00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:50,857
Tell me, whatever happened to Thelma?
473
00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:53,276
She was such a pretty, sweet young lady.
474
00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:54,611
Mrs. Fletcher?
475
00:19:55,570 --> 00:19:57,238
[laughs]
476
00:19:57,322 --> 00:19:59,157
It was nice of you to see me, Miss Vante.
477
00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,409
Hell. I haven't used that name in years.
478
00:20:01,492 --> 00:20:04,579
Oh, come on. Sit down
and make yourself comfortable.
479
00:20:04,662 --> 00:20:06,873
How about a nice glass of iced coffee?
480
00:20:06,956 --> 00:20:07,957
If it's not too much trouble.
481
00:20:08,041 --> 00:20:09,834
Trouble? Oh.
482
00:20:09,918 --> 00:20:14,714
Oh, wait till I tell the girls...
Me in a book by J.B. Fletcher.
483
00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,258
Well, as I said on the phone,
484
00:20:17,342 --> 00:20:19,802
I'm really only doing research
on the case now.
485
00:20:19,886 --> 00:20:23,514
What I'm really interested in
is what happens to people
486
00:20:23,598 --> 00:20:27,602
who are affected by murder,
say, 30 years later.
487
00:20:28,519 --> 00:20:31,272
Well, you know the only ones
who got anything out of that
488
00:20:31,356 --> 00:20:33,107
was the wife and kids.
489
00:20:33,191 --> 00:20:34,943
All that insurance money,
490
00:20:35,026 --> 00:20:37,737
and there I was, out in the street.
491
00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:38,905
Hmm.
492
00:20:39,864 --> 00:20:42,951
Oh, my, what impressive equipment!
493
00:20:43,034 --> 00:20:44,744
Oh, well, that belonged to my husband.
494
00:20:44,827 --> 00:20:45,954
The hunk.
495
00:20:46,037 --> 00:20:47,622
I thought you might be interested.
496
00:20:47,705 --> 00:20:49,457
There. There he is.
497
00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:51,125
Oh, yes, he's very handsome.
498
00:20:51,209 --> 00:20:53,294
He sure was, the no-good son of a...
499
00:20:53,378 --> 00:20:55,588
I take it that, uh,
you're no longer married?
500
00:20:55,672 --> 00:20:56,673
Oh, well...
501
00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:57,674
-May I?
-Mm-hmm.
502
00:20:58,132 --> 00:21:02,470
No, he...He dumped me
as soon as a better deal came along,
503
00:21:02,553 --> 00:21:06,140
and I bet he still hasn't worked
a day in his life.
504
00:21:06,224 --> 00:21:09,310
But you see, he... He had other qualities.
505
00:21:09,394 --> 00:21:10,395
Oh.
506
00:21:11,771 --> 00:21:14,941
Oh, my, what a lovely home you had!
507
00:21:15,525 --> 00:21:16,442
Split-level,
508
00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:18,236
with a kidney-shaped pool.
509
00:21:19,988 --> 00:21:21,781
Tell me, what did you make
510
00:21:21,864 --> 00:21:24,075
of Mr. Jarvis's relationship
with his wife?
511
00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,038
You don't think Mrs. Jarvis iced him?
512
00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:31,499
Well, she was supposed to be
513
00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:33,668
spending the weekend at their beach house,
514
00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:35,753
but according
to the testimony of her maid,
515
00:21:35,837 --> 00:21:39,215
she arrived there
well after Mr. Jarvis was dead.
516
00:21:40,591 --> 00:21:44,512
Mrs. Jarvis
couldn't have murdered anybody.
517
00:21:45,930 --> 00:21:47,765
You mean she was too nice?
518
00:21:50,685 --> 00:21:52,770
She didn't have the guts.
519
00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:57,567
Good-bye, and thank you again.
520
00:21:57,650 --> 00:21:59,360
My pleasure, J.B.
521
00:21:59,444 --> 00:22:02,530
Be sure and send me
a signed copy of that book now!
522
00:22:32,727 --> 00:22:34,270
Hello?
523
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,022
This is a voice from your past.
524
00:22:37,148 --> 00:22:38,441
Yes.
525
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:40,693
How nice to be remembered.
526
00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:45,406
There seems to be
some new interest in our problem.
527
00:22:47,658 --> 00:22:50,286
I always thought
Mrs. Jarvis was cold, Jessica,
528
00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:53,331
but murdering her husband?
529
00:22:53,414 --> 00:22:55,500
Well, she...She was the one
530
00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:58,211
most likely to know about his plan,
531
00:22:58,294 --> 00:22:59,796
and she had the easiest access to him.
532
00:22:59,879 --> 00:23:01,297
Of course, that doesn't prove anything,
533
00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,883
but it's suspicious the way she lied
534
00:23:03,966 --> 00:23:06,427
about Herne's takeover of the firm.
535
00:23:06,511 --> 00:23:08,096
If you believe Dorothy Herne.
536
00:23:08,805 --> 00:23:10,473
-Which you don't?
-It doesn't fit.
537
00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:12,892
Even after Mr. Jarvis's death,
538
00:23:12,975 --> 00:23:16,104
Mr. Herne still didn't know
if he'd be able to take over.
539
00:23:16,187 --> 00:23:17,814
But why would Dorothy Herne lie?
540
00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:20,483
Perhaps to protect
her grandfather's reputation,
541
00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:23,694
or the reputation of the firm
or maybe the firm itself.
542
00:23:23,778 --> 00:23:27,532
So now we have
another suspect, a dead man.
543
00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,117
Well, maybe one of our suspects is dead,
544
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,952
but Mrs. Jarvis is alive.
545
00:23:32,036 --> 00:23:33,496
She's been living
at the Fairfield Rest Home
546
00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,206
on and off ever since Jarvis's death.
547
00:23:35,289 --> 00:23:36,999
Now we're getting somewhere.
548
00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:40,211
But why would Sidney lie
about his mother being dead?
549
00:23:40,294 --> 00:23:42,380
Well, maybe we ought to pay her a visit
550
00:23:42,463 --> 00:23:45,383
and find out first thing in the morning.
551
00:23:53,182 --> 00:23:55,226
[footsteps]
552
00:24:11,075 --> 00:24:12,201
[gunshot]
553
00:24:22,712 --> 00:24:23,796
Jessica.
554
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,423
Thank God you're all right.
555
00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:27,258
Oh, Rod, I told you
on the phone, I'm fine,
556
00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:29,093
but thanks for coming over.
557
00:24:29,177 --> 00:24:30,970
Well, well, will you look at that.
558
00:24:32,013 --> 00:24:34,599
They haven't made these
in at least 20 years.
559
00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:37,059
Is that bullet from a .38 pistol?
560
00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:38,394
Sure is.
561
00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:39,395
Did you see the gun, ma'am?
562
00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:40,897
No, Lieutenant,
563
00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,565
but I've been looking into a murder
564
00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:45,735
that was committed
with a .38 here, 30 years ago.
565
00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:47,236
I can guess which one.
566
00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:49,614
Well, I know the chances of that bullet
567
00:24:49,697 --> 00:24:51,199
coming from the same gun are remote.
568
00:24:51,282 --> 00:24:52,491
Yes, you could say that.
569
00:24:52,575 --> 00:24:54,243
Look, ma'am,
570
00:24:54,327 --> 00:24:56,162
Lieutenant Webb
put this one to bed ages ago.
571
00:24:56,245 --> 00:24:57,330
Excuse me.
572
00:24:57,413 --> 00:24:59,582
Uh, to bed but not to rest.
573
00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:01,292
Lieutenant Sharp,
574
00:25:01,375 --> 00:25:03,044
I was shot at in the middle of the night
575
00:25:03,127 --> 00:25:04,962
with a bullet
that hasn't been manufactured in ages.
576
00:25:05,046 --> 00:25:06,005
Why?
577
00:25:06,088 --> 00:25:07,340
The motive wasn't robbery,
578
00:25:07,423 --> 00:25:08,507
and it certainly wasn't an accident.
579
00:25:08,591 --> 00:25:10,259
Please, humor me.
580
00:25:10,343 --> 00:25:11,385
Check it out.
581
00:25:14,472 --> 00:25:16,641
Jessica, you know that bullet
582
00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:18,100
couldn't have come from Jarvis's gun.
583
00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:20,102
Pop threw that gun in the ocean.
584
00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:21,812
Well, the same gun or not,
585
00:25:21,896 --> 00:25:23,522
my guess is that somebody
586
00:25:23,606 --> 00:25:26,067
feels threatened by our investigation.
587
00:25:33,282 --> 00:25:35,868
Mrs. Jarvis, you have visitors.
588
00:25:35,952 --> 00:25:36,994
Hello, Mrs. Jarvis.
589
00:25:37,078 --> 00:25:38,663
I'm Jessica Fletcher.
590
00:25:39,247 --> 00:25:41,082
How nice of you to visit me.
591
00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:43,876
Do I know you?
592
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,504
No, but I think you know Mrs. Wilson.
593
00:25:48,464 --> 00:25:50,925
Georgia, Sam's wife.
594
00:25:51,509 --> 00:25:53,177
Sam Wilson.
595
00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:54,595
Sam Wilson.
596
00:25:55,471 --> 00:25:57,556
He worked for my husband.
597
00:25:58,808 --> 00:26:01,310
My husband grows roses...
598
00:26:01,394 --> 00:26:03,396
out by the camellias.
599
00:26:03,479 --> 00:26:04,939
Did you see them?
600
00:26:05,022 --> 00:26:07,525
Yes. They're beautiful.
601
00:26:07,608 --> 00:26:08,651
Hello, Mother.
602
00:26:10,820 --> 00:26:12,571
I see that you have visitors.
603
00:26:17,535 --> 00:26:18,869
They like roses.
604
00:26:18,953 --> 00:26:20,329
Oh, do they?
605
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,082
Well, then,
606
00:26:23,165 --> 00:26:25,251
I'll take them
and show them the rose garden,
607
00:26:25,334 --> 00:26:26,961
and I'll be right back.
608
00:26:27,044 --> 00:26:28,129
All right?
609
00:26:31,674 --> 00:26:33,759
Mrs. Wilson,
610
00:26:33,843 --> 00:26:35,177
I had hoped we might meet
611
00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:36,887
under more pleasant circumstances.
612
00:26:36,971 --> 00:26:39,265
This must be very pleasant
for you, Sidney.
613
00:26:39,348 --> 00:26:41,642
Your mother's made an amazing recovery.
614
00:26:41,726 --> 00:26:44,312
I assume this visit
was your idea, Mrs. Fletcher?
615
00:26:44,395 --> 00:26:45,980
I was hoping that your mother
616
00:26:46,063 --> 00:26:48,816
could clear up something
that has been puzzling me.
617
00:26:48,899 --> 00:26:50,526
Well, as you saw,
618
00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,111
she is not well enough
to answer questions.
619
00:26:52,194 --> 00:26:53,446
Well, perhaps you can.
620
00:26:53,529 --> 00:26:55,114
You know it's peculiar
621
00:26:55,197 --> 00:26:57,742
that there should be
two such different versions
622
00:26:57,825 --> 00:26:59,076
of the same event.
623
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:00,745
Dorothy Herne-Davis claims
624
00:27:00,828 --> 00:27:03,998
that her grandfather
made a deal with your father
625
00:27:04,081 --> 00:27:06,959
to take over the firm
on the night of his death.
626
00:27:07,043 --> 00:27:09,253
Timothy Herne tricked the firm from us
627
00:27:09,337 --> 00:27:11,922
in a proxy fight after my father's death.
628
00:27:12,006 --> 00:27:13,424
And if you need to confirm mother's word,
629
00:27:13,507 --> 00:27:15,092
it's a matter of public record.
630
00:27:15,176 --> 00:27:17,345
And since Dorothy Herne
is the one who's lying,
631
00:27:17,428 --> 00:27:19,722
you should bother her
rather than a sick old woman.
632
00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:21,891
Forgive me, Mr. Jarvis,
633
00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:23,934
but Dorothy Herne isn't the only one
634
00:27:24,018 --> 00:27:26,395
who has been misrepresenting facts
635
00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:28,189
these past few days.
636
00:27:28,272 --> 00:27:29,273
If you'll excuse us.
637
00:27:34,737 --> 00:27:36,697
Well, one thing is certain.
638
00:27:36,781 --> 00:27:40,368
Edna Jarvis didn't climb out
onto that balcony last night.
639
00:27:40,451 --> 00:27:42,870
Oh, I feel so responsible, Jessica.
640
00:27:42,953 --> 00:27:44,622
I didn't think anyone
would want to kill you.
641
00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:46,374
Well, I don't believe they were.
642
00:27:46,457 --> 00:27:48,167
Well, then what...
643
00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:50,920
Well, whoever fired that shot
was only a few feet away.
644
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:53,381
He or she had all the time in the world
645
00:27:53,464 --> 00:27:56,467
to take aim or even fire
a second or a third time.
646
00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:58,677
No, whoever it was meant to miss.
647
00:27:58,761 --> 00:28:00,846
Then it was a warning?
648
00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:02,765
Well, not necessarily.
649
00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:04,141
I imagine that we'll know more
650
00:28:04,225 --> 00:28:05,810
once we get the ballistic reports.
651
00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:07,937
Georgia, could you give me a lift
652
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:09,980
to Herne's and Jarvis on your way to work?
653
00:28:10,064 --> 00:28:11,065
Of course.
654
00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:16,028
Mrs. Davis suggests
that you could make an appointment.
655
00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:18,656
Now, perhaps next month?
656
00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:21,534
Well, I'd be happy to.
657
00:28:21,617 --> 00:28:23,411
Of course, by that time
658
00:28:23,494 --> 00:28:26,205
the authorities
will probably have been in touch with her
659
00:28:26,288 --> 00:28:28,416
about the new developments.
660
00:28:28,499 --> 00:28:32,002
Come in, Mrs. Fletcher.
My 11:00 just canceled.
661
00:28:32,795 --> 00:28:34,755
Malcolm Jarvis was a failure,
662
00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:37,049
a fraud who's been deified in death.
663
00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:38,259
And his family was paid
664
00:28:38,342 --> 00:28:39,969
more than their stocks were worth.
665
00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:41,679
I mean, my grandfather deserved this firm
666
00:28:41,762 --> 00:28:42,847
after all the work he put into it,
667
00:28:42,930 --> 00:28:43,973
and what did it get him?
668
00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:45,850
This...This unending suspicion.
669
00:28:45,933 --> 00:28:48,352
Well, perhaps that was unavoidable.
670
00:28:48,436 --> 00:28:50,479
I mean, since their argument
at the mansion
671
00:28:50,563 --> 00:28:52,231
has never been really explained.
672
00:28:52,314 --> 00:28:54,859
Well, it...
It could've been 1,000 things, uh...
673
00:28:54,942 --> 00:28:56,902
They always argued about business.
674
00:28:56,986 --> 00:28:59,196
I mean,
that's one of my great childhood memories:
675
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,740
Grandfather and Mr. Jarvis
arguing about business.
676
00:29:01,824 --> 00:29:04,076
Mrs. Davis, you still haven't said
677
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,079
why you felt it necessary
to misrepresent the takeover.
678
00:29:07,163 --> 00:29:09,540
Why are you doing this?
679
00:29:09,623 --> 00:29:12,376
Because an innocent man
who spent 30 years in prison
680
00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:13,836
has a right to know why.
681
00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:15,463
Now, I understand you
682
00:29:15,546 --> 00:29:17,548
not wanting any trouble or a lawsuit.
683
00:29:17,631 --> 00:29:19,467
They wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
684
00:29:19,550 --> 00:29:22,178
Unless your grandfather did kill Jarvis,
685
00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:24,180
in which case, the ownership of this firm
686
00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:26,056
could be in serious question.
687
00:29:26,140 --> 00:29:28,767
You don't know the first thing
about my grandfather!
688
00:29:28,851 --> 00:29:30,352
How dare you come waltzing in here
689
00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:32,354
and make
accusations against him like this?
690
00:29:32,438 --> 00:29:34,148
Get out of my office!
691
00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:35,858
If you'll forgive me, Mrs. Davis,
692
00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:38,110
it appears to me
that you suspect your grandfather
693
00:29:38,194 --> 00:29:39,528
more than anyone.
694
00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:47,036
Yes, Lieutenant Sharp, I understand.
695
00:29:47,870 --> 00:29:48,871
Well, thank you.
696
00:29:51,165 --> 00:29:53,167
I'm afraid the ballistics report
from Jarvis's death
697
00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:54,543
is missing
698
00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:56,754
along with the rest of the report,
699
00:29:56,837 --> 00:29:58,756
so they can't compare the two bullets.
700
00:29:58,839 --> 00:30:00,841
But surely there's some other way
701
00:30:00,925 --> 00:30:02,676
to find the same gun?
702
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,970
Well, not without a ballistics report,
I'm afraid.
703
00:30:05,054 --> 00:30:06,555
Now we'll never know.
704
00:30:06,639 --> 00:30:08,057
Oh, but there are several other leads
705
00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:09,433
that we can track down, Sam.
706
00:30:09,517 --> 00:30:12,978
Down dead-end streets? No, not me.
707
00:30:14,188 --> 00:30:15,606
Mrs. Fletcher,
708
00:30:15,689 --> 00:30:18,817
I have a surprise
that you will just adore.
709
00:30:18,901 --> 00:30:20,194
The Louis Quatorze suite,
710
00:30:20,277 --> 00:30:23,447
as a humble gesture of our gratitude
711
00:30:23,531 --> 00:30:26,033
for staying on
after the unfortunate incident.
712
00:30:26,116 --> 00:30:27,451
Well, that's awfully nice,
713
00:30:27,535 --> 00:30:29,119
but you know, I'm just fine in my room.
714
00:30:29,203 --> 00:30:30,663
If it means so much to you.
715
00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:31,872
[both laughs]
716
00:30:31,956 --> 00:30:33,999
Mangoes! That's what you need!
717
00:30:34,083 --> 00:30:35,209
[phone rings]
718
00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:37,836
Telephone for J.B. Fletcher.
719
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,672
Telephone for J.B. Fletcher.
720
00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:44,843
Hello? This is Jessica Fletcher.
721
00:30:44,927 --> 00:30:46,512
You have a call for me?
722
00:30:46,595 --> 00:30:48,597
Yes, Mrs. Fletcher, one moment please.
723
00:30:48,681 --> 00:30:50,432
Go ahead, sir.
724
00:30:50,516 --> 00:30:52,434
I have some information
about the Jarvis case
725
00:30:52,518 --> 00:30:53,477
that might interest you.
726
00:30:53,561 --> 00:30:54,770
Who is this?
727
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:56,438
You'll have to come alone.
728
00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:11,328
Thank you very much.
729
00:31:34,143 --> 00:31:35,561
[click, humming]
730
00:31:38,314 --> 00:31:39,398
[switch clicking]
731
00:31:39,481 --> 00:31:41,525
Mrs. Fletcher, I presume.
732
00:31:41,609 --> 00:31:43,861
And you must be Lieutenant Webb.
733
00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:46,071
You live up to your reputation.
734
00:31:46,155 --> 00:31:47,489
How'd you figure me out?
735
00:31:47,573 --> 00:31:49,992
Well, I read about your war wound.
736
00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:51,410
And, uh...
737
00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:53,120
Well, there was the timing of your call.
738
00:31:53,203 --> 00:31:55,164
And, uh, Lieutenant Sharp...
739
00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:57,124
must've told you
about my interest in this case.
740
00:31:57,207 --> 00:31:59,376
Sorry about all the intrigue.
741
00:31:59,460 --> 00:32:00,961
This had to be strictly unofficial.
742
00:32:01,045 --> 00:32:02,588
But why?
743
00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:05,215
If you know something,
why not come forward?
744
00:32:05,299 --> 00:32:08,510
I don't know anything, not for sure.
745
00:32:08,594 --> 00:32:09,845
It'd look pretty shabby,
746
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:12,139
me coming forward without any proof.
747
00:32:12,222 --> 00:32:14,099
And truth be told,
748
00:32:14,183 --> 00:32:17,227
I didn't feel up to facing the Wilsons.
749
00:32:17,311 --> 00:32:21,732
I always had the gut feeling
that Sam Wilson wasn't guilty,
750
00:32:21,815 --> 00:32:23,776
even though all the evidence
had him dead to rights.
751
00:32:23,859 --> 00:32:25,361
Oh?
752
00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:27,863
The DA told me to close the case quickly,
753
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,948
said it was my job to collect evidence,
754
00:32:30,032 --> 00:32:32,326
not judge the case.
755
00:32:32,409 --> 00:32:34,578
There's something on that table
that might interest you.
756
00:32:34,662 --> 00:32:35,996
It's the reason I called you over.
757
00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:41,919
The missing police report.
758
00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:44,838
Took it with me when I retired
so I could ponder it.
759
00:32:44,922 --> 00:32:47,466
My own Lindbergh baby, you might say.
760
00:32:47,549 --> 00:32:48,884
Top page.
761
00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:54,473
A ballistics report, dated yesterday?
762
00:32:55,182 --> 00:32:56,642
The bullet that was fired at me?
763
00:32:56,725 --> 00:32:58,769
Sharp sent it over.
764
00:32:58,852 --> 00:33:00,896
Now take a gander at the one below it,
765
00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:02,481
the one from Malcolm Jarvis.
766
00:33:04,191 --> 00:33:05,609
The bullets match!
767
00:33:05,693 --> 00:33:07,820
Like Siamese twins.
768
00:33:07,903 --> 00:33:10,531
Always hated not being able
to recover that gun.
769
00:33:10,614 --> 00:33:13,992
Sam said
that he threw the gun into the ocean
770
00:33:14,076 --> 00:33:15,953
at the Santa Monica Pier.
771
00:33:16,036 --> 00:33:18,914
He only told that to us. Not the press.
772
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:23,335
All we told the newspaper guys
was that he dumped the gun,
773
00:33:23,419 --> 00:33:25,087
not the specific location.
774
00:33:25,170 --> 00:33:27,131
We were hoping to find it
775
00:33:27,214 --> 00:33:29,258
and didn't want anybody else
getting there first.
776
00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:31,176
Yes, but somebody did get there first.
777
00:33:31,260 --> 00:33:34,596
Somebody must've followed Sam to the pier
778
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,098
and then fished it out of the water.
779
00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:37,766
And that same somebody
780
00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:39,852
took a crack at you with that same gun.
781
00:33:39,935 --> 00:33:42,396
After 30 years.
782
00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:44,606
Kind of weird.
783
00:33:44,690 --> 00:33:46,775
[sighs] You know, Lieutenant,
784
00:33:46,859 --> 00:33:48,819
I have been concentrating
785
00:33:48,902 --> 00:33:51,655
on who actually would have benefited
786
00:33:51,739 --> 00:33:52,740
from Jarvis's death,
787
00:33:52,823 --> 00:33:54,950
but the killer could've believed
788
00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,535
that he or she would benefit
789
00:33:56,618 --> 00:33:57,995
but could be wrong.
790
00:33:58,078 --> 00:34:00,080
That was my theory about the tootsie.
791
00:34:00,164 --> 00:34:01,498
Tootsie?
792
00:34:01,582 --> 00:34:03,625
Jarvis's secretary, Thelma Vante.
793
00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:06,879
Miss Vante, you know
if Mr. Jarvis was insured?
794
00:34:06,962 --> 00:34:08,380
Yes, I think he was.
795
00:34:08,464 --> 00:34:09,840
You think he was?
796
00:34:09,923 --> 00:34:11,300
Weren't you his private secretary?
797
00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:14,428
Yes. Yes, he was insured.
798
00:34:14,511 --> 00:34:15,888
What company?
799
00:34:15,971 --> 00:34:17,639
The Standard Life Insurance Company.
800
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:19,391
I see. And for how much?
801
00:34:19,475 --> 00:34:21,351
I don't know.
802
00:34:21,435 --> 00:34:23,729
How would you know
what company but not how much?
803
00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:27,649
I figured she was playin'
bedsheet bingo with the boss.
804
00:34:27,733 --> 00:34:29,735
Assuming that she was the beneficiary?
805
00:34:29,818 --> 00:34:31,153
On the nose.
806
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,488
But Jarvis checked out a family man
807
00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:34,156
through and through.
808
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,659
And one that left his family
well-provided for.
809
00:34:37,743 --> 00:34:41,371
Didn't his sudden policy increase
seem odd to you?
810
00:34:41,455 --> 00:34:42,748
Very.
811
00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:45,000
Like the perfect setup for suicide.
812
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,294
But you still didn't believe Sam.
813
00:34:47,377 --> 00:34:49,546
The jury didn't believe him.
814
00:34:49,630 --> 00:34:52,925
That wasn't my job,
as I was repeatedly told.
815
00:34:53,008 --> 00:34:57,137
Seems like it fits
your qualifications though.
816
00:34:57,221 --> 00:34:59,139
How's Sam?
817
00:34:59,223 --> 00:35:00,891
Sitting in his rocker again.
818
00:35:00,974 --> 00:35:03,018
This time I'm going to get
to the bottom of this.
819
00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:04,269
Do I look threatening?
820
00:35:04,353 --> 00:35:05,521
You look very official.
821
00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:11,068
Why, Mrs. Fletcher!
What are... What a surprise!
822
00:35:11,151 --> 00:35:13,570
Keep it down in there, you little dickens!
823
00:35:13,654 --> 00:35:14,863
My grandchildren.
824
00:35:14,947 --> 00:35:16,615
Uh, Thelma,
825
00:35:16,698 --> 00:35:19,743
I've just come from a long chat
with Lieutenant Webb
826
00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:21,161
and very honestly,
827
00:35:21,245 --> 00:35:23,580
he believes that you knew more about
828
00:35:23,664 --> 00:35:27,960
Jarvis's insurance policy
than you told at the time.
829
00:35:28,043 --> 00:35:29,002
He thinks you were trying to cover up
830
00:35:29,086 --> 00:35:30,712
your motive for murder.
831
00:35:33,215 --> 00:35:36,677
You get rid of the cop and we'll talk.
832
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:41,014
I am not going to jail, not for anybody.
833
00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:47,771
I'm not talking until we lose the cop.
834
00:35:49,273 --> 00:35:51,108
I'm also Sam Wilson's son.
835
00:35:51,191 --> 00:35:52,609
Is that supposed to make me feel better?
836
00:35:52,693 --> 00:35:54,361
Thelma, you have nothing to worry about
837
00:35:54,444 --> 00:35:55,988
if you'll just tell us the truth.
838
00:35:56,071 --> 00:35:58,657
The statute of limitations
on blackmail has passed.
839
00:35:58,740 --> 00:36:00,242
What's that mean?
840
00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:02,494
That I can't be tried
for something I did...
841
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,038
May have done 30 years ago?
842
00:36:05,122 --> 00:36:06,665
Well, not for blackmail.
843
00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:08,876
There is no statute of limitations
for murder.
844
00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:10,127
Whoa!
845
00:36:10,210 --> 00:36:13,046
Now, I didn't kill anybody.
846
00:36:13,130 --> 00:36:15,924
But you did blackmail the Jarvises?
847
00:36:16,842 --> 00:36:17,885
Somebody tell you something?
848
00:36:17,968 --> 00:36:19,011
No.
849
00:36:19,094 --> 00:36:20,512
But I imagine, as a secretary,
850
00:36:20,596 --> 00:36:22,139
you didn't get paid very much money,
851
00:36:22,222 --> 00:36:24,016
and after what you told me
about your husband,
852
00:36:24,099 --> 00:36:27,102
I have to wonder
how you could have afforded that house.
853
00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:29,438
The way I look at it, lady,
you've got a choice.
854
00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:30,981
Either you tell us who you blackmailed
855
00:36:31,064 --> 00:36:32,816
here, off the record,
856
00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:34,359
or I take you in and book you for murder.
857
00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:44,286
Jarvis did mention suicide once or twice.
858
00:36:44,369 --> 00:36:46,371
I just put two and two together
to make a profit.
859
00:36:46,455 --> 00:36:47,497
That's all.
860
00:36:48,457 --> 00:36:49,750
Then you did know about
861
00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:51,877
his change in the insurance policy.
862
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,296
Of course I knew.
863
00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:55,589
And when I read your father's story
864
00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:57,007
in the newspapers,
865
00:36:57,090 --> 00:36:59,509
I figured he... He was telling the truth.
866
00:36:59,593 --> 00:37:01,219
Well, then why didn't you tell the truth?
867
00:37:01,303 --> 00:37:02,638
[laughs]
868
00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:06,266
I was Jarvis's private secretary.
869
00:37:06,350 --> 00:37:08,810
There was no job for me when he was dead.
870
00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:11,021
And the cops,
871
00:37:11,104 --> 00:37:13,899
they certainly weren't going
to make it worth my while.
872
00:37:13,982 --> 00:37:15,734
So you let my father
go to jail for 30 years
873
00:37:15,817 --> 00:37:17,194
even though you knew he was innocent?
874
00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:19,821
Your father knew he was taking a risk
875
00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:21,573
when he grabbed that 10,000 bucks.
876
00:37:21,657 --> 00:37:23,408
He got cash,
877
00:37:23,492 --> 00:37:25,410
the Jarvises got cash.
878
00:37:25,494 --> 00:37:27,329
I got zip.
879
00:37:27,412 --> 00:37:29,498
Until somebody paid you to keep quiet.
880
00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:31,041
It was Mrs. Jarvis, wasn't it,
881
00:37:31,124 --> 00:37:32,584
so they could collect the insurance money?
882
00:37:32,668 --> 00:37:35,170
Oh, not Mrs. Jarvis...Sidney.
883
00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:36,672
Did he tell you that?
884
00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:39,091
Well, Mrs. Jarvis was in no condition
885
00:37:39,174 --> 00:37:41,218
to make payments from a rest home.
886
00:37:42,886 --> 00:37:45,055
Well, after a while,
887
00:37:45,138 --> 00:37:48,558
Sidney decided
that he didn't want to pay anymore.
888
00:37:48,642 --> 00:37:50,185
So I suppose he told you
889
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:51,853
that if you went to the authorities
890
00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:54,064
that you would go to jail for blackmail.
891
00:37:56,066 --> 00:37:59,528
After your last visit, I called Sidney
892
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:02,489
to try to get some more fees out of him,
893
00:38:02,572 --> 00:38:06,493
and he sang the same tune all over again.
894
00:38:06,576 --> 00:38:09,913
After crying poorhouse
didn't work, that is.
895
00:38:11,873 --> 00:38:15,961
Can you believe the nerve of that guy?
896
00:38:20,173 --> 00:38:21,425
Let's hurry, Jessica.
897
00:38:22,217 --> 00:38:23,552
I can't wait to get home to tell Pop.
898
00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,554
Finally we can prove it was suicide.
899
00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:27,681
Something still bothers me, Rod.
900
00:38:27,764 --> 00:38:29,933
If Jarvis did kill himself,
901
00:38:30,017 --> 00:38:31,852
who fired his gun at me and why?
902
00:38:31,935 --> 00:38:33,645
Well, Sidney
903
00:38:33,729 --> 00:38:35,230
was afraid you'd blow
the lid off the insurance money.
904
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,190
Yeah, but the money
wasn't affected any more.
905
00:38:37,274 --> 00:38:38,984
Besides, why take an action
906
00:38:39,067 --> 00:38:41,862
that would only prove
that we were on the right track?
907
00:38:41,945 --> 00:38:43,488
It's the same gun all right.
908
00:38:44,156 --> 00:38:46,992
Whoever fired the shot
had something else to hide
909
00:38:47,075 --> 00:38:49,119
besides the truth of Sam's story.
910
00:38:49,202 --> 00:38:50,704
But using the same gun...
911
00:38:50,787 --> 00:38:52,080
It just seems so stupid
912
00:38:52,164 --> 00:38:53,415
to attract that kind of attention.
913
00:38:56,168 --> 00:38:57,836
[inhales]
914
00:38:57,919 --> 00:38:59,713
Or very smart.
915
00:39:01,173 --> 00:39:02,424
Oh, yes, Rod.
916
00:39:02,507 --> 00:39:04,342
Smart.
917
00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:08,555
Thelma told us
you paid her off to keep quiet.
918
00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:10,348
The gifts of money that I gave a woman
919
00:39:10,432 --> 00:39:13,310
that I felt sorry for proved nothing.
920
00:39:13,393 --> 00:39:15,562
No, Mr. Jarvis,
921
00:39:15,645 --> 00:39:18,648
but the gun matching these bullets will,
922
00:39:18,732 --> 00:39:19,691
which I imagine the police will find
923
00:39:19,775 --> 00:39:20,776
if they search the house.
924
00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:22,861
And you expect a court
925
00:39:22,944 --> 00:39:24,946
to issue a search warrant for a gun
926
00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:27,824
thrown from the Santa Monica Pier
30 years ago?
927
00:39:27,908 --> 00:39:30,702
How did you know where Sam threw the gun?
928
00:39:33,163 --> 00:39:34,498
I suppose I read it in the newspaper.
929
00:39:35,791 --> 00:39:37,918
But it was never reported anywhere.
930
00:39:38,001 --> 00:39:39,753
Well, then, Sam must have told me.
931
00:39:39,836 --> 00:39:41,588
No, Sidney, I didn't.
932
00:39:41,671 --> 00:39:43,340
There was no way for you to know,
933
00:39:43,423 --> 00:39:46,259
unless you followed Sam
to the pier to retrieve it.
934
00:39:52,182 --> 00:39:53,642
All right, Mrs. Fletcher.
935
00:39:54,726 --> 00:39:56,394
You have got it all figured out.
936
00:39:59,439 --> 00:40:01,108
For 30 years,
937
00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:04,194
I have been hiding a terrible secret.
938
00:40:06,905 --> 00:40:07,906
I killed my father.
939
00:40:10,158 --> 00:40:15,038
I followed Sam to the pier,
down below to the beach.
940
00:40:15,122 --> 00:40:16,248
At one point, you almost saw me.
941
00:40:17,791 --> 00:40:19,501
I watched you throw
the gun into the water.
942
00:40:19,584 --> 00:40:21,086
The tide was out.
943
00:40:21,169 --> 00:40:22,712
I could hear
it landed in the shallow water.
944
00:40:22,796 --> 00:40:25,215
Fortunately for me, you left quickly.
945
00:40:25,298 --> 00:40:27,884
I waded in and I got the gun.
946
00:40:28,677 --> 00:40:30,929
I was afraid that it would wash up
with my prints on it.
947
00:40:31,012 --> 00:40:33,849
But, why, Sidney?
948
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:34,933
Your own father?
949
00:40:35,016 --> 00:40:38,019
Yes, my own father,
950
00:40:38,103 --> 00:40:39,855
for a quarter of a million dollars.
951
00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:43,024
But if you'd known
he'd increased his insurance,
952
00:40:43,108 --> 00:40:45,694
then you'd also have known
about his suicide plan,
953
00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:47,154
and you would've had
no reason to kill him.
954
00:40:47,237 --> 00:40:48,780
What are you saying?
955
00:40:48,864 --> 00:40:50,866
Sidney had another reason
for killing his father?
956
00:40:51,491 --> 00:40:52,659
No.
957
00:40:52,742 --> 00:40:55,078
Mr. Jarvis, you didn't kill
your father at all, did you?
958
00:40:56,163 --> 00:40:58,540
Aren't you really covering up
for your mother?
959
00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:00,834
Don't be ridiculous.
960
00:41:00,917 --> 00:41:03,753
My mother was at the beach house
all weekend.
961
00:41:03,837 --> 00:41:05,881
She didn't arrive
until well after the death.
962
00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:09,134
But you yourself said,
Jessica, that she couldn't have...
963
00:41:09,217 --> 00:41:11,761
climbed onto the balcony to shoot at you.
964
00:41:11,845 --> 00:41:14,389
We were working
under a couple of incorrect assumptions.
965
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:15,974
First, that whoever fired the gun
966
00:41:16,057 --> 00:41:17,726
was also Jarvis's killer.
967
00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:20,562
And second, that the shot
was meant to kill or scare me.
968
00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:21,938
But what else?
969
00:41:22,022 --> 00:41:24,858
Well, it was designed to misdirect us.
970
00:41:24,941 --> 00:41:26,359
You knew we suspected your mother
971
00:41:26,443 --> 00:41:28,153
from the phone call you got from Thelma.
972
00:41:28,236 --> 00:41:29,863
What better way to misdirect us
973
00:41:29,946 --> 00:41:32,365
than to provide a new, interrelated crime
974
00:41:32,449 --> 00:41:34,743
for which your mother had a perfect alibi?
975
00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:37,287
She was in her wheelchair in a rest home.
976
00:41:37,370 --> 00:41:39,080
You meant to miss me.
977
00:41:39,164 --> 00:41:42,167
You meant for the bullet
to be preserved in the chair.
978
00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:44,878
You were going to take the blame
yourself if necessary.
979
00:41:44,961 --> 00:41:46,838
But, Jessica, why would Mrs. Jarvis
980
00:41:46,922 --> 00:41:48,215
wanna kill her husband?
981
00:41:48,298 --> 00:41:50,383
I don't think that she meant to.
982
00:41:50,467 --> 00:41:52,969
We jumped to another incorrect conclusion.
983
00:41:53,053 --> 00:41:55,430
That if Jarvis's death wasn't suicide,
984
00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:57,766
it had to be murder.
985
00:41:57,849 --> 00:41:59,226
What other possibility could there be?
986
00:41:59,309 --> 00:42:00,435
Accidental death.
987
00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:02,229
That is absurd.
988
00:42:02,312 --> 00:42:03,772
I killed my father.
989
00:42:03,855 --> 00:42:05,941
And recovered the gun to make sure
990
00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:09,361
that any incriminating fingerprints
wouldn't be found?
991
00:42:10,195 --> 00:42:11,863
Yes, just as I said.
992
00:42:11,947 --> 00:42:13,949
But any prints on the handle of the gun
993
00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:16,743
would have been smudged
when Sam picked it up.
994
00:42:16,826 --> 00:42:18,787
So the only reason
to worry about the prints...
995
00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:20,580
would be if they were on the barrel.
996
00:42:20,664 --> 00:42:23,208
A killer would have no reason
to handle the barrel,
997
00:42:23,291 --> 00:42:27,337
but somebody
trying to take the gun away would.
998
00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:31,299
Sidney, is this true?
999
00:42:33,260 --> 00:42:34,844
Thelma said that your mother didn't have
1000
00:42:34,928 --> 00:42:37,138
the guts to murder anyone.
1001
00:42:37,222 --> 00:42:38,556
Now I don't believe that the woman
1002
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,142
that I saw in the Fairfield Rest Home
1003
00:42:41,226 --> 00:42:43,937
could have killed
her husband intentionally.
1004
00:42:45,397 --> 00:42:48,400
Father thought he planned it all so well.
1005
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:51,820
Mother and I...
1006
00:42:53,822 --> 00:42:55,365
were going to spend
the weekend at the beach house.
1007
00:42:57,409 --> 00:42:59,703
Father was going to stay in town, work.
1008
00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:02,580
We had just left...
1009
00:43:02,664 --> 00:43:04,541
when mother realized
1010
00:43:04,624 --> 00:43:07,085
that she'd forgotten a book
in the library.
1011
00:43:08,378 --> 00:43:10,130
We drove to the back entrance.
1012
00:43:10,213 --> 00:43:11,798
Mother went in to get the book.
1013
00:43:11,881 --> 00:43:13,675
He...He told her to go away,
1014
00:43:13,758 --> 00:43:15,885
that, uh, there wasn't any more money,
1015
00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:18,888
all was left was the insurance.
1016
00:43:18,972 --> 00:43:22,058
Your mother must've realized
what he was planning.
1017
00:43:22,142 --> 00:43:24,019
She tried to grab the gun from him,
1018
00:43:24,102 --> 00:43:25,020
but in the struggle...
1019
00:43:25,103 --> 00:43:26,104
[gunshot]
1020
00:43:27,814 --> 00:43:31,192
She came running out to the car to get me.
1021
00:43:31,276 --> 00:43:32,485
It was an accident,
1022
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:36,489
but no one would believe that,
not with the insurance.
1023
00:43:36,573 --> 00:43:37,824
You sent her to the beach house,
1024
00:43:37,907 --> 00:43:40,243
so that at least she'd have an alibi.
1025
00:43:40,327 --> 00:43:42,037
Our maid was already there.
1026
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:43,747
She could vouch for her arrival.
1027
00:43:43,830 --> 00:43:48,251
I thought that I could fabricate
a later time of death.
1028
00:43:48,335 --> 00:43:49,711
I went into the library...
1029
00:43:49,794 --> 00:43:51,546
You saw me?
1030
00:43:51,629 --> 00:43:52,630
You were there?
1031
00:43:54,215 --> 00:43:57,886
I saw you get the gun and the money.
1032
00:43:58,887 --> 00:44:00,221
And then father's plan became clear.
1033
00:44:00,305 --> 00:44:02,015
You knew!
1034
00:44:02,098 --> 00:44:03,183
You knew Pop was innocent,
1035
00:44:03,266 --> 00:44:04,768
and you let him take the rap.
1036
00:44:04,851 --> 00:44:06,561
I thought it would be best for everybody.
1037
00:44:07,896 --> 00:44:09,981
The police would've thought
it was a burglary,
1038
00:44:10,065 --> 00:44:12,275
and you would've got the money
just like father planned.
1039
00:44:13,568 --> 00:44:15,111
I tried to protect you.
1040
00:44:15,195 --> 00:44:17,655
By having your mother
put pressure on the DA
1041
00:44:17,739 --> 00:44:19,074
to close the case quickly.
1042
00:44:21,493 --> 00:44:25,705
We used to be... very influential.
1043
00:44:25,789 --> 00:44:28,124
But it backfired when Thelma
1044
00:44:28,208 --> 00:44:30,585
figured out what was going on
and blackmailed you.
1045
00:44:33,755 --> 00:44:35,215
At that point,
1046
00:44:37,926 --> 00:44:39,427
I had to choose between...
1047
00:44:41,638 --> 00:44:42,639
Sam...
1048
00:44:44,682 --> 00:44:45,683
and Mother.
1049
00:44:52,982 --> 00:44:55,693
You understand, don't you, Sam?
1050
00:44:55,777 --> 00:44:56,945
How can he?
1051
00:44:58,029 --> 00:45:01,032
You've wasted 30 years of his life.
1052
00:45:01,491 --> 00:45:03,827
30 years of an innocent man's life
1053
00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:05,412
and the lives of his family.
1054
00:45:07,038 --> 00:45:10,583
You knew what you were doing,
and you sent him to prison,
1055
00:45:10,667 --> 00:45:13,211
just as if you were
the judge and the jury.
1056
00:45:15,380 --> 00:45:17,966
How could you expect him to forgive you?
1057
00:45:25,849 --> 00:45:27,183
Let's go home, Georgia.
1058
00:45:28,768 --> 00:45:29,769
It's over.
1059
00:45:30,812 --> 00:45:31,813
I know.
1060
00:45:51,124 --> 00:45:52,709
I'll put in a call to the DA.
1061
00:45:52,792 --> 00:45:53,918
No, Roddy.
1062
00:45:54,627 --> 00:45:56,671
Pop, he's gotta prosecute.
1063
00:45:56,754 --> 00:45:58,256
Who?
1064
00:45:58,339 --> 00:46:01,092
An old lady
whose guilt has eaten her away?
1065
00:46:01,176 --> 00:46:02,677
Mrs. Jarvis has already paid
1066
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,762
for whatever crime she may have committed.
1067
00:46:04,846 --> 00:46:05,930
But what about Sidney?
1068
00:46:06,014 --> 00:46:07,932
He was an accessory.
1069
00:46:08,016 --> 00:46:09,684
He withheld evidence.
1070
00:46:09,767 --> 00:46:11,728
He was just trying to protect his mother,
1071
00:46:11,811 --> 00:46:13,730
like you tried to protect me.
1072
00:46:14,689 --> 00:46:16,274
We've all suffered enough, Roddy.
1073
00:46:17,150 --> 00:46:20,153
And I don't want to spend
one more day in a courtroom.
1074
00:46:20,236 --> 00:46:23,156
I want to enjoy my life
with this beautiful woman
1075
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:25,867
and that new baby
you're bringing into the world.
1076
00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:28,244
I understand how you feel, Pop, but...
1077
00:46:30,205 --> 00:46:31,748
Jessica, you agree with me, don't you?
1078
00:46:31,831 --> 00:46:33,082
Justice has to be served.
1079
00:46:33,166 --> 00:46:34,417
[sighs]
1080
00:46:34,501 --> 00:46:36,377
Justice is always imperfect, Rod.
1081
00:46:36,461 --> 00:46:38,838
Besides, sometimes there's a difference
1082
00:46:38,922 --> 00:46:41,257
between serving the ideal of justice
1083
00:46:41,341 --> 00:46:44,052
and doing what's best.
1084
00:46:44,135 --> 00:46:47,388
Jessica, you've given us
the rest of our lives.
1085
00:46:47,472 --> 00:46:48,556
Bless you and thank you.
1086
00:46:49,807 --> 00:46:51,184
I don't know how to thank you.
1087
00:46:51,893 --> 00:46:53,728
Just be happy.
1088
00:46:54,145 --> 00:46:55,188
We will be.
1089
00:46:55,939 --> 00:46:56,940
I am.
1090
00:46:59,734 --> 00:47:00,735
[Georgia laughs]
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