1 00:00:00,084 --> 00:00:01,585 What does the IRS want? 2 00:00:01,669 --> 00:00:02,628 The usual. Money. 3 00:00:03,087 --> 00:00:04,839 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 4 00:00:04,922 --> 00:00:06,757 The IRS can't find the money 5 00:00:06,841 --> 00:00:08,884 we withheld from the first two quarters? 6 00:00:08,968 --> 00:00:10,302 You saying the IRS doesn't have two quarters 7 00:00:10,386 --> 00:00:12,263 -to rub together? -That's blackmail. 8 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:14,849 We may take your car and your house. 9 00:00:14,932 --> 00:00:16,434 We may send you to jail. 10 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:18,436 We'd never do anything as unsavory as blackmail. 11 00:00:18,519 --> 00:00:19,854 And what did you get? 12 00:00:19,937 --> 00:00:21,147 I got rid of Nolan. 13 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:22,648 I've read your stuff. 14 00:00:22,732 --> 00:00:24,900 Which one of my books have you read? 15 00:00:24,984 --> 00:00:27,695 Your books? I'm talking about your tax return. 16 00:00:27,778 --> 00:00:30,072 Put your hands up. 17 00:00:32,074 --> 00:00:34,994 [cheerful orchestral music] 18 00:01:21,457 --> 00:01:23,501 You must believe me, Sir, 19 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:26,504 I don't know how the mistake was made. 20 00:01:26,587 --> 00:01:28,589 Give me time. I'll get to the bottom of it. 21 00:01:30,174 --> 00:01:32,718 I've never cheated on my income tax. 22 00:01:33,219 --> 00:01:34,261 Never. 23 00:01:34,345 --> 00:01:35,930 Before now. 24 00:01:36,013 --> 00:01:38,432 Mr. Yelverton, I'm a consultant 25 00:01:38,516 --> 00:01:40,851 with my ex-wife's company. 26 00:01:40,935 --> 00:01:43,020 Now, they pay me... 27 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:46,607 see line 16, paragraph C. 28 00:01:46,690 --> 00:01:48,651 Their accountant screwed you. 29 00:01:49,151 --> 00:01:50,611 I mean, me. 30 00:01:52,071 --> 00:01:54,365 I'm glad you brought up Edna Hayes. 31 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:58,994 You know, Mr. Hayes, in my business there are oversights 32 00:02:00,371 --> 00:02:02,623 and there are oversights. 33 00:02:04,041 --> 00:02:07,378 Mr. Hayes, we're not out to get you. 34 00:02:08,337 --> 00:02:09,713 We want to help you 35 00:02:10,548 --> 00:02:14,218 if you will help us. 36 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:16,929 Well, yes, of course, Sir, I... 37 00:02:17,012 --> 00:02:18,764 Not your taxes. 38 00:02:19,515 --> 00:02:21,851 Aunt Edna's Baked Goods 39 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:24,728 claimed to have deposited $2 million 40 00:02:24,812 --> 00:02:26,647 in quarterly withholding taxes. 41 00:02:27,022 --> 00:02:28,440 Our records indicate otherwise. 42 00:02:29,567 --> 00:02:32,403 My ex-wife owes you $2 million? 43 00:02:32,945 --> 00:02:34,238 More or less. 44 00:02:34,697 --> 00:02:38,075 Help us to find it, and we'll... 45 00:02:38,158 --> 00:02:40,578 we'll forget about your little oversight. 46 00:02:40,661 --> 00:02:44,081 Mr. Yelverton, that's blackmail. 47 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:48,377 Mr. Hayes, we may take your car and your house. 48 00:02:49,128 --> 00:02:50,546 We may send you to jail. 49 00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:54,258 We'd never do anything as unsavory as blackmail. 50 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,057 Edna? It's me, Jessica. 51 00:03:02,141 --> 00:03:04,685 My plane landed about 20 minutes ago. 52 00:03:04,768 --> 00:03:07,688 Oh, Jessica, Jessica. 53 00:03:07,771 --> 00:03:10,524 My goodness, can you ever forgive me? 54 00:03:10,608 --> 00:03:13,903 Oh, I forgot to send the car to the airport, I forgot... 55 00:03:13,986 --> 00:03:15,696 wait a minute. You are on your 56 00:03:15,779 --> 00:03:17,239 Midwest book promotion tour, aren't you? 57 00:03:17,323 --> 00:03:18,908 Oh, yes. 58 00:03:18,991 --> 00:03:20,993 Well, at least I remembered something. 59 00:03:21,243 --> 00:03:23,412 Oh, Jess, it's just been living hell for me, 60 00:03:23,495 --> 00:03:25,247 what with the IRS hassle, 61 00:03:25,331 --> 00:03:27,249 the loan, trying to run the plant. 62 00:03:27,333 --> 00:03:29,376 Well, Edna, now be honest. 63 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:31,128 I mean, have I come at a bad time? 64 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:32,504 You sure have. 65 00:03:33,505 --> 00:03:35,174 But I can't wait to see you. 66 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:38,135 [laughing] I'll grab a taxi. Bye. 67 00:03:40,054 --> 00:03:43,098 What with 1,500 employees nationwide, 68 00:03:43,182 --> 00:03:45,142 from whom we collect taxes 69 00:03:45,225 --> 00:03:47,478 and then have to pay the IRS quarterly. 70 00:03:47,561 --> 00:03:50,898 Now, the remodeling loan comes due, 71 00:03:50,981 --> 00:03:54,193 so the problem with the IRS is even more difficult. 72 00:03:54,276 --> 00:03:56,111 Edna, slow down. 73 00:03:56,195 --> 00:03:59,365 I have just landed, and you've gotten me up in the air again. 74 00:03:59,448 --> 00:04:01,450 Now, start at the beginning. 75 00:04:01,533 --> 00:04:03,494 But, Jess, I wasn't in at the beginning. 76 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:06,705 My first recollection of any problem with the IRS 77 00:04:06,789 --> 00:04:08,540 came about a month ago, 78 00:04:08,624 --> 00:04:10,793 when George Harris, my vice president, 79 00:04:10,876 --> 00:04:13,379 stopped me in the parking lot early one morning. 80 00:04:13,462 --> 00:04:15,923 -We need to talk. -What is it, George? 81 00:04:16,006 --> 00:04:17,967 Something's wrong either in accounting or payroll 82 00:04:18,050 --> 00:04:19,426 or with our auditing firm. 83 00:04:19,510 --> 00:04:20,970 It just won't go away. 84 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:23,973 -What does the IRS want? -The usual. Money. 85 00:04:24,056 --> 00:04:25,557 I thought it was just a misplaced decimal point, 86 00:04:25,641 --> 00:04:27,101 some kind of snafu 87 00:04:27,184 --> 00:04:28,978 that you didn't need to be bothered about. 88 00:04:29,061 --> 00:04:32,106 It's an awful lot of paperwork for a misplaced decimal point. 89 00:04:32,189 --> 00:04:35,401 That same morning I sat down with Gail Manning, 90 00:04:35,484 --> 00:04:37,569 she's head of accounting, 91 00:04:37,653 --> 00:04:40,656 Richard Wellstood, our in-house attorney, 92 00:04:40,739 --> 00:04:44,702 and J.K. Davern, sales and marketing exec. 93 00:04:44,785 --> 00:04:48,956 How can the IRS want $2 million when we've already paid them? 94 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:51,500 Gail, what is going on in the accounting department? 95 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:53,127 I don't know, Edna. I've gone over this 96 00:04:53,210 --> 00:04:55,421 with the IRS, with our bank in St. Louis, 97 00:04:55,504 --> 00:04:57,589 -and with Spencer Prinz. -Who? 98 00:04:57,673 --> 00:04:59,425 He's with the auditing firm 99 00:04:59,508 --> 00:05:01,468 that handles the payroll in St. Louis. 100 00:05:01,552 --> 00:05:03,470 We regularly deposit 101 00:05:03,554 --> 00:05:06,056 the withholding taxes of the employees in St. Louis, 102 00:05:06,140 --> 00:05:08,225 and then they are, electronically, 103 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:09,601 the money is passed along to the IRS. 104 00:05:09,685 --> 00:05:12,354 Now, at the end of a fiscal year, 105 00:05:12,438 --> 00:05:14,023 the IRS can't find the money 106 00:05:14,106 --> 00:05:16,984 we withheld from the first two quarters, $2 million? 107 00:05:17,067 --> 00:05:20,487 It takes them several quarters to catch up. 108 00:05:20,571 --> 00:05:22,406 We're now in the fourth quarter, 109 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:23,991 and they want quarters one and two. 110 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:25,367 You saying the IRS 111 00:05:25,451 --> 00:05:26,869 doesn't have two quarters to rub together? 112 00:05:26,952 --> 00:05:29,246 [chuckles] Neither will you, Richard. 113 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,831 Sorry, Edna. 114 00:05:30,914 --> 00:05:33,292 But are you prepared to take on the government in tax court 115 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:35,377 to prove Aunt Edna doesn't owe Uncle Sam? 116 00:05:35,461 --> 00:05:39,465 Edna, if this were my company, now is not the time that 117 00:05:39,548 --> 00:05:42,092 I would choose to challenge the Internal Revenue Service. 118 00:05:42,176 --> 00:05:45,054 If you're planning a takeover, thanks for the notice. 119 00:05:45,137 --> 00:05:48,807 I started this firm on 500 bucks and 24-hour work days. 120 00:05:48,891 --> 00:05:50,434 No pointy-headed bureaucrat 121 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:52,227 is going to make me roll over and play dead. 122 00:05:52,311 --> 00:05:53,812 Then the government 123 00:05:53,896 --> 00:05:55,522 may very well take the company away from you. 124 00:05:55,606 --> 00:05:57,566 And the loan on the plant remodeling comes due next month. 125 00:05:57,649 --> 00:06:00,069 What does one thing have to do with the other? 126 00:06:00,152 --> 00:06:01,987 Edna, if you have to pay the IRS twice, 127 00:06:02,071 --> 00:06:04,490 there's no money to repay the loan. 128 00:06:04,573 --> 00:06:06,450 [phone buzzing] 129 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:08,118 Yes, Dottie? 130 00:06:11,288 --> 00:06:12,539 Uh, it's, uh... 131 00:06:12,623 --> 00:06:13,957 it's my ex-husband. 132 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:16,043 It's something supposedly important. 133 00:06:16,126 --> 00:06:17,878 Would you excuse me, huh? 134 00:06:19,671 --> 00:06:21,507 [sighs] 135 00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:23,467 Put him on, okay? 136 00:06:25,135 --> 00:06:28,388 What is it, Nolan? I'm a little busy now. 137 00:06:28,472 --> 00:06:30,641 Edna, love, I hate to bother you, 138 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:32,434 but it's about our divorce settlement. 139 00:06:32,518 --> 00:06:34,394 That's why they call it a settlement, Nolan, 140 00:06:34,478 --> 00:06:36,814 because once and for all, things are settled. 141 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:38,982 Thanks to me, you have been hunting and fishing 142 00:06:39,066 --> 00:06:40,526 for the past three years. 143 00:06:41,151 --> 00:06:42,986 My quarrel's not with you. 144 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:46,782 It's with the IRS, and the consultancy fee you pay me. 145 00:06:46,865 --> 00:06:48,534 You mean you're in hot water too? 146 00:06:49,326 --> 00:06:53,497 They're demanding that I pay taxes on $300,000 income. 147 00:06:54,456 --> 00:06:55,707 300,000? 148 00:06:55,791 --> 00:06:59,044 I thought that the deal that we worked out pays you only one. 149 00:06:59,128 --> 00:07:01,755 Granted, your divorce lawyer had me over a barrel, 150 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:03,841 -but not in it. -Some fellow 151 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:05,968 in your auditing firm named Spencer Prinz 152 00:07:06,051 --> 00:07:08,303 is supposed to help me out, but I keep missing him. 153 00:07:08,846 --> 00:07:12,808 All right, I'll have Gail Manning deal directly with you, 154 00:07:12,891 --> 00:07:14,601 not with some nobody auditor. 155 00:07:15,894 --> 00:07:16,854 Thanks, Edna. 156 00:07:17,729 --> 00:07:19,356 Kind of romantic, isn't it? 157 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:22,109 You and me brought back together by the internal revenue? 158 00:07:22,401 --> 00:07:25,904 It's not exactly romantic, Nolan. 159 00:07:25,988 --> 00:07:28,323 It's more like a shotgun wedding. 160 00:07:30,242 --> 00:07:32,244 About a week later, things came to a head 161 00:07:32,327 --> 00:07:34,830 when I confronted the Internal Revenue Service. 162 00:07:34,913 --> 00:07:36,456 A faceless bureaucrat. 163 00:07:36,540 --> 00:07:39,168 He had a face. Your worst nightmare. 164 00:07:39,251 --> 00:07:41,378 Mrs. Hayes, stonewalling's 165 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:42,963 not going to get you anywhere. 166 00:07:43,046 --> 00:07:44,840 Who's stonewalling? 167 00:07:44,923 --> 00:07:47,384 I came from Jonesburg of my own free will. 168 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:49,261 Nobody comes here from anywhere 169 00:07:49,344 --> 00:07:51,138 of their own free will. 170 00:07:51,221 --> 00:07:54,433 Look, I'm asking for $2 million. 171 00:07:54,516 --> 00:07:56,518 In the past, I've been commended by my superiors 172 00:07:56,602 --> 00:07:58,687 in Washington for exacting sums 173 00:07:58,770 --> 00:08:02,191 the size of the annual budget of a third-world nation. 174 00:08:02,274 --> 00:08:04,526 Don't push me. I've got a senator friend 175 00:08:04,610 --> 00:08:06,945 in Washington who can have you sharpening pencils 176 00:08:07,029 --> 00:08:09,031 in a fourth-world nation. 177 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:11,992 Look, Mr. Yelverton, 178 00:08:12,075 --> 00:08:14,870 Mrs. Hayes has always paid her fair share. 179 00:08:15,579 --> 00:08:17,956 She employs 1,500 people. She supports the arts. 180 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,585 What do you do at Aunt Edna's Pies, Mister... 181 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:24,213 He happens to be one of my vice presidents. 182 00:08:24,296 --> 00:08:26,465 -And chief morale officer? -Now, what is that 183 00:08:26,548 --> 00:08:27,799 supposed to mean? 184 00:08:27,883 --> 00:08:29,384 Look, Mrs. Hayes, 185 00:08:29,468 --> 00:08:31,386 let's just settle this whole thing 186 00:08:31,470 --> 00:08:33,764 before the lawyers make a killing. 187 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:35,891 Nothing personal, Mr. Wellstood. 188 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:38,185 He's right, Edna. 189 00:08:38,268 --> 00:08:40,771 With the loan almost due, a settlement is worth exploring. 190 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:42,272 Absolutely not. 191 00:08:42,356 --> 00:08:43,941 That would be admitting that I'm a thief. 192 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,943 You said it, not me. 193 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:49,529 I will see you in court, Buster. 194 00:08:49,613 --> 00:08:53,283 And if you or any one of your cronies has pocketed the money, 195 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:55,619 I'll also see you in jail! 196 00:08:55,702 --> 00:08:57,162 Let's go, gentlemen. 197 00:08:59,873 --> 00:09:01,500 And then what happened? 198 00:09:01,583 --> 00:09:02,918 And then the phone rang. 199 00:09:03,001 --> 00:09:04,962 It was you, at the airport. 200 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,630 [both laughing] 201 00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:09,174 Edna, you and I have known one another 202 00:09:09,258 --> 00:09:10,968 since we were in college together. 203 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:14,513 Now, I know that you did not form this mini-empire 204 00:09:14,596 --> 00:09:16,390 by keeping two sets of books. 205 00:09:16,473 --> 00:09:20,560 I'll fly in from wherever, and when your case comes up, 206 00:09:20,644 --> 00:09:23,105 I will appear as your character witness. 207 00:09:23,188 --> 00:09:25,732 That's very kind of you. But I'm afraid, Jessica, 208 00:09:25,816 --> 00:09:27,276 it's going to take more than kind words 209 00:09:27,359 --> 00:09:29,278 to get me out of this mess. 210 00:09:30,529 --> 00:09:33,156 And this is a picture of me with a congressman 211 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,659 I tried to help re-elect. 212 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:38,161 My Campaign contributions 213 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:42,124 helped buy him a houseboat off the coast of Costa Rica. 214 00:09:42,207 --> 00:09:44,251 And he never even sends me a christmas card. 215 00:09:44,334 --> 00:09:46,295 Hmm! [knocking on door] 216 00:09:46,378 --> 00:09:48,171 'Scuse me, Edna, Mrs. Fletcher. 217 00:09:48,255 --> 00:09:50,173 I just thought you'd like to know Spencer Prinz, 218 00:09:50,257 --> 00:09:51,925 the auditor from St. Louis, was in this morning. 219 00:09:52,009 --> 00:09:54,094 J.K. and I had a good session with him. 220 00:09:54,177 --> 00:09:56,930 Later today, he visits the IRS with the payroll records. 221 00:09:57,014 --> 00:09:58,640 Better him than me. 222 00:09:58,724 --> 00:10:00,183 Thanks a lot, Richard. 223 00:10:00,267 --> 00:10:01,935 Sure. 224 00:10:02,019 --> 00:10:03,979 -Nolan, good to see you. -Richard. 225 00:10:04,062 --> 00:10:07,899 Nolan, what an unexpected, uh... 226 00:10:07,983 --> 00:10:09,985 Treat? Hardly befits one's ex, 227 00:10:10,068 --> 00:10:11,820 but hello, Edna. 228 00:10:11,903 --> 00:10:13,697 Jessica, it's been too long. 229 00:10:13,780 --> 00:10:15,574 Nolan. I'm truly sorry 230 00:10:15,657 --> 00:10:17,200 that things didn't work out for you two. 231 00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:19,953 Thanks. Edna, I need to talk to you. 232 00:10:20,037 --> 00:10:21,538 Alone, if you don't mind. 233 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:23,874 Oh, no, no, if this is about our tax problems, 234 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,042 Jessica knows all about it. 235 00:10:26,835 --> 00:10:29,671 Well, the IRS is really turning up the heat on me. 236 00:10:29,921 --> 00:10:32,049 Let me guess. They want to cut a deal. 237 00:10:32,132 --> 00:10:33,884 You divulge pillow talk 238 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:35,927 and creative bookkeeping at the highest level, 239 00:10:36,011 --> 00:10:37,846 and in return you're a free man, huh? 240 00:10:37,929 --> 00:10:40,349 Well, you know I'm no hero, but let's help each other. 241 00:10:40,432 --> 00:10:41,850 Whatever you can give them... 242 00:10:41,933 --> 00:10:43,852 our old returns, cancelled checks. 243 00:10:43,935 --> 00:10:46,063 And if there's anything that I can turn over to you, 244 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:48,148 -call me day or night. -[exhales] I shall, Nolan. 245 00:10:49,191 --> 00:10:51,109 Do you have my car phone number? 246 00:10:51,193 --> 00:10:52,736 My secretary has it. 247 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:56,406 Jessica, stay well. 248 00:11:00,952 --> 00:11:04,748 What can I say, Jessica? Just didn't work out. 249 00:11:05,499 --> 00:11:07,376 I imagine it was difficult for him, being... 250 00:11:07,459 --> 00:11:09,920 -Mr. Edna Hayes. -No, the problem was 251 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,922 he enjoyed being Mr. Edna Hayes. 252 00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:15,801 [light music] 253 00:11:18,428 --> 00:11:20,680 Jessica, we usually conclude our little tour of the bakery 254 00:11:20,764 --> 00:11:22,474 in the freezing room with some dessert. 255 00:11:22,557 --> 00:11:24,226 Oh, please, no more pastries. 256 00:11:24,309 --> 00:11:26,561 Where is he? George, did you see Spencer Prinz? 257 00:11:26,645 --> 00:11:28,063 No. Sorry. 258 00:11:29,523 --> 00:11:31,233 There he is. Spencer! 259 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:33,985 You forgot the W4 forms. 260 00:11:35,153 --> 00:11:38,031 Wait up! I'll walk you to your car. 261 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:42,661 Oh, George, this message for Edna was laying on my desk 262 00:11:42,744 --> 00:11:44,329 when I came back from lunch. 263 00:11:44,413 --> 00:11:46,873 -Is she around? -Oh, here I am, Gail. 264 00:11:46,957 --> 00:11:48,583 -Can I help you? -Yes. A message. 265 00:11:48,667 --> 00:11:49,793 Oh, thanks. 266 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:51,753 Oh, what does he want now? 267 00:11:51,837 --> 00:11:53,630 -The IRS? -No, it's Nolan. 268 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:56,800 But he's running them a close second for headache of the week. 269 00:11:56,883 --> 00:11:58,718 -If you'll excuse us. -Thanks, George. 270 00:11:58,802 --> 00:12:01,054 [sighs] Jessica, I'm afraid 271 00:12:01,138 --> 00:12:03,432 I won't be able to take you to the concert tonight. 272 00:12:03,515 --> 00:12:05,684 Oh, don't worry about that, Edna. 273 00:12:05,767 --> 00:12:08,186 -I'll be perfectly fine. -But I feel awful 274 00:12:08,270 --> 00:12:10,480 because I know how much you love Sibelius, 275 00:12:10,564 --> 00:12:12,983 and I specifically asked them to play Finlandia. 276 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,526 You mean, they take requests? 277 00:12:14,609 --> 00:12:16,820 Well, we do underwrite the season, you know. 278 00:12:16,903 --> 00:12:19,406 We gotta keep the string section in rosin. 279 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:21,867 Pardon me. I just got the cupcake survey. 280 00:12:23,285 --> 00:12:25,287 J.K., could I ask you a big favor? 281 00:12:25,370 --> 00:12:28,290 Do you think you could take Jessica to the concert tonight? 282 00:12:28,373 --> 00:12:30,375 Be happy to. 283 00:12:30,459 --> 00:12:32,711 You know, two of our bakers are in the woodwind section. 284 00:12:32,794 --> 00:12:34,713 They even read music. [chuckles] 285 00:12:34,796 --> 00:12:36,423 Oh... 286 00:12:40,302 --> 00:12:43,555 [solemn music] 287 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:05,785 He's dead. 288 00:13:08,497 --> 00:13:09,664 No wallet on him. 289 00:13:10,332 --> 00:13:12,459 Car is registered to an Edna Hayes. 290 00:13:20,342 --> 00:13:23,220 [laughter] 291 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:27,349 Dormitory rules absolutely for bad cooking. 292 00:13:27,432 --> 00:13:29,518 So when we baked brownies in our room-- 293 00:13:29,601 --> 00:13:32,229 Yes. I hid 'em under the bed. 294 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:36,608 My mattress sagged and stuck to the fudge topping. 295 00:13:36,691 --> 00:13:38,527 [laughter] 296 00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:40,403 And from this humble culinary beginning, 297 00:13:40,487 --> 00:13:42,072 an empire was born. 298 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:48,036 Well, some of us have bosses to face 299 00:13:48,119 --> 00:13:49,996 early tomorrow morning. [chuckles] 300 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,582 Well, thanks again for joining me at the concert, J.K. 301 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:54,918 [doorbell rings] 302 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:57,921 It's after 11:00. It's awfully late. 303 00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:02,759 -Mrs. Hayes? -Yes. 304 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,553 According to the registration, 305 00:14:04,636 --> 00:14:09,266 Jaguar, license plate MCR6475, is registered to you. 306 00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:12,185 -Is that right? -Well, we have a company car 307 00:14:12,269 --> 00:14:15,397 that's leased, you might say, to my ex-husband, why? 308 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,856 There's been an accident, Ma'am, 309 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:18,900 and the driver has no identification. 310 00:14:18,984 --> 00:14:20,652 Could you come with us, please? 311 00:14:20,735 --> 00:14:22,195 Is it Nolan? 312 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:23,989 We don't know, Ma'am. 313 00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:25,657 Is he hurt? 314 00:14:25,740 --> 00:14:27,200 Would you please come with us, Ma'am? 315 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:31,663 [melancholy music] 316 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:39,796 Yes, that's Nolan. 317 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:46,094 Lieutenant, could you tell me what happened? 318 00:14:46,177 --> 00:14:49,431 No secret. The railroad tracks are a bad area. 319 00:14:49,514 --> 00:14:51,600 Your husband was driving alone, 320 00:14:51,683 --> 00:14:54,477 got a flat, took out a jack to change it. 321 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:58,481 Some thug, thief or wino shot him and took his wallet. 322 00:14:58,690 --> 00:14:59,524 That's the way she looks. 323 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:03,320 Of all the times Nolan thought he could change a tire 324 00:15:04,029 --> 00:15:05,572 in that neck of the woods. 325 00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:07,991 Was the gunfire overheard by anyone? 326 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:09,701 You know, a witness? 327 00:15:09,784 --> 00:15:12,078 Nobody lives out there. We couldn't find a soul. 328 00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:15,790 Edna, you said, "of all times 329 00:15:15,874 --> 00:15:18,126 Nolan thought he could change a tire." 330 00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:19,836 You knew Nolan. 331 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:22,756 He couldn't open a can, let alone change a flat. 332 00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:24,507 Which makes me think, 333 00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:27,469 if he couldn't change a flat, why was the jack out? 334 00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:29,012 Isn't that what you said, lieutenant? 335 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:31,431 There was no pay phone or gas station around. 336 00:15:31,514 --> 00:15:34,017 Mr. Hayes had to give it a try, wouldn't you say? 337 00:15:34,726 --> 00:15:37,437 Actually, no, I certainly wouldn't say. 338 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,689 Edna, after lunch Nolan said 339 00:15:39,773 --> 00:15:41,650 that you could reach him on his car phone. 340 00:15:41,733 --> 00:15:43,985 So why didn't he stay safely in his car 341 00:15:44,069 --> 00:15:47,405 and call the gas station or the auto club? 342 00:15:47,489 --> 00:15:50,241 You also said that nobody lived out there. 343 00:15:50,325 --> 00:15:53,453 So what was he doing driving out there in the first place? 344 00:15:53,536 --> 00:15:55,747 We plan to run ballistics and fingerprint tests 345 00:15:55,830 --> 00:15:57,248 as a matter of course. 346 00:15:57,332 --> 00:15:58,958 A lot of questions will be answered then. 347 00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:02,629 Mrs. Hayes, how long have you and the deceased been divorced? 348 00:16:02,712 --> 00:16:03,880 Three years. 349 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:06,299 Was the parting friendly? 350 00:16:06,383 --> 00:16:08,510 Lieutenant, these questions hardly come under the heading 351 00:16:08,593 --> 00:16:10,553 of ballistics or fingerprint tests. 352 00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:13,139 It's all right, J.K. Lieutenant, 353 00:16:13,223 --> 00:16:16,518 we each got what we wanted out of the settlement. 354 00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:21,773 Nolan got the farm, a car, and an annual consultant's fee. 355 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:23,650 And what did you get? 356 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:25,360 I got rid of Nolan. 357 00:16:26,111 --> 00:16:28,613 [light music] 358 00:16:32,575 --> 00:16:34,244 Right, Doc. I got it. 359 00:16:36,079 --> 00:16:37,080 Is that right? 360 00:16:37,789 --> 00:16:41,459 It wasn't a nail, after all? The tire was slashed? 361 00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:42,627 [knocking on door] 362 00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:46,423 Look, if you're one of them 363 00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,425 pain-in-the-tail St. Louis reporters, 364 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:50,677 I still don't have a thing on the Hayes murder. 365 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,053 Okay? 366 00:16:52,721 --> 00:16:57,142 I'm Field Director Yelverton, Internal Revenue Service. 367 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:00,019 I'll call you back. 368 00:17:01,146 --> 00:17:04,357 Uh... Mr. Yelverton, Sir. 369 00:17:04,441 --> 00:17:07,569 I thought my IRS problem was over. I mean, I... 370 00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:09,654 they said they wouldn't repossess my car if I-- 371 00:17:09,738 --> 00:17:13,408 Relax, lieutenant. I'm here about Nolan Hayes' murder. 372 00:17:13,491 --> 00:17:14,826 Oh. 373 00:17:14,909 --> 00:17:16,494 The murder. Great! 374 00:17:16,578 --> 00:17:17,829 Uh, coffee? 375 00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:20,707 Decaf? Tea? 376 00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:23,126 I think we still have a Danish. Ha. 377 00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:25,128 No. No, thank you. 378 00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:28,256 You know, lieutenant, the IRS has lost a key witness 379 00:17:28,339 --> 00:17:31,176 in its tax case against Aunt Edna's Pies. 380 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:35,138 You may not be aware. Mrs. Hayes owes us $2 million. 381 00:17:36,139 --> 00:17:37,766 $2 million! [whistles] 382 00:17:37,849 --> 00:17:40,059 Well, I guess repossessing her car is out. 383 00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:43,897 -You catch on. -You say Hayes was a witness? 384 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:46,524 Are you familiar with the term "Juda's goat"? 385 00:17:46,608 --> 00:17:47,984 Sure. 386 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,111 And Mrs. Hayes was gonna be the lamb chops. 387 00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:53,948 I'd like to be the first to hear of any developments. 388 00:17:54,032 --> 00:17:55,742 Well, you know, actually, Sir, 389 00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:58,203 the IRS has no jurisdiction in Hayes's murder. 390 00:17:58,703 --> 00:18:00,580 Are you still driving that '84 Buick? 391 00:18:00,663 --> 00:18:03,833 [light music] 392 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,376 I'll be in touch. 393 00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:15,094 Jessica, thanks so much for helping 394 00:18:15,178 --> 00:18:16,679 with Nolan's funeral arrangements. 395 00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:18,848 He had no one, you know. I know. 396 00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:20,892 Mrs. Hayes, I'd like to have a word with you. 397 00:18:20,975 --> 00:18:22,644 Kind of goes along with a couple of things 398 00:18:22,727 --> 00:18:24,979 you mentioned, Mrs. Fletcher, if you'd like to join us. 399 00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:26,231 Right this way. 400 00:18:28,817 --> 00:18:30,318 Did you know your ex 401 00:18:30,401 --> 00:18:32,445 was gonna testify against you in tax court? 402 00:18:32,529 --> 00:18:34,239 Well, I'm not surprised, lieutenant. 403 00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:36,032 But you're wasting your time 404 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:38,201 if you think that I had a motive to kill him. 405 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,829 Lieutenant, it's only an IRS claim 406 00:18:40,912 --> 00:18:43,289 that Mrs. Hayes owes any money. 407 00:18:43,498 --> 00:18:45,875 Sounds to me like you don't own a car. 408 00:18:45,959 --> 00:18:47,961 Mrs. Hayes, my department found blood 409 00:18:48,044 --> 00:18:49,754 on the jaguar's rear seat, 410 00:18:49,838 --> 00:18:51,673 and the flat tire got that way 411 00:18:51,756 --> 00:18:54,008 because of a six-inch knife slash. 412 00:18:55,009 --> 00:18:57,136 What are you saying, lieutenant? 413 00:18:57,220 --> 00:18:59,055 That Nolan was killed elsewhere? 414 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,765 About 9:00 and driven to the tracks. 415 00:19:00,849 --> 00:19:02,642 And what about the ballistic tests 416 00:19:02,725 --> 00:19:04,060 that you were going to run? 417 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,728 Waiting word on them now. 418 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:07,939 Naturally, I'm questioning everyone who knew him, 419 00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:10,483 like their whereabouts last night. 420 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:13,820 Miss Manning, Mr. Harris and Wellstood were at home... 421 00:19:14,362 --> 00:19:15,530 they say. 422 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:18,324 J.K. Davern was at a concert, 423 00:19:18,408 --> 00:19:19,993 with you, Mrs. Fletcher, I believe. 424 00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:21,494 That's right. 425 00:19:23,288 --> 00:19:24,330 And what about you, Mrs. Hayes? 426 00:19:24,414 --> 00:19:26,207 Where were you last night around 9:00? 427 00:19:26,291 --> 00:19:27,250 I was home alone. 428 00:19:28,459 --> 00:19:31,004 -That so? -Yeah, I got home around 7:30. 429 00:19:31,087 --> 00:19:33,047 I was waiting for Nolan. 430 00:19:33,131 --> 00:19:35,383 He'd called the office that afternoon 431 00:19:35,466 --> 00:19:37,677 and said he would be coming by at 9:00. 432 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,262 He obviously didn't. 433 00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:42,724 And then Jessica and J.K. returned about 10:30. 434 00:19:43,975 --> 00:19:47,729 By yourself from 7:30 to 10:30. That about it? 435 00:19:47,812 --> 00:19:50,023 -Mm-hmm. -Can anybody vouch for you, 436 00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:52,233 Edna? I mean, a phone call you got 437 00:19:52,317 --> 00:19:54,861 or somebody who wanted to borrow a cup of something? 438 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:59,282 Yes. Actually, the doorbell rang about 9:00. 439 00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:02,660 I don't know where he was from, but it was some delivery man. 440 00:20:02,744 --> 00:20:04,621 He had the wrong house, and he left. 441 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:06,289 I see. 442 00:20:06,831 --> 00:20:10,919 A delivery man you don't know from a place you don't know 443 00:20:11,002 --> 00:20:13,755 didn't drop anything off at around 9:00. 444 00:20:14,088 --> 00:20:16,925 Look, lieutenant, if I thought I needed an alibi, 445 00:20:17,008 --> 00:20:18,676 I would have invited him in. 446 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,054 Mrs. Hayes, there may be a few more questions, 447 00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:22,847 -so please... -Look, lieutenant, 448 00:20:22,931 --> 00:20:24,432 I have a company to run. 449 00:20:24,515 --> 00:20:26,726 You know exactly where you can find me. 450 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:28,811 I'll be in touch. 451 00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:34,442 Jessica, let me get you a car to take you to St. Louis. 452 00:20:34,525 --> 00:20:37,236 I don't want you to have to postpone your radio interviews 453 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,322 -on my account. -Edna, you have got 454 00:20:39,405 --> 00:20:41,741 very important business to attend to. 455 00:20:41,824 --> 00:20:43,618 Yeah, stalling the loan company. 456 00:20:43,701 --> 00:20:46,579 -It'll just bore you to death. -No, I mean Nolan's death 457 00:20:46,663 --> 00:20:48,915 and your alibi or lack of it. 458 00:20:49,707 --> 00:20:52,418 You don't really think that I need an alibi? 459 00:20:52,502 --> 00:20:55,004 Edna, it's not important what I think. 460 00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,340 Lieutenant Phillips is a man with a mission. 461 00:20:57,423 --> 00:20:58,800 It's his job. 462 00:20:59,217 --> 00:21:00,593 Now this delivery man, 463 00:21:00,677 --> 00:21:02,553 was there a sign on the side of the van? 464 00:21:02,637 --> 00:21:05,306 Was he wearing a uniform from some store? 465 00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:08,309 I don't know. The doorbell rang. 466 00:21:08,393 --> 00:21:11,688 I was expecting Nolan, but I live alone, and you never know. 467 00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:13,815 So I said, "who is it?" 468 00:21:13,898 --> 00:21:18,277 And the voice said, "delivery for 485 North Plainview." 469 00:21:18,361 --> 00:21:21,155 Well, I realized he had the wrong address, so I said, 470 00:21:21,239 --> 00:21:25,326 "this is 485 South Plainview," and I heard him walk away. 471 00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:27,870 Well, I knew he was lost, so I opened the door, 472 00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:30,707 and he was in the shadows, you know, by the curb. 473 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:34,335 I pointed out the right way. He thanked me, and left. 474 00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:37,922 But I... I could never describe him. 475 00:21:38,256 --> 00:21:40,508 Hmm. Well, it's a start. 476 00:21:42,051 --> 00:21:43,011 It is? 477 00:21:45,722 --> 00:21:49,225 Why, yes, I did get a delivery the night before last. 478 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:50,643 A pizza. 479 00:21:50,727 --> 00:21:52,437 And where did the pizza come from? 480 00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:54,981 Sons of Sicily. "We deliver." 481 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:57,442 It was cold enough to have come from Palermo. 482 00:21:58,526 --> 00:21:59,861 Thanks very much. 483 00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:04,032 [phone ringing] 484 00:22:04,115 --> 00:22:05,742 Come on, Marty, will you hustle up here? 485 00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:07,243 I got calzones on the thing. 486 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,163 Come on! [phone ringing] 487 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:12,582 Sons of Sicily, this is Sal. What can I do for you? 488 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:15,585 Yes, good evening. My name is Jessica Fletcher. 489 00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:17,336 Yes, Ma'am. What's your address? 490 00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:19,172 Well, actually, I'm calling about 491 00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:21,299 a delivery man of yours. 492 00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:26,095 Now, two nights ago he went to 485 North Plainview. 493 00:22:26,179 --> 00:22:28,264 Oh, great. If this is another complaint 494 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:30,933 about Benny getting lost... I fired the guy this morning. 495 00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:33,102 Oh, that's too bad. 496 00:22:33,186 --> 00:22:35,229 So what kind of pizza do you want? 497 00:22:35,313 --> 00:22:38,232 Well, actually, I want Benny's last name and a phone number, 498 00:22:38,316 --> 00:22:40,443 -if you have one. -Lady, come on, 499 00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:42,987 what do I sound like, a dating service here? 500 00:22:44,447 --> 00:22:46,115 -Oh. -Well? 501 00:22:46,991 --> 00:22:49,202 Looks as if Benny's lost again. 502 00:22:49,285 --> 00:22:50,912 [doorbell rings] 503 00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:55,124 Mrs. Fletcher. Mrs. Hayes. 504 00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:57,043 Well, you certainly put in a full day, lieutenant. 505 00:22:57,126 --> 00:22:59,087 Your tax dollars at work. 506 00:23:00,296 --> 00:23:03,091 Mrs. Hayes, do you happen to own a gun? 507 00:23:05,051 --> 00:23:07,011 Guns frighten me. I wouldn't have one in the house. 508 00:23:08,429 --> 00:23:10,431 Ah. Our ballistics report just came through. 509 00:23:10,515 --> 00:23:12,058 A .38 caliber killed your ex-husband. 510 00:23:13,643 --> 00:23:14,644 I see. 511 00:23:14,977 --> 00:23:16,979 Mrs. Hayes, we may not be big city police 512 00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:19,148 like up in St. Louis, but we know how to 513 00:23:19,232 --> 00:23:20,691 read state records. 514 00:23:20,775 --> 00:23:22,693 A .38 is registered in your name, 515 00:23:23,486 --> 00:23:25,655 bought about three years ago. 516 00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:29,408 Hayes is a very common name. Re-read your records. 517 00:23:29,492 --> 00:23:31,035 Lieutenant, would you mind 518 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,621 if I had a word alone with Mrs. Hayes? 519 00:23:33,704 --> 00:23:34,705 Why not? 520 00:23:38,835 --> 00:23:41,796 Edna, this isn't the dorm mother 521 00:23:41,879 --> 00:23:43,881 asking why we're late for curfew. 522 00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:45,591 This is the police. 523 00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:47,510 Well, surely you don't think that I killed Nolan. 524 00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:49,262 Well, of course not. 525 00:23:49,345 --> 00:23:50,930 And if you tell me that you don't own a gun, 526 00:23:51,013 --> 00:23:52,431 I will believe that too. 527 00:23:53,057 --> 00:23:55,184 Jessica, I cooperated with the IRS, 528 00:23:55,268 --> 00:23:56,435 and where did it get me? 529 00:23:57,728 --> 00:23:58,729 [clears throat] 530 00:23:59,230 --> 00:24:00,773 I could get a search warrant. 531 00:24:02,483 --> 00:24:03,776 [sighs] 532 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:08,573 It won't be necessary. 533 00:24:10,283 --> 00:24:12,660 After the divorce, living alone in this big house, 534 00:24:12,743 --> 00:24:15,538 I thought I should have it. I never fired it. 535 00:24:15,872 --> 00:24:19,041 Look, lieutenant, I'm sorry I lied to you. 536 00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:21,127 I...I haven't been myself lately, I... 537 00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:23,838 Mrs. Hayes, one bullet has been fired. 538 00:24:23,921 --> 00:24:26,674 -Pretty recently too. -Are you quite sure? 539 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:28,092 Don't take an expert, Ma'am. Give a whiff. 540 00:24:29,844 --> 00:24:32,013 I don't understand it, lieutenant. 541 00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:33,890 I never fired that gun! 542 00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:36,392 Have to read you your rights, Mrs. Hayes. 543 00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,978 Got a little 3-by-5 card someplace with the exact words. 544 00:24:39,061 --> 00:24:40,396 Oh, lieutenant, this is ridiculous. 545 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,398 You can't charge Mrs. Hayes with murder. 546 00:24:43,691 --> 00:24:45,902 Kind of funny, Mrs. Fletcher, before I ran into you, 547 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:48,613 I was content calling it flat tire and robbery. 548 00:24:55,912 --> 00:24:59,290 Here you go. Fresh-brewed just a few minutes ago. 549 00:24:59,373 --> 00:25:02,001 And I brought you some extra butter for that Danish. 550 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:06,339 Even from behind bars, Mrs. Hayes has to pay her taxes. 551 00:25:06,422 --> 00:25:08,966 Selling pies from stir won't be easy. 552 00:25:10,092 --> 00:25:11,302 She won't have to lift a finger. 553 00:25:11,385 --> 00:25:13,137 We'll do it for her. 554 00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:17,350 Has a nice ring. Uncle Sam's Baked Goods. 555 00:25:17,892 --> 00:25:20,478 [people chattering] 556 00:25:22,563 --> 00:25:25,566 Excuse me, I'd like to visit Mrs. Hayes. 557 00:25:26,067 --> 00:25:27,235 Would you fill this out for me, please? 558 00:25:27,318 --> 00:25:29,362 Yes. Thank you. 559 00:25:34,408 --> 00:25:35,534 Mrs. Fletcher. 560 00:25:35,618 --> 00:25:36,911 Yes. 561 00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:38,537 I've been looking forward to meeting you. 562 00:25:38,621 --> 00:25:41,374 -I've read your stuff. -Oh? 563 00:25:41,457 --> 00:25:44,877 Gerald Yelverton, IRS field director. 564 00:25:44,961 --> 00:25:46,545 You've got a hell of an imagination, 565 00:25:46,629 --> 00:25:49,048 -if my opinion counts. -Well, thank you. 566 00:25:49,131 --> 00:25:51,384 Which one of my books have you read? 567 00:25:51,467 --> 00:25:54,220 Your books? I'm talking about your tax return. 568 00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:56,180 Oh. 569 00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:59,016 Nothing personal. Mrs. Hayes has to pay 570 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,769 -what she owes. -If she owes it. 571 00:26:02,853 --> 00:26:03,688 You know, it's occurred to me 572 00:26:03,771 --> 00:26:05,106 that if you're planning to write this trip off 573 00:26:05,189 --> 00:26:07,191 as a business expense, the big stores 574 00:26:07,275 --> 00:26:09,860 and the television stations are in Kansas City and St. Louis 575 00:26:09,944 --> 00:26:12,655 -and not around here. -Mr. Yelverton, 576 00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:15,157 I was under the impression that what I did 577 00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:18,661 or didn't write off was my business. 578 00:26:19,870 --> 00:26:21,580 Common misconception. 579 00:26:21,664 --> 00:26:24,542 [teasing music] 580 00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:27,586 [knocking on door] 581 00:26:28,504 --> 00:26:29,463 Excuse me, lieutenant. 582 00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:32,133 Ah, Mrs. Fletcher. 583 00:26:32,216 --> 00:26:33,801 Still friends, I hope. 584 00:26:33,884 --> 00:26:37,680 Lieutenant, this morning I spoke to Edna's attorney, 585 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:39,432 who told me that Edna's gun 586 00:26:39,515 --> 00:26:41,642 had been wiped clean of fingerprints. 587 00:26:42,393 --> 00:26:43,978 So she wiped them off. 588 00:26:44,061 --> 00:26:46,314 Isn't that what you would do after you'd shot someone? 589 00:26:46,397 --> 00:26:48,399 Well, frankly, I would have thrown the gun away, 590 00:26:48,482 --> 00:26:51,277 not left it by my bed for the police to find. 591 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,529 But if I had been foolish enough to keep it, 592 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:55,114 what difference would it make 593 00:26:55,197 --> 00:26:57,908 if my fingerprints were on my gun? 594 00:26:59,285 --> 00:27:00,870 Look, prints or no prints, 595 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,664 it was her gun, and I'm proceeding accordingly. 596 00:27:05,875 --> 00:27:08,044 Lieutenant, that pizza being delivered, 597 00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:10,338 is that from Sons of Sicily? 598 00:27:10,421 --> 00:27:12,048 No, we usually call Mr. Pizzazz. 599 00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:14,633 Uh-huh. And besides those two, 600 00:27:14,717 --> 00:27:17,803 about how many other pizza places are there in Jonesburg? 601 00:27:17,887 --> 00:27:19,930 I don't know, two or three more. 602 00:27:20,014 --> 00:27:23,059 -You hungry? -Yes. For an alibi. 603 00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:24,518 Would you, by any chance, 604 00:27:24,602 --> 00:27:26,854 have a telephone directory I could look at? 605 00:27:26,937 --> 00:27:28,356 Right here. 606 00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:35,279 What are you up to, Mrs. Fletcher? 607 00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:39,450 I've decided that I would like to order some pizza, 608 00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:42,620 if I can find the right man to deliver it. 609 00:27:42,703 --> 00:27:45,998 A-ha, here's Alberto's Pizza Emporium. "We deliver." 610 00:27:46,082 --> 00:27:48,584 We'll start there. And if we're lucky, 611 00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:51,379 we'll find Benny working for the competition. 612 00:27:56,467 --> 00:27:57,927 Thanks to Mrs. Fletcher, 613 00:27:58,010 --> 00:28:00,429 we found Benny delivering for the competition. 614 00:28:00,513 --> 00:28:01,847 Check off this box. 615 00:28:01,931 --> 00:28:03,474 We'll return your purse and things. 616 00:28:04,809 --> 00:28:06,185 I was just doing my job, Mrs. Hayes. 617 00:28:06,268 --> 00:28:07,937 -You understand. -Your job. 618 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:11,065 [clears throat] His job, Edna. 619 00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:13,776 Now, the way it looks, a damned clever killer 620 00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:16,737 saw to it that you were left to twist slowly in the wind 621 00:28:16,821 --> 00:28:17,822 without an alibi. 622 00:28:17,905 --> 00:28:19,407 And I helped him, 623 00:28:19,490 --> 00:28:23,202 making Jessica go to the concert with J.K. Davern. 624 00:28:28,082 --> 00:28:29,959 -Gail? -Yes, Mrs. Fletcher? 625 00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:33,712 The other day, you gave Edna a message that Nolan had called. 626 00:28:33,796 --> 00:28:36,298 -Right. -How did he sound? 627 00:28:36,382 --> 00:28:38,467 -Sound? -I mean, was he nervous, 628 00:28:38,551 --> 00:28:41,303 -upset? -Oh. I didn't actually 629 00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:43,681 speak with Nolan. There was a message on my desk 630 00:28:43,764 --> 00:28:45,975 -when I got back from lunch. -Well, who put it there? 631 00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:48,602 -Your secretary? -No, I don't think so. 632 00:28:48,686 --> 00:28:50,187 Patty had a dentist appointment that day. 633 00:28:50,271 --> 00:28:52,690 She left early. She took a long lunch. 634 00:28:52,773 --> 00:28:55,276 So anybody could have put it on your desk. 635 00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:58,779 Possibly as part of an attempt to frame Edna for murder. 636 00:28:59,530 --> 00:29:00,406 You know who it could have been? 637 00:29:00,489 --> 00:29:02,158 It could have been Spencer Prinz. 638 00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:03,325 He's the auditor from St. Louis. 639 00:29:04,118 --> 00:29:06,036 He doesn't come here very often, but when he does, 640 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,581 he usually works through lunch, when no one's around. 641 00:29:08,664 --> 00:29:10,040 Maybe he took the call. 642 00:29:10,124 --> 00:29:11,584 I'm sure that's what happened, Gail. 643 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:13,210 I told Spencer to use your desk during lunch, 644 00:29:13,294 --> 00:29:15,129 'cause he had to go over some payroll records. 645 00:29:15,212 --> 00:29:16,964 You know, an outside auditor like Spencer 646 00:29:17,047 --> 00:29:18,841 has to grab a telephone and desk wherever he can. 647 00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:22,052 And where is this Spencer Prinz now? 648 00:29:22,136 --> 00:29:24,472 Well, he's probably on his way back to St. Louis. 649 00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:25,890 He was here a minute ago. 650 00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:27,266 [scoffs] 651 00:29:27,349 --> 00:29:29,643 You know, this is almost funny, 652 00:29:29,727 --> 00:29:31,937 if Edna's predicament wasn't so serious. 653 00:29:32,021 --> 00:29:33,439 What is? 654 00:29:33,522 --> 00:29:35,566 Well, this mysterious Mr. Prinz. 655 00:29:35,649 --> 00:29:37,651 I mean, the other day he was here during lunch, 656 00:29:37,735 --> 00:29:39,069 hardly anybody saw him. 657 00:29:39,153 --> 00:29:41,030 Now he's on his way back to St. Louis. 658 00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:42,907 That's where his home office is. 659 00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:45,826 Well, I admit I did catch a glimpse of him. 660 00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:50,539 But the fact is that everybody sees Spencer Prinz except me. 661 00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:51,999 Well, a little birdie 662 00:29:52,082 --> 00:29:54,126 didn't bring these checks from St. Louis. 663 00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:55,377 Then you did see him? 664 00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:57,505 Well, let me think. 665 00:29:58,589 --> 00:29:59,590 No. 666 00:29:59,673 --> 00:30:02,176 He gave the checks to me. 667 00:30:02,259 --> 00:30:03,928 Mrs. Fletcher, the police and the IRS 668 00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:06,347 have both talked to Spencer in their offices. 669 00:30:07,348 --> 00:30:11,018 And if his car is still here, you can talk to him too. 670 00:30:12,603 --> 00:30:14,813 Spencer! Spencer! 671 00:30:19,026 --> 00:30:20,528 There he is. 672 00:30:24,573 --> 00:30:25,824 There he goes. 673 00:30:28,536 --> 00:30:30,371 Gail, get Spencer's home number 674 00:30:30,454 --> 00:30:32,706 and address in St. Louis for Jessica, will you? 675 00:30:32,790 --> 00:30:34,875 -Yes, Sir. -J.K., we're gonna be late 676 00:30:34,959 --> 00:30:37,127 -for that sales meeting. -Yes. 677 00:30:38,546 --> 00:30:40,589 This is really brutal, Mrs. Fletcher. 678 00:30:40,673 --> 00:30:43,425 If we pay the loan, we can't pay the IRS. 679 00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:46,178 If we pay the IRS again, we can't repay the loan. 680 00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:50,015 Computers, electronic banking, auditors. 681 00:30:50,933 --> 00:30:54,478 It was a lot simpler when people actually dealt with money. 682 00:30:54,562 --> 00:30:57,773 These days, nobody knows a damn thing. 683 00:30:57,856 --> 00:30:59,942 Maybe there is somebody. 684 00:31:00,901 --> 00:31:04,530 Somebody who gets paid to know everything. 685 00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:07,575 [bright music] 686 00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:24,008 Mrs. Fletcher. This is indeed a pleasure. 687 00:31:24,091 --> 00:31:26,051 I must say, in my 20 years with the service, 688 00:31:26,135 --> 00:31:27,595 you may be the first person 689 00:31:27,678 --> 00:31:29,680 who's ever dropped in on me voluntarily. 690 00:31:29,763 --> 00:31:31,307 Thank you, Mr. Yelverton. 691 00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:34,018 I must confess, I'm still a little uncomfortable. 692 00:31:34,101 --> 00:31:35,978 Every tax payer is. 693 00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:39,273 Even relatively honest ones, like yourself. 694 00:31:39,356 --> 00:31:41,108 Please, sit down 695 00:31:41,191 --> 00:31:44,528 and unburden yourself of those two-martini lunches 696 00:31:44,612 --> 00:31:46,238 you used to call business. 697 00:31:46,322 --> 00:31:49,325 I'm sure we can straighten everything out. 698 00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:54,163 I didn't come here about my tax returns, Mr. Yelverton. 699 00:31:54,747 --> 00:31:56,081 Oh, really? 700 00:31:56,165 --> 00:31:59,835 I'm trying to track down a man named Spencer Prinz. 701 00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:02,796 Now, everybody sees and talks to him but me, 702 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:04,548 and I need your help. 703 00:32:04,632 --> 00:32:06,425 Help? My help? 704 00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:09,637 Goodness, nobody ever asks for my help. 705 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:14,224 Well, I was told that Spencer Prinz met with you. 706 00:32:14,308 --> 00:32:16,268 Oh, yes, I summoned him 707 00:32:16,352 --> 00:32:19,938 with the books from Aunt Edna's Baked Goods. 708 00:32:20,022 --> 00:32:23,317 Naturally, he complied. They all comply. 709 00:32:23,901 --> 00:32:25,319 And what was he like? 710 00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:28,322 Like all of them; nervous, sweaty, 711 00:32:28,405 --> 00:32:30,324 afraid to look me in the eye. 712 00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:32,076 But harmless, really. 713 00:32:32,159 --> 00:32:35,329 Quiet fellow with glasses, given to bow ties. 714 00:32:37,081 --> 00:32:40,542 Say, you don't think that little cog in the wheel 715 00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,336 actually pulled off a $2 million tax swindle 716 00:32:42,419 --> 00:32:43,879 and a murder, do you? 717 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,756 Mr. Yelverton, 718 00:32:45,839 --> 00:32:49,259 far be it from me to ask you to snoop... 719 00:32:49,343 --> 00:32:51,553 but you want $2 million, 720 00:32:51,637 --> 00:32:53,347 and the police want a dangerous killer. 721 00:32:54,223 --> 00:32:55,724 And when you think about it, 722 00:32:55,808 --> 00:32:58,602 isn't that the way that the IRS helped the police 723 00:32:58,686 --> 00:33:01,647 finally nail Al Capone? 724 00:33:02,856 --> 00:33:05,275 "Scarface" Al Capone. 725 00:33:05,651 --> 00:33:07,194 Those were the days. 726 00:33:09,947 --> 00:33:11,407 [beep] [typing] 727 00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:13,450 Prinz... 728 00:33:13,534 --> 00:33:16,453 let's see what we've got. 729 00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:18,414 This isn't snooping, exactly. 730 00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:21,959 This is T-men in action. 731 00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:23,335 Ha! 732 00:33:23,419 --> 00:33:25,379 Social security number... 733 00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:26,964 yes, yes, Ma'am. 734 00:33:27,047 --> 00:33:28,966 These are the years he was filing his taxes 735 00:33:29,049 --> 00:33:31,135 when he was a resident in Illinois ... 736 00:33:31,218 --> 00:33:34,471 '85, '86, up to '87. 737 00:33:34,555 --> 00:33:38,058 I don't like this. I don't like this at all. 738 00:33:38,142 --> 00:33:40,436 He paid us every cent he owed us. 739 00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:43,105 Even filed early each year. 740 00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:45,941 Ah, here's where he transferred a year ago 741 00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:48,235 to the auditing firm in St. Louis. 742 00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:49,319 [computer beeping] 743 00:33:49,403 --> 00:33:52,364 Oops. My mistake. 744 00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:54,408 Wait a minute. 745 00:33:54,491 --> 00:33:57,494 I...I've lost him. In St. Louis? 746 00:33:57,578 --> 00:34:01,999 No, hold on. Spencer Prinz! 747 00:34:02,082 --> 00:34:04,793 It's not my mistake. We don't make mistakes. 748 00:34:04,877 --> 00:34:06,670 He's not lost. You found him? 749 00:34:06,754 --> 00:34:10,007 No, ma'am, you found him for us. 750 00:34:10,090 --> 00:34:12,384 He didn't file this year. 751 00:34:12,468 --> 00:34:13,969 Of course, he hasn't. 752 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:17,055 Not someone who's just embezzled $2 million! 753 00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:20,476 Well, for once, I tend to agree with you. 754 00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:24,229 Excellent, Mrs. Fletcher, excellent. 755 00:34:24,313 --> 00:34:26,064 I'm sure Spencer Prinz 756 00:34:26,148 --> 00:34:28,817 will be a lot easier to put behind bars than Al Capone. 757 00:34:28,901 --> 00:34:31,403 Well, I wouldn't count on that, Mr. Yelverton. 758 00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:33,906 First, you're going to have to find him. 759 00:34:33,989 --> 00:34:36,158 Ha! 760 00:34:40,454 --> 00:34:42,956 Of course, Roy, I'm overextended. 761 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,334 But you know what this business is worth. 762 00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:48,337 All I'm asking for is a short-term... 763 00:34:49,797 --> 00:34:51,215 yes, Roy. 764 00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:53,926 Damn it, there are jobs at stake here. 765 00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:56,804 I am not going to throw all these people out of work. 766 00:34:57,346 --> 00:35:00,057 Fine, you just have your meeting with the Loan Committee 767 00:35:00,140 --> 00:35:02,643 and call me when they turn me down! 768 00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:04,144 Even Roy, huh? 769 00:35:04,228 --> 00:35:05,854 That parsimonious jerk. 770 00:35:05,938 --> 00:35:08,607 I don't know how the bank stays afloat with him in charge. 771 00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:10,943 Where's Jessica? 772 00:35:11,026 --> 00:35:12,861 I thought you and she were going over the books. 773 00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:15,113 She went to St. Louis with that police lieutenant 774 00:35:15,197 --> 00:35:17,699 to try to track down Spencer Prinz. 775 00:35:18,283 --> 00:35:19,910 She's got it in her head 776 00:35:19,993 --> 00:35:22,412 that he's a figment of someone's imagination. 777 00:35:22,496 --> 00:35:25,582 I gotta tell you, J.K., I'm beginning to agree with her. 778 00:35:25,666 --> 00:35:27,709 [laughs] 779 00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:32,881 He isn't here, mister. What else is new? 780 00:35:33,423 --> 00:35:35,759 Certainly looks as if he had quite a party last night. 781 00:35:35,843 --> 00:35:37,803 Poker. Bunch of slobs... 782 00:35:38,762 --> 00:35:41,223 chips all over the floor, rings on the table. 783 00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:43,725 Oh, well, that's what I get paid to do. 784 00:35:43,809 --> 00:35:45,143 When's the last time you saw him? 785 00:35:45,227 --> 00:35:47,229 See him? I never see him. 786 00:35:47,312 --> 00:35:48,272 Never? 787 00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:50,899 Oh, yeah, a few months ago, when he hired me. 788 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:52,484 But since then, never. 789 00:35:52,568 --> 00:35:54,987 He's always working whenever I'm here. 790 00:35:55,070 --> 00:35:56,738 He leaves me an envelope with cash in it 791 00:35:56,822 --> 00:35:58,574 on that table over there. I see. 792 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:01,451 And this Mr. Prinz... what does he look like? 793 00:36:01,994 --> 00:36:05,998 Look like? I don't know, he's kind of medium size, 794 00:36:06,081 --> 00:36:08,458 medium build, glasses, 795 00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:13,255 moustache, and... oh, yeah, he wore a bow tie. 796 00:36:14,548 --> 00:36:15,465 Mrs. Fletcher. 797 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,553 Looks like Prinz is our man, after all. 798 00:36:19,636 --> 00:36:21,138 Take a look, Nolan Hayes's wallet, 799 00:36:21,221 --> 00:36:23,223 credit cards, driver's license. 800 00:36:24,057 --> 00:36:25,809 But this makes no sense, lieutenant. 801 00:36:25,893 --> 00:36:27,769 If you embezzle $2 million, 802 00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:30,314 why would you steal a wallet, but keep it laying around? 803 00:36:30,397 --> 00:36:33,400 It wasn't laying around. It was hidden. 804 00:36:33,483 --> 00:36:35,736 I'm putting out an APB on Spencer Prinz. 805 00:36:35,819 --> 00:36:39,031 White male, glasses, moustache, bow tie. 806 00:36:39,114 --> 00:36:41,033 I'll also have the local police stake out 807 00:36:41,116 --> 00:36:42,910 both here and the airport. 808 00:36:43,493 --> 00:36:45,078 If it's not too late. 809 00:36:48,999 --> 00:36:50,918 This is like cramming for finals. 810 00:36:51,001 --> 00:36:54,004 Yeah, but there's no way of making it up in summer school 811 00:36:54,087 --> 00:36:56,965 if we don't find the buried money by tomorrow morning. 812 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,178 Oh, it must be a power failure. 813 00:37:01,678 --> 00:37:03,889 But this light is on. 814 00:37:04,765 --> 00:37:06,308 Don't move, ladies. 815 00:37:06,975 --> 00:37:08,185 Put your hands up! 816 00:37:10,646 --> 00:37:11,813 And step back. 817 00:37:15,108 --> 00:37:16,276 [clears throat] 818 00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:20,072 The ghost returns. 819 00:37:21,156 --> 00:37:22,574 Spencer Prinz, I presume? 820 00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:24,534 That's right. 821 00:37:29,498 --> 00:37:33,377 I'll just relieve you of this slightly incriminating volume 822 00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:34,878 and be on my way. 823 00:37:35,504 --> 00:37:37,255 You did steal the money, didn't you? 824 00:37:37,339 --> 00:37:40,133 Oh, yes. And I was forced to kill 825 00:37:40,217 --> 00:37:42,010 your ex-husband, Mrs. Hayes. 826 00:37:42,094 --> 00:37:43,929 He found out what I was doing. 827 00:37:44,012 --> 00:37:45,555 A foolish and greedy man. 828 00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:49,184 Now don't force me to use this again. 829 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:50,936 Step into the closet. 830 00:38:05,325 --> 00:38:06,451 He's gone. 831 00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:12,874 I'll dial 911. 832 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:18,255 Please, get a hold of lieutenant Phillips right away 833 00:38:18,338 --> 00:38:20,507 and have him come to Aunt Edna's Factory. 834 00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:22,384 Tell him that we have found Spencer Prinz 835 00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:24,344 and that he's armed. 836 00:38:24,428 --> 00:38:26,513 -Be careful. -Come on, Jessica. 837 00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:27,973 Edna, the man has a gun. 838 00:38:28,056 --> 00:38:30,058 [gun fires] That was a shot! 839 00:38:31,018 --> 00:38:34,354 [suspenseful music] 840 00:38:34,438 --> 00:38:36,648 Richard, what happened? 841 00:38:36,732 --> 00:38:38,567 I came by to help you go through the books. 842 00:38:39,401 --> 00:38:40,902 I saw Spencer running toward me. 843 00:38:42,571 --> 00:38:43,905 He had a gun. 844 00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:45,866 He told me to freeze. 845 00:38:46,408 --> 00:38:48,702 As he was going by me to get in his car... 846 00:38:50,454 --> 00:38:53,665 I don't know where I found the courage...I tackled him. 847 00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:56,126 We fought for his gun... 848 00:38:57,794 --> 00:38:58,837 it went off. 849 00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:05,635 I've never even held a gun in my life... 850 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,346 [gun clatters] much less killed a man. 851 00:39:08,430 --> 00:39:09,598 That's odd. 852 00:39:09,681 --> 00:39:12,142 Look at his hair. 853 00:39:12,934 --> 00:39:14,478 Looks like a wig. 854 00:39:18,607 --> 00:39:20,317 It's J.K. Davern. 855 00:39:22,903 --> 00:39:25,322 He was Spencer Prinz? He killed Nolan? 856 00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:28,700 This is unbelievable. 857 00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:32,037 He had me completely fooled. 858 00:39:33,163 --> 00:39:36,792 But when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. 859 00:39:37,959 --> 00:39:40,087 J.K. designed our computer marketing, 860 00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:42,923 our billing, our payroll systems. 861 00:39:43,590 --> 00:39:45,258 He could easily bury $2 million. 862 00:39:46,134 --> 00:39:47,135 Edna... 863 00:39:48,553 --> 00:39:50,722 the gun. Please pick it up. 864 00:39:51,848 --> 00:39:54,059 Be careful with that, Edna. 865 00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:56,019 I want you to cover Richard. 866 00:39:56,853 --> 00:39:59,564 -Cover me? That's ridiculous. -What? 867 00:39:59,648 --> 00:40:01,358 Do it. Now, Edna, do it now. 868 00:40:01,441 --> 00:40:02,901 If you say so. 869 00:40:02,984 --> 00:40:04,820 Don't be absurd. 870 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:07,614 I shot Prinz, but I... 871 00:40:07,697 --> 00:40:10,867 I mean J.K., but it was self-defense, obviously. 872 00:40:10,951 --> 00:40:14,830 No, Richard. What is obvious has finally got through to me. 873 00:40:15,330 --> 00:40:18,125 Unless my eyes are totally gone, 874 00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:20,836 the gun you said that you picked up from J.K. 875 00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:24,381 is not the same gun that was pointed at us inside. 876 00:40:24,464 --> 00:40:25,298 Of course, it is. 877 00:40:26,174 --> 00:40:28,176 It was less than a minute 878 00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:31,763 from the time we heard the shot until we got here. 879 00:40:32,222 --> 00:40:34,975 Thirty seconds isn't much time to hide a gun. 880 00:40:45,694 --> 00:40:49,948 I know guns, especially when one's pointed at me 881 00:40:50,031 --> 00:40:52,492 and I'm staring down its barrel. 882 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:55,579 There are two guns there, Wellstood. 883 00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:58,248 -How do you explain that? -I don't. 884 00:40:58,331 --> 00:41:00,083 What must have happened is Spencer Prinz... 885 00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:02,043 sorry, J.K. 886 00:41:02,127 --> 00:41:04,087 left the bakery, pocketed his gun, 887 00:41:04,171 --> 00:41:06,548 and then was shot by Richard point-blank. 888 00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:09,050 Richard hid J.K.'s gun in the waste barrel 889 00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:11,720 and tried to make us believe the gun he brought 890 00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:13,972 was the one that J.K. threatened us with. 891 00:41:14,055 --> 00:41:16,641 Total nonsense. I don't deny shooting Spencer Prinz, 892 00:41:16,725 --> 00:41:18,310 but I was as surprised as anyone 893 00:41:18,393 --> 00:41:20,520 to learn he was really J.K. Davern. 894 00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:23,690 No. I believe that you and J.K. 895 00:41:23,773 --> 00:41:26,526 trotted out the fictitious Spencer Prinz 896 00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:28,945 one more time tonight for my benefit. 897 00:41:29,029 --> 00:41:32,073 Jessica was the only one who was curious enough 898 00:41:32,157 --> 00:41:35,076 to want a face-to-face encounter with him. 899 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,622 It seemed odd that the outside auditor's appearances 900 00:41:38,705 --> 00:41:40,457 at Edna's company were limited 901 00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:44,419 and always verified by you, Richard, or by J.K. 902 00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:47,756 in other words, it took two men to create the third employee. 903 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:51,176 An elusive man with an apartment, a maid, a car, 904 00:41:51,259 --> 00:41:53,053 and a passion for bow ties. 905 00:41:53,929 --> 00:41:57,057 My first glimpse of Spencer Prinz was from quite a distance, 906 00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:59,726 when you called to him that he forgot the W4 forms, 907 00:41:59,809 --> 00:42:01,728 then offered to walk him to his car. 908 00:42:01,811 --> 00:42:03,313 A couple of days later, 909 00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:05,440 when my curiosity about Spencer Prinz grew, 910 00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:09,444 this time it was you, Richard, who dressed up as Spencer. 911 00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:11,404 J.K. tried to stop Spencer 912 00:42:11,488 --> 00:42:13,615 before he drove back to St. Louis. 913 00:42:13,698 --> 00:42:16,952 But, as usual, we were all a few steps behind. 914 00:42:17,035 --> 00:42:19,537 And, as usual, either you or your partner 915 00:42:19,621 --> 00:42:22,082 were vouching for Spencer's whereabouts. 916 00:42:22,165 --> 00:42:27,003 The catch was that no one ever saw all three of you together. 917 00:42:27,087 --> 00:42:29,422 There's something wrong, Jessica. 918 00:42:29,506 --> 00:42:32,133 J.K. escorted you to the concert 919 00:42:32,217 --> 00:42:34,302 the night that Nolan was killed. 920 00:42:34,386 --> 00:42:36,930 So he couldn't have killed Nolan 921 00:42:37,013 --> 00:42:40,558 and yet he confessed the murder to us that night in my office. 922 00:42:40,642 --> 00:42:42,394 Yes, but when he confessed, 923 00:42:42,477 --> 00:42:45,397 he did not know that he was going to be double-crossed. 924 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,358 Lieutenant, you can't take any of this seriously. 925 00:42:48,441 --> 00:42:50,151 That's where you're wrong, Sir. 926 00:42:50,235 --> 00:42:52,279 I buy it, and I think the DA will, too. 927 00:42:53,488 --> 00:42:54,823 Would you like to call your lawyer now? 928 00:42:55,407 --> 00:42:57,617 Or maybe you'd like to tell us how it happened. 929 00:42:57,701 --> 00:42:59,160 I'd go easier on you. 930 00:43:12,048 --> 00:43:13,133 Damn it. 931 00:43:14,968 --> 00:43:16,553 We were so close. 932 00:43:22,267 --> 00:43:24,227 [sighs] 933 00:43:29,149 --> 00:43:32,360 Only J.K. and I knew the real Spencer Prinz, 934 00:43:32,444 --> 00:43:34,863 who was about to transfer 935 00:43:34,946 --> 00:43:38,033 from chicago to St. Louis one year ago. 936 00:43:40,285 --> 00:43:42,579 A week before he was due to arrive, 937 00:43:43,204 --> 00:43:44,706 he died of a heart attack. 938 00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:48,626 That's when J.K. and I hatched the scheme 939 00:43:48,710 --> 00:43:52,422 to steal the tax deposits by keeping Spencer alive. 940 00:43:53,590 --> 00:43:54,841 When the fiscal year was up, 941 00:43:54,924 --> 00:43:57,469 Spencer would disappear without a trace, 942 00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:00,305 taking with him all the blame 943 00:44:01,598 --> 00:44:03,224 and $2 million. 944 00:44:03,475 --> 00:44:05,894 Okay, but why did you have to kill Nolan Hayes? 945 00:44:05,977 --> 00:44:07,562 J.K. got greedy. 946 00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:10,648 He forged a $200,000 payroll check to Nolan 947 00:44:10,732 --> 00:44:12,150 and cashed it to himself. 948 00:44:13,193 --> 00:44:14,361 He figured it would take the IRS forever 949 00:44:14,444 --> 00:44:16,946 to catch up with the tax problems it would cause Nolan. 950 00:44:17,739 --> 00:44:18,740 It didn't. 951 00:44:19,366 --> 00:44:22,035 Nolan was desperate for answers, 952 00:44:23,161 --> 00:44:24,204 so after getting the run-around 953 00:44:24,287 --> 00:44:25,955 from Spencer Prinz by phone, 954 00:44:26,039 --> 00:44:28,500 he came to our office to see Spencer in person. 955 00:44:29,542 --> 00:44:32,128 One of the secretaries must have told him Prinz just left. 956 00:44:32,212 --> 00:44:34,255 Nolan tried to catch up to him. 957 00:44:34,339 --> 00:44:37,258 J.K. was taking his turn as Spencer. 958 00:44:37,967 --> 00:44:39,094 As he was getting into the rental car 959 00:44:39,177 --> 00:44:41,471 to pretend to drive back to St. Louis, 960 00:44:41,554 --> 00:44:44,265 his wig was accidentally knocked loose. 961 00:44:44,349 --> 00:44:45,934 And as he replaced it, 962 00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:48,228 he didn't see Nolan staring in at him, 963 00:44:48,311 --> 00:44:50,021 observing the metamorphosis. 964 00:44:50,105 --> 00:44:52,774 Nolan turned and ran back inside. 965 00:44:52,857 --> 00:44:55,652 That's when he made his fatal mistake. 966 00:44:56,986 --> 00:44:59,406 He came directly to me and said, 967 00:44:59,823 --> 00:45:02,659 "no wonder Edna was having problems. 968 00:45:02,742 --> 00:45:04,452 "Never mind two sets of books. 969 00:45:05,036 --> 00:45:07,497 Her company had two sets of employees." 970 00:45:07,580 --> 00:45:09,666 J.K. and I had to act quickly. Of course. 971 00:45:10,166 --> 00:45:12,293 And since Nolan was making waves for Edna, 972 00:45:12,377 --> 00:45:14,629 why not frame her for the murder? 973 00:45:15,922 --> 00:45:17,507 We set up the bogus telephone message, 974 00:45:17,590 --> 00:45:19,759 leaving Edna without an alibi. 975 00:45:20,969 --> 00:45:23,680 I went to her house, entered through a rear window 976 00:45:24,556 --> 00:45:26,391 and took the gun we all knew 977 00:45:26,474 --> 00:45:29,185 she kept in her bed table drawer. 978 00:45:29,269 --> 00:45:31,354 I drove out to Nolan's farm. 979 00:45:31,438 --> 00:45:34,190 I called into him. He came out... 980 00:45:36,234 --> 00:45:37,694 surprised to see me. 981 00:45:37,777 --> 00:45:41,156 [not audible] 982 00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:42,782 I shot him, 983 00:45:44,492 --> 00:45:46,161 put his body in the car, 984 00:45:47,912 --> 00:45:50,957 drove to the tracks and took out the jack 985 00:45:52,959 --> 00:45:54,878 and...made it all look like a flat tire and robbery. 986 00:45:56,963 --> 00:45:58,131 I returned the gun to your house 987 00:45:58,214 --> 00:46:00,717 while you were with the police late that night. 988 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,511 Once Mrs. Fletcher got you off the hot seat 989 00:46:03,595 --> 00:46:06,014 and became suspicious of Spencer Prinz, 990 00:46:07,557 --> 00:46:11,227 we shifted the blame for embezzlement and murder... 991 00:46:13,271 --> 00:46:14,731 to the perfect fall guy... 992 00:46:17,025 --> 00:46:18,651 the man who didn't exist. 993 00:46:27,994 --> 00:46:29,579 [sighs] 994 00:46:29,662 --> 00:46:32,874 [somber music] 995 00:46:39,923 --> 00:46:41,090 We came close. 996 00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:46,763 The IRS has billions, Edna has millions... 997 00:46:48,223 --> 00:46:50,099 J.K. and me, we just... 998 00:46:51,184 --> 00:46:52,977 wanted a piece of the pie.