1 00:00:00,084 --> 00:00:01,419 The reason I came to New York 2 00:00:01,502 --> 00:00:03,129 was to teach a class in criminology. 3 00:00:03,212 --> 00:00:06,465 We’ve had some problems on campus lately, muggings. 4 00:00:06,549 --> 00:00:08,467 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 5 00:00:08,551 --> 00:00:11,053 Give me everything that you have on these attacks. 6 00:00:11,137 --> 00:00:13,973 I would be willing to wager that I can find this guy. 7 00:00:14,056 --> 00:00:17,309 To make it a competition is completely inappropriate. 8 00:00:17,393 --> 00:00:19,895 I have $30 riding on you in the office pool. 9 00:00:19,979 --> 00:00:21,230 Could you find this guy? 10 00:00:21,313 --> 00:00:23,607 Oh, well, I don’t know, possibly, but... 11 00:00:23,691 --> 00:00:26,026 But then you’ll have to try, please. 12 00:01:22,041 --> 00:01:23,834 [Jessica] Yes, Harold, I got the galleys 13 00:01:24,376 --> 00:01:27,505 and I finished going over them last night. 14 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:31,217 No, overall, it looks fine, just a couple of typos 15 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,844 I’ll give to Katherine later. 16 00:01:33,928 --> 00:01:37,139 Oh, yeah, I forgot, at the bottom of page 270, 17 00:01:37,223 --> 00:01:39,016 there are three paragraphs 18 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:40,976 that are really interior monologue, 19 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:44,021 and they should be italicized. 20 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:45,648 Well, I’m looking forward very much 21 00:01:45,731 --> 00:01:48,275 to seeing the book when it’s done. 22 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:51,654 Well, I’d love to have lunch, Harold, but I can’t. 23 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:53,781 Well, you see the reason I came to New York 24 00:01:53,864 --> 00:01:55,658 was to teach a class in criminology, 25 00:01:55,741 --> 00:01:57,868 and today happens to be my first day. 26 00:01:57,952 --> 00:02:00,246 Welcome to Manhattan University, Mrs. Fletcher. 27 00:02:00,329 --> 00:02:01,747 I can’t tell you how pleased we are 28 00:02:01,831 --> 00:02:03,040 to have you in the department. 29 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:04,834 Well, thank you, doctor Auerbach. 30 00:02:04,917 --> 00:02:06,544 Well, I think you’ll find this class 31 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:09,421 an interesting mix of students and working professionals. 32 00:02:09,505 --> 00:02:11,674 You see, the NYPD encourages its officers 33 00:02:11,757 --> 00:02:13,467 to take extra college credit towards advancement. 34 00:02:13,551 --> 00:02:15,636 This course is quite popular. 35 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:17,054 Here are some of your fellow instructors. 36 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,514 This is Felice Ochola. 37 00:02:18,597 --> 00:02:19,932 I’d like you to meet Jessica Fletcher. 38 00:02:20,015 --> 00:02:21,642 Welcome. It’s so nice to have you here. 39 00:02:21,725 --> 00:02:22,643 Thank you. 40 00:02:22,726 --> 00:02:24,311 This is Mark Oroval. 41 00:02:24,395 --> 00:02:25,688 Great pleasure. 42 00:02:25,771 --> 00:02:27,565 And Wallace Evans, Jessica Fletcher. 43 00:02:27,648 --> 00:02:28,566 Mr. Evans. 44 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:29,817 Hi, how are you? 45 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:31,318 We were just talking about you. 46 00:02:31,402 --> 00:02:32,695 As a matter of fact, Mark here 47 00:02:32,778 --> 00:02:34,405 has read every one of your books. 48 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:35,573 Of course, he’s always able to figure out 49 00:02:35,656 --> 00:02:37,408 who the killer is before chapter two, 50 00:02:37,491 --> 00:02:39,410 but I guess that’s why they call us "professionals." 51 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:40,828 Well, I... 52 00:02:40,911 --> 00:02:42,580 anyhow, I’ve got to get back to class. 53 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:46,292 If you need anything, if I can help you in anyway, 54 00:02:46,375 --> 00:02:48,085 I want you to feel free to ask me, all right? 55 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:49,420 Thank you. 56 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:51,171 This should be a fascinating experiment. 57 00:02:53,132 --> 00:02:54,008 Pleasure. 58 00:02:57,553 --> 00:02:59,847 "A fascinating experiment?" 59 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:02,808 We’ve never had a writer teach one of our courses before. 60 00:03:02,892 --> 00:03:05,227 So there’s bound to be a little academic snobbery, 61 00:03:05,311 --> 00:03:06,979 but don’t worry, they’ll come around. 62 00:03:07,062 --> 00:03:09,356 As for Wallace, you see, he used to teach your class. 63 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,609 It’s sort of a plum course around here. 64 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:13,611 But given the subtleties of the course, 65 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:15,613 well, he’s not really suited to it. 66 00:03:15,696 --> 00:03:17,573 It’s his attitude I suppose. 67 00:03:17,656 --> 00:03:20,117 You see, he was on the NYPD for two years 68 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,244 and sometimes he acts as though he never left. 69 00:03:22,328 --> 00:03:23,704 Why just two years? 70 00:03:23,787 --> 00:03:25,372 Well, let’s just say he had a tendency 71 00:03:25,456 --> 00:03:28,584 to put the hardware of the law above the law itself. 72 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:31,128 Also he’d hoped to be promoted chairman this term 73 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:32,463 but it didn’t quite work out. 74 00:03:34,298 --> 00:03:35,633 Well, here you are. 75 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:37,426 Oh, one more thing. 76 00:03:37,509 --> 00:03:40,721 We’ve... We’ve had some problems on campus lately, 77 00:03:40,804 --> 00:03:42,640 muggings, bad business. 78 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:45,267 If you should happen to find yourself on campus after dark, 79 00:03:45,351 --> 00:03:47,269 maybe you want to call for a student escort, 80 00:03:47,353 --> 00:03:48,395 just to be on the safe side. 81 00:03:48,479 --> 00:03:50,356 Oh, listen, I better be going. 82 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:52,900 Again, let me tell you how delighted we are to have you here 83 00:03:52,983 --> 00:03:54,401 and good luck with the class, Mrs. Fletcher. 84 00:03:54,485 --> 00:03:55,361 Thank you very much. 85 00:03:59,990 --> 00:04:02,785 So despite what you see in the movies, 86 00:04:02,868 --> 00:04:06,789 the average person has to do a lot of rationalizing 87 00:04:06,872 --> 00:04:11,043 to justify anything as drastic as murder. 88 00:04:11,126 --> 00:04:12,795 You have to convince yourself 89 00:04:12,878 --> 00:04:14,672 that there’s no other alternative, 90 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:17,675 that it’s somehow cleaner than divorce 91 00:04:17,758 --> 00:04:21,428 or being revealed as an embezzler or a thief. 92 00:04:21,512 --> 00:04:25,182 The mind of a killer is one in which every door 93 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:27,059 but one has been closed. 94 00:04:27,142 --> 00:04:29,186 A man on the razor’s edge of murder 95 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:32,564 will sometimes force himself to believe 96 00:04:32,648 --> 00:04:36,402 that his crimes are in the service of a greater good. 97 00:04:36,485 --> 00:04:41,407 Or that his fate is somehow predetermined by forces 98 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:43,617 that are far greater than himself. 99 00:04:45,911 --> 00:04:49,957 "I do repent. But heaven hath pleased it so, 100 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,918 To punish me with this and this with me. 101 00:04:53,002 --> 00:04:56,213 That I must be their scourge and minister. 102 00:04:56,296 --> 00:05:01,301 I will bestow him and will answer well The death I gave him. 103 00:05:01,385 --> 00:05:07,099 So, again, good night. I must be cruel only to be kind." 104 00:05:07,182 --> 00:05:09,852 Hamlet, right after he killed Polonius. 105 00:05:09,935 --> 00:05:11,270 Exactly. 106 00:05:11,353 --> 00:05:13,230 It’s, Miss Aramendi, isn’t it? 107 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:14,565 Roslyn, yes. 108 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:16,066 Yeah. 109 00:05:16,150 --> 00:05:17,568 Isn’t that where he begins to see himself 110 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:19,486 as an appointed instrument of revenge? 111 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:23,365 And of course starts off by killing the wrong man. 112 00:05:23,449 --> 00:05:27,327 The source is literary, but the emotion is real. 113 00:05:27,411 --> 00:05:29,621 Jack the Ripper, for instance, 114 00:05:29,705 --> 00:05:33,083 saw his murders as a means of cleaning up the streets of London. 115 00:05:33,167 --> 00:05:34,835 Hey, will you give it a rest? 116 00:05:34,918 --> 00:05:37,755 I signed up to hear Ms. Fletcher, not you, OK? 117 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:39,840 Is there anything I can do for you, Mr. Morelli? 118 00:05:39,923 --> 00:05:44,011 Yeah, well, actually it’s Officer Morelli, NYPD. 119 00:05:44,094 --> 00:05:46,597 And I guess that is the question, isn’t it? 120 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,516 I mean, Hamlet and Polonius, 121 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,143 this isn’t an English class here. 122 00:05:51,226 --> 00:05:52,895 This is a criminology class. 123 00:05:52,978 --> 00:05:54,897 You know, in the Criminology Department, 124 00:05:54,980 --> 00:05:56,899 usually taught by a criminologist, 125 00:05:56,982 --> 00:05:58,150 but you are a writer. 126 00:05:58,233 --> 00:06:00,360 -No offence meant. -Oh, none taken. 127 00:06:00,444 --> 00:06:01,779 Come on, man, let it go, huh? 128 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:03,280 No, that’s all right. 129 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:06,158 It’s a fair question. 130 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:07,534 Go on. 131 00:06:07,618 --> 00:06:09,661 Look, all I’m trying to say here is... 132 00:06:09,745 --> 00:06:12,498 you’re not a cop and you’re not a professional detective. 133 00:06:12,581 --> 00:06:15,167 I am a cop, so I guess my question is, 134 00:06:15,250 --> 00:06:16,752 what can I learn from you? 135 00:06:22,508 --> 00:06:26,553 Well, perhaps as much as I’ve already learned from you... 136 00:06:26,637 --> 00:06:29,306 that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast this morning, 137 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:31,391 then stopped by the precincts target range 138 00:06:31,475 --> 00:06:32,810 to get in some practice. 139 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:34,520 You’ve recently given up smoking. 140 00:06:34,603 --> 00:06:36,146 You were born in the Midwest 141 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:37,397 and you’ve been married only a few months. 142 00:06:37,481 --> 00:06:38,774 How did you... 143 00:06:38,857 --> 00:06:40,567 I happened to walk into the room after you 144 00:06:40,651 --> 00:06:43,403 and smelled the cordite on your clothes from the firing range. 145 00:06:43,487 --> 00:06:44,947 And a few moments ago, 146 00:06:45,030 --> 00:06:47,407 I saw you pop a slice of nicotine-based chewing gum 147 00:06:47,491 --> 00:06:50,077 which cuts down on cigarette withdrawal. 148 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,080 And you keep playing with that wedding ring on your left hand 149 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:56,959 as though you weren’t used to it being there. 150 00:06:57,042 --> 00:06:58,710 What about all the other stuff? 151 00:06:58,794 --> 00:07:00,212 All in good time. 152 00:07:00,295 --> 00:07:01,964 If you’re prepared to come to class 153 00:07:02,047 --> 00:07:03,674 with at least the expectation 154 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:06,218 that I just might have something to offer. 155 00:07:06,301 --> 00:07:08,512 Mrs. Fletcher, you’ve got yourself a deal. 156 00:07:14,643 --> 00:07:16,854 Mrs. Fletcher, hi, I’m Luke Phillips. 157 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:18,063 I’m in your class 158 00:07:18,147 --> 00:07:19,940 and anyway, I just wanted to say 159 00:07:20,023 --> 00:07:22,234 how excited I am to be in your class. 160 00:07:22,317 --> 00:07:25,571 I’m a big fan, I’ve read all your books twice. 161 00:07:25,654 --> 00:07:28,115 Oh, you make me feel like I’m slacking off. 162 00:07:28,198 --> 00:07:29,741 I only had to write them once. 163 00:07:29,825 --> 00:07:31,994 -Are you a Criminology major? -Oh, no. 164 00:07:32,077 --> 00:07:33,704 I’m not really into all that stuff, you know, 165 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:36,248 it’s just mechanics, who cares. 166 00:07:36,331 --> 00:07:38,250 Oh, then why are you taking the course? 167 00:07:38,333 --> 00:07:41,753 To meet you, of course, that’s the main point. 168 00:07:41,837 --> 00:07:43,255 How much is that? 169 00:07:43,338 --> 00:07:44,631 It’s two dollars. 170 00:07:44,715 --> 00:07:46,758 Mr. Phillips, please, 171 00:07:46,842 --> 00:07:49,011 look, I don’t quite know how to say this, 172 00:07:49,094 --> 00:07:53,390 but if your only reason for taking this class was to meet me, 173 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:56,393 then I think you should consider some other means 174 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:57,769 of getting your three units. 175 00:07:57,853 --> 00:07:58,896 Why? 176 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:00,647 Because this is a class 177 00:08:00,731 --> 00:08:03,901 in which people are going to be working very hard. 178 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:05,777 These are professionals. 179 00:08:05,861 --> 00:08:07,404 They care about what they’re doing 180 00:08:07,487 --> 00:08:11,283 immensely, and we can’t just have sightseers. 181 00:08:11,366 --> 00:08:14,661 But I bought all your books, you owe me. 182 00:08:14,745 --> 00:08:16,163 Mr. Phillips, that you’ve bought 183 00:08:16,246 --> 00:08:18,498 and read all my books is very nice 184 00:08:18,582 --> 00:08:21,293 but that is the sum total of our relationship. 185 00:08:21,376 --> 00:08:22,669 As for the class, 186 00:08:22,753 --> 00:08:24,755 well, I genuinely believe that... 187 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:26,548 your presence there could not serve 188 00:08:26,632 --> 00:08:28,926 a purpose for the other students or yourself. 189 00:08:29,009 --> 00:08:30,427 I’m sorry. 190 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:32,638 That’s how it goes, isn’t it? 191 00:08:32,721 --> 00:08:36,433 You make some money, you become a big shot, 192 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,561 and all of a sudden, you forget who got you where you're at. 193 00:08:39,645 --> 00:08:41,772 Well, here’s a flash for you, Mrs. Fletcher. 194 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:43,315 If it wasn’t for readers like me, 195 00:08:43,398 --> 00:08:46,109 you’d be back in Cabot Cove baking brownies. 196 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:51,949 Here you go, ma’am. 197 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:53,492 Oh, thank you very much. 198 00:09:03,252 --> 00:09:05,837 May I? Oh, please. 199 00:09:05,921 --> 00:09:07,339 Caught the exchange back there. 200 00:09:07,422 --> 00:09:09,383 I guess that’s the price of fame, huh? 201 00:09:09,466 --> 00:09:12,678 That’s what they keep telling me, Mr. Bryce, isn’t it? 202 00:09:12,761 --> 00:09:13,929 That’s right. 203 00:09:14,012 --> 00:09:15,931 By the way, I wanted to congratulate you 204 00:09:16,014 --> 00:09:17,683 on the way you handled Morelli back in class. 205 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:19,643 Thank you. 206 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:21,853 It’s a little something I picked up from Sherlock Holmes. 207 00:09:21,937 --> 00:09:23,480 Well, it sure worked on Morelli. 208 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,357 I mean, the guy really burns my butt. 209 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,234 You don’t know what it’s like working with him. 210 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:29,361 Then I take it, you’re also with the New York police force. 211 00:09:29,444 --> 00:09:32,322 Five years now, and loving every minute of it. 212 00:09:32,406 --> 00:09:34,741 That’s all I ever wanted, to be a cop. 213 00:09:34,825 --> 00:09:35,742 I mean, a really good cop. 214 00:09:35,826 --> 00:09:37,619 I see. 215 00:09:37,703 --> 00:09:42,040 So are you a second or a third generation police officer? 216 00:09:44,418 --> 00:09:47,754 Let’s just say I recognize the sentiment. 217 00:09:47,838 --> 00:09:49,506 Second generation. 218 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:51,633 My dad was a cop, it meant the whole world to him. 219 00:09:51,717 --> 00:09:53,760 Worked like a demon, days and nights. 220 00:09:53,844 --> 00:09:55,762 Got two commendations. 221 00:09:55,846 --> 00:09:58,098 On Sundays, he used to let me polish his badge. 222 00:09:58,181 --> 00:10:00,225 Got it so bright you could use it as a mirror. 223 00:10:00,309 --> 00:10:02,644 That’s wonderful. 224 00:10:02,728 --> 00:10:03,895 I take it he’s retired. 225 00:10:03,979 --> 00:10:06,398 Yes, some time ago. 226 00:10:06,481 --> 00:10:08,734 But he really wasn’t ready for it. 227 00:10:08,817 --> 00:10:09,985 We never are. 228 00:10:10,068 --> 00:10:11,278 What about you? 229 00:10:11,361 --> 00:10:13,030 Oh, not much to say. 230 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:14,990 Right now, I’m trying to pass the sergeant’s test. 231 00:10:15,073 --> 00:10:17,659 I failed it three times so far. 232 00:10:17,743 --> 00:10:19,745 You know, I study until my eyeball is melting, 233 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:22,748 just don’t take tests well, freeze up. 234 00:10:22,831 --> 00:10:24,499 You know, back in Cabot Cove, 235 00:10:24,583 --> 00:10:27,419 I had several young students who had the same problem. 236 00:10:27,502 --> 00:10:32,174 They were young and gifted but when it came to tests... 237 00:10:32,257 --> 00:10:35,802 Look, I’m a pretty good coach. 238 00:10:35,886 --> 00:10:38,680 If you like, I’d be willing to work with you 239 00:10:38,764 --> 00:10:40,807 to see if we could get you to pass 240 00:10:40,891 --> 00:10:43,310 that... That sergeant’s test. 241 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:46,188 You would? 242 00:10:46,271 --> 00:10:50,359 That’s a... I mean, that’s great! 243 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:53,320 Jeez, you don’t know what this means. 244 00:10:53,403 --> 00:10:55,030 I mean, how do I... How do I repay you? 245 00:10:55,113 --> 00:10:56,031 I don’t know. 246 00:10:56,114 --> 00:10:57,574 The only payment I want 247 00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:01,286 is to see you with that sergeant’s badge, 248 00:11:01,370 --> 00:11:03,580 properly polished, of course. 249 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:04,664 Of course. 250 00:11:24,059 --> 00:11:24,976 What happened? 251 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:26,186 Another mugging. 252 00:11:26,269 --> 00:11:27,437 That’s the third one this month. 253 00:11:27,521 --> 00:11:28,730 What, in the daytime? 254 00:11:28,814 --> 00:11:31,733 Yeah, he’s getting pretty brazen. 255 00:11:31,817 --> 00:11:34,778 Oh, my Lord, Roslyn. 256 00:11:41,785 --> 00:11:44,413 [Roslyn] I really appreciate you stopping by, Mrs. Fletcher. 257 00:11:44,746 --> 00:11:48,542 So tell me, how are you feeling, really? 258 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:52,796 Better, but scared. 259 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:54,548 I mean, it all happened so fast. 260 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:57,259 I was just walking along and someone grabbed my pack 261 00:11:57,342 --> 00:12:00,053 and I didn’t let go and then he started hitting me. 262 00:12:00,137 --> 00:12:02,431 That’s all I remember. 263 00:12:02,514 --> 00:12:03,932 And I tried to get a look at him, 264 00:12:04,015 --> 00:12:07,436 I did but I couldn’t. 265 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:09,688 And now I’m afraid to go back to school. 266 00:12:09,771 --> 00:12:11,440 Knowing he’s still out there, I can’t do it. 267 00:12:11,523 --> 00:12:12,899 Yes, you can. 268 00:12:12,983 --> 00:12:14,651 You just need a little time. 269 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:17,070 You know there are counselors at school 270 00:12:17,154 --> 00:12:19,197 who can help you to get past this, 271 00:12:19,281 --> 00:12:21,408 and if there’s anything that I can do... 272 00:12:21,491 --> 00:12:22,534 There is. 273 00:12:22,617 --> 00:12:24,202 I mean, could you find this guy? 274 00:12:24,286 --> 00:12:27,914 Oh, well, I don’t know, possibly, but... 275 00:12:27,998 --> 00:12:30,542 But then you’ll have to try, please. 276 00:12:32,544 --> 00:12:34,963 Roslyn, I want you to understand 277 00:12:35,046 --> 00:12:37,591 that the police are already handling this. 278 00:12:37,674 --> 00:12:40,469 And with me being new at the university, 279 00:12:40,552 --> 00:12:44,848 they might not appreciate me being involved at this point. 280 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:47,350 It might make things difficult for them. 281 00:12:47,434 --> 00:12:49,019 You do understand that, don’t you? 282 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,734 Well, I shall let you get some rest. 283 00:12:55,817 --> 00:12:57,360 Don’t worry about the class. 284 00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:59,613 You just concentrate on getting well. 285 00:12:59,696 --> 00:13:01,114 You know something? 286 00:13:01,198 --> 00:13:03,116 The class will still be there when you get back. 287 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:06,077 I just don’t think I can come back. 288 00:13:06,161 --> 00:13:08,163 Not as long as he’s still out there. 289 00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:14,503 A good detective investigates 290 00:13:14,586 --> 00:13:16,713 both the clues you can see 291 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:18,632 and the clues that you can’t see. 292 00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:22,093 I mean clues of attitude and approach. 293 00:13:22,177 --> 00:13:25,013 Does the crime scene suggest cool efficiency 294 00:13:25,096 --> 00:13:27,390 or rage finely expressed? 295 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:30,644 If the former, the job may have been done by a professional, 296 00:13:30,727 --> 00:13:32,896 uninvolved with the victim, 297 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:37,651 while the latter implies the possibility of a grudge, 298 00:13:37,734 --> 00:13:39,986 meaning that either the victim knew his assailant 299 00:13:40,070 --> 00:13:41,655 or the assailant knew him, 300 00:13:41,738 --> 00:13:43,448 which provides the first connection. 301 00:13:43,532 --> 00:13:47,160 The crime scene thus becomes more than just an inventory 302 00:13:47,244 --> 00:13:50,288 of fibers and hair and samples of ballistics. 303 00:13:50,372 --> 00:13:53,750 It tells a story of passion or jealousy, or anger. 304 00:13:56,878 --> 00:13:58,171 Something, Mr. Evans? 305 00:13:58,255 --> 00:14:02,050 Oh, no, no. I’m just listening. 306 00:14:02,133 --> 00:14:04,844 I mean, I figured since I taught this class last term 307 00:14:04,928 --> 00:14:06,179 that I’d hang around 308 00:14:06,263 --> 00:14:07,556 and see if you need any of my help. 309 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:10,308 Oh, thank you. 310 00:14:10,392 --> 00:14:12,269 I think we’ve got a handle on it. 311 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:13,728 You know, Mrs. Fletcher, 312 00:14:13,812 --> 00:14:16,189 it’s just sometimes it helps to have 313 00:14:16,273 --> 00:14:18,400 another perspective on these things. 314 00:14:18,483 --> 00:14:20,235 I’ve found through real experience as a cop 315 00:14:20,318 --> 00:14:21,945 that it tends to provide you 316 00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:24,072 with a better understanding towards the criminal mind. 317 00:14:24,155 --> 00:14:25,323 You take what’s happening here 318 00:14:25,407 --> 00:14:27,075 right now on the campus. 319 00:14:27,158 --> 00:14:28,702 The muggings, 320 00:14:28,785 --> 00:14:31,329 the escalation in violence into a daytime mugging. 321 00:14:31,413 --> 00:14:33,582 And this guy’s just running around scot-free. 322 00:14:33,665 --> 00:14:35,834 Now, to me, that is a fine example 323 00:14:35,917 --> 00:14:37,627 of a criminal mind in action. 324 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:42,424 Is there by any chance a point buried in here somewhere? 325 00:14:42,507 --> 00:14:46,928 Well, apart from the unfortunate aspects, 326 00:14:47,012 --> 00:14:50,682 what we have here is a wonderful workshop opportunity. 327 00:14:50,765 --> 00:14:53,435 I mean a challenge right here in our own backyard. 328 00:14:53,518 --> 00:14:55,061 Now, Mrs. Fletcher, 329 00:14:55,145 --> 00:14:59,232 I must confess that I too have read all your books 330 00:14:59,316 --> 00:15:00,984 and I find them very interesting, 331 00:15:01,067 --> 00:15:03,486 but only up to a point. 332 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:06,865 You see, to me each case you seem to limit yourself. 333 00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:11,244 You start off with a murder in a house with five people, 334 00:15:11,328 --> 00:15:13,622 then soon after two people are killed, 335 00:15:13,705 --> 00:15:15,832 and it doesn’t take much to figure out who did it, huh? 336 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:17,626 Well, I don’t think that that is... 337 00:15:17,709 --> 00:15:19,878 You know, it’s the same with small town Cabot Cove. 338 00:15:19,961 --> 00:15:22,213 I mean, what, population... 339 00:15:22,297 --> 00:15:24,341 Three suspects, two dogs and a duck. 340 00:15:26,051 --> 00:15:28,345 I mean, you barely have to break a sweat 341 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:30,096 to solve a murder there. 342 00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:33,725 But here, right here is the challenge. 343 00:15:33,808 --> 00:15:36,645 I mean a campus of 30,000 students, 344 00:15:36,728 --> 00:15:40,523 hundreds of staff and faculty, in a city of 8 million... 345 00:15:40,607 --> 00:15:45,612 and somewhere, somewhere out there is the mugger. 346 00:15:45,695 --> 00:15:48,114 Now based on my prior experience, 347 00:15:48,198 --> 00:15:51,368 I would be willing to wager that I could find this guy. 348 00:15:53,578 --> 00:15:55,038 What about you, Mrs. Fletcher? 349 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:58,625 Mr. Evans, the very idea of a competition... 350 00:15:58,708 --> 00:15:59,918 No, no, no. 351 00:16:00,001 --> 00:16:03,546 Not competition, academic exercise. 352 00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:04,923 And what you got to think about is 353 00:16:05,006 --> 00:16:07,676 how this is gonna benefit your class. 354 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:10,303 I think that my students would most benefit 355 00:16:10,387 --> 00:16:13,598 by our continuing our discussion in the hall. 356 00:16:17,394 --> 00:16:19,020 Please excuse us for a moment. 357 00:16:20,772 --> 00:16:23,066 Mr. Evans, you and I didn’t get off 358 00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:25,777 to a very good start and that is regrettable. 359 00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:28,947 But any problems that we have must end 360 00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:30,407 at the classroom door. 361 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:31,908 So what you’re saying is 362 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:33,535 that you’re not up for the exercise, right? 363 00:16:33,618 --> 00:16:34,911 How curious. 364 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,579 You know, for a moment, I could've sworn 365 00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:38,665 that we were speaking the same language. 366 00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:40,458 Perhaps I should be plainer. 367 00:16:40,542 --> 00:16:43,586 People are being hurt on this campus, Mr. Evans. 368 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:44,963 Now perhaps you view that 369 00:16:45,046 --> 00:16:46,923 as a foundation for a game, I don’t. 370 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:50,593 Now if you want to pursue this investigation on your own, fine. 371 00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:52,846 For what it’s worth, I hope you succeed 372 00:16:52,929 --> 00:16:55,849 but to make it a competition is completely inappropriate. 373 00:16:55,932 --> 00:16:56,975 Well, I’m sorry. 374 00:16:57,058 --> 00:16:58,268 I thought you would appreciate 375 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:00,103 the opportunity to prove yourself. 376 00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:01,813 Well, I found that those who feel 377 00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:04,274 they have something to prove never succeed in doing so. 378 00:17:07,152 --> 00:17:11,197 My sleep is untroubled, Mr. Evans, I wish you the same. 379 00:17:19,664 --> 00:17:20,999 Kevin! 380 00:17:21,082 --> 00:17:22,292 I’ve been looking all over for you. 381 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:24,002 Look, I need a favor from you. 382 00:17:24,085 --> 00:17:26,254 I need whatever you’ve got on the files on the muggings 383 00:17:26,337 --> 00:17:27,505 so I can start building a profile on the suspect. 384 00:17:27,589 --> 00:17:28,923 You’ve got to be kidding, 385 00:17:29,007 --> 00:17:30,258 after the way you treated Mrs. Fletcher. 386 00:17:30,341 --> 00:17:31,551 Listen, listen to me, listen to me. 387 00:17:31,634 --> 00:17:32,552 No, no, you listen to me, listen to me. 388 00:17:32,635 --> 00:17:34,137 Now if you really cared about the kids 389 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:35,722 that got attacked, that’s one thing, 390 00:17:35,805 --> 00:17:37,599 but if all you want to do is show up Mrs. Fletcher, 391 00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:39,350 you could forget it. 392 00:17:39,434 --> 00:17:41,060 That’s not a very good idea, Mr. Bryce. 393 00:17:42,979 --> 00:17:48,401 Now you still have to get through Forensic 201, right? 394 00:17:48,485 --> 00:17:50,278 That’s my class, Kevin. 395 00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:51,654 Well, then, I’ll take it at night 396 00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:54,157 or I’ll get the credits somewhere else. 397 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,159 I’ll take a correspondence class if I have to, 398 00:17:56,242 --> 00:17:57,744 but the answer is still no. 399 00:18:06,127 --> 00:18:08,922 I thought you might want to see this, Mrs. Fletcher. 400 00:18:09,005 --> 00:18:12,008 It’s an advance copy of tomorrow’s student newspaper. 401 00:18:14,385 --> 00:18:17,263 You planted this. How could you? 402 00:18:17,347 --> 00:18:21,184 Ah, publicity and a little harmless fun. 403 00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:22,519 But it isn’t harmless 404 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,646 and I don’t care about publicity. 405 00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:26,272 Well, you should. 406 00:18:26,356 --> 00:18:29,818 I mean, after all, that’s the reason why you’re here, isn’t it? 407 00:18:29,901 --> 00:18:31,569 What do you mean? 408 00:18:31,653 --> 00:18:34,781 Well, last term, enrollment in the Criminology Department, 409 00:18:34,864 --> 00:18:36,825 it was down about 15%. 410 00:18:36,908 --> 00:18:39,577 Now fewer bodies means fewer dollars, 411 00:18:39,661 --> 00:18:41,913 fewer resources, less priorities. 412 00:18:41,996 --> 00:18:43,832 And that is when our fearless chairman 413 00:18:43,915 --> 00:18:46,960 came up with a bright idea of how to generate publicity, 414 00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:49,796 how to draw in a lot of cross-over students 415 00:18:49,879 --> 00:18:51,172 from the English department. 416 00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:54,592 Now that would mean you, Mrs. Fletcher. 417 00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:58,096 I mean, after all, you’re a one-woman road show. 418 00:18:58,179 --> 00:18:59,305 You are the biggest thing to hit here 419 00:18:59,389 --> 00:19:01,015 since the Ringling brothers. 420 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:05,603 Don’t... Don’t you get it? 421 00:19:05,687 --> 00:19:09,023 You were hired strictly for marquee value. 422 00:19:13,319 --> 00:19:14,487 I don’t believe you. 423 00:19:14,571 --> 00:19:16,239 You don’t? 424 00:19:16,322 --> 00:19:18,992 Well, he burst the idea at a staff meeting months ago. 425 00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:22,620 I mean, everybody in the department knows about this. 426 00:19:22,704 --> 00:19:24,998 Look, he’s probably still in his office right now. 427 00:19:25,081 --> 00:19:26,916 Why don’t you go over there and ask him yourself? 428 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:38,636 I don’t believe it. 429 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:39,804 How could you do this to me? 430 00:19:39,888 --> 00:19:41,472 Mrs. Fletcher. 431 00:19:41,556 --> 00:19:43,766 Jessica, you have to look at it from my perspective. 432 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:45,143 We had to find some way 433 00:19:45,226 --> 00:19:46,769 to draw more students into the department. 434 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:48,146 What choice did I have? 435 00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:49,772 Well, you could have told me the truth. 436 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:51,274 That would have been nice. 437 00:19:51,357 --> 00:19:52,775 If I had, would you have taken the job? 438 00:19:52,859 --> 00:19:53,902 Absolutely not. 439 00:19:53,985 --> 00:19:55,236 Well, there you are. 440 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,030 Dr. Auerbach, when I took this post, 441 00:19:57,113 --> 00:19:58,740 I believed that I was being hired 442 00:19:58,823 --> 00:20:01,868 because of my ability, not because of my name. 443 00:20:01,951 --> 00:20:04,162 But as that is not the case 444 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:06,039 I don’t know what possible gain 445 00:20:06,122 --> 00:20:07,790 there could be in me staying on. 446 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:10,376 Now, out of an obligation to my students, 447 00:20:10,460 --> 00:20:12,170 I will stay in the class 448 00:20:12,253 --> 00:20:14,672 until a suitable replacement can be found, but after that... 449 00:20:14,756 --> 00:20:15,924 Jessica, please. 450 00:20:16,007 --> 00:20:17,425 Can’t we just discuss this? 451 00:20:17,508 --> 00:20:19,260 I believe we just did. 452 00:20:27,143 --> 00:20:28,770 [siren wailing] 453 00:20:35,193 --> 00:20:37,028 Mrs. Fletcher, what are you doing here? 454 00:20:37,111 --> 00:20:38,696 Well, I was working late. What happened? 455 00:20:38,780 --> 00:20:40,323 Another attack. 456 00:20:40,406 --> 00:20:42,450 Just one difference, it went too far this time. 457 00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:44,577 Looks like he was killed by a single gunshot. 458 00:20:44,661 --> 00:20:47,330 I recognized the victim from the basketball team. 459 00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:49,457 I guess he put up a fight. 460 00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:51,918 Kevin, can you give me everything 461 00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:53,586 that you have on these attacks? 462 00:20:53,670 --> 00:20:56,714 Coroner’s reports, forensics, eye witnesses. 463 00:20:56,798 --> 00:20:59,092 A young woman asked me for a favor this morning, 464 00:20:59,175 --> 00:21:00,468 and I said no. 465 00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:02,971 I let her down, it was a mistake. 466 00:21:03,054 --> 00:21:05,348 I’m going to do everything I can to correct it. 467 00:21:05,431 --> 00:21:06,307 Does that mean you’re in? 468 00:21:09,644 --> 00:21:10,603 I’m in. 469 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:19,487 [Jessica] So after arriving at a murder scene, 470 00:21:19,696 --> 00:21:21,948 what seven items must be assembled 471 00:21:22,031 --> 00:21:25,326 for the initial investigation pact? 472 00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:29,497 Witness statements and IDs, first officer’s report, 473 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:31,457 the primary detective’s report, 474 00:21:31,541 --> 00:21:33,334 the medical examiner’s report, 475 00:21:33,418 --> 00:21:37,380 finger prints and body custody forms, and... 476 00:21:37,463 --> 00:21:39,966 Evidence submission slips. 477 00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:41,551 You’ve got to be able to track 478 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:44,512 who got what and when and in what condition. 479 00:21:44,595 --> 00:21:46,514 I knew it last night. 480 00:21:46,597 --> 00:21:48,516 Don’t worry, you’re doing fine 481 00:21:48,599 --> 00:21:52,103 and you’ve still got two weeks before the sergeant’s test, 482 00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:55,023 more than enough time to get this down to a fine art. 483 00:21:55,106 --> 00:21:56,399 Does that mean we could take a break now? 484 00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:58,109 Sure. Good. 485 00:21:58,192 --> 00:22:00,153 Any news about the murder? 486 00:22:00,236 --> 00:22:02,280 We’re going from the theoretical to the practical, huh? 487 00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:04,365 Something like that. 488 00:22:04,449 --> 00:22:06,409 Well, we still don’t have much to go on, 489 00:22:06,492 --> 00:22:07,660 not even a single witness. 490 00:22:07,744 --> 00:22:09,537 Well, what about the crime scene? 491 00:22:09,620 --> 00:22:11,247 We found a knife, which matches 492 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:13,291 the description of a knife used in previous attacks. 493 00:22:13,374 --> 00:22:15,668 We’re still waiting for forensics to finish 494 00:22:15,752 --> 00:22:17,587 but there’s a preliminary lab report 495 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:20,548 which shows there are two types of blood found at the scene. 496 00:22:20,631 --> 00:22:22,884 Two blood types, but only one victim? 497 00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:24,427 And only one bullet. 498 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:26,179 Well, the detectives heading up the case 499 00:22:26,262 --> 00:22:27,930 figure it went down like this. 500 00:22:28,014 --> 00:22:30,433 The mugger jumps to victim, they struggle. 501 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:32,685 Remember the victim was on the basketball team, 502 00:22:32,769 --> 00:22:33,936 so he’s a strong guy 503 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:35,521 who was able to get the knife away 504 00:22:35,605 --> 00:22:37,774 and turn in on the attacker who then shot him. 505 00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:40,318 So he was carrying a gun and a knife. 506 00:22:40,401 --> 00:22:42,445 Mrs. Fletcher, we’ve picked up perps and gang members 507 00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:43,988 carrying enough hardware 508 00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:45,656 to take over a small Latin American country. 509 00:22:45,740 --> 00:22:48,076 Guns, pipes, chains, knives, you name it. 510 00:22:48,159 --> 00:22:49,952 Well, what about local hospitals? 511 00:22:50,036 --> 00:22:51,954 If he was injured badly enough, 512 00:22:52,038 --> 00:22:54,040 he might have had medical attention. 513 00:22:54,123 --> 00:22:56,084 Yeah, we’re already looking into that. 514 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:58,086 We’ve got guys checking every clinic in the area 515 00:22:58,169 --> 00:23:00,213 for anyone who came in with a knife wound. 516 00:23:00,296 --> 00:23:02,048 So far nothing concrete. 517 00:23:02,131 --> 00:23:03,549 There’s one weird thing though, 518 00:23:03,633 --> 00:23:04,926 another student was hospitalized 519 00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:06,803 across town with a gunshot wound. 520 00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:08,596 Looks like a drive by shooting. 521 00:23:08,679 --> 00:23:10,556 Could the shootings be connected? 522 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,309 I don’t know, but it’s a mess. 523 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,852 Look, if you’re tired, 524 00:23:14,936 --> 00:23:16,604 we can finish the tutoring later, you know. 525 00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:17,814 No, no. I’m fine. 526 00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:19,107 Let’s keep going. 527 00:23:19,190 --> 00:23:20,858 All right. 528 00:23:20,942 --> 00:23:22,819 Let’s just see where we left off. 529 00:23:25,279 --> 00:23:27,115 -Bryce? -Yeah, Captain. 530 00:23:27,198 --> 00:23:28,866 How long have you been providing information 531 00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:31,119 to Jessica Fletcher about these campus attacks? 532 00:23:31,202 --> 00:23:32,995 How did you know about that? 533 00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:34,622 How doesn’t matter, 534 00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:36,249 and you still haven’t answered my question. 535 00:23:36,332 --> 00:23:37,959 Just this last night, Captain. 536 00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:39,752 I want you to stop, effective immediately. 537 00:23:39,836 --> 00:23:41,879 That woman attracts publicity like a lightning rod, 538 00:23:41,963 --> 00:23:43,631 and it’s just what we don’t need right now. 539 00:23:43,714 --> 00:23:44,715 The campus is tense enough 540 00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:46,717 without creating a media circus. 541 00:23:46,801 --> 00:23:48,761 Now I’ve got five good detectives on the case, 542 00:23:48,845 --> 00:23:50,763 we don’t need civilians getting in our way. 543 00:23:50,847 --> 00:23:52,140 Not even if she can help us out? 544 00:23:52,223 --> 00:23:53,141 That’s not the point. 545 00:23:53,224 --> 00:23:55,226 Then what’s the point? 546 00:23:55,309 --> 00:23:57,270 Either you’re part of this team or you’re not. 547 00:23:57,353 --> 00:24:00,773 And if you’re not, well, it’s your career. 548 00:24:00,857 --> 00:24:02,775 Wanna screw it up like your old man, it’s your business. 549 00:24:02,859 --> 00:24:04,402 -Wait, Captain. -Is that what you want? 550 00:24:04,485 --> 00:24:07,029 You want to end up like your old man? 551 00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:09,782 Because that’s where you’re headed if you keep this up. 552 00:24:09,866 --> 00:24:11,242 Now nobody here’s gonna back you up 553 00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:13,494 if you are out there playing games. 554 00:24:13,578 --> 00:24:16,247 Bryce, you’re a good cop. 555 00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:18,624 You’ve got a bright future ahead of you. 556 00:24:18,708 --> 00:24:19,959 I just don’t want to see you 557 00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:22,420 throw it away on some troublemaker, OK? 558 00:24:22,503 --> 00:24:24,672 All right, Captain. 559 00:24:24,755 --> 00:24:26,340 All right, it’s over then. 560 00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:39,937 "I am the sword of justice, 561 00:24:40,021 --> 00:24:43,399 death sings me, alpha and omega." 562 00:25:25,316 --> 00:25:27,485 Hey. 563 00:25:27,568 --> 00:25:29,445 Oh, I don’t suppose you mind telling me 564 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:30,947 what you’re doing here 565 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,490 or why you’ve been following me around? 566 00:25:32,573 --> 00:25:35,117 Hey, I got the right to use this library, 567 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:36,369 just same as anybody else. 568 00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:37,912 Yes, that may be but... 569 00:25:37,995 --> 00:25:41,457 No, no, no. There’s no buts here, OK. 570 00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:44,377 I can’t believe I used to admire you. 571 00:25:44,460 --> 00:25:49,465 "Perspectives on a criminal mind." Right. 572 00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:53,594 Mrs. Fletcher, you don’t know the half of it. 573 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,899 The situation is getting out of control. 574 00:26:06,983 --> 00:26:08,150 We’ll have a panic on our hands 575 00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:10,361 unless we stop this guy. 576 00:26:10,444 --> 00:26:11,654 Exactly. 577 00:26:11,737 --> 00:26:12,738 You see, that’s what he wants. 578 00:26:12,822 --> 00:26:14,490 He wants the fear, Captain. 579 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:17,618 It reinforces his senses of power. 580 00:26:17,702 --> 00:26:20,621 I mean, all this stuff, the graffiti, the notes, 581 00:26:20,705 --> 00:26:22,248 and now some of the students 582 00:26:22,331 --> 00:26:23,916 are getting threatening phone calls from this guy, 583 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,668 all since last night. 584 00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:27,878 I mean, he’s got half the campus scared spitless. 585 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,882 I thought this was supposed to be your basic mugger. 586 00:26:31,966 --> 00:26:35,177 Obviously, he’s escalated. 587 00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:38,180 You see, Captain, the way I look at it 588 00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:41,475 this murder could have been a primal triggering device, 589 00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:43,311 a sort of rite of passage 590 00:26:43,394 --> 00:26:45,187 that awakened an even more dangerous personality, 591 00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:46,522 do you understand? 592 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,441 Look, cutting out the psychobabble, 593 00:26:48,524 --> 00:26:49,942 what are we looking at here? 594 00:26:50,026 --> 00:26:51,819 All right, well, I’ve narrowed down the field 595 00:26:51,902 --> 00:26:53,362 to two kinds of suspects. 596 00:26:53,446 --> 00:26:54,822 Number one, it could be 597 00:26:54,905 --> 00:26:56,198 somebody with a grudge against the university, 598 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:58,326 a former employee, ex-student. 599 00:26:58,409 --> 00:27:00,036 Number two, an outsider. 600 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,039 A truly psychopathic individual. 601 00:27:03,122 --> 00:27:04,832 Now my guess would have to be the latter 602 00:27:04,915 --> 00:27:07,209 with all this "sword of justice." 603 00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:10,338 You see, this is classic delusion of grandeur, Captain. 604 00:27:10,421 --> 00:27:11,339 -Terrific. -No, no, no. 605 00:27:11,422 --> 00:27:12,882 Listen, listen. 606 00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,884 This guy could be a drifter just passing through. 607 00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:17,595 And if we don’t see another murder in, say, the next 72 hours, 608 00:27:17,678 --> 00:27:19,722 then we can assume that he’s gone elsewhere. 609 00:27:19,805 --> 00:27:21,432 Yeah, well, let’s just hope you’re right. 610 00:27:23,017 --> 00:27:24,602 Excuse me. Can I talk to you a minute? 611 00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:26,354 Sure. 612 00:27:26,437 --> 00:27:28,230 Couldn’t help overhearing. 613 00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:30,066 Don’t you think it’s kind of premature 614 00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:31,984 to make judgments on such little evidence? 615 00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:33,694 No, I don’t think so. 616 00:27:33,778 --> 00:27:35,529 Besides I think there’s more than enough 617 00:27:35,613 --> 00:27:37,865 to put together a detailed profile on this killer right now. 618 00:27:37,948 --> 00:27:40,451 A criminal mind in action, Mr. Bryce. 619 00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:42,078 What, you don’t remember? 620 00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:43,371 Or you’ve got a better idea? 621 00:27:43,454 --> 00:27:44,747 Oh, no. I don’t. 622 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:46,874 Not yet anyway. I didn’t think so. 623 00:27:46,957 --> 00:27:48,834 See, what you don’t understand 624 00:27:48,918 --> 00:27:50,252 is I’m closing in on this guy. 625 00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:51,253 I can feel it. 626 00:27:51,337 --> 00:27:52,296 How can you be so sure? 627 00:27:54,090 --> 00:27:56,592 I got this in the mail from the killer. 628 00:27:58,719 --> 00:28:00,846 "I am the alpha, I am the omega, 629 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:02,181 the sword of justice. 630 00:28:02,264 --> 00:28:04,642 Death sings to me, I am its song. 631 00:28:04,725 --> 00:28:06,769 Last night was the first stanza 632 00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:08,229 in the armageddon cadenza. 633 00:28:08,312 --> 00:28:10,398 Catch me if you can." 634 00:28:10,481 --> 00:28:13,109 Now obviously, he considers me a real threat, huh? 635 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:43,806 Mrs. Fletcher. 636 00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:45,433 Oh, Kevin, good. 637 00:28:45,516 --> 00:28:47,393 I wanted to show you something I received... 638 00:28:47,476 --> 00:28:49,395 No, Mrs. Fletcher, please. 639 00:28:49,478 --> 00:28:50,938 Mrs. Fletcher, I’ve been trying to figure out 640 00:28:51,021 --> 00:28:52,648 all morning how to tell you this, 641 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:55,943 but I can’t help you anymore with the investigation. 642 00:28:56,026 --> 00:28:59,447 Captain says that... Well, I just can’t, that’s all. 643 00:28:59,530 --> 00:29:01,282 Oh, I see. 644 00:29:01,365 --> 00:29:02,575 I’m really sorry, Mrs. Fletcher. 645 00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:04,034 Look, it’s all right. 646 00:29:04,118 --> 00:29:05,411 You’ve been very helpful 647 00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:07,121 and if that’s the extent of it, 648 00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:09,081 it’s more than I would've gotten otherwise. 649 00:29:09,165 --> 00:29:10,833 I understand. 650 00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:12,501 I wish I did. 651 00:29:21,135 --> 00:29:22,928 I know that you’re getting ready to close, 652 00:29:23,012 --> 00:29:24,597 but I wonder if you could help me. 653 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,765 I’m looking for a copy of... 654 00:29:26,849 --> 00:29:29,351 The Psychopathic Psyche: A Qualitative Analysis by Lawrence. 655 00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:32,938 All right, let me check the computer. 656 00:29:33,022 --> 00:29:34,857 Oh, I’m afraid it’s been checked out. 657 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:36,984 Well, that’s rather what I suspected. 658 00:29:37,067 --> 00:29:38,611 We do have some other texts in the area, 659 00:29:38,694 --> 00:29:39,612 if you’re interested. 660 00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:42,072 Uh, no, no, thank you. 661 00:29:42,156 --> 00:29:44,116 You see, it was one of several texts 662 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,994 that I had examined for possible use in my class. 663 00:29:47,077 --> 00:29:50,748 And this morning, I came across something unusual and familiar 664 00:29:50,831 --> 00:29:54,710 and it has to do with that book. 665 00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:58,088 I don’t suppose you could tell me who checked it out. 666 00:29:58,172 --> 00:30:00,257 I’m sorry but that’s against our policy. 667 00:30:00,341 --> 00:30:02,384 If you like, I can let you know 668 00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:03,594 when the book comes back in, Miss... 669 00:30:03,677 --> 00:30:05,513 Fletcher. Jessica Fletcher. 670 00:30:05,596 --> 00:30:10,351 Oh, of course, I should've recognized you from your photo. 671 00:30:10,434 --> 00:30:11,769 We have the devil’s own time 672 00:30:11,852 --> 00:30:13,479 trying to keep your books in our shelves. 673 00:30:13,562 --> 00:30:15,481 Well, that’s nice. 674 00:30:15,564 --> 00:30:17,399 I heard about your competition with Prof. Evans. 675 00:30:17,483 --> 00:30:19,777 Good for you. I never did like that man. 676 00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:22,655 I have $30 riding on you in the office pool. 677 00:30:22,738 --> 00:30:26,534 Like I said, it is against our policy 678 00:30:26,617 --> 00:30:29,787 to tell you who checked the book out, 679 00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:31,413 but it is on the screen, 680 00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:35,376 and if I just happened to walk away from my desk 681 00:30:35,459 --> 00:30:38,295 and you just happened to glance at the screen, 682 00:30:38,379 --> 00:30:42,466 well, it’s hardly my fault now, is it? 683 00:31:34,184 --> 00:31:35,311 Are you OK? 684 00:31:35,394 --> 00:31:37,313 Oh, yeah. What’s that? 685 00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:39,023 It’s Greek. 686 00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:41,734 It’s the characters for the alpha and the omega. 687 00:31:41,817 --> 00:31:44,069 And whoever shot at me put it there. 688 00:32:18,812 --> 00:32:19,688 Yes? 689 00:32:19,772 --> 00:32:21,899 Hello, I was looking for Kevin Bryce. 690 00:32:22,107 --> 00:32:24,026 I was told that I might find him here. 691 00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:26,779 Well, he should be home from his shift anytime now. 692 00:32:26,862 --> 00:32:28,489 You can wait for him inside, if you like, miss. 693 00:32:28,572 --> 00:32:29,615 Thank you. Mrs. Fletcher. 694 00:32:29,698 --> 00:32:31,241 Jessica Fletcher. 695 00:32:31,325 --> 00:32:32,785 So you’re his instructor from the university? 696 00:32:32,868 --> 00:32:34,745 Yes. Oh, I see. 697 00:32:37,373 --> 00:32:39,041 Is there a problem? 698 00:32:39,124 --> 00:32:42,878 Well, I suppose that’s what I’m here to find out. 699 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:44,922 He’s a fine young man, your son. 700 00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:48,926 But the last time I saw him he seemed so... So troubled. 701 00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:50,302 Almost as if the weight of the world 702 00:32:50,386 --> 00:32:51,303 was on his shoulders. 703 00:32:51,387 --> 00:32:53,806 Oh, that’s Kevin. 704 00:32:53,889 --> 00:32:56,892 When he was just a kid, we used to call him "Grandpa." 705 00:32:56,975 --> 00:33:00,062 He was always so serious. 706 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:01,647 You must be very proud of him. 707 00:33:03,732 --> 00:33:06,777 If Kevin doesn’t make it back before you have to leave, 708 00:33:06,860 --> 00:33:08,696 is there a message I can give him? 709 00:33:08,779 --> 00:33:11,949 Oh, just say that I came by to see how he was doing 710 00:33:12,032 --> 00:33:14,952 and to tell him that my offer of tutoring still stands. 711 00:33:15,035 --> 00:33:17,204 And that sergeant’s test 712 00:33:17,287 --> 00:33:19,456 is still coming up in less than a week. 713 00:33:19,540 --> 00:33:22,543 I don’t think that’s a good idea. 714 00:33:22,626 --> 00:33:26,463 I appreciate your concern, but I really don’t think 715 00:33:26,547 --> 00:33:29,466 that being a cop is the best thing for him. 716 00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:32,219 Oh, but he has been working so hard. 717 00:33:32,302 --> 00:33:34,304 I know, everyday, every night, 718 00:33:34,388 --> 00:33:37,349 he’s either working or studying or reading or taking classes. 719 00:33:37,433 --> 00:33:38,851 Hardly ever goes out any more. 720 00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:40,728 Yes, he’s very dedicated. 721 00:33:40,811 --> 00:33:42,354 That’s one word for it. 722 00:33:42,438 --> 00:33:46,984 Mrs. Fletcher, I lost my husband to a badge, 723 00:33:47,067 --> 00:33:48,944 I won’t lose my son too. 724 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:52,698 Sorry, I was led to believe that Kevin’s father retired, 725 00:33:52,781 --> 00:33:53,991 not that he had been... 726 00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:56,577 What you believe is not the point. 727 00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:01,331 Look, I am sorry, Mrs. Fletcher but could you just please go? 728 00:34:01,415 --> 00:34:02,666 Yes, of course. 729 00:34:08,922 --> 00:34:11,383 This is Kevin’s father, isn’t it? 730 00:34:11,467 --> 00:34:13,469 You know, he’s told me so much about him. 731 00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:16,138 Kevin really loved his father, didn’t he? 732 00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:18,223 Yes, he did. 733 00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,019 That’s the problem. 734 00:34:22,102 --> 00:34:24,146 I’m not sure I understand. 735 00:34:24,229 --> 00:34:29,777 Dan was a good man, Mrs. Fletcher, and a good cop. 736 00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:33,447 He worked for years to get that badge but he just... 737 00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:37,367 He found out some of the other officers were on the take, 738 00:34:37,451 --> 00:34:39,787 seemed like everybody was doing it except Dan. 739 00:34:39,870 --> 00:34:44,416 He never took a dime but he never reported it either. 740 00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:48,545 They told him "you got to go along to get along." 741 00:34:48,629 --> 00:34:52,174 That tore him up inside, but he stayed silent. 742 00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:55,052 And then the hammer fell. 743 00:34:55,135 --> 00:34:57,012 The other officers got found out 744 00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:59,556 and Dan got indicted right alongside. 745 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,185 Oh, we figured it would make a difference that he never took any of the money, 746 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:04,770 but the mayor was on a justice kick, 747 00:35:04,853 --> 00:35:07,147 said they all had to go. 748 00:35:07,231 --> 00:35:09,817 That it would send a message. 749 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:13,320 Yeah, it did that all right. 750 00:35:13,403 --> 00:35:15,280 I’m so sorry. 751 00:35:15,364 --> 00:35:17,658 It was like they took a crowbar 752 00:35:17,741 --> 00:35:22,579 and shattered his heart into a thousand pieces. 753 00:35:22,663 --> 00:35:26,416 He never could find them all again though... 754 00:35:26,500 --> 00:35:29,920 to put them back together. It was like he died inside. 755 00:35:30,003 --> 00:35:33,048 Only took five years for his body to catch up. 756 00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:35,217 He was a good man, Mrs. Fletcher. 757 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:38,971 I knew it and Kevin knows it. 758 00:35:39,054 --> 00:35:40,848 And I worry sometimes 759 00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:43,684 that he’s trying to make up for his father’s mistakes. 760 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:45,853 Maybe trying too hard. 761 00:35:45,936 --> 00:35:47,354 You know, I think... 762 00:35:47,437 --> 00:35:50,315 I think that you should go, Mrs. Fletcher. 763 00:35:50,399 --> 00:35:52,985 I know why you’re here and I can appreciate it, 764 00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:54,486 but damn it, this is my problem 765 00:35:54,570 --> 00:35:56,321 and I can handle it on my own. 766 00:35:56,405 --> 00:35:59,700 I just wish everyone would leave me alone! 767 00:35:59,783 --> 00:36:02,369 You’re quite right and I’m sorry for intruding. 768 00:36:02,452 --> 00:36:04,288 Thank you for your time, Mrs. Bryce. 769 00:36:10,043 --> 00:36:13,130 Mrs. Fletcher, you’d do yourself a favor 770 00:36:13,213 --> 00:36:15,007 if you dropped this investigation of yours. 771 00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:16,508 It’s just gonna get you into trouble. 772 00:36:16,592 --> 00:36:18,135 I’m afraid I can’t do that, Kevin. 773 00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:21,096 You see, last night, someone took a shot at me. 774 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:22,973 Three shots actually. 775 00:36:23,056 --> 00:36:26,059 I tend to take that very personal. 776 00:36:32,274 --> 00:36:35,110 Captain, I got to talk to you. 777 00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:37,029 Just wanted you to know that I’ve changed my mind. 778 00:36:37,112 --> 00:36:38,780 Don’t do it, Bryce. 779 00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:40,407 Your father... messed up. 780 00:36:40,490 --> 00:36:42,326 That’s right because he didn’t do 781 00:36:42,409 --> 00:36:43,744 what he thought was right 782 00:36:43,827 --> 00:36:45,537 and if I don’t do what I think is right, 783 00:36:45,621 --> 00:36:47,789 I’ll be making the same mistake he made! 784 00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:49,666 And I can’t let that happen, Captain. 785 00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:51,043 I just can’t. 786 00:36:51,126 --> 00:36:53,045 You’re all alone in this, Bryce. 787 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:55,505 You could end up cutting your own throat. 788 00:36:55,589 --> 00:36:56,798 I know. 789 00:36:56,882 --> 00:37:00,010 One more thing, departmental rules say 790 00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:01,428 you don’t take anything out of here. 791 00:37:01,511 --> 00:37:04,139 No reports, no paperwork, no nothing. 792 00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:06,516 No originals, no copies, nothing leaves the station, 793 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:07,768 are we clear on that? 794 00:37:07,851 --> 00:37:09,144 -But, Captain... -Are we clear? 795 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:11,772 Yes, Captain. 796 00:37:17,903 --> 00:37:20,572 [Jessica] It’s really not as bad as you think, Kevin. 797 00:37:20,656 --> 00:37:22,324 No? 798 00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:23,617 Mrs. Fletcher, we’ve been over this stuff ten times 799 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:26,161 and we still keep coming up empty. 800 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:27,913 These things take time. 801 00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:32,084 I mean, detective work, my God, is in the details. 802 00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:34,586 Kevin, I didn’t really want to ask you this 803 00:37:34,670 --> 00:37:37,464 but I know what the captain told you about... 804 00:37:37,547 --> 00:37:39,800 not taking paperwork out of the station. 805 00:37:39,883 --> 00:37:45,180 But here are all these files, forensics, autopsy reports. 806 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:47,849 I don’t want you getting into trouble on my account. 807 00:37:47,933 --> 00:37:49,935 All I did was call the county coroner’s office 808 00:37:50,018 --> 00:37:51,478 and tell ’em we needed extra file copies. 809 00:37:51,561 --> 00:37:53,230 So they sent them over 810 00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:55,565 and I picked them up at the door before they got inside. 811 00:37:55,649 --> 00:37:57,359 So I couldn’t have taken it from the station 812 00:37:57,442 --> 00:37:59,611 because it never got inside the station. 813 00:37:59,695 --> 00:38:02,239 Like you said, it’s all in the details. 814 00:38:02,322 --> 00:38:04,992 So you want to switch reports? 815 00:38:05,075 --> 00:38:07,828 Oh, I couldn’t be happier. 816 00:38:07,911 --> 00:38:09,997 I just wish I could shake this feeling 817 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,081 that we’re missing something. 818 00:38:17,337 --> 00:38:19,089 We’re missing it because it isn’t here. 819 00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:20,340 Say what? 820 00:38:20,424 --> 00:38:22,342 Sometimes in a report like this, 821 00:38:22,426 --> 00:38:25,971 what isn’t there is almost as important as what is there. 822 00:38:26,054 --> 00:38:29,099 Now there were two types of blood found at the scene, right? 823 00:38:29,182 --> 00:38:30,726 Well, yeah, but we already knew that. 824 00:38:30,809 --> 00:38:33,353 We found one expended cartridge and one knife. 825 00:38:33,437 --> 00:38:35,272 One guy got shot and one guy got cut. 826 00:38:35,355 --> 00:38:39,943 Except... Wait a minute, look at this. 827 00:38:43,947 --> 00:38:45,866 What am I supposed to be looking for? 828 00:38:45,949 --> 00:38:49,286 Something that’s not there. Now take a closer look. 829 00:38:49,369 --> 00:38:54,499 You see, "the knife had a serrated blade, lots of ridges, 830 00:38:54,583 --> 00:38:58,545 but there was no skin tissue found on the blade, only blood." 831 00:38:58,628 --> 00:39:00,130 That is weird. 832 00:39:00,213 --> 00:39:02,049 How do you cut someone and get blood and no tissue? 833 00:39:02,132 --> 00:39:07,012 And here, "there were no prints found on the knife handle." 834 00:39:07,095 --> 00:39:08,305 All right, the mugger was wearing gloves. 835 00:39:08,388 --> 00:39:10,307 Yeah, but the victim wasn’t. 836 00:39:10,390 --> 00:39:13,310 So if he had used it, it would have had his prints, right? 837 00:39:13,393 --> 00:39:15,437 You’re right, it doesn’t make sense. 838 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,022 But it does. 839 00:39:17,105 --> 00:39:18,565 But you said it... 840 00:39:18,648 --> 00:39:20,692 That it doesn’t make sense, yes, 841 00:39:20,776 --> 00:39:24,029 which makes it make perfect sense. 842 00:39:24,112 --> 00:39:27,282 But there’s one more thing that we have to do first. 843 00:39:31,036 --> 00:39:32,162 Are you coming? 844 00:39:37,584 --> 00:39:39,586 [Jessica] The Admissions Desk at the hospital told me 845 00:39:39,669 --> 00:39:42,339 that we’d find you here. 846 00:39:42,422 --> 00:39:46,718 They said that you checked out this morning. 847 00:39:46,802 --> 00:39:48,345 I take it your arm is better. 848 00:39:48,428 --> 00:39:50,055 It was a gunshot wound, I understand? 849 00:39:50,138 --> 00:39:51,932 -You’re a student here, right? -Yeah. 850 00:39:52,015 --> 00:39:53,892 I believe I saw you working in the cafeteria? 851 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:55,435 That’s right, I’m a busboy. 852 00:39:55,519 --> 00:39:57,229 Costs a lot of money to go to college these days. 853 00:39:57,312 --> 00:39:58,980 They cut off all the grants. 854 00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:00,607 So yeah, I’m a busboy, you got a problem with that? 855 00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:02,984 Oh, absolutely not, but I do have a problem 856 00:40:03,068 --> 00:40:05,445 with some of your other means of making money. 857 00:40:05,529 --> 00:40:06,738 I don’t know what you’re talking about. 858 00:40:06,822 --> 00:40:08,782 On the night of the murder, 859 00:40:08,865 --> 00:40:12,202 you said that you were walking on 14th street clear across town 860 00:40:12,285 --> 00:40:15,247 and that a car drove by and took a shot at you. 861 00:40:15,330 --> 00:40:16,790 Yeah, that’s right. 862 00:40:16,873 --> 00:40:19,126 But the police failed to recover a cartridge 863 00:40:19,209 --> 00:40:21,378 and while they found blood in your car, 864 00:40:21,461 --> 00:40:23,213 there was no blood at the place 865 00:40:23,296 --> 00:40:24,881 where you were supposedly shot. 866 00:40:24,965 --> 00:40:26,466 Look, I don’t have to talk to you, right? 867 00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:28,260 So why don’t you just leave me alone, OK? 868 00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:31,388 I could go, however, I think you might find yourself 869 00:40:31,471 --> 00:40:33,598 on the receiving end of a murder charge. 870 00:40:33,682 --> 00:40:35,767 I don’t know what you’re talking about, all right. 871 00:40:35,851 --> 00:40:37,519 I checked with the doctors 872 00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:38,812 and your blood type matches that found at the murder scene. 873 00:40:40,730 --> 00:40:42,649 All right, look, I was there, all right, 874 00:40:42,732 --> 00:40:44,151 but I didn’t kill anybody, all right? 875 00:40:44,234 --> 00:40:45,777 You got to believe me. 876 00:40:45,861 --> 00:40:49,114 Strange as it may seem, the fact is I do believe you. 877 00:40:49,197 --> 00:40:51,783 However a jury may not, which means 878 00:40:51,867 --> 00:40:54,870 that you have to help me if I’m gonna help you. 879 00:41:16,266 --> 00:41:17,642 Well, well, well. 880 00:41:19,519 --> 00:41:20,854 What have we got going on here? 881 00:41:22,439 --> 00:41:23,940 Let me guess. 882 00:41:24,024 --> 00:41:26,193 You couldn’t solve the murders on your own, 883 00:41:26,276 --> 00:41:27,485 so now you’re going through my stuff 884 00:41:27,569 --> 00:41:29,696 to find out what I came up with, right? 885 00:41:29,779 --> 00:41:31,781 I’m very disappointed in you, Jessica. 886 00:41:31,865 --> 00:41:35,785 Actually I just came here to borrow a book, this one, 887 00:41:35,869 --> 00:41:41,082 The Psychopathic Psyche: A Qualitative Analysis. 888 00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:43,585 I tried to find a copy at the library 889 00:41:43,668 --> 00:41:47,088 but it had already been checked out... by you. 890 00:41:47,172 --> 00:41:50,050 It’s basically a laundry list of aberrant criminal behavior. 891 00:41:50,133 --> 00:41:53,053 Well, yeah, it lets you look at a series of typical clues 892 00:41:53,136 --> 00:41:55,222 to determine what kind of personality's behind it. 893 00:41:55,305 --> 00:41:57,432 Or you could use it the other way 894 00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,976 to create a series of clues that would seem 895 00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:01,978 to lead to a criminal personality 896 00:42:02,062 --> 00:42:05,607 just like the things we’ve been seeing here lately, the notes, 897 00:42:05,690 --> 00:42:07,943 the alpha and the omega signature... 898 00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:10,737 They all came straight out of this book. 899 00:42:10,820 --> 00:42:12,948 Well, that’s a very interesting theory, 900 00:42:13,031 --> 00:42:14,866 but who would want to go to all that trouble? 901 00:42:14,950 --> 00:42:16,618 Exactly what I was wondering. 902 00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:20,455 Then it all made sense when I saw the forensics report, 903 00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:24,334 the types of blood, one bullet and one knife 904 00:42:24,417 --> 00:42:27,504 without skin tissue or fingerprints. 905 00:42:27,587 --> 00:42:31,508 Let me tell you what I think happened. 906 00:42:31,591 --> 00:42:33,760 You were determined to catch the mugger. 907 00:42:33,843 --> 00:42:36,638 You assembled the clues, talked to students, 908 00:42:36,721 --> 00:42:38,390 stayed late, prowled the campus 909 00:42:38,473 --> 00:42:42,269 and you stumbled upon an assault in progress. 910 00:42:42,352 --> 00:42:44,020 Since you have a permit to carry a gun, 911 00:42:44,104 --> 00:42:47,607 you were armed, you saw your chance to make an arrest. 912 00:42:47,691 --> 00:42:51,111 You got reckless, you fired when you shouldn’t have. 913 00:42:51,194 --> 00:42:54,364 The bullet hit the suspect and went right through 914 00:42:54,447 --> 00:42:55,740 without hitting the bone. 915 00:42:55,824 --> 00:42:57,200 It happens all the time 916 00:42:57,284 --> 00:42:59,286 except when it passed through the mugger, 917 00:42:59,369 --> 00:43:04,416 it hit the young man standing behind him killing him instantly. 918 00:43:04,499 --> 00:43:06,751 The mugger escaped in the confusion 919 00:43:06,835 --> 00:43:08,670 and you were left with one dead body 920 00:43:08,753 --> 00:43:11,256 and two different blood types on the ground. 921 00:43:11,339 --> 00:43:14,426 So you kicked the knife into one of the pools of blood, 922 00:43:14,509 --> 00:43:16,511 making it look like there had been a struggle 923 00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:18,555 in which the suspect was cut... 924 00:43:18,638 --> 00:43:21,266 except there was no tissue on it. 925 00:43:21,349 --> 00:43:24,686 Impossible if it had been used in the attack. 926 00:43:24,769 --> 00:43:27,439 Then you created an imaginary killer 927 00:43:27,522 --> 00:43:30,191 and flooded the campus with strange clues, 928 00:43:30,275 --> 00:43:32,402 even tried to scare me off the case 929 00:43:32,485 --> 00:43:35,947 with three gunshots that were clearly intended to miss. 930 00:43:36,031 --> 00:43:38,658 You were hoping to drown the police in so many clues 931 00:43:38,742 --> 00:43:41,953 that the important one, the blood, would be overlooked. 932 00:43:42,037 --> 00:43:43,371 Forget it, lady. 933 00:43:43,455 --> 00:43:45,582 What you got here is purely circumstantial 934 00:43:45,665 --> 00:43:47,792 and without an eyewitness, you’ve got nothing. 935 00:43:47,876 --> 00:43:49,085 You’re quite right. 936 00:43:49,169 --> 00:43:51,546 But you see, we have a witness. 937 00:43:51,629 --> 00:43:54,299 Half an hour ago, he picked your picture 938 00:43:54,382 --> 00:43:55,967 out of a photographic line up. 939 00:43:56,051 --> 00:43:56,968 You’re bluffing. 940 00:43:57,052 --> 00:43:58,303 Kevin! 941 00:44:03,433 --> 00:44:05,310 You want to tell him what you seen? 942 00:44:05,393 --> 00:44:07,395 Same thing I said at the station. 943 00:44:07,479 --> 00:44:09,105 That’s the guy that shot me. 944 00:44:09,189 --> 00:44:11,316 -This is ridiculous. -Is it? 945 00:44:11,399 --> 00:44:13,068 You said yourself, Wallace, 946 00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:17,364 a campus of 30,000 students in a city of 8 million, 947 00:44:17,447 --> 00:44:19,366 but whether it’s Cabot Cove 948 00:44:19,449 --> 00:44:21,451 with our three suspects, two dogs, and a duck 949 00:44:21,534 --> 00:44:25,580 or here, you start with the best available facts. 950 00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:27,374 Now once we knew what to look for, 951 00:44:27,457 --> 00:44:30,210 a man with a bullet wound, not a knife wound, 952 00:44:30,293 --> 00:44:32,337 inflicted on the night in question 953 00:44:32,420 --> 00:44:34,089 we were able to find him. 954 00:44:34,172 --> 00:44:37,592 And once we had him, we had you. 955 00:44:43,556 --> 00:44:48,728 You should have seen his face, we had him and he knew it. 956 00:44:48,812 --> 00:44:50,021 And Captain Lupinski’s reaction, 957 00:44:50,105 --> 00:44:51,523 now that was the best part. 958 00:44:51,606 --> 00:44:53,149 I’ve never had anyone congratulate me 959 00:44:53,233 --> 00:44:55,276 through grit teeth before. 960 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:56,611 Don’t brag with your mouthful. 961 00:44:56,694 --> 00:44:58,571 Now, your mother's right. 962 00:44:58,655 --> 00:45:00,407 You’re saying you didn’t get a kick out of it 963 00:45:00,490 --> 00:45:02,367 when the department chairman apologized? 964 00:45:02,450 --> 00:45:05,537 Well, I wouldn’t say that. 965 00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:08,415 So how about, after all this, 966 00:45:08,498 --> 00:45:10,750 you think you’ll reconsider and come back next semester? 967 00:45:10,834 --> 00:45:12,252 Well, let’s just say that I'm going 968 00:45:12,335 --> 00:45:13,920 to give it great consideration. 969 00:45:14,003 --> 00:45:16,923 But best of all, I heard this morning that Roslyn 970 00:45:17,006 --> 00:45:19,134 is coming back to class starting on Tuesday. 971 00:45:19,217 --> 00:45:20,135 Hey, that’s great. 972 00:45:20,218 --> 00:45:21,511 [Mrs. Bryce] Dessert. 973 00:45:23,972 --> 00:45:25,682 What, study now? 974 00:45:25,765 --> 00:45:27,308 Oh, don’t talk to me. 975 00:45:27,392 --> 00:45:28,309 It was her idea. 976 00:45:28,393 --> 00:45:30,437 Now you two slug it out. 977 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,647 I’ll be in the kitchen where it’s safe. 978 00:45:35,275 --> 00:45:37,277 Mrs. Fletcher, come on, this is a party. 979 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:38,278 Was. 980 00:45:38,361 --> 00:45:39,821 Come on, move over. 981 00:45:39,904 --> 00:45:42,824 Your sergeant’s test is only three days away 982 00:45:42,907 --> 00:45:45,285 and we’ve got a great deal of ground to cover. 983 00:45:45,368 --> 00:45:47,954 You’re a hard woman, Mrs. Fletcher. 984 00:45:48,037 --> 00:45:50,748 You know something, Mr. Bryce, you’re right. 985 00:45:50,832 --> 00:45:51,958 Good. 986 00:45:52,041 --> 00:45:53,585 I was afraid for a moment there 987 00:45:53,668 --> 00:45:55,545 that I was starting to slip. 988 00:45:55,628 --> 00:45:57,380 Now, to work.