1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:02,628 Most family relationships aren’t easy. 2 00:00:02,712 --> 00:00:03,838 Do you have any idea what it’s like 3 00:00:03,921 --> 00:00:06,382 looking at your baby brother over the barrel of a .38? 4 00:00:08,050 --> 00:00:10,010 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 5 00:00:10,428 --> 00:00:11,679 Won’t you to look at that. 6 00:00:14,056 --> 00:00:15,725 Hey, take a chance. 7 00:00:16,434 --> 00:00:19,019 I want him to know that you’re off limits. 8 00:00:19,103 --> 00:00:21,147 I’ve changed, I’ve cleaned up my act. 9 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:23,774 What do you mean? Just vanished from the boat? 10 00:00:23,858 --> 00:00:24,692 -Yes. -How can that be? 11 00:00:24,775 --> 00:00:26,986 Let's just say it’s an interesting part of the puzzle. 12 00:00:27,069 --> 00:00:28,571 This time you’re on your own. 13 00:00:28,654 --> 00:00:29,989 This time I’m innocent. 14 00:00:32,074 --> 00:00:35,035 [theme music] 15 00:02:00,162 --> 00:02:03,332 Excuse me, I don’t mean to bother you, but are you Jessica Fletcher? 16 00:02:03,541 --> 00:02:05,793 -Yes, I am. -[chuckles] I knew it. 17 00:02:05,876 --> 00:02:07,670 I’ve read your books, all of them. 18 00:02:07,753 --> 00:02:09,171 I think you’re terrific. 19 00:02:09,922 --> 00:02:11,799 [exclaims] Well, that’s very kind. 20 00:02:12,174 --> 00:02:14,260 -Thank you. -This is my favorite. 21 00:02:14,343 --> 00:02:15,970 I brought it long from New York. 22 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:17,471 I don’t suppose you could... 23 00:02:17,805 --> 00:02:19,098 Sign it? Of course. 24 00:02:20,015 --> 00:02:21,100 Who should I make it out to? 25 00:02:21,976 --> 00:02:25,646 Wayne-- Uh, Wayne will be just fine. 26 00:02:35,406 --> 00:02:36,240 There you go. 27 00:02:38,951 --> 00:02:40,494 So, what brings you to Maine? 28 00:02:40,578 --> 00:02:42,872 Well, I have a friend who lives in Cabot Cove, 29 00:02:42,955 --> 00:02:44,665 or at least somebody who used to be. 30 00:02:44,832 --> 00:02:46,792 I’m hoping we can get back together again. 31 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:50,504 It was a pleasure meeting you, Mrs. Fletcher. 32 00:02:50,588 --> 00:02:52,172 Thanks for the autograph, it means a lot. 33 00:02:53,591 --> 00:02:56,093 No trouble at all. I hope everything works out for you. 34 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:57,011 So do I. 35 00:02:58,053 --> 00:03:00,014 -[quietly] So do I. -[mysterious music] 36 00:03:08,939 --> 00:03:10,649 How can you stand around arguing with me, Doc? 37 00:03:10,816 --> 00:03:13,193 You’ve got eight parking violations and you haven’t paid one. 38 00:03:13,444 --> 00:03:15,487 You seem to forget I am a doctor. 39 00:03:15,571 --> 00:03:17,907 And now a doctor gets an emergency call, 40 00:03:18,282 --> 00:03:21,827 he doesn’t stop to figure out where he’s gonna park his car. 41 00:03:21,952 --> 00:03:24,413 Oh, yeah? Well, let’s see. This one was outside the bakery, 42 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:26,540 this one’s in front of Hagerty's Pool Hall, 43 00:03:26,790 --> 00:03:27,958 -this-- -That’s enough. 44 00:03:28,792 --> 00:03:29,793 What’s the fine? 45 00:03:30,085 --> 00:03:32,171 Simple math, Doc, 15 dollars times eight. 46 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:35,507 You should have been an accountant instead of a policeman. 47 00:03:36,467 --> 00:03:38,052 Well, comes next election, 48 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:41,597 you are losing one of your most valuable votes. 49 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:44,016 We don’t have elections, Doc. 50 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:45,601 I was hired by the city council. 51 00:03:45,684 --> 00:03:46,518 True. 52 00:03:48,979 --> 00:03:51,982 Hey, this is for 70 dollars, you’ve got eight parking violations, 53 00:03:52,066 --> 00:03:53,734 you owe me $120. 54 00:03:53,817 --> 00:03:56,695 Well, I took the deduction because I paid them all at once. 55 00:03:57,071 --> 00:03:59,823 [mischievous music] 56 00:04:01,033 --> 00:04:01,992 [door slams shut] 57 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:15,381 Hi, Mort. 58 00:04:18,717 --> 00:04:19,551 It’s been a while. 59 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:27,017 I understand how you feel. 60 00:04:29,603 --> 00:04:31,605 But I want you to know, things are different. 61 00:04:32,064 --> 00:04:34,191 I’ve changed, I've cleaned up my act. 62 00:04:38,195 --> 00:04:39,613 You’re not even gonna listen to me? 63 00:04:39,697 --> 00:04:41,323 Oh, I listened, Wayne. 64 00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:43,951 Time and again I listened. 65 00:04:44,326 --> 00:04:45,619 And what did I ever get out of it? 66 00:04:46,745 --> 00:04:48,080 Just a whole lot of pain. 67 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:53,544 I’m here because I wanna make it up to you, Mort. 68 00:04:54,169 --> 00:04:55,587 I can’t do it in New York. 69 00:04:56,630 --> 00:05:01,468 I figured maybe here, with your help, I could settle down, find a job, 70 00:05:02,594 --> 00:05:05,639 who knows, maybe even become what you thought I should be. 71 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:10,602 Is that asking too much? 72 00:05:13,397 --> 00:05:14,231 Yes. 73 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:19,319 [emotive music] 74 00:05:20,112 --> 00:05:21,321 Maybe you could think it over. 75 00:05:23,824 --> 00:05:27,953 I’m staying at the Lighthouse Motel and checkout’s at 12 noon. 76 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:31,874 If I don’t see you by then, I'll go. 77 00:05:33,709 --> 00:05:34,543 Okay? 78 00:05:36,962 --> 00:05:41,341 [emotive music] 79 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:52,352 Sheriff? 80 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:55,230 Mrs. Fletcher... 81 00:05:55,898 --> 00:05:57,649 thought you weren’t due back from New York until tomorrow. 82 00:05:57,733 --> 00:05:59,943 Well, I got finished sooner than I expected. 83 00:06:00,652 --> 00:06:03,697 Oh, I managed to find the book that Adele was looking for. 84 00:06:03,781 --> 00:06:05,491 May I give it to you to give to her? 85 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,912 Is everything all right, Sheriff? 86 00:06:09,995 --> 00:06:11,622 Sure. Why shouldn’t it be? 87 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:15,167 Well, you seem to be having a slight altercation with your desk. 88 00:06:15,250 --> 00:06:16,710 Well, that... [chuckles] 89 00:06:16,794 --> 00:06:19,004 ...I just do that every so often just to stay in shape. 90 00:06:19,088 --> 00:06:21,757 Ah, then it had nothing to do with the young man I just saw leaving? 91 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:22,966 No, he was a... 92 00:06:23,467 --> 00:06:25,677 -Just some stranger passing through town. -I see. 93 00:06:25,803 --> 00:06:27,679 Look, Mrs. F, it’s really great to see you, 94 00:06:27,763 --> 00:06:29,014 but I'm. I'm kind of snowed right now. 95 00:06:29,098 --> 00:06:30,057 Of course. 96 00:06:30,516 --> 00:06:31,600 We’ll talk later. 97 00:06:32,351 --> 00:06:35,771 [funky music] 98 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:51,411 [orchestral music] 99 00:07:16,019 --> 00:07:18,147 [Adele] Come on up, Mort. It’s getting late. 100 00:07:18,814 --> 00:07:19,731 In a minute, Adele. 101 00:07:54,683 --> 00:07:55,517 [knocking at door] 102 00:07:58,270 --> 00:07:59,104 Mort. 103 00:08:00,439 --> 00:08:02,274 -I just want-- -Now just shut up and listen. 104 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,319 Now you said you wanted a chance, I'm gonna give you one. 105 00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:08,488 But if you mess up in any way, no matter how small, 106 00:08:08,989 --> 00:08:10,407 I'm gonna come down on you so hard 107 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:12,409 you’re gonna wish you were back making license plates. 108 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:13,535 -You got that? -Yeah. 109 00:08:14,203 --> 00:08:16,622 One more thing, anybody asks, anybody... 110 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:20,292 you’re just a friend of a friend, nothing more. 111 00:08:21,126 --> 00:08:23,378 Sure, if that’s the way you want it. 112 00:08:23,462 --> 00:08:24,796 That’s the way I want it. 113 00:08:25,380 --> 00:08:26,506 [boat horn blaring] 114 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:36,433 Zach’s kind of a bear, but he’ll treat you fairly. 115 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:38,352 Reminds me of somebody else I know. 116 00:08:40,646 --> 00:08:42,648 [Zach] Don’t threaten me, Terry Montagne. 117 00:08:42,731 --> 00:08:44,858 [Terry] Then you better start listening to reason, Zach. 118 00:08:44,942 --> 00:08:45,817 [Zach] What reason? 119 00:08:45,901 --> 00:08:48,612 You’re a lousy con man. I don’t owe you a damn cent. 120 00:08:49,029 --> 00:08:51,615 Facts and figures don’t lie, Zach, you know it, I know it. 121 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:52,950 Your facts, your figures. 122 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:55,953 -I don’t want either one of 'em. -Gentlemen, is there a problem here? 123 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:57,037 There’s no problem. 124 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,374 Zach and I are just taking care of some old business, right, Zach? 125 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,336 What can I do for you, Sheriff? 126 00:09:04,795 --> 00:09:06,755 Zach, this is Wayne Sterns. 127 00:09:06,838 --> 00:09:08,257 He needs, uh, he needs a job 128 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:09,758 and I heard you were looking for a deck hand. 129 00:09:09,841 --> 00:09:11,426 You ever work a fishing boat before? 130 00:09:11,510 --> 00:09:13,387 No, but I learn fast. 131 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:14,930 All you gotta learn is to live with the stink of fish. 132 00:09:15,681 --> 00:09:17,683 I just wanna work, Sir, that’s all I care about. 133 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:20,602 Okay, you just do what I tell you when I tell you, 134 00:09:20,686 --> 00:09:22,729 we’ll get along fine. You stow your gear below. 135 00:09:24,147 --> 00:09:25,232 Thanks. 136 00:09:25,565 --> 00:09:27,985 All right, Zach, kid gives you trouble, any problems at all, 137 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:30,279 just don’t hesitate to call and I'll full responsibility. 138 00:09:30,362 --> 00:09:32,322 Don’t worry, Sheriff, you’ll be the first to hear. 139 00:09:38,704 --> 00:09:39,913 All set, Captain Franklin. 140 00:09:39,997 --> 00:09:40,956 Call me Zach. 141 00:09:41,665 --> 00:09:43,250 You can start out by swabbing down the deck. 142 00:09:43,333 --> 00:09:44,793 You’ll find a mop and a bucket aft, 143 00:09:45,085 --> 00:09:46,253 on the starboard side there. 144 00:09:59,182 --> 00:10:01,018 If you’re looking for the hose, it’s over there. 145 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:06,315 What would I have done without you? 146 00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:08,275 Probably, found it yourself. 147 00:10:09,609 --> 00:10:11,486 Elaine Franklin, Zach's daughter. 148 00:10:11,737 --> 00:10:13,864 Wayne Sterns, deck hand in training. 149 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:15,615 Dad finally hired someone. 150 00:10:16,450 --> 00:10:18,618 Good. I’ve been after him about that for ages. 151 00:10:18,702 --> 00:10:20,996 You're not from Cabot Cove, are you? 152 00:10:21,079 --> 00:10:22,331 Just came in yesterday. 153 00:10:22,414 --> 00:10:23,832 It’s a nice town, you’ll like it. 154 00:10:23,915 --> 00:10:24,833 I like it already. 155 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:27,627 Dad, Wayne was just telling me the good news. 156 00:10:27,711 --> 00:10:29,671 It’s about time we got a little help around here. 157 00:10:29,755 --> 00:10:31,798 Looks like he’s doing more talking than working. 158 00:10:31,882 --> 00:10:33,050 Right. 159 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:34,134 See ya. 160 00:10:36,094 --> 00:10:39,306 I see we're in our "crusty sea captain" mode, Dad. 161 00:10:39,389 --> 00:10:41,600 Daughter, you run the business. 162 00:10:41,683 --> 00:10:44,895 Leave the boat and the hired help to me. You better get on back to the office 163 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:46,688 before somebody steals us blind. 164 00:10:46,897 --> 00:10:47,731 Aye, Captain. 165 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:49,191 Anything you say. 166 00:10:50,692 --> 00:10:51,902 Thank you, my beauty. 167 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:58,658 And this is Otto, biggest of the bunch. 168 00:10:58,742 --> 00:11:00,702 Oh, he’s a real scrapper. 169 00:11:00,786 --> 00:11:01,995 They make the best eating, you know? 170 00:11:02,079 --> 00:11:05,123 Well, I’m not at all sure that I care about personalizing my dinner. 171 00:11:05,624 --> 00:11:08,251 This is the one, Jessica, trust me. 172 00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:10,712 I’m never wrong about muskmelons or lobster. 173 00:11:10,796 --> 00:11:12,923 [funky upbeat music] 174 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:15,801 [clears throat] Why don’t you wrap up Otto here for Mrs. Fletcher. 175 00:11:15,884 --> 00:11:19,846 She’ll take care of the damages and with any luck invite me up for supper. 176 00:11:19,930 --> 00:11:20,889 Hey, what’s the hurry? 177 00:11:21,473 --> 00:11:23,642 Emergency, I think may be parked in red zone. 178 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:26,019 Thank you. 179 00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:28,271 Mrs. F. 180 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:29,398 Oh, afternoon, Mort. 181 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:30,816 Look, I wanna apologize 182 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:32,776 for being so short with you yesterday afternoon. 183 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:34,611 Oh, no apology necessary. 184 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:36,530 I happened to drop in the office at a bad time. 185 00:11:36,613 --> 00:11:38,240 I hope things are better today. 186 00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:40,325 -Enjoy. Thanks a lot. -[Jessica] Thanks. 187 00:11:41,952 --> 00:11:44,830 And so how is your brother enjoying Cabot Cove so far? 188 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:46,415 Well, he hasn’t really seen that mu-- 189 00:11:47,124 --> 00:11:48,125 You know. 190 00:11:50,377 --> 00:11:53,422 I met Wayne on the plane coming back from New York. [chuckles] 191 00:11:53,505 --> 00:11:56,133 He had a copy of one of my books and he wanted me to sign it. 192 00:11:56,591 --> 00:11:58,969 But it happened to be the one that I dedicated to you. 193 00:11:59,469 --> 00:12:01,179 Then I remembered that Adele once said 194 00:12:01,263 --> 00:12:03,098 that you had a younger brother in New York City 195 00:12:03,181 --> 00:12:04,391 that you never talked about. 196 00:12:05,434 --> 00:12:08,353 And then when I saw his bag with W. M. on it 197 00:12:08,437 --> 00:12:11,064 and saw the two of you arguing in the station, 198 00:12:11,648 --> 00:12:13,483 I realized that I had to be right. 199 00:12:13,567 --> 00:12:14,609 Mrs. F.... 200 00:12:15,318 --> 00:12:17,696 I'd appreciate it if you didn’t tell anybody else about this. 201 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:19,072 Any reason? 202 00:12:19,698 --> 00:12:21,825 Well, I've got my reasons and they’re very important to me. 203 00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:23,452 Well, of course, Mort. 204 00:12:23,535 --> 00:12:24,661 If that’s what you want. 205 00:12:25,328 --> 00:12:27,205 Thanks, you’re a real friend. 206 00:12:27,831 --> 00:12:31,751 [mysterious music] 207 00:12:44,347 --> 00:12:46,099 -Wayne, hi. -Hi. 208 00:12:46,558 --> 00:12:50,020 I hear Dad actually let you pilot his baby back to port yesterday. 209 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:51,271 Pretty amazing, isn’t it? 210 00:12:51,354 --> 00:12:53,190 I think he’s actually beginning to trust me. 211 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:55,066 -Did you enjoy it? -Yeah... 212 00:12:55,901 --> 00:12:57,819 soon as I peeled his eyes off my back. 213 00:12:57,903 --> 00:12:59,112 [laughter] 214 00:12:59,362 --> 00:13:01,615 Listen, Elaine, I was wondering if maybe this evening-- 215 00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:04,951 Why, haven’t you finished the simple task I gave you an hour ago? 216 00:13:05,035 --> 00:13:06,786 -Zach, I was just-- -No excuses. Get cracking. 217 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,248 That was uncalled for. 218 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:12,584 I mean, he’s been breaking his back for three weeks now, 219 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:13,960 you could at least cut him a little slack. 220 00:13:14,044 --> 00:13:16,505 I want him to know that you’re off limits. 221 00:13:16,922 --> 00:13:19,758 And I hope it’s something that I never have to talk to you about. 222 00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:20,800 [Keller] Hey! 223 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:22,135 Damn poacher! 224 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:24,304 What do you think you’re doing? 225 00:13:24,387 --> 00:13:26,056 What’s your problem, Captain Keller? 226 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:28,225 You got your nose in the wrong bucket again? 227 00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:29,893 You were on the East Bay last night. 228 00:13:30,268 --> 00:13:32,729 I told you before, those are my waters. 229 00:13:32,854 --> 00:13:35,607 As far as I know, the ocean belongs to God 230 00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:38,235 and the seagulls, and not necessarily in that order. 231 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:41,154 But till I find out, dammit I'll fish where I like, 232 00:13:41,238 --> 00:13:43,782 when I like. Let’s go, daughter. Get out of the way. 233 00:13:45,617 --> 00:13:46,618 Dad! 234 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:49,621 Stop it. 235 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:55,794 Stop it. 236 00:13:57,170 --> 00:14:00,632 [men grunting] 237 00:14:08,265 --> 00:14:10,475 You can either leave on your own two feet or by an ambulance. 238 00:14:13,228 --> 00:14:14,521 Well, you’ll pay for this. 239 00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:16,898 Both of you. 240 00:14:17,023 --> 00:14:19,359 [ominous music] 241 00:14:25,574 --> 00:14:26,408 Dad. 242 00:14:26,908 --> 00:14:28,326 [Zach] I’m all right, I'm all right. 243 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:30,704 Thank you, Wayne. 244 00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:40,547 -Are you all right? -Yeah. [panting] 245 00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:44,426 -Who was that guy? -Ned Keller, captain of The Vagabond. 246 00:14:45,093 --> 00:14:46,219 He used to own The Gretchen. 247 00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:49,514 He’s drunk half the time and he’s not a very good fisherman. 248 00:14:50,432 --> 00:14:52,934 Couldn’t keep up his payments on the boat, so the bank took it back. 249 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:55,812 Dad and Terry Montagne bought it at a reduced price. 250 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:57,897 Which didn’t make him too popular with Keller. 251 00:14:57,981 --> 00:14:59,232 Especially Dad. 252 00:14:59,858 --> 00:15:01,735 But thank God you were here. 253 00:15:02,444 --> 00:15:03,653 You were wonderful. 254 00:15:04,738 --> 00:15:07,741 [emotive music] 255 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:22,922 [Wayne] Hi. 256 00:15:23,298 --> 00:15:24,549 Thought I told you never to come in here. 257 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:26,801 Yeah, but since I've been working for Captain Blyth, 258 00:15:26,885 --> 00:15:28,762 I've seen less of you than I have of dry land. 259 00:15:30,347 --> 00:15:31,473 How about I buy you lunch? 260 00:15:32,307 --> 00:15:33,391 Thanks, but I'm not hungry. 261 00:15:34,142 --> 00:15:35,852 What do you want from me, Mort? 262 00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:38,563 -I’m doing the best I can. -[Mort] So I've heard. 263 00:15:38,647 --> 00:15:40,649 And who knows, maybe in a couple of months, 264 00:15:41,232 --> 00:15:42,984 I may even start to trust you again. 265 00:15:44,569 --> 00:15:47,322 But until then, I don’t even know you. 266 00:15:48,073 --> 00:15:51,910 [dramatic music] 267 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:09,552 [Jessica] Wayne. 268 00:16:09,803 --> 00:16:10,679 Mrs. Fletcher, hi. 269 00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:13,223 I was just gonna have a bite of lunch. Would you like to join me? 270 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:14,432 Thanks, that’d be terrific. 271 00:16:16,101 --> 00:16:17,811 -[waitress] Hi, Mrs. Fletcher. -[Jessica] Hello. 272 00:16:17,894 --> 00:16:20,605 Special scallops in burgundy wine sauce. 273 00:16:20,939 --> 00:16:22,732 And I'll be back in a minute to take your order. 274 00:16:25,193 --> 00:16:27,862 Well, I must say that the sea air certainly agrees with you. 275 00:16:27,946 --> 00:16:28,947 You’re looking very fit. 276 00:16:29,656 --> 00:16:30,740 I love it out there. 277 00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:34,327 I don’t think I've ever found any place more quiet and peaceful. 278 00:16:35,328 --> 00:16:37,330 Then things are going well for you? 279 00:16:38,373 --> 00:16:40,208 You know about me and Mort, don’t you? 280 00:16:40,750 --> 00:16:42,168 Well, I know that you’re brothers 281 00:16:42,711 --> 00:16:45,004 and I know that there’s something between you both 282 00:16:45,088 --> 00:16:46,881 that Mort won’t talk about. 283 00:16:47,257 --> 00:16:50,427 Yeah, I can’t say I blame him. I haven’t exactly made it easy. 284 00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:54,180 Well, most family relationships aren’t easy. 285 00:16:54,264 --> 00:16:55,306 [laughter] 286 00:16:56,516 --> 00:16:57,726 You know, when Dad died, 287 00:16:57,892 --> 00:16:59,686 Mort felt like he had to take his place. 288 00:16:59,769 --> 00:17:01,354 All of a sudden he wasn’t a brother anymore. 289 00:17:01,938 --> 00:17:03,690 He was just some guy with a tight face 290 00:17:03,815 --> 00:17:05,024 pretending to be my father. 291 00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:08,653 Well, that’s not unusual under the circumstances. 292 00:17:08,737 --> 00:17:11,489 Sure, but back then it drove me crazy. 293 00:17:12,073 --> 00:17:14,993 I felt like I was living under Mort’s thumb 24 hours a day. 294 00:17:15,493 --> 00:17:16,953 When I started getting into trouble, 295 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:19,622 Mort thought I was doing it just to tick him off. 296 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:21,958 How serious was the trouble? 297 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:23,209 [Wayne] Not much first. 298 00:17:24,335 --> 00:17:27,338 Fights, gang stuff, things like that. 299 00:17:28,506 --> 00:17:30,133 But I'm not gonna lie about it. 300 00:17:31,009 --> 00:17:33,553 It got worse, a lot worse. 301 00:17:34,763 --> 00:17:36,181 And you know Mort. 302 00:17:36,264 --> 00:17:37,766 If he ever has to have a heart operation, 303 00:17:37,849 --> 00:17:40,185 I'm sure they’ll find a gold badge in there. 304 00:17:40,643 --> 00:17:42,270 [chuckles] Breaking the law 305 00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:45,106 is the one thing he can’t seem to forgive. 306 00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:47,776 Is that what you came to Cabot Cove for? 307 00:17:48,902 --> 00:17:49,736 Forgiveness? 308 00:17:50,028 --> 00:17:52,530 I figured I could start a new life here. 309 00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:56,576 Prove something to Mort... maybe myself. 310 00:17:58,119 --> 00:17:59,829 But no matter how hard I try, 311 00:17:59,913 --> 00:18:01,706 Mort still won’t believe I've changed. 312 00:18:03,041 --> 00:18:04,375 I don’t think he ever will. 313 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:09,130 Wayne... Mort may be hard to deal with at the times, 314 00:18:09,214 --> 00:18:12,759 but I've never known anyone more fair and decent. 315 00:18:13,343 --> 00:18:16,095 So be patient with him, give him a little more time. 316 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:18,932 And if you don’t want him to give up on you, 317 00:18:19,224 --> 00:18:22,393 then for heaven’s sakes, don’t give up on him. 318 00:18:25,814 --> 00:18:27,357 [Seth] Excuse me, Sheriff? 319 00:18:29,234 --> 00:18:32,987 You notice anything peculiar about where you’re parked? 320 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:34,614 You owe me 50 bucks, Doc. 321 00:18:35,198 --> 00:18:36,074 Thirty-five. 322 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:41,037 I’m deducting 15 for this violation I just pointed out to you. 323 00:18:41,621 --> 00:18:43,998 Ordinance 42.7 of the City Charter, 324 00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:45,792 parking in a red zone. 325 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:48,002 Twenty-four hours, Doc, then it’s jail. 326 00:18:48,086 --> 00:18:49,712 You’ll have to catch me first, 327 00:18:49,879 --> 00:18:51,297 and I'm pretty fast on the feet. 328 00:18:51,422 --> 00:18:55,301 [funky upbeat music] 329 00:19:02,225 --> 00:19:04,018 [Elaine] Hi, stranger, is Dad around? 330 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:06,688 Uh, he’s on the boat, I'll get him. 331 00:19:06,938 --> 00:19:08,731 Oh, no, wait, uh listen. Um... 332 00:19:09,941 --> 00:19:11,818 Dad’s gonna be down in Freeport this weekend 333 00:19:12,235 --> 00:19:13,069 and I thought 334 00:19:13,361 --> 00:19:17,282 maybe we could, um, have dinner together or something. 335 00:19:18,449 --> 00:19:20,827 Uh... well, I don’t know. Zach-- 336 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:22,954 Scares off everybody I meet 337 00:19:23,246 --> 00:19:25,540 because he thinks they’re not good enough. 338 00:19:26,457 --> 00:19:29,460 But knowing his criteria, that leaves doctors, 339 00:19:29,544 --> 00:19:31,254 who don’t come around the docks very often, 340 00:19:31,713 --> 00:19:33,464 and saints, who don’t come around anywhere. 341 00:19:34,048 --> 00:19:35,675 Hey, take a chance. 342 00:19:36,718 --> 00:19:37,886 I make a killer pasta. 343 00:19:39,721 --> 00:19:41,347 I don’t know, you keep twisting my arm. 344 00:19:41,431 --> 00:19:42,849 Don’t even think about it. 345 00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:47,270 Elaine, I've said this before but I'm not gonna say it again. 346 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,564 I don’t want you here hanging around the boat. 347 00:19:49,647 --> 00:19:50,523 Damn it, Dad. 348 00:19:50,607 --> 00:19:51,774 When are you gonna get it through your head 349 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:53,151 that I'm not 12 years old? 350 00:19:53,276 --> 00:19:54,319 -Just get-- -Zach. 351 00:19:54,485 --> 00:19:55,320 Never! 352 00:19:55,737 --> 00:19:59,073 You never lay your hands on me. 353 00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:03,328 You better go. He’ll be all right, I promise. 354 00:20:09,334 --> 00:20:11,711 Zach, this is stupid. We gotta talk about this. 355 00:20:11,794 --> 00:20:13,588 No, I'll talk and you do the listening. 356 00:20:14,422 --> 00:20:16,716 What do you take me for? You think I'm blind? 357 00:20:17,342 --> 00:20:21,596 I’ve seen that tattoo you got on your arm when you were fighting Keller. 358 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,556 That’s a prison tattoo. 359 00:20:24,265 --> 00:20:27,518 That’s one teardrop for each year spent, you’re an ex-con. 360 00:20:27,602 --> 00:20:29,270 So, why didn’t you do ahead and fire me? 361 00:20:29,395 --> 00:20:32,148 Boy, I've got nothing against the man that’s paid his debts. 362 00:20:32,523 --> 00:20:34,192 I just don’t want you hanging around my daughter. 363 00:20:34,275 --> 00:20:35,401 Zach, she’s a grown woman. 364 00:20:35,485 --> 00:20:37,070 She has the right to see whoever she wants to. 365 00:20:37,153 --> 00:20:38,488 Not an ex-con. 366 00:20:39,948 --> 00:20:42,408 Of course, though, I could phone Sheriff Metzger, 367 00:20:42,951 --> 00:20:45,244 tell him I found some money missing from the cash box. 368 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:47,830 How do you suppose he’d take to that? 369 00:20:49,916 --> 00:20:52,460 Well, I think you and me understand each other now, don’t we? 370 00:20:53,378 --> 00:20:55,880 So, why don’t we get underway now? 371 00:20:56,547 --> 00:20:57,674 See if we can catch some fish. 372 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,426 If you’ll cast off the bowline, please, sir? 373 00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:07,266 [ominous dramatic music] 374 00:21:49,392 --> 00:21:50,351 Oh, it’s the sheriff! 375 00:21:52,145 --> 00:21:54,939 Well, thank you for breakfast, Jessica. 376 00:21:55,023 --> 00:21:56,399 I expect I'd better be on my way. 377 00:21:56,733 --> 00:21:57,942 Seth, what is this? 378 00:21:58,109 --> 00:22:00,778 Every time you see the sheriff, you act like a wanted criminal. 379 00:22:00,862 --> 00:22:02,613 Well, there could be some truth in that. 380 00:22:02,697 --> 00:22:04,240 So, don’t tell him I was here. 381 00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:06,993 [knocking at door] 382 00:22:11,414 --> 00:22:14,167 Oh, good morning, Sheriff. Come on in. Nice to see you. 383 00:22:14,751 --> 00:22:17,795 I was just finishing breakfast. Uh, would you care for a blueberry muffin? 384 00:22:17,962 --> 00:22:19,005 Uh, thanks, no. 385 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:20,590 Look, Mrs. Fletcher... 386 00:22:21,591 --> 00:22:23,342 I know you had a talk with Wayne yesterday. 387 00:22:23,426 --> 00:22:25,011 That’s right. We had lunch together. 388 00:22:25,678 --> 00:22:27,680 -Did he tell you he was in prison? -No. 389 00:22:27,764 --> 00:22:30,308 He told me that he’d been in serious trouble with the law, 390 00:22:30,391 --> 00:22:31,517 he never denied it. 391 00:22:31,601 --> 00:22:32,643 Well, let me guess. 392 00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:35,980 He probably gave you the helpless little boy version. 393 00:22:37,315 --> 00:22:41,027 Father dies leaving a bottomless void for poor Wayne Metzger. 394 00:22:41,569 --> 00:22:43,529 Stern older brother becomes father figure 395 00:22:43,613 --> 00:22:46,491 and makes his life a nightmare of misery and pain. 396 00:22:47,116 --> 00:22:48,910 Sounds like something out of Charles Dickens, doesn’t it? 397 00:22:48,993 --> 00:22:51,537 He must have hurt you very badly. 398 00:22:52,121 --> 00:22:53,081 That’s not the point. 399 00:22:53,539 --> 00:22:54,373 Isn’t it? 400 00:22:54,457 --> 00:22:57,710 Look, Mrs. Fletcher, I am just trynna save you some grief. 401 00:22:57,835 --> 00:23:00,505 Wayne is like-- he’s like two different people. 402 00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:02,673 Trouble follows him wherever he goes 403 00:23:02,757 --> 00:23:04,634 and I just don’t want you to get hurt. 404 00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:07,178 [telephone ringing] 405 00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:11,641 Hello? 406 00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:13,893 Why, yes. Yes, he is. 407 00:23:15,770 --> 00:23:16,604 [Mort] Metzger. 408 00:23:21,526 --> 00:23:22,360 I’ll be right there. 409 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:26,405 Well, Wayne’s done it again. 410 00:23:29,617 --> 00:23:31,494 Elaine, I'm so sorry. 411 00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:34,288 Your father, he’s missing. I... I think he’s dead. 412 00:23:34,956 --> 00:23:35,790 No. 413 00:23:36,707 --> 00:23:37,750 God, no! 414 00:23:38,793 --> 00:23:40,253 -What happened? -I don’t know. 415 00:23:41,003 --> 00:23:43,256 We were out late last night, Zach decided to anchor 416 00:23:43,339 --> 00:23:44,966 so we can get an early start in the morning. 417 00:23:45,049 --> 00:23:47,260 He told me get some sleep and he’d take the first watch, 418 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:48,636 but he never woke me to relieve him. 419 00:23:49,345 --> 00:23:50,721 When I got up, he was just gone. 420 00:23:50,805 --> 00:23:51,973 What do you mean? He just vanished from the boat? 421 00:23:52,056 --> 00:23:53,808 -Yes. I don’t know. -How can that be? 422 00:23:53,891 --> 00:23:56,477 But I knew something terrible had happened because the cabin’s been ripped apart. 423 00:23:56,561 --> 00:23:57,937 I called the coast guard, they’re still out there. 424 00:23:58,020 --> 00:23:59,147 I wanna take a look around. 425 00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:03,776 [anticipatory music] 426 00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:21,794 [Mort] Somebody had a fight down there. 427 00:24:21,878 --> 00:24:23,004 A real Donnybrook. 428 00:24:23,671 --> 00:24:24,714 There’s something else. 429 00:24:26,382 --> 00:24:28,634 [mysterious anticipatory music] 430 00:24:31,262 --> 00:24:32,221 Mort. 431 00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:35,850 [tense dramatic music] 432 00:24:53,618 --> 00:24:55,870 [Wayne] I went to sleep in the forward cabin. 433 00:24:56,162 --> 00:24:57,496 [Mort] I want the truth, Wayne. 434 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,041 [Wayne] I told you. I don’t know what happened. 435 00:25:00,583 --> 00:25:03,211 We were alone on board, I went to sleep, 436 00:25:03,336 --> 00:25:06,881 when I woke up, Zach was just gone. 437 00:25:07,256 --> 00:25:08,090 Oh. 438 00:25:08,299 --> 00:25:10,760 I suppose Peter Pan took him off to Never Neverland. 439 00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:11,802 Maybe we were boarded. 440 00:25:11,886 --> 00:25:12,970 By who, Captain Hook? 441 00:25:13,638 --> 00:25:15,139 No, Captain Ned Keller. 442 00:25:15,223 --> 00:25:17,266 He had an argument with Zach three days ago. 443 00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:18,226 They hate each other. 444 00:25:18,309 --> 00:25:21,229 You expect me to believe that Ned Keller sailed up to The Gretchen, 445 00:25:21,312 --> 00:25:22,230 boarded her, 446 00:25:22,438 --> 00:25:24,315 had a fight with Zach, stabbed him, 447 00:25:24,398 --> 00:25:25,274 threw him overboard, 448 00:25:25,358 --> 00:25:27,985 and then just sailed away and you never heard a sound? 449 00:25:28,069 --> 00:25:29,820 Try spending a few years in prison, Mort. 450 00:25:30,196 --> 00:25:31,656 You’ll learn to sleep through just about anything. 451 00:25:31,739 --> 00:25:33,491 Yeah, nice fairy tale. 452 00:25:33,574 --> 00:25:35,451 Only from where I stand, it stinks. 453 00:25:35,701 --> 00:25:38,371 Then do something about it, cop, and get off my back. 454 00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:40,998 Sheriff, lab reports are in. 455 00:25:41,582 --> 00:25:44,752 Blood and tissue on the blade, blood type matches Zach's. 456 00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:46,254 Any prints? None. 457 00:25:46,837 --> 00:25:47,964 Killer probably wore gloves. 458 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,760 No motive, no fingerprints, no body. 459 00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:56,264 Now that’s what a defense lawyer would call a real fairy tale. 460 00:25:58,099 --> 00:25:59,433 The evidence will come, Wayne. 461 00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:01,852 Like it always does with you. 462 00:26:01,936 --> 00:26:04,563 -Only this time you’re on your own. -This time I'm innocent. 463 00:26:05,856 --> 00:26:06,983 Don’t try to leave town. 464 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,442 Stay close to your hotel room. 465 00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:12,113 Andy, keep an eye on him. 466 00:26:12,196 --> 00:26:13,614 All right, Sir. 467 00:26:20,329 --> 00:26:21,205 Damn. 468 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:26,002 [emotive music] 469 00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:35,469 [knocking at door] 470 00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:45,187 [Jessica] Oh, hello, Elaine. 471 00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:48,024 Mrs. Fletcher, please, I know you’re a friend of Wayne’s 472 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:49,275 and I've gotta talk to someone. 473 00:26:49,358 --> 00:26:51,277 Oh, of course, please, please come in. 474 00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:54,488 Mrs. Fletcher, I don’t know what to do. 475 00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:56,115 Sit down. 476 00:26:56,407 --> 00:26:57,616 I’m so sorry. 477 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,454 Your father’s death must have been the most terrible shock. 478 00:27:02,163 --> 00:27:03,247 It’s not just that. 479 00:27:03,664 --> 00:27:07,293 It’s-- just before The Gretchen put out, 480 00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:09,420 Wayne and Dad got in a terrible fight. 481 00:27:09,503 --> 00:27:10,880 I mean, they practically came to blows. 482 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,131 Oh, dear. 483 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:14,008 And there’s something else. 484 00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:18,929 Dad kept 2,000 dollars in a cash box on the boat. 485 00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:21,766 But when the police found the box, 486 00:27:21,932 --> 00:27:23,642 there were only a few hundred dollars left. 487 00:27:23,726 --> 00:27:24,935 I didn’t tell anyone 488 00:27:25,019 --> 00:27:27,646 because I knew it would look bad for Wayne. But-- 489 00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:30,358 Someone has to tell the police about this. 490 00:27:30,566 --> 00:27:31,692 But I think you know that. 491 00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:33,736 Yes. 492 00:27:34,570 --> 00:27:36,572 And I know all the evidence is against it 493 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:39,825 but I just can’t believe that Wayne killed Dad. 494 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:43,412 Elaine, you know, evidence is like a jigsaw puzzle. 495 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:46,707 You can’t see the whole picture until it’s completed. 496 00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:52,588 But there are pieces of this puzzle that... just don’t seem to fit. 497 00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:53,881 Two grand? 498 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:56,258 All this for a lousy 2,000 bucks. 499 00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:57,968 We don’t know that yet. 500 00:27:58,219 --> 00:28:00,054 [telephone ringing] 501 00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:01,097 Metzger. 502 00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:04,725 I’ll be right there. 503 00:28:05,851 --> 00:28:07,144 Well, it’s the same old story. 504 00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:09,522 First the lies and then he pulls his vanishing act. 505 00:28:09,605 --> 00:28:11,065 What are you talking about? 506 00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:13,275 There was a deputy I had watching Wayne’s room. 507 00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:16,320 Apparently he slipped out the back window and took off. 508 00:28:16,737 --> 00:28:17,988 Well, I'll tell you something, Mrs. Fletcher, 509 00:28:18,739 --> 00:28:19,740 this is where it ends. 510 00:28:19,907 --> 00:28:24,412 -[mysterious dramatic music] -[door slams] 511 00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:40,928 Elaine, I'm so sorry about your father. 512 00:28:41,011 --> 00:28:42,721 I know how close you two of you were. 513 00:28:43,514 --> 00:28:44,557 Thanks, Terry. 514 00:28:45,349 --> 00:28:49,937 Look, I know it’s not the best of times but you can’t sell The Gretchen. 515 00:28:50,020 --> 00:28:50,855 Why? 516 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,274 Well, obviously, your father never told you 517 00:28:53,357 --> 00:28:54,650 that I put up most of the money? 518 00:28:55,151 --> 00:28:58,154 He was supposed to make monthly payments, simple truth is he never did. 519 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,072 Dad said you were equal partners. 520 00:29:00,156 --> 00:29:03,659 Well, we were, but he kept putting off the payments 521 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,078 and I let him slide because of friendship. 522 00:29:06,162 --> 00:29:09,665 Elaine, The Gretchen is mine. Now I'll buy your share. 523 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,168 I know it can’t be too much but under the circumstances, 524 00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:13,419 anything will help. 525 00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:15,337 -You can’t do this. -[Terry] Yes, I can. 526 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:19,216 I’ve got the paperwork, Zach's promissory note. 527 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,178 Be smart, take the money. 528 00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:24,138 Zach would have wanted it that way. 529 00:29:25,431 --> 00:29:28,893 [anticipatory music] 530 00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:40,696 Hope I'm not intruding. 531 00:29:41,489 --> 00:29:43,365 No, not at all. [sighs] 532 00:29:44,575 --> 00:29:45,784 You know what really kills me? 533 00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:49,705 I actually let myself believe that this time maybe, 534 00:29:49,830 --> 00:29:52,416 just maybe, he really wanted to change. 535 00:29:52,541 --> 00:29:54,168 Well, aren’t you being a little premature? 536 00:29:54,668 --> 00:29:56,420 People who aren’t guilty don’t sneak out back windows, 537 00:29:56,504 --> 00:29:57,546 it’s as simple as that. 538 00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,507 Maybe he felt he he’d already been judged. 539 00:30:00,591 --> 00:30:03,511 Forgive me, but you haven’t been exactly supportive. 540 00:30:04,178 --> 00:30:06,639 I wish I had a nickel for every time I tried to support Wayne. 541 00:30:07,014 --> 00:30:09,016 I’d be driving one of those German sports cars. 542 00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:13,521 You see, when I made sergeant back in New York, 543 00:30:13,604 --> 00:30:15,439 Wayne started running around with a bunch of punks. 544 00:30:16,273 --> 00:30:18,025 Small stuff at first, petty larceny, 545 00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:19,777 con games, numbers, 546 00:30:20,736 --> 00:30:22,446 but it kept on getting worse and worse. 547 00:30:23,614 --> 00:30:26,450 Then, a few years ago something happened that turned my life upside down. 548 00:30:27,243 --> 00:30:30,204 It was during a raid on a major fencing operation. 549 00:30:31,247 --> 00:30:34,416 Here I was, standing in an alley full of garbage cans, 550 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:36,418 while the rest of my unit went in the front door. 551 00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:38,295 All of a sudden, someone shot out the back 552 00:30:38,379 --> 00:30:40,464 like they were being chased by the hounds of hell. 553 00:30:40,548 --> 00:30:42,174 So I drew down on him, "Freeze!" 554 00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:43,342 And he did. 555 00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:47,596 Do you have any idea what it’s like 556 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,015 looking at your baby brother over the barrel of a .38? 557 00:30:53,394 --> 00:30:54,228 I’m sorry. 558 00:30:56,897 --> 00:30:57,898 I had one second... 559 00:30:58,816 --> 00:31:01,026 to make a decision that would change my life forever. 560 00:31:02,236 --> 00:31:03,862 Don’t ask me why, but I heard a voice. 561 00:31:05,155 --> 00:31:07,658 My voice, saying, "Run, go, get out." 562 00:31:08,158 --> 00:31:08,993 And he did. 563 00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:11,495 He got outta there like a scared rabbit. 564 00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:15,082 I thought he’d learned a lesson that he’d never forget. 565 00:31:15,666 --> 00:31:17,585 Three weeks later, he was arrested for being a wheel man 566 00:31:17,668 --> 00:31:18,836 in a jewelry heist. 567 00:31:20,045 --> 00:31:22,590 One of his pals shot the guard inside the store 568 00:31:22,673 --> 00:31:24,174 and they sent Wayne to prison. 569 00:31:25,801 --> 00:31:26,844 That was three years ago. 570 00:31:26,927 --> 00:31:30,264 Then it wasn’t job burnout that brought you up here to Cabot Cove? 571 00:31:30,806 --> 00:31:34,184 [Mort] I had knowingly helped a criminal escape the scene of a crime. 572 00:31:34,685 --> 00:31:37,563 Every time I pinned on my badge, I felt like a fraud. 573 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:40,566 I know I couldn’t stay there. 574 00:31:42,151 --> 00:31:43,027 So, I came here. 575 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:45,654 Started a new life. 576 00:31:48,073 --> 00:31:49,199 All of a sudden he shows up 577 00:31:49,283 --> 00:31:50,826 and it’s happening all over again. 578 00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,661 Do you know what is your problem is, Sheriff? 579 00:31:52,953 --> 00:31:55,748 You’re being betrayed by your own emotions. 580 00:31:56,332 --> 00:31:59,168 You’re not seeing Wayne through the eyes of a policeman. 581 00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:02,087 All you’re seeing is your younger brother, 582 00:32:02,838 --> 00:32:06,216 who has brought you a tremendous amount of disappointment and pain. 583 00:32:07,843 --> 00:32:12,473 Now, the law says that a man is innocent until he is proven guilty. 584 00:32:12,556 --> 00:32:17,144 And the Mort Metzger that I know has always applied that fairly, 585 00:32:17,227 --> 00:32:19,813 regardless of his own opinion. 586 00:32:21,148 --> 00:32:22,691 Mrs. F, I really need your help. 587 00:32:24,401 --> 00:32:28,947 [anticipatory music] 588 00:32:36,330 --> 00:32:37,289 [Mort] What a mess. 589 00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:40,125 How could anybody on the boat not hear this? 590 00:32:40,584 --> 00:32:42,961 But what is odd is that there’s no blood in here, 591 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:44,088 only out on deck. 592 00:32:44,546 --> 00:32:47,299 Which means the fight started in here and ended up outside. 593 00:32:47,508 --> 00:32:49,343 Zach’s killer stabbed him and threw him overboard. 594 00:32:49,927 --> 00:32:52,805 Well, what we do know is, Wayne was not involved in this struggle. 595 00:32:53,389 --> 00:32:54,223 How do we know that? 596 00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:56,975 Well, when The Gretchen pulled in, Wayne was frightened, 597 00:32:57,059 --> 00:32:59,395 but he didn’t show any signs of having been in a fight. 598 00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:01,563 I mean, he had no cuts from this broken glass, 599 00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:03,315 no bruises on his face and hands. 600 00:33:04,942 --> 00:33:07,486 Which could indicate that there was somebody else on the boat. 601 00:33:07,569 --> 00:33:09,780 -Keller. -Ned Keller? 602 00:33:09,863 --> 00:33:11,615 Wayne told me Ned and Zach had a fight. 603 00:33:11,699 --> 00:33:14,118 Well, it’s no secret those two weren’t the best of friends. 604 00:33:14,201 --> 00:33:15,327 Wayne tried to tell me. 605 00:33:17,037 --> 00:33:18,747 I guess I really wasn’t listening to him. 606 00:33:19,331 --> 00:33:20,708 Well, you’re listing now. 607 00:33:21,834 --> 00:33:23,544 Think we better have a talk with Ned Keller. 608 00:33:29,633 --> 00:33:31,385 -[radio crackles] -[cop] Sheriff Metzger? 609 00:33:31,468 --> 00:33:32,511 [radio crackles] Metzger. 610 00:33:32,594 --> 00:33:34,304 [cop] You got a callfrom Terry Montagne. 611 00:33:34,388 --> 00:33:36,348 He says he knowswho killed Zach Franklin. 612 00:33:36,432 --> 00:33:38,600 Says you should get to his house on the double. 613 00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:40,102 On my way. 614 00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:41,019 Terry Montagne? 615 00:33:41,562 --> 00:33:43,689 I think I've heard the name, but I'm not really familiar with him. 616 00:33:43,772 --> 00:33:44,857 Well, he’s sort of a mystery man. 617 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:48,444 People say he was a mercenary once, soldier of fortune in Southeast Asia. 618 00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:51,238 He and Zach were partners in The Gretchen although you’d never know it. 619 00:33:51,321 --> 00:33:52,197 Come on, let’s go. 620 00:33:52,281 --> 00:33:54,533 [anticipatory music] 621 00:34:01,999 --> 00:34:02,958 [Mort] That’s it. 622 00:34:06,462 --> 00:34:07,504 -Wayne. -[tires screeching] 623 00:34:07,588 --> 00:34:09,089 What the hell is he doing here? 624 00:34:09,256 --> 00:34:13,051 [dramatic anticipatory music] 625 00:34:24,438 --> 00:34:29,067 [dramatic music] 626 00:34:33,155 --> 00:34:34,156 This is the sheriff. 627 00:34:35,032 --> 00:34:36,992 Put on an APB on Wayne Metzger, 628 00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:42,581 M-E-T-Z-G-E-R. Charge is murder. 629 00:34:50,923 --> 00:34:55,511 [dramatic music] 630 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:11,777 [gasps] Wayne! Oh, my God. 631 00:35:11,860 --> 00:35:13,612 Sorry, I'm sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you. 632 00:35:14,196 --> 00:35:15,405 The police were here last night. 633 00:35:15,739 --> 00:35:17,491 -They said you killed Terry Montagne. -No! 634 00:35:17,950 --> 00:35:19,576 I went over to his house, but I didn’t kill him. 635 00:35:19,660 --> 00:35:22,663 -He was already dead when I got there. -Wayne, they said you ran away. 636 00:35:22,746 --> 00:35:24,373 What else could I do in the face of everything that's happened? 637 00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:26,458 You could have called Sheriff Metzger. 638 00:35:26,542 --> 00:35:29,002 Yeah, and spend the rest of my life rotting in jail? 639 00:35:29,586 --> 00:35:31,880 I’ve tried talking to Sheriff Metzger and that doesn’t work. 640 00:35:34,591 --> 00:35:37,845 Elaine... I need your help, please. 641 00:35:38,846 --> 00:35:39,680 I don’t know what to do. 642 00:35:39,763 --> 00:35:42,015 I need a place to hide until I can figure this out. 643 00:35:43,892 --> 00:35:46,895 [xxx music] 644 00:36:04,621 --> 00:36:06,373 [gasps] Oh, you startled me. 645 00:36:06,456 --> 00:36:08,208 I thought I'd find you here, Mrs. F. 646 00:36:08,292 --> 00:36:10,711 You know, you shouldn’t be sneaking around boats all by yourself. 647 00:36:10,794 --> 00:36:13,255 Well, I'm not sneaking around. 648 00:36:14,006 --> 00:36:16,675 -Did you speak to Ned Keller? -[Mort] Yeah, dead end. 649 00:36:16,758 --> 00:36:18,468 Oh, he admits to having a fight with Zach, all right, 650 00:36:18,552 --> 00:36:21,430 but he can account for every minute during the night of the murder. 651 00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:24,558 Well, now, that leaves the matter of Zach's estate. 652 00:36:24,641 --> 00:36:25,726 Did you check on that? 653 00:36:26,018 --> 00:36:27,686 Well, he didn’t have any family except for Elaine. 654 00:36:27,769 --> 00:36:29,438 She gets the warehouse and, 655 00:36:29,855 --> 00:36:31,148 now that Terry Montagne's out of the picture, 656 00:36:31,231 --> 00:36:32,524 full interest in The Gretchen. 657 00:36:32,608 --> 00:36:34,401 -Kind of an odd thing, though. -What was that? 658 00:36:34,484 --> 00:36:37,821 Well, it turns out Zach had a pretty healthy life insurance policy, 659 00:36:37,905 --> 00:36:39,156 pretty recent, too. 660 00:36:39,781 --> 00:36:42,075 Little Elaine is gonna come in to a nice chunk of money. 661 00:36:44,828 --> 00:36:45,913 Hey, you don’t think that-- 662 00:36:45,996 --> 00:36:48,749 Well, let’s just say it’s an interesting part of the puzzle. 663 00:36:53,253 --> 00:36:55,672 [Mort] Mrs. F, we’ve been over this boat with a fine toothed comb. 664 00:36:57,549 --> 00:36:59,217 [Jessica] Ah, just what I was looking for. 665 00:36:59,509 --> 00:37:00,636 [Mort] What have you got? 666 00:37:02,095 --> 00:37:03,680 [Jessica] The blue prints for this boat. 667 00:37:07,142 --> 00:37:08,268 What are you, uh-- 668 00:37:13,941 --> 00:37:15,067 Yeah, that checks out. 669 00:37:15,484 --> 00:37:17,194 What, you mean you can estimate it that close? 670 00:37:17,611 --> 00:37:18,820 Well, of course, why not? 671 00:37:21,531 --> 00:37:22,783 Do you mind telling me what you’re doing 672 00:37:22,866 --> 00:37:24,493 or do I have to wait for divine revelation? 673 00:37:25,035 --> 00:37:26,828 I’m looking for a hiding place. 674 00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:28,622 Aha! 675 00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:29,915 Aha, what? 676 00:37:30,290 --> 00:37:31,917 Well, according to this blue print, 677 00:37:32,209 --> 00:37:34,962 this hold is 4 feet short. 678 00:37:35,545 --> 00:37:37,214 What do you mean? Somebody built a fake wall? 679 00:37:37,339 --> 00:37:39,257 -[knocking] -Well, in nautical terms, 680 00:37:39,341 --> 00:37:41,218 I think it’s referred to as a bulkhead. 681 00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:43,637 [knocking] 682 00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:45,806 [Mort grunts] 683 00:37:48,767 --> 00:37:51,311 -[door creaking] -[mysterious music] 684 00:37:51,478 --> 00:37:52,688 [Jessica] Won’t you look at that. 685 00:37:52,771 --> 00:37:54,856 [Mort] What do we know, just like a haunted house. 686 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:08,912 Anything strike you as significant? 687 00:38:08,996 --> 00:38:10,998 Oh, looks like distribution codes. 688 00:38:11,081 --> 00:38:14,209 Like something the Medellin Cartel uses in drug shipments. 689 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:18,463 [dramatic music] 690 00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:25,554 [Mort] Wayne was telling the truth. 691 00:38:25,846 --> 00:38:27,347 Zach’s killer must have hidden in here. 692 00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:29,099 [Jessica] Yes and no. 693 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:32,936 Did you say that Elaine got The Gretchen and the warehouse in the will? 694 00:38:33,145 --> 00:38:35,647 Yeah, boat storage, marine supplies, that sort of stuff. Why? 695 00:38:36,023 --> 00:38:37,607 Mort, we may not have much time. 696 00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:49,036 Thanks, that helped. 697 00:38:49,453 --> 00:38:52,539 There’s a couch back there Dad used to use when he stayed over. 698 00:38:52,706 --> 00:38:53,957 Um you can get some rest. 699 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:55,709 I’ll get out of here as soon as I can. 700 00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:58,503 I don’t wanna cause you any more trouble, I've caused you enough already. 701 00:38:58,587 --> 00:39:00,422 Well, you haven’t heard me complain, have you? 702 00:39:01,798 --> 00:39:04,551 [sexy music] 703 00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:08,930 Now go lie down, you look exhausted. 704 00:39:11,475 --> 00:39:15,353 [dramatic music] 705 00:39:22,736 --> 00:39:25,155 [anticipatory music] 706 00:39:46,426 --> 00:39:47,636 -[Elaine gasps] -Elaine. 707 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,180 Mrs. Fletcher, uh, what, what are you doing here? 708 00:39:50,263 --> 00:39:52,432 I’m sorry to say that we’re looking for a killer. 709 00:39:52,516 --> 00:39:54,059 Uh, but Wayne isn’t here. 710 00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:56,394 Not Wayne, the real killer. 711 00:39:58,355 --> 00:40:01,316 Terry Montagne was the majority owner of The Gretchen, wasn’t he? 712 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:02,692 Well, yes. 713 00:40:02,776 --> 00:40:04,778 I didn’t find out about it until yesterday, 714 00:40:05,278 --> 00:40:07,906 but Terry said that he put up most of the money 715 00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:10,283 and Dad was supposed to pay him back, but never did. 716 00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:12,994 Well, I'm afraid that’s not quite accurate. 717 00:40:13,078 --> 00:40:15,705 Zach paid him but not in money. 718 00:40:15,789 --> 00:40:17,499 The Gretchen was used to smuggle drugs. 719 00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:19,084 That’s impossible. 720 00:40:19,209 --> 00:40:21,086 Dad would never do anything like that. 721 00:40:21,294 --> 00:40:22,921 He may not have had any choice, Elaine. 722 00:40:23,004 --> 00:40:25,590 It’s my guess that Terry Montagne financed the boat, 723 00:40:25,882 --> 00:40:28,802 then coerced your father into smuggling to pay off his share. 724 00:40:29,386 --> 00:40:31,346 No doubt, Zach thought once the debt was clear 725 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,473 he could quit, but that’s not how it happened. 726 00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:35,100 [chuckles] This is crazy. 727 00:40:35,267 --> 00:40:38,061 I heard them arguing about money the day I brought Wayne to the boat. 728 00:40:38,145 --> 00:40:41,940 Zach was looking for a way out and he didn’t have too many options. 729 00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:45,068 Then Wayne came along and that’s when he made his decision. 730 00:40:45,152 --> 00:40:46,319 What decision? 731 00:40:46,570 --> 00:40:47,696 To stage his own death, 732 00:40:48,530 --> 00:40:51,324 kill Terry Montagne and frame Wayne for it. 733 00:40:53,326 --> 00:40:56,037 Your father told Wayne to go get some sleep in the forward cabin. 734 00:40:56,413 --> 00:40:59,082 He said he’d anchor and take the first watch himself. 735 00:40:59,166 --> 00:41:03,378 Next, he went out on deck and cut himself with Wayne’s knife. 736 00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:07,883 Then hid the knife in a place you’d have to blind not to find it. 737 00:41:08,550 --> 00:41:10,468 To make it appear as if Wayne had stabbed him 738 00:41:10,552 --> 00:41:11,887 and tossed him overboard. 739 00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:15,849 Then he bandaged his own arm and came back in. 740 00:41:16,141 --> 00:41:18,185 He wanted it to look like there’d been a struggle, 741 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,145 so he wrecked the cabin. 742 00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:25,192 Then he hidin the secret compartment he used to carrythe drug shipments. 743 00:41:26,276 --> 00:41:29,237 He waited there until a boat docked and it was safe to leave. 744 00:41:30,322 --> 00:41:33,491 [Zach] You always were too damn clever, Jessica Fletcher. 745 00:41:33,575 --> 00:41:35,535 [Elaine] Dad? Oh, my God. 746 00:41:36,036 --> 00:41:37,662 Put the gun down, Zach. It’s all over. 747 00:41:37,746 --> 00:41:39,372 Stay where you are, Mort. 748 00:41:40,415 --> 00:41:42,209 Now you wouldn’t want anybody to get hurt, would you? 749 00:41:43,168 --> 00:41:44,252 Then it’s true? 750 00:41:44,669 --> 00:41:45,795 Everything they said? 751 00:41:45,879 --> 00:41:47,130 I had no choice. 752 00:41:48,465 --> 00:41:49,966 When Terry and I became partners, 753 00:41:50,091 --> 00:41:51,718 he never said anything about smuggling. 754 00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:53,762 By the time I found out, it was too late. 755 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:56,473 Your mother was sick, you needed the college money. 756 00:41:56,973 --> 00:41:59,517 Fishing was the worst it’d been in years, so I went along, 757 00:42:00,227 --> 00:42:02,520 figuring as soon as I could pay him off of my share the boat, 758 00:42:02,604 --> 00:42:03,438 it’d be over. 759 00:42:04,189 --> 00:42:05,190 You know what happened? 760 00:42:05,815 --> 00:42:07,442 He laughed in my face. 761 00:42:08,193 --> 00:42:10,987 He says if I try to quit, something would happen to you. 762 00:42:11,071 --> 00:42:12,614 That’s when you decided to kill him. 763 00:42:12,697 --> 00:42:14,991 That’s exactly when, Mrs. Fletcher. 764 00:42:15,075 --> 00:42:16,826 But you knew you’d be the prime suspect, 765 00:42:17,452 --> 00:42:18,745 unless you were dead, too. 766 00:42:18,828 --> 00:42:20,413 [Mort] So, you cooked up your little plan. 767 00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:22,582 All you needed was the right fall guy 768 00:42:23,083 --> 00:42:26,002 and who could be more perfect than Wayne, an ex-convict. 769 00:42:26,086 --> 00:42:27,295 Oh, Dad. 770 00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:33,301 Elaine, with Terry dead, The Gretchen, the whole business would be all yours. 771 00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:36,554 I even took out extra life insurance to make sure you’d be okay. 772 00:42:37,889 --> 00:42:38,807 And then what, Zach? 773 00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:40,934 Were you gonna hide for the rest of your life? 774 00:42:41,017 --> 00:42:42,769 Not as hard as you might think, Mrs. Fletcher. 775 00:42:42,936 --> 00:42:45,480 I know places in Mexico where the fishing is good 776 00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:48,817 and nobody cares who you are or where you came from. 777 00:42:49,484 --> 00:42:51,486 But first you have to deal with us. 778 00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:53,029 So, what’s it gonna be, Zach? What are you gonna do? 779 00:42:53,113 --> 00:42:54,447 Shoot us down right in front of your own daughter? 780 00:42:54,531 --> 00:42:56,950 Looks like I don’t have any other option, Mort. 781 00:42:57,033 --> 00:42:57,951 [Wayne] No! 782 00:42:59,035 --> 00:43:00,745 -[men grunting] -[gunshot] 783 00:43:07,043 --> 00:43:07,877 [Mort] Wayne. 784 00:43:08,503 --> 00:43:09,587 Oh, God, please no. 785 00:43:12,048 --> 00:43:13,633 God, please no. 786 00:43:14,217 --> 00:43:16,845 Hey, big brother, are you still mad at me? 787 00:43:17,262 --> 00:43:18,096 Call an ambulance. 788 00:43:19,556 --> 00:43:20,974 Somebody, please, call an ambulance. 789 00:43:31,151 --> 00:43:32,610 -Hi. -Hi. 790 00:43:33,069 --> 00:43:36,906 I, uh... I was patrolling in the area. 791 00:43:36,990 --> 00:43:37,824 How are you doing? 792 00:43:38,241 --> 00:43:39,075 Better. 793 00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:41,536 Doc says I should be on my feet in no time. 794 00:43:42,203 --> 00:43:43,121 That’s good. I, uh-- 795 00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:47,459 Look, I got another job for you on a fishing boat. 796 00:43:48,835 --> 00:43:49,669 That is if you want it. 797 00:43:49,753 --> 00:43:51,421 We’ve been through a lot lately, haven’t we? 798 00:43:51,796 --> 00:43:52,630 [Mort] Yeah, we have. 799 00:43:53,548 --> 00:43:55,216 And I guess I didn’t it make it any easier. 800 00:43:56,051 --> 00:43:57,969 I didn’t have any right to expect anything else. 801 00:43:58,053 --> 00:43:58,887 [Mort] Yes, you did. 802 00:43:58,970 --> 00:43:59,971 I’m your brother. 803 00:44:03,016 --> 00:44:04,184 And I'm sorry. 804 00:44:04,809 --> 00:44:06,978 [emotive music] 805 00:44:09,314 --> 00:44:10,565 It’s been three years. 806 00:44:14,819 --> 00:44:15,653 I missed you, kid. 807 00:44:17,364 --> 00:44:18,365 I missed you, too. 808 00:44:25,163 --> 00:44:27,749 How is my patient supposed to recover 809 00:44:28,333 --> 00:44:30,752 with you squeezing the daylights out of him, Sheriff? 810 00:44:30,835 --> 00:44:33,129 Mrs. Fletcher, I wanna thank you for believing in me. 811 00:44:33,838 --> 00:44:35,256 I’m not even sure why you did. 812 00:44:35,882 --> 00:44:39,552 Well, it just didn’t make any sense that a man would kill someone, 813 00:44:39,636 --> 00:44:42,555 radio the coast guard, then come back into port 814 00:44:42,722 --> 00:44:44,432 with the murder weapon in full sight. 815 00:44:45,308 --> 00:44:49,145 But beyond that, maybe there was a touch of intuition. 816 00:44:50,563 --> 00:44:51,898 Yeah, what I don’t understand is 817 00:44:52,565 --> 00:44:54,067 what were you doing at Terry Montagne's house? 818 00:44:54,150 --> 00:44:57,654 I got a message that I should go there if I wanted proof I didn’t kill Zach. 819 00:44:57,737 --> 00:45:00,824 A message that was obviously sent by Zach and not Montagne. 820 00:45:00,907 --> 00:45:03,451 He timed it so I'd be there when you showed up. 821 00:45:03,952 --> 00:45:05,537 When I saw you, I panicked and ran. 822 00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:09,082 Now, that’s enough of the third degree for one day, Sheriff. 823 00:45:09,749 --> 00:45:11,584 You’ll have this young man’s blood pressure 824 00:45:11,668 --> 00:45:13,211 doing handstands at the red. 825 00:45:14,087 --> 00:45:15,171 Well, now you are a fine one 826 00:45:15,255 --> 00:45:17,757 to be talking about being in the red, Doctor? 827 00:45:17,841 --> 00:45:18,800 I know. 828 00:45:19,384 --> 00:45:20,885 So, uh, here. 829 00:45:20,969 --> 00:45:22,095 Now we’re square. 830 00:45:22,679 --> 00:45:24,764 -What’s this? -Bill for my services. 831 00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:28,852 Wayne here took that bullet in your behalf, you know. 832 00:45:29,519 --> 00:45:32,647 Good Samaritan law suggests that you pay his expenses, 833 00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:34,816 minus what I owe you. 834 00:45:34,899 --> 00:45:38,278 Well, I figured, possibly, 70 dollars from you 835 00:45:38,361 --> 00:45:39,988 and we’d be dead even. 836 00:45:41,865 --> 00:45:47,745 -[laughter] -[funky upbeat music]