1 00:00:00,418 --> 00:00:03,504 Ben’s alive and he’s coming to Cabot Cove. 2 00:00:03,754 --> 00:00:05,548 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 3 00:00:05,631 --> 00:00:07,508 Here’s to a lot of good men who died, 4 00:00:08,050 --> 00:00:09,552 and to the best one of all, who didn’t. 5 00:00:09,635 --> 00:00:11,095 Have you gone nuts? 6 00:00:11,178 --> 00:00:13,431 How can you let someone like that represent this company? 7 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:15,224 I’m gonna forget that you’re my sister’s son 8 00:00:15,307 --> 00:00:17,893 and I’m gonna hack your little umbilical with a meat axe. 9 00:00:17,977 --> 00:00:19,770 Ben robbed a jewelry store. 10 00:00:19,854 --> 00:00:21,480 I can’t believe that. 11 00:00:21,564 --> 00:00:23,858 Oh, he’s guilty, Mrs. Fletcher, I’m gonna prove it. 12 00:00:23,941 --> 00:00:25,276 I’d be very careful about 13 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:27,278 poisoning the waters around here, Mr. Jarvis 14 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:28,738 I’m gonna kill you. 15 00:01:32,927 --> 00:01:34,845 [knocking on door] 16 00:01:34,929 --> 00:01:36,305 Who is it? 17 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:37,723 It’s me, Seth. 18 00:01:44,271 --> 00:01:46,482 You are simply not going to believe this. 19 00:01:46,565 --> 00:01:49,151 For heaven’s sake, Seth, what’s wrong? 20 00:01:49,235 --> 00:01:52,863 Jessica, you know me better than anyone else in the world. 21 00:01:52,947 --> 00:01:55,741 If I told you I believed in miracles, what would you say? 22 00:01:55,825 --> 00:01:57,868 Well, I’d say that I wasn’t talking to Seth Hazlitt. 23 00:01:57,952 --> 00:01:59,745 Well, you would be talking to him 24 00:01:59,829 --> 00:02:01,664 and a miracle has happened. 25 00:02:01,747 --> 00:02:04,416 You remember me, my telling you about Ben Oliver, 26 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:06,544 my closest army buddy from World War II? 27 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:07,753 Of course, I do. 28 00:02:07,837 --> 00:02:09,171 But you told me that he was dead. 29 00:02:09,255 --> 00:02:10,631 Well, we got separated 30 00:02:10,714 --> 00:02:13,050 when the Germans counter-attacked in the Ardennes 31 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:16,345 and he just vanished into the snow and the mud. 32 00:02:16,428 --> 00:02:18,973 I think he was officially listed as missing. 33 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:20,850 All right, so what’s the miracle? 34 00:02:20,933 --> 00:02:22,560 Ben’s alive. 35 00:02:22,643 --> 00:02:23,936 That’s the miracle. 36 00:02:24,019 --> 00:02:26,021 And he’s coming to Cabot Cove! 37 00:02:26,105 --> 00:02:30,568 Oh, Seth, that’s wonderful. 38 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:45,374 Watch your step. 39 00:02:53,674 --> 00:02:56,594 Hey, Corporal, don’t run away on my account. 40 00:02:58,762 --> 00:03:00,848 How is it going, Ben? 41 00:03:01,724 --> 00:03:03,642 Fine, fine. First rate. 42 00:03:03,726 --> 00:03:05,269 Good to see you, Seth. 43 00:03:05,352 --> 00:03:06,854 You too. 44 00:03:07,730 --> 00:03:09,440 Well, let me get my bag. 45 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:12,192 I travel, travel light. This is it. 46 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:14,987 My car’s right there. 47 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:18,616 I’m only about 5 minutes away, wait till you see my house. 48 00:03:18,699 --> 00:03:21,952 120 years old, and the guest room 49 00:03:22,036 --> 00:03:23,704 has a great view of the ocean. 50 00:03:23,787 --> 00:03:25,539 I’m not gonna be staying at your house, Seth. 51 00:03:25,789 --> 00:03:26,874 Why not? 52 00:03:27,333 --> 00:03:29,209 Well, I might decide to hang around for a while, 53 00:03:29,293 --> 00:03:31,170 and you know what they say about house guests 54 00:03:31,253 --> 00:03:34,048 and dead fish, after 3 days, they begin to stink. 55 00:03:35,299 --> 00:03:39,136 So maybe you could find me a nice little motel, 56 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:41,430 something that doesn’t charge an arm and a leg. 57 00:03:41,972 --> 00:03:43,223 That shouldn’t be any problem. 58 00:03:44,850 --> 00:03:47,227 Could we sit for a minute? 59 00:03:47,311 --> 00:03:49,647 I’d like to get rid of the bad air in my lungs 60 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:50,606 from this bus ride. 61 00:03:50,940 --> 00:03:53,692 Right here is as good a place as any. 62 00:04:02,618 --> 00:04:04,703 You’ve found yourself a pretty little town here, Seth, 63 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,039 -At least you did something right, eh? -Oh yeah. 64 00:04:07,122 --> 00:04:08,791 Hard to believe, I have been practicing 65 00:04:08,874 --> 00:04:10,209 medicine here for 37 years. 66 00:04:11,293 --> 00:04:12,670 What happened, Ben? 67 00:04:14,088 --> 00:04:15,214 Can you talk about it? 68 00:04:15,631 --> 00:04:17,716 Well, when was it the Germans broke through, 69 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,134 around Christmas time was it? 70 00:04:19,218 --> 00:04:22,012 December 16, 1944. 71 00:04:22,429 --> 00:04:24,848 And they hit us with a whole Panzer Division. 72 00:04:25,474 --> 00:04:26,809 You couldn’t prove it by me, 73 00:04:26,892 --> 00:04:28,978 I came to in a Kraut Field hospital, 74 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:30,771 they patched me up, 75 00:04:30,854 --> 00:04:32,189 but I spent the rest of the war 76 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:34,358 learning how to scrounge food in one of their prison camps. 77 00:04:36,443 --> 00:04:40,030 After it was all over, I still needed fixing. 78 00:04:40,114 --> 00:04:41,657 You ever want to hear horror stories 79 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:43,909 about life in an army hospital, I’m your man. 80 00:04:43,993 --> 00:04:45,619 Two years, five operations. 81 00:04:46,745 --> 00:04:50,207 And I guess that about sums it all up, Seth. 82 00:04:52,042 --> 00:04:56,088 Rest of my life I spent just kind of moving around. 83 00:04:57,172 --> 00:04:58,590 Tell me something, Ben, 84 00:05:00,551 --> 00:05:04,805 why didn’t you ever try to get in touch with me? 85 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:08,434 I... I wasn’t quite right. 86 00:05:10,019 --> 00:05:11,562 For a long, long time 87 00:05:12,938 --> 00:05:14,857 and after that, 88 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:16,734 it just seemed like it was too late. 89 00:05:26,618 --> 00:05:31,457 Mrs. Fletcher, this peach cobbler is a mortal sin. 90 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:33,917 Thank you, and please call me Jessica. 91 00:05:34,001 --> 00:05:34,960 Will you have seconds? 92 00:05:35,044 --> 00:05:36,920 Oh, thank you very much. 93 00:05:40,257 --> 00:05:41,717 Anybody else? Help yourself. 94 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:42,801 -Thank you. -Thank you. 95 00:05:44,178 --> 00:05:46,555 So where are you from, Ben? 96 00:05:46,638 --> 00:05:48,474 Oh, whole bunch of different places. 97 00:05:48,557 --> 00:05:53,020 I guess I’ve spent time in all about eight or nine states. 98 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:55,355 Uh, you name it, I’ve done it. 99 00:05:55,439 --> 00:05:56,648 Were you ever married? 100 00:05:56,732 --> 00:05:59,902 Twice, to the same woman, it didn’t work either time. 101 00:06:01,195 --> 00:06:04,114 Well, I don’t know what your plans are, 102 00:06:04,198 --> 00:06:07,409 but it seems to me that Cabot Cove 103 00:06:07,493 --> 00:06:10,162 could use a man of many talents, like you. 104 00:06:10,245 --> 00:06:12,873 The Corporal here wouldn’t like that. 105 00:06:12,956 --> 00:06:14,166 I know too much dirt. 106 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:15,709 I certainly would. 107 00:06:15,793 --> 00:06:17,586 As a matter of fact, if you’re interested, 108 00:06:17,669 --> 00:06:20,923 I’ll bet I can get you a job within the next 24 hours. 109 00:06:22,091 --> 00:06:23,050 May I propose a toast, 110 00:06:23,133 --> 00:06:26,678 something I’ve been wanting to say for the last 50 years? 111 00:06:32,935 --> 00:06:35,145 Here’s to a lot of good men who died, 112 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:38,148 and to the best one of all who didn’t. 113 00:07:09,555 --> 00:07:10,514 Evening. 114 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:13,100 -I need a single. -For how long? 115 00:07:13,517 --> 00:07:16,311 I’m not quite sure, few days, maybe a week. 116 00:07:16,854 --> 00:07:19,022 I’m supposed to be meeting a friend of mine here. 117 00:07:19,106 --> 00:07:20,566 I wonder if he’s checked in yet, his name is Ben Oliver. 118 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:22,860 Hmm, came in today. 119 00:07:23,402 --> 00:07:26,446 He’s in Cottage Number One, but he’s out at the moment. 120 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:29,366 And you want me to tell him you’re here, Mr. Jarvis? 121 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:32,452 No, no, please don’t do that. I’d like it to be a surprise. 122 00:08:34,765 --> 00:08:36,892 [man] Number 50. Private foursome is up. 123 00:08:37,351 --> 00:08:40,145 50 is up, 51 to follow. 124 00:08:43,565 --> 00:08:44,816 Hey, Doc. 125 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:45,943 Oh, hi, Doc. 126 00:08:46,276 --> 00:08:48,362 Don’t tell me you came all the way out here 127 00:08:48,445 --> 00:08:49,780 just to hound me about that physical. 128 00:08:50,113 --> 00:08:52,908 If I’m correct, you’re about a year overdue. 129 00:08:52,991 --> 00:08:54,326 Well. 130 00:08:54,409 --> 00:08:56,286 Oh, thank you for being so conscientious, Doctor, 131 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:57,955 I can’t even get him to take vitamins. 132 00:08:58,038 --> 00:08:59,081 Well, all right, look. 133 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:00,624 How about this? 134 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:02,501 I’ll have my secretary call you in your office 135 00:09:02,584 --> 00:09:03,585 first thing tomorrow morning 136 00:09:03,669 --> 00:09:04,586 and we’ll set up an appointment. 137 00:09:04,670 --> 00:09:06,505 If that happens, I’ll be amazed. 138 00:09:06,588 --> 00:09:08,465 Why don’t you tell him to take up tennis, Doc, 139 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,050 instead of riding around in a golf cart? 140 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:12,886 Oh, don’t be so sanctimonious, Neal, 141 00:09:12,970 --> 00:09:15,180 there are a lot of things better for your heart than tennis. 142 00:09:15,264 --> 00:09:17,015 Besides, I’m not here as your doctor. 143 00:09:17,099 --> 00:09:17,933 I need a favor. 144 00:09:18,475 --> 00:09:21,144 An old army buddy of mine is in town 145 00:09:21,228 --> 00:09:22,354 and he needs work. 146 00:09:23,188 --> 00:09:26,441 Now I thought he might fit in at your boat yard just fine. 147 00:09:27,317 --> 00:09:29,611 He’s a carpenter and a first rate mechanic. 148 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:32,990 Well, I tell you, Doc, today must be your lucky day 149 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:34,241 because my mechanic just quit. 150 00:09:34,324 --> 00:09:35,784 I was looking for somebody. 151 00:09:36,326 --> 00:09:38,662 So if your man wants a job, he could start this afternoon. 152 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:40,455 Done and done. 153 00:09:41,623 --> 00:09:44,126 I’ve been meaning to ask you about Ben. 154 00:09:44,459 --> 00:09:45,752 How’s he doing in the new job? 155 00:09:46,128 --> 00:09:47,379 So far so good. 156 00:09:47,462 --> 00:09:48,672 Mason Porter likes him a lot. 157 00:09:53,051 --> 00:09:54,886 He saved my life, you know. 158 00:09:55,345 --> 00:09:56,596 Weren’t for Ben Oliver, 159 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:59,141 I wouldn’t be sitting here today. 160 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:00,726 No kidding. 161 00:10:01,351 --> 00:10:02,185 How’d that happen? 162 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:04,604 My platoon was moving toward 163 00:10:04,688 --> 00:10:06,565 a beautiful little French farmhouse. 164 00:10:06,898 --> 00:10:08,900 We thought the damn place was empty. 165 00:10:10,402 --> 00:10:12,362 And there were three of them heavy machine guns. 166 00:10:12,446 --> 00:10:13,989 I got pinned down on a spot 167 00:10:14,072 --> 00:10:16,074 as flat as the top of this table. 168 00:10:16,825 --> 00:10:19,494 Bullets were coming so close, you could smell the cordite. 169 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:21,413 And Ben was with you? 170 00:10:21,747 --> 00:10:25,083 He was about six or seven yards behind, 171 00:10:25,167 --> 00:10:27,461 he crawled forward with his bazooka, 172 00:10:27,544 --> 00:10:28,962 but in order to get a clear shot, 173 00:10:29,046 --> 00:10:31,715 he had stand up as straight as a statue. 174 00:10:32,257 --> 00:10:35,093 Which that crazy fool proceeded to do 175 00:10:36,345 --> 00:10:38,430 and in the midst of that godawful hell. 176 00:10:40,057 --> 00:10:42,309 I never saw anything like it before or since. 177 00:10:46,313 --> 00:10:48,398 Oh, well, that was long time ago. 178 00:10:50,901 --> 00:10:52,819 -Morning, Ms. Fletcher. -Hello, Andy. 179 00:10:52,903 --> 00:10:54,654 -Hey. -What’s up, Andy? 180 00:10:54,738 --> 00:10:55,947 Know the guy we spotted hanging around? 181 00:10:56,281 --> 00:10:57,407 The guy with the Michigan plates? 182 00:10:57,741 --> 00:10:59,868 Yeah. He’s down at the harbor right now. 183 00:11:00,452 --> 00:11:01,745 I don’t know what it is, 184 00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:03,413 but something about him just doesn’t seem right. 185 00:11:36,947 --> 00:11:38,824 Oh, you’re just the man I need, Officer, 186 00:11:38,907 --> 00:11:40,200 passing through on my way north, 187 00:11:40,283 --> 00:11:41,868 I was just trying to figure out 188 00:11:41,952 --> 00:11:44,079 if Route 182 is the best way to go, you know. 189 00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:46,456 Would you mind stepping out of your vehicle, Sir? 190 00:11:46,748 --> 00:11:48,834 And please keep your hands where I can see them. 191 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:56,925 With your permission, 192 00:11:57,676 --> 00:12:00,178 I’m gonna reach in my right hand coat pocket, 193 00:12:00,262 --> 00:12:01,179 get you a little ID, all right? 194 00:12:01,263 --> 00:12:02,848 Do it slowly. 195 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:12,566 You’re a private investigator? 196 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:15,193 That’s right, Sheriff. I’m surveilling a criminal. 197 00:12:15,277 --> 00:12:16,778 I followed him all the way from Detroit. 198 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:19,364 Just what criminal are we talking about? 199 00:12:21,616 --> 00:12:22,617 That one. 200 00:12:25,287 --> 00:12:26,204 Ben Oliver. 201 00:12:41,052 --> 00:12:42,345 [knocking on door] 202 00:12:50,228 --> 00:12:51,229 Who is it? 203 00:12:51,313 --> 00:12:52,439 It’s me Seth. 204 00:12:52,522 --> 00:12:54,941 What, Seth. 205 00:13:01,531 --> 00:13:02,449 What’s wrong? 206 00:13:04,242 --> 00:13:05,285 You remember that fellow 207 00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:07,037 that was supposedly hanging around town? 208 00:13:07,704 --> 00:13:09,873 Turns out he’s a fellow by the name of Jarvis, 209 00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:12,083 private investigator from Detroit, Michigan. 210 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:14,252 He’s here in town claiming that 211 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:17,964 Ben robbed a jewelry store. 212 00:13:18,215 --> 00:13:19,716 I can’t believe that. 213 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:22,010 Jarvis owns the agency 214 00:13:22,093 --> 00:13:24,429 that the jewelry store hired for protection. 215 00:13:24,513 --> 00:13:27,098 Ben worked for him as a security guard. 216 00:13:27,182 --> 00:13:29,476 He was on duty at the time of the robbery. 217 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,229 Seth, I think you should sit down. 218 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:34,981 Oh, Jess, this is just terrible. 219 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:40,028 Jarvis claims that Ben took an unauthorized coffee break, 220 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:42,197 just before the robbery. 221 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:47,160 Then, a man roughly Ben’s size and weight 222 00:13:47,244 --> 00:13:49,913 came into the store wearing a ski mask 223 00:13:49,996 --> 00:13:52,582 and carrying a gun, a .45 automatic. 224 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:55,168 He got away with over half-a-million dollars 225 00:13:55,252 --> 00:13:57,212 worth of merchandise. 226 00:13:57,295 --> 00:13:59,422 But if he was wearing a ski mask, 227 00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:01,550 how did they know that it was Ben? 228 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:04,344 Mort checked with the Detroit Police Department. 229 00:14:04,427 --> 00:14:06,221 They said they questioned Ben 230 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:08,682 and let him go for lack of evidence, 231 00:14:08,765 --> 00:14:10,684 but not Jarvis. 232 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:12,978 He is the one that thinks Ben’s guilty. 233 00:14:13,061 --> 00:14:14,646 He’s the one that followed him all the way from Detroit, 234 00:14:14,729 --> 00:14:16,606 can’t wait for him to make a mistake. 235 00:14:16,690 --> 00:14:20,193 Swears that he’ll get him if it takes the rest of his life. 236 00:14:20,277 --> 00:14:23,154 But surely you don’t believe all that. 237 00:14:23,238 --> 00:14:27,117 50 years ago, I would have kicked the tar out of anybody 238 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,493 who talked about Ben like that, 239 00:14:28,577 --> 00:14:32,789 but well, we’re strangers now. 240 00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:35,166 I look at him and I see someone I hardly recognize, 241 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:36,918 can’t even hold a conversation with. 242 00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:39,671 You seemed to be doing just fine at the dinner party? 243 00:14:39,754 --> 00:14:41,381 Oh. 244 00:14:41,464 --> 00:14:43,633 Sifting through old memories. 245 00:14:43,717 --> 00:14:45,468 And when they ran out, 246 00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:47,596 there really wasn’t much of anything else to go on. 247 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,724 And the damnedest part of it is, 248 00:14:51,474 --> 00:14:54,102 that if tell Ben what I know, 249 00:14:54,185 --> 00:14:56,813 he’ll leave Cabot Cove and probably never come back. 250 00:14:57,355 --> 00:14:58,773 And if don’t tell him, 251 00:14:59,858 --> 00:15:02,402 I’m betraying the man who saved my life. 252 00:15:21,630 --> 00:15:23,715 Neal. How are you doing? 253 00:15:23,798 --> 00:15:25,091 Well, I’ve made up mind. Have you? 254 00:15:25,175 --> 00:15:26,509 I’ve decided to buy her. 255 00:15:26,593 --> 00:15:28,595 Ah, good. See, I knew you would, 256 00:15:28,678 --> 00:15:31,014 I knew you wanted this beauty so bad you could taste it. 257 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:34,059 Well, blame it on my wife, not me. 258 00:15:34,142 --> 00:15:37,562 Well, I’m sure you had to twist Robin’s arm real hard. 259 00:15:37,646 --> 00:15:39,189 There is one condition, however. 260 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:40,315 Yeah? 261 00:15:40,398 --> 00:15:41,941 It’s a cash transaction. 262 00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:44,778 Paperwork doesn’t go through my bank or my corporation. 263 00:15:44,861 --> 00:15:47,489 Neal, I can’t, I don’t know. Come on. 264 00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:50,075 I mean, that’s not the way I usually do business. 265 00:15:50,158 --> 00:15:52,786 Well, that’s the only way I’m buying the boat, my friend. 266 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:54,913 And the issue isn’t open for debate. 267 00:15:54,996 --> 00:15:57,457 What it boils down to is you either take it or you leave it. 268 00:16:00,377 --> 00:16:03,171 -My friend, you’ve got yourself a deal. -All right. 269 00:16:03,254 --> 00:16:05,507 Look, it’s gonna take me a couple of days, 270 00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:07,425 you know, do a little creative paperwork, 271 00:16:07,509 --> 00:16:09,052 but I’m gonna have this boat in the water 272 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:10,720 and floating for you by Saturday noon. 273 00:16:10,804 --> 00:16:11,680 Well, thank you. 274 00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:18,603 I better get back to the office and start earning some money. 275 00:16:18,687 --> 00:16:20,063 Okay, see you Saturday. 276 00:16:20,146 --> 00:16:21,564 Look, and you made a great buy here today, 277 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:23,525 this is a great boat. You’re gonna love it. 278 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:26,820 Hey, Ben, 279 00:16:28,530 --> 00:16:29,364 could you come down a minute? 280 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:31,282 I’d like to talk to you in the office. 281 00:16:38,081 --> 00:16:39,916 [knocking on door] Yeah, come in. 282 00:16:41,084 --> 00:16:42,085 You wanted to see me? 283 00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:44,504 Yeah, Ben, come on in. 284 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:50,260 Have a seat. 285 00:16:55,515 --> 00:16:56,391 You want some coffee? 286 00:16:56,474 --> 00:16:57,308 No, thanks. 287 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:00,061 You know, I’ve been watching you very closely 288 00:17:00,145 --> 00:17:01,771 ever since you started working here, Ben. 289 00:17:02,397 --> 00:17:05,608 And well, I have to tell you I like very much what I see. 290 00:17:06,609 --> 00:17:07,610 You’re a good mechanic. 291 00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:09,779 Your work habits are excellent. 292 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:13,408 But, you know, frankly I think you’re overqualified 293 00:17:13,491 --> 00:17:14,492 for the work you’re doing. 294 00:17:14,576 --> 00:17:16,911 Well, this is a first, 295 00:17:16,995 --> 00:17:19,789 I’ve never been fired for being overqualified before. 296 00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:22,542 Come on, who said anything about firing you? 297 00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:24,544 I’m talking about a promotion here. 298 00:17:27,130 --> 00:17:31,217 Listen, we need to take on another sales person. 299 00:17:31,301 --> 00:17:32,927 And if you’re interested, the job is yours. 300 00:17:33,178 --> 00:17:35,472 Sure, I’m interested. 301 00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:38,516 Mr. Porter, this is fantastic. 302 00:17:39,350 --> 00:17:41,144 Look, would you send Dave in here please? 303 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:42,520 [woman] Yes, Sir. 304 00:17:46,107 --> 00:17:46,941 You wanted me? 305 00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:48,693 Ah, yeah. 306 00:17:49,277 --> 00:17:51,196 I’ve decided to take Ben on as salesman, 307 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,616 so as soon as we can find another maintenance man, 308 00:17:54,699 --> 00:17:56,117 you’ll start training him. 309 00:17:56,367 --> 00:17:57,994 Can I talk to you for a moment? 310 00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:59,913 I better get back, I got some work to do. 311 00:18:08,129 --> 00:18:10,048 Have you gone nuts? 312 00:18:10,131 --> 00:18:12,675 How can you let someone like that represent this company? 313 00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:15,220 He won’t sell boats. He’ll drive people off the lot. 314 00:18:15,303 --> 00:18:16,930 Yeah, unless you’ve forgotten, 315 00:18:17,013 --> 00:18:19,307 most of the people that can afford what we sell are over 50. 316 00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:22,936 Well, I’ll be damned if I’m gonna train him, 317 00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:24,562 unless you get him fumigated 318 00:18:24,646 --> 00:18:26,439 and teach him to count from one to ten. 319 00:18:26,523 --> 00:18:27,899 Now listen to me, boy, 320 00:18:27,982 --> 00:18:29,818 that old man has more brains in his kneecaps 321 00:18:29,901 --> 00:18:31,569 than you have in your entire body. 322 00:18:31,653 --> 00:18:34,030 And if you ever question my authority again, 323 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:35,907 I’m gonna forget that you’re my sister’s son 324 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:38,785 and I’m gonna hack your little umbilical with a meat axe. 325 00:18:40,078 --> 00:18:41,246 Now you got that, nephew? 326 00:19:14,988 --> 00:19:16,281 Mrs. Fletcher, 327 00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:20,243 I’m Lawrence Jarvis, I’m a private investigator. 328 00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:22,787 Yes, so I’ve heard. 329 00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:25,623 I wanted to talk to you about Dr. Hazlitt. 330 00:19:25,707 --> 00:19:27,584 I’ve been concerned because he seems 331 00:19:27,667 --> 00:19:29,878 to be a very close friend to a wanted felon 332 00:19:29,961 --> 00:19:31,087 I’ve been tracking. 333 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,797 If you mean Ben Oliver, 334 00:19:32,881 --> 00:19:34,465 according to the Detroit Police, 335 00:19:34,549 --> 00:19:37,135 he’s not a wanted, nor a felon. 336 00:19:37,218 --> 00:19:39,679 Oh, he’s guilty, Mrs. Fletcher, I’m gonna prove it. 337 00:19:39,762 --> 00:19:41,180 Any way you can. 338 00:19:41,264 --> 00:19:42,557 It’s a matter of principle. 339 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,059 I think there’s more to it than that. 340 00:19:45,143 --> 00:19:48,187 You see, I just spent three hours right here, 341 00:19:48,271 --> 00:19:50,023 going through newspaper articles 342 00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:51,774 about the Detroit jewelry robbery 343 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:54,777 and one in particular caught my attention. 344 00:19:54,861 --> 00:19:58,865 It reported that your security business was poorly managed 345 00:19:58,948 --> 00:20:01,367 and your officers received less training than, 346 00:20:01,451 --> 00:20:05,580 I think the quote was, "a grade school crossing guard." 347 00:20:05,663 --> 00:20:08,499 Well, never believe everything you read, right? 348 00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:11,252 I don’t. But what’s interesting is, 349 00:20:11,336 --> 00:20:14,714 this particular article was in the business section. 350 00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:17,050 It said that as a result of the robbery, 351 00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:19,302 your client list had all but vanished 352 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:21,679 and you were filing for bankruptcy. 353 00:20:21,763 --> 00:20:24,182 So knowing human nature as I do, 354 00:20:24,265 --> 00:20:26,309 I might speculate that you’re blaming 355 00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:28,603 the wrong person for your own failure. 356 00:20:30,647 --> 00:20:32,398 Mrs. Fletcher, I was gonna ask for your help, 357 00:20:32,482 --> 00:20:34,984 but I can see the futility of that, all right. 358 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:36,736 Let me just suggest though, 359 00:20:36,819 --> 00:20:38,863 that while you’re doing your microfilm dirty work, 360 00:20:38,947 --> 00:20:41,616 you look up Ben Oliver’s army medical records 361 00:20:41,699 --> 00:20:43,034 because you’re gonna find 362 00:20:43,117 --> 00:20:45,078 that after he was discharged in 1945, 363 00:20:45,161 --> 00:20:47,580 he spent a few years in a VA mental health facility. 364 00:20:47,664 --> 00:20:50,124 Since that time he hasn’t been able to hold on to a steady job, 365 00:20:50,208 --> 00:20:52,585 he hasn’t been able to stay out of trouble. 366 00:20:52,669 --> 00:20:54,504 And I know for a fact that he would steal anything 367 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,631 that isn’t nailed down with a railroad spike. 368 00:20:56,714 --> 00:20:59,133 I’d be very careful about 369 00:20:59,217 --> 00:21:01,386 poisoning the waters around here, Mr. Jarvis. 370 00:21:01,469 --> 00:21:03,012 The people in this town 371 00:21:03,096 --> 00:21:06,140 don’t have much tolerance for that sort of thing. 372 00:21:21,406 --> 00:21:23,741 Lawrence Jarvis is in town. 373 00:21:29,372 --> 00:21:32,709 He told the sheriff what happened in Detroit. 374 00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:35,461 And the sheriff told me. 375 00:21:35,545 --> 00:21:37,213 He’s insane. 376 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,841 Well, the Detroit Police aren’t saying 377 00:21:39,924 --> 00:21:42,218 whether he’s right or wrong, 378 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:45,596 only that they have no specific evidence, 379 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,640 and that the case is still open. 380 00:21:47,724 --> 00:21:50,435 That bastard hasn’t let me alone for one minute. 381 00:21:50,518 --> 00:21:55,064 Every time I turn around, he’s right there like an animal, 382 00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:56,816 with the smell of blood in his nose, 383 00:21:56,899 --> 00:22:00,528 just waiting for half an excuse to rip at my throat. 384 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:04,365 Well, I tell you something, Corporal, 385 00:22:04,949 --> 00:22:07,827 if he keeps it up, I might just decide to rip at his first. 386 00:22:21,716 --> 00:22:24,510 Here’s to the best looking boat owner in town. 387 00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:26,345 May you have smooth sailing. 388 00:22:34,896 --> 00:22:37,565 I’m assuming you’ll be giving me private lessons, 389 00:22:38,775 --> 00:22:41,694 I’m a little weak in celestial navigation. 390 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:44,322 Well, I’m your man. 391 00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:48,201 Hey, there’s somebody out there. 392 00:22:58,503 --> 00:23:00,588 Hey, hey, Ben. 393 00:23:01,339 --> 00:23:02,965 What the hell are you doing here? 394 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:04,884 I forgot my jacket. 395 00:23:04,967 --> 00:23:06,219 I was afraid it would get stolen. 396 00:23:06,302 --> 00:23:07,720 Yeah, and why are you looking in the window? 397 00:23:07,804 --> 00:23:10,515 I wasn’t, somebody else was hanging around. 398 00:23:10,598 --> 00:23:12,934 When I got here, they took off and ran away. 399 00:23:13,184 --> 00:23:14,310 Where’s your jacket now? 400 00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:15,478 I couldn’t find it. 401 00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:17,271 Must’ve left it in the restaurant 402 00:23:17,355 --> 00:23:19,023 when I had lunch with Seth Hazlitt. 403 00:23:19,107 --> 00:23:21,109 I’m giving you a great opportunity here, Ben, 404 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:23,194 don’t blow it. 405 00:24:39,061 --> 00:24:40,479 Nice way to start the day, isn’t it? 406 00:24:40,563 --> 00:24:41,981 What happened? 407 00:24:42,064 --> 00:24:43,566 He was hit in the head with a heavy object, 408 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:45,234 bludgeoned to death, 409 00:24:45,318 --> 00:24:47,778 best estimate sometime between ten and midnight. 410 00:24:47,862 --> 00:24:49,322 Appears the motive was robbery. 411 00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:51,199 A whole bunch of cash missing from the safe. 412 00:24:51,282 --> 00:24:52,909 $60,000. 413 00:24:53,951 --> 00:24:55,745 Neal Dishman bought a boat yesterday. 414 00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:56,913 Paid cash for it. 415 00:24:57,121 --> 00:24:58,748 I think his wallet was also missing. 416 00:24:59,415 --> 00:25:01,876 Beats me why. He never carried much more than lunch money. 417 00:25:02,084 --> 00:25:03,252 Well, what about credit cards? 418 00:25:03,461 --> 00:25:06,005 A lot of those, made him look important. 419 00:25:06,088 --> 00:25:08,132 But isn’t it rather unusual to pay 420 00:25:08,216 --> 00:25:09,967 for an expensive boat with cash? 421 00:25:10,051 --> 00:25:12,762 Not if the customer wants to hide the money from uncle Sam. 422 00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:15,014 See, all you have to do is find someone like my uncle 423 00:25:15,097 --> 00:25:16,724 who’s gonna look the other way. 424 00:25:17,475 --> 00:25:18,809 Ethics didn’t mean much. 425 00:25:18,893 --> 00:25:21,520 All Mason cared about was selling boats. 426 00:25:21,604 --> 00:25:24,273 Something else I think you ought to know, Sheriff. 427 00:25:24,357 --> 00:25:26,025 Our maintenance man was right in this room 428 00:25:26,108 --> 00:25:28,027 when Mason counted that money and locked it in the safe. 429 00:25:28,236 --> 00:25:30,363 Ben? Ben Oliver? 430 00:25:30,571 --> 00:25:33,491 Eyeing that money like it was his ticket to paradise. 431 00:25:33,574 --> 00:25:34,992 What was he doing in the office? 432 00:25:35,076 --> 00:25:36,827 [Dave] Getting his tail chewed. 433 00:25:36,911 --> 00:25:38,663 So the guy loves collecting his paycheck 434 00:25:38,746 --> 00:25:40,081 as long as he doesn’t have to work for it, 435 00:25:40,164 --> 00:25:41,540 and Mason was gonna fire him. 436 00:25:41,624 --> 00:25:43,376 Now that is a lot of baloney. 437 00:25:43,459 --> 00:25:45,169 I had lunch with Ben yesterday. 438 00:25:45,253 --> 00:25:47,546 Mason told him he’s gonna make him a salesman. 439 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:49,298 [Dave] In his dreams, Doctor. 440 00:25:49,382 --> 00:25:51,092 The man lives in a fantasy world, 441 00:25:51,175 --> 00:25:53,636 half the things he says come right out of the Twilight Zone. 442 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:55,763 [sheriff] Did he show up for work today? 443 00:25:55,846 --> 00:25:58,599 Yeah, an hour and forty five minutes late. 444 00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:00,726 He’s down on the dock getting a suntan. 445 00:26:14,156 --> 00:26:16,409 Right down there, Sheriff. 446 00:26:16,492 --> 00:26:19,453 And I’ll bet you a year’s pay he’s your man. 447 00:26:21,706 --> 00:26:23,457 Oh, you’ll have to excuse me, 448 00:26:23,541 --> 00:26:25,167 like it or not, I’ve got a business to run. 449 00:26:31,215 --> 00:26:33,426 I don’t think I should be any part of this, 450 00:26:34,218 --> 00:26:35,386 I’ll be at my office. 451 00:26:35,469 --> 00:26:36,721 Please call me. 452 00:26:50,484 --> 00:26:52,528 Morning, Ben. Morning. 453 00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:54,155 Ben, I’m trying to find out as much as I can 454 00:26:54,238 --> 00:26:55,781 about what happened last night. 455 00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:57,783 Hope you don’t mind if I ask you a few questions. 456 00:26:57,867 --> 00:26:59,952 What’s the matter with Seth, he got cold feet? 457 00:27:00,745 --> 00:27:02,913 Uh, he had to go back to his office. 458 00:27:02,997 --> 00:27:04,540 Look, Ben, this is just routine, 459 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,375 but can you tell me what did you last night? 460 00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:08,169 I was at the motel. 461 00:27:08,252 --> 00:27:09,795 [sheriff] You never left the whole evening? 462 00:27:10,755 --> 00:27:12,882 Only when I looked for my jacket, 463 00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:13,924 I thought I’d left it here. 464 00:27:15,509 --> 00:27:16,594 You came here? 465 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:18,929 Yes, but I didn’t find my jacket. 466 00:27:19,013 --> 00:27:20,014 Wasn’t here. 467 00:27:20,097 --> 00:27:21,098 About what time? 468 00:27:21,182 --> 00:27:22,516 I don’t know, maybe ten. 469 00:27:23,059 --> 00:27:24,185 And then what happened? 470 00:27:24,268 --> 00:27:26,645 I drove up and I saw somebody hanging around. 471 00:27:26,729 --> 00:27:28,064 Could you see who it was? 472 00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:31,484 No, it was too dark, just some mysterious figure. 473 00:27:32,401 --> 00:27:33,361 Why mysterious? 474 00:27:33,569 --> 00:27:36,280 Because when he saw me, he took off like a jackrabbit. 475 00:27:36,739 --> 00:27:39,367 A minute later, Mason came out, 476 00:27:39,575 --> 00:27:41,202 asked me what I was doing. 477 00:27:41,285 --> 00:27:43,913 I told him about my jacket and I left. 478 00:27:44,372 --> 00:27:46,707 Well, at least I hope you found your jacket? 479 00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:49,794 I get the feeling I’m a suspect, sheriff? 480 00:27:49,877 --> 00:27:51,170 I never said that. 481 00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:54,298 It’s all that bunk Lawrence Jarvis fed you, 482 00:27:54,757 --> 00:27:57,718 you got it into your head that I’m a criminal. 483 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,553 You’ve already jumped to the conclusion 484 00:27:59,637 --> 00:28:02,139 that I killed Mr. Porter and stole his money. 485 00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:05,184 Look, Ben, this is just standard procedure. 486 00:28:05,267 --> 00:28:07,269 If I didn’t talk to every one of Mason’s employees, 487 00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:08,521 I wouldn’t be doing my job. 488 00:28:12,066 --> 00:28:13,567 [man] Let us pray. 489 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:15,486 In this sure and certain hope 490 00:28:15,569 --> 00:28:18,114 of the resurrection to eternal life, 491 00:28:18,197 --> 00:28:21,826 we commend to almighty god our brother Mason Porter, 492 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:24,370 and we commit his body to the ground. 493 00:28:24,578 --> 00:28:29,708 Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 494 00:28:29,792 --> 00:28:31,919 The Lord bless him and keep him. 495 00:28:32,002 --> 00:28:35,923 The Lord make his face shine on him and be gracious to him. 496 00:28:36,006 --> 00:28:38,384 The Lord look upon him with favor 497 00:28:38,467 --> 00:28:40,052 and give him eternal peace, 498 00:28:41,679 --> 00:28:42,638 Amen. 499 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:43,722 [all] Amen. 500 00:28:53,107 --> 00:28:55,192 Dorothy, I’m so, so sorry. 501 00:28:55,276 --> 00:28:56,694 Thank you, Neal. 502 00:28:56,777 --> 00:28:58,404 If there’s anything I can ever do. 503 00:28:58,487 --> 00:29:01,115 Of course. 504 00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:02,575 Robin, I have something 505 00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:04,285 I’d like to say to you in private. 506 00:29:05,119 --> 00:29:06,370 Excuse me. 507 00:29:11,459 --> 00:29:13,294 I can’t believe you’d have the nerve 508 00:29:13,377 --> 00:29:15,004 to show your face here. 509 00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:17,756 Well, we did have one thing in common, didn’t we? 510 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,926 Yes, and I’m wondering just how soon 511 00:29:21,010 --> 00:29:22,553 I should tell your husband about it. 512 00:29:33,898 --> 00:29:34,815 What was that all about? 513 00:29:34,899 --> 00:29:36,108 Girl talk. 514 00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:38,068 She just asked me how soon 515 00:29:38,152 --> 00:29:40,738 I thought it would be acceptable for her to date. 516 00:29:40,821 --> 00:29:41,822 You don’t look too good, babe, 517 00:29:41,906 --> 00:29:43,365 how about a ride home? 518 00:29:44,825 --> 00:29:47,286 We came in separate cars, remember? 519 00:29:47,495 --> 00:29:51,165 And I’ll be damned if I’m leaving mine here, babe. 520 00:29:53,542 --> 00:29:54,877 How is Ben doing? 521 00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:56,879 He worries me, Jessica. 522 00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:59,006 Short tempered, on edge all the time, 523 00:29:59,089 --> 00:30:01,842 like something is ready to explode inside. 524 00:30:01,926 --> 00:30:05,179 He keeps saying how he’s already been judged 525 00:30:05,262 --> 00:30:06,263 and found guilty. 526 00:30:06,347 --> 00:30:07,681 I never told him that. 527 00:30:07,765 --> 00:30:09,475 No, not in so many words. 528 00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:12,478 [car honking] 529 00:30:16,106 --> 00:30:17,691 What’s the matter with some people? 530 00:30:17,775 --> 00:30:19,318 That was Robin Dishman. 531 00:30:19,401 --> 00:30:21,237 One of these days I’m gonna have the supreme joy 532 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,947 of taking that lady’s driver’s license away from her. 533 00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:23,948 Sheriff! 534 00:30:25,574 --> 00:30:26,951 We found Mason Porter’s wallet. 535 00:30:27,034 --> 00:30:29,537 -Where? -On the pier near the boatyard. 536 00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:31,372 Couple of kids spotted it while they were fishing. 537 00:30:31,455 --> 00:30:33,165 What about money and credit cards? 538 00:30:33,249 --> 00:30:35,918 As far as I could see, everything was there, 539 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:37,878 50 bucks cash and a whole bunch of plastic. 540 00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:40,089 Well, maybe we’ll catch a break 541 00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,174 when we get the fingerprint report back from the lab. 542 00:30:42,258 --> 00:30:43,926 Oh, we already did that. 543 00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:45,261 The only prints found were the victim’s 544 00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:46,345 and the kids who found it. 545 00:30:57,106 --> 00:30:58,190 Hey, Ben. 546 00:30:59,108 --> 00:31:01,569 I thought maybe I’d find you down here. 547 00:31:01,652 --> 00:31:03,612 Just taking a last look. 548 00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:05,155 See, I’m unemployed. 549 00:31:05,948 --> 00:31:08,826 Dave Sanders came back from his uncle’s funeral 550 00:31:08,909 --> 00:31:11,370 and he fired me. See, he’s the boss around here now. 551 00:31:11,453 --> 00:31:13,122 We’ll have to find you something else. 552 00:31:13,205 --> 00:31:15,332 Ah, you’d be wasting your time, corporal, 553 00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:16,750 if people in this town think 554 00:31:16,834 --> 00:31:18,502 that I am a thief and a murderer. 555 00:31:18,586 --> 00:31:21,213 -Oh, that’s not true. -Isn’t it? 556 00:31:21,297 --> 00:31:23,591 Well, you seem to represent most of the people around here, 557 00:31:23,674 --> 00:31:26,302 I don’t recall hearing you say that I’m innocent. 558 00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:28,137 I didn’t figure there was any reason to. 559 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:29,763 You found out the real reason 560 00:31:29,847 --> 00:31:32,182 that I was in the VA hospital, didn’t you? 561 00:31:32,266 --> 00:31:34,727 Doc, come on, don’t lie to me, Seth. 562 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:37,062 You wouldn’t be the first person Jarvis told. 563 00:31:37,146 --> 00:31:38,480 All right. 564 00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:42,151 Why didn’t you tell me yourself? 565 00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:45,821 I tried the first day I was here, 566 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,323 right after I got off the bus. 567 00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:48,824 No. 568 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:51,827 What you said was that after the war, 569 00:31:52,620 --> 00:31:56,415 you hadn’t been quite right for a long, long time. 570 00:31:56,498 --> 00:31:58,125 Now that could’ve meant a lot of things. 571 00:31:58,792 --> 00:31:59,627 Oh. 572 00:32:01,962 --> 00:32:03,714 So now that I’m a murder suspect, 573 00:32:03,797 --> 00:32:06,091 you’d like a little clarification, is that it? 574 00:32:06,175 --> 00:32:08,719 Only because you are my friend. 575 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:12,514 Okay, then I’ll give to you in one quick swallow. 576 00:32:12,598 --> 00:32:14,224 You see, corporal, 577 00:32:15,059 --> 00:32:17,936 when a mortar round hits close enough, 578 00:32:18,771 --> 00:32:20,105 it not only explodes, 579 00:32:20,189 --> 00:32:22,691 it implodes at the very same time. 580 00:32:22,775 --> 00:32:26,111 This causes a vacuum, a force that sucks 581 00:32:26,195 --> 00:32:29,365 part of your being right out through the top of your skull. 582 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:32,743 For lack of a better word, let’s call it your soul. 583 00:32:33,744 --> 00:32:35,829 And what most people don’t know is, 584 00:32:36,038 --> 00:32:40,501 souls are a hell of lot more fragile than human flesh. 585 00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:44,880 Sometimes they just never seem to heal. 586 00:33:02,064 --> 00:33:04,358 Sheriff, I’m open to all suggestions. 587 00:33:04,441 --> 00:33:05,943 Not to mine, you’re not. 588 00:33:06,694 --> 00:33:08,862 You want to talk about that CPA, right? 589 00:33:12,449 --> 00:33:13,992 I want you out of my life. 590 00:33:14,868 --> 00:33:16,245 If I’m not mistaken, old man, 591 00:33:16,328 --> 00:33:17,746 you’re in my room, I’m not in yours. 592 00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:19,873 Framing me for Detroit wasn’t enough. 593 00:33:19,957 --> 00:33:21,709 You had to kill Mason Porter 594 00:33:21,792 --> 00:33:23,377 and try to frame me for that, too. 595 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:27,381 Well, I might have killed him for the money. 596 00:33:28,132 --> 00:33:30,008 But to frame you, I wouldn’t waste the effort. 597 00:33:30,718 --> 00:33:32,928 I don’t have to do anything to you. You’re gonna do it to yourself. 598 00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:34,930 You’re gonna self-destruct, and I’m gonna have the sheer pleasure 599 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,682 of just sitting here and watching you. 600 00:33:36,765 --> 00:33:38,142 I’m gonna kill you! 601 00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:43,605 Break it up. 602 00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:45,023 Ben, break it up, come on. 603 00:33:45,107 --> 00:33:46,442 Come on. 604 00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:47,985 Take it easy, Ben. 605 00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:50,195 Take it easy. 606 00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:51,655 Well, thank God you’re here, sheriff. 607 00:33:51,739 --> 00:33:53,490 Now maybe you’ll start believing me. 608 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:57,286 Look what we found, sheriff. 609 00:33:57,369 --> 00:33:58,996 This was under his mattress. 610 00:33:59,079 --> 00:34:00,789 We found this money in the top drawer of his dresser. 611 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:13,343 You’re sure it’s all right for me to look at Mason’s wallet? 612 00:34:13,427 --> 00:34:14,303 Oh, help yourself. 613 00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:16,638 Lab people are finished with it, what’s the harm? 614 00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:26,148 This is outrageous. 615 00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:28,358 This is a disgrace. 616 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:30,027 Yes, ma’am. 617 00:34:30,110 --> 00:34:32,696 Says you were going 70 in a 25 mile zone. 618 00:34:32,780 --> 00:34:36,033 I’m talking about the officer that issued it, 619 00:34:36,116 --> 00:34:37,576 he ought to be suspended. 620 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:40,621 You were exceeding the speed limit by 45 miles an hour. 621 00:34:40,996 --> 00:34:43,415 I was coming from a funeral. 622 00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:47,336 I was so depressed, I didn’t know where I was, 623 00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:50,005 let alone how fast I was going. 624 00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:53,467 I’m sorry you lost your orientation, ma’am, 625 00:34:53,842 --> 00:34:55,219 but the fine’s $80. 626 00:34:58,806 --> 00:35:01,642 In case you don’t know, officer, 627 00:35:02,226 --> 00:35:05,729 my husband happens to be Neal Dishman. 628 00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:08,524 He owns the largest 629 00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:11,568 construction company in the county. 630 00:35:13,278 --> 00:35:16,573 And this isn’t gonna make him happy at all. 631 00:35:19,076 --> 00:35:20,828 How fast was she going this time? 632 00:35:20,911 --> 00:35:22,996 45 over, broke her own record. 633 00:35:23,705 --> 00:35:25,707 Have someone run this over to the lab. 634 00:35:25,791 --> 00:35:28,335 I want the serial number, history, forensics. 635 00:35:28,418 --> 00:35:29,878 I want the whole package and I want it fast. 636 00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:37,678 390, 490, 590, 690, 790, 890, 990, 10,000. 637 00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:39,596 There’s $10,000 here. 638 00:35:40,264 --> 00:35:43,684 I told you it was a plant, that was planted by Jarvis. 639 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:46,103 All the gun is, is an old war souvenir. 640 00:35:46,186 --> 00:35:47,771 It hasn’t been fired for 50 years. 641 00:35:47,855 --> 00:35:50,649 Sheriff, I’d been wondering 642 00:35:50,732 --> 00:35:53,110 what prompted you to search the motel? 643 00:35:53,193 --> 00:35:54,653 We got an anonymous tip. 644 00:35:54,736 --> 00:35:56,154 From a man or woman? 645 00:35:56,238 --> 00:35:57,406 Oh, I took it, Ms. Fletcher. 646 00:35:57,489 --> 00:35:58,657 It was a male voice. 647 00:35:58,949 --> 00:35:59,867 I see. 648 00:36:00,409 --> 00:36:04,538 Ben, did Lawrence Jarvis follow you to the boatyard 649 00:36:04,621 --> 00:36:06,331 the night that Mason Porter was killed? 650 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:09,501 It’s possible, I wouldn’t be surprised. 651 00:36:09,877 --> 00:36:12,087 Could he have been the mysterious figure 652 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:13,714 that you told us about? 653 00:36:13,797 --> 00:36:15,757 The person who ran off when you got there? 654 00:36:16,133 --> 00:36:17,551 I don’t think so. 655 00:36:17,634 --> 00:36:19,219 Jarvis would’ve had to be behind me. 656 00:36:20,971 --> 00:36:22,681 Well, I could use a cup of coffee. 657 00:36:23,056 --> 00:36:27,311 Ben, is there anything at all that you haven’t told us, 658 00:36:27,394 --> 00:36:30,105 about what you might have seen or done that night? 659 00:36:31,398 --> 00:36:33,525 Well, yes, there was one thing. 660 00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:35,903 I didn’t think it was important. 661 00:36:36,445 --> 00:36:37,988 I guess I was a little embarrassed. 662 00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:42,868 When I got there, I noticed a light in the office. 663 00:36:43,243 --> 00:36:45,370 I peeked through one of the windows 664 00:36:47,122 --> 00:36:50,459 and Mr. Porter was drinking champagne with his wife 665 00:36:50,834 --> 00:36:51,877 and they were kissing. 666 00:36:52,628 --> 00:36:54,338 She was there? His wife? 667 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:57,341 Yes, the lady that just wants to throw me 668 00:36:57,424 --> 00:36:58,759 out of here like a banshee. 669 00:37:00,802 --> 00:37:02,346 Well, that wasn’t his wife. 670 00:37:03,347 --> 00:37:04,890 That was Robin Dishman. 671 00:37:04,973 --> 00:37:07,768 Yes, sheriff, so it was. 672 00:37:07,851 --> 00:37:10,062 If I’m not mistaken, 673 00:37:10,145 --> 00:37:12,689 this makes things a whole lot clearer. 674 00:37:18,904 --> 00:37:20,906 Well, anything else I can do for you nice people? 675 00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:22,407 Got a sweet little gaff-rigged ketch on sale. 676 00:37:22,491 --> 00:37:24,034 No, thanks, Mr. Sanders, 677 00:37:24,117 --> 00:37:25,702 we won’t be needing you at least for a while. 678 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:36,964 Now right down on that trash pile, 679 00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:39,007 that’s where the kids found Mason’s wallet. 680 00:37:39,091 --> 00:37:40,801 Ah, yes. 681 00:37:42,511 --> 00:37:43,804 Ah, yes what? 682 00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:48,558 Mrs. F, would you mind telling me what we’re doing here? 683 00:37:48,642 --> 00:37:49,977 We’re closing in. 684 00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:51,687 On whom? 685 00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:54,731 Well, I’m not sure yet, but this much is clear. 686 00:37:54,815 --> 00:37:56,817 The motive for stealing Mason’s wallet 687 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,610 wasn’t money or credit cards. 688 00:37:58,694 --> 00:38:02,114 What the killer needed was a coded plastic card 689 00:38:02,197 --> 00:38:04,116 allowing escape through the back gate 690 00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:05,742 and along this pier. 691 00:38:05,826 --> 00:38:07,244 I mean, once past the gate, 692 00:38:07,327 --> 00:38:09,121 there was no longer any need for the wallet, 693 00:38:09,204 --> 00:38:10,872 so it was thrown away. 694 00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:12,332 Anything else? 695 00:38:12,416 --> 00:38:15,168 Yes, since the only fingerprints on the wallet 696 00:38:15,252 --> 00:38:17,921 were the victim’s and the children’s who found it, 697 00:38:18,005 --> 00:38:20,465 that leads me to believe that the killer wore gloves, 698 00:38:20,549 --> 00:38:23,093 which is a clear indication of premeditated murder. 699 00:38:23,176 --> 00:38:24,720 Mr. Wiggins, hello. 700 00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,471 What can I do for you, Ms. Fletcher? 701 00:38:26,555 --> 00:38:28,682 I thought you might be able to give the sheriff a hand. 702 00:38:28,765 --> 00:38:31,226 He was wondering if you were open 703 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:33,061 the night that Mason Porter was killed? 704 00:38:33,145 --> 00:38:34,980 If sheriff ever took up fishing, 705 00:38:35,063 --> 00:38:37,357 he’d know I was open seven days a week. 706 00:38:37,441 --> 00:38:40,527 Did you happen to notice anyone pass here, 707 00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:41,820 going that way? 708 00:38:41,903 --> 00:38:44,281 I mean, between ten and midnight? 709 00:38:45,282 --> 00:38:48,410 Yeah, come to think of it, I did. 710 00:38:48,493 --> 00:38:50,579 Must be a little past ten. 711 00:38:50,662 --> 00:38:53,331 I was closing up, somebody walked by, 712 00:38:53,415 --> 00:38:56,168 and a couple of seconds later I heard glass breaking. 713 00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:57,836 Could you see who it was? 714 00:38:57,919 --> 00:39:00,297 No. No, it was pretty dark. 715 00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:02,174 Besides, I wasn’t paying much attention anyways. 716 00:39:02,257 --> 00:39:03,175 Terrific. 717 00:39:03,258 --> 00:39:05,427 Just one more question. 718 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:08,263 Could you tell if the person was a man or a woman? 719 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:11,933 Oh, it was a man, that much I bet my life on. 720 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:14,770 Mr. Wiggins, thank you very, very much. 721 00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:17,022 Well, what’s the big deal? 722 00:39:17,105 --> 00:39:18,732 We always figured it was a man, didn’t we? 723 00:39:18,815 --> 00:39:20,317 You maybe, but not me. 724 00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:25,781 Oh, I wouldn’t try to figure her out, sheriff, 725 00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:27,115 I never have. 726 00:39:27,199 --> 00:39:28,867 Yeah. 727 00:39:48,428 --> 00:39:49,846 Call the fire department. 728 00:40:22,712 --> 00:40:25,590 [siren wailing] 729 00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:41,148 I should think you’d have some glowing things 730 00:40:41,231 --> 00:40:44,693 to say about the man who saved your life, Mr. Jarvis. 731 00:40:46,069 --> 00:40:48,488 You’re only the second person in this room 732 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:50,991 who owes his life to Ben Oliver. 733 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:53,994 I’m alive and so are you. 734 00:40:54,578 --> 00:40:56,746 A little gratitude might be appropriate. 735 00:40:56,830 --> 00:40:58,373 I don’t know what happened, 736 00:40:58,456 --> 00:41:01,543 I must have dropped a match into the wastebasket. 737 00:41:01,626 --> 00:41:03,086 Next thing I knew, the whole place was going up. 738 00:41:03,170 --> 00:41:04,880 Mr. Jarvis, please. 739 00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:06,882 You were knocked unconscious by the same person 740 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:08,633 who murdered Mason Porter. 741 00:41:08,717 --> 00:41:10,927 He was the one who started the fire. 742 00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:16,266 That’s the man who tried to kill you 743 00:41:16,349 --> 00:41:18,268 and did kill Mason. 744 00:41:19,102 --> 00:41:20,353 How do you know that? 745 00:41:20,437 --> 00:41:21,396 Well, very early in the case, 746 00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:22,772 it became clear to me 747 00:41:22,856 --> 00:41:24,983 that the motive of the murder was revenge, 748 00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:27,277 not the theft of $60,000. 749 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,113 At the crime scene, I noticed an open champagne bottle, 750 00:41:30,197 --> 00:41:31,740 but only one glass. 751 00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:33,450 Now people usually don’t drink champagne 752 00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:34,993 by themselves late at night. 753 00:41:35,076 --> 00:41:36,661 And when I saw a moisture ring 754 00:41:36,745 --> 00:41:39,372 from a second glass on the table, I knew I was right. 755 00:41:39,456 --> 00:41:42,292 I reasoned that our killer removed the second glass 756 00:41:42,375 --> 00:41:44,127 to prevent the discovery of fingerprints 757 00:41:44,211 --> 00:41:46,213 or perhaps a lipstick smear. 758 00:41:46,296 --> 00:41:47,631 At Mason’s funeral, 759 00:41:47,714 --> 00:41:50,550 I saw his wife take Robin Dishman aside, 760 00:41:50,634 --> 00:41:53,720 for to say the very least, a very peculiar conversation. 761 00:41:53,803 --> 00:41:55,430 Now both of them seem to be trying to cover 762 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:57,599 strong feelings of animosity. 763 00:41:57,682 --> 00:42:00,518 The sight of them interacting like that 764 00:42:00,602 --> 00:42:02,270 helped solidify my belief 765 00:42:02,354 --> 00:42:05,649 that we were dealing with a crime of passion. 766 00:42:05,732 --> 00:42:09,569 But unfortunately, I had nothing to substantiate that until... 767 00:42:09,653 --> 00:42:12,447 Until Ben told us he saw Mason Porter kissing his wife 768 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:14,074 the night of the murder. 769 00:42:14,157 --> 00:42:15,825 Only the woman he was really talking about 770 00:42:15,909 --> 00:42:17,452 was your wife, Neal. 771 00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:20,205 That revelation gave us three people with motives. 772 00:42:20,288 --> 00:42:23,416 Dorothy Porter who probably knew about the affair, 773 00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:26,962 Robin Dishman who may have had reasons for wanting Mason dead, 774 00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:28,380 and you, Neal, 775 00:42:28,463 --> 00:42:30,840 you must have hated him with a passion. 776 00:42:31,466 --> 00:42:33,426 So we were left with three suspects, 777 00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:35,428 two women and one man. 778 00:42:35,512 --> 00:42:38,265 Actually, it was Mr. Wiggins who gave us the final answer. 779 00:42:38,348 --> 00:42:41,226 He said that he saw someone pass his bait stand 780 00:42:41,309 --> 00:42:42,602 around the time of the murder. 781 00:42:42,686 --> 00:42:44,479 Said he couldn’t identify the person, 782 00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:46,022 but he was sure it was a man. 783 00:42:46,106 --> 00:42:49,109 You planned the murder very carefully, Neal, 784 00:42:49,192 --> 00:42:52,279 in order to make the motive look like robbery. 785 00:42:52,737 --> 00:42:55,865 You bought and expensive boat and paid cash. 786 00:42:55,949 --> 00:42:57,867 On the fatal night, you confronted Mason 787 00:42:57,951 --> 00:43:00,120 and struck him with a heavy object. 788 00:43:00,203 --> 00:43:04,040 You then stole your own money from the safe. 789 00:43:04,124 --> 00:43:05,375 Not wanting to risk being seen from the street, 790 00:43:05,458 --> 00:43:07,085 you took Mason’s wallet, 791 00:43:07,168 --> 00:43:10,547 knowing that he carried a card for the rear gate. 792 00:43:10,630 --> 00:43:12,590 The last thing you did 793 00:43:12,674 --> 00:43:16,636 before you left was confiscate your wife’s champagne glass. 794 00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:18,847 Mr. Wiggins heard glass breaking shortly 795 00:43:18,930 --> 00:43:20,598 after you passed by his stand. 796 00:43:20,682 --> 00:43:22,726 Obviously, you were destroying the evidence. 797 00:43:22,809 --> 00:43:25,020 You have anything to say about this? 798 00:43:26,187 --> 00:43:28,148 Not without benefit of attorney. 799 00:43:28,231 --> 00:43:29,691 Andy. 800 00:43:32,444 --> 00:43:34,362 Take Mr. Dishman down to the station. 801 00:43:34,446 --> 00:43:36,031 Read him his rights. 802 00:43:36,114 --> 00:43:38,199 And then book him for first degree murder. 803 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,665 What I can’t figure out 804 00:43:46,207 --> 00:43:48,585 is how he figures into all of this. 805 00:43:48,668 --> 00:43:51,796 I believe the operative word is blackmail. 806 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,631 And my guess is that 807 00:43:53,715 --> 00:43:56,926 he’s just about ready to tell us all about it himself. 808 00:43:59,763 --> 00:44:01,723 After he left the boatyard, 809 00:44:01,806 --> 00:44:04,142 I saw a woman come out of the office and drive away. 810 00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:05,852 Couple of seconds later, 811 00:44:05,935 --> 00:44:09,606 Dishman comes out of hiding and he goes inside. 812 00:44:09,689 --> 00:44:11,399 I figured something juicy was about to happen 813 00:44:11,483 --> 00:44:14,194 so I looked through the window, 814 00:44:15,737 --> 00:44:17,238 I saw the whole damn thing. 815 00:44:17,322 --> 00:44:19,407 So you ended up trying to blackmail Neal? 816 00:44:19,491 --> 00:44:22,577 Lot of good that did me. Hit me with a piece of pipe. 817 00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:24,496 But before Neal did, 818 00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:28,291 Jarvis was careful enough to try and frame Ben. 819 00:44:28,375 --> 00:44:30,960 He planted money in his room, 820 00:44:31,044 --> 00:44:33,797 then made an anonymous call to the sheriff’s office. 821 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:35,382 For a while, I was disappointed 822 00:44:35,465 --> 00:44:37,008 that Ben didn’t let you roast. 823 00:44:38,218 --> 00:44:39,135 But now it sounds 824 00:44:39,219 --> 00:44:41,679 as if you’re gonna spend quite a long time in prison. 825 00:44:42,347 --> 00:44:44,307 Every night, just before I go to sleep, 826 00:44:44,391 --> 00:44:48,812 I’m gonna remember that and smile. 827 00:44:55,985 --> 00:44:59,155 So please call us when you have your new address in Detroit. 828 00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:00,573 To tell you the truth, Jessica, 829 00:45:00,657 --> 00:45:02,325 I don’t know how long I’ll be there. 830 00:45:02,409 --> 00:45:04,035 I’m addicted to what’s on the other side 831 00:45:04,119 --> 00:45:05,412 of the next mountain. 832 00:45:05,495 --> 00:45:08,164 New places, new people, new things. 833 00:45:08,248 --> 00:45:09,833 Okay folks. All aboard. 834 00:45:09,916 --> 00:45:11,251 Jessica. 835 00:45:13,002 --> 00:45:15,046 I can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done. 836 00:45:15,463 --> 00:45:18,007 Ben, it was a special pleasure meeting you. 837 00:45:18,091 --> 00:45:19,384 I hope you’ll come back. 838 00:45:21,302 --> 00:45:23,096 Well, it’s so long, Seth. 839 00:45:23,346 --> 00:45:25,390 I’m sure glad I was around in ’44 840 00:45:25,473 --> 00:45:27,642 to keep you out of harm’s way and looking back, 841 00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:29,769 it just might be the best thing I’ve ever done. 842 00:45:36,151 --> 00:45:38,278 I will miss you, old friend. 843 00:46:12,312 --> 00:46:13,855 You know, i’ve got two absolutely 844 00:46:13,938 --> 00:46:16,441 beautiful game hens in the refrigerator. 845 00:46:16,524 --> 00:46:18,610 Wouldn’t want them to go to waste, would you?