Murder, She Wrote

I heard it was an accident,

but, good Lord of mercy, trampled by an elephant?

Tonight on Murder, She Wrote.

Hank Sutter's been killed.

It happened early this morning.

Stop it!

You stay away from my mother or I'll bust you!

- Hank! - What's so terrible about

making a hundred thousand year in New York City.

- I'm not a dress peddler. - Then what are you, Ray!

Who do you think could have had a motive?

It was the leprechaun, wasn't it?

It's dark and evil.

That's illegal.

If you think I'm going to stand by

while you railroad a perfectly innocent man,

you are very sadly mistaken.

Get 'em up.

It's a big party. I can see that.

Yep.

Over here with the tables now.

Come on. Get those flower arrangements.

Grandmother, I love it.

Alex, it's wonderful!

Thank you.

I'll reserve my judgment

until the final fitting on Thursday.

But, Mrs. Fletcher, this is the final fitting.

Thursday. Ten o'clock.

Grandmother?

Carol, this gentleman was your choice.

Now let me salvage what I can.

Mother.

Is this the handkerchief you meant?

The one with the Chantilly lace?

Yes, that's it.

Oh, good.

Then we have the something borrowed.

All we need is the something old.

Well, great-aunt Amanda has offered the white silk gloves

she wore when she was married.

No, I'm going to wear Grandfather's Lodge ring.

Oh, well, Carol, it's only natural

you'd be thinking of your grandfather now...

It isn't natural at all.

It's silly romanticizing.

For heaven's sakes, he's been dead for ten years.

Grandmother...

We'll discuss this later

when we have a little more privacy.

Oh! Oh, my. Look who's here!

It's our very own celebrity.

Aunt Jessica?

And only three days early.

At my request.

Well, I wasn't at all sure she'd come.

Oh, dear.

I guess I better put her

at table three with the undersecretary.

At table two with Senator Fry, Audrey.

As long as she's here,

you might as well make the most of her.

Thank you.

- Jessica! Oh! - Howard!

My goodness, you look wonderful.

I look dreadful, but, uh, thanks for the insincerity.

Well, are you happy or relieved

that your only daughter is getting married?

Well, I'm not sure yet, Jess.

I can't believe it.

Has it really been five years since you were here last?

Just before Frank died.

I feel awful we haven't kept in touch more,

but Audrey and Constance...

Well, the social obligations, never a minute's peace.

It was great of you to come.

Nonsense.

I wouldn't have missed Carol's wedding for the world

or a chance to see you.

You know, I've always loved that portrait of Neil.

There's so much of Frank in it.

Jessica, my dear, how nice to see you.

Constance.

Where have you been keeping yourself?

Oh, don't you look wonderful!

I mean, success really becomes you.

We would have been devastated

if you had failed to come to the wedding.

How was your flight down from Vermont?

Maine.

Of course.

We want to hear all about what you've been doing.

After you've settled in.

You must be tired from your trip.

No, not really.

You will be up to a small dinner party tonight?

Just a few close friends.

Oh, and they're dying to meet you.

As I was saying to Senator Fry just...

Audrey and I have a few wedding things to tend to.

Get some rest and we'll talk to you later.

Howard, make Jessica comfortable.

- Audrey, dear. - Mm.

As you can see,

Constance hasn't changed much either.

No.

Would you like to see your room?

Well, I'd rather see Carol first.

Oh, aunt Jessica, I'm so grateful to you.

To me? For what?

For convincing me to wait.

You remember, I was all set to jump into marriage

just to get away from this place.

Oh, you mean all those midnight telephone calls

to Cabot Cove?

No, no, no, no, no. You did your own convincing.

Your being here makes it perfect.

I mean, almost perfect.

All it needs is uncle Frank and Grandfather.

Yeah, well, let's just pretend that they're both here.

Excuse me.

Oh, thank you.

The wedding gifts keep coming.

I think we've invited the entire district of Columbia.

Oh, you're gonna love Clay.

I know I will.

Of course, Grandmother doesn't approve of him.

You should have seen the ones she's tried to pick out for me.

And how does your father feel?

About Clay?

Absolutely adores him.

Poor Daddy, all he's had to put up with for our sake.

Carol?

No.

What is it?

This is from Grandfather.

Neil? Oh, no, child.

I know, I know, he's dead.

Or he's supposed to be.

But no one else knew.

Knew what?

It... it looks like a little leprechaun.

When I was a little girl,

Grandfather used to say that when I got married,

a leprechaun would come to my wedding

and bring me the gift of a happy life.

He said it was our secret and that no one could ever know.

No, this has to be some sort of a coincidence.

Yeah, but, look, there's no card.

There's no return address.

He's alive. I know it.

You know it too, don't you?

Frank was devastated

when he heard about Neil's boating accident.

He... he never could believe that his brother was dead.

Cat... Cat-lin... Catlinburg, Arkansas.

Well, that's a start.

Carol, the family must not know about this.

I'll invent some reason. My publisher.

Aunt Jess...

One way or the other, I'll be back for the wedding.

Okay.

So what do ya say, slugger?

How was practice?

Brad says I've got a Pete Rose swing and a hustle.

Hittin' 'em big, huh?

Real big.

Say, what's with Brad?

He gettin' off dead center with your mom?

Not yet, but he's sure workin' at it.

Charlie?

Katie.

Do you know I was that close to askin'

if it wasn't time for his geography studies.

That is exactly what it is.

In fact, it's that much past the time.

Aw, mom.

Well, maybe you'd rather

the state order me to send you to school.

- I'm gone. - Mm-hmm.

- See ya, Charlie. - See you later.

I hope he wasn't pestering you, Carl.

Pestering?

You're talkin' to Blinky, the clown.

Where'd I be without Charlie around

to pump me up every day, huh?

That goes for his mom too.

Aw, that means a lot to Charlie, to both of us.

Mean a lot more comin' from somebody younger.

I got a sick snake here...

Y'all got a sick something...

Comin' through here, comin' through.

Ho, Katie. Katie!

Hi, Brad.

Hey, look, you know, Charlie and me,

we found this, this great lake.

You know, we were out there practicin' ball.

We were figurin' on gettin' up early tomorrow morning

and doin' a little fishin'.

I thought maybe we could