Murder, She Wrote quotes

Parker Foreman: [after Jessica exposes him as the murderer] I tried to bribe the security guard to show me where Darren kept his valuables, but, oh, no. He was way ahead of me. You see, he had played the tape for himself, and he was gonna put the squeeze on me. So, yes, I did put my hand inside that ridiculous puppet. And I slugged him with a flatiron. I got rid of one blackmailer. Unfortunately, not the other.

Howard Levering: [after Jessica exposes the murderer] Well, say something, Sergeant! Tell them they're wrong! Juan?

Juan: I can't do that, Colonel, sir. I'm real sorry about Pete. I lost the knife in the dark. When he showed, I had to get out real fast. It tore me up to see what Nichols was doing to you and your folks for something that you've paid for many times over. You're gonna make one hell of a fine senator, sir.

Tim Jarvis: [after confessing to the murder] I gave everything in the world to that boy. Nothing was enough for him.

Jon Vandervelt: [after Jessica exposes him as the murderer] I had designed Netherlander. I loved her. I planned on racing her for Holland in the next World Cup. Nothing could have beaten her. Then I saw that he had applied for a patent on her. And at the Ball, Admiral Spalding said that he had talked about her as his own trimaran. I knew I had to settle things with Mr. Kimball. When I realized he was dead, it occurred to me that there might be a way out. I knew Anne Larkin had been there. I read the custody papers that Mr. Kimball was putting away. They already had his blood on them, so I placed them in Anne Larkin's bedroom, where you found them. But the killing itself was unpremeditated, a moment of rage.

Jessica Fletcher: Was it? You didn't go through the gate when you went to see Mr. Kimball. You made sure that you got into his office unobserved, didn't you?

Jon Vandervelt: Well, let's say I went prepared to do whatever was necessary.

Tom Sampson: [after Jessica exposes him as the murderer] When Sherri told me that Johnny'd got engaged to another girl, I thought my worst nightmare had come true. Folks would be forever smirking at Sherri and cracking jokes about the wrong side of the blanket. This ain't Hollywood. Cabot Cove folks get married and have babies. It come to me, if Johnny was to die, they'd feel sorry for Sherri and give her some respect.

T. T. Baines: [after Jessica exposes him as the murderer] I was afraid Graham was gonna find out about it one way or another. Russ, I don't know, he went over the edge. I don't know what it was. The money, the fame. He was trying to force Lauren to do Graham the way she did the other station managers. I tried to convince him that it was different for her this time. He just laughed at me. She'd waited so long for someone like Graham to come into her life. I couldn't let him do it. I couldn't let him take that away from her.