A scene from “Unfinished Business”

Jackson Lane: [after Jessica exposes him as the murderer] Bud found out that I wasn't in the Bahamas that weekend. Once the photographs made the news, he'd start to put it together. And then the solution came to me. Bud's suicide, it would finally put an end to Kathleen's campaign. I got Kathleen out and I slipped into her suite. I phoned Bud's room and I told him Kathleen was back and wanted to see him. I was, I was cornered. I had to do something. I brought the hammer from home.

Jessica Fletcher: So you removed his clothes, dressed him in Kathleen's robe. And then you threw him off the balcony.

Jackson Lane: Jessica, the people that I dealt with in those days ... Well, the people I deal with now ... I didn't get where I am by being a choirboy, and they were getting awfully nervous about those rumors. It wasn't jail. I was looking at much worse, and I couldn't think of what else to do.