A scene from “Unfinished Business”

Beatrice Vitello: [after Jessica reveals the true circumstances of her husband's death] When I came in, he was slumped over in the chair. The note and the envelope were on the table. The syringe was on the floor there. As soon as I read the note, I knew what he had done. He lied about you, Mrs. Fletcher, but he couldn't live with it. That's why he did what he did. He felt so sick and ashamed. So frightened for his soul.

Jessica Fletcher: Is that why you took the note and hid the money?

Beatrice Vitello: Suicide is a mortal sin. The priest would never have held a mass. He could never have been buried in consecrated ground. In almost sixty years, he lived a Christian life. I couldn't let it end like that. I only wanted Angelo to be buried the way he lived. In a state of grace.