A scene from “Unfinished Business”

Jessica Fletcher: [to Chad Macinoy, after explaining how the murder was committed] Maybe you knew exactly where to find your dad's old gun and the shells to go with it. And maybe your mother was away from her desk, and you were listening to the police band on the radio. You heard the Sheriff talking to Ethan, and you were hiding in the trees with a gun when the Sheriff's car slowed for the curve in the road.

Sheriff Mort Metzger: Which gives you means, motive, and opportunity. That ought to be enough for a jury. Chad, I'm placing you under arrest for the murder of...

Irene Macinoy: No, no! It wasn't like that. Candace Bennett was the only girl that Chad ever made friends with in high school. Well, they were so close. It was so wonderful. Then he got that damn football scholarship and went away to some college where he didn't belong.

Chad Macinoy: Mom...

Irene Macinoy: It was such a waste of time. While he was gone, Ethan seduced Candace. She always was so stupid and silly about boys. Well, Chad came back too late. He screwed up again. I tried to save it. I did.

Jessica Fletcher: So you decided to eliminate Chad's rival for her affections. But to divert suspicion, you concocted the Sheriff's imaginary enemy, who wrote threatening letters, and finally took a shot at him in the Sheriff's office, so that we would believe the killer's victim was to be the Sheriff.

Irene Macinoy: And I could give Candace back to Chad. And they could get married in a church, and everybody could be there to see it. Oh, and they would give me the most precious little grandchildren in the whole world.

Jessica Fletcher: Sorry we had to put you through that, Chad, but we felt we had no choice.

Irene Macinoy: Chad, don't look at me like that. All I ever wanted was for your happiness.