Summary Crystal informs the women of Tony Osorio's death. They go through the secret room to the cellar, where it's determined someone pushed him down the stairs to his death, and when Patricia implies Rita killed him, she suggests any of them could have done it. Rita searches Tony's room and finds several hidden tape cassettes containing conversations he secretly recorded at the inn. However, a tape is missing from the voice activated recorder. Rita fears what incriminating evidence might be on the last tape, which either Osorio hid, or it was stolen by the person who murdered him. Patricia approaches Cissie and quietly asks if she killed Osorio. When Cissie denies it, Patricia points out that she killed before. Cissie replies that she only did it to ease her husband's suffering. She wouldn't kill to solve a problem. Cissie then asks the same question of Patricia, who is taken aback. She says she didn't kill either, and Cissie can trust that. She wouldn't lie to her. Cissie then points out Patricia has lied to her before. Jerry stops by the inn to visit Holly, but she's cold to him and brushes him off. Realizing something is wrong, he talks to Debbie about it. She admits they all know he's engaged. Holly probably doesn't want to get hurt. Jerry meets with his girlfriend Francis, wanting to talk about their upcoming wedding, but she insists they have a romantic dinner at the inn, which is opening for business with a big dinner crowd. Rita finds Cissie's tray of burnt dinner rolls and deduces that Cissie left the kitchen while they were baking, which was around the time Tony was killed. Cissie asks for one good reason she had to kill him, and Rita names three: Debbie, Holly, and herself. Cissie vows she wouldn't kill, even for them, but Rita counters she would, for the same reason she would also lie about not doing it -to protect them. At dinner, Jerry breaks the news to Frances that he wants to cancel their wedding. He feels they're getting married because they've been together since they were kids. Marriage is what everyone expects of them, but he knows they would be miserable. Frances leaves the table and asks Joe to phone a cab to take her home, leaving Jerry behind. Jerry seeks out Holly to tell her about the breakup. He interrupts her daydream in which he has learned about her past and angrily places her under arrest. Rita learns from Captain Goddard that he tried to see Patricia earlier in the day, only she was missing, and her bedroom door was locked. Enraged, Rita barges into the kitchen accusing high and mighty Patricia of murdering Osorio and then having the gall to blame her. The pair get into a violent screaming match heard by Joe, as well as their dinner guests. After he goes to investigate the trouble, Rita calms down, while Patricia reminds everyone they must stick together if they're going to get rid of Osorio's body and not get caught. They agree to act that night. Their scheme goes awry though when Joe insists on staying all night to manage the front desk so that they can get some rest. The women agree to hide the body and dispose of it tomorrow night. The next morning Debbie finds Holly going with a packed suitcase. She leaves a letter for Cissie and a letter for Jerry explaining why she has to go. Jerry comes back to the inn and learns from Debbie that Holly left. He races after her and manages to catch her before she can board a bus out of town. He wants to know why she's running away. What is she afraid of? Holly replies that she'll ruin everything for him. Jerry admits that he loves her. He won't hurt her, and she can trust him. Holly finally confesses that she was in prison, and what's more, she has escaped.

• Comedy
• Crime
• Drama
• Romance