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- Sara learned about Betty Jean's accident and rushed over to tend to her sister in law. Winston and Mike attempted to identify a person seen in one of Dalton's election photos. Betty Jean apologized to Jack for the accident that could cause her to miscarry their baby. Shopping for Jack and Betty Jean, Sara and Mattie spotted another patron, who Sara recognized as the man in Dalton's photo. Sara followed the stranger to a bar and planned to call Mike, but she was caught spying. The stranger asked Sara to sit down with him for a drink.
- Hank Muller offered Hester a way to make money, and although she refused at first, she later agreed when he told her to tell Martin that the money was from old commissions. Phillips concocted a scheme to have newsman McGinnis arrested and then involve Dalton. When Jim Mitchell queried Phillips about an ex-con to work in his automotive garage, Phillips suggested Martin Spode. Mike enjoyed watching Dalton squirm at a photo of the man at the election rally. Phillips continued to play Dalton like a fiddle. Martin caught Hester having a grand time with Hank and stormed out. An upset Hester told Hank to never come back. Dalton jumped with greed when Phillips called. Jim Mitchell dropped by to see Martin, who hadn't returned. Mitchell encouraged Hester to talk Martin into accepting his generous job offer.
- Jack shows Mattie the little apartment he rented for himself and Betty Jean. Later, at the Golick garage, Jack and Martin Spode clash with one another when Jack orders him around. Attempting to hang drapes in the new apartment, Betty Jean slips from a chair and falls to the floor. Mattie phones for help after finding an unconscious Betty Jean. Martin grouses to his wife about being a flunky to Jack Lane. Hester reminds Martin that he had a job offer from Jim Mitchell, but Martin reiterates that he can't get involved with an ex-con set up. Later, the couple quarrels again about Hank Muller. Jack arrives home to find that a pregnant Betty Jean has had an accident.
- Harris meets with Martin and continues to play ignorant about any wrongdoings at the garage. When Martin swears that he'll do anything to give his family a good life, Harris realizes that he's on the level, but cautions Martin that once he's in, he'll be in too deep to ever get out. Martin agrees. After explaining Mitchell's set-up, Harris warns Martin to make sure he keeps quiet about what he knows, because if he doesn't, Bebe might not ever grow up. Just after his meeting with Harris, Martin is visited by Jack who tells him that Jake does have a job for him now. Martin contacts Harris and attempts to back out of the deal to take an honest job with Jake, but Harris threatens him and his family. Realizing it's too late and there's no way out, a defeated Martin says he'll start work on Monday.
- Fitzsimmons demands to meet with Phillips. A frustrated Mike arrives home and grouses about Dalton, who wants to nail the wrong people to the wall. Sara advises him that his frustration stems from wanting to defend people instead of prosecute them. Sara shares with Mike that she's still unsure about going to Grace's wedding, but Mike encourages her to go. Martin's parole officer Paul Simms wants to set up an appointment, and a worried Martin talks to Hester about leaving Monticello. Phillips tells Fitzsimmons that Mike Karr is the reason his new club hasn't opened, explaining that Mike suspects it's somehow tied to Dalton's election. Fitzsimmons decides that he'll take care of Karr, but Phillips doesn't want anything that obvious when they've got a scheme going to discredit him. An angry Fitzsimmons still wants to kill Karr. Paul visits Martin and discourages him from leaving town. Sara agrees to go to the wedding, but she fears Mike's investigation into Dalton's election.
- After Mike sees Sara caring for Rosemarie's baby, he decides that an infant is just what their home needs. Virginia's mother worries about the cost of their new home. Peter arrives and exchanges catty comments with his mother-in-law, whom he clearly doesn't revere. When the women leave, Dalton quickly phones Phillips to arrange a meeting. Willy stops by the Karr house to tell Mike that Toni and Benson have both gone underground. Willy is upset over Sara sitting for the baby while Rosemarie is out with another man. Dalton signs a loan note from Phillips for the house. Sara offers Willy womanly advice about Rosemarie. Virginia gleams when Dalton returns from his meeting with Phillips and shows them a check for their house.
- Jack learns from the doctor that Betty Jean's situation is critical. Hester warns Martin that the day she thinks he no longer loves her is the day she leaves him. After Bebe overhears the argument, and Martin leaves in anger, Hester attempts to explain things to her daughter. Martin returns and overhears Bebe say that she saw Hester and Hank kissing. Martin almost loses his temper, but then begins to see his wife in a different light. The doctor tells Jack that Betty Jean is all right, but she could still lose the baby. Martin finally grows closer to Hester.
- Sara phoned Mike, who ordered her to leave the bar. Sara ignored Mike's advice and had another drink with the stranger to stall for time. JH Phillips congratulated Fitzsimmons for helping him get Dalton elected DA. Phillips reassured Fitzsimmons that he will return the favor by expanding his operations in Monticello as they have Dalton in their pocket, but cautioned him that he would be eliminated if he ever thinks Fitzsimmons is untrustworthy. Mike arrived at the bar and pretended to be Sara's boyfriend, prompting the stranger to leave. Willy tailed the stranger to Fitzsimmons' office. Fitzsimmons and the stranger, Roy Benson, planned to open an illegal gambling parlor. Willy reported back to Mike about Fitzsimmons and Benson.
- Dalton worried that Mike hasn't thawed toward him yet. Virginia admired another home in a more upscale neighborhood. Phillips offered Dalton an advancement on his investment. While dining with Sara, Virginia was annoyed to see her husband lunching with Sybil. Peter instructed Sybil to investigate property in wealthy Oakhaven Estates. Phillips received word that Ford agreed to impersonate MacGinnis. Later, Phillips made an anonymous call to the police. Virginia met Phillips at Dalton's club and identified him as the mysterious Mr. X. Phillips was intrigued by Virginia. Sybil informed Dalton that no homes were for sale in the Oakhaven Estates neighborhood, and it would take at least $60,000 to build.
- Martin worries about working with a substitute manager at work. JH Phillips receives a call from Allen Ford, who has been sent to him by Ollie. Phillips meets with Ford, who resembles Monticello newsman Mac MacGinnis. Phillips explains to Ford that he wants him to impersonate MacGinnis and get him out of his hair. At the garage, manager Clarence harasses Martin. The situation escalates with Martin decking him. Clarence calls the cops on Martin. Ford has doubts that Phillips' plan will work. Ford sees a photo of MacGinnis and decides to study his voice and mannerisms. After hearing about the incident with Clarence, Hester suggests that Martin call Jim Mitchell about his job offer.
- Phillips gave instructions to Ford on the first part of his plan to impersonate MacGinnis. Martin and Hester debated Martin accepting the job with Jim Mitchell. Martin received a call from Paul Sims, his parole officer. Ford pretended to be MacGinnis and accused Commissioner Nicholson of embezzlement. Ford tricked Nicholson into meeting him in an hour with bribe money. Martin learned from Sims that if he isn't employed in a week, he'll have to go back to prison. Martin considered accepting Mitchell's offer. Nicholson gave Ford, disguised as MacGinnis, the bribe. Ford phoned Phillips who told Ford to remove the MacGinnis disguise, because a car is waiting to take him to the airport.
- Captain Marceau and Sgt. Killbourn examine a police photo of Commissioner Nicholson giving money to MacGinnis. An auditor phones to tell Marceau that Nicholson's books are $35000 short. Marceau goes to pick up Nicholson and MacGinnis. Mike reminds Killbourn that a picture isn't proof of anything. Marceau takes MacGinnis back to headquarters for questioning. Later, Nicholson is stunned to learn his books are being audited. Sgt. Killbourn tells Mike that the background report on Roy Benson was clean. Under questioning Nicholson cracks about the bribe, stunning MacGinnis, who claims he isn't the man in the photo and is being framed. Marceau admits to Sgt. Killbourn that the whole scenario played too neatly, and they wonder about the identity of the person who tipped off cops to MacGinnis and Nicholson's bribe exchange.
- Kitty continues to harass Bebe at school. Sara tells Mattie that she has been invited to Grace's wedding in San Francisco but feels she shouldn't go because of Bebe's depression. Kitty accuses Bebe of attacking her when a lunch tray is dropped.Polly sides with Bebe against Kitty. Bebe is excused from classes by the principal and goes to tell Sara about the incident with Kitty. Bebe confides that she wishes her father had stayed in prison. The principal wants to arrange a meeting between Kitty, her parents, Bebe, and the Spodes.
- Dalton decides to prosecute Nicholson, leaving Mike to prosecute MacGinnis. Marceau admits to Mike that he isn't convinced of MacGinnis' guilt and asks Mike to stall the legal proceedings while he investigates further. A sad Bebe visits Sara and admits that she's lonely. Phillips tells someone on the other end of his phone that MacGinnis is as good as prosecuted. Dalton and Phillips examined Dalton's investment, and Dalton reveals he needs money to build his new house in Oakhaven Estates. Phillips suggests that Dalton go easy on prosecuting MacGinnis. Dalton refuses at first but then realizes that he needs to stay in Phillips' good graces. Later, Dalton informs Mike that he's switching the prosecution cases. Mike tells him about Marceau's visit and doubts. Dalton insists, then phones Phillips to say that he intends to prosecute MacGinnis as vigorously as possible. Phillips takes great satisfaction that his reverse psychology worked.
- Willy verified for Mike information fed to him by Toni. Mike wondered if Toni would try to gouge money from both Winston and Benson, and decided to see if she would sell to the highest bidder. Martin questioned Jack about an opening at Golick's garage. Toni suggested that Mike join the bidding for her information, but he countered by offering her advice. Toni wouldn't agree to giving a deposition. Jack told Martin that he called Jake, who doesn't have a job opening. Mike feared Toni would be murdered and had Willy put two men on her tail. Toni phoned for Roy Benson and demanded he get in touch with her before it's too late.
- Hester annoyed Martin about calling Jim Mitchell, and he told her to quit bugging him. When Benson resisted negotiating with her, Toni threatened him. After Hester considered going back to work with Hank Muller, Martin conceded to talk with Mitchell. Toni demanded $5000 from Benson to keep quiet, and when he intimated she would be killed, she revealed that she has a letter in safe-keeping that will expose everything if she dies. Jim Mitchell offered Martin a job and an advance on his salary. Later, Mitchell instructed his flunky to give Martin legitimate work because if he knew what they really had in mind for him, he'd go to the cops. Benson called Fitzsimmons with a plan to keep Toni quiet.
- Winston received a call from a woman named Toni Fescina who said that she had information for him and wanted to know what it was worth. Kitty's mother Mrs. DeMarco met Martin and became condescending when she realized that he was Bebe's jailbird father. Mrs. Kerwin, the principal, sympathized with Martin and Bebe. Mrs. DeMarco expanded her rudeness to Mrs Kerwin, who quickly demanded that Kitty apologize to Bebe or not return to school. Toni fed Winston and Mike bits of information but held out for a cash exchange. Mike warned Toni about overplaying her hand. Winston told Toni that he would call her back tomorrow. Mike and Winston wondered if they were being set up by Toni, who is a former employee of Roy Benson.
- Dalton instructs Mike to take Harris' deposition. Willy reports to Mike that Toni met with Benson at Fitzsimmons' club, and speculates she's playing both sides. With Toni in serious danger, Mike wants her tailed closely. Sara tells Hester that she still hasn't committed to attending Grace's wedding in San Francisco. Martin spots Harris speaking a man Martin recognizes as a fence from the Lane hijacking caper, but Harris denies having any knowledge of it. Willy disturbs Mike with news that Toni's cab driver managed to ditch the tail, and now she's missing. She got into a cab that managed to shake the man tailing it. Harris attempts to convince Martin that he's mistaken about his friend being a fence. Mike learns that the cab carrying Toni had been stolen before she got into it, and theorizes that she's been kidnapped by Fitzsimmons. Mike orders the real cab driver brought in immediately for questioning.
- Winston fears Toni has been murdered and speculates that Monticello is being controlled by Dalton, with Benson and Fitzsimmons. Mike counters that Dalton was probably duped into winning the election. He has no idea what's really going on. At the garage, Martin meets a fellow ex-con washing windows and suggests he find a new job since Mitchell is probably running a crooked business. Martin's comments are overheard by someone eavesdropping on the conversation. Mike receives word from Winston that he had a call from Toni. Martin's fellow con warns him to get out while he has a chance and to pretend to not notice anything. Martin mulls over what he's heard. Toni claims that she wasn't kidnapped but merely spending the night with a friend. She refuses to implicate anyone in Dalton's campaign, insisting she knows nothing. Mike orders Helen to follow Toni, whom he doesn't believe is being truthful. After she leaves, Mike tells Helen to put Toni under surveillance. Mike explains to Winston that Toni was allowed to visit them and deny everything, because killing her would've drawn too much attention. However, now that she's finished her job, she could end up in the Monticello River.
- Harris introduces Martin to the garage and says he can start work tomorrow. Later, at home, Harris and his wife Doll quarrel about taking a vacation to Florida. She decides to take a plane that night, better off that she's far away if the cops bust him and that other crook Jim Mitchell for their illegal activities. Hester sighs with relief when she learns Martin has a legitimate job with Mitchell. On the way to the airport, Doll demands that her husband give her a cut of his money to spend in Florida. They get into another argument, causing Harris to accidentally veer into oncoming traffic. Harris misses hitting a car head on, but the other car crashes. Harris wants to flee the scene until he realizes that the other car also ran down a pedestrian. Ann Shea, the other driver, is advised by Captain Marceau to get an attorney, then they learn the pedestrian has died. Harris receives word that he'll be called to testify before the grand jury at an inquest into the accident.
- Phillips requests a meeting with Dalton. Later, Dalton breaks his lunch date with Virginia, but tells her that she can have a nice house in Oakhaven Estates. Virginia wonders if he'll pay for it with Phillips' money. Sybil intimates to Ollie that Phillips has Dalton on string. Phillips cautions Dalton that he could lose everything thanks to Mike Karr influencing Toni to rat them out. When Dalton counters that he'll fire him, Phillips offers another solution: have him prosecute the Ann Shea case. Virginia accidentally meets Phillips at his club and wants to know his plans for her husband. Phillips mentions the governor's office and coyly says that he is looking to expand his business interest into politics. Peter composes a memo to Mike about the Shea case, but privately thinks about other ways to get rid of him.
- Bebe and Polly decide that Kitty is sorry for the trouble she caused earlier. Martin pretends to be sick to avoid working at Mitchell's garage and starts to look for another job. After Polly cancels their plans to go out with Kitty and her friends, a jealous Bebe tries to buy their friendship by offering to take them all to a movie. Martin is dejected to learn from Jack that Jake has just filled an open position. Later, Bebe wants money to take the girls to the movies, but Martin refuses to give it to her as they'll need every penny until he finds another job. Bebe goes to cry on Sara's shoulder. While Sara has her back turned to pay the paperboy, Bebe lifts five dollars from Sara's purse.
- A guilty Bebe helps Sara make supper, but unable to look Sara in the eye, she runs home. Captain Marceau stops by to request Mike's patience and assistance with the Shea case. Mike admits that he feels sorry for Shea and wants to help her, not prosecute her. Back at home, Martin apologizes to Bebe for not being able to afford the movie. Overcome with guilt, Bebe admits that she stole money from Sara. Martin and Hester forgive Bebe and insist that they understand why she did it. Sara notices money missing from her purse and realizes that Bebe took it. Martin arrives with Sara's money and an explanation for Bebe's behavior, but afterward, Mike tells Sara that Bebe deserved to be punished. When Martin gets home, he decides to go back to Mitchell's garage for his family's sake.
- Martin gives Bebe the money to take her friends to the movies, but he doesn't tell her that he pawned his watch to get it. Later, at the garage, Martin talks with Harris about making some big money and offers ideas. Harris cautions Martin that he hasn't been there long enough to be giving them ideas. Sara stops by the Spode apartment to talk to Hester about Bebe, but Hester shares that something's not right at Mitchell's business. Harris discovers that Martin has been nosing around the taxi operation and angrily puts Martin in his place. Martin lays it on the line. He wants in on game, and suggests that he could change a hot car into a taxi cab. Harris feigns innocence. Sara meets with Bebe, who is too ashamed to face her, but Sara reassures her that she understands. Sara invites all the girls to her house for ice cream after the movies. Martin learns about Sara's gesture but gloats that they won't need help from Mike or Sara Karr now that he's going to be moving up again.
- Dalton vows to Phillips that he'll fix Mike Karr immediately. Later, he insists to Mike and Captain Marceau that Mike is going to come down hard on Shea for running down and killing a man. Despite Mike and Marceau's pleas, Dalton refuses to consider mitigating circumstances. Harris and Doll argue about the accident, which she blames on her husband. Harris threatens her. Mike and Marceau interrogate Ann Shea, but she insists that she isn't guilty because it was an accident. Afterward, Mike and Dalton quarrel when Mike wants to investigate the accident further. Dalton orders Mike to take the case to the grand jury immediately or tender his resignation. Mike appears to concede to Dalton's demands. Harris bribes Doll into leaving town to avoid having her testify, but she gloats that he still might not get away with it.
- Harris is delighted with Martin's work on the stolen cars, but he wants to have a chat after work. While Sara sits for Rosemarie, Mattie stops by for a visit. Sara confides that she would like her own baby. Harris gives Martin two hundred dollars for a job well done and comments that Martin could be moving up soon. Hester is afraid when Martin arrives home to show her the money he made. Jack fears tending to Rosemarie's baby, but Sara reminds him that he needs the practice since Betty Jean will give birth in the spring. Martin lies to Hester that he received an advance on overtime work. The lie becomes true when Harris interrupts his plans to take Hester out, insisting that he come back to work immediately to makeover some new stolen cars that just arrived.
- Mike has a meeting with Ann, whose attorney is having her plead not guilty. Ann continues to maintain that she doesn't remember how she could've hit the man who was killed. Ann's attorney Irma Schneider warns Mike that prosecuting a woman like Ann will be political suicide. Harris tells Martin about being called to testify in the Shea accident case. Martin recalls that Harris was angry at Doll and very tired that night. Martin's comments annoy Harris, who warns him again about keeping his mouth shut. Martin wonders if Harris is covering something up. Harris informs Mike that Doll has gone away on a vacation, but Mike says she might be called back. Harris lies that he felt fine the night of the crash, but he saw Shea driving erratically just before it happened. Sara pays a visit to Rosemarie Bremen. Rosemarie laments that she seldom sees Willy these days. Sara offers to sit for the baby when Rosemarie gets a call from another man. Irma wonders if coming down so hard on Ann Shea was actually Dalton's idea, and theorizes that he could be using this case to sabotage Mike.
- After being grilled by Mike Karr on the witness stand, Dalton considers refusing to testify when the grand jury reconvenes. Virginia insists that Dalton return to court since not testifying would be tantamount to a confession of guilt. Ted Price phones Jane wanting information for her personnel file before she leaves Monticello. Virginia accuses Dalton of being a coward after she realizes that he's afraid to stand up to John Phillips. Phillps becomes suspicious of Jane's desire to suddenly leave town. Ted gathers information from Jane's roommate Dorothy.
- Harry told Marilyn to start a fight with Cora at an appointed time, but later Marilyn didn't want to keep the meeting. Cora continued drinking heavily. Louise thought it was strange when Harry wanted to take a cab to their meeting and then said he needed to go back home to retrieve his speech. Marilyn confronted Cora, who passed out. Harry returned home with murder in mind.
- Before he killed her with Cora's whiskey bottle, Harry explained to Marilyn how he planned to get rid of her and frame his wife so that he could be with Louise. Sara found Marilyn's bludgeoned body in Cora's bedroom closet. Mike called the police. Sara begged Cora to recall the events leading to Marilyn's murder, but in her alcoholic blackout, she couldn't remember anything.
- Betty Jean's father Wyn Battle learned from Charlie that Jack and Betty Jean are still involved. Jack made a serious suggestion to Betty Jean. Mike feared that Marilyn's death will be ruled first degree murder. Mike questioned Jack, but his answers did not make things look any better for Cora.
- The arrival of Louise's ex-husband Phil Capice surprised her. Phil told Louise that he can't get her out of his head. Louise worried that someone will find out that she and Harry were at the Lane house the night Marilyn was murdered, but Harry warned her to keep her trap shut. Mike spoke with district attorney Ed Parmalee who has already decided Cora's guilt.
- Harry avoided Duke's calls. Fearing an imminent charge of murder, Mike fed Assistant DA Parmalee a tip and advised Cora to play sick in order to delay Cora's arrest. Duke told Mike that no one wanted Marilyn dead. Certain of Harry's guilt, Duke confronted Harry and made serious blackmail threats.
- Duke demanded money in exchange for his silence about Harry's crimes. Mike had Duke tailed. Charlie became passionate with Grace. Duke changed his story about Marilyn, and Mike suspected a payoff from Harry. Grace had an admission for Sara about which man she prefers, Charlie or Paul. Mike theorized Marilyn's killer re-set the time on her watch to trick police detectives.
- Winston verified part of Harry's alibi but also remembered something else important about Harry's activities the night of the murder. Cora couldn't be sure of her own innocence and considered skipping town until everything blows over. Mike questioned Grace for details about the relationship between Harry and Marilyn. Grace couldn't quite recall everything about an odd incident between the two.
- Winston remembered being tipped off by an anonymous dame about being cheated by Harry, but wasn't sure if Marilyn had been the caller. Paul pressured Grace to answer his marriage proposal. Grace finally recalled an incident that made her sure that Harry and Marilyn were involved. Mike suspected that Marilyn was blackmailing Harry. Parmalee gave Mike a short deadline to gather evidence before he charges Cora.
- Jack's statement to the cops angered Harry. Sgt. Killbourn interviewed a new witness, a cab driver parked outside the auditorium where Harry gave his speech the night of the murder. Harry confessed to Mike that he and Marilyn had more than a professional relationship. Later, Mike doubted the veracity of the cab driver, who insisted that no one left the auditorium during the period when Marilyn was being killed.
- The taxi driver altered his story but not enough for Mike's satisfaction. Phil confided to Winston that he and Louise can't reconcile while she's in love with someone else. Phil and Winston made a pact to uncover Louise's secrets. Louise was afraid that Harry made her an accessory to murder. Mike vowed to lean on Harry until he snaps.