Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)

The Legacy of Borbey House (1993)

Madlyn Rhue: Jean O'Neill

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Sheriff Mort Metzger : Okay, well, then answer me this. How do you explain that Lawrence Baker didn't have any mirrors in his home, and never went out into the daylight?

  Dr. Seth Hazlitt : That's easy. The coroner's report indicates that he was a perfectly normal man for his age, except he had photophobia. Now, that is a genetic condition that means the eyes are extremely sensitive to light. Sufferers tend to like the evening, and avoid the glare from mirrors.

  Sheriff Mort Metzger : Now, you said, "Normal for his age." Doc, those people don't get old. And what about the Borbey grave and the missing body? Now, granted, pranksters might have stolen it, but, uh...

  Jean O'Neill : Sheriff, I found this book in the basement of the library. I don't know if it means anything to you, but...

  [looking in the book, a picture of William Baker looks just like Lawrence Baker] 

  Sheriff Mort Metzger : Doc, that's...

  Dr. Seth Hazlitt : Don't say it, Sheriff... Don't even think it.