In the previous episode, Maddie finally returned from her long absence in Chicago. Now that she's back, there is lots to talk about. Maddie wants to know how David feels about her getting married, and of course he won't tell her outright, except as a series of wisecracks. David thinks he knows why Maddie got married, and he doesn't believe that it's that she's in love, like she says. ("If you're really in love, what color are his eyes?") Agnes wants to know why Maddie got married, and when Maddie finally tells her, Agnes is moved to tears ("That's the most beautiful thing I ever heard.") And Bert wants David to open up to him ("Say it with me sir: 'they are not long, these days of wine and roses'"), which of course he does not.
Through all of this, there's also a case to be solved. Anthony Baxter has been having a long-running affair with Bridget Graves. His wife, Lauren, comes to Blue Moon and asks Dave and Maddie to offer Bridget $50,000 to go away and never communicate with her husband again. Maddie and David take the offer to Bridget, who insists that Lauren is the real problem – that Anthony comes to her because he feels comfortable with her, as a relief from his marriage, which is stormy and argumentative.
After initially declining Mrs. Baxter's offer, Bridget calls Blue Moon to accept it. Maddie is not around, so David takes Bert to Bridget's apartment, only to find that she's been bruised, saying that she told Anthony about Lauren's offer, and that he stormed back to his house in a rage to confront her. David and Bert arrive at the Baxter's house to find that Anthony is dead, shot by his wife, and the police are calling it self-defense.
Later, Bert breaks the case when he realizes that Anthony's car was not parked hastily, but was calmly backed into the garage – not the way an enraged man would park to have it out with his wife. Surprise, surprise, the whole story was set up by the two women, conspiring to make Anthony's death look like self-defense. The episode ends with a chase scene in a mattress store.
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