Ron Masak credited as playing...
Sheriff Mort Metzger
- Sheriff Mort Metzger: I said, "Do me a favor, please, and tell me what goes on in this town."
- Jessica Fletcher: Sheriff, I'm sorry, but...
- Sheriff Mort Metzger: I've been here one year. This is my fifth murder. What is this? The death capitol of Maine? On a per capita basis, this place makes the South Bronx look like SunnyBrook Farm.
- Jessica Fletcher: But I assure you Sheriff...
- Sheriff Mort Metzger: I mean, is that why Tupper quit? He couldn't take it anymore? Somebody really should have warned me, Mrs. Fletcher. Now- Now, perfect strangers are coming to Cabot Cove to die. I mean, look at this guy. You don't know him. I don't know him. He has no ID. We don't know the first thing about this guy.