Murder, She Wrote, Season 2

Earl Fargo:
[after Jessica exposes the murderer] Did you do it for Willie John?

Sister Ruth Fargo:
For Willie John? No. I did it to Willie John. Or I tried to. I had to be free of him, but that meant destroying him totally. I tried to tell you, Mark. I couldn't. As much as I know you love me, you could've never understood. Willie John was crushing me, Mrs. Fletcher, wringing the life out of me with his sanctimonious piety. I'm a woman, and every day I've been getting older and older, living like some plaster saint. The dutiful wife of the great and good Willie John Fargo. What was I supposed to do? Divorce him? Oh, my God. Can you just see the headlines? Or kill him? That would have thrust me into an even more untenable role. The keeper of Willie John's flame living in chastity for the rest of my years.

Rev. Fargo:
Ruth, why didn't you tell me?

Sister Ruth:
I did, Willie John, every day in a hundred different ways. But you were always too busy to hear.