Re: Re: I may be the only person who thinks this way
I suppose it is an interesting point about "Forgotten Lady" that someone can shoot someone in the head and still have most of the audience feel sorry for her in the end. That is the magic within this particular script.
Let's not forget that Grace Wheeler already had the death sentence.
He didn't let a perpetrator get away with anything, because his first duty was to process a confession to the crime. His claim on Grace was only circumstantial anyway. He had NO iron clad proof, just probable cause to arrest her on suspicion.
In my view, that closing scene made the episode and among the most poignant ever produced: