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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Triumph (1964)
I think I understand Lucy's motive
Lucy and John were the new missionaries. John wanted to be there to help the natives, but Lucy hated the jungle and wanted to leave. Thomas hated his wife ,Mary, because she constantly reminded him that she was the doctor and he was the inept one. Between them, Lucy and Thomas hatched the plot to murder Mary. I understood Thomas' motive, but couldn't understand why Lucy wanted to kill Mary. Lucy commented on how good John was,"perhaps too good," was how Lucy put it, and couldn't bring herself to just leave him. That's why she agreed to murder Mary, but make John believe that it was she, Lucy, in the casket. She mutilated Mary's face unrecognizable. This freed Lucy to leave and also freed Thomas from the wife he hated. What do you guys think of my theory?