After Jonathan turns the lights out, Teddy goes downstairs in the dark and carries Mr. Hoskins' body down into the basement to bury in "Panama". Meanwhile, Jonathan has gone outside and driven his car to the side of the house, passing Mr. Spinalzo's body to Dr. Einstein through the window. Elaine, watching from the manse, sees the car lights and thinks her missing bridegroom has returned. Receiving no answer to her knock, she goes in through the door, surprising Dr. Einstein. He just manages to shove the body into the recently vacated window seat. Jonathan grabs Elaine and starts to force her into the cellar, intending to lock her in. Just then, Abby and Martha come down the stairs dressed in mourning clothes, planning to conduct Mr. Hoskin's funeral. At the same time, Mortimer arrives back with the signed commitment papers. He intends to immediately call the director of Happydale- Mr Witherspoon- but is shocked to see his brother, who used to sadistically torture him when they were growing up. Despite his old fear, Mortimer refuses to let Jonathan intimidate him and orders him from the house. Jonathan refuses to go. Elaine, fearful and upset, tries to tell Mortimer about Jonathan attempting to lock her in the cellar, but he is too distracted by the argument with Jonathan and making the telephone call to Mr. Witherspoon to pay attention. Angry and hurt, she storms back to her house. Unable to help himself, Mortimer cracks open the window seat to have another look at Mr. Hoskins. He reels back in shock when he realizes that there's now a different body in the seat. He naturally assumes that Abby and Martha have been at it again, but they indignantly deny knowing anything about it. Jonathan's behavior alerts Mortimer that he is responsible for the body, and he issues his creepy brother an ultimatum: he and Dr. Einstein can take the stiff and disappear, or he'll call the police. It looks like Jonathan is going to concede, but then Dr. Einstein comes running up from the cellar... he's seen Mr. Hoskins. Jonathan now has something on them, making it impossible to blackmail him into leaving. Mr Witherspoon tells Mortimer that Teddy must be examined by a doctor, who must then also sign the commitment papers. He rushes out to locate a doctor. Meanwhile, as the aunts go to hold Mr. Hoskins' funeral, Jonathan and Dr. Einstein discover that there are actually twelve men buried in the basement. They bring down Mr Spinalzo to bury him, even though Abby and Martha are indignant about a stranger being placed among their gentlemen. Jonathan decides there should be one more body in the basement: Mortimer's. Mortimer returns with a doctor and brings Teddy out to the cemetery to talk to him. After a few minutes in conversation with "President Roosevelt" the physician unhesitatingly signs the papers. Mortimer then goes to see Elaine and tells her that their marriage will have to be annulled because insanity runs in his family. She is, understandably, less than thrilled, slamming her window down on his fingers. He returns to his aunts' house with the papers and is met by Dr. Einstein who, not wanting him to be murdered, tries to convince him to leave. Mortimer doesn't listen and ends up tied to a chair, about to be tortured to death by Jonathan. They are interrupted by Teddy blowing his bugle, which brings the policeman on their beat, Officer O'Hara, to the door because they've been warned before about Teddy bugling at night. He sees Mortimer tied up and gagged, but Jonathan convinces him that Mortimer is enacting a scene for a book he's writing. Mortimer tries to signal O'Hara to free him but O'Hara, an aspiring writer, takes the opportunity to tell him about the play he's writing about a heroic police officer. While he's talking, Jonathan sneaks up behind him, intending to kill him, but is knocked out himself by Dr. Einstein who thinks that this has all gone too far. He just wants to get out of there and escape. Some other police officers arrive, looking for O'Hara, because he didn't check in when he was supposed to. Jonathan comes to and, seeing all the police, thinks they're there to arrest him and so attacks them. There is a brawl, during which Mortimer manages to free himself. Once they subdue Jonathan, Lieutenant Rooney recognizes him as an escapee from the Indiana Prison for the Criminally Insane. Teddy is marching about in character, and talking about the bodies in the basement, but Mortimer convinces the police that this is just part of his delusion and assures them that he is going to Happydale that night. Mortimer has gotten Teddy to sign the commitment papers as well, but then realizes that his uncle has signed them 'Theodore Roosevelt'. As Mr. Witherspoon arrives to take Teddy to Happydale or, as Teddy sees it, on a hunting trip to Africa, Mortimer convinces him to re-sign the papers with his actual name, saying the secret service needs him to use an assumed name for security reasons. Meanwhile, determined to find out what's going on, Elaine sneaks into the house through the outside door to the basement. Abby and Martha are devastated at the idea of being separated from Teddy, and suggest that they go to Happydale with him, much to Mortimer's relief. Mr. Witherspoon doesn't want to admit sane people, but when they start talking about bodies in the basement, assumes that they're crazy too, and agrees. Needing a doctor's signature for their commitment, Mortimer gets Dr. Einstein, who's in the process of sneaking out. Einstein, sweating bullets, signs the papers and then escapes out the door. Abby and Martha confide in Mortimer their worry that his signature on the commitment papers might not be legal. They confess that he's not actually a Brewster; he was the son of a cook on a ship and a former cook of theirs... they adopted Mortimer. Contrary to their expectations, Mortimer is euphoric that he isn't actually a member of the insane Brewster family, and it's O.K. for him to stay married to Elaine. Speaking of whom, she runs shrieking from the cellar, having discovered the graves. Mortimer kisses her to keep her from spilling the beans. As Jonathan is taken away to jail and Abby, Martha, and Teddy are escorted to Happydale, Mortimer throws Elaine over his shoulder and runs off to their honeymoon, shouting that he's the son of a sea cook as the taxi driver, who has been waiting for them all this time looks on, nonplussed.
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