on the night before the accident, claiming that he did not say this earlier because Wyatt and Bobby wil soon be family. Jeph, who is also involved with Rona, finds out about Phil's affair with her. Bobby tells Wyatt that Mona threatened him, not the other way around, and that he was in the Hideaway the evening before the accident, which Valerie tells him is not true. Murph later tries to cover Bobby on this. Valerie also gives him a sharp gardening tool with the letters "JB" on it. Phil is found dead in a pond at the Charm Motel. Murph tells Ellie, who fears that Bobby, who left their house that night, did it. When Rona finds out, she tries to leave town. It turns out Jeph did not help Phil when he fell into the water after he threatened to expose him, Rona, and Bobby. Police learn that Jeph is threatening suicide because of Rona's leaving. He reveals that a drunken Mona had unrepentantly chopped off his hand when they fought over a bottle of beer. He also states that Phil was not his biological father, adding that, despite all that, he did not kill either of them. Wyatt manages to take the gun away from Jeph. Wyatt then tells Bobby privately that Clarence confessed to killing Phil, because he could not stand the idea of Bobby going to jail with the baby on the way. Clarence was watching Phil – who had seen Bobby rig the car – tampering with it some more and then switching the keys in the house. Bobby's initial tampering had been superficial and did not contribute to the accident, whereas Phil's did. Wyatt promises Bobby to keep quiet about Bobby's involvement as long as he takes good care of Ellie and the baby. Finally, Bobby and Ellie get married and Clarence gets taken away. Cast Danny DeVito as Chief Wyatt Rash Bette Midler as Mona Dearly Neve Campbell as Ellen "Ellie" Rash Jamie Lee Curtis as Rona Mace Casey Affleck as Bobby Calzone William Fichtner as Phil Dearly Marcus Thomas as Jeph Dearly Peter Dobson as Lt. Feege Gruber Kathleen Wilhoite as Lucinda Mark Pellegrino as Murph Calzone Tracey Walter as Clarence Will Ferrell as Cubby, the Funeral Director Paul Ben-Victor as Deputy Tony Carlucci Paul Schulze as Deputy Jimmy D. Melissa McCarthy as Shirley Brian Doyle-Murray as Tow Truck Driver Raymond