Ben Kissel

Connor alluded to the death of housekeeper Gloria Satterfield, specifically that Paul maybe had pushed her down the stairs in a fit of rage.

But he also alluded to Paul's role in the murder of Stephen Smith.

According to what Connor alluded to, Paul helped Buster dispose of the body.

Now, in addition to problems with Maggie and Paul, Alex's father, Randy III, was also dying from lung cancer right around this time.

And Alex's mother was quickly declining due to Alzheimer's.

Perhaps worst of all when it came to family legacy, though, was when Buster Murdoch was thrown out of law school for bad grades, but especially plagiarism.

Now, Alec figured that he could Murdoch this whole thing by paying a lawyer 60 grand to get Buster back in, likely using money stolen from the glorious Satterfield settlement.

But in the end, the University of South Carolina told the Murdochs that it'd probably be best if Buster just stayed away for a little while.

Why don't we revisit this in a year?

And then maybe the year after that.

And then maybe the year after that.

And then we'll see how much money you donate to us.

I hate you dressed like this.

It really does.

It makes you so much angrier.

Oh, my God.

Yeah, why they're so uncomfortable and miserable all the time.

Sort of a suck.

Ultimately, though, it seems what probably pushed Alec over the edge completely was when Maggie met with a divorce lawyer in Charleston in April of 2021.

And this lawyer advised Maggie to start, quote, gathering numbers.