here again is josh mankiewicz with "troubled waters." >> reporter: to detective sean murphy it sounded more than suspicious. eric bechler taking up with a gorgeous redhead just three months after his wife was lost at sea. but murphy didn't have much more than a gnawing in his gut until his phone rang. >> we got a call from kobe's lawyer, said he wanted to arrange an interview again with kobe. >> reporter: kobe laker, eric's best friend and volleyball buddy. he told sheriff's detectives that the bechler marriage was great. now he had a different story. >> eric's told me on several occasions that he's sick and tired of his wife. he would tell me that he just couldn't take it anymore. he was tired of it. >> reporter: about seven months before pegye vanished, kobe says he and eric had a conversation that kobe describes as haunting him ever since. >> eric asked me about what he thought -- what i thought of the idea of him killing his wife. and i was pretty much shocked. i didn't know what to say. he told me that he was thinking of taking her out to the ocean and dumping her in a barrel. >>

sean murphy. >> reporter: oh, yeah.pital, the show moved to larger sound stages in vancouver for this season. >> and it looks like it is going to be more fun for the directors and more fun for the actors. >> we've got a lot more space to work with this year, which is great, and i think it will open up the world of the hospital and the world that we get to see our doctors interacting. >> reporter: for "abc 7 news." >>> "the good doctor" story lines, cast and producers reflect a new direction in portraying people who are sometimes marginalized and ignored. >> "abc 7 news" reporter david louie sits down with one of the shows stars to learn what they're trying to achieve. she is an executive at the hospital. i love the characters because they are really multi-dimensional. the story lines are great, and it is just a lot of fun. >> and it is -- >> and we are amazed he can do an american accent. >> next on "abc 7 minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not