if he couldn't get to lennon, he would have attempted to kill walter cronkite, johnny carson, george c. scottjackie kennedy onassis or marlon brando. lennon was his first choice. >> even show, chapman's agenda included a wild scheme to kill scott while the actor was on stage at a broadway show. >> the defendant said he had front row seats, and his plan was to stand up in the middle of the show and fire into the body of george c. scott. it wasn't attic laterally adroit plan because when he went to the gun store to buy bullets to have ammunition for his gun, he was told, you cannot buy bullets for your gun. >> after two weeks in knock, chapman flies back to hawaii. he reveals to his wife he's obsessed with john lennon and plans to kill him. she convinces chapman to make an appointment with a psychologist but didn't keep it. in early december, chapman flies back to new york, stopping over in atlanta to procure 38 high caliber bullets. >> this is not someone who is wanting to assault somebody or cause injury. this is someone intent upon committing a murder. ...and the little room above the strip