Murder in a Small Town (2024) s02e03 Episode Script

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
All right, see you next game.
- Bye, guys. Bye.
- See you.
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Sweetheart.
It's me.
Just listen.
Stay away from me! Stay away from me!
[BELINDA] Mom's outside, she
tried to follow me in her car.
Stay right here. Stay right here.
- I'll be right back.
- Yeah.
Maria!
Maria!
Don't you show your
face around here again!
- [MARIA] I'm her mother.
- [RICHARD] I don't care.
Don't you ever try to ambush
my daughter like that again.
[MARIA] She's not your
Yeah. Yeah, my daughter.
You left.
[MARIA] I messed up.
I'm not the same person.
Where the hell are you?
[MARIA] Here.
[CAR DRIVING UP]
[CAR DOOR CLOSING]
Hello?
Is someone there?
- [CRASH]
- Oh!
Hello?
Who's there?
- [SCREAMS]
- [BONES CRACK]
♪
I really like your place.
How come we're always at mine?
Mmm. Because you keep touching my stuff.
Well, you know, it's hard to drink
from a glass unless you touch it.
I mean, I can always bring mine, but
I really like this one.
My Corfu glasses.
I used to have two.
You went to Corfu?
Yeah, years ago. Back
when I was in grad school.
You and your sorority chums?
Karl
can you see me in a sorority?
Well, you know, maybe
if I squint a little.
No, I, uh, I went with Terrence.
He was my thesis advisor.
Also, my my boyfriend,
if I can use that word.
Um he was a little older.
Oh.
Was he the one?
When we first met, you
said that you'd come close
to getting married once.
I believe I said close-ish.
How much older?
Too much, yeah.
It has been washed a
thousand times, Alberg.
You are not gonna find any fingerprints.
Sorry. You know, you invited
a detective to dinner.
Yeah. You look at my place
like it's a riddle to be solved.
Big picture first, then details.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- [LAUGHS]
Is there anything out of place?
Anything that wasn't here before?
Wow.
You're good.
It's yours.
- Seriously?
- Mmm.
I saw the way that you
looked at it at the art fair.
You shouldn't have. How much was it?
It's your mom's, and it's you.
I don't know what to say.
It's obviously the summer
that you spent on the beach
with your mom at Half Moon Bay, but
The man with his hands in his pockets.
Who's that?
Your father?
I never knew him.
Hm. That's not what I asked.
He's called The Creeper.
He wears one of those,
like, monk hoodie things.
- A cowl?
- Yes! A cowl.
[DEVON] One night every month,
he creeps out to clean up
Lauren Park's shrine and leave flowers.
- [HOLLY] Why?
- [DEVON] I don't know.
It's a legend.
Every month since Lauren died.
That's like 25 years.
Three hundred months,
Holl, without fail.
- Holly.
- Yeah?
- Rargh!
- [HOLLY GROANS]
[LAUGHS] You loser! You scare so easy.
Get away from me.
♪
[WHISTLING]
Morning.
Someone had a good weekend.
- Vanessa?
- Mmm maybe I'm just high on life.
So what are you fixated on?
Just an email.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Oh.
My LSAT results.
Let's not talk about it, okay?
Oh, crap.
No. I'm I'm fine.
Really.
For what it's worth, my brother
needed six cracks at the LSAT.
But then he nailed it
and he is doing great now.
Well, he's practicing
tax law in Salt Lake.
- But, yeah, he likes it.
- Corporal.
Gotta go. Picked up a body.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Hey.
Another break in?
Except this time someone
got killed, right?
Yeah, I can't comment on that.
This town's changing.
Transients.
People that shouldn't be here.
All these rentals don't help.
Can you take this
gentleman's statement for me?
Morning, boss. Short-term rental.
Vic's inside.
- [KARL] Tenant?
- Yeah. Owner found her.
Looks like the perp jimmied the door.
She hears something, comes out.
[MUFFLED SCREAM] [BONES CRACK]
Neck's broken?
Yeah. CSI confirms that.
He was strong.
Or she they.
Pronouns.
What's missing?
Cash. Credit cards. Jewelry.
Uh found the cell phone.
Break-in gone wrong?
[KARL] Or somebody
wanted us to think that.
Same kid in all the pictures.
- Hers?
- [SID] Maybe.
She put a lot of time into this.
Wait, go back.
Why would she tear that one page out?
It's the way it's torn.
Somebody who put so much
effort into this book
wouldn't have done that.
[NEIGHBOR] Her name was Maria Bannister.
She lived in Spokane.
The coffee machine was on the fritz.
That's why I came this
morning with the new one.
And Maria was a tourist?
Nuh-uh. Uh she said
she used to live here.
She hoped to visit family.
Family meaning?
I didn't ask, it didn't seem like
she wanted to talk about it.
Okay.
What else did she tell you?
She seemed all wound up about something.
Like she was scared
something bad could happen.
Lord.
And it did, didn't it?
"Dear Belinda, my dear baby girl."
Maria wanted to visit family.
That's all the landlord's sure of.
Last name Bannister.
Let's find out how
many live in the region.
Just one.
[LOUD CRACK]
Mr. Bannister?
Yeah.
I'm Chief Alberg, this
is Sergeant Sokolowski.
We're here about your wife, Maria.
It's ex-wife.
I'm afraid I have some bad news.
Maria was found dead this
morning here in Gibsons.
What happened?
We're still investigating.
Your daughter here?
I'd rather tell her myself.
Well, we need to talk to her.
No, you leave her out of this.
Out of what?
Whatever this is.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Belinda?
My mom's dead?
I'm so sorry.
No one else is.
When's the last time
you saw your mother?
Five years ago.
Like my dad already said, she just left.
Belinda was 10.
Your mother say why she left?
I guess she just got tired of us.
No, she met somebody.
- Darryl.
- Darryl got a last name?
I would assume so, most people do.
[KARL] Mr. Bannister
I never heard his name, his last name.
All I can tell you, he was younger.
He was a tree planter.
They went off and they
planted trees together.
And that's the last
time you saw your mother?
- Yes.
- You haven't spoken to her since?
- That's enough.
- No contact whatsoever?
That's enough. She told
you all that she can.
Mr. Bannister
I'm gonna ask you to come
to the station with me.
Is there somebody who
can look after Belinda?
I'm coming with my dad!
You can hang out here.
How long are you gonna be?
If you need anything, ask Isabella.
She knows where everything is.
Unlike the rest of us, she's cool.
Only person here who
doesn't wear a uniform.
He's a great dad and a good man.
Whatever anyone tries to tell you.
Why would someone tell
me differently, Belinda?
'Cause people lie.
Yeah, sometimes they do.
[KARL] Do we know how
long the Bannisters
have been living in that house?
Richard and Maria moved in
just before Belinda was born.
Bring him in.
Canvass the neighbors.
About last night?
I wanna know what happened to
Maria before she disappeared.
Okay.
Is Belinda okay?
She's fine. Sit down.
She insisted on telling me
what a wonderful dad you are.
I don't doubt that.
I'm just not convinced
you're telling me the truth.
I have two daughters myself.
- I have five.
- Yeah.
They're the treasures of our lives.
When's the last time you saw
your ex-wife, Mr. Bannister?
Five years ago.
It's not easy being abandoned
by somebody you love.
Love's like anger.
It can make you do unreasonable things.
I had nothing to do with her death.
But you stayed in contact with her.
No.
Last night, according
to Maria's phone records,
you called her just before midnight.
Why lie to me, Mr. Bannister?
You know how this makes you look.
So, you knew she was in Gibsons.
My ex-wife was on our road last night.
In front of our house around 7:00.
She was waiting for Belinda.
And you confronted her?
No, I didn't see her. Belinda did.
The woman ambushed her.
Then what happened?
Belinda ran home and told me.
I went outside, but
she was already gone.
Just like five years ago.
I saw the way you
looked at your daughter
when I questioned her.
And I saw the way you looked at me
when you showed up to my house.
I was protecting my daughter.
I don't trust the police.
You ever protect your daughters?
Did you kill your
ex-wife, Mr. Bannister?
No.
I phoned her, yes.
But I never made it past the
front yard. I swear to God.
And I am not a violent man.
You have an assault
charge on your record.
That was 20 years ago in a bar fight.
You ever done anything young and dumb?
Well, five years ago, Maria called 911.
Altercation at your house.
She said you threatened her life.
We were arguing.
And I probably said something idiotic.
She drove Belinda to softball
practice and left her there.
So she could go drinking
with Darryl the tree planter.
Belinda was 10.
What does your report
say about my condition?
Bloody nose, torn shirt.
- Exactly.
- Five years, no contact.
Then out of nowhere, she shows up.
Why do you suppose that is?
Because she realized
what a mess she made.
She said she'd grown up.
Maria wrote a letter to Belinda
and mailed it to the house.
I read it and I got rid of it.
My daughter didn't need
Maria broke my daughter's heart.
And mine too.
You think he's our guy?
For his daughter's sake, I hope not.
Pull up that 911 call
from five years ago.
I wanna hear it.
- Councilwoman Lee.
- Hi, Bree.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Listen, uh the
woman that was killed
People are wondering
I mean, has Karl said anything?
Have you met Karl?
So, that's a no.
Mm.
He was waiting outside
when I was opening up.
And I know it's a public
library and he's public, but
People are on edge right now.
About Todd?
I mean, that's ridiculous.
All the break-ins.
The poor woman.
Todd was here last week.
Bree, you should talk to him.
He has an interesting mind.
Cassandra!
Hey, you got a minute?
Yeah.
Okay.
[CASSANDRA] Oh, these are good.
[HOLLY] Yeah, it's a project for school.
Roadside shrines on the coast.
Um, that one is Lauren
[CASSANDRA] Lauren. Lauren Park, yeah.
I went to school with her,
um, from first grade until
until it happened.
You guys were friends?
She was walking home from work.
Uh, she had a part-time job
at the pizza place, and
someone hit her and took off.
We're trying to research The Creeper.
You know, the one who
creeps out of the shadows
Once a month as the full
moon rises. Urban legend.
I don't think you're gonna find
much about it in the library.
[WOMAN] Excuse me. Do you mind?
[SIGHS] Okay, just give me a minute
- Hey, Todd.
- Hm.
Find something?
Beowulf, yeah. Old English classic.
You're liking it?
Beowulf pretends he's asleep
and then rips Grendel's arm off.
He's a
total sociopath.
Yeah, I guess that's
one way of looking at it.
And then he, you know,
later kills Grendel's mother.
It's, uh
I mean, his mother started
the fight, but still his mom?
- Hm.
- Ehh oof.
Okay. Well, enjoy.
Thank you.
[DEVON] On the night of each full moon,
The Creeper creeps out,
clanking his chains.
Full moon, like Cassandra
said, it's corroboration.
Well, actually, it's two people
who heard the same version.
That's what corroboration is.
Okay, well, let's say
some of it is true.
I mean, forget the chains.
I don't buy the black cowl either,
but say someone has
been tending the shrine.
For 25 years?
Well, there would probably
be logic to the schedule.
But forget full moon,
it's gonna be more mundane.
Why?
Well, 'cause people don't
do that, except in movies.
I mean, real life, it's
more like the first night
of every month or the last.
Holl, you're starting
to think like a cop.
[LAUGHS]
[DEVON] I said I was
sleeping at your place.
You are such a liar.
Well, what'd you tell your dad?
That I'm staying at your place.
[BOTH LAUGH]
[CAR APPROACHING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Devon! Devon, Devon, Devon!
[CAMERA LENS SNAPS]
Holly.
We got him!
We got The Creeper!
[LAUGHS]
It was Lucy's first
day at her new school.
She had been nervous
about this day all summer.
[BREE] Now, that it was really here.
Lucy didn't want to go.
Poor girl.
Such a terrible thing.
[GASPS] Excuse me.
- [BAG POPS]
- Oh!
Todd.
Todd.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Good news is we know
Liza's safe and sober.
Except that's 'cause she's
locked in her bedroom hating us.
Liza's busy being 15.
Yeah.
Five years go by.
Why come back now?
I don't know, maybe
the light bulb goes off?
She made this. Brought it with her.
It's a scrapbook.
Elsie made scrapbooks for
the girls all the time.
Hockey. Liza's volleyball team.
This book, it's a sort of gift that
You give to Belinda.
[KNOCKS]
Chief, we found the car that
Maria Bannister was driving.
It's registered to somebody
named Callie Jarvis.
She lives in Spokane.
Address, cell number.
Isabella's pulling it up.
I'll check.
[CALLIE] Oh, my God.
Uh, yes, she's my friend.
Miss Jarvis, did Maria have
any enemies, to your knowledge?
[CALLIE] No.
She's kind, quiet.
Uh, she had a daughter, though.
That's why she borrowed my car.
She needed to go visit
her daughter in Gibsons.
They hadn't seen each other in years.
Did Maria mention anyone else?
[CALLIE] Her dad. Maria was adopted.
She recently found
her biological father.
He lives quite close to you.
I think a little town called, um
Porpoise.
[PHONE RINGS]
Thank you, Callie.
Um, I'm sorry, I gotta take this call.
I'll get back to you as soon
as I have more information.
What have you got?
She made two calls to
Porpoise Bay last week.
Both to the same number.
D. Stewart.
6619 Vista Way.
[KARL] Sorry to be the
bearer, Captain Stewart.
Someone killed her?
Did your daughter ever
mention being afraid of anyone?
No.
Never.
I'd always wanted a daughter.
And all of a sudden, there
she was on my doorstep.
Last July.
That's the first time you met?
Her mother
It was a fling.
I had no idea she was pregnant.
No, that's not true, I
I chose not to consider it and moved on.
We've all done things
we're not proud of, Chief Alberg.
I don't suppose you've
ever abandoned a child?
I didn't see it that way.
Later found out my daughter did.
Then perhaps you understand.
To have her reach out after
after all those years of decades.
She called me again last week.
- About?
- Her daughter, Belinda.
She said to me
how do I even start?
And I said, you get
behind the wheel of a car
and you drive and go
and see your daughter.
Don't you dare make the
same mistake that I did.
Is he your son?
Harry.
Yeah, he lives with me.
That must be a comfort.
Yeah, you'd think so.
He's a good boy.
He does his best.
That'll be him now.
All right. That'll be
eight bucks, brother.
Okay.
Twenty bucks
- Twelve bucks your change. Enjoy.
- Thank you.
Thanks.
[WHISTLES] Twenty bucks? [LAUGHS]
Nice. Where'd you get that, dude?
Isn't like you worked for it, right?
Where you going?
Excuse me.
[LAUGHING]
- Hey!
- Come on.
You deaf or something?
How's it goin'?
Where you going?
How long did you serve?
Military?
Reserves for about five minutes,
but I didn't really take to it.
How'd it go with your dad?
He understood.
I think. He always said
that I was more like my mom.
She died six years ago.
It's just been the two of us ever since.
He's, um
he's failing.
His heart.
Doctor says that it
won't be too much longer.
I'm so sorry.
He's tough as nails, my dad.
Oh, um, Gloria, would you mind
making dad a sandwich today?
Sure, I can. Of course.
Uh, Chief Alberg, is it?
- Yes.
- Uh, Chief, this is Gloria.
We met when Gloria let me in.
Oh. So
You, uh, catch my dad speeding
through a traffic light?
Your sister's dead.
What?
Is he serious?
Dad, I am
I am so sorry.
It seemed like a good
idea, big house, ocean view.
Clean it up. A little bit of paint.
List it as a short-term rental.
But then these bureaucrats
of yours got involved.
Then it was building
code this and update that.
Since when are they my bureaucrats?
Because you're on town council.
Oh.
I hate to ask but I need a favor.
Okay.
I am hemorrhaging money and
my rental income is at zero.
I just, I need you to
step up and be a super pal.
Phyllis, I love you,
but I can't intervene.
Intervene? Hell no!
It's my electrician.
He tore up all the drywall
in the basement, and I just
need help repainting it.
Please? This weekend.
[TODD] Get away from me!
- Oh
- [TODD] Get away!
[TODD] I told you to leave me alone.
Oh, Todd.
I told you to leave me alone.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
[TODD] Go away.
Ah!
What's up?
- [OVERLAPPING YELLING]
- [CASSANDRA] Todd!
Todd! Todd!
I told you to leave me alone!
Have you lost your minds?
- Todd
- Ma'am. Step back.
Just stop. We are fine here.
- We are absolutely
- Drop the knife now!
Todd, you have to put the knife down.
They threw a rock at me.
This wasn't your fault.
I saw what happened.
Everybody saw it.
Ma'am, I need you to step back now.
Just stop, you are making this worse.
Just stop.
Everyone saw what happened,
but you need to give me the knife.
This wasn't your fault but
you have to give me the knife.
- Okay?
- [SIRENS WAILING]
Okay, just give me the knife.
- Cassandra!
- Sid, stop!
Just give me the knife, okay?
Please. Okay. Thank you.
Give me that. What's going on here?
- They threw a rock.
- They threw a rock.
Okay. Okay.
Son, I need you to get on your knees.
- No.
- Todd, you can trust him.
You can trust him. Please, just, uh
I need you to get down on your knees.
- Get down on your knees.
- He's not gonna hurt you.
Do not hurt him!
- Frick and Frack?
- Yes.
What the hell is wrong with you two?
I I we didn't do anything.
I finally got the sun out of my eyes ♪
Well, that was slightly insane.
Thanks Phyllis.
Totally badass.
- Oh! Someone reposted it.
- Hmm?
You're a meme!
You're not serious.
Yeah!
Look. "Councilwoman keeps
streets of Gibsons safe."
People parlay less than
this into a run for Governor.
Why would I wanna run for Governor?
Well, I think this is
gonna do wonders for you.
Trust me.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Harry Stewart's been on
the coast for 10 years.
He had a home rental company.
One-man operation.
But it went bankrupt a few years back.
I'll do some more digging.
They have a home care worker.
Works there three days
a week, Gloria Hanson.
Look into her, too. Okay?
Will do.
His name is Todd Loomis. He was
he was waving a knife around
at a bunch of punks at Molly's.
Cassandra talked him down.
Why didn't she just call it in?
I don't know.
Ballsy move though.
He's been sleeping in the
woods off Maskell Road,
about 100 yards south
of the Bannister place.
We found his camp.
He's got this hoard of junk,
stuff he's found or stolen and..
That.
Todd. I'm Chief Alberg.
What can you tell me
about Maria Bannister?
You're a cop. I don't talk to cops.
Maria Bannister, she died last night.
Someone killed her.
Oh, come on. Someone
dies, you blame me, hmm?
We found this at your camp.
Wait, you you went through my stuff?
That's Maria.
The one on the left.
Okay.
Where did you find this, Todd?
I don't know.
Was Maria wearing it?
I don't know.
You kill Maria, Todd?
[SCOFFS] No.
Look at me, Todd, please.
No! I didn't kill her.
The girl threw it, she left it there,
she was with the other one, her mother.
Maria Bannister and her daughter?
I want you to have it.
Keep away from me!
Stay away from me!
Sweetheart!
[TODD] She left it there, yes.
I watched her drive away in the car
and then the other one followed.
- Somebody was following her?
- Mm-hmm.
What kinda car?
Uh a blue one.
Blue car. What make?
I don't know. It followed.
Uh Uh, it was, uh, 7AD on the plate.
He's our guy.
Maybe.
Oh, you don't believe the
story about the locket, do you?
Come on, boss, all due respect.
He's a thief, maybe, but a killer?
What, 'cause Cassandra likes him?
Ooh. Um
He had a knife, he was
ready to go at those guys.
Well, let's just hold him for 72 hours.
We'll do that.
Where are we on the 911 call?
Still trying to track
down the guys who attended.
Neither of them are
on the coast anymore.
Chief. M.E.'s here.
- Here.
- Based on rigor mortis,
I'll say she died between,
uh, 10:00 PM and and 2:00 AM.
- Cervical fracture.
- Death was instantaneous?
Nope. That was the
intent, presumably, but
Her assailant bungled it.
To put it mildly.
The fracture didn't kill
her. She was smothered.
[SIGHS]
She was a piece of work,
but nobody deserves this.
Poor Maria.
Wait, you knew Maria Bannister?
Her kid played T-ball with my niece.
Oh, she was a child herself, you know?
It's like being a mother terrified her.
There was a 911 call.
Maria and her husband five years ago.
I was working ER that night.
It was right before I
switched over to pathology.
The husband needed stitches.
So, she was the aggressor?
They had to handcuff her to the gurney.
So, maybe Richard was telling the truth.
There was a blue sedan.
Partial plate, 7AD.
Possibly seen following
Maria the night of her death.
Let's run it through the
system, see what comes up.
On it.
Richard said that, uh
Maria ran off with a tree planter.
Darryl something.
Darryl Cunningham. As far as I
know, he's still on the coast.
Darryl Cunningham, let's find him.
Yeah.
Still umpiring girls softball?
From time to time. How's your daughter?
Good. How's your eyesight?
Keen. As ever.
[GRUMBLES]
Hey.
Cassandra.
Seriously?
Phyllis loves it. She can
run my campaign for Governor.
A guy with a knife?
Your officers were
getting set to shoot him.
Todd is a valued patron of my library.
He could have killed you.
Oh, don't be dramatic. They
may have tasered me, but
Karl.
He is smart, he is
funny, he reads Beowulf.
The only thing he
doesn't have is a roof.
And I don't think that's his fault.
He didn't hurt anyone.
- This time.
- Oh, come on.
He could've hurt you,
that's what terrifies me.
He didn't and he wouldn't.
You need to trust me.
Cassandra, my job is community safety!
Todd is a part of the community!
My community at least.
Mine too.
Well, how does Todd fit
into your community, Officer?
Right. In custody.
[PHONE RINGS]
It's probably important.
You should answer it.
Alberg.
[LAILA] Chief, I ran the
partial you asked for.
- And?
- Blue 2019 sedan registered to D. Stewart.
6619 Vista.
The Captain.
I only got these three.
The flash spooked the
guy, whoever he was.
Mm-hmm.
[HOLLY] Don't suppose
you recognize the guy?
I can't really make out their face.
Maybe someone related to Lauren?
I don't think so. They
moved away years ago.
[HOLLY] What?
Can I keep this?
Yeah.
- Hey, Trace.
- Oh
[CHUCKLES] Holy smokes.
Cassandra Lee.
It's been a minute.
Yeah, I saw your truck.
It's good to see you.
It saves me a trip to your house.
I went by Lauren's shrine.
You were there last night.
[SCOFFS]
What? No.
Why would you think that?
My boyfriend's daughter took this.
What the hell, Trace?
You?
You're The Creeper.
Captain Stewart, uh,
Chief Alberg in Gibsons.
When did you last drive your car?
[CAPTAIN] My car? [LAUGHS]
My God, I haven't
driven that car in years.
And when did your son last drive it?
Well, he drove me on Wednesday.
I had an appointment
with my lawyer, but
Harry drives the car whenever he wants.
What, why are you asking all this?
Why did you see your
lawyer, Captain Stewart?
What the hell business is that of yours?
[ALBERG] I'm investigating
the murder of your daughter.
Estate planning, uh
An adjustment to my will.
Did Harry know this?
Oh my God.
Is that a yes?
Captain Stewart, where's your son now?
[TRACY] She was working
my shift that night.
Pizza parlor.
I promised I'd swing
by when she finished,
to drive her home.
And then I got pissed off at her.
It was one of those stupid
high school disagreements.
So, she walked home.
- Side of the highway.
- The driver hit her, you didn't.
I I
I never went to see
her parents, not once.
We all failed, different ways.
At least you honor her shrine.
It just seems like the least I could do.
Yeah. Leave her flowers.
I never left flowers, I just
tidy up.
I was I was there 20 minutes ago.
There were flowers.
I didn't leave them.
Harry left the house two hours ago.
Where were we with that BOLO?
No reports of the car yet.
Chief, someone here to see you.
- Not now.
- It's Gloria Hanson.
The captain's housekeeper.
How long have you known
Captain Stewart and his son?
Two years.
The Captain's a fine man,
and his son is so attentive.
It's quite touching.
Did Maria Bannister
ever come to the house
while you were working?
No. I I never met her.
Did Harry mention her to you?
I did the laundry today.
Normally I'm supposed to
do the Captain's, but
Mr. Harry's turns up in the hamper too,
I don't mind.
I found this in Mr. Harry's pocket.
In his trousers.
That's his niece, right?
Belinda Bannister.
I had a funny feeling
I'm sorry.
He's going after the girl, Belinda.
Why would he do that?
Find her. Hurry!
I'm going to their house.
Call the school.
[KNOCKING]
Hi. Mr. Bannister.
How you doing?
Dad, it's me.
Dad?
[GASPS]
- Dad!
- It's Belinda, right?
Who are you?
I was
[BELINDA CRIES]
[KNOCKING]
- Help! Help!
- Belinda!
- [DOOR RATTLES]
- [BELINDA CRIES]
[BELINDA] Leave me alone!
- Belinda!
- [CRYING] In here.
Out there.
[BELINDA CRYING] Dad!
I'm at the Bannister
house, Maskell Road.
There's been a serious
injury. Send an ambulance.
Suspect's on foot.
Send all units. Maskell Road.
[PANTING]
[SIRENS WAILING IN THE DISTANCE]
[SIRENS WAILING]
[THUD]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Stay down!
[SID] Stay down!
[SID] Nice work.
You knew your dad had changed his will.
But you didn't know what
the change was, so
killing him would have to wait.
I revere my father.
I sacrificed.
Looked after him.
You decided to go after Maria Bannister.
Eliminate the competition.
That's a damn lie.
Once you did that that left Belinda.
- What is that?
- This was in your pocket.
After a man like you kills a first time,
it's the sale of a
soul by inches, Harry.
You needed that inheritance.
Forty year-old man, bankrupt company,
personal debts, no other prospects.
I've done my duty.
All my life.
For my dad!
For everyone!
I bet he's just damn proud of you.
[LAUGHS]
All right, well
Yeah, see ya, later-later.
Big plans tonight?
Uh, me?
Nah, just home to water the plants.
Mm-hmm.
Isabella, uh
For about five minutes
I thought I might wanna be a lawyer.
Really?
What stopped you?
Oh, I realized I wanted
to be a cop way more.
But the point is
you are smart as hell.
Yes. I knew that within
ten minutes of meeting you.
You'll ace the LSAT next time.
Thanks.
But I aced it this time.
Oh, shut up!
And now I'm freaking
out, I mean law school?
I I never really let
myself believe and
What the hell am I gonna do now?
Well, you put your keys back in
your purse 'cause I'm driving.
I will be drinking virgin Bloody Marys.
But you, my friend
you are drinking Margaritas!
Okay.
[PA] Doctor Sinclair,
the nurses station.
Doctor Sinclair to the nurses station.
Mr. Bannister?
My name is Stewart.
I believe I'm
Belinda's grandfather.
[CHEERFUL MUSIC]
[HOLLY] I don't know.
Maybe in the living room?
Yeah, maybe.
That's my grandfather, isn't it?
Yeah.
Is he still alive?
If he is, I don't think he knows we are.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Knock, knock.
- Cassandra. Hi.
- Hi.
We're just debating where
to put that painting.
That wall seems a little bare.
Yeah, that gets my vote.
Ladies win.
I'm gonna go.
Hey, um
what I meant to say earlier is that
you have a tough job, and I
can be impulsive sometimes.
You might have noticed.
What I meant to say is that
I'm damn glad you're okay.
That nobody got hurt, including Todd.
He's a good person, Karl.
I'm sure he is.
My line of work
Sometimes it's easy to forget.
Well, I will remind you then.
But, to protect
that's my actual job.
It is not just your job,
though, Karl, it is you.
And it is
it is loving and it
is lovely sometimes.
But it can suffocate.
Cassandra, we're talking
about a man with a knife.
Todd was a risk I wanted to take.
A person comes at you with a weapon,
I see the weapon.
I need you to see me, Karl.
I am an adult.
darling, just tell
me what's going on. ♪
I lost myself in a relationship once.
With Terrence, the professor?
Yeah. He was, um
he was 20 years older than me
and he was wise and commanding.
And, uh
never again.
I don't know how else
to show you that I care.
Karl, you can
you can just make me dinner.