Murder in a Small Town (2024) s02e04 Episode Script

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[ELECTRONIC MUSIC THUMPS]
[MAN] You want me to stop breathing too?
You do what I want ♪
[WOMAN] I just want you
to give me some damn space!
Back off! Daniel, you're not helping.
You're literally lurking around.
I do what I want ♪
[WOMAN] You're hovering, like a vulture.
Leave me alone.
I don't care what you say.
[MUFFLED VOICES CONTINUE TO ARGUE]
Dan, you're always just watching me.
Just leave me alone.
♪
[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS]
See you later ♪
♪
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
[DANIEL] 'Cause it's my job!
I'm supposed to watch her.
I'm her fricken' bodyguard!
Yeah, except mostly,
Daniel, mostly what you are
is a pain in my ass!
Yeah, real professional, Parker.
[EXHALES]
What?
I'll show you how ♪
It gets better ♪
Look what I found ♪
I'll show you how, show you how ♪
Repeat the lessons ♪
Swallow them down ♪
I don't care what you say ♪
[OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS]
[DRAMATIC STING]
[DANIEL] Hey!
Get the hell outta here!
What the hell?
I don't know, someone was there.
- Who?
- They're gone now.
Whoever they are
they're running.
God.
I will kill you.
I will kill you.
Kill you!
♪
[ARGUING IN DISTANCE]
[SIGHS]
- Hi.
- Phyllis Diaz, Debbie Blackwell.
Guess what.
They're at it again.
Debbie. What a surprise.
This is the second day in a row.
These are your tenants, Ms. Diaz!
Mm-hmm.
[LATIN DANCE MUSIC]
Otro tiempo ♪
En otro tiempo ♪
♪
Hey, my meeting ran long.
Be at yours in 45?
Trouble in Madeira Park?
Huh, more like apprehension.
Team's short-staffed,
overworked.
Wondering how this new chain
of command is going to go.
So you told them to shut
up and do what they're told?
Today they just needed
me to listen and nod.
So I did that.
[LAUGHING]
Look, am I going to
be too late for dinner?
Not if you hurry up and
grovel when you get here.
I'll grab a bottle of wine.
[LADIES GIGGLING]
Hey, find your own date, buddy.
What?
We don't need to be a public spectacle.
[VANESSA] Yeah, sure we do.
Do you know that guy?
Doesn't matter.
For God's sake, girl, lighten up.
- [DEBBIE] You are not taking me seriously.
- Yes, Debbie,
of course I take noise
complaints seriously.
I've made three of them.
- I know.
- In two days.
That's why I drove all the way
from Gibsons to deal with it.
Well, next time it happens,
I'm not going to call you.
Good.
I'm going to call the
police, then I'm going to make
a formal complaint. Just so you know.
Thank you, Debbie, for your open
and forthright communication.
[KNOCKING]
Hi. I'm Phyllis Diaz. I own the house.
Yes.
- We spoke.
- We did. Hi, Phyllis.
Hi. I uh, I tried calling,
but I got voicemail.
Right. Yeah. No, we've just been
We've been taking care of some things.
No need for an explanation.
It's just, um
Debbie Downer, the neighbor,
she has been a pain in the
butt since I bought this place.
Long story short, she's
looking for trouble.
And you guys have
signed a nice long lease,
which has totally saved my bacon,
so if you could just
Oh, wow.
That's Gracie Westing
of of Gracie and Jade.
Hey.
I used to listen to you
all the time on the radio.
Yeah, I love that song.
"Into the Night"?
It's so good.
Yeah, it's a good
It's a good jam. Uh, this is Daniel
and Jeremy, security and publicity.
Hi.
Listen, Phyllis, I am sure
that I don't have to tell you
that Miss Westing is trying
to fly under the radar.
Yeah, yeah. Of course.
Um, your secret's safe with me.
- Thank you.
- But
could you guys keep the noise down.
- Deal. Okay.
- Okay.
- Bye-bye.
- Thanks.
Wow. I can't believe she
called the landlord again.
I can.
Grow up. Get it together.
Hey, uh
I was gonna take a walk.
I don't know, maybe we could talk?
Nothing to really talk about.
- Okay, I should go.
- Ah.
No, seriously, I should.
Holly's gonna wonder where I've been.
- Karl, trust me, she will not.
- [PHONE VIBRATES]
- Oh!
- Let me guess.
An early rising taxpayer
with a grievance.
Yeah. What else?
Wow, how do you do that?
Yeah. There are two buttons, you know?
You press the one that is
red and it says decline.
And they just, uh, they go away?
- Poof! Yeah.
- Poof.
Wow. Damn.
How often do you do that with me?
Uh almost never.
- Mmm.
- Yeah.
Morning, sunshine. Where'd
you sleep last night?
Not judging. Just just jealous.
- [PHONE RINGS]
- Oh, for God's sakes.
Hey, is there a law
that prevents neighbors
from being neurotic
round the clock pains in the rear end?
- Her again?
- Mm-hmm.
Is she threatening?
- No.
- Trespassing?
Unfortunately not.
Sorry.
Debbie. Hi.
Huh? Yes, I hear you.
[ACOUSTIC GUITAR STRUMMING]
Morning slips in like ♪
My past ♪
Morning slips in ♪
On glass ♪
[STRUMMING]
Morning slips in like
whispers on glass ♪
Soft as a breath ♪
Of tide ♪
The footsteps unfold
where shadows have passed ♪
Find the space left behind ♪
What? That was great.
No. It's fluff.
It means nothing.
I I cannot do this on my own.
Hey, please don't say that.
You were always the talent,
and he turned his back on you.
Okay?
You are going to write an album
and it is going to be
great. This is your comeback.
You just don't get it, do you?
What?
[EXHALES]
- Where are you going?
- Out.
Daniel, go with her, please.
- No!
- This is what we pay him for!
[SIGHS]
This landlord thing,
I thought it would be a slam dunk.
Buy the house, rent it out.
No fuss, no muss, obscene profits
and, you know, scowl at the tenants
and utter the occasional threat.
Like Ebenezer Scrooge.
Yeah, my role model.
Are there no prisons?
No workhouses?
Except it's not what
it's cracked up to be.
Sort of like town council.
You think it's going to
be all expense accounts
and abuses of power, and then your phone
blows up with taxpayers.
Everyone wanting something now.
Oh, it's like you work for
the public or something.
Yeah. And then you've
got Mayor Machiavelli.
- Yeah.
- [DISHES CLATTER]
Here.
- No, don't worry about it. Sorry, it's my bad.
- It's okay.
- It's okay. Never mind.
- Phyllis
- It's okay. I'm just
- Ridiculously stressed.
I'm just too busy to be stressed.
[ISABELLA] So what do you think?
Uh, as far as admission
letters go, it's
It's really good.
Ship it.
That school only had a four
percent acceptance rate last year.
With your LSAT score, your experience,
if they don't let you
in, to hell with them.
Morning, Chief.
Uh, give me a sec.
Chief. Uh, about last night
It looked like you were having fun.
A decent club in Madeira Park. Who knew?
Your friend.
Vanessa.
Yeah. It looked like she was
having way too much
fun. Um, yeah. Uh
Vanessa drinks.
I don't. Not anymore.
What you do on your own
time is not my business.
But as your friend, I'm glad to hear it.
Half a dozen mocktails. Yum.
[LAUGHS]
Chief. Um
I'm a chance.
You took it.
I won't let you down.
That's why you're here.
[PARKER] Daniel, where is she?
Like I said, I haven't
seen her since she went out.
Wait. This morning?
She isn't inside.
Yes, I know that.
Thank you.
Genius. Where is her car?
I didn't take it.
You let her drive alone?
I didn't let her do anything, Parker.
For God's sake.
Search the area.
[RINGING]
Is this like
Look, not to criticize,
but is this, like,
possibly an overreaction?
No. It's not.
Gracie, hi. It's me. Um
Where are you?
I just need to know that
you're okay, alright?
Please call me back. Please, please.
[EXHALES]
Well, thank you for finally showing up.
I have a business to run, in Gibsons.
Down at the beach another argument.
People argue, Debbie. It happens.
Well, explain that to
the Porpoise Bay Police.
You called the cops?
Don't you turn this on me.
Oh, I am done being nice.
When you complained about construction,
when you killed my
short-term rental license,
when you nitpicked everything
about these tenants,
from garbage to parking,
I am done!
You are a pest
because you are bored,
bitter, and alone.
You know what? Get laid, Debbie.
It does wonders.
How dare you!
[MAN'S VOICE] Help! Help her!
Help her! Please!
Help, help!
Help her!
Help her, please!
Please! Somebody!
Help! Help! Help her!
Please!
Help!
Please help! Somebody!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Chief Alberg. Larkin, Sir,
with the Porpoise Bay precinct.
We met at Sergeant
Sokolowski's midsummer barbecue.
- You remember?
- He never forgets.
What have we got?
Started as a noise complaint,
now an accidental death.
A tenant in the building.
- Gracie Westing.
- The singer?
She's part of a pop
duo with Jade Solanis.
Liza and I went and saw the concert
in Tacoma three years ago.
Huh.
He's the one who found
her, one of the roommates.
Says he went out for a walk, came back,
and she was down near the beach, dead.
The ME is down there now.
How's Phyllis?
That's the homeowner.
She's okay, considering.
Shaken up.
Look at you, Sarge. All
knowledgeable of pop stars.
Oh, my daughter liked them.
Concert was pretty good, actually.
Gracie and Jade.
Jade dropped off the
radar a couple years ago.
Current whereabouts unknown.
I'll start with the guy who found her.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Peachy.
What brought you down here?
The usual.
Another complaint from
Debbie, the neighbor.
Once you got here what happened?
Well, I gave Debbie a piece of my mind.
You speak to your tenants?
No. I didn't have time.
I heard a scream.
It came from down there.
I'm sorry, Phyllis.
I'll check in with you later, okay?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Doctor Clyburn.
[SIGHS] She was young.
And talented, so I'm told.
What a waste.
How long has she been here?
Not long.
Impaled.
Are there signs of a struggle?
Autopsy will tell us more.
We're thinking this was an accident?
Possible. I mean,
she could have lost
her balance and fell.
With enough force to
break through that railing?
[WOOD CRACKS]
[GROANS]
Sir?
Found this near the
water. Could be hers.
See if the lab can resurrect it.
Assuming that phone was hers,
If it made it all the
way to the water
Sir?
Somebody had to have thrown it.
The trajectory of the fall
doesn't add up.
Unless she was propelled.
He has his moments.
So do you.
[CHUCKLES]
I should have been with her.
Well, she's pretty independent, so
Just uh stay here a second.
He's the bodyguard, Daniel Moon.
Tried to get a statement
but he's pretty shook up.
Both guys say they haven't
seen Gracie since this morning.
Let's bring Daniel to the station.
Third roommate.
That is the vic's
manager, Parker Lamont.
There's no answer on her cell,
and Daniel hasn't seen
her since early afternoon.
Keep trying.
Timelines, comings and goings
of everyone, including Gracie.
Okay.
Cars coming and going at all
hours, loud music, fighting.
Who's fighting, ma'am?
Oh, they all fought.
I have video if you want to see.
And then a while ago,
there was another fight.
- Someone was shouting, a woman.
- Just one woman.
I couldn't really
hear because the music.
But then someone screamed.
You go take a look?
No. I called the police.
And when was the last time
you saw Gracie Westing?
This morning.
She peeled out of here in
that car of hers like a maniac.
And then I didn't see her again
till, you know, down there, impaled.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Hey, stranger.
- [KARL] Where are you?
- Oh, well, I'm just heading home
to get ready for girls
night with Phyllis.
[KARL] I'm afraid that
won't be happening.
You're canceling girls night, Karl?
That's a bit Trad-Wives of you.
I'm in Porpoise Bay. So's Phyllis.
There's been a death.
Phyllis was there when
the body was found.
What?
We'll be back in Gibsons,
but not till late.
God. What happened? Is she okay?
Might be good if you could
meet her at the station.
- She's pretty shook up.
- Wait.
Porpoise Bay, not her rental property?
- [PARKER] Let me through
- [POLICE] Ma'am, ma'am
Let me through! I'm staying
here. I'm staying here!
Leave me alone.
- Gracie?!
- I gotta go.
Karl [EXHALES]
Thanks.
- [POLICE] Hey!
- Gracie?
- What's happening? What's happening?
- Woah, easy.
- Excuse me, what's going?
- It's okay.
- What's going on?
- And you are?
I am Parker. I am Gracie's manager.
What is going on, please?
I'm afraid Miss Westing is dead.
Oh my God! Oh my God!
[SOBBING]
I'm sorry.
I'm I'm not just her
manager, we're friends. We
we've been friends since forever.
Since since elementary school.
The four of you were here because
Gracie. She's she's
working on new material.
So we were just here to help her,
to support her.
She needed to get out of
Seattle, so I arranged it.
I
I was the one to look
after her, you know?
She she relied on me for everything.
When did you last see Gracie?
I don't know. This morning, around noon.
I've been half frantic
looking for her all day.
She was alone. She knew
how dangerous that was.
Why is that?
Oh, dear God, you don't know.
Gracie had a stalker.
That's why we had to leave Seattle.
He's insane.
I dealt mostly with Parker.
Um
I only saw Gracie Westing
once, briefly, that's it.
Well, until I saw her for
the second time, she was
Oh, that poor girl.
Phyllis.
We're almost done.
Are you okay?
Yeah, they signed a lease.
Not that that's the only
tragedy here right now, you know.
It's more like number three, but still.
You finish up here, I'll drive you home.
Thanks.
Okay.
Stalker's name is Brendan Jeffries.
He is for real. Lives
in Seattle, obsessed fan.
Gracie got a restraining order
against him six months ago.
Where is he now?
Family thinks he left
Seattle a few days ago,
but they don't know where he is.
Put out the BOLO, check
the ferry terminal records.
Let's assume he's been here, still is.
Okay.
He seemed kind of innocent
at first. He, um
he came from a wealthy family,
so he didn't have to work.
He could just follow Gracie
and Jade around on tour.
After the breakup, Gracie
took some time off and he
he started sending her
these weird letters.
- Weird how?
- One of them had a photo of her house.
After the restraining
order, was there contact?
Yeah. He confronted her in a parking lot
and Daniel tuned him up
pretty bad and chased him off.
That's why we came here.
And you believe he followed?
Daniel thought that
he might have seen someone
watching the house the other day, maybe.
I mean, it's not just Brandon
Jeffries I'm worried about.
It's it's Jade.
Gracie's ex-partner?
Right. And ex-lover.
The breakup messed her
up for, like, two years,
and she was just pulling it together.
You know, she was writing
songs, and we were
we were going to try to
reinvent her as a solo artist.
But she and Jade were in contact again,
and I know I can't prove it.
I just, I know, I
I know that they were.
I know Gracie.
Chief Alberg. Jade Solanis
is toxic. He is a manipulator.
He was controlling her.
Get this.
Gracie and Jade were
talking to each other again.
That would have been one
hell of a reunion tour.
Liza would have loved it.
Right
Liza.
Where are we on the
alibis for the entourage?
The publicist claims he was on a
call with an LA record producer.
And the bodyguard says he
fell asleep watching football.
Okay, well, we can add Brendan
Jeffries to the suspect list.
Manager says someone was watching
the house a couple of days ago.
I'll follow up.
- Anything else?
- Yeah. Warrants for the phone records,
motel rooms for the entourage.
The house is still a crime scene.
- Poor Phyllis.
- [NOTIFICATION ALERT]
News travels fast.
"Gracie Westing found dead
in Porpoise Bay, Washington."
I'll tell the Chief.
[FANS SOBBING]
- I can't believe it.
- I know.
Unbelievable.
Thanks.
Skinny latte coming up.
Be wild and have a Danish?
I'm mainly here to see how you're doing.
I'd be a lot better if
everybody stopped asking me.
Gracie Westing. Oh my God.
Now I can't rent my damn rental
because it's a crime scene,
and now it's just a
sinkhole for my money.
- I didn't
- Eat the Danish.
I'm busy.
- Okay.
- Next?
Another latte.
Ready to go, kiddo?
I don't feel like it.
Yeah, I get that. But it is
your first day back to school.
Did you see her?
Gracie Westing, yeah.
I'm sorry, kiddo.
Someone really killed her?
You know, I was 14 when I
got suspended from school.
You got suspended?
Smoking. Not pot! It
was just cigarettes.
And it wasn't even me. It
was my idiot friend Lumley.
I got blamed, So
Seriously lame events.
I was a seriously lame kid.
Not like you.
- Well.
- Come on.
You didn't rat out your friend,
so there's hope for you yet.
Remember when we saw Gracie
and Jade at the Tacoma Dome?
Yeah.
They put on a pretty damn
good show, didn't they?
It was good until you
started singing along.
That was embarrassing. You were the only
guy at the concert wearing
a polo shirt and boat shoes.
Those were dancing shoes,
young lady. Get it right.
Okay.
Still, it does suck that they broke up.
I hear that Jade guy just
left the music business
and disappeared off
the face of the Earth.
He's been spotted on the Sunshine Coast.
What? How do you know that?
I'm still on their fan page.
People are talking about it.
Why do you think Gracie
moved to Porpoise Bay?
Pretty sure she wanted
to get back together.
No trauma to the head,
but bruising on the upper arms
could be consistent with
Grabbing and shoving.
[GASPS]
Smartest guy in Gibson,
just like they said.
There's bruising across
her lower back, too.
The neighbor heard screaming.
And she'd had sex.
Gracie, not the neighbor,
sometime that afternoon.
Okay.
So Jade may have already
been on the Sunshine Coast,
and that's why Gracie came here.
According to a fan page.
That could just be rumor
or wishful thinking.
Isabella?
We need social media confirmation
that Jade Solanis is
on the Sunshine Coast.
I can look into it.
Check the ferries logs too.
If he is in the area, he is one
hell of a person of interest.
Did anything else come up?
Uh, yeah. Our Porpoise Bay guys
found Gracie's car outside
a market on the edge of town.
Old-fashioned shoe leather, I love it.
And I got them checking
CCTV footage in the area.
Hopefully we can see where she went.
And who she was with.
Sokolowski.
Whoa, whoa.
Can you repeat that?
[KNOCKS] Boss, there's a
disturbance at the hospital.
Some crazy guy tried to
break into the morgue.
He's demanding to see
Gracie Westing's body.
I guess Gracie stalker's in town.
Go.
Why were you at the morgue, Brendan?
I needed to see her.
Why is that?
I had to know if it was true.
They killed her.
Who's "they"?
[SCOFFS]
You're supposed to be the cops.
Gracie has a restraining
order against you, Brendan.
Why are you on the Sunshine Coast?
That was all just a misunderstanding.
They wouldn't believe me.
We searched your car.
We found one of Gracie's turtlenecks.
- How do you get that?
- An online auction.
What the hell kind of
I can show you a receipt.
8 p.m. last night, where were you?
I don't know. At my motel?
Anybody see you?
Probably at the front desk.
You see Gracie yesterday?
I think you were watching the house.
Am I right?
You were doing that the day before too?
Mind telling me why?
I need
I needed to protect her.
- What made you think
- No.
No. I want my uh, phone call.
I want my phone call!
All right.
Where are you at with
Brendan's timeline?
Jeffrey's alibi checks out.
He was getting towels from
the motel clerk at 6:30,
around the time that
Gracie was murdered.
The motel security footage confirms it.
So there's no way that he
could drive out to Porpoise Bay
in time to be our guy.
Chief? Brendan Jeffrey's
lawyer is on the line.
- That was fast.
- He's calling from Seattle, Roland Wick.
He's with Cates, Carmody, LeBlanc.
They're heavyweights.
If the Jeffrey's can afford them,
then Brendan must be living
in one heck of a basement.
We're not going to be able to hold him.
Not for trespassing at the morgue.
Well, he did violate the
conditions of the restraining order.
The complainants deceased.
It's moot. We're gonna
have to cut him loose.
Yes, sir.
CCTV?
Uh, no. I will contact
you the second we hear.
[PHONE RINGS]
Line two.
Hello?
[INDISTINCT STREET CHATTER]
[CAR HONKS]
- Going my way, gorgeous?
- I wish.
Where are you going in
the middle of the day?
Coffee run. You want to come?
I can't. I just finished
a library admin session
and I'm headed to a council meeting.
I'll give you a ride. Come on.
Opposite direction, but thanks.
How's Phyllis?
I don't know. Um. She's normal, I guess.
Or at least trying to be anyway.
But she found a dead body on her beach.
That's the opposite of normal.
Depends on your line of work.
True.
Yeah, well, we all process
things in different ways.
"Normal" sounds nice though.
Are you okay?
Mm-hmm. See each other tonight?
Damn straight.
Cassandra?
You think we'll ever be normal?
Do we want to be normal?
I'll see you later.
Phyll
You got a second?
I have about half of one.
Listen. Um as your best friend
Do you remember 12th grade?
Of course not.
I'm elderly and adult. Uh, why?
You're a social convener.
You were chair of the prom committee.
And you were carrying extra courses,
and you kept insisting
that you were fine.
And then you had a breakdown.
And you spent three weeks in bed.
Just I'm picking
up the same vibes here.
I'm fine! I have things to do, actually.
And I just need everyone
[INHALES DEEPLY] to leave me alone.
Starting with you.
[LAILA] Sarge? Porpoise
Bay guys came through.
Uh there's Gracie's car.
Oh, yeah, and there's Gracie.
Any footage of the driver?
That's all we got.
Driver never gets out.
Hmm. Can you go in on the license plate?
Oh, yeah. Nice work.
Run it.
Chief? The vehicle is a
rental from a local outfit.
I just talked to the manager.
It was rented to someone
named Colton Reed.
R-e-e-d.
That's him. Jade. "Jade
Solanis" is a stage name.
His given name is Colton Reed.
Are you sure?
Ask a fanboy.
We'll need the address the
rental agency has on file.
As soon as we have it,
get a unit out there.
Put out a BOLO on the silver SUV.
That's the driver.
Early 30s African American, okay.
That's our guy.
Daniel, I'm not saying this is easy,
but I need you to get
over it, okay, please.
She was seeing Jade.
Yes. What difference does that make?
You knew!
If you had done your job
properly and protected her,
it wouldn't have happened.
I loved her.
- Of course you did. We all did.
- No.
I loved her.
Daniel
what you and Gracie had, she
didn't think of that way, okay?
I'm sorry. I know. I
know it's hard to hear,
but you have to let it go.
Excellent news. I'll let him know.
Chief? Jade Solanis was just
stopped by a traffic unit.
He's heading for the ferry.
- Bring him in.
- Okay.
Jade Solanis You're
a hard man to track down.
What the hell is this about?
I haven't done anything wrong.
When did you last see Gracie Westing?
I saw her yesterday.
What time?
We spent the afternoon
together at my place.
We worked on a song.
Afterwards, I drove her back to
her rental place she was
staying at by the Ocean.
She'd been drinking, so we left her car.
This afternoon, where were you going?
That's my business.
We sent an officer to the
house you were renting.
He said
it looked like somebody
cleared out in a hurry,
like you were making a run for it.
I heard she was dead.
And you think I killed her?
"Jade Solanis is toxic."
"He controlled Gracie."
Excuse me?
According to Parker Lamont.
[SCOFFS]
You disagree?
Parker thought she owned
Gracie. She tried to own me, too.
It doesn't work that way.
She is the single biggest reason
I left the music
industry, Parker Lamont.
But me and Gracie
we were soulmates.
And yeah, we were volatile.
We just needed a break.
Even on opposite sides of the world,
we were still
connected.
So we stayed in touch.
She came here.
She was writing that song, and
and we knew, we knew that it was time
[EXHALES]
It was time to reunite.
Gracie and Jade.
Did Parker know this?
Parker made it her business to
know everything about Gracie.
Digital forensics cracked
Gracie's cell phone.
Her text should be in your inbox.
Great. Chief wants us to
look into her finances.
I'll start digging in.
It was you, wasn't it?
[STRUGGLING GRUNTS]
Call the cops! He killed Gracie Westing!
It was him!
Now!
It was him!
Slow down. Tell me this again.
He killed Gracie, not me!
Who killed Gracie?
Daniel!
I have proof.
She texted me.
Gracie texted you?
Yes, yes.
- When?
- Last week. Get my phone.
I'll show you.
She said that she was afraid
and she needed my help.
And so I came.
You've been watching
the house ever since?
Yes.
Watching her.
And him.
He followed her
everywhere. He was hovering.
He's the one. He has to be.
And I didn't stop him in time, and
[SOBS]
This is my fault.
Oh my God. She really did text him.
"Brendan, I'm scared."
The guy was stalking her?
"Porpoise Bay. Find me."
"Hurry!"
These originated from Gracie's phone,
but doesn't mean she sent them.
If not her, then who?
Well, obviously someone
who had something to gain.
Someone who wants her
to feel frightened,
be dependent.
Chief!
Come take a look at this.
Gracie's income was held
within a corporation,
and the sole signing
officer was her manager.
- Parker Lamont.
- Mm-hmm.
Now, there were lump
sums deposited monthly
into Gracie's personal account.
- And these?
- Into a different account held by Parker.
She's skimming.
[TEARY] I looked after her always.
She relied on me for everything.
Parker thought she owned Gracie,
and she tried to own me, too.
Get Parker.
[BANGING ON DOOR]
Parker! Open up!
Parker!
[BANGING]
[BANGING] Parker! Open up!
Yeah! Yep!
[JADE] Parker!
[BANGING]
- What do you want?
- What happened to Gracie?
She got mixed up with you.
That is what happened,
and she ruined her life.
No, what happened last night?
I dropped her off. She
was fine. She was happy!
Get away from me!
What happened?
I'll call the police!
Good, you do that! Now
tell me what happened!
You tried to take her from me.
You killed her.
- My God, you killed her!
- Get out!
Out!
Drop the knife! Back up!
Back up! Turn around.
Get on your knees!
Get down on your knees!
Parker Lamont!
You are under arrest
for the murder of Gracie Westing.
Two nights ago, when Gracie came home,
what happened?
I I couldn't tell
you. I wasn't there.
Yes, you were.
You confronted her.
Why would I do that?
For choosing Jade Solanis.
You're a fool.
You're fired.
What the hell?
Gracie and Jade were reuniting.
That's what she told you, isn't it?
There was no place for you.
Gracie
I'm the one that takes care of you.
I work my ass off.
You would be nothing without me.
Hey!
You trying to reason with
her but she wouldn't listen.
Let go of me!
Don't you dare!
[SCREAMS]
[PARKER] Gracie, no!
[GRUNTS]
You didn't set out to kill her, did you?
Things got out of control.
Do yourself a favor.
You talk to me,
cooperate,
I'll take that into account.
Lawyer.
That's too bad.
- [KNOCKS SOFTLY] Hey.
- Hey.
I just wanted to, uh, thank
you for that intel on Jade.
It really came in handy.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
You know, I think you have the makings
of one heck of a police officer.
Face says it all. Okay. Yep. Cringe.
The Zen Dogs are playing
in Seattle next month.
I know you like that band.
Maybe I get us some tickets.
I'll bring my boat shoes.
Anyways thanks, Liza.
Dad?
Yeah, sweetheart?
You're the one who found Jade?
Yeah, I mean, Chief kind
of helped, but mostly me.
It's kind of cool.
So what's he like?
Just way too handsome.
- Really?
- Yeah.
I'm still at work.
[CASSANDRA] No rest for the wicked.
Plans for tonight?
I was thinking I'll make dinner.
My place in an hour.
Oh, God, yes. But
um make it an hour and a quarter.
Chicken cacciatore.
Perfect.
Karl
how normal.
[CHUCKLES]
Okay. I'm a jerk.
- Phyllis
- No. Just listen.
It's a mess.
The finances. Dominic the dork
drained the bank
accounts after we split,
and I've been trying to dig myself
out of this hole for two years.
Phyllis, you never told me.
Now I have a new hole
to dig myself out of
with this rental, and
I didn't tell you
Because that's just what we do.
No, it's what I do. I
I I tell jokes, and
I I paddle my feet
as fast as I can even
though I'm sinking.
And I know that because I'm
supposed to be your best friend.
Except
I've been avoiding this, too, because
- I didn't want to
- No, I didn't want to
because it is messy and
it's embarrassing and
Basically, I'm a crap friend, aren't I?
Sometimes.
But most of the time,
you're a great friend.
And I went and bit your head off
Okay. Shut up.
No, you shut up.
Phyll, shut up.
[LAUGHS]
I'm sorry. Are you okay?
No.
But I will be.
Are we okay?
Yeah. We're great.
Then why are we standing on the sidewalk
blubbering like two grown women?
I don't know, but I'm not blubbering.
You're blubbering.
Oh! Shut up!
I will be your safe place ♪
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