Saint-Pierre (2025) s02e09 Episode Script
Red rum, Red rum
1
DIARD: You remind me of me.
Tough, smart.
You’re destined for big things.
Maybe we can get to the root
of what’s going down.
ARCH: Everyone, stay right where you are!
RENUF: Let’s not do anything
we can’t take back.
[sounds of struggle]
FITZ & ARCH: No!
[jazz music playing]
♪
Thank you.
Renuf.
You
you really don’t understand
the concept of a costume party.
RENUF: Yeah, Fitz, you’re obsessed with
this, uh, Al Capone prohibition stuff.
Guys, I like history. I just
don’t love playing dress-up.
Who knew you were such a buzz-kill?
You all look very nice.
MARCUS: Yes, indeed.
Glad to see you made it out.
I wouldn’t know that you’re on the mend.
Not even a fall off a rooftop
would make me miss
my favourite night of the year.
MARCUS: Well
if you’ll excuse me,
I have to say hello to a friend.
FITZ: Hello.
ARCH: Ooh, that’s an interesting turn.
- Mm-hm.
- Her ensemble is spot on.
Funny how you didn’t comment on mine.
Oh, Préfète!
You look quite fetching!
- [glass clinking]
- VEDA: Hello, hello!
Thank you all so much for coming,
and thank you to the city of Saint-Pierre
and our prefect
for extending closing hours
to whenever we want.
[crowd exclaiming]
Raise our glasses to you.
- CROWD: Santé!
- [glasses clinking]
VEDA: Tonight is all about celebrating
Saint-Pierre’s rum-running past.
[laughter]
- Thank you, Disco Luc.
- Oh, you can just call me Luc.
VEDA: Luc is keeping his disco open
for the after-after party,
if you want to keep going past dawn.
Now, what would a speakeasy be
without some primo rum?
[crowd exclaiming]
Ah, she’s opening it prematurely.
DIARD: So, you won’t partake, then?
[chuckles] Okay
That is anticlimactic.
Um, hang tight.
Luc, uh, can you give me a hand?
Yeah.
[crowd gasps]
♪
[theme music]
♪
♪
ARCH: Veda, do you recognize him?
Mikel Palmont.
As in Palmont Rum?
I hardly knew him,
but finding him dead in a barrel?
Not a pleasant experience.
Is Mikel a regular supplier?
No, Palmont Rum is too pricey.
But I figured last night
was a special occasion.
This particular barrel,
did you get it directly from their bar?
Veda, be honest in your answers.
Okay, yeah.
But I didn’t exactly go through, uh
official channels.
Look, a man is dead.
We really don’t care about
a bootlegged barrel of rum.
My entire reputation
is built on my ability
to keep other people’s business
to myself.
You both know I am a vault.
You got it from Luc Tremblé.
Yes.
Look, Luc is a great guy.
No way he had anything to do
with what the heck happened to Mikel.
We’ll see about that.
Renuf, find Luc Tremblé.
We need him in for questioning.
And you, you can go upstairs
and get some rest.
- I’ll check in on you later.
- Okay.
ARCH: Did our victim drown in the rum?
There are worse ways to go.
Or was he dead before?
If so, why put him in the barrel?
There was this, um, British
naval admiral in the 1800s.
He died in Spain,
but they had to get his body
all the way back to England.
- Oh, God.
- So, the guy dies, but
they don’t know what to do with his body.
Let me guess.
They stuffed him in the barrel of rum?
Exactly, to preserve him
for the long journey home.
So, you think the killer
submerged Mikel in rum
to preserve him at sea?
To preserve him, yes.
Or dispose of his body, or
Or hide him and deal with the body later.
He could have been killed ages ago.
Well, we’re gonna need a coroner’s report
to get the time of death, but yeah.
So, what happened to your admiral?
Admiral Horatio Nelson? Well
the guy dies,
they put him in the rum barrel,
you know, and they sail.
The journey, you know,
it’s a real long one,
so eventually, the guys,
they run out of booze.
So, they drank the dead guy rum?
- Nelson’s Blood, they called it.
- [chuckles]
- [phone ringing]
- That is revolting.
You know what else is revolting?
That was almost us last night.
Yeah?
Okay, got it.
Our next of kin call will have to wait.
Luc Tremblé’s at the station.
ARCH: Why so nervous, Luc?
Being questioned by you is not
what I would call a stress-free activity.
Well, how’s this for stress?
Did you know Mikel Palmont?
Oh, God. Um
Our paths had crossed.
Veda’s rum, where’d you get it?
ARCH: Veda tried to protect you,
but we did the math pretty quickly.
Did you steal it from Mikel’s bar?
No. No, I
[sighs] I know some dock workers.
I grease their palms here and there
for a barrel to go missing.
You bribe people to steal for you?
Owning a bar is hard.
I need an edge.
I’m not gonna tell you who, but it
happens all the time in Saint-Pierre.
No one gets hurt.
- You know what I mean.
- Yeah, well
you’re gonna write down
all the names and details
of those palms you were greasing.
♪
[sighs]
ARCH: Patty’s looking into
the dock workers Luc gave us.
Hi. We’re looking for Christophe Palmont.
Is this about Mikel?
Is it true?
Did he die?
ARCH: I’m very sorry, yes.
FITZ: This is clearly
difficult for you
um, I’m sorry, who are you?
I’m Louise.
I work for the Palmonts.
I’m the general manager.
Mikel was my boss.
He was a good guy.
♪
ARCH: When was the last time you saw him?
Two nights ago.
Do you remember roughly what time?
Around 10:00.
I I left Mikel to lock up.
It’s usually my job,
but I had plans, and
he offered.
I knew something was wrong when
he didn’t show up yesterday.
Why is that?
We held the prohibition gala
here last night.
It was all Mikel.
Well uh, thanks for your time.
Mikel’s family, are they inside?
Yeah.
♪
I heard my brother’s body
was found in a barrel of rum.
We’re still trying
to sort out the details.
Have you found out
what happened to Mikel?
This is my wife, Sabine.
FITZ: We’re in the process
of doing just that.
CHRISTOPHE: What will
we tell our children?
We’ll face that
when we get back home, okay?
Our children adored their uncle.
When was the last time you saw him?
We flew in from Martinique
two nights ago.
Mikel was supposed to get us
at the airport, but
he didn’t show.
I assumed he was on some bender.
God
[sombre music]
♪
CHRISTOPHE: My grandfather,
Edmund Palmont,
started this company 70 years ago.
He left it to Mikel and me.
He always said,
"Look after your inheritance
"and your brother."
ARCH: We’re sorry for your loss.
If you think of anything at all,
please don’t hesitate to call.
Thank you. We’ll expect updates.
♪
[tense music]
♪
ARCH: Mikel and Christophe
Palmont’s Martinique rum empire
recently expanded here in Saint-Pierre.
Hm, not sure I’ll be having
a Dark ’n Stormy any time soon.
RENUF: Yeah, I’ve definitely
lost the taste for rum, myself.
FITZ: Louise Lafleur.
She works for the Palmonts in the bar.
She claims that she last saw Mikel
two nights ago around 10:00 PM.
MARCUS: So, since then,
the guy was killed
and trapped inside a barrel of booze?
Do we know why?
That’s not a question
I ever thought I’d be asked.
ARCH: Luc Tremblé sold the rum to Veda.
He claims he got it illegally
from some dock workers.
How did it go with the list
of names Luc gave us?
Well, none were very forthcoming
about stealing alcohol and selling it.
Especially as word’s gotten out
about how Mikel was found.
- Okay, so?
- So, what?
So did you find anything?
Any intel, anything we can go on?
PATTY: Yeah, the dock hands
stonewalled me
on the topic of missing barrels of rum,
but they had a lot to say
on the topic of Mikel
and this guy.
Bertrand London, pPort Captain.
He’s got a reputation
for looking the other way
when it comes to missing cargo.
Bertrand, it’s a miracle
he still has his job.
MARCUS: How so?
RENUF: Well, eh, there’s
just rumours, uh
that he’s on the take.
Aside from rumours,
is there anything else?
Well, the guys at the dock
made it very clear
that the Port Captain was not well liked.
And Mikel and Bertrand got into
a huge fight a few days ago.
Really? What were they fighting about?
They claimed not to know.
Track Bertrand down and find out.
I can’t.
Not right now.
Excuse me?
Patty’s joining me
in a strategic planning meeting
for my upcoming trip to Paris HQ.
It’ll benefit your department.
You can have her back in a few hours.
♪
ARCH: Just tell me.
Did you let it slip to Patty
about Gallagher being my father?
What?
Arch, no.
I didn’t tell Patty that.
I wouldn’t tell anyone.
I know, I know. Okay, I’m sorry.
It’s just
she’s acting so strange with me.
And this is exactly
what I thought might happen
if people found out about
my connection to that man.
Okay, look, yeah, there’s
clearly something going on
with Patty, but we definitely
don’t know it’s that.
It could be anything.
Yeah, well, it’s driving me insane.
I know.
Don’t worry.
I know we’re gonna
get to the bottom of it.
♪
ARCH: Bertrand
Do you want to describe your relationship
with Mikel Palmont?
What’s all this about?
Witnesses saw you both
in a heated argument this week.
I’m le Capitaine de Port.
Everybody argues with me.
If I had a Euro for every loudmouth
who comes through that door
complaining about
Mikel’s body was found in a barrel.
FITZ: A barrel that was stolen
from this port, your port.
BERTRAND: Mikel was always pissed off.
Constantly complaining
about his shipments.
This time he was extra agitated.
Why was that?
Because his brother,
Christophe, was coming into town
and he wanted me to give him
the manifest before he got here.
And I said no.
Explain.
Well, I’m under strict
instructions from Christophe
to get his approval before
I show his brother anything.
Strange.
We were under the impression that
Mikel and Christophe were equal partners.
Mikel likes to throw his weight around,
but everybody knows that it’s
his brother who’s in charge.
You and Christophe look cozy.
We’ve been in business together
for a very long time.
We’re going to need copies
of all the Palmont logbooks.
I’m gonna need
at least a smile to get that.
We’ll be back.
And if I find out you’re
involved in Mikel’s death,
you’ll really see me smile.
[scoffs]
[tense music]
FITZ: Renuf?
I wanted to talk to you in a less
formal environment,
meaning without Marcus around.
ARCH: [sighs] FITZ: Okay, uh
What’s on your mind, buddy?
You both know I used to work at Customs,
and it was a lifetime ago.
I-I was a different man then.
So, try and remember that.
Renuf, it’s okay. You can tell us.
So, this port
it’s like a vortex.
Very valuable things often disappear.
People are paid to look the other way.
The higher the risk,
the bigger the payday.
I was never on the receiving end of that,
I can tell you honestly,
but I knew about it and I
I didn’t stop it,
which makes me culpable.
FITZ: Look, none of us
are without some skeletons in our closet.
RENUF: The reason
I’m telling you this is,
if Mikel found out that
his company was being robbed
by the port officials, by Bertrand,
maybe he confronted Le Capitaine
and it got him killed.
Bertrand is definitely hiding something.
Trust me, that guy is hiding many things.
ARCH: We need a warrant to seize
the Palmont shipping logs.
It could be a chance to make amends.
It would be my absolute pleasure.
FITZ: Look at this.
ARCH: Six missed calls from your ex-wife?
An emergency, maybe? Your kids?
No, I’ve been texting with them all day.
They’re coming here
next weekend, by the way.
And they will expect popcorn.
Noted.
What do you think Meredith wants?
Oh, I don’t know.
Maybe she wants to discuss
the baby she’s having
that, you know, definitely,
of course, couldn’t be mine.
Anyways, the Port Captain back there..?
Bertrand? Not much of a motive, but
But he is for sure a dick.
Agreed.
I know when we peel back all
the layers of crap on that guy,
we’ll find something.
Uh, Renuf just texted us Mikel’s address
and his door code.
Maybe we’ll find more details
about his last days here.
This house is brand new.
Nice, too.
Could use some warming up, but
we definitely know it’s available.
Uh, yeah, I’m fine where I am, thanks,
but I’ll definitely check out the listing
once we figure out what happened
to the dead guy who owns it.
♪
ARCH: "Brothers Christophe and Mikel
"grew their rum label
"from a Caribbean treasure
to an international one.
"Christophe handled
the distilling back home,
"Mikel relocated here
"to oversee their exports
to North America and Europe.
"Christophe’s wife, Sabine,
is their blend specialist,
"one of the few women in the world
"to hold such a title."
Check this out.
Something tells me there was
more to Louise and Mikel’s
relationship than just work.
[phone ringing]
[door thuds shut]
[suspenseful music]
♪
[sound of crying]
♪
Planning a trip?
Look.
Uh, I was scared.
After everything that happened
with Mikel, I just
I really need to get off the island.
- Can I please go?
- Not a chance.
Right now you’re a suspect
in Mikel’s death.
You’ve got to see that.
Why did you hide the fact
that you and Mikel
were in a relationship?
Christophe and Sabine,
look, they don’t like me.
They saw me as a distraction.
Meaning?
LOUISE: Meaning Mikel liked to party,
and they thought I influenced that.
Did you?
LOUISE: Honestly, he liked to have fun.
Yes, but
he had really good ideas,
and they didn’t see that.
Talk us through, again,
the night that you last saw Mikel.
LOUISE: I went to the rum bar,
like I said,
and then I met with friends after.
And I’ll give you their names;
you can check.
Mikel’s passport was in there.
Was it packed before he died?
You guys had a plan
to leave Saint-Pierre.
FITZ: Hey. Now’s the time to talk to us
if you have something on your mind.
Christophe sent Mikel here
to Saint-Pierre
for his own good.
But Mikel felt he had been exiled.
How would Christophe sending Mikel
to Saint-Pierre be for his own good?
Because Christophe
was really cruel to him.
They fought a lot.
Look, seriously, I just wanna go.
Can I go?
If you had nothing to do
with Mikel’s death,
why are you so scared?
Okay, whatever it is
just come with us.
We can keep you safe.
No, I’m not going to the police station.
I need to be at work.
I don’t know what I was thinking.
I’m just gonna go before anybody
realizes that I’m gone.
Keeping your passport.
We know there’s something
you’re not telling us.
Give me your phone.
I’m sharing your location.
If you are in danger, we can get to you.
♪
I have smelled some awful things before,
but never have I experienced
a fermented human.
It’s like
super, super mouldy kombucha.
And there is another beverage
ruined for me.
The last time anyone saw Mikel
alive was two nights ago at 10.
NATASHA: He was soaked in alcohol.
The skin reacts differently
when submerged in booze
rather than your typical
water-logged maceration.
ARCH: If he’d been in there longer,
there would be more decomposition?
Yes, but obviously the alcohol
slows the microbial activity.
Obviously.
NATASHA: My gut is saying
he died 40 hours ago.
So, between 10:00 PM and 12:00 AM?
NATASHA: Found fluid in his stomach.
Well, he was trapped in a vat of rum.
I still want to test it against the
rum in the barrel just to be sure.
And there are also these.
Circular, messy edges.
Ideas of what made them?
Buck-toothed vampire bite?
Hm? No.
Um, whatever it was,
one of the wounds went deep
and punctured the carotid artery.
Likely bled out quickly.
So, no death by rum after all.
We now know the order of events.
He was killed, then he was
stuffed in that barrel.
What’s all this?
The Port Captain’s manifest
and paperwork you wanted.
How did you get a warrant so quickly?
PATTY: We didn’t need one.
Préfète Diard just went in there
and took them.
Bertrand was terrified of her.
He just didn’t say a word.
And Patty cross-referenced
one of Palmont’s biggest distributors,
a client based in Belgium
who filed a complaint with the DGCCRF.
The French Better Business Bureau?
What? Guys, come on. I’m learning.
PATTY: Yeah, the shipments Mikel
and Christophe sent them were shorted.
Meaning what?
They charged the same price
for less goods?
Bertrand, the Port Captain,
would need to sign off
on the paperwork.
Did Mikel find out?
He confronted Bertrand,
got him killed?
FITZ: We knew Bertrand
was guilty of something.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
- Christophe is
- [indistinct shouting]
He’s lost control.
You need to get down here.
Okay, don’t worry. We’re on our way.
There’s trouble at the Palmonts’.
We gotta go.
Keep digging.
And send officers to meet us there.
[sirens wailing]
SABINE: Aah, Christophe! Please!
This won’t bring Mikel back!
- Tell me the truth!
- You have to stop!
- Tell me the truth!
- [choked yelling]
Christophe, stop!
[cane clatters to floor]
[Christophe panting]
Arch, look
Cane looks like an antique.
It feels pretty top-heavy.
Let me see.
My great aunt had one of these.
She loved her wine.
Her motto was "Always be prepared."
[corkscrew pops out]
Did you just find the murder weapon?
[ominous music]
Why attack Bertrand?
It was our understanding
that you two were close.
Look, I heard that Bertrand and
Mikel had fought before he died.
So I confronted him.
And then things got out of control.
I just lost control.
SABINE: My husband
has suffered a great loss.
He’s not at his best right now.
None of us are.
Assault is assault.
SABINE: Have you questioned Bertrand
in connection with Mikel’s death?
The shipments to your Belgium
buyers were being shorted.
What do you mean? Shorted by who?
ARCH: The shipments
you were sending were light,
but you still charged full price.
Were you in on the scam with Bertrand?
I-I don’t know anything about any scams.
How was your relationship
with your brother, Mikel?
SABINE: What kind of question is that?
Why would you even show me that?
The wounds, they’re unusual.
As is the weapon that caused them.
When we have this tested,
are we gonna find evidence
that that’s the weapon
that killed your brother?
Hey!
I would never hurt my brother.
We don’t have to listen to this.
No, you do not.
Take Mr. London and Mr. Palmont
to the station, please.
What?
This is ridiculous!
I’ll be right there.
♪
[siren wailing]
You saw Christophe,
he nearly killed Bertrand.
You gotta let me get outta here.
This is too much.
Are you afraid of Christophe Palmont?
ARCH: Is he responsible
for Mikel’s death?
[sighs] Let us help you.
You can’t help me.
Okay, clearly you know more
about what happened to Mikel.
You’re just not sharing it with us.
We can protect you.
You just want me where you can find me.
I’m a suspect, you said it.
ARCH: But you need to ask yourself,
are you safer alone, or with us?
The Palmonts, they have connections.
We’ll put you at
Inspector Fitzpatrick’s hotel.
We’ll have someone with you 24/7,
and whenever you feel
like you’re ready to talk,
we’ll be there.
Okay, fine.
♪
Something is not right with Louise.
She’s either pretending
to be scared of someone
Oh, that fear is very genuine.
But is it Bertrand or Christophe
that she’s so afraid of?
[Fitz sighs]
PATTY: I found more discrepancies
in the Palmont paperwork
we seized from Bertrand.
ARCH: What kind of discrepancies?
The Palmont shipment
logs consistently have
different monetary amounts recorded,
even though cargo size never varies.
MARCUS: So, they’re
skimming their own stock
and overvaluing the goods
to their buyers.
ARCH: They’ve been undervaluing
their shipments
to the French government.
What kind of scam is this?
Tax evasion.
The lower the value,
the lower the taxation.
PATTY: They overcharge their buyers
and cry poor to the government.
All made official by the Port Captain’s
stamp of approval.
Now we need to find out
If Christophe and Bertrand
are in on this together.
♪
A weird cane, don’t you think?
Yeah.
Yeah, it may seem weird to you,
but that cane belonged to my grandfather.
I wonder if Al Capone
had a cane like this.
You know, for all the shady
stuff Capone got up to,
you know what finally
took him down, right?
Come on. Tax evasion.
ARCH: On top of the shorted shipments,
Bertrand was falsifying
the value of your goods,
so you could profit
by not paying the proper tax.
FITZ: And he was stealing your stuff
and selling it on the side.
PATTY: Your signature on every log.
RENUF: Bertrand, I’ve always
known you were dirty.
Now we have the proof.
Yeah, you’re clearly
behind this whole thing.
We just need to know,
is Christophe a part of it?
RENUF: Save yourself some grief.
You’re a practical man.
PATTY: Or is there
something more at play?
Like what, kid?
Like maybe Mikel caught you
stealing from the family
and you killed him for it.
[scoffs] She’s adorable.
Yeah, you too, Renuf.
Acting all high and mighty.
You worked border control.
You know what’s what.
Don’t be coy.
CHRISTOPHE: My brother was flawed,
but aren’t we all?
He was evolving.
He worked hard.
Our company is our family’s legacy.
I sent Mikel here so that
he could do his own thing,
become his own man,
get out from under my shadow.
FITZ: Were you aware of
the scam Bertrand had going,
defrauding the French government,
lying to your customers?
My ancestors worked the sugar plantation.
And we, their descendants,
now own that land.
That’s a legacy they could
have never dreamt of.
And as proprietors of that industry
that their toil built
my brother and I would
never risk losing it.
I’ve got my children
and my children’s future to think about.
What did you do after
you landed, two nights ago?
What?
My alibi?
My wife and I were tired.
So, we went to the hotel for a nightcap.
And then we went right to bed.
PATTY: Look, in my experience,
someone facing a possible
murder charge is usually
a little more concerned.
Christophe is too principled
to get involved
in our business dealings.
He would never wade in water
that is questionable to some.
RENUF: "Our" business dealings?
Who is "our"?
BERTRAND: I did not kill Mikel.
He was making me too much money.
The shorting
the tax scheme
Mikel and I did it together.
MARCUS: Christophe’s wife
is being brought down
to confirm his alibi.
What was your read on Bertrand?
He’d have a lot to lose.
But if Mikel had become unstable,
it might have been his way of
cleaning up an unexpected mess.
RENUF: Louise is gone.
What? What happened?
RENUF: She tricked the officer
watching her.
She’s gone. I’m heading to your hotel.
Okay, we’ll meet you there.
SABINE: Release my husband now.
Sorry, we can’t really do that.
Mikel always caused trouble
for my husband
that he would have to clean up.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he
was the cause of his own demise.
Christophe had nothing
to do with his death.
We hope you’re right about that.
I am.
Mikel was sent here for a new start.
But a mongoose doesn’t change its tail.
Kindly bring Mrs. Palmont upstairs.
I think she’s done here.
♪
What happened? Where’s Louise?
She asked the officer for some ice.
He stepped out for three minutes.
How long ago since Louise left?
15 minutes, max.
So, what, was she playing us
the entire time?
Uh, did she run?
Or was she taken?
We need an alert out.
Arch, wait
You made Louise
share her location with you.
[dramatic music]
[car starts]
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[siren wailing]
[siren stops]
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[dramatic music swells]
MARCUS: So, Louise was metres
from the Palmont Zodiac, right?
Was she trying to escape when
she tripped and banged her head?
I highly doubt she tripped.
This was no accident.
We had Louise in protection.
She was afraid of someone.
Did that someone kill her,
thinking she was the one
responsible for Mikel’s murder?
RENUF: Well,
a room full of people confirm
she was doing karaoke
when Mikel was killed
and long past his time of death.
- So, why kill her?
- She knew who killed Mikel.
Whoever is responsible for his death
Likely killed Louise.
ARCH: Where is Patty?
We need everyone on this case here,
not playing at being Diard’s attaché.
What’s this?
PATTY: I got Fitz’s landline
phone records
for when Louise was there.
Okay, good. There you go.
One call to the rum bar.
PATTY: And the other to Luc,
10 minutes before
we got the call that Louise took off.
No, I didn’t kill anyone!
[sighs]
Arch, you know me.
I thought I did, yeah.
Louise made two phone calls
before she died.
One to the Palmont rum bar,
and the other was to you.
Yes, she called me.
She told me you had her in a hotel room.
She wanted my help.
- Help for what?
- A place to hide.
ARCH: What did you say?
I wish I’d said yes.
I didn’t wanna get involved,
not after our last chat.
I figured she was safe with you.
Why did she ask you for help?
Louise used to work for me
before she got a sweeter gig
with the Palmonts.
We still looked out for each other.
FITZ: Buddy, you were the one
who delivered the barrel
with dead Mikel in it.
You were the last person
Louise spoke to before she died.
ARCH: Can you explain to us
how you’re somehow connected
to two deaths?
♪
[sighs heavily]
My rum hookup was Louise.
She never did deliveries herself.
She had a crew for that.
But that morning it was her.
What happened?
I asked her for a couple of barrels.
She refused.
She was being cagey. I figured it
was because Mikel’s brother,
Christophe, was in Saint-Pierre, so
well, when she left, I, um
You took the barrels anyway?
Obviously.
I had no idea
what was inside that barrel!
I swear!
♪
[distant ship horn]
Luc’s employees all vouch for him.
He was at his bar
at the time of Louise’s death.
If we believe him, Luc said Louise
didn’t normally do the deliveries.
But on this morning, she did.
Was she aware that she was disposing
of her dead boyfriend’s body?
Well, that would explain
why she didn’t want
to sell the rum to Luc.
Right, well, even if
Louise did have an alibi
for the time of Mikel’s death,
it doesn’t mean she wasn’t involved.
I love using pork loin
to compare punctures.
So, with the corkscrew,
I use the penetration force
needed to rupture an artery.
How accurate is this?
It’s an old coroner’s trick.
I thought you’d know that, Arch.
Okay, so no match?
Well
the perforation on the neck
has a wider diameter.
So, the cane corkscrew
is not the murder weapon.
No sign of blood on it, either.
Now, the tox screen for Mikel’s blood
has a ridiculous amount of cocaine.
He had a reputation
for being a bit of a partier.
I mean ridiculous, ridiculous.
Like, an average human heart would
explode at a tenth of what was in him.
Did you test the liquid in his stomach
against the rum in the barrel?
Oh boy, did I ever.
Same liquid, but that’s
not what’s interesting.
ARCH: The rum in that barrel
was basically liquid cocaine.
Mm-hm.
And what killed this one over here
I will give you a hint:
it wasn’t a head injury.
Just flip the page.
Louise had a heart attack.
NATASHA: I had Louise’s
bloodwork fast-tracked.
Excessive cocaine in her system.
The rum, the liquid cocaine
Louise didn’t know
Mikel was in the barrel.
She didn’t want to sell the rum to Luc.
Mikel and Louise’s real hustle
was good, old-fashioned
drug smuggling.
ARCH: By way of the family rum.
And somehow, it got them both killed.
If the Palmont bar
is where they infused that rum,
it could be our crime scene.
FITZ: The interior of this place
just, it feels smaller
than the exterior footprint.
- Don’t you think?
- Mm-hm.
Back in the prohibition days
I know, I know
but a place like this would
often have a secret speakeasy.
The doors would be
integrated into the walls,
indistinguishable, almost like
they were hidden in plain sight.
Like behind the bar.
Or a memorabilia case?
They’d always have, like,
interesting latching mechanisms.
Behind a painting
Or something
[latch clicks]
[door sliding]
♪
ARCH: It’s a drug lab.
Is that cocaine too?
Yeah.
Dissolve the powder into
the fluid, cool in the vat,
then siphon and seal.
It’s a pretty sophisticated operation.
Got to be worth what?
FITZ: Based on what’s in here,
a couple of million.
You smell that?
Mm-hm.
Bleach.
Someone cleaned up recently.
♪
Fitz, look at this.
Bigger than a corkscrew.
♪
- FITZ: Prints?
- ARCH: Mm-hm.
[intriguing music]
[spraying]
Is that blood?
Now, that could be our murder weapon.
I’ve barely spent any time
on this godforsaken island.
Are you sure you didn’t discover
what Mikel was cooking up?
And I mean, we’ve
we’ve seen your temper.
And we know how much
your legacy means to you.
Mikel’s drug operation
would be a stain on it,
to put it mildly.
I see where you’re going with this.
And I will only say one thing
I would never hurt my brother.
No matter what the circumstances.
FITZ: What is that?
That’s a tool used for pulling
the stops on a rum barrel.
[dark, mysterious music]
Why? Was this used?
♪
You know, I thought
Mikel was out partying.
Up to his old tricks.
I-I couldn’t sleep
when I was worried about him.
You said in your statement
you slept all night.
Yeah, Sabine gave me a sleeping pill.
I-I rarely use them,
but when I’m stressed,
I take one of hers.
I was sleeping like a baby
when my brother was
killed by some monster.
Your wife gave you a sleeping aid?
Yeah.
Which means you can’t account
for Sabine’s whereabouts.
♪
ARCH: Sabine is not
at the rum bar or their hotel.
Every unit we have
is out looking for her.
FITZ: Okay, we’ve got
the airport being watched,
the ferry’s on lockdown
She’s gonna have to find a different way
off the island if she’s trying to leave.
We thought Louise
was afraid of Christophe.
But it was Sabine all along.
When we found Louise’s body,
she was at the docks.
The Zodiac,
it had the Palmont logo on it.
Louise was trying to run.
Sabine has the same plan.
[suspenseful music]
♪
♪
FITZ: Hey!
ARCH: Sabine!
FITZ: Stop!
ARCH: You need to come with us!
FITZ: It’s funny,
after all this time in this business
and all of the crime scenes
that I’ve seen
it still amazes me how
people think they can just
erase what they’ve done.
The bleach, it’s great for cleaning,
but it doesn’t make everything disappear.
Mm. Blood particles on this
are a match to Mikel.
With all of your cleaning up,
you forgot to wipe the murder
weapon clean of your prints.
Just because I may have held
that contraption in my hand
doesn’t mean I killed anyone.
True, but it puts you in that drug lab
where Mikel was murdered.
Pretty soon, we’ll get enough evidence
from there and the scene
where Louise was killed,
proving that you murdered them both.
You’re caught, Sabine.
This is a chance to tell your side.
FITZ: We know you gave
Christophe a sleeping pill.
You wanted him unconscious
so you could get Mikel alone.
No, that wasn’t
[sighs]
That wasn’t the plan.
Oh, so, what was your plan?
Look, I love my husband.
He’s a great man.
But our business,
I am I am not just
the Palmont blend specialist.
I am all over every aspect
of the operation.
Nothing happens that I don’t see.
Is that what your trip
to Saint-Pierre was all about?
You suspected Mikel was up to something?
The numbers weren’t adding up.
I wanted to know why.
Did you know about Mikel
and Louise’s drug operation?
No, I didn’t know what they were up to,
not until that night.
ARCH: Christophe was asleep,
so you slipped out to the rum bar.
[sighs]
Mikel was there.
The door to his little
drug distillery was open.
He wasn’t even ashamed when I caught him.
Mikel admitted
he and Louise had been
making money hand over fist.
The Port Captain had been taking care
of their transportation.
ARCH: And because he was
using Palmont property,
you and Christophe would be implicated.
I mean, how could he?
Mikel was gonna ruin us!
He could have been responsible
for you losing everything.
So
you snapped?
I wasn’t gonna suffer
through poverty again.
I wasn’t born with a gold spoon
in my mouth like Mikel,
and I certainly wasn’t gonna
let him bring us all down!
After you put Mikel in the barrel
what was your plan then?
I called Louise.
I knew she’d do anything
to get my approval.
I told her
I needed a shipment sent out ASAP.
Bertrand doesn’t ask questions.
The barrel, the body,
they’d be a full continent away.
And because it was to be aged,
it would sit on a shelf
for three decades.
SABINE: And by then,
my children would be grown.
Their legacy secured.
And if Mikel was discovered
and it was traced back to me,
I would accept my lot.
When Mikel’s body was found,
Louise she knew it was you.
We made a pact.
She’d hold her tongue
and I wouldn’t report her drug smuggling.
We shared one last toast
to seal the deal.
Our shared secret.
But she couldn’t be trusted
to keep quiet.
SABINE: I didn’t understand the strength
of their drug-infused rum.
I thought she’d be far away
by the time the effects set in.
And then
And then I could just [sniffs]
we would just be free.
♪
Christophe and I
we have children.
This wasn’t just his legacy to protect,
it was theirs too.
They’ve got a different legacy
to live with now.
VEDA: Thanks, everyone, for coming back.
Let’s try this celebration again.
MARCUS: What’s up with Patty?
Have you done something to piss her off?
I have no clue.
Well, then it can’t be that serious.
Whatever it is, it’ll pass.
RENUF: Ooh! Bravo!
[cheering and applause]
RENUF: Very chic!
You happy?
Very.
You look good.
So do you.
And I figured a whiskey-based
cocktail over a rum one
would be best.
You figured right.
PATTY: Is that Christophe Palmont?
MARCUS: Guy lost his wife
and his brother.
Not easy to come back from.
Hm. That’s an understatement.
So
I was going to say
ARCH: Why don’t you and I
just go for a walk?
Or a run or something?
[chuckles softly]
Arch, why would I wanna
go for a run dressed like this?
I put on this stupid costume just for you
and you wanna leave?
What is
[guests murmuring]
ARCH: [sighs] Where is it?
She didn’t tell you?
Well, um
I had like eight missed calls
from her today
and I never called her back, so
What are you going to do?
Demand a paternity test?
Punch O’Brien in the face?
Nothing?
Those are all terrible ideas.
Now, I suggest tomorrow you call your ex
and you have
an honest conversation with her.
And tonight, I suggest
you try and have a good time
with some people
who really care about you.
So, you really care about me?
I said it once, Fitzy.
Don’t push your luck.
Now drink that drink and let’s
get this party started.
- Woo!
- [guests cheering]
To
true friendship.
- Hear, hear.
- [glasses clink]
[jazz music playing]
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DIARD: You remind me of me.
Tough, smart.
You’re destined for big things.
Maybe we can get to the root
of what’s going down.
ARCH: Everyone, stay right where you are!
RENUF: Let’s not do anything
we can’t take back.
[sounds of struggle]
FITZ & ARCH: No!
[jazz music playing]
♪
Thank you.
Renuf.
You
you really don’t understand
the concept of a costume party.
RENUF: Yeah, Fitz, you’re obsessed with
this, uh, Al Capone prohibition stuff.
Guys, I like history. I just
don’t love playing dress-up.
Who knew you were such a buzz-kill?
You all look very nice.
MARCUS: Yes, indeed.
Glad to see you made it out.
I wouldn’t know that you’re on the mend.
Not even a fall off a rooftop
would make me miss
my favourite night of the year.
MARCUS: Well
if you’ll excuse me,
I have to say hello to a friend.
FITZ: Hello.
ARCH: Ooh, that’s an interesting turn.
- Mm-hm.
- Her ensemble is spot on.
Funny how you didn’t comment on mine.
Oh, Préfète!
You look quite fetching!
- [glass clinking]
- VEDA: Hello, hello!
Thank you all so much for coming,
and thank you to the city of Saint-Pierre
and our prefect
for extending closing hours
to whenever we want.
[crowd exclaiming]
Raise our glasses to you.
- CROWD: Santé!
- [glasses clinking]
VEDA: Tonight is all about celebrating
Saint-Pierre’s rum-running past.
[laughter]
- Thank you, Disco Luc.
- Oh, you can just call me Luc.
VEDA: Luc is keeping his disco open
for the after-after party,
if you want to keep going past dawn.
Now, what would a speakeasy be
without some primo rum?
[crowd exclaiming]
Ah, she’s opening it prematurely.
DIARD: So, you won’t partake, then?
[chuckles] Okay
That is anticlimactic.
Um, hang tight.
Luc, uh, can you give me a hand?
Yeah.
[crowd gasps]
♪
[theme music]
♪
♪
ARCH: Veda, do you recognize him?
Mikel Palmont.
As in Palmont Rum?
I hardly knew him,
but finding him dead in a barrel?
Not a pleasant experience.
Is Mikel a regular supplier?
No, Palmont Rum is too pricey.
But I figured last night
was a special occasion.
This particular barrel,
did you get it directly from their bar?
Veda, be honest in your answers.
Okay, yeah.
But I didn’t exactly go through, uh
official channels.
Look, a man is dead.
We really don’t care about
a bootlegged barrel of rum.
My entire reputation
is built on my ability
to keep other people’s business
to myself.
You both know I am a vault.
You got it from Luc Tremblé.
Yes.
Look, Luc is a great guy.
No way he had anything to do
with what the heck happened to Mikel.
We’ll see about that.
Renuf, find Luc Tremblé.
We need him in for questioning.
And you, you can go upstairs
and get some rest.
- I’ll check in on you later.
- Okay.
ARCH: Did our victim drown in the rum?
There are worse ways to go.
Or was he dead before?
If so, why put him in the barrel?
There was this, um, British
naval admiral in the 1800s.
He died in Spain,
but they had to get his body
all the way back to England.
- Oh, God.
- So, the guy dies, but
they don’t know what to do with his body.
Let me guess.
They stuffed him in the barrel of rum?
Exactly, to preserve him
for the long journey home.
So, you think the killer
submerged Mikel in rum
to preserve him at sea?
To preserve him, yes.
Or dispose of his body, or
Or hide him and deal with the body later.
He could have been killed ages ago.
Well, we’re gonna need a coroner’s report
to get the time of death, but yeah.
So, what happened to your admiral?
Admiral Horatio Nelson? Well
the guy dies,
they put him in the rum barrel,
you know, and they sail.
The journey, you know,
it’s a real long one,
so eventually, the guys,
they run out of booze.
So, they drank the dead guy rum?
- Nelson’s Blood, they called it.
- [chuckles]
- [phone ringing]
- That is revolting.
You know what else is revolting?
That was almost us last night.
Yeah?
Okay, got it.
Our next of kin call will have to wait.
Luc Tremblé’s at the station.
ARCH: Why so nervous, Luc?
Being questioned by you is not
what I would call a stress-free activity.
Well, how’s this for stress?
Did you know Mikel Palmont?
Oh, God. Um
Our paths had crossed.
Veda’s rum, where’d you get it?
ARCH: Veda tried to protect you,
but we did the math pretty quickly.
Did you steal it from Mikel’s bar?
No. No, I
[sighs] I know some dock workers.
I grease their palms here and there
for a barrel to go missing.
You bribe people to steal for you?
Owning a bar is hard.
I need an edge.
I’m not gonna tell you who, but it
happens all the time in Saint-Pierre.
No one gets hurt.
- You know what I mean.
- Yeah, well
you’re gonna write down
all the names and details
of those palms you were greasing.
♪
[sighs]
ARCH: Patty’s looking into
the dock workers Luc gave us.
Hi. We’re looking for Christophe Palmont.
Is this about Mikel?
Is it true?
Did he die?
ARCH: I’m very sorry, yes.
FITZ: This is clearly
difficult for you
um, I’m sorry, who are you?
I’m Louise.
I work for the Palmonts.
I’m the general manager.
Mikel was my boss.
He was a good guy.
♪
ARCH: When was the last time you saw him?
Two nights ago.
Do you remember roughly what time?
Around 10:00.
I I left Mikel to lock up.
It’s usually my job,
but I had plans, and
he offered.
I knew something was wrong when
he didn’t show up yesterday.
Why is that?
We held the prohibition gala
here last night.
It was all Mikel.
Well uh, thanks for your time.
Mikel’s family, are they inside?
Yeah.
♪
I heard my brother’s body
was found in a barrel of rum.
We’re still trying
to sort out the details.
Have you found out
what happened to Mikel?
This is my wife, Sabine.
FITZ: We’re in the process
of doing just that.
CHRISTOPHE: What will
we tell our children?
We’ll face that
when we get back home, okay?
Our children adored their uncle.
When was the last time you saw him?
We flew in from Martinique
two nights ago.
Mikel was supposed to get us
at the airport, but
he didn’t show.
I assumed he was on some bender.
God
[sombre music]
♪
CHRISTOPHE: My grandfather,
Edmund Palmont,
started this company 70 years ago.
He left it to Mikel and me.
He always said,
"Look after your inheritance
"and your brother."
ARCH: We’re sorry for your loss.
If you think of anything at all,
please don’t hesitate to call.
Thank you. We’ll expect updates.
♪
[tense music]
♪
ARCH: Mikel and Christophe
Palmont’s Martinique rum empire
recently expanded here in Saint-Pierre.
Hm, not sure I’ll be having
a Dark ’n Stormy any time soon.
RENUF: Yeah, I’ve definitely
lost the taste for rum, myself.
FITZ: Louise Lafleur.
She works for the Palmonts in the bar.
She claims that she last saw Mikel
two nights ago around 10:00 PM.
MARCUS: So, since then,
the guy was killed
and trapped inside a barrel of booze?
Do we know why?
That’s not a question
I ever thought I’d be asked.
ARCH: Luc Tremblé sold the rum to Veda.
He claims he got it illegally
from some dock workers.
How did it go with the list
of names Luc gave us?
Well, none were very forthcoming
about stealing alcohol and selling it.
Especially as word’s gotten out
about how Mikel was found.
- Okay, so?
- So, what?
So did you find anything?
Any intel, anything we can go on?
PATTY: Yeah, the dock hands
stonewalled me
on the topic of missing barrels of rum,
but they had a lot to say
on the topic of Mikel
and this guy.
Bertrand London, pPort Captain.
He’s got a reputation
for looking the other way
when it comes to missing cargo.
Bertrand, it’s a miracle
he still has his job.
MARCUS: How so?
RENUF: Well, eh, there’s
just rumours, uh
that he’s on the take.
Aside from rumours,
is there anything else?
Well, the guys at the dock
made it very clear
that the Port Captain was not well liked.
And Mikel and Bertrand got into
a huge fight a few days ago.
Really? What were they fighting about?
They claimed not to know.
Track Bertrand down and find out.
I can’t.
Not right now.
Excuse me?
Patty’s joining me
in a strategic planning meeting
for my upcoming trip to Paris HQ.
It’ll benefit your department.
You can have her back in a few hours.
♪
ARCH: Just tell me.
Did you let it slip to Patty
about Gallagher being my father?
What?
Arch, no.
I didn’t tell Patty that.
I wouldn’t tell anyone.
I know, I know. Okay, I’m sorry.
It’s just
she’s acting so strange with me.
And this is exactly
what I thought might happen
if people found out about
my connection to that man.
Okay, look, yeah, there’s
clearly something going on
with Patty, but we definitely
don’t know it’s that.
It could be anything.
Yeah, well, it’s driving me insane.
I know.
Don’t worry.
I know we’re gonna
get to the bottom of it.
♪
ARCH: Bertrand
Do you want to describe your relationship
with Mikel Palmont?
What’s all this about?
Witnesses saw you both
in a heated argument this week.
I’m le Capitaine de Port.
Everybody argues with me.
If I had a Euro for every loudmouth
who comes through that door
complaining about
Mikel’s body was found in a barrel.
FITZ: A barrel that was stolen
from this port, your port.
BERTRAND: Mikel was always pissed off.
Constantly complaining
about his shipments.
This time he was extra agitated.
Why was that?
Because his brother,
Christophe, was coming into town
and he wanted me to give him
the manifest before he got here.
And I said no.
Explain.
Well, I’m under strict
instructions from Christophe
to get his approval before
I show his brother anything.
Strange.
We were under the impression that
Mikel and Christophe were equal partners.
Mikel likes to throw his weight around,
but everybody knows that it’s
his brother who’s in charge.
You and Christophe look cozy.
We’ve been in business together
for a very long time.
We’re going to need copies
of all the Palmont logbooks.
I’m gonna need
at least a smile to get that.
We’ll be back.
And if I find out you’re
involved in Mikel’s death,
you’ll really see me smile.
[scoffs]
[tense music]
FITZ: Renuf?
I wanted to talk to you in a less
formal environment,
meaning without Marcus around.
ARCH: [sighs] FITZ: Okay, uh
What’s on your mind, buddy?
You both know I used to work at Customs,
and it was a lifetime ago.
I-I was a different man then.
So, try and remember that.
Renuf, it’s okay. You can tell us.
So, this port
it’s like a vortex.
Very valuable things often disappear.
People are paid to look the other way.
The higher the risk,
the bigger the payday.
I was never on the receiving end of that,
I can tell you honestly,
but I knew about it and I
I didn’t stop it,
which makes me culpable.
FITZ: Look, none of us
are without some skeletons in our closet.
RENUF: The reason
I’m telling you this is,
if Mikel found out that
his company was being robbed
by the port officials, by Bertrand,
maybe he confronted Le Capitaine
and it got him killed.
Bertrand is definitely hiding something.
Trust me, that guy is hiding many things.
ARCH: We need a warrant to seize
the Palmont shipping logs.
It could be a chance to make amends.
It would be my absolute pleasure.
FITZ: Look at this.
ARCH: Six missed calls from your ex-wife?
An emergency, maybe? Your kids?
No, I’ve been texting with them all day.
They’re coming here
next weekend, by the way.
And they will expect popcorn.
Noted.
What do you think Meredith wants?
Oh, I don’t know.
Maybe she wants to discuss
the baby she’s having
that, you know, definitely,
of course, couldn’t be mine.
Anyways, the Port Captain back there..?
Bertrand? Not much of a motive, but
But he is for sure a dick.
Agreed.
I know when we peel back all
the layers of crap on that guy,
we’ll find something.
Uh, Renuf just texted us Mikel’s address
and his door code.
Maybe we’ll find more details
about his last days here.
This house is brand new.
Nice, too.
Could use some warming up, but
we definitely know it’s available.
Uh, yeah, I’m fine where I am, thanks,
but I’ll definitely check out the listing
once we figure out what happened
to the dead guy who owns it.
♪
ARCH: "Brothers Christophe and Mikel
"grew their rum label
"from a Caribbean treasure
to an international one.
"Christophe handled
the distilling back home,
"Mikel relocated here
"to oversee their exports
to North America and Europe.
"Christophe’s wife, Sabine,
is their blend specialist,
"one of the few women in the world
"to hold such a title."
Check this out.
Something tells me there was
more to Louise and Mikel’s
relationship than just work.
[phone ringing]
[door thuds shut]
[suspenseful music]
♪
[sound of crying]
♪
Planning a trip?
Look.
Uh, I was scared.
After everything that happened
with Mikel, I just
I really need to get off the island.
- Can I please go?
- Not a chance.
Right now you’re a suspect
in Mikel’s death.
You’ve got to see that.
Why did you hide the fact
that you and Mikel
were in a relationship?
Christophe and Sabine,
look, they don’t like me.
They saw me as a distraction.
Meaning?
LOUISE: Meaning Mikel liked to party,
and they thought I influenced that.
Did you?
LOUISE: Honestly, he liked to have fun.
Yes, but
he had really good ideas,
and they didn’t see that.
Talk us through, again,
the night that you last saw Mikel.
LOUISE: I went to the rum bar,
like I said,
and then I met with friends after.
And I’ll give you their names;
you can check.
Mikel’s passport was in there.
Was it packed before he died?
You guys had a plan
to leave Saint-Pierre.
FITZ: Hey. Now’s the time to talk to us
if you have something on your mind.
Christophe sent Mikel here
to Saint-Pierre
for his own good.
But Mikel felt he had been exiled.
How would Christophe sending Mikel
to Saint-Pierre be for his own good?
Because Christophe
was really cruel to him.
They fought a lot.
Look, seriously, I just wanna go.
Can I go?
If you had nothing to do
with Mikel’s death,
why are you so scared?
Okay, whatever it is
just come with us.
We can keep you safe.
No, I’m not going to the police station.
I need to be at work.
I don’t know what I was thinking.
I’m just gonna go before anybody
realizes that I’m gone.
Keeping your passport.
We know there’s something
you’re not telling us.
Give me your phone.
I’m sharing your location.
If you are in danger, we can get to you.
♪
I have smelled some awful things before,
but never have I experienced
a fermented human.
It’s like
super, super mouldy kombucha.
And there is another beverage
ruined for me.
The last time anyone saw Mikel
alive was two nights ago at 10.
NATASHA: He was soaked in alcohol.
The skin reacts differently
when submerged in booze
rather than your typical
water-logged maceration.
ARCH: If he’d been in there longer,
there would be more decomposition?
Yes, but obviously the alcohol
slows the microbial activity.
Obviously.
NATASHA: My gut is saying
he died 40 hours ago.
So, between 10:00 PM and 12:00 AM?
NATASHA: Found fluid in his stomach.
Well, he was trapped in a vat of rum.
I still want to test it against the
rum in the barrel just to be sure.
And there are also these.
Circular, messy edges.
Ideas of what made them?
Buck-toothed vampire bite?
Hm? No.
Um, whatever it was,
one of the wounds went deep
and punctured the carotid artery.
Likely bled out quickly.
So, no death by rum after all.
We now know the order of events.
He was killed, then he was
stuffed in that barrel.
What’s all this?
The Port Captain’s manifest
and paperwork you wanted.
How did you get a warrant so quickly?
PATTY: We didn’t need one.
Préfète Diard just went in there
and took them.
Bertrand was terrified of her.
He just didn’t say a word.
And Patty cross-referenced
one of Palmont’s biggest distributors,
a client based in Belgium
who filed a complaint with the DGCCRF.
The French Better Business Bureau?
What? Guys, come on. I’m learning.
PATTY: Yeah, the shipments Mikel
and Christophe sent them were shorted.
Meaning what?
They charged the same price
for less goods?
Bertrand, the Port Captain,
would need to sign off
on the paperwork.
Did Mikel find out?
He confronted Bertrand,
got him killed?
FITZ: We knew Bertrand
was guilty of something.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
- Christophe is
- [indistinct shouting]
He’s lost control.
You need to get down here.
Okay, don’t worry. We’re on our way.
There’s trouble at the Palmonts’.
We gotta go.
Keep digging.
And send officers to meet us there.
[sirens wailing]
SABINE: Aah, Christophe! Please!
This won’t bring Mikel back!
- Tell me the truth!
- You have to stop!
- Tell me the truth!
- [choked yelling]
Christophe, stop!
[cane clatters to floor]
[Christophe panting]
Arch, look
Cane looks like an antique.
It feels pretty top-heavy.
Let me see.
My great aunt had one of these.
She loved her wine.
Her motto was "Always be prepared."
[corkscrew pops out]
Did you just find the murder weapon?
[ominous music]
Why attack Bertrand?
It was our understanding
that you two were close.
Look, I heard that Bertrand and
Mikel had fought before he died.
So I confronted him.
And then things got out of control.
I just lost control.
SABINE: My husband
has suffered a great loss.
He’s not at his best right now.
None of us are.
Assault is assault.
SABINE: Have you questioned Bertrand
in connection with Mikel’s death?
The shipments to your Belgium
buyers were being shorted.
What do you mean? Shorted by who?
ARCH: The shipments
you were sending were light,
but you still charged full price.
Were you in on the scam with Bertrand?
I-I don’t know anything about any scams.
How was your relationship
with your brother, Mikel?
SABINE: What kind of question is that?
Why would you even show me that?
The wounds, they’re unusual.
As is the weapon that caused them.
When we have this tested,
are we gonna find evidence
that that’s the weapon
that killed your brother?
Hey!
I would never hurt my brother.
We don’t have to listen to this.
No, you do not.
Take Mr. London and Mr. Palmont
to the station, please.
What?
This is ridiculous!
I’ll be right there.
♪
[siren wailing]
You saw Christophe,
he nearly killed Bertrand.
You gotta let me get outta here.
This is too much.
Are you afraid of Christophe Palmont?
ARCH: Is he responsible
for Mikel’s death?
[sighs] Let us help you.
You can’t help me.
Okay, clearly you know more
about what happened to Mikel.
You’re just not sharing it with us.
We can protect you.
You just want me where you can find me.
I’m a suspect, you said it.
ARCH: But you need to ask yourself,
are you safer alone, or with us?
The Palmonts, they have connections.
We’ll put you at
Inspector Fitzpatrick’s hotel.
We’ll have someone with you 24/7,
and whenever you feel
like you’re ready to talk,
we’ll be there.
Okay, fine.
♪
Something is not right with Louise.
She’s either pretending
to be scared of someone
Oh, that fear is very genuine.
But is it Bertrand or Christophe
that she’s so afraid of?
[Fitz sighs]
PATTY: I found more discrepancies
in the Palmont paperwork
we seized from Bertrand.
ARCH: What kind of discrepancies?
The Palmont shipment
logs consistently have
different monetary amounts recorded,
even though cargo size never varies.
MARCUS: So, they’re
skimming their own stock
and overvaluing the goods
to their buyers.
ARCH: They’ve been undervaluing
their shipments
to the French government.
What kind of scam is this?
Tax evasion.
The lower the value,
the lower the taxation.
PATTY: They overcharge their buyers
and cry poor to the government.
All made official by the Port Captain’s
stamp of approval.
Now we need to find out
If Christophe and Bertrand
are in on this together.
♪
A weird cane, don’t you think?
Yeah.
Yeah, it may seem weird to you,
but that cane belonged to my grandfather.
I wonder if Al Capone
had a cane like this.
You know, for all the shady
stuff Capone got up to,
you know what finally
took him down, right?
Come on. Tax evasion.
ARCH: On top of the shorted shipments,
Bertrand was falsifying
the value of your goods,
so you could profit
by not paying the proper tax.
FITZ: And he was stealing your stuff
and selling it on the side.
PATTY: Your signature on every log.
RENUF: Bertrand, I’ve always
known you were dirty.
Now we have the proof.
Yeah, you’re clearly
behind this whole thing.
We just need to know,
is Christophe a part of it?
RENUF: Save yourself some grief.
You’re a practical man.
PATTY: Or is there
something more at play?
Like what, kid?
Like maybe Mikel caught you
stealing from the family
and you killed him for it.
[scoffs] She’s adorable.
Yeah, you too, Renuf.
Acting all high and mighty.
You worked border control.
You know what’s what.
Don’t be coy.
CHRISTOPHE: My brother was flawed,
but aren’t we all?
He was evolving.
He worked hard.
Our company is our family’s legacy.
I sent Mikel here so that
he could do his own thing,
become his own man,
get out from under my shadow.
FITZ: Were you aware of
the scam Bertrand had going,
defrauding the French government,
lying to your customers?
My ancestors worked the sugar plantation.
And we, their descendants,
now own that land.
That’s a legacy they could
have never dreamt of.
And as proprietors of that industry
that their toil built
my brother and I would
never risk losing it.
I’ve got my children
and my children’s future to think about.
What did you do after
you landed, two nights ago?
What?
My alibi?
My wife and I were tired.
So, we went to the hotel for a nightcap.
And then we went right to bed.
PATTY: Look, in my experience,
someone facing a possible
murder charge is usually
a little more concerned.
Christophe is too principled
to get involved
in our business dealings.
He would never wade in water
that is questionable to some.
RENUF: "Our" business dealings?
Who is "our"?
BERTRAND: I did not kill Mikel.
He was making me too much money.
The shorting
the tax scheme
Mikel and I did it together.
MARCUS: Christophe’s wife
is being brought down
to confirm his alibi.
What was your read on Bertrand?
He’d have a lot to lose.
But if Mikel had become unstable,
it might have been his way of
cleaning up an unexpected mess.
RENUF: Louise is gone.
What? What happened?
RENUF: She tricked the officer
watching her.
She’s gone. I’m heading to your hotel.
Okay, we’ll meet you there.
SABINE: Release my husband now.
Sorry, we can’t really do that.
Mikel always caused trouble
for my husband
that he would have to clean up.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he
was the cause of his own demise.
Christophe had nothing
to do with his death.
We hope you’re right about that.
I am.
Mikel was sent here for a new start.
But a mongoose doesn’t change its tail.
Kindly bring Mrs. Palmont upstairs.
I think she’s done here.
♪
What happened? Where’s Louise?
She asked the officer for some ice.
He stepped out for three minutes.
How long ago since Louise left?
15 minutes, max.
So, what, was she playing us
the entire time?
Uh, did she run?
Or was she taken?
We need an alert out.
Arch, wait
You made Louise
share her location with you.
[dramatic music]
[car starts]
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[siren wailing]
[siren stops]
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[dramatic music swells]
MARCUS: So, Louise was metres
from the Palmont Zodiac, right?
Was she trying to escape when
she tripped and banged her head?
I highly doubt she tripped.
This was no accident.
We had Louise in protection.
She was afraid of someone.
Did that someone kill her,
thinking she was the one
responsible for Mikel’s murder?
RENUF: Well,
a room full of people confirm
she was doing karaoke
when Mikel was killed
and long past his time of death.
- So, why kill her?
- She knew who killed Mikel.
Whoever is responsible for his death
Likely killed Louise.
ARCH: Where is Patty?
We need everyone on this case here,
not playing at being Diard’s attaché.
What’s this?
PATTY: I got Fitz’s landline
phone records
for when Louise was there.
Okay, good. There you go.
One call to the rum bar.
PATTY: And the other to Luc,
10 minutes before
we got the call that Louise took off.
No, I didn’t kill anyone!
[sighs]
Arch, you know me.
I thought I did, yeah.
Louise made two phone calls
before she died.
One to the Palmont rum bar,
and the other was to you.
Yes, she called me.
She told me you had her in a hotel room.
She wanted my help.
- Help for what?
- A place to hide.
ARCH: What did you say?
I wish I’d said yes.
I didn’t wanna get involved,
not after our last chat.
I figured she was safe with you.
Why did she ask you for help?
Louise used to work for me
before she got a sweeter gig
with the Palmonts.
We still looked out for each other.
FITZ: Buddy, you were the one
who delivered the barrel
with dead Mikel in it.
You were the last person
Louise spoke to before she died.
ARCH: Can you explain to us
how you’re somehow connected
to two deaths?
♪
[sighs heavily]
My rum hookup was Louise.
She never did deliveries herself.
She had a crew for that.
But that morning it was her.
What happened?
I asked her for a couple of barrels.
She refused.
She was being cagey. I figured it
was because Mikel’s brother,
Christophe, was in Saint-Pierre, so
well, when she left, I, um
You took the barrels anyway?
Obviously.
I had no idea
what was inside that barrel!
I swear!
♪
[distant ship horn]
Luc’s employees all vouch for him.
He was at his bar
at the time of Louise’s death.
If we believe him, Luc said Louise
didn’t normally do the deliveries.
But on this morning, she did.
Was she aware that she was disposing
of her dead boyfriend’s body?
Well, that would explain
why she didn’t want
to sell the rum to Luc.
Right, well, even if
Louise did have an alibi
for the time of Mikel’s death,
it doesn’t mean she wasn’t involved.
I love using pork loin
to compare punctures.
So, with the corkscrew,
I use the penetration force
needed to rupture an artery.
How accurate is this?
It’s an old coroner’s trick.
I thought you’d know that, Arch.
Okay, so no match?
Well
the perforation on the neck
has a wider diameter.
So, the cane corkscrew
is not the murder weapon.
No sign of blood on it, either.
Now, the tox screen for Mikel’s blood
has a ridiculous amount of cocaine.
He had a reputation
for being a bit of a partier.
I mean ridiculous, ridiculous.
Like, an average human heart would
explode at a tenth of what was in him.
Did you test the liquid in his stomach
against the rum in the barrel?
Oh boy, did I ever.
Same liquid, but that’s
not what’s interesting.
ARCH: The rum in that barrel
was basically liquid cocaine.
Mm-hm.
And what killed this one over here
I will give you a hint:
it wasn’t a head injury.
Just flip the page.
Louise had a heart attack.
NATASHA: I had Louise’s
bloodwork fast-tracked.
Excessive cocaine in her system.
The rum, the liquid cocaine
Louise didn’t know
Mikel was in the barrel.
She didn’t want to sell the rum to Luc.
Mikel and Louise’s real hustle
was good, old-fashioned
drug smuggling.
ARCH: By way of the family rum.
And somehow, it got them both killed.
If the Palmont bar
is where they infused that rum,
it could be our crime scene.
FITZ: The interior of this place
just, it feels smaller
than the exterior footprint.
- Don’t you think?
- Mm-hm.
Back in the prohibition days
I know, I know
but a place like this would
often have a secret speakeasy.
The doors would be
integrated into the walls,
indistinguishable, almost like
they were hidden in plain sight.
Like behind the bar.
Or a memorabilia case?
They’d always have, like,
interesting latching mechanisms.
Behind a painting
Or something
[latch clicks]
[door sliding]
♪
ARCH: It’s a drug lab.
Is that cocaine too?
Yeah.
Dissolve the powder into
the fluid, cool in the vat,
then siphon and seal.
It’s a pretty sophisticated operation.
Got to be worth what?
FITZ: Based on what’s in here,
a couple of million.
You smell that?
Mm-hm.
Bleach.
Someone cleaned up recently.
♪
Fitz, look at this.
Bigger than a corkscrew.
♪
- FITZ: Prints?
- ARCH: Mm-hm.
[intriguing music]
[spraying]
Is that blood?
Now, that could be our murder weapon.
I’ve barely spent any time
on this godforsaken island.
Are you sure you didn’t discover
what Mikel was cooking up?
And I mean, we’ve
we’ve seen your temper.
And we know how much
your legacy means to you.
Mikel’s drug operation
would be a stain on it,
to put it mildly.
I see where you’re going with this.
And I will only say one thing
I would never hurt my brother.
No matter what the circumstances.
FITZ: What is that?
That’s a tool used for pulling
the stops on a rum barrel.
[dark, mysterious music]
Why? Was this used?
♪
You know, I thought
Mikel was out partying.
Up to his old tricks.
I-I couldn’t sleep
when I was worried about him.
You said in your statement
you slept all night.
Yeah, Sabine gave me a sleeping pill.
I-I rarely use them,
but when I’m stressed,
I take one of hers.
I was sleeping like a baby
when my brother was
killed by some monster.
Your wife gave you a sleeping aid?
Yeah.
Which means you can’t account
for Sabine’s whereabouts.
♪
ARCH: Sabine is not
at the rum bar or their hotel.
Every unit we have
is out looking for her.
FITZ: Okay, we’ve got
the airport being watched,
the ferry’s on lockdown
She’s gonna have to find a different way
off the island if she’s trying to leave.
We thought Louise
was afraid of Christophe.
But it was Sabine all along.
When we found Louise’s body,
she was at the docks.
The Zodiac,
it had the Palmont logo on it.
Louise was trying to run.
Sabine has the same plan.
[suspenseful music]
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FITZ: Hey!
ARCH: Sabine!
FITZ: Stop!
ARCH: You need to come with us!
FITZ: It’s funny,
after all this time in this business
and all of the crime scenes
that I’ve seen
it still amazes me how
people think they can just
erase what they’ve done.
The bleach, it’s great for cleaning,
but it doesn’t make everything disappear.
Mm. Blood particles on this
are a match to Mikel.
With all of your cleaning up,
you forgot to wipe the murder
weapon clean of your prints.
Just because I may have held
that contraption in my hand
doesn’t mean I killed anyone.
True, but it puts you in that drug lab
where Mikel was murdered.
Pretty soon, we’ll get enough evidence
from there and the scene
where Louise was killed,
proving that you murdered them both.
You’re caught, Sabine.
This is a chance to tell your side.
FITZ: We know you gave
Christophe a sleeping pill.
You wanted him unconscious
so you could get Mikel alone.
No, that wasn’t
[sighs]
That wasn’t the plan.
Oh, so, what was your plan?
Look, I love my husband.
He’s a great man.
But our business,
I am I am not just
the Palmont blend specialist.
I am all over every aspect
of the operation.
Nothing happens that I don’t see.
Is that what your trip
to Saint-Pierre was all about?
You suspected Mikel was up to something?
The numbers weren’t adding up.
I wanted to know why.
Did you know about Mikel
and Louise’s drug operation?
No, I didn’t know what they were up to,
not until that night.
ARCH: Christophe was asleep,
so you slipped out to the rum bar.
[sighs]
Mikel was there.
The door to his little
drug distillery was open.
He wasn’t even ashamed when I caught him.
Mikel admitted
he and Louise had been
making money hand over fist.
The Port Captain had been taking care
of their transportation.
ARCH: And because he was
using Palmont property,
you and Christophe would be implicated.
I mean, how could he?
Mikel was gonna ruin us!
He could have been responsible
for you losing everything.
So
you snapped?
I wasn’t gonna suffer
through poverty again.
I wasn’t born with a gold spoon
in my mouth like Mikel,
and I certainly wasn’t gonna
let him bring us all down!
After you put Mikel in the barrel
what was your plan then?
I called Louise.
I knew she’d do anything
to get my approval.
I told her
I needed a shipment sent out ASAP.
Bertrand doesn’t ask questions.
The barrel, the body,
they’d be a full continent away.
And because it was to be aged,
it would sit on a shelf
for three decades.
SABINE: And by then,
my children would be grown.
Their legacy secured.
And if Mikel was discovered
and it was traced back to me,
I would accept my lot.
When Mikel’s body was found,
Louise she knew it was you.
We made a pact.
She’d hold her tongue
and I wouldn’t report her drug smuggling.
We shared one last toast
to seal the deal.
Our shared secret.
But she couldn’t be trusted
to keep quiet.
SABINE: I didn’t understand the strength
of their drug-infused rum.
I thought she’d be far away
by the time the effects set in.
And then
And then I could just [sniffs]
we would just be free.
♪
Christophe and I
we have children.
This wasn’t just his legacy to protect,
it was theirs too.
They’ve got a different legacy
to live with now.
VEDA: Thanks, everyone, for coming back.
Let’s try this celebration again.
MARCUS: What’s up with Patty?
Have you done something to piss her off?
I have no clue.
Well, then it can’t be that serious.
Whatever it is, it’ll pass.
RENUF: Ooh! Bravo!
[cheering and applause]
RENUF: Very chic!
You happy?
Very.
You look good.
So do you.
And I figured a whiskey-based
cocktail over a rum one
would be best.
You figured right.
PATTY: Is that Christophe Palmont?
MARCUS: Guy lost his wife
and his brother.
Not easy to come back from.
Hm. That’s an understatement.
So
I was going to say
ARCH: Why don’t you and I
just go for a walk?
Or a run or something?
[chuckles softly]
Arch, why would I wanna
go for a run dressed like this?
I put on this stupid costume just for you
and you wanna leave?
What is
[guests murmuring]
ARCH: [sighs] Where is it?
She didn’t tell you?
Well, um
I had like eight missed calls
from her today
and I never called her back, so
What are you going to do?
Demand a paternity test?
Punch O’Brien in the face?
Nothing?
Those are all terrible ideas.
Now, I suggest tomorrow you call your ex
and you have
an honest conversation with her.
And tonight, I suggest
you try and have a good time
with some people
who really care about you.
So, you really care about me?
I said it once, Fitzy.
Don’t push your luck.
Now drink that drink and let’s
get this party started.
- Woo!
- [guests cheering]
To
true friendship.
- Hear, hear.
- [glasses clink]
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