The Spencer Sisters (2023) s01e03 Episode Script
The Coder's Calamity
1
[KEYS CLICKING]
♪
Use your Mage Armour!
If that mind flayer
gets you, we're done for.
Just say you need a bailout, Paladin.
Stand back, boys.
This is clearly a job for
me and my new battle axe.
Funny, that is your new nickname.
Watch it, halfling, or
I'll use this thing on you.
♪
I'm surprised you guys were free.
Doesn't your app go live this weekend?
Yeah, we were working on it all night.
Needed a brain break.
Yeah, don't tell Lee. He'll freak.
Besides, all apps come
out with some bugs.
That's what updates are for.
Isn't that right, Es?
ESME: That's what you keep telling me!
Hang on.
Did you guys hear something?
No.
ESME: I'm gonna go check it out.
CLARK: And a Magic Missile.
This mind flayer is getting to me, man.
- ESME: [SCREAMS]
- [THUD]
Es?
You okay?
- Clark, what's going on?
- Es? Hon?
CLARK: Oh my God.
Esme? Clark?
What's what's going on?
VICTORIA: Go on now, go ♪
Walk out the door ♪
Just turn around now ♪
'Cause you ain't welcome anymore ♪
Weren't you the one who
tried to hurt me with goodbye? ♪
Did you think I'd crumble? ♪
Did you think I'd lay down and die? ♪
Oh no, not I ♪
[SIGHS] Morning people.
VICTORIA: I will survive! ♪
For as long as I know how to love ♪
I know I'll stay alive ♪
I've got all my life ♪
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[GLASS SHATTERING]
[IN A WHISPER] Oh no!
Shoot!
Ahh!
Oh
♪
Oh
Eeh
[GLASS CLINKING INTO GARBAGE]
♪
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Oh God! Mom, what are you wearing?
- Put clothes on!
- It's my bathroom!
What are you doing in
here? I had a headache.
I just wanted to
get a cold compress.
Yeah, well, I heard something breaking.
Nope. Just my spirit.
Alastair called.
His tech developer friends
might have a case for us.
What does Alastair do, exactly?
He is an IT consultant.
DARBY: Mm-hm?
I'll go change.
VICTORIA: Let me know if you
want to borrow a hairbrush.
DARBY: Ugh!
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Isn't this more of a "pickleball
and preserves" kind of town?
Why would tech developers be based here?
Actually, the tech biz is
booming in Alder Bluffs.
They call it Silicon Valley North!
DARBY: Okay, now you're
just making stuff up.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Oh, one second.
CLARK: Ah
Hey, thanks for coming.
You're Alastair's friends, right?
Yes, Victoria, and this is Darby.
We're the Spencer Sisters.
We're not sisters.
CLARK: Right, uh
Well, uh, Alastair told me
you're an expert in crime.
Uh, solving crime!
Right, well, I'm Clark and this is Esme.
VICTORIA: Oh, dear.
Can you tell us what happened?
Well, we were gaming with Alastair.
I heard Esme scream.
I ran downstairs and
found her in the kitchen.
Someone attacked her.
Who?
ESME: I don't know.
But whoever they were,
they stole our server.
All of our data for the app was on it.
CLARK: We're developing a
health care app called Triaj.
We're supposed to go live in three days.
VICTORIA: Why didn't
you just call the police?
Let's just say I'm not the biggest fan
of Alder Bluffs' finest.
CLARK: We may have, uh,
said police departments
should receive less
funding and/or be abolished,
publicly and repeatedly.
Hmm, my sister used
to be a police officer.
We're not sisters.
Hey, are you okay?
I came as soon as I got your call.
I'm fine, Lee. I swear.
These are Alastair's friends.
They're detectives.
Our roommate, Lee.
The money guy.
VICTORIA: Hello.
Is the backup server okay?
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Okay, we're running.
♪
No, no, my God!
Oh, we're screwed!
♪
Why is the garage door open?
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ESME: Oh!
The server!
CLARK: No, no, no, no!
Yeah, it's the backup.
Two years' worth of work, gone!
We go live with the app on Sunday
or we lose 500,000 subscribers.
And get destroyed in reviews.
Can you help us get
our stolen server back?
VICTORIA: Of course. Any friends
of Alastair's are friends of ours.
DARBY: Maybe we should
discuss the terms first,
including payment?
Sorry, I know it's not a great time;
it's just that what we're doing
together now is a business, so
We'll save the paperwork for later.
We do this because we
love it, not for the money!
[SIGHS]
[THEME MUSIC]
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I was here, gaming
with Alastair and Clark.
I heard a noise in the
kitchen, and I knew Lee was out,
so I went to see.
Okay, show me what happened next.
The front door was closed,
so I walked through here.
When I came around the corner,
he hit me with something.
When I passed out, he
must've grabbed the server.
Was he tall, short?
Did you get a sense
of what he was wearing?
ESME: He was dressed in all black,
wearing gloves, I think?
It was a blur, sorry.
Okay.
Are there any security
cameras in the house?
A doorbell cam.
I can email you the footage.
Yeah, do that.
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Bingo.
♪
Why don't you tell me about the app?
LEE: Well, it's called "Triaj" with a J.
It's a wellness app designed
to give people more agency
into their own health care.
Basically, users input biometric data
Or it's collected from
pre-existing wearable tech,
- like a smart watch
- Cool!
And the app monitors symptoms
and diagnoses problems
based off probabilities.
So if it detects a heart murmur,
you can get ahead of heart disease
Yeah, tell her about the eye scan!
Yeah, so Clark coded this cool feature
where the app uses the
phone's camera and flashlight
to record a retinal scan.
A retinal scan with this?
Yeah, and it can detect things
like Lyme disease, jaundice
- And, uh
- Diabetes.
Yeah, yeah.
Can it warn you before
you have a hot flash?
That is a great idea.
We need to put that in the next version.
Where's a pen? Oh
VICTORIA: Okay, are
there any other investors?
CLARK: No, we wanted
to retain ownership,
so Lee bankrolled development,
and it's finally ready
to launch to its users.
LEE: I've been hyping it at TechSummit.
We've got hundreds of thousands
of early-bird subscribers.
Yeah, and if we don't deliver,
they'll leave and never come back.
And all that money down the drain
Hey, you! It's been a minute.
Uh, my God, I'm so sorry.
I totally forgot you
were waiting in the car.
Yeah, you going back to the conference?
'Cause I can just chill and wait here.
LEE: I'm kind of in
the middle of something.
- Can I call you a cab?
- Okay, 2015!
I'll just call a ride share.
Girlfriend?
Influencer.
Candy Boisclair, A.K.A. "Candy B."
Half a million followers.
Lee's hanging with her in
hopes she'll hype Triaj.
- Hmph! Tough gig.
- Mm-hm.
VICTORIA: Huh, no scratch marks
or warping in any of the doors
to indicate a break-in.
DARBY: I think I found
the weapon of convenience.
CLARK: That could've killed her!
I'm fine, babe.
DARBY: If the intruder
wanted to hurt Esme seriously,
they would have.
This must be about the server.
VICTORIA: Do you have any idea
who might've wanted access to your work?
CLARK & LEE: Parker Dunn.
ESME: He's a developer working on
something similar in the VR space.
You know, he actually took
me out a few months ago.
Tried to get me drunk.
Tried getting details
about how Triaj works.
Where might we find him?
Well, he's doing demos at
TechSummit this week, right?
You should definitely
check out TechSummit.
Developers and investors
come from all over.
This area's kind of like
Silicon Valley North.
Told ya.
And pickleball is great
workout, by the way.
Pew!
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DARBY: Very nerdy, but
cool.
VICTORIA: You know, I've always
been interested in virtual reality.
Your whole life is a virtual reality.
True. I think that's him.
DARBY: Yeah.
Parker?
Could we have a minute?
You looking to try this thing out?
No, we were hoping to
chat with you about Triaj.
Triaj?
I'm not a part of Triaj.
You'll have to talk to Lee.
VICTORIA: We did talk to Lee,
and we understand that
you were keen on it.
- Lee said that?
- VICTORIA: Mm-hm.
Well, it's not true.
We're working on a health
care app as well, okay?
A different one.
It helps you actually
visualize your diagnosis
and treatment options,
and connects you with
the right specialist.
Sounds a lot like Triaj, doesn't it?
Mm-hm.
Lee wishes that he thought
of this first, okay?
But you know the expression,
"Know your enemy. In war and business."
Enemy?
Wow.
Where were you this morning,
between 7 and 8 am?
I was on an Early Bird Breakfast Panel,
which you can confirm with
a couple of hundred people
who made it there to see me.
♪
VICTORIA: The conference
is on for two more days.
We need to see who else
was targeting Triaj.
[CLICKING AND THUMPING NOISES]
♪
No, no
that's a gift from
the Duchess of Warwick!
No!
Hands where I can see them! Who are you?
Are you here about the stolen server?
Uh no?
I am here to transform
this space into a functional
yet elegant professional milieu.
VICTORIA: Ugh, Rory, it's you!
Rory is my friend and interior
designer extraordinaire.
RORY: Vic, she always gets my
friend discount on my expertise,
which is considerable.
My expertise, not the discount.
I asked Rory to come help
us set up our new office.
I gave him the keys, but
I thought you said Friday!
Oh, well, I had a window,
so I thought I'd come and
take some measurements.
DARBY: Hang on!
You were gonna turn my
bedroom into our office?
Yeah, it's the ideal space!
Ideal for me to sleep in!
Were you even gonna ask me?
There are plenty of other
rooms in the house, honey.
Besides, this wasn't even
supposed to be a bedroom.
It's miles away from the others.
DARBY: Yeah, I know! Why do you
think 13-year-old me chose it?
You are not kicking me
out of my bedroom, mm-mm.
Besides, I know a much
better office space!
- RORY: Huh?
- Come!
See?
It's spacious, there's great lighting,
it's accessible from
the main entrance
This is a lovely space.
This is my writing
room. I need to write!
"There are plenty of other
rooms in the house, honey."
Not gonna happen.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Esme sent the footage.
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VICTORIA: Hmm, there's
no one coming or going.
DARBY: Hmm.
The thief must have
used the kitchen door,
where there's no camera.
VICTORIA: Oh, look! That's us arriving.
- See, you do slouch.
- Ugh!
Oh my
VIC: Oh, that's Lee!
RORY: Who's that with him?
VIC: That must be Candy B,
some kind of internet influencer.
Wait, wait, wait, hang on.
RORY: What the hell is she doing?
DARBY: Why is she taking
pictures of his stuff?
We should talk to Candy B.
Yes, we should!
I mean, you should
definitely handle it.
Come on.
♪
Lee said he thinks Candy's
staying in Room 513.
That's this way.
Yes, Mom, I know how
sequential numbering works.
[DOOR OPENS]
Hello, again.
[FEMALE VOICE] Who is it?
Oh, crap.
VICTORIA: Okay, so let
me get this straight.
You two are just friends,
but somehow you convinced
her to be a honeytrap for Lee?
Well, Candy is a legit influencer.
And, "You cannot call
yourself a proper warrior
if you refuse to use all
the weapons in your arsenal."
Sun Tzu.
Didn't know "The Art of War"
applied to health care apps.
CANDY: I barely got anything out of Lee.
Yeah, he wasn't that
into me, for some reason.
Huh.
Well, let me ask you a question.
Were you with him this
morning before 8 am?
We were going to the first
panel of the day together,
so we had breakfast at the bar.
But he saw someone,
bolted no explanation.
And he was gone about 45 minutes.
- Bolted?
- Yeah.
Where were you while you waited?
At the bar. I had two mimosas.
PARKER: Seriously?
What?
Ugh, spying's hard work!
I agree.
Yes, the one in the bright pink jacket.
Okay, great. Thank you so much.
The bartender definitely
remembers that she was there,
and her delicious pair of mimosas.
[LAUGHS]
VICTORIA: Hey, I have some whitefish.
How about some dinner?
We could whip up a salad.
That's okay. I have a
burrito in here somewhere.
Oh, I threw it away.
What?
That was mine!
I happen to like a clean fridge.
Well, I happen to like a
fridge that has the burrito
I was saving in it.
Please don't touch my stuff!
You're one to talk!
I found my face cream.
Or at least its burial site.
Well, that was different
because that was an accident.
The breaking it, or the
snooping around in my bathroom?
I wasn't sn Ugh!
I'm not hungry anymore.
VICTORIA: Oh, okay.
Fine, be that way.
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ESME: It wasn't ready anyway!
LEE: Because if you'd have
worked out the bugs earlier,
we would've launched months ago!
CLARK: Uh-huh, easy for
you to say, Mr. Trust Fund!
You don't do any of the actual work.
And why haven't we transferred already
to an offsite storage server, huh?
[LOUD WHISTLE]
We have updates!
Parker was a dead end.
VICTORIA: And, plot twist,
Candy was his friend and
she was spying on you all.
What?
CLARK: Wow, way to vet your girlfriends.
VICTORIA: In Lee's defence,
she says she didn't learn much.
And her alibi is airtight.
So, if it wasn't Parker,
who else knew about the app?
Or where the server was located?
CLARK: Wait, wait, wait, wait
Six months ago, Lee did
a livestream about Triaj.
He videoed a walkthrough
around the house, introduced us,
and gave a sneak peek about our work.
You showed the thief
exactly where to go!
CLARK: So, the walkthrough brought out
all kinds of trolls in the comments.
A lot of scumbags went after Esme.
Why Esme?
'Cause I dare to do my job
while having lady parts.
Oh, yeah. We get that.
♪
Okay, do any of these trolls
live under local bridges?
Thank you, Alastair.
So, Alastair went through the
comments on Lee's live stream
and filtered for local IP addresses.
And?
There's only one, a
guy named Jesse France.
He went after Esme in a big way,
so he's gonna text us his address.
How does Alastair have
this guy's home address?
He's a very talented IT consultant.
ZANE: Well, look who's here.
DARBY: More coffee?
When are you gonna tell Antonio
that you married him for his Americanos?
Never, and neither are you.
Victoria, Darby, perfecto!
I am working out the kinks
on these coxinha de frango.
Mmm, incredible!
ANTONIO: Really?
I think I can die happy now.
- Yes!
- Wow.
So, um, I'm gonna add them
to the list for your party.
Party?
We're throwing an intimate
cocktail party tomorrow
to celebrate the opening of
the Spencer Sisters agency!
Who's we? When was this decided?
Well, I didn't think I need permission
to invite people to my own house.
It's my house, too. I also live there.
Very dramatic!
What else do we have?
- Come with me.
- Okay.
I didn't know you didn't know.
So, what, you're pals with my mom now?
She's fun! And a great storyteller.
She told us about
this time you were six,
you had to pee but couldn't
get the snowsuit off in time
You had to be there.
I was there!
The first time!
Come on, you know you'll
always be my ride or die.
Yeah, except now I have to
share you with my mother.
Like everything else.
VICTORIA: Ah, all right!
Time to go get our troll!
Goodbye!
- VICTORIA: Thanks!
- ZANE: Yeah.
Not bad.
DARBY: Trolls, trolls, trolls.
VICTORIA: Ugh, I bet he
lives at his mom's house.
DARBY: I live in my mom's house!
VICTORIA: That's different!
Jesse France?
Yeah?
Who's asking?
We are.
We have a few questions for
you about your online activity.
I just sent in my
application like last week.
Come again?
You guys are with CSIS, right?
Okay. Yeah, we got your application.
And, as you know, we thoroughly vet
all of our prospective operatives.
Operatives, yeah.
And in looking into you,
we found evidence of you
harassing women online.
No, I don't I don't do that.
Did you or did you not
comment on a live stream
for a company called Triaj,
and refer to the female coder as,
and I quote, "Basic
Java Feminazi b-word"?
Okay, uh, yes, I did that.
I did that, but I
I didn't mean anything by it.
I just get pissed off sometimes.
DARBY: Oh, I bet you do.
It must be tough for you
when people claim space
that you think is rightfully yours.
I guess?
You ever get so pissed off
that you wanted to hurt Esme?
And her company?
Well, no, no!
Look, I stopped bugging
her. I swear, okay?
After her aggro boyfriend came around
and I thought he was gonna kill me.
Kill you? Her boyfriend?
Yeah.
The the nerdy guy with
the long hair and the glasses?
No, the fancy suit guy
from the live stream.
Luke. Or Lee something.
Lee!
[SCOFFS]
All right, Jesse. Thank
you so much for your time.
Wait, hold on.
So, do I get the job?
Stop being a lowlife and
start respecting women,
and maybe we'll talk to you again.
Yes, sir!
I mean ma'am!
I can do that.
So Lee tracked him
down and threatened him
and never mentioned it to us?
What else is he lying about?
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Lee, still attending TechSummit?
LEE: Yeah, we're, uh
keeping up appearances.
If we can get our server back,
we'll still want to make
the app go live on Sunday.
- We met with Esme's troll.
- Mm!
He said you paid him a visit.
Yeah, I did.
It's my job to make sure that
Clark and Esme can focus on work.
I was just resolving a problem.
DARBY: Mm-hm?
How did you find Jesse?
I pretended to be a troll.
It's actually ridiculously easy
to get them to believe
you're one of them.
It's kind of pathetic, really.
Wouldn't sending a cease and desist
have been more professional?
VICTORIA: Oh, you have
feelings for Esme
Yeah.
Esme and I were together.
This year, she got interested in Clark.
I wish them nothing but the best.
But you haven't totally moved on
and you don't want either
of them to know that, right?
It's kind of a messy situation.
LEE: Okay, yes.
Yeah, I still love Esme.
So you can't blame me
for going after the guy
threatening the person
I love, all right?
SERVER: [CLEARS THROAT]
I'm so sorry, sir.
Your card was declined.
That's strange. Here,
just use this one instead.
We heard you left Candy at the bar.
Who did you meet with?
Uh, there was an old
friend passing through.
We caught up. Can you excuse me?
I'm not quite buying it.
He seems awfully secretive
about this meeting.
He's secretive about everything.
Technically, he would've
had time to go home
and commit the theft
Wow, you don't actually think
he would hit Esme, do you?
Wait, hold on. I have an idea.
♪
Excuse me.
I'm so sorry to bother you.
No, not a problem.
When you were here [TALKING QUIETLY]
I'm so sorry! [TALKING QUIETLY]
I really appreciate it.
- No, of course.
- Thanks!
That waiter was working
breakfast yesterday
and saw Lee leave after another woman.
Her name was Monica Chandras.
Who's that?
He says she's the panellist here.
She's some big deal. I don't know.
Let's go find her.
Is there anyone you won't flirt with?
I was just being cordial.
You would know it if I was flirting.
♪
VICTORIA: So Monica, you met with Lee?
Sure, I met with Lee.
He was looking for an
eleventh-hour investor.
We understood Triaj didn't
want outside investment;
they wanted to retain
ownership of the company.
That's not what he told me.
Well, were you interested in investing?
I'm not interested in
the health care space.
Theranos killed that for me.
ANNOUNCER: Please join me in welcoming
one of the most
influential women in tech
Excuse me.
ANNOUNCER: Monica Chandras!
[APPLAUSE]
They were about to launch.
Why would Lee be meeting a new investor?
Hmm.
ALASTAIR: So, I pulled
these from Lee's socials.
So, okay, you know, he's
clearly a guy who travels.
And he looks pretty good doing it.
Look at that. He's got
a $6,000 Nadia suit.
$6,000?
That's more than my car!
Yeah, by about $5,000.
Oh, wait
Now, there are the pants from it.
And here's the jacket from it.
ALASTAIR: Huh
That's weird.
DARBY: So he mixes and matches
pieces from the same suit.
So what?
Honey, if you can afford a Nadia suit,
you don't "mix and match."
You have a whole closet full of them.
ALASTAIR: Huh.
I think something's off here.
That's a bright, sunny day,
but Lee doesn't cast a shadow.
So, he's a ghost?
Hmm, let me do a reverse image search.
[GASPS]
That's the same picture!
He just comped himself in?
Lee's not a ghost. He's a fake.
♪
DARBY: Lee?
Lee, we need to talk!
VICTORIA: Let the man finish his swim.
DARBY: Okay.
♪
VICTORIA: We know about your
fake photos on social media.
And your credit card was declined.
What's your story?
You're not rich, are you?
[SIGHS]
My family lost everything
while I was in university.
Bad investments.
I was so used to living
that life, I just kept it up.
People take you seriously
when you're rich.
Do Clark and Esme know about this?
No.
That's a lot of secrets for one house.
Look, I didn't steal the server, okay?
The others think I'm personally
bankrolling development
Hundreds of thousands in debt.
Is that why you met with Monica?
Yeah, we had a huge
influx of subscribers
at the beginning of TechSummit.
We needed to scale
up to offsite storage.
That's crazy expensive.
You know, no cash flow,
no chance at a bridge loan.
Going to Monica was our Hail Mary.
But she wasn't interested.
Oh, she was definitely interested.
But in pieces of the app.
I didn't want her breaking
Triaj up for parts.
ESME: What's going on?
VICTORIA: Lee, we'll
check in with you tomorrow.
Seems like you guys
have a lot to talk about.
♪
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[LOUNGE MUSIC]
[DRINKS CLINKING AND PEOPLE CHATTERING]
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION]
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RORY: See, I'm I'm responsible
for the agency's aesthetic,
which is much more integral
than you might think.
Excuse me.
Isn't it kind of wrong to party
when we've hit a wall with the case?
Don't be such a wet blanket!
Life can't just stop, you know?
[DOOR OPENS]
Please tell me you did not invite my ex.
Well, that would obviously be a lie.
[EXHALES]
Oh, come on! We're all friends.
No.
ANTONIO: Someone needs a drink!
VICTORIA: Oh, thank you!
I really needed this.
Mmm!
Excellent.
- Hey, buddy.
- Hey, Zane.
VICTORIA: Hey, everybody!
[GLASS CLINKING]
Oh, it is so wonderful
to have you all here
at the start of this
thrilling new venture.
And I am extra excited
to be working alongside
a woman who is often,
well, mistaken as my sister!
[LAUGHTER]
Hence the name
"The Spencer Sisters"!
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Darby, come on up!
Darby?
Honey?
Oh, uh, Darby?
[LAUGHS AWKWARDLY]
Where could she possibly be?
Under here? No?
Darby, honey! She's a little shy.
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Not much for speeches, huh?
DARBY: [CHUCKLES] Wheat ale.
My favourite. Thank you.
I should've known you'd find me.
Yeah, I want to apologize.
I should've checked to see
if it was cool that we came.
No, it's okay.
You have nothing to apologize for.
Yeah, it's one thing
to be in the same town,
another to come to your house.
Oh, this is very clearly not my house.
So, how's the new business going?
Well, my mom and I argue about a lot.
Like whether or not
she has boundary issues.
SPOILER ALERT: hard yes.
I don't doubt that!
What's the case that you're working on?
- Right now?
- Yeah.
IP theft.
Stolen tech for an app.
The Luddite is investigating technology?
Hey, I prefer to identify as
technologically-challenged.
Okay.
No, the app's actually pretty cool.
It takes a bunch of your
health data and then determines
if you need to see a doctor.
That sounds
- awful.
- What? Why?
Because patients get so
much bad information online.
And doctors need a lot of context
to make a good diagnosis.
There's just too many ways for
an app like that to go wrong.
Hmm, I never thought about it like that.
Hey!
Hi!
LINDSAY: Is this a private party?
- DARBY: No!
- No, not at all!
Darby and Victoria were having
a, um, communication issue
and, uh, she needed to get away.
Yeah, you know how it is.
[LAUGHS] Come in!
You guys should enjoy your drinks here.
I have to run anyway.
I have some work to do on the app.
I mean, the
Bye!
DARBY: Okay, have fun!
LINDSAY: Bye.
♪
I'm working on the cluster now.
- Yeah.
- [BEEP]
[DOOR BUZZES]
Yeah, well, why don't
you call Elon to verify?
No, tonight.
Sorry about that.
Elon?
A different Elon.
Please, sit. Sit!
What can I do for you?
What does an IT consultant do, exactly?
I, um
consult, you know?
Okay.
So, what can you tell me about Triaj?
Right
Well, I've been going through
what's left of the backup server.
The coding files are totally corrupted,
but the testing logs
indicated that the app was,
mmm, kind of unreliable.
Unreliable?
But they were about to launch.
Well, most of the analysis tested great,
so heart stuff, eye scan stuff,
but anything skin-related was glitchy.
Give me an example?
Okay, so out of the
300 random test subjects
that uploaded a picture
of their birthmark
Mm-hm?
The app flagged 296 of
them as likely melanoma.
That is statistically impossible.
So the app wasn't market-ready?
That's being generous.
And no one at Triaj said a word.
ALASTAIR: Uh-uh.
[KEYS CLICKING]
[KITCHENWARE CLANKING]
[GRINDER WHIRS LOUDLY]
I'm trying to write!
Oh, I'm sorry, am I
being extremely annoying
first thing in the morning?
[GRINDER WHIRS]
I see you're looking for a fight.
Inviting Lucas to the party
was looking for a fight.
You crossed a line.
I threw a party.
I didn't force anyone
to spend time together.
If Lucas sought you out, it's not on me.
I'm not just your kid
moving back into your house.
I'm a grown woman! I have my own life.
Okay, so this is about the burrito?
No, it's
Yes!
It's about you not
respecting my boundaries.
Okay, if we're talking about boundaries,
I need you to respect my writing time!
I need peace and quiet to concentrate.
After all, Bryn Martell still
pays the bills around here.
Because you won't charge our clients!
Are we in business or not?
Well, of course we are.
Then why are you throwing
parties at the house
while I'm out finding clues?
Clues?
What did you find out?
Alastair was able to check
the test logs for Triaj.
The app wasn't market-ready.
But they were gonna launch it tomorrow!
Exactly.
Maybe someone in the house
wanted to prevent that.
Lee seemed to genuinely
need the app to succeed.
DARBY: Mm-hm.
Clark, or Esme?
Or the two of them together?
You dig into Esme, I'll take Clark.
A break from my "sister"!
Perfect.
By the way, you owe me 300
bucks for that face cream.
Who spends $300 on face cream?
Someone who look fantastic, that's who.
♪
You know, all this
video-gaming eludes me.
Thank you for walking me
through this, Alastair.
Yeah. Yeah, happy to help.
Are you okay?
You seem a little, um down.
Oh, that's sweet.
Just growing pains at home, I think.
Candy?
[GASPS]
These are my absolute favourites!
I've never seen them
outside of Portugal!
Where did you find them?
Oh, I got a I got a candy guy.
- Yeah?
- Yeah!
Can I take another?
Take as many as you want!
[LAUGHS] Thank you!
Um, okay. Uh, here we go.
Here we go
Archived footage from
the time of the attack.
ALISTAIR: [VIDEO] If
that mind flayer gets you,
we're done for.
CLARK: [VIDEO] Just say
you need a bailout, Paladin.
ESME: [VIDEO] Stand back, boys.
This is clearly a job for
me and my new battle axe.
Okay, can you get me a better
view of what's happening?
I can show you different player POVs.
This is Esme's.
CLARK: [VIDEO] All apps
come out with a few bugs.
That's what updates are for.
Isn't that right, Es?
ESME: [VIDEO] That's
what you keep telling me!
Hang on.
ESME: [VIDEO] Did you
guys hear something?
CLARK: [VIDEO] No.
ESME: [VIDEO] I'm gonna go check it out.
CLARK: [VIDEO] Okay, this mind
flayer is getting to me, man.
- ESME: [SCREAMS]
- CLARK: Es?
VICTORIA: Was that Esme screaming?
CLARK: Es?
Okay, if Clark is in on it,
then he deserves an Oscar
for that performance.
Take a look at Clark's POV.
ESME: [VIDEO] Yeah, we were
working on it all night.
- Needed a brain break.
- Wait, stop!
Look at that. Replay it.
ESME: [VIDEO] Yeah, we were
working on it all night.
Needed a brain break.
VICTORIA: Look, Esme
turned her camera off
and her character is not moving.
ALISTAIR: What are you thinking?
VICTORIA: She's away from her keyboard.
She wasn't playing
She was pretending to play.
♪
♪
LUCAS: Hey!
You survived the party.
Yeah, by leaving it.
[CHUCKLES] We had fun.
Good.
So, can I ask you
something? It's for the case.
I'm trying to verify
if an injury was legit.
Sure.
This is Esme, and she said
that she heard a noise in the kitchen,
so she went in to check it out,
and someone hit her on the forehead.
And we think this was the
weapon because the bottom of it,
the shape matches the
shape of the wound.
♪
No.
No?
No, the wound edge is diffuse.
It didn't penetrate the lower tissue.
Okay, and for the non-MDs in the house?
It's a scrape.
If someone took that pepper mill
and brought it down on her forehead,
it would go through
several layers of tissue.
Be more like a gouge.
So then what created that?
♪
♪
♪
Boom.
♪
♪
Hold on, so you're saying
the wound is self-inflicted?
She faked the attack?
Looks like it.
♪
Sorry, guys.
Look, I did all that I could with this,
but it's pretty much toast.
So, why are we here?
We wanted to meet you without Esme.
She faked her attack.
What? That's ridiculous.
She pretended to keep playing
and gave herself enough
time to hide the main server.
And put the backup in the pool.
No way! She wouldn't do that.
ALASTAIR: Okay, look, I know
you care a lot about Esme,
but come on! Think about it.
Did Esme ever express concerns
about the app not working?
She asked me to push the
launch by six months, but
I said no.
Well, no, she's an anxious person.
She just wanted it to be perfect.
She wanted it to be safe.
I was just too focused on the money.
LEE: She stole the server to
prevent us from going live.
Do you know where she is right now?
She had a doctor's appointment.
Ah Do you have access to her emails?
No, it's password-protected.
DARBY: Okay
"IT consultant," my ass.
[KEYS CLICKING]
VICTORIA: Look at that!
Esme is planning to sell
the app to Monica Chandras!
What for?
Monica said she had no
interest in health care.
But she was interested
in parts of Triaj.
DARBY: Maybe Esme was
trying to find a way
to bail the three of you out.
ALASTAIR: Yikes
One of the startups in Monica's
portfolio is Hass Systems.
They sell and collect
people's information.
All of our subscribers'
information was on that server.
Well, isn't all of our
information out there anyway?
- Hmm, no.
- No.
Not retinal scans.
That is highly sensitive
medical information
that could be sold
to the highest bidder.
CLARK: And we just gave Hass
a whack of new inventory.
DARBY: Not if we can
get to Esme first
and stop that sale.
- Where are they?
- DARBY: I don't know.
This is where they
were supposed to meet.
Ooh, it's your boyfriend ask him!
Hello, have you seen Monica Chandras?
Well, she just left for the airport.
Was she with this woman?
She may have been.
Hmm, then we're too late.
Not necessarily.
There may be another way to stop them.
And believe it or not, I
actually want you to drive!
♪
ESME: And remember, I want
the money split three ways.
MONICA: Fine, whatever.
You destroyed the backup?
ESME: Yes.
Pass me the server.
I want to make sure I
have everything I need.
♪
ESME: I made a workflow
plan for the areas I think
you'll need to focus on to
get everything working right.
Fine, fine.
Where's the retinal scan data?
It's integrated with
the rest of the data.
Just need the retinal scans.
Show me.
♪
♪
♪
It's all there. This is perfect.
You're doing the right thing.
Your friends need the money.
- [BRAKES SCREECH]
- What the hell?
Dmitri!
A crazy woman jammed on her brakes.
You know, I thought I saw a squirrel.
And you know when they run past your car
and you're like, "Ahh!"?
DARBY: You ever the show
"World's Worst Driver"?
My mom would've killed on that show.
Literally.
Uh, what are you doing here?
Monica's company owns Hass Systems.
She doesn't want to save Triaj,
she wants all your subscribers
for their retinal scans.
Oh my God! What are we gonna do?
MONICA: What is happening?
We have to go!
DRIVER: Move your car.
Hey, you know what, you're the
one that rear-ended me, so
MONICA: You!
What are you doing here?
There isn't even any damage.
We have a plane to catch.
Esme, let's go!
I changed my mind.
I'm not selling.
MONICA: Well, too bad,
'cause a deal's a deal.
Dmitri, let's go.
VICTORIA: Fine, I'll move my car.
DARBY: Safe travels. Sorry again.
♪
♪
♪
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
♪
They still have our data!
No, they don't. I swapped it.
They have the corrupted server.
♪
[ERROR BEEP]
- What the hell?
- [ERROR BEEPS CONTINUE]
Ugh!
DARBY: It's all good. It's over.
Ah
I really messed up.
Clark and Lee are
never gonna forgive me.
You never know.
Your roommates might be more
understanding than you think.
This is all so lovely, but
don't you think we should
get out of here before
Monica and her goon get back?
Come on, let's go!
DARBY: Yeah, let's go.
♪
♪
VICTORIA: So, are you all moving out?
CLARK: Uh, no.
Esme and I are gonna stay
and we're gonna rent out Lee's room.
Oh! How much is rent?
LEE: I'm gonna crash
with my folks for a while,
while I figure things out, you know?
VICTORIA: What about Triaj?
We'll all still work together.
This time with better communication.
Smart.
I'm sorry we can't afford to pay you,
but I really want to thank you both.
Without you, things would've
ended a lot differently.
♪
Call us if you need a website!
[LAUGHS]
Well, another case,
another satisfied customer
too broke to pay their bill.
Oh, I forgot to tell you,
Alastair paid our fee,
$8,000.
How?
Best not to ask too many questions.
Mom, moving forward,
I promise to respect your writing time.
And I promise to stop
messing with your love life.
Or lack thereof.
That's generous of you.
Thank you.
Oh, wait! I want to show you something.
Come here.
♪
♪
Voilà!
Your writing room!
Mm-mm. Our office!
I had Rory redecorate
it while we were out.
He repainted, brought in a new
desk, and rearranged things.
I guess I should have asked you first.
No, that's okay.
I know you want your own space,
but I wanted us to be close enough
so that we could communicate.
It's incredible. Thanks, Mom.
I'm glad you like it.
I wanted it to feel
like home to us both.
We should celebrate.
Dinner's on me.
I suppose you're ordering takeout.
Oh, definitely What
do you want, burritos?
VICTORIA: [SIGHS]
And you wonder why you break out.
Guess I'll just have to start
using your fancy face cream.
VICTORIA: Uh-huh.
You're gonna have to replace it first!
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
[KEYS CLICKING]
♪
Use your Mage Armour!
If that mind flayer
gets you, we're done for.
Just say you need a bailout, Paladin.
Stand back, boys.
This is clearly a job for
me and my new battle axe.
Funny, that is your new nickname.
Watch it, halfling, or
I'll use this thing on you.
♪
I'm surprised you guys were free.
Doesn't your app go live this weekend?
Yeah, we were working on it all night.
Needed a brain break.
Yeah, don't tell Lee. He'll freak.
Besides, all apps come
out with some bugs.
That's what updates are for.
Isn't that right, Es?
ESME: That's what you keep telling me!
Hang on.
Did you guys hear something?
No.
ESME: I'm gonna go check it out.
CLARK: And a Magic Missile.
This mind flayer is getting to me, man.
- ESME: [SCREAMS]
- [THUD]
Es?
You okay?
- Clark, what's going on?
- Es? Hon?
CLARK: Oh my God.
Esme? Clark?
What's what's going on?
VICTORIA: Go on now, go ♪
Walk out the door ♪
Just turn around now ♪
'Cause you ain't welcome anymore ♪
Weren't you the one who
tried to hurt me with goodbye? ♪
Did you think I'd crumble? ♪
Did you think I'd lay down and die? ♪
Oh no, not I ♪
[SIGHS] Morning people.
VICTORIA: I will survive! ♪
For as long as I know how to love ♪
I know I'll stay alive ♪
I've got all my life ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
[GLASS SHATTERING]
[IN A WHISPER] Oh no!
Shoot!
Ahh!
Oh
♪
Oh
Eeh
[GLASS CLINKING INTO GARBAGE]
♪
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
Oh God! Mom, what are you wearing?
- Put clothes on!
- It's my bathroom!
What are you doing in
here? I had a headache.
I just wanted to
get a cold compress.
Yeah, well, I heard something breaking.
Nope. Just my spirit.
Alastair called.
His tech developer friends
might have a case for us.
What does Alastair do, exactly?
He is an IT consultant.
DARBY: Mm-hm?
I'll go change.
VICTORIA: Let me know if you
want to borrow a hairbrush.
DARBY: Ugh!
♪
♪
♪
Isn't this more of a "pickleball
and preserves" kind of town?
Why would tech developers be based here?
Actually, the tech biz is
booming in Alder Bluffs.
They call it Silicon Valley North!
DARBY: Okay, now you're
just making stuff up.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Oh, one second.
CLARK: Ah
Hey, thanks for coming.
You're Alastair's friends, right?
Yes, Victoria, and this is Darby.
We're the Spencer Sisters.
We're not sisters.
CLARK: Right, uh
Well, uh, Alastair told me
you're an expert in crime.
Uh, solving crime!
Right, well, I'm Clark and this is Esme.
VICTORIA: Oh, dear.
Can you tell us what happened?
Well, we were gaming with Alastair.
I heard Esme scream.
I ran downstairs and
found her in the kitchen.
Someone attacked her.
Who?
ESME: I don't know.
But whoever they were,
they stole our server.
All of our data for the app was on it.
CLARK: We're developing a
health care app called Triaj.
We're supposed to go live in three days.
VICTORIA: Why didn't
you just call the police?
Let's just say I'm not the biggest fan
of Alder Bluffs' finest.
CLARK: We may have, uh,
said police departments
should receive less
funding and/or be abolished,
publicly and repeatedly.
Hmm, my sister used
to be a police officer.
We're not sisters.
Hey, are you okay?
I came as soon as I got your call.
I'm fine, Lee. I swear.
These are Alastair's friends.
They're detectives.
Our roommate, Lee.
The money guy.
VICTORIA: Hello.
Is the backup server okay?
♪
Okay, we're running.
♪
No, no, my God!
Oh, we're screwed!
♪
Why is the garage door open?
♪
♪
ESME: Oh!
The server!
CLARK: No, no, no, no!
Yeah, it's the backup.
Two years' worth of work, gone!
We go live with the app on Sunday
or we lose 500,000 subscribers.
And get destroyed in reviews.
Can you help us get
our stolen server back?
VICTORIA: Of course. Any friends
of Alastair's are friends of ours.
DARBY: Maybe we should
discuss the terms first,
including payment?
Sorry, I know it's not a great time;
it's just that what we're doing
together now is a business, so
We'll save the paperwork for later.
We do this because we
love it, not for the money!
[SIGHS]
[THEME MUSIC]
♪
♪
I was here, gaming
with Alastair and Clark.
I heard a noise in the
kitchen, and I knew Lee was out,
so I went to see.
Okay, show me what happened next.
The front door was closed,
so I walked through here.
When I came around the corner,
he hit me with something.
When I passed out, he
must've grabbed the server.
Was he tall, short?
Did you get a sense
of what he was wearing?
ESME: He was dressed in all black,
wearing gloves, I think?
It was a blur, sorry.
Okay.
Are there any security
cameras in the house?
A doorbell cam.
I can email you the footage.
Yeah, do that.
♪
♪
♪
Bingo.
♪
Why don't you tell me about the app?
LEE: Well, it's called "Triaj" with a J.
It's a wellness app designed
to give people more agency
into their own health care.
Basically, users input biometric data
Or it's collected from
pre-existing wearable tech,
- like a smart watch
- Cool!
And the app monitors symptoms
and diagnoses problems
based off probabilities.
So if it detects a heart murmur,
you can get ahead of heart disease
Yeah, tell her about the eye scan!
Yeah, so Clark coded this cool feature
where the app uses the
phone's camera and flashlight
to record a retinal scan.
A retinal scan with this?
Yeah, and it can detect things
like Lyme disease, jaundice
- And, uh
- Diabetes.
Yeah, yeah.
Can it warn you before
you have a hot flash?
That is a great idea.
We need to put that in the next version.
Where's a pen? Oh
VICTORIA: Okay, are
there any other investors?
CLARK: No, we wanted
to retain ownership,
so Lee bankrolled development,
and it's finally ready
to launch to its users.
LEE: I've been hyping it at TechSummit.
We've got hundreds of thousands
of early-bird subscribers.
Yeah, and if we don't deliver,
they'll leave and never come back.
And all that money down the drain
Hey, you! It's been a minute.
Uh, my God, I'm so sorry.
I totally forgot you
were waiting in the car.
Yeah, you going back to the conference?
'Cause I can just chill and wait here.
LEE: I'm kind of in
the middle of something.
- Can I call you a cab?
- Okay, 2015!
I'll just call a ride share.
Girlfriend?
Influencer.
Candy Boisclair, A.K.A. "Candy B."
Half a million followers.
Lee's hanging with her in
hopes she'll hype Triaj.
- Hmph! Tough gig.
- Mm-hm.
VICTORIA: Huh, no scratch marks
or warping in any of the doors
to indicate a break-in.
DARBY: I think I found
the weapon of convenience.
CLARK: That could've killed her!
I'm fine, babe.
DARBY: If the intruder
wanted to hurt Esme seriously,
they would have.
This must be about the server.
VICTORIA: Do you have any idea
who might've wanted access to your work?
CLARK & LEE: Parker Dunn.
ESME: He's a developer working on
something similar in the VR space.
You know, he actually took
me out a few months ago.
Tried to get me drunk.
Tried getting details
about how Triaj works.
Where might we find him?
Well, he's doing demos at
TechSummit this week, right?
You should definitely
check out TechSummit.
Developers and investors
come from all over.
This area's kind of like
Silicon Valley North.
Told ya.
And pickleball is great
workout, by the way.
Pew!
♪
♪
DARBY: Very nerdy, but
cool.
VICTORIA: You know, I've always
been interested in virtual reality.
Your whole life is a virtual reality.
True. I think that's him.
DARBY: Yeah.
Parker?
Could we have a minute?
You looking to try this thing out?
No, we were hoping to
chat with you about Triaj.
Triaj?
I'm not a part of Triaj.
You'll have to talk to Lee.
VICTORIA: We did talk to Lee,
and we understand that
you were keen on it.
- Lee said that?
- VICTORIA: Mm-hm.
Well, it's not true.
We're working on a health
care app as well, okay?
A different one.
It helps you actually
visualize your diagnosis
and treatment options,
and connects you with
the right specialist.
Sounds a lot like Triaj, doesn't it?
Mm-hm.
Lee wishes that he thought
of this first, okay?
But you know the expression,
"Know your enemy. In war and business."
Enemy?
Wow.
Where were you this morning,
between 7 and 8 am?
I was on an Early Bird Breakfast Panel,
which you can confirm with
a couple of hundred people
who made it there to see me.
♪
VICTORIA: The conference
is on for two more days.
We need to see who else
was targeting Triaj.
[CLICKING AND THUMPING NOISES]
♪
No, no
that's a gift from
the Duchess of Warwick!
No!
Hands where I can see them! Who are you?
Are you here about the stolen server?
Uh no?
I am here to transform
this space into a functional
yet elegant professional milieu.
VICTORIA: Ugh, Rory, it's you!
Rory is my friend and interior
designer extraordinaire.
RORY: Vic, she always gets my
friend discount on my expertise,
which is considerable.
My expertise, not the discount.
I asked Rory to come help
us set up our new office.
I gave him the keys, but
I thought you said Friday!
Oh, well, I had a window,
so I thought I'd come and
take some measurements.
DARBY: Hang on!
You were gonna turn my
bedroom into our office?
Yeah, it's the ideal space!
Ideal for me to sleep in!
Were you even gonna ask me?
There are plenty of other
rooms in the house, honey.
Besides, this wasn't even
supposed to be a bedroom.
It's miles away from the others.
DARBY: Yeah, I know! Why do you
think 13-year-old me chose it?
You are not kicking me
out of my bedroom, mm-mm.
Besides, I know a much
better office space!
- RORY: Huh?
- Come!
See?
It's spacious, there's great lighting,
it's accessible from
the main entrance
This is a lovely space.
This is my writing
room. I need to write!
"There are plenty of other
rooms in the house, honey."
Not gonna happen.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Esme sent the footage.
♪
♪
♪
VICTORIA: Hmm, there's
no one coming or going.
DARBY: Hmm.
The thief must have
used the kitchen door,
where there's no camera.
VICTORIA: Oh, look! That's us arriving.
- See, you do slouch.
- Ugh!
Oh my
VIC: Oh, that's Lee!
RORY: Who's that with him?
VIC: That must be Candy B,
some kind of internet influencer.
Wait, wait, wait, hang on.
RORY: What the hell is she doing?
DARBY: Why is she taking
pictures of his stuff?
We should talk to Candy B.
Yes, we should!
I mean, you should
definitely handle it.
Come on.
♪
Lee said he thinks Candy's
staying in Room 513.
That's this way.
Yes, Mom, I know how
sequential numbering works.
[DOOR OPENS]
Hello, again.
[FEMALE VOICE] Who is it?
Oh, crap.
VICTORIA: Okay, so let
me get this straight.
You two are just friends,
but somehow you convinced
her to be a honeytrap for Lee?
Well, Candy is a legit influencer.
And, "You cannot call
yourself a proper warrior
if you refuse to use all
the weapons in your arsenal."
Sun Tzu.
Didn't know "The Art of War"
applied to health care apps.
CANDY: I barely got anything out of Lee.
Yeah, he wasn't that
into me, for some reason.
Huh.
Well, let me ask you a question.
Were you with him this
morning before 8 am?
We were going to the first
panel of the day together,
so we had breakfast at the bar.
But he saw someone,
bolted no explanation.
And he was gone about 45 minutes.
- Bolted?
- Yeah.
Where were you while you waited?
At the bar. I had two mimosas.
PARKER: Seriously?
What?
Ugh, spying's hard work!
I agree.
Yes, the one in the bright pink jacket.
Okay, great. Thank you so much.
The bartender definitely
remembers that she was there,
and her delicious pair of mimosas.
[LAUGHS]
VICTORIA: Hey, I have some whitefish.
How about some dinner?
We could whip up a salad.
That's okay. I have a
burrito in here somewhere.
Oh, I threw it away.
What?
That was mine!
I happen to like a clean fridge.
Well, I happen to like a
fridge that has the burrito
I was saving in it.
Please don't touch my stuff!
You're one to talk!
I found my face cream.
Or at least its burial site.
Well, that was different
because that was an accident.
The breaking it, or the
snooping around in my bathroom?
I wasn't sn Ugh!
I'm not hungry anymore.
VICTORIA: Oh, okay.
Fine, be that way.
♪
♪
ESME: It wasn't ready anyway!
LEE: Because if you'd have
worked out the bugs earlier,
we would've launched months ago!
CLARK: Uh-huh, easy for
you to say, Mr. Trust Fund!
You don't do any of the actual work.
And why haven't we transferred already
to an offsite storage server, huh?
[LOUD WHISTLE]
We have updates!
Parker was a dead end.
VICTORIA: And, plot twist,
Candy was his friend and
she was spying on you all.
What?
CLARK: Wow, way to vet your girlfriends.
VICTORIA: In Lee's defence,
she says she didn't learn much.
And her alibi is airtight.
So, if it wasn't Parker,
who else knew about the app?
Or where the server was located?
CLARK: Wait, wait, wait, wait
Six months ago, Lee did
a livestream about Triaj.
He videoed a walkthrough
around the house, introduced us,
and gave a sneak peek about our work.
You showed the thief
exactly where to go!
CLARK: So, the walkthrough brought out
all kinds of trolls in the comments.
A lot of scumbags went after Esme.
Why Esme?
'Cause I dare to do my job
while having lady parts.
Oh, yeah. We get that.
♪
Okay, do any of these trolls
live under local bridges?
Thank you, Alastair.
So, Alastair went through the
comments on Lee's live stream
and filtered for local IP addresses.
And?
There's only one, a
guy named Jesse France.
He went after Esme in a big way,
so he's gonna text us his address.
How does Alastair have
this guy's home address?
He's a very talented IT consultant.
ZANE: Well, look who's here.
DARBY: More coffee?
When are you gonna tell Antonio
that you married him for his Americanos?
Never, and neither are you.
Victoria, Darby, perfecto!
I am working out the kinks
on these coxinha de frango.
Mmm, incredible!
ANTONIO: Really?
I think I can die happy now.
- Yes!
- Wow.
So, um, I'm gonna add them
to the list for your party.
Party?
We're throwing an intimate
cocktail party tomorrow
to celebrate the opening of
the Spencer Sisters agency!
Who's we? When was this decided?
Well, I didn't think I need permission
to invite people to my own house.
It's my house, too. I also live there.
Very dramatic!
What else do we have?
- Come with me.
- Okay.
I didn't know you didn't know.
So, what, you're pals with my mom now?
She's fun! And a great storyteller.
She told us about
this time you were six,
you had to pee but couldn't
get the snowsuit off in time
You had to be there.
I was there!
The first time!
Come on, you know you'll
always be my ride or die.
Yeah, except now I have to
share you with my mother.
Like everything else.
VICTORIA: Ah, all right!
Time to go get our troll!
Goodbye!
- VICTORIA: Thanks!
- ZANE: Yeah.
Not bad.
DARBY: Trolls, trolls, trolls.
VICTORIA: Ugh, I bet he
lives at his mom's house.
DARBY: I live in my mom's house!
VICTORIA: That's different!
Jesse France?
Yeah?
Who's asking?
We are.
We have a few questions for
you about your online activity.
I just sent in my
application like last week.
Come again?
You guys are with CSIS, right?
Okay. Yeah, we got your application.
And, as you know, we thoroughly vet
all of our prospective operatives.
Operatives, yeah.
And in looking into you,
we found evidence of you
harassing women online.
No, I don't I don't do that.
Did you or did you not
comment on a live stream
for a company called Triaj,
and refer to the female coder as,
and I quote, "Basic
Java Feminazi b-word"?
Okay, uh, yes, I did that.
I did that, but I
I didn't mean anything by it.
I just get pissed off sometimes.
DARBY: Oh, I bet you do.
It must be tough for you
when people claim space
that you think is rightfully yours.
I guess?
You ever get so pissed off
that you wanted to hurt Esme?
And her company?
Well, no, no!
Look, I stopped bugging
her. I swear, okay?
After her aggro boyfriend came around
and I thought he was gonna kill me.
Kill you? Her boyfriend?
Yeah.
The the nerdy guy with
the long hair and the glasses?
No, the fancy suit guy
from the live stream.
Luke. Or Lee something.
Lee!
[SCOFFS]
All right, Jesse. Thank
you so much for your time.
Wait, hold on.
So, do I get the job?
Stop being a lowlife and
start respecting women,
and maybe we'll talk to you again.
Yes, sir!
I mean ma'am!
I can do that.
So Lee tracked him
down and threatened him
and never mentioned it to us?
What else is he lying about?
♪
Lee, still attending TechSummit?
LEE: Yeah, we're, uh
keeping up appearances.
If we can get our server back,
we'll still want to make
the app go live on Sunday.
- We met with Esme's troll.
- Mm!
He said you paid him a visit.
Yeah, I did.
It's my job to make sure that
Clark and Esme can focus on work.
I was just resolving a problem.
DARBY: Mm-hm?
How did you find Jesse?
I pretended to be a troll.
It's actually ridiculously easy
to get them to believe
you're one of them.
It's kind of pathetic, really.
Wouldn't sending a cease and desist
have been more professional?
VICTORIA: Oh, you have
feelings for Esme
Yeah.
Esme and I were together.
This year, she got interested in Clark.
I wish them nothing but the best.
But you haven't totally moved on
and you don't want either
of them to know that, right?
It's kind of a messy situation.
LEE: Okay, yes.
Yeah, I still love Esme.
So you can't blame me
for going after the guy
threatening the person
I love, all right?
SERVER: [CLEARS THROAT]
I'm so sorry, sir.
Your card was declined.
That's strange. Here,
just use this one instead.
We heard you left Candy at the bar.
Who did you meet with?
Uh, there was an old
friend passing through.
We caught up. Can you excuse me?
I'm not quite buying it.
He seems awfully secretive
about this meeting.
He's secretive about everything.
Technically, he would've
had time to go home
and commit the theft
Wow, you don't actually think
he would hit Esme, do you?
Wait, hold on. I have an idea.
♪
Excuse me.
I'm so sorry to bother you.
No, not a problem.
When you were here [TALKING QUIETLY]
I'm so sorry! [TALKING QUIETLY]
I really appreciate it.
- No, of course.
- Thanks!
That waiter was working
breakfast yesterday
and saw Lee leave after another woman.
Her name was Monica Chandras.
Who's that?
He says she's the panellist here.
She's some big deal. I don't know.
Let's go find her.
Is there anyone you won't flirt with?
I was just being cordial.
You would know it if I was flirting.
♪
VICTORIA: So Monica, you met with Lee?
Sure, I met with Lee.
He was looking for an
eleventh-hour investor.
We understood Triaj didn't
want outside investment;
they wanted to retain
ownership of the company.
That's not what he told me.
Well, were you interested in investing?
I'm not interested in
the health care space.
Theranos killed that for me.
ANNOUNCER: Please join me in welcoming
one of the most
influential women in tech
Excuse me.
ANNOUNCER: Monica Chandras!
[APPLAUSE]
They were about to launch.
Why would Lee be meeting a new investor?
Hmm.
ALASTAIR: So, I pulled
these from Lee's socials.
So, okay, you know, he's
clearly a guy who travels.
And he looks pretty good doing it.
Look at that. He's got
a $6,000 Nadia suit.
$6,000?
That's more than my car!
Yeah, by about $5,000.
Oh, wait
Now, there are the pants from it.
And here's the jacket from it.
ALASTAIR: Huh
That's weird.
DARBY: So he mixes and matches
pieces from the same suit.
So what?
Honey, if you can afford a Nadia suit,
you don't "mix and match."
You have a whole closet full of them.
ALASTAIR: Huh.
I think something's off here.
That's a bright, sunny day,
but Lee doesn't cast a shadow.
So, he's a ghost?
Hmm, let me do a reverse image search.
[GASPS]
That's the same picture!
He just comped himself in?
Lee's not a ghost. He's a fake.
♪
DARBY: Lee?
Lee, we need to talk!
VICTORIA: Let the man finish his swim.
DARBY: Okay.
♪
VICTORIA: We know about your
fake photos on social media.
And your credit card was declined.
What's your story?
You're not rich, are you?
[SIGHS]
My family lost everything
while I was in university.
Bad investments.
I was so used to living
that life, I just kept it up.
People take you seriously
when you're rich.
Do Clark and Esme know about this?
No.
That's a lot of secrets for one house.
Look, I didn't steal the server, okay?
The others think I'm personally
bankrolling development
Hundreds of thousands in debt.
Is that why you met with Monica?
Yeah, we had a huge
influx of subscribers
at the beginning of TechSummit.
We needed to scale
up to offsite storage.
That's crazy expensive.
You know, no cash flow,
no chance at a bridge loan.
Going to Monica was our Hail Mary.
But she wasn't interested.
Oh, she was definitely interested.
But in pieces of the app.
I didn't want her breaking
Triaj up for parts.
ESME: What's going on?
VICTORIA: Lee, we'll
check in with you tomorrow.
Seems like you guys
have a lot to talk about.
♪
♪
[LOUNGE MUSIC]
[DRINKS CLINKING AND PEOPLE CHATTERING]
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION]
♪
♪
RORY: See, I'm I'm responsible
for the agency's aesthetic,
which is much more integral
than you might think.
Excuse me.
Isn't it kind of wrong to party
when we've hit a wall with the case?
Don't be such a wet blanket!
Life can't just stop, you know?
[DOOR OPENS]
Please tell me you did not invite my ex.
Well, that would obviously be a lie.
[EXHALES]
Oh, come on! We're all friends.
No.
ANTONIO: Someone needs a drink!
VICTORIA: Oh, thank you!
I really needed this.
Mmm!
Excellent.
- Hey, buddy.
- Hey, Zane.
VICTORIA: Hey, everybody!
[GLASS CLINKING]
Oh, it is so wonderful
to have you all here
at the start of this
thrilling new venture.
And I am extra excited
to be working alongside
a woman who is often,
well, mistaken as my sister!
[LAUGHTER]
Hence the name
"The Spencer Sisters"!
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Darby, come on up!
Darby?
Honey?
Oh, uh, Darby?
[LAUGHS AWKWARDLY]
Where could she possibly be?
Under here? No?
Darby, honey! She's a little shy.
♪
♪
♪
Not much for speeches, huh?
DARBY: [CHUCKLES] Wheat ale.
My favourite. Thank you.
I should've known you'd find me.
Yeah, I want to apologize.
I should've checked to see
if it was cool that we came.
No, it's okay.
You have nothing to apologize for.
Yeah, it's one thing
to be in the same town,
another to come to your house.
Oh, this is very clearly not my house.
So, how's the new business going?
Well, my mom and I argue about a lot.
Like whether or not
she has boundary issues.
SPOILER ALERT: hard yes.
I don't doubt that!
What's the case that you're working on?
- Right now?
- Yeah.
IP theft.
Stolen tech for an app.
The Luddite is investigating technology?
Hey, I prefer to identify as
technologically-challenged.
Okay.
No, the app's actually pretty cool.
It takes a bunch of your
health data and then determines
if you need to see a doctor.
That sounds
- awful.
- What? Why?
Because patients get so
much bad information online.
And doctors need a lot of context
to make a good diagnosis.
There's just too many ways for
an app like that to go wrong.
Hmm, I never thought about it like that.
Hey!
Hi!
LINDSAY: Is this a private party?
- DARBY: No!
- No, not at all!
Darby and Victoria were having
a, um, communication issue
and, uh, she needed to get away.
Yeah, you know how it is.
[LAUGHS] Come in!
You guys should enjoy your drinks here.
I have to run anyway.
I have some work to do on the app.
I mean, the
Bye!
DARBY: Okay, have fun!
LINDSAY: Bye.
♪
I'm working on the cluster now.
- Yeah.
- [BEEP]
[DOOR BUZZES]
Yeah, well, why don't
you call Elon to verify?
No, tonight.
Sorry about that.
Elon?
A different Elon.
Please, sit. Sit!
What can I do for you?
What does an IT consultant do, exactly?
I, um
consult, you know?
Okay.
So, what can you tell me about Triaj?
Right
Well, I've been going through
what's left of the backup server.
The coding files are totally corrupted,
but the testing logs
indicated that the app was,
mmm, kind of unreliable.
Unreliable?
But they were about to launch.
Well, most of the analysis tested great,
so heart stuff, eye scan stuff,
but anything skin-related was glitchy.
Give me an example?
Okay, so out of the
300 random test subjects
that uploaded a picture
of their birthmark
Mm-hm?
The app flagged 296 of
them as likely melanoma.
That is statistically impossible.
So the app wasn't market-ready?
That's being generous.
And no one at Triaj said a word.
ALASTAIR: Uh-uh.
[KEYS CLICKING]
[KITCHENWARE CLANKING]
[GRINDER WHIRS LOUDLY]
I'm trying to write!
Oh, I'm sorry, am I
being extremely annoying
first thing in the morning?
[GRINDER WHIRS]
I see you're looking for a fight.
Inviting Lucas to the party
was looking for a fight.
You crossed a line.
I threw a party.
I didn't force anyone
to spend time together.
If Lucas sought you out, it's not on me.
I'm not just your kid
moving back into your house.
I'm a grown woman! I have my own life.
Okay, so this is about the burrito?
No, it's
Yes!
It's about you not
respecting my boundaries.
Okay, if we're talking about boundaries,
I need you to respect my writing time!
I need peace and quiet to concentrate.
After all, Bryn Martell still
pays the bills around here.
Because you won't charge our clients!
Are we in business or not?
Well, of course we are.
Then why are you throwing
parties at the house
while I'm out finding clues?
Clues?
What did you find out?
Alastair was able to check
the test logs for Triaj.
The app wasn't market-ready.
But they were gonna launch it tomorrow!
Exactly.
Maybe someone in the house
wanted to prevent that.
Lee seemed to genuinely
need the app to succeed.
DARBY: Mm-hm.
Clark, or Esme?
Or the two of them together?
You dig into Esme, I'll take Clark.
A break from my "sister"!
Perfect.
By the way, you owe me 300
bucks for that face cream.
Who spends $300 on face cream?
Someone who look fantastic, that's who.
♪
You know, all this
video-gaming eludes me.
Thank you for walking me
through this, Alastair.
Yeah. Yeah, happy to help.
Are you okay?
You seem a little, um down.
Oh, that's sweet.
Just growing pains at home, I think.
Candy?
[GASPS]
These are my absolute favourites!
I've never seen them
outside of Portugal!
Where did you find them?
Oh, I got a I got a candy guy.
- Yeah?
- Yeah!
Can I take another?
Take as many as you want!
[LAUGHS] Thank you!
Um, okay. Uh, here we go.
Here we go
Archived footage from
the time of the attack.
ALISTAIR: [VIDEO] If
that mind flayer gets you,
we're done for.
CLARK: [VIDEO] Just say
you need a bailout, Paladin.
ESME: [VIDEO] Stand back, boys.
This is clearly a job for
me and my new battle axe.
Okay, can you get me a better
view of what's happening?
I can show you different player POVs.
This is Esme's.
CLARK: [VIDEO] All apps
come out with a few bugs.
That's what updates are for.
Isn't that right, Es?
ESME: [VIDEO] That's
what you keep telling me!
Hang on.
ESME: [VIDEO] Did you
guys hear something?
CLARK: [VIDEO] No.
ESME: [VIDEO] I'm gonna go check it out.
CLARK: [VIDEO] Okay, this mind
flayer is getting to me, man.
- ESME: [SCREAMS]
- CLARK: Es?
VICTORIA: Was that Esme screaming?
CLARK: Es?
Okay, if Clark is in on it,
then he deserves an Oscar
for that performance.
Take a look at Clark's POV.
ESME: [VIDEO] Yeah, we were
working on it all night.
- Needed a brain break.
- Wait, stop!
Look at that. Replay it.
ESME: [VIDEO] Yeah, we were
working on it all night.
Needed a brain break.
VICTORIA: Look, Esme
turned her camera off
and her character is not moving.
ALISTAIR: What are you thinking?
VICTORIA: She's away from her keyboard.
She wasn't playing
She was pretending to play.
♪
♪
LUCAS: Hey!
You survived the party.
Yeah, by leaving it.
[CHUCKLES] We had fun.
Good.
So, can I ask you
something? It's for the case.
I'm trying to verify
if an injury was legit.
Sure.
This is Esme, and she said
that she heard a noise in the kitchen,
so she went in to check it out,
and someone hit her on the forehead.
And we think this was the
weapon because the bottom of it,
the shape matches the
shape of the wound.
♪
No.
No?
No, the wound edge is diffuse.
It didn't penetrate the lower tissue.
Okay, and for the non-MDs in the house?
It's a scrape.
If someone took that pepper mill
and brought it down on her forehead,
it would go through
several layers of tissue.
Be more like a gouge.
So then what created that?
♪
♪
♪
Boom.
♪
♪
Hold on, so you're saying
the wound is self-inflicted?
She faked the attack?
Looks like it.
♪
Sorry, guys.
Look, I did all that I could with this,
but it's pretty much toast.
So, why are we here?
We wanted to meet you without Esme.
She faked her attack.
What? That's ridiculous.
She pretended to keep playing
and gave herself enough
time to hide the main server.
And put the backup in the pool.
No way! She wouldn't do that.
ALASTAIR: Okay, look, I know
you care a lot about Esme,
but come on! Think about it.
Did Esme ever express concerns
about the app not working?
She asked me to push the
launch by six months, but
I said no.
Well, no, she's an anxious person.
She just wanted it to be perfect.
She wanted it to be safe.
I was just too focused on the money.
LEE: She stole the server to
prevent us from going live.
Do you know where she is right now?
She had a doctor's appointment.
Ah Do you have access to her emails?
No, it's password-protected.
DARBY: Okay
"IT consultant," my ass.
[KEYS CLICKING]
VICTORIA: Look at that!
Esme is planning to sell
the app to Monica Chandras!
What for?
Monica said she had no
interest in health care.
But she was interested
in parts of Triaj.
DARBY: Maybe Esme was
trying to find a way
to bail the three of you out.
ALASTAIR: Yikes
One of the startups in Monica's
portfolio is Hass Systems.
They sell and collect
people's information.
All of our subscribers'
information was on that server.
Well, isn't all of our
information out there anyway?
- Hmm, no.
- No.
Not retinal scans.
That is highly sensitive
medical information
that could be sold
to the highest bidder.
CLARK: And we just gave Hass
a whack of new inventory.
DARBY: Not if we can
get to Esme first
and stop that sale.
- Where are they?
- DARBY: I don't know.
This is where they
were supposed to meet.
Ooh, it's your boyfriend ask him!
Hello, have you seen Monica Chandras?
Well, she just left for the airport.
Was she with this woman?
She may have been.
Hmm, then we're too late.
Not necessarily.
There may be another way to stop them.
And believe it or not, I
actually want you to drive!
♪
ESME: And remember, I want
the money split three ways.
MONICA: Fine, whatever.
You destroyed the backup?
ESME: Yes.
Pass me the server.
I want to make sure I
have everything I need.
♪
ESME: I made a workflow
plan for the areas I think
you'll need to focus on to
get everything working right.
Fine, fine.
Where's the retinal scan data?
It's integrated with
the rest of the data.
Just need the retinal scans.
Show me.
♪
♪
♪
It's all there. This is perfect.
You're doing the right thing.
Your friends need the money.
- [BRAKES SCREECH]
- What the hell?
Dmitri!
A crazy woman jammed on her brakes.
You know, I thought I saw a squirrel.
And you know when they run past your car
and you're like, "Ahh!"?
DARBY: You ever the show
"World's Worst Driver"?
My mom would've killed on that show.
Literally.
Uh, what are you doing here?
Monica's company owns Hass Systems.
She doesn't want to save Triaj,
she wants all your subscribers
for their retinal scans.
Oh my God! What are we gonna do?
MONICA: What is happening?
We have to go!
DRIVER: Move your car.
Hey, you know what, you're the
one that rear-ended me, so
MONICA: You!
What are you doing here?
There isn't even any damage.
We have a plane to catch.
Esme, let's go!
I changed my mind.
I'm not selling.
MONICA: Well, too bad,
'cause a deal's a deal.
Dmitri, let's go.
VICTORIA: Fine, I'll move my car.
DARBY: Safe travels. Sorry again.
♪
♪
♪
[CAR ENGINE STARTS]
♪
They still have our data!
No, they don't. I swapped it.
They have the corrupted server.
♪
[ERROR BEEP]
- What the hell?
- [ERROR BEEPS CONTINUE]
Ugh!
DARBY: It's all good. It's over.
Ah
I really messed up.
Clark and Lee are
never gonna forgive me.
You never know.
Your roommates might be more
understanding than you think.
This is all so lovely, but
don't you think we should
get out of here before
Monica and her goon get back?
Come on, let's go!
DARBY: Yeah, let's go.
♪
♪
VICTORIA: So, are you all moving out?
CLARK: Uh, no.
Esme and I are gonna stay
and we're gonna rent out Lee's room.
Oh! How much is rent?
LEE: I'm gonna crash
with my folks for a while,
while I figure things out, you know?
VICTORIA: What about Triaj?
We'll all still work together.
This time with better communication.
Smart.
I'm sorry we can't afford to pay you,
but I really want to thank you both.
Without you, things would've
ended a lot differently.
♪
Call us if you need a website!
[LAUGHS]
Well, another case,
another satisfied customer
too broke to pay their bill.
Oh, I forgot to tell you,
Alastair paid our fee,
$8,000.
How?
Best not to ask too many questions.
Mom, moving forward,
I promise to respect your writing time.
And I promise to stop
messing with your love life.
Or lack thereof.
That's generous of you.
Thank you.
Oh, wait! I want to show you something.
Come here.
♪
♪
Voilà!
Your writing room!
Mm-mm. Our office!
I had Rory redecorate
it while we were out.
He repainted, brought in a new
desk, and rearranged things.
I guess I should have asked you first.
No, that's okay.
I know you want your own space,
but I wanted us to be close enough
so that we could communicate.
It's incredible. Thanks, Mom.
I'm glad you like it.
I wanted it to feel
like home to us both.
We should celebrate.
Dinner's on me.
I suppose you're ordering takeout.
Oh, definitely What
do you want, burritos?
VICTORIA: [SIGHS]
And you wonder why you break out.
Guess I'll just have to start
using your fancy face cream.
VICTORIA: Uh-huh.
You're gonna have to replace it first!
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