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Think of an airplane
drifting through a hurricane,

not knowing it's about to crash.

When you live a toxic
life in a toxic environment,

your body adjusts to the toxins.

And goes into autopilot.

Bonnie?

What are you feeling?
What's happening?

My boss said that he would fire me

if I cried so... I haven't
in a very long time.

I thought I was being strong.

May I touch you?

Your tears are your strength.

And, transparently, that means

the detox program is working.

Thank you.

Our bodies can be faster than our minds,

especially if our thoughts are poisoned

by s.C.'S, which is what I like to call

"superficial crap."

I want to hear from all
of you. Let's each of us

name an s.C.

That you haven't missed

since you started your journey with me.

The answer might surprise you.

Lydia?

My cell phone.

Okay, Cathy?

Processed food.

Good. Ron?

My private plane.

There you go. Sheryl?

My therapist.

Good, good. Weena?

My followers on social media.

- Go deeper.
- I think

I might hate all three million of them.

Keep going.

They're all s.C.'S.

- I'm deleting my accounts.
- There you go.

Good for you.

Billy?

How about you?

Pass.

Billy asked for his car keys again.

I followed him this time,
just like you suggested.

He's been so negative
and I can't pinpoint why.

Tom.

He keeps junk food in his car.

I mean, he must be
binging on it every night.

All those chemicals, all at once.

He's so lost.

I'll talk to him.

Thank you, starlight.

I appreciate you so much.

Here.

Drink this.

Carrots contain fat-soluble carotenoids

that promote bile flow

and-and dill has antioxidant properties.

It'll clean out all the processed food

you've been eating in your car.

Thanks, but I don't want your juice.

And, transparently

I was eating in my car because

your overpriced detox
program has me starving.

If you were an active participant,

your hunger would transform into joy.

Yeah.

I just, I really don't care.

What do you care about, Billy?

I care about what I
rightfully deserve in life.

Okay, good.

And you haven't gotten it.

I have this

endless well of darkness in me.

And it can't be healed by yoga

or fasting or meditation.

I need something more powerful.

I need something off the menu.

What did you have in mind?

I want to see midori.

Kambo... Or the poisonous

venom of the monkey
tree frog, was used

by ancient amazonians
to treat depression,

chronic pain, even cancer.

Western medicine promotes pills

and addiction to turn a profit.

But all we need is nature.

To be soothed by nature.

We are nature.

That's it.

Yes, let it go.

Let it go.

Good.

You're releasing your toxins.

And your anger.

Your pain.

Trust the medicine.

And let it go.

Lay back.

Good.

I'm very proud of you, Billy.

Stop calling me Billy.

My name is Cole.

Cole Campbell.

Yeah.

That Cole.

June's little brother.

I freaking knew

you were too much of a
narcissist to recognize me.

You were just a kid.

I've been waiting 15
years to avenge her death.

Cole.

What are you gonna do, kill me?

Worse.

Because now I can
prove everything and finally

get what I deserve.

My face feels puffy.

We call that f.F.

Frog face.

It's a normal, harmless
reaction to the venom.

It'll go down in a few days.

You sure I can't change your mind?

Shut up, Tom.

You've grown up to become

a very impressive young man.

I promise to learn from this.

Yeah.

Drive safe.

Hey.

I haven't wanted to pry about things

that happened to you before,

but we should talk about this.

Are you okay?

How did these outlets get
your name mixed up in this?

We should call the New York view

and tell them they made a mistake.

It's not exactly a mistake.

There's no way you covered up

what that man did to his first wife.

Right?

I did the best I could
with the information I had.

These people are reporting

that Van ness's lawyers suppressed

his ex-wife's claims of domestic abuse.

Were you just a part of
a huge firm that did this?

It's complicated.

But... No.

I wasn't working at the firm.

I was brought on,
just for this case. Look.

I am having a very hard time with this.

You need to tell me what happened.

I can't. It's called
attorney-client privilege.

I've been reading about you,

Ms. Tascioni. Do you
know why this judge

in Chicago unsealed these papers?

Not yet, but I have known

certain judges stick together.

Keep me informed.

In the meantime, I need you on a case.

A young man, Cole Campbell,

was found deceased on the highway.

His car ran off the road.

Okay. Why me?

The last place he was
seen was some fancy spa

where celebrities and the royals go to.

The global press is already
trying to frame Meghan Markle

and she wasn't even there.

No quippy response
from either one of you?

Okay then, officer
blanke, you go with her.

Detective smullen is
already at the crime scene.

I think you can learn
some more from him.

Is it just me or is his
face really, really puffy?

Looks like too much Botox.

Report's pending, but m.E. Says

most likely an allergic reaction.

From what?

Could be anything.

Pollen, bee sting, meds.

Or car snacks.

Ooh, I love powdered donuts.

Wet here.

Smells like... Fruit punch.

But the straw is still intact.

And the straw hole hasn't been pierced.

So how did it spill?

Weird.

Look.

There's an epinephrine pen in here.

If he was having a
severe allergic reaction,

why wouldn't he just reach for this?

My mother's allergic to nuts.

She always forgets where she puts hers.

I checked the GPS.

It was routed to the
nearest diagnostic lab,

not to a hospital.

That's weird.

Where did captain Wagner
say he was coming from?

Some kind of spa?

The heiwa zen center.

It's about 20 minutes outside the city.

What do "heiwa" and
"zen" mean, exactly?

Let's see.

According to Google,

"heiwa" is Japanese for "peace"

and "zen" means both
"peaceful" and "calm."

So "peaceful peace."

That sounds like the most
relaxing place on earth.

Yes.

Yes!

Beautiful!

Purge all that negative energy.

Release it from your body.

Good.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
- Good.

Where's Billy?

One moment. One moment.

Where... Sheryl has asked about Billy.

Billy is on a different journey right now.

But let's send him some positive energy.

Shall we?

Like this.

Hah... Hah...!

Wow... It's just like summer camp.

Except way more luxurious...

And even more expensive.

People pay upwards of
three grand a night here

to meditate and do yoga.

You can do those things at home.

Yeah. There's some other stuff here, too,

but I don't know what

"transformative moon journaling" means.

If you want to find out, let me know.

Welcome to the heiwa zen center.

I'm starlight. How can I help you?

Starlight!

That's such a pretty name.

I'm just Elsbeth tascioni.

This is detective smullen.

And this is officer blanke.

We were hoping you could
answer a few questions

about Cole Campbell.

He checked out last night.

Transparently, we've never
had a participant of that name.

Recognize this man?

That's Billy.

Sheryl's journey partner.

Or, well... Former journey partner.

Everyone here works in pairs.

Like a buddy system.

It's more than that.

It takes two to know one.

That's a core philosophy of mine.

And your teres minor is suffering

under the weight of these tote bags.

My what?

Why are you carrying
all of this heaviness?

Why are you afraid of letting it go?

What are you looking at?

Your secretions.

Yeah, don't do that.

Try cutting out legumes.

Nope. Absolutely not.

I respect your boundaries.

Are you all here because
of Cole Campbell?

How did you guess?

Such a troubled young man.

And, between us, I
don't think he's been well

ever since his sister
June passed away here

over a decade ago.

"Here" as in at the center?

Did something happen
during your program?

No, no, no. No... June tragically died

of an unrelated gallstone infection.

Cole said he hoped that by taking

my program, he'd feel closer to her.

But he just wasn't stable enough.

He-he left last night.

Is he in some kind of trouble?

He... He... No.

Yeah.

How? He was so young.

Autopsy pending.

His body was found near
an off-ramp of the Van wyck.

I'll have to inform the participants.

Starlight, would you gather
everyone for a healing circle?

On it.

I'll have to call Steve and Stacey.

His parents. If you wouldn't mind,

I'd appreciate it if you'd
give me a little space.

Yeah. By all means.

You mean we go.

I just have the one landline.

Unless you have a
warrant of some kind?

Or, another reason to stay?

No.

I don't like it here.

Air's too clean.

What are you doing, Ms. Tascioni?

Tom called Cole by his real name,

even though he checked
in under the alias "Billy."

Well, how do you know he
checked in under the fake name?

Because starlight only
recognized Cole as Billy.

And Cole wasn't famous.

So why would he feel the
need to disguise himself?

And it's also suspicious Tom
was so forthcoming about June.

It's almost like he knew

the police would eventually find out

and he wanted to get ahead of it

to seem less guilty.

Maybe you should track down

whoever was June's
old "journey partner."

Good call.

I would like to find out

what really happened to her here.

Can I help?

Captain Wagner said I
could learn more from you.

He said that?

You coming?

Tom said I would need
another reason to stay here.

What if I check in?

Find out more information

on Tom and Cole's journey partner.

Well, if you're up for
the cost... Honestly?

Think I could use a
place like this right now.

Well, this place bans cell phones.

How do we get in touch?

The only landline?

All right.

Just make sure that you're
alone when you report in.

Good luck, Kaya.

You too, Elsbeth.

As you inhale,

imagine yourself in the
bamboo forest of Kyoto.

As the macaque
monkeys swing playfully by,

bow your head deeply.

Arigato gozaimas.

This... Is all the stimulation I need.

Wow.

You must really love Japan.

I healed myself in Asia

after living a toxic life in finance.

Healed yourself? How did you do that?

You'll see, Elsbeth.

Welcome.

Take off your shoes

and go sit with your
journey partner, sheryl.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Hi.

Elsbeth.

Olm...

That was amazing.

I feel sort of... Light and-and... tingly,

but in a good way?

Tom's guided meditations got
me through my second divorce.

One was more than enough for me.

I was numbing out with,
western medications.

But then Tom made me realize

that I can free myself
of toxic men with nature.

He is a certified expert

on practically every
healing practice there is,

and there is nothing he does not know

about holistic nutrition.

That's incredible.

But... I mean, it's not
all natural here, right?

They offer Botox.

Don't they?

I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude.

I've just noticed a lot of... Puffy faces.

I would never put that
kind of poison in my body.

Really?

What kind of poison
would you put in, then?

You know, we should
go to our next practice.

Is that like an activity?

Follow my lead, journey partner.

Come on.

Okay.

Today we are going to cover
one of my favorite topics...

That was so neat. Right?

And I know this sounds crazy, but

I think I felt your vibrations

during the sound bath.

'Cause I was sending them to you.

No way! I knew it.

Look. I know it's toxic
to speak ill of the dead...

But I have to say it.

You are so much more fun

than my old journey partner.

Billy, right?

What-what was he like?

He would stare at Tom

during meditations
with this horrible energy.

And during yoga,

he stayed in shavasana the entire time.

No!

I don't know why he paid all this money

if he didn't want to do the program.

Unless he was here
for some other reason.

It's time for truth ball.

This is fun.

This is... Okay.

Gather round, everybody.

Elsbeth... Yes.

Meet makoto,

named for the shinto concept of honesty,

truthfulness, and conscientiousness.

I thought those were universal concepts

in truth ball,

you only speak when
makoto is passed on to you.

And the rule is simple:

When you hold him,

you tell a truth that you've observed

about yourself,

or another person here
at the center. Got it?

Okay.

Well, the truth is, Cole
checked in as Billy.

But when we met, you called him "Cole."

And I keep wondering why.

I

I recognized Cole right away.

But if he wanted to go by "Billy,"

it was my job to honor

his beautiful and
specific identity journey.

Sheryl.

My truth is... Hey!

Apple, ginger, and
something called valerian.

That helps you sleep.

But I could just talk
to you all night long.

I feel the same. About you.

So, tell me.

How are you feeling emotionally?

I noticed during partner yoga

that your throat chakra was blocked.

It-it is? No, no, no.

No judgment, of course.

Journey partners are
supposed to share these things.

Okay? But...

That is your body's communication hub.

It's associated

with clarity, responsibility and truth.

Sheryl.

I don't want to lie to you.

I'm here to investigate Billy's death.

Does this mean that, you don't actually

care about any of this at all?

No!

You must think that I'm crazy.

No, no.

I would never judge or dismiss

other people's experiences.

Especially yours.

To be honest, I-I like it here.

Thi-things aren't going very
well for me back in the city.

You can tell me.

It takes two to know one.

When I first got here, Tom said that I was

carrying around some
heaviness, and he was right.

I

I made a lot of money
working for some bad people.

And okay, it's part of the job.

I know that.

But then I found out I
didn't know the extent

of the harm that I was participating in

because I was tricked.

And I do not like being tricked.

And so now I am so
angry and I'm embarrassed

because.

I don't usually end up in that position.

But it happened and

the damage was done.

And now I-I can't find the right way

to explain things to my friends.

- I don't know - how to ask for help.
- Come here.

Come here.

Listen to me.

If your friends love you,
they will want to help.

You just have to be transparently honest.

Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

And in the meantime

I think I know just the thing
that'll make you feel lighter.

Do you remember

when you asked me what kind of poison

I would put in my body?

Yes, I do.

Tell Tom you want to see midori.

Hello, Elsbeth.

How did you know it was me?

My third eye.

The restless pitter-patter
of your tiny feet in the grass.

A slight crunching noise in your knees.

It's not a real problem now
but it will be in a few years

if you don't up your
calcium and vitamin d.

How else can I help you?

I want to see midori.

I'm sorry, Elsbeth.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

And I know you don't either.

The monkey tree frog
releases a waxy substance

as a defense mechanism
when they're stressed.

Some amazonian tribes
will inject it into human skin

to heal physical and
psychological ailments.

Tom was one of the
first to bring this practice

of kambo ceremonies to the east coast.

When we went to heiwa,

Tom became this instant role model.

We would have followed
him to the ends of the earth.

You were both 22 at the time?

And Tom was almost 40.

He was our leader.

That's why we felt confident
staying at the center

when June started feeling sick.

Unfortunately, unbeknownst to anyone,

June had an infected gallstone.

And then, when she
started feeling really sick,

that's when Tom performed
a kambo ceremony on her.

Instead of taking her to the hospital?

Tom reached a private
settlement with the family.

I don't know the exact details,

but June's parents went on a long cruise

when the dust settled, leaving
Cole with his grandmother.

Sounds like they really
turned their backs on him.

Maybe that's why Cole
checked into the center

using his fake name.

So he could get his revenge, incognito.

So Cole

and June's parents
reached a private settlement,

keeping the whole thing secret.

That's what Cole's lawyer said.

Officer blanke found
her in Cole's call logs.

So Cole made two calls from his car

right before time of death.

One to the diagnostic
lab requesting blood work,

and one to his lawyer,
leaving a voicemail saying,

"I have everything I need."

Clearly he had something in his system

that he wanted to tell her about.

I think I know what it is.

Hi, Tom.

Whoa.

It is really, really, really hot in here.

Perspiration is

a natural way to eliminate arsenic,

pesticides, various toxins.

What are toxins, exactly?

Elsbeth.

I could go on and on

about how bitter almonds
contain amygdalin,

while the sweet ones are
lower in it due to breeding,

but something tells me
that's not why you're here.

Your knowledge is so impressive.

In fact, you're impressive
in so many ways,

which is probably why June's
parents ended their lawsuit

in a private settlement.

Steve and Stacey are very dear to me.

I remember you called them

when you found out
about Cole's passing.

I wanted them to know
how much I cared about Cole.

Poor guy.

God knows what kind of junk

they're gonna find in his system.

Junk as in monkey tree frog venom?

Isn't that what was

in June's system before she passed?

And I noticed that Cole's
face was pretty puffy, too.

Isn't that a symptom of kambo?

I have a confession to make.

Cole brought kambo to the premises

and asked me to perform
a ceremony on him.

I refused.

After June's death, I
banned it from the center

despite its amazing healing properties

and mental health benefits.

That's such a shame because

I hear you're really good at it.

Well...

My empathy was bigger than my ego.

And I knew the family
needed something to blame,

kambo seemed the natural scapegoat.

I radically accepted that.

I admire your humility.

It's dangerous if you're not a shaman.

I wish

I'd been able to do it
for him one last time.

One last time because you loved him.

Like I love all of my participants.

Even you.

Me?

I love you, Elsbeth.

Even though you don't
think you deserve love.

What makes you say that?

Can I touch you?

Whatever is weighing you down

is manifesting in your body.

I can see it.

I can feel it.

Just remember, you
have to forgive yourself

to receive forgiveness from others.

You all right?

Yeah.

It's just really, really...
Really hot in here.

Officer blanke went
through Cole's laptop

and found the terms

of the Campbell family settlement.

Tom paid the family $200,000,

but it says if he ever
administered kambo again,

he'd have to pay the
Campbells another two million.

Wow.

So if Cole could prove

that Tom was still doing
kambo at the center,

he would have to pay up.

That's why Cole was
headed to the diagnostic lab.

To prove to his lawyer that kambo,

administered by Tom, was in his system.

He must have used
kambo to kill him, right?

Actually, blood and tox came back.

Kambo was in Cole Campbell's system,

but it wasn't the cause of death.

What? It wasn't?

He died of anaphylactic shock.

And what Cole was deathly
allergic to was sesame oil.

Sesame oil?

What does that have to do
with amazonian tree frogs?

Detective smullen, you look well-rested.

Take a vacation without asking?

He wouldn't have gotten that past me.

Well, if you must
know, my skin is glowing

because I've cut out legumes.

Tom Murphy may be
a stone-cold criminal,

but he knows his stuff. Tom Murphy

is a criminal? For sure?

Please, explain.

I went through the local hospital records

near the heiwa zen
center... I know that place.

They shamelessly
appropriate Asian culture.

- Right? I thought that, too.
- Heiwa means "peace,"

but my partner told me
that the kanji on their website

means "emptiness."

- Your partner?
- My ex-partner,

actually, who broke my heart.

There's more to the story.

I'm sorry, officer blanke.

- Please, go on.
- Okay, so, hospital records indicate

that more than a dozen
medical emergencies happened

at heiwa under Tom's care
in the past two years alone.

More than a dozen? Why
didn't we know about this?

Because after June Campbell's death,

Tom hired a private ambulance company

owned by the town sheriff.

Meaning, he's been
paying off law enforcement

to keep these incidents from getting out.

Yeah, he also consulted
with his lawyer after he settled

with the Campbell family,
changing the language

on the heiwa waivers
to prevent any participant

from suing or going
public if he harmed them.

We have every reason
to believe he's dangerous.

And with the settlement
terms, he definitely

had a motive to murder Cole before Cole

could prove he was doing kambo.

So maybe

he was responsible for
Cole's fatal allergic reaction.

The question is how.

Maybe Ms. Tascioni has a lead.

Wait. She's still there?

What do you mean "unavailable"?

Ma'am, we're the police.

That patient is in the r.U. Phase

of her treatment.

And what does r.U. Stand for?

"Rest university"?

"Radical unplugging." No
contact with the outside world.

Goodbye.

I was close.

No, you weren't.

Yes, I was. Radical unplugging

is "rest university" in spirit.

I was gonna say "remarkable undoing."

- That's closer.
- It really isn't.

Am I correct to understand Ms. Tascioni

is at that strange place alone

with a man we now
believe to be a murderer?

And he is keeping her

from contacting the outside world?

Well, technically...

May I ask why you're still here?

Sorry, captain, I didn't mean to overstep.

That was unprofessional.

Honestly, lieutenant, it was.

But you're right. Smullen, go find tascioni

and bring her back now.

Elsbeth. Elsbeth. Elsbeth.

- Can you hear me?
- What's happening?

How long have I been out?

I feel funny.

At least 20 minutes.

You should not be in here.

Okay.

And we need to get you
a b12 shot right away.

Can you stand up?

- I think so.
- Okay, let's try.

Let's go get Tom.

He's the only one who has
access to the hypodermics.

What did you say? Hypodermics?

- Yeah.
- As in, hypodermic needles?

Like you use for shots?

And injections.

And-and only Tom has access?

We keep them away
from the participants

in case they've struggled
with the disease of addiction,

so only Tom has the keys.

And we should get you
a mustard-seed oil bath,

to help lower your body temperature.

Mustard seed?

I'll get one ready for you, right away.

Good. And how did the cleanse
make you feel mentally, Ron?

Very clear, Tom.

Hey, can my friends
play truth ball with us?

You don't mind, do you?

This is an open space,
and I am an open book.

Okay. Well... My truth
is, you murdered Cole.

The truth is I tried to save Cole.

Just because I didn't
doesn't make me a murderer.

Have some empathy. Sheryl.

I do have empathy.

Otherwise, I wouldn't
want to fix the things

I did in the past.

But you don't seem to have any guilt.

Because you put your own
wellness before anyone else's.

Cole was gonna expose
you for doing kambo.

Which would've resulted
in a $2 million penalty

as per your private settlement
with the, Campbell family.

This is preposterous.

In truth ball,

we only speak when
makoto is passed to us.

The truth is,

kambo had nothing
to do with Cole's death.

You used mustard-seed oil to kill him.

Sheryl and I, we loved

your class on seed cycling.

We both took notes.

And so, when starlight suggested

that I take a mustard-seed oil bath,

that's when I remembered,

it's in the same family
as sesame-seed oil.

Someone who's allergic to
one is also allergic to another.

But you knew that.
You're a certified expert.

And although there is no
sesame-seed oil on the premises,

there is a lot of mustard-seed oil

used in the healing baths.

So, taking one of the
hypodermic needles

that only you have
access to, you injected

mustard-seed oil into
all the snacks and drinks

inside Cole's car.

I could not stop
thinking about that pouch

with the straw intact
that had no liquid inside.

And now I know,

the juice must have drained
from the injection site.

Elsbeth, you have no proof

for these really kind
of hurtful allegations.

Actually, all of the remaining snacks

in Cole's car

tested positive for mustard-seed oil.

And when we pulled
the hypodermic needle

from the center's medical waste,

it not only had traces of mustard seed,

but also, your fingerprints.

I am radically disappointed in you.

Tom Murphy, you are under arrest,

for the murder of Cole Campbell.

Starlight, call my lawyer.

I'll send you positive energy, in jail.

Follow me, everybody.

Let us heal from this.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used...

Gosh, you were so
impressive during this case.

I think you taught detective
smullen a thing or two.

Thanks.

Are we okay?

I'm not sure.

Can I be transparently honest?

I need your help.

Okay.

But I need you to tell me everything.

Captain kershaw.

Captain.

That was a classic.

Fun to watch, even
when you know who wins.

Yeah, I like it better.

Two of whatever she's having.

So...

Your precinct covered the,
Andy mertens case, right?

Don't remind me.

That woman definitely did that man in

with that baseball bat.

No one could believe she was acquitted.

But I guess with New York
juries, you never know, right?

Yeah, I'd agree.

But I can't get past one thing.

Why would a Red Sox fan own
a bat from a New York team?

Under any circumstance?

Wait, I never heard that.

Because judge Crawford kept it out.

A Red Sox fan would
never buy a New York bat.

That seems like a huge oversight.

If I were you, I'd reopen that case.

Yeah. It's a bad look to leave it unsolved.

Think about it.

Hey, how did you know all that?

Did you study the transcripts?

Something like that.

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group at wgbh access.Wgbh.Org